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50 Articles found on Friday, 6 February 2009
Pay NamWater bills at Post Office
06-02-2009
NAMWATER has made things easier for customers by entering into an agreement with NamPost that will allow customers to pay their water bills at any NamPost’s 124 post offices countrywide.The agreement,
readNBL names a new manager
06-02-2009
NAMIBIA Breweries Limited yesterday named Julia Muetudhana as its new talent manager, responsible for the company’s human resource management, “strategic sourcing, training and development of
readLast chance to enter Nam’s first reality show
06-02-2009
‘JUST Fabulous’, the non-surgical makeover show which will be broadcast on One Africa Television from March 8 at 20h00, is the first locally produced reality show. In conjunction with Dikaios Wellness
readEros girls’ hostel falling apart
06-02-2009
THE roof in the hostel of the Eros School for Girls is leaking and water is soaking the halls and some of the rooms. Every time it rains, the children have to move their beds around to prevent them
readParliament building, ministries powerless
06-02-2009
ELECTRICITY supply to the Office of the Prime Minister, the Foreign Affairs and Information Ministries, Parliament and the Old National Council building will be cut for the whole of today According
readPolice recruitment short of target
06-02-2009
THE 412 Police cadets who graduated at Oshakati last Friday represent only half of NamPol’s annual recruitment target as recommended by the third National Development Plan (NDP 3).This was said by the
readSwapo’s young lions roar on bread and peanut butter
06-02-2009
THE economic empowerment of young Namibians remains the top priority of the ruling Swapo party’s youth wing and will be intensively pursued, one of its leaders said yesterday, while foreign companies
readSouth African enquiry into diamond scam
06-02-2009
PROCEEDINGS resumed yesterday in a legal enquiry into the disappearance of an estimated N$400 million that Pretoria-based businessman Michael van der Merwe was supposed to have invested for 1 400
readDeputy Mining Minister to chair diamond body
06-02-2009
MINING and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina has appointed his Deputy, Bernhard Esau, to chair the Kimberley Process Certificate Scheme (KPCS) for diamond trading, sidelining the Ministry’s long-serving
readPay increase a stimulus of sorts in a time of crisis
06-02-2009
THE recently announced salary increase for civil servants is set to cost the taxpayer N$1 billion a year or more in the midst a global financial crisis, but can be seen as a stimulus of sorts for
readHailulu takes on ACC in High Court
06-02-2009
NATIONAL Housing Enterprise (NHE) CEO Vincent Hailulu starts his legal battle against the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in the High Court today.The ACC arrested him late last year over alleged
readSons Of The Mau Mau
06-02-2009
WASHINGTON – At the beginning of last year, Kenya seemed to be descending into madness. Those scenes return as if from a nightmare: children massacred inside burning churches, mobs using machetes at
readThe President Must Lead By Example
06-02-2009
NAMIBIA’S political life has nurtured a culture in which the responsibilities of office are not assumed fully. In essence, there is no authority without responsibilities.Not assuming responsibility
readFrom Discussion, Discourse To Decision:Media’s Role In The Electoral Process
06-02-2009
THE role of the media in contemporary politics forces us to ask what kind of a world and what kind of a society we want to live in, and in particular in what sense of democracy do we want this to be a
readAll Screwed Up
06-02-2009
WE reveal ourselves with how we use language, more particularly with the words we use to express our circumstances. Words, we know, have the power to topple and to build and what we express says a lot
readPutting A Cap On CEO Pay
06-02-2009
WE would like to see Namibia putting a cap on executive pay, particularly when it relates to the Chief Executive Officers of State-Owned Enterprises, or parastatals, as they are also known.Everyone is
