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54 Articles found on Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Geingob throws down the gauntlet to Wal-Mart
14-06-2011
TRADE and Industry Minister Hage Geingob yesterday threw down the gauntlet and vowed to fight Wal-Mart’s unconditional entering into Namibia with all the power at his disposal.His arsenal includes a
readNBC accused of censorship
14-06-2011
TWO local journalists yesterday called for the boycotting of ‘The Week That Was’, a weekly news review programme on the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).This came after comments made by Insight
readNUNW divisions weaken workers
14-06-2011
THE split in the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) could “tremendously” weaken the union, says labour expert Herbert Jauch. The union emerged divided after the special Central Executive
readPremier League to stay at 12
14-06-2011
THE Namibia Premier League will not be expanded to 14 teams, the NFA announced yesterday. The decision to leave the premier league at its current twelve team capacity was taken at the NFA’s
readRebels lose battle for Libyan oil town of Brega
14-06-2011
BENGHAZI/ZAWIYAH – Rebels fighting against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi say they were repulsed by his forces in a battle to retake the eastern oil town of Brega, suffering at least four dead.In the
readIndian giant buys majority in Neotel
14-06-2011
INDIAN telecoms giant Tata Communications yesterday said it has increased its stake in Neotel from 49 per cent to 61,5 per cent, effectively making South Africa’s second biggest fixed-line phone
readSMSes For Tuesday 14 June 2011
14-06-2011
SMS Of The Day *I CANNOT believe that a case of using rude language can reach the High Court of Namibia. Turning such a petty occurrence into a legal battle costing thousands of N$ and hours of our
readThe dangers of prosperity gospel in Namibia
14-06-2011
I believe that many people across the nation had the opportunity to watch the show hosted by NBC on Talk of the Nation (06 June 2011). Because there wasn’t sufficient time given to define the
readBush Encroachment Threatens Communal Farming in Omaheke
14-06-2011
COMMUNAL grazing in the Omaheke Region is under siege from a tree called Omusaona in Otjiherero and Mongana in Setswana.A number of other trees and shrubs also appear, such as Omutjete, Otjimbuku and
readNotable Quotes
14-06-2011
In doing so they are trying to paint a picture to make the legitimate elected Secretary General [Kaaronda] incompetent and not able to handle the workers’ affairs.– A petition handed to the NUNW
readShare a hypothesis, not a directive
14-06-2011
Next time you sit down with your team, try tapping into their good ideas rather than giving your usual all-knowing directives, says Harvard Business Review.While it’s your job as a leader to set the
readPlenty of hurdles on road to free trade
14-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Southern and eastern African countries that account for more than half the continent’s population and GDP are moving toward a free trade agreement that is as much about development as
readDoha failure an ‘academic’ question, says Lamy
14-06-2011
JAKARTA – The head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday dismissed the notion that the Doha round of trade negotiations was dead, and held out hope that a band of smaller countries might
readRace for IMF chief goes to board
14-06-2011
WASHINGTON – The IMF’s executive board met yesterday as the campaign to find a replacement for scandal-tainted former chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn reels from the unexpected twist of a dark horse
readZim parliament slams business clamp-down
14-06-2011
HARARE – The Zimbabwean parliament has declared that regulations seeking to nationalise foreign-owned companies were “unconstitutional, unreasonable and absurd”, and called for them to be repealed or
readYouths attack King Abdullah’s motorcade
14-06-2011
AMMAN – Jordanian youths yesterday attacked King Abdullah II’s motorcade with stones as he visited the southern city of Tafileh, a security official said, but the government immediately denied the
readTravel misery as ash grounds Australia flights
14-06-2011
SYDNEY – Thousands of travellers were stranded yesterday after ash from Chile’s volcanic eruptions prompted Australian airlines to ground some domestic and international services for a second
readMore powerful quakes in New Zealand
14-06-2011
WELLINGTON – A series of powerful tremors rattled the quake-prone New Zealand city of Christchurch yesterday, destroying buildings and sending boulders tumbling down hillsides nearly four months after
readNamPower ina kanitha iimaliwa
14-06-2011
OMUKULUNTU gwa NamPower okwa ekelehi omipopyo kutya ehangano lye olya kanitha oodola oomiliona 250. Paulinus Shilamba okwa ti omipopyo ndhoka kadhina ekankameno nuushili washa na odhina elalakano lyo
