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56 Articles found on Friday, 24 September 2010
ANC takes on strong rand, nationalisation
24-09-2010
DURBAN – The African National Congress (ANC) debated policies yesterday to address a currency that is at two and a half year highs and unemployment that affects at least one worker in four.The party
readGates still richest American
24-09-2010
NEW YORK – Things are on the up for US billionaires with more than half of them adding to their net worth in a year which once again saw Bill Gates as the richest of them all, Forbes magazine has
readBanks can meet capital rules with profits
24-09-2010
WASHINGTON – US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said US banks can meet new higher capital rules through future profits without crimping lending and harming economic recovery.Echoing recent
readPocket money falls to 7-year low in Britain
24-09-2010
LONDON – British children’s weekly pocket money has fallen to a seven-year low, in a sign parents are still cutting back on non-essential spending even as the country emerges from recession, a survey
readVatican says bank probe a ‘misunderstanding’
24-09-2010
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican says the seizure by police of US$30 million from a Vatican bank account and the investigation of two top bank officials was due to a simple misunderstanding that should be
readYou can win N$1 000!!
24-09-2010
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: Not Strapped For Comment!
24-09-2010
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:* Paloma, today the Britney Spears in you came
readMotlanthe leading SA’s ANC succession stakes
24-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG/DURBAN – South Africa’s ruling ANC elects a new leader in 2012 but positioning for the country’s top job has already begun with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe seen as
readSA students study maths via cell phone
24-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A South African think tank said yesterday they have lined up volunteers to tutor on a popular mobile phone platform after a nationwide teachers’ strike left students unprepared for
readIn Brief
24-09-2010
Dead in Afghan chopper crash were all from US KABUL – All nine troops killed in the worst helicopter crash for the coalition in Afghanistan in four years were Americans, the Pentagon has confirmed
readIndian PM holds crisis talks over Games
24-09-2010
NEW DELHI – India’s prime minister convened a crisis meeting on the Commonwealth Games yesterday, facing warnings of a mass pullout and frantic work to save the event from disaster with just 10 days
readRegional Politics: ‘The People Must Decide’
24-09-2010
The Pohamba-led administration’s ill-conceived political ploy meant to appoint regional governors will culminate in the “death” of democracy and, ultimately, pave the way to a one-party system, where
readKudos For Honesty
24-09-2010
WHILE visiting Grootfontein on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 11 2010, we went to the Grootfontein nursery to buy plants.Friendly people assisted me in buying the plants. I paid for the plants in
readThe Namibian newspaper team, you deserve more
24-09-2010
I must accept I have been wrong for too long about The Namibian newspaper regarding its current standing and history thereof.Until recently, I did not know about this paper’s patriotism rich history
readLet’s Get To Grips With The Roots Of Crime
24-09-2010
MY name is Heikkie Nambahu, a Grade 12 student at Augustineum Secondary School. I have a big question that I cannot answer myself nor can I get an answer from anyone else.My question is, what progress
readVeld Fires: Realities and Myths
24-09-2010
Response to a report in The Namibian on 15 September: ‘Forest Fires destroy 250 000 hectares of land in Kavango’. The acting Chief Forester for the northeastern regions, Moses Moses, states that the
readIs ‘State-sponsored Corruption’ On The Up?
24-09-2010
IT all started with the notion that the privatisation of State-owned companies was the way to better manage our resources but actually this process just strengthened the relationship between the
readBeef Industry Must Act Responsibly
24-09-2010
THE latest revelation of animal smuggling across the border to South Africa by suspected Namibian livestock exporters should be nipped in the bud.Although the Namibia Agricultural Union and the
readNamibia Must Ground The Values Of Its Transition For A Just Society
24-09-2010
NAMIBIA’S democracy is still fragile, but at the same time it has also shown encouraging signs. However, these signs do suggest that we should try to think of our democracy beyond the transition.What
readParticipatory Economy versus The Reigning Linear Trap
24-09-2010
True compassion is more than flinging a coin at a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. – Martin Luther King Jr. MY ‘Cry for the Beloved Country’ column
readThe Proposed BIG: What Are The Facts?
