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61 Articles found on Friday, 20 November 2009
Sierra Leone could jail corrupt foreign investors
20-11-2009
LONDON - Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption commissioner has a simple message for foreign investors coming to his country for its mines and oil - offer bribes and you could find yourself in prison.Oil was
readZim, China ink 8 billion investment deal
20-11-2009
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s government and a Chinese investment company have signed an eight billion-dollar investment deal, the biggest since the unity government was set up, state media reported
readThis week in motion
20-11-2009
THE past week in Motion Court, First National Bank led the judgments by reclaiming loans in terms of instalment sale agreements but overall, the volumes are declining as the banks and private
readChinese millionaires to double by 2013
20-11-2009
BEIJING – The number of US-dollar millionaires in China is expected to nearly double in five years, luring private bankers eager to help them invest an expected combined wealth over US$7,6 trillion by
readNamibia’s copper, uranium lure Indian mining giant
20-11-2009
INDIA’S National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has its eye on Namibia’s copper and uranium, the Hindu Business Line has reported.According to the paper, Nalco is keen to have Hindustan Copper as its
readParty manifestos: The economy
20-11-2009
ELECTIONS are due next week and it’s time to look at the diverse promises political parties make to see how realistic they are and if the projects and plans they want to implement can be financed at
readLawyer disrupts Selebi trial
20-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – A lawyer briefly interrupted former police chief Jackie Selebi’s corruption trial yesterday when he said he wanted to serve papers on a witness.State officials in the South Gauteng High
readSoldiers to guard South African borders
20-11-2009
Cape Town – Soldiers are to be deployed, instead of police, to patrol and protect South Africa’s borders, government spokesperson Themba Maseko said on Wednesday.Members of the SA National Defence
readEU deadlocked over 2 top jobs
20-11-2009
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s 27 leaders were facing an all-nighter yesterday as a bruising battle loomed over who to name as the bloc’s first full-time president and new foreign policy
readKarzai sworn in as Afghan leader, vows to fight graft
20-11-2009
KABUL – Afghan forces should be ready to take over security in Afghanistan in five years, President Hamid Karzai said at his inauguration yesterday, and pledged to tackle graft which has left his
readOne conjoined twin talking after separation surgery
20-11-2009
MELBOURNE – A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally after being woken yesterday from a medically induced coma, the head of the
readIsraeli aircraft hit Gaza after attacks
20-11-2009
JERUSALEM – Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel, the military
readGIPF On Pension Payout Concerns
20-11-2009
THIS is our response to a letter from a Worried Pensioner that appeared in The Namibian newspaper on October 8 titled: ‘No To GIPF’s Smart Card’.The worried pensioner said he/she is concerned about
readDo We Need Politicians Or Statesmen?
20-11-2009
HAVE you been in a situation when you know what you want but then you cannot verbalise or communicate it to the other person? Have you been in a situation when you want to make a choice but options
readPlight Of Security Guards
20-11-2009
ALLOW me some space in your newspaper to express myself on an issue of concern.During the last week of October 2009, while in front of a certain building in northern industrial area, I noticed with
readThe Public Library Scandal
20-11-2009
THE Windhoek public library has been closed for repairs for almost a year.I am sure that repairs were necessary but this is, after all, the main library in the capital city of the country and repairs
readPromises And Lies
20-11-2009
COME on already!! What is the ECN up to now? Just the spot check by The Namibian already points out discrepancies on the voter’s roll of thousands of people. Who are the ECN trying to fool? Are they
readOn The Cruelties Of Capitalism
20-11-2009
WE welcome the letter ‘Reviving the Dark Ages’ (The Namibian, November 13, p. 28) by Victor Kuligin in the spirit of democratic debate. Debate is necessary for us as a nation to move forward and we
readAn Open Letter To Swapo: DEAR Swapo “Government”
20-11-2009
Before I decide who to vote for, I would like you to answer the following questions. Will you respect these basic human rights?• The right to an education, even when I’m not related to a Swapo
readNo Respect For Trees
20-11-2009
THE lack of respect for trees in Namibia is outrageous! Trees are the largest and oldest living beings on earth. As stated in the article in The Namibian on Friday, 13.11.2009, Combretum imberbe trees
readNo ‘Posters For All’
