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47 Articles found on Tuesday, 21 August 2012
Otjozondjupa conference null and void
21-08-2012
THE Swapo secretariat has declared the party’s Otjozondjupa regional conference held on July 19 null and void.This issue came up during last week’s Swapo Politburo meeting where it was alleged
readDRC residents want better living conditions
21-08-2012
“IF ever the need arises for the CEO of Swakopmund [Eckart Demasius] to go to the toilet, we encourage him to make use of one of the toilets in the DRC.”This was said by a spokesperson for residents
readNBC strike heads to Cabinet
21-08-2012
THE strike by Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) workers resulted in an emergency Cabinet Treasury Committee meeting yesterday.This came after nearly a week of talks between the Ministry of
readSmooth sailing for Bidvest Namibia
21-08-2012
BIDVEST Namibia yesterday announced continued gains for the year to the end of June 2012, with trading profit up 18,7 per cent to N$646,6 million off a 40,8 per cent rise in revenue to NAD2,7 billion.
readUN’s Syria observer mission officially ends
21-08-2012
DAMASCUS – The United Nation’s troubled observer mission to Syria has officially ended after being recalled amid escalating violence as world powers fail to agree how to end months of bloodshed in the
readNamibia slump to another defeat
21-08-2012
NAMIBIA slumped to their fourth successive defeat at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup when Ireland beat them by four wickets in Brisbane yesterday.Namibia could only score 128 runs for nine wickets in
readFMD vaccination underway in Kavango
21-08-2012
MUKWE – The second vaccination campaign this year against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Kavango Region’s Ndiyona and Mukwe constituencies which started recently, will ends on September 14. The
readAgricultural diary
21-08-2012
• Auctions August 23: Namibia Genetics Sale at show grounds in Windhoek August 24: First production sale of Leroux van Wyk Dorper Stud at Gochas August 24: Big J, Mustang and Survivor Santa
readMeatco dilemma has worsened crisis in meat industry
21-08-2012
THE Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO) has said the crisis in the meat industry has gotten worse following the Meatco saga, and urgent discussions should be held with Government.The LPO said in a
readRespect your boss’s time
21-08-2012
You might think that your manager wastes your time, but perhaps you are really wasting HER time, says Harvard Business Review.It’s easy to complain about a manager who wastes time. It’s much harder to
read‘I buy gold’ is Italy’s boom business
21-08-2012
ROME – Times are now so tough that Valerio Novelli, a ticket inspector on Rome’s buses, is planning to sell his old gold teeth.“I can’t get to the end of the month without running up debts,” said
readWorkers to warriors: union war batters South African mines
21-08-2012
LYDENBURG, South Africa – South Africa’s platinum promise of prosperity has turned into a heap of broken dreams for Vusimuzi Mathosi, one of 2 000 workers laid off by Aquarius Platinum at its Everest
read‘San Francisco’ singer Scott McKenzie dies
21-08-2012
SINGER Scott McKenzie, who performed ‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)’ – which became a hit in 1967 during the city’s ‘Summer of Love’ – has died.A statement on McKenzie’s website
readNew Zealand to move forward Afghan withdrawal
21-08-2012
WELLINGTON – New Zealand will accelerate the withdrawal of its soldiers from Afghanistan after it lost another three troops in a province thought to have been the country’s safest, but which is now
readMyanmar abolishes direct media censorship
21-08-2012
YANGON – Myanmar abolished direct media censorship yesterday, the latest dramatic reform by its quasi-civilian regime, but journalists face other formidable restrictions including a ban on private
readSA convicts last of 20 for plotting to overthrow govt
21-08-2012
PRETORIA – A South African court yesterday convicted the last of 20 men accused of high treason for a plot to kill Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country, in a trial that spanned nearly a
readSomali presidential election delayed
21-08-2012
MOGADISHU – War-torn Somalia’s new parliament was due to convene for the first time yesterday in the latest bid to end two decades of instability, but the election of a president has been delayed,
readLonmin workers trickle back to mine
21-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – A quarter of the workforce returned on Monday to the Marikana platinum mine where 44 men were killed last week in clashes that evoked memories of apartheid-era violence.Mine owner
readTaya kongo omayamukulo konima yomadhipago gaaniilonga pomina
21-08-2012
AAKWANEZIMO lyaaniilonga yomomina mwakwatelwa omilongo 34 mboka ya dhipagwa oshiwike sha yi medhipago enyanyalithi mo South Africa konima yehulepo lyokatongo oya li natango taya kongo mboka yaa
readAaniilonga po Namdeb taya ka patelwa pondje
21-08-2012
AANIILONGA poNamdeb otashi vulika ye kiiyadhe ya patelwa pondje, konima sho Namdeb a indile a pewe omushangwa tagu ulike kutya opena iikundathanwa iinayi uvathanwa. Namdeb okwa indile omushangwa ngoka
readEtidho ita li tsu kumwe nekotampango
21-08-2012
ETIDHOMO lyomukwashigwna gumwe mehala lyomatulululo moshitopolwa shaMusati ita li tsu kumwe nomautho gekotampango lya Namibia na oshina oku kondjithwa mOhofa yopombanda. Ndhika odha popiwa kohahende
readAagundjuka yomOkakekete taya kwathele opolisi
21-08-2012
AAGUNDJUKA ayehe kumwe ye li 27 yomomukunda Okakekete mOmbalantu moshikandjohogololo sha Anamulenge mOmusati oya tokola okukwathela opolisi yawo, mekondjitho lyiimbuluma sho nayo ya ndjoina ehangano
readSMS mOshiwambo
21-08-2012
*Yayee oomeme mba haya tsu poshini shopoGreen,oshili ohaa yamukula ookasitoma na yi. Alikana naya kwathe oku kala taya yamukula ookastoma dhawo nawa.*Epangelo ohali tala ngaa kutya aantu mba haalongo
