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78 Articles found on Friday, 25 November 2011
Etale Fishing fights partners in court
25-11-2011
THE Walvis Bay-based Etale Fishing Company, which owes more than N$20 million in unpaid quota levies to the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, has returned to the High Court in Windhoek with
read‘Cheers!’ to Namibian barley
25-11-2011
Namibian Breweries this year planted barley at Mariental, Mashare near Rundu, Manheim near Tsumeb and Mahenene near Outapi to test whether the crop can be grown in Namibia, and where the best growing
readAudabib eviction in full swing
25-11-2011
AFTER numerous threats and a final eviction date of November 21 for the Audab squatters, the sheriff and the Police moved the people off the farm and onto the main gravel road linking Dordabis and
readCity makes tender U-turn
25-11-2011
THE City of Windhoek withdrew a N$10 million tender from Amswohl & LGA Construction Joint Venture CC recently because the company allegedly won the tender based on false information.Niilo Taapopi, the
readAll eyes on Buccaneers
25-11-2011
KATUTURA giants Orlando Pirates look poised to continue their winning ways when they visit coastal outfit Blue Waters at the Kuisebmond Stadium tomorrow, starting at 16h00.It will be the Buccaneers
readYemen president of 33 years quits amid uprising
25-11-2011
SANAA – Yemen’s autocratic leader has agreed to step down after months of demonstrations against his 33-year rule, pleasing the United States and its Gulf allies who feared that collapsing security in
read‘BEE not about owning white business’
25-11-2011
BLACK economic empowerment should not be based on the ownership of traditionally white businesses, but should rather boost Namibia’s black entrepreneurship and get more black people into
readHeat kills over 77 elephants in Zim
25-11-2011
HARARE – More than 77 elephants have died in a three-month heat wave that has dried up watering holes in western Zimbabwe, wildlife authorities said on WednesdayRangers in the Hwange National Park
readANC members face inquiry
25-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress on Wednesday said it will act against party members who did not vote for a new secrecy bill criticised as an attack on press freedom.The party muscled the
readEgypt’s military says sorry for deaths
25-11-2011
CAIRO – Egypt’s military rulers apologised yesterday for the deaths of demonstrators at the hands of police as protests demanding an immediate handover to civilian control entered a seventh day.At
readSA no welfare state, says Zuma
25-11-2011
CAPE TOWN – The government cannot afford to indefinitely pay social grants to people who are not elderly and who have no physical defects, President Jacob Zuma has said.Zuma said at a business
readChina to look to Africa for food: study
25-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – China will increasingly look to Africa over the next decade as the world’s most populous nation seeks to ensure it has sufficient food supplies, according to a study published
readAngola takes cautious look at Portugal plea
25-11-2011
LISBON – Crisis-hit Portugal’s cries for help from Angola, a former colony, show not only how tough times are for Lisbon, they also give the oil-rich African nation a chance to boost its foreign
readGot irrational colleagues?
25-11-2011
Organisations are composed of people, many of whom act irrationally at times. Don’t let that throw you off your game, says Harvard Business Review. It’s frustrating to watch a colleague behave
readEconomics expert briefs Cabinet on development
25-11-2011
CABINET, deputy ministers, permanent secretaries and heads of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) yesterday gathered en masse at State House for a whole-day seminar lead by development economics expert
readEU vows crisis will not derail aid for Ivory Coast
25-11-2011
BRUSSELS – The European Union will maintain aid to Ivory Coast despite the current economic crisis, EU president Herman Van Rompuy told visiting Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday.Van
readIrish tycoon ordered to repay bank record US$560 million
25-11-2011
DUBLIN – A judge has ordered an Irish tycoon to repay US$560 million in bank loans.Sean Quinn, who was once Ireland’s richest person, has already been stripped of his business empire as part of a
readEU demands right to dictate national budgets
25-11-2011
BRUSSELS – The European Union demanded Wednesday sweeping powers to override national budgets and proposed issuing joint eurozone bonds to help resolve and prevent a repeat of the debt crisis.“Without
readNigerian leader goes to France for investors meet
25-11-2011
ABUJA – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan left for France on Wednesday for a meeting to attract foreign investment into the oil-rich but corruption-ridden country, his office said.Jonathan will
readIndian cabinet mulls retail revolution
25-11-2011
