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84 Articles found on Friday, 28 October 2011
ECN commissioner’s qualification questioned
28-10-2011
IT is not clear what steps will be taken against newly appointed commissioner of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Rodney Guiseb, for allegedly lying about his qualification.According to
readZim pharmacist wins work permit order
28-10-2011
THE Ministry of Home Affairs must issue an employment permit to a Zimbabwean pharmacist who was told to leave Namibia two weeks ago, it was ordered in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.While
readMbok down and out in court
28-10-2011
An appearance by businessman Antoine Mbok in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday ended in an ambulance ride to hospital for Mbok, after he collapsed in court. Mbok (38), who is a Cameroonian
readNamibia hit by gas shortage
28-10-2011
AFROX, the main supplier of household gas in Namibia, is experiencing a critical shortage of the product, with stock for less than one day available yesterday.This is the second time Namibia has been
readMogane plots Pirates turnaround
28-10-2011
ORLANDO Pirates have had a nervy start to the new season but that’s all about to change, head coach Rusten Mogane said yesterday. Mogane believes the ‘Sea Robbers’ will start turning the tide that has
readTurkey quake survivors plead for tents as cold descends
28-10-2011
ERCIS – Survivors of eastern Turkey’s earthquake pleaded for more tents yesterday, fearing death from cold after a tremor that killed at least 523 and left thousands sleeping in the open.Some blamed
readSick Namibians give medical aid funds a headache
28-10-2011
MEDICAL aid claims have spiralled over the past five years, increasing by 65 per cent from N$737 000 in 2006 to more than N$1,2 billion in 2010.In total, medical aid funds had to pay out more than N$5
readManage your many bosses
28-10-2011
More and more people report to more than one boss, and learning to handle multiple managers is an essential skill in today’s complex, and often dysfunctional, organisations, says Harvard Business
readProudly Namibian products showcased
28-10-2011
THE first Made in Namibia Expo exhibiting Namibian products will be held from November 29 until December 1 at the Safari Hotel and Conference Centre in Windhoek. The Ministry of Trade and Industry in
readYoung South Africans march for jobs
28-10-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Young South Africans brought their frustration over poverty and joblessness to the streets yesterday, responding to a call by the tough-talking youth leader of the governing African
readTransKalahari corridor carries record cargo
28-10-2011
VOLUMES along the TransKalahari corridor for the Botswana market have hit a record high of more than 2 000 tonnes, with much more consumables and especially a steep increase in motor vehicles being
readSA banks face challenge to meet Basel
28-10-2011
PRETORIA – South Africa’s banks will face a “significant challenge” to meet tougher liquidity requirements under new global banking regulations, the Reserve Bank said in a report on yesterday.Banks in
readVisa revenue growth slows, transactions up
28-10-2011
SAN FRANCISCO – Visa Inc said its revenues grew at a slower pace in the latest quarter and it paid more in client incentives, sending its shares lower even though the payment processing company posted
readGlobal regulators map tougher home loan standards
28-10-2011
LONDON – Lenders should verify a borrower’s ability to pay back a home loan and impose prudent limits on money lent out, global regulators have said in draft guidelines.The Financial Stability Board
readMozambique gas discovery fifty per cent larger
28-10-2011
MILAN – The Italian gas and oil company Eni says that a gas discovery off the coast of Mozambique is 50 per cent larger than previous announced.Eni said in a statement yesterday that it now expects to
readBrazil sows millions into Zim farming
28-10-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe has secured a US$300 million loan from Brazil to finance agriculture and boost crop production after successive years of food deficits, state media reported yesterday.The loan is
readDeals of the day
