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81 Articles found on Friday, 15 July 2011
Rössing workers defy court order
15-07-2011
YESTERDAY afternoon, Rössing Uranium employees ignored an order by Judge President Petrus Damaseb, who had ruled that their three-day strike was illegal and they must return to work immediately.This
readSurvey reveals AIDS gravy train
15-07-2011
A COMPARATIVE survey of the salaries of the Global Fund Project Management Unit has found that its top managers earn exorbitantly high salaries compared to other organisations working in the HIV-AIDS,
readGovernment embroiled in condom war
15-07-2011
A TRADEMARK war is brewing between Commodity Exchange (ComEx) and the Ministry of Health over the Smile brand of condoms.The trademark dispute has been simmering long before this week’s revelation
readPoor return for Pac’s effort
15-07-2011
PARAPLEGIC athlete Frans ‘Pac’ Paulus’s historic 715km journey from Oshakati to Windhoek in a bid to raise awareness and funds for disability sport in the country earned a paltry N$28 900. Paulus’s
readMurdochs defy parliament
15-07-2011
LONDON – Rupert Murdoch yesterday refused a summons by Britain’s parliament to answer questions over alleged crimes at one of his newspapers, leaving a senior executive from his media empire to face
readMillions in loans secure jobs for many
15-07-2011
MORE than 1 500 people will have jobs with the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) giving the financing go-ahead to 56 projects worth nearly N$103 million from April to June.In total, the DBN has
readStop This Obscenity
15-07-2011
THAT one person gets a salary package of more than N$141 000 a month in a donor-funded programme to fight HIV-AIDS is nothing short of obscene. It’s even more despicable that the lowest paid person in
readA Quality Higher Education System Demands Buy-in From Leadership
15-07-2011
Last week, I was in Rundu, sharing and learning from the forward-looking processes that are being initiated by the Centre for Quality Assurance and Management at the University of Namibia. The
readNavigating Our Way Through Plethora Of National Conferences
15-07-2011
THIS nation has a special penchant for seminars, workshops, conferences, and not to forget Cabinet Retreats (basically vacationing in Swakopmund).We have had quite a number of them since Independence
readMorally, Managerially, Ethically A and Technically Bankrupt
15-07-2011
NOTHER happy The NEF is a reserve fund But what do you expect Louis Vuitton bags.OK, we week for our public that should purely be used from an organisation
readTeam Namibia: What Type Of Players Do We Need?
15-07-2011
SWAPO has banned a public debate on the succession issue but discussions over who should take over from President Hifikepunye Pohamba continue in public places such as football pitches, bars and
readPolitical Perspective
15-07-2011
ONE would think that the country’s political leadership would be exceptionally well-versed in the ways of diplomacy given that they were formerly in exile and therefore familiar with the international
readSMSes for Friday 15 July 2011
15-07-2011
SMS Of The Day *HOW can the President of South Africa allow a strike of that magnitude to continue? The whole of the SADC Region is affected if we run out of fuel. Food for Thought AUPINDI,
readNotable Quotes
15-07-2011
THERE is a misconception that senior leadership at this place is underpaid. They pretend they are poverty-stricken while their bellies are very nicely lined. – NBC director general Albertus Aochamub
readThe Private Sector Failed
15-07-2011
WE refer to the article ‘State, private sector link crucial for Africa’s success’ (The Namibian, 11 July) that concerns a World Bank report about successful African countries. The argument put forth
readTo The Staff of Windhoek Central Hospital
15-07-2011
ON the 9th of June 2011 I was fortunate enough to have been admitted for treatment as an outpatient at Windhoek Central Hospital.From admission, all the way through theatre and until my discharge they
readTeachers Suffer In Floodplains
15-07-2011
ALLOW me through your esteemed newspaper to express my feelings over the struggle of teachers in the floodplains of the Caprivi. The attachment in this article explains everything as one can read and
readRenaming Of Street Names - Judicial Partisanship
15-07-2011
THE City of Windhoek will have its procedures for naming and renaming streets, so I’ll leave it at that, but the language coming from the bench by Judge Collins Parker reminds me of the tirades in the
readBe Namibian First, Then Swapo...
15-07-2011
RE: Your 24 June 2011 Editorial. We must make sure that we all understand well that we pay and keep Nahas Angula and all the other politicians not for being a grand citizen on Sundays.Instead, he has
readThe CEO ‘Had No Clue’
15-07-2011
WITH regard to the article on the MVA Fund in The Namibian of 12 July 2011 (page2), please don’t ask me why I am not surprised at Jerry Maudinohamba’s remarks about my credentials. I nevertheless want
readWhy The DTA Leadership Must Go
15-07-2011
THE call for the leadership of the DTA to change is long overdue. With the first democratic election the DTA of Namibia gained 21 seats in parliament. To date the leadership has only achieved in
readPrime Minister, Consider Leaving Parliament!
