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61 Articles found on Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Keeping It Simple
09-11-2010
When presenting a new idea or proposal, chances are that you know more about the topic than your audience.When this is the case, it can be tempting to bombard them with data and analysis. But rather
read‘Country is doing relatively well’
09-11-2010
A PROMINENT local economist who is following the global economic impact on Namibia, said the country is “relatively doing well”.Klaus Schade told Nampa in an interview yesterday that although the
readWorkers get shares in airport development
09-11-2010
WORKERS are set to get 25 per cent of the shares in the Sungate Project at Hosea Kutako International Airport through Labour Investment Holdings (LIH), the investment arm of the National Union of
readAfrica Business Briefs
09-11-2010
Royal Bafokeng has stock market debut JOHANNESBURG – A South African mining company owned by an ethnic group in northern South Africa has soared in its first day of trading on the Johannesburg Stock
readWorld Bank chief moots return to gold standard
09-11-2010
LONDON – World Bank chief Robert Zoellick yesterday urged the world's leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.The bank boss
readHarvesting of exotic trees postponed
09-11-2010
RUNDU – The harvesting of four exotic tree plantations that was expected to take place between August and November has been postponed to next year.The harvesting of the trees, planted in the early
readAgra Diary
09-11-2010
Agra lectures • November 10 – Veld management during the rainy season offered by Dr Axel Rothauge • November 17 – External parasites and remedies for their control offered by Dr Rainer Hassel •
readNew cattle ear tag pilot kicks off
09-11-2010
RUNDU – The pilot phase of a project aiming to fit ear tags to cattle in the Kavango Regiono will run from November 22 to December 17.The ear tags are important for the traceability and identification
readResearch, seed at centre of meeting
09-11-2010
A CENTRE for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) will be established, the region’s ministers for agriculture and food security decided last week.The
readSADC records better season
09-11-2010
GOOD rains resulted in a better marketing year for the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) agricultural sector in 2010-11 than the previous year, the region’s ministers responsible for
read‘Wake up and produce more food’
09-11-2010
THE drought in Russia and the subsequent spike in prices globally after the country banned its wheat exports, was a “wake-up call to us all in the world and in our region”, Deputy Prime Minister Marco
readBurmese fleeing fighting pour into Thailand
09-11-2010
BANGKOK – A day after Myanmar held an election meant to usher in peace and stability, clashes erupted between minority rebels and government soldiers, a reminder of divisions that have long bedevilled
readQueen debuts on FB
09-11-2010
LONDON – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has joined Facebook, adding a presence on the world’s most popular social network to the royal family’s accounts on Twitter, photo-sharing site Flickr and
readGaGa Wins Big, Shakira Does It For Africa – Again!
09-11-2010
Lady Gaga may have dominated the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid on Sunday, but Shakira waved the flag for Africa.The Colombian firebrand had the crowd roaring as she performed one of the World Cup
readIn Brief
09-11-2010
Ten murder charges for Kenyan cop EMBU – The Kenyan provincial police officer Peter Karanja, who shot 10 people dead at bars over the weekend, was charged with murder in Siakago, a small town near
readSA skipper escapes pirates, crew whereabouts unknown
09-11-2010
BRUSSELS – The South African skipper of a yacht reportedly hijacked off the Seychelles was safe aboard a European Union warship but the whereabouts of the other two crew were unknown, the EU
readTwo die, 70 hurt in Morocco raid on camp in W Sahara
09-11-2010
RABAT – A paramilitary gendarme and a fireman were killed and almost 70 people badly injured yesterday when Moroccan forces raided a camp in the Western Sahara, an official source told AFP.Moroccan
readThe Importance Of The Middle East
09-11-2010
The media in the Middle East carry a lot of Middle Eastern stories, of course, but why do most of the other media in the world do the same?Asian media strike a better balance, but Western media, and
readRethinking Competitiveness For Socio-Economic Development
09-11-2010
A NATION’S prosperity depends on its competitiveness, which is based on the productivity with which it produces goods and services. Sound macro-economic policies and stable political and legal
readQantas ta kongo oshipambu sheshina
09-11-2010
IILONGA yomatuko goondhila yaAustralia,Qantas otayi kongo oshitekela shomupepo gwondhila yo Airbus yonomola A380 ndjoka eshina lyayo limwe lya topele mombanda konima ashike yoku tuka pokapale
readNampower ta ka tunga osasiona dholusheno
09-11-2010
EHANGANO lyomalusheno lya Namibia olya thaneka okutunga osasiona dhokudhiga olusheno mokulongitha omeya pomulonga gwaRange.Omukuluntu gwa Nampower, Paulinus Shilamba okwa lombwele oshikundaneki