20-11-2009
THE 2009 election is not fair. It seems as if the ruling party breaks all rules and regulations during the election campaign.When we apply to put up posters for the coming election we received a list
readOmaipulo kombinga yembo lyaahogololi
20-11-2009
OMAPULO ota ga tsikile kombinga yembo lyomadhina gaahogololi ndyoka lya piyagana natango.Embo ndika olya pewa oongundu dhopolitika molyomakaya nongundu yimwe yompilameno oya tumina ontumwafo kOkomisi
readAatonateli mahogololo ya SADC ya thiki
20-11-2009
OONGUNDU ndhoka tadhi thigathanapo, noshowo aahogololi naya tseye kutya omahogololo kage shi ethimbo okutalathana ongo aatondi ndele ongo aathigathani, oshoka mboka ye li momahogololo oyo ayehe
readRDP ya pula oECN yi tse uukalata womahogololo ombuthulu
20-11-2009
ONGUNDU yo RDP oya ti oyina oshimpwiyu kutya ota shi vulika aahogololi mboka ya hogolola nale mo 13 ga Novemba ya kambadhale okuhogolola olutiyali.Shika ongundu oye shi ulike no ya ti ota shi vulu
readCOD ta yi pula kembo lyaahogololi
20-11-2009
ONGUNDU yo COD oya hala oku ulika aayaluli yiithikamena noshowo aatseyimpango opo ya konakone embo lyomadhina gaahogololi, ndyoka taku tiwa oli na omayooloko.OCOD oya ti oya hala yi mone omadhiladhilo
readKondjitha elunduluko lyombepo nookondoma
20-11-2009
OLUGODHI okukondjitha epupyalo lyombepo yuuyuni ota li vulu okweendithwa kashona, ngele eindjipalo lyaantu muuyuni nalyo olya shonopekwa pakugandja ookondoma itaa dhi landwa noshowo okugandja uuyelele
readEpupyalo lyombepo yuuyuni nelunduluko
20-11-2009
SHO onkalo yombepo yuuyuni tayi lunduluka, ope na ompito iinamwenyo yimwe yi vule okutembukila komahala mpoka ya li ihaa yi adhika po nale.Mbika ongaashi oongupa hadhi taandeleke uuvu ha u ithanwa
readEtwikilo leemhata dongaba yopokati kOndonga nOukwanyama
20-11-2009
Elelo lOpamifyuululwakalo laUkwanyama ola kundana, natango tuu, onghundana ikenyeneka tai popi kombinga yelalakano olo lihe fi liwa lElelo lopamifyuululwakalo laNdonga (olo metwililo tali ka ifanwa
readSemenya to keep 800m medal
20-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Caster Semenya will keep her world gold 800 medal and a probe into her gender will not be made public, the South African sports ministry said yesterday.The ministry said Caster’s
readTop Score kicks into action tonight
20-11-2009
THE annual Top Score Seven-A-Side football competition for companies kicks off in Windhoek today, with 60 teams expected to be part of the popular event this year.The first matches will start at 17h00
readFrance revel in controversy
20-11-2009
PARIS – Qualifying for a World Cup courtesy of a blatant handball is not a problem for France’s coach Raymond Domenech, who has always revelled in controversy.Domenech’s first comments after captain
readNations Cup draw today
20-11-2009
LUANDA – African superstars Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o and Michael Essien will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola.A draw ceremony in the capital Luanda divides
readChess in Khomasdal
20-11-2009
THE Namibia Chess Federation will host the fifth Namibia National School Team Chess Championship at David Bezuidenhout High School in Khomasdal on Saturday.All schools and chess academies who are paid
readSMSes of Friday 20 November 2009
20-11-2009
* POLITICS seems to defeat all logic. Even a party that keeps scoring zero votes has the audacity to proclaim that it is geared to unseat the ruling party. It is sad that such parties will still have
readPoverty in Namibia is a scandal, says Kameeta
20-11-2009
BISHOP Zephania Kameeta has made a special call on Government to implement the Basic Income Grant (BIG) nationally, instead of allowing “some people to pay themselves BIGs of 100 million, 30 million
readNudo mulls court action over reserved jobs
20-11-2009
OPPOSITION parties Nudo and the CoD have blasted the recent directive by the Office of the Prime Minister to reserve all entry-level vacancies in the civil service for approximately 10 000 Namibian
readHeli crash pilot’s condition ‘stable’
20-11-2009
THE flight instructor who survived a helicopter crash in which a student pilot was killed near Windhoek on Wednesday was reported to be in a stable condition yesterday.Flight instructor Rohann van
readMoney problems delay low-cost housing
20-11-2009
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has put on hold the building of 93 low-cost houses under the Government-funded Build Together Programme because of a lack of developed plots.The plots could not be
readSwanu spells out its ideas
20-11-2009
ADDRESSING a press conference at Outapi in the Omusati Region last Wednesday, Swanu President Usutuaije Maamberua outlined what his party would do if elected to power.He had a different objective for
readSenior City Police officer arrested
20-11-2009
THE Deputy Chief of the City Police, Nathaniel Nendongo, was arrested after a car accident in Windhoek at around 23h00 on Wednesday. Nendongo has been released on bail and is expected to appear in
