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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 18 December 2012
ACC monitors TransNamib property deals
18-12-2012
THE director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, Paulus Noa, says the anti-graft watchdog is studying media reports to decide whether to investigate a deal between TransNamib and Afrikuumba
readMinistry fails grape farm workers
18-12-2012
A GROUP of disgruntled retrenched workers at the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP) claim that the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is employing white people and foreign nationals at
readN$5m worth of ‘tik’confiscated
18-12-2012
A ZIMBABWEAN and a South African woman were arrested in Windhoek yesterday morning for being in possession of more than 10 kg of ‘tik’ (crystal meth) with a street value of more than N$5 million.
readFOR THE PRESIDENCY
18-12-2012
South African President Jacob Zuma and his deputy, Kgalema Motlanthe, accepted nomination at the 53rd elective conference of the African National Congress at Mangaung to battle it out for the
readSwimmers excel in Turkey
18-12-2012
NAMIBIAN swimmers set five national Open and two Age Group records at the FINA Short Course World Championships which took place in Istanbul, Turkey last week. 16-year-old Christine Briedenhann led
readANC clears way for party leadership contest
18-12-2012
Bloemfontein – The ANC has announced that two candidates are in the running for president of the ANC.Electoral agency representative Thabile Thomas announced at the ANC’s national elective conference
readNamibia sticks to its EPA guns
18-12-2012
MALABO – Both Prime Minister Hage Geingob and Trade and Industry Minister Calle Schlettwein have reaffirmed that Namibia wants the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) to
readMad cow case causes import ban, Brazil fears cut in beef prices
18-12-2012
BRASILIA – Brazil is worried that fears over a single case of mad cow disease from more than two years ago could force it to slash its beef prices, after China, Japan and South Africa last week
read‘Cattle Country’ should nurture business
18-12-2012
GOBABIS – The chief executive officer of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Tarah Shaanika, has urged businesspeople in the Omaheke Region to explore the various business
readAnother successful year for Agra
18-12-2012
AGRA’S net profit for its financial year ended July 2012 was N$44,4 million, up 22% from its previous financial year, the co-operative’s latest financial report showed.Net profit after taxation for
readTwo ways to stop competing
18-12-2012
Competing is second nature to many people, but what if beating the competition was no longer the most significant key to success? Harvard Business Review has some ideas.For many people, competing (and
readDismay at Malaysia’s plan to dam its frontier for energy
18-12-2012
MURUM, Malaysia – The trucks that ply the rough road to the Murum dam under construction in Malaysia’s Sarawak state kick up clouds of dust that obscure the trail and make driving treacherous. Within
read‘SA won’t be reckless with mining tax’
18-12-2012
BLOEMFONTEIN – South Africa will not be “reckless” when it comes to a decision on implementing new mining taxes and will give ample time for consultation, Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said
readChinese gets stake in Nam copper mine
18-12-2012
CHINA’S Heilongjiang Heilong Resources recently announced an investment of 30 million Australian dollar, about N$271 million, in a local copper mine of International Base Metals Limited (IBML).IBML,
readChavez’s cancer may put Venezuela devaluation on hold
18-12-2012
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s battle with cancer and the possibility of a new presidential election look likely to delay key economic policy decisions including a sharp currency
readBritish policeman arrested over Downing Street spat leak
18-12-2012
LONDON – A policeman has been arrested for suspected involvement in leaking details of a British cabinet minister’s foul-mouthed outburst towards officers patrolling Downing Street.Andrew Mitchell
readMugabe backtracks on early elections
18-12-2012
Harare – President Robert Mugabe has softened his stance on holding early elections after it became apparent that it is not possible for polls to take place in March next year, it has emerged.Mugabe
readEgypt opposition calls nationwide protests
18-12-2012
Cairo – Egypt’s opposition National Salvation Front coalition called nationwide demonstrations for Tuesday as it seeks to galvanise opposition to a controversial draft constitution before a second
read‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ completes principal photography‘Mad Max:
18-12-2012
Fury Road’ has completed principal photography after a six-month shoot in Namibia and South Africa.It is the fourth film in the ‘Mad Max’ series, which originally made Mel Gibson a star, and will
readKelly Clarkson engaged!
