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48 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Measles outbreak spreads
30-01-2013
THE measles outbreak that was earlier confirmed at villages in Omuthiya Constituency has spread to the Oniipa Constituency, Oshikoto Region director of health Peter Angala says.According to Angala six
readSafe drinking water a luxury for many Keetmans residents
30-01-2013
MANY Keetmanshoop residents have no choice but to fetch drinking water from a stream flowing from a spring called ‘Fonteintjie’, just outside town. The Fonteintjie stream, filled with weeds and
readGovt ordered to pay Gam farmers
30-01-2013
AN ADMISSION that former Agriculture Ministry Permanent Secretary Andrew Ndishishi made in an affidavit filed with the High Court in late 2009 is set to cost the government more than N$3 million.As a
readRamblers to disrupt two-horse race
30-01-2013
RAMBLERS coach Woody Jacobs believes the Namibia Premier League title will go to either African Stars or Black Africa, but his side intends to put a spanner into the works. Still smarting from
readGovt ordered to pay Gam farmers
30-01-2013
AN ADMISSION that former Agriculture Ministry Permanent Secretary Andrew Ndishishi made in an affidavit filed with the High Court in late 2009 is set to cost the government more than N$3 million.As a
readCOMFORTABLY AT HOME
30-01-2013
With the intense heat in most parts of the country even this weaver, recently snapped at the Etosha National Park, sought the shade of its nest during the day. Photo: Jan Poolman
readNkandla report stirs up a hornet’s nest
30-01-2013
Cape Town – DA parliamentary leader Lindiwe Mazibuko yesterday moved on her vow to fight to have the public works report on President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla residence made public.“I will today submit an
read‘People hungry for homes’
30-01-2013
ONE in three families in Windhoek have to live in shacks because of the city’s housing backlog and residents’ struggle to afford homes of their own.About 30 000 people working in the capital currently
readAnglo American takes hit on Brazil mine delay
30-01-2013
LONDON – Anglo American yesterday announced a write-off totalling US$4 billion caused by delays at its Minas-Rio iron-ore mining project in Brazil that have sent costs soaring.The mining giant, which
readNigerians to invest in Wlotzkas salt mine
30-01-2013
LOCAL company Rainbow Salt is set to become the largest salt producer in Namibia, with a predicted annual output of one million tons of table and industrial salt from the Erongo desalination plant
readNamibia Zebra Crafts faces eviction
30-01-2013
OPUWO – The Opuwo Town Council is busy preparing an application with the High Court to evict 32 illegal occupants from municipal land.The chief executive officer of the Opuwo Town Council, Alfons
readIMF approves loan to Mali
30-01-2013
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund has approved an US$18,4 million loan to strife-torn Mali to help the West African nation stabilise its economy over the next 12 months, the IMF said on
readAmplats talks with SA govt ‘constructive’
30-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Anglo American Platinum Ltd has had “constructive” consultations with the South African government about a company restructuring that could lead to 14 000 job cuts, chief executive
readNumerous developments planned
30-01-2013
KARIBIB – The acting chief executive officer (CEO) of the Karibib Town Council says a number of major developments are set to take place at the town over the next five years.Fanie van der Westhuizen
readUS military plans drone base near Mali
30-01-2013
Washington – The US military plans to set up a base for drones in northwest Africa to bolster surveillance of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in the region as well as allied Islamist extremists, a US official
readElton John’s second baby joy
30-01-2013
Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish have revealed they are thrilled with their new son Elijah and have admitted fatherhood is much less nerve-wrecking the second time around. The 65-year-old
readKris Jenner to host daytime chat show
30-01-2013
‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star Kris Jenner has signed a deal to host her own chat show ‘Kris’.The showbiz matriarch, who has masterminded the reality TV careers of her entire family, most
readEvacuations as floods hit Australia towns
30-01-2013
Brisbane – Thousands of Australians huddled in shelters on Tuesday as torrential rains flooded cities and towns in the northeast, killing four people and prompting around 1 000 helicopter
readSyria gets Iraq Islamists ‘blowback’
30-01-2013
BAGHDAD – At the peak of Iraq’s sectarian war, officials in Baghdad accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime of allowing Islamist militants to cross the two countries’ border to sow
readOvanaihauto vahapu mo Venduka va teelea okumangwa po
30-01-2013
WINDHOEK – Ovanaihauto vena oifendela inaayi futwa okwali va pewa fiyo Etivali loshivike e shi opo vakale vafuta nongeenge hasho otava ka mangwapo.Elombwelokunghililo e li yandjwa kOmukulunhu
readYomekondjelomanguluko ya thika mOkahandja
30-01-2013
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
readBritons oha longele kumwe nOvaSomalia
30-01-2013
LONDON – Omukanda wIiwanahangano(UN) otau ti kutya omukwashiwana wa Britain wedina Britons oku na ekwatafano novakwatikombabyona veeshikepa OvaSomalia.Oshifokunandeki sha Times of London osha
readEtuntilo luyokakwenyene lya tameka
30-01-2013
OTUNTILA kombinga yomukithi gwokakwenyene, ndjoka ya popilwe kOmuwiliki gwUuhaku mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, tate Peter Angala kutya otayi tameka meti 28 Januari 2013, osho ya tameke nee ongula yohela
readBoxing fundraising far from target
30-01-2013
IN PREPARATION for the upcoming world title fight in which Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda will challenge for the World Boxing Organisation Bantamweight title, the MTC Nestor Boxing Academy has intensified
