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50 Articles found on Monday, 2 July 2012
MTC gets new acting board boss
02-07-2012
ITAH Kandjii-Murangi, a University of Namibia (Unam) senior employee, was on Friday appointed as the acting MTC board chairperson.It is understood that Joël Kaapanda, the Minister of Information and
readBloody weekend in Khomas
02-07-2012
EIGHT people died violent deaths in and around Windhoek this past weekend. At about 19h00 on Saturday, at Groot Aub, Otto Lehmann (37) died after he was hit with a rock.Khomas Deputy Commissioner,
readWaterfront to Saltfront
02-07-2012
Very high seas on Saturday swamped the earthworks done in preparation of the La Mer Waterfront development in Vineta. The waves broke through the sand barriers and seawater rushed in, forming what is
readSwapo divided along tribal lines in Caprivi
02-07-2012
SWAPO political office bearers of the Katima Rural Constituency in the Caprivi have called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to intervene in the deadlock of the party’s district conference in the
readNamibia, China trade growing strong
02-07-2012
WINDHOEK – Although the current global financial crisis has not spared any nation, trade relations between Namibia and China remain strong. Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Tjekero Tweya said on
readWaldschmidt aims for third Dakar
02-07-2012
INGO Waldschmidt has entered his name for the 2013 Dakar an could represent Namibia for a third time at the grueling off-road mega race.In 2009, Waldschmidt finished 52nd out of 235 entrants, while in
readAssad’s fate unclear in world powers’ Syria plan
02-07-2012
GENEVA – World powers struck an agreement that a transitional government should be set up in Syria to end the conflict there but they remained at odds over what part President Bashar Assad might play
readTax evasion fight starts to bare its fangs
02-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Some of the money Africa loses through artful officials diverting cash into offshore tax havens could be recovered after a push by the world’s richest countries to share tax data.The
readLeviev wins London court battle over Angola diamonds
02-07-2012
Ex-partners made fortunes from African mining ventures LONDON – A court battle between two multi-millionaires who fell out after making a fortune from Angolan diamonds ended on Friday when Arkady
readNigeria, a rugged road to high returns
02-07-2012
LAGOS – Bomb blasts, gun attacks, airline crashes, kidnappings, industrial-scale oil theft, armed robberies and fraud costing billions of dollars.Such things might give pause to anyone thinking of
readConnect with your audience
02-07-2012
SHARING a little something of yourself in the form of personal stories can help even a fledgling public speaker connect better with the audience, says Harvard Business Review.Great speakers help
readSA needs radical shift to address inequalities: Zuma
02-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma wrapped up key policy talks by the ruling ANC on Friday calling for radical change to speed up economic transformation and correct past
readWorld Briefs
02-07-2012
Landmines kill 81 in Yemen SANAA – Yemeni military officials say landmines laid by al Qaeda fighters have killed eight people in the past three days near the former militant stronghold of Zinjibar in
readBerlin hospital suspends circumcisions
02-07-2012
BRLIN – Berlin’s Jewish Hospital will suspend circumcisions after a German court ruled last week that performing the procedure on religious grounds is unlawful, a hospital spokesman said on Friday.“We
readIran to fire missiles in desert war games: Guards
02-07-2012
TEHRAN – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced they are to fire ballistic and other missiles at desert targets during three days of war games starting today in a response to threats of military action
readChimpanzee mauls US research student in SA
02-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – An American research student was in a critical condition in a South African hospital on Friday after he was dragged by chimpanzees into an enclosure at a primate sanctuary and
readAfrican Briefs
