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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Killed over a gadget
05-09-2012
THE police in the Omusati Region are investigating a case of murder after a 82-year-old woman, Lovisa Shikongo from Uukwandongo village near Okahao, was killed over a missing computer memory stick on
readNew board to keep medical costs down
05-09-2012
A STATUTORY and comprehensive medical control board is to be introduced to replace the Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds (NAMAF).The move is aimed at making medical services more accessible
readSwapo close school
05-09-2012
SWAPO members have closed the gates of the Haihambo Primary School after calls to denounce Hidipo Hamutenya as patron had fallen on deaf ears.Reports from Omutwewomunhu village in Epembe Constituency
readOverdrafts luring consumers again
05-09-2012
INDIVIDUAL overdrafts in July grew by 18,4 per cent compared to the same month last year – the highest growth rate since October 2006.In total, individuals borrowed N$271 million in July, of which
readFirst Lady first up as Dems try to break deadlock
05-09-2012
CHARLOTTE – Democrats kicked off their 2012 convention yesterday, with First Lady Michelle Obama firing the first shots of a three-day salvo aimed at breaking the electoral deadlock with
readPrince promises Singo KO
05-09-2012
IMMANUEL ‘Prince’ Naidjala has vowed to knock out Ecuador’s Luis ‘El Gallo’ Singo when they meet in an international non-title bantamweight fight on Saturday night. Naidjala and Singo came face to
readBuild a better business case
05-09-2012
To build the best business case, don’t rely on preconceived notions, and remember to pull in various stakeholder before charging ahead, says Harvard Business Review.When building a business case, many
readSudan can end economic crisis with cuts, better tax collection
05-09-2012
KHARTOUM – The outlook for Sudan’s struggling economy has brightened since the government passed a tough austerity package but it still needs to improve tax collection to overcome the loss of oil
readZim needs US$20bn to re-ignite mining
05-09-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said more than US$20 billion was needed for infrastructure projects such as road and rail networks and to fully kickstart the re-emerging mining
read‘Don’t blame labour laws for economic woes,’ says Davies
05-09-2012
CAPE TOWN – The Marikana shooting gave the lie to the argument that relaxed labour laws were the answer to South Africa’s economic problems, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has said.“I think in
readInvestors not shaken by EU downgrade
05-09-2012
BRUSSELS – Investors yesterday shrugged off Moody’s decision to downgrade the outlook on the European Union’s long-term AAA credit rating from stable to negative, with the euro firm and stocks mostly
readUN fears repeat of 2007-08 food crisis
05-09-2012
ROME – The United Nations warned Tuesday of a possible repeat of the 2007-08 food crisis and called on world leaders to act quickly to prevent a catastrophe which would affect tens of millions of
readNew World Bank chief starts Africa tour
05-09-2012
ABIDJAN – The new president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, yesterday arrived in Abidjan at the start of an African tour and plans to assess reconciliation in Ivory Coast, emerging from conflict, the
readFrom The Twittersphere
05-09-2012
#OccupyWindhoek stirred again on Twitter yesterday, as many young Namibians wondered if they would ever get a sniff at being able to afford their own home. Plus, oshikandela, oshikundu, women and
readMichael Clarke Duncan dead at 54
05-09-2012
Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in ‘The Green Mile’ and such other box office hits as
readHem to launch Hemline Men
05-09-2012
Namibian designer Hambeleleni Matsi of Hemline Fashions will launch her collection of men's wear, 'Hemline Men', on Friday, September 7, at the Playhouse Theatre in Windhoek.The fashion show starts at
readAfrican Briefs
05-09-2012
42 dead in Moroccan bus crash RABAT – At least 42 people were killed yesterday when a bus travelling between Marrakesh and Ouarzazate in southern Morocco plunged into a ravine, a security official
readWorld Briefs
05-09-2012
