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52 Articles found on Thursday, 15 November 2012
Sisters’ killer gets 50 years in prison
15-11-2012
MARIENTAL shebeen and shop owner Salmon Nakale, who has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend and her sister in May 2009, was sent to prison for an effective 50 years yesterday.Judge Alfred
readJatropha plans in conservancy raises hackles
15-11-2012
COMMUNITY members and visitors to Namibia’s pristine coastal desert area have expressed concern over a massive jatropha plantation planned in the Tsîseb Conservancy close to the Dorob Park.They say
readMisfortune follows San lifesaver hero
15-11-2012
CGUNTA Khao//khao, the San man who narrowly escaped death in a veld fire in August, had another close call this week when a Cessna 206 in which he was to travel back to Windhoek was involved in an
readBotha dropped for Spain tie
15-11-2012
THE Namibian rugby selectors have made three changes to the team that narrowly beat Zimbabwe 37-33 in the Windhoek Lager Tri-Nations Rugby last Saturday, for their final match against Spain on
readNo surprises as China congress chooses key committee
15-11-2012
BEIJING – China’s president-in-waiting and the country’s next premier began the carefully scripted, final ascent to the top echelon of power on Wednesday as a Communist Party Congress elevated them to
readMaize meal price drops
15-11-2012
NAMIB Mills yesterday announced that the price of maize meal would be reduced by between 8% and 10% from November 26.Ian Collard, the managing director, said the decrease was because Namibia had a
readFNB service questioned
15-11-2012
The Namibian recently published various SMSes about the services delivered by First National Bank (FNB) branches. Bollè Hans, FNB Group Service Manager responded to these SMSes: SMS *FNB Usakos, your
readGrowing trend of mobile phone spam in Namibia
15-11-2012
A consumer recently sent a copy of an SMS that offered the consumer a chance to make money from filling in forms and directed them to a website. The email reads:“Earn Extra income. Get paid up to N$3
readState’s role in economy debated
15-11-2012
PARLIAMENTARIANS on both sides of the National Assembly on Tuesday agreed in principle that Government has to become an active development agent to propel the country into an industrial nation.
readLocal firms to benefit from EU funding
15-11-2012
WINDHOEK – Seven local companies will benefit from a pilot initiative organised by the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) that supports the agro-industry in accessing markets and enhances
readLiberia reviews US$8 billion of deals
15-11-2012
DAKAR – A Liberian government transparency watchdog is auditing more than US$8 billion worth of oil, mining, and agriculture contracts in the West African state for possible fraud and mismanagement,
readMozambique's Oilmoz has secured refinery funding
15-11-2012
CAPE TOWN – Mozambique's Oilmoz said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with an unnamed US “sovereign trust” to help finance a proposed US$12 billion, 350 000 barrel-per-day oil refinery.“We have
readSouth Sudan struggles to decide whether Beijing is friend or foe
15-11-2012
JUBA – A few months before South Sudan seceded last year, Henry Odwar drove to a Juba hotel to confront the men who would be at the heart of the new country's economy.Scores of delegates from the
readCity grasshoppers pump up the bass for sex
15-11-2012
PARIS – For city grasshoppers, noise just isn't cricket.Loud traffic drowns out the song the male grasshopper makes, rubbing a toothed file on his hind legs against a protruding vein on his front
readNedbank gives millions for environment
15-11-2012
NEDBANK's Go Green Fund has been at the forefront of funding environmental projects in Namibia and has so far given grants totalling close to N$3 million to more than 30 conservation and environmental
readNew book illustrates Rwanda’s forest policy
15-11-2012
HAMBURG – The successes of Rwanda's forest policy are explored in a new book 'Forests for People – Insights into Rwanda’s Prized Forest Policy' published by the World Future Council, a foundation
readSA sends strong warning to poachers
15-11-2012
JOHANNESBURG – A Thai national who pleaded guilty to running bogus rhino hunts as cover to sell horns on the black market was sentenced to 40 years in a South African jail last Friday in a landmark
readIsrael ministry proposes ‘toppling’ Abbas over UN bid
15-11-2012
