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78 Articles found on Tuesday, 2 August 2011
MobiPay in one-horse race for city power
02-08-2011
MOBILE payment service providers similar to MobiPay were not considered for the Windhoek Municipality’s prepaid electricity pilot project despite having the required systems in place.The City of
readMother recounts fatal assault on her child
02-08-2011
A YOUNG mother yesterday recounted in the High Court in Windhoek how an assault on her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter ended her child’s life almost two years ago.Elizabeth Kooitjie testified before
readWelcome back!
02-08-2011
It seems as if whales are retuning to Namibian shores.On July 16 and 22 a total of 22 pilot whales were spotted close to Pelican Point at Walvis Bay. Four humpback whales were seen from a boat on July
readGovt asks workers to wait
02-08-2011
GOVERNMENT owes about 90 000 civil servants around N$300 million in backdated increases and has called on workers to “just be a bit patient”.The Namibian has been inundated with SMSes from furious
readWarriors continue winning spree
02-08-2011
NAMIBIA’S developmental side beat Togo’s under-20 side 2-0 in Ghana yesterday afternoon courtesy of goals by Sydney Urikhob and Ikuaterua Tjozongoro.The match, initially billed for Saturday afternoon,
readUS lawmakers to vote on last-minute debt deal
02-08-2011
WASHINGTON – US congressional leaders rushed to line up Republican and Democratic votes yesterday for a White House-backed deal to raise the US borrowing limit and avert an unprecedented debt
readBusiness, consumers more confident in June
02-08-2011
INCREASED consumer and investment confidence boosted the IJG business climate index by 2,9 basis points in June to end at 113, 8 basis points overall.The latest Business Climate Monitor, released by
readWhat Failed In Norway?
02-08-2011
JAPAN in March 2011 and Norway in July 2011: any comparison between the madness of nature and the pure madness of man in Norway may sound artificial. Yet, confronted with their respective tragedies,
readEconomic And Social Progress The context matters
02-08-2011
Francis Offor writing in the Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 10, No. 4, 2009) observed: “Whereas citizens from most less endowed regions continue to enjoy better quality of life,
readNotable Quotes
02-08-2011
I CARRIED him a whole day while he was dead, thinking he was alive and just asleep. We did not have anything to give him. No water or food for three days. – An emotional Qadija Ali told IPS at Balbado
readSMSes for Tuesday 02 August 2011
02-08-2011
SMS Of The Day *ENOUGH is enough with the CoW arrogance. First they are selling houses to the rich only. Just check how many tycoons own properties in low income areas while living in Ludwigsdorf.
readTips for hiring recent graduates
02-08-2011
TO remain competitive in a growing job market, and to hire the highest potentials from the Millennial crop, you must tailor your selection process, says Harvard Business Review. Most hiring managers
readMore building plans get city’s go-ahead
02-08-2011
THE number of building plans approved by the City of Windhoek rose on a monthly basis by about five per cent in July, while the average value of plans approved spiked to N$774 115, the latest analysis
readLandmark local interbank rate transaction completed
02-08-2011
NAMIBIA’S first transaction based on the Windhoek Inter-bank Agreed Rate (Wibar) was recently concluded between Pointbreak and Nedbank Namibia to the tune of N$100 million.The Bankers’ Association of
readPensions recover from crisis, weak growth a threat
02-08-2011
PARIS – Pension funds have recovered from the darkest days of the financial crisis, clawing back more than 80 per cent of the value lost in 2008, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
readTrust promises development for Aminuis
02-08-2011
