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60 Articles found on Thursday, 30 August 2012
RDP youth want suspensions lifted
30-08-2012
A DOMESTIC ruckus is threatening to break out in the Rally of Democracy and Progress (RDP) if the leadership fails to meet a demand from the youth league to reinstate and apologise to three suspended
readPohamba warns youth against infighting
30-08-2012
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has cautioned Swapo Party Youth League members to steer clear of infighting if they want to ensure the success of their congress which started yesterday.“I encourage each
readGovt to ban strikes
30-08-2012
CERTAIN municipal staff as well as State and private hospital staff will soon not have the right to strike.The essential services committee of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare recently
readMandatory listing of banks on the cards
30-08-2012
GOVERNMENT is considering compelling all banking institutions to list on the Local Index of the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX).The move is in line with the recently launched Namibia Financial Sector
readHurricane Isaac batters US coast near New Orleans
30-08-2012
NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Isaac bore down on New Orleans early yesterday after making landfall, seven years to the day after Katrina devastated the ‘Big Easy’ and killed hundreds along the US Gulf
readNamibia still unbeaten in Harare
30-08-2012
NAMIBIA beat Kenya 39-11 at the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) U19 Championships in Harare yesterday, to remain on track for a place at the 2013 Junior World Trophy in Chile next year. Namibia
readLebo’s tribute show shocks bandmates
30-08-2012
The show about the late Lebo Mathosa has left fellow Boom Shaka members gaping with disbelief after its opening night at the State Theatre in Pretoria this week. The show, titled ‘Drama Queen’ pays
readMafikizolo hit comeback trail
30-08-2012
Afro band Mafikizolo are to re-unite after a long absence from the music scene.Nhlanhla Nciza and Theo Kgosinkwe, who make up the band, will be the centre of attraction during the Moretele Park
readMake banking ‘fairer, more affordable’
30-08-2012
South Africa’s banks still need to do more to ensure that all citizens have access to fair and cost-effective banking services, South Africa’s National Treasury said after Finance Minister Pravin
readSocial Security slow with accident claim
30-08-2012
The Social Security commission prides itself on professionally administering the funds (Maternity, Sick and Death Fund as well as the Employee Compensation Fund) for the efficient and sustainable
readNew playgrounds planned for Otjomuise
30-08-2012
Residents in the Otjomuise suburb in Windhoek have exciting developments to look forward to with the envisaged playgrounds which the City of Windhoek has earmarked for the area. This week, The
readDon’t pursue a doomed idea
30-08-2012
Throwing conventional logic out the window might seem like a way to let the creative juices really flow, but can also blind innovators to real problems, says Harvard Business Review.When it comes to
readKatali reassures investors in Perth
30-08-2012
STATE-OWNED Epangelo Mining Company, which has exclusive exploration and mining rights of strategic minerals in Namibia, isn’t part of government regulation and will compete with the private sector
readMarikana ‘peace accord’ talks start
30-08-2012
RUSTENBURG – The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has committed to finding a solution to the Lonmin strike, its president Senzeni Zokwana said yesterday.“We are committed to find a solution. We
readAngola in numbers
30-08-2012
• Angola recorded GDP growth of 3,4 per cent in 2011, the same as in 2010, driven mainly by rising oil prices and strong non-oil sector growth of 7,7per cent which helped to offset production problems
readAngola’s economic boom creates gaping divides
30-08-2012
HUAMBO, Angola – Angola emerged from its civil war as one of the poorest places on earth, with nowhere more devastated than Huambo, its universities, factories and homes destroyed in the war’s most
readUN to pick Green Climate HQ only in December
30-08-2012
NAMIBIA will know by the end of this year whether it has been chosen to host the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund, a United Nation (UN) vehicle aimed at mobilising resources to help developing
readMorocco’s illegal mussel pickers ply non-eco trade
30-08-2012
RABAT – Thousands of Morocco’s unemployed slum-dwellers head to the Atlantic coast every morning to scrape a living as illegal mussel pickers. But experts say they threaten the health of the marine
readInvasive species: The spiralling cost of the enemy within
30-08-2012
PARIS – Some aliens arrived as stowaways. Others were brought in deliberately, for fun or profit. And others were so tiny that nobody noticed them until way too late.They became a nightmare. They
readArctic ice melts to record low
30-08-2012
WASHINGTON – The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its smallest point ever in a milestone that may show that worst-case forecasts on climate change are coming true, US scientists said this
