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78 Articles found on Friday, 21 May 2010
NamPower to spend N$17bn on power projects
21-05-2010
WALVIS BAY – People must be prepared to pay a little more for electricity in order for NamPower to sustain its electricity supply and invest in its capital projects.NamPower’s Managing Director
readIf no EPA solution, Sacu might end: Hage Geingob
21-05-2010
SIGNING or not signing the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union would have consequences for Namibian trade either way, but no agreement was better than a bad one, Trade
readOhorongo Cement gets private rail siding
21-05-2010
TRANSNAMIB HOLDINGS on Tuesday signed an agreement with D&M Tracks for the construction of a private railway siding at the Ohorongo Cement plant near Otavi.TransNamib CEO Titus Haimbili said the
readGrowth sprouts still green, just not bright green
21-05-2010
FNB Namibia economist Daniel Motinga this week stuck to his conservative guns that the local economic will on average only grow by 3,2 per cent this year and next year, significantly lower than the
readChina cracks down on 3 000 for graft
21-05-2010
BEIJING – China disclosed widespread corruption yesterday linked to its multibillion-dollar stimulus, announcing that thousands of officials have been jailed for embezzlement and other abuses.Local
readATM inventor dies in Scotland at 84
21-05-2010
LONDON – A Scotsman who came up with the idea for the world’s first automatic cash machine while sitting in the bath after he was locked out of his bank has died at the age of 84.John
readMerkel calls for ‘signal of strength’
21-05-2010
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on the world’s rich and developing nations to send a “signal of strength” on regulation of markets and the financial industry.Merkel has stepped up
readCalls to review oil sector regulation
21-05-2010
STOCKHOLM – The US government is not alone in ceding responsibility to the oil industry for the design of key safety features on offshore rigs, a trend coming under scrutiny worldwide following the
readAfghan officials: tail of missing plane spotted
21-05-2010
KABUL – Search craft yesterday spotted the tail of a commercial airliner that disappeared on Monday while flying over the Hindu Kush mountains with 44 people on board, Afghan officials said.Air
readArmy and police clash in Madagascar capital
21-05-2010
ANTANANARIVO – Soldiers and police clashed in what a police colonel described as a failed mutiny yesterday in Madagascar’s capital, leaving one police officer dead and five wounded, officials said.The
read500 Million euro theft from Paris art museum
21-05-2010
PARIS – At least one thief carried out the biggest known robbery of a Paris museum and fled with five paintings by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and other major names, worth 500 million euros,
readMalema’s song ban off to the High Court
21-05-2010
JOHANESBURG – The ban on the singing of “shoot the boer” would remain in force until the first day the High Court in Johannesburg hears AfriForum’s hate speech complaint against ANC Youth League
readGay couple sentenced to maximum 14 years in Malawi
21-05-2010
BLANTYRE – A judge sentenced a couple to the maximum 14 years in prison with hard labour under Malawi’s anti-gay legislation, and crowds jeered the two men as they were driven from the court house to
readIn Brief
21-05-2010
59 Rebels killed in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia says it has killed 59 rebels in clashes in the restive southern Ogaden region, days after the insurgents said they inflicted heavy casualties on
readFrance approves draft law to ban the burqa
21-05-2010
PARIS – The French cabinet approved a draft law to ban the Muslim full-face veil from public spaces on Wednesday, opening the way for the text to go before parliament in July.“In this matter the
readWHO adopts global strategy to combat alcohol abuse
21-05-2010
GENEVA – Nations adopted a global strategy to reduce alcohol abuse yesterday, breaking decades of silence on one of the leading causes of death and facing down an industry wary of new taxes and
readPhDs And Their ‘Budget Baloney’
21-05-2010
WHAT was this strange piece of undemocratic baloney signed by three youthful PhD’s meant to be? Was it meant to be proof that even the degree PhD is of no practical value anymore in our country? Was
readToilet Disaster In Schuckmansburg
21-05-2010
ALLOW me through the attached photograph to reveal the poor sanitary conditions in the camp of Schuckmansburg.We request the Ministry of Health to send health inspectors to come and see the toilet
readViva ACC State Doctor Probe
21-05-2010
THE idea by the ACC Director, Paulus Noa, to investigate State Doctors is a welcome move. Doctors are unavailable at State hospitals due to the fact that they consider their business first. How many
readThanks To Media For Service To Consumers
21-05-2010
ALLOW me to express my gratitude to The Namibian newspaper and journalists such as Brigitte Weidlich and Jo-Mare Duddy for bringing the other side of the coin, the consumer viewpoint, to the fore.
