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49 Articles found on Monday, 23 July 2012
Court gives interdict to stop farm invasion
23-07-2012
WINDHOEK lawyer and farm owner Lucia Hamutenya on Friday obtained an urgent High Court interdict against a group of people who have illegally settled on her farm at Dordabis.Hamutenya obtained the
readHardap renovations still in limbo
23-07-2012
A YEAR after the Hardap Resort was closed for renovations by Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), no work has started yet, NWR acknowledged last week. The resort was closed on June 2011 in preparation for
readFishing vessel catches fire and sinks
23-07-2012
A FISHING vessel with 24 tons of fish on board caught fire at the Lüderitz harbour in the early morning hours of Friday and later sank outside the harbour.The vessel, the Jelly Fish, belonging to a
readNeckartal delay costs millions
23-07-2012
THE billion-dollar Neckartal Dam project is still stuck at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, almost a year after Cabinet ordered that the pre-qualification round must be re-advertised.
read‘Barclays rate scandal won’t affect business in Africa’
23-07-2012
BARCLAYS Plc doesn’t anticipate that the rate-rigging scandal which has rocked its operations in the UK will have any impact on its operations Africa, the international financial service giant has
readObama meets victims and families of Batman shooting
23-07-2012
AURORA – United States President Barack Obama was due to visit Colorado yesterday to meet victims of the Batman cinema massacre, a day after police entered the gunman’s booby-trapped apartment.The
readAthletes arrive in London
23-07-2012
THE first group of Team Namibia arrived safely at London’s Heathrow Airport on Saturday morning after a close to 12-hour-long flight. The first group consisted of team manager Joan Smit, team doctor
readComedy Central picks roasters for Steve Hofmeyr
23-07-2012
Johannesburg – Comedy Central Africa has revealed Casper De Vries, Kuli Roberts and John Vlismas as the roasting panel that will be roasting musician Steve Hofmeyr at the first Comedy Central Africa
readZimbabwe draft charter curbs president’s powers
23-07-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe lawmakers have finalised a draft constitution that curtails presidential powers and limits terms to 10 years, part of key reforms ahead of elections, a minister said Friday.The
readAU and Senegal discuss how to try Chad’s Habre
23-07-2012
DAKAR – African Union experts and Senegal officials were on Saturday poring over how to organise the trial of Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre for crimes against humanity.The previous day, the
readMadagascar army contains mutiny
23-07-2012
ANTANANARIVO – Mutinous soldiers stormed a military camp near Madagascar’s main airport yesterday and the army said it had contained the fighting and there was no risk of the violence spreading.The
readANCYL wants Motlanthe for president
23-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Youth League has called on Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to become president, and made an indirect reference toward President Jacob Zuma serving only
readMaintain momentum for change
23-07-2012
Implementing change can be a long and exhausting process and it’s easy to lose momentum along the way, but a few deliberate steps can help keep up the energy level, says Harvard Business Review.When
readNaCC gives provisional thumbs-up for EBH merger
23-07-2012
THE Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) has provisionally approved a merger between South African companies DCD-Dorbyl and Elgin Brown and Hamer Group Holdings (EBH), who has interest in
readChina, African nations vow cooperation after talks
23-07-2012
BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Friday that talks with his African counterparts at a Beijing forum were a success and they outlined plans for future cooperation between China and
readSudan fuel subsidy not fully lifted until end 2013
23-07-2012
KHARTOUM – Sudan will not fully remove fuel subsidies until the end of 2013 since austerity measures worth seven billion Sudanese pounds are sufficient to turn around the ailing economy, a senior
readGreek PM sees country in ‘Great Depression’
23-07-2012
ATHENS – Greece is in a ‘Great Depression’ similar to the American one in the 1930s, the country’s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told former US President Bill Clinton yesterday.Samaras’s comments
readDe Beers profit halves as diamond buyers hold back
23-07-2012
LONDON – First-half profit halved at De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, as trade buyers were held back by a lack of funds and worries over consumer demand.The company, soon to be
readSMEs in Erongo receive additional loans
23-07-2012
SWAKOPMUND – Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Erongo region can now qualify for additional advances from the Erongo Micro-Finance Credit Scheme (EMFCS).Chairman of the Erongo Development
readThousands raised for Okakarara Trade Fair
23-07-2012
OKAKARARA – Okakarara Trade Fair chief executive officer (CEO) Caleb Majooka was overwhelmed by the N$72 000 collected during a fund-raising gala dinner in Okakarara on Friday evening.Majooka told
readCredit for young entrepreneurs in Kunene
23-07-2012
OPUWO – The National Youth Council (NYC) in the Kunene Region will launch the Credit for Youth in Business (CYB) programme in the Kunene and Omusati regions next month.“It is aimed at supporting
readLibor process flawed, poses risk
23-07-2012
WASHINGTON – The process for setting a key global interest rate is flawed and poses a risk to the stability of financial markets, according to a report from the US Treasury Department.Banks have been
readCars clog roads as Zim’s economy stirs back to life
23-07-2012
HARARE – A cacophony of blaring horns and revving engines drown every other sound as frustrated motorists battle to negotiate a downtown intersection where the rush-hour traffic converges into
readUsher’s 11-year-old stepson Kyle Glover dies
23-07-2012
Usher’s 11-year-old stepson has died, two weeks after the child was critically injured in a boating accident.Kyle Glover passed away on Saturday morning from the injuries he obtained after being run
readSyrian forces bombard Damascus
23-07-2012
BEIRUT/AMMAN – Syrian forces bombarded three districts of Damascus with helicopter gunships yesterday, witnesses said, clawing back territory from rebels a week after the fighters launched what they
readRussia arrests officials after deadly floods
23-07-2012
MOSCOW – Russia yesterday announced the arrest of three local officials for negligence during flooding that killed 172 people and politically undermined President Vladimir Putin as he took up his
readOmahogololo ga gwedhwapo moshikandjo sha Sibbinda ga tseyithwa
23-07-2012
OKOMMISSI yOmahogololo ya Namibia oya tseyitha kutya omahogololo ga gwedhwapo moshikandjohogololo sha Sibbinda otaga ka kalako momasiku 14 ga Septemba nuumvo. Omahogololo ngaka ota ga ningwa konima
readEkwathelo molwa oshikukuta moKunene
23-07-2012
EPANGELO olya tseyitha kutya iikandjohogololo ine moshitopolwa sha Kunene oyi li kohi yoshikukuta, noKabinete oka zimine opo pu longithwe oodola oomiliona 32 oku kwatha mboka ya gumwa konkalo ndjoka.