readWoman murdered, another mutilated
20-11-2009
A 30-year-old woman was murdered, allegedly by her boyfriend, at Khorixas on Tuesday afternoon, the Police have reported.The suspect (30) allegedly kicked Thercia Khamses repeatedly in the stomach
readUnspeakable cruelty
20-11-2009
A MAN at Okakarara, Wezemba Tjikuere, has been fined N$200 for animal cruelty after cutting off a neighbour’s dog’s ears and tail. Tjikuere also had to pay the cost of treating the dog’s injuries.His
read‘Clever cubs’ get own school
20-11-2009
THE Clever Cubs School is a brand new school for 24 San children that opened this month on the N/a’ an ku se Wildlife Sanctuary outside Windhoek.The school was built with funds donated by the Clabile
readVandalism costs MTC millions
20-11-2009
MTC says it has been forced to spend more than N$1 million on replacing stolen and vandalised solar panels.It has lost more than 130 solar panels over the past eight months. At a joint media briefing
read‘Health for all and all for health … ’
20-11-2009
OSHAKATI – Health is no longer the business of the Health Ministry alone, but requires joint efforts from everyone, as diseases do not respect social class, borders, gender, age, geographical or
readThree suicides reported
20-11-2009
AT least three suicides were reported last week – in Windhoek, at Omungwelume in the Ohangwena Region, and at Endola in the Oshana Region. The Police reported that Lydia Kamati (33) allegedly hanged
readTwo accidents reported
20-11-2009
Pedestrian Kefas Kahona (19) was hit by a car in Independence Avenue in Oshakati on Saturday evening, after a 29-year-old man lost control of his car. Kahona was rushed to the Katutura hospital for
readPirates, Stars in epic clash
20-11-2009
A COLOSSAL encounter is at hand when Orlando Pirates and African Stars meet in possibly the biggest clash in the MTC Premiership first round at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Kick-off is at 20h00.The
readZim soldiers leave diamond fields
20-11-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe has started withdrawing soldiers from diamond fields in the east of the country after recommendations by the Kimberly Process and criticism over rights abuses, state media reported
readUS funding ups African AIDS drive
20-11-2009
KAMPALA – A new N$88 million family planning drive launched on Wednesday highlights how Obama administration funding has revamped a contraception drive in Africa and developing states, UN officials
readBig Brother Africa 4: The day the swag sagged!
20-11-2009
EEEEEEEUW! There’s stuff going down in the Big Brother house. Serious stuff!And I’m not talking about this week’s science project. The cat’s out of the bag, the porridge is on the stove and Kevin’s
readWhy We Must Vote
20-11-2009
NEXT week Namibians will go to the polls in the Presidential and National Assembly elections. While voting is not compulsory in this country, it is nevertheless important that our people turn out in
readElections Reveal Worst-Case Scenario About Tribalism And Race
20-11-2009
FIFTEEN political parties will contest the forthcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections. Of these fifteen, the overwhelming majority of them can’t claim to have a constituency that is
readNamibia and Palestine: A Retrospective Reflection
20-11-2009
WHY Namibia, why Palestine? And why now? I’m sure that’s the immediate question that comes to mind when reading this headline. This is understandable. I however, urge all of us to dig deep into our
readThe End Of The TV Licence Fee?
20-11-2009
THE recent call by the RDP for a boycott of the NBC television licence, due to alleged bias by the public broadcaster, harks back to similar calls by the Afrikaans-speaking community in South Africa
readRecall Mbuende: Ngurare
20-11-2009
SPYL Secretary Elijah Ngurare yesterday called for the head of Namibia’s Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Dr Kaire Mbuende.Ngurare said that Mbuende should be “recalled and be relieved of
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readMore voter roll discrepancies
20-11-2009
ABOUT 132 Namibians who are below the voting age of 18 years have registered as voters and received their cards while some 103 voters registered twice and 12 voters, among them Tobie Aupindi, Managing
readKoch’s widow scores victory
20-11-2009
A BITTER dispute between the widow and the former lawyer of the late German extradition target Hans Jurgen Koch made a return to the High Court this week, with Koch’s widow scoring a courtroom win
readNoteable Quotes
20-11-2009
THEY gave me an old microphone. It was a cordless one. – Singer Ras Dumisani explaining to SA’s Talk Radio 702 why his rendition of the national anthem at the rugby match between France and the
readPolitical Perspective
20-11-2009
WITH the polling days in our 2009 presidential and National Assembly elections now virtually upon us, we already need to start taking stock of the whole process that has preceded the ballot with a
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