China warns US not to take sides JAKARTA/BEIJING – China warned the United States not to get involved in South China Sea territorial disputes yesterday as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
readMedia urges South Africa to act urgently against mine unrest
05-09-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa must urgently rein in unrest on mines where worker frustrations are being whipped up for political gain by President Jacob Zuma’s rivals, media urged yesterday.The decision
readLufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as strikes hit
05-09-2012
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest airline, cancelled hundreds of flights in Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich yesterday as cabin crew launched a second round of strikes in a row over pay
readDemocracy in South Africa a nightmare: Desmond Tutu
05-09-2012
CAPE TOWN – Many gave their lives, others were harassed and persecuted during the struggle, but what was happening in South Africa today did not reflect the price paid for freedom, Archbishop Emeritus
readRed Cross chief in ‘positive’ meeting with Syria’s Assad
05-09-2012
DAMASCUS – Red Cross chief Peter Maurer held a “positive” meeting with President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus yesterday during which he raised concern over the humanitarian situation in Syria, an
readOshituthi shoshipe nuumvo sha dhanenwa pEenhana
05-09-2012
OSHITUTHI shoshipe, ano shomahangu shoka sha tamekelwe okudhanwa mu Namibia momumvo 2009 pa longekidho lyUuministeli wUunamapya, Omeya nIihwa, pa yambidhidho lyOmbaanga yUunamapya noshowo ko Namibia
readBenson a sindana ombandi yoshisilveli puudhano
05-09-2012
OMUTONDOKI puudhano woparalympic moshinano shoometela ethele okwe ya omutiyali moshinano shoka sho a tondoka ongulohi yosoondaha, moshilandopangelo sha Britania, London. Benson okwa tondoka komeho
readOshigwana sha kumagidhwa shilonge omahangu ogendji
05-09-2012
OSHIPATULULO okushonopeka oluhepo nokwiindjipaleka iiyemo osho oku longa oshindji okuza muunamapya. Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo gominista Yuunamapya, John Mutorwa ega popile poshigongi shinasha
readRDP ota ka tokola onakuyiwa yaawiliki
05-09-2012
ONGUNDU yo Rally for Democracy and Progress ota yi ka tsakanena oshiwike shika okukundathana nkene tayi ka longa nekuthepo lyetulwopevi lyaawiliki yatatu mboka yali ya tulwa pevi taya lundilwa omayono
readSMS mOshiwambo
05-09-2012
*Ondili mOkasheshete moshikandjohogololo Onesi,otandi indile nesimaneko ku minista Richard Kamwi Guundjowele pamwe nomusimanekwa kansela gwaNesi, otatu mono iihuna kOkasheshete katuna oclinica,unene
readOshiponga shopOkahandja sha dhipaga omugoyi
05-09-2012
AANTU omugoyi oya si osoondaha sho okambesa kiidhenge mumwe nohauto yoondundambali,okanano okahupi okuza mOkahandja mondjila onene yopokati koshilando shika nOtjiwarongo. Osheenditho shoondundambali
readOshigongi sho Politburo sha gongala pEgumbo lyepangelo omaandaha
05-09-2012
OPOLITBURO yo Swapo oya gongala pEgumbo lyepangelo omaandaha nokukundathana oshigongi shomilandu shoka sha thanekwa oku ningwa oshiwike tashiya. Oshigongi sho Politburo osha li woo sha kundathana
readSMSes for Wednesday 05 September 2012
05-09-2012
SMS Of The Day *SECURITY companies transport people, the security officers, yet they keep buying bakkies and trucks to take the officers to and from work. Are they animals? Why not be sensible and
readHardap football chairman dies
05-09-2012
THE Hardap Region football chairman, Seth Kohima, has died, the NFA announced yesterday. Kohima is said to have died yesterday. His cause of death has not been made public. “The Namibia Football
readAnanias Shikongo out of 200m final
05-09-2012
NAMIBIA’S visually impaired Paralympian Ananias Shikongo failed to qualify for the final of the Men’s 200m T11 event after coming third in Heat 3 of the semifinals in 23,30 seconds yesterday.Jose
readRound seven of National Enduro Series at Uis
05-09-2012
THE seventh and second-last round of the Bank Windhoek Namibian National Enduro Series for 2012 will take place at Uis on Saturday. The race will feature some great obstacles around the abandoned
readOkahandja hosts Showjumping and Dressage Tourney
05-09-2012
THE Reitklub Okahandja will present their annual showjumping and dressage tournament from Friday to Sunday. The highlight of the tournament will be the FNB Namibian Showjumping Championships.