readAagundjuka yaaluhe
23-07-2012
ETHIMBO lyokukala nomwenyo nenge kombanda yevi moNamibia ota ku tengenekwa lili pomimvo 53. Ooperesenda 60 dhaakwashigwana ya Namibia ota ku tengenekwa yeli kohi yomimvo omilongo 40. Shika osha
readOikolwifa oyo omukundu munene noshiponga shinene koshiwana shaNamibia
23-07-2012
Moshitopolwa shotete sho shishangomwa eshi onda ulike nghee oikolwifa tayi nyonaunapo oshiwana. Apa otandi yandje omafaneko nghee oshiwana shOmwene shina okweenda oku kedabala okudja momwiyo
readSMS mOshiwambo
23-07-2012
*NORED kambadhala uninge ho tumu mbala omayalulo gokehulilo lyomwedhi. Juni inatu ga mona ongini ngawo. *Otandi kongo ekwatho kaakuluntu yandje mepangelo no maanageshefa nokukehe ngoka ta vulu oku
readOlympic briefs
23-07-2012
No shoes for big foot athlete Stepping into the shoes of the greats has always been a challenge but just finding shoes that fit has been a problem for an unnamed British athlete with size 17 feet who
readTISAN wins CUCSA Games
23-07-2012
THE Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (TISAN) won gold in football, tennis, volleyball and netball and dominated athletics but came up short on success in chess, table tennis and
readBeata ready to banish Olympic demons
23-07-2012
NAMIBIA’S women’s marathon record holder Beata Naigambo is thrilled to be competing in her second Olympic Games Her excitement stems from the knowledge that she is thoroughly conditioned for
readSuper semifinals lineup complete
23-07-2012
WELLINGTON – South Africa’s Sharks ended the Queensland Reds’ reign as Super 15 rugby champions while the Canterbury Crusaders took a step towards their eighth championship title with wins on Saturday
readTevev on the bag at Open
23-07-2012
LYTHAM – Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez made a surprise early start to the season on Sunday but instead of the football arena it came at the Open golf where he caddied for Andres Romero in the
read‘Sing anthem or don’t play’
23-07-2012
BERLIN – The former head of the German football federation Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder said in an interview published on Friday that national team players should sing the national anthem or risk not been
readSwakop waterfront development in contravention of building laws
23-07-2012
THE more than N$400 million Swakopmund Waterfront Shopping Centre Development (SWFD) is going full steam ahead even before a valid building permit has been issued by the municipality.On top of this
readWindhoek to host water reclamation conference
23-07-2012
THE International Water Association has chosen Namibia to host its ninth international conference on water reclamation in Windhoek next year.This will be the first time that this conference will take
readUnion in battle to gain control at Shoprite
23-07-2012
THE Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) and a rival union, the Namibia Wholesale Workers Union (NWRWU), are involved in a spat over bargaining power at Shoprite CheckersNafau claims that
readTwo dead, six injured in accident
23-07-2012
TWO people died while six others sustained serious injuries after a car in which they were travelling left the road and overturned. The accident occurred on the C13 road between Rosh Pinah and Aus on
readFrom The Twittersphere
23-07-2012
POWER failures, the power of change, the corruption of power ... Namibian tweeps powered their way through a weekend of gomchas, football, Big Brother, bellyaches, headaches, and more! @Itsmy_DNA:
readSwapo regional conferences not without problems
23-07-2012
THE re-run Swapo regional conference in the Omusati Region has again seen Erkki Endjala convincingly triumphing over Rebbeka Iitembu as the party regional coordinator.Iitembu, who was the acting
readSMSes for Monday 23 July 2012
23-07-2012
SMS Of The Day *TOM Alweendo is to be credited with his honesty about the achievements of the National Planning Commission. We can see that he is not a ‘reshuffled one’ for trying to improve! Food
readIPBF membership stops annual meeting
23-07-2012
WINDHOEK – The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Indigenous People’s Business Forum (IPBF) that was supposed to take place on Friday in Windhoek was postponed.Only 27 members out of about 500 turned
readHeroin smuggler to be sentenced
23-07-2012
A TANZANIAN citizen who has admitted that he tried to smuggle a consignment of heroin through Namibia is to be sentenced in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court today.The 39-year-old Yussuph Ommary Kimimbi
readCops accused of robbery deny all
23-07-2012
BOTH police officers charged in connection with an alleged robbery involving N$2,2 million in Klein Windhoek in mid-May followed the example of their co-accused in denying the charges against them
readACC decides to prosecute former Kalkrand employees
23-07-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to prosecute two former employees at the Kalkrand Village Council for having used a cheque of N$68 000 without proper authorisation. Marthinus
readNotable Quotes
23-07-2012
WE cannot be too satisfied with our current achievements. – National Planning Commission Director General Tom Alweendo speaking at the launch of the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP4) in
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