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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Level playing field in fishing industry
29-01-2013
THE Marine Resources Act must be amended to make the allocation of fishing quotas more transparent.This is one of the recommendations made by the Law Reform and Development Commission (LRDC) after all
read50 000 drivers face arrest
29-01-2013
WINDHOEK motorists with outstanding traffic fines have until today to pay up or face being arrested at work, at home or on the road.This warning yesterday came from Superintendent Helena Mootseng, the
readCouncillor accused of occupying land illegally
29-01-2013
A CITY councillor is accused of occupying land illegally and sowing division in the Greenwell Matongo settlement of Windhoek, to the extent that the community now owes the municipality N$320 000 in
readNO SUPPORT
29-01-2013
Luciana Hamundjebo, one of the ‘struggle children’, sobbed when she related her suffering to The Namibian. The 27-year-old was complaining about her guardians at Omhemba village near
readLe Roux breaks national record
29-01-2013
CORNÉ le Roux of Dolphins Swimming Club broke the only record at the Namibia Swimming Union’s Long Course Gala 3 that took place at the Olympia Swimming Pool over the weekend. The 10-year-old Le Roux
readWant-away Bantam staying put: Isaacs
29-01-2013
BLACK Africa has rejected midfielder Bryan Bantam’s request for a loan transfer, according to technical director Brian Isaacs.The playmaker handed in the shock transfer request – believed to be to
readPretorius makes it two in a row
29-01-2013
JUNIOR cyclist Michael Pretorius recorded his second consecutive victory in the Windhoek Pedal Power series when he won the Dordabis road race on Sunday morning. As in the first leg, he beat his Kia
readBroader sport for schools
29-01-2013
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Schools’ Sports Union (NSSU) is planning to reintroduce a number of sport codes and to add some new ones in schools countrywide.NSSU national coordinator Solly Duiker said the
readPortugal entranced by Lusophone duel
29-01-2013
LISBON – As Cape Verde Islands tussled with Angola in a nerve-shredding contest that ended with a last-gasp winner in South Africa, soccer fans in Portugal were left biting their nails as they
readBurkinabe stand in way of champions Zambia
29-01-2013
NELSPRUIT – Defending champions Zambia must beat revelatory Burkina Faso today to ensure their place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.Stalemates against Ethiopia and Nigeria have left Herve
readSMSes for Tuesday 29 January 2013
29-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *ABRAHAM Iyambo is a member of PSEMAS, the government medical aid, that is paid for by taxpayers. Namibia has excellent doctors who could have done the tests. There was no need to go
readFrench-led troops surround fabled Timbuktu
29-01-2013
BAMAKO – French-led troops surrounded Mali’s fabled desert city of Timbuktu yesterday after seizing its airport in a lightning advance against Islamists who have been driven from key northern
readBradley in talks to play Lance Armstrong
29-01-2013
Bradley Cooper is in talks to play Lance Armstrong after reaching out to J J Abrams about starring in his upcoming biopic about the disgraced cyclist, just days after he admitted he would be
readR Kelly to visit SA
29-01-2013
South Africa seems to have become US R&B star R Kelly’s favourite hunting ground. Kelly, who was last in the country in 2010, is expected to be back again this year as part of his Single Ladies World
readChris Brown and Frank Ocean get into ‘brawl’ over parking space
29-01-2013
Chris Brown and singer Frank Ocean are alleged to have got involved in a fight on Sunday night. Police were called after the singers were involved in an altercation over a parking space, it has been
readDR Congo peace deal signing cancelled: UN
29-01-2013
ADDIS ABABA – The signing of a peace deal for troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels seized the key city of Goma last year and still control significant territory, was “cancelled”
readSomalia must free rape journo – group
29-01-2013
Nairobi – Somalia must release a journalist held by police for over two weeks after interviewing a woman who said she was raped by government troops, a press freedom group said on Monday.Freelance
readIsraeli non-lethal arms kill 10 Palestinians in 8 years: NGO
29-01-2013
JERUSALEM – Ten Palestinians have been killed and dozens severely injured over the past eight years when hit by “non-lethal” arms used by Israeli forces in the West Bank, an Israeli watchdog said on
readUS senators unveil immigration reform deal
29-01-2013
WASHINGTON – Eight US lawmakers crossed party lines to unveil a plan Monday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the shadows in the United
readIran denies reports of explosion at underground uranium enrichment site
29-01-2013
DUBAI – Iran has denied media reports of a major explosion at one of its uranium enrichment sites, describing them as “Western propaganda” designed to influence upcoming nuclear negotiations.Reuters
readDeadly nightclub inferno leaves Brazil in mourning
29-01-2013
SANTA MARIA - Brazilians yesterday were mourning the victims of a nightclub blaze in a small college town that left more than 230 people dead and over 100 injured, with many still fighting for their
readSamuel Nuuyoma: Give investors land for free
29-01-2013
OTAVI – Otjozondjupa regional governor Samuel Nuuyoma has encouraged local authority councils in Namibia to attract foreign investors to their towns by giving them municipal land for free.Nuuyoma was
readSmall-scale miners struggling to survive
29-01-2013
KARIBIB – Small-scale miners in the Erongo Region are struggling to keep their heads above water due to a shortage of equipment and hassles in selling the semi-precious stones they mine at market
readZambia rejects car market merger
29-01-2013
LUSAKA – A Zambian government regulator has rejected a proposed merger of Japanese conglomerate Toyota Tsusho Corp and France’s CFAO, saying yesterday it would lessen competition in the local car
