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65 Articles found on Friday, 3 August 2012
Looking at the stars
03-08-2012
Namibian-born Dr Japie van Zyl is one of the heads of Nasa’s JPL programme that has launched the Curiosity mission to Mars. See story on page 6. Photo: Tanja Bause
readAPS wins appeal on mass dismissals
03-08-2012
THE dismissal of more than 300 employees of labour hire company Africa Personnel Services after their participation in a demonstration at a Walvis Bay fish processing plant two years ago was not
readLeaked documents worry Govt
03-08-2012
INTOLERANCE is growing among Cabinet members and senior State House employees after recent stories in the media were based on ‘confidential’ documents.The Namibian has it on good authority that
readNAC and Napwu in clandestine deal
03-08-2012
THE Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has clandestinely renewed its recognition agreement with the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu).The agreement is set to put Napwu on a direct collision course with
readGovernment’s share in Meatco - negative and positive
03-08-2012
WINDHOEK – Government’s recent decision to have a 30 percent shareholding in Meatco might result in it dipping its fingers into the profits of the cooperative.If the government shares in the profits
readSyrian rebels blast air base used to attack Aleppo
03-08-2012
NEAR ALEPPO – Syrian rebels yesterday shelled an air base being used by regime forces to pound the northern city of Aleppo, as a rights watchdog reported 43 people killed in a raid near the capital
readHerunga leads athletics legion
03-08-2012
NAMIBIA’S 400-metre athlete Tjipekapora Herunga will be in action in the 400m first-round heats which start this morning when the athletics competition gets underway at the Olympic Stadium. Should
readIncentivise your salespeople
03-08-2012
BOSTON – Defining and implementing the proper incentives is the key to getting the most out of your sales force, says Harvard Business Review.A few progressive companies have been able to coax better
readBank of Namibia launches new website
03-08-2012
WINDHOEK – The Bank of Namibia (BoN) on Wednesday unveiled its new website, which the bank says will allow users easier access to timely and quality information.The new website, www.bon.com.na/newbon,
readChina hits back at new US sanctions over Iran
03-08-2012
BEIJING – Beijing reacted furiously Wednesday to new US sanctions imposed on a Chinese bank over transactions with Iran, urging Washington to revoke them and saying it would lodge an official
readTanzania wants amicable resolution on disputed lake
03-08-2012
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania on Wednesday called for an amicable resolution to a dispute with Malawi over oil and gas exploration in Lake Malawi.“This is a very sensitive issue and we would like it to be
readZimbabwe earns $517 million in tobacco sales
03-08-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe sold over 140 million kilos of tobacco this year earning the country over a half a billion dollars, in the best showing since land reforms began more than a decade ago, officials
readChinese not welcome in Senegalese shoe capital
03-08-2012
NGAYE MEKHE, Senegal – It has taken generations for cobblers in this village to perfect the pointy-toed slippers once favoured by local kings, and now considered an indispensable fashion accessory of
readAfrican Briefs
03-08-2012
110 teachers fired in Swaziland MBABANE – The Swazi government has fired 110 teachers who ignored a court order forcing them to end a five-week strike which shut down schools across the country,
readZim businessman behind Malema jaunt - report
03-08-2012
LONDON – Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, who was expected to leave London yesterday at the end of a visit that included interviews on radio and television, has not denied being in
readSpanish police arrest three al Qaeda suspects
03-08-2012
Spanish police arrest three al Qaeda suspects MADRID – Spanish police arrested three suspected members of al Qaeda who had enough explosives to blow up a bus and were thought to be planning an attack
readZille lays charges against ANC Youth League
03-08-2012
CAPE TOWN – Charges of intimidation were laid at a Cape Town police station on Wednesday against the African National Congress Youth League and others, Western Cape premier Helen Zille said.This was
readClinton challenges Africa to embrace democracy
03-08-2012
DAKAR – In veiled swipes at China’s investments in Africa, United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged African leaders to embrace democracy and partnerships with
readUniversity warned about Batman shooter
03-08-2012
LOS ANGELES – A psychiatrist who treated a man accused of a mass shooting alerted others weeks before his attack because she was worried about his behaviour, a news report said on Wednesday.James
readStudents Forced To Live In Shebeens
03-08-2012
PLEASE Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo, I’m asking you to intervene in the situation which is currently prevailing at Unam Ogongo Campus.Some students have moved out of the hostel because the
readMove Reiter To Katutura
03-08-2012
WHAT arrogance it is for people who consider themselves Namibian to want to keep a colonial insult on their national identity alive for so long after they have earned their freedom.Unless they do not
readThe Cost Of Political Connections
03-08-2012
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement cites overlapping of the conservancy and the Small Scale Farms Project that was supposed to start in the Caprivi’s Makanga, Sibinda, Masida and Malengalenga
readThe Only Hero?
