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52 Articles found on Thursday, 20 September 2012
Huge debt grounds Air Namibia plane
20-09-2012
DEBT reportedly amounting to more than N$3,2 million (or US$400 000) led to the grounding of an Air Namibia aircraft at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe on Monday.This was confirmed by people in the know
readDoctors take on medical aid funds
20-09-2012
THE decision by all medical funds not to pay for injections and immunisations administered in doctors’ consulting rooms have angered medical professionals who say this will push up the prices of
readN$13m more for botched work
20-09-2012
Chinese ignored Namibian health standards MORE than N$13 million is needed to fix the botched work on the yet-to-be-opened Omuthiya District Hospital, which the Chinese government built as a
readSME Bank open by end of October
20-09-2012
NAMIBIA’S SME Bank will open its doors by month-end, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob said yesterday.Speaking at the Rural Women’s Parliament session underway in Windhoek, Geingob said the SME
readFrance ups embassy security after Prophet cartoons
20-09-2012
PARIS – France stepped up security at some of its embassies yesterday after a satirical Parisian weekly published crude caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. The prime minister said he would block a
readUushona headlines bonanza
20-09-2012
TYSON Uushona will top the bill against Pascal Bruno of Kenya at a Boxing Bonanza scheduled to take place at the Windhoek Country Club on October 12. Uushona, who is currently ranked second in the
readStudents warned not to enrol for unaccredited courses
20-09-2012
The Namibia Qualifications Authority (NQA) has once again warned students not to enrol at institutions that do not have NQA accreditation. This comes in the aftermath of revelations that institutions
readCompetition Commission to Host Consumer Week
20-09-2012
The Namibian Competition Commission is having a week long awareness drive as part of it’s advocacy campaign, to inform the nation about its role and functions in Government’s efforts of achieving
readDecide if travel is really worth it
20-09-2012
Once you figure the true cost, it might emerge that the meeting you have always travelled to could just as easily be handled by conference call, says Harvard Business Review. Do you often need to get
read‘Tanzania won’t revoke oil agreements’
20-09-2012
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania will not revoke existing oil and gas contracts, its energy minister has said after he was widely reported in local media saying unfavourable deals would be scrapped. East
readSearching for oil, searching for change
20-09-2012
NAMIBIANS shouldn’t be disheartened by the fact that all efforts to find some of the potentially 12 billion barrels of oil Namibia might be sitting on have been unsuccessful so far, Petroleum
readWorld Rhino Day on Saturday
20-09-2012
Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) Namibia will be joining others around the world in celebrating World Rhino Day on Saturday.For 30 years, SRT’s tracking teams have been protecting the desert-adapted black
readItalian architect designs world’s biggest vertical garden
20-09-2012
MILAN – A shopping centre near Milan is claiming an unusual record – the biggest vertical garden in the world, covering a surface of 1 263 square metres with a total of 44 000 plants.The huge garden,
readSoros invests in clean energy
20-09-2012
NEW YORK – To increase food security in Africa and stem the disastrous human and environmental costs of indoor cooking with charcoal, the Soros Economic Development Fund and the Industrialisation Fund
readTbilisi conference focuses on environmental education
20-09-2012
OVER 300 representatives from 104 countries, as well as international intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations in partnership with Unesco and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), met in
readAfrican Briefs
20-09-2012
Contracts for Liberian ministers MONROVIA – President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has signed “performance contracts” with her cabinet ministers to set specific targets and goals.Johnson Sirleaf, 73, signed
readWorld Briefs
20-09-2012
Karzai urges peace after blast KABUL – The Afghan president yesterday urged his nation to rally behind the push for peace despite persistent violence, evoking the memory of a former leader who was
