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55 Articles found on Thursday, 18 August 2011
Media’s graft coverage in spotlight
18-08-2011
THE media still only report corruption cases that are exposed. As a result, the picture which the media paints may only represent a drop in the ocean.An analysis conducted by the Namibia Institute for
readGovt backs down on tax demands
18-08-2011
CABINET has back-pedaled on its ‘over ambitious’ tax reforms, scrapping or watering down the most severe hikes after Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s proposals threatened to shut down
readCabinet ends boycott
18-08-2011
CABINET has finally decided to lift a 10-year-long advertising ban on The Namibian and to revoke former President Sam Nujoma’s decree that no Government department should buy copies of the
readMTC rescues rugby team
18-08-2011
MTC yesterday decided to rally behind the Namibian team with a N$1,6 million injection towards their World Cup participation costs to avoid national “embarrassment”.According to MTC’s Tim Ekandjo, the
readAnti graft protests swell across India
18-08-2011
NEW DELHI – Protests swelled across India yesterday in support of a self-styled Gandhian anti-corruption campaigner fasting to the death in jail, with Prime Minister Manmohan’s Singh’s beleaguered
readAngola wants SADC development fund a reality
18-08-2011
LUANDA – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Development Fund that has been mooted for many years, might become a reality within the next 12 months.The Angolan Minister of External
readLoyiso to help Idols prepare!
18-08-2011
The Top 8 contestants in ‘Idols Season 7’ will be mentored on the finer points of R’n’B by South African legend Loyiso Bala, who will also perform with them as a special guest artist at the recording
readIn Brief
18-08-2011
Malawi quiet, anti-gov’t protests called off BLANTYRE – Security forces are patrolling empty streets in Malawi’s main cities and towns after organisers called off planned anti-government
readZim minister suspended for calling Mugabe ‘old’
18-08-2011
HARARE – A Zimbabwean Deputy Minister could lose her seat as an MP as well as her government post after she was suspended from her party for allegedly saying President Robert Mugabe is old.Ms Tracey
readLibyan rebels tweak transition road map
18-08-2011
BENGHAZI – Libyan rebels have tweaked their road map to include a transfer of power to an elected body within eight months of an eventual ouster of Muammar Gaddafi, followed by the adoption of a
readThe Customer Care Lie
18-08-2011
Namibia imports a large percentage of products, both fresh and processed. A lot of these goods originate in South Africa where they are either grown, manufactured or processed from. Because South
readLooking good versus your health
18-08-2011
Canadian scientist David Suzuki released a list of the common toxic chemicals found in our everyday cosmetics and toiletries. Do an experiment. Look at the list below, and then your make-up, can you
readWho is responsible for Economic Empowerment?
18-08-2011
In Part 1, I shared my views about what economic empowerment is, and what it is not. I also touched on the individual and the government as role players in economic empowerment. In this final part, I
readWays to spot mega-trends
18-08-2011
To spot transformational trends early, companies need to tap into the peripheries of their industry, says Harvard Business Review.All leaders want to know what trends will shape the future of their
readLüderitz go-getter a role model for small business
18-08-2011
Caroline van Wyk wakes up at four o’clock every morning to bake bread for the community of Lüderitz. She also bakes biscuits which she sells to clients as far afield as Windhoek and Oshikango. Her
readIndonesia expands land rights
18-08-2011
LOMBOK, INDONESIA – In July, the Indonesian Government agreed to work closely with civil society and indigenous groups to develop and implement a new national strategy to grant significant land rights
readGood samaritan rescues Pangolin
18-08-2011
As the weather warms up and the night is lit over the full moon period, poaching of wildlife increases. Anybody living in an area where wildlife roams knows this. A pangolin was victim of this past
readNamibia launches forest research strategy
18-08-2011
A FOREST research strategy was launched yesterday as a way to improve the management of forests in Namibia, based on improved forest research. Abraham Nehemia, Under Secretary in Department of Water
readBattle of the Acacia – Can you say Vachellia?
