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57 Articles found on Friday, 23 April 2010
Membership a challenge for NCCI
23-04-2010
SMALL membership is one of the key challenges faced by the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI).NCCI’s outgoing chairman Kauna Ndilula expressed concern at their annual general meeting
readMiami sports donor charged with US$900 million fraud
23-04-2010
MIAMI/WASHINGTON – US authorities on Wednesday accused a Miami Beach, Florida, businessman of allegedly running a US$900 million investment scam in which some of the defrauded investors’ money was
readMajor currencies may need to weaken
23-04-2010
WASHINGTON – Heavily indebted rich countries may need to weaken their currencies to promote exports because reducing government debt will probably slow domestic growth, an IMF official has said.The
readSARB committed to low inflation
23-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Reserve Bank is committed to promoting financial stability and maintaining low inflation, its chief economist Monde Mnyande said yesterday.Mnyande, advisor to Governor
readBanks face fresh hit from IMF twin tax
23-04-2010
LONDON – To embellish Benjamin Franklin’s quote: “In this world, nothing is certain but death and bank taxes.”Sure enough, European and US banks could pay over US$35 billion a year under twin taxes
readVolcanic ash delays polio shots for Sierra Leone
23-04-2010
FREETOWN – The health ministry says a polio vaccination campaign in the West African nation of Sierra Leone is being delayed because of European flight problems caused by volcanic ash.The polio
readSA to hold crisis talks on Madagascar soon
23-04-2010
Antananarivo – The protagonists in Madagascar’s political crisis have agreed to attend talks in South Africa on April 28.President Andry Rajoelina ousted Marc Ravalomanana with the help of dissident
readIran’s President Ahmadinejad visits Zimbabwe
23-04-2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, one of President Robert Mugabe’s dwindling number of international allies, was due to begin a state visit to Zimbabwe yesterday to officiate
readS Korea ‘warned’ of sub attack
23-04-2010
SEOUL – Military intelligence officers had warned earlier this year that North Korea was preparing a suicide submarine attack on a South Korean vessel in retaliation for an earlier defeat in a sea
readTension deepens in Bangkok
23-04-2010
BANGKOK – Thailand’s tense political standoff was nearing a climax yesterday with anti-government protesters preparing for battle in central Bangkok against tens of thousands of armed troops.The ‘red
readDirty, Rotten Power Hike
23-04-2010
THE move of NamPower is a dirty, unethical one which has to be condemned by every responsible citizen. It’s aimed at catching the nation with a ‘slap riem’. It is simply not right to let the nation
readA Long Wait For Residence
23-04-2010
Open Letter to Deputy Minister Kaiyamo CONGRATULATIONS on your inaugural speech to the personnel of the Ministry of Home Affairs.As one of the many who have suffered due to this Ministry’s ineptness
readOn 50% Women Representation
23-04-2010
I WATCHED and listened to the ‘Talk of The Nation’ on April 19 whereby Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana expressed her views on women representation in government and/or parliament.I would like to add
readGetting Our Just Desserts
23-04-2010
DID we not get what we deserve? Did we not vote Swapo into power again? Did we choose not to go and vote, because we have the attitude that Swapo will win again anyway? Do we want to keep on
readBritish Council Responds To ‘Need To Read’
23-04-2010
I REFER to the concern raised by Ms Vera Leech of Swakopmund in ‘The Namibian’, Friday April 16 2010 (‘Reading and Non-Performance’).Ms Leech made a passionate and cogent argument for the
readFor Love And Not Money
23-04-2010
I WANT to agree and congratulate Vera Leech. I have noticed in my family, the children who were failing at school were the ones who can’t read.I made that conclusion, that if you cant read, how will
readThe Products Of Passion
23-04-2010
I’M a very proud reader of your respective newspaper: The Namibian and a big fan of The Weekender. I learn different things every Friday when I open this supplement and it is so inspiring to read
readPut ‘Obese’ Ministers On Health Regimes
23-04-2010
AT Independence, most Ministers received Mercedes cars. Later these were replaced by Toyota Camrys and then Volvos. This was a relative downgrade by GRN to set an example in restrained spending. The
readCheck The Safety Of Field Trips
23-04-2010
I HAVE been following the story closely about the boy who was lost in the Namib-Naukluft Park. I am very sorry for the child’s family at this difficult time but I feel that some valuable lessons
