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63 Articles found on Friday, 27 August 2010
Telecom Namibia ‘good for credit’
27-08-2010
FITCH Ratings yesterday gave Telecom Namibia the credit thumbs-up, affirming its long-term local currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘BBB-’ and national long-term rating at ‘A(zaf)’, with both
readDisputed millions flow into Sacu coffers
27-08-2010
THE nearly N$800 million in customs pool revenue which South Africa owed Namibia following a ruling by the Sacu Tribunal last December, have been paid over to the Treasury.Deputy Finance Minister
readInvestors, electorate eye Nigeria power reform plans
27-08-2010
LAGOS – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan presented a roadmap yesterday for ending chronic power shortages, aimed not just at infrastructure financiers and industrialists who wanted to hear what he
readWorld’s eyes on Namibia in Shanghai
27-08-2010
NAMIBIA celebrated its national day the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in China yesterday.Namibia Week, which ends today, was launched by Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob earlier this week, and was
readSA union snubs talk of mine nationalisation
27-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it was against the blanket nationalisation of mines and urged the government instead to invest in the sector through a
readCosatu threatens to cut ties with ANC
27-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s top labour federation Cosatu threatened yesterday to sever its long-standing alliance with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and widen a state workers’ strike
readEconomic blocs set rules for FTAs
27-08-2010
THREE African regional economic blocs have created a draft agreement which paves the way for the setting up of a US$624 billion free trade area (FTA). The draft includes 14 annexes that deal with
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$500!!
27-08-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is another N$500. Just send an SMS to 45045. All you have to do is type in BB. It’s as simple as that! Each SMS costs
readBig Brother Africa: From You to Us
27-08-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our BBA e-mail address:• Can’t NBC remove some boring documentaries and talk shows and slot in Big Brother Africa? We pay our TV licences and we are missing the best reality
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
27-08-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Munya is the most sexiest beast alive on Big
readBig Brother Africa: In case you missed it!
27-08-2010
* The housemates’ task this week is to run a radio station 24/7 (eight hours for the Barnmates), with music, talk shows, news headlines, call-in programmes … in fact, the full monty. Last I looked
readBig Brother Africa: Dude, who stole our votes?!
27-08-2010
AMAZING how reality imitates real life!BBA Namibian fans are demanding a recount after Namibia allegedly failed to vote in favour of its own daughter, Meryl, last week. S’true. Accusations are flying
readOp for maid with nails in her body
27-08-2010
COLOMBO – A Sri Lankan housemaid with 24 nails embedded in her body after allegedly being tortured by her employer is to undergo surgery today, her doctors said.LT Ariyawathi, 49, said her employer in
readGerman pop star sentenced in HIV trial
27-08-2010
DARMSTADT – An HIV-positive pop star who infected a former sex partner with the virus walked free yesterday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence.The court in Darmstadt,
readIn Brief
27-08-2010
SA wants to join so-called BRIC nationsBEIJING – South Africa wants to be considered among the leaders of the developing world along with Brazil, Russia, India and China, its president said, pushing
readMore tests on MI6 worker’s body
27-08-2010
LONDON – More tests were carried out yesterday on the body of a man who worked for Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service MI6 found at a flat near the agency’s headquarters.The body of Gareth Williams,
readNorth Korea’s Kim visits China
27-08-2010
BEIJING – North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was in China yesterday on his second visit this year to his country’s biggest source of diplomatic and financial support, according to teachers at
readMan gets 20 years for shaking baby
27-08-2010
NEVADA – A man who prosecutors say shook his infant daughter so hard that she suffered massive brain injuries, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Gerardo Espinosa shook the little baby because
readRestaurants scramble after massive egg recall
27-08-2010
CHICAGO – Eggs sunny-side-up are still on the menu. But restaurants nationwide are keeping a closer eye on egg suppliers and reminding diners of the dangers of undercooked food after a massive recall
readTime For Probing Questions
27-08-2010
THERE is a tendency, a new phenomenon, that has taken hold and impacted on post-colonial, and post-’Liberation Struggle’ Africa. And that is the emergence of the politically empowered and connected
readOn Namibia’s Rural Cashless Society
27-08-2010
NAMIBIA boasts one of the highest GDPs per capita on the African continent. Which is in on average five times the per capita GDP of Africa’s poorest countries. This should ideally mean that
readThe NUNW Challenge
27-08-2010
THE national congress of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) with the theme: ‘Back to Basics’ will take place next month in Soweto, Katutura, when delegates from affiliated unions will
readNeed To Fast-Track Policy Implementation
27-08-2010
RECENTLY there have been debates about the way public policies are being implemented. Questions usually asked are: how can public policies be implemented faster in order to achieve operational
readPaying Tribute Where It Is Due
27-08-2010
THE 30th August 2010 marks a quarter of a century of independent reporting by The Namibian newspaper. It was on that date in 1985 that the first edition of the newspaper hit the streets of
readA 25-Year Milestone
27-08-2010
AUGUST 30 marks a 25-year milestone in the history of The Namibian. Since our founding on this date in 1985, we have survived the tumultuous apartheid era, the country's transition to Independence,
readEntrenching A Gerontocracy In Namibia
27-08-2010
ONE of the most defining features of African demographics, including Namibia, is that we have young populations. In fact, according to official government statistics from the National Planning
readCould There Be An End To The Zimbabwean Crisis?
