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50 Articles found on Monday, 25 June 2012
Woman misses her funeral
25-06-2012
A YOUNG woman estimated to be in her mid-30s missed her funeral last week and the corpse of a 78-year-old granny went missing in Windhoek following a case of mistaken identity.The family of the
readMeatco producers may challenge Cabinet
25-06-2012
THE new ownership of Meatco will be made public this week, after Cabinet decided about three weeks ago that Government will take up 30% of the trading company, while the cooperative will be fully
readExile kids are special - Shalli
25-06-2012
RETIRED Lieutenant General Martin Shalli has called for a distinction to be made between those children born and raised in exile and those born in Namibia, saying those born and raised in exile are “a
readLawyer’s farm deal judged to be fraud
25-06-2012
A FARM sale which a Gobabis lawyer put together in an attempt to circumvent the Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform Act was in fraud of the law, the Supreme Court has ruled.The set of contracts
readFirst National Bank sells stake in Momentum to Metropolitan
25-06-2012
FNB Namibia Holdings has sold its 51 per cent stake in Momentum Life Assurance Namibia to Metropolitan Life Namibia.The transaction was confirmed on Friday by FNB Namibia and Metropolitan
readRio+20, the unhappy environmental summit
25-06-2012
RIO DE JANEIRO – It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit.Not within the legion of bleary-eyed government negotiators from 188 nations who met in a failed attempt
readSimon KO’s Groenewald
25-06-2012
HARRY Simon maintained his unbeaten record when he knocked out Ruben Groenewald of South Africa in the first round of their light-heavyweight fight on Saturday evening.Fighting at a packed SKW Hall,
readStop being a price-setting bully
25-06-2012
The practice of bleeding a customer dry – such as that used by airlines, banks and others with endless fees and other add-ons – is antagonistic and can be destructive, says Harvard Business
readPolitics cloud fate of South Africa’s Telkom
25-06-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The future of South African telecommunications firm Telkom may depend on whether the left-leaning ruling African National Congress (ANC) trusts government more to build out internet
readZim police investigate finance minister
25-06-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwean police said yesterday they had launched an investigation connected with finance minister Tendai Biti, and a state-owned newspaper said the probe was over the disappearance of US$20
readEurozone big four vow billions to boost growth
25-06-2012
ROME – The leaders of the eurozone’s four biggest economies on Friday vowed measures worth up to 130 billion euros (US$163 billion) to tackle the bloc’s relentless debt crisis.Meeting for talks in
readMoody’s sees big banks’ risks of ‘outsized losses’
25-06-2012
NEW YORK – Moody’s Investors Service has lowered the credit ratings on some of the world’s biggest banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, reflecting concern over their
readGreek outlines issues it wants renegotiated
25-06-2012
ATHENS – Greece’s new coalition government said Saturday it will seek to repeal some taxes, halt layoffs and extend by two years the deadlines for tough austerity measures imposed under its
readANC promises ring hollow in home of S.Africa greats
25-06-2012
ENTSHINGENI – First graders huddle to do sums on scraps of paper pressed against a cracked mud wall at Mwezeni Primary School in South Africa’s destitute Eastern Cape province.The school may be
readZimbabwean police investigate finance minister
25-06-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwean police said on Sunday they had launched an investigation connected with finance minister Tendai Biti, and a state-owned newspaper said the probe was over the disappearance of US$20
readPrison raid frees 40 inmates in Nigeria
25-06-2012
KANO – Attackers with guns and explosives raided a jail in a restive Nigerian city on Sunday, leaving four prison guards dead and freeing 40 inmates, authorities said.The raid occurred in the
readOnakuyiwa ota yi hulupo
25-06-2012
