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74 Articles found on Friday, 9 December 2011
Cabinet will decide on Meatco’s future
09-12-2011
CABINET, and Cabinet alone, will decide who will own the future Meatco.“Until and unless Cabinet has considered and approved the final report on the [ownership] matter, no one organisation’s,
readStolen goods recovered
09-12-2011
The Namibian Police have recovered a variety of items stolen at plot 37 of Brakwater north of Windhoek during an armed robbery two weeks ago. Four people were arrested in connection with the robbery
readEtale gets order against partners
09-12-2011
THE non-payment of fishing quota levies cannot be used as a reason for a refusal to grant a licence for a fishing vessel, it was pointed out in a judgement delivered in the High Court in Windhoek
readHundreds of Namibians seek asylum in Canada
09-12-2011
CLOSE to 2 000 Namibians have applied for asylum in Canada during the first nine months of this year.Data provided by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) shows that more than 750 claims
readWay paved for Chinese take-over of Husab
09-12-2011
MELBOURNE – Kalahari Minerals said on yesterday it had agreed to be taken over by China Guangdong Nuclear Power Corp in a 632 million pound (US$990,6 million) deal boosting commodity-hungry China’s
readNamibia beat Sri Lanka
09-12-2011
NAMIBIA’S netball team put in a fine display against Sri Lanka yesterday to win 77-49 and give themselves a real chance at clinching a playoff spot ahead of Sunday’s finals.Namibia were comfortably
readPutin says US stoked
09-12-2011
MOSCOW – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States yesterday of stirring up protests against his 12-year rule and said foreign countries were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to
readPress ombudsman stays out of Democratic Alliance complaint
09-12-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The Press Ombudsman distanced himself yesterday from a tiff between Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille and Independent Newspapers over an African National Conference centenary
readMalema song flying off the shelves in Durban
09-12-2011
DURBAN – A controversial song about suspended African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema is flying off the shelves in Durban music stores, Isolezwe reported yesterday.“The first batch
readEgypt PM names new cabinet
09-12-2011
CAIRO – Egypt’s caretaker premier named a new cabinet on Wednesday with increased powers to tackle worsening crime and a sliding economy as Islamist parties made fresh gains in the country’s
readWork on your strengths
09-12-2011
If you really want to make a difference to your company, it’s your strengths that will lead the way, so don’t spend too much time working on your weaknesses, says Harvard Business Review.It’s a pain
readMineworkers welcome new Namdeb GM
09-12-2011
THE Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) has welcomed the appointment of Riaan Burger to replace Mitford Mundell as the general manager of Namdeb.Namdeb promoted Burger, its former head of strategic
readWorld food prices ease in November
09-12-2011
MILAN – World food prices dipped month-on-month in November, with a fall in sugar offsetting a recovery of vegetable oils, the United Nations’ food agency said yesterday.The FAO index of global food
readRecord mining splurge makes global impact
09-12-2011
MANILA – The China-driven commodities boom transformed economies and environments across the globe in 2011, a year that saw cashed-up mining giants invest record amounts into extracting Earth’s
readForeign buying of land in Africa slammed
09-12-2011
DURBAN– Foreign countries which buy African farmland in order to gain food security are guilty of a “new form of colonisation”, South African Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister, Tina
readChina tries to mediate Sudan oil impasse
09-12-2011
JUBA, South Sudan – China inserted itself into the fight over oil between Sudan and its former territory South Sudan, sending a special envoy to try to break a deadlock between two rivals who often
readLocal Government declares Elisenheim a township
09-12-2011
THE developers of Elisenheim estate can start construction on the billion-dollar project after it was given township status.According to a statement by the Elisenheim Property Development Company
readFinland grant boosts capacity at Walvis Bay Corridor Group
09-12-2011
FINLAND and the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) have signed a funding agreement of nearly N$890 000.The overall objective of the funding is to improve operating conditions on specific transport
readIs The Math Professor Top Class?
