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48 Articles found on Monday, 17 September 2012
City Savings Bank’s ghosts emerge
17-09-2012
BUSINESS mogul Aaron Mushimba’s battle to try and get City Savings and Investment Bank Holdings (CSIH), the former majority shareholder in the failed City Savings and Investment Bank (CSIB),
readDumped baby rescued
17-09-2012
On Friday morning, a baby boy was found alive inside a plastic bag dumped in a riverbed in the Hakahana informal settlement of Katutura.The City of Windhoek Emergency Services rescued him and took him
readNapwu congress called a sham
17-09-2012
DISAFFECTED delegates to last week’s Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) congress are seeking legal advice to see if they can overturn the election of the new union leadership. Alternatively, they
readLegal battle over blood transfusion
17-09-2012
A LIFE hanging in the balance, and which could be saved by a blood transfusion that is being refused on religious grounds, had faith, medical science and the law meeting on a courtroom battlefield in
readTeam ethic secures League title for Suburbs
17-09-2012
AN admirable team effort was the key to Western Suburbs come-from-behind MTC Rugby Premier League title victory on Saturday, says club coach Walter Donn.Suburbs trailed 11-19 to Rehoboth at halftime,
readNato accused of killing Afghan women in air strike
17-09-2012
Nato was accused of killing eight women yesterday in an air strike, capping a black weekend in which six soldiers were shot dead by presumed Afghan colleagues and a Taliban assault caused
readCool Fresh Nam expects good harvest
17-09-2012
COOL FRESH Namibia, which is running the State-owned vineyards along the Orange River at Aussenkehr, is expecting a good harvest this season.“Our projection is to pack 130 000 4,5kg boxes of grapes
readDon’t grant favours so readily
17-09-2012
At a time when the ‘spray and pray’ request for business favours is becoming common, it is worth asking those who want your help to do a little work first, says Harvard Business Review. Are you
readAll Oshakati business owners must register
17-09-2012
THE Oshakati Town Council has called upon all business owners in Oshakati to register their businesses and obtain valid registration and fitness certificates.According to the liaison officer of the
readEurope’s minority youth face steeper job hurdles
17-09-2012
PARIS – Europe is failing its youth, and none more than its ethnic and religious minorities.As Europe slides back into recession, young graduates from the Class of 2012 across Europe are returning
readEast Africa energy players
17-09-2012
• Anadarko Petroleum: US-listed Anadarko operates Mozambique’s offshore Area 1 with a 36,5 per cent interest. Discoveries on its concession could hold up to 60 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas.
readEast African energy boom at risk
17-09-2012
NAIROBI – As giant oil and gas discoveries have some of the world’s biggest energy firms jostling for space in East Africa, the fate of one gas producer offers them a cautionary tale.After investing
readLiberia says lacks cash, not will, to fight blood diamonds
17-09-2012
MONROVIA – Liberia has challenged a United Nations report that questioned its commitment to stamp out the trade in blood diamonds, saying it lacked the means not the will to clean up its role in the
readLonmin strikers reject wage offer
17-09-2012
RUSTENBURG – South African police yesterday blocked and dispersed a march by hundreds of protesting miners against a security crackdown in the country’s restive platinum belt.AFP reporters on the
readTsvangirai weds despite court order
17-09-2012
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his new fiancée held their wedding on Saturday despite a court order that cancelled his marriage licence after his ex-lover tried to block the
readSA miners in ‘peaceful march’ after crackdown
17-09-2012
MARIKANA, South Africa - Striking South African miners planned a “peaceful march” on a police station after authorities launched a major crackdown in the country’s restive platinum belt.Police on
readAsian territory disputes could trigger war – Panetta
17-09-2012
Territorial disputes raging in Asia involving China and other countries could end up in war if emotions are not dialled down, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned yesterday.“I am concerned that
readBrahimi’s mission to Syria bound to fail: rebels
17-09-2012
The mission of the international peace envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, is bound to fail, a rebel Free Syrian Army commander said on Sunday, after a Skype conference call with the veteran Algerian
readOsha pumbiwa tuu okulandula omikankadhiladhilo
17-09-2012
OMASHONGO gataalela Namibia moshinima shopankalathano nopamahupilo osha tameka noku hulila momikankandunge dhuukilila mbali, gumwe gwaandhika ogwa gama kaaniilonga[usosiale] nomukwawo ogwa kalelapo
readEpangelo lya kuthako ewiliko lyiilonda
17-09-2012
EPANGELO olya kuthako ewiliko noshowo esiloshimpwiyu lyiilonda yomiviinu mbyoka ya kuthwa aaniilonga yomiilonda mbyoka yeli omulongo moprpoyeka yokutekela pomulonga gwa Orange River Irrigation.