03-08-2012
IT SEEMS to me that the only hero we have in Namibia is former President Sam Nujoma. Everything is to be named after him or is honouring him. What happened to the rest?I respect Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
readEmotions Miss Crucial Issue
03-08-2012
AN IMPORTANT part of Gecko’s Vision Industrial Park (VIP) concept is missing from the general discussion [Gecko needs Dorob chunk for industry, The Namibian 31 July 2012]VIP is based on the disposal
readBotswana Killings Too Harsh
03-08-2012
CONDOLENCE to the bereaved families of the two Namibians who lost their lives at the hands of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) in cold blood for alleged poaching.This is not the first incident in
readThe NBC and the Olympic Games
03-08-2012
IT SEEMS to be high time to reflect on the NBC’s [Namibian Broadcasting Corporation] value in comparison with its costs.Let us ask how much did independent Namibia already fork out to keep the
readAbuse Of The Girl Child
03-08-2012
I HAVE had deep thoughts about Olufuko being relaunched as a ‘national cultural heritage’ for Namibia. What implications will it have on constitutional, religious and family values and norms in
readOn The ‘Sale’ Of Namibia
03-08-2012
EVERY Namibian ought to read your editorial (‘Namibia Up For Sale’) of 27 July 2012.You are commended for the compelling points you convey so aptly. Where the environment of the Namibian coastline and
readCorporate Raiders?
03-08-2012
THE ‘instant gratification’ juggernaut in Namibia is well underway. Apparently, the Petrotek board is raiding their own company, ‘paying themselves dividends’ or taking company loans (the directors
readOmufekelwa medhipago po Unam okuna uuvu
03-08-2012
OMWIILONGI gwooveta poUnivesiti ya Namibia, Unam ngoka ta fekelelwa edhipago lyomulongwa omukwawo mokumuponokela nombele oomwedhi ndatu dha piti, okwa li keeli nawa momutse pethimbo lyoshingwanima
readFNB naaniilonga ya koleke egwedhelo
03-08-2012
EHANGANO lyaaniilonga yomoombaanga [Namibia Bank and Allied Workers Union] opamwe nombaanga yotango yopashigwana [First National Bank ] oya tsu kumwe kombinga yegwedhelo lyoondjambi noshowo omauwanawa
readRDP ota ka holola omadhiladhilo oshilongo ashihe molwetokolo
03-08-2012
ONGUNDU yo Rally for Democracy and Progress[RDP] oya shunitha iilyo yayo kiitopolwa yawo oshiwike sha yi nelombwelo kutya mbika na yi kiilongekidhile ehololo lyomadhiladhilo oshilongo ashihe.
