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75 Articles found on Friday, 17 September 2010
Namibia asks EU to ‘step back’
17-09-2010
NAMIBIA has called on the European Union (EU) to “take a step backwards from the current excessive demands in the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations to allow Africa the policy space
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17-09-2010
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) gave N$12 million to Omina Investments in its Development Capital Portfolio (DCP), without the loan agreement containing a clause that would allow the
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readGIPF had no surety for Omina’s N$12m
17-09-2010
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) gave N$12 million to Omina Investments in its Development Capital Portfolio (DCP), without the loan agreement containing a clause that would allow the
readCall for court shake-up
17-09-2010
A FAR-REACHING shake-up could be in store for Namibia’s overburdened and slow-working High Court if suggestions by Judge President Petrus Damaseb, for an overhaul of the way that the court manages
readOur garden
17-09-2010
The manager of the Garden of Hope, Irja Keendjele, at the Otjomuise Project School in Khomasdal Constituency, is planting fresh vegetables in the informal settlement.She says that a group of nineteen
readZim targeting growth of 7%
17-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – While Zimbabwe is making “tangible” progress, the “madness” still persists, its Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday, adding that the country is looking to achieve an
readBig Brother Africa: Biggie Blows The Whistle
17-09-2010
EEEEUUUUUUW BBA nation, it seems as if Lerato is set for misplaced martyrdom, if not sainthood, if some people have their way. The South African housemate’s mother and some of her friends are up in
readBrave Warriors lose to India
17-09-2010
The Brave Warriors not only lost their friendly against India on Wednesday, but also dropped down the Fifa rankings. The Tom Saintfiet-led charges went down 2-0 to the cricket playing enthusiasts,
readChurch heads not vigilant over sex abuse – Pope
17-09-2010
EDINBURGH – Pope Benedict criticised Catholic church leaders yesterday as ‘insufficiently vigilant’ during decades of sexual abuse of children as he arrived in Britain to win over one of Europe’s most
readSMSes for Friday 17 September 2010
17-09-2010
SMSes Of The Day n WHY must MTC stop free calls during work hours? People must be disciplined not to make private calls during work hours!n NAMCOR levies! What is this? Every time a parastatal does
read‘NWR Is Rising To The Challenge’
17-09-2010
This is a reply to the letter (‘An NWR Indictment’) on page 14 of The Namibian on September 10: Dear Mr Ernst Ahrens, Thank you for your letter expressing your concerns about NWR. I value the
readThanks For The Judgement
17-09-2010
I WOULD like to thank the five judges, including Chief Justice Peter Shivute, who received the application of the opposition parties. They listened to the arguments for and against the judgement of
readCall To Assist Okahandja Resident In The Dark
17-09-2010
I AM very disappointed in the decision by NamPower regarding non-payment by the Okahandja Municipality. NamPower, as a power generator, should realise that many residents of the town buy prepaid
readGrootfontein Must Get It Right!
17-09-2010
THANK YOU for considering my letter in your esteemed newspaper. As a keen reader and supporter of your paper, I feel obliged to share my views concerning a town that is dearest to me. There were
readBack 2 Basics
17-09-2010
FIVE years ago, Judge Kato van Niekerk imposed a 20-year sentence on Rehoboth resident Prollius van Zyl for killing his wife after a heavy drinking spree. For outsiders the marriage appeared happy
readDoha: Don’t Trade Off Women’s Rights
17-09-2010
THE annual World Trade Organisation Public Forum which ends today featured among its topics the role of women in reshaping the global economy as well as trade practices.This discussion did not come a
readCry For the Beloved Country
17-09-2010
STILL remember the 1948 novel by Alan Paton ‘Cry the Beloved Country’, which dealt with apartheid in South Africa? Isn’t it time that Namibians start crying for their beloved country? Because the
readMont-blanc pens and Ipads: Why I would have offered President Pohamba an Ipad
17-09-2010
ECONOMICS tell that human beings have been sitting with an age-old problem: unlimited needs and wants. This century-old problem is what made human beings creative and innovative.Western led
readCalling For Ethical Business Behaviour
17-09-2010
THE voice of organised business or captains of industry has been silent in almost all cases in which corporate corruption had been unearthed and reported. Journalists have been penning these exposés
readNotable quotes
17-09-2010
This man robbed me of a child I raised so carefully. – Magrietha Ihuhua, late Magdalena Stoffel’s mother says that it will take years for her to recover from the pain she is experiencing after her
readAgriculture looks at fresh new pastures
17-09-2010
THE SEEDS are being planted for improved strategies and growth in the Namibian agriculture sector, as the first Namibian Agriculture Investment conference kicked off in Windhoek on Wednesday.President
readAlweendo bemoans agricultural investment
17-09-2010
