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52 Articles found on Thursday, 14 March 2013
Illegal farm sale deal backfires
14-03-2013
A MARRIED couple who illegally sold their farm in the Maltahöhe area to a South African citizen have been ordered to pay back the money that they received from the buyer.The agreement through which
readKamwi demands public explantions on deaths
14-03-2013
OFFICIALS at the Windhoek Central Hospital have denied that they acted negligently and caused the death of a woman during labour.Health Minister Richard Kamwi said he had had enough of being the
readSalini gets the nod for Neckartal
14-03-2013
THE ministry of agriculture has decided to pick the Italian dam construction firm Salini S.p.A despite it being ranked second in the bids that the ministry evaluated for the controversial
readWOMEN WHO PROVIDE
14-03-2013
Men were traditionally seen as the main breadwinners but times have changed. Eva Nangolo and Ngula Marikka are two of the hardworking women who sell second-hand clothing and plastic jars in
readEconomy picks up, albeit at slower pace
14-03-2013
ECONOMIC growth in the fourth quarter of last year was 4,3% – better than the contraction of 3,7% in the third quarter but significantly lower than the 10,4% of the final quarter of 2011, official
readConsumer Day tomorrow
14-03-2013
On the first Independence Day (1990), I was the person who raised the flag of our new nation over the capital at 06h00 that morning. This honour has always reminded me that even though we had won the
readSatellite television provider accused of fraud by customers
14-03-2013
CUSTOMERS of the satellite television operator DigiSat are up in arms because they claim they are being charged for services they did not receive.Last Thursday a number of DigiSat customers took to
readMake your writing chronological
14-03-2013
Stories are inherently sequential. One thing happens, then another, then another. That structure works well not only in books and films, but also in business writing because it helps readers follow
readBig increase in AG reports
14-03-2013
THE Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) last year completed 178 audit reports – up from 146 in 2003.In 2010, the OAG issued a record number of 186 reports, Auditor General Junias Kandjeke said on
readInflation breather for consumers
14-03-2013
ANNUAL inflation eased to 6,2% in February, edging back from 6,6% the month before, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) said yesterday.The main driver of inflation was hotels, cafes and restaurants
read‘Collusion’ charge ignites Uganda oil tax trial
14-03-2013
LONDON – Tullow Oil colluded with Uganda to extract tax from its former exploration partner Heritage Oil in pursuit of its own commercial gain, Heritage plans to prove in London’s High Court this
readJapan’s silver savers will bear the brunt of ‘Abenomics’
14-03-2013
TOKYO –- Kiyoko Kinugasa and her husband Minekatsu spent the last 49 years running a small, neighborhood snack shop in central Tokyo.“We’re trying to save more for retirement, but it isn’t easy,” said
readQuestions about BHP Billiton’s Olympics hospitality
14-03-2013
CANBERRA – BHP Billiton Ltd said it was co-operating in an investigation into possible violations of anti-corruption laws, and said in response to media reports that it believed its sponsorship of the
readChina resources firms eye tie-ups, Africa for growth
14-03-2013
SINGAPORE – Resource-hungry Chinese firms eager for a slice of Africa’s mineral wealth are opting for joint ventures over mergers and acquisitions to limit costs in the face of fragile global growth,
readWealth buys access to clean water in Asia
14-03-2013
MANILA - Ninety-one percent of people living in Asia have improved access to clean water, a remarkable achievement over the last two decades in the world’s most populous region. But its richest
readBaseball-sized African snail destroyed in Australia
14-03-2013
SYDNEY - A baseball-sized snail with an insatiable appetite for hundreds of plants including cocoa and papaya has been seized and destroyed by Australian officials, who said it posed a huge threat to
readMore encounters with polar bears expected
14-03-2013
CONSERVATIONISTS are preparing for more conflicts between humans and polar bears as sea ice shrinks and they spend more time on land.With the job of co-ordinating polar bear patrols in Alaska,