readEngen uulike omuwiliki gwotango omukiintu
03-08-2012
ENGEN Namibia okwa tseyitha omuwiliki gwe gwotango omukiintu, ngoka ta ka kala nokuwilika ehangano ndika miilonga yalyo moshitopolwa shomayakulo moka hali longo.Nangula Hamunyela okwa li nale
readMvula FC a pewa ooN$10,000 ku Mvula Mnyaango omunangeshefa
03-08-2012
OSIPANA yetanga lyokoompadhi yomOmaala mOndonga mOshana yedhina Mvula Football Club, omasiku ga zi ko oya pewa omagano gooN$10,000 komunangeshefa, Erastus Mvula, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina, Mvula
readOsikola ota yi konakona ekano lyiimaliwa yuunona
03-08-2012
OSIKOLA Othika Combined moshitopolwa Omusati otayi konakona ekengelelo konima sho aakuluntu yaanona yamwe ya ti aniwa iimaliwa mbyoka ya futile omolwa olweendo lwaanona aniwa oya kana. Olweendo lwali
readAamatyona omugoyi ya piyaganekwa aniwa momuhandjo gwenongelo
03-08-2012
OSHIKONDO shElongo moshitopolwa sha Karas otashi konakona omahokololo kutya aniwa aamatyona yeli omugoyi oya kwatwa koonkondo penongelo lya Nowak Primary School po Tses.Omuhungimwenyo pomanongelo
readOlufuko inalu uvikako nawa
03-08-2012
ELONGEKIDHO oku yumudhapo olufuko nenge ohango yopamuthigululwakalo moshitopolwa shaMusati osha fa inaashi uvikako nawa koyendji. Nomolwa euveko lyopombambo oshinima shika osha talikako momwiityo gwa
readWomen’s Super League set for thrilling finish
03-08-2012
THE NFA Women’s Super League concludes this weekend with Jacqueline Shipanga Academy and Poly Babes seeking to win the second season.The Academy lead the six-team league with 46 points from 18 matches
readOlympic Highlights
03-08-2012
Friday, August 3 SS3A Football Women’s QF 1 - Sweden v France 11h50 Football Women’s QF 2 - USA v New Zealand 14h20 Football Women’s QF 3 - Brazil v Japan 16h50 Football Women’s QF 4 - Great Britain
readChiefs, Sharks battle for Super supremacy
03-08-2012
WELLINGTON – Rugby’s Super 15 is set to crown a new champion tomorrow as the Waikato Chiefs and Coastal Sharks – both unfancied at the start of the year – vie to become just the sixth name engraved on
readPaulus Moses ‘Hitman’ roadshow begins today
03-08-2012
PAULUS ‘The Hitman’ Moses will lead his Sunshine Boxing Academy stable mates on a countrywide boxing tour starting at the Katutura Expo today. Like the ‘Hitman Hits Back’ campaign of last year, this
readOlympic boxing officials accused of ‘fixing’
03-08-2012
OLYMPIC boxing judges have come under fire with one fighter accusing them of “a fix”, another appealing a loss and even boxing great Lennox Lewis questioning some of their calls.Iran’s Ali Mazaheri
readAmerican sport envoys in Namibia
03-08-2012
THREE former American footballers will spend the next two weeks spreading the message of good health through the sport in Namibia. Daryl Schwenk, Angela Hucles and Edward Henderson will reach out to
readSpotlight on Bolt-Blake sprint duel
03-08-2012
LONDON - The countdown towards what is being hyped as the fastest race in history begins today as the Olympic athletics gets under way with all eyes on the prospect of a thrilling 100m shootout.For
readWalvis Bay mayor concerned about youth
03-08-2012
THE mayor of Walvis Bay has expressed concern over a lack of parental supervision over children, and the bad behaviour shown by the youth of the town. “The lack of parental supervision of our children
readTwo men accused of killing guard plead not guilty
03-08-2012
TWO young men accused of killing a security guard at the Ngepi Camp in the Kavango Region on Sunday pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances when they
readStolen goods snare murder suspects
03-08-2012
TWO men who were accused of murdering a member of the Windhoek City Police during a street robbery two years ago were both found guilty as charged in the Windhoek Regional Court this week.A cellphone
readSMSes for Friday 03 August 2012
03-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *So payday is a national holiday for all the civil servants? Food for Thought *LADY May – from national embarrassment to national legend. You gotta love Namibia! Bouquets and
readRoads Authority still owes millions
03-08-2012
