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65 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Air Namibia nosedives into strike
20-04-2011
AN AIR NAMIBIA strike is looming as hundreds of workers say they will down tools tomorrow following a wage negotiations stalemate. In return, Air Namibia yesterday told the Namibia Transport and
readSimataa in northern railway tender battle
20-04-2011
THE multimillion-dollar tender for the supply and delivery of rails for the northern railway project has landed back in court for the third time. The man at the centre of it all is the Permanent
readFounding support
20-04-2011
Founding President Sam Nujoma comforts Aletha Nguvauva, the mother of the late Chief Keharanjo II Nguvauva, at the memorial service held in the Parliament Gardens yesterday. See story on page 3.Photo:
readGovt fuel tender challenge fails
20-04-2011
AN ATTEMPT to obtain an urgent interdict to stop the award of a multimillion-dollar tender for the provision and management of an electronic fuel management system for Government’s vehicle fleet ended
readLet’s not waste talent: Isaacs
20-04-2011
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Brian Isaacs has urged the Namibia Football Association not to let the talent at The Namibian Newspaper Cup go to waste. Isaacs said yesterday that the NFA should “capture
readLibya rebels say 10 000 killed in two months
20-04-2011
MISRATA – Libyan rebels put the death toll in two months of fighting Muammar Gadddafi’s forces at 10 000, while Britain has promised to send military advisers to help rebels organise themselves.The UN
readNPTH pays record dividend to Govt
20-04-2011
NAMIBIA Post and Telecom Holdings Limited (NPTH) on Monday handed over a dividend payment of N$280 million to Government through the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).Handing
readSMSes For Wednesday 20 April 2011
20-04-2011
SMS Of The Day *I SEE that no SMSes are signed these days? Is this policy? Unsigned SMSes diminish credibility, they could all be written by Ms Lister! Note: We have no way of verifying names
readChasing the dots ...
20-04-2011
We, the People FOR years I have battled internally with political labels bandied about by politicians and academics trying to gain ideological support.Yes, it is all about getting more people on your
readNotable Quotes
20-04-2011
We were perhaps naïve and underestimated the capital requirements and adverse risk of sourcing fuel internationally.– An inside source from Namcor commenting on the reasons for the parastatals plunge
readConnect with your listeners
20-04-2011
Success is about connection, not perfection, and great presenters often succeed by setting aside their internal ‘script’ and focusing on their audience, says Harvard Business Review.Instead of
readInvestments in African economies still low: Kikwete
20-04-2011
DAR-ES-SALAAM – Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said investments into African economies are still very low, despite the efforts made to create a conducive environment for business on the
readNamibian business delegation attending EAC forum
20-04-2011
DAR-ES-SALAAM – A Namibian business delegation led by Trade and Industry Deputy Minister, Tjekero Tweya, is attending the two-day ninth Africa Investment Forum 2011 in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania this
readZuma: It’ll take time to recover lost jobs
20-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's economy has started to show positive signs of recovery but it will take time to recover from the job losses of a recession in 2009, President Jacob Zuma said
readSABMiller toasts healthy quarterly sales
20-04-2011
LONDON – SABMiller, the world’s second-largest brewer, says that lager volume sales grew by three per cent in the fourth quarter, excluding the impact of acquisitions and disposals. The company, whose
readBritain’s Cameron scorns Brown for IMF chief
20-04-2011
LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday his predecessor Gordon Brown may not be an "appropriate" person to lead the International Monetary Fund, adding that an Asian candidate may
readAfrica growth forecast cut on N Africa turmoil
20-04-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The African Development Bank is cutting its 2011 growth forecast for the continent mainly due to political unrest in North Africa, AfDB Chief Economist Mthuli Ncube has said. The AfDB
readSouth Africa lifts foot-and-mouth ban
20-04-2011
SOUTH African Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson yesterday announced a lifting of the ban on meat products from northern KwaZulu-Natal, saying the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the
readSo what if the US credit rating is cut?
