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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Mother alleges negligence in baby’s death
03-04-2013
ADELHEID Jacob (28) from Oshakati is accusing nurses at the Oshakati State Hospital of negligence after her baby boy died on Sunday, shortly after delivery. Jacob, who is still in the maternity ward,
readMaltahöhe is a ‘political drama’
03-04-2013
THE Maltahöhe Village Council chief executive officer, Eliphas Shipanga, yesterday described his suspension as a “political drama”. The council last Thursday suspended Shipanga with full pay.
readUnions bemoan rush with salary changes
03-04-2013
TWO of the biggest trade unions in the country have bemoaned the lack of time given to them to discuss the imminent overhaul of civil servant salaries.The general secretary of the Namibia Public
readA JOLLY GOOD TIME
03-04-2013
Despite the struggles of schoolwork and hardships of staying in a township, coupled with the lack of after-school programmes in neighbourhoods, these girls were spotted near Windhoek’s Eveline Street
readHRT stock surges after Nam drilling plan starts
03-04-2013
RIO DE JANEIRO – Shares of Brazilian oil company HRT Participações em Petroleo SA jumped more than 19% in Sao Paulo trading on Monday after the company said last week it began offshore oil and gas
readJapan set to overhaul power industry
03-04-2013
TOKYO – Japan’s government yesterday approved a long-sought plan to open up its power industry after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster renewed calls for more competition in the sector. The reforms,
readGreece to privatise national rail operator
03-04-2013
ATHENS – Greece will in June launch a tender to privatise the national rail operator Trainose, officials said yesterday, with the aim of finding a buyer by early 2014 to keep international credits
readEconomic crisis bites Cairo airport
03-04-2013
CAIRO – Cairo’s international airport will be partly closed at night due to fewer incoming flights and to save energy, reports said on Monday, highlighting the economic crisis sweeping Egypt.Two
readTrade body rolls out compulsory integrity tests for bankers
03-04-2013
LONDON – Thousands of financial sector workers risk being frozen out of the industry unless they pass mandatory tests measuring their personal ethics and integrity.The Chartered Institute for
readTrading houses lured by African growth despite hazards
03-04-2013
GENEVA – Commodity trading houses are expanding aggressively in Africa as they look to add volume and take on assets that promise to benefit from a continent achieving some of the highest economic
readMake Your Mission Meaningful
03-04-2013
WHEN work has personal meaning, people feel a sense of ownership in their jobs. But few employers do what it takes to make this a core part of their organization. This is apparent in the often bland,
readTrial of Vietnam fish farmer begins
03-04-2013
HAI PHONG, Vietnam – A Vietnamese farmer who became a folk hero after using homemade weapons to resist eviction went on trial yesterday as scores of people defied police to voice support for the
readEU assists Mali’s weak army
03-04-2013
Bamako – The EU began a top-to-toe overhaul of Mali’s ill-prepared, ragtag army on yesterday to help the west African nation take the place of foreign troops defending it against an Islamist
readKurdish peace process in Turkey faces impasse
03-04-2013
ISTANBUL – Turkey’s peace process with Kurdish militants faces a hurdle as the rebels demand legal protection to prevent any military attack on them during their planned withdrawal after decades of
readSouth African Soldiers were ambushed
03-04-2013
Pretoria – The South African soldiers, who were killed in the Central African Republic last month, were ambushed on the way back to their base, their commanding officer said yesterday. The soldiers
readCentral Nigeria ethnic violence kills 19, displaces 4 500
03-04-2013
KANO, Nigeria – Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some 4 500 others, a local official said yesterday.The
readSMSes for Wednesday 03 April 2013
03-04-2013
SMS Of The Day *THE Judiciary in this country is not serious. During the official opening of the courts this year, Judge President Petrus Damaseb announced new guidelines or strategy to deal with
readOonakusila moomboma ya dhimbulukilwa mOkongo
03-04-2013
ENGATHITHI enene lyaantu, ano lyooitaali mOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko geti 30 Maalitsa 2013, olya li lya gongala mongeleka yaELCIN mOkongo nosho wo momawendo gomOkongo mOukwanyama moshitopolwa sha
readOtaku popiwa ngaa Joseph Diescho te ya a kwatele komeho Nipam
03-04-2013
OMULONGWANTUDHINGI nomupopikamana omuprofessori Joseph Diescho otaku kundanekwa e li ponkatu ombwaanawa noyo opala oku ya a kwatele komeho oshiputudhilo shoNamibia Institute for Public Administration
readOmupehaminista Willem Isaack miipandeko natango tuu yokuhinga nuuhasha
03-04-2013
ETANGA lyopolisi yaNamibia poTses otali ningi omakonakono goshipotha shokuhinga nuuhasha sha ningwa komupehaminista gwoomina niikwankondo Willem Isaack.Omukuluntu mopolisi Herman Hartzenberg okwa ti
readOtendela oku kutha ko oondhalate dhaa li paveta dhaTweya nIhemba dha tseyithwa
03-04-2013
OTENDELA yokukutha ko ondhalate yaTweya okwa kundanekwa ya tseyithwa ndjono kuyele a tulile koshitopolwa shaKavango hoka. Omupehaminista gwiipindi niikwafabulika Tjekero Tweya naJohannes Ihemba ngoka
readNamibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) a tidha yane miilonga pakathimbo manga
03-04-2013
NAMIBIA WILDLIFE RESORTS (NWR) okwa kundanekwa a tidha aanambelewa yewiliko lyopombanda miilonga ye li yane. Aakuluntuwiliki yiikondo shuuyelele wopautekinolohi osho wo omayalulo oye li yamwe
readChasing the dots ... Thick as a BRIC (+S)?
