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51 Articles found on Tuesday, 2 October 2012
SO CUTE ...
02-10-2012
Hafeni Nambinga (4) was enjoying the animals at the Wind- hoek Agricultural and Industrial Show, with the two little ponies being his favourites.
readClaims of stillborn twins at Outjo school to be probed
02-10-2012
THE Erongo Education Directorate is investigating a case in which a 15-year-old Grade 10 student at the Etoshapoort Junior Secondary School in Outjo was allegedly impregnated by a teacher.According to
readHaihambo principal transferred
02-10-2012
IN what is suspected to be a political move, the principal of the Haihambo Primary School in the Ohangwena Region, Rosalia Tonata Ndamonomhata, has been “temporarily transferred” to a post as resource
readCuba offers pricy deal
02-10-2012
THE Namibian taxpayer will fork out N$70 million to finance the training of 100 doctors in Cuba over six years, if a proposal to be discussed with Cuba is approved. Under the agreement it will cost
readHappy faces
02-10-2012
Children enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round at the Windhoek Show. The entertainment park has proven to be the main attraction for children visiting the annual show. For more pictures from the show,
readNotable Quotes
02-10-2012
SHE wanted to open a case against me which was dismissed and later went to apply for protection order but the police officers on duty told her that she is wrong and did a lot of mistakes, abusing and
readOskido to be honoured at Channel O Awards
02-10-2012
Multi-talented South African music veteran, Oskido, has been named as this year’s Special Recognition recipient at the 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards.Oskido follows in the footsteps of Africa’s
readNamibia – an investor-friendly country
02-10-2012
NAMIBIA is a republic and a practicing democracy with regular multi-party elections, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob told potential American investors yesterday. “To deliver goods and
readMotlanthe: Axing Malema was wrong
02-10-2012
Johannesburg – South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has for the first time publicly revealed that expelling then ANC Youth League leader, Julius Malema from the governing party was a
readSyria hits back at US over chemical arms
02-10-2012
DAMASCUS – Syria yesterday accused Washington of seeking to topple the Damascus regime by raising fears over its chemical weapons stockpiles, as shelling and air raids killed dozens more civilians,
readMaking Protection Orders More Protective
02-10-2012
THERE have recently been two media reports of women allegedly murdered by their partners while protection orders were in place – a businesswoman reportedly hacked to death by her husband with a panga
readSave For Old Age
02-10-2012
THERE is a rising clamour across the land for the pillaging of pension funds to pay for today’s bills. This manifestly erroneous campaign is a combined consequence of the rising cost of living,
readStars stake their title credentials
02-10-2012
AFRICAN Stars continued their good early season form by shooting to the top of the MTC Namibia Premier League log after their 5-1 victory over Rundu Chiefs on Saturday. They already have one title
readSMSes for 2 October 2012
02-10-2012
SMS Of The Day n IT HAS been a trend in Namibia for politicians, when making their long winded meaningless speeches, to use the rather over used phrase ‘Vision 2030’. My question is who is
readTim Huebschle takes gold at Amasiko Heritage Festival
02-10-2012
N amibian film maker Tim Huebschle has added to his list of accolades, winning the Best Short Film award at the Amasiko Heritage Festival in South Africa for his film ‘Looking for Illonga’.