27-08-2010
OUR ship of state is today sinking! A few are manipulating the system to their advantage, but our intellectuals, our women, our youth, the masses are being flushed down the drain. All our systems,
readTime To Incorporate The Youth Is Now!
27-08-2010
IN the next few months political party leaders will have the daunting task of finalising their lists of candidates for the upcoming local and regional authority elections.Sections, branches and
readOshipundi sha Tjiwarongo tashi kondjelwa
27-08-2010
OSHIPUNDI shUukansela woshikandjohogololo sha Tjiwarongo otashi ilongekidhilwa kookandidate dhi vule pu yimwe meni lyethimbo efupi omanga omahogololo gomalelo giitopolwa niilando inaa ga ningwa mo 26
readOmuperesidende a egulula ondjila mOmaheke
27-08-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa egulula ondjila yopokati kEpukiro Eiseb Gam.Ondjila ndjika yoomanya oya egululwa konima yootundi mbali kwa tokelwa sho a thiki pehala mpoka nondhila. Pohamba
readEpangelo olya simaneka ashike AaChina
27-08-2010
AANIILONGA naagandji yiilonga oya ti kutya Epangelo olya simaneka unene AaChiina pehala lyokusimaneka AaNamibia. Elundilo ndika olye ya petameko lyoshigongi shehangano lyaaniilonga ya Metal and
readShaduka ina monika ondjo yedhipago
27-08-2010
OMUNANGESHEFA Lazarus Shaduka ke na ondjo medhipago ihe okwa monika ondjo medhipago lyaashi lyoshiningile wina.Shaduka okwa monika ishewe ondjo monkambadhala yokuya ompango moshipala. Omupanguli Kato
readOshipotha sha Kamati na Shipanga sha undulilwa komeho
27-08-2010
OSHIPOTHA shaalumentu yaali ta ya tamanekelwa eponokelo lyaatalelipo yaali Aandowisihi kuuninginino wa Venduka – sha ningwa konyala omimvo ndatu dha piti po, otashi ka tsikila mu Desemba
readAaherero onkee taya pula ya futwe ku Ndowishi
27-08-2010
EPANGELO lya Ndowishi nolya Namibia oga indilwa kaga holeke oshinima she pulo lyAaHerero ya futwe ku Ndowishi, omolu iilonga yomiyonena ye yi ningilwa kAaNdowishi pethimbo lyiita yomumvo 1904 sigo
readAlonso chases Spa four in a row for Ferrari
27-08-2010
LONDON – Fernando Alonso will be chasing Ferrari’s fourth Belgian Grand Prix victory in a row on Sunday while hoping that Mark Webber again fails to shine at Spa-Francorchamps.Championship leader
readU-19 cricket qualifiers set to start in Windhoek
27-08-2010
Namibia will face Botswana in their first match of the ICC Africa Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers that will be held in Windhoek from Sunday to September 5. Eight countries will participate in
readEnglish Premier League fixtures
27-08-2010
Tomorrow: Blackburn Rovers v Arsenal (1245) Blackpool v Fulham (1500) Chelsea v Stoke City (1500) Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic (1500) Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United (1500)
readBenni McCarthy fit to play for 13 minutes
27-08-2010
BENNI McCarthy is making some progress in his gruelling “battle of the bulge”. West Ham United manager Avram Grant now apparently believes Bafana Bafana’s all-time top scorer is fit enough to play 13
readPocock wary of Steyn’s return
27-08-2010
CAPE TOWN – Australia flanker David Pocock expects South Africa to be boosted by the return of fullback Francois Steyn in tomorow’s Tri-Nations match in Pretoria.Steyn, who plays for Racing Metro in
readFive codes for Commonwealth
27-08-2010
ONLY five Namibian sports codes have so far qualified for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi, India from October 3 to 14.However, more sporting codes are expected to qualify before August
readNo surprises in Spain: it’s Madrid vs Barca again
27-08-2010
MADRID - Tomorrow’s kickoff in the Spanish league may attract greater attention following Spain’s World Cup triumph, but one detail seems unlikely to change - the season will again come down to a duel
readSMSes for Friday 27 August 2010
27-08-2010
* RESPECT must be earned; whether by male or female; by employer or employee; by politicians; by civil servants; by everyone – it can never be demanded! Food for Thought * DOES the Anti-Corruption
readWitvlei Meat has to pay former workers
27-08-2010
WITVLEI Meat needs to fork out close to N$200 000 by tomorrow following an order by the Office of the Labour Commissioner for unfairly and unreasonably suspending 17 employees in 2007.This came after
readWindhoek suffers architectural identity crisis
27-08-2010
THE powers that be who decide about architecture in Namibia, especially in Windhoek, are missing the boat, acclaimed Windhoek architect Jaco Wasserfall said in an interview with The Namibian last
readUnited we stand
27-08-2010
THE WOMEN’S movement in Namibia can learn a lesson or two from women in Zimbabwe, who have united despite different cultural, political and religious backgrounds.This according to a group of 20
