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48 Articles found on Monday, 28 May 2012
Black weekend on roads
28-05-2012
SEVEN people were killed on Namibian roads over the past weekend.According to statistics released by the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) yesterday afternoon, five men and two women had died in car
readPower tariff hike of 18,5% expected
28-05-2012
ELECTRICITY bulk tariffs charged by NamPower are likely to increase by 1,3 per cent in addition to the 17,2 per cent approved by the regulator last Friday, bringing the effective hike for 2012-13 to
readIyambo differs with Politburo decision
28-05-2012
THE chairperson of the leaders assigned to the Oshikoto Region, Nickey Iyambo, feels the Swapo Party Politburo acted too harshly by declaring the recent re-election of Swapo regional co-ordinator
readTelecom to stay with Neotel
28-05-2012
TELECOM Namibia has no plans to divest from Neotel, South Africa’s second fixed-line telecommunications operator, despite not having received any returns on its N$429 million investment thus far. Oiva
readSyria blames rebels for Houla massacre
28-05-2012
AMMAN – Facing growing world outrage over the killing of at least 109 people in a restive town, Syria yesterday accused rebels of carrying out the massacre, in which dozens of children perished.Images
readKandjii calls for reform in sport
28-05-2012
GOVERNMENT should adopt a “prioritisation model” and select five sport codes which it would support and develop “in totality”, Khomas regional councillor Ambrosius Kandjii has said in the National
readLira keen to bring home BET award
28-05-2012
Lira is hoping to do what fellow countrymen and hip-hop outfit Teargas couldn’t deliver last year – win a BET Award.The 33-year-old revealed that she found out from fans late on Tuesday night of her
readEgypt’s two presidential contenders vie for votes
28-05-2012
CAIRO – The two apparent survivors in Egypt’s presidential race tried to gather support yesterday from voters dismayed at what many see as a painful second-round choice between an Islamist apparatchik
readZimplats fined for offshore banking
28-05-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe has directed banks not to provide services to a local unit of South African owned platinum company, Zimplats, after it continued to put money in offshore accounts, state media
readLiberalisation the key to power in Africa
28-05-2012
THE integration of energy infrastructure is necessary to promote regional economic integration and enable industries to reach economies of scale, the Trade Law Centre (Tralac) has said.“Few countries
readTurn obstacles into assets
28-05-2012
Successful people work with what they have at hand – whatever comes along – including surprises, obstacles and even disappointments, at times adeptly turning lemons into lemonade, says Harvard
readForsys plans bigger Namibia uranium mine
28-05-2012
CANADA’S Forsys Metals Corp says it may be able to boost its uranium reserves in Namibia by 30 per cent as it consolidates its two projects in the country into one mine development. The Toronto-listed
readUS says China’s yuan undervalued, not manipulated
28-05-2012
WASHINGTON –- The Obama administration on Friday rejected calls from Congress to brand China a currency manipulator, but said its “significantly undervalued” currency was a key brake on global
readPayback time for tax-shy Greeks – Lagarde
28-05-2012
LONDON – The head of the International Monetary Fund on Friday urged Greeks to pay their taxes, saying she is more concerned about sub-Saharan Africans in poverty than Greeks hit by the economic
readRio’s Zim spin-off covets Murowa diamond mine
28-05-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s RioZim Limited has opened talks with Rio Tinto in a bid to take full control of the Murowa diamond mine as the global mining major seeks to leave the gem business, a key
