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46 Articles found on Monday, 14 May 2012
Posed to entertain
14-05-2012
Hundreds of old and young Namibians turned up in Swakopmund on Saturday to celebrate the life of the country’s first President Sam Nujoma. During the celebrations, an organisation (May 12 Movement)
readNurses and doctors face suspension
14-05-2012
HEALTH workers whose suspected negligence led to the death of a mother and her newborn baby in the Katutura State Hospital recently will be suspended.Richard Kamwi, the Minister of Health and Social
readNAC workers to strike
14-05-2012
DISGRUNTLED workers from the Namibian Airports Company (NAC) gathered at the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Natau) building in Katutura on Friday evening to discuss possible labour
readHaimbili dishonest and untrustworthy – TransNamib Board
14-05-2012
The CEO of TransNamib is challenging his dismissal in the High Court despite damning financial and management scandals showing the parastatal may have lost N$500 million over a space of two years
readOkahandja hosts fourth Tourism and Trade Expo
14-05-2012
THE Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Jerry Ekandjo, has called on young people in Okahandja to venture into business. Ekandjo made the call at the town’s 4th
readRomney rejects same-sex marriage
14-05-2012
LYNCHBURG – Republican White House challenger Mitt Romney, wooing social conservatives, has adamantly rejected same-sex marriage and trumpeted his belief in Christian values and the family.Three days
readArrows deserve to be relegated, says Jacobs
14-05-2012
ELEVEN Arrows coach Woody Jacobs feels his side deserve to be relegated from the Namibia Premier League if they don’t improve their game. A visibly frustrated Jacobs cut a forlorn figure at the Sam
readAnglo leads NSX trading activity
14-05-2012
TRADING on the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) reached N$43,5 million in 31 trades for the week ended May 11, with mining conglomerate Anglo American accounting for more than half of the weeks turnover,
readResponding to online feedback
14-05-2012
Good companies are always going respond to customers, but the best organisations prioritise and strategise before responding, says Harvard Business Review.Whether you’re a small company or a Fortune
readGlobal UN-backed land use guidelines approved
14-05-2012
ROME – The world’s governments approved new guidelines for rules on land use on Friday to protect the poor and fight hunger, but aid groups said they were too weak to stop large-scale land grabs by
readSA gold miners cash in for now on tax changes
14-05-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South African gold producers such as AngloGold Ashanti have boosted less-than-sparkling March quarter earnings with tax credits, lifting their share prices as investors focus on the
readAngola banks to be tested with cash flood
14-05-2012
LUANDA – A stern test and a golden opportunity, Angola’s new foreign exchange law for the oil sector will flood billions of dollars into the country’s banking system and pose tough questions about
readRising inequality threatening African growth
14-05-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Rising inequality across Africa could curtail the continent’s economic gains, a leading think-tank said on Friday, warning governments they risked instability unless unemployment and
readMiddle East investors waking up to continent
14-05-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Flush with cash from oil and stuck with few options for growth in developed markets, Middle East investors are increasingly looking to nearby Africa.While the fast-growing continent
readCapital main constraint for Africa investment
14-05-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Raising capital is the biggest constraint facing private equity firms seeking to invest in potential projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, the chairman of Egyptian private equity firm Citadel
readAfrican Briefs
14-05-2012
23 arrests in Congo dump blast BRAZZAVILLE – Twenty-three people, all but one of them soldiers, have been charged and detained in connection with a blast at a Congo munitions dump that killed nearly
readDrake’s a double-duty dater
14-05-2012
Drake is reportedly dating two older women.The 25-year-old rapper – who has previously been in a relationship with Rihanna and was romantically linked with Nicki Minaj and Amber Rose – is said to have
readCharlize shows off baby Jackson
14-05-2012
He has been shielded in his baby carrier since she adopted him earlier this year. But Charlize Theron has finally given the world a first look at her adorable baby boy Jackson as she arrived at LAX
readSpacey debuts South Africa film
14-05-2012
US actor and director Kevin Spacey says he is looking for opportunity in Africa, Asia and Europe.Spacey spoke about his outlook during a brief visit to the South Africa. With backing from a whiskey
readWorld Briefs
14-05-2012
Death toll from China storm at 44 BEIJING – Officials say the death toll from a massive mudslide triggered by heavy rain and hail in a poor mountainous region of northwestern China has risen to
readDRC bombs mutineers in game park
14-05-2012
KONSHASA – Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched airstrikes on Saturday against mutineers near the Rwandan border, where a rebel leader known as the ‘Terminator’ was said to
readChavez home after cancer treatment in Cuba
14-05-2012
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home on Friday after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba, saying his latest round of radiation therapy was successful.“I should say that we have
readOmuwiliki gwamuni pOmaruru ina ulikwa mondjila
14-05-2012
EULIKO lyomuwiliki gwelelo lyOmaruru kalili paveta oshoka ina li ziminwa kominista yOmalelo giitopolwa, iilando Omagumbo neyokomeho lyokomikunda, Jerry Ekandjo.Iilonga ya Edward Ganaseb ina yi kala
