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53 Articles found on Tuesday, 29 November 2011
City photography tender questioned
29-11-2011
AFTER the City of Windhoek withdrew a N$10 million tender from Amswohl & LGA Construction Joint Venture in which David Mbako Karingombe and Gareth Ray McNab are members, a source in the aerial
readSix deny pension fund fraud charges
29-11-2011
THE six people accused of having played a part in an alleged fraudulent loan scheme involving pension fund administrator Alexander Forbes and the City of Windhoek pleaded not guilty to all charges
readWoman jailed for robbery
29-11-2011
A YOUNG mother who admitted that she played a key role in an armed robbery at a Windhoek guesthouse in May 2008 was sentenced to an effective eight years’ imprisonment yesterday.The role that
readN$750m Xmas gift for war vets
29-11-2011
THE Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs will pay out N$780 million to 13 000 liberation struggle veterans before the end of this year in individual lump-sum payments of N$50 000.The Permanent Secretary in
readFuel, metal prices buckle business confidence
29-11-2011
WEAK metal prices and high fuel prices international are dampening business confidence, the Institute of Public Policy Research has said in its latest IJG Business Climate Index.“Despite a fifth
readEgyptians thrilled by voting after abuses of the past
29-11-2011
ALEXANDRIA – A world away from the chaos, violence and abuses of elections under Hosni Mubarak’s rule, Egyptian voters queued in huge, orderly lines yesterday, many still in disbelief that they could
readNRU sponsorship still off, says Tim Ekandjo
29-11-2011
MTC yesterday maintained that it would not restore its sponsorship of the Namibia Rugby Union despite the election of an interim committee to oversee its affairs on Saturday.According to MTC’s
readAIDS stigma unacceptably high: Cameron
29-11-2011
THIRTY years into the AIDS epidemic the level of stigma and discriminations remains unacceptably high, according to South African Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron.“As communities, we are
readNando’s ad pokes fun at Mugabe
29-11-2011
SOUTH African fast food giant, Nando’s, has released a tongue in cheek advertisement depicting Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe as the “last dictator standing”.The advertisement, which uses
readCongo polls open after weekend of violence
29-11-2011
KINSHASA – Voting began yesterday with delays and setbacks in this massive nation pummeled by war for an election that could further consolidate the country’s peace or drag Congo back into
readMeatco awards top farmers
29-11-2011
MEATCO is operating under capacity, with volumes lower than last year’s, yet it is in a much better financial position and is currently paying the highest prices to farmers in the corporation’s
readSelling communal land is illegal
29-11-2011
BUYING or selling communal land is illegal, the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement has said.The practice often leads to land disputes, since the land right is not owned by the person who is trying to
readClimate change set to worsen food crises
29-11-2011
DURBAN – Storms and drought that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a “grim foretaste” of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply, Oxfam said yesterday.In a report
readClimate change hits Africa’s poorest farmers
29-11-2011
HARARE – As she surveys her small, bare plot in Zimbabwe’s capital, farmer Janet Vambe knows something serious is happening, even if she has never heard of climate change.“Long ago, I could set my
readLand tax returns key to farm valuation
29-11-2011
INFORMATION required by the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement on its land tax return form will only be used for land taxation purposes, Government has assured the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU).In
readUN warns 25% of world farmland highly degraded
29-11-2011
ROME – The United Nations has completed the first-ever global assessment of the state of the planet’s land resources, finding in a report yesterday that a quarter of all farmland is highly degraded
readKeep your project on track
29-11-2011
Many projects end up falling way behind schedule but there are a few simple ways to avoid having inevitable and lengthy delays, including shedding non-essential elements, says Harvard Business
readLabour must be more flexible
29-11-2011
CHASING the industrial dream, the workforce might have to become flexible “from time to time” to rid Namibia of its reputation of having “too rigid” and “too under-productive” labour market.Namibia’s