readPassports for ‘endangered’ instruments
14-03-2013
BANGKOK – From pianos with ivory keys to violin bows crafted with tortoise shell, musical instruments made from protected species will soon be able to roam the globe more easily - with their own
readRobert Mugabe takes on Zimbabwe’s Generation X
14-03-2013
BULAWAYO – It could be a scene from any African mobile phone ad: flanked by two mohawked teenagers and shuffling stiffly to a pulsing hip-hop beat, an old man puts a phone to his ear and addresses a
read‘The Great Gatsby’ to open Cannes Film Festival
14-03-2013
Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ will open the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the world’s most important cinema showcase, organisers said on Tuesday.The adaptation of F Scott
readThousands flee fighting in DRC
14-03-2013
Kinshasa – Around 12 000 people have fled recent fighting between rival factions of the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday, as a local
readWorld awaits new pope
14-03-2013
VATICAN CITY – Cardinals went yesterday into a second day of conclave behind Vatican walls to elect a pope,with all eyes on a chimney that will signal when there is a new leader for the world’s 1, 2
readKurd rebels free Turkish prisoners amid peace push
14-03-2013
AL-AMADIYAH – Kurdish rebels yesterday freed eight Turkish prisoners in response to a new peace push by Ankara to end a 29-year-old insurgency in southeast Turkey.The release of the eight who had been
readChild soldiers increasingly recruited in Syria
14-03-2013
BEIRUT – Children are being increasingly recruited on the frontline in Syria’s war, with both sides to the conflict using boys as soldiers and even human shields, a British charity said yesterday.Save
readSMSes for Thursday 14 March 2013
14-03-2013
SMS Of The Day *IS the government of Namibia against its people making a livelihood? Many Namibians have been able to acquire reasonably priced import cars from Asia through Botswana. Hundreds now
readOlweendo okuza mOngediva sigo Omege
14-03-2013
EGONGALO lyongeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma lyaNgwediva mOngwediva moshitopolwa shaShana olya tseyitha kutya otali ka kala nolweendo lwomushigakano okuza mOngwediva okuya kOmege moshitopolwa shaShana,
readRossing kwaambono a kutha miilonga ye li 276 poRio Tinto
14-03-2013
OMINA yaRossing yaRio Tinto oyi itaale okufuta mboka ya kuthwa miilonga ondjambi yawo yomasiku omilongo mbali nesiku limwe momimvo kehe ya longela omina ndjika pauvathano nehangano lyoMineworkworkers
readAadamara noshiithanene shayo omwedhi tagu ya
14-03-2013
OSHIGWANA shaaDamara oshi li pokumana omalongekidho goshiithanene nelalakano lyaashino anuwa okweeta po ashike uukumwe moshigwana shawo. Johannes /Awebahe//Hoeseb gumwe gwomaalongekidhi okwa ti yo oya
readAlbertina ta hupu moonyama dhoombwa
14-03-2013
Ombwa oya talika ko kuume komuntu ashike komunamimvo 47, e na aanona yatatu onyama yombwa oyo oshikulya she shakehe siku naashika ina shi pandika nee kaashiinda ye.Kandi na nando ehogololo lya gwedhwa
readRegional rugby Cup launched
14-03-2013
The Namibia Rugby Union yesterday launched the Navachab Gold Mine Regional Cup which will kick off in Walvis Bay on Saturday. The competition has been sponsored by Navachab Gold Mine to an amount of
readFistball League set for start
14-03-2013
THE 2013 Namibian fistball league season gets under way on Saturday, with the knowledge that main sponsor Bank Windhoek has reaffirmed its commitment to the sport. The bank extended its sponsorship
readVolleyball rouses northern interest
14-03-2013
SINCE its inception three years ago, the Far Northern Volleyball League has become a popular attraction for residents from that part of the country. This is evident from the numbers that show up to
readRiders swamp Gymkhana Club equestrian show
14-03-2013
THE Gymkhana Club equestrian show held over the weekend attracted an assortment of top riders battling it out for honours. According to the Namibian Equestrain Federation’s Public Relations Officer
readShikongo on Caf ref shortlist
14-03-2013
REFEREE Reinhold Shikongo is in Algiers vying for a role at the Caf Youth African Championship which starts on Saturday. Shikongo is part of a select group of match officials from the continent whose
readBarca pull of great escape
14-03-2013