JERUSALEM – Israel’s foreign ministry has proposed in a policy paper “toppling” Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas if a Palestinian bid for state observer status at the United Nations is approved
readUS general demoted for splurging
15-11-2012
Washington – Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has demoted the former head of the US Africa command who was accused of spending thousands of dollars on lavish travel and other unauthorised expenses, a
readUganda shuts DRC border crossing as UN calls for sanctions
15-11-2012
Kampala – Uganda closed a major border crossing into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday after Congo’s government accused a rebel movement of taxing goods entering the country from
readUulalelo pEgumbo lyepangelo oshinima shaningilwa megumbo lyopaumwene
15-11-2012
OMINISTA yOmauyelele nomakwatathano gopaungomba, Joel Kaapanda okwa gamene etokolo lyomuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba oku ithana ongundu ya hogololwa yaanangeshefa kuulalelo pegumbo lye
readLIH ta dhingoloka oshinima sha Mutjavikua na Muheua
15-11-2012
EHANGANO lyomapungulo lyaaniilonga nenge Labour Investment Holdings[LIH] olya tokola okuningila gavena gwErongo Cleophas Mutjavikua noshowo omupevi minista gwaaniilonga, Alphaus Muheua oshipotha,
readKatiti a kanitha oshipotha sheluudhiko
15-11-2012
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu nale melelo lyoshilando sha Mbaye, Augustinus Katiti ngoka a li a fala oThe Namibia noshowo omulandithi gwomaliko Regina Kotchanova kohofa a ti mbaka oya luudhike noku nyateka
readSMS mOshiwambo
15-11-2012
*Yakwetu oshili natango Namibia inali manguluka shila nawa kaa. Ano omuperesidende gwoshilongo ohuuvu ngaa shi tashi inyenge moshilongo she? Aakwashigwana natango ota yeende yena uumbanda moshilongo
readNBC okwa hala okupewa oshimaliwa oshindji
15-11-2012
EHANGANO lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[NBC] olya indile opo epangelo lili kwathele konyala oodola oomiliona 40 sigo omilongo 50 opo li vule okuhupa sigo opehulilo lyembo lyiimaliwa yomumvo
readSMSes for Thursday 15 November 2012
15-11-2012
SMS Of The Day *FOR business people to be expected, for whatever reason, to pay N$100 000 as facilitation fee for a direct discussion with our Head of State is nothing else than a corrupt practice!
readArchers compete in world championships
15-11-2012
NAMIBIA competed at the World Field Archery Championships held in Miramar, Argentina, from October 28 to November 3. The team of 12 archers, a coach and a handful of loyal supporters were relatively
readSpringboks change two for Scotland clash
15-11-2012
LONDON – South Africa have recalled prop Gurthro Steenkamp and centre Juan de Jongh in making two changes for Saturday’s rugby test against Scotland at Murrayfield.Steenkamp replaces CJ van der Linde
readAdrian wins bronze in Burkina Faso
15-11-2012
VERA Adrian was Namibia’s best performer at the African Continental Cycling Championships which ended in Burkina Faso on Sunday, winning a bronze medal in the Elite Women’s Time Trial. Ashleigh
readShipahu lashes out at 'unprofessional' NFA
15-11-2012
AXED Brave Warriors striker Tangeni Shipahu has branded the Namibia Football Association (NFA) unprofessional in the aftermath of his omission from the national side.An unhappy Shipahu took his fury
readMagical 50-knot barrier broken at Speed Challenge
15-11-2012
ANDERS Bringdal of Sweden and Antoine Albeau of France made history on November 13 when they became the first windsurfers to break through the magical 50-knot speed barrier. On a fantastic day at the
readGrace targets SA Open victory
15-11-2012
FOUR-TIME European Tour winner this season, Branden Grace, says the SA Open is the one tournament every South African wants to win.Grace will tee off as one of the favourites to lift the trophy in
readTwo women raped at Outjo
15-11-2012
TWO women were allegedly raped on separate occasions at Outjo last week.On Saturday, a 26-year-old woman was raped in the old hospital area at midnight. According to Deputy Commissioner Gerhard
readTwo SA nationals arrested at Grootfontein during police operation
15-11-2012
THE Otjozondjupa police have conducted a special operation at Grootfontein during which they focused on illegal dealing and possession of dagga, illegal liquor outlets, unlicensed firearms and traffic
readTwo more regions on the cards
15-11-2012
