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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Nalisa becomes NAC’s hot potato
07-08-2012
NAMIBIA Airports Company (NAC) chief executive officer Ben Biwa (photo), in an attempt to save the company from more embarrassment, has opted to waste more money on newspaper advertisements denying
readBan ruffles clearing agents’ feathers
07-08-2012
THE Government’s decision to ban clearing agents from using guarantees and bonds from third parties as security to move goods has caused an uproar among clearing agents.The Deputy Minister of Finance,
readRDP leaders urged to repent
07-08-2012
Victims of Swapo atrocities demand justice THE founders of the Rally of Democracy and Progress (RDP) have been called upon to repent and distance themselves from atrocities committed by Swapo in
readEgypt vows to avenge deadly Sinai attack
07-08-2012
CAIRO – Egypt’s army vowed yesterday to “avenge” the killing of 16 guards by gunmen near the Israeli border, as President Mohamed Mursi ordered security forces to take full control of the increasingly
readManufacturing still struggling to pick up pace
07-08-2012
LOCAL manufacturers faced an uphill battle during the second quarter, struggling to keep up with competitive imports, downtrodden economies and bleak consumer sentiment.The biggest hurdle blocking
readSupport our athletes: KK
07-08-2012
MINISTER of Sport Kazenambo Kazenambo says Namibians should be more supportive towards the country’s Olympic athletes instead of being overly critical of their performances. Speaking on Saturday at
readAgricultural diary
07-08-2012
• Auctions August 9: Omongua Superior Breeders first Boer goat auction at Namboer Windhoek August 15: Swakara sale of Deon Barnard at farm Fanara nr. 30 in Koes district August 16: Groenewaldt
readSecond-round food-and-mouth vaccination campaign starts
07-08-2012
MUKWE – The Directorate of Veterinary Services will conduct a second vaccination campaign against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Kavango region’s Ndiyona and Mukwe constituencies over the next
readUse buddy checks for your project
07-08-2012
There is a clear value to having a second set of eyes help monitor the progress of your project, says Harvard Business Review.As a project leader your job is to monitor progress against the project
readOil deal no quick fix for Sudan crisis
07-08-2012
KHARTOUM – A last-minute oil deal reached on Saturday between Sudan and South Sudan offers no quick fix for Khartoum’s economic crisis and remains tied to progress on security issues, analysts
readMafia cashes in as hard-up Italians flog their gold
07-08-2012
AREZZO, Italy – Italy’s traditional goldsmiths are up in arms over a boom in the poorly regulated cash-for-gold sector that is making billions for the mafia as hard-up Italians rush to sell off their
readBlack economic empowerment investors out of Absa Group Limited
07-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Black economic empowerment investors in Absa Group Limited, including Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda Group, are set to sell their stake in the banking group,
readOlympics: Ghost town London searches for missing tourists
07-08-2012
LONDON – With its half-empty restaurants and calm streets central London looks more like a ghost town than an Olympic city, and recession-hit traders are still waiting for the promised gold rush of
readAfrican Briefs
07-08-2012
23 Angolan fans die in crash LUANDA – Twenty-three supporters of an Angolan premier league soccer team died and 29 others were injured when their speeding bus crashed after a game, state media
readWorld Briefs
07-08-2012
Hiroshima marks atomic bomb HIROSHIMA – A bell tolled to mark a moment of silence while people joined hands in prayer as tens of thousands marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
readPolice search Wisconsin home for motive in Sikh temple shooting
07-08-2012
OAK CREEK – Police yesterday searched the apartment of a gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in southern Wisconsin, looking for clues to his motive, and news reports identified the shooter
readSmiling Mandela meets Clinton
07-08-2012
QUNU – United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the “beautiful” smile of her friend and former South African President Nelson Mandela when they met at his country home yesterday
readEx-Syrian Prime Minister accuses Assad of genocide
07-08-2012
DAMASCUS – Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab announced he was joining the rebels yesterday after slipping across the border into Jordan during the night in the highest-ranking defection of the nearly
readHistoric Curiosity probe lands safely on Mars
07-08-2012
PASADENA – Nasa’s Mars science rover Curiosity landed safely late on Sunday after hurtling through the pink Martian skies at the start of a two-year quest for signs the Red Planet once hosted key
readLaRRi a thaneke egameno lyopankalathano yaayehe
07-08-2012
OMUWILIKI gwo Social Security Commission okwa kunkilile kutya opwa pumbwa oku longwa nuukeka uuna tapa etwa omathaneko goku kwatha oshigwana pashimaliwa, opo ngoka gaa yonagule oshigwana. Kapara
readEpungulo enene mokulonga omeya omawanawa
07-08-2012
NAMIBIA okwa pumbwa okulongitha oodola dha tengenekwa oobiliona ndatu uule womimvo ntano oku pingenapo iilongitho iikulu, noshowo oku kokeka iilongitho yokugandja omeya moshilongo. Shika oshina oku
readOmaulikilo giipindi pEenhana otaga humitha komeho ondoolopa ndjoka noshitopolwa
07-08-2012
OMAULIKILO giikwaipindi ga Eenhana ngoka ga tulilwe miilonga momumvo 2007 noga tamekele lwotango mondoolopa ndjoka momumvo 2008, otaga ende nawa nohaga humitha komeho ondoolopa ndjoka ya Eenhana
readOodokumende dha yakelwa iikundaneki
07-08-2012
OKWAAIDHIDHIMIKA otaku koko mokati kiilyo yokabinete noshowo kaanambelewa aakuluntu megumbo lyepangelo konima sho omahokololo ga holoka miikundaneki ga kankamekelwa komishangwa dheinekelo