readWest African growth forecast slips on new crises
28-05-2012
ABIDJAN – A robust growth forecast for the West African Economic and Monetary Union will likely be dampened by new political turmoil in the region despite a post-war revival in Ivory Coast, a top
readSierra Leone diamond town lacks old lustre
28-05-2012
KOIDU, Sierra Leone – It has been weeks since miner Sembo Sesay found a diamond in this eastern Sierra Leone town, whose soil was once littered with the stones that fuelled one of Africa’s bloodiest
readTravolta’s marriage in trouble
28-05-2012
Kelly Preston has reportedly walked out on John Travolta.The 49-year-old actress is said to have told friends she has “had enough” following a string of allegations against the ‘Pulp Fiction’ star of
readCourt postpones Zuma art case
28-05-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The High Court in Johannesburg has indefinitely postponed a court application by the African National Congress and President Jacob Zuma to remove a portrait depicting him with his
readMboka yena onyalo ina ya pewa iikulya
28-05-2012
IIKULYA yepangelo yopakwatho ina yi gandjwa kaantu mboka inaa ya hala okulonga sha. Ndele mbika na yi pewe aantu mboka yi ilongekidha oku longa, nomathimbo gamwe ha ya adhika kiiponga yopaushitwe
readOshituthivalo oshiti 27 shoseko yaShikongo
28-05-2012
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila moseko yOpombanda ya Shikongo shIipinge pOtsandi mOmusati ota yi ti oseko ndjika ota yi ka dhana oshituthivalo shayo oshinene meti 14 Juli 2012 sho ya gwanitha omimvo
readAapolisi yiifekela mohofa
28-05-2012
AAKALIMO yaali moVenduka mboka ta ya lundilwa eyugo oya holokele mohofa oshiwike shayi. Oonakufekelwa mbaka ota ku tiwa aniwa oya yugu omutalelipo gwokiilongo oodola oomiliona mbali, sho euvathano
readSMS mOshiwambo
28-05-2012
*Na pu ningwe elundululo pofulbirth certificate mOndangwa. Onda li nda ka ninga ofullbirth certificate dhaanona yandje yatatu ndee ohaa longo owala aantu 30 mesiku ngele ouna 2 nenge 3 ohaakuthapo
readUumbashu wa tewapo ku muni
28-05-2012
OMAGUMBO giipeleki gatungwa pehala lyamuni gwa Venduka shaali paveta oga teyagulwapo moshilandopangelo oshiwike shayi.Omagumbo ngoka geli omilongo 80 oga li ga ndhindhilikwa nondomo ontiligane kutya
readJS Academy maintain lead
28-05-2012
THE Jacqueline Shipanga Academy remained atop of the Women’s Super League standings after their 4-2 victory over Unam Bokkies on Saturday. Emma Naris, Lena Noreses, Melisa Mateus and Alberta Dawes
readCraven crashes in Ireland
28-05-2012
NAMIBIAN cyclist Dan Craven said he hoped to be back training soon again after crashing out of the RAS cycle race in Ireland on Wednesday.The crash came 50km before the end of the third stage when
readNamibia, Mozambique play to a goalless draw
28-05-2012
THE Brave Warriors played to a goalless draw against Mozambique in a friendly match in Würzburg, Germany, on Saturday.Namibia were the early aggressors, with striker Tangeni Shipahu carrying the ball
readWalvis holds gymnastics training camp
28-05-2012
GYMNASTS from all over Namibia flocked to the Walvis Bay Gymnastics Club for two weeks during the May school holidays to attend special gymnastics training classes. The training camp was held to help
readChiefs take over at the top of Super 15
28-05-2012
SYDNEY – New Zealand’s Waikato Chiefs took the outright Super 15 lead with a win over the Northern Bulls in this weekend’s 14th round as their other South African rivals the Western Stormers also
readSupersport deserved it: Hunt
28-05-2012
SUPERSPORT United coach Gavin Hunt was full of praise for his charges after their stunning 2-0 Nedbank Cup final win over Tshwane neighbours, Mamelodi Sundowns, at Orlando Stadium on Saturday.“We
readBoxing Bonanza! WIN!!