readMeekulu Albertina Heita a hulitha
09-11-2010
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila momukunda Onakayale mOmbalantu mOmusati otayi ti, omukalimo gwomomukunda ngoka a tseyika nawa meekulu Albertina Heita okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo
readWeatherly ta longitha oomiliona 12 dhoodola dhAmerica okumina
09-11-2010
EHANGANO lyoomina lya Weatherly lyopaigwana olya ti ota li ka longitha oodola dhAmerica oomiliona 12 opo li tameke iilonga okumina poomina dhawo dha Otjihase na Matchless. Iilonga yokumina poomina
readIyambo ta thaneke pukale aapolisi yelongo
09-11-2010
MINISTA yElongo oya zimine oshiwike sha yi kutya oyendji yomaanona ya Namibia oye li momapandaanda iha ya yi komanongelo.Opo a hupithe oshikondo shika noshigwana shoka okwa thaneka nenge ota
readOmunawino gwomatotongwe a pewa epapa Lowell Thomas
09-11-2010
OMUNAWINO mokutseya omatotongwe mo Namibia, omupekaapeki, Laurie Marker okwa pewa epapa lya simana lya Lowell Thomas, pethimbo lyuulalelo wokluba yedhina Explorers moshilando sha New York omathimbo ga
readOmunona Queen Dausab a fumvikwa po Keetmanshoop
09-11-2010
ONGUNDU onene yaakalimo moKaiti oya li pefumviko lya nakusa Queen Dausab olyomakaya gaziko.Dausab okwa li a dhipagwa nokukwatwa koonkondo momasiku 24 ga Kotoba nuumvo.Okwa inyengitha omitima dhaaKaiti
readNUNW iidhimbike ehololomadhiladhilo
09-11-2010
ONGUNDUMUTIMA yehangano lyaaniilonga ya Namibia[NUNW] oyi ikaleke kokule nehololomadhiladhilo lya thanekwa oku kala ko etitatu oshiwike shika.NUNW okwa ningi etokolo okuya moshipala edhiladhilo lyo ku
readClinical Torres finds form for resurgent Liverpool
09-11-2010
LIVERPOOL – Fernando Torres walked taller and Liverpool climbed higher up the table when he scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over Premier League leaders Chelsea on Sunday to draw a line under a poor
readSwiss national for Oshakati coaching seminar
09-11-2010
SWITZERLAND’s Jean-Marie Conz, a senior official of Fifa's Technical Study Group, will be the chief instructor at the upcoming coaching seminar for grassroots football in Oshakati.The coaching seminar
readNamibia gets eight karate world champions
09-11-2010
NAMIBIA scooped eight gold medals at the recent International Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Federation’s (“IOGKF) World Karate Championships held in Stellenbosch, South Africa.Overall the 49 karate students
readBester scores as sun downs on Mamelodi
09-11-2010
MARITZBURG United’s Rudolf Bester continued his fine goal-scoring form as he notched the first goal in his side’s 2-0 win over Mamelodi Sundowns in a Telkom Knockout quarterfinal match on Sunday.The
readGebrselassie’s retirement overshadows NYC Marathon
09-11-2010
NEW YORK – World-record holder Haile Gebrselassie announced his retirement after dropping out of the New York City Marathon on a day that signaled the rise of a new Ethiopian star.Gebrselassie’s
readSMSes for Tuesday 9 November 2010
09-11-2010
* PUBLIC workers are now tasting the bitter pill of belonging to a union affiliated to a political party. In such a relationship political interest comes before workers’ interests my friend, and that
readVultures of the Namib and uranium mining
09-11-2010
PROSPECTING and mining for uranium can be added to the list of possible impacts on vultures in Namibia, according to Peter Bridgeford of the Vultures Namibia Organisation.One of the biggest killers of
readRundu Council asked to control noise pollution
09-11-2010
THE Rundu Town Council has been petitioned by 72 residents and visitors to regulate noise pollution and littering at Rundu Beach.The petition says loud noise should stop at 22h00 and the venue should
readRobbed tourist still seriously ill
09-11-2010
NEW Zealand tourist Hanso Weichbrodt (68) is still fighting for his life in the Oshakati State Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit after being attacked by robbers last Wednesday morning.Weichbrodt and his
readRehoboth Town Council denies water woes
09-11-2010
THE knives seem to be out at Rehoboth in the run-up to the regional and local government elections later this month.Following widespread allegations that the town’s water supply would have been cut
readCase against Ongombo East squatters dropped
09-11-2010
CHARGES against 18 people who were arrested after allegedly attempting to stage a farm invasion north-east of Windhoek in July last year were withdrawn in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura
readMTC continues building unwanted towers
09-11-2010
MTC is ignoring a letter from the City of Windhoek telling it to stop erecting cellphone towers at Bowker Hill and in Olaf Palme Street in Windhoek.The mobile telecommunications company yesterday said
readH1N1 flu hits Keetmanshoop
09-11-2010
KEETMANSHOOP has been hit with an outbreak of the H1N1 flu strain. Primary healthcare supervisor Rauna Namukwambi yesterday confirmed the outbreak, saying four out of the six samples sent for testing
readFour shacks burn down in Okuryangava
09-11-2010
A FIRE which broke out in Ongava Street in Okuryangava late on Thursday afternoon destroyed four shacks, leaving about 22 people with only the clothing on their backs.The fire brigade received the