readWyclef Jean in funds furore
29-11-2011
LESS than a third of the US$16 million gathered in 2010 by hip-hop star Wyclef Jean for earthquake relief in Haiti actually made it to emergency efforts in the country, the New York Post reported on
readNicki Minaj named as Billboard’s ‘Rising Star’
29-11-2011
Singer and rapper Nicki Minaj has been named Billboard’s 2011 Rising Star following her international success this year with her album, ‘Pink Friday’.Minaj (28), who is signed to Lil Wayne’s Young
readIn Brief
29-11-2011
Nato hit by Pakistani blockade KABUL – Supplies for Nato in Afghanistan have been hit by a Pakistani blockade enforced after a cross-border strike killed 24 of its troops, but it remains unclear how
readAIDS fund ‘running out of money’
29-11-2011
JOHANNESBURG – The Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and malaria is in financial crisis, HIV groups warned on Monday.They said this was expected to have a severe impact on Southern African HIV programmes
readKaras konima nomalongekidho gekopi lyo The Namibian
29-11-2011
OSHITOPOLWA sha Karas oshi li konima nomalongekidho oku dhanitha ekopi lyuudhano wo The Namibian Newspaper Cup. Oshitopolwa shika oshina ko ashike oomwedhi ndatu okumanitha omalongekidho agehe opo shi
readAahingi ndhila yaali pevi
29-11-2011
IILONGA yomombepo ya Air Namibia oya tula aahingindhila yaali ishewe pevi. Mbaka yaali ota ya dhiladhila oku fala ehangano kohofa sho lya tindi eindilo lyawo li talululwe. Aahingi mbaka oya li ya
readNgoloneya gwa Khomas ta ka talelapo po Audabib
29-11-2011
NGOLONEYA gwa Khomas okwa li a tegelelwa a ka talelepo aantu mboka ya tidhwa pofaalama ya Audabib ehuliloshiwike lyayi. Aantu mbaka ya li ya kala mofaalama ndjoka pwaana epitikilo lya mwene gwayo oya
readA pewa omimvo ne mondholongo
29-11-2011
OMUKWASHIGWANA gwAngola ngoka a kwatelwe a humbata iingangamithi yoludhi lwokokaine mepunda lye oku yeeta moNamibia mu July 2009 ota kala ishewe omimvo ne mondholongo. Omuntu nguka okwa pewa eegeelo
readA geelwa nomimvo 18 mokudhipaga omukadhi
29-11-2011
OMUKALIMO gwomuumbangalantu okwa geelwa kOmpangu yopombanda mOshakati molwedhipago lyomukadhi. Ompangu oye mu pe omimvo 18 mondholongo sho a monika ondjo yokudhipaga omukadhi omimvo ndatu dha pitipo.
readEpangelo naa China ya yi kumwe oku landa momina ya Husab
29-11-2011
EHANGANO lyoomina lyepangelo China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company[CGNPC] pamwe naandyoka lyoholomende ya Namibia, Epangelo Mining oga tulapo euvathano oku konga iipambuliko yooperesenda 10 momina ya
readDealing with the past – another German Perspective
29-11-2011
THE repatriation of human remains more than a century after they were taken to Germany has evoked painful memories of colonial wars and about genocide perpetrated in what was then the colony of German
readDevelopment as freedom
29-11-2011
IN economics development is measured by the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or the level of industrialization of a country. Such measurement focuses on the results of development and
readTogo team in fatal bus crash
29-11-2011
SIX people died when a bus carrying a Togolese football team plunged into a ravine and caught fire.The accident happened 100 miles (160km) north of the capital, Lome, as the Etoile Filante [Shooting
readBritish football mourns Gary Speed
29-11-2011
LONDON – The flags at Leeds’ Elland Road Stadium were lowered Sunday in honour of one of the key players from the club’s last title-winning side.Elsewhere, one Premier League crowd honoured Gary Speed
readFederer plans renewed challenge for titles in 2012
29-11-2011
LONDON – Roger Federer believes his record sixth title at the ATP World Tour Finals will be the ideal springboard to end his Grand Slam drought in 2012.Federer has finished the season without a Grand
readCity extend lead after Liverpool draw
29-11-2011
LONDON – Manchester City went five points clear at the top of the English Premier League table after a 1-1 draw away to Liverpool on Sunday as British football mourned the shock death of Wales boss
readQatar may lose 2022 World Cup
29-11-2011
SYDNEY - Australia football boss Frank Lowy suggested yesterday that Qatar could yet be stripped of its right to host the 2022 Fifa World Cup following their controversial awarding of the global
readBotha, Theron win Tennis Masters title
29-11-2011
LOUIS Botha and Lynique Theron won the NTA Masters singles titles after beating Michau Basson and Melissa Gillies in Windhoek on Sunday.Theron easily won the women’s title by beating Gillies 6-1, 6-1,
readWin! WIN!! Win!