NEW DELHI – India’s cabinet was to decide yesterday whether to open the nation’s vast retail sector to global supermarket chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco in a reform that would herald a consumer
readSlightly more people seek unemployment benefits
25-11-2011
WASHINGTON – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits ticked up slightly last week after two months of steady declines.But the increase isn’t enough to reverse the downward trend. The
readGermany arrests another neo-Nazi
25-11-2011
BERLIN – German prosecutors say police have arrested a man on charges he supported a neo-Nazi terror group that is believed to have killed 10 people and carried out several attacks over more than a
readPhilippine court orders Aquino family to give up land
25-11-2011
MANILA – The Philippine Supreme Court has ordered vast sugarcane plantation lands owned by relatives of the president to be distributed to thousands of farmers under a government land reform
readMissing Madelaine McCann’s mother felt violated after diaries reprinted
25-11-2011
LONDON – The mother of missing British youngster Madeleine McCann described on Wednesday how she felt “violated”’ by the publication of her diary in the News of the World without her permission.Kate
readMore Damned Lies And Statistics
25-11-2011
HATS off to Martin Mwinga for debunking another Namibian myth: the famous ‘51 percent unemployed’. He points out obvious mistakes in the employment data in the public sector and fishing industry, and
readDon’t Insult All Somalis
25-11-2011
I AM so disappointed and disgusted with the comment of Lawrence Mgbangson the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Namibia. This commissioner was quoted in an
readThe Right To Choose
25-11-2011
I COULD not agree more with Bonni Roelf’s piece, ‘Double Talk on the Big Happy’ in Friday’s edition (18 November 2011) of The Namibian on our society’s tendency to look away and pretend the situation
readUnjust Criticism Of Teachers’ English Proficiency
25-11-2011
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to comment on the issue with regard to teachers’ English proficiency in our country.It’s so disheartening to note how the teaching profession continues to suffer heavy
readGermans And Namibians Are Linked Forever
25-11-2011
IN HIS emotional press conference, Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo criticized the leaking of information about the overspending of the delegation that went to Germany for the return of skulls.Please
readThe Struggle For Restoration Is Not Tribalism
25-11-2011
I REPLY to the article ‘do not stoke tribalism and civil war’ in The Namibian of 18 November.I do not understand what ‘debate the authors refer to as the Herero and Nama peoples are claiming
readName-calling Fuels Racist Ideology
25-11-2011
WHAT was the background of this genocide and heads being taken to Germany? Throughout history, nations had been at war against each other and many times the victor took over the other’s land. But in
readNehale Was Not King
25-11-2011
I REFER to an article published in The Namibian of Friday, 18 November 2011, written by R Kozonguizi and D Aluteni, Windhoek, entitled, ‘Do Not Stoke Tribalism And Civil War’.The said article was
readSo, The Constitution Is Expendable
25-11-2011
I AM a 20-year-old male, born November 13 1991, in the Caprivi Region of Namibia. So, as you can imagine the term ‘born free’ has been used to describe me on many occasions. When our forefathers
readMbumba okwa ti omaihumbato omawinayi ita ga idhidhimikilwa
25-11-2011
OMINISTA yEgameno nepopilo lyoshilongo , Nangolo Mbumba okwa indile opo oshigwana shi lundulule onkalo yasho kombinga yelongitho lyoondjila, noshowo aahingi naafaalelwa kutya oya pumbwa oku
readOmuniilonga nale gwoshikondo shiifendela a holoka mohofa
25-11-2011
OMUNIILONGA nale moshitopolwa shiifendela poKaiti okwa holoka mompangu ya mengestrata ta hokololithwa a kengelela sho aniwa a kambadhala okuyuga omukiintu omunangeshefa iimaliwa yoodola omayovi 74
readEkamboko lyomahala noondhalate nali mone ehulilo mo 2012
25-11-2011
PETHIMBO ta popitha Aaleli yOpamuthigululwakalo mOngwediva mOshana oshiwike sha zi ko, Oministeli yIikwapaupresidende, Albert Kawana ngoka wo e li Hahende Omukuluntu gwEpangelo, okwa lombwela aaleli
readOmahangano gaaniilonga ta ga tendwamo membo
25-11-2011
OMAHANGANO gaaniilonga gatano noshowo gaagandji yiilonga ota shi vulika ga tendwemo membo lyokundhindhilikwa mombelewa ya Komufala gwaaniilonga.Omahangano ngak aoga taalela oku tendwamo noku kuthwa
readOmihandjo dhongeleka ya Lutheri dha mono ekwatho
25-11-2011
EHANGANO lyedhina Hope 4 Kids International olya uvaneke tali ka kwathela omihandjo hadhi wilikwa kOngelki onkwaEvangeli paLutheri moRepublica ya Namibia[ELCRN].Shika osha landula etalelopo
readAatungi moshipangelo sha Shakati inaya longa etiyali
25-11-2011