28-10-2011
THE following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, US and Asian companies were reported by Wednesday:• US private equity firm Lone Star will sell its entire stake in PGM
readEmployers welcomes informal sector’s voice
28-10-2011
THE Namibia Employers’ Federation (NEF) has welcomed the establishment of the Namibia Informal Sector Organisation (Niso).“The establishment of this organisation is overdue, and probably is one of the
readEurozone strikes deal to bailout
28-10-2011
BRUSSELS – Eurozone leaders struck a deal with private banks and insurers yesterday for them to accept a 50 per cent loss on holdings of Greek government bonds as part of a plan to lower Greece’s debt
readEpangelo ‘ideal partner’ for Skorpion Zinc
28-10-2011
VEDANTA Resources will sell a stake in its Skorpion zinc mine and refinery to Namibian state-owned Epangelo Mining Company in order to comply with local regulatory requirements, MetalBulletin (MB) has
readOptimism about mining licence, investors for Extract Resources
28-10-2011
PERTH – Kalahari Minerals, major shareholder in uranium developer Extract Resources, expects its Chinese suitor would eventually make a takeover offer for Extract, a US$2 billion company, if it goes
readGaddafi son seeks aircraft to surrender: NTC source
28-10-2011
DUBAI – Muammar Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya’s southern desert so he can turn himself in to The Hague war crimes court, a source with Libya’s
readS Africa’s youth march against unemployment
28-10-2011
JOHANNESBURG –Police lined the streets of South Africa’s commercial capital yesterday with hundreds of youths set to march to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and Chamber of Mines demanding big changes
readInternational Briefs
28-10-2011
Jackson’s doctor’s defence now looks at the science LOS ANGELES – Defence lawyers for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death yesterday shifted the focus away from personal testimonials to the
readKangaroo stew for Queen Elizabeth
28-10-2011
PERTH – Aboriginal Australia took centre stage for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II yesterday on the Perth leg of her successful 10-day antipodean tour, with kangaroo stew and Aussie Rules football on the
read‘Angel of Death’ gets life
28-10-2011
BUENOS AIRES – Alfredo Astiz, Argentina’s infamous ‘Blond Angel of Death,’ and 11 other death squad members from the 1970s were jailed for life on Wednesday in one of the country’s biggest human
readBangkok residents flee as floods threaten dikes
28-10-2011
BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister said Bangkok was fighting the forces of nature yesterday as floodwater threatened to break through dikes protecting the capital and residents took to the road after
readKeep Namibia Peaceful
28-10-2011
THE peace we are enjoying in Namibia today was blessed by the blood of those who lost their lives, whilst striving for freedom.During the war of PLAN and SWATF in South West Africa (Namibia) we
readUnlike The Namibian
28-10-2011
IT IS rather unfortunate that a newspaper, which prides itself on its integrity and reasonableness would stoop to the levels of a weekly tabloid. The Namibian ran a story on Anna Shiluwa Povanhu on
readNamibia’s Problems Are Easy To Solve
28-10-2011
WHEN it comes to poverty, education and health, we have thousands of Namibian citizens walking from dumpsite to dumpsite, eating any rotten food that comes their way.Our very own government is
readMy Home Town Still Undeveloped
28-10-2011
PEOPLE of Caprivi have being raising concerns about poor development of the region and of our town, Katima Mulilo, in particular. When it is dry season, dust rises from our gravel roads. Even if you
readReparations Aren’t Greed
28-10-2011
THE letter ‘Where would reparations start?’ (The Namibian, 21 October) by P Rudolf continues the crucial debate about reparations for the people of Namibia. It is noteworthy that Rudolf wrote, in a
read‘Tear Down The Walls’
28-10-2011
I HAVE been disturbed lately by the repeated use of a mystery measure of inequality in Namibia. For example, Health Minister Richard Kamwi and IPPR’s new housing study both use a GINI coefficient of
readIs It Because We Live in Katutura?