readTown regrading a ‘sad move’
27-08-2010
THE secretary general of the Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN), Adam Isaacs, has called a recent decision to regrade eight local authorities before the November elections a “very sad move”.In an
readSwakop man gets 5 years for shooting girlfriend
27-08-2010
TOMMAS Naweseb (34) received a five-year prison sentence in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for shooting his girlfriend in the chest in March 2009.One year was suspended for five years on
readProstitution ‘rampant’ in Namibia, doubled in some areas
27-08-2010
THE world’s oldest profession is ‘rampant’ in Namibia, with statistics showing that prostitution has gone up by 100 per cent in some places in the country over the last four years.So said Merab
readMissing ‘struggle child’ not dead
27-08-2010
POLICE and soldiers yesterday morning captured a young man who ran away instead of joining other ‘children of the liberation struggle’ who were recently kicked out of the Berg Aukas camp.Chief
readMeatco unhappy with export quota to Norway
27-08-2010
LEAKED information about the latest Cabinet decision to split a beef export quota of about 1 600 tonnes equally between two local meat exporters has left one of them unhappy.Meatco, which has been
readEgyptian envoy’s daughter dies in car crash
27-08-2010
THE outgoing Egyptian ambassador to Namibia, Dr Mohammed Hadi Mostafa el Tonsi, and his wife are so shocked by the death of their 22-year-old daughter that they are unable to speak to the media.Aida
readDiamond industry must end illicit trading
27-08-2010
AMSTERDAM – The diamond industry, under scrutiny after supermodel Naomi Campbell’s war crimes testimony and a crisis in Zimbabwe, must take decisive measures to avoid a potential return of conflict
readBremen senator in Nam
27-08-2010
THE senator for development co-operation of the city state of Bremen, Germany, visited Namibia last week to discuss parliamentary co-operation and exchange at the invitation of Swapo Chief Whip Peter
readAccountant nabbed in cheque theft saga
27-08-2010
THE assistant accountant of the Municipality of Usakos, Klaas Uanga, has become the fifth person to be arrested in connection with the theft of four cheques from this municipality recently.Uanga was
readHilongwa fight postponed
27-08-2010
Joseph ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa’s fight for the vacant WBA Pan – African Flyweight title against South African Doctor Ntsele that was scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed.Kinda Nangolo, Hilongwa’s
readNamibia recovering, but still fragile
27-08-2010
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of Namibia (BoN) on Wednesday said domestic economic recovery remains on track, but warned that shaky global recovery poses a risk to Namibia’s
readPakistan floods threaten three towns as levee fails
27-08-2010
KARACHI – Pakistani officials urged anyone left in three southern towns yesterday to evacuate immediately as floodwaters broke through a levee, endangering areas previously untouched by the country’s
readPohamba ‘no puppet’ of Nujoma
27-08-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has reiterated that he is not a marionette of founding President Sam Nujoma.“When I say this, they say I am a puppet,” Pohamba said, referring to him praising Nujoma for
readPohamba pardons some prisoners
27-08-2010
WHILE addressing the nation at the Heroes’ Day commemoration held at Lüderitz yesterday, President Hifikepunye Pohamba announced a pardon for certain categories of prisoners.Sub-Article 3 (d) of
readIrregularities with livestock exports to RSA confirmed
27-08-2010
LIVESTOCK exported to South Africa from Namibia is sometimes accompanied by false declarations in order to avoid higher levies and value added tax (VAT) payments, meat industry experts in that country
readShaduka awaits sentencing
27-08-2010
“MY family will never be the same again.” More than two years after his daughter’s gunshot death, this was part of the message that Leopold Shaimemanya delivered in the High Court in Windhoek on
readNotable Quotes
27-08-2010
I have a problem with our Government’s lack of support. We are running to the Chinese people, because they have the support from their government and we are ignoring our own people. – A participant
readPolitical Perspective
27-08-2010
THE word ‘hero’ (heroine) comes from the Ancient Greek ‘heros’, and our country continues to grapple with the concept as to who or what a hero or heroine is. The concept has also changed in meaning
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