20-04-2011
WASHINGTON, – For the first time a top credit ratings agency has seriously hinted the United States might be forced to welch on its debts, a warning experts say could herald dramatic changes for the
readHow to invest in Africa
20-04-2011
AFTER so many false dawns, it looks like Africa may finally be shining, Fin24 reports.The continent withstood the financial crisis with the International Monetary Fund predicting that Sub-Saharan
readMalaysia sends 66 boys to anti-gay camp
20-04-2011
KUALA LAMPUR – Malaysian authorities have sent 66 Muslim schoolboys identified by teachers as effeminate to a four-day camp where they will receive counselling on masculine behaviour to discourage
readCuba approves economic changes at party congress
20-04-2011
HAVANA – A day after Cuban media revealed that a Communist Party summit had approved sweeping economic changes and elected a new leadership – without saying what the changes were or who is now in
readIn Brief
20-04-2011
Syria lifts state of emergency laws BEIRUT – Syria’s official news agency says the cabinet has approved lifting the country’s nearly 50-year-old state of emergency laws — a key demand of
readUS official says sorry for Obama chimp e-mail
20-04-2011
A California Republican official has apologised for sending an e-mail that depicts President Barack Obama as a young chimpanzee.“To my fellow Americans and to everyone else who has seen the e-mail I
readElunduluko mombepo
20-04-2011
OOMINISTA dhuukalinawa mwAfrica odha kundathana nkene elunduluko monkalo yombepo yuuyuni ta li gumu uukolele waantu menenevi ndika. Poshigongi shoominista dhuundjolowele moVenduka, omuwikili
readRolls Royce pOmbaye
20-04-2011
EHANGANO lina oombelewa dhalyo oonene moEngelanda, lyedhina Rolls-Royce olya patulula endiki lyomayakulo genasha nooskepa noshowo niiyendifuta yilwe mOmbaye. Eegululo ndika ota li ka gandja omayakulo
readOfaalama
20-04-2011
UUMINISTELI wEgameno owa tula oofaalama dhawo mewiliko lyopangeshefa. Minista yEgameno Charles Namoloh okwa lombwele oParliamende oshiwike sha yi. Sho a popile omutengenekwa mwaalu gwiimaliwa ya
readEfundja lya piyaganeke omatuntilo
20-04-2011
EFUNDJA muumbangalantu woshilongo olya piyaganeke iilonga yopashigwana yokutunitla. Uuministeli Wuundjolowele owa ti omasiku gopashigwana gokutuntila nuumvo oga mwenekwa manga omolwa efundja ndyoka
readPohamba a tsakaneke aawiliki ya Madagascar
20-04-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tsakaneke aawiliki yaali yopapolitika moMadagascar ongo omunashipundi shuUukumwe welongelokumwe muumbugantu Africa[SADC]. Pohamba okwa tsakanene naawiliki mbaka
readOmufekelwa medhipago
20-04-2011
OPOLISI natango ota yi kongo, Johannes Haufiku Ndiwakalunga[19] ngoka iiyakele mondjedhililo yopolisi mOshakati uusiku womasiku 10 gApilili nuumvo. Omumati nguka ota kongwa omolwa etamaneko lyedhipago
readOmvula onene
20-04-2011
OMUMVO gwomuloka 2010-2011 ogwo omunene okuyeleka noomvula ndhoka dha lokele okuza komimvo dhapiti. Omishangwa dha gongelwa kombelewa yokutengeneka ombepo ya Namibia odha ulike kutya omvula ndjoka ya
readAahingi oyendji ta shi vulika yakwatwe
20-04-2011
AAHINGI yiiyenditho oyendji moVenduka otashi vulika ya ka kwatelwe pomayinda gopolisi okuza moshilando ehuliloshiwike lya Paasa.Shika otashi vulika okuningwa unene tuu omolwashoka mboka ina ya futa
readAakatoolika ya kwatha aahepekwa kefundja
20-04-2011
ONGELEKA ya katoolika ka Roma moNamibia oya gandja omagano guusila wepungu, omagadhi gokuteleka, osuuka, omongwa, noohi koonakuhepekwa komeya gefundja moNooli yoshilongo, sha ningilwe meti 8 Apilili
readKapena omalunduluko mefumviko lya Keharanjo
20-04-2011
YINA ya nakusa Keharanjo Nguvauva, Aletta Nguvauva okwa ti kapena we omaindilo kombinga yefumviko lyomwana taga ka taambwako oshoka omalongekidho agehe moshinima shika oga pwa nale. Okwa ti
readDiouf says he admires Gaddafi
20-04-2011
