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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Transition team picked
05-12-2012
FORMER Prime Minister Nahas Angula could only utter the words “I feel great” a few hours after he was demoted from prime minister to minister of defence in a Cabinet reshuffle by President Hifikepunye
readFocused Namibia beat Cup hosts
05-12-2012
NAMIBIA got back to winning ways at the Nations Cup netball tournament in Singapore yesterday when they beat the host nation 58-51. Coach Marcha Myburgh was delighted to pick up their second victory
readSyria chemical weapons a ‘red line’
05-12-2012
Beirut – Syria vowed on Monday not to use chemical weapons against its own people, amid direct warnings from the highest levels of the US government following news reports suggesting chemical weapons
readMillions of loans in arrears. Agribank exceeds targets
05-12-2012
ABOUT N$282 million worth of loans were in arrears at Agribank at the end of Novmber, exceeding normal business targets as well as the bank’s own “strategic” targets.Agribank yesterday described the
readHow to reach the C-Suite
05-12-2012
The corporate structure obviously gets narrower as it reaches its apex, but there are a few non-negotiables that typically govern who makes it to the very top, says Harvard Business Review.Top-level
readGermany warns over Zim’s equity drive
05-12-2012
HARARE – German Development Minister Dirk Niebel has warned Zimbabwe about a law that forces foreign companies to cede majority shares to locals, and called in particular for the protection of German
readBig business plans make comeback in Dubai
05-12-2012
DUBAI – Dubai is back in the business of unveiling mega projects, three years after a severe financial crisis crippled its booming property sector, but doubts still linger over finance and
readEU freezes aid to Uganda over graft
05-12-2012
KAMPALA – The European Union (EU) has become the latest donor to suspend aid to Uganda alleging the embezzlement of US$13 million in aid funds by officials in the Prime Minister’s office. The EU joins
readFrom a mobile phone to a major bank – DBN’s story
05-12-2012
After about nine years at the helm of the Development Bank of Namibia, David Nuyoma will leave for new pastures at the end of the month. On January 1 2013, he becomes the new principal officer at the
readBig ‘known unknowns’ seem less menacing in 2013
05-12-2012
LONDON – The big “known unknowns”, to borrow from former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, are now so familiar to most global investors that they have to think long and hard about risks looming in
readKate Middleton in hospital with pregnancy illness as paparazzi gather
05-12-2012
Kate Middleton, pregnant with her first child, was admitted into King Edward VII Hospital in Central London on Monday for hyperemesis gravidarum, a rare maternity illness with symptoms mirroring
readMozambique - Frelimo, Renamo talk
05-12-2012
Maputo – Mozambique’s government held talks with restive ex-rebels Renamo on Monday over a list of grievances the former fighters say they have accumulated since signing a peace deal with the ruling
readSierra Leone opposition concedes election defeat to president
05-12-2012
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone’s main opposition party has conceded defeat to President Ernest Bai Koroma, weeks after an election that the incumbent won but the opposition had complained was marred by
readKgalema Motlanthe warns ANC of losing power
05-12-2012
Johannesburg – If the ANC fails to listen to the people of South Africa, it does not deserve to be in a position of power, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Monday.“We [as the ANC] ought to
readAustralia deportations challenged
05-12-2012
Sydney – A group of 56 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers have challenged their deportation from Australia, claiming the government ignored pleas that they risked persecution back home, refugee advocates said
readNujoma iithana omukwatheli komwiha
05-12-2012
OMUKOKOLIPERESIDENDE Sam Nujoma okwa ithanene aathigathani yatatu mboka ya li taya thigathanapo omolwa oshipundi shuupeviperesidende woSwapo komwiha pegumbo lye pondje yoVenduka omaandaha. Omwiha
readIilonga yo NBC pokongressa yo Swapo ina yi pula oshimaliwa sha gwedhwapo
05-12-2012
IILONGA yokutuma Omawi mombepo ya Namibia, Namibia Broadcasting Corporation[NBC] ina yi longitha iimaliwa ya gwedhwapo kakele kootundi dhagwedhwapo dhaaniilonga, ndhoka ya longo ehuliloshiwike lya yi
readOoyene yomikunda mOukwanyama ka yuuvite nawa
05-12-2012
KONYALA ooyene yomikunda yeli 30 kohi yelelo lyomukwaniilwa gUukwanyama, Martha Mwandinomho Nelumbu oya shangele omukwaniilwa taya nyenyeta kombinga yoku ningwa nayi komalenga omanene. Ooyene
readOlaata yi na sha negameno lyomudhingoloko
05-12-2012
PAVETA yi na sha nElongithonawa lyOmundhingoloko ya Namibia (yomomumvo 2007), Namibia oku na okukala e na Olaata ogandjimayele kombinga yehumokomeho itali mana po oonzo dhopauntshitwe.Moshiingilisa,
readGeingob okwa futila elongitho lyondhila yoshihwalala
05-12-2012
OMINISTA yIipindi nOmipepo oya futu konyala oodola omayovi 150 000 molwelongitho lyondhila yoshihwalala yopauperesidende pethimbo lyiikonga yomahogololo goshipundi shuupeviperesidende. Hage Geingob
readTransNamib a kanitha oshindji megwo lyeshina kolutenda
05-12-2012
EHANGANO lyokututa omitsalo noololi noshowo nomashina gokolutenda olya kanitha iimaliwa ya tengenekwa yithike poodola oomiliona 65 miiyalo noshowo miikoto nomitse dhomashina, konima sho eshina
readIyambo a tala oshinima sho po VTC moVenduka
05-12-2012