28-05-2012
Stand a chance of winning tickets, plus a night at the Windhoek Country Club, for the June 8 Boxing Bonanza in Windhoek! WBO Africa interim bantamweight champion Immanuel ‘Prince’ Naidjala will be
readGroenewald promises to upstage hero Simon
28-05-2012
RUBEN Groenewald said he idolises Harry Simon but that will not stop him from beating the former two-time middleweight world champion in Windhoek on June 23.The South African fighter sparred with
readTeachers’ union supports curriculum restructuring
28-05-2012
THE Teachers' Union of Namibia (TUN) has proposed the introduction of assistant teachers in every classroom.It made the recommendation in its submission to the National Institute for Education
readFrom The Twittersphere
28-05-2012
THE young and the restless pay their respects to Africa, get their democracy on as they take on the authorities, don their Swapo boxers, box up some heat on Lady May, and get down, as only Namibian
readSuicide ends rape trial
28-05-2012
THE trial of a security guard who was accused of raping a teenaged girl in October 2010 has concluded end in the Windhoek Regional Court. A suspected suicide stopped the trial of Benestus Uarukijani
readStruggle honours for churches?
28-05-2012
LIBERATION churches honoured as veterans and old-age homes for veterans are some of the additional benefits some members of the National Council would like veterans to receive.Oshana regional
readSMSes for Monday 28 May 2012
28-05-2012
SMS Of The Day *OUR City Fathers why are you using apartheid laws to oppress your own people? A/G 21 of 1985 section 2 (1) (D) is a colonial law before Namibia’s independence. Food for Thought
readCaprivi Lodge singers on the road to Tourism Expo
28-05-2012
The road to Caprivi’s tourist lodges will soon be easier. Outside Mashi Crafts at Kongola there are large earth movers preparing the way for a tar road.Despite the roar of the Caterpillar engines, two
readSentencing date set for nurses’ home murder
28-05-2012
THE sentencing of former mining company employee David Shiimi Kaapanda, who has been convicted of the murder of his girlfriend at the Windhoek Central Hospital Nurses’ Home in late 2009, is scheduled
readPoaching rife in Kunene Region
28-05-2012
THE chairperson of the disciplinary committee of the Doro !Nawas Conservancy in the Kunene Region is concerned about increasing poaching in the area.Christophine Claasen told members of the
readSalaries swallow NWR funds
28-05-2012
RECENT Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) cash-flow projections reveal that the company spends most of its money on salaries, which now stand at more than N$7 million per month.The bulk of the salary
readMurder ‘confessions’ ruled inadmissible
28-05-2012
THE prosecution last week suffered what could be a key loss in the trial of two men who are accused of robbing and murdering an elderly Okahandja resident almost ten years ago.The setback for the
readWindhoek Central Hospital maternity ward still closed
28-05-2012
MORE than two years after the maternity ward at the Windhoek Central Hospital was closed for renovations, the facility still has not reopened.Health Minister Richard Kamwi had said that the
readHaimbili continues to fight TransNamib
28-05-2012
THE dust has not yet settled around the sacking of TransNamib’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Titus Haimbili, with the issue now in the hands of the Labour Commissioner.At the same time the CEO is
readGoliath still at Keetmans dumpsite
28-05-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – Destitute Lena Goliath (50) has been eating food scavenged from the Keetmanshoop dumpsite, and sleeping in the bush next to it, for more than three years.She was left destitute after
readDrowned 3 ‘were not scared to die’
28-05-2012
THE three boys who drowned in a farm dam last week, “knew that they would go to Jesus because their relationship was right”.Brian Kinghorn, director of Youth With A Mission (Ywam), yesterday said the
readBaby dumped in Soweto
28-05-2012
MEMBERS of the public on Saturday discovered the body of a newborn baby in the bush near Soweto in Katutura.Inspector Kauna Shikwambi, a Police spokesperson, yesterday said the body was discovered at
readNotable Quotes
28-05-2012
WE ARE willing to move but have no idea where to. If we were given alternative land or a place we would have moved already. – A squatter whose shack was demolished by the City of Windhoek last week.
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