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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 November 2011
‘Damning’ report on City Solid Waste out
30-11-2011
AN edited version of a ‘damning’ forensic audit report on the outsourcing of the City of Windhoek Solid Waste Division will be presented to the City Council at its last meeting of the year tonight.
readACC to probe Zim teacher’s arrest
30-11-2011
THE Anti-Corruption Commission should be asked to investigate the conduct of a senior immigration officer who had a Zimbabwean school teacher arrested as an alleged prohibited immigrant three weeks
readSlippery when wet
30-11-2011
Two buses of the City of Windhoek were involved in an accident on Monday night on the Monte Christo Road in Katutura. Photo: Tanja Bause Both were travelling to the city centre to collect passengers
readHuge debt closes Etale operations
30-11-2011
OPERATIONS at Etale Fishing in Walvis Bay have stopped, affecting 800 workers, because the company owes close to N$14 million in fishing levies.According to company MD Sylvanus ‘Bobo’ Kathindi, the
readTop boxers set for busy festive season schedule
30-11-2011
THE majority of Namibia’s top boxers are in for a busy festive season, promoter Nestor Tobias said yesterday.On the cards is a boxing bonanza at the Windhoek Country Club this Saturday - headlined by
readPast decade ties for world’s hottest: UN agency
30-11-2011
DURBAN – Thirteen of the warmest years recorded have occurred within the last decade and a half, proving that global warming is a reality, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said yesterday.The
readForeign direct investment not a substitute for domestic business
30-11-2011
FOREIGN investment can facilitate and accelerate growth, but it cannot be a substitute for domestic business, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in creating employment.Pascal Dozie
readIndia fails to break impasse on retail reform
30-11-2011
NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to break an impasse yesterday, with opposition parties and his own political allies demanding a rollback of a reform allowing foreign
readZuma: Growth benefits richest 10% most
30-11-2011
THE main factors behind the unequal primary distribution of income were high unemployment, an unusually inequitable wage scale, high costs for skilled workers and “a tendency” to concentrate profits
readTipeeg to create 3 000 jobs at NamPort
30-11-2011
THE Namibian Government, through its Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (TIPEEG) wants to invest N$3 billion into NamPort that will create over 3 000 jobs.This enable
readItaly government to help oil firms if EU bans Iran imports banned
30-11-2011
MILAN – Italy’s government will give diplomatic help to the country’s oil companies to find alternative sources of crude if sanctions are imposed on imports from Iran, a senior industry official said
readNiger fuel self-sufficient with new refinery
30-11-2011
NIAMEY – Niger inaugurated its first oil refinery on Monday, marking the arrival of the West African state as a commercial oil producer and making it self-sufficient in refined oil products.The
readMake room for the big picture
30-11-2011
Staying focused on the big picture in your business is no easy task, but increased mindfulness can help you to convey and execute your leadership strategy.Most leaders recognise the need to think
readGeingob urges investors to reduce gap between haves and have-nots
30-11-2011
NAMIBIA is a “boutique” country for investors, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob said yesterday as he invited the international business community to join the country in its “second struggle”
readTurkey ready for anything in Syria
30-11-2011
ISTANBUL – Turkey does not want to consider a military option for intervention in neighbouring Syria as Damascus cracks down on popular protest, but it is ready for any scenario, Turkish Foreign
readGlobal donors plot better ways to spend aid billions
30-11-2011
BUSAN, South Korea - Major global aid donors began a three-day meeting yesterday, trying to coordinate efforts to lift millions out of poverty and bring influential new donors such as China on
readEmbo
30-11-2011
Omuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa egulula nokutula miilonga embo lyoku ulika nkene omuntu ta vulu okupungula moNamibia.Embo ndika oli na uuyelele mboka tawu kwathele aapunguli yopondje ya vule
readEputuko po Aussenkehr ina li pewa oonzo dhagwana
30-11-2011
OMUWILIKI gwiilonga nelelo melelo lyoshitopolwa sha Karas okwa ti etungopo lyoshilando piilonga yokutekela komunkulo gwomulonga gwaOrange ina li tulilwapo iimaliwa ya gwana. Saul Kahuika okwa ti
readOshikondo shevi sha londodha kombinga yomalugumbo
30-11-2011
OSHIKONDO osha londodha natango opo aantu yaa tule evi lyaayehe momalugumbo inaashi pitikwa. Omupopiliko guuMinisteli mbuka, Chrispin Matongela okwa ti etulo momalugumbo lyomahala mevi lyaayehe
readOonakulwa aakulu ota ya ka tegelela omagano goKrismesa
30-11-2011
OSHIKONDo shOonakulwa Aakulu osha thaneka oku futa oodola oomiliona 780 koonakulwa aakulu yeli lwopomayovi 13 000 mboka ya kondjela emanguluko omanga omumvo nguka inaagu pwako. Aakondjelimanguluko
readMondholongo molweyugo pegumbo lyaayenda
30-11-2011
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka okwa zimine a kuthombinga meyugo pegumbo lyaayenda moVenduka omumvo 2008 momwedhi May. Omugundjuka nguka okwa pewa omimvo hetatu mondholongo omolwa oku kuthombinga kwe moshinima
readSkorpion ta tungu
30-11-2011
EHANGANO lya Vedanta Skorpion Zinc opamwe nUuministeli wUukolele oya shaina euvathano opo ya tungepo okapangelo kuunamiti poRosh Pinah. Omina ndjika otayi ka longitha oodola oomiliona heyali okutunga
readOombapila dhiifendela yevi odha simana oku yeleka ongushu yoofaalama
30-11-2011
UUMINISTELI wEvi nOmatulululo owa kwashilipaleke ehangano lyaanafaalama mo Namibia kutya uuyelele mboka wa pumbiwa nowu na oku udhithwa moofooloma dhiifendela yevi, otawu ka longithwa ashike omolwa
readEvi lyaayehe ka li na oku landithwa
30-11-2011
OKULANDA nokulanditha evi lyaayehe nenge evi lyokomahala gaayehe oshinima inaashi pitikwa pampango. Ndika etumwalaka lyOshikondo shEvi nOmatulululo, sha ti olundji oshinima shika ohashi fala
readNamibia set for Cas appeal
30-11-2011
THE Namibia Football Association will this week submit its case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, NFA secretary general Barry Rukoro said yesterday.The NFA decided to take the matter to Cas after
readU/20s leave for Cosafa Cup
30-11-2011
THE Namibia under-20 team left for Botswana yesterday to compete in the annual metropolitan Cosafa Under-20 championship.The team finished as runners-up last year - losing 4-1 to Zambia in the final.
readAnnalien Davin nets US scholarship
30-11-2011
CHASING a dream has earned 18 year-old Annalien Davin a prestigious field hockey scholarship in the United Staes of America.Next year, Davin will begin her “challenging” four year programme at
readArrows, Hindjou part ways
30-11-2011
STRUGGLING premiership club Eleven Arrows and coach Johannes Congo Hindjou on Monday parted ways by mutual consent. Hindjou told The Namibian Sport yesterday that he had reached an agreement with the
readYDF holds World AIDS Day football tourney
30-11-2011
THE Youth Development Through Football (YDF) and the Football for Hope Centre will hold a World AIDS Day football tournament on Thursday at the Football for Hope Centre to commemorate World AIDS Day.
readAtletico aims for early Europa League progress
30-11-2011
LONDON - With the chance to eliminate a possible rival for the Europa League title it won two seasons ago, Atletico Madrid can also clinch a place in the next round tonight.The Spanish club travels to
readFrom The Twittersphere
30-11-2011
PROPS to the cops, summer showers, rules and resolutions, puppies and whales – Namibians tweet about the theatre of daily life, and more:@stinehaidula: The goat owner can even get his goats back. Why
readSMSes for Wednesday 30 November 2011
30-11-2011
SMS Of The Day Frank Fredericks *THANK you Frank Fredericks for putting our country on the map under the top 10 fastest men on earth. You are a true hero. I am taken back to my higher primary and
readRundu lost N$350 000 on unsanctioned festival
30-11-2011
THE 2010 Rundu Beach Festival was supposed to be a fundraiser for the town’s new municipal offices, but the unsanctioned event left the Rundu municipality out-of-pocket by N$350 000.The Namibian is in
readChasing the dots ... Hey Diddle Diddle, Who’s Not On The Fiddle?