BY yesterday afternoon, the Roads Authority (RA) still owed N$5,6 million to Mavinga Trading Enterprise – a business appointed to restore flood-damaged roads in northern Namibia.This comes despite an
readNghimtina sitting on scathing NAC report
03-08-2012
THE Minister of Works and Transport is sitting on a report which recommended that he dismiss with immediate effect the board of the Namibia Airports Company amid allegations of massive mismanagement
readCuriosity on the way to Mars
03-08-2012
The Nasa spacecraft Curiosity will land on the dusty, dry plains of Mars in the early hours of the morning of August 6 Namibian time – August 5 Los Angeles, USA time. The Namibian’s CATHERINE SASMAN
readHigher education review in offing
03-08-2012
IF current trends in tertiary education continue, Namibia will have a shortage of semi-skilled labour and unemployment among higher education graduates in all sectors by 2030, suggests a preliminary
readFrom yellow fever to HIV – vaccine beckons
03-08-2012
THIRTY years after a “rare pneumonia in gay men” was first detected in the United States of America (USA), a vaccine now is on the horizon for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Dr David Watkins
readKaras Regional Council plans building a convention centre
03-08-2012
THE Karas Regional Council plans to build a state-of-the-art convention centre at Keetmanshoop to attract major events to the southern town. This was revealed by the Karas governor Bernadus Swartbooi
readKhorixas hotel owner complains about rowdy church
03-08-2012
THE owner of the /Gowati Country Hotel at Khorixas claims that he has lost most of his tourist bookings because of loud music coming from the nearby Pentecostal Church.He says tour operators have
readPaddling Barehanded up Stinkrivier
03-08-2012
Aproposal to change the names of Caprivi and Lüderitz was tabled in Cabinet recently by the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Albert Kawana.The reasons given were that they are colonial names,
readOff we go to ... The Funny farm (Part 2)
03-08-2012
MOMMY loves you very much. The two of you are, without a shadow of a doubt, my heart... and the only true and accurate worth of my existence. As I write this letter, I picture you in my minds eye; two
readWinner-Takes-All Game Makes Us All Losers
03-08-2012
FORMER trade unionist Ranga Haikali been accused of betraying the workers and exploiting them [like a blood-sucking vampire] when he became a businessman.Once a darling and a top administrator of the
readWhen Will Africa Be Ready For A Sustainable Take-off?
03-08-2012
ON the eve of the 2010 World Cup in South-Africa, McKinsey, the global management consultancy, released an 82-page report on Africa, optimistically titled, ‘Lions on the Move: The progress and
readThe Non-Alignment Movement In The Post-Cold War Era: Any Relevance Today?
03-08-2012
We face neither East nor West; We face forward – Kwame NkrumahTHIS quote from one of Africa’s truly pan-Africanists could have been the dictum of the Non-Alignment Movement. But this was said in a
readFighting Them On The Beaches
03-08-2012
THERE’s a fierce fight currently raging on South Africa’s Cape Flats.It’s not the usual front-page fare of taxi wars and gang violence – but emotions are running high as residents from hard-bitten
readPolitical Perspective
03-08-2012
I GUESS it is an understandable part of human nature that where there has been a (usually) violent overthrow of a draconian regime, people begin to destroy those symbols of an unwanted, often
readThe Making of the Film ‘The Himbas Are Shooting!’
03-08-2012
FOR many Windhoek dwellers, the Himbas are nothing more than the bare-breasted women who sell an assortment of wooden curios on the corner of Independence Avenue and Fidel Castro Street.Silent and
readFrontlining on Twitter
03-08-2012
NAMIBIANS tweet the state of the nation, and the daily grind – the good, the bad, and the ugly, as they grapple with realities, large and small.@kwambi_prince: So they wanna rename the Fire Brigade
readNotable Quotes
03-08-2012
LADY May has been making a steadily brave history in the music industry, soothing the souls of many across our national diversity. – The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Joel
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