readNoteable Quotes
06-02-2009
THE current contents of the advertisements will not withstand a constitutional challenge in a court of law. – Windhoek’s Legal Assistance Centre commenting on scholarship adverts from Hong Kong
readMurder victim was brilliant: Mother
06-02-2009
BLOODSTAINS can still be seen on the concrete block and paving brick that are suspected to have been the crude weapons with which the 14-year-old Christo Moshoeshoe was murdered in Windhoek shortly
readKandetu axing sign of sick NBC: Misa
06-02-2009
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is a “broadcaster at war with itself” because of political interference, and the dismissal of Bob Kandetu as Director General shows that management,
readRundu suffocating in rubbish
06-02-2009
Some Rundu residents are polluting the environment near the Okavango River by simply dumping their rubbish in the grass near the town. This is one of many illegal dumpsites spotted by worried
read700 jobs on line at Cadilu
06-02-2009
ABOUT 700 workers at Cadilu Fishing in Walvis Bay are being laid off because the company is going into provisional liquidation. The workers were informed of the situation on Wednesday.According to
readBHP Billiton says profit down 56,5 per cent
06-02-2009
MELBOURNE – The world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton, reported a 56,5 per cent slump in first-half profit on Wednesday, warning the financial crisis left the outlook for commodities weak and
readAvis to cut 10% of workforce
06-02-2009
AVIS, Barloworld’s car rental unit, plans to cut 150 jobs, or 10 per cent of its workforce, in southern Africa and Scandinavia as the global recession slows sales.The company would make at least 40
readMedia firms keep pink slips coming
06-02-2009
ANOTHER day, another 1 350 media jobs lost. On Wednesday, Time Warner Cable announced it will eliminate 1 250 positions in the coming weeks amid slumping subscriber growth. Hours later, financial
readAfrica urged to boost internal trade
06-02-2009
CAPE TOWN – Africa needed to pull together to boost internal demand for its minerals to weather the global financial crisis and the metal price falls that have led to job losses in the mining sector,
readSouth African airport taxes to rise
06-02-2009
AIRPORT taxes would rise by 18,5 per cent from May 1, Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) said this week.“The new tariff structure adjustment of 18,5 per cent is a reflection of the additional
readTungeni Africa invests N$456m in tourism
06-02-2009
TUNGENI Africa Investments, a Namibian-owned black economic empowerment (BEE) company which operates in the infrastructural development and tourism sectors, will invest N$456,6 million to improve and
readAmerican abortion debate reaches into African slums
06-02-2009
NAIROBI, Kenya – Nairobi’s sprawling Kibera slum is far from America but not from America’s battle over abortion.Aid workers and experts say President Barack Obama’s decision to allow aid money to
readPirates free Ukraine ship
06-02-2009
KIEV - A merchant ship carrying tanks and weapons held by pirates off the coast of Somalia since September has been freed, Ukraine’s president announced yesterday.A spokesman for the owners of the MV
readChina in bird flu cover-up?
06-02-2009
HONG KONG - Three birds believed to have washed up on beaches in Hong Kong after dying in China have tested positive for H5N1, the bird flu strain that can be deadly in humans, officials said
readIsraeli navy escorts Lebanese ship from Gaza waters
06-02-2009
JERUSALEM - A Lebanese ship bound for the Gaza Strip was boarded by the Israeli navy and was being escorted to the Mediterranean port of Ashdod, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on
readWorld Briefs
06-02-2009
5 charged with murdering US aid worker KHARTOUM - Five Sudanese men were formally charged yesterday with murdering a US aid worker and his driver in Khartoum, a crime that carries the death penalty.