09-12-2011
I WAS surprised to read a letter that appeared (in The Namibian) of 2nd December 2011 by Dr Alfred H Kamupingene about the ‘Namibian Einstein’, Professor Gunter Heimbeck, and his plight at the
readIgnore The World Bank
09-12-2011
EDITOR, please allow me space in your beloved newspaper to respond to the World Bank’s report about the Namibian property market. It is a complete lie to say that foreigners are the ones to blame in
readProstitution Is Not A ‘Societal Ill’
09-12-2011
I AM glad to have tweaked the interest of Victor Kuligin (The Namibian, Readers’ Letters, 2 December 2011) into openly discussing the merits and demerits of legalising commercial sex as a means of
readNujoma-Spanish Relationship Is Untenable
09-12-2011
REGARDING Gwen Lister’s Political Perspective on the state of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: When the report on Spanish over-fishing was published in The Namibian in October, it described a close
readWhat About Born-frees?
09-12-2011
CAN any Good Samaritan in Cabinet please help the poor born-free kids? If we talk about Vision 2030 we are talking about building the nation, but it cannot be the war veterans only. So, why are most
readNo Foreign Doctors in Private Practice
09-12-2011
I WOULD like to air my concern in your wonderful newspaper on the increase of private practices in Namibia by foreign doctors. Why is our health professions council issuing licences like that? I am
readAfricans Traded In Slavery Too
09-12-2011
DEAR Editor, during recent discussions, especially on the reparations question, it became obvious that some vital facts regarding the history of Africa are unknown to many. Some facts we would like to
readDevelopment Namibian Style?
09-12-2011
“I BELIEVE Namibians will embrace the notion of development as freedom. If any Namibian is a victim of poverty, disease and ignorance that Namibian is not free. Our public policies should therefore
readEsiku lyoku kuthako oondhalate lya tseyithwa - Kawana
09-12-2011
AANAFAALAMA miitopolwa yaayehe oya pewa sigo omwedhi February omumvo ta gu ya oku kuthako oondhalate ndhoka dha dhikwa shaali paveta. Etseyitho londodho ndika olya gandjwa koMinista yiipambele
readOmalundululo moveta yiifendela ga thanekwa
09-12-2011
OMINISTA yIiniwe, oya tula omathaneko gomalundululo moveta yiifendela kongushu ya gwedhwako opo aagandji yiilongitho yopaunamiti yaafute iifendela kongushu ya gwedhwako ngaashi shili paveta
readOmidhimba mo Syria
09-12-2011
Ondoolopa ya Homs, mOshilongo sha Syria oyali ya adhika kuupwidhi naantu omilongo 50 oyadhipangelwe meni lyoowili 24, oshinima shoka sha kathinga omidhimba dhili owala momapandaanda, aapambele
readOlutu lwomiyalu talu thikama mbala
09-12-2011
EPANGELO olya tegelela okuthikamekapo olutu lwomiyalu lwopashigwana, nenge National Statistics Agency omanga omumvo nguka inaagu pwako. Oshinima shika osha tseyithwa komunamiyalu gwepangelo, Fanuel
readEkonakono keshongo lyiilikama
09-12-2011
EHANGANO lyaaniimuna ota li ka ninga omakonakono mooshilongo ashihe oku tala uupyakadhi mboka wa etwa kiilyanyama, nonkene oshinima shika tashi longwa nasho. Ehangano lyaanafaalama moNamibia olya ti
readEvi oli na ondilo mokati koshilongo
09-12-2011
OMPUMBWE yevi lya tulwa omayakulo moshilongo olyo natango endangalati enene kwaamboka taya kambadhala noku landa omagumbo mokati ka Namibia. Oshinima shika osha yi pevi uule womimvo ne mu Juli nuumvo.