02-07-2012
Protection for African Inland Church Attacks on Kenyan churches kill 17 NAIROBI – Masked attackers killed at least 17 people yesterday in gun and grenade attacks on churches in a Kenyan town used as
readMursi takes the helm in Egypt
02-07-2012
CAIRO – In a day full of memorable images, none on Saturday was more powerful than that of Egypt’s first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, flanked by generals at a military parade where he was
readEhangano lyoohi lya shonopeke ethimbo lyokwiiyakula
02-07-2012
AANIILONGA haya longele ehangano lyoohi lyEtosha Fishing Company mOmbaye oya lombwelwa kutya ota ya ka pewa elondodho lya shangwa ngele oya pitilile ethimbo lyominute 45 mesiku mokulongitha
readDirkonomic
02-07-2012
OMOSHIKE Barend Nicolaas Venter na Dirk Hendrik Conradie ya faathana? Omiilonga ta yi eta omaipulo ,miinima inaa yoopala. Aanawino mooveta mbaka yaali oya longitha ondhilo yawo moshigwana oku
readIifuta ya muni moVenduka ya londekwa pombanda ishewe
02-07-2012
AAKALIMO mo Venduka otaya ka futa oshindji omolwa omayakulo ngoka haya mono oku za ku muni omwedhi ta guya. Shika osha tseyithwa pethimbo sho ewiliko lyoshilando lya tula poshitaafula omulekeneno
readAakalimo moKuvukiland ya kuthwa pomahala
02-07-2012
AAKALIMO yomolukanda olupe mOshomeya moshitopolwa sha Shikoto lwedhina Kivikuland tayi ihilile pethele lwaampoka oshiwike sha zi ko oya lombwelwa kElelo lyawo lya Shomeya kutya naya ze po pomahala
readOmina ya Rossinga ta yi ka kutha yamwe miilonga
02-07-2012
EHANGANO lyongundu yoomina lya Rio Tinto ndyoka olyo, yina ya Rossing Uranium, olya tseyitha kutya ota li ka shonopeka omwaalu gwaaniilonga yalyo muuyuni auhe nooperesenda 10.Eshonopeko ndika ota li
readSMS mOshiwambo
02-07-2012
*Vakwetu vakwashiwana ovasamalia ova namutimanghenda ohandii dile koshiwana ndina oufyoona woshimaliwa ndahala okutota obusiness ile ta penge ame handi keshi alula konima yefimbo ondahala n$6000
readMalema ina pitikwa eye koNamibia
02-07-2012
OMUWILIKI nale gwewawa lyaagundjuka moANC, Julius Malema ngoka a li ena oku ya ko Namibia momasiku 5 ga Juli okwa mwenekwa opo kee yewe, kaawiliki yopombanda yoSwapo. Malema okwa li a tegelelwa oku ya
readNani accuses Ronaldo of glory seeking
02-07-2012
MANCHESTER United winger Nani has accused Portugal teammate Cristiano Ronaldo of putting himself before his country following their Euro 2012 semi-final penalty shoot-out loss to Spain.Nani has taken
readItalian newspaper under fire for Balotelli slur
02-07-2012
AN ITALIAN sports newspaper has defended its decision to print a headline featuring a pun on Mario Balotelli’s skin colour after it came under fire from an anti-racism group.Over a photo of Balotelli
readOdds stacked against new Bafana coach
02-07-2012
CONSIDERING the objectives set before him, new national football coach Gordon Igesund will be on the back foot from the start.The SA Football Association (Safa), after appointing Igesund on Saturday,
readUnam to play in South Africa Varsity Cup
02-07-2012
UNAM will make their second consecutive appearance at the annual University Sports South Africa Rugby Week.The tournament starts today and will see 32 teams in action at the Wits Rugby Fields. The
readWHS dominate Davin Sport Festival
02-07-2012
WINDHOEK High School dominated the FNB Davin Sport Festival which took place at their sports grounds from Thursday to Saturday.WHS won the rugby and hockey competitions with ease, while Elnatan won
readChiefs first team through to Super 15 playoffs
02-07-2012
SYDNEY – New Zealand’s Waikato Chiefs became the first team to qualify for the top-six playoffs after winning this weekend to consolidate their lead at the top of the Super 15 standings.Western
readTimes edge closer to perfection point
02-07-2012
LONDON – A mythical athlete from the Caribbean clocks 8,99 seconds over 100 metres in the year 2909. Some centuries earlier, in 2245, a Kenyan runs the marathon in one hour, 57 minutes, 58
readNadal’s conqueror makes quick exit
02-07-2012
THE man who beat Rafael Nadal stood courtside signing autographs, his sudden celebrity lasting longer than he did at Wimbledon.Less than 48 hours after stunning Nadal, Lukas Rosol lost Saturday to No.
