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61 Articles found on Thursday, 11 October 2012
Suspected chicken thief dies after assault
11-10-2012
THE Police at Grootfontein are investigating a case of murder after a 51-year-old man died of his injuries after he was allegedly assaulted by the owner of chickens that he allegedly tried to
readTransNamib needs Govt to fund wage hikes
11-10-2012
TRANSNAMIB is banking on financial assistance from the Ministry of Works to finance the salary hikes agreed to with the union on Tuesday.Describing the road and rail carrier as “technically bankrupt”,
readMore exam papers stolen
11-10-2012
THE examination leak of the Grade 10 and 12 final exams is bigger than it seems. The Namibian has been informed that the papers for four subjects – Development Studies, Biology, English and
readA Namibian welcome
11-10-2012
The visiting president of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe, next to President Hifikepunye Pohamba during his welcoming by a Namibian cultural group at State House yesterday. The presidents will be signing
readExport markets galore for Namibian meat
11-10-2012
THE Meat Board of Namibia has identified 15 countries as possible new export destinations for local beef, mutton and goat in its quest to diversify Namibia’s markets.An in-depth study will start next
readMangaung race gathers pace
11-10-2012
Johannesburg – Three provincial ANC branches support President Jacob Zuma serving a second term as the party’s president, while two favour Kgalema Motlanthe.Four provinces had not officially made
readBrave Warriors suffer setbacks
11-10-2012
THE Brave Warriors have been dealt a blow by the unavailability of top players Tangeni Shipahu and Lazarus Kaimbi for Saturday’s friendly against Rwanda, while Henrico Botes is also a doubtful
readBe careful what you share online
11-10-2012
With October being International Cyber Security Awareness Month, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of South African has warned consumer to be responsible with the information
readSelect cars explains year models
11-10-2012
Marketing Manager at Select Cars, Ernest Thatcher has rubbished claims that the car dealership is misleading clients on year models and withholding original documentation for cars sold. This came
readMTC explains billing on recent promotion
11-10-2012
An irate MTC client contacted The Namibian Consumer with a complaint regarding the cellphnoe service provider’s latest promotion where customers could recharge for various amounts, starting with N$50,
readICT in Namibia not yet ‘an Integral Part of Everyday Lives’
11-10-2012
Telecom Namibia’s Managing Director (MD) Frans Ndoroma says the level of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) readiness in Namibia is still low.Nonetheless, the country remains confident
readNamibia has more cellphones than people
11-10-2012
NAMIBIA is amongst 105 countries with more cellular subscriptions than inhabitants.Botswana, Gabon, Seychelles and South Africa are some of the other African countries with more mobile phone
readImprecision to aid decision-making
11-10-2012
It’s easy to equate crisp, clear, black-and-white decisions with good decisions, but often the opposite can be true, says Harvard Business Review. It would be nice if decisions were always
readNo braking South Africa transport strike
11-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Representatives of the road freight industry have “disappeared” after walking away from negotiations, the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) said yesterday.“Satawu is
readAusterity will bring unrest, labour group tells IMF
11-10-2012
TOKYO – An over-emphasis on austerity and budget cutting will bring political instability and social unrest, labour union representatives warned yesterday, as world finance chiefs gathered in
readWorld Bank urged to help stop ‘land grabs’ in Africa
11-10-2012
TOKYO – Anti-poverty activists posing as digger-driving investors staged a symbolic land grab in Tokyo yesterday as they called on world finance chiefs to help keep food prices under control.Seven
readMore and more Namibians are hungry
11-10-2012
NAMIBIA is under the ten countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the most undernourished people, a new report by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has shown.The State of Food Insecurity in the
readBotanical Society Open Day a major success
11-10-2012
“FANTASTIC, good turnout,” is how Franziska Kangombe, this year’s Botanical Society Open Day coordinator, summed up the day.Speaking to The Namibian at the end of the event held last Saturday,
readBiodiversity meeting begins with funding plea
11-10-2012
HYDERABAD – A major UN meeting designed to safeguard the world’s natural resources began on Monday with appeals to ensure that biodiversity does not become a victim of the global financial crisis.More
readMan held over rhino horn in SA
11-10-2012
A MAN found in possession of a rhino horn was arrested in Namakgale, Limpopo police said yesterday.Colonel Ronel Otto said the 35-year-old Mozambican man was taken into custody on Tuesday. The man
readCleaning campaign planned for Walvis Bay
11-10-2012
WALVIS BAY – The Walvis Bay municipality is planning a clean-up campaign as the coastal town has started to lose its sparkle.Speaking at a council meeting on Tuesday, Walvis Bay mayor Derek Klazen
readKibaki blocks bonus pay for MPs
11-10-2012
Nairobi – Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday blocked US$110 000 (over N$960 000) end-of-term bonuses that members of parliament awarded themselves after protests and a public outcry at a time
readLula associate found guilty of corruption
11-10-2012