24-09-2010
A LOT has been said about the proposed Basic Income Grant (BIG) for Namibia. The Government has pronounced itself on the matter. It does not support BIG and rightly so.The National Union of Namibian
readBack 2 Basics
24-09-2010
COME on, Swapo governors. It won’t do you any harm to tell the truth. These past two weeks have seen intensifying media reports on the upcoming local and regional council elections.As a result some
readAashakati yamwe ya ti omahogololo gookaansela inaga enda nawa
24-09-2010
YAMWE yomAashakati oya nyenyeta kOshifo shika kutya aniwa omahogololo gaahogololwa yoSwapo mboka taya ka kalela po ongundu momahogololo gewiliko lyondoolopa ya Shakati mu Novemba nuumvo, ngoka ga
readOmbapila indilo
24-09-2010
OMUKULUPE gwoomvula 68 gwomOnyaanya mOndonga mOshikoto, Lucia Heita ota ti oku na oluhepo olunene no ta indile koshigwana sha Namibia shi mu kwathele.Kuku Lucia aniwa okwa yile wo kElenga enene
readPo Polytechnic natango ota ya holola omadhiladhilo
24-09-2010
OSHIKUMUNGU shaaniilonga melelo lya Polytechnic newiliko lyenongelo ndyoka kombinga yepulo lyawo opo ehangano lyaaniilonga yepangelo [NAPWU] li yalulwe olyo ekalelipo lyawo otashi tsikile.Metitatu
readMinista yOomina yuuvitile aayogi yomahauto ohenda
24-09-2010
OMUYOGI gwiihauto mepandaanda lya Lindili moVenduka okwa li ena okweetelwa ohenda peha lyokutumwa kondholongo oomwedhi ndatu, osho minista yOomina noonkondo, Isak Katali uuvite nokushiwete.Katali okwa
readOyendji oya pumbwa iikulya
24-09-2010
EPANGELO olya pumbwa okulongitha oodola oomiliona 59 oku keelela aaNamibia omayovi 50 000 yaa se kondjala noku kwathela aanafaalama 106 000 ya hepa opo ya vule okufuta iipangelo, elongo, oombuto,
readOrina okwa indilile a gamenwe kopolisi
24-09-2010
KENNETH Orina ngoka ta tamanekelwa edhipago lyomukadhi mOshaanda mo 2007, okwa ti okwa li a indile opolisi pOshaanda yi mu gamene komukulakadhi gwe.Sho a holoka esiku etiyali komeho gOmpangu
readDistell Namibia a gandja omagano kosikola yomOshakati
24-09-2010
ONGESHEFA ya tseyika mOshakati mOshana yedhina Distell Namibia omaandaha ngaka ga zi ko oya gandja omagano gooN$2400 kosikola yaanona mOshakatiuninginino yedhina Oshakati West Primary School
readHolomende ta ka talela yokutunga
24-09-2010
IILONGA yomatungo ota yi ka ya mbala kohi yeho enene lya holomende opo pwaakale omutungi nenge ehangano lyokutunga ta li tungu lyaana ombapila yoku shininga. Ombapila yoludhi nduka ota yi kala noku
readSaintfiet’s Zim safari in limbo
24-09-2010
TOM Saintfiet is said to be considering to put an end to his pursuit of the Zimbawean Warriors coaching post after his proposed appointment caused a huge storm.A reliable source in Zimbabwe informed
readNamibia assured of commonwealth safety
24-09-2010
NAMIBIA’s athletes have been assured that their security and health will not be compromised in the crisis-hit New Delhi, said the teams head of delegation.Chief of Mission, Elize Pietersen, told The
read‘Vote For Change’: Ranga Haikali
24-09-2010
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) presidential candidate, Ranga Haikali, plans to revamp the game if he is elected into power during the associations elective congress on October 2. The 42 year-old
readSports Notices
24-09-2010
Road runners invite The Katutura Road Runners Club are organising a 15 km road race and 5 km fun run for October 9. The event will be sponsored by SuperSport, and thus all athletes in Namibia are
readSAPOA Games kick off today
24-09-2010
THE annual Southern African Postal Operators Association (SAPOA) Sports Games will kick off at the Independence Stadium today.Speaking to Nampa yesterday, Nampost marketing manager Harold Akwenye said
readSouth Africa’s Els elected to World Golf Hall of Fame
24-09-2010
ATLANTA, Georgia – South African Ernie Els, whose 62 global victories include two US Open triumphs and a British Open title, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in his first year on the
readSMSes for Friday 24 September 2010
24-09-2010
* TALKING of efficient service delivery in the public service. It is exactly 12h30 on Wednesday at United House OPM. I have not visited the toilet yet as there is no running water. Things are falling
readUN petitioners retrace long road to freedom
24-09-2010
MORE than 50 years after the cause of a colonised Namibia first saw their paths crossing, and resulted in both of them addressing a United Nations committee on the situation in South African-ruled
readTeko trio to wait longer
24-09-2010
