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50 Articles found on Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Omaheke governor’s office, Gobabis municipality divided
06-06-2012
GOBABIS – A power struggle within the Omaheke Swapo Party leadership has started to affect the working relationship between the regional governor’s office and the Gobabis Town Council.It is alleged
readKandjii ‘wrecks’ Olympic dream
06-06-2012
AMATEUR boxer Simon ‘Balooka’ Johannes says Ambrosius Kandjii’s greed and negligence cost him a chance to fight for an Olympic spot last month. The boxer alleges that Kandjii, who headed Namibia’s
readLet’s immunise the children
06-06-2012
Naomi Josoph (3) receives her measles vaccination. Her sister Wilma (six months) is still too young. The annual immunisation campaign by the Ministry of Health is taking place until tomorrow. In this
readMeatco ownership changes
06-06-2012
THE uncertainty about the ownership of Meatco, which has dragged on for the past four years, came to an end yesterday when Cabinet approved the new structure of the meat company.Meatco will be divided
readMillion-dollar windfall for Mutual’s shareholders
06-06-2012
LOCAL Old Mutual shareholders will be laughing all the way to the bank tomorrow when the international financial services group pays out its 2011 annual dividend plus a special dividend, pumping N$69
readOuseb calls for Warriors support
06-06-2012
FORMER Brave Warriors stalwart Mohammed Ouseb has called for strong home support at the Independence Stadium for Namibia’s World Cup Qualifier against Kenya on Saturday.Ouseb said it is “very crucial”
readCrowds jam London for Queen Elizabeth’s jubilee finale
06-06-2012
LONDON – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth began the fourth and final day of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations yesterday with a solo appearance at a thanksgiving service in St Paul’s Cathedral ahead of a
readSwaziland’s isolation: a long road ahead
06-06-2012
MBABANE – Calls for international isolation of Swazi’s King Mswati III, criticised as a dictator living it up amid his people’s poverty, have had little effect as the monarchy remains a pillar of
readRescuers expect Nigerian plane crash toll to rise
06-06-2012
LAGOS – Nigerian rescuers searching for victims after a plane crashed into a densely populated area of Lagos killing all 153 people on board said they expected to recover more bodies in the ruins of a
readFrance hits back at Obama over Europe debt crisis
06-06-2012
ROME – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday hit back at comments by US President Barack Obama about the threat of the European debt crisis, saying it had originated in the United
readBeware of ‘Visa’ phishing scam
06-06-2012
FNB Namibia, as one of the main Visa partners has reiterated an alert regarding a new email phishing scam. Dixon Norval, head of strategic marketing and communications at the bank, on Friday said the
readSouth African police probe MTN Iran graft allegations
06-06-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s elite Hawks police unit has opened an investigation into allegations of corruption at mobile phone giant MTN relating to its purchase of a mobile licence in Iran, a
readThree things you should not tweet
06-06-2012
How many of the roughly 175 million tweets that are chirping every day are worthwhile, wonders Harvard Business Review.Of the 175 million tweets generated each day, how many are actually worthwhile?
