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44 Articles found on Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Fly-over compromised security - Ngatjizeko
14-05-2013
THE Minister of Safety and Security Immanuel Ngatjizeko says Namibia’s security could have been compromised during an alleged airspace invasion by South African single-engine planes last week.He
readGun victim wins N$8,6m lawsuit
14-05-2013
A WINDHOEK teacher whose life was irrevocably changed when he was left paralysed after being shot by a security guard won a damages award of N$8,6 million against the guard’s employer yesterday.In a
readN$200m for drought relief
14-05-2013
GOVERNMENT is to set aside N$200 million to help approximately 400 000 Namibians affected by the drought, Frans Kapofi, chairperson of the Disaster Risk Management Committee told The Namibian.Called
readAgricultural diary
14-05-2013
May 15: Fourth combined production sale of Lared Brahman and Voigtland Simmentaler at Namboer auction pens (17h00) in Windhoek. May 25: Brangus promotion day at Plaas Namatubis (Blaauwberg auction
readHatagob Stud to offer of their best Boer goats
14-05-2013
DESPITE the recent drought which has crippled farming in the country, Charles and Shirley /Urib will again offer some of their best animals for sale when they join five other commercial farmers to
readAfricAvenir presents the award winning Egyptian movie ‘678’
14-05-2013
According to the film ‘678’, every time an Egyptian woman leaves her house she must make a lot of calculations. What should she wear? Are her clothes too revealing or too tight? What is she is going
readToya Delazy and Khuli Chana grab glory at the Samas
14-05-2013
The big winners in Sun City on Saturday nightwere Khuli Chana and the granddaughter of IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Toya Delazy, who each won three South African Music Awards (Samas).Khuli Chana
readUnemployment crisis could be felt for decades
14-05-2013
TWO-THIRDS of working-age youths in some developing countries are either unemployed or trapped in low-quality jobs, according to the Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013 report.Issued by the
readJapanese to build Mongolian airport
14-05-2013
TOKYO – Two Japanese companies said yesterday they will build Mongolia’s second international airport as Tokyo forges closer business ties with the mineral-rich country.Trading house Mitsubishi Corp
readGo After High-Quality Revenue
14-05-2013
AN uncompromising focus on growth can take companies in the wrong direction. Take Groupon. Once lauded as the “fastest-growing company ever,” its stock price has fallen about 80% since the company
readLonmin posts profit jump as wage battle looms
14-05-2013
LONDON – Platinum miner Lonmin more than doubled first-half profit compared to a troubled 2012 and lifted its production guidance for the year but warned of the “significant challenge” of wage talks
readAlgerian banks to finance 250 000 houses
14-05-2013
ALGIERS – Public banks in Algeria are to finance the building of more than 250 000 new homes by the end of 2014 to the tune of 12 billion euros, the head of the CPA bank said Sunday.Credit populaire
readAngloGold sees little value in SA spin-off
14-05-2013
JOHANNESBURG – The new chief executive of AngloGold Ashanti said yesterday he did not see much value from splitting off the group’s South African assets as rival Gold Fields has done.“The value
readHousing improvement may herald return of US workforce mobility
14-05-2013
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON – When David Pendery, a corporate public relations specialist, decided to move his family from Colorado to Illinois this year for work, his biggest worry was whether he would be
readSyrian troops take full control of strategic town
14-05-2013
BEIRUT – Syrian troops have taken full control of a town near the highway linking the capital Damascus with Jordan, a new advance in the regime’s campaign to drive rebels from the strategic south, an
readNigeria’s Islamists staging bolder, deadlier comeback
14-05-2013
BAGA – After a crackdown pushed them out of Nigeria’s northern cities, Islamist militant group Boko Haram have regrouped, rearmed and are staging a bold comeback that has already allowed them to seize
read19 hurt at New Orleans parade shooting
14-05-2013
WASHINGTON – Unknown gunmen opened fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding 19 people in an incident the FBI attributed to “street violence.”Those wounded when gunfire erupted
readCarlos, the Jackal back in court to appeal French bombing conviction
14-05-2013
PARIS – Notorious Venezuelan militant Carlos, the Jackal returned to court in Paris yesterday to appeal his conviction for a series of deadly bombings in France 30 years ago.The trial kicked off with
readNorth Korea replaces hard-line defense minister
14-05-2013
SEOUL – North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense minister with a little-known army general, according to a state media report yesterday, in what outside analysts call an attempt to install a
readSMSes for Tuesday 14 May 2013
14-05-2013
SMS Of The Day *TO the person who is complaining about the employment of foreigners at Windhoek Central Hospital, the reason foreigners are being employed is because they have an edge over you and
readOshigongi shaanafaalma yaMangetti pOluno
14-05-2013
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwehangano lyaanafaalama yaMangetti omusamane Ismael Shailemo okwa tseyitha kutya ngula mEtitatu (15/5/2013 otaku ka kala oshigongi oshinene noshomeendelelo shaanafaalama yaMangetti
readElelo lyaNdonga otali ti inali gandja omalombwelo kuNelulu naNghaamwa
14-05-2013
AMUSHANGA gwelelo lyopamuthigululwakalo gwaNdonga Joseph Asino ita tsu kumwe naashino kutya oya gandja omalombwelo kwaangono e li omunashipundi gwelelo lyopamuthigululwakalo gUukwanyama George Nelulu
readOmukokolipresidende a dhanena evalo lye mOnawa yaKiliana mOkatana mOshana
14-05-2013
OMUKOKOLIPRESIDENDE gwaNamibia omundohotola Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma mOsoondaha ndjika ya zi ko okwa dhana oshituthivalo lye sho a gwanitha omimvo omilongo hetatunane (84), e shi dhanene momukunda Onawa
readOmbashu yatate Tuhafeni ya pya po thilu
14-05-2013
OMUKALIMO gwomOneshila mOshakati moshitopolwa shaShana tate Nicolaus Tuhafeni Fenenge gwoomvula 45 nomukulukadhi gwe mee Loini Fenenge kumwe naanona yawo yane, oye li yi itsa omitse koongolo sho
readSlums Are A Source of Insecurity In Africa
14-05-2013
AFRICA is on the verge of a major developmental take off. Business is booming, urban centres are expanding and the sky-scrappers are springing up in almost every major African city. And, as a result,
readA Political Economy Of Failure?