15-07-2011
ALLOW me a space to try and advise the Namibian Prime Minister, Nahas Angula. The Premier seems to have become notorious for creating controversies especially in Parliament where he is supposed to be
readSpare The Rod, Save The Child
15-07-2011
NOBODY has the right to hurt someone else physically or mentally. People who tend to reach for the stick and give someone a hiding are normally those who don’t have more than that in the brain. The
readBlame Poor Management
15-07-2011
I DO not agree fully with the story on the lack of oxygen at Gobabis State Hospital (11 July 20110 and I beg you to investigate more.You will end up discovering that that hospital is in a total mess
readOn Bad Public Service
15-07-2011
ALLOW me to express my dissatisfaction with the service of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration. I would like to do so benchmarking with their vision statement: ‘Population register and
readNBC – DG and Employees’ Saga
15-07-2011
AS head of the National Broadcasting Corporation it not surprising that our NBC Director General is constantly making news. What is surprising, however, are the reasons. The letter is not seeking to
readDBN invests in currency exchange
15-07-2011
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has approved a loan of N$3 million to Magnet Bureau de Change (MBC) to operate as a foreign currency dealership that will also provide money transfer
readUsing good meeting ‘hygiene’
15-07-2011
Holding meetings is an unavoidable part of project management, but there are ways you can limit the dread that often surrounds them, says Harvard Business Review.Meetings, meetings, and more meetings!
readZim to up power generation by more than 40 per cent
15-07-2011
THE Zimbabwe government has targeted to increase power generation capacity from 1 960 megawatts to 2 800MW by 2015, The Herald has reported.The target is part of its infrastructure development
readMerkel in Nigeria after controversial patrol boat offer
15-07-2011
ABUJA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel met the president of oil-and-gas-rich Nigeria yesterday after her trip to Angola the previous day sparked controversy over an offer to sell patrol boats.Merkel
readAuryx aims for gold by 2015
15-07-2011
NAMIBIAN gold explorer, Auryx, is moving ahead quickly with its plans to bring a new gold mine on stream at its Otjikoto property in Namibia, Mineweb reported this week. It is planning to announce a
read‘SA fuel strike will brake economy’
15-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Prolonged strike action in the fuel sector will be detrimental to South Africa’s economy, economists said yesterday.“If the industrial action is prolonged, the impact on the economy
readGovt’s labour advisors a ‘failure’, says minister
15-07-2011
A committee of the Labour Advisory Council (LAC) established to advise the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare on the service conditions of essential services, has been called a failure.Labour
readMining suffers in first quarter, diamonds the only sparkle
15-07-2011
HEAVY rainfall during the first three months of the year hampered Namibia’s production of gold, zinc and uranium.Only diamonds escaped the production slump of the first quarter, the latest report of
readIn Brief
15-07-2011
Fresh violence kills 14 in Karachi KARACHI – Pakistan ordered hundreds of extra paramilitary policemen onto the streets of the country’s biggest city yesterday after a fresh night of political and
readRussian mag pulled for mocking governor
15-07-2011
SAINT PETERSBURG – Publishers of a Russian political magazine complained yesterday that authorities had pulled copies with critical coverage of a governor said to be a close ally of Prime Minister
readIrish church hid abuse until 2009
15-07-2011
DUBLIN – The Catholic Church in Ireland concealed the sexual abuse of children by priests as recently as 2009, a decade after it introduced rules to protect minors, and the Vatican was complicit in
readKidnap victim’s book sets records
15-07-2011
LOS ANGELES – Rescued kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard’s book, ‘A Stolen Life’, sold 175 000 copies in its first day of release, publisher Simon & Schuster said on Wednesday.The book, written by Dugard,
readNo warnings in deadly triple Mumbai blasts
15-07-2011
MUMBAI – Indian intelligence agencies received no warnings before the three bomb blasts that killed 18 people in Mumbai, the biggest attack since Pakistani-based militants rampaged through the
readAahakahana taya kondjo
15-07-2011
AAKALIMO yopolukanda lwa Hakahana oya tameke ishewe okushunithapo omagumbo gawo ngoka ga li ga teyagulwapo oshiwike shika. Omagumbo gaantu mbaka oga li ga teyagulwapo oshoka mbaka aniwa ina ya futila
readELCIN na kale niigandhi yiilya ngaashi shaza nale
15-07-2011