read‘Tura kids experience German basketball
05-09-2012
FOUR children from the Basketball Artists School (BAS) in Katutura recently went on a three-week trip to Germany. Thirteen-year-olds Lino Nina Simao, Eino Absalom and Michael Shikemeni and 14-year-old
readNamibian Football Association to host goalkeeper’s course
05-09-2012
NAMIBIANS will get the opportunity to upgrade their skills when the Fifa Member Association (MA) NFA level B Goalkeeper’s Course gets underway at Soccer House next week. According to the NFA education
readParalympics on course for record-breaking best
05-09-2012
LONDON – Athletes at the London Paralympics are on course to break more world records than in Beijing four years ago, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said yesterday.In the first week of
readTreason trial death toll rises to 21
05-09-2012
THE death toll in the main Caprivi high treason continued to rise this week. Another of the men facing charges in connection with an alleged conspiracy to secede the Caprivi Region from Namibia died
readOutjo denies nepotism claims
05-09-2012
OUTJO’S chief executive officer, Josef /Urib, says there is nothing wrong with the municipality employing the relatives of existing employees or councillors.There have been complaints that relatives
readChasing the dots ... Youth League Pensions?
05-09-2012
“IF our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vision and vigour, then there is something wrong with our colleges.” Written by William
readNotable Quotes
05-09-2012
JOHANNA is over the moon. Team Namibia are overwhelmed, all smiles, the coaches are all with tears of joy. – Memory Kahlari, one of the officials of Team Namibia on Johanna Benson who gave a great
readNew plans for city’s traffic under way
05-09-2012
INCREASING traffic congestion in Windhoek’s streets is to be addressed by an urban transport master plan for the next 20 years to bring about an urgent and sustainable shift from private to public
readNafinu congress set for November
05-09-2012
THE long-awaited congress of the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) is set to take place at the end of November, provided the union can raise enough money for it.Nafinu’s last congress took
readMore women want literacy
05-09-2012
THE Karas education director, /Awebahe //Hoëseb, says statistics have revealed that more women than men are participating in adult learning programmes in the region.//Hoëseb made the revelation at the
readMagistrates’ strike looms
05-09-2012
SHOULD the Minister of Justice, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, not provide an answer about salary increases to magistrates by September 15, a strike is on the cards.The Magistrates and Judges Association
readIthana proposes think-tank for youth
05-09-2012
SWAPO secretary general Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has called on the party’s youth wing to set up its own think-tank.Ithana told delegates to the Swapo Party Youth League congress that they must have a
readHangula lashes out at student teachers
05-09-2012
THE vice chancellor of the University of Namibia (Unam), Professor Lazarus Hangula, yesterday accused student teachers at the Khomasdal Campus of creating bad publicity for that campus.“I would like
readGoliath clan wants Government recognition
05-09-2012
THE dissident self-proclaimed Goliath Traditional Authority has petitioned for Government recognition during a demonstration at the tiny village of Berseba. In a petition handed over to Keetmanshoop
readGoabab accuses ACC of violating rights
05-09-2012
FORMER National Assembly Secretary Nama Goabab claimed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that the Anti-Corruption Commission had violated his rights and affected his dignity when he was arrested
readCity Police chief accused of discrimination, victimisation
05-09-2012
WINDHOEK City Police Superintendent Belinda Griqua was slapped with three charges of misconduct after a very short-lived victory of an arbitration award in her favour in which City Police Chief
readACC concludes Neckartal probe
05-09-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission has concluded its investigation into suspected irregularities with the Neckartal Dam tender.Nelius Becker, head of investigations at the Anti-Corruption Commission, last
readACC investigates Khorixas CEO
05-09-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating the chief executive officer of Khorixas, Nicodemus #Gaeseb, over two bonuses he has received.ACC officials last week questioned some employees at the
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