AANIILONGA yAatungi mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati haya longele okampani yokutunga yAachina yedhina China Jiangxi International Namibia (CJIN) Pty Ltd, Etiyali lyoshiwike shika inaya longa taya
readUuthemba uupe wokukwata oohi wa gandjwa
25-11-2011
OSHIKONDO shOohi noonzo dhomefuta osha gandja uuthemba uupe wokukwata oohi noonzo dhilwe dhomefuta koongundu dhomahangano gayooloka. Minista yOshikondo shika, Bernard Esau okwa tseyitha uuthemba mbuka
readOmiyalu dhokwaaniilonga tadhi talululwa
25-11-2011
EPANGELO olya indile Ombaanga Yuuyuni opo yi talulule omiyalu dha Namibia dhaantu mboka ta ku tiwa kayena iilonga. Ombaanga oya indilwa yi tale shili ngele oopersenda omilongo 51,2 dhaa Namibia mboka
readArrows face shaky Pirates
25-11-2011
GOLDEN Arrows striker Katlego Mashego says the team will target the fragile confidence levels of Orlando Pirates when the clubs meet in the Telkom Knockout semi-final in Durban on Saturday.The
readNamibian Volleyball Federation hosts international tournament
25-11-2011
THE Namibian Volleyball Federation (NVF) will host the Zone VI Volleyball Club Championships 2011. The tournament starts tomorrow and will end on Thursday. All the games will be played at the DTS
readFerrer hands Djokovic rare defeat
25-11-2011
WORLD number one Novak Djokovic was beaten for only the fifth time this year as Spain’s David Ferrer booked his place in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-3, 6-1 victory on
readRugby 7s to look for greener pastures
25-11-2011
THE acting chief executive officer of the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU), Christo Alexander, believes the decision not to let Namibia take part in the South African leg of the International Rugby Board
readWenger delights as Gunners shoot first for England
25-11-2011
THE irony of Arsenal becoming the first English team to reach the Champions League round of 16 was not lost on manager Arsene Wenger after his team beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium
readNamibia FA boss fumes at Caf ‘delay’
25-11-2011
THE head of the Namibia FA says the Confederation of African Football (Caf) must preserve “the spirit of fair play” in their dispute with Burkina Faso.Namibia wants Burkina Faso thrown out of next
readMilestone man Dravid stands firm for India
25-11-2011
INDIA were 281 for three wickets in their first innings, in reply to West Indies’ 590, at the close of the third day of the third and final test at Wankhede Stadium on Thursday. India lead the series
readUEFA Champions
25-11-2011
League results Played on Tuesday Napoli 2 Manchester City 1 Bayern Munich 3 Villarreal 1 CSKA Moscow 0 Lille 2 Trabzonspor 1 Inter Milan 1 Otelul Galati 2 Basel 3 Manchester United 2 Benfica 2
readPocock to captain Australia in Barbarians test
25-11-2011
Flanker David Pocock will debut as captain for Australia in their match against the invitational Barbarians team at Twickenham on Saturday.Regular captain James Horwill has been named in the reserves
readTourism, mining must take hands
25-11-2011
MINING and tourism are the top contributors to Namibia’s economy and will have to forge a mutual understanding and respect of each other. This was the core message of a mining representative who spoke
readThe Dogg to celebrate award, Mbau not invited
25-11-2011
THE Dogg will celebrate his Channel O Most Gifted Kwaito Video award for his hit ‘This Is My Time’ at two venues in Windhoek this weekend, his manager Knowledge Iipinge confirmed yesterday.The
readSwapo ‘agrees’ to pay Shingenge
25-11-2011
SWAPO’S Omusati regional executive has allegedly agreed to pay its former driver, Andreas Penda-Pala Shingenge, provided that he withdraws his pay dispute case from the Labour Court.No official
readSesriem area gets N$6m emergency medical centre
25-11-2011
THE Mayte Emergency Medical Centre, an initiative of the MVA Fund and Spanish national Jean-Charles Hayoz, was inaugurated this week at Sesriem in the Hardap Region. The centre, which cost N$6
readParliamentarians brush up on MDGs
25-11-2011
NAMIBIA and its Parliament continue to strengthen democratic governance to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), said National Assembly Speaker Theo-Ben Gurirab on Wednesday. Launching the
readOshakati hospital builders in labour dispute
25-11-2011
ABOUT 49 workers from China Jiangxi International Namibia (CJIN) on Tuesday stopped working on a new maternity unit at the Oshakati State Hospital.They had various grievances but returned to work
readNYS in campaign to promote its activities
25-11-2011
THE National Youth Service (NYS) has launched a campaign to inform young people about of its services, under the banner of “growing a patriotic nation” and “turning the youth into productive
readMTC and employees in pension fund controversy
25-11-2011
MTC employees represented by the Workers Advice Centre (WAC) unequivocally denied that all staff agreed to have their pensions used as collateral for housing loans from the First National Bank (FNB)
readMore needed to access higher education
