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53 Articles found on Monday, 5 November 2012
Corruption suspect loses cars and cash
05-11-2012
SEVEN cars, money in a bank account, and more than N$100 000 that was found stashed under the bed of a Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs official who is being accused of corruption was declared forfeited
readMUN squabbles head to court
05-11-2012
A FACTION of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) under the leadership of its vice president Mike Heita has asked the High Court to bar its president, John Ndeutepo, from the union's offices.In
readTeachers threaten to defy interdict
05-11-2012
STRIKING teachers have vowed to defy a High Court interdict which ordered them to end their week-long strike.An interdict prohibiting teachers from taking part in an unlawful strike was issued by High
readStunning victory by Naidjala
05-11-2012
IMMANUEL Naidjala scored a sensational fourth-round knockout over Shabani Kilumbelumbe of Tanzania to retain his WBO Africa Interim Bantamweight title on Saturday night. Naidjala’s speed and power
readObama and Romney deadlocked for final push
05-11-2012
WASHINGTON – The US presidential candidates are heading into the final hours of campaigning with the outcome still too close to call. Republican Mitt Romney campaigned in Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
readMore than N$1 billion paid in GIPF benefits
05-11-2012
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund paid over N$1 billion in benefits to its annuitants during its past financial year, GIPF board chairperson Ellaine Samson said at the fund's annual
readSMEs scoop awards at Namport Erongo Expo
05-11-2012
WALVIS BAY – Erongo Regional Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua has said the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector should not shy away from being innovative in their approach to business.Addressing
readRwanda’s national carrier plans fleet expansion, listing
05-11-2012
KIGALI – Rwanda's national carrier plans to more than double its aircraft fleet in the next five years, and to list on the country's stock exchange once it turns profitable, a senior company executive
readMining giant Amplats to cede majority stake in Zimbabwe mine
05-11-2012
HARARE – Mining giant Anglo American Platinum has agreed to cede a majority stake in its Unki Platinum mine to Zimbabweans under a law designed to give locals a share of the country's economic wealth,
readChina grants 95 percent tariff discount for Angolan exports
05-11-2012
LUANDA – China has granted a 95% tariff discount to exports coming from oil-rich Angola, officials said Thursday, after the signing of a new round of trade deals.Previously Angola exports entered
readCost of playing East Africa oil game on the rise
05-11-2012
CAPE TOWN – A few years ago governments in East Africa would practically pay companies to come and explore for oil or gas on their territory.Those days are gone. Promising discoveries from Mozambique
readBond-heavy overseas funds want Barack to win
05-11-2012
LONDON – Overseas investors, many of whom are creditors to the highly-indebted US government, reckon a re-election of President Barack Obama would be best for world markets even if US counterparts say
readJilted Africa cool to US vote after Obama fever fades
05-11-2012
KOGELO, Kenya/JOHANNESBURG – In the tiny Kenyan village of Kogelo, US President Barack Obama's ancestral homeland, some people talk of hurt feelings of the kind experienced when a favourite relative
readRights group denounces trial of Rwandan opposition leader
05-11-2012
NAIROBI – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on Saturday denounced what it called irregularities in the trial of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, who was sentenced to
readActivist beaten in Morocco
05-11-2012
Washington – Moroccan police have beaten a prominent Western Sahara activist as repression increased coinciding with the visit of a UN ambassador to the region, a US rights watchdog charged on
readBlast in Kenya’s Garissa injures at least 11 - Red Cross
05-11-2012
GARISSA, Kenya - A suspected grenade attack on a church in the eastern Kenya town of Garissa injured at least 11 people on Sunday, the Kenya Red Cross and local media said.Militants have staged
readSudanese rebels deny recruiting child soldiers
05-11-2012
Juba – A Sudanese rebel group denied United States accusations that it recruits child soldiers and maintains a military presence in a refugee camp in South Sudan.SPLM-North spokesperson Arnu Ngutulu
readPolice stop Zille near Nkandla
