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69 Articles found on Friday, 27 April 2012
Namibia fails to spend N$450m in AIDS funds
27-04-2012
WHILE several HIV-AIDS voluntary testing centres in Namibia have closed because of a lack of funding, Namibia is said to have accumulated about US$57 (about N$450,3 million) in unspent money from the
readScary introduction
27-04-2012
From left, Sawi Hausiku of Nampa, Carike Freygang of Namib Times and Martha Namadi of NBC being introduced to a pelican at the Walvis Bay Waterfront on Wednesday. They were part of a group of
readFather gets 65 years in prison for rape, murder
27-04-2012
A FATHER convicted of raping his twin babies, murdering one of the children, and assaulting both of the twins and their mother received severe punishment in the form of a 65-year prison term
readChurch fraud exposed
27-04-2012
A PROBE at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) has unearthed widespread financial abuse and fraud by several pastors in the top leadership of the church. The probe was
readMillions for new Namdeb project
27-04-2012
NAMDEB has approved a N$150 million for the replacement of its existing Mining Area 1 Recovery Plant with a new state-of-the-art Red Area Complex in Oranjemund. “The N$150 million committed to this
readWar crimes court finds Charles Taylor guilty
27-04-2012
LEIDSCHENDAM – Liberian ex-leader Charles Taylor was convicted yesterday of arming rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war in return for blood diamonds, in an historic verdict for international
readNPL spotlight shifts to relegation dogfight
27-04-2012
BASEMENT club United Stars tomorrow host second-last Hotspurs at the Rundu Sport Stadium in a crucial Namibia Premier League match-up that could decide either side’s top-division future. Victory for
readBurkina’s Compaore proves worthy hostage negotiator
27-04-2012
OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore has carved out an unlikely niche as the Sahel region’s troubleshooter, most recently securing the release of a Swiss woman kidnapped in Mali.On
readMuseveni needs more than 26 years
27-04-2012
Nairobi – A bid to limit the tenure of Uganda’s longtime president looks set to fail, Ugandan politicians said on Wednesday, as ruling party officials argue he needs more time than the 26 years he has
readYou can’t get it all done
27-04-2012
BOSTON – Once you face the fact that you are a limited resource, not a cheap and readily available commodity, you can start dealing with the reality of time management, says Harvard Business Review.If
readNew money issued within next three weeks
27-04-2012
THE new series of banknotes, including the N$10- and N$20-notes featuring Founding President Sam Nujoma, will be issued on May 15, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) said yesterday. The characteristics of the
readInfant Industry Protection: A Policy Tool to Enhance Namibia’s Industrialisation
27-04-2012
LAST week the Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, announced that the Namibian cement manufacturing industry was afforded infant industry protection (IIP). The IIP will take effect as
readGlobal food prices on the rise again
27-04-2012
WASHINGTON – Global food prices are rising again, pushed higher by costlier oil, strong demand from Asia and bad weather in parts of Europe, South America and the United States, the World Bank has
readUK’s David Cameron sees North Sea as green energy hub
27-04-2012
LONDON – Britain’s North Sea has the potential to lead the world in offshore wind and carbon capture and storage technology, British Prime Minister David Cameron said as over 20 companies signed a
readFraud cost Africa at least US$10,9bln
27-04-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Bribery, theft and other kinds of fraud cost African governments and companies at least US$10,9 billion last year, auditing firm KPMG estimated in a study on Wednesday, a sobering
readEgypt NGO law could undermine freedoms
27-04-2012
GENEVA – An Egyptian bill that would tighten control over non-governmental organisations could deal a serious blow to human rights and freedoms in the country, the UN human rights chief has said.The
readRebase to boost Nigeria’s economy by 40 per cent
27-04-2012
LAGOS – The size of Nigeria’s economy will shoot up by some 40 per cent in the second quarter this year, placing Africa’s second-biggest economy on the list of middle income countries and bringing it
readTens of thousands protest at Breivik trial
27-04-2012
OSLO – Up to 40 000 Norwegians staged an emotionally-charged singalong in Oslo yesterday near the court house where Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for the murder of 77 people in a protest
readTwo bombs hit Nigeria’s This Day newspaper offices
27-04-2012
ABUJA – Two bomb blasts targeted the offices of Nigerian newspaper This Day yesterday, in the capital Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna, killing at least three people, officials and witnesses
readChange Education But...