readNot BIG Grant For All
21-05-2010
LET me join my fellow countrymen who had something to say on the topic of Basic of Income Grant (BIG). To be honest I think that both the BIG Coalition partners and President Pohamba got it wrong on
readThe Dangers Of Tribalism
21-05-2010
IN much of the African continent we know that post independence political identity is unfortunately defined not by ideology but much by tribal identity. It is a matter of clan, family, or tribe.
readRhetoric A Pointless Exercise
21-05-2010
POLITICAL rhetoric which is pointlessly repeated is a futile exercise. After twenty years I still do not know what is meant by Swapo when they talk about regional and Africa unity.To the Swapo Party
readGay Launch No Rainbow Event
21-05-2010
I AM grateful that The Namibian both advertised and covered the launch of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Network of Namibia. The launch party of the organisation was a queer affair – both
readFrom Pillar To Post At Internet Providers
21-05-2010
I THINK it would be of benefit to people who are trying to decide which Internet service provider to choose if I describe the service I received from Africaonline and MWeb during the last week.They
readHistory or Hysteria And The ‘Old Days’
21-05-2010
IT is a shame that the experience of the past, how Namibia was administered in the old days, is simply neglected by the administration and their bedfellows of today.A good example is the article
readGratuitous Travel Must End
21-05-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has been called upon, and apparently is engaged in, vetting the overseas trips and travel of top politicians and civil servants.This doesn’t make much sense if he himself
readWhat Can Africa Show The World After 50 Years Of Independence?
21-05-2010
THE year 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the first wave of 17 African countries that gained independence from former European colonial powers. For many of these countries, it is a moment worth
readBetween The Word And The Country
21-05-2010
IT is now long overdue. I am joining the chorus calling for the lifting of the ban on The Namibian newspaper by our Government. And it is good to hear some of those voices include a Government
readSwapo 2012 picking up
21-05-2010
LET me cut to the chase. The race for Swapo’s 2012 congress has started interfering with the proper running of local authorities.Some mayors are being ‘forced’ onto ratepayers and the electorate must
readEkuto lyaaniilonga moNAMDEB li li koombunda
21-05-2010
Atu indile kEpangelo lyetu li tu kwathele muudhigu wetu tu wu na huka koNAMDEB. Tu na aakuti yaantu miilonga itaya landula omulandu ngoka gwa tulwa po kUuministeli wOomina nOonkondo dhOlusheno kutya,
readUufuthi womalovu wa tewa po
21-05-2010
UUFUTHI womalovu wa longekidhwa, mboka wa fala meyako lyiipakete opyindji yomalovu ngoka ga landithwapo mookamba dhomalovu odhindji moKatutura sha Windhoek owa teya gulwa po komiya dha shinana
readAatotimpango taya londodha kombinga yevi
21-05-2010
AATOTIMPANGO moshigongi shopashigwana oya ponokele aanafaalama yiilumbu, pethimbo lyoonkundathana dhomutengenekothaneko gwUuministeli womavi. Konyala aatotimpango yeli yatatu oya londodha kutya ngele
readSwapo a kutha mo Tiboth muukansela poKeetmanshoop
21-05-2010
ONGUNDU yo Swapo oya kuthamo kansela, nameya nale gwa Keetmanshoop muukansela melelo lyoshilando shoka. Simon Petrus Tiboth okwa lundilwa kutya aniwa okwiimanga kumwe noongundu dhompilameno mewiliko
readEwi lya manguluka nali galuke; Aanyasha yo RDP taya pula
21-05-2010
MOSHIGONGI shawo shAatoolinkundana ye shi ningila mOngwediva mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, aanyasha yOngundu yo RDP mOmushangwa gwawo gwIikundaneki ngoka gwa leshwa ku Amushanga gwOpevi gwAanyasha yo RDP
readEhepeko lyiinamwenyo monooli ya Windhoek
21-05-2010
EHANGANO lyokugamena iinamwenyo moWindhoek SPCA oshiwike shika olya kutha okambishi hoka kali ka yahwa noshikuti shuutati momukunda gwokonooli yoshilando. Oshikuti shika osha pitile montulo yokambishi
readOmahala goonkuluhedhi taga longele kumwe
21-05-2010
Minista Yaagundjuka, uudhano, iilonga yopashigwana noohedhi, Kazenambo Kazenambo okwa pandula ewilikongundu lyiikulunima noohedhi sho lya longekidha oshigongi shalyo moshitopolwa pehala lyo ku shi
readBruta Gotlieb Sheimi a mana oondjenda dhe
21-05-2010
OMWIIKALELI gwOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma moNamibian, Bruta Amutenya Gottlieb ya Sheimi okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Katoolika mOvenduka Osoondaha ya zi ko omoluuwehame nomepipi
readOlwiidhi lwiimuna ota lu hepeke aamuni yoonzi niikombo
21-05-2010
NGELE uuvu wolwiidhi lwa rift valley inawu keelelwa noku ngambekwa mbala, aaniimuna yoonzi niikombo otaya ka mona iihuna. Aaniimuna mbaka oye li nale meshongo kombinga yokulanditha iimuna yawo unene
readMee Naemi Nangula Ndiili hanga a mona uunona utatu
21-05-2010
