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50 Articles found on Thursday, 9 August 2012
NPC at odds with Keetmans group
09-08-2012
THE National Planning Commission (NPC) has turned down a request of N$750 000 from the //Kharas Ta Ômkhâisen group – or Karas is Developing Itself (KDI) – to develop land promised by the Keetmanshoop
readFreak accident
09-08-2012
About 45 security guards including the driver sustained light injuries when a Southern Cross security company in which they were transported flipped and landed on its side on the Florence Nightingale
readNam medicines ‘are safe’
09-08-2012
NAMIBIA has a “strict and rigorous” system of ensuring that all medicine in the country meet international health standards and patients need not fear using products of poor quality.The Namibia
readMedicine that is more placebo than cure
09-08-2012
SOME drugs that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved for distribution to the world’s poor are of inferior quality – shoddy products that hurt people who urgently need medicine.Some of the
readClinton tells SA to follow Mandela, do more globally
09-08-2012
CAPE TOWN – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged South Africa to build on icon Nelson Mandela’s legacy and flex its growing influence on the global sticking points of Syria, Iran and
readEU’s decision to stick to EPA deadline irks Geingob
09-08-2012
TRADE and Industry Minister Hage Geingob has accused the European Union (EU) of using bullying tactics because of its decision to stand by an ultimatum which forces Namibia to decide on the Economic
readBassingthwaighte poised for debut
09-08-2012
NAMIBIAN mountain biker Marc Bassingthwaighte is in top form and raring to go in the Men’s Mountain Bike race at the Olympic Games which takes place on Sunday.On Tuesday, Bassingthwaighte took a
readDoes your Big Brother vote really count
09-08-2012
Even though Big Brother Star Game come to an end on Sunday evening, there are still many who do not understand how exactly the voting system for the show worked. The following SMS was received from a
readWhat Facebook did not tell you about timeline
09-08-2012
Facebook has “introduced a new type of profile” – says the banner at the top of the webpage. This unwanted intrusion is Timeline, meant to break up your life into accessible chunks for the benefit of
readGrand-Pa recall not in Namibia
09-08-2012
PHARMACEUTICAL company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is recalling all Grand-Pa headache powders after it was found that counterfeit products may be circulating in South Africa.“GSK is advising consumers and
readMotivate your problem employee
09-08-2012
There are ways to motivate your ‘problem employee’ without resorting to punitive measures, says Harvard Business Review.There’s one on every team – someone who just doesn’t live up to his potential.
readOld Mutual profit rises on SA bank strength
09-08-2012
LONDON – Insurer Old Mutual reported a better-than-expected 12 per cent rise in half-year profit, helped by a strong performance at its South African banking unit, and said it was pressing ahead with
readConspiracy seen in US attack on Standard
09-08-2012
LONDON – A threat by a New York regulator to strip Standard Chartered Plc of its state banking license and its description of the British bank as a “rogue institution” that hid US$250 billion in
readUS firms waking up to African investment
09-08-2012
JOHANNESBURG – American companies are starting to wake up to huge investment opportunities in Africa, the chairman of the US Export Import bank, Fred Hochberg said yesterday.Hochberg, in South African
readAfDB plans to launch debut Africa infrastructure bond
09-08-2012
NAIROBI – The African Development Bank plans to float Africa’s first infrastructure bond to member nations to raise up to US$22 billion for investments in projects such as ports and airports, its
readAfrica’s growth may rise to 7 per cent a year by 2015
09-08-2012
MOMBASA – Africa’s growth could rise to seven per cent by the year 2015 driven by a rush of investors attracted by its drive to improve its infrastructure, the head of the United Nations Development
readBob Marley Day declared in Los Angeles
