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66 Articles found on Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Another Rössing strike looms
20-07-2011
SHORTLY after an illegal strike that cost the uranium giant Rössing Uranium approximately N$22,5 million last week, another strike seems on the cards.This came after the Mineworkers Union of Namibia
readMVA management salaries irk workers
20-07-2011
THE salary bill of the cash-strapped Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) has skyrocketed by close to 150 per cent over the past four years.During the period 2006/2007 to 2010/2011, the money spent on
readRemembering the dead
20-07-2011
The Ministry of Education through its HIV and AIDS Management Unit in partnership with Unicef and Unesco announced HIV prevention week for 2011 under the theme “Think wisely, go safe and avoid HIV
readPolice raid gem polisher
20-07-2011
THE Namibian Police were tightlipped yesterday about 2 000 polished diamonds that they allegedly confiscated from Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD).It is understood that the diamonds with a total weight of 1
readNew category for Cycle Classic
20-07-2011
THIS year's The Namibian Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic will have a new feel about it said the popular event's organisers.An additional category, namely mountain biking, has been added to the roster in a
readMurdoch ‘humbled’ over scandal
20-07-2011
LONDON – Media titan Rupert Murdoch declared that his appearance yesterday before a British parliamentary inquiry was “the most humble day of my life”, taking a contrite tone over the phone hacking
readEmpty pockets hit manufacturers
20-07-2011
MONEY-STRAPPED consumers are hurting the local manufacturing sector and were the main reason only nine per cent of surveyed manufacturers produced more during the second quarter.Compared to this, 20
readChasing the dots ... The Hippocritic Oath
20-07-2011
I WATCH our little world sometimes in total disbelief. I see Ashton of the EU (or is it EC?) in Benghazi in Libya talking to rebels; is that technically not an act of war? I listen to her boss, that
readNotable Quotes
20-07-2011
THERE is still isolated incidents of illegal hunting of elephants, especially in the Caprivi. – Colgar Sikopo, Deputy Director of Wildlife Management in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, said
readSMSes for Wednesday 20 July 2011
20-07-2011
SMSes Of The Day *I DO partly agree with the SMSer who calls on Africa to come to the rescue of the starving Somalis, but I'm not looking to the AU, SADC, etc but to us. These organisations are
readThe right to competent management
20-07-2011
Managers have no trouble making demands of their employees, but it’s time for those individuals to make sure they are laying the groundwork for those staff members to succeed, says Harvard Business
readExtract still hunting for Husab partners
20-07-2011
TORONTO– Extract Resources, hoping to build the world’s third-biggest uranium mine at its Namibian Husab project, is talking to “several” companies about potential off-take and funding deals.“The
readIndia probably sitting on world-class uranium deposit
20-07-2011
INDIA’S southern state of Andhra Pradesh may have one of the largest reserves of uranium in the world, the BBC reported yesterday.Studies show Tummalapalle in Kadapa district has a reserve of 150 000
readANC wants state medicine company
20-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC is considering the establishment of a state-owned pharmaceutical company, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said yesterday.“Serious discussions started at the lekgotla on
readMinister commits to market economy
20-07-2011
CAIRO – Egypt’s finance minister-designate has said the government was committed to a market economy and to creating an environment in which investors could predict the future “reasonably well”.Hazem
readSA lost R60bn in tax during recession
20-07-2011
JOHANNESBURG – It will take three to four years for South Africa’s tax revenue to recover from the impact of a 2009 recession, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday.“Our revenue loss was just
