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49 Articles found on Monday, 19 March 2012
Swapo sweeps first Oranjemund poll
19-03-2012
THE Swapo Party has claimed a landslide victory with over 80 per cent of the vote in the first Oranjemund local authority election on Friday. Swapo garnered 1 560 votes, securing six seats out of the
readMutjavikua’s MobiPay position not affected
19-03-2012
MOBIPAY is in negotiations with a number of investors to take up Labour Investment Holdings’ (LIH’s) shareholding in the company, MobiPay board chairman Cleophas Mutjavikua told The Namibian
readVillages in North under water
19-03-2012
SOME Onhokolo villagers in the Omusati Region have appealed to the Omusati Regional Council to relocate them and to give them tents for temporary shelter after heavy rains fell in the area.The rains
readNamibia maintain perfect run
19-03-2012
NAMIBIA remained on course for the playoffs of World Twenty20 qualifying tournament after beating Kenya by seven wickets yesterday. After dismissing Kenya for 108 off 18,4 overs, Namibia easily
readUS names soldier suspect in massacre
19-03-2012
TACOMA – A lawyer representing the United States soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan said on Saturday he and other members of the defence team would spend several days
readNamdeb pumps millions into mining extension projects
19-03-2012
NEW major mining extension projects are well underway to prolong the lifespan of Namdeb diamond mine to 2020, says Namdeb general manager Riaan Burger.In an exclusive interview, Burger said
readSMSes for Monday 19 March 2012
19-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *WAKE up fellow Namibians! How ‘conducive’ must the environment be for parliamentarians to be productive? Why a new building when they are already so comfortable that they fall asleep?
readWholly owned Namibian fishing firm buys stake in Tunacor
19-03-2012
BELUGA fishing, a 100 per cent Namibian owned fishing company, has made a N$50 million investment in Tunacor Fisheries Limited and has acquired a 26 per cent equity stake in the fishing
readNetwork with purpose
19-03-2012
Make the most of networking by being specific about the kinds of people who can help you achieve certain goals, and seeking those individuals out, says Harvard Business Review.When it comes to
readZuma warns against illicit capital outflow
19-03-2012
SOUTH Africa’s president Jacob Zuma warned on Thursday that those behind illegal capital outflows would be caught.Replying to questions in the National Assembly, he said the United Nations Economic
readSA central bank changes tone on inflation
19-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Inflation pressures in South Africa are now likely becoming more generalised, reflecting demand-side pressure rather than only external factors, the central bank warned, seeming to
readSwazi minister faces arrest
19-03-2012
MBABANE – The speaker of Swaziland’s parliament has threatened the finance minister with arrest after lawmakers were infuriated by a move to cut their salaries by 10 percent without their
readShould Africa challenge its ‘odious debts?’
19-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Africa is bleeding money to such an extent that a new book argues the world’s poorest continent is a net creditor to the rest of the world and should not have to pay its ‘odious
readUganda responds to Kony 2012 video with own video
19-03-2012
KAMPALA – Uganda’s government has taken to the Internet to correct a “false impression” about the country it says was created by a US celebrity-backed online campaign to hunt down fugitive warlord
readGaddafi’s former spymaster arrested in Mauritania
19-03-2012
NOUAKCHOTT – Abdullah al-Senussi, former spymaster of Libya’s slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was arrested in Mauritania on Saturday, prompting calls for his extradition by Tripoli and Paris.The
readNorah Jones plays entire new album at Texas show
19-03-2012
Norah Jones unveiled something new at South By Southwest - again.Ten years after she shook Austin and the music world with ‘Come Away With Me’, the 25 million-selling debut she released just weeks