30-11-2011
I LOVE children’s rhymes taught at nursery school and by loving parents. Of course, when you grow up, and are lucky enough to be in a position to utilise your enquiring mind, you learn that the
readNo arrest yet in Reho cemetery death
30-11-2011
BY YESTERDAY afternoon, no one had been arrested in connection with the murder of Caroline Swartz.Swartz's body was found early on Monday morning next to the Rehoboth cemetery. The 43-year-old woman
readNavachab contract workers to be disciplined
30-11-2011
THE High Court on Friday ruled that about 115 employees of Lewcor Plant Hire, a Namibian sub-contractor of Navachab Gold Mine at Karibib, responsible for hauling waste rock from the open pit, were
readNamdeb parts ways with GM, drops lie test
30-11-2011
NAMDEB and the Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia have reached an agreement on terminating the services of Mitford Mundell as general manager.Workers had accused Mundell of compromising their safety at
readM&M Aerial Photography sets record straight
30-11-2011
M&M Aerial Photography which was awarded the metropolitan aerial map photography tender from the City of Windhoek was formed months before the tender date closed. Owners David Mbako Karingombe and
readMedia jeopardise probes - ACC
30-11-2011
ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (ACC) head of investigations Nelius Becker has criticised the media, saying that news reports on corruption jeopardise their investigations.Becker was making off the cuff
read‘Mad Max’ sequel set to be shot in Namibia!
30-11-2011
The fourth ‘Mad Max’ film, ‘Fury Road’, will be shot in Namibia early next year, the movie website, Location Guide, reports.‘Fury Road’ is set to star Tom Hardy and South African-born, Oscar-winning
readBail for Karasburg murder suspect
30-11-2011
A YOUNG man accused of murdering two people at Karasburg almost three years ago was granted bail in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Double murder suspect Jakobus Jossop (24) may be released from
readForecasters predict a wet week ahead
30-11-2011
RAINY weather is set to continue over most of Namibia until Saturday, weather experts say.The Namibia Meteorological Service’s forecaster Albertina Anderson yesterday said that the rainy conditions
readEU/Namibian relations strengthened – Milani
30-11-2011
What were the major achievements of the European Commission this year? This has been a year where our relationship with Namibia has consolidated. They are excellent. We have strengthened our
readConvention on decent work for domestics advanced
30-11-2011
GOVERNMENTS in the southern African region are lobbied to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 189 that seeks decent work for domestic workers. The convention, which was
readWin! WIN!! Win! BrainWash Extravaganza
30-11-2011
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
readAudabib evictees scattered all over
30-11-2011
“THE situation is normal,” is how Khomas governor Samuel Nuuyoma described the plight of the Audabib evictees. On Monday, Nuuyoma met with the families who got evicted from the Audabib farm outside
readApprentice with heart of a jewel
30-11-2011
BENEDIKTUS Kutyowa is a fashion jewellery designer with his own collection called the BKJ collection. He came to Windhoek in 2007 to look for work after the northern floods destroyed the Green Scheme
readACC investigates NamPort tenders
30-11-2011
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating two cases of alleged tender irregularities at the Namibian Ports Authority.ACC director Paulus Noa yesterday confirmed looking into the
readMalema wants press retractions
30-11-2011
Suspended ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is hauling three newspapers to the Press Ombudsman over recent reports of corruption and money-laundering allegedly committed by him, a report has
readGaddafi’s son could develop gangrene
30-11-2011
ZINTAN – Saif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, could develop gangrene if his wound is not treated, the Ukrainian doctor who examined the high-profile captive told AFP on
readNotable Quotes
30-11-2011
THE best way to keep a nonviolent movement nonviolent is to throw a party and keep it festive.– Brian Masterson, Occupy Los Angeles protester, who was among some 1 000 people who camped outside
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