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58 Articles found on Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Patient hits dentist
14-03-2012
CONSTERNATION erupted at the Katutura State Hospital in Windhoek yesterday morning when a patient physically attacked a dentist.Manga Libita, the hospital’s spokesperson, confirmed the incident. She
readShort-lived beauty
14-03-2012
The lilies at Maltahöhe are in bloom again. This is a yearly short-lived event when the lilies of the Sandhof Pan about 40 kilometres from Maltahöhe are in bloom. It is a mystery why the species
readCriminal probe ordered into lift deaths
14-03-2012
PROSECUTOR General Martha Imalwa has requested the Police to open a criminal investigation into the death of two men in a lift accident at the Katutura State Hospital at the end of 2010.She said
readRössing Foundation workers might lose jobs
14-03-2012
THE jobs of 42 employees of the Rössing Foundation are on the line. The foundation is in financial dire straits after not having received any money from its sole funder, Rössing Uranium Limited
readAirNam bill to hit N$3,5 billion
14-03-2012
TAXPAYERS have pumped nearly N$3,5 billion into Air Namibia since just before the turn of the century to try and get the struggling airline financially off the ground, independent economist Robin
read‘Tippex Tipeeg,’ says Sherbourne
14-03-2012
“PERHAPS it’s time to apply some Tippex to Tipeeg and focus on addressing the real bottlenecks to growth and creating an economic environment that encourages genuine entrepreneurship and greater
readTaliban fire on Afghan officials at attack site
14-03-2012
BALANDI – Taliban militants opened fire yesterday on a delegation of senior Afghan officials - including two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers - visiting villages in southern Afghanistan where a
readNamibia stump favoured Irish
14-03-2012
DUBAI – Namibia held its nerve and upset tournament favourites Ireland by four runs in World Twenty20 cricket qualifying yesterday.Namibia were deserved winners and, as Ireland coach Phil Simmons so
readDelegate, then disengage
14-03-2012
Too many managers go through the motions of delegating, only to hang around and try to micromanage their employees instead, says Harvard Business Review. They need to disengage.Entrusting a project to
readInflation highest in 30 months
14-03-2012
AT 7,4 per cent, annual inflation reached its highest level in two and a half years in Namibia in February.Data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) yesterday, showed the February figure
readAfrican Digest
14-03-2012
Sasol shops for gas in North America JOHANNESBURG – Petrochemicals group Sasol sees opportunities to buy cheap natural gas assets in North America that would help boost its output of chemicals and
readChina defends rare earths limits
14-03-2012
BEIJING – China defended curbs on production of rare earths used in mobile phones and other high-tech products as an environmental measure yesterday, responding to reports the United States, Europe
readInternational Digest
14-03-2012
US deficit up in February WASHINGTON – The US federal deficit was slightly smaller through the first five months of the budget year than the previous year. Still, the imbalance is on pace to exceed
readMCC links Namibian women with international markets
14-03-2012
WASHINGTON – Like countless Namibian women before her, Emilia Kambonde learned from her mother how to extract the kernel from the marula seed and process its oil in the traditional way.But for years,
readWhen emerging economies sneeze, world economy shivers
14-03-2012
PARIS – Signs of slowing growth in emerging economies, the new engines of global growth, highlight the importance and integration of these markets.Financial markets were destabilised on Monday by
readDozens missing, 31 dead in Bangladesh ferry crash
14-03-2012
DHAKA – A ferry packed with about 200 people capsized in a river in southern Bangladesh yesterday, killing 31 people and leaving dozens more missing, authorities said.Local police chief Mohammad
readMum’s always with me: Bobbi Kristina
14-03-2012
IN her first interview since Whitney Houston’s death, daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown said she’s “doing as good as I possibly can” and recalled the tender last moments she shared with her superstar
readWorld Briefs
14-03-2012
Israel-Gaza violence ebbs as truce takes effect JERUSALEM – Israel halted its airstrikes against Gaza Strip militants early yesterday and rocket fire from the Palestinian territory ebbed as a
readAfrican Briefs
14-03-2012
Former PM head of I Coast parliament ABIDJAN – Former prime minister Guillaume Soro was unanimously elected the new speaker of Ivory Coast’s parliament on Monday, becoming the first new holder of the