readMerkel challenger stokes Swiss fears over banks, tax deal
02-10-2012
ZURICH – Politicians and commentators in Switzerland are worried that the nomination of Peer Steinbrueck – a critic of Swiss banking secrecy – to challenge Angela Merkel in an election next year may
readEurope holds out hope of Africa trade deals by 2014
02-10-2012
BRUSSELS – The European Union is hoping to wrap up free-trade agreements across most of sub-Saharan Africa next year but has yet to assuage African fears that their budding industries will not be able
readNigeria seeks to end the curse of unfinished projects
02-10-2012
ABUJA – Countless kilometres of road, many fine factories and hundreds more projects exist only as dreams in Nigeria despite years of promises, so Kashim Ali faced serious scepticism over a recent
readStop making decisions that waste time and money
02-10-2012
M any managers rely on gut instinct to make important decisions, which often leads to poor results. On the contrary, when managers insist on incorporating logic and evidence, they make better choices
readLack of business space at Rosh Pinah
02-10-2012
ROSH PINAH – The residents of the Tutungeni informal settlement at Rosh Pinah are conducting business from their yards because of inadequate business space at this mining town. “We need a place on
readNamibian comics exhibition at FNCC
02-10-2012
The FNCC held a comic book workshop is September and now the results by participants will be exhibited at the Blue Frog Restaurant on Thursday, October 11. ‘Speech Bubble: An Exhibition of Comic
readAlleged drug dealer caught in Swakopmund
02-10-2012
A NAMIBIAN man was arrested on Saturday after he was caught with several ‘rocks’ of crack cocaine in his possession during an undercover bust. According to sources involved in the operation, the
readAgricultural diary
02-10-2012
October 5: Eastern Genetics sale at Gobabis. October 10: Swakara ram auction of Hendrik Duvenhage & Kobus van Wyk at Anandi Guest House in Mariental. October 11& 12: Paresis production
readMeatco pilots ‘Inbound Project’ to assist communal farmers
02-10-2012
MEATCO has started rolling out its ‘Inbound Project’ from yesterday until March next year for livestock producers to take their cattle to assembly points to be assisted with transport to Meatco
readMeatco cancels AGA until further notice
02-10-2012
MEATCO announced that it was forced to cancel the Age Gap Adjustment (AGA) until further notice due to exceptional factors in the South African market which have a significant impact on its producer
readFrom The Twittersphere
02-10-2012
SOCALLED ‘passion’ killings continue to make waves on the Namibian Twitter frontline. Plus, politics, hip hop, village life, goats, chickens and MacBooks ... not forgetting mothers, of course!
readStrike on the cards at TransNamib as talks fail
02-10-2012
AFTER a deadlock in negotiations with TransNamib, the general secretary of the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Natau), John Kwedhi, has warned that a possible strike will be discussed on
readSPYL wants Kazenambo fired
02-10-2012
THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) is in the process of finalising a letter urging President Hifikepunye Pohamba to recall Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo, The Namibian has learned. According to
readSouth African man drops bail application
02-10-2012
SOUTH African citizen Adriaan Jakobus Pienaar (50), accused of swindling a number of businessmen in the South out of groceries and cigarettes worth N$509 000, has abandoned his bail application in the
readRDP elects regional leadership
02-10-2012
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is winding down its close to two-month process to elect its new regional leadership for the next three years as two more regions, Khomas and Karas, completed
readPilot says newspaper article defamed him
02-10-2012
PRESIDENTIAL pilot Alois Nyandoro yesterday denied in the High Court in Windhoek that he had done anything untoward when he tried to get the Directorate of Civil Aviation to validate the flying
readNafau congress forges ahead despite disputes
02-10-2012
THE long-overdue congress of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) planned for this week risks being aborted because of a standoff between the union’s president and its secretary general.
readChief Maharero lashes out at leaders
02-10-2012
THE head of the OtjikaTjamuaha Royal House and leader of the Maharero Traditional Authority, Chief Tjinaani Maharero, has expressed concern that misunderstandings among the OvaHerero people are caused
readKidnappers make first appearance in regional court
02-10-2012
COUSINS Veyonne Beukes (23) and Dylan Stramis (18) of Windhoek, accused of the December 2011 kidnapping of a nine-year-old girl in Swakopmund, made their first appearance in the Swakopmund Regional
readZimbabwe monitors: March polls not on
02-10-2012
Harare – A Zimbabwean independent monitoring group says it will be impossible to hold free and fair elections in March when President Robert Mugabe wants the polls. The Zimbabwe Election Support
readSouth African man on Top 10 CNN Heroes list
02-10-2012
Johannesburg – A man from Soweto has made it into the final 10 nominations for CNN’s Hero of the Year award. Thulani Madondo, 30, could not believe it when he heard that an American professor who had
readAfrican Union troops enter Somali port of Kismayo
02-10-2012
MOGADISHU – Kenyan troops from the African Union force in Somalia entered the southern port of Kismayo for the first time Monday, witnesses said, three days after launching a beach assault that led
readSeptember Iraq’s deadliest month in 2 years
02-10-2012
BAGHDAD – September was the deadliest month in Iraq in more than two years, with 365 people killed in violence that Iraqi security forces are struggling to curb, official figures released on Monday
readDröbisch wins Matchless Road Race
02-10-2012
TILL Dröbisch won the Men’s Elite category of the Matchless Cycling Road Race on Sunday after finishing the 106km event in a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes and 56 seconds. Dröbisch finished comfortably
readUnrelenting pressure makes Ryder Cup irresistible
02-10-2012
MEDINAH – The glorious unpredictability of the Ryder Cup was unveiled in all its majesty on Sunday when Europe pulled off one of the most unexpected and dramatic comebacks seen on a golf course.