AMINUIS – Government considers non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other civil society organisations as key partners in the country’s development, the Ministry of Justice’s permanent secretary,
readZim diamond exports and revenue not tallying
02-08-2011
SEVERAL headlines in recent months have raised serious questions about the abuse of revenues coming from diamonds in Marange. These include: “Mines Minister in US$2 billion diamond fraud”, and:
readKeetmanshoop’s first expo marred by low turnout
02-08-2011
SMEs Compete has expressed disappointment about the poor turnout of visitors at the first Keetmanshoop SME exposition held at the weekend. However, SMEs Compete founding director Danny Meyer said the
readKatutura Expo begins Thursday
02-08-2011
INVOLVING a range of cultural performances, musical entertainment, an agricultural livestock show and a small and medium enterprises exhibit, the first ever Katutura Central Expo will run from August
readPrices, demand drive agribusiness
02-08-2011
NEW YORK – Higher grain prices and strong demand are boosting the fortunes of North American companies with exposure to agricultural markets, a bright spot in an earnings season that has been marked
readBig bucks for Bonsmara bull
02-08-2011
THE highest price paid at the recent Top Ten auction in Otjiwarongo was N$165 000 by Terraro Zucht Bonsmara stud for a Bonsmara bull. Ingo Halberstadt, owner of this bull, achieved more than double
readBest of the best at Genetics Namibia annual auction
02-08-2011
AT the annual auction of Genetics Namibia later this month, local cattle breeders will offer the biggest variety of cattle at one single auction. Apart from 50 bulls from 15 different breeds, there
readKrumhuk’s agri exchange programme bears fruit
02-08-2011
EXCHANGE students from the Agricultural Training Centre Krumhuk are getting rave reviews from the German farmers where they receive practical training.“They are most willing and interested; are
readTulipamwe project to grow Eenhana community
02-08-2011
A TOTAL of 44 women are cultivating their livelihood from the 16 gardens of the Tulipamwe community and Chinese agricultural project near Eenhana, funded by the Spanish government and supported by
readDiary producers award cream of the crop
02-08-2011
SEVERAL dairy farmers were awarded at the recent dairy producers annual gala dinner. The winner in the intensive farming category was H Biewenga, followed by CJ Aggenbach and CW Strydom. JO Horn won
readFuture of indigenous goat breeds in under review
02-08-2011
GROOTFONTEIN – Namibia will soon decide whether or not to develop one of the country’s indigenous goat breeds, John Mutorwa, Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, has said.The project will be
readWoman sues over forgotten surgical sponge
02-08-2011
SYDNEY – An Australian woman who lived for more than 15 years with a grapefruit-sized surgical sponge sewn inside her after abdominal surgery was to sue her doctor for negligence, a report said
readCourt upholds Chinese journalist’s jail sentence
02-08-2011
BEIJING – The lawyer for a Chinese journalist behind bars after writing about suspected corruption says a court has rejected an appeal against a new sentence ordered just before the reporter was to
read25 African migrants die on boat travelling to Italy
02-08-2011
ROME – More than two dozen African migrants trying to reach Italy from Libya died in the hold of a rickety boat so packed with people that the migrants could not get out as they struggled to breathe,
readOprah Winfrey to recycle her old show
02-08-2011
OPRAH WINFREY is repackaging her now-ended daytime talk show to make it a key part of the line-up for OWN, her struggling cable channel.Winfrey said on Friday she will host the new series that will
readElangeko lyOmukwaniilwa mOmbalantu lya kalekwa mOmpangu yOpombanda
02-08-2011
OHOFA Yopombanda ya Venduka oya gandja elombwelo ndyoka lya indike opo mOmbalantu mu langekwe omukwaniila, Olyomakaya gaziko. Elombwelo lya gandjwa kOmupanguli, Louis Muller olya indike opo Michael