18-08-2011
Every six years, when the International Botanical Congress meets, it tackles a backlog of problems related to the naming of plants. At the congress in Melbourne, Australia in July 2011, one
readIn Brief
18-08-2011
Pakistan floods: 60 000 homeless KARACHI – Devastating rains have triggered floods in southern Pakistan, affecting at least 700 000 people and forcing 60 000 from their homes, officials said
readUK honeymooner killed by shark
18-08-2011
LONDON – A 30-year-old Briton was killed by a shark during his honeymoon in the Seychelles, the Foreign Office in London confirmed Wednesday.The victim, Ian Redmond, had “no chance of surviving” the
readNew letters bring scandal closer to Murdoch
18-08-2011
LONDON – The taint of a hacking scandal is creeping closer to media baron Rupert Murdoch.New documents published by UK lawmakers investigating Britain’s phone-hacking scandal apparently contradict
readAustralian ‘collar bomb’ victim relieved at arrest
18-08-2011
SYDNEY – An Australian teenager who spent 10 hours with a fake bomb chained to her neck said yesterday that she is relieved the FBI has arrested a man accused of breaking into her home and tethering
readOshipotha shuulingilingi sheekelwahi mohofa
18-08-2011
OMATAMANEKO guulingilingi ngoka ga li ga ningilwa omuniilonga gwOshikondo shiilonga iiyenditho poShiwakopo oga ethiwa mohofa ya Mengesrtata, poshilando shoka. Mengestrata, Bernhard Tjatjara okwa etha
readA tulwa mondholongo medhipago
18-08-2011
OMUPOLISI ngoka a yaha nokudhipaga omuntu poKatima Mulilo okwa tulwa mondholongo uule womimvo 18 oshiwike shayi. Omupolisi nguka okwa li a tamanekelwa edhipago lyomulumentu gumwe poKatima Mulilo mu
readOgasa omo yili natango moshilongo
18-08-2011
OGASA yokutema nosho tuu oyi li moshilongo yagwana nomahangano gokugandja ogasa oga koleke kutya ngashingeyi opena ogasa ya gwana moshilongo. Aagandji yogasa oya koleke kutya okuza omaandaha
readMbumba noHerero Mall
18-08-2011
OMINISTA yOshikondo shegameno nepopilo lyoshigwana oya indile aakwashigwana mboka haya ngeshefele pehala lyoongeshefa lya Herero Mall opo ya longele kumwe nopolisi. Nangolo Mbumba okwa ningi eindilo
readKamwi iipopile kombinga yotendela mUuhaku
18-08-2011
MINISTA gUundjolowele okwa ekelehi omahokololo kutya okwa mbesitele omiti dhetuntilo okuza ko Cuba inaa landula omilandu dhomondjila.Richard Kamwi okwa ekelehi woo omipopyo kutya okunamo oshikaha
readMengestrata Shakati a kwatwa molwoombumbo nomuyonena
18-08-2011
MENGESTRATA omugundjuka gwomOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana Melanie Theron okwa kwatelwe po Omaandaha goshiwike shika moluulingilingi, okutaamba ombumbo nokulonga nuuhauyuki.Sho a kwatwa po Omaandaha
readOpolisi ya mbesitele ondhila yo ludhi lwedhagadhaga ontintatu
18-08-2011
OPOLISI ya Namibia oya mbesitele edhagadhaga lyoludhi lwo Eurocopter omodela EC145 okunenepeka iilonga yayo yomombepo. Etseyitho ndika olya ningwa kewawa lyomombepo lyopolisi oshiwike shika.