27-04-2012
I LIKE the curriculum overhaul as suggested by NIED (National Institute for Educational Development) and the MoE (Ministry of Education).However, as I would always argue, Namibia needs to define its
readLet’s Move Forward
27-04-2012
I WOULD like to use this opportunity to contribute towards recent sentiments in newspapers about the innocent speech which was read by the former Karas Governor and traditional leader, Chief Stephanus
readCovering Politicians
27-04-2012
I FOLLOWED the parliamentary debate, including subsequent media reports, in which New Era and NBC (the state-owned-media) came under severe criticism from politicians (that New Era and NBC are
readWork for the Nation
27-04-2012
FELLOW Namibians, join me again in our quest for a better Namibia. One day while relaxing from books in one of the parks in the City of Yaroslavl, an ordinary Russian approached and asked a question
readDiscriminate Development
27-04-2012
LAST week (18th or 19th April 2012), the politically appointed regional governors were receiving yet more state-funded goodies in the form of vehicles - i.e. a sedan and a 4x4 each.Those interviewed
readThe Spoilt Brats
27-04-2012
JARII Tjeja-Tjatindi, your comments in the Readers’ Letters of Friday 20 April edition of The Namibian refers: Look brother, if your assertions are correct that young people constitute more than 50
readCentral Bank Fails The Poor
27-04-2012
THE Bank of Namibia as a regulating body for commercial banks has failed to control commercial banks regarding property loans.Our central bank has turned a blind eye to commercial banks’ real estate
readNothing But Slave Labour
27-04-2012
IN 2009, the then Minister of Labour negotiated a minimum wage of N$3.80 per hour for security guards. This was regarded as some kind of positive thing (a victory for the workers?) I was
readGod Has Not Moved
27-04-2012
I’M writing in response to a article published in your newspaper, dated 20th April 2012, titled ‘Has God Moved Offices?’ by Basilius M Kasera.As much as we are all entitled to our opinions, as
readRight to Reply One Happy Family
27-04-2012
THE story which appeared in The Namibian newspaper on Thursday 19 April 2012 titled ‘Boois sets SPYL record straight’, written by Jan Poolman, started with a sentence saying ‘arguments by the Geingob
readNot A Moola Lottery?
27-04-2012
PLEASE spare me a space in your credible newspaper to share my concern about the mushrooming of so-called national lotteries. In recent years, with the development of mobile phone technology,
readOmufekelwa ta ka zimina onkambadhala yedhipago
27-04-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomoVenduka ngoka ta hokololithwa kombinga yonkambadhala yokudhipaga omukadhona gwe mu Maalitsa omumvo gwa yi okwa hala okuzimina ondjo ye.Ohahende ya Martin Lupalezwi[32] oya ti oya pewa
readEsiku lyOmalaria mUuyuni lya dhanenwa mOshakati
27-04-2012
ESIKU lyokudhimbulukwa Omalaria mUuyuni, moNamibia nuumvo olya dhimbulukilwa mOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana nolya li wo lya kalwa kOmuwilikindjayi gwEhangano lyUuhaku mUuyuni me Margaret Chan
readDhompilameno dha pula Ompangu onene yi gandje etokolo lyayo
27-04-2012
OONGUNDU dhompilameno ndhoka tadhi kondjitha iizemo yomahogololo gopashigwana gomumvo 2009, odha indile Ohofa Onene yoshilongo opo yi gandje etokolo lyayo kombinga yoshinima shika meni lyomasiku
readOmahangano ogendji ga indile okutunga ondama
27-04-2012
OMAHANGANO oomilongo 23 okuza koombinga adhihe dhuuyuni oga gandja omandilo gago ku Namibia ga hala oku pewa iilonga yokutunga ondama ya Neckatal komulonga gwa Fish moshitopolwa sha Karas. Shika
readAakadhona ya lombwelwa ya hulemo oohema komeho genongelo alihe po Dobra aniwa
27-04-2012
AAKADHONA omugoyi penongelo lya St Joseph’s High School oya lombwelwa aniwa komukuluntusikola ya hulemo uubluse wawo komeho gosikola ayihe. Shika aniwa osha ningwa okugeela aanasikola mboka sho inaa
readA pewa omumvo gumwe mondholongo moku kengelela
27-04-2012
OMUKALIMO moVenduka okwa tuminwa kondholongo omvula yimwe ,omolwa onkambadhala ye yoku yuga aantu tashi pitile melanditho lyiimuna. Monkambadhala ndjika Cliff Renton oko nyala woo a tula