readAanyasha mOshana yatota po Oprojeka yawo
02-08-2011
AAGUNDJUKAyomwaalu gwontumba yomOshitopolwa sha Shana oya tota po Oproyeka yawo hayi ithamwa Northern Land – Scape & Cleaning Project, ndjoka ya kwatelwa komeho ku Matheus Akwenye.Akwenye ota ti kutya
readOfabulika yokuhonga okawe
02-08-2011
EHANGANO lyokuhonga nokupusha okawe lya Laurelton Reign Diamonds olya egulula ofabulika yalyo ompe moKatutura sha Venduka. Ofabulika ndjika otayi kala nokuhonga nokupusha okawe kongushu yopombanda,
readOmukwiiita omukulu Homateni a hulitha
02-08-2011
OMUKWIITA omukulu gwoSwapo, Nathnael Homateni okwa mana oondjenda dhe ongula yoSoondaha moshipangelo shepangelo Oshakati mepipi lyomimvo 85. Nakusa Homateni okwa adhika moshipundi shevululuko, nokwali
readOmageelo muufuthi wiimuna naangoka gekwatonkonga
02-08-2011
OMAGEELO mekwatonkonga omimvo omulongo omanga ndyoka lyokuyaka oshimuna omimvo 20 mondholongo.Egeelo ndika lyatalikako koyendji edhigu okuyeleka neyono otali tsikile natango okweehameka mboka ya yono
readMuni gwa Venduka a nyenyetelwa nayi kaawiliki no koshigwana
02-08-2011
AANAPOLITIKA naakalimo yomoVenduka oya pangula nonyanya etokolo lyewiliko lyoshilando okuhulithapo euvathano lyokulanditha olusheno nehangano Namibia Electronic Payment Terminals.Amushanga
readOmulandithi gwolusheno a ningilwa oshipotha
02-08-2011
EWILIKO lyaVenduka olya ningile omulandithi gwolusheno lwokakalata, omatamaneko gekengelelo.Omatamaneko ngaka oga li ga ningilwa ehangano ndyoka omasiku gatano omanga euvathano lyalyo noshilando sha
readMobiPay okwa gamwa ndele aniwa hasho
02-08-2011
MOBIPAY okwa hogololwa ku muni gwaVenduka opo a landithe olusheno, oshoka okwa li ha longele kumwe na Namibia ElectronicPayment Terminals, na oye awike omugandji gwomayakulo ena iilongitho yokugandja
readIihokolola ya Avid na Teko otayi ka pulakenwa omumvo tuuka
02-08-2011
IIHOKOLOLA iyali moshilongo yina sha nuulingilingi noshow nekengelelo ota yi ka pulakenwa ashike omumvo tuuka. Mbika oya undulilwa komeho oshoka opwa tegelelwa manga iihokolola kombinga yaashoka
readEshangitho lyevi lyokomikunda lya fatululwa nawa no muule
02-08-2011
OSHIKONDO shOmavi osha ti omuleli gwongundu National Democratic Party, ya Martin Lukato otayi piyaganeke nokupukitha oshigwana kombinga yelalakano lyoveta yevi lyaayehe. Lukato okwa indile opo
readOlusheno moVenduka inalu gwedhwa natango
02-08-2011
AAKALIMO ya Venduka natango itaya futu olusheno lwa gwedhwa, oshoka ethaneko lyokulugwedhela noopersenda 15 inali ziminwa kewilikongundu lyolusheno, nenge ECB. Omwedhi gwayi oshilando osha ziminine
readNamibian Closed Squash Championship thrills
02-08-2011
Walvis Bay based Buccaneers Squash Club hosted the MultiChoice Namibian Closed Championship from July 24 to 26. A total of 80 entries were received and split up into a 64 men’s cup draw and a 16
readVirgil Vries stars for Golden Arrows
02-08-2011
NAMIBIAN international goalkeeper Virgil Vries impressed at his new outfit Golden Arrows in South Africa on Sunday.Information obtained from the KickOff.com website yesterday said Vries was key to
readTobias says Prince will rule the roost
02-08-2011
LOCAL boxing promoter Nestor Tobias is convinced that promising boxer Immanuel 'The Prince' Naidjala is ready to impress in his upcoming fight, that might put him in contention for world titles.The
readDhoni’s act of sportsmanship finds praise, critics
02-08-2011
NEW DELHI – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to recall Ian Bell after a bizarre runout at Trent Bridge on Sunday will have gone down well with English cricket fans but his act of
readSpain, Nigeria set World Cup pace
02-08-2011
Two of the early favourites in the Under-20 World Cup came through as expected with Spain and Nigeria picking up victories on Sunday as the first round of group play wrapped up.Spain defeated Costa
readPhelps eyes potential London showdown with Thorpe
02-08-2011