readOngwediva City, BMC advance in NFA Cup
30-01-2013
ONGWEDIVA City and Black Morocco Chiefs will line up in the second round of the Bidvest Namibia Cup after winning their respective regional playoffs over the weekend.Ongwediva City trounced King
readGhana and Mali progress in contrasting styles
30-01-2013
PORT ELIZABETH – Ghana and Mali took contrasting routes to join Ivory Coast, South Africa and Cape Verde Islands in the African Nations Cup quarterfinals on Monday.Whereas Ghana, who clinched first
readFixtures
30-01-2013
Wednesday, January 30 Algeria v Ivory Coast 19h00 Togo v Tunisia 19h00 Results Monday, January 28 Congo
readSeydou Keita offers to pay priceless Mali bonuses
30-01-2013
DURBAN – Captain Seydou Keita won’t let a possible disagreement over player bonuses spoil what he called Mali’s “priceless” campaign at the African Cup of Nations – even if it means paying some of the
readTogo v Tunisia: Winner takes all
30-01-2013
NELSPRUIT – He probably wasn’t aware of it at the time, but substitute Dove Wome’s goal in the third minute of injury time in Togo’s 2-0 win over Algeria could prove priceless.Togo take on Tunisia
readReal Madrid missing key players for Cup El Clasico
30-01-2013
MADRID – Real Madrid’s resilience will be tested to the full when they host holders Barcelona in a King’s Cup semi-final first leg without a number of their most influential players tonight.With the
readSMSes for Wednesday 30 January 2013
30-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *LEADERS of The Land of the Brave, are you fully aware of what is going on in other African Countries at present? For example: Mali, Egypt, DRC, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Libya, Algeria,
readZim’s Makumbe dies
30-01-2013
NAMIBIAN opposition parties and human rights activists have expressed shock at the death of Zimbabwean Professor John Makumbe, prominent political analyst and vociferous critic of the Zanu-PF regime
readFrom The Twittersphere
30-01-2013
TODAY, an array of arresting issues! Plus, ideas have legs, and so do the ‘struggle kids’; lawyers and housewives (real housewives!); movie moments, moo moments, and more.@Tiliindje: These struggle
readRising Zambezi a sign of floods
30-01-2013
WITH good rains having been received in northern Namibia, especially in the Kunene, Cuito and Zambezi headwaters, the Hydrological Service in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry reports
readOranger River boundary dispute continues
30-01-2013
A LONG-STANDING dispute between Namibia and South Africa over the border of the Orange River is yet to be resolved.Wilbard Helao, the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
readChasing the dots ... Institutionalised Religious Apartheid!
30-01-2013
ADD to the title apartheid based upon the Anglophone, Francophone division, lighter skins in the north, the Nilotic nose (!) and, of course the interests of the IRBs (Incredibly Rich Buggers) versus
readOmidi d’Afrique take root at Zenso
30-01-2013
Popular band Omidi d’Afrique will take to the stage in a concert to promote their latest album, ‘Green Revolution’ when the ‘Back to the Roots’ concert takes place on Saturday, February 2, at Zenzo
readOmaruru’s main road water pipes keep breaking
30-01-2013
BUSINESSES on Omaruru’s main road, Wilhelm Zeraua Street, had to contend with broken water pipes for the past year, and according to them, efforts by the municipality to address the issue have not
readNo clarity on Muheua, Mutjavikua fate
30-01-2013
LABOUR Investment Holdings (LIH) board chairperson Elia Manga still cannot say whether the organisation has decided to press criminal charges against Erongo Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua or Labour
readMethodist preacher Willie Gertze dies
30-01-2013
WELL-KNOWN lay preacher, Willie Gertze of the Methodist Church in Rehoboth died of a heart attack at the age of 69 on January 24. Family members said Gertze had been in poor health for some time.
readLaw Society vs Maletzky: fight intensifies
30-01-2013
THE president of the Law Society of Namibia, Deidre Sauls, this week said in a statement that the body “is not an organ of apartheid, nor does it support the practice or ideology of apartheid”.This
readLand valuation roll to be reviewed
30-01-2013
THE commercial and communal farmers’ unions have both welcomed the withdrawal of the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement’s provisional land valuation roll and the decision to cancel the valuation court
readKunene in need of Home Affairs office
30-01-2013
THE Outjo Constituency councillor, Abraham Jobs, wants a sub-regional Home Affairs office at Outjo for residents of the southern part of the Kunene Region, as currently applications for identity
readKhorixas going downhill
30-01-2013
THE economy of the former capital of the Kunene Region, Khorixas, has taken a nose-dive since independence.No major development has taken place at the town since it lost its status as the regional
readConstruction worker dies after steel fell on him
30-01-2013
A 24-year-old man, who was temporarily employed by Kambwa Trading, died instantly when a load of steel fell on him at Oshakati on Saturday morning, the police said.Another worker was seriously injured
readClose to 1 500 show up to settle traffic fines
30-01-2013
CLOSE to 1 500 Windhoek motorists rushed to the office of the City Police yesterday to pay their outstanding traffic fines.Superintendent Helena Mootseng, the City Police spokesperson, yesterday
readAkuenje to retire end of February
30-01-2013
THE acting permanent secretary of environment and tourism, Erica Akuenje, announced her exit from the ministry on Friday, stating that she would be retiring at the end of February. “I am turning 60
readNotable Quotes
30-01-2013
I DRAW from very deep and personal, sometimes evocative moods and emotions when I write and compose. – Singer/songwriter Steffen List describes his music as his solace for peace and as a way to
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