readEtulopevi lyiilyo yo RDP ota li falwa kohofa ngele ina tendwapo
21-08-2012
IILYO itatu yomewiliko lyongundu yo RDP mbyoka ya tulwa pevi oya indile ongundu yawo opo yi kuthepo etokolo ndyoka, ngele hasho mbaka otaya ka kondjitha oshinima shoka mohofa. Eindilo ndika olya
readRugby to trial wider video use
21-08-2012
WIDENING the powers of rugby’s television match official (TMO) and a more robust system for assessing concussion will be trialled in this season’s English Premiership, the Rugby Football Union said
read‘Perfect’ debut for Vilanova
21-08-2012
BARCELONA – Following Barcelona’s 5-1 thrashing of Real Sociedad in Tito Vilanova’s debut on Sunday, the Catalan club appears to have found the ideal coach to carry on the legacy of Pep Guardiola and
readMatch-fixing player banned for 10 years
21-08-2012
VALLETTA – Malta international midfielder Kevin Sammut has been given a 10-year suspension by European soccer’s governing body Uefa after being found guilty of match-fixing in the Euro 2008 qualifier
readFederer heads to New York in ominous form
21-08-2012
MASON – World number one Roger Federer heads to the US Open with a sixth tournament win of the year to his name, no evident fitness problems and little sign that his Olympic defeat by Andy Murray has
readHarry Simon, Groenewald team up
21-08-2012
SOUTH Africa’s Ruben Groenewald will soon arrive in Namibia to help Harry Simon with his preparations for his next fight. Simon announced last week that he plans to fight in late September or early
readSKW win NFA Khomas U/15 title
21-08-2012
SKW won the inaugural NFA Khomas Under-15 soccer league when they beat Ramblers 4-0 in Windhoek on Saturday.Ramblers just needed a draw to win the league as they held a two-point lead over SKW going
readSMSes for Tuesday 21 August 2012
21-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *I will never be proud of my country if the NBC is off air, if Education and Health is in chaos, if corruption is regarded as an aspect of development, if consensus is reached through
readJustice for All? Forgotten Victims and Africa’s Response
21-08-2012
INTERNATIONAL criminal justice gained fresh impetus following the tragic events in Rwanda and the Balkans in the 1990s. From the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former
readEnd The Apartheid Hangovers
21-08-2012
THE Monday edition of Die Republikein newspaper of last week, carried a caption story on one Mina Snyders, secretary of the late Dr Jan Spies, first editor of that Afrikaans newspaper, when it was
readWarning about low flying and lasers
21-08-2012
LASER light pranksters and low-flying pilots have received a warning from Minister of Works and Transport Erkki Nghimtina.In two media statements released on Friday, Nghimtina warned that people using
readFrom The Twittersphere
21-08-2012
‘MONDAY, Monday – can’t trust that day, or all I hoped it could be?!’ Namibian tweeps wax lyrical on the week’s firstborn day, get to grips with politics, and poke fun at the English language. Plus,
readStolen mattress leads to death
21-08-2012
KAISOSI – A young man believed to be in his early twenties hanged himself with a rope at the Kaisosi informal settlement on the eastern outskirts of Rundu on Sunday evening.Kaisosi resident Samuel
readSADC leaders neuter Tribunal
21-08-2012
THE decision by the 32nd Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Maputo over the weekend to prevent citizens from seeking legal recourse from the SADC Tribunal has been met with a
readRDP won’t revoke suspensions
21-08-2012
STEVE Bezuidenhout, the vice-president of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), yesterday said the party would not give in to pressure by three suspended leaders to revoke their
readControversial Olufuko Festival starts
21-08-2012
THE Olufuko Festival organised by the Outapi Town Council is starting this morning, according to the council’s chief executive officer, Oswin Namakalu.This festival will be opened by Founding
readLize scoops digital distribution deal with Sony Music
21-08-2012
You’ve probably heard of Sony Music Entertainment. They’re this ‘little record company’ that invests in the careers of Beyonce, Pink, Aerosmith and Chris Brown and who are about to distribute Lize
readHart van Windhoek set to rock once again
21-08-2012
It’s almost time for Huisgenoot’s Hart van Windhoek music festival.The popular annual fest will be held over two days, Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8 will include over 25 music acts like South
readFatal stabbing over pap
21-08-2012
DIYOGHA – The police in the Kavango Region on Sunday arrested a 22-year-old man who had allegedly stabbed his elder sister several times following an argument over food.The incident occurred between
readCourt rules to change for speedier justice
21-08-2012
THE judges of Namibia’s High Court are pinning their hopes for the speedier delivery of judgements on changes to the court’s rules, aimed at giving judges greater control over the pace of litigation,
readCash heist appeal dismissed
21-08-2012
THE conviction of the seven men who were accused of carrying out a multimillion-dollar cash-in-transit robbery near Windhoek at the end of 2000 was correct, the Supreme Court has ruled in a judgement
readCampaign for access to info intensifies
21-08-2012
THE Namibian government again has been implored to adopt legislation that makes access to information a legally binding obligation. Despite numerous calls from civil society for the introduction of
readAcquittal in fatal shooting case
21-08-2012
A WINDHOEK resident who was accused of having murdered a young man in November 2010 by shooting him in the head has been found not guilty at the end of a trial in the Windhoek Regional Court.Since the
readNotable Quotes
21-08-2012
I WANT you to be prepared so that if the Pohamba administration collapses tomorrow, I can appoint some of you as ministers. – Ignatius Shixwameni, president of the All People’s Party told his party
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