readSupreme Court overturns corruption acquittal
02-07-2012
THE Supreme Court has reversed the discharge that former National Assembly Secretary, Nama Goabab, and a parliamentary official received on counts of corruption in the High Court in Windhoek, almost
readRural development policy tabled
02-07-2012
THE Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Jerry Ekandjo, last week tabled the national rural development policy aimed at improving opportunities for rural
readOmusati’s acting Swapo coordinator trumped
02-07-2012
THE Omusati Swapo Party regional conference held at Outapi on Saturday elected district coordinator Errki Endjala as the party's new regional coordinator. Endjala beat the long-serving acting Swapo
readNew tourism information centre opens at Kongola
02-07-2012
THE Mashi Tourism Hub at Kongola in the Caprivi Region was officially opened by the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. In 1996 seven women came together with the help of the
readN$95 million question not answered – Swanu
02-07-2012
RESPONDERS to questions about the transfer of N$95 million from the Ministry of Works and Transport into a TransNamib account were evasive and shifted responsibility, said Swanu deputy secretary
readMinisters to get more power over PSes
02-07-2012
CABINET ministers will be able to lay complaints against permanent secretaries when proposed amendments to the Public Service Act are adopted, says the Secretary to Cabinet, Frans Kapofi.The Namibian
readKaras to lay criminal charge against official
02-07-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recommended that the Karas Regional Council lay a criminal charge of theft against a senior council employee, Bernatus Waterboer, without delay. The ACC’s
readIyambo back at work today
02-07-2012
ABRAHAM Iyambo, the Minister of Education, is back in the hot seat today.President Hifikepunye Pohamba announced at the start of the year that Iyambo would be on sick leave until the end of June. In
readFather jailed over rape of daughter
02-07-2012
A RESIDENT of Koës in southern Namibia received a 14-year prison term late last week for having raped his biological daughter almost eight years ago. Judge Nate Ndauendapo sentenced the convicted
readDöbra students threaten class boycott
02-07-2012
STUDENTS of St Joseph’s High School at Döbra have threatened to boycott classes if the close to 50 students who were recently expelled from the school hostel, most of them grade 12 students, are not
readNotable Quotes
02-07-2012
LIFE is about to get better. Here people care and help when they can. Up there no one cares. – Nahipe Welukop, a family member that moved to Windhoek from Ruacana seven years ago in search of better
readThe house that Hendrina Haufiku built
02-07-2012
NOT only has she lost a house, investments she made in home improvements, the opportunity to generate an additional income and her furniture, but her children are now scattered among family and
readSMSes for Monday 02 July 2012
02-07-2012
SMS Of The Day *WHO will address this problem in Namibia? I always read in the print media about people eating at dumpsites in other parts of the country. I was shocked on Saturday, June 30 to learn
readSnoop Dog arrested in Norway
02-07-2012
Snoop Dogg was detained in Norway on Thursday after entering the country with eight grams of marijuana.The ‘Drop it Like it’s Hot’ hitmaker reportedly arrived at Kjevic Airport in Kristiansand with
readFrom The Twittersphere
02-07-2012
SEEMS it was something of a scattered month-end weekend! Namibian tweeps were here, there and everywhere ... and ‘nowhere’. Still, on Twitter nowhere is somewhere – even if it’s the ups and downs of
readBoyle receives honorary doctorate
02-07-2012
Susan Boyle is to be given an honorary doctorate for her contribution to the creative industries. The singer will be honoured by Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University where she studied for a
readKatie’s paltry divorce settlement
02-07-2012
Katie Holmes will receive US$3 million for every year she was married to Tom Cruise. The 33-year-old actress has filed for divorce from the 49-year-old actor – who she wed in November 2006 – and as
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