Brasilia – Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted three top aides of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s of graft related to a vote-buying scheme in Congress.Lula’s ex-chief of staff Jose Dirceu
readReggie Bush confirms girlfriend Lilit Avagyan is pregnant
11-10-2012
Reggie Bush is going to be a dad for the first time.During a radio interview on Tuesday on Florida’s Paul and Young Ron Morning Show, the Miami Dolphins running back confirmed that his girlfriend,
readDanny DeVito and wife of 30 years split up
11-10-2012
Danny DeVito’s wife, Rhea Perlman, left him after 30 years of marriage because he was allegedly always flirting with other women.‘The Lorax’ star’s 30-year union with Rhea Perlman was said to have
readRihanna and Nicki Minaj lead American Music Awards nominations
11-10-2012
R&B star Rihanna and rapper Nicki Minaj led nominations for the American Music Awards (AMAs) with four apiece on Tuesday, edging out stiff competition from pop sensations Justin Bieber and One
read2 US scientists win Nobel chemistry prize
11-10-2012
Stockholm – Two American scientists won the 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistry for groundbreaking work on a key family of receptors which enable cells to sense their environment, the prize committee said
readLiberian Nobel laureate quits over government corruption
11-10-2012
MONROVIA – Nobel prize-winning rights advocate Leymah Gbowee has quit her post in Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s government, criticising her fellow laureate for corruption and nepotism,
readNamibia eehamekwa
11-10-2012
IILANDITHOMWA unene tuu mbyoka hayi yonuka mbala otashi vulika yi ka kale ya pumba ngele oshipotha shaaniilonga yoku hinga iiiyenditho osha tsikile ishewe uule woshiwike shimwe. Aanangeshefa miikwayi
readOmundohotola Kapia ota ti po nawa hwepo
11-10-2012
OMUKALI O gwomOndangwa moshitopolwa sha Shana a tseyika nawa, Otto Mwandingi Kapia ngoka ethimbo lya zi ko a kala ta mono epango moshipangelo sha Katoolika moVenduka okwa lalekwa mo omasiku ga zi ko
readNatu popilwe vakwee
11-10-2012
Efiku limwe Olomakaya (06/10/2011 onda ka talelapo kahewa kange e li kOkatope kOhangwena, ile koshikandjohoololo sha Shikango walye,olwaapo ngo. Ye ta ti nee nandi kemu teelele koihokolola ili
readOmulandu gwokutalulula tagu endululwa po New Era
11-10-2012
OSHIFOKUNDANEKI shepangelo sho New Era otashi endulula nokutalulula omulandu gwasho gwoku dhinda iinyolwa noshowo ngoka gwoku kuta aaniilonga yokutoola oonkundana. Ota ku tiwa shika otashi ningwa
readOyendji ya kwatwa molwomakonakono
11-10-2012
OMWAALU gwaamboka ya kwatwa mokufekelwa ya yaka oombapila dhomapulo gomakonakono gondondo 10 no 12 moshitopolwa sha Caprivi ogwa londo sigo opaantu 21. Komufala gwopevi gwopolisi, Edwin Kanguatjivi
readSMS mOshiwambo
11-10-2012
*Ohatu pula mepangelo laNamibia kutya oyutha projeka yokufoloma eedopi ya Usakos oyepangelo ilo oyo pawumwene? shashi oha tuli atupi,oyi na ashike ovili yokutameka nde ka tu shi kutya atu dimbuka
readTransNamib naaniilonga ya shaina euvathano
11-10-2012
EHANGANO lyolutenda, lya TransNamib noshowo ehangano lyaaniilonga yomoondjila nayalwe nenge Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union[Natau] oya adha etsokumwe metiyali oshiwike shika kombinga
readMTC benefits all boxing - Tobias
11-10-2012
NESTOR Tobias has refuted claims that only his boxing academy will benefit from MTC’s sponsorship, saying that it would benefit boxing as a whole in Namibia. MTC on October 2 announced a sponsorship
readRain forces postponement of World Golf Finals
11-10-2012
BELEK – The anticipated showdown between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the World Golf Finals yesterday was pushed back a day because of thunderstorms at the Sultan course.Torrential rain began
readNamibia Sport Awards finalists announced
11-10-2012
THE finalists for the MTC Namibia Sport Awards were announced in Windhoek yesterday morning. Boxing once again featured prominently, with three boxers among the six finalists in the Sportsman of the
readFormer Namibia cricket coach dies
11-10-2012
FORMER Namibia national cricket team coach and Zimbabwean national selector Kevin Curran has died at the age of 53, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed yesterday.The former fast bowler, who had been coaching
readRacial quotas, a tough task, says Shifeta
11-10-2012
DEPUTY Sport Minister Pohamba Shifeta yesterday admitted that while it may be a theoretically viable proposition, implementing racial quotas is “very challenging”. He said limited resources coupled
readFrom The Twittersphere
11-10-2012
NAMIBIAN tweeps ponder the wayward, the wild, and Windhoek tap water; trip out over the meandering ways of taxis, feel taxed by street slang, and wax poetic about food!@Heikki_deluxe: With the
readTeacher commits suicide
11-10-2012
A 46-YEAR-OLD teacher from Grootfontein, who was recently declared medically unfit to work, is suspected to have killed herself yesterday morning.According to Deputy Commissioner Moses Khairabeb,
readTax, lack of incentives have farmers on their knees
11-10-2012
MORE tax and fewer incentives are increasingly dumping livestock producers in financial trouble and Government needs to urgently tackle these issues with farmers to ensure the survival of the
readSuspected dagga smuggler remains in custody
11-10-2012
THE Outjo Magistrate’s Court ordered William Soroseb to remain in custody when he appeared in court on Tuesday on charges of dealing in drugs, resisting arrest and obstructing the course of
read‘Stop sexual exploitation of learners’- Kunene Education Director
11-10-2012
THE Kunene Education director, Simon Tsuseb, has warned teachers against having sexual relationships with their pupils.He said the education authorities would take action against such teachers.