SHANGI – Michael Phelps is eagerly anticipating a showdown with Ian Thorpe at next year’s London Olympics, should the Australian choose to race the men’s 200 metres freestyle and set up another ‘Race
readTransfer sagas drag on and on
02-08-2011
AS the start of the new European season draws nearer, news and speculation of big-money transfers flies left, right and centre and longstanding sagas drags on with no end seemingly in sight. Moneybags
readBig Brother Amplified: How the viewers voted
02-08-2011
Vina received zero country votes and was evicted first. Hanni, Lomwe and Sharon O received one country vote each and were also evicted, as was Luclay who received 2 country votes.Karen, with six
readBig Brother Amplified: Karen,Wendall Win Big!
02-08-2011
Big Brother Amplified may be over, but the drama isn’t!South African fans particularly are up in arms over the final result, which saw Karen Igho from Nigeria and Wendall Parsons from Zimbabwe walk
readIn Brief
02-08-2011
AU being ignored, says Mbeki PRETORIA – African Union (AU) proposals on Africa that were ignored by the rest of the world did not mean that the organisation was weak, former president Thabo Mbeki
readCity Press editor ‘sows discord among blacks’
02-08-2011
CAPE TOWN – Sowetan columnist Eric Miyeni yesterday launched a scathing attack on City Press editor Ferial Haffajee for City Press’s articles about ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s family
readSomali famine refugees begin Ramadan fast
02-08-2011
DADAAB – Somalia’s famine refugees, weakened by months of drought, yesterday began Islam’s punishing Ramadan fast amid the tents and shacks of the world’s largest refugee camp.“Because of the famine,
readZambezi Waterfront struggles financially
02-08-2011
THE first phase of the Zambezi Waterfront Tourism Park project at Katima Mulilo is still not complete, more than one year after the Waterfront was due to be opened.The Katima Mulilo Waterfront
readVeld fire rages at Spitzkoppe
02-08-2011
A VELD fire has been raging in the Spitzkoppe area since Friday afternoon.By Sunday afternoon, the fire had still not been brought under control. According to Moshanyan Goagoseb, agricultural
readSuspects wanted
02-08-2011
THE Namibian Police are requesting the public's assistance in tracing two suspects wanted in connection with a case of car theft and fraud.It is alleged that the two men rented two bakkies – a Toyota
readSCC denies no-show at hearing
02-08-2011
THE Social Security Commission (SSC) has hit back at media reports that it failed to show up at parliamentary standing committee public hearing on Thursday to account on its financial matters. SSC
readRehoboth mayor fined for negligence
02-08-2011
REHOBOTH mayor Bartholomeus Pieters on Friday received a fine of N$1 000 after he was found driving his official vehicle with an expired licence disc.The fine will be reduced to N$500 if and when he
readPolice ask for help with dead body
02-08-2011
THE Police have requested help in identifying a man who died at Otavi on July 24. The unidentified man’s body is being held at the Otjiwarongo Police mortuary. Police say the man, “who is suspected
readPolice accused of failing 19-year-old rape victim
02-08-2011
THE Women and Child Protection Unit (WCPU) stands accused of failing to ensure that a rape victim was examined by a medical doctor last week. In a rape case last week, the 19-year-old whose identity
readNantu condemns Iyambo’s Centaurus visit
02-08-2011
THE Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) has condemned the surprise visit of Education Minister Abraham Iyambo to Centaurus High School in Windhoek.Speaking at a media briefing in Windhoek on
readMureti principal allegedly holds back worker’s pay
02-08-2011
OPUWO – The Principal of Mureti High School at Opuwo in the Kunene Region, Ambrosius Tjizu, is allegedly refusing to hand over the pay cheque of a worker who reported him for assault last month.The
readKeetmans murder trial postponed
02-08-2011
