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68 Articles found on Thursday, 14 July 2011
Fat packages for NBC bosses
14-07-2011
TOP management at the NBC last year on average earned an annual package of about N$609 000 – about N$163 000 more than their peers elsewhere in Namibia, a salary survey has shown.Releasing the results
readHakahana evictees fight back
14-07-2011
A NUMBER of shacks sprang up again yesterday in the Hakahana informal settlement, a day after they were demolished. Members of the Huidare build-together community, whose homes were demolished on
readIntaka in line for another oxygen lifeline
14-07-2011
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services is to apply again for exemption from the Tender Board to allow Intaka Technology Namibia to continue providing oxygen to the country’s State hospitals.This
readRössing strike continues
14-07-2011
AN attempt yesterday by Erongo Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua to intervene in a two-day strike at Rössing and get employees to return to work failed.The strike is set to enter day its third day today.
readNamibia netball snubs Africa Cup of Nations
14-07-2011
NAMIBIA does not recognise the netball Africa Cup of Nations currently underway in Ghana, hence its decision not participate.This is according to All Namibia Netball Association (ANNA) president Lydia
readMurdoch pulls British TV bid
14-07-2011
LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron’s office has welcomed the news that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation media empire has dropped its bid to takeover lucrative British Sky Broadcasting.His office
readAupindi teams up with Americans in oil hunt
14-07-2011
TOBIE Aupindi, former chief executive officer of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), has joined the oil and gas exploration boom in the country.Aupindi is the director of Hydrocarb, a US-based company
readSMSes for Thursday 14 July 2011
14-07-2011
SMS Of The Day *EVACUATION of informal settlers. If you can write-off millions of dollars for the rich, why then pursue the poor for a couple of dollars? When Koe-voet destroyed homesteads in the
readNotable Quotes
14-07-2011
Somewhere we decided to just stop paying taxes” – NBC chief Albertus Aochamub comments on the financial situation of the state-owned broadcaster, having lost N$97 million due to poor record-keeping
readThe office of the Ombudsman
14-07-2011
The public have to deal with government officials regularly. There is an expectation that officials be fair and polite towards the public. Sometimes an official departs from the standards expected
readStay safe with your cellphone
14-07-2011
THIS month leading mobile operator MTC made an announcement about the possible link between cellphones and cancer. The link is not definitive but a recent World Health Organisation study has added
read10 Tricks that salespeople play
14-07-2011
1. The 'Bait and Switch' Fraud – Management is the real culprit behind this deception; they advertise items at very low prices to drive customers into the store. The problem is they generally don't
readMore than a billion for parastatals
14-07-2011
THE taxpayer filled the coffers of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) with just over N$1 billion on Tuesday when the Ministry of Finance signed subsidy agreements with eight parastatals.Below is what each
readThe one question you should ask
14-07-2011
Being a boss is a two-way street. People are more likely to rise to your expectations if you try to understand and rise to what they expect of you. If you want to manage and lead successfully, you’ve
readFrost bites into Green Scheme’s profits
14-07-2011
RUNDU – Farmers at the Ndonga Linena irrigation project lost crops worth millions after heavy frost two weeks ago.Speaking to reporters during a media tour of the Green Scheme projects Kavango on
readInflation tightens its grip on consumers
14-07-2011
