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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Free services for residents during Oranjemund’s transition to town
07-03-2012
ORANJEMUND residents will enjoy free electricity, water and municipal services for up to a year after the March 16 local authority elections.“Namdeb will continue to provide the municipal services as
readS&T bill skyrockets by 54%
07-03-2012
TAXPAYERS will have to cough up more than N$1,7 billion in the next three financial years for subsistence and travel (S&T) allowances for civil servants.For the five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15,
readWater mass
07-03-2012
Ondeka village in the Omusati Region in the Ogongo Constituency has received a lot of rain since the beginning of this month, which has filled up the oshanas surrounding the village. People travelling
readLüderitz port to be extended
07-03-2012
LÜDERITZ – Plans are underway to extend the Lüderitz port this year to enable it to handle larger export and import volumes.The managing director at LLNamibia Phosphates (LLNP), Kombadayedu Kapwanga,
readRussian protesters fear Putin resorting to force
07-03-2012
MOSCOW – Russian opposition leaders accused Vladimir Putin of changing tactics to crack down on dissent after riot police detained hundreds of protesters challenging the legitimacy of his presidential
readSimon still active: Shipanga
07-03-2012
HARRY Simon is still an active fighter despite speculation that he may have called time on his once illustrious career. Close friend and representative Lucky Shipanga yesterday told The Namibian Sport
readPerform and be Damned. Chasing the dots ...
07-03-2012
Speeches are devious animals that once given return to haunt; as are newspaper columns! I thus take issue to some extent with our HonMinFin’s Budget Speech of last week over performance and its
readAfrican Digest
07-03-2012
Zambia shuts Glencore copper plant LUSAKA – Zambia has closed a copper treatment plant belonging to Glencore International’s Mopani Copper Mines for pollution violations, the state environmental
readOil talks resume between Sudan and South Sudan
07-03-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Talks between Sudan and South Sudan resumed in the Ethiopian capital yesterday to resolve a furious oil dispute as tensions remain high between the two nations.“I don’t think the
readGlobal economy growing at fastest pace in a year
07-03-2012
LONDON – Global private sector activity grew at its fastest pace in a year last month as a strong improvement in the United States offset a drag from the eurozone, survey data has showed.The Global
readInternational Digest
07-03-2012
Massive Fukushima lawsuit TOKYO – Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power, operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in northeast Japan, are suing the utility’s executives for a record 5,5
readCongo farm law seen hurting foreign investment
07-03-2012
KINSHASA – A law meant to breathe new life into agriculture in Democratic Republic of Congo risks scaring off needed foreign investment due to a clause calling for farms to be majority-owned by
readOvercome the awkward silences
07-03-2012
Meetings hold such promise for moving your business forward but are rarely executed well, with awkward silences just one of many hurdles to address, says Harvard Business Review.Discussions during
readBrazilians selling stake in Namibia oil blocks
07-03-2012
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian oil company HRT Participações plans to sell part of its stakes in offshore oil blocks in Namibia by June as it seeks to help pay for exploration activities.Rio de
readInternational flight lands in Somalia after twenty years
07-03-2012
The first long-distance international commercial airliner in some two decades to fly to Somalia’s war-torn capital landed on its maiden flight at Mogadishu airport yesterday.The Turkish Airlines
readWorld Bank team in Malawi
07-03-2012
BLANTYRE – A World Bank team has arrived in Malawi for talks on its troubled economy, the foreign ministry said yesterday, as the nation has run so low on foreign currency that it cannot buy fuel.“We
readSA workers to march against toll roads
07-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s powerful Cosatu labour federation vowed to bring more than 100 000 people onto the streets today to protest new tolls on highways between Johannesburg and nearby
readWorld Briefs