THE High Court murder trial of Aroab resident Pieter Farmer, who is accused of killing his young girlfriend in a shooting incident at Keetmanshoop in late 2005, is now scheduled to continue only in
readIthana ‘dead wrong’ on SADC Tribunal
02-08-2011
JOSIAS van Zyl of the Swissbourgh Group says Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana’s statements on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal made in Walvis Bay last week are in
readFourth murder accused granted bail
02-08-2011
ALL but one of the five men accused of murdering Windhoek resident Lesley Clarke have been released on bail.Murder accused Rudy Rautenbach (29) and Ashwill Stern (19) finally heard the fate of their
readDr Hamata retires at 68
02-08-2011
MANY people from all four central northern regions gathered on Friday to say good bye to their long serving doctor Naftali Hamata who finally retired from the Namibian public service.Doctor Hamata
readCo-operatives offer opportunity
02-08-2011
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is concerned about the slow pace of growth in membership of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) in Africa.At a recent conference of the Regional ICA branch,
readCensus information denied to readers
02-08-2011
IMPORTANT information on this month’s 10-yearly population and housing census is being denied the readers of The Namibian due to the advertising ban imposed by Government in December 2000. The
readDRC shebeens cause stir
02-08-2011
A TOTAL of 42 out of 57 shebeens run in Swakopmund’s poorest area, the DRC settlement, are not registered.In Mondesa, another poor residential area, 71 shebeens are operating – one of which is not
readTests declare Walvis Bay water ‘excellent’
02-08-2011
AN INDEPENDENT laboratory analysis conducted in Germany found that the quality of Walvis Bay’s water is excellent.According to the spokesperson of the harbour town’s municipality, Kevin Adams, the
readElderly Karibib couple attacked
02-08-2011
“WE ARE just so grateful that we are alive and still standing on our feet.”This was the relief of an elderly resident of Karibib, Eva Mittendorf (76), after she and her 72-year-old husband, Helmud,
read‘Make Erongo safe’
02-08-2011
THE Namibian Police in the Erongo Region will celebrate the Erongo Community Policing Day on Saturday under the theme “Make Erongo Safe”.According to a Police spokesperson, Inspector Kauna Shikwambi,
readStandards institute gets Walvis land
02-08-2011
THE Namibia Standard Institution (NSI) is expected to purchase an erf from the Walvis Bay municipality in the extension 12 area at a cost of N$248 400 soon.In terms of a resolution passed by the
readCoastal properties lure upmarket buyers
02-08-2011
THE property market at the coast has been booming, driven by the sale of upmarket houses, the latest FNB housing index shows.Average house prices at the coast jumped by 7,6 per cent in February,
readAfrican law reform workshop at the coast
02-08-2011
AFRICAN countries need to conduct a proper audit of the problems and challenges that “bedevil our electoral processes and management of our elections at various levels”.This was the call of the
readNamcor unveils lubricants in Erongo
02-08-2011
WALVIS BAY – The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) introduced its line of branded lubricants at a gala dinner in partnership with South African petrochemicals giant, Sasol Oil to
readALAN service delivery award for coastal town
02-08-2011
THE municipality of Swakopmund recently scooped “the best performer in service delivery” award at the 55th Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (LAN) conference held in Windhoek recently.Barely
readSwakop: Namibia’s favourite
02-08-2011
SWAKOPMUND has emerged as the Namibian finalist in a town of the year competition hosted by South African Sunday newspaper Rapport and the magazine television programme, Kwêla.An insert on the holiday
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