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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Grinder slits man’s throat
08-01-2013
A 37-YEAR-OLD man has died after his throat was slit by an angle grinder’s spinning blade.Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, a police spokesperson, yesterday said the incident took place on
readGobabis municipality lays off 49 workers
08-01-2013
THE Gobabis municipality retrenched 49 of its workforce at the end of last month after it offered them what it termed “voluntary retrenchment packages”, an exercise that did not turn out as they
readNamibia in a ‘social crisis’
08-01-2013
NAMIBIA finds itself in a social crisis, Veronica de Klerk, the executive director of the Women’s Action for Development (WAD), said yesterday.De Klerk said this after hearing of at least five rapes
readDRY LAND
08-01-2013
With grazing on dry land in the Kavango Region becoming more scarce, farmers take their cattle to the Kavango swamps where herders have to look after the animals with dug-out canoes. This photo was
readBester out, Isaacks doubtful for Warriors
08-01-2013
RUDOLPH Bester has been ruled out of the Brave Warriors’ upcoming friendly matches against Morocco and Zambia through injury, while midfielder Heini Isaacks is also a doubtful for the encounters.
readJohn Mahama to build on Ghana’s economic success
08-01-2013
ACCRA - Ghana’s John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as president on Monday at a ceremony attended by thousands in the capital but boycotted by the opposition, which has challenged the election
readGDP and inflation expected to up in 2013
08-01-2013
NAMIBIAN Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to grow between 4,3 and 4,5% compared to South Africa's 2,2%. This is largely due to improved sectoral growths especially the mining sector of
readAgricultural diary
08-01-2013
January 24: Boer goat production sale of Adriaan Louw and Thys van Wyk in Windhoek. January 31: Production auction of Riaan de Klerk 40 dorper and 20 white dorper rams at farm Lushof near Kalkrand.
readProducers look forward to a good year
08-01-2013
SIDEWAY inflation-related movements in red meat producer prices were expected in 2013, according to the South African Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (RPO) chairperson Lardus van Zyl.He said the
readKunene crop farmers happy with government assistance
08-01-2013
OPUWO - Crop farmers in the Opuwo Constituency of the Kunene Region have thanked the government for assisting them with tractors to cultivate their maize fields.Nampa this weekend spoke to several
readIllegal land fencing irks Aminuis farmers
08-01-2013
GOBABIS - The illegal fencing of land in the Aminuis communal area has made it increasingly difficult for many farmers to graze their cattle, especially during the dry months of the year.Whilst
readForget Self-esteem. You Need Self-Composure
08-01-2013
Self-esteem has long been considered the bedrock of individual success. But high self-esteem may not be all that it’s cracked up to be. Thinking you’re great (which of course you are) comes with
readMining sector to drive economic growth in 2013
08-01-2013
WINDHOEK – The mining sector is expected to drive economic growth in 2013, despite the marginal underperformance anticipated for selected resources, according to an analysis issued by Simonis Storm
readKeetmans NDC break ins anger stall owners
08-01-2013
KEETMANSHOOP – Businesses operating from the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) stalls at Keetmanshoop are angry that they are continuing to lose valuable properties and assets to burglars and
readChina fund mulls buying stake in Daimler: report
08-01-2013
SHANGHAI – China's sovereign wealth fund is considering buying a four to 10% stake in German automaker Daimler, the website of the official People's Daily newspaper said at the weekend.The potential
readOffice demand slackens with slow job growth
08-01-2013
NEW YORK – New demand for US office space slipped in the fourth quarter from three months ago and a year earlier as job growth remained sluggish, according to a report.Tenants took on 3.7 million
readCEO of Germany's Air Berlin steps down
08-01-2013
BERLIN – Germany's second-biggest airline, Air Berlin PLC, said yesterday that its chief executive is stepping down after leading a drive to turn around the company over the past 16 months.Air Berlin
readNew Lego robotics kit talks to iPhones
08-01-2013
LAS VEGAS – Lego bricks are getting cozy with the iPhone and other Apple devices in the latest incarnation of the Mindstorms robotics kit.Lego was set to announce yesterday that a new, $350 Mindstorms
readDisney looks for cost savings, ponders layoffs-sources
08-01-2013
LOS ANGELES – Walt Disney Co, which reported record earnings in November, started an internal cost cutting review several weeks ago that may include layoffs at its studio and other units, three people