readSMSes for Thursday 11 October 2012
11-10-2012
SMS Of The Day *THE strike in South Africa and it’s negative impact is a reflection on our high dependence on SA. This offers an opportunity for Namibians to think of how we can reduce the 79 per
readShixwameni irked by renaming
11-10-2012
ALL People’s Party (APP) president Ignatius Shixwameni says he will propose in Parliament next week that a moratorium be placed on the “sudden, rampant and haphazard wave” of renaming of streets,
readRehoboth man wanted for bestiality for raping a dog
11-10-2012
A REHOBOTH man is at large after allegedly raping a dog at the town. The alleged bestiality took place on Monday.According to a police officer at the town, people living in the Block E residential
readRA employees get increases
11-10-2012
THE salary negotiations between the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) and the Roads Authority (RA) concluded on Monday. They agreed to an 8% increase in basic salaries, a 5% increase in housing
readPrisons officer sues over alleged libel
11-10-2012
NAMIBIAN Correctional Service Deputy Commissioner Tuhafeni Hangula steered clear of the witness stand in the High Court in Windhoek this week as the hearing of a N$500 000 libel claim which he has
readPregnant women use bush as toilet
11-10-2012
PREGNANT women camping outside the Outapi District Hospital in the Omusati Region have called on Government to build an accommodation facility with toilets for them.They are staying in their own tents
readPienaar in Swakopmund court
11-10-2012
AN alleged habitual fraudster made his first court appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.South African citizen Adriaan Pienaar, 50, appeared before Magistrate Andre Matulich on
readPassion killing at Okombahe village
11-10-2012
A 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death, allegedly by her former lover, at Okombahe in the Erongo Region on Tuesday evening.According to a police incident report, Angeline Dausas and her boyfriend
readNamibia and Zambia to transfer prisoners
11-10-2012
SAFETY and Security Minister Nangolo Mbumba on Tuesday tabled the ratification of an agreement on the Transfer of Sentenced Offenders (TSO) between Namibia and Zambia in the National Assembly (NA).The
readNafinu at loggerheads with Fides Bank
11-10-2012
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) on Monday declared a wage dispute with Fides Bank, a micro-lender that targets low-income groups with its headquarters at Ongwediva. The union and
readKalkrand family receives wrong corpse for burial
11-10-2012
THE wrong body was delivered to a Kalkrand family for burial on Saturday.The family of the late Sanna Goages (54) made this shocking discovery on Saturday while preparing to bury her at Kalkrand
readLarge number of Grade six learners illiterate
11-10-2012
NAMIBIAN Grade 6 learners’ reading and mathematics skills are below the average of the Southern and East African Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) standards. A study, ‘Primary
readPan-African Parliament debates gay issue
11-10-2012
MEMBER countries of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) should respect each other’s individual laws and constitutions.This was said by Namibian MP Peter Katjavivi after a storm erupted at a PAP meeting
readNTN presents Comedy Festival
11-10-2012
Comedy is fast becoming a big attraction in the entertainment scene. Just on the heels of a one week sold out Trevor Noah show, The National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) once again invite the Namibian
readAnother Police campaign to shut shebeens
11-10-2012
KHOMAS Police Commissioner Festus Shilongo yesterday warned unlicensed shebeens in the Khomas Region to cease operations immediately.The decision to widen the crackdown on illegal shebeens came three
readNotable Quotes
11-10-2012
THERE are things that are interesting to the public, but not necessarily in the public interest. – Ben Mulongeni, The Board Chairman of the government owned newspaper ‘New Era’ confirming the review
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