BARCELONA – Lionel Messi’s Barcelona gave an emphatic response to the doubters when they made Champions League history by overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit to oust seven-times European Cup winners
readBotes Golf Day in aid of cancer patients
14-03-2013
SPORT consultant Quinton Steele Botes on Tuesday launched the Avis Quinton Steele Botes Golf Day which will take place for the fifth consecutive year on May 24 this year. Botes said the Golf Day was
read‘Governor’s Cup’ to make soccer history in Karibib
14-03-2013
THE first ever ‘Governor’s Cup’ soccer tournament will take place at Karibib over the weekend with ten teams from Erongo playing it out for the top position in the region.Erongo Region Football League
readFrom The Twittersphere
14-03-2013
RAPPING, taking the rap, rap names, where does the rap stop?! Just one of those mid-month Wednesdays; in short, a bump and rump of a hump day. Fuel, floods, fads, and fears; sin, solitude, and the
readKunene youth feel neglected
14-03-2013
YOUNG people in the Kunene Region say they are neglected by the government and other institutions and it drives them to alcohol abuse and sexual exploitation.Mogale Karimbue, coordinator of the
readFive prominent Swapo members hospitalised
14-03-2013
ONE Cabinet minister, a regional governor and three prominent Swapo personalities are currently hospitalised at the Catholic Hospital in Windhoek.They are Minister of Education David Namwandi, the
readA church, a school, and a very hard rock
14-03-2013
THE Ministry of Education and the Ephesians Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) are at loggerheads over the use of land occupied by both. With donor
readKaras governor and Vaalgras chief smoke peace pipe
14-03-2013
THE Karas governor, Bernadus Swartbooi, and the embattled chief of Vaalgras, Joel Stephanus, yesterday shook hands in public for the first time to signify the end of their animosity. The standoff
readNama infighting stalls development
14-03-2013
THE chairperson of the Nama Traditional Authorities’ Association (Nataa) has appealed to traditional communities embroiled in leadership tussles to apply their customary laws to solve disputes.Chief
readLiberation movements happy with Zimbabwe
14-03-2013
PRIME Minister Hage Geingob says former liberation movements have praised Zimbabwe’s course towards a referendum and inevitable elections.Geingob was among the high-ranking officials that attended a
readNamibia’s first Medical Museum to open at Onandjokwe
14-03-2013
The first hospital in northern Namibia was established at Onandjokwe in 1911 by Dr Selma Rainio.Dr Rainio was one of the first 12 women in Finland to successfully qualify as a doctor. She travelled to
readMiner shocked to death
14-03-2013
A MINEWORKER at the Matchless copper mine was electrocuted early on Tuesday morning.Police Deputy Commissioner Silvanus Nghishidimbwa yesterday confirmed the death of Petrus Engelbrecht (59) saying
readJudgement reserved on claim against surgeon
14-03-2013
A WINDHOEK-BASED surgeon, Dr Jeremy Nel, is due to hear on May 17 whether a former patient has successfully sued him for N$2,4 million for alleged medical negligence.Judgement on the claim which a
readHIV prevalence rate drops in Khomas
14-03-2013
THE HIV prevalence rate in the Khomas Region has dropped from 16,3% in 2010 to 12% last year, an achievement that the health sector, together with the leadership of the Khomas Regional Council,
readDoctors investigate regulatory council
14-03-2013
AN organisation representing private health practitioners is investigating criminal charges against the Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) for contempt of a July 2012 Supreme Court
readWindhoek and Usakos take hands in development
14-03-2013
THE City of Windhoek and the Usakos Town Council have signed a cooperation agreement to help each other develop their workers as well as the running of the two towns.Usakos Mayor Gustav !Hoaeb said
readFreshlyground star pregnant
14-03-2013
Freshlyground’s lead singer Zolani Mahola is expecting her first baby, Times Live has reported.In an interview with the publication, Mahola revealed that her baby is due in August – that she and her
readNotable Quotes
14-03-2013
DOGS taste like chicken. – Albertina Shihepo, a 47-year-old woman who has been surviving off dog meat for the past 10 years due to poverty.BANKS are the market takers and Government is the market
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