read‘Gold worth its weight in gold’
20-07-2011
NEW YORK – Gold’s reputation as a safe place for your money has sent it above US$1 600 for the first time.Investors are worried about debt problems on both sides of the Atlantic. So they bid gold up
readWorkers share in uranium riches
20-07-2011
BANNERMAN Resources, the developers of the Etango uranium mine, recently implemented an employee incentive plan that enables employees to become shareholders.The plan provides employees with the right
readJailed fraudster cons clients for bail
20-07-2011
TWO of FNB Namibia’s clients lost thousands after falling victim of a fraudster who conned money out of them to try and pay his bail.The bank has warned the public against the scam, where containers
readChina paper closes investigative unit
20-07-2011
BEIJING – One of China’s leading newspapers has shut down its respected investigative unit, an editor said yesterday, an apparent victim of a broad clampdown on political dissent and the media.The
readFinal mission for Atlantis
20-07-2011
WASHINGTON – The crew of Atlantis yesterday bade a bittersweet farewell to the International Space Station, wrapping up the very last visit by a space shuttle to the orbiting outpost and setting their
readIn Brief
20-07-2011
Further delays to Egypt cabinet reshuffle CAIRO – Egypt’s Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who was hospitalised overnight for exhaustion, will spend the day resting and then finalise a new cabinet, the
readI am not a dictator: Mutharika
20-07-2011
LILONGWE – Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika brushed off accusations that his presidency is turning autocratic, in an interview with AFP days after Britain suspended aid over complaints of poor
readConde urges calm after surviving attack
20-07-2011
CONAKRY – Guinean President Alpha Conde yesterday called for calm and vigilance hours after surviving an attack on his residence by unknown assailants which led to over two hours of heavy fighting.“I
readIn Brief
20-07-2011
Brega under control of rebels: France TRIPOLI – Libyan rebels have taken over the eastern oil hub of Brega, France said yesterday, in their most significant advance in months against forces loyal to
readCan Africa build better loos?
20-07-2011
NAIROBI – Can Africa build a better toilet?The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced in Rwanda yesterday that it is giving N$289 million in grants to encourage innovation in the capture,
readSyrian forces kill 10 at funeral
20-07-2011
BEIRUT – Syrian security forces opened fire at a funeral procession yesterday, killing at least 10 people in a city that has been besieged for days by some of the most serious violence seen during the
readAanona ayehe naya mone elongo
20-07-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha Aanashituthi shOmagongo pegumbo lyElenga enene lyaMbadja pOnandjaba mOkalongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Oministeli yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo
readTakamitheni aayaluli yiifundja
20-07-2011
OMUWILIKI gwopevi miipambele yeyalulo lyoshigwana okwa londodha oshigwana shi kotokele aantu mboka taya ti yo aaniilonga yokuyalula oshigwana. Liina Kafidi okwa ningi elondodho ndika sha landula
readAafuthi yoondjamba yakwatwa
20-07-2011
AALUMENTU yane oya kwatwa moshitopolwa sha Caprivi Olyomakaya yena omayego goondjamba omapando geli gane. Aanambelewa moshikondo shegameno lyuushitwe otaya fekele kutya aalumentu mbaka yane oya
readEthimbo nena olya Africa okuya komeho
20-07-2011
IILONGO opo tayi putuka mwakwatelwa oyindji moAfrica oyo ngashingeyi tayi fala komeho ekoko lyomahupilo muuyuni.Ndika olyo etumwalaka lya popiwa poshigongi kombinga yomilandu shali sha
readAbraham a holoka mOmpangu
20-07-2011
OMULUMENTU gwomuyelele gwoomvula 24 gwomomukunda Eendobe popepi nOkongo mOukwanyama moshitopolwa sha Hangwena, Hafeni Abraham, okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata pOkongo Omaandaha goshiwike shika
readMagnus Malan a hulitha mepipi 81
20-07-2011