readBrilliant double ton by Snyman
02-10-2012
A BRILLIANT double century by Gerrie Snyman put Namibia in a strong position to win their ICC Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya yesterday. Snyman hit the Kenyan attack to all corners of the
readNamibia out of Sevens World Cup
02-10-2012
NAMIBIA failed to qualify for the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens after winning only two of their five matches at the African Sevens tournament in Morocco over the weekend. Only the top two nations
readRonaldo treble lifts Real to 5-1 win over Depor
02-10-2012
MADRID – Real Madrid will go into next weekend’s La Liga ‘Clasico’ at Barcelona eight points behind their great rivals after Cristiano Ronaldo netted a hat-trick in a 5-1 comeback win at home to
readMessi wants more than just accolades
02-10-2012
MADRID – Lionel Messi wants to be remembered as a good friend and colleague to his team mates rather than as the best player in the world, the unassuming Argentine said in an interview yesterday. The
readIihokolola yegandjo lyevi ku Mbok ya undulilwa komeho
02-10-2012
I IHOKOLOLA moka Oshikondo Shomalelo giitopolwa iilando nomagumbo tashi kondjitha omunangeshefa Antoine Mbok moshinima shegandjo lyevi omagano kehangano lye okuza kewiliko lyoshilando sha Helao
readMeekulu Nashilongo Monika a fumvikwa pOnangholo
02-10-2012
O mukalimo gwomomukunda Oipandahangano moshikandjohogololo shUutapi mOmbalantu, Nashilongo Monika yaShikalepo a fumvikwa kengathithi enene molyomakaya ga zi ko pOnankolo okuzilila megongalo lyawo
readOkwaainekelewa kwa fala medhipago nomeidhipago
02-10-2012
O MULUMENTU ngoka a dhipaga omukadhona gwe nale oshiwike shayi noshowo eki idhipaga yemwene oshiwike sha yi moshilandopangelo, okwa thigipo omushangwa moka a ndjandjukununa shoka shemu thiminike opo
readOmbelewa ya Khomasdal uumbangalantu ya tindi elombwelo
02-10-2012
K ANSELA gwoshikandjohogololo sha Khomasdal kuumbangalantu okwa ti ombelewa ye ita yi ka vulika keindilo ndyoka tali ti iilonga yopetameko mbyoka yili moshikandjohogololo shoka nayi pungulilwe aanona
readSMS mOshiwambo
02-10-2012
n Vakwetutu se vamwe otwa kalamo unene metanga lyegameno ndele nge oto tala eendjabi detu oto eta onghenda komunhu una ounona neumbo lomiti, ondjabi oishona nai itai vulu okufutila okaana keli
readAagundjuka ota ya ka ulika Ekandjo ongo okandidate
02-10-2012
E WAWA lyaagundjuka mo Swapo[SPYL] olya tokola poshigongi shalyo shongundumutima ehuliloshiwike lya piti kutya ota li ka ulika ominista yOmalelo giitopolwa iilando nomagumbo ongo okandidate oku
readMunyama omuwiliki nale gwoNBC a mangululwa mondholongo
02-10-2012
O MUWILIKI nale gwehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia[NBC] okwa mangululwa mo mondholongo, konima yoku kala mondjedhililo omimvo mbali omolwa ekengelelo. Munyama okwa li a egululwamo
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