readSyria ‘plans to use chemical weapons’
20-09-2012
LONDON – The Syrian regime plans to deploy chemical weapons against its own people “as a last resort”, the former head of Syria’s chemical arsenal told The Times newspaper in an interview published
readSyrian rebels seize control of a border crossing
20-09-2012
AKCAKALE – Rebels seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey yesterday, pulling down the Syrian flag and briefly allowing people – some jubilant, some wounded – to crawl under a
readSingapore PM will not tolerate corruption
20-09-2012
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s leader has vowed to punish corrupt officials, no matter how senior, following several high-profile cases including three sex-for-favour scandals that have embarrassed a nation
readNational icon keeps campaign guessing ahead of Ghana polls
20-09-2012
ACCRA – The military shooting range along a windswept beach appears desolate and unassuming, but it is home to a controversial piece of history for Ghana and its former president Jerry Rawlings.It was
readOongundu dhokukondjitha iimbuluma mOmusati dheende
20-09-2012
IILYO tayi ihilile pomayovigaali yoongundu omilongombali 26 dhokukondjitha iimbuluma mOmusati mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika oya ningi ehololomadhillaadhilo ya indile ookalyamupombo ya hulithe po iilonga
readNa ku ponda omukadhona gwe nale okwa edhililwa
20-09-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomoVenduka ngoka ta lundilwa kutya okwa dhipaga omwiilongi omugundjuka gwopoPolytenchnic yaNamibia konyala oomwedhi ndatu dhapitipo, oku li natango mondholongo. Omufekelwa nguka okwa
readSwapo ota ka futila Grobler molwa enyateko lyedhina lye
20-09-2012
ONGUNDU yo Swapo oya zimine oku futa omutoolinkundana John Grobler oodola omayovi 30 000 noshowo oku futa iimaliwa mbyoka a longitha okufuta oohahende ndhoka dha li dhe mu kalelepo miihokolola yinasha
readUudemokoli mo Swapo wa tulwa koshiyelekitho
20-09-2012
EULIKO lyomupeviperesidende, gwongundu yoSwapo, Hage Geingob naamushangandjayi gwongundu ndjoka, Pendukeni Iivula Ithana kopolitburo oshinima sha kala sha tegelelwa koyendji, pahapu dhaanawino
readOmahangano gaaniilonga muupyakadhi unene
20-09-2012
OMAHANGANO gaaniilonga gomongundu ya National Union of Namibian Workers[NUNW] oge na omashongo omanene mewiliko lyago unene tuu sho iilyo yago ya nyatipala no ya hala oku kuthako ewiliko lyago okuza
readSMS mOshiwambo
20-09-2012
*Vakwetu amushanga wOmbalantu Traditional Authority nakale ha nyamukula ovanhu nawa. Ondi wete noho afa keshi oilonga you hamushanga kutya ili. Oto hanga oye ta tokola oshima ile ta shunifako omalenga
readEthigathano molwoshilonga oshinene lya tameke ohela
20-09-2012
OPOLITBURO yongundu yo Swapo oya tumbula aawiliki yaali yopombanda mongundu ndjoka opo ya thigathanepo molwa oshipundi shuupeviperesidende wongundu ndjoka. Swapo okwa tumbula Hage Geingob na
readWindhoek set for fistball finale
20-09-2012
THE final league matches of the fistball season will be played at the DTS soccer fields on Saturday to determine the new Namibian fistball champions. Action begins at 08h30 when Cohen FC 2 take on
readJapan player pulled from China event as row goes on
20-09-2012
JAPAN’S Olympic silver medallist Kasumi Ishikawa has been pulled out of a World Cup table tennis event because Chinese organisers could not guarantee her safety, becoming the latest sporting victim of
readMancini warns Hart, Mou praise for Real ‘animals’
20-09-2012
MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini has told goalkeeper Joe Hart to stop criticising the team, insisting he is the only “judge” after the English champions slipped to a dramatic 3-2 defeat at Real
readValerie Adams finally receives London shot put gold medal
20-09-2012
AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s Valerie Adams belatedly received the gold medal for the women’s shot put from the London Olympics yesterday, more than a month after the event and the disqualification of
readShipanga takes up World Cup role
20-09-2012
JACQUELINE Shipanga is in Azerbaijan as part of the Technical Study Group (TSG) for the 2012 Fifa Under-17 Women’s World Cup.Shipanga was also part of the TSG at the under-17 World Cup after 2010 in
readSouth Africa ready to throw Zimbabwe out
20-09-2012
HAMBANTOTA – High-flying South Africa batsman Hashim Amla said his team was ready for their African neighbours Zimbabwe in their Group C match of the World Twenty20 at Hambantota today.Zimbabwe were