09-08-2012
The Los Angeles City Council declared Tuesday as ‘Bob Marley Day’ at a ceremony held in downtown Los Angleles at City Hall.The proclamation honouring the iconic reggae singer was accepted by his
readAfrican Briefs
09-08-2012
Egypt army kills 20 militants AL-ARISH – Egyptian military troops and jets killed 20 militants in the Sinai region bordering Israel on Wednesday, striking back after armed men attacked several
readWorld Briefs
09-08-2012
Curiosity snaps first color picture PASADENA – NASA’s newly landed Mars science rover Curiosity snapped the first color image of its surroundings while an orbiting sister probe photographed litter
readSwiss experts invited to conduct Arafat autopsy
09-08-2012
RAMALLAH – The chief Palestinian investigator looking into Yasser Arafat’s 2004 death says Palestinian officials have invited Swiss experts to test the leader’s remains for possible
readSummit ends with no breakthrough on DR Congo-Rwanda force
09-08-2012
KAMPALA – Regional leaders on Wednesday ended a meeting on a proposed neutral force for eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, with no concrete progress but a pledge to meet in a month, according to a
readProgress slow towards new climate deal
09-08-2012
LONDON/OSLO – Green economic growth rather than strict targets for cutting greenhouse gases needs higher priority if the world is to reach a deal to fight climate change by a 2015 deadline.Despite
readGobabeb celebrating 50th anniversary
09-08-2012
WINDHOEK – The Gobabeb Research and Training Centre celebrates its 50th anniversary next month.Gobabeb is an environmental research centre, and is located in the Namib-Naukluft Park in the Namib
readErindi Game Reserve, a must visit
09-08-2012
IT was an eye opener for someone who has not been to a game reserve in his life.Arriving at Erindi mid-day and after being booked in into the spacious rooms of Erindi, I accompanied people who have
readAakuluntu ya hala aapiyaganeki yoyana ya tidhwa momanongelo agehe
09-08-2012
AAKULUNTU yaalongwa mboka ya ti oha ya piyaganekwa pamilalo kaalongwa ooyakwawo momuhandjo gwopenongelo lya Nowak Primary School oya indile opo mboka taya lundilwa ya indikwe oku kala momuhandjo moka
readKatti eetele Namcor oshimaliwa shoomiliona 50 moshiketha
09-08-2012
OMUNANGESHEFA omuNamibia, Knowledge Katti okwa kwatakanitha Namcor nehangano lyokulonga nokukonga omahooli lya Brazil opo ya longele kumwe.Ehangano ndyoka lya Cowan Petroleo e Gas SA, olya
readTaya kongwa kopolisi ya Shana noonkondo
09-08-2012
OPOLISI ya Shana otayi indile koshigwana kutya kehe ngoka wu na uuyelele kombinga yaalumentu mbaka taya landula mpaka kutya oye li peni, yi lombwela, oshoka oye ya pumbwa omolwiipotha tayi ya
readNAC A fatulula eyalulo lya Napwu
09-08-2012
EHANGANO lyuupale woondhila lya Namibia[NAC] olya ti lyo ina li tinda okunana ko iimaliwa yuukwashilyo waaniilonga mboka yeli mehangano lyaaniilonga lya Namibia Transport and Allied Workers
readSMS mOshiwambo
09-08-2012
*Yakwetu tse otuli pokati kIipanda Yambalantu ,nIingapanda katuna olusheno katuna ipangelo popepi,katuna opate yili popepi,kansela gwaMusati alikana tu pa olusheno pOtaadhiya noshipangelo atu mono
readLister a kwata mpoka a thikama mompangu
09-08-2012
OMUDHINDI gwoonkundana omukuluntu nale gwoshifo sho The Namibian okwa ti kehe shoka tashi ningwa nenge tashi popiwa komuwiliki nenge komuntu ngoka ali ena oshinakugwanithwa oshinene shopashigwana,
readBrazil step nearer elusive gold
09-08-2012
MANCHESTER – Brazil’s dream of winning an elusive Olympic soccer gold came a step closer when they thrashed South Korea 3-0 in the semi-finals at Old Trafford on Tuesday.The victory sets up a title
readTearful Schwazer relieved by doping ban
09-08-2012
BOLZANO – Olympic 50 km race walk champion Alex Schwazer, who was excluded from the London Games for doping, said yesterday it was a relief to be caught for taking blood-booster EPO because of the
read‘Lazarus’ Makhloufi feted to win 1,500
09-08-2012
LONDON – Algerian Taoufik Makhloufi was controversially reinstated into Tuesday’s Olympic 1,500 metre final against the odds. Paradoxically, the 24-year-old roared to victory in the traditional blue
readKaras win Sport and Fun tri-series