18-12-2012
Kelly Clarkson, who became the first contestant to win ‘American Idol’, a decade ago and went on to several chart-topping successes, has gotten engaged to her boyfriend, the singer said in a Twitter
read‘X Factor’ judge LA Reid quitting TV talent show
18-12-2012
L.A. Reid, ‘The X Factor’ judge, says he is leaving the TV talent show next season after two years on the panel.Reid (56) chairman and chief executive of Epic Records, told ‘Access Hollywood’, the
readPolice stations blasted in Libya’s Benghazi: security
18-12-2012
BENGHAZI – Two explosions rocked police stations in the Libyan city of Benghazi early on Monday and police foiled a third attack, a security official told AFP, adding that there were no
readGaza fisherman shot, 4 arrested
18-12-2012
GAZA CITY – Israeli naval forces shot and wounded a Palestinian fisherman in waters off the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, sources on both sides said.Nizar Aayesh, head of the Gaza fishermen’s union,
readStones thrown at Tunisian leaders
18-12-2012
SIDI BOUZID – Protesters on Monday hurled rocks at Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki and parliamentary speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar in Sidi Bouzid, cradle of the revolution that erupted exactly two
readEgypt opposition calls nationwide protests
18-12-2012
Cairo - Egypt’s opposition National Salvation Front coalition called nationwide demonstrations for Tuesday as it seeks to galvanise opposition to a controversial draft constitution before a second
readOonkatu dha katukwa kombinga yomalugumbo gaali paveta momikunda
18-12-2012
EWILIKO lyevi lyaayehe moshitopolwa Otjozondjupa olya tseyithile aanaangombe yomevi lyaayehe yeli yahetatu opo ya kutheko oondhalate ndhoka ya tula komahala gaayehe moshitopolwa sha Tsumkwe
readEuvathano tali iipulwa lya TransNamib
18-12-2012
OMINISTA yIilonga nIiyenditho, Erkki Nghimtina ina yamukula shuukilila ngele okwa gandja epitikilo opo TransNamib a thithe eliko lye molupe lwevi noshowo omatungo popepi noshitaasi shomashina
readOlwithi wa Van Eck olwa nika oshiponga
18-12-2012
AANIILONGA posasiona yokulonga olusheno ya Van Eck pondje yoVenduka ota ya ti olwithi ndoka halukala lwa siikila ehala ndyoka lyokulonga olusheno okuza momakalamanya olwo oshiponga komudhingoloko
readAaniilonga yepangelo ngungumaneni
18-12-2012
AANIILONGA yepangelo oya indilwa ya kale ya ngungumana noshowo yiidhidhimika omanga omalongekidho taga ningwa oku futa omagwedhelo goondjambi dhawo ngoka ga zimininwe kepangelo nokaa kalelipo yawo
readSMS mOshiwambo
18-12-2012
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readKwatheni opolisi mokukonga Shaduka opo ka edhililwe
18-12-2012
OMWAKA gwopaveta ogwa fala sigo oompoka kutya omunangeshefa, Lazarus Shaduka okwa longitha okampito hoka okuthigapo oshilongo konyala oowili dhimwe dhimwe konima sho Ohofa onene yoshilongo ye mu mono
readSMSes for Tuesday 18 December 2012
18-12-2012
SMS Of The Day *WHEN things go wrong in your life! Don’t ask, why me? What did I do? Remember how you wished bad on others, remember how happy you got when you saw them suffer! Now it’s your turn! Be
readKeetmanshoop hosts charity football tournament
18-12-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – Skorpion Zinc Mine and Vedanta Resources hosted the first-ever Skorpion Charity Cup at Keetmanshoop over the weekend.The tournament – aimed at raising money to feed and clothe street
readNamibia ends second at Zone 6
18-12-2012
LUSAKA – Namibia finished second overall at the 2012 Zone VI Games that ended in Lusaka on Sunday.Team Namibia collected 65 medals at the games – 13 gold, 18 silver and 34 bronze. South Africa
readNamibia third in T20 qualifiers
18-12-2012
NAMIBIA’S women’s cricket team is lying third out of six teams after completion of their first two matches at the Pepsi ICC Africa Senior Women’s T20 World Cup qualifying tournament which is currently
readSA football president suspended in fix scandal
18-12-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa was plunged into crisis yesterday just a month before it hosts the African Nations Cup finals with the suspension of its football association president and other top
readFasu Games pick up momentum
18-12-2012
THE sixth Federation of Africa Sports Universities (FASU) 2012 Games continue in Windhoek with action including football, athletics, basketball and table tennis.The Unam gymnasium was packed to the
readCosafa club competition imminent
18-12-2012
THE Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) plans to stage a regional club competition that would see the top teams from each member country compete for the title. This was
readMission impossible as Mourinho gives up La Liga title race
18-12-2012
MADRID – With Real Madrid trailing La Liga leaders Barcelona by 13 points, Jose Mourinho admitted on Sunday that the title race is over.While Barcelona kept up their prolific form with their 15th win
readGymnastics Federation renegade continues
18-12-2012
THE Namibia Gymnastics Federation again has defied the Sport Commission by sending ‘illegal national teams’ to the recently concluded Zone Six African Championships in Pretoria, South Africa.