readOmaimangeleko mOhangwena onkee taga yi pombanda
17-09-2012
NONANDE taku uhala taku ningwa omayelithilo kombinga yomaidhipago, oshigwana onkee ngaa tashi uhala tashi ikutha oomwenyo, nomunambelewa moshikondo shOnkalonawa mUuministeli wUukalinawa nIilonga
readSMS mOshiwambo
17-09-2012
*Ame Kristofina tate wange o Shongeleni yaHengulosi odalele yaAngola ashike pama okuli vati kOnamiyonga ondeya nale ashike kandishiko tate Shongeleni onde ku lyuulukwa oto dulu oku mona nge keenomola
readNdishsishi mehilathano nooraata dhuunamiti molweshangitho
17-09-2012
AMUSHANGA omukuluntu mOshikondo Shuundjolowele Nonkalonawa, ota lundilwa aniwa kutya okwa hala oku tula pevi omuthika gworaata yaanawino muundjolowele nenge Health Professions Council sho indile
readSMSes for Monday 17 September 20112
17-09-2012
SMS Of The Day *TO the ordinary man being squeezed by his own government while they are voting in big numbers: Your vote is your voice. You give them the power to do what they are doing to you. –
readNamibian cricket squads named for Kenya games
17-09-2012
CRICKET Namibia has announced the final squads for the Intercontinental Cup and World Cricket League Championship matches against Kenya, which start at the end of September.The squad to play Kenya in
readDelie, Lindemeier get top Namibian swimming awards
17-09-2012
QUINTON Delie and Daniela Lindemeier were the top performers at the annual awards ceremony of the Namibia Swimming Union which took place in Windhoek on Thursday evening.Delie received the trophy for
readDon’t get carried away, says Wenger
17-09-2012
LONDON – Arsene Wenger has warned his new-look Arsenal team that the real tests are still to come after their 6-1 demolition of Southampton at the Emirates Stadium.A breathtaking display of attacking
readI don’t have a team: Mourinho
17-09-2012
MADRID – Jose Mourinho slammed his Real Madrid champions yesterday after a 1-0 loss at Sevilla condemned them to their worst La Liga start in a decade, claiming he wanted to replace seven players at
readRuacana win Far North champs
17-09-2012
OSHAKATI – The Ruacana High School in the Omusati Region won the football category of the ninth Annual Old Mutual Far North Championships that ended here on Saturday. Ruacana beat their counterparts
readMcCaw prioritises substance over style
17-09-2012
DUNEDIN – Despite lifting the World Cup, enjoying a 13-match winning run and on target to claim the inaugural Rugby Championship title, New Zealand captain Richie McCaw found himself countering
readWAD worried about high incidence of violence in Karas
17-09-2012
WOMEN’S Action for Development (WAD) executive director Veronica De Klerk has expressed concern over the high rate of gender violence and sexual assault in the Karas Region. “Irrespective of the large
readTwo Windhoek police officers arrested
17-09-2012
TWO police officers were arrested in Windhoek on Friday for allegedly accepting a bribe to issue a vehicle clearance certificate to an applicant with a criminal record. During a sting operation
readFrom The Twittersphere
17-09-2012
DESPITE Namibia’s weather supposedly being one-dimensional, it just has to wink to get Namibians commenting on it, as happened on Saturday! Otherwise, is The Dogg taking over the world, who the heck
readSwapo wins Sibbinda
17-09-2012
THE Swapo candidate for the regional council by-election in the Sibbinda Constituency in Caprivi, Ignatius Chunga, has been elected to replace Felix Mukupi, who died in a car accident on June 16 this
readSarafina goes black and white – literally
17-09-2012
Josias dos Moleele is confident he will avoid the wrath of the public when his version of ‘Sarafina, The Musical’, hits the stage next month.This is despite him casting a white Sarafina in 20-year-old
readPolitburo to decide on succession candidates
17-09-2012
THE most important issue on the political agenda of the country and of Swapo – that of who will succeed Hifikepunye Pohamba as the ruling party president and in effect that of Namibia – is on the
readOwnership dispute over Okombahe People’s House
17-09-2012
THE !Oe #Gan Damara community that does not recognise the leadership of the government-backed chief Immanuel /Gâseb on Thursday occupied the Damara People’s House at Okombahe.The ownership of the
readOhangwena farmers ordered to remove farm fences
17-09-2012
MORE than 17 farmers in the east of the Ohangwena Region have been ordered by the region’s Communal Land Board to dismantle illegal fences before the end of this month.Nahas Ndevahoma, one of the
readNo AGM for sex workers
17-09-2012
THE executive director of the Rights Not Rescue (RNR) sex workers’ organisation, Nicodemus ‘Mama Africa’ Aochumub, says the planned annual general meeting of his organisation with donors and the media
readNafau branches unhappy with leadership
17-09-2012
THE Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) has become the latest victim of leadership infighting.Nafau branches in Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Tsumeb, Rundu, Karibib and Oshakati have called for the
readMurder, rape and kidnapping trial postponed
17-09-2012
THE trial of five men accused of murdering a toddler and brutally gang-raping his mother was postponed to September 24 for plea and trail.They are also charged with kidnapping. Luciano Kalundjinji,
readJacobs corruption trial postponed to next year
17-09-2012
THE corruption trial of former Karas chief regional officer Salmaan Jacobs in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court was postponed on Friday until March next year. At the start of his trial last Monday,
read‘The Forgotten Children’
17-09-2012
Jacques Mushandja’s ‘The Forgotten Children’ exceeded all expectations. ‘The Forgotten Children’ is a story about two ‘born free’ children, from different sides of the colour divide, who fall in love.
readEvicted grape farmers threaten court action
17-09-2012
THE legal representative of small-scale farmers evicted from plots at the Orange River Irrigation Project, Richard Metcalfe, says the eviction orders were “obtained by foul means” and has threatened
readAyoub gives up fight against extradition
17-09-2012
LEBANESE-BORN businessman and farmer Fadi Ayoub’s fight to prevent his extradition to France, where he is wanted on a more than 20-year-old charge of rape, came to an end on Friday.Ayoub has decided
readAgricultural union worried about fires
17-09-2012
THE Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) has expressed concern about the number of veld fires across the country.According to the union, many farmers have suffered big losses because of veld fires. Last
readNo end to Agribank strike
17-09-2012
THE strike at the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank), which started a week ago, will continue indefinitely.According to the general secretary of the Namibia Financial Institutions’ Union
readNotable Quotes
17-09-2012
THIS water issue is coming on for long now. When we tell the municipality, they are telling us that they won’t come to dogs. Maybe because we live in informal settlements, they are calling us dogs. –
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