readNas sued for US$20 million by Angolan show promoter
08-01-2013
Nas is facing a possible new financial hurdle after being sued by a concert promoter who was kidnapped in December 2011 after the rapper failed to show for a concert in Angola.Patrick Allocco, CEO of
readChris Brown endorses Wizkid
08-01-2013
American R&B singer Chris Brown and Nigerian rapper Wizkid (right) pictured after they shared the stage together at a concert in the west African country.Wizkid impressed controversial R&B singer,
readNaomi Campbell attacked and robbed
08-01-2013
British supermodel Naomi Campbell suffered a torn ligament in her leg after she was violently attacked and robbed outside the home of designer Azzedine Alaia in the fourth Arrondissement in Paris late
readJournos held for not covering president
08-01-2013
Juba – South Sudan has arrested two state broadcast journalists for failing to ensure coverage of a crucial speech by President Salva Kiir, a government official said on Sunday, prompting an outcry
readSyria opposition, West reject Assad ‘peace plan’
08-01-2013
DAMASCUS – A defiant speech by President Bashar al-Assad calling for peace in Syria on his terms has met rejection by the opposition and internationally, with only his ally Iran on Monday backing his
readLibyans at odds over post-Gaddafi charter
08-01-2013
Tripoli – Libyans paid with their lives to end the 42-year dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi, but nearly 15 months after he was killed by rebels they remain at odds over a democratic constitution to
readWhite House mulls broader gun control
08-01-2013
Washington – The White House is weighing a far broader approach to curbing US gun violence than just reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the Washington Post reported on
readCAR rebels say president must go
08-01-2013
Bangui – Central African Republic rebels who are within striking distance of the country’s capital repeated their demand on Sunday that any deal in peace talks due to start on Tuesday must include the
readRhino horns worth $600 000 seized at Bangkok airport
08-01-2013
BANGKOK – A Vietnamese man was arrested with rhino horn worth more than half a million dollars in his luggage at Bangkok’s main airport, Thai officials said on Monday.The six pieces of horn, weighing
readOpposition plans protests over Chavez inauguration
08-01-2013
CARACAS – A top Venezuelan opposition leader called late Sunday for street protests if the government goes ahead with a plan to delay the inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez.Julio Borges,
readInamu tegelela ominute dha hugunina: Nabta ta ti
08-01-2013
EHANGANO lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia nenge Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) olya ningi eindilo kaantu mboka taya ka shuna komahala gawo giilonga nenge kOosikola (okugaluka kOkrismesa
readLazarus Shaduka ota kongwa kOpolisi
08-01-2013
OPOLISI ya Nambia otayi ka gandja oshimaliwa shOondola/N$20,000 komuntu kehe ta ka gandja uuyelele tau ka kwathele opo yi mone nokukwata po Lazarus Shaduka, ngoka e na ngeno okuya
readAanhokolo otaya ka pewa omeya ga yela
08-01-2013
AAKALOMO yomomukunda Onhokolo yopokati mOmbalantu mboka pehulilo lyomvula ya zi ko ya nyenyetele kutya hela ngaa oshilongo sha manguluka ya nwe omeya gayela nohaya nu ashike miiheke yawo mbyoka ya
readAanamibia takamitheni uukwamuhoko:Ilonga ta ti
08-01-2013
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshiithanene oshinene shAaniilonga yomongeshefa ya Kambwa, shoka sha li sha longekidhwa po ku mwene gwOngeshefa ndjika tate David Shehama David, a tseyika nwa nedhina tate Kambwa,
readIsaack na kuthwe miilonga: Tjombe
08-01-2013
OMUNAVETA gwUuthemba wOmuntu Norman Tjombe, okwa ti ngele omapopyo ngoka ga taaela Omupeviminista gwOomina nIikwankondo Willem Isaack ogoshili, oku na okumbendanga nongele hasho- Omupresidende
readOmupangi gwomOshipangelo sha Shakati a dhipagwa
08-01-2013
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila momukunda Onelombo popepi nOlupandu mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya omupangi mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati Seesitela Liika Ndeukumwa
readSMSes for Tuesday 08 January 2013
08-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *LET’S root out tribalism before it rots Namibia! We are all guilty of this evil. Owambos and Hereros used to be one big family until the Apartheid policy of divide and rule came in to
readBernard Kaanjuka keen on Chan success
08-01-2013
INTERIM Namibia senior national team head coach Bernard Kaanjuka has targeted success in the 2014 African Nations Championship (Chan). On Sunday, Namibia were drawn to face Mozambique in the
readTop tennis juniors in action in Windhoek
08-01-2013