ALGIERS – Two-time African player of the year El Hadji Diouf says he admires Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and feels for the embattled autocrat and his family.In an interview with Algerian newspaper
readICC to reconsider 10-team World Cup format
20-04-2011
NEW DELHI – The controversial decision to restrict the 2015 World Cup to only the 10 full members will be reconsidered by International Cricket Council’s (ICC) executive board in June, the governing
readSohal, Sangakkara shape Deccan win
20-04-2011
NEW DELHI – Little-known opener Sunny Sohal hit a half-century and Kumar Sangakkara made a solid 49 to set up Deccan Chargers’ 16-run win over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League today.Sohal
readMadrid, Barca in Copa del Rey final
20-04-2011
VALENCIA – Real Madrid can end its three-year silverware drought tonight by beating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, the second of four meetings between the two sides in 18 days.The match at the
readCrockango Bonanza on the horizon
20-04-2011
WITH less than two weeks to this year’s Crockango Angling Bonanza, it promises to be a crackerjack event. Crockango is the longest continuously running river competition in Namibia and is also the
readSam Nujoma marathon to be held next month
20-04-2011
THE inaugural Dr Sam Nujoma Windhoek Marathon will start at the Windhoek Independence Stadium on May 14.Commissioner Amos Shiyuka made the announcement at the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) on
readHaikali axed as NPL chief
20-04-2011
MATHEW Haikali has been sacked from his position as chief executive officer of the Namibia Premier League, The Namibian Sport reliably learnt yesterday. According to a source close to the case,
readNetball Social League
20-04-2011
Results Namcot 16 -25 Ministry of Fishers Office of the President 4-6 Shell Namibia Ministry of Lands 9-7 Nampost Bank of Namibia 5-7 NBC MVA 16-8 Ministry of Works and Transport
readRVS welcomes new school pony
20-04-2011
THE Reiter Verein Swakopmund (RVS) owns a beautiful school pony again, named Fohlenhof’s Giselle, thanks to a generous sponsorship from Australian Wyatt Buck.Giselle is a 16-year-old South
readWimbledon champs get larger purse
20-04-2011
LONDON – Wimbledon’s singles champions will benefit from a prize money rise taking their earnings to £1,1 million (US$2,9 million) at the 2011 Championships, organisers announced on Tuesday.If men’s
readGovernor says ‘bring the Cup home’
20-04-2011
THE Oshana Regional Soccer team heading for The Namibian Newspaper Cup this weekend paid a courtesy call to the Governor of Oshana Region Klemens Kashuupulwa on Monday to tell him that they are
readIn Brief
20-04-2011
Burkina Faso: soldiers call for end to unrest OUAGADOUGOU – An elite group of soldiers in Burkina Faso has called for an end to the military unrest that has plagued the impoverished West African
readUK envoy asked to leave Malawi
20-04-2011
BLANTYRE – Britain’s envoy to Malawi has been asked to leave after he was quoted in a local newspaper expressing concern about the president’s intolerance of criticism and about deteriorating human
readNigerian post-election riots kill ‘many’
20-04-2011
KANO – A new outbreak of post-poll rioting in northern Nigeria left many dead overnight, the Red Cross said yesterday, after President Goodluck Jonathan appealed for unity following his
readLady Gaga unzipped
20-04-2011
Lady Gaga has literally laid herself bare in her latest interview by posing in a see-through bodysuit with only strategically situated zips to cover her modesty.The ‘Poker Face’ star, who is clearly a
readRiRi’s secret family
20-04-2011
Singer Rihanna has been hiding a secret family, which include two half-sisters, the result of a couple of flings her father Ronald had before he married Rihanna’s mother.According to reports this