readOmahala giihape ga egulukila ayehe
09-12-2011
OMAHALA gokupungula noku landithila iihape ngoka taga tungwa poRundu, pOngwediva nomoVenduka otaga kala ga egulukila aantu ayehe mboka haya longo iihape ayehe kutya oomboka aashona nenge
readMinista gweputudho eli moshipangelo
09-12-2011
Abraham Iyambo, Minista gweputudho moshilongo, okuli moshipangelo, nokuli mepango lyi ikalekelwa moshipangelo sha Katoolika moVenduka, ano o Roman Catholic Hospital.Moshipangelo shika shopaumwene okwa
readAanasikola ya nwa ndele taya yonagula
09-12-2011
AANASIKOLA yamwe yopOnampira, taku tiwa kutya oyomongundu ontimugoyi nontimulongonayimwe, ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, oya ningi oshinima oshitilithi noshikumithi, sho ya zi komagumbo taye ya
readNational 1st division gets MTC outfits
09-12-2011
MTC on Wednesday handed over a sponsorship of home and away outfits for football teams competing in the Northern and Southern Stream Fist Divisions.MTC spokesman Tim Ekandjo said they made the offer
readFootball Fixtures
09-12-2011
Friday, December 9 German Bundesliga Hertha Berlin v Schalke 21h30 Namibia Premier League BA v Civics, Sam Nujoma Stadium 20h00 Saturday, December 10 English
readUnam hosts electronic games tourney
09-12-2011
THE Namibia Electronic Sports Association will this weekend host its annual gaming competition at the University of Namibia’s main campus in Windhoek. According to event coordinator and Nesa vice
readBlitzboks banking on Afrika
09-12-2011
COACH Paul Treu, despite downplaying the fact, will be hoping Cecil Afrika provides the spark necessary for South Africa to win a second IRB Sevens World Series title on home soil this weekend.The
readReal Madrid, Barca in perfect El Clasico form
09-12-2011
SPAIN’S long-awaited Clasico match between giants Real Madrid and Barcelona could hardly have come at a better time as both teams are in perfect form after early-season wobbles.Real have won the last
readNFA lawyer predicts Cas success
09-12-2011
GERMAN sports lawyer Reinhard Stünkel is confident that the International Court of Arbitration for Sport will rule in favour of the Namibia Football Association In interview with the German daily
readMan duo exit Champions League
09-12-2011
MANCHESTER - A timid Manchester United and their ‘noisy neighbours Manchester City were dispatched from the Uefa Champions League in a dramatic night of European football on Wednesday.Three-times
readVenaani mingles with top politicians
09-12-2011
DTA secretary general McHenry Venaani has praised Namibia for consistently holding democratic elections but has expressed concern over the lack of separation of powers in the country, as he believes
readTransNamib CEO Titus Haimbili suspended?
09-12-2011
TRANSNAMIB board chairperson Festus Lameck last night said he couldn’t confirm whether suspending chief executive officer Titus Haimbili was on the board meeting’s agenda.The meeting was still
readNuclear draft policy nearing completion
09-12-2011
A BEEFED-UP draft uranium policy was presented at the first of two stakeholder meetings yesterday in Windhoek.The Namibian Uranium Policy is being created in order to develop an “effective regulatory
readNanso must draw on the past – Mutorwa
09-12-2011
DELEGATES attending the Namibia National Students’ Organisation (Nanso) congress should study the organisation’s history and draw lessons from the past when developing future strategies and tactics
readNamPort denies irregularity allegations in tender award
09-12-2011
THE Namibia Ports Authority (NamPort) has dismissed allegations of irregularities in the awarding of two tenders earlier this year.The Namibian reported last week that the Anti-Corruption Commission
readLittle-known member challenges Haingura
09-12-2011
AN upcoming Swapo woman activist will test her support in the party ranks today when she challenges incumbent secretary Petrina Haingura for the position.Little-known Karin Nghishidimbwa was yesterday
readGrape farmers begin harvest
09-12-2011
DESPITE attempts by the Ministry of Agriculture to stop 10 Aussenkehr farmers selling their grapes to a preferred buyer other than the one touted by the Ministry, the farmers yesterday confirmed they
readFocus on ‘confession’ in matricide trial
09-12-2011
MATRICIDE suspect Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko continued to insist in the High Court in Windhoek this week that he was not fully aware of what he was saying when he made an alleged confession following
readCongregation divided over pastor’s suspension
09-12-2011
THE ELCRN congregation at Mariental’s Ebenhaeser Church is split in two factions following the suspension of their preacher.Reverend Albertus #Nouseb was suspended after 22 members of the congregation
read262 Namdeb contract workers’ jobs on the line
09-12-2011
THE jobs of 262 contract workers employed at Namdeb’s Oranjemund mine are in jeopardy, as the company plans to outsource its mining activities. Namdeb had contracted the workers for renewable fix-term
readGovt mum on Iyambo
09-12-2011
THE Namibian Government has drawn a veil of secrecy over the hospitalisation of the Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo.Albert Kawana, the Minister of Presidential Affairs, when asked about his