MAGNUS Malan ngoka a li Ominista Yiita mepangelo lyokatongo lya South Africa okwa mana oondjenda mepipi lyomimvo 81. Malan okwa tseyika nawa moku kwiitapaleka South Africa noshowo South West Africa
readAanamibia kwateleni po uukumwe
20-07-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha Aanashituthi shOmagongo pegumbo lyElenga enene lyaMbadja pOnandjaba mOkalongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Oministeli yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo
readOmutseyiveta a hulitha oshiwike shimwe komeho gondjokana
20-07-2011
OMUTSEYIMPANGO Ester Taimi Ndalulilwa ngoka amana oondjenda moshiponga shohauto etitano lyayi , okwa li ena okudhika ondjokana ye ehuliloshiwike tali ya. Ondjokana ye pamwe nomuholike gwe
readSimanekeni aaleli yOpahedhi
20-07-2011
PETHIMBO a popitha aanashituthi shOmagongo pegumbo lyElenga enene lyaMbadja pOnandjaba mOkalongo mOmusati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Oministeli yOmapangelo giitopolwa, Omagumbo nEhumithokomeho lyIitopolwa
readACC ta konakona aawiliki ya Road Fund Administration
20-07-2011
IILYO iyali yewilikongundu lyoshiketha shokuwilika oondjila[Road Fund Administration[RFA] otaya konakonwa kOkommisi yokukondjitha iilonga yuulingilingi[ACC]. Ekonakono olya landula omahokololo kutya
readYategelela eteyo enene lyolwiishi
20-07-2011
AANAFAALAMA yolwiishi momukunda Olupito moshitopolwa Omusati oya tegelela eteyo enene lyolwiishi nuumvo. Aalongi yolwiishi mbaka oya tamekele eteyo lyiikunwa mbika metine oshiwike shayi. Pahapu
readAapangi ya nyanya momapandaanda giilando
20-07-2011
EHANGANO lyaapangi ya Namibia[Nanu] olya pe Epangelo sigo omasiku 31 ga Auguste nuumvo opo li hwepopeke oondjambi dhawo. Nanu okwa pula ishewe Oholomende opo manga omasiku ngoka inaaga thika yi kale
readSpoilers plan to host fundraiser
20-07-2011
SPOILERS Sports Club plans to host a company fun day on August 6 at the Okahandja Sport Fields. The event is primarily aimed at generating funds for the club to enable it to upgrade its operations,
readBarca will fight for Fabregas – Guardiola
20-07-2011
BARCELONA – Barcelona are ready to fight to bring Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas back to the club right up until the transfer deadline on Aug. 31, coach Pep Guardiola said yesterday.Barca are in talks
readBA recalls players to Camp
20-07-2011
PREMIER League champions Black Africa’s technical committee has requested all its players to report for pre-season training starting next Monday.“It is compulsory that all registered players of Black
readTimeless Test idea finds few cricket friends
20-07-2011
LONDON – The possibility of a timeless test to decide the planned world test championship was laughed off by England and India players on Tuesday.ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat had suggested the
read‘Baby Jake’ buzzing again
20-07-2011
LESS than six months ago the condition of 48-year-old South African former boxer Jacob ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala was so dire after suffering pneumonia and other complications that it was feared his life was
readKhomas athletics region seeks support for 2012/13 season
20-07-2011
THE Khomas Athletic Region is trying to secure sponsorship for the 2012/13 season, said chairperson Vilho Namufinda yesterday.Namufinda told The Namibian Sport that the region's executive
readOld Mutual sponsor Far North Championships
20-07-2011
OLD Mutual has sponsored N$210 000 towards the hosting of the 2011 Old Mutual Far North Championships that started with inter-regional competitions earlier this month.The Permanent Secretary in the
readGiant-killing Venezuela eye Copa final
20-07-2011
VENEZUELA, which shocked Chile 2-1 in the quarterfinals, is the biggest surprise of all in the Copa America and tomorrow takes on Brazil’s nemesis Paraguay for a place in Sunday’s final. When those
readRock star treatment for Japan’s World Cup winners
20-07-2011
TOKYO – Japan gave its women’s soccer team the rock star treatment yesterday on their return from an astonishing World Cup triumph in Germany.Unused to the fanfare, the players filed quietly through
readBig Brother Amplified: Fab BBA prizes Up For grabs!