readMDC reports progress in unity talks
06-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe’s opposition yesterday reported progress in negotiations with President Robert Mugabe’s party on forming a unity government after the two sides held talks in South Africa.“I am
readBird remains in both US Airways jet engines
06-02-2009
WASHINGTON – Bird remains were found in both engines of a US Airways jetliner that lost power and ditched in New York’s Hudson River last month, US transportation investigators said on Wednesday.The
readKazenambo Should Forgo Trivia For The Bigger Issues
06-02-2009
THE debate in Parliament a couple of weeks ago was very interesting and informative especially when it was joined by Deputy Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo in rejecting the issues of tribalism especially
readOn The ‘Passport Privilege’
06-02-2009
AS an amateur in governance and management of institutions with limited experience compared with many governments in the world, why is a government like ours complaining that the production of new
readA Municipal No-No
06-02-2009
I INTEND to write an open letter to the Mayor of the City of Windhoek informing him of my intention to stop paying my municipal accounts should they continue with their action to not pursue their
readNPL Responds On Issues
06-02-2009
Dear Mr Haikali, I HOPE all is well with you. I would like to acknowledge reading the column you published in The Namibian, dated January 30 2009. I admire your style of writing and it is an
readInvesting More In Customer Care
06-02-2009
ALLOW me space in your widely read newspaper to air my grievances about the raw deal I got from MTC.Recently my SIM card was suddenly deregistered and while I was wondering what could be wrong since I
readDrive Safely Or Perish As Fools
06-02-2009
THE Ministry of Safety and Security has done a wonderful job to equip itself with speed cameras. It is now time for us to take stock of the achievements and weigh the weaknesses of the mechanism.How
readSMSes For 06 Feb 09
06-02-2009
SMS Of The Day n IF one writes about the (alleged) corrupt practices by the Oshikoto Regional Council it is never published, but those SMSes about the noise by Kanana (Hishoono) are all over the SMS
readMeme Mupekaka a hulithila
06-02-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Iithindi popepi na Elim mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi ti kutya omukalimo gwomomukunda ngoka Iithindi, meme Albertina Mupekaka Kweenda, okwa manene
readJeremiah oku li po hwepo, ihe ‘Kucki’oku li natango monkalo ombwiinayi
06-02-2009
AALUMENTU tu yaali mnoka ondhila yawo ontshona ya gu mo e tayi gwile pokapale kokudhanena Ogolfa mOvenduka mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika, ngashiingeyi oye li monkalo yi li hwepo. Omuniilonga mOhotela ya
readKandetu ota ka fala NBC kOmpangu
06-02-2009
BOB Kandetu, ngoka a tidhwa mu NBC oshiwike shika,ota ka fala Ewilikongundu lya NBC kOmpangu molwashoka aniwa etitho lye kali li pauyuuki.Kandetu okwa li a lombwele aanankundana mOvenduka mEitatu
readEso lye tu yuga omunashilonga ependa nofule,Omusita Shaanika ta ti
06-02-2009
PETHIMBO ta gandja ewi lyOmbelewangeleki ya Elcin mOshituthifumviko shOmusita Omukulu tatekulu Hendrik Dengeinge mOngeleka ya Elcin mOngwediva meti 23 Januari 2009, Amushangangeleki gwa Elcin Omusita
readAakalimo ya gumwa ketembu mOutapi taya nyenyetele Elelo lyondoolopa
06-02-2009
AAKALIMO yamwe meni lyondoolopa yAutapi mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, mboka taya ti kutya Aakwashikwambi, oya geela noonkondo Elelo lyawo lyAutapi sho tali ya tidha pomahala gawo
readEpic derby on cards
06-02-2009
ORLANDO Pirates will have to pick themselves up from their narrow 1-0 loss to African Stars last week as they take on Black Africa in what could turn out an epic derby at the unfamiliar Rugby Stadium
readTigers bitter about loss
06-02-2009
TIGERS coach Willem Kapukare was not the happiest man after his side went down 4-3 at the hands of African Stars in a fierce derby at the Khomasdal Stadium on Wednesday night, after referee Jimmy
readAN vote in March
06-02-2009
THE Interim Committee running the affairs of Athletics Namibia this week announced that the special elective congress to choose a president and executive committee for Athletics Namibia will be held
readPeople want to know
06-02-2009
NAMIBIAN football is evolving and that is evident from the quality that is improving with each game in the domestic premiership.Players in the elite league have realised that they cannot play without
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