readGootfontein drinking spot leads to fight
09-11-2010
BATTLE lines have been drawn around the proposed opening of a bar in Grootfontein’s central business district as a group of business owners directly appealed to the Ministry of Local and Regional
readDorado 7 murder trial postponed
09-11-2010
THE trial of seven young Windhoek residents who are accused of murdering a member of the Namibian Defence Force in June 2007 was again postponed in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday.The trial of
readDeadline passes for grape growers
09-11-2010
A DEADLINE to sign a contract with Agribank or face eviction from their vineyards passed for 20 small-scale grape farmers at the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP) on Friday at noon.Ten out of 20
read80 abattoir jobs on the line
09-11-2010
BRUKKAROS Meat Processors (BMP) near Keetmanshoop plans to slash about 40 per cent of its workforce before the end of the year in an effort to cut costs.Three years back, BMP won a bid to take over
readIMA Star ready to put local artists on the map
09-11-2010
‘Ideal Music Army’ – or IMA Star Records - is a Swakopmund-based record label that was recently established with the sole purpose to put local musicians on the map.The company, consisting of four
readSwapo, SRA and RDP LA candidates for Swakopmund
09-11-2010
LOCAL and Regional Authority election-fever is heating up, so also in Swakopmund. The Swakopmund Residents’ Association (SRA), which currently has one seat on the local council, are hoping to fill at
readSwakopmund Municipal landfill eventually fenced
09-11-2010
A TWO-metre high ‘lipped’ fence was finally erected around Swakopmund’s new rubbish dump, significantly preventing waste from being blown into the surrounding environment.Enviro-Fill Namibia is
readTopnaar monument in shambles
09-11-2010
The ≠Aonin (Topnaar) Monument at Utuseb is in shambles, and when locals there are asked why it is in this state, they say “I don’t know; you must ask the chief”.Utuseb is the ‘capital’ of the
readUsakos children’s centre given to Catholic brotherhood
09-11-2010
THE Children’s Education Centre (CEC) in Usakos was officially handed over to the Brothers of Our Lady Mother of Mercy (Brothers CMM) on October 23.The CEC was established in Usakos by Dutch couple,
readNational forum launched for a cleaner coast
09-11-2010
THE nagging questions are: Why are there coastal cleanups every year, and why do people have a ‘natural’ tendency to litter? Should not every Namibian feel proud of their precious environment, and do
readCottage Medi-Clinic to expand
09-11-2010
EXPANSION work on the Cottage Medi-Clinic in Swakopmund, to the tune of N$43 million, has begun.According to Hospital Manager, Peter Sander, the expansion project is aimed at keeping pace with the
readUsakos Municipality also concerned about ‘dirty behaviour’
09-11-2010
MUCH has been said about Usakos Town Council not doing anything about the dirty state of the town that is “smothering in its own rubbish” and consequently becoming distasteful to prospective
readPremier League brought forward
09-11-2010
NAMIBIA Premier League teams will be in action this weekend, the premier division’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Matthew Haikali said yesterday.Haikali said initially there were no league games
readRed tape closes Nam for business
09-11-2010
WANT to start a business in Namibia? Then you’d better have patience and time on your hands: It’s going to take more than two months and ten procedures before you can open your doors to
readObama criticises India’s silence on Myanmar abuse
09-11-2010
NEW DELHI – US President Barack Obama criticised India yesterday for failing to condemn rights abuses in Myanmar, saying democracies with global aspirations could not ignore “gross violations” in
readDetails of gruesome murder-suicide at Rehoboth farm unfold
09-11-2010
A POLICE source close to the Rehoboth farm murder-suicide investigation has described it as one of the most brutal murders he has witnessed in his 20 years of service.The Police officer said it is
readMan hacked to death
09-11-2010
A MAN was hacked to death with a panga at Outapi in the Omusati Region last week.Yesterday, about 500 people from the town and surrounding villages staged a demonstration condemning the murder. Efraim
readLegendary Chuck Yeager on Namibian safari
09-11-2010
BRIGADIER General Chuck Yeager, the first pilot ever to fly faster than the speed of sound, is on a hunting safari in Namibia.Yesterday, a Hunter’s Namibia Safaris spokesperson confirmed that Yeager
readEmotions run high at NUNW meeting
09-11-2010
THE decision by the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) central executive committee not to support tomorrow’s mass demonstration is seen in some quarters as a slap in the face of the workers.The
readNotable Quotes
09-11-2010
Let there be no hatred. This is none of our business. It was God’s will. – Paul Dausab Jnr, a family member of Queen Dausab who was raped and murdered on October 24, speaking at her funeral.Our hands
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