readThe Oppression Of Corporal Punishment
23-04-2010
I TAKE strong exception to the violence and militarism being so openly propagated by the far-right Kosie Pretorius (‘Spare the rod, spoil the child’ –The Namibian, April 16 2010).Corporal punishment
readNambinga ta nyenyeta iilonga yocomrade
23-04-2010
ONGUNDU yo Rally for Democracy anda Progress oya ti omukalo gwepangelo gwokugandja iilonga “koocomrades” na gu hulithwepo.Amushanga gwomauyelele mongundu ndjoka, Jeremia Nambinga okwa indile Swapo opo
readNghimtina a hala ehangano ta li wilike Vision 2030
23-04-2010
MINISTA gwIilonga Niiyenditho, ota ti ondungethaneko yepangelo yokomumvo 2030 oya pumbwa okwendelela, na oya pumbwa okulonga nokutala kokule, opo yaadhe omalalakano gawo, onkene osha pumbiwa opo pa
readIilonga yomatuko ya tameke
23-04-2010
OMAHANGANO goondhila ogendji mwakwatelwa na Air Namibia oga tameke ishewe iilonga yokutuka mewangandjo okuya ko Europe. Iilonga oya tameke konima sho oshikogo shomutoko sha za mondundu ha yi kungu
readSam Nujoma na Auguste Taanyanda ga egululwa
23-04-2010
OMAPANDAANDA gaali gomoshilando sha Ngwediva , limwe lya lukilwa Omukokolipresidende, Sam Nujoma na limwe lya lukilwa Omunambelewa Omukuluntupitithi gwondoolopa ya Ngwediva kwali nakusa,Auguste
readJerry Ekandjo a tilitha Shixwameni
23-04-2010
OMINISTA Yomapangelo giilando, Iitopolwa nOmagumbo, oya indile omutotimpango gwompilameno opo kaa tule osheetwa po she poshitaafula moshigongi shopashigwana, kombinga yonkalo yomagumbo nomalukalwa
readIiningwanima itano yekunku lyo H1N1 ya kolekwa
23-04-2010
OPENA ngashiingeyi iiningwanima itano yuuvu wekunku lyo H1N1 ya kolekwa moshilongo .Mbika ayihe oya kolekwa kaantu mboka ya pangwa omolwa ekunku ndyoka moshitopolwa shErongo.Shika osha kolekwa
readAthletics is nothing, says Caster Semenya
23-04-2010
PRETORIA – In-limbo world champion Caster Semenya says athletics is “nothing” to her and she is prepared to walk away from the sport. “For me, running is nothing. Honestly, it’s nothing,” Semenya
readBlue Bulls must be on their guard
23-04-2010
IRONY has come greater than a high-riding Bulls defeat by a winless derby opponent – and that is the reality the defending champions have to guard against when they play the Lions in a Super 14 match
readTwo Namibians in the African X
23-04-2010
TWO Namibian long-distance runners will compete in the annual African X Trailrun from May 7 to 9 in South Africa.Irene Steyn and Adele de la Rey will be taking part as teammates in this year’s
readNamibia squash season heats up
23-04-2010
MARCO Becker claimed the Nashua Wanderers Open with an emphatic 3 -0 win over Norberth Dorgeloh last weekend. The Namibian-born squash player, who had been playing abroad in the past few years before
readBenzema in prostitution probe
23-04-2010
PARIS – France striker Karim Benzema will be questioned as a witness by police investigating a prostitution network, a police source close to the case said on Wednesday.No date for the hearing has
readRobben puts Bayern ahead
23-04-2010
MUNICH – Arjen Robben spared Franck Ribery’s blushes with a spectacular strike to lift Bayern Munich to a 1-0 win over Olympique Lyon in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.The
readFootball Fixtures
23-04-2010
English Premier League Man Utd v Tottenham 13h45 Wolverhampton v Blackburn 16h00 Bolton v Portsmouth 16h00 West Ham v Wigan 16h00 Hull v Sunderland 16h00 Arsenal v Man City
readKazenambo launches FIFA Grassroots Festival
23-04-2010
THE International Federation of Football Associations’ (FIFA) Grassroots Festival was launched by Sport Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo on Wednesday.The festival will be hosted by the Mandume Primary
readKeep politics and tradition apart
23-04-2010
RECENT years have seen a marked increase in traditional disputes all over Namibia. Disunity has almost become the order of the day in many traditional authorities and it is mainly fuelled by the
readThe ‘Juniorisation’ Of OPM Under Nahas Angula
23-04-2010
NAHAS Angula showed his republican zeal by doing an interview with Brigitte Weidlich, ‘OPM there to do a job, not for limelight: Nahas’ (The Namibian, 16 April 2010) in which he set the record
readPohamba and the Africanisation of Namibian Politics
23-04-2010
THE nation-state in Namibia was a colonial imposition. The apartheid system practised a policy of divide and rule. Thus the process of moulding various ethnic entities into one nation has always been
readOpposition Must Take Their Seats
23-04-2010
ELECTED Members of Parliament for the DTA of Namibia, Republican Party and the Rally for Democracy and Progress must go back to Parliament! They have made their point by boycotting sessions for a
readSMSes for Friday 23 April 2010
23-04-2010