readOmusamane a sila mondjugo yamukwawo
18-08-2011
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 70 gwomomukunda Onanghulo mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena gwedhina Matheus Nghidengwa okwa sile mondjugo yamukwawo momukunda Efululula mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena
readIilongapomina ya Langer Heinrich ya katekwa manga
18-08-2011
EYOKOMEHO miilonga pomina ya Langer Heinrich Uranium oya yiwa moshipala konima sho aaniilonga yehangano lya GrinakerLTA ya tamekele ekanka omaandaha taya nyenyeta ehulithopo lyiilonga yawo ndyoka lili
readLongitheni ookompiuta nawa meilongo lyeni noneitulomo
18-08-2011
AALONGI yoshiputudhilo sha Namibia College of Open Learning[NAMCOL] oya indile aalongwa yasho ayehe moshilongo opo ya longithe ookompiuta dhasho mokwiilonga iilongwa yawo ndele hakutala ehala
readSport Conference postponed
18-08-2011
NAMIBIA’s envisaged Sports Conference has been indefinitely postponed due to circumstances beyond the organisers control. The conference, initially scheduled for next week (Ausgust 22 - 25), is an
readNamibia names World Cup squad
18-08-2011
NAMIBIA yesterday named their list of 30 players for the next month’s Rugby World Cup. With only one real world class player in captain Jacques Burger, Namibia’s amateurs face a mammoth task against
readSA women drawn against Sri Lanka
18-08-2011
SOUTH Africa will face former Asia Cup runners-up Sri Lanka in the group stages of the Women’s Cricket World Cup qualifiers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in November.The International Cricket Council said
readNational netball team to play international friendlies
18-08-2011
THE national netball team will either take on Malawi or Botswana soon as part of their preparations for the upcoming Six Nations’ netball tournament slated for Singapore from December 4 to 10.All
readVan Wyk makes comeback
18-08-2011
NAMIBIAN gymnast Kimberly-Ann van Zyl returned to Women’s Artistic All Around action when she competed on Saturday at the 2011 Universiade in Schenzhen, China.The second year University of Pretoria
readKenenisa Bekele returns to defend world title
18-08-2011
RALEIGH – Ethiopian Olympic and world champion Kenenisa Bekele will defend his 10 000 metre world title later this month despite not having raced since early 2010, his manager said on Tuesday.“He is
readWSL Leaders loses Coach Zimmer
18-08-2011
NFA Women Super League leaders JS Academy will have to find a coach replacement soon following the departure of Jerry Zimmer to Namibia Premier League outfit Civics recently.After beating arch-rivals
readRussian offer for Eto’o can’t be refused
18-08-2011
MILAN – Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti is hoping to sell standout striker Samuel Eto’o to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala because the offer is just too good to turn down, and it coincides with
readSport Briefs
18-08-2011
Vlasic could miss worlds with injury Reigning world high jump champion Blanka Vlasic of Croatia says she’s doubtful for the upcoming world championships because of injury.Dhoni warns against India
readYoung man admits child rape charge
18-08-2011
AN ILLITERATE young man accused of sexually molesting a four-year-old girl in the Rehoboth area more than five and a half years ago pleaded guilty to a rape charge in the High Court in Windhoek this
readPolice finalise Diergaardt fraud case
18-08-2011
POLICE investigations into the alleged theft case implicating Deputy Minister of Lands and Resettlement Theo Diergaardt, his mother, and three others, has been finalised.Detective warrant officer
readPlans to revive ostrich sector underway
18-08-2011
THE Karas Regional Council, in partnership with Klein Karoo International company which is based in Oudtshoorn, South Africa, plans to revive the ostrich industry in the South. A delegation of the
readNamdeb considers approaching court
18-08-2011
NAMDEB says it is considering approaching the courts to declare a strike by its workers illegal or to commence with a lockout.The company and the Mineworkers' Union of Namibia have different versions
readMinistry interfered in oxygen tender
18-08-2011
THE Tender Board of Namibia has abdicated its responsibilities in the tender for the supply of oxygen and medical gases in contravention of the Tender Board Act.This is the legal opinion of the office
readLüderitz school opposes bail
18-08-2011
THE alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl from Diaz Primary School in Lüderitz by her own father in July this year has forced the school management to stage a demonstration on Wednesday in opposition to
readInterpreter arrested in N$3m cash theft
18-08-2011
AN INTERPRETER at the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura was arrested in connection with the disappearance of around N$3 million that vanished from a safe at this court.The money was stolen close
readIncest rape suspect denies allegations
18-08-2011
“SHE is lying.” “He is lying.” “She is lying.”These were some of the comments which a Koës resident accused of having raped his daughter almost seven years ago made about the incriminating testimony
readHuman trafficking legislation proposed
18-08-2011
A CROSS-MINISTERIAL meeting was held this week to discuss the possible introduction of specific legislation on human trafficking, which is lacking, despite the country having signed and ratified
readDiscord in Oukwanyama family
18-08-2011
VILLAGE headmen from Ohaingu, Okelemba and Onamutai traditional districts and some of their followers held a peaceful demonstration at the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority (OTA) headquarters at
readB1 City construction awaits payment
18-08-2011
THE developers of the B1 City development project north of the Katutura State Hospital will resume construction of the building once they have settled a N$15 million bill with the Road Contractors
readSMSes for Thursday 18 August 2011
18-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *IN Australia, supermarkets offer 'product free tills' where you don't have to stand and wait to pay next to sweets, gum and other unhealthy goods. Great for moms and people who want
readNotable Quotes
18-08-2011
Someone with an axe to grind leaked one selected document out of a whole process to give the impression that there had been a breach of regulations or some sort of corruption where there was none. –
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