28-10-2011
DEAR City of Windhoek, After calling the customer care number for the umpteenth time and not getting assistance I have no choice but to write this letter.I have a few queries: I live in Saima
readBaynes Hydropower Has To Succeed
28-10-2011
IT WAS reported on radio that the people of the North-West of our country again object to a hydropower project, this time not Epupa but Baynes.It is time to educate them about the project and its
readPaying The Price For Free Speech
28-10-2011
THE article that was published in your paper [14 October 2011] after the receipt of an e-mail about the ‘Horrible Honourable’ two weeks ago, caused the e-mail sender to be expelled verbally from Khai
read‘We Came, We Saw, He Died’
28-10-2011
WHEN the Apartheid South African government brutally murdered Steve Biko, the civilised world expressed their horror, not only at the murder, but equally so at the savage inhumanity of the relevant
readOxygen For Angula?
28-10-2011
WHY is The Namibian newspaper offering intellectual refuge to Prime Minster Angula and rewarding incompetence?The Namibian has displayed poor judgment granting Angula a platform to engage Namibian
readNamdeb meshongo enene
28-10-2011
EHANGANO lyokumina okawe lya Namibia, Namdeb olya tila kutya omakuyunguto mokati kaaniilonga ota shi vulika ga ninge endangalati moonkambadhala dhalyo dhoku konga oshimaliwa sha pumbiwa oku kaleka
readPohamba a yi koshigongi ko Perth
28-10-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba oku li koPerth sha Australia, koshigongi sho Commonwealth Business Forum noshowo shoka shomitse dhiilongo nomitse dhomapangelo go Commonwealth.Oshigongi shoongeshefa
readOveta yuufuthi wiimuna meshongo limwe ishewe mOmpangu yOpombanda
28-10-2011
ETOKOLO lyOmpangu yOpombanda olya dhenge ishewe eutho lyoveta yuufuthi wiimuna ndjoka tayi ti uuna omufuthi a yaka iimuna na pewe egeelo edhigu shiikwatelela kongushu yiimuna noshowo kokutya okwa yaka
readKaaleshi yOshiwambo
28-10-2011
Otwa hala oku kweetela nokukundaneka nawa, onkene ota tu ku pula wu tu lombwele okupitila mosms kutya oonkundana kombinga yashike odho wa hala tu kale tatu kweetele mOshiwambo moThe Namibian. Tumina
readMbeki iteya we koNamibia
28-10-2011
OMUPERESIDENDE nale gwa South Africa, Thabo Mbeki ngoka a li ena oku ya koNamibia oku popya poshiithanene sha longekidhwa, ko Namibia Business School po Unam, ita ka holoka we oshiwike shika. Mbeki
readAir Namibia iindile aahingi yaa tulwe pevi
28-10-2011
AIR NAMIBIA okwa indile oshikondo shoondhila shitalulule etokolo lyasho okutula aahingi ndhila yaali aakuluntu pevi oshiwike shayi.O The Namibian oya kundanene oshiwike sha yi kutya omuwiliki
readElelo lyAutapi lya nyenyetelwa kaniimuna
28-10-2011
AAKALIMO yamwe yomomikunda dhi li meni lyondoolopa yAutapi mOmbalantu moshitopowla sha Musati naandhoka dhi li popepi nondoolopa yAutapi ndjoka, oye li kaye uvitile Elelo lyOndoolopa yAutapi ombili ,
readOshipotha shuufuthi shuundulilwa kohofa yoshitopolwa
28-10-2011
AASITAGONGALO yaali yegongalo lyongelki onkwa Evangeli pa Lutheri[ELCRN] opamwe nomukwanegongalo gumwe oyena okuholoka mohofa yopashitopolwa ya Venduka mokufekelwa ya kuthapo oodola omayovi 700 000
readKiiyala a thigipo RFA iikaha yowala aniwa
28-10-2011
OMUKULUNTUPITITHI gwehangano lyo Road Fund Administration, ina pewa iimaliwa yepandulo mokuthigapo iilonga yokuwilika ehangano ndyoka. Pauyelele mboka wa pewa oshifo sho The Namibian, Kiiyala ka li a
readWIN with our Rock-in’ Competition!