PETHIMBO ta taamba omagano gooN$40,000 ngoka ga pewa Epangelo kOngeleki ya ELCIN okupitila mo mOngongahangano yOongeleka dha Namibia (CCN), Omusita Omundohotola, Shapaka Kapolo, okwa indile kOngeleki
readOo Amutenya ya yi moshipundi shevululuko
15-07-2011
AALONGISIKOLA yopenongelo Omupanda Combined School yaali, Johannes Amutenya nomukadhi, Klaudia Amutenya yomomukunda Eefadoukadona mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Shana omathimbo ga zi ko oya gwanitha
readIntaka ota tsikile nokugandja ohapi miipangelo yEpangelo
15-07-2011
OSHIKONDO shUundjolowele nOnkalonawa otashi ki indila opo Intaka a pewe natango ompito okukala ta gandja ombepo yohapi kiipangelo yEpangelo moshilongo.Eindilo ndika opo Intaka Technology kaa pitile
readOmupolisi a tegelea etokolo muufuthi miilonga yoofuto
15-07-2011
OMUNAMBELEWA gwopolisi otaka pewa egeelo omwedhi taguya konima yoku monika ondjo mohofa yoshitopolwa ya Kaiti.Christina Fredericks okwa monika ondjo yuufuthi, ku Mengestrata, Sunsley Zisengwe
readOompata kombinga yangele ocellphona odhina oshiponga
15-07-2011
OOMPATA kombinga ya ngele oocelphona otashi vulika hadhi eta okankela yokuuluyi otadhi tsikile. Ndhika odha tsikila shalandula kekumagidho lya gandjwa kuMTC kutya aalongithi yoongodhi naya kale ya
readIniko na Emily yiishunina nombili
15-07-2011
AAIHOMBOLI yaali, Igidius Shivoro, a tseyika nawa nedhina Iniko na Emily ya Veiko, a tseyika nawa nedhina GwaVeiko, mOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko oya ningi oshinima oshinene monkalamwenyo, yaanona yawo,
readMutorwa a ekelehi omipopyo dhewawa dhaagundjuka moKaras Karas
15-07-2011
OMINISTA yUunamapya, oya ekelehi omipopyo dhewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo moKaras ati ndhika dhimwe iifundja nokadhina oshili mudho. Oshiwike shayi ewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo moshitopolwa sha Karas olya
readEkanka po Rossing olya tsikila
15-07-2011
EKANKA pomina ya Rossing olya tsikila , nonando Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa shErongo, Cleophas Mutjavikua okwa ningi onkambadhala okuguna aaniilonga ya shune kiilonga. Onkambadhala ndjoka ya ningilwe
readAahona yamwe po NBC ohaya futwa nawa
15-07-2011
AAWILIKI yopombanda mehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia NBC oya mono oondjambi konyala dhapitilila noodola 163 000 okuyeleka naawiliki ye ya fa momahangano galwe moshilongo.Pakonakono
read‘Prince’ Naidjala in international bout
15-07-2011
IMMANUEL “The Prince” Naidjala will step into the ring against Zimbabwean Ntando Sibanda at the International Boxing Bonanza that will be held at the Windhoek Country Club on August 3.This will be the
readVieira retires and takes new role at Man City
15-07-2011
LONDON – Manchester City’s midfielder Patrick Vieira formally announced his long-expected retirement as a player at the age of 35 yesterday and was appointed as the club’s Football Development
readNational netball trials moved to Windhoek
15-07-2011
THE national netball trials which were initially billed for Otjiwarongo this weekend, have been moved to the United Netball Club courts in Windhoek.All Namibia Netball Association (ANNA)
readSpurs arrive in South Africa for pre-season tournament
15-07-2011
ENGLISH Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur arrived in South Africa on Thursday morning for the pre-season Vodacom Challenge tournament.Spurs were set to face local giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando
readResults
15-07-2011
Wednesday, July 13 Fifa Women’s World Cup Japan 3 - 1 Sweden France 1 - 3 USA Thursday, July 14 Copa America Brazil
readWenger willing to lose Nasri for free
15-07-2011
KUALA LUMPUR – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he is so keen to keep hold of midfielder Samir Nasri that he is prepared to risk losing the French international for free in a year’s time.Speaking
readHenry to rest ‘overdone’ All Blacks before World Cup
15-07-2011
LONDON – New Zealand coach Graham Henry is planning to rest his ‘overdone’ players during the Tri Nations series to avoid fatigue at this year’s Rugby World Cup.New Zealand face Fiji on July 22 before
readRocky start for Rory at Open
15-07-2011
SANDWICH – Rory McIlroy’s quest for a US and British Open double got off to a stumbling start at Royal St George’s here yesterday.The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland won the US Open by a stunning
readGoals galore in Copa America as Brazil win
15-07-2011
BUENOS AIRES – After two cagey rounds of games at the Copa America, save for Argentina’s swatting of Costa Rica, the championship burst into life yesterday as Brazil hit four goals against Ecuador to
readJapan’s Women’s World Cup dream comes true
15-07-2011
FRANKFURT – Japan’s coach Norio Sasaki insisted that reaching the women’s World Cup final is a dream come true for his team who are getting huge attention back home after their 3-1 semi-final win over
readBig Brother Amplified: Fab BBA prizes Up For grabs!
