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69 Articles found on Friday, 11 November 2011
Namibia tops google search
11-11-2011
TWENTY-FIVE million American viewers of the New York-based Today Show watched Namibia live on their television and computer screens on Monday. At the same time, Namibia briefly became the seventh most
readKaaronda loses first round in libel case
11-11-2011
THE first skirmish in a defamation case in which the University of Namibia and seven of its most senior staff members are suing trade unionist Evilastus Kaaronda and a weekly publication for a total
readOndangwa rival trade fair steaming ahead
11-11-2011
FORMER Ondangwa mayor Priscilla Nashandi, currently a member of the Ondangwa Town Council, has come out guns blazing, accusing her fellow councillors of corruption and self-enrichment.Nashandi has
readMalema’s suspension a ‘time bomb’
11-11-2011
IF the five-year suspension verdict against the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema was “sincere”, and done with a “clear conscience” then it is in the interest of the
readMTC pulls plug on NRU
11-11-2011
MTC has temporarily withdrawn its sponsorship of the Namibia Rugby Union following the resignation of the entire NRU executive committee last week.A letter addressed to the acting NRU chief executive
readTurkey quake kills seven, survivors sought
11-11-2011
VAN – Rescue workers searched for survivors under rubble in eastern Turkey yesterday after the second earthquake in three weeks killed at least seven people, inflating the death toll of 600 from the
readChinese want to pay less for Kalahari
11-11-2011
KALAHARI Minerals, the top shareholder in one of the world’s largest uranium projects in Namibia, is still in talks with its Chinese suitor, although the cash offer on the table has been cut to 243,55
readSwaziland struggling to pay salaries
11-11-2011
MBABANE – Cash-strapped Swaziland will struggle to pay civil servants’ salaries this month, Finance Minister Majozi Sithole told AFP on Wednesday, as the tiny kingdom slips deeper into crisis.“We will
readSirleaf may offer rivals govt posts
11-11-2011
MONROVIA – Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf may, if re-elected, offer government posts to rivals in a spirit of reconciliation after a deadly crackdown on an opposition protest, a spokesman said
readShell ‘must pay for Niger Delta clean-up’
11-11-2011
LONDON – Oil giant Shell should commit $1bn as a first step to clean up the Niger Delta following two devastating oil spills in 2008, rights groups said yesterday.Shell has accepted responsibility for
readMining boom has ‘peaked’ for ordinary Australians
11-11-2011
SYDNEY – Australia’s much-vaunted mining boom has years to run with projects worth hundreds of billions of dollars yet to come online, but its benefit to the local economy has peaked, a study warned
readBest bank in Nam
11-11-2011
BANK Windhoek has been named the Best Bank in Namibia for the fourth consecutive year by Emeafinance, a UK-based economics magazine that covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This award falls in
readMoody’s reviews South African banks for downgrade
11-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Ratings agency Moody’s said yesterday it would put South Africa’s top five banks under review for a possible downgrade, citing the growing difficulty governments face in supporting
readIntra-SADC trade stunted by slow industrialisation
11-11-2011
LOW intra-SADC trade volumes are being blamed on the slow pace of industrialisation in most of the member states, said NCCI President Martha Namundjebo-Tilahun at the opening of the first business
readEurozone split fears as EU dithers on Italy
11-11-2011
ROME/BERLIN – Political and economic crisis in Italy spurred fears of a split in the eurozone with borrowing costs for Europe’s third biggest economy at unsustainable levels and the bloc unable to
readLooking for the cream of entrepreneurs
11-11-2011
THE Sam Nujoma Innovative Enterprise Development Award (SNIEDA) has called for nominations for the 2011 awards.The awards, which take place at a gala dinner on November 24, are made in the following
readAlgeria-Namibian relations must grow - Slimane
11-11-2011