readGovernment owes N$25bln
06-06-2012
GOVERNMENT’S domestic debt dropped for the first time in nearly two years last month, reaching N$17,38 billion.The marginal reducing of about 0,3 per cent compared to April was due to a reduction in
readAfrican Briefs
06-06-2012
Tripoli airport in original hands TRIPOLI – Libyan authorities wrested back control of Tripoli International Airport from ex-rebels who seized the runway on Monday, surrounding planes and grounding
readChina says only it has right to monitor air pollution
06-06-2012
BEIJING – A senior Chinese official demanded yesterday that foreign embassies stop issuing air pollution readings, saying it was against the law and diplomatic conventions, in pointed criticism of a
readBill Clinton stumps for Barack Obama
06-06-2012
NEW YORK – Bill Clinton campaigned on Monday with President Barack Obama, sprinkling political stardust on his Democratic successor and blasting challenger Mitt Romney for embracing the politics of
readWorld Briefs
06-06-2012
Al Qaeda No 2 at house hit by US drone PESHAWAR – Pakistan has evidence that al-Qaeda’s second in command was in a house hit by a United States drone strike in the country’s northwest tribal region,
readOmupersidende gwa Malawi eetha po omauwanawa giilonga
06-06-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE gwa Malawi, okwa tseyitha kutya ondhila yomuperesidende noshowo iiyenditho yomashete yili 60 ota yi ka landithwapo. Oshinima shika osha pandulwa koyendji mboka ya ti na shi ninge
readMoshigongi shaanyasha yoSwapo onda li mo ongoshilyo
06-06-2012
KAANSELA gwoshikandjohogololo shUukwiyuushona Andreas Amundjindi ota ti kutya ye moshigongi shaanyasha yoSwapo moshitopolwa sha Shana, shoka sha ningilwe kOngwediva omasiku ga zi ko, ota ti ye ka li
readOshipangelo shaMuthiya natango inashi lala ndele osha yonuka nayi
06-06-2012
OSHIPANGELO shEpangelo shaMuthiya mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto shoka sha tamekele okutungwa lwomomumvo 2009 nosha pwile omvula ya zi ko, natango inashi lala, ano inashi tameka okulongithwa noshi
readOndando yomahooli ota yi ka shuna pevi mu Juni
06-06-2012
AALONGITHI yomahooli oya tegelela okafudhepo moondando sho ngiika ondando yomahooli tashi vulika ya tegelelwa yi ka shune pevi omwedhi nguka okuza tuu nkene ya kala ta yi ende yuuka pombanda,
readSMS mOshiwambo
06-06-2012
*Ngame ondina uudhigu wokanona kandje ka hulitha miita yemanguluko. Okanona okahulitha 1989. Uuyelele auhe ondi una kombinga yeso lyokanona. Paife opuwo wala ngaaka? Nandi pewe eyamukulo vakwetu.
readOshigongi oshinene shoSwapo sha kaleke einyengitho lyoominista
06-06-2012
OOMINISTA dho Kabinete odha tegelela nomaipulo oku inyengithwa komuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba ngaashi a londodhele kutya ote ke shi ninga. Okwiinyengitha oominista dhokabinete okwa li kwa
readNam refs get World Cup qualifier
06-06-2012
NAMIBIAN officials Rainhold Shikongo, David Shaanika, Hendrick Swartbooi and Helmut Andreas will take charge of the 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier between Lesotho and Sudan in Maseru on Sunday.The
readMosimane fired: Safa
06-06-2012
PITSO Mosimane has been sacked as Bafana Bafana head coach, the SA Football Association (Safa) confirmed yesterday. Assistant coach Steve Komphela would take charge of South Africa’s next two
readChelsea complete swoop for Hazard
06-06-2012
LONDON – European champions Chelsea completed the signing of highly rated Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard from French club Lille on Monday.Hazard’s move to Stamford Bridge had been expected since last
readErrani v Sam Stosur in French Open semis
06-06-2012
PARIS – After a quick exit at her last Grand Slam tournament, Sam Stosur is very much in the mix again at the French Open.Stosur, who followed her 2011 US Open title with a first-round loss at the
readThunder take series lead on the road
06-06-2012
REGULAR season scoring leader Kevin Durant has led his team to being just one win away from their first ever trip to the NBA finals. After dropping the first two games against a Spurs team that looked
readMan United agree terms with Kagawa
06-06-2012
MANCHESTER United have agreed terms with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of midfielder Shinji Kagawa, the English Premier League club said yesterday, with the Japan international needing to pass a
readUS actor apologises for calling cricket ‘gay’
06-06-2012
ACTOR Jason Alexander can’t take back what he said so he’s apologising. Last Friday, Alexander was on The Late Late Show on CBS and told host Craig Ferguson that cricket was a “gay sport.”“You know
readRonaldinho quits Flamengo for Atletico Mineiro
06-06-2012
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil superstar Ronaldinho, having quit Flamengo last week amid claims he is owed some 20 million dollars in salary, on Monday signed for modest top-flight side Atletico Mineiro.“We
readIs pain medication in sport a form of legal doping?