THE Director-General of the National Planning Commission (NPC) on Wednesday said public investment in agriculture development is of vital importance in transforming traditional agriculture into
read15-year-old boy rapes granny
17-09-2010
THE Police at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region arrested a 15-year old boy after he allegedly raped his 54-year-old grandmother at Okangwena informal settlement on Sunday.Oshana Police Liaison Officer,
read3 more arrests in building materials theft case
17-09-2010
A headman of Onamutayi village in the Omuntele district of Oshikoto Region and his son, as well as a teacher from the Nyambali Junior Secondary School at Omuntele village, were arrested by the Police
readVimpelcom: M&As more relevant than ever
17-09-2010
MOSCOW – Vimpelcom’s CEO sees pursuing acquisitions in the global telecoms sector as “more relevant than ever” as speculation persists that he is talking to Egypt’s Naguib Sawiris about a purchase of
readNamib Mills still eyes Angolan market
17-09-2010
THE country’s largest processor of grain and maize products, Namib Mills, has been struggling to make meaningful inroads into the lucrative Angolan market due to unfavourable economic conditions in
readBP’s brand value sinks with oil spill this year
17-09-2010
NEW YORK – BP may have plugged the leak in the Gulf Oil spill, but the damage done to its brand will take years to fix. A new marketing industry report released yesterday shows the British oil company
readZim says mining law not ‘xenophobic’
17-09-2010
HARARE – A Zimbabwe government minister has sought to assure foreign firms, saying a new equity law requiring them to sell 51 per cent stakes to locals did not entail “xenophobic dispossession”.“This
readSA companies to pay for abandoned mines
17-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has said companies that abandoned some 6 000 mines may have to pay part of the R1,5 billion needed to repair the damage that caused.Director General at the Department of
readCameco wants to buy assets in Africa
17-09-2010
MONTREAL – Number-two uranium producer Cameco is actively hunting for acquisitions, and wants to add African production, but assets are expensive, CEO Jerry Grandey said this week.“We have a team of
readEnergy-saving project launched
17-09-2010
A PROJECT aimed at achieving more efficient use of renewable energy sources in eight countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, was launched in Windhoek yesterday.The Energy and Environment
readEndjala gives his side of story on GIPF loans
17-09-2010
PROMINENT businessman John Endjala has called for a presidential commission of enquiry into the saga around the Government Institutions Pension Fund’s (GIPF) Development Capital Portfolio (DCP).He
readYou can win N$1 000!!
17-09-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is another N$1 000. 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
17-09-2010
Messages sent by SMS or to our BBA e-mail address:* Good luck for Meryl, our Namibian girl! * Meryl, I love u girl … * Yes I CAN, and yes I DO support Meryl. You go girl. * I’d like the money to come
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
17-09-2010
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:• Get Kaone a kopman because there is more than
readBig Brother Africa: The Big Barn Face-Off
17-09-2010
EISH! It seems that where Paloma moves there is a fight. She left the House after Saturday’s debacle between K1, Meryl and Uti, where the instigator (K1) was protected by some viewers and made the
readFlood victims reluctant to move
17-09-2010
KAVANGO regional Governor John Thighuru said some people whose homesteads were flooded this year, are reluctant to move to higher ground as they do not want to be too far from water.He said they are
readBahamas Jaws Beach boater likely found in shark
17-09-2010
NASSAU – A boater who disappeared off Jaws Beach - on an island where one of the ‘Jaws’ movies was filmed – is likely the person whose remains were found in the belly of a shark, police
readIranian woman denies flogging
17-09-2010
TEHRAN – An Iranian woman facing death by stoning after being convicted for adultery appeared on state TV to say she has not been whipped or tortured.Sakineh Mohammad Ashtiani, whose stoning sentence
readSecond journalist killed in a week in Uganda
17-09-2010
KAMPALA - A radio journalist was beaten to death with iron bars in Uganda, the second journalist to be killed in three days in the east African country, police said yesterday.Dickson Ssentongo, a news
readZim making progress: Tsvangirai
17-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe is making “tangible” progress, but the “madness” persists, its Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said yesterday.“The progress is tangible. There are medicines in the hospitals,
readSlovenian govt gets 100 BMWs
17-09-2010
LJUBLJANA – Is it OK to accept a lux-ury vehicle as a gift? Things got complicated for the Slovenian government after it announced BMW Slovenia was offering it 100 new vehicles for free for five
readPregnant nun ad banned in UK
17-09-2010
LONDON – Britain’s advertising watchdog has banned an Italian ice cream ad featuring a pregnant nun, saying it causes offence to Catholics.The magazine ad for ice cream maker Antonio Federici showed
readAircraft dustbin baby’s mom found
17-09-2010