MEME gwoomvula 24 gwomomukunda Omunyele mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, Naemi Nangula Ndiili, hanga a mona uunona we utatu, ashike uyali owa hulitha pokuvalwa, ano pokumonika, sha ningwa meti 12
readOshigwana moNooli onkee tashi monithwa iihuna koondjamba nokoonime
21-05-2010
OSHIGWANA oshilimimapya mIitopolwa Omusati nOshikoto, onkee tashi monithwa iihuna koondjamba nokoonime noshi li tashi kugu kEpangelo, ano kUuministeli wOmidhingoloko wu ninge po sha meendelelo ngashi
readOshigwana moNooli onkee tashi monithwa iihuna koondjamba nokoonime
21-05-2010
OSHIGWANA oshilimimapya mIitopolwa Omusati nOshikoto, onkee tashi monithwa iihuna koondjamba nokoonime noshi li tashi kugu kEpangelo, ano kUuministeli wOmidhingoloko wu ninge po sha meendelelo ngashi
readIilonga yekalekepo lyiikwapangelo momake gomalelo giitopolwa
21-05-2010
OSHIKONDO shiilonga yekalekepo lyiikwapangelo, unene lyiilongwamo kUuministeli wIilonga nOmaenditho muumbangalantu wopokati, Omaandaha goshiwike shika osha gandjwa momake gOmalelo giitopolwa Oshana,
readAfrican Stars aim to wrap up top prize
21-05-2010
DEFENDING MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) champions African Stars are in line to scoop the N$600 000 prize money should they beat Hotspurs in their penultimate league fixture tomorrow.Stars head the
readEssien on course to make World Cup
21-05-2010
LONDON – Ghana midfielder Michael Essien hopes to be given the all-clear to play in the World Cup after a meeting between his country’s Football Association and Chelsea’s medical staff this week.The
readMaradona runs over cameraman in car
21-05-2010
BUENOS AIRES – Argentina coach Diego Maradona yelled insults at an injured cameraman after accidentally running over his leg following his World Cup squad announcement.Driving a Mini to a news
readFootball: Ghanaian federation apologise to Ballack over tackle
21-05-2010
BERLIN – The Ghanaian football federation on Wednesday apologised to Germany skipper Michael Ballack for the tackle which ended his World Cup dreams.Chelsea star Ballack was ruled out of the finals
readFederer, Nadal brace for classic French Open showdown
21-05-2010
MADRID – Roger Federer shrugged off his Madrid Masters final defeat against Rafael Nadal and insisted it’s all to play for at the French Open where he is the defending champion.“The claycourt season
readParaguay squad robbed in France
21-05-2010
GRENOBLE – Paraguay football chief Juan Angel Napout insisted Wednesday that a burglary at their World Cup squad’s training camp in France would not interfere with preparations for next month’s
readChampion Bulls take Super 14 to Soweto
21-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The defending champions Bulls take their quest for a third Super 14 rugby title in four years to a stadium they have never played at when they face seven-time winner Canterbury in a
readFutsal Tourney for UN Plaza
21-05-2010
THE Khomas Indoor Soccer Futsal will have a World Cup Tournament on May 29 and 30 at the UN Plaza. Eighteen teams have already entered for the competition and other interested teams have until May 25
readYoung coaches improve their trade
21-05-2010
NAMIBIA’S promising coaches Timothy Tjongarero and Christy Khuruseb recently returned from Hannef, Germany, where they attended a two-week international coaching course.Upon their return, Timo
readBrave Gladiators marred by injuries
21-05-2010
THE Brave Gladiators’ preparations for the upcoming African Women’s Championship qualifier against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday at the Sam Nujoma Stadium have been marred by injuries.A media statement
readFifa coaching course starts Monday
21-05-2010
NAMIBIAN football is bracing itself for another FIFA course as the WIAWA Course for Elite Coaches starts on May 24 in Windhoek with Fifa Instructor Erich Rutemoller to conduct the course at Safari
readSmokey aims to smoke new opponent
21-05-2010
NAMIBIAN flyweight boxer Joseph ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa will no longer be fighting against South African Smangaliso Madonsela during the scheduled Kinda Promotions Boxing Bonanza tomorrow.Instead the
readSMSes for Friday 21 May 2010
21-05-2010
* IF medical staff at state hospitals are treating H1N1 infected patients rudely and stigmatising them without proper help, how are they treating HIV-AIDS patients who are poor and voiceless? * I’M
readSwapo elders want old-age homes
21-05-2010
SWAPO elders want to see more old-age homes in Katutura and an end to corruption and self-enrichment among party members. The Swapo Elders Council’s Khomas secretariat yesterday held a media briefing
readShejavali apologises to Eenhana council
21-05-2010
RETIRED priest Dr Abisai Shejavali said yesterday he would apologise for recent allegations he made against the Eenhana Town Council. In a letter published in The Namibian on March 5 2010 headlined
readSentencing awaits fire killer husband
21-05-2010