readOmayovi gaheyali gaaniilonga momapandaanda
07-08-2012
KONYALA ooperesenda 80 dhaaniilonga yopakathimbo mboka ya li haya longo okupitila momahangano goku hehelitha aantu oye li yaana iilonga okuza mu 1Auguste nuumvo. Mbaka oye li yaana iilonga konima
readSMS mOshiwambo
07-08-2012
*Omukuluntu gwoshipangelo Onandjokwe, oto vulu ku lombwela ndje kutya, omolwashike aanashilonga yoye ngele ya penzelwa, nuukalata wayo (MEDICAL CARD) ihawu longo we? Tu shuna kepangelo, tse tu kale
readNamoloh methigathano na Ngurare mewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo
07-08-2012
JULIUS Namoloh okwa ulikwa ongo okandidate opo a thigathanepo na Elijah Ngurare omolwa oshipundu shuuhamushanga wewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo. Namoloh na Ngurare otaya ka taalelathana methigathano
readNamibia warm up for U19 Cricket World Cup
07-08-2012
NAMIBIA will warm up for their 2012 ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup adventure with a match against Southern African neighbours Zimbabwe in Brisbane today. Placed in Group D alongside favourites Sri
readBolt win brings joy to Jamaica
07-08-2012
SHERWOOD CONTENT – When Usain Bolt lunged over the line comfortably ahead of a strong field in the Olympic 100-metre final wild cheers erupted across Sherwood Content.This small farming community in
readMulunga, JS Academy win titles
07-08-2012
THE Jacqueline Shipanga Academy on Saturday won the Women Super League while star defender Lovisa Mulunga was crowned the Player of the Season on Sunday afternoon.The Academy needed just a point to
readPearson on target for hurdles gold with fast time
07-08-2012
LONDON – World champion Sally Pearson of Australia set the early standard in the women’s 100-metre hurdles at the London Games yesterday, clocking the fastest first-round time in the event in Olympic
readVaalgras group moves to oust chief
07-08-2012
DISSIDENT Vaalgras tribesmen and women who oppose Chief Joel Stephanus have stepped up their bid to topple him from his throne.Stephanus’s rivals on Saturday nominated Reverend Andreas Biwa, Imgardt
readFrom The Twittersphere
07-08-2012
ON Sunday, @IamElago tweeted: “Namibia has officially come to a standstill... fingers crossed for Lady May to wiN #BigBroAfrica today.” It captured just how much Lady May has been embraced by the
readWomen need support in farming and business
07-08-2012
THE United Democratic Front (UDF) representative on the Khorixas Town Council, Angela Sabatha, is troubled by the of lack of support for local women who are interested in farming and small
readSMSes for Tuesday 07 August 2012
07-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *I FELT so proud seeing our own Frank Fredericks handing over medals at the Olympics. We might not win any medals this year but Frank Fredericks and the Namibian legacy will live on.
readRössing pensioners say surplus payout unfair
07-08-2012
PENSIONERS of Rössing Uranium have made a plea to President Hifikepunye Pohamba and founding President Sam Nujoma to intervene in the unhappiness over the distribution of the Rössing Pension Fund
readPolytech to introduce animal welfare education
07-08-2012
THE Polytechnic of Namibia and the World Society for the Protection of Animals have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of animal welfare in the tertiary education sector in Namibia.
readParents demand that alleged molesters be banned
07-08-2012
THE parents of those learners who alleged sexual molestation by fellow learners at the Nowak Primary School hostel are demanding that the accused individuals be banned from all hostels.Nine boys from
readOtjomuise murder, arson: Family devastated
07-08-2012
THE family of the murdered International University of Management (IUM) student – whose body was set on fire over the weekend – is devastated.Eliakim Kandali Inane (31) was stoned and set alight in
readMore Protection Needed For Women Journalists
07-08-2012
IN February 2011, American journalist Lara Logan was sexually assaulted in Cairo while reporting on the unfolding revolution in Egypt. A few months later, in the same city, a French journalist,
readOlufuko Has Given Church Its Voice Back
07-08-2012
IT is not just about nubile maidens doing the Oukwanyama staccato dance swirling in the air and foot stomping. Culture embraces a far wider range of human experiences and practices.It is dynamic and
readNAC explains away Napwu recognition
07-08-2012
THE Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has denied that it does not deduct membership fees of staff who are members of the Namibian Transport and Allied Workers Union (Natau), as the battle between Natau
readMboroma killing commemorated
07-08-2012
THE Mboroma mass detention camp shooting in which four Namibians were killed and 15 seriously wounded by Zambian soldiers on August 5 1976, allegedly on instructions from the top Swapo leadership in
read‘My Koek is Moeg’ – A review
07-08-2012
“I have been made a slave out of my own liberation,” – Poppie Plaatjies-Koekemoer, from the play ‘My Koek is Moeg’.When young actor, playwright and director, Jacques Mushaandja staged his first play –
readDomestic worker left with nothing after burglary
07-08-2012
THE shack in Windhoek’s Hakahana informal settlement in which Betty Smith, her son and brother live has been broken into for the third time this year and all her belongings were stolen. The first time
read‘Assault’ interrupts libel court case
07-08-2012
THE defamation claim of former Walvis Bay Municipality chief executive officer Augustinus Katiti against The Namibian could not continue yesterday after one of the parties in the case, Regina
readNotable Quotes
07-08-2012
I WANT to drag them to court. I am terribly disappointed in them. It really hurt me. – Lloyd Mogle, a Cancer Association of Namibia employee, said that he plans to sue the organisation because it
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