readAndreas Shipanga a hulitha
14-05-2012
GUMWE gwomaatotipo yOwambo People Organization (OPO) noshowo oSouth West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), Andreas Shipanga okwiitsuwa a hulithila megumbo lye pUuhehe popepi nIihongo yaMvula
readNapwu a landithapo aaniilonga ya NAC
14-05-2012
AANIILONGA yehangano lyokuwilika uupale woondhila moshilongo,[Namibia Airports Company] ota ya dhiladhila oku ninga ekanka. Shika oya hala oku shi ninga konima sho aniwa ya landithwapo kehangano
readA ku kongwa Maria Hango
14-05-2012
MEME Suama Reinhold gwomomukunda Onheleiwa mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Musati, ota kongo oshitenya she Maria Hango ngoka hela e mu thigile okanona ke kedhina Petrina Justina Haimbili meti 10 Februari
readShigwana mo Hangwena kotoka ino tulwa momilema dhopolitika
14-05-2012
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana, unene shAakwaRDP pOmutwewomuntu mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mOlyomakya geti 5 Mei 2012, Omukuluntu gwo RDP mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, Ismael Shailemo, okwa indila
readNamibian wrestlers miss out on Olympic places
14-05-2012
NONE of Namibia’s four wrestlers who recently competed at an Olympic Games qualifying event in Finland managed to qualify for the London Olympics.More than 500 wrestlers from 78 nations competed at
readNoisy neighbours clinch title
14-05-2012
LONDON – Manchester City claimed their first English title in 44 years in barely believable circumstances yesterday as stoppage time goals from Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero snatched a 3-2 home victory
readChiefs, Magic into NPL
14-05-2012
RUNDU Chiefs and Tura Magic secured their maiden places in the elite football league after winning their respective first division streams over the weekend. Chiefs earned promotion from the Northern
readBenjamin is Namibia’s top earning sportsman
14-05-2012
FORMER Brave Warriors captain Collin Benjamin is the highest earning Namibian sportsman, according to ESPN’s latest The Magazine Money Issue.Benjamin, who plays for German Second Bundesliga side TSV
readWanderers, United go top
14-05-2012
WANDERERS and United moved to the top of the Rugby Premier League log after away victories against Rehoboth and Kudus respectively on Saturday.Wanderers beat the former log leaders Rehoboth 32-26 in
readArrows deserve to be relegated, says Jacobs
14-05-2012
ELEVEN Arrows coach Woody Jacobs feels his side deserve to be relegated from the Namibia Premier League if they don’t improve their game. A visibly frustrated Jacobs cut a forlorn figure at the Sam
readSMSes for Monday 14 May 2012
14-05-2012
SMSes Of The Day *TO all nurses. Let us make sure that no pregnant woman or her baby or any other patient dies because of our negligence.*THE best gift, on this Mother’s Day, is for us all to ensure
readFrom The Twittersphere
14-05-2012
MOTHERS, aaah mothers! Mother-related tweets took pride of place on many timelines yesterday, from ‘appreciate your mother’ to ‘things my Mum says’. A few from the Mother’s Day front, plus music, BBA
readFamily tragedy rocks Rehoboth
14-05-2012
THE Rehoboth community is reeling in shock after four family members perished in a shooting tragedy on a farm outside the town.Ben van Wyk (58) allegedly shot and killed his sister, Cornelia Mouton
readSurvivor recounts knife attack
14-05-2012
“THESE scars will remain there for the rest of my life. They will not disappear.” Domestic violence survivor Lillian Tawo was showing her neck to Windhoek Regional Court Magistrate Sarel Jacobs when
readShishani is the Last Band!
14-05-2012
Soulful singer-songwriter Shishani clinched the whopping N$50 000 first prize after another storming performance during the final of the Last Band Standing competition at a jam-packed Zoo Park
readPohamba disturbed by recent incidents at Unam
14-05-2012
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has described the recent murder of a University of Namibia (Unam) student by a fellow student as “very disturbing” and has called upon professionals to work together with
readPetrol price hike effective on Wednesday
14-05-2012
NEW fuel price increases kicking in on Wednesday will mean that the petrol price has shot up by more than N$1 per litre so far this year, while the litre price of diesel has gone up by 34 cents.Come
readFingerpointing in taxi murder trial
14-05-2012
A CELLPHONE that was stolen from murdered taxi driver Alfons Rijatua was the crucial lead which put the Police on the trail of the three men now on trial over the killing.This was revealed in
readNBC board endorses Mathe appointment
14-05-2012
LESS than one month after Audrin Mathe, chief news and programming officer at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), had his probation extended, he was informed that he had been permanently
readMother and child’s death ‘an indictment’
14-05-2012
THE death of Juliana Kleopas and her newborn baby in the Katutura State Hospital on May 3 is an indictment on the public health sector.Professor Peter Nyarongo, the dean of health sciences at the
readEkandjo’s banana republic?
14-05-2012
IF Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo had the power to appoint or remove him, it would mean Namibia is a banana republic, the newly appointed chief executive officer of Omaruru claims.Ekandjo and
readTjinani to succeed late Chief Alfons Maharero
14-05-2012
OKAHANDJA – Tjinani Maharero will succeed his father, late Chief Alfons Kaihepovazandu Maharero as head of the OtjikaTjamuaha Royal House and leader of the Maharero Traditional Authority. The Senior
readNotable Quotes
14-05-2012
I WILL however warn that no position is permanent and if these situations continue we will be forced to take drastic action in order to ensure we are accountable. – Margaret Mensah-Williams, deputy
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