20-07-2011
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 with the right answer!Two lucky readers stand a chance of winning both an
readBig Brother Amplified: The latest winners!
20-07-2011
The latest winners of those coveted Big Brother Amplified hoodies and T-shirts, courtesy of DStv Namibia, are:• Anna Maria Khumalo, and • Cathleen Angula Congratulations! To those of you who missed
readBig Brother Amplified: Time To Eat, Pray, Love ... And Vote!
20-07-2011
THE die’s been cast! It’s down to the wire! It’s crunch time! Take your pick.This is it, the week when viewers across Africa get a chance to decide who’ll have a shot at winning the two US$200 000
readWindhoek’s pothole damage tops N$60 m
20-07-2011
THE cost of fixing Windhoek's rain-damaged streets is N$60 million but the municipality can only afford 40 per cent of that.The City has “to make peace with what we have … and put up with what we can
readTwo Ohangwena women in land tussle
20-07-2011
A VILLAGER from Omafo village in the Ohangwena Region is accusing her sister-in-law of taking land given to her by the relatives of her late brother Andreas Sakarias who died in 2003.According to
readStatement disallowed as treason trial evidence
20-07-2011
A STATEMENT which one of the men facing charges in the main Caprivi high treason trial wrote in his own hand shortly after his arrest in December 1999 was ruled inadmissible as documentary evidence in
readSan pupils discuss their future
20-07-2011
EDUCATION Inspector Paulus Lewin has called on policy makers to accelerate the pace of providing access to education.Speaking at the official opening of the San learners conference in Windhoek on
readQualifications Authority warns against Macmaine
20-07-2011
DIRECTOR of the Namibian Qualifications Authority (NQA), Frans Gertze, has alerted members of the public not to register with the Macmaine School of Computing (MSC), which is to be investigated by
readOmuntele Constituency harassed by elephants
20-07-2011
ELEPHANTS that escaped from the Etosha Game Park have been terrorising villagers at Onanke and Inamutenya villages in the Oshikoto Region. An Onanke villager, Edward Atanasius, told The Namibian last
read‘I came with Untag, and never left’
20-07-2011
DR Melitta Bosshart arrived in Namibia with Untag in 1990 and started working in the hospital in Mangetti Dune. She arrived as part of the Swiss medical contingent and after Independence the new
readWin! WIN! Win! An iPod Shuffle
20-07-2011
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
readLeadership key to service delivery
20-07-2011
LEADERSHIP as a concept, if understood and applied correctly, can address most of the challenges experienced in homes, communities, organisations and governments around the world, according to
readKaras CRO seat remains vacant
20-07-2011
THE Karas Regional Council has called on the Public Service Commission (PSC) to expedite the appointment process of a chief regional officer.The position has been vacant since former CRO Salmaan
readHelao Nafidi hits back at critics
20-07-2011
RESIDENTS of Helao Nafidi are accusing the town council of only engaging in self-enrichment schemes and not caring for the community.Among other things, the disgruntled residents have again renewed
readHakahana evictees meet governor
20-07-2011
IN A last-ditch attempt to find a sympathetic ear from a higher authority, evictees from the Huidare build-together project in the Hakahana informal settlement met with Khomas Regional Governor Samuel
readFatal shooting was an accident, suspect says
20-07-2011
THE shot that killed a young woman on a Keetmanshoop street in November 2005 was fired accidentally, a murder suspect claimed at the start of his trial in the High Court in Windhoek this week.Aroab
readElderly man commits suicide
20-07-2011
Gerhardus Johannes Louwrens (89) committed suicide at the harbour town of Walvis Bay on Saturday. According to the Police, he shot himself with a revolver on premises opposite his house. Although he
readBank Windhoek says its action was lawful
20-07-2011
BANK Windhoek has responded to an article regarding its client security by stating that it believes its staff acted reasonably and lawfully in a recent incident of attempted cheque fraud.In a
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