readMajority of Japanese oppose nuclear plant restarts
14-03-2012
TOKYO – A majority of Japanese oppose a restart of nuclear power plants currently shut for maintenance, a poll by the Asahi newspaper showed yesterday, reflecting high public distrust towards atomic
readIran rejects claims of cleaning up nuclear works
14-03-2012
TEHRAN – Iran yesterday rejected allegations it attempted to clean up radioactive traces possibly left by secret nuclear work at a key military site before granting United Nations inspectors
readAssad sets May 7 for parliamentary vote
14-03-2012
DAMASCUS – Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad issued a decree yesterday setting May 7 as the date for parliamentary elections that were delayed last year, the state news agency Sana reported.The
readAfrican Briefs
14-03-2012
Tanzania doctors suspend strike after president steps in DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian doctors have suspended a nationwide strike after the country’s president met union representatives to defuse a row
readBrooks re-arrested in hacking probe
14-03-2012
LONDON – British police investigating tabloid phone hacking have re-arrested Rebekah Brooks, ex-editor of the News of the World and one-time top aide to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, it was reported
readOmukiintu a dhengwa aniwa kominista nale
14-03-2012
OPOLISI poshilando Tses ota yi konakona oshiningwanima sheponokelo nelalakano okudhenga nokweehameka.Oshipotha shoka osha ningilwa Ominista nale yokabinete, Willem Konjore kuna ku nyenyeta, Julien
readMiipopo otaya gongele omeya gomiishana
14-03-2012
EPANGELO lya Namibia kumwe nolya Ndoishi noshigwana shomomkunda Iipopo mUiukwambi mOshikandjohogololo sha Katana mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya eta po omukalo gwokugongela omeya gomiishana gefundja pehala
readWAD onkee i ipyakidhila nokuuvitha ko oshigwana
14-03-2012
EHANGANO lya tseyika nawa lyedhina Women Action for Development (WAD) mewiliko lyOmuwiliki gwalyo Veronika De Klerk, olya tameka niikonga yokuuvitha ko oshigwana uuthemba washo unene tuu oomeme mboka
readElongekidho lyokongressa yo Swapo oli li nale metifa
14-03-2012
ONGUNDU yo Swapo oya tameka okwiilongekidhila oshigongi shayo oshinene nenge okongressa ndjoka ya thanekwa yi ka kaleko pokati komasiku omilongo 29 ga Novomba sigo omasiku 2 ga Desemba nuumvo.
readSMS mOshiwambo
14-03-2012
*Moshikondo shopolisi ya NAMIBIA omuna unene okuningila pondhipi ngele tashiya kokuyelwa miilonga oha ya tala owala komazimo koofelende ihayatala kokulonga komuntu ondalongamo oomvula omulongo nambali
readOkomissi ya ACC ta yi konakona Sorensen na Amunyela
14-03-2012
OMUKALO ngoka gwa longithwa moshinima shevi ndyoka lya landelwe kehangano lyedhina AroVin otagu konakonwa koKomissi yokukondjitha uulingilingi. Omukuluntu gwoKomissi ndjika, Paulus Noa okwa ti
readOndando yomahooli ya londo ishewe
14-03-2012
ONDANDO yomahooli oya londo pombanda noosenda okuza pu hamano, omulongo nantano noshowo omilongo mbali shiikwatelela kutya omahooli ogoludhi luni.Ominista Yoomina noonkondo, Isak Katali okwa tseyitha
readAngula ta yambidhidha Sachs muuwiliki wOmbaanga yUuyuni
14-03-2012
OMUPRIMA minista, Nahas Angula okwa ti ota yambidhidha omunawino momahupilo omukwashigwana gwAmerica opo a ninge omuwiliki omupe gwombaanga yuuyuni. Angula okwa ti ota yambidhidha, Jeffrey Sachs
readChasing the dots ... Bob A Job Revisited
14-03-2012
ELEVEN months ago following the budget, the announcement of TIPEEG and even the sliding in of N$884 million for public service salaries, additional to the Appropriation Bill, I tried to be supportive
readIntroductory coaching course starts
14-03-2012
THE NFA introductory coaching course started on Monday at Soccer House in Windhoek under the experienced guidance of accredited instructors.The course introduced the prospective coaches to various
readStosur exits, Sharapova and Wozniacki advance
14-03-2012
INDIAN WELLS – US Open champion Sam Stosur made a premature exit at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Monday while Maria Sharapova and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki both advanced.Sixth-seeded
readFistball champs off to a flyer
14-03-2012
SKW 1 blitzed their opponents to set about the defence of their title as the Bank Windhoek Fistball Championship kicked off in Swakopmund on Saturday.The Windhoek-based SKW 1 team left no doubt that
readChelsea desperately seeking Italian job
14-03-2012
PARIS – Chelsea may have sailed away from the rocks since dropping Andre Villas-Boas from the Stamford Bridge helm, but only a superlative showing will overcome a 3-1 Champions League deficit against
readWINNERS! WINNERS! WINNERS!