05-11-2012
Durban – Police were preventing DA leader Helen Zille and her entourage from approaching President Jacob Zuma’s homestead in Nkandla on Sunday morning.About 700m from where the Democratic Alliance was
readSyria opposition groups hold crucial Doha talks
05-11-2012
DOHA – The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) began a four-day meeting in Doha yesterday, where the United States will reportedly press for an overhaul of the coalition aiming to topple
readEkanka lyonkambadhala nenge etameko lyehulilo
05-11-2012
ETOKOLO lyaalongi oku ninga ekanka neindilo lyawo ya pewe egwedhelo lyoondjambi lyooperesenda omilongo 40 ota li monika noku talika ko lya fa lyaa li nawa nenge lili pombanda unene, shika otashi
readEpangelo ota li yambidhidha omauliko giipindi natango
05-11-2012
EPANGELO ota li tsikile noku yambidhidha omalelo giilando niitopolwa opo yi tsikile oku longekidha omauliko giipindi oshilongo ashihe pomahala gawo. Euvaneko lyeyambidhidho ndika olya ningwa kOmuprima
readOmauwanawa gefumviko ga GIPF ota ga gwedhelwa
05-11-2012
OMUWANAWA gefumviko ngoka haga futwa kehangano lyoopenzela dhaaniilonga yomepangelo GIPF otaga ka gwedhelwa okuza poodola omayovi 5000 okuya pomayovi 8000, kiilyo mbyoka hayi futu opamwe
readSMS mOshiwambo
05-11-2012
*Yakwetu ohake nayi ye moNamibia! Yo aapolisi yaNamibia naakambadhale oku popya oshili kutya oha ya adha omidhimba kadhina iilyo shili, osigo uunake omadhipago goludhi ndono taga shulu ! Ne mba mwa
readOpolisi ya taamba miilonga ondhila ompe yedhagadhaga
05-11-2012
OSHITOPOLWA shomombepo shopolisi ya Namibia osha taamba ondhila ompe yedhagadhaga lyoludhi lwo EC 145. Ondhila ndjika yoshidhagadhaga oyo ayike yoludhi nduka tayi longithwa menenevi lyAfrica sigo
readGlobal Fund ta ka pula iimaliwa ye
05-11-2012
GLOBAL Fund oshiketha shoka sha li hashi gandja iimaliwa komahangano oku kondjitha HIV-AIDS, Otibi nomalaria mo Namibia osha hala oku galulilwa iimaliwa yomwaalu gwoodola oomiliona 14,85 okuza
readArgentina ota ka shuna pevi omimvo dhokuhogolola
05-11-2012
ARGENTINA okwa zimine oveta ndjoka tayi tula pevi oomvula dhoku hogolola dhi ye pomimvo 16. Oshinima shika shoku shunitha pevi omimvo dhokuhogolola dhomuntu oku ya poomvula 16, osha talikako
readPohamba ina panda oondando dhevi dhi li pombanda miilando
05-11-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile omalelo giilando noondoolopa opo ga shonopeke noku tula pevi oondando dhomavi nenge dhomahala miilando moka.Pohamba okwa ningi eindilo ndika a ti
readManchester United lapses worry Ferguson
05-11-2012
MANCHESTER – Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has called on his players to be more ruthless in order to avoid a repeat of last season’s Premier League disappointment.Ferguson saw his side
readUnam hosts students squash champs
05-11-2012
THE University of Namibia Squash Club recently held its annual championships to determine the top male and female players of 2012.The event was held for the first time in 2010 at Windhoek’s main
readWomen Super Cup underway
05-11-2012
WINDHOEK Prisons, the Namibian Police and Amateachers joined five other clubs in the newly established NFA/DFB Women Super Cup which kicked off this weekend.The Cup competition consists of two groups
readTheron wins maiden ITF title
05-11-2012
LINIQUES Theron of Namibia beat Huibre Mare Botes of South Africa 6-2, 6-4 to win the women’s U/18 singles title at the ITF South and Central African Junior Championships in Windhoek on Friday. The
readBarca equal best La Liga start
05-11-2012
MADRID – Barcelona equalled the La Liga record for the most points after 10 games and moved three clear of Atletico Madrid at the top of the table thanks to a 3-1 win at home to Celta Vigo on
readMurray eyes Tour Finals win to cap glorious year
05-11-2012
After spending much of his career struggling in vain to break the vice-like grip Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic held on the sport’s top prizes, Murray has finally earned the right to
readRamblers join Stars at the top
05-11-2012
RAMBLERS joined African Stars at the top of the MTC Premiership log after Stars dropped their first points of the season when they were held to a goalless draw by SKW on Friday night. On Wednesday,
readSMSes for Monday 05 November 2012
05-11-2012
SMS Of The Day *NAMIBIAN made items like chicken or anything else, are so expensive because the producers want to get very rich in a very short time at the expense of the consumer. Food for thought
readWoman suffers multiple stab wounds
05-11-2012