28-10-2011
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 Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda defend his WBO Africa
readUnder 20’s called for training
28-10-2011
A NATIONAL women’s under 20 training squad has been selected by coach Jacqui Shipanga ahead of a friendly on the December 3 against South Africa in Windhoek at Sam Nujoma Stadium. All training
readWBO awards Tobias again
28-10-2011
NESTOR ‘Sunshine’ Tobias on Wednesday won the WBO Africa Promoter of the Year award for the second successive year.Financial constraints meant that he could not accept the award in person. Tobias will
readStage set for //Goa!hoab tourney
28-10-2011
THIS weekend, Keetmanshoop will host the annual //Goa!Hoab soccer and netball tournament.A member of the //Goa!Hoab organising committee, Abraham Goagoseb, said teams from Outjo, Karibib, Windhoek,
readSouth Africa Dakar team to test in Namib Desert
28-10-2011
TOYOTA’S South African 2012 Dakar team is heading for the high dunes of the Namib Desert to put their Hilux double-cabs through their paces.The team comprises of SA off-road champion and winner of the
readKeetmanshoop Stadium progressing well
28-10-2011
THE erection of a fence around the Keetmanshoop Sports Stadium which began at the beginning of last month, has been completed.The construction of the fence forms part of preparations for the possible
readKaanjuka ready for Lesotho
28-10-2011
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Bernard Kaanjuka sees Monday’s friendly against Lesotho as an opportunity to build a strong foundation for his tenure Speaking ahead of the encounter at the Independence
readSharks brilliance versus Lions’ ethos in Cup final
28-10-2011
COME tomorrow night, either the individual brilliance of the Sharks’ seven current Springboks or the hard-working, team ethos of the Lions will have prevailed in the Absa Currie Cup final at Coca-Cola
readVan Persie to trouble Chelsea
28-10-2011
LONDON - Given Arsenal’s reliance on Robin van Persie as the team emerges from its early season rut, Chelsea’s priority will be to stifle the influence of the in-form Netherlands striker in tomorrow’s
readFootball Fixtures
28-10-2011
Friday 28 October 2011 SA Premiership Swallows v Ajax CT 20h00 Santos v Maritzburg Utd
readBreak Up The Threesome
28-10-2011
EXTRAVAGANCE and waste are great bedfellows, if not lovers.Along with impunity, they are a steamy and destructive ménage a trois. Namibia is their playground and in government that is where it happens
readThinking About Thinking About It
28-10-2011
SATURDAY October 15 wasn’t just another day for me. It was my birthday. Since I didn’t have N$180 000 to spoil friends or have newspaper ads wishing me a happy birthday; I had to turn to something
readPersonalised Plates - W-T-F!
28-10-2011
DRIVING through a city congested with a plethora of luxury vehicles that would raise eyebrows even in more affluent capitals of the world, I wonder too about the egos that must play out in the
readFeathers make the man!
28-10-2011
Regardless of what we say and who we try to fool no one likes a guy who radiates any kind of construction worker swag. We immerse ourselves with a tonne of debt from department stores and our kids
readThese … Are the days of our lives
28-10-2011
Gaddafi is dead. The first time the news broke into my consciousness, I was in my pajamas on a sick day and en route to the medicine cabinet had accidentally wandered past the television. What I
readNeed For Clear Division Between Party And State
28-10-2011
"COMRADE, if after TIPEEG (Targeted Investment Programme for Employment and Economic Growth) you still remain poor, then you are really stupid."These were the words recently uttered by a senior
readPolitical Perpective
28-10-2011
IF President Jacob Zuma has finally started to clean house (and he surely isn’t a whited sepulchre himself, having come into office under a heavy cloud of alleged wrongdoing) then why can’t President
readNamibia’s Foreign Policy Software Is Analogue And Defective
28-10-2011
WITH the exception of our first foreign minister, Theo-Ben Gurirab, who was a high politics diplomat par excellence, adroit and able to refine with sophisticated gravitas of the most difficult
readWindhoek needs ‘water banks’ for dry times
28-10-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, is four years from running out of water should a recent pattern of above-average rains end and it needs to start filling aquifers artificially to counter
readTwo years on, Lüderitz low-cost housing project still incomplete
28-10-2011