ALGERIAN and Namibian economic cooperation does not reflect the high quality of their political relationship, commented the Algerian ambassador to Namibia, Lahcene Kaid-Slimane, at a celebration of
readDefine what your brand’s against
11-11-2011
Sometimes, saying what your brand stands for can sound generic at best. Instead, try putting a stake in the ground by telling your customers what you are against, says Harvard Business Review.Most
readEconomy grows 7% in first quarter
11-11-2011
NAMIBIA’S economy grew by seven per cent in the first quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis compared with the fourth quarter of 2010, the Central Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.“The growth is
readCorruption crackdown to continue in Cuba
11-11-2011
HAVANA – Cuba’s top law enforcement official said on Wednesday a crackdown on corruption that has given Cuba’s international business community the jitters will continue and warned that no one was
readTough new Australian anti-smoking law bans tobacco company brand labels
11-11-2011
CANBERRA – Tough anti-smoking laws banning brand labels passed their last major legislative hurdle in Australia yesterday and immediately faced the threat of court action from tobacco companies
readIran ‘will respond with full force’ to any military threat
11-11-2011
TEHRAN – Iran “will respond with full force” to any attack – or even any threat of military action – the country’s supreme leader said yesterday, after Israel warned the world must act to prevent
readProblems Of The Tender Rush
11-11-2011
IN THE south of Namibia, most of the people do not know how to add value to their services. Everybody wants to win a tender no matter how little the benefits.At the end of the day, one gets home tired
readThe Majority Is Wrong
11-11-2011
DEAR Swapo members, I am left desolated to note that over 50 years your support for Swapo has been blindly loyal. There are for sure a number of blameworthy facts that the Swapo followers must put a
readThere’s Life After RFA
11-11-2011
I WOULD like to respond to the malicious letter that was published in the Friday, 4 November 2011 edition of your paper by Shetu shaAikombo.He made sweeping statements that are simple lies and should
readRemove Hidden Fees, Render Services
11-11-2011
THE City of Windhoek charges residents for Waste Management and Weekly Removal of Waste. Is weekly removal of waste not waste management? Residents compete with the rich to obtain a piece of land at
readTest Was Wrong
11-11-2011
WHEN I read two catchy headlines on the front pages of the two independent Namibian newspapers [about teachers struggling with English fluency], I consoled myself with: ‘This was long overdue. It has
readIt Is All About The Poor
11-11-2011
NEWS from Tunisia to Egypt has shown that the masses have had enough of a system that only served the elites. At present the United States of America, Britain and Europe are also experiencing
readSwapo’s To Blame For Illiteracy
11-11-2011
NAMIBIA is a country of illiterates and this warrants a declaration of a state of emergency.‘Thanks’ mostly to Cambridge Education System introduced by Swapo in 1990, today it is a mere two per cent
readService Delivery in SOEs Questionable
11-11-2011
MUCH has been said about the quality of service delivery in Namibia, and reference has been made time and time again to the government office bearers not meeting the standard. My experience, on the
readTIPEEG Will Fail
11-11-2011
THERE is much to commend with regard the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (TIPEEG) in terms of its objectives.TIPEEG acknowledges the high unemployment rate in
readNamdeb a pandula eyo lyaAnglo
11-11-2011
NAMDEB okwa nyanyukilwa etseyitho lya Anglo-American kutya ota ka landako iipambuliko ye familia lya Oppenheimer mehangano lyokumina lya De Beers. Onkundana ndjika oya nyanyudha Namdeb oshoka
readAangwediva ayehe otaya ka yalulwa mbala
11-11-2011
MEYA gwOndoolopa ya Ngwediva tate Jason Asino, moshigongi shetulomiilonga pambelewa lyoshikonga shokuyalula Aangwediva, sha ningilwa mOombelewa dhElelo lyOndoolopa ya Ngwediva mEtitatu lyoshiwike
readAakiintu yaheyali aaNamibia moondjedhililo dha Brazil
11-11-2011
AAKIINTU yaheyali aakwashigwana ya Namibia okwa kundanwa ya kwatelwa mo Brazil yaadhika niingangamithi, nangashingeyi oya edhililwa moondjedhililo dhoshilongo shoka , moshilando sha Sao Paolo.
