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45 Articles found on Friday, 20 March 2009
Economists worried about capacity to roll out budget
20-03-2009
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila might have succeeded splendidly in tabling a much-awaited expansionary Budget on the eve of Namibia’s 19th Independence celebrations, but unless Government
readLet’s Deepen Our Democracy By 20
20-03-2009
IT would be beneficial to Namibia if we could commemorate our 19th year of independence by promising democratic consolidation by the 20th anniversary.This would mean renewed commitment to our
readCitizens Must Exercise Tough Love For Leaders
20-03-2009
EARLIER this year, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France gave an interview in which he was asked how he felt about the virulent criticism about his leadership.Admittedly, some of it very personal and
readCome On, Let’s Celebrate
20-03-2009
“Incapacity of the masses.” What a tool for all exploiters and dominators, past, present and, future…VolineIT’s Namibia at 19. As usual, time for celebration. The masses will line the streets,
readCharity in Hard Times
20-03-2009
PRINCETON – As I tour the U.S. promoting my new book, ‘The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty’, I am often asked if this isn’t the wrong time to call on affluent people to increase
readNoteable Quotes
20-03-2009
SO it’s not all doom and gloom, but we believe a capital injection of N$200 million would be the best option. – Namcor Managing Director Sam Beukes explaining why the national exploration and
readKaapanda believes media council answer to all ills
20-03-2009
INFORMATION and Communication Technology Minister Joel Kaapanda has reiterated Government calls for the establishment of a media council.Kaapanda made the call yesterday at the launch of the new look
readThe Dogg drops album
20-03-2009
THE waiting’s over. The Dogg drops his much-awaited CD – ‘This Is My Time’ – at the Windhoek High School’s Vegkop Stadium on Friday, April 3.Speaking at the media launch of the album on Wednesday
readGovernment braces for 4,5% deficit
20-03-2009
GOVERNMENT has decided to boost public spending for a second year running in a bid to counter the effects of a global economy that is in crisis, slowing down and heading into recession.Announcing
readSaara’s tax treat
20-03-2009
GOVERNMENT will give back N$800 million to Nam-ibians this year in terms of tax breaks ranging from lower income and company tax to value added tax (VAT) and tax-free amounts for retrenchment
readPolitical Perspective
20-03-2009
POLITICAL parties should ensure that those who deal with the media and public in their hierarchies are able to express themselves (and thereby their parties) in a way that does not compromise their
readKaras gets new Land Board
20-03-2009
THE Karas Communal Land Board has approved 576 customary land rights applications to date. This was revealed by Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement, Henock Ya Kasita, while addressing new Karas
readKeetmanshoop celebrates Independence
20-03-2009
Namibians across the nation will mark the 19th anniversary of Independence this weekend. The main festivities will be at Keetmanshoop. Critics believe that the Swapo Government decided on this venue
readMan arrested for pension fraud
20-03-2009
A 63-year-old man from a village near Grootfontein is alleged to have defrauded Government of more than N$30 000 in pension money in the last nine years.Daniel Shikongo is currently in Police custody,
readAuthorities investigate ‘outbreak’ of tummy bug at Hardap Prison
20-03-2009
HEALTH workers are monitoring the situation at the Hardap Prison, the second largest correctional facility in the country, after several inmates went down with diarrhoea this past week.According to
readFugitive hides ‘like a hippo’
20-03-2009
ONDANGWA – A theft suspect escaped the long arm of the law for four hours on Tuesday – by hiding under water with only his nose sticking out.According to Police spokesperson Sergeant Christina
readWet February rewrites rainfall record books
20-03-2009
FEBRUARY 2009 will go down in the record books as the wettest February in close to 50 years – at least in Windhoek and in parts of northern Namibia.A rainfall summary released by the Meteorological
read‘Moderate’ to ‘vague’, say opposition parties
20-03-2009
THE National Budget tabled by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday does not exactly shower relief on the poor and marginalised Namibians, as pensions did not go up and the first tax
readLabour institute reflects on budget
20-03-2009
NAMIBIA’S high and rising unemployment rate was not adequately addressed in the presentation of the National Budget yesterday, says the Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI).The Institute
readThe Pope Compromises Anti-AIDS Gains
20-03-2009
HIS Holy Grace Pope Benedict the 16th’s recent comments on his Africa tour on the use of condoms are shockingly dismaying at best and disturbingly irresponsible in general.His comments come in the
readOne Hundred Percent Democracy is necessary
20-03-2009
THE ruling party, aims for 72 seats (100%) in the National Assembly in the November 2009 elections.It then promises real change you can believe in! What can the party do with 100 percent that it could
readNo Fun For Zimbabweans
20-03-2009
I AM writing this article with deep grief and disbelief at the sentiments expressed by Minister of Justice (Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana).As a Zimbo, living in a sorry state here in Nam I think I and the
readRead And Think
20-03-2009
“ECONOMIC collapse..., political unrest..., highest inflation rate in the world..., hunger crisis..., collapse of health and sanitation systems,...”. Of course, this is Zimbabwe today.These are direct
readPost-Scriptum Ad Nauseam
20-03-2009
IN The Namibian of 6 March 2009 Alfredo Hengari made a fundamental error in his article, when he referred to the Sandinistas as being the ones Fidel Castro defeated. In rectification of this error I
readWho Does What At Ongwediva?