readUushona headlines bonanza
20-09-2012
TYSON Uushona will top the bill against Pascal Bruno of Kenya at a Boxing Bonanza scheduled to take place at the Windhoek Country Club on October 12. Uushona, who is currently ranked second in the
readSMSes for Thursday 20 September 2012
20-09-2012
SMS Of The Day *FIRST NAPWU kicks out NUNW SG Kaaronda from Rundu congress! Now Nafau SG is suspended a few weeks before the congress by a faction led by its president. Why do we question why there
readUN expert on indigenous people visits Namibia
20-09-2012
GENEVA – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, will visit Namibia next week to examine the situation of indigenous peoples in the country. This will
readFrom The Twittersphere
20-09-2012
SUCH was the interest of the predominantly younger generation on Twitter in Swapo’s two announced presidential contenders, that Pendukeni Iithana-Iivula and Hage Geingob joined the ranks of top
readSwapo campaign to start in all earnest
20-09-2012
THE two main challengers for Swapo’s position of vice president, Hage Geingob and Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, have almost a month’s head start with their campaigning compared to those candidates who
readSocialists to discuss the national question
20-09-2012
THE Marxist Study Group (MSG) will host its first conference in Windhoek this weekend to discuss “the national question”, or put differently, if what constitutes post-colonial Namibia state-building
readOutapi stands up against crime
20-09-2012
HUNDREDS of people from the Outapi area yesterday marched under the banner of the Community Against Crime Group (CACG) and vowed to put an end to crime in the villages of the Omusati Region.Omusati is
readOndangwa to forcibly remove vendors
20-09-2012
THE Ondangwa Town Council has approached the local magistrate’s court to issue an eviction order to remove street vendors and bus and taxi operators from unauthorised spots at the town.The town
readNo more
20-09-2012
Oviritje was robbed of popular producer in Collin Kaangundue who passed away last Saturday after a short illness. Collin was a producer of Tjitjekura Tjerijama concert group and was a jack of all
readDispute over Nafau congress
20-09-2012
THE general secretary of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), Kiros Sackarias, said on Monday that the union’s belated congress would take place from October 4 to 7 at Eenhana,
readSoldier’s murder case postponed
20-09-2012
TWO suspects appeared in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of murdering Namibian Defence Force Corporal Joy Epatras De Celestin (31) on Saturday night.The two accused are
readLüderitz struggles to formulate charges against finance manager
20-09-2012
LACK of manpower at the Lüderitz Town Council has been delaying an investigation into incompetence allegations against its finance manager, Thomas Shipepe.Shipepe was suspended with pay in October
readKeetmans police out of petrol
20-09-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Police station has been without petrol for almost a week. According to a source, local officers are filling up their duty vehicles with petrol transported from other police stations
read‘Sour grapes’ make partygoers sick
20-09-2012
ABOUT 200 workers at an engineering firm at Walvis Bay allegedly had upset stomachs after drinking “expired cooldrinks” at a company function at Dune 7 on Saturday. The party caterer described the
readNamibia Fashion Show to give homegrown designers a much-needed platform
20-09-2012
Namibia’s fledgling fashion industry is abuzz with the news that the ‘Namibia Fashion Show’, a platform for Namibian designers to showcase their garments, will be held on November 17.The event, to be
readBuild-Together flops in Omaheke
20-09-2012
GOBABIS - The ambitious Build-Together Programme has come to a screeching halt in the Omaheke Region as the regional council struggles to sustain the labour-intensive project. More than half of the
readBaby born in car
20-09-2012
“ON Robert Mugabe Avenue behind the Government Office Park the baby came.”These were the words of Cazwill Pieters, who delivered his baby daughter on the way to the hospital on Tuesday morning.
readNotable Quotes
20-09-2012
If we die tomorrow and anytime soon, we would have been killed by Jacob Zuma and his people. – Expelled ANC Youth League leader said at press conference in Sandton on Tuesday, a day after being
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