25-11-2011
GREATER access to higher education is a “critical” challenge that needs to be addressed.Furthermore, the lack of a national policy on internships – for private- and public-sector students alike
readMore access needed
25-11-2011
GREATER access to higher education is a “critical” challenge that needs to be addressed.Furthermore, the lack of a national policy on internships – for private- and public-sector students alike
readKlein Aub’s third stock theft suspect arrested
25-11-2011
AFTER evading arrest for weeks, Markus Ruben (28), a stock-theft suspect, was caught in the Klein Aub area this week.Ruben is suspected to be part of a three-man gang implicated in a series of
readKatzao’s special plea turned down
25-11-2011
A SPECIAL plea which a former senior employee of Trustco Group International raised in response to a N$115 000 claim which the company is pursuing against him was dismissed in the High Court in
readHeinrich journalist of the year
25-11-2011
DIRK Heinrich from the German daily Allgemeine Zeitung was honoured as the 2011 Journalist of the Year at the Misa-Namibia Awards held in Windhoek on Wednesday.Heinrich, who is also a stringer to
readDraughtsmen claim discrimination by architects
25-11-2011
A RECENT public notice by the Namibian Council for Architects and Quantity Surveyors (NCAQS) regarding the registration of these professions has been described as misleading and based on an old
readCorruption conviction rate disappointing
25-11-2011
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it is faced with a lack of funds to execute its mandate of fighting corruption effectively.ACC director Paulus Noa said this yesterday when speaking at the
readCross-border dog smugglers busted
25-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Cross-border dog traders were busted at the Vioolsdrift border post on the border with Namibia, the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) said yesterday.About 24 large-breed puppies,
readGuns Are Only For Killing
25-11-2011
RICHARD Rudolph Namseb and Nelson Mubasen Eiseb were the best of friends.They had played together since childhood. They attended the same school and dropped out from Grade six together. On June 16,
readNamibia’s Media Landscape Is Stuck In The Stone Age
25-11-2011
WEAK and bad journalism has the potential to undermine democratic debate and development. To have weak and unqualified journalists is as good or as bad as having incompetent and unqualified leaders.
readTo Recognise or Not: Ovazemba Quest For A Chief
25-11-2011
DESPITE the provisions of the Traditional Authority Act, it has always been an uphill battle for smaller or perhaps politically ‘peripheral’ and ‘insignificant’ ethnic groups, in Namibia, to have
readWorkers Must Oust Napwu Leadership
25-11-2011
‘NAPWU defies own constitution’, reads the latest headline of a news report on the troubled union for public servants. There were others like ‘Workers lose confidence in Napwu’ in earlier reports.
readFrontlining on Twitter
25-11-2011
HOOD life, pride and no prejudice, food and fads, mosquitoes and grasshoppers – Namibian and other tweeps tweak the daily grind:@XunaZ: These streets, that we live upon, these streets that we walk
readIntroducing The Queen
25-11-2011
Ishould be screaming, “Hoorah! “... and be running around in slow motion ala Julie Andrews in ‘The Sound of Music’. I should be feeling bright eyed and bushy tailed once more. I should be happy, at
readWhen criminals get what they deserve
25-11-2011
THE comeuppance of Sylvester and Gavin Beukes this week and the previously indomitable Ninja turning into a purring pussycat should serve as example for would be and experienced criminals to stop and
readPolitical Perspective
25-11-2011
I’M not that fussed about who the final Swapo contenders will be for the Presidency, since we’re usually told to butt out when we take an interest anyway. It’s said to be ‘Swapo business’ and not that
readSMSes for Friday 25 November 2011
25-11-2011
SMS Of The Day *ON December 1, dedicated to people living with HIV, Namibians will celebrate the day but some of the PLWHIV-AIDS are still being discriminated against, victimised and harrassed
readNotable Quotes
25-11-2011
LET US ALL, as we face the challenges to media freedoms not only in Namibia but across the continent, continue to elevate excellence in journalism in our media on a daily basis. – Gwen Lister
readBoxing Bonanza: WIN Big!
25-11-2011
SMS and stand a chance of winning a grand prize of one night's accommodation for two at the Windhoek Country Club and a pair of tickets to see Vikapita 'The Beastmaster' Meroro take on Zimbabwe's
readVinette Ebrahim hooked on Ellen Pakkies
25-11-2011
Well-known South African actress, Vinette Ebrahim was in Windhoek last weekend where she starred in the play, ‘My name is Ellen Pakkies’.Ellen Pakkies from Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats caused a
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