readTutu snubs event over ‘indefensible’ Tony Blair
30-08-2012
CAPE TOWN – Peace icon Desmond Tutu on Tuesday said he would boycott an event in protest at sharing a stage with former British leader Tony Blair over his “morally indefensible” support of the US-led
readWife Ann brings the love as Romney wraps up nomination
30-08-2012
TAMPA – Republicans crowned Mitt Romney their presidential nominee as his wife Ann sold their wholesome family and sweetheart love story to US voters in a prime-time convention speech.Romney took to
readAfrican Briefs
30-08-2012
Odinga blames cleric’s killing on foes MOMBASA – Kenya’s prime minister Raila Odinga said yesterday the country’s enemies were behind the killing of a Muslim cleric that triggered riots he described
readWorld Briefs
30-08-2012
Unesco urges end to Libyan attacks PARIS – The United Nations cultural agency Unesco has urged Libyan authorities to protect Sufi mosques and shrines under repeated attack by hardline Islamists who
readDamascus rebuffs Turkey’s call for safe zones in Syria
30-08-2012
ANKARA – An enormous exodus of refugees from Syria is pressuring Turkey to seek United Nations-backed safe zones for those displaced, but Damascus rebuffed the idea yesterday as “unrealistic” attempts
readAbbas welcomes French probe into Arafat death
30-08-2012
RAMALLAH – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday welcomed a decision by French prosecutors to open a murder inquiry into claims the late Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned.The probe was
readSenegal summons Gambian ambassador over executions
30-08-2012
DAKAR – Senegal’s Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye yesterday summoned the Gambian ambassador to protest the execution of two Senegalese who were among nine people killed by firing squad in the tiny
readEhangano lyaaChina tali kongo ekwatho ku Namibia mokumina iitenda moKunene
30-08-2012
EHANGANO lyiikwamina lyaza koChina, lyedhina East China Non-Ferrous Investment olya mono iitenda kohi yevi moshitopolwa sha Kunene.Mbaka oya ti okufula oshikwamina shika mpoka shili ota shi
readOkuna ondjo medhipago lyaantu yaali
30-08-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomo Malinda,Salmon Nakale okwa monika ondjo medhipago lyaantu yaali poshilando shoka momasiku 9 May 2009. Etokolo ndyoka olya gandjwa komupanguli, Alfred Siboleka konima sho a ekelehi
readSwartbooi a kugile ekwatho ku Pohamba
30-08-2012
GAVENA gwoshitopolwa sha Karas, Bernardus Swartbooi, okwa popi omaipulo ge kombinga ye kateko metungo lyodama ya Neckartal komulonga gwa Fish shoka ngashingeyi sha kwata konyala oomvula mbali oku
readOmupresidende a pandula omauliko giipindi ga Ngwediva oshiwike shika
30-08-2012
OMUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba, ngoka a egulula Omauliko gIipindi gokOmumvo ga Ngwediva Omaandaha ga zi ko, okwa pandula noonkondo komalongekidho ge li nawa noshowo kaakuthimbinga ye ya oyendji
readOlufuko
30-08-2012
Oshitya «omufyuululwakalo» osha mbwalangadja. Osha kwatela mo oinima ihapu, ngaashi elaka, oikulya, omikalo dokuninga oinima, noivilo. Omifyuululwakalo ohadi linyenge, tadi tambula omikalo dipe
readOshipotha shaasitangombe shuundulilwa komeho
30-08-2012
IIHOKOLOLA moka aasitangombe 30 taya lundilwa ya litha oongombe dhawo shaali paveta moshitopolwa sha Kavango osha piyaganekwa sho mengestrata ngoka a li teshi pulakene iikuthamo musho.Iihokolola
readErastus Shapumba Foundation
30-08-2012
OMAANDAHA ga zi ko sho a egulula pambelewa Omaulikilo gIipindi gokomumvo ga Ngwediva mOngwediva moshitopolwa sha Shana, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tula wo miilonga pambelewa ehangano lya
readSMS mOshiwambo
30-08-2012
*Ngame gumwe gwo maaniilonga otu li tu uvitile iilonga tayi longwa mombelewa yo income tax mOshakati otayi longo tayi ende kashona. Omayalulo gomumvo 2010 sigo 2011 inaga pwa natango. Paife otwa tula
readNamoloh iikuthamo aniwa mehogololo lyuuhamushanga
30-08-2012
OKONGRESSA yewawa lyaagundjuka moSwapo oya tameke moshilandopangelo metitatu oshiwike shika. Okongressa moka mwa tegelelwa mu ka ningwe omahogololo gewiliko epe lyewawa lyaagundjuka oya egululwa
readSMSes for Thursday 30 August 2012
30-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *I HAVE been reading the daily lost + found section of your newspaper. This is one of the reasons the Ministry of Home Affairs can’t keep up with the issuing of ID cards. People are so
readOpen Squash Champs set for Walvis Bay
30-08-2012
THE Namibian will once again be the main sponsor of Namibia's premier annual open squash championship that will be held in Walvis Bay this weekend.The competition promises high-quality games involving
readSybrand De Beer elected as Rugby CEO
30-08-2012
FORMER national team eighth-man and captain Sybrand de Beer has been elected as the chief executive officer of the Namibia Rugby Union. De Beer, who last played for Namibia in 2001, said he was
read88th Comrades Marathon launched
30-08-2012