14-05-2013
UNTIL a few months ago our Minister of Defence Nahas Angula served as the country’s prime minister. The prime minister’s portfolio is a weighty one and includes the responsibility to coordinate the
readNamibia soar at Cossasa
14-05-2013
NAMIBIA finished second overall at the Confederation of School Sport Associations of Southern Africa (Cossasa) Championships which recently took place in Harare, Zimbabwe. Namibia won a total of 19
readOld Trafford salutes Ferguson
14-05-2013
MANCHESTER – As red-and-white ticker tape flew into the rainy sky at Old Trafford, a beaming Alex Ferguson hoisted up the Premier League trophy for a 13th and final time.Behind Britain’s most
readIndongo: A work-in-progress
14-05-2013
JUNIOR welterweight boxer Julius ‘Blue Machine’ Indongo is still some way off where his trainer and promoter Nestor Tobias wants him to be. While his classy and dominant display saw him comfortably
readWarriors steal game in overtime
14-05-2013
THE Golden State Warriors battled health, fouls and poor offence to eke out an overtime win against the supremely coached San Antonio Spurs. The Warriors picked up some early fouls in the first half
readWoods nearing golf dominance
14-05-2013
PONTE VEDRA BEACH – Playing with controlled aggression, Tiger Woods gave notice at the Players Championship that he stands poised to reassert his dominance once again on the world of golf.After an
readFrom The Twittersphere
14-05-2013
SWAPO and sex, Kanye, Keetmanshoop and kwaitos, Cemetery Chicken and Colbie Caillat? What’s next? Mermaids in the Kavango River?!! Just the normal kind of ‘Monday strange’ in the Namibian
readState plans appeal against Goabab acquittal
14-05-2013
A LONG and expensive trial on three corruption charges which has culminated in a suspended prison term for former National Assembly Secretary Nama Goabab and an ex-colleague is still not the end of
readShrub figures signifying hope for DRC
14-05-2013
THE DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund is not the most upbeat place to be on the planet, especially being a place where thousands of people live in shacks with poor water and sanitary services and
readKeetmans Regional Courts grants confiscation order
14-05-2013
THE Keetmanshoop Regional Magistrate Piet Bekker last week granted a confiscation order against Angolan citizen Helder Marques Carvalheira (51).Bekker issued the confiscation order in terms of the
readOmaruru crash raises safety concerns
14-05-2013
SHIMODINO Toivo is fighting for his life in a Windhoek hospital after he rammed his taxi into a tree at high-speed in Omaruru’s main road last Friday.According to witnesses, Toivo sped down Omaruru’s
readExperiencing the Namib through pictures
14-05-2013
Humanity has always endeavoured to conquer nature. Only a few rare places in the world are so harsh and hostile, that our attempts to tame the wild were and are still futile and ridiculous.The desert
readExperiencing the Namib through pictures
14-05-2013
Humanity has always endeavoured to conquer nature. Only a few rare places in the world are so harsh and hostile, that our attempts to tame the wild were and are still futile and ridiculous.The desert
readKeetmans given a second chance
14-05-2013
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has been spared dissolution as per recommendation of an investigating team after Local Government Minister, Charles Namoloh, gave it a second chance to solve endless
readKamwi lashes out at disability council
14-05-2013
MINISTER of Health and Social Services Richard Kamwi yesterday lashed out at the National Disability Council of Namibia for “serious” mismanagment of money allocated to them for the 2012/2013
readFuel prices drop tonight
14-05-2013
FUEL prices will go down at midnight, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced.The price of diesel will decrease by 20 cents per litre while those of 95 octane unleaded petrol and 93 octane lead
readNotable Quotes
14-05-2013
Rape is not about sex, it has more to do with power. People who rape do it beause they want to (feel to be in) control of a situation or another person. – Siegried Neumann from Men For Healthy
readBorder disputes affecting land administration
14-05-2013
RUNDU – Border disputes between various traditional authorities in the Kavango Region have a negative effect on development and the administration of land in the region. This concern was among the
readBoN wants to block strikes
14-05-2013
THE central bank of Namibia received a blow in its efforts to avoid a strike, after the Ministry of Labour rejected a proposal to declare some of its business units essential services. Essential
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