readNdohotola yomayego ota vulu oku shangwa
14-06-2011
OMUNDOHOTOLA gwomayego omvalele ya Namibia , ha longele mo Britania okwa pewa ompito opo iishangithe opo a longe moNamibia ongo omundohotola gwomayego.Pandulei Itula okwa ningi konyala omimvo omulongo
readA langekwa Elenga Enene
14-06-2011
ELENGA enene lyoludhi lwAambanderu olya langekwa koshipangelapundi, ehuliloshiwike lya yi poshituthi sha ningilwa poGobabis.Aletha Nguvauva okwa langekwa a landule omwanamati ngoka a li iimangeleke
readIinkundi pamahupilo yi na uuwanawa
14-06-2011
IILONGO iinkundi pamahupilo mbyoka ya tila oku gwililwapo kedhikopo lyomalanditho gamanguluka menenevi lyAfrica,oya kumikwa kutya monakuyiwa ota yi ka mona omauwanaw ogendji.Omunawino mehumokomeho
readAapangi ya londodhwa noku indilwa ya vulike
14-06-2011
OSHILONGO otashi ka kanitha oodola oomiliona 14, ngele aapangi oya tula miilonga ethaneko lyawo lyokwaatuntila aanona pethimbo lyomatuntilo gopashigwana ngoka taga tameke mEtiyali ndika. Shika otashi
readNamwandi metalelapo penongelo
14-06-2011
OMINISTELI yOpevi yElongo , David Namwandi, Etitano ;lya zi ko okwi ile meendelelo kOseko ya Mwadhina gwaNembenge mOshakati opo a popithe nokukumagidha aanasikola yaamoka mboka taku tiwa kaye na
readLiverpool success in Suarez’s sights
14-06-2011
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool striker Luis Suarez believes the Reds can bring silverware to Anfield next term if they maintain the form they showed during the final five months of the last campaign over a
readWozniacki wins Danish Open title
14-06-2011
COPENHAGEN – World number one and local favourite Caroline Wozniacki thrilled a rowdy crowd to win the Danish Open on Sunday for the second consecutive year.Opting to stay at home and play on
readUnder-20s clinch German youth final
14-06-2011
NAMIBIA’s under-20 side won the International Youth Tournament in Germany after they defeated Armenia Bielefeld 1-0 in the final yesterday. Striker Benson Shilongo scored the winner, while his
readMomentum Youth Cricket Festival starts
14-06-2011
THE Momentum Youth Cricket Festival kicked off on Friday when 10 cricket teams stepped onto the cricket fields in Pionierspark for the first time this year after the heavy rains experienced at the
readChina’s Zhang assumes office as AFC chief
14-06-2011
KUALA LUMPUR – Asian soccer federations should join hands to improve the sport in the region, Zhang Jilong said after assuming office as the acting president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
readJapan player fails drugs test, blames hair tonic
14-06-2011
TOKYO – Japan rugby World Cup hopeful Ryohei Yamanaka has blamed a hair growth tonic for a positive doping test that has put his career in danger.Japanese media reported late Sunday that the one-cap
readCameron calls Fifa election a farce
14-06-2011
LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron described the recent Fifa election as a farce on Wednesday and said the standing of world soccer’s governing body had never sunk so low.Fifa president
readUN calls for eco-friendly farming
14-06-2011
ROME – The United Nations food agency yesterday called for greater use of environmentally sustainable techniques by poor farmers in order to increase crop intensity to feed the world’s growing
readBlack, white: they’re all farmers
14-06-2011
One of a series of short articles about the Rural Poverty Reduction Programme (RPRP), which was funded by the European Union’s 9th Development Fund and coordinated by the National Planning
readTwo-way radios need new licenses
14-06-2011
THE executive council of the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) has reminded farmers with two-way radios that they must re-apply for licenses.This must be done before June 18, the NAU said in its latest
readMunjanu chairs cooperatives
14-06-2011
OLOF Munjanu, executive director of the Namibia National Farmers’ Union (NNFU), was re-elected as chairman of the Cooperatives’ Advisory Board (CAB) last week.Pamwe Farmers’ Cooperative
readFarmers fear losses due to weather
14-06-2011
KEETMANSHOOP – Livestock farmers in the Aus area of the Karas region are worried that the cold weather experienced in the area might kill their animals.Three communal farmers who spoke to Nampa last
readAgri diary
14-06-2011
Meatco Farmers’ Liaison Meetings for 2011June 27: Gobabis at 09:00 June 28: Okahandja at 09:00 June 29: Grootfontein at 09:00 October 17: Windhoek at 09:00 October 18: Otjiwarongo at 09:00 October 19:
readSwakara prices warming up again
14-06-2011
USAKOS – Pelt prices are picking up again and small stock farmers should consider karakul farming as an option to generate much needed income in their communities.Pieter Hugo of Agra’s Professional
readBig Brother Amplified: There’ll be 2 winners!