NAMIBIA last month recorded its highest annual inflation in 15 months with the June figure coming in at 5,4 per cent, up from 5,2 per cent in May.Data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics
readFuel strike widens across the Orange
14-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Industrial action in South Africa’s petroleum sector that is threatening fuel and medicine supplies is likely to intensify after a union said yesterday it would join another union
readAfrica business confidence picking up
14-07-2011
THE Africa Business Confidence Index (ABCI) for June shows growth in both the index for manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors in Africa, the Africa Business Panel has announced. The difference
readSA needs savings to be ‘China of Africa’
14-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s low savings rate is holding the country back compared to its peers, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday.“Compared with our peers internationally, South
readZim banks want to clean dirty dollars
14-07-2011
HARARE – Banks in Zimbabwe have urged the public to deposit money in their accounts, so that soiled, torn and defaced dollar bills can be exchanged for clean, new notes, a state daily reported
readMine nationalisation needs debate, says Anglo
14-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Nationalisation of South Africa’s mines needs to be debated and not dismissed, the head of Africa’s top gold miner said yesterday as he warned about the damage such a move could have on
readIn Brief
14-07-2011
Mumbai hit by 3 explosions MUMBAI – Three explosions hit busy locations late yesterday in India’s business capital of Mumbai, where a terror siege nearly three years ago killed 166 people.Volga
readEgypt sacks 587 police officers
14-07-2011
CAIRO – Egypt yesterday fired nearly 600 top police officers as part of cleansing the discredited and widely unpopular force, state television reported.The move announced by Interior Minister Mansour
readPhilippine bishops say sorry, return vehicles
14-07-2011
MANILA – Philippine Roman Catholic bishops embroiled in a scandal involving allegedly inappropriate donations yesterday returned vehicles they received as gifts from the government’s charity funds.The
readStinky socks may help fight malaria
14-07-2011
NAIROBI – The smell of stinky feet may help scientists fight malaria-causing mosquitoes.Bed nets and indoor spraying have already substantially reduced the number of fatal malaria cases, but so far
readChina admits ‘long way to go’ on human rights
14-07-2011
BEIJING – China still has “a long way to go” before its citizens can enjoy full human rights, a senior Chinese official said in a rare admission of the challenges ahead, pointing to social conflict
readSearch for 105 Libyan orphans
14-07-2011
TRIPOLI – A Libyan government minister has voiced concern about the whereabouts of 105 orphans from the rebel-held city of Misrata, saying there were reports they may have been taken abroad.Social
readSomali rebels appeal for drought aid
14-07-2011
GENEVA – The World Food Programme said yesterday that it was mulling a return to Somali regions controlled by the radical Shabaab rebels, who last week appealed for help for thousands of
readHuman Rights Watch accuses Libyan rebels of abusing civilians
14-07-2011
NEW YORK – Libyan rebel forces have been responsible for looting, arson and the abuse of civilians in their push toward Tripoli, Human Rights Watch alleged yesterday.The group said it “witnessed some
readEgypt corruption trials on TV
14-07-2011
CAIRO – Egypt will allow a television camera into court for the trials of Hosni Mubarak’s associates to placate protesters calling for more transparency.Judge Mohamed Hossam al-Gheriyani, the head of
readOmukulukadhi gwotango mewiliko
14-07-2011
EHANGANO lyaakulukadhi yotango yAfrica mokukondjitha oHIV-AIDS[OAFLA] olya hogolola Omukulukadhi gwotango gwa Namibia, Penehupifo Pohamba ongo omuperesidende gwehangano ndyoka. Pohamba okwa ulikwa
readElongitho lyuunona moofaalama tali konakonwa