09-08-2012
KARAS hosted and won the Sport and Fun Project held at Keetmanshoop over the weekend.The tri-series – which aims to identify and develop young talented footballers from the age of eight to
readNFA Cup signs positive: Muinjo
09-08-2012
SIGNS that the NFA Cup will return next season are “promising”, says the national football governing body’s president John Muinjo. The NFA failed to secure a sponsor for its flagship competition for
readWest Indies win Namibia warm-up
09-08-2012
THE West Indies comfortably beat Namibia by seven wickets in an Under 19 Cricket World Cup warmup match in Brisbane yesterday.It was Namibia’s second successive defeat in warmup matches after they
readFrom The Twittersphere
09-08-2012
PATRIOTISM and tenderism, Tiger Ambition and hippo predictions, Ninjas and taxis, and other dispatches from the Twitter frontline in Namibia! @CashleyNamibia: Just Business as Usual. Lately people in
readSMSes for Thursday 09 August 2012
09-08-2012
SMS Of The Day *FOR the past 15 years, I have been working as a casual under unfair labour practices. Our numbers have been swelling on a monthly basis. Suddenly, just when the Government decide to
readProducers oppose new Meatco structure
09-08-2012
The change in ownership structure of Meatco has, instead of bringing Government and the producers closer together, moved them to the point that they are now seen as adversaries.Meatco’s livestock
readOngandjera’s new king appointed
09-08-2012
UUKWANDONGO – The Ongandjera Traditional Authority and the royal family endorsed the nomination of 51-year-old Johannes Mupongolitha Tweuthigilwa yaJafet Mupiya as the new king of the Ongandjera
readNUNW accuses labour hire, employers of deceiving workers
09-08-2012
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) yesterday issued a stern warning to Edu Letu Consultants, a labour hire company, for apparently “threatening” its temporary employees into signing an
readNamibian model makes waves abroad
09-08-2012
The epitome of a world citizen, Anmire Vugs is a Namibian born in Mozambique to a Namibian mother and Dutch father. She has lived in Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and in the Netherlands. The
readMaking waves: Malawi revives debate on gay rights
09-08-2012
BY selling the presidential jet and getting rid of 60 limousines driven by high-ranking officials, Joyce Banda, Malawi’s new president, is making waves. But even before trimming the fat from the state
readLady May touches down
09-08-2012
Namibia’s sole finalist in this year’s Big Brother house arrived home on Tuesday evening, meeting journalists for a brief press conference at the Hilton hotel yesterday. The petite singer was in a
readJournalist ‘held no grudge’
09-08-2012
ADAM Hartman, the Swakopmund-based The Namibian reporter, yesterday said he only met Augustinus Katiti, the former Walvis Bay Municipality chief executive officer, in passing.As a result, he held no
readCemetery workers dig up human remains
09-08-2012
WORKERS hired by the Keetmanshoop Municipality yesterday excavated human remains which appeared to have once been buried in a casket as they were digging up fresh graves at the town’s cemetery. The
readFNB comes to the aid of the vulnerable
09-08-2012
THE FNB Foundation and the Regional Psychological Support Initiative (REPSSI) have entered into a partnership to improve the professional skills of 40 community based caregivers and the capacity of
readMan dies of epilepsy on street
09-08-2012
Police yesterday morning found the body of a 27 year-old Keetmanshoop resident a few meters from a shebeen in the Keetmanshoop Tseiblaagte residential area. Police deputy Commissioner Rudolf Isaak
readNamibia’s beef exports plummet
09-08-2012
NAMIBIA’S beef trade decreased by 28.8 per cent during the first six months of 2012, the Meat Board of Namibia revealed in its six-month review report issued on Monday.This negative performance was
readNotable Quotes
09-08-2012
DURING pre-independence, we spoke out for the oppressed. Post independence, it continued its strong, independent stance to be a watchdog; to be the conscience of the people. – Gwen Lister, former
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