06-06-2012
THE deputy director of the World Anti Doping Laboratory in Cologne says that painkillers fulfil all the requirements of a doping substance.Dr Hans Geyer has been evaluating doping control forms and
readSecurity guard denied bail in murder case
06-06-2012
A SECURITY company employee who is accused of murder, robbery and other crimes after a colleague was shot dead on the road between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja in November last year is facing a longer
readRehoboth CEO wants Govt to subsidise local authorities
06-06-2012
REHOBOTH – The national policy of decentralisation will not be successful if the Government is not willing to decentralise human and financial resources,says Rehoboth Town Council chief executive
readNew fisheries offices open at Swakop
06-06-2012
THE new headquarters of the Benguela Current Commission (BCC) and the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) were opened in Swakopmund yesterday by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine
readChasing the dots ... Buzz, Blah and Bunkum!
06-06-2012
YES, despite being a Namibian by registration since Independence and thus having forsaken my then English, whoops, British citizenship, I find the current celebrations of the UK Queen and, now more
readNatangwe Ngatjizeko opts for silence
06-06-2012
MATRICIDE suspect Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko has decided not to testify in his own defence in his murder trial in the High Court in Windhoek.Ngatjizeko’s defence case in his trial was closed before
readGeingob’s trips add value - Ministry
06-06-2012
OFFICIAL trips and investment promotions with local businesspeople organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry is part of the ministry’s responsibilities and their value is “incalculable”.Trade
readECN warned against voter registration
06-06-2012
EXPERTS have expressed concern about the timing of the Electoral Commission’s (ECN’s) planned voter registration drive towards the end of this year.The Director of Elections, Moses Ndjarakana,
readBlue Cross helps with alcohol and drug abstinence
06-06-2012
BLUE Cross Namibia held a week-long outreach at the coast in which it promoted abstinence and sobriety from drugs and alcohol through a healthy lifestyle. The Blue Cross team all have a history of
readAnother delay in Neckartal tender
06-06-2012
CABINET’S deadline for the submission of the second Neckartal Dam tender to the Tender Board will be missed.After it was decided to re-advertise the tender for the construction of the dam, which was
readNotable Quotes
06-06-2012
PRESIDENT Pohamba has, so far, been very cautious in changing his Cabinet. I would expect that any changes would be limited to the few posts. Particularly with the [Swapo] congress approaching he
readAn American family’s contribution to Namibian independence
06-06-2012
THE story of Namibia’s independence is one with many narrators. Although not alive to tell her story, Ilah Weiblen of the state of Iowa in the United States left behind a collection of rich historical
read‘Fill a bowl’ a resounding success
06-06-2012
THE Potters’Association of Namibia (PAN) held its second ‘Fill a Bowl’ fundraising evening last Friday in Swakopmund, and according to PAN Swakopmund’s Carola Lorck, it was a “resounding success”.Of
readSMses for Wednesday 06 June 2012
06-06-2012
SMS Of The Day *MR Sackey Iyambo it’s great to know there are amazing people out there to help the needy just like you. God bless you! Food for Thought *OUR leaders today were also once called the
readDKB and Zainab disqualified
06-06-2012
Nobody is quite sure what happened, some say it started when Zainab opened the shower door while comedian DKB from Ghana was showering. All we know is it ended with DKB pushing Zainab and slapping her
readTheron says ‘Mad Max’ won’t be a sequel
06-06-2012
Charlize Theron has revealed that ‘Mad Max 4: Fury Road’ which will be shot in Namibia will not be a prequel or sequel to the previous films.The Oscar-winning South African actress is set to star
readFrom The Twittersphere
06-06-2012
A LITTLE bit of shimmy, a little bit of shuffle, as Namibians rustle up the daily Twitter hustle. With a guest appearance by the President, and ... Vanilla Custard. @Misspetrus: NamPower needs to
readBotswana siblings bow out as Ghanaian couple are separated
06-06-2012
Entering as the only couple in the BBA StarGame, Ghana’s Keita and Mildred were separated on Sunday, as he headed to the Upville house and his lady love, refusing to go on stage due to a ‘bad hair
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