14-07-2011
OSHIKONDO shUukashike kOokantu nonkalonawa yaanona pamwe nopolisi otashi konakona elongitho lyaanona aashona aniwa moofaalama momudhingoloko gwaShaanda. Ekonakono ndika otali ningwa konima sho aanona
readAalongwa yosikola ya Benedict ya pewa oonzapo
14-07-2011
A ALONGWA ayehe kumwe ye li 46 yomOsikola yOoseesita ya Shikuku yedhina Benedict Hospitality School Oshikuku poRuacana mOshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko oya pewa oonzapo dhawo nOodiploma
readOmiyalu dha NBC dhavundakana nayi
14-07-2011
EVUNDAKANO momayalulo nomishangwa dhehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lyaNamibia olyo lya pewa uusama mekano lyoodola oomiliona 97 membo lyiimaliwa omumvo gwapiti. Omuwiliki gwa NBC, Albertus Aochamub
readYamwe ya tulwa puutalala moHakahana metiyali
14-07-2011
OMWAALU gwaantu yontumba oya thigwa muutalala konima sho omagumbo gawo giipeleki ga teyagulwapo palombwelo lyoveta.Gumwe gwaamboka egumbo lye lya tewapo oye Justine Tjombe noyana mboka ya lala
readEdhipago lyoonkoshi nuuzigo tali konakonwa nuukeka nonawa
14-07-2011
OSHIKONDO shOmudhiingoloko nOmatalelopo otashi ningi ekonakono kombinga yeso lyoonkoshi ndhoka dha li onyama ya tulwa uuzigo mehala lyagamenwa lya Purros moshitopolwa sha Kunene.Oonime ndhoka ndatu
readEpangelo lya manapo ookondoma aniwa
14-07-2011
UUMINISTELI Wuundjolowele aniwa owuna uudhigu okugandja ookondoma dhoshali, konima yokweetha okulanda ndhika komuhambudhi gwadho gwomoshilongo.Otaku kundanekwa kutya oshikondo shika osha tokola ngaaka
readEwilikongundu lya RFA lya sindana
14-07-2011
EWILIKONGUNDU lyehangano lyokuwilika iimaliwa yoondjila[Road Fund Administration] RFA olya sindana meindilo lyalyo mokukondjitha eidhopomo lyEpangelo, Ominista Yiimaliwa, nOkabinete, miilonga yalyo
readNam sets new T20 record
14-07-2011
NAMIBIA toppled the highest T20 score ever by smacking 262-1 in 20 overs against Kenya in ICC Africa Region Division One Twenty20 yesterday.The record feat was achieved when Louis van der Westhuizen
readNamibia beats China, Venezuela
14-07-2011
NAMIBIA recorded its first wins at the FIRS Inline Hockey Championships in Italy when they beat China 12-2 on Tuesday morning and then Venezuela 8-1 yesterday. However they also fell 9-1 to Australia
readWelwitschias name World Cup training squad
14-07-2011
THE Namibian rugby selectors have named a squad of 32 players to attend a 10-day national training camp in preparation for the World Cup, from 15 July to 25 July.The squad includes most of the players
readHigh quality at squash nationals
14-07-2011
THE national squash club championships on Saturday saw top-level performances from the top three contenders. Wanderers Squash Club (Windhoek), Buccaneers Squash Club (Walvis Bay) and Swakopmund Squash
readNamibia’s beach volleyball to Maputo
14-07-2011
THE Namibian national beach volleyball teams will be leaving for Maputo, Mozambique on tomorrow to compete in the Zonal phase of the CAVB Continental Beach Volleyball Cup.The tournament runs from July
readBoks’ Smit joins Saracens
14-07-2011
SPRINGBOK and Sharks captain John Smit is joining English premier division club Saracens, according to his Twitter page yesterday.“It’s official, I proudly announce today that I’ll be joining
readResults
14-07-2011
Wednesday, July 13 Copa America Uruguay 1 - 0 Mexico Chile 1 - 0 Peru Fixtures Thursday, July 14 Copa America Paraguay v Venezuela 23h15 Brazil v Ecuador
readChile win, Uruguay face Argentina in Copa quarters
14-07-2011
BUENOS AIRES – Chile took neighbourly bragging rights on Tuesday at the Copa America, winning their Pacifico clasico with Peru to top Group C while Uruguay edged Mexico to book a quarter-final with
readBig Brother Amplified: KaBoom! It’s Ka-Zeus …
14-07-2011
IT’S time to get Amplified. You don’t even have to watch the show to stand a chance of winning.All you have to do is come up the right answer! Two lucky readers stand a chance of winning both an
readBig Brother Amplified: Between The Covers!