readBasson, Gressmann win Swakop Open
18-12-2012
MICHAU Basson and Kerstin Gressman again proved to be a cut above the rest as they retained their Swakopmund Open tennis titles on Sunday.While this is Basson’s second national tennis tournament
readFrom The Twittersphere
18-12-2012
STAR footballer Lionel Messi is not the only one with deft moves! Check out the nifty footwork … errr, wordplay … on that wellknown movie quote, “you complete me”. Plus, Messi scores a record 90th
readQuiet weekend at the coast
18-12-2012
BESIDES an incident where a woman from Henties Bay was seriously injured when a bakkie smashed through a wall and hit her while she was in the garden, no other serious incidents have been reported at
readOpuwo police accused of ignoring woman
18-12-2012
AN OPUWO resident, Otillie Haufiku, is accusing the police of being reluctant to open a case against a Chinese businessman.According to Haufiku, she and her boyfriend arrived at Club Diplomata, which
readNamibia, Whereto on the Labour Front?
18-12-2012
ONE has hoped, albeit optimistically, that the tripartism in our country, under the conditions of the peace and stability we have enjoyed so far, should have reached a stage where labour problems can
readAim For The Stars in 2013
18-12-2012
Yes, it is that time of the year (again), where the whole country is caught up in the frenzy of planning and anticipating the festivities of Christmas Day. This day falls next Tuesday, a week from
readShanapinda not on New Era CEO shortlist
18-12-2012
STANLEY Similo, the chief human resource, corporate and regulatory affairs officer at Leo, is the latest name to be linked to the position of chief executive officer at New Era newspaper.Yesterday,
readNamPol graduates 859 new police officers
18-12-2012
A TOTAL of 859 of the 879 police recruits who received their basic training at the Ondangwa Police Training Centre for the last six months graduated during their passing-out parade ceremony at
readReho family mourns son’s death
18-12-2012
A REHOBOTH couple is mourning the death of their 19-year-old son who drowned in Oanob Dam over the weekend.Shaheëd Eberenz died at about 16h00 on Saturday. According to the police, his body was
readIthana vows to clean up Home Affairs
18-12-2012
NEW Home Affairs Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has called on staff to clean up the mess the ministry has been associated with in order to regain the public’s trust. She made the appeal last week at
readHIV remains ‘development challenge’
18-12-2012
HIV-AIDS remains a great development challenge for Namibia, says Health Minister Richard Kamwi.According to him, overcoming the challenge will require that leaders at all levels provide the necessary
readFishman drops ‘Ink & Water’ in style
18-12-2012
Deal Done Records frontman Fishman Uulenga has dropped his highly anticipated album ‘Ink & Water’ in style during a show that also saw other artists from the same stable DD’s Finest, Florita and Miss
readFewer crashes this year
18-12-2012
THE numbers of fatalities, injuries and crashes on Namibian roads from November 22 to December 15 this year have dropped slightly compared to the same period last year.Catherine Shipushu, the
readNotable Quotes
18-12-2012
WE have not met. He called me and ask about the labour procedures. Whether he was paid, I don’t know. – Bro-Matthew Shinguadja, the Labour Commissioner confirmed that he was contacted by Brian Nalisa,
readClimate change challenges the health sector
18-12-2012
MALARIA deaths in Namibia have fallen drastically from 7 000 a year at independence to nine deaths last year. This is according to the minister of health and social services, Richard Kamwi, who opened
readWoman murder suspect denied bail
18-12-2012
WINDHOEK – A Windhoek woman who allegedly stabbed to death her partner over the weekend was refused bail yesterday.Elizabeth Nowases (29) made her first appearance before Magistrate Ivan Gawanab in
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