THE 88th edition of the world’s oldest ultra-marathon, the Comrades Marathon, was launched in Johannesburg yesterday, under the official slogan for the race – ‘U are ultraordinary!’.Chairman of the
readSaints ready Mayuka for Man United clash
30-08-2012
AFRICAN Cup of Nations Golden Boot winner Emmanuel Mayuka will join Premier League side Southampton after the Saints agreed terms with the player and his Swiss club Young Boys.The 21-year-old Zambian
readUnder-fire Meyer recalls Louw to Springboks squad
30-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer on Wednesday recalled flanker Francois Louw and named uncapped number eight Duane Vermeulen and flyhalf Johan Goosen in his squad for Rugby Championship
readAmla keen to keep running riot
30-08-2012
SOUTHAMPTON – Hashim Amla looked forward to returning to the scene of his greatest triumph after punishing England with yet another superb century.Amla’s brilliant 150 was the centrepiece of the
readStrauss resigns as England captain, quits cricket
30-08-2012
LONDON – Andrew Strauss resigned as England’s Test captain and announced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect yesterday.“After much thought over the last few weeks, I have
read‘Inspirational’ Paralympic Games open
30-08-2012
LONDON – A spectacular opening ceremony starring acclaimed British scientist Stephen Hawking was set to ring in the biggest ever Paralympic Games yesterday, aiming to transform ideas about disability
readWindhoek drinking water ‘not contaminated’
30-08-2012
AN SMS doing the rounds, stating that Windhoek’s drinking water is contaminated, is not true, a senior City of Windhoek official said yesterday.It is suspected that the SMS followed a report in a
readFrom The Twittersphere
30-08-2012
IS Ondarata the greatest band ever? How important is it to know ‘kapana lingo’? Namibian tweeps mull these and other pressing issues! Plus, ninjas, seven weddings and no funeral, politics and
readThree arrested over lodge burglaries
30-08-2012
POLICE in the Karas Region have arrested three suspects in connection with a spate of burglaries at tourist lodges in remote areas. Detective Warrant Officer Theodore Kotungondo said the suspects were
readState school for Oranjemund
30-08-2012
THE regional councillor for Oranjemund, Eliphas Iita, has announced that a State primary school will be built at the recently proclaimed town of Oranjemund. Iita told The Namibian that the
readRespect needed in Nam-German relations
30-08-2012
BOTH the Namibian and German stakeholders are eager not to repeat the “humiliation” suffered last year by a Namibian delegation that went to Germany to collect the skulls of genocide victims. “Let us
readNo bail in farm robbery case
30-08-2012
THREE of the suspects accused of carrying out a violent armed robbery at a farm in the Windhoek district three years ago face an extended period in custody after their latest attempt to be released on
readMaharero group worried about cultural sites
30-08-2012
THE Maharero Royal House yesterday said it is still negotiating with the police to ensure that the Ovaherero Traditional Authority (OTA), which will commemorate Red Flag Day this weekend, will not
readKeetmans workers in scrap metal theft
30-08-2012
POLICE at Keetmanshoop have arrested three municipal workers for allegedly stealing manhole covers and a rubbish skip.The municipality’s chief technician, Johannes Jansen, yesterday confirmed that
readJail sentence for drug trafficking
30-08-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Regional Court yesterday sentenced South African citizen Patricia Nandipha Gcilishe (43) to an effective two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking. Regional Magistrate
readIndustrial complex planned at Opuwo
30-08-2012
A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR industrial complex, based on iron ore mining and steel production, may soon be established in the Kunene Region with the assistance of the Namibian Government.This Chinese
readHave dog, will walk... 500km
30-08-2012
A NAMIBIAN woman, Susan Martens, has decided to embark on the adventure of a lifetime with her two-year-old Giant Schnauzer, Paco. The two will fly to Norway in the beginning of September to walk
readGovt to get more of Rössing
30-08-2012
GOVERNMENT intends lapping up more shares in Rössing Uranium to boost its stake in the mine after the Kern Trust, part of the minority Namibian shareholders, decided to sell its interest.Deputy
readCuban engineering degrees ‘useless’
30-08-2012
NAMIBIAN engineering graduates with qualifications from Cuban universities say they are struggling to register with the Engineering Council of Namibia (ECN) because their qualifications apparently do
readAir Nam charges return to court
30-08-2012
THE case against two former Air Namibia employees who are charged with corruption in connection with the use of flight tickets which the airline was supposedly exchanging for other services under
readNotable Quotes
30-08-2012
MOST of us are peace-loving citizens who want a town and country where we can live free of fear of these criminal elements. Together we can do this by the grace of God. – Uys de Vos, one of the
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