14-07-2011
No, no, no! It’s not what you’re thinking … well some of you anyway!!We’re not writing about the shenanigans between Lomwe and Kim, or Karen and Zeus – though they’re more about on top of the covers –
readWin! WIN! Win! An iPod Shuffle
14-07-2011
AS the countdown starts to choosing Miss Namibia 2011, join in the fun and let us know who you think the winner will be.All you have to do is send an SMS to 45045. Type in WIN followed by the name of
readTransNamib managers appeal dismissals
14-07-2011
DISMISSED TransNamib employees Sem Iyambo and Paul Nashitati have appealed their dismissals from the parastatal on allegations of flouting purchase and tender proceedings yesterday. The two received
readTeacher resigns after getting student pregnant
14-07-2011
BUNYA – A teacher at the Bunya Combined School in the Kavango Region has resigned after confessing to impregnating one of his pupils.The Grade 10 and 12 mathematics teacher, Roid Simasiku, is said to
readSouth African citizen dies at Ariamsvlei
14-07-2011
POLICE in the Karas Region have reported that a visiting South African citizen, David Kenneths (69), died at the Ariamsvlei border post after suffering an asthma attack on Tuesday. Karas Police
readSan child labour allegations rejected
14-07-2011
AN interim investigation into alleged reports of 120 San children dumped along the Rundu-Grootfontein road in early June does not support the allegations, says the Division of San Development (DSD) in
readBail refused for serial armed robbery suspect
14-07-2011
AN ARMED robbery suspect who is accused of having fallen back into his old criminal ways less than a year after a lengthy jail term ended in his release on parole had his hopes for a return to freedom
readDomestic worker arrested for rape
14-07-2011
EENHANA – Police in the Ohangwena Region arrested a 21-year-old man last week for allegedly raping and impregnating a 12-year-old girl at Okawe village in the eastern part of the region.It is
readPurros mourns death of star attractions
14-07-2011
IN little more than a year an entire pride of lions has been wiped out by being shot or poisoned. The recent deaths of Morada, Tawny and Maya, the last remaining members of the Hoaruseb pride in the
readPolice officer awaits sentencing for theft
14-07-2011
A POLICE Sergeant will be sentenced next month after Keetmanshoop Regional Court Magistrate Sunsley Zisengwe found her guilty of stealing N$92 014 from her former employer. Christina Fredericks (38),
readNew business registration system introduced
14-07-2011
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has introduced an automated business registration system to speed up the registration of new companies.The system will be implemented in phases to start with the
readNam’s HIV-AIDS work recognised
14-07-2011
NAMIBIA’S progress made in the fight against HIV-AIDS has received glowing praise internationally for having reached universal access to treatment, care and support alongside other African states like
readLonger wait for farm massacre verdict
14-07-2011
THE four men facing charges in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre trial will have to wait for at least another two weeks before they will be hearing the verdict in their case.The judgement in the men’s
readDesert lions face uphill battle
14-07-2011
DR Philip (Flip) Stander warned in 2010 that the killing of male lions in Namibia is “not sustainable”.In a research report published by Stander in May 2010, titled ‘The impact of male-biased
readKeetmans open market behind schedule
14-07-2011
THE construction project to develop the N$6,4 million !Homs-Ai community open market at Keetmanshoop is behind schedule. This was revealed by the Namibia Development Corporation’s (NDC) industrial
readHerero Mall shebeen saga gets political flavour
14-07-2011
THE Herero Mall controversy between a shebeen owner and the Swapo councillor for Katutura Central Constituency got even more of a political flavour yesterday when DTA president, Katuutire Kaura step
read‘Happy Beat’
14-07-2011
If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t forget to catch ‘Happy Beat’ at the National Theatre of Namibia in Windhoek!Only two more nights to go – tonight and tomorrow. Described as a ‘musical fantasy …
readGambling law under review
14-07-2011
STRINGENT gambling regulations are contained in a new bill drafted to replace the Casinos and Gambling Houses Act of 1994.The Gaming and Entertainment Control Bill raises the legal gambling age from
readDead dog mistaken for lion causes pandemonium
14-07-2011
NDAMA – Rundu residents, street vendors and businesspeople on Tuesday morning flocked to the Ndama informal settlement on the outskirts of town to look at a dead ‘lion’ that was hung from a tree with
readCivil servant wins case against Prime Minister
14-07-2011
THE Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the National Training Authority (NTA) have been ordered by the Labour Commissioner to pay board sitting allowances to an union representative on the NTA
readBob Kandetu takes over Informanté
14-07-2011
BOB Kandetu, former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) director general (DG), is to head the controversial weekly tabloid Informanté from Monday.Kandetu was appointed as Chief Executive Officer
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