readPenilane to perform at the FNCC next Friday
20-04-2011
The next Acoustic Friday concert at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) features Penilane, one of Namibia’s most successful rock ensembles, takes place next Friday, April 29 at 19h00.Penilane
readWhat a difference a meal makes
20-04-2011
FOR the past ten years a fruit and vegetable garden project in the Rundu district has been one of the key ingredients of a successful TB programme. The Ekwafo TB Centre, one of nine clinics run by the
readVeteran tailor gets a boost
20-04-2011
NICKY Katila is one of 72 war veterans who have received a grant from the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs to either start a small business or to expand their existing business. Katila was born at
readTask force addresses malnutrition
20-04-2011
RECOMMENDATIONS relating to advocacy, coordination, and capacity building were made at the 3rd meeting of the African Taskforce on Food and Nutrition Development (ATFFND), in Windhoek last week.The
readSwapo Party 51 years old
20-04-2011
THE Swapo Party yesterday commemorated its 51st anniversary, which will be celebrated on May 1 this year. The deputy secretary general of the party, Nangolo Mbumba, initially announced that Swapo’s
readNujoma and Kameeta call for Ovambanderu people’s unity
20-04-2011
“THERE will be no consolation in an atmosphere of division and hatred...”Bishop Zephania Kameeta did not mince words about the division amongst the Ovambanderu community when he addressed thousands of
readMarine miners in a catch-22
20-04-2011
MARINE mining contractors are in a catch-22 situation after Namdeb a week ago ordered them to stop operations off Lüderitz. Namdeb’s move came after a deckhand on a marine mining contractor’s vessel
readKeetmans school opens new computer lab
20-04-2011
A COMPUTER laboratory set up with funding from the Bank of Namibia (BoN) was inaugurated at the PK De Villiers High School at Keetmanshoop on Monday.The BoN donated N$500 000 for the establishment of
readGovt powerless to help jobless
20-04-2011
OF the thousands of unemployed Namibians who last year asked the Ministry of Labour to help them find a job, only 14 per cent could be placed, Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko told Parliament yesterday.A
readFloods impact on Green Scheme
20-04-2011
PART of the Uvungu-Vungu Irrigation Project in Kavango has been flooded by the rising Okavango River while one of its water pumps which draws water from the river for irrigation was nearly
readFive-year plan intends to speed up land reform
20-04-2011
VERY few farms with good agricultural land suitable for resettlement are being offered to Government, and the expropriation process is fraught with legal challenges because it lacks guidelines and
readDPN wants stake in southern oil, gas hopes
20-04-2011
THE Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) is claiming participatory ownership and shareholding in the Maltahöhe district and Gibeon constituency in a bid to share in the potential riches of gas and oil
readDCA grounds pilot
20-04-2011
THE Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) has taken a no-nonsense attitude toward aviation safety violators this month. Yesterday, a source confirmed that the DCA suspended the licence of Captain David
readDamara leader concerned about Hakaseb evictions
20-04-2011
IMMANUEL !Nu!Axa /Gâseb, deputy chairman of the Council for Traditional Leaders, chairman of the Damara Chiefs’ Council and ‘Gaob’ of the !Oë Gân Traditional Community, has expressed “disappointment
readAbraham Iyambo slams education officials
20-04-2011
SHAPE up or ship out, was the message from Education Minister, Dr. Abraham Iyambo, as he launched a scathing verdict on education inspectors, advisory teachers and textbook officials at a workshop in
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