* WHAT are the procedures that these car washers need to go through because these people are trying to make a living in an honest way and all they need is proper advice. They are not stealing washing
readSwiss tour guide stabbed at Omaruru lodge
23-04-2010
TOUR guide Susanne Schafer, who was leading a group of 23 European tourists, was attacked and stabbed in her room at a lodge near Omaruru on Monday.The attacker, who has still not been arrested, ran
readThe freedom to be poor
23-04-2010
SURROUNDED by striking poverty, a lack of electricity, scattered communal water sources and unsanitary living conditions, residents of Havana in Katutura nonetheless mainly expressed joy and
readRDP want jobs for its top crop and others
23-04-2010
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has called for jobs for some of its members as well as other qualified Namibians who have been frozen out of the market because they are suspected to be
readPanga killers guilty of double murder
23-04-2010
THE two young men accused of murdering a Russian farming couple in a brutal panga attack near Okahandja almost two years ago were both convicted on two counts of murder and a charge of robbery with
readNWR cleans up Tane Mahuta Ai-Ais mess
23-04-2010
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) paid at least N$1,2 million last year to a number of sub-contractors for work they did for Tane Mahuta for the Ai-Ais renovation project. At least two sub-contractors
readNewspaper editor slammed with drunk driving charge
23-04-2010
THE editor of the Swapo mouthpiece Namibia Today, Asser Ntinda, does not know whether he was driving under the influence over the weekend.Ntinda was stopped at a roadblock, had to give a blood sample
readFlooded Caprivi has water shortage
23-04-2010
THE Caprivi Regional Council’s attempts to help the close to 10 500 flood victims is facing another challenge – the provision of drinking water.According to the region’s governor, Leonard Mwilima,
readEvery MP and Ministry must create jobs: Kapia
23-04-2010
THE unemployment rate in Namibia stood at 51 per cent, affecting mainly young people and every Member of Parliament and every civil servant should feel the patriotic need to create jobs, Swapo MP
read‘Dr Fish’ talks about the past and the future
23-04-2010
The Namibian’s Adam Hartman spoke to new Education Minister Abraham Iyambo about his former portfolio as Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister and the way forward.How do you feel about the change to
readNightmare trip to Namibia for two Angolan women
23-04-2010
HONESTY has landed two young Angolan women in a Namibian prison. What started as a dream move to Namibia to further their studies ended in a nightmare in Namibian holding cells. Susana Kayembe (25)
readStars aim to halt Pirates surge
23-04-2010
MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) champions African Stars will want to see off Orlando Pirates’ challenge for league honours when the two table-topping sides clash at the Sam Nujoma Stadium
read‘Tighten those food belts’
23-04-2010
CONSUMERS should brace themselves for higher groceries bills in the coming months as expensive fuel and electricity will drive most food prices up, First Capital has cautioned.The situation will be
readMeasles spreading in Africa
23-04-2010
DAKAR – Almost 200 children have died of measles in 16 African countries in three months, the UN World Health Organisation and UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) said yesterday, asking for funds for
readSchoolgirl ‘sold’ for N$1 500
23-04-2010
A CLOUD of uncertainty hangs over the life of an 18-year-old schoolgirl from Noordoewer who has nowhere to go when the schools close today.The girl, a grade 9 pupil at EHW Baard Senior Secondary
readSacu at 100 eyes transformation
23-04-2010
THE Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) will be transformed from a customs union into a body to deepen regional integration in southern Africa beyond the existing five member states and to “serve as
readCops guilty in death case
23-04-2010
SEVEN of the nine Police officers accused of killing a theft suspect during an extended interrogation session at the Keetmanshoop Police Station in early 2006 were found guilty on a charge of culpable
readNotable Quotes
23-04-2010
God has a problem with Namibia. We say we are true Christians but we are not. They (pastors) only talk about money, money, money. – A Kenyan man who calls himself a prophet in a video posted on
readPolitical Perspective
23-04-2010
I DON’T pretend to be an economist or financial expert, and even though the Budget is pretty much a done deal, I remain concerned with the huge expenditure on defence. It is good to learn that
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