29-11-2011
Five pairs of tickets are up for grabs for Saturday’s BrainWash Open Air Dance Festival!The dance-DJ extravaganza, featuring an ace line-up of international talent, takes place at Olympia’s Doc Jubber
readFrom The Twittersphere
29-11-2011
OF the people, by the tweeple, for the people … and the tweeple! Unfiltered Twitter wit and wisdom on the vagaries and valour of life:Power To The People @misshillp: Just cos a person didnt go to
readSwissbourgh still seeks SADC justice
29-11-2011
THE Swissbourgh Diamond Mines and Josias van Zyl sent a notice of arbitration to the Lesotho Attorney General that it would take a longstanding dispute to an international arbitrator after the
readSwartbooi calls for efficient and effective service delivery
29-11-2011
THE Karas governor, Bernadus Swartbooi, has urged civil servants in the region to execute their duties efficiently and effectively.This will improve service delivery and speed up implementation of
readSkorpion helps build clinic
29-11-2011
THE Vedanta Skorpion Zinc mine and Ministry of Health and Social Services have signed an agreement on the construction of a public clinic at Rosh Pinah. The mine will pay half of the construction
readReturn of more skulls negotiated
29-11-2011
FOURTEEN skulls identified as Namibian human remains dating back to the 1904 to 1908 German-Namibian war are to be returned to Namibia early next year. The University of Freiburg in Germany announced
readRehoboth council under fire
29-11-2011
THE Rehoboth Town Council has been accused of bankrupting the town.According to the vice president of the United People’s Movement (UPM), Piet Junius, the party has reliably learnt that the town
readRDP hails Mr Gay Namibia
29-11-2011
NAMIBIA’S official opposition party, the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), has hailed one of its members who walked away with the first-ever Mr Gay Namibia crown over the weekend.Wendelinus
readOhangwena ‘remains no-go zone’ for RDP
29-11-2011
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has accused the Swapo Party of barring it from campaigning in the Ohangwena Region.According to the RDP’s secretary in the Ohangwena Region, Timotheus
readMinistry warns against fencing in communal areas
29-11-2011
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement once again made a stern call on people not to fence off communal land. The public relations officer of the ministry, Chrispin Matongela, on Friday said fencing
read78 goats stolen
29-11-2011
TWO suspects are behind bars after they allegedly stole 78 goats at a farm near Kalkrand in the Hardap Region over the weekend.The Police recovered the stolen animals from a kraal behind Otjomuise in
readEx-guard jailed over bar murder
29-11-2011
A FORMER security guard who killed a young man at a Windhoek bar almost six years ago was sentenced to a 20-year prison term yesterday.Erastus Hamukwaya (29) was sentenced in the Windhoek Regional
readBody found next to cemetery
29-11-2011
THE Rehoboth Police are looking for the murderer of a woman who was found bludgeoned and stabbed to death next to the town's cemetery yesterday morning.Caroline Swartz (43) was found dead at about
readAussenkehr development underfunded
29-11-2011
NOT enough has been budgeted for the development of a town at the Aussenkehr irrigation scheme on the Orange River, says the Karas Regional Council's director of general services and administration,
readArmed robbery shocks Otjiwarongo
29-11-2011
A man was shot in the leg in Otjiwarongo yesterday during an armed robbery by two men. Sections of the the town were up in arms about the incident, which one resident described as barbaric. “The
readSMSes for Tuesday 29 November 2011
29-11-2011
SMS Of The Day *WHY do our traditional leaders not consult with their respective councils well in advance about a successor, instead of leaving behind confused subjects, infighting and division when
readNotable Quotes
29-11-2011
Namibians lack an entrepreneurial spirit, and are jobseekers instead of job creators, but be warned that there are simply not enough jobs to go around. – Minister of Information and Communication
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