THE case of two Namibians and a Chinese national arrested in connection with a scam involving some N$120 million at the Ministry of Finance (MoF), was again postponed to mid-October this year.The
readPolytech and Napwu report progress on talks
24-09-2010
POLYTECHNIC Rector Tjama Tjivikua yesterday said progress was being made on the stalled recognition agreement between his institution and the Namibia Public Workers’ Union.Despite his hard stance
readMeningitis fight extends to Khomas Region
24-09-2010
BY TODAY health officials hope to have vaccinated 172 000 people living in Katutura’s formal and informal areas against meningitis, which has infected more than 40 people to date.The Ministry of
readFormer Swakop Police commander not guilty of fraud
24-09-2010
THE former Swakopmund Police station commander, Chief Inspector Bernhard /Uirab, and two other Police officers were acquitted on a charge of fraud in the Swakopmund Regional Court on Wednesday./Uirab,
readFormer Judge Pio Teek to get retrial date
24-09-2010
THE date for Namibia’s former Judge of Appeal Pio Teek’s child abduction and sexual molestation retrial will be announced on Friday next week, Judge President Petrus Damaseb said yesterday.The name of
readDTA, UDF to join forces in Kunene
24-09-2010
THE DTA and United Democratic Front (UDF) yesterday signed a co-operation agreement in a move to try and maintain their stronghold in the Kunene Region. The two parties are in control of the region
readCuban blogger named a Press Freedom Hero
24-09-2010
A CUBAN blogger, Yoani Maria Sanchez Cordero, has been named as the International Press Institute’s 60th and final World Press Freedom Hero.The announcement was made at the recently concluded IPI
readChanges for architects and surveyors
24-09-2010
A NEW draft law will broaden the scope of professionals operating for architects and quantity surveyors in the construction sector by recognising landscape architects and interior decorators, who can
readBack to school at Okahandja
24-09-2010
PRIMARY schools in Okahandja were rapped on the knuckles yesterday for their refusal to enrol children whose parents are too poor to pay a year’s school development fund fees.Parents pointed fingers
readWho wants to be a millionaire?
24-09-2010
THE lure of a million dollars in prize money will weigh heavily on the minds of Namibia Premier League (NPL) teams when league action kicks off this weekend. The 2010/11 league champions will earn a
readNamPower to increase power in capital
24-09-2010
NAMPOWER plans to increase the power transmission capability of the 220-kilovolt (kV) transmission line from the Auas transmission station near the Hosea Kutako International Airport to the Van Eck
readFrance strikes over new retirement age
24-09-2010
PARIS – French commuters squeezed onto limited trains or fought for rare parking spots yesterday as a second round of strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plan to raise the retirement age to 62
readBig Brother Africa: Hannington Speaks Out!
24-09-2010
UGANDAN housemate Hannington Kutesa Kavuma, son of city lawyer Stephen Kavuma and parliamentarian Ruth Kavuma, was disqualified from Big Brother All Stars following a scuffle last week with South
readBack to school at Okahandja
24-09-2010
PRIMARY schools in Okahandja were rapped on the knuckles yesterday for their refusal to enrol children whose parents are too poor to pay a year’s school development fund fees.Parents pointed fingers
readOkahandja Municipality finances in shambles
24-09-2010
ACCOUNTING and internal controls at the Okahandja Municipality, which last year had to fish N$9,5 million from investments to keep the cash flowing, were “insufficient and unsatisfactory”, Auditor
readMunyama sentencing set
24-09-2010
GERRY Munyama, the former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) director general (DG), will probably spend six more sleepless nights before he hears his fate in the High Court in Windhoek next
readA ray of sun in the dirt
24-09-2010
One-year-old Claudia lives with her mother on the Okahandja rubbish dump. She has never left the rubbish dump and her toy is a doll which consists of just a torso and a leg, but all this does not
readNotable Quotes
24-09-2010
THERE is now considerable evidence and general agreement that adverse weather conditions combined with poverty induced vulnerability in Namibia. – A statement released by Cabinet chambers said the
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