readOmayovi 300 000 ha ga paluthwa pomanongelo
27-04-2012
KONYALA aanona omayovi 9 585 okuza komanongelo 1 200 oha ya pewa iikulya pomanongelo payambidhidho lyepangelo.Omukuluntu mombelewa yelongo, Alfred Ilukena okwa ti oku palutha kwaanona huka poosikola
readSMS mOshiwambo
27-04-2012
*Oompito dhiilonga ohadhi kwata ethimbo ele unene opo omuntu a kutwe miilonga yepangelo, epangelo nali lundulule. *Ame omukalimo womo Walvisbay onda hala okuuda kutya olusheno lErongo Red otalu yi
readPohamba a indile uukwme kumwe
27-04-2012
IILYO yoparliamende yongundu yo Rally for Democracy and Progress[RDP] oya pitimo moparliamende metitatu oshiwike shika omanga omuperesidende,Hifikepunye Pohamba inaa tameka okupopya kombinga yonkalo
readFans to meet with Olympic stars in Windhoek
27-04-2012
LOCAL sport fans will get the opportunity to interact with some of the country’s elite athletes at the Wernhil Park shopping centre in Windhoek tomorrow. This forms part of the Namibia National
readFootball Fixtures
27-04-2012
Friday, April 27 Namibia Premier League Tigers v SKW 19h00 SA Premiership Ajax CT v Pirates 19h00
readFifa publishes anti-corruption code of conduct
27-04-2012
GENEVA – FIFA published a new code of conduct for all football players and officials yesterday which includes direct orders to reject bribery and corruption in the game.Fifa has sent drafts of the
readNam gymnasts get exposure
27-04-2012
THREE Namibian gymnasts who participated at the African Gymnastics Championships in Tunis, Tunisia, from April 9 to 15 did well against tough opposition. Morihei Anderson, Samantha-Lee Gibbons and
readChess players prepare for Olympiad
27-04-2012
THE Namibia Chess Federation invites chess players from all 13 regions of Namibia to participate in the annual Namibia National Chess Championship this weekend. The premier national chess tournament
readChelsea success intensifies fight for Champions League
27-04-2012
LONDON – Chelsea’s unexpected passage through to the Champions League final has intensified the fraught fight for third place in the Premier League with just two weeks left in the campaign.Before all
readHurricanes to test depth of Chiefs’ defence
27-04-2012
WELLINGTON – The best defensive team in the Super 15 faces the top try-scoring side when the Waikato Chiefs defend their championship lead against the Wellington Hurricanes tomorrow.The injury-hit
readTses boy appears in court for stock theft
27-04-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – A 17-year-old boy from Tses in the Karas Region appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court on a charge of stock theft on Wednesday. Tses is situated 80 kilometres north of
readSA extends visiting days for Namibians
27-04-2012
WINDHOEK – The South African government has extended the visiting period of Namibians to South Africa from 30 to 90 days. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the Ministry of Home Affairs and
readReho mayor blames politicians for confusion
27-04-2012
SWAPO faction fighting, fuelled by allegations of misconduct by the United People’s Movement (UPM) in the Rehoboth Town Council, is hampering the smooth execution of council affairs at the town.Amidst
readWHO impressed by Namibian health
27-04-2012
DURING her unusually long visit to Namibia – a full four days – World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr Margaret Chan spoke in glowing terms about the country’s health sector, and said
readGovernment slighted by RDP walkout
27-04-2012
The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) walkout from Parliament on Wednesday just as President Hifikepunye Pohamba was to start his State of the Nation address has left a bitter taste in
readNBC workers ‘won’t switch off today’
27-04-2012
WORKERS of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) will not go on strike today.This came despite threats earlier this week that they would “switch off” if demands about salary increases were not
readMVAF ‘sets record straight’ about Durban trip
27-04-2012