ONAKUYIWA ya Namibia ota yi si. Shika ita tu shi popi ashike pamupopyofano ndele otatu shi popi molela. Omupopyo nguka ogwa tungila ketseyitho lyomuwiliki gUundjolowele moshitopolwa sha Hardap, sho
readAgra a gandja omagano giitungitho kosikola
25-06-2012
ONGESHEFA ya tseyika nawa hayi landitha iikwaniipangitho yopaunampaya nuuniimuna, ngashi omiti, iikulya yiimuna nosho tuu yilwe, yedhina Agra, oshiwike shayi oya gandja iitungitho, ngashi oongonga
readKamwi okuuvite oluhodhi kelongitho lyiingangamithiM
25-06-2012
INISTA, Richard Kamwi ota ti elongitho nayi lyomalovu noshowo lyiingangamithi olya ninga oshinima oshiwinayi notashi etitha omaipulo moshilongo. Kamwi okwa popi ndhika a ti shika osha ulikwa
readRoads Authority oku na oongunga dhaana kondalaka
25-06-2012
EHANGANO lyoondjila[Roads Authority] oli na oongunga dhomahangano ngoka ga pelwe iilonga okwoopaleka oondjila dha yonagulwa kefundja muumbangalantu woshilongo.Ota ku hokololwa kutya iimaliwa mbyoka
readEshangitho lyaa hogololi lyuundulilwa komeho
25-06-2012
OKOMMISSI yOmahogololo ya Namibia oya lundulula edhiladhilo lya yo oku shangitha aahogololi ayehe moshilongo nuumvo. ECN okwa li a thaneka oku tameka noku shangitha aahogololi ayehe pokati ka Kotoba
readAalandithi yomalovu ina ya silwa ohenda
25-06-2012
OPOLISI oya ti ka pwali pwaadhika euvathano kutya aalandithi yomalovu yaana oombapila naya tsikile okulanditha ngaaka. Omunashipundi gwaalandithi yOmalovu, Andreas Nuule ngoka ali poshigongi
readSMS mOshiwambo
25-06-2012
*Yakwetu!oshitya okutya epangelo olyetu,na shi zepo, shapo!nakutye ike epangelo,olyaamba yeli momtumba gwo pashigwana,omolwashike tuna oku mo nena iishuna ngawo ngele olyetu atusheni? Paime aantu
readEuro 2012
25-06-2012
Results Saturday, June 23 Spain 2 – 0 France Friday, June 22 Germany 4 - 2 Greece
readNo room for sentiment in Loew’s hunt for Euro glory
25-06-2012
GDANSK – With the Bundesliga producing a conveyor belt of fresh talent and national coach Joachim Loew eager to promote youth, reputations no longer appear to count for much on the German team.Loew
readFrench plan ruined by early goal, says Blanc
25-06-2012
DONETSK – France had a cunning plan to deny Spain but unfortunately it was ruined after less than 20 minutes and they lacked the sharpness to turn the situation around in their Euro 2012 quarter-final
readFrom The Twitter Touchline
25-06-2012
SOME of the best Euro 2012 tweets from the past week:@FaisalAdam: Cristiano Ronaldo won the game for Portugal. He used his head. @thomasmlambo: Samaras. The first card the Greeks have seen in a while
readMeyer unimpressed by Springboks
25-06-2012
THE Springboks’ performance in Saturday’s 14-all draw with England in Port Elizabeth was a step backwards, according to South African coach Heyneke Meyer.The side looked flatfooted in damp and windy
readSA students defeat novice Namibians
25-06-2012
NAMIBIA’S rugby team got their 2012 campaign off to a losing start as they lost 34-24 to South African Universities at the National Rugby Stadium on Saturday afternoon.The match served as preparation
readHeat win NBA championship
25-06-2012
The Heat left no doubt in the minds of critics that they are the force to be reckoned with in the NBA from here on in. They crushed the Thunder in game 5 to savour the title for the second time in
readNew chiefs for world body ICC
25-06-2012
KUALA LUMPUR – Cricket’s world body will appoint new senior officials and haggle over plans to water down the influence of leading nations – hotly opposed by dominant India – at annual talks that
readBusinessman ‘Zorro’ denies robbery charge
25-06-2012
“I AM innocent – in capital letters IN-NO-CENT – in this case,” proclaimed businessman Josia Muhongo, stressing each syllable of the all-important word, in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court last
readVerdict in Boois corruption case on July 2
25-06-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Regional Court on Friday set July 2 as the day for the judgement in the trial of former Karas governor and Berseba Constituency regional councillor Dawid Boois, who is charged with 24
readFrom The Twittersphere
25-06-2012
NAMIBIAN tweeps survived – just – the Twitter outage on Friday! From hibernation to taxi nation, missionaries to shebeens, comrades to chickens, Namibians go with the 140 flow.@ashantile: This is