07-03-2012
185 Yemeni troops dead in al Qaeda attack SANAA – The death toll from an al Qaeda assault on a military base in southern Yemen has risen to 185 government soldiers, military and medical officials
readAfrican Briefs
07-03-2012
Youth League to join Cosatu protest JOHANNESBURG – The ANC Youth League will be joining today’s nationwide strike, Congress of SA Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said yesterday. He
readWorld meets UN target for safe water
07-03-2012
UNITED NATIONS – The world’s nations achieved a United Nations goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water five years ahead of the 2015 target, the United
readANC youth seek radical change, even without Malema
07-03-2012
The African National Congress Youth League will want “radical change” even without its president Julius Malema, he told the radio station Metro fm in an interview on Monday night.“The youth are asking
readEgyptian lawmaker out by a nose
07-03-2012
CAIRO – A lawmaker from Egypt’s most conservative Islamist party resigned from parliament after he was caught lying to cover up a nose job, claiming the injuries to his heavily bandaged face were from
readEthiopian rebels free two German tourists
07-03-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopian rebels said yesterday they had released two Germans held hostage since January 18 after a gun battle that killed five other adventure tourists in the remote Afar desert
readStorm Irina kills 65 in Madagascar
07-03-2012
ANTANANARIVO – Tropical Storm Irina has killed at least 65 people in Madagascar, most of them residents of the Ifanadiana district in the southeast of the island, weather authorities said on
readOmugoyi yegumbo limwe ya sile moshiponga shiiyenditho
07-03-2012
OMADHINA gaantu 10 mboka ya sile moshiponga oshiwinayi pondje yoShiwakopo uusiku woSoondaha oga tseyithwa, mbaka oyo ,Victor !Auxab[38], Angelika Auchas[35]. Erwin Tjikeke[34], Elmarie Merlin Tense
readSMS mOshiwambo
07-03-2012
Va Namibia vakwetu ondina omumati wondenge yange ena oudu womomutwe wa etwa komalodu ta hepekenge .Omukulupe nounona meumbo ove limo ashike va angala.Otwa kendabala naye efimbo lile nde otwa nyengwa
readOmanima taga dhipaga iikombo mOlupito
07-03-2012
OMANIMA ngoka ga kala taga li iikombo momikunda dhomOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, sha Shana nosha Hangwena muule woomvula dha zi ko, pethimbo ndika ogi iteyela mOshitopolwa sha Musati, unene tuu
readShivute oku na natango oku tegelela etokolo
07-03-2012
OMUNIILONGA nale mehangano lya Pupkewitz Megabuild ngoka a monikile ondjo mokuyaka omuhona gwe ota tegelele natango ethimbo okuuva kutya ota ka pewa egeelo li thike peni miihokolola mbyoka. Robert
readGeingob a pitike Wal-Mart a longe mo Namibia
07-03-2012
EHANGANO lyoongeshefa lyo koAmerica Wal-Mart olya pitikwa li longe moNamibia mokulandako oositola ndhoka dhehangano lya Massmart. Eziminino ndika opo Wal-Mart a landithe moNamibia olya gandjwa
readMohalushu mwa tungwa nokupatululwa ombelewa
07-03-2012
MOhalushu mwa patululwa Ombelewa yOswapo, ya tungwa kEpendafule lyOswapo tatekulu/Mzee Simon Kaukungwa yi li mObrancha yOswapo tayi ithanwa Simon Kaukungwa branch mOhalushu moka mOshitopolwa sha
readHidipo Hamutenya noRDP ya pewa esimaneko mOhangwena
07-03-2012
OMUPRESIDENDE gwoRDP, Hidipo Hamutenya kumwe nongundu ye yo RDP mEtitano lya zi ko, oya simanekwa koshigwana shomOmutwewomunhu noshomOmauni mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, sho a ningwa kahewa kOsikola
readPuriza and Mayova shine at Yellow Pages in Bellville
07-03-2012
FRANK Puriza and Globine Mayova gave a good account of themselves at the Yellow Pages Interprovincial Athletics Championships in Bellville, Cape Town on Saturday. Competing against some of South
readBotha and Kotze light up Varsity Cup
07-03-2012
NAMIBIAN winger Chrysander Botha scored four tries while compatriot and flyhalf Theuns amassed 33 points as the University of Johannesburg demolished a hapless Tshwane University of Technology (TUT)
readFistball league set for start
07-03-2012
AFTER an off-season lasting close to four months, the Bank Windhoek Fistball Championship is set to kick off this Saturday in Swakopmund. The first game is scheduled for 08h30 on the soccer field of
readDjokovic, Wozniacki defend Indian Wells crowns
07-03-2012
INDIAN WELLS – World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and fourth-ranked Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the US$11 million Indian Wells ATP and WTA hardcourt event that begins today.The record prize