PLANS are well afoot for Namibia to have two more regions in the North and additional constituencies in the South.Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo told a Swapo meeting at Outapi this week that
readFrom The Twittersphere
15-11-2012
YOUNG Namibians yesterday took to Twitter with a passion to rally people to believe in, and strive for, a better Namibia, starting with a solidarity march in Katutura last night. The tipping point was
readTaxi drivers’ trial starts in Windhoek
15-11-2012
A WARRANT of arrest was issued for eight taxi drivers who did not show up for the start of their intimidation trial in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura yesterday.The other 63 taxi drivers
readSuspect in Thirion murder in court
15-11-2012
A MAN appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with robbing and murdering Alta Thirion at her home in the Keetmanshoop Noordhoek residential area.Jan Benedictus Frederick
readPriest battles on to return to his parish
15-11-2012
A COURT order which declared Roman Catholic Church priest Gert Petrus excommunicated from the church was void from the start, a judge of the High Court in Windhoek stated yesterday.Because the court
readOpuwo to get N$35m airport
15-11-2012
GOVERNMENT is to spend more than N$35 million on the relocation of the Opuwo airstrip after a Ministry of Works and Transport feasibility study found the current location “undesirable” and
readNurse may appeal 90-year sentence
15-11-2012
FORMER Katutura State Hospital nurse Jeckonia Dimbulukweni Hamukoto may appeal to the Supreme Court against the 90-year prison term which he received last year for a triple murder committed in
readNamPower workers on strike
15-11-2012
ABOUT 520 NamPower workers were to go on strike at 06h00 this morning.By late yesterday afternoon, attempts were still being made to avert a strike, but these failed. The strike will include workers
readMurder suspect judged sane and fit for trial
15-11-2012
A PSYCHIATRIST has concluded that murder suspect Anthea Arnold, who is accused of murdering her former boyfriend in a shooting incident in Windhoek in May last year, is mentally fit to stand her
readIndongo’s Oshakati building gutted
15-11-2012
A WAREHOUSE at Frans Aupa Indongo’s Continental Number One shopping centre in Oshakati was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning.The cause of the fire is still unknown, but an electrical
read‘Harare Files’ bears testimony to the resilience of the human spirit
15-11-2012
The Bank Windhoek Theatre School will stage the one-person theatre production ‘Harare Files’, this December 5 and 6, which tells seven of the 700,000 stories of Operation Murambatsvina. An initiative
readFarmworker jailed for 12 years for killing partner
15-11-2012
A FORMER farmworker who killed his girlfriend in the Windhoek district five years ago heard this week that the crime will cost him twelve years in prison.Christiaan Khagab has already spent the past
readElemotho to launch ‘Ke Nako – It’s Time’
15-11-2012
Renowned Namibian singer and songwriter Elemotho, who only recently won the prestigious RFI France 24 Discoveries Award 2012 for his music, will launch his long awaited third album, ‘Ke Nako – It’s
readEkandjo hands over incomplete houses
15-11-2012
THE recent handover of incomplete National Housing Enterprise (NHE) houses by Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo at Keetmanshoop has raised eyebrows among critics.Of the 50 houses, 14 were not
readDJ Style to rock Old Chez Ntemba
15-11-2012
Namibian House Music fans can prepare for a party second to none when one of South African’s hottest House artists, DJ Style is expected to rock the Old Chez Ntemba next Friday, November 23.Renowned
readDiabetes among top 10 diseases in Namibia
15-11-2012
IN many parts of the world, the beginning of November marks the start of a series of activities aimed at raising diabetes awareness, as well as calls for urgent action to tackle the disease.Diabetes
readAcoustic Friday doubles up with Sean K and Miss H
15-11-2012
The Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) is closing off the year’s cultural activities with a double bill Acoustic Friday Concert. The show will feature two of the country’s most talked about up
readNotable Quotes
15-11-2012
I WISH to point out that the dinner in question was not held at State House but at the private residence of the President which is also a family house for the Pohamba family during his presidency. –
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