readOmatungo geetele oomiliona 18 mOtjiwarongo nuumvo
11-11-2011
KONYALA omathaneko gomatungo gongushu yoodola oomiliona 18 odha manithwa pOtjiwarongo, nuumvo, nonando ndhika odhi li pevi okuyeleka naandhoka dha zimininwe omumvo gwayi, pethimbo ngaandika. Ooplana
readOshitopolwa oshitiyali shiilonga poLindili
11-11-2011
IILONGA okutunga oshitopolwa oshitiyali she humithokomeho pomunkulofuta gwa Lindili oya tegelela okutamekwa kuyele omumvo tuuka.Iilonga mbika ota yi ka tamekwa sha landula oonkundathana noshowo
readIyambo ina haluka kiizemo
11-11-2011
OMINISTA yElongo, Abraham Iyambo oya tala iizemo yekonakono lyaalongi mOshiingilisa kutya ina yi pumbwa okutilitha unene. Iyambo okwa popi moparliamende, a ti osha fa eityo lyiizemo mbyoka lya
readChariot ta kongo omboola
11-11-2011
EHANGANO lyokukonga omahooli lyedhina Chariot Oil and Gas olya tegelela okumona omboola yoku mboola okakweyo oku tala mpoka pena omahooli moshitopolwa shalyo moka ta li kongo omahooli komunkulofuta
readOpolisi ya Shana ya kwata omumati nepangwe
11-11-2011
OPOLISI ya Shana, mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, oya kwata po omumati omugundjuka sho aadhika nepangwe lyongushu yi vulithe poodola dha Namibia omayovi omulongo.Komanda gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana,
readOptimistic Brave Warriors leave for Djibouti
11-11-2011
A Brave Warriors squad of 18 players left for Djibouti on Wednesday evening for their World Cup preliminary qualifying match against Djibouti this afternoon.The original squad of 23 players was
readThompson leads Rugby revival
11-11-2011
WESTERN SUBURB’S committee member Robert Thompson wants rugby clubs to take charge of the embattled Namibia Rugby Union. In a strongly worded e-mail to acting NRU Chief Executive Officer Christo
readButt appeals against sentence
11-11-2011
LONDON – Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has filed an appeal against a 30-month prison sentence for fixing parts of a test match last year, his lawyer said.Butt and bowlers Mohammad Asif
readMurray thrashes angry Roddick at Paris Masters
11-11-2011
PARIS – In-form Andy Murray made it 18 games unbeaten by beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-2 at Bercy Arena here yesterday to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.Murray had spoken of the
readMolinari, Morrison share Singapore Open lead
11-11-2011
SINGAPORE – Italy’s Edoardo Molinari and Briton James Morrison made the most of ideal scoring conditions to fire matching nine-under par 62’s for a share of the lead after the opening round of the
readEngland face Tri-Nation sides next November
11-11-2011
LONDON – England will play world champions all three southern hemisphere powerhouses in next year’s November internationals at Twickenham, the Rugby Football Union said on Thursday.No November
readPitroipa backs Burkina Faso case
11-11-2011
STAR winger Jonathan Pitroipa has backed Burkina Faso’s participation at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.The Burkinabe’s qualification for the tournament is subject to a protest by group rivals
readRadcliffe to keep marathon world record
11-11-2011
BRUSSELS – The IAAF has decided to let Paula Radcliffe keep her marathon world record from 2003, after previously saying it would reduce one of athletics’ outstanding performances to a world best
readIt’s A Massive National Crisis
11-11-2011
LET us cut to the chase. No amount of propaganda or public relations exercises; and no matter how fast Dr Abraham Iyambo spins around the dismal showing of teachers in the English proficiency test,
read50 Years After Frantz Fanon: Namibian Youth Still Without Shoes
11-11-2011
ABOUT three weeks ago, I attended a video projec- tion and discussion around the disturbing oeuvre of the extremely talented Congolese artist, Freddy Tsimba.While Tsimba is brilliant, passionate about
readCreating Employment In An Ideological Vacuum
11-11-2011
IS Namibia in a crisis? Albert Einstein would probably say it is relative. But is it? With a shocking 50 per cent unemployment rate one would have to agree that there is a crisis. The broader section
readThe President Who Can’t Do Anything
11-11-2011
I HAVE said it before and I will repeat myself again. President Hifikepunye Pohamba is too soft an individual to effectively fight corruption.He has repeatedly vowed to fight it tooth and nail but in
readPolitical Perspective
11-11-2011