readDilshan shines as Sri Lanka even up final series
07-03-2012
ADELAIDE – Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene shared an opening partnership of 179 as Sri Lanka hammered Australia by eight wickets yesterday to take the one- day international Tri-series
readSaracens’ Jacques Burger set to undergo knee surgery
07-03-2012
Saracens flanker Jacques Burger could be out for nine months after learning he will require knee surgery.The Namibian international, who has only played six games this season, revealed on Twitter that
readSKW, Hotspurs resume Namibia Premier League
07-03-2012
SKW and Hotspurs get round 15 of the Namibia Premier League underway at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight.The match kicks off at 20h00. Comfortably perched at fourth position on the log, SKW are
readLeverkusen face daunting task at Barca
07-03-2012
MADRID – Bayer Leverkusen face what looks to be the near-impossible task of putting three goals past Barcelona at the Nou Camp tonight and to do so they will need to dethrone the undisputed passing
readFrom The Twittersphere
07-03-2012
WHO’S got the power, and who’s got the authority? Who’s cool and who’s on the other side of Ja Rule? And, will housing push us to the brink? The Twitterati lay it out.@deaconnam: Very disturbing trend
readThe work of People in Need
07-03-2012
IN 2004, People in Need, a non-profit organisation from the Czech Republic, founded a sheltered craft workshop in Keetmanshoop with the aim of reducing the social and economic affects of HIV-AIDS and
readTeacher faces further murder trial delay
07-03-2012
A FURTHER eight months in custody lie ahead for retired teacher David de Jay before his murder trial will continue in the High Court in Windhoek.De Jay’s trial was scheduled to resume before Judge
readSwakopmund crash victims identified
07-03-2012
THE names of the ten victims who died in the horrific car accident in Swakopmund on Sunday-night were revealed by police yesterday.According to Erongo’s Crime Investigation Coordinator, Deputy
readSMSes Wednesday 07 March 2012
07-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *NAMIBIAN youth leaders, why are you concentrating on South African politics? Who cares about Malema! Give advice to Namibian politicians and focus on Namibian issues that the youth
readRundu vendors give Swapo cold shoulder
07-03-2012
RUNDU – Disgruntled street vendors at Rundu have vowed not to vote for the Swapo Party in the next local authority election, saying the party’s councillors on the local town council do not have their
readFinding peace after abuse and trauma
07-03-2012
THE P.E.A.C.E Center or People’s Education Assistance and Counselling for Empowerment Center in Windhoek was founded in 1996 to give free psychological counselling and psychotherapy to traumatized
readPDK ‘nomination’ turns into a farce
07-03-2012
The Namibia Music Awards (Namas) nominations took another controversial turn yesterday when kwaito trio PDK announced they were pulling the plug on their participation in the annual awards.The Nama
readNanso blasts SA chain shops
07-03-2012
THE Namibia National Students’ Organisation (Nanso) says South African chain stores such as PEP, Shoprite and Spar do not contribute to the empowerment of the youth in the country.In an interview with
readMore cash coming for registered veterans
07-03-2012
THE Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs has budgeted an additional N$200 per veteran for 40 000 people saying the non-taxable N$2 000 monthly grants given to unemployed registered veterans is not sufficient
readExtradition arrest on 1991 rape charge
07-03-2012
THE long arm of the French law has caught up with a Lebanese resident of Namibia who is wanted in France on a rape charge dating back more than 21 years.The Namibian Police arrested Lebanese national
readWood products from bush factory
07-03-2012
IMMANUEL Linyunga (081 472 0167) failed Grade 10 but instead of roaming the streets, he decided to join a group of men doing carpentry behind the Game Shopping Centre in Windhoek. He started to build
readNotable Quotes
07-03-2012
WAL-MART is welcome to do business in Namibia, as long as its merger with Massmart doesn’t result in any retrenchment for two years after the transaction becomes effective. – Hage Geingob, Minister of
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