readDavos optimism downplays corruption
29-01-2013
DAVOS, Switzerland – The political, business and academic elites at the World Economic Forum (WEF) expressed renewed optimism at the global economy, with more liquidity, more unity in Europe and the
readSilicosis suit could crush SA’s gold mining sector
29-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Thousands of ex-gold miners suffering from silicosis have launched a class action suit in South Africa, in what could prove the final nail in the coffin of the country’s battered but
readOil-rich Venezuelans hunt for food amid shortages
29-01-2013
CARACAS – Miriam Villae never knows what she’ll find on the shelves of her grocery store in the Venezuela capital these days. Chances are it’s not much.As the oil-rich country grapples with the
readUkwangali invests in Green Scheme projects
29-01-2013
ZONE – The Ukwangali Traditional Authority in western Kavango region has given land to the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry to be used for the establishment of a Green Scheme project.The 1
readFarmers benefit from Swakara support scheme
29-01-2013
KEETMANSHOOP – Seventeen communal and resettled farmers from the Karas Region were selected as beneficiaries of the Swakara support scheme, introduced in June last year.The scheme allows for
readYomekondjelomanguluko ya thika mOtjiwarongo
29-01-2013
OSHINKOTI oshinene shAanona yomOshitopolwa sha Musati mboka ya valelwa muupongekwa pethimbo lyEkondjelomanguluko lya Namibia, ye li ayehe kumwe 370 lwaampoka, mboka mEtitatu lyOshiwike sha zi ko yi
readOndjila ya Mungwelume otayi tulwa oteya natango
29-01-2013
ONDJILA ya Mungwelume okuza mOshakati, otayi tulwa ishewe oteya natango konima sho ndjoka ya tulilwe ko, shaambwamuntu, ya kankulilwe ko sho ya tameke okuyonuuka nokuninga omalambo ogendjigendji
readShifeta a tula miilonga pambelewa Olaata yi na sha negameno lyomudhingoloko
29-01-2013
OMINISTA yOpevi yOmundhingoloko nOmatatelepo, Pohamba Shifeta, ohela okwa tula miilonga pambelewa Olaata ogandjimayele kombinga yehumokomeho itali mana po oonzo dhopauntshitwe nenge Sustainable
readKizza Besigye a kwatwa po natango
29-01-2013
KAMPALA – Onkundana okuzilila ko Kampala sha Uganda otayi ti kutya omuwiliki gwongundu yompilamena, Kizza Besigye, okwa li ishewe a kwatwa po kOpolisi mOlyomakaya molwashoka okwa li natango a hala
readOmukiintu a tsuwa lwomilongo ntano
29-01-2013
OMUKIINTU ngoka omudhimba gwa gu li owala gwa li gwi itsuwa mu Katutura mEtitano, okwa li a tsuwa iikando yi li omilongo ntano molutu lwe aluhe.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi ya Muni, Helena Mootseng,
readWhere Are Computers In Namibian Classrooms?
29-01-2013
I WRITE this hoping it reaches the most relevant people whose attention it needs most, and these are the Ministry of Education’s top two, namely minister Abraham Iyambo and deputy minister David
readThe Power And Riches Of Sport
29-01-2013
THE virtues of (physical) exercise are so self-evident that it needs neither embellishment from the powerful nor sermons from the high priests of our mushrooming churches to highlight them. The only
readFrom The Twittersphere
29-01-2013
PAST, present and future; ponderables and imponderables; knowns and unknowns; soda water, series, and skirts … to skirting the issues. Not! Namibians get down with the serious and hilarious in their
readAbsent witnesses delay heist trial
29-01-2013
THE prosecution has been given another opportunity to try to secure the attendance of two South African witnesses at the trial of the six men accused of involvement in a multimillion-dollar
readTonetic starts this year’s FNCC Acoustic Friday
29-01-2013
It has been two years since the very first edition of the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre’s (FNCC) Acoustic Friday took place.Back in February 2011, Namibian singer/songwriter Steffen List, who goes
readNeckartal costs increase by N$500 million
29-01-2013
THE delay in the awarding of the tender for the construction of the Neckartal Dam in the South will cost the taxpayer about N$500 million more than the government’s original estimate. The tender
readFamily concerned over murder case ‘delay’
29-01-2013
IN JUNE 2007, on a Saturday night after a Tate Boetie concert in Swakopmund, Leonard Shikongo (who was 28 at the time) was stabbed to death in Tamariskia’s main road. And while three suspects were
readMET looks back on achievements
29-01-2013
DESPITE the shocking increase of elephant and rhino poaching in the country last year, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism decided to concentrate on the positives for the coming year under its new
readUnengu referred for mental observation
29-01-2013
A 32-YEAR-OLD man, Epafroditus Unengu, accused of double rape, was referred for mental observation yesterday.Magistrate Ruth Herunga said she found herself in a dilemma during the preparation and
readLitigant Maletzky called to account in second case
29-01-2013
A SECOND order directing an active lay litigant in the High Court, August Maletzky, to show why he should not be investigated and possibly prosecuted for practising law without being admitted as a
readLawyer jailed over fraud
29-01-2013
A LAW graduate who has been convicted of defrauding her former employer, insurance company Santam Namibia, to the tune of almost half a million Namibia dollars was sent to prison for an effective
readLawsuit after losing out on N$60m tender
29-01-2013
THE businessman who lost out on the controversial N$60 million tender for upgrading the defunct railway between Lüderitz and Aus is consulting his lawyers on whether to file a lawsuit against the
readKeetmans complains over shoddy service at Natis
29-01-2013
KEETMANSHOOP residents are complaining about “long, slow-moving queues” at the local National Traffic Information System (NaTIS) office which is administered by the town’s municipality. Frustrated
readNotable Quotes
29-01-2013
SHE is happy with the performance. She knows that she is coming from a long break after the Paralympic Games, and she feels this was a good experience for her first indoor competition. – Mike
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