A 23-year-old woman is fighting for her life in the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital after she was stabbed, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend, at Ondangwa on Saturday morning.The woman has been identified as
readFrom The Twittersphere
05-11-2012
FROM Bob the Builder to the Michelin Man, Arsene Wenger to President Obama, Namibian tweeps have their say on the issues, and non-issues of the day. Not forgetting all that jazz! Never thought that
readNamibian Theatre and Film award nominees announced
05-11-2012
A large group of theatre and film pundits as well as journalists gathered at Garlic and Flowers Restaurant in Windhoek last week, where the 2012 Namibia Theatre and Film award nominations were
readShipoh hails JP Karuaihe Trust
05-11-2012
PEINGEONDJABI Shipoh, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, on Thursday hailed the JP Karuaihe Trust for its “immense contribution to the legal sector”.According to him, “the nature of
readSex workers complain of police harassment
05-11-2012
THE Namibia Planned Parenthood Association (NAPPA) has called on the police to stop harassing and detaining sex workers and gay men for carrying condoms.Lucia Iipumbu, treasurer for the NAPPA board
readKeetmans supports Ekandjo on plot auctions
05-11-2012
THE Keetmanshoop municipality supports the amendment of the Local Authority Act proposed by Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo.The proposed changes will bar councils from selling erven on auction
readCrazy about Hair, Skin and Nails
05-11-2012
The Hair, Nail and Skin Expo ended on a high note on Friday afternoon with a prize-giving ceremony to award the outstanding exhibitors. Entrepreneurs from all over Namibia and South Africa exhibited
readMarathon murder trial postponed for verdict
05-11-2012
THE two men accused of robbing and murdering an elderly goldsmith at Okahandja ten years ago are due to hear the verdict in their second trial in the High Court in Windhoek early next year.Murder and
readWindhoek Jazz lovers flock to Hage Geingob Stadium
05-11-2012
Saturday evening saw The Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium transformed into the scene of one of the city’s biggest music festivals, and something of a fixture on the entertainment calendar. Previously known
readImproved security for Pendukeni and Jerry
05-11-2012
SECURITY around two top Swapo leaders, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana and Jerry Ekandjo, will be upgraded.Hage Geingob, the third contestant for the position of Swapo Party vice president, already has police
readMinistries owe Govt Stores N$82 million
05-11-2012
SEVERAL ministries, including the Ministry of Works, owe the Government Stores N$82 million.This has forced the Minister of Works and Transport, Erkki Nghimtina, to call on Cabinet to “instruct all
readEtosha dagga smuggling suspect remains in custody
05-11-2012
A hitch-hiker has been arrested in possession of 229 grams of dagga at a roadblock on the C48 road to Okaukuejo.The suspect, Gerson Eiaseb (46), had accepted a lift from a government truck, which was
readDrugs, weapons netted by police patrols
05-11-2012
THE City Police and the Namibian Police were out in full force over the weekend, patrolling the streets of Windhoek and the surrounding areas to prevent crime. Just after 20h00 on Friday night the
readDouble-bill African music concert tomorrow night
05-11-2012
Rising stars of African music, Maryse Ngalula from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Elie Kamano from Guinea are touring Africa and will stop off in Windhoek for a double-bill concert tomorrow
readPolice reopen farmworker’s assault case
05-11-2012
A CASE of common assault will be re-opened against a farmer who allegedly assaulted his worker at a farm in the Omaheke Region three years ago.The police say the case was withdrawn by the complainant,
readAir Namibia and Natau sign wage agreement
05-11-2012
AIR Namibia and the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union have agreed on salary increases for the the airline’s workers.This announcement came amid rumours that Air Namibia workers were on the
readAccidents claim seven
05-11-2012
SEVEN people died in accidents in the Khomas Region during the past week – six of them over the weekend.On Friday, between 13h00 and 14h00, two bakkies collided head-on between Windhoek and Rehoboth,
readNotable Quotes
05-11-2012
IF it was up to me, I would nullify the framework until proper consultation has been done. – Leonard Iipumbu, Agribank Chief Executive Officer says the Cabinet imposed the framework on State Owned
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