IF the future lies with the youth, they had better be smarter than some of their leaders on the sub-continent, otherwise we may as well stick with the oldies! At least now in South Africa, African
readThree out of four youths unemployed
11-11-2011
NAMIBIA is facing a critical youth unemployment crisis as no less than 75 per cent of the country’s youth were unemployed according to 2008 statistics, a situation far worse than Namibia’s overall
readPensioner impregnates teenage girl at Epukiro settlement
11-11-2011
EPUKIRO POST TWO – A 61-year-old man from Epukiro appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court on Monday on allegations that he impregnated a 15-year-old girl at Epukiro Post Two in the Omaheke
readOutcry over poor English
11-11-2011
NAMIBIANS in general, and not only teachers, cannot speak proper English.The blame for this crisis should be put at Government’s door for having “failed to put in place any discernible programme to
readOtjiwarongo probes N$100 000 theft case
11-11-2011
A cashier at the Otjiwarongo municipality will be questioned during a disciplinary hearing next Monday about a N$100 000 fraud case.The woman, whose name is known but will be withheld until the
readKeetmans court dismisses police assault case
11-11-2011
THE Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court has dismissed the case of a Police officer who claimed that he was assaulted by an inmate just over two months ago. The officer claimed that he was assaulted
readHeatwave to stay until next week
11-11-2011
THE heatwave rolling across Namibia is here to stay until at least next week. The Meteorological Service of Namibia yesterday confirmed that the “very hot conditions” are expected to remain intact
readEconomist claims unemployment is below 30%
11-11-2011
AN independent economist has said that Namibia’s official unemployment figure of 51,2 per cent is based on poor and unreliable data collection, and claims less than 30 per cent of the country’s
readDrying up HIV funding a ticking time bomb
11-11-2011
NAMIBIA faces the risk of running out of vital anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs by 2015 if it does not urgently look at a strategy to bolster the financing of HIV drugs from its own resources.Donor funding
readCourt wants testimony on Engen strike claims
11-11-2011
DISPUTED claims over the behaviour of striking employees of fuel company Engen Namibia at the company’s Walvis Bay depot last week should be cleared up through the hearing of oral evidence, it was
readCash worth N$1,6m vanishes at Outjo
11-11-2011
MORE than N$1,6 million in cash paid to the municipality of Outjo between 2006 and 2009 was never deposited in the bank account of the local authority.This is but one of several irregularities picked
readBlack Pearl development riles Avis residents
11-11-2011
AVIS residents are up in arms over a development at the dam which they feel is not only changing the tranquil, farm-style neighbourhood, but also posing safety and environmental concerns. At the heart
readSMSes for Friday 11 November 2011
11-11-2011
*CAN someone from the Traffic Department please place an article that explains to Namibian drivers how they should react to emergency vehicles? It is very clear that they do not know if one sees the
readFrom The Twittersphere
11-11-2011
MORE chirps from the adjectival archive of Namibia’s proficient sufficient twitterati, who debated and berated news about the high per- centage of Namibian teachers who are not fluent in the official
readTiechas need clash cause in OshiEngrish
11-11-2011
This week we were confronted with what we all knew deep in our hearts but hoped that the dreaded elephant in the room was but a mirage. Our teachers are shit in OshiEnglish and the world is now fully
read‘Workers’ who don’t want to
11-11-2011
MOST people are very genuinely concerned about labour issues and employers doing right by their people. And so it should be. And most of us are ‘workers’ as only a minority of people have the luxury
readBedtime stories…
11-11-2011
Often when I meet people for the first time, they tend to be a little horrified at how unapologetically single I am. To cope with this, and perhaps to cash in on my rather off centre sense of humour,
readNotable Quotes
11-11-2011
WITH all due respect, certain Ministers don’t speak proper English and also on Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) you hear so many mistakes. And that is how children will then speak. – Veteran
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