A N$14 million low-cost housing project at Lüderitz is still incomplete. The project came to a standstill in 2008 when building companies Etula Construction CC and MC Builders allegedly experienced
readStats show increase in child-on-child abuse in Namibia
28-10-2011
CHILD-ON-CHILD sexual abuse is not a new thing although escalating statistics could reflect better and safer channels for children to report their ordeals. According to South African Dr Shaheda Omar,
readAU probe demanded into Gaddafi death
28-10-2011
A GROUP calling themselves the ‘concerned Africans’ have expressed their horror and disapproval over the manner in which Libya’s deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi was killed last Thursday. The group,
readPrisons refutes Auditor General’s report
28-10-2011
THE Ministry of Safety and Security has refuted comments made by Auditor General Junias Kandjeke in his report on the Department of Prisons and Correctional Services for the financial year ended March
readNdaitwah to lead 40-member group
28-10-2011
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah will lead a 40-member delegation to the 17th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 17) in Durban, South Africa next month.She made this
readMPs give Neeef thumbs up
28-10-2011
THE New Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (Neeef) was welcomed as long overdue and commendable by both ruling and opposition parties in Parliament on Wednesday. Prime Minister Nahas Angula
readKhorixas rape suspect to be summoned soon
28-10-2011
GEORGE Pieters, the Khorixas businessman whose rape charge was provisionally withdrawn in the Otjiwarongo Regional Court this week, will be summoned soon to face the music.Magistrate Alexis Diergaardt
readGobabis informal area gets toilets
28-10-2011
GOBABIS – The Smallingerland and Gobabis municipalities on Tuesday handed over 10 dry toilets to households in the Canaan location of the Epako township in Gobabis.The two municipalities signed an
readGIPF housing scheme gets go-ahead
28-10-2011
GOVERNMENT Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) trustees have finalised the amendment of the fund’s rules to pave the way for a members’ housing scheme. GIPF manager of corporate communications Elvis
readNamibia wants investigation into Gaddafi killing
28-10-2011
DEPUTY Foreign Affairs Minister Peya Mushelenga says Namibia is in support of the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s call for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the
readExpatriates urged to register changed employment
28-10-2011
THE immigration selection board will not approve permits for expatriates who abandon government-to-government contracts without providing “convincing” grounds, warned Minister of Home Affairs Rosalia
readCountry unprepared for dealing with children who rape
28-10-2011
A parent whose four-year-old boy was sodomised by a seven-year-old child has raised questions about whether Namibia is ignoring signs that this kind of violence is widespread. According to recent
readBook on Namibian Constitution launched
28-10-2011
A new publication on the Namibian Constitution has seen the light of day, this time, to make it more accessible and palatable for a young – born free – audience. The book, ‘The Constitution in the
readCity signs performance contracts with executives
28-10-2011
THE City of Windhoek has entered into performance agreements with its chief executive officer (CEO), Niilo Taapopi, and the heads of its various departments.The agreements set out clear performance
readBail granted in court theft case
28-10-2011
THE court interpreter facing a charge of theft over the disappearance of some N$3 million from the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura in early 2009 was granted bail of N$10 000 yesterday.Erastus
readSMSes for Friday 28 October 2011
28-10-2011
SMS Of The Day *WE have condemned the killing of Gaddafi enough. Any fool can do that. The point now is lessons learnt preventing the build-up of the internal circumstances that lead to such
readNotable Quotes
28-10-2011
THAT case is closed. We parted ways. What should he receive and why should he receive it? – Road Fund Administration (RFA) Board member Frans Kwala said former CEO Penda Kiiyala did not
readFrontlining on Twitter
28-10-2011
FROM repping the hood to everyday good, wit, wisdom and everyday words from Namibian tweeps: Young Ambition @oldlocationfilm: Early 2012 plans... a million dollars before I turn 28; A grammy and an
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