readSMS for Monday 25 June 2012
25-06-2012
Hifikepunye Pohamba *Dear Comrade President could you please, before you leave office, release just one Presidential Commission of Enquiry report. The nation has been waiting for too long. Food for
readSMEs cry foul over RCC conduct
25-06-2012
SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contracted to provide tipper trucks to a joint venture between the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) and the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) for a major road
readShyman poised to thrill Katima music fans
25-06-2012
Music fans from the north-eastern town of Katima Mulilo can brace themselves for a red hot show, when Zambian music star Shyman Shaizo joins Namibian DJ Siya Mnathi-Fela in staging the Winter Bash, at
readNew police station in Walvis Bay harbour
25-06-2012
A N$6 MILLION police station inside the Namibian Port Authority’s Walvis Bay premises is a feather in the cap for Namibia’s attempt to meet international standards for port and maritime safety.The
readOverspending, lax budget controls in Govt spending
25-06-2012
THE chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee, Usutuaije Maamberua, says it has become a yearly trend for Government ministries, offices and agencies to overspend their budgets. Reporting on the
readSuspected Möwes murderers behind bars
25-06-2012
THE Namibian Police have made a breakthrough in the murder of the 60-year-old Joseph Siegfried Möwes of the farm Emmabron in the Dordabis district, who was killed earlier this month.On June 7 an armed
readMavara will not leave politics
25-06-2012
SWAPO Party Youth League (SPYL) Central Committee member and SPYL’s national leader for the Kavango Region, Wenzel Mavara, says he will not leave youth politics as was reported by the media this
read‘Mad Max’ shooting starts in July
25-06-2012
John Seale is excited about shooting the long-awaited ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ in Namibia. ‘’This one I swear won’t disappoint,’’ says the Oscar-winning cinematographer of ‘The English Patient’,
readKhorixas suspends ‘whistleblower’
25-06-2012
THE finance manager of the Khorixas town council faces a disciplinary hearing this week after charges were allegedly concocted against him.Amingo Honneb yesterday said he was suspended in January
readJunias Fillipus sues Govt for N$2,7 m
25-06-2012
JUNIAS Fillipus, who was arrested in connection with the rape and murder of schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels in 2010, wants close to N$3 million from the Namibian Government.He sues the Minister of
readChildren stand up against alcohol and drug abuse
25-06-2012
MORE than 100 pupils from Windhoek schools on Saturday marched along Independence Avenue to encourage the nation to stand up against drug and alcohol abuse.The demonstration organised by the Ministry
readBus and truck crash near Arandis
25-06-2012
A BUS with about 50 students of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) at Arandis, crashed into a low-bed truck about 50km outside Swakopmund.The accident took place during lunchtime on
readBoy in spanking case battles to remember
25-06-2012
THE former Windhoek Gymnasium pupil whose parents are accusing the school’s teachers of assault was allegedly coached by his parents not to admit logical conclusions and remember selectively.This
readOndangwa Airport to be upgraded
25-06-2012
THE Namibian Airports Company on Friday revealed plans for the upgrading of the Ondangwa Airport at a cost of N$60 million.Officiating at the groundbreaking ceremony at the Ondangwa Airport, Deputy
read‘It wasn’t me’, Schiefer testifies
25-06-2012
‘HE did not kill his parents’, double murder accused Romeo Schiefer told a judge in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.His parents were still alive – his father watching television, his mother
readNotable Quotes
25-06-2012
THE Minister should exercise the powers conferred upon her promptly and efficiently. In this she has failed. – Supreme Court Acting Judge, Pius Langa said at the dismissal of Justice Minister
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