15-07-2011
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: From You To Us
15-07-2011
A couple of the SMS messages you’ve sent us:• Namibia, let’s vote for our contestant in Big Brother Africa. Lets vote and make our beautiful country shine in Africa! – I agree, keep it rolling for
readBig Brother Amplified: It’s time to vote for a favourite!
15-07-2011
IT’S time to vote again. Five housemates are up for eviction this week: Namibia’s Bernadina, Mumba from Zambia, Motswana man Zeus, Lomwe from Malawi and Nigeria’s Vina .Please remember that you’re
readBig Brother Amplified: What The Beef’s Up?!
15-07-2011
What is it with women, huh? Put three or more of them in a room and it seems there’s bound to be beef! Sometimes they don’t even have to know one another before they can conjure up reasons to hate on
readIn Brief
15-07-2011
Zanu-PF insists on Zim polls this year HARARE – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s party has renewed its calls for new elections this year, rejecting a timeline that his own negotiators hammered
readMissing MPs in SA may have to pay up
15-07-2011
CAPE TOWN – Parliament in South Africa could soon introduce fines of N$500 a day for MPs who go absent without leave for more than a fortnight, the office of the ANC chief whip said on Wednesday.“The
readRebels hold from attacking Tripoli gateway
15-07-2011
GUALISH – Libyan rebels pulled most of their fighters back from an assault on a gateway to Tripoli yesterday to regroup, as Muammar Gaddafi’s regime accused Nato of killing more than 1 100
readStorm brewing at Global Fund
15-07-2011
A STORM is once again brewing around the Global Fund Programme Management Unit (PMU) after allegations of mismanagement of Global Fund resources have been levelled against the PMU operations manager,
readStampriet workers protest wage deal
15-07-2011
STAMPRIET Village Council workers on Wednesday staged a demonstration to protest against the council’s alleged failure to implement a wage deal agreed in 2009. The parties had agreed on a 10 per cent
readKawana defends SADC Tribunal suspension
15-07-2011
ATTORNEY General and Minister of Presidential Affairs Albert Kawana says the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal was suspended to allow member states to ratify the SADC Treaty and
readSable poaching case withdrawn
15-07-2011
THE case of sable poaching brought against a group of Otjiwarongo residents came to an abrupt end this week.The charges relating to the poaching of three sable antelope in 2009 against Hans Diekmann,
readNoise pollution in Noordhoek irks Keetmanshoop resident
15-07-2011
NOISE emanating from cooling trucks parked at his neighbours’ house has become a nuisance for a resident living in Keetmanshoop’s Noordhoek residential area. Manuel Dias claims several verbal
readNew Labour Advisory Council inaugurated
15-07-2011
TRADE unions and the Namibia Employers Federation have called for a widened role for the Labour Advisory Council, which is currently limited to advice.This call was made during the announcement of a
readNam must reconsider ICC – Nahas Angula
15-07-2011
TIME will come when Namibia will have to reconsider its position on the International Criminal Court (ICC), commented Prime Minister Nahas Angula on Wednesday. “The ICC is being abused; it’s becoming
readWin! WIN! Win! An iPod Shuffle
15-07-2011
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
readMass eviction on the cards?
15-07-2011
SUPPORTERS of the house and shack demolitions in Katutura this week said it is the only way to protect more than 150 people from losing their homes in the next two months. Tension ran high during the
readJournalist Grobler recounts alleged assault
15-07-2011
A GROUP of businessmen who are accused of launching an assault on a journalist at a nightspot in Windhoek early last year went on trial in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Desmond Amunyela,
readHaimbili made SARA president
15-07-2011
TRANSNAMIB CEO Titus Haimbili took over the presidency of the Southern African Railways Association (SARA) at the 32nd board meeting in Windhoek yesterday. He takes over from Zimbabwean Avi
readEnd of the lion
15-07-2011
In a special tribute, Chris Bakkes, author, nature lover and conservationist, tells the unique story of how a pride of lions strolled into the Hoarusib River ten years ago. Staking their claim in the
readEkandjo fires salvo in defence of Zanu-PF
15-07-2011
SWAPO MP Jerry Ekandjo caused a stir in Parliament yesterday when he fumed that the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) “has nothing to ask Swapo” about its relationship with Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF.
readCharges denied in double murder trial
15-07-2011
DOUBLE murder suspect Julius Dausab denied in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that he was responsible for the shootings that claimed the lives of his girlfriend and her mother in the Ovitoto area
read1 300 new toilets for Oshana Region
15-07-2011
THE Oshana Region has contracted four companies to supply building material for the construction of 1 300 toilets, Director of Rural Services Alweendo Penda Mongudhi said yesterday.The four companies
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