03-04-2013
I AM slowly getting the idea at last! Events rule the world along with having a suitable acronym. Or, more to the point, the ubiquitous event organisers who have sprung into underground power over
readEgypt secure Junior Squash titles
03-04-2013
EGYPT completed their dominance of the 2013 All-Africa Junior Squash Championships in Windhoek on Monday when they won both the Under-19 men and women’s titles. In the men’s final, the top-seeded Omar
readCricket star recalls nothing of attack
03-04-2013
WELLINGTON – New Zealand cricket star Jesse Ryder told police yesterday he has no memory of the vicious attack that left him critically injured in hospital last week.The 28-year-old suffered serious
readDrogba comes full circle at Real Madrid
03-04-2013
MADRID – The wheel will have come full circle for Galatasaray forward Didier Drogba when he takes to the pitch for tonight’s Champions League quarter-final first leg match at Real Madrid.The Ivory
readFifa warns SA government against interference
03-04-2013
JOHANNESBURG – FIFA has written to the South African government warning them against a judicial inquiry into the recent soccer match-fixing scandals, saying the matter should rather be handled by the
readMan United set for league consolation
03-04-2013
LONDON – For a club cruising to a record 20th English league success, Manchester United face a curiously unfulfilling end to the season.Sitting 15 points clear in the Premier League, United’s victory
readKavango, Caprivi Regional Boxing Champs delayed
03-04-2013
RUNDU – The Regional Amateur Boxing Championship for the Kavango and Caprivi regions, which was scheduled to take place here last Saturday, has been rescheduled to this coming weekend.The boxing
readFrom The Twittersphere
03-04-2013
SEEMS winter in Namibia has aligned itself with the hugely popular fantasy TV series ‘Game of Thrones’! Barely had Season 3 premiered to record ratings overseas than winter seemingly decided it
readA glimpse into the taxi industry
03-04-2013
MENTION the words ‘taxi driver’ and the blood of many a Windhoek motorist starts to boil.Many people need them, given the paucity of the capital’s public transportation services, but more folk have an
readSPYL calls on youth to tighten belts
03-04-2013
THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has called on working Namibian youth to change their spending habits and send assistance to their families needing help in the villages, in light of the drought
readSenior NDF officers clash with law
03-04-2013
TWO senior NDF officers were arrested on Friday after a high-speed chase between Walvis Bay and Arandis during which an assault rifle was allegedly pointed at a traffic officer.Colonel Aktofel Nambahu
readLawyer withdraws from Mbok trial
03-04-2013
CAMEROONIAN corruption, theft and money laundering accused Antoine Mbok is again without legal representation, after his defence lawyer withdrew from his case in the High Court in Windhoek
readHerero Mall to be renamed
03-04-2013
THE City of Windhoek has blamed the Namibia Informal Sector Organisation (NISO) and the Herero Mall traders committee for the delay in the development of the mall.At the same time the City has
readHeist trial postponed to November
03-04-2013
THE delays and difficulties that have been dogging the trial of six men accused of having been involved in a multimillion-dollar cash-in-transit heist near Windhoek at the end of 2004 have prompted
readHeavy rain kills livestock in the South
03-04-2013
HEAVY rains across the country over the Easter weekend resulted in livestock losses in the South. Rainfall of between 40mm and 60mm was measured in the Vaalgras area, said karakul farmer Josef
readFormer Mayor Otto Kapia dies
03-04-2013
A FORMER mayor of Ondangwa, Otto Mwandingi Kapia, died in the Ongwediva Private Hospital yesterday after a long battle with cancer. Kapia was the owner of Kapia Funeral Services at Ondangwa.
readDNA test twist in rape trial
03-04-2013
THE trial of a young man accused of raping and kidnapping a woman at Keetmanshoop in August 2009 has taken an unexpected turn with an application by the prosecution to reopen its case.Judge Nate
readChinese company accused of environmental damage
03-04-2013
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) is pushing for the Ministry of Environment and Tourism to act against Chinese-owned Namibia Huaxin Resources and Exploration for environmental damage and
readChi-Chi battles cancer, again
03-04-2013
In what seems like a really bad stroke of luck and unfortunate twist of fate, Namibian entertainment personality Nancy Muinjo, well known simply as Chi-Chi is once again battling cancer. Speaking from
readRehoboth School of the Arts exhibits at Cota
03-04-2013
Photographs are stretched, swirled, desaturated and redesigned in the Rehoboth School of Arts Digital Photography exhibition currently brightening the walls of the College of the Arts in Windhoek.
readAnother baby dumped in Windhoek
03-04-2013
A CLEANER at a block of flats in Katutura yesterday morning came across the body of a baby wrapped in a black plastic bag.‘’I picked up the plastic bag and wanted to empty it when I saw a leg,’’ said
readNotable Quotes
03-04-2013
WE thank God and those who had prayed for the rain. – Daniel Motinga, a commercial farmer in the Koes area, on the widespread rain in the country over Easter weekend.KUDU is definitely a more viable
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