20-03-2009
IF you come to Ongwediva College you will end up asking yourself whose job it is because everything is messed up.Can the college management answer the following simple questions please: 1. Who must
readEx-Fighters Prejudice Due To Female Leader
20-03-2009
THE Namibia ex-freedom fighters/war veterans association has received disturbing information form its members that they are being threatened when they attend the association’s meetings during their
readSpin Meter: Cue the Washington outrage
20-03-2009
WASHINGTON – Cue the outrage. For months, the Obama administration and members of Congress have known that insurance giant AIG was getting ready to pay huge bonuses while living off government
readUS journos held in N Korea
20-03-2009
SEOUL – Two American journalists and their guide were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip near the country’s border with China, a missionary said yesterday, confirming media
readFritzl sentenced to life in prison in incest case
20-03-2009
ST POELTEN – A jury has convicted Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl of homicide and sentenced him to life imprisonment in a secure psychiatric facility.Fritzl also was convicted of enslavement,
readReligion rejects violence, Pope tells Muslims
20-03-2009
YAOUNDE – Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim leaders yesterday that true religion rejects violence, and he held up peaceful coexistence between Christianity and Islam in Cameroon as “a beacon to other
readRussia bans ‘bloody’ hunting of baby seals
20-03-2009
MOSCOW - Russia said on Wednesday it had banned the hunting of baby seals, weeks after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called it a ‘bloody industry’.‘The bloody sight of the hunting of seals, the
readBin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message
20-03-2009
CAIRO – Al Qaeda’s chief Osama bin Laden denounced Somalia’s new president, who was elected as part of a peace push in the lawless African country, and urged in a new audio recording yesterday on the
readRussia eyes Cuba’s oil
20-03-2009
HAVANA – Cuba is negotiating oil exploration and production deals with Russia, China and Angola, with Moscow shaping up as the partner that could make the communist island energy self-sufficient,
readSouth African rate cut likely next week
20-03-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s central bank needs to adjust and examine its response to a dramatic change in global economic conditions, Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has said.“Global conditions
readMozambique commissions US$50 million refinery study
20-03-2009
MAPUTO – Mozambican firm Oilmoz has received US$50 million from investors for feasibility studies on a planned eight-billion-dollar oil refinery, the company’s CEO said yesterday.The investment will
readNamcor International to start trading
20-03-2009
NAMCOR will not renew its current fuel-supply agreement with Afroneft, and will instead source its own fuel through a new joint venture company called Namcor International Trading.Namcor MD Sam Beukes
readNamibia capable of weathering economic storm
20-03-2009
The world is facing unprecedented times. The global financial services industry lost 51% of its total market capitalisation in 2008, decimating all shareholder value created since 2003. We are
readLocal NGOs face uncertain future in light of crisis
20-03-2009
NAMIBIAN NGOs are expecting to receive less money this year due to the global financial crisis.While most say they are not feeling the pinch yet, they are braced for a leaner year in terms of funding.
readPrivatise and consolidate, say bankers
20-03-2009
GOVERNMENT should consolidate the white-fish industry and the telecoms sector as part of its survival strategy for the current economic crisis, the Bankers’ Association of Namibia (BAN) suggests.The
readSMS Of Fri 20 Mar 09
20-03-2009
* THANKS to the dolphin savers, at least we still have people who care for animals. I sincerely hope that people who kill human beings realise how precious life is. If people can save dolphins then
readOmahogololo gomumvo nguka oga fa gomumvo 1989
20-03-2009
Onda li nda kumwa sho omuleleli gwongundu ta yi pangele omusimanekwa Jerry Ekandjo ta popi koradio yomuzizimbe kutya omahogololo gomumvo nguka oga fa ngoka gomumvo 1989. Shino osha hala okutya ngiini
readGumwe a lika kokaandje
20-03-2009
OMUKALIMO gwomondoolopa ya Swakopmund,Joseph Hamutenya – okwa lika kokaandje ta ka ehama endambi manga a li ti ikwathele pombugahala limwe popepi nolukanda lwa DRC mondooloopa ndjika ongula yEtiyali
readOonkundana paufupi
20-03-2009
KHARTOUM – Omupresidende gwa Sudan Omar al-Bashir , ngoka ta kongwa kOmpangu yokupangula aantu mboka ya ningila aantu omauwinayi miita (ndjoka tayi mu kongo a ka pangulwa) nokOlaata yEgameno
readOongeleka nadhi kwathele oohepele, Omupapa ta ti
20-03-2009
YAOUNDE – Omupapa gwOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma, Benedict omuti: XVI okwa ningi eindilo kAambishopi yOngeleka yawo mu Cameroon kutya naya kaleke po omikalodhigululwawalo dhAafrika nosho wo ya gamene
readInamu tunga we miishana: Kanyomeka na Kachugunda
20-03-2009
EPANGELO nali eta po oveta tayi indike aantu kaya tunge we miishana nomahala mpoka hapu pitile omeya, molwashoka ekutunga miishana ohaku boloka etondoko lyomeya lyopauntshitwe miishana ya Cuvelai
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