MOTOR Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) spokesperson Stephen Tjiuoro yesterday denied that they are on a spending spree "and a reckless and unaccounted course of spending public funds”.The fund yesterday
readMaltahöhe residents march again
27-04-2012
MALTAHÖHE residents yesterday staged a third peaceful demonstration in less than two months against alleged corruption, poor service delivery and incompetence in their village council.Recently the
readConfiscation order a first in fraud trial
27-04-2012
THE property confiscation mechanism created in Namibia’s Prevention of Organised Crime Act has been used for the first time in the High Court in Windhoek to deprive someone convicted of fraud of the
readAngolan refugees get June 30 ultimatum
27-04-2012
ABOUT 7 000 Angolan refugees at the Osire refugee camp near Otjiwarongo have until the end of June this year to voluntarily return to their home country or face deportation as illegal immigrants in
readMinistry unveils HIV-AIDS workplace policy
27-04-2012
THE Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development launched its human rights-based HIV-AIDS workplace policy yesterday. The policy is to help prevent stigmatisation and
readAgriculture exposes its own inconsistency
27-04-2012
A FULL-PAGE advertisement placed by agriculture permanent secretary Andrew Ndishishi in local newspapers last week to rebuff concerns raised by conservationists omitted some facts.Ndishishi attempted
readSMSes for Friday 27 April 2012
27-04-2012
SMS Of The Day *OUR courts and justice system should send a clear message that Namibia is no safe haven for foreign criminals. They should be extradited to where they have committed their crimes with
readWhy, Oh Why, Men Of The Cloth?
27-04-2012
NOW is not the time to despair and give up hope. If anything, it is time for regeneration.Today’s newspaper contains a story about the moral and ethical rot at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the
readDon’t Ask, Don’t Tell
27-04-2012
AFTER a century during which we endured brutality and the denial of civil liberties under colonialism and apartheid, who would have thought Namibians would suffer from amnesia so soon after
readOur Democracy Needs Volunteers And Activists
27-04-2012
THE ideological blueprint of Swapo, including its dominant crop of leaders, was minted in the 1960s. With independence, which occurred after the collapse of the Soviet Union, facilitated by the end of
readFrontlining on Twitter
27-04-2012
TAXIS, a feature in so many Namibian lives, always come up with a few swerve balls! Along with books, Biko and Brenda, Michelle Obama and Marx, they feature in today’s Twitter lection- ary. Plus, some
readPoliticising And De-politicising The Education Sector In Namibia
27-04-2012
SOME recent developments have prompted me to take a look at what appear to be two contradictory trends emerging. First let’s take a look at these screaming newspaper headlines: ‘Hidipo’s school
readThe darkness will consume us
27-04-2012
WHY do we blindly believe in things we can’t explain? I don’t know if it is the fumes from Kupferberg but Unam has all of a sudden become the Mecca of the strange and unexplained.A Unam student was
readDay dreams... and night terrors
27-04-2012
FOR the last couple of days I, the Urban Single Mom have been delighting myself silently.Whenever I get the chance, either at work or at home, I cheat on time and authority... by daydreaming. My
readTo Progress In Swapo Keep Out Of Others’ Fights
27-04-2012
TWO years ago former Hardap Swapo Party Youth League regional secretary Titus /Huisemab was seen by some in the youth wing as a rising star, but the sun has set on him even before he has achieved
readPolitical Perspective
27-04-2012
I LISTENED to, and have read and re-read the State of the Nation speech by President Hifikepunye Pohamba this week, in an attempt both to disprove my own feelings of cynicism about what seemed to be
readNotable Quotes
27-04-2012
THESE are people who refuse to heed the expectations and wishes of the public. – The secretary general of the official opposition party, Jesaya Nyamu said after the walkout of the Rally for Democracy
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