readBrahma Kumaris leader links spirituality to climate change
09-12-2011
A PEACE emissary of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, Sister Jayanti, will be in Windhoek today to talk about the interconnectedness of consciousness and climate change. She was also a
readMore than 11% of graduates unemployed
09-12-2011
MORE than 11 per cent of University of Namibia (Unam) and 14,4 per cent of Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN) graduates are unemployed.Moreover, nearly four out of five graduates only find a job about two
readCensus still haunts NPC
09-12-2011
PROBLEMS with paying people who worked during the 2011 National Housing and Population Census are continuing to haunt the National Planning Commission (NPC), as census mappers claim that they too are
readRehoboth woman strangled to death
09-12-2011
A POST-MORTEM report this week confirmed that Caroline Swartz (43), whose body was found next to the Rehoboth cemetery, was strangled to death.The report cites “manual strangulation” as her cause of
readTo save vultures, learn to love them
09-12-2011
HARTBEESPOORT, South Africa – Many people associate vultures with death and decay. A couple of conservationists in South Africa are trying to show the public what they love and admire about these
readSMSes for Friday 09 December 2011
09-12-2011
SMS Of The Day *WHY does the Government want a share in Meatco? Most businesses where Government has a finger in the pie are disasters. Why create another one? Food for Thought *WE allowed almost
readDon’t Confuse Peace With The Absence Of War
09-12-2011
NAMIBIA has done well to present good sales pitches for investors.The Constitution is lofty and the laws aimed at attracting investment, though nothing to be overly excited about, are seductive. Yet
readAfrican Briefs
09-12-2011
Kabila poised for new term KINSHASA – President Joseph Kabila was poised to claim a new five-year term yesterday when officials were due to announce the winner of DR Congo’s elections, a result the
readSyrians launch civil disobedience campaign
09-12-2011
DAMASCUS – Syrian activists yesterday launched a campaign of civil disobedience to pile pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, after he drew a stinging rebuke from the US for denying he ordered a
readClimate talks seek breakthrough
09-12-2011
DURBAN – World climate talks searched yesterday for a diplomatic charm to coax China, the United States and Europe towards an historic compromise on tackling global warming by today’s close.Delegates
readWorld Briefs
09-12-2011
Man jailed for Thai royal insult BANGKOK – A court in Thailand sentenced a United States citizen to two and a half years in prison yesterday for defaming the country’s royal family by translating
readFrontlining on Twitter
09-12-2011
FROM Outapi to Chicago, from hail to bail, Namibians hit the 140 with the vigour of a thunder storm:Namibians At Large @Buruxa_Bee: Blagojevich [Democrat] an ex gov [Chicago, USA] jailed 14yrs for
readLosing their lustre in 2011
09-12-2011
THIS is the easiest year to look back on and yawn in disgust at newsmakers from here and beyond.So many newsmakers have lost common sense while others’ reputations have plummeted like a ton of bricks
readFor Queen and Country
09-12-2011
I am a little flustered as to how to go about today’s column. This emotion is not new to me, as I have experienced it quite frequently. Great expectations that culminate in great disappointment. Like,
readAre We Turning Into ‘Vidiots’?
09-12-2011
DID you know you may be turning into a ‘vidiot’? Heavy TV viewing (and new media devices such as game boxes, smart phones and computers) is not only said to be bad for one’s physical and mental
readShame on illegal squatters
09-12-2011
Iam all for feeling bad about us being so poor. At the same time, I am not ashamed about being poor. Or whichever politically correct special something I have to believe about poverty that particular
readSwapo’s 2012 Presidential Campaign: A Mrs And Mr Personality Contest
09-12-2011
IN January I am planning to see La Cerisaie, an opera piece of the comedy type inspired by the work of Anton Chekhov, at the Opéra Garnière, one of the world’s most prestigious operas. By the end of
readMalema And The Myth Of Radical SA Politics
09-12-2011
IF Malema had gate-crashed the ANC ‘Party’, then he wouldn’t have been at his friend’s party in Mauritius. With that purple suit, purple shoes and a purple hat, Malema couldn’t have gate-crashed. The
readShould We Continue To Call Them Honourables?
09-12-2011
A STUDENT was recently expelled from a youth skills centre for asking whether councillors should indeed be called “Honourable”.I was surprised that no student movement or political organisation came
readPolitical Perspective
09-12-2011
I HAVE always been an outspoken supporter of a minimum wage, and I never could understand all the excuses why this can’t or shouldn’t be done! And yet I’m not naive enough to think that all work is
readNotable Quotes
09-12-2011
THERE is no room for Government shareholding. – Martin Hilbert, vice chairman of the Meatco board, said at a press conference on Wednesday, dashing Government’s intention to get at least a 30 per cent
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