14-06-2011
THE nominations road show rolled round to the Tails house again yesterday, but there was no clue at the time of going to press who’ll be up for eviction.In case you missed it, BBA live show host IK
readBig Brother Amplified: Not Strapped For Comment
14-06-2011
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape that runs across the bottom of the BBA Amplified TV screen:* Alex is not an action man, Miss P is an action woman * Alex is the man of the
readBig Brother Amplified: A Woman Called Confidence
14-06-2011
Nightclub owner and CEO of a MultiMedia Company, 37-year-old Ghanaian Confidence certainly lived up to her name in the BB Amplified house. Sexy and sassy, Confidence could be bossy at times too which
readSADC seeks return of Madagascar political exiles
14-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Southern African leaders yesterday called on Madagascar to allow all political exiles including former President Marc Ravalomanana to return to the island state to end a political
readZim’s neighbours to take more active role
14-06-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Countries that neighbour Zimbabwe said they will take a more active role in efforts to restore democracy there. Rights activists called the declaration a sign President Robert Mugabe
readSwanu against severe stock theft sentences
14-06-2011
NAMIBIA’S oldest political party, Swanu, is not in favour of an appeal that the Prosecutor General has launched against a High Court ruling in which the severe jail sentences prescribed by the Stock
readWin Fabulous Father’s Day Prizes!
14-06-2011
2 Gift Hampers Can Be WonTwo fabulous Hartlief gift hampers – worth N$250 each – can be won ahead of Father’s Day on Sunday, June 19. Hartlief is, of course, famous for its meat products – ranging
readCity launches dry sanitation project
14-06-2011
IN an effort to promote public health, the Windhoek Municipality officially commissioned the Otji-toilet pilot project and launched a health and hygiene promotion campaign on Saturday.Speaking at the
readRDP Youth calls on deputy education minister to quit
14-06-2011
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress Youth League (RDPYL) has called for the forensic audit report on the GIPF issues to be made public, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to be dissolved, and
readNurses’ demonstration off
14-06-2011
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services’ annual immunisation campaign is expected to kick off today despite threats by the Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) to boycott it.Hundreds of Nanu nurses marched
readNamwandi lashes unruly pupils
14-06-2011
DEPUTY Minister of Education David Namwandi has said drastic action will be taken against unruly and indisciplined students at the Mwadhina gwaNambenge Secondary School at Oshakati in the Oshana
readMinistry responds to ‘bogus doctor’
14-06-2011
‘DOCTOR’ Martin Blair, the alleged loose cannon medical practitioner, is not only not registered with the Health Professions Council, but the Minister of Health and Social Services has not authorised
readDTA youth split on leadership
14-06-2011
THE DTA Youth League has condemned its secretary general and secretary for education following statements in which they called for certain members of the party’s national leadership to vacate their
readNamibians vote for ‘Down Corruption’
14-06-2011
HUNDREDS of visitors to the Gondwana Collection stand at the recent Tourism Expo took part in the Shebeen Name of the Year competition. The standout winner, chosen from photographs of 400 shebeens
readFuel station operator wins battle against BP
14-06-2011
FUEL giant BP Namibia suffered a costly defeat in a long-running dispute with the operator of a filling station at Rehoboth in the Supreme Court last week.A substantial claim for damages is set to be
readAvid’s Josea gets death threat
14-06-2011
FORMER Namangol Investments CEO Nico Josea, one of seven accused in the alleged N$30 million Avid fraud case, has reported receiving a death threat via SMS. Josea said he received an SMS message on
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