readWorld Briefs
19-03-2012
Twin bombings in Damascus kill 27 BEIRUT – Two explosions struck the heart of Damascus on Saturday, killing at least 27 people in an attack on security installations that state television blamed on
readAfrican Briefs
19-03-2012
AU fails to break leadership deadlock COTONOU – Leaders of eight African Union countries failed on Saturday to break a deadlock over the leadership of the 54-member body, highlighting divisions that
readActivists ‘sickened’ not shocked by frivolous Assad e-mails
19-03-2012
Beirut – Syrian activists said on Thursday they were sickened by e-mails which appeared to show President Bashar al-Assad and his wife shopping for pop music and luxury items while the country
readDozens nabbed in Russian TV picket
19-03-2012
MOSCOW – Riot police arrested dozens of protesters yesterday who picketed Moscow’s iconic television tower after footage purporting to show people being paid to rally against Vladimir Putin was aired
readIiponga moondjila ya dhipaga yaali mesiku
19-03-2012
KONYALA aantu yaali oya li ya sile miiponga yomoondjila esiku kehe moNamibia omumvo gwayi nomulonga na yahamano oya li yeehamekwa esiku kehe.Pamiyalu dha gandjwa koshiketha shokukwathela mboka ya mona
readEgumbo lya Peter mOnhokolo kohi yomeya
19-03-2012
EGUMBO lyomusamane Peter Shilomboleni momukunda Onhokolo mOmbalantu mOshikandjohogololo sha Anamulenge mOshitopolwa sha Musati oli li kohi yomeya niinima yawo mwakwatelwa noondunda odhindji dhawo
readAapunguli naProwealth ya yi kohofa
19-03-2012
AAPUNGULI mboka ya kanitha iimaliwa yawo konima yokubangolota kwehangano lya Prowealth momumvo 2009 otaya futitha Namibia Financial Institution Supervisory Authority[Namfisa] noshowo ehangano
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
19-03-2012
DURBAN: Cosatu okwa dhiladhila oku konenena oongeshefa noshowo iikondo yepangelo mbyoka hayi longitha aaniilonga okupitila momahangano gokuhehelitha aaniilonga. Amushanga gwa Cosatu moKwaZulu Natal,
readEtseyitho lya simana koshigwana
19-03-2012
OMUNAMBELEWA Omugandji gwomauyelele mOshikondo shOondjila (Road Authority), Hileni Fillemon, ota ti kutya okuza mOmaandaha geti 19 Maalitsa 2012, Omaindilo goombapila dhokwiilonga okuhinga nokuhinga,
readLIH ta landithapo iipambuliko mo Mobi Pay
19-03-2012
EHANGANO lyomapungulo lya NUNW, lyedhina Labour Investment Holdings olya tokola oku landithapo iipambuliko yalyo mehangano lya Mobi Pay. Etompelo ndyoka lya gandjwa oondyoka kutya ndika aniwa ita li
readSMS mOshiwambo
19-03-2012
*Vakwetu hano omokwashike hano ovahongi ava havatale ekonakono londodo 10 hava dopifa ovana vetu ondina okaana kashanga o10 neudo ndele ta kuti okadjamo noitwa O 22 Ndele eshi ndafuta iindjemo
readLyopashigwana ta li ka dhiluka
19-03-2012
EPANGELO olina ethaneko okutunga oombelewa oompe noshowo oshinyanga oshipe moka tamu kala nokugongalela aatotimpango yaNamibia monakuyiwa. Nonando ina pu tseyika kutya omatungo ngoka omape otaga ka
readNamibian archers claim African title
19-03-2012
NAMIBIA’S archery team set several records and collected a mammoth 17 medals to win the African Archery Championships in Morocco on Friday.The six Namibian archers are now the continental champions in
readHighlanders, Stormers still unbeaten in Super 15
19-03-2012
WELLINGTON - The Otago Highlanders, by the smallest margin of the weekend, and the Cape Town-based Stormers, by the largest, have maintained their unbeaten records through the fourth round of rugby’s
readStricken Muamba in critical condition
19-03-2012
LONDON – Bolton manager Owen Coyle said yesterday Fabrice Muamba faces a “crucial” 24 hours as the stricken footballer fights for life in hospital after collapsing during a match against Tottenham.The
readForceful Mighty Gunners shock poor Orlando Pirates
19-03-2012
MIGHTY Gunners recorded an emphatic 3-1victory Orlando Pirates at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium on Saturday, as the battle to avoid relegation from the MTC Premiership heated up.It was a poor
readRugby results
19-03-2012
Sunday, March 18 Super 15 Rebels 26 - 33 Cheetahs Saturday, March 17 Six Nations England 30 - 9 Ireland Wales 16 - 9 France Italy 13 - 6 Scotland Super 15 Sharks 27 - 22 Reds Waratahs 20 - 21 Force