MANILA – Investigators yesterday questioned the suspected Philippine mother of a baby found alive in the trash of a Bahrain-to-Manila flight, after tracing the passenger assigned to a bloodstained
readRundu Council to cut water to defaulters
17-09-2010
THE Rundu Town Council will disconnect water supply to residents with outstanding water bills of more than N$500 from next week. The Rundu Town Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Romanus Haironga,
readOvitoto double murder suspect wants bail
17-09-2010
DOUBLE murder suspect Julius Dausab, who is accused of killing his girlfriend and her mother in a shooting in the Ovitoto area in June last year, will hear on Monday next week if he will be released
readOtjiwarongo CEO sets record straight
17-09-2010
THE municipality of Otjiwarongo yesterday called a press conference to set the record straight in regard to accusations levelled at them by protesters this week. The municipality proved that the
readNamibians knowledgeable about climate change
17-09-2010
NAMIBIANS have a very good knowledge of climate change, a researcher, at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), said yesterday.Tom Birch said many people in
readNamibia and Mozambique sign fish deal
17-09-2010
THE promotion of trade, industry and investment in the fisheries sector, between Namibia and Mozambique, received a boost with a new partnership agreement between the two countries.During the signing
readAatjiwarongo ota ya nyenyeta
17-09-2010
A AKWASHIGWANA mOtjiwarongo oya nyanya moshilando shoka okuholola ongeyo yawo kombinga yomaupyakadhi ngoka ta ya ti muni gwawo ihe ga pulakene. Ehololo madhiladhilo lya kalwa kaantu konyala 200 olya
readOkwaana iilonga ota ku kundathanwa
17-09-2010
M INISTA Gwaaniilonga okwa tegelelwa a ka tule ontotwampango ompe moparliamende. Ompango ndjoka ompe oyi na elalakano okudhika po okakommissi kokweetapo iilonga, opo kayambidhidhe oonkambadhala
readOshakati Premier Electric oomvula omulongo
17-09-2010
O KAMPANI hayi gandja olusheno kondoolopa ya Shakati yedhina Oshakati Premier Electric omvula ndjika oya gwanitha oomvula omulongo tayi gandja olusheno kondoolopa yaShakati okuza sho ya totelwe po
readMeme Hendrina Haiduwa muupyakadhi
17-09-2010
O MUKALIMO gwomolukanda Evululuko mOshakati mOshana,Hendrina Haiduwa oku li muupyakadhi uunene nota indile kaahungimwenyo ye mu kwathe mushika.Uudhigu wa meme Haiduwa wotango owomusamane gwe
readNamibia’s Brave Knights off to Olympiad
17-09-2010
The Brave Knights, Namibia’s national chess team, will compete at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Russia. The five-man team received its official national colours from the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC)
readPohamba promises extra funding for rugby
17-09-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba said he will ask the Ministry of Sport to make more funds available for the national rugby team’s preparations for the 2011 World Cup.Pohamba gave the assurance to
readFistball showdown at Ramblers
17-09-2010
THE Namibian Fistball league is poised for championship deciding games at the Windhoek Ramblers Sport Grounds tomorrow. SFC Sport Club and Cohen FC, separated only by goal difference at the top of
readBarca wary of more madness at Atletico
17-09-2010
BARCELONA’s recent trips to play Atletico Madrid in La Liga have been end-to-end thrillers that have usually ended up with a victory for the home team. The Calderon has witnessed 25 goals in the last
readMan United hoping for Liverpool tonic
17-09-2010
THERE is nothing like the visit of Liverpool to help Manchester United vent their anger and after a truly horrible week Alex Ferguson’s side can be expected to tear into their old foe with renewed
readDStv Competition Winners
17-09-2010
The winners of the last two DStv competitions, Chrisyda Cook from Rosh Pinah and Sydney B. Jantze from Vinetta, Swakopmund, should contactAnita Witt, The Namibian Newspaper’s Marketing Manager on 061
readWits to test Pirates
17-09-2010
Orlando Pirates’ ability to win the Absa Premiership next May faces an early examination by a revived BidVest Wits at Milpark tomorrow. Bucs last won the league title in the 2002/03 season and have
readBayern see league turnaround
17-09-2010
MUNICH – Bayern Munich are confident their 2-0 Champions League Group E opening win against AS Roma on Wednesday will spark a return of form in the Bundesliga, with the champions languishing in 11th
readInjuries hamper AC Milan’s Serie A plans
17-09-2010
AC Milan got more than they bargained for in the Champions League on Wednesday, with a tougher-than-expected game against Auxerre, and injuries hampering plans for tomorrow’s Serie A visit of
readDBN ya egulula Ombelewa moNooli
17-09-2010
O MBAANGA yEhumithokomeho moNamibia, ndjoka yi na Ombelewa yayo onene kOvenduka meti 1 Septemba 2010 oya egulula Ombelewa yayo mUumbangalantu, tayi adhika mOsenda yIipindi ya
readOondunda tadhi pewa po opolisi
17-09-2010
O OSINGELA molukanda Ozondje pOmaruru ota yi ka tungululwa nokuningwa oombelewa dhopolisi.Pahapu dhomupopiliko gwelelo lyaMaruru, Ephraim Katjatenja osingela oya thikama moondunda 64, ndhoka ta dhi
readOmufekelwa medhipago lya Stoffels a indile ekwatho
17-09-2010
O MUFEKELWA moshipotha shedhipago lya Magdalena Stoffels moVenduka konyala omwedhi gumwe gwa pitapo ota ka indila ekwatho lyokufutilwa ahende kepangelo. Sho a holoka mompangu ya mengestrata
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