14-03-2012
Here are the lucky winners of the recent Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses boxing competition:• N$ 500 – Johnathan Kilom (from Windhoek) • The Namibian Goodie Bag – Eliud Amunene and Elizabeth Amunyela (both
readRugby League to start month-end
14-03-2012
THE start of the Namibian Rugby Premier League has been shifted to month end, NRU president Bradley Basson said yesterday.The league – without a sponsor after MTC pulled its endorsement of the Namibia
readWindhoek Old Boys go second
14-03-2012
WINDHOEK Old Boys beat DTS 5-3 to move up to second position in the Telecom Namibia Indoor Hockey Men’s Premier League competition over the weekend. WOB’s national striker Siyabonga Martins had a
readChallenging Namib Quest race returns
14-03-2012
AFTER the inaugural event last year, the gruelling Windhoek Lager Namib Quest MTB Challenge is now considered one of the toughest stage races in Southern Africa. The second Challenge will take place
readFrom The Twittersphere
14-03-2012
IT was Africa appreciation day on Twitter yesterday. From taxis to music, to natural beauty and the people, the Twitterati turned up the volume. A short selection of some views, plus the normal mix of
readSMSes for Wednesday 14 March 2012
14-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *AIR Namibia’s MD job. Here we MBA Executive Development Programme (EDP) graduates from leading business schools are roaming the streets as overlooked and unemployed Namibian
readZimbabwean farmers challenge Tribunal suspension
14-03-2012
THE decision by Southern African Development Community heads of state to suspend the Windhoek-based SADC Tribunal is now set to be challenged before the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
readParent-child-teacher relationship crucial for education
14-03-2012
THE relationship between schoolchildren, their parents and teachers is triangular in nature, and if either the parents or teachers are not actively involved in the education of a child, problems
readRDP objects to DTA changes
14-03-2012
MCHENRY Venaani of the DTA yesterday said that the party had registered three new candidates with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to replace candidates who withdrew mere days before the
readOngwediva to pay costs of demolitions case
14-03-2012
THE Ongwediva Town Council will have to bear the legal costs of the urgent case which a group of village residents facing the threat of having their homes demolished took to the High Court in Windhoek
readNovaNam workers want to strike
14-03-2012
CLOSE to 200 workers of NovaNam fishing company at Lüderitz yesterday staged a protest against the planned retrenchment of 28 seagoing personnel and the management’s alleged failure to honour a wage
readNamas to make a big splash in the ’kasie
14-03-2012
THE Namibia Annual Music Awards (Namas) seem to have shaken off the controversy that’s hounded it for the past two weeks. The organisers have promised to produce the biggest award show Namibia has
readNafinu angry at LIH board suspensions
14-03-2012
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) has written a letter to the secretary general of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Evilastus Kaaronda, in which it expressed
readLand registration is law: !Naruseb
14-03-2012
THE registration of not more than 20 hectares of communal land may not be popular, but it is a law, Lands Minister Alpheus !Naruseb said in Swakopmund on Monday during the inauguration of the fourth
readIllegal fencing remains a hot potato
14-03-2012
MINISTER of Lands and Resettlement Alpheus !Naruseb yesterday admitted that there is “some degree of inconsistency” in the manner illegal fencing in communal areas is dealt with, but denied that the
readGerman civil society calls for apology, reparations
14-03-2012
ELEVEN civil society organisations in Germany have joined the Left Party there to demand an apology from the Bundestag and appeal for reparations to genocide victims in Namibia. The groups welcomed
readDaniels highlights media challenges
14-03-2012
THE biggest challenge faced by the Namibian media is to balance respect for the fundamental freedoms and rights of individuals, such as public figures, while reporting on matters of public interest
readBotswana’s Bushmen return home, with rights but little water
14-03-2012
CENTRAL Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana – After winning a long court battle with Botswana’s government, the Bushmen of the Kalahari can drill new water wells and return to their ancestral lands.But
read7 go on trial for beer theft
14-03-2012
SEVEN men are expected to go on trial in June in connection with the alleged theft of 120 crates of beer from Namibia Breweries in 2010.Alfeus Nangolo, Matheus Ipinge, Abiud Thekwane, Abiatal Malima,
readJ Cole to perform at BBA!
14-03-2012
THE buzz surrounding the start of Big Brother Africa has rocketed up more than a few notches with the news that Grammy-nominated rapper J Cole will perform at the opening of the show.Yes Namibian
readNotable Quotes
14-03-2012
I HAVE empathy for people’s apprehension but people should not now come and claim the process was flawed. – McHenry Venaani, Secretary General of DTA, says the three candidates who withdrew from the
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