CLOSE to 100 junior tennis players from southern Africa are competing in the International Tennis Federation’s Southern African Junior Championships which started in Windhoek yesterday. Boys and girls
readDjokovic bids to extend Melbourne Park supremacy
08-01-2013
MELBOURNE – Defending champion Novak Djokovic returns to the Australian Open seeking his third consecutive trophy at Melbourne Park, where memories of last year's gut-wrenching final against Rafa
readIvory Coast try again to justify favouritism
08-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG – The situation is all too familiar for the footballers of Ivory Coast less than two weeks before the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in South Africa.For the fifth consecutive
readShaduka withdrew money before leaving
08-01-2013
BEFORE crossing the border into Angola, fugitive businessman Lazarus Shaduka (39) withdrew “a substantial amount of money”.Confirming this yesterday, police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Edwin
readAfrican Perspectives’ highlights for 2013
08-01-2013
Within the project ‘African Perspectives’ in 2013 AfricAvenir will offer the Namibian public once again lots of exciting films from the African continent. The first movie of the year to be screened on
readOur Education Crisis And The World Bank
08-01-2013
THE decision by the Ministry of Education to scrap school fees at primary schools can only be applauded (‘Ministry abolishes primary school fees,’ The Namibian, 20 December). This expresses the
readShould Windhoek Provide?
08-01-2013
THIS is our first interaction in 2013 and, for this reason, we wish all our readers a year in which the civic-minded will do the utmost to put our country on an unreversable pedestal of growth and
readNYC position mired in controversy
08-01-2013
THE Executive Chairperson of the National Youth Council (NYC), Mandela Kapere, says the process of finding a director for the youth institution will be transparent, amid fears of conflict of
readNurse murder suspect in court
08-01-2013
LAMECK Lebeus (21) from the Onelombo village in the Ohangwena Region, appeared in the Omungwelume Magistrate Court yesterday charged with the murder of Liika Ndeukumwa sha Nghilifa (40), a registered
readMunicipality cut off Khorixas hospital’s water
08-01-2013
SOME patients at Khorixas State Hospital are forced to use the bush to relieve themselves after the Khorixas Municipality cut off the hospital's water supply last week over debts amounting to close to
readNamibian Movie Collection soon to be available at the FNCC
08-01-2013
The Namibian Movie Collection (NMC) which was launched in November 2009, now consists of 50 films made by Namibian filmmakers and foreign films with relevance to the Namibian film landscape.For the
readMental observation of child murder suspect completed
08-01-2013
A FORMER security guard accused of murdering his two children in Windhoek three years ago should hear early next month if he has been found fit to stand his trial.Jonas Penovanhu Shinana (29)
readMarch for reparations contemplated
08-01-2013
A LONG march from Lüderitz to Windhoek by Nama and Herero speakers might be on the cards this year as groups want to pressure the German and Namibian governments to move faster on the reparations. In
readGroot Aub settlement at crossroads
08-01-2013
FOR the people of the Groot Aub settlement, situated some 40 kilometres south of Windhoek, life is characterised by a constant water and electricity supply shortage, as well as the questionable
readGarub shooting incident still unsolved
08-01-2013
A VISIT to Garub by tourists to experience Namibia’s wild horses on New Year’s Eve almost ended in a tragedy when seemingly drunk Namibians fired shots in the tourists’ direction.Although the police
readNkurenkuru couple found dead
08-01-2013
THE police at Nkurenkuru are scratching their heads after a couple died at Tondoro village in the Nkurenkuru constituency in the Kavango Region yesterday.Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, a
readNamibia wants more in fight against climate change
08-01-2013
NAMIBIA fully supports the multi-lateral approach to addressing climate change and will continue to be an active party to the Convention on Climate Change until its ultimate objectives are met, says
readReho police search for ‘baby dumper’
08-01-2013
The police at Rehoboth are looking for a woman who dumped her newborn baby on December 28 last year.Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, a police spokesperson, yesterday said the baby was found
readNotable Quotes
08-01-2013
WE need to give praise and recognition to... (the) unsung heroes of the fourth estate. – Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) Chief of Human Capital, Tim Ekandjo told a local daily newspaper that
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