THE sentencing of Aroab resident Paul Steenkamp, who this week admitted that he murdered his wife five years ago by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire, is scheduled to take place in the
readSan fight land grab in Namibian park
21-05-2010
BORICHA – Pensioner Makena Makanga slowly savours a piece of manketti fruit unaware that the tree it came from will soon be chopped down and mulched along with the rest of her forest to make way for a
readPolice deny Interpol ivory seizure
21-05-2010
NO illegal elephant tusks or rhino horns were seized in Namibia during an operation co-ordinated by Interpol in five SADC countries at the beginning of this month, the Namibian Police said this
readNC wants more power
21-05-2010
THE National Council has called for the Constitution to be amended to give power to NC members to make amendments to bills referred to it by the National Assembly, as it has demonstrated that it has
readMothers’ Day gift lands man in jail
21-05-2010
RINUS Henry (27) was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment on Tuesday for stealing about N$3 800 from his employer because, according to him, he wanted to fix his mother’s car.Henry, who was working at
readHIV test results are confidential
21-05-2010
BE it positive or negative, no one’s HIV test result may be made known by anyone without their consent and anyone who breaches this could face legal action.The Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) says
readHeated debate in Parliament on orphans
21-05-2010
THE status of orphaned and vulnerable children caused a stir in the National Assembly on Tuesday night as the House debated the Gender and Child Welfare Ministry’s budget for the year. The debate left
readGovernment spends one billion dollars on grants
21-05-2010
THE State pensions for nearly 140 000 senior citizens and over 20 000 people with disabilities will cost N$1,04 billion in the new financial year, Labour Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko revealed on
readGood to know your HIV status
21-05-2010
NAMIBIA launched its third annual HIV testing day yesterday, with an emphasis on increasing male participation in the fight against the pandemic.“We call on men to show strength and care and to get
readGet rid of R200 notes soon
21-05-2010
A DECISION by the South African Reserve Bank to withdraw the old series of R200 notes and replace them with a new series due to rampant counterfeiting in that country may catch Namibians with such
readBIG rejects ‘conspiracy theory’ about funding
21-05-2010
HOT on the heels of the controversy that erupted after President Hifikepunye Pohamba publicly attacked the Basic Income Grant (BIG), another big storm is brewing around this project.In a strongly
read‘Innocent passenger’ misses court hearing in uranium case
21-05-2010
AS a result of an alleged assault which he claims to have suffered at the hands of the City Police, David Shidinifa could not join his two co-accused in another case in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s
readPirates gunning for league title
21-05-2010
IT is that time of the year again when Katutura is a hive of activity. Soccer seems to be on the lips of every resident, old or young, and already people, even from the same families, are starting to
read500 Million euro theft from Paris art museum
21-05-2010
PARIS – At least one thief carried out the biggest known robbery of a Paris museum and fled with five paintings by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and other major names, worth 500 million euros,
readRussia invests N$8bn in uranium sector
21-05-2010
MOSCOW – Russia is ready to invest about US$1 billion, nearly N$8 billion, to develop uranium deposits in Namibia, Sergei Kiriyenko, Chief Executive Officer of Rosatom, said yesterday following talks
readA few warm days left before cold sets in
21-05-2010
NAMIBIANS can look forward to a few more warm days before the icy cold sets in at the beginning of next month. Although the minimum temperatures are at the lower end of the scale currently, they will
readPS Negonga stays on
21-05-2010
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Erastus Negonga, is staying on in his post after winning a legal challenge against a decision
readNamdeb records 400m loss
21-05-2010
THE global recession, and subsequent drop in demand for luxury goods worldwide, smashed Namdeb’s net profits of N$598 million in 2008 into a net loss of N$414 million last year.Had it not been that
readNotable Quotes
21-05-2010
Why was nothing done against Elago and Brown when they teamed up with the opposition to remove Tiboth while he was the mayor in the first instance? – A supporter of former Keetmanshoop mayor Simon
readPolitical Perspective
21-05-2010
IF we can get ourselves to the point where all youth are educated to a minimal level of Grade 10, preferably Grade 12, would this not facilitate a less dependent society? I ask this question because
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