readYouthful Wales complete Grand Slam win
19-03-2012
CARDIFF – A youthful Wales team seized a third Grand Slam in eight seasons with a hard-fought 16-9 victory over France, delivering on the rich promise that first came to light at the World Cup.And
readWriting sample in dispute in murder case
19-03-2012
A DIARY which has been seized by the Police indicates that the execution-style murder of Andre Heckmair in Windhoek early last year was planned beforehand, a Police officer testified in the Windhoek
readWoman accused of stabbing lover
19-03-2012
A WOMAN in Katutura turned herself in to the Police yesterday after allegedly stabbing her lover to death.The deceased was identified as Simon Augustus (42). The incident took place at about 13h00
readUnam debates racism, tribalism
19-03-2012
RACISM and tribalism are “a dangerous wind” threatening to sweep the entire Namibian society away, a Unam student said at a panel discussion in Windhoek last week.In the wake of recent allegations of
readFrom The Twittersphere
19-03-2012
SEEMS a South African celeb has been doing his own ‘Sound of Music’ thing in Namibia – if you can’t climb every mountain, get in tune with a dune! Otherwise, Nam Tweeps go the distance on everything
readTension at Osire refugee camp
19-03-2012
TENSIONS have reached boiling point at the Osire refugee camp over the management of Osire Combined School and the suspension of a teacher for alleged sexual molestation of pupils.The Osire Camp
readSuspect claims assaults made him confess
19-03-2012
ONE of the men accused of robbing and murdering an elderly jeweller at Okahandja almost ten years ago claimed in the High Court in Windhoek last week that assaults at the hands of the Police drove him
readNamwandi supports expansionary budget
19-03-2012
WHILE finance minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila got a lot of flak for her expansionary budget, Deputy Minister of Education David Namwandi supports it, arguing that it is the only way “inclusive
readLocal publishing house launched
19-03-2012
TO get more Namibians engaged in the love of reading, more local stories need to be told.Aiming to do just this is Wordweaver Publishing House, which was launched in Windhoek on Saturday evening. The
readKatutura man ‘beaten to pulp’ in Khomasdal
19-03-2012
A KATUTURA family claims that a relative, Armando Booysen (22), was beaten to a pulp in Khomasdal – allegedly at the hands of a club owner.According to Booysen, he was attacked at the Purple Palms
readCrocodile kills again in Kavango
19-03-2012
KAHENGE – A 33-year-old woman was killed by a crocodile at Karayi village situated west of Rundu on Friday afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Anneli Litemba, a resident of Karayi village.
readSouthern Africa forms world's biggest conservation area
19-03-2012
THE world's largest conservation area, Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KaZa TFCA), was launched at Katima Mulilo in the Caprivi Region on Thursday.The transfrontier conservation area
readCompanies flock to MCA-N pre-bidding
19-03-2012
REPRESENTATIVES of 32 construction companies on Friday attended a pre-bidding conference for the upcoming multimillion-dollar infrastructure development projects funded by the Millennium Challenge
readAus tourist centre resumes operations
19-03-2012
THE community-owned Aus Tourism Information Centre (ATIC) in the south is operational again after having closed shop at the end of last year due to financial problems.Operations at the centre resumed
read8 Rössing Foundation jobs on the line
19-03-2012
FOLLOWING the revelation last week that a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the heads of Rössing Foundation employees, it is understood that at least eight will be laid off.The imminent retrenchments
readNotable Quotes
19-03-2012
THE loss of 500 lives [and] injuries to about 3 000 a year is a serious matter, which requires drastic action from all spheres. – Sidney Boois, Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) Senior Manager, on
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