OMINISTA yElongo okwa lombwele ewiliko lyenongelo lyuungomba lya Venduka nenge Windhoek Vocational Training Centre opo li gandje omalongekidho giileshwa nenge giilongwa kaanasikola. Etokololo
readSMSes for Wednesday 05 December 2012
05-12-2012
SMS Of The Day *IMAGINE if those flatbed wagons that derailed close to Dune 7 were loaded with radioactive material or even ‘only’ acid for the mines. How many millions worth of damage would that
read‘BA still not 100 percent’
05-12-2012
BLACK Africa are still some way off championship-winning form despite collecting maximum points in their last six matches, the club’s technical director Brian Isaacs says.The defending Namibia Premier
readNFA splits Northern Stream
05-12-2012
THE Northern Stream First Division (NSFD) will be divided into two leagues, in line with an NFA resolution passed at its 22nd ordinary congress on Saturday. The second-tier division, which is set for
readEngland, Wales get tough World Cup draw
05-12-2012
LONDON – Hosts England and Six Nations champions Wales paid a heavy price for the November defeats that sent them tumbling them down the rankings when they were put in a tough pool with Australia in
readMoses, Castillo ready for Saturday showdown
05-12-2012
A CRACKING fight can be expected when Paulus Moses defends his WBO international lightweight title against Jeremias Castillo of Argentina on Saturday night. Both boxers were very confident when they
readWell murders trial to continue in June 2013
05-12-2012
THE trial of the two men accused of murdering two people whose skeletal remains were discovered in a disused well on a farm in the Hardap Region in July 2009 has been postponed to June next year.A
readPeople’s Views
05-12-2012
THE new social media was awash with comments within minutes of President Pohamba announcing a Cabinet reshuffle. Just a few of the comments on Twitter and Facebook:From Twitter @aameML: We don’t need
readVaalgras chief resigns from Nama leaders’ alliance
05-12-2012
THE embattled chief of the Vaalgras Traditional Authority, Joel Stephanus, has withdrawn his group from the alliance of the Nama Traditional Association (NTA).In his resignation letter he cites
readFrom The Twittersphere
05-12-2012
WONDER if President Pohamba knows that his reshuffle announcement made him something of a Twitter celeb yesterday?! Twitter wits had a field day tweeting the lighter side of the President’s ‘big
readPolicy implementation triggers reshuffle
05-12-2012
THE speedy implementation of the Swapo congress resolutions, especially those aimed at addressing poverty and unemployment, is seen to be the reason for the Cabinet reshuffle announced by President
readReaching out to informal settlements
05-12-2012
LIKE many other countries, Namibia’s rural population has been relocating to towns and cities in search of better living conditions and access to much-needed services.This has led to the mushrooming
readChasing the dots ... Doomsday Is Here, Great!
05-12-2012
THE 12th of December 2012, the end of the world! So says Nostradamus in his age-old dictums, so forecasts the Mayan calendar as we move into the ‘Age of Aquarius’. Even the Pope, who has now joined
readFur flies at NUNW building
05-12-2012
A STORM erupted at the head office of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) yesterday morning when two union leaders allegedly assaulted each other.At the centre of the altercation were the
readNambahu returns as Walvis mayor
05-12-2012
UILIKA Nambahu was elected as Walvis Bay mayor for the 2012/2013 term – three years after her previous term in 2008/2009 before Derek Klazen took over from her.In her acceptance speech, Nambahu said
readLast chance to rearrest alleged double killer
05-12-2012
THE State has been given a last chance to track down and rearrest fugitive double murder suspect Ebson Tumbireeko, also known as Daniel Kavari.Tumbireeko (32) has been a fugitive from justice since
readKhorixas fraud trial postponed to June
05-12-2012
THE fraud trial of top Khorixas Town Council officials and others has been postponed to June 5 next year for the transcription of the court record and for a decision of the court on an application of
readGeingob victory celebrated at Khorixas
05-12-2012
HUNDREDS of Swapo members flocked to the party offices at Khorixas on Sunday to celebrate the re-election of Hage Geingob as the ruling party’s vice president.The Swapo faithful first paraded in the
readOranjemund Diamond Festival begins
05-12-2012
Though all festive season roads inevitably lead to Swakopmund, the new beach town on the block eager to entertain visitors, entrepreneurs and investors alike, is Oranjemund. As the previously
readBuilding plans of collapsed Ondangwa centre ‘changed without approval’
05-12-2012
A PRELIMINARY investigation into the collapse of a shopping centre at Ondangwa on Sunday has revealed that the approved building plans were changed without the approval of the town council. The
readAppeal dismissed in record cocaine case
05-12-2012
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the conviction of two Angolan citizens who were caught transporting a record quantity of cocaine through Namibia in December 2007.The evidence as a
readAnother break delays opening of Walvis railway
05-12-2012
TRANSNAMIB suffered another blow after a 12-metre section was ripped from the railway line in Walvis Bay.This comes shortly after the rail carrier suffered damage totalling more than N$65 million on
readAIDS-free future generation possible: Clinton
05-12-2012
THANKS to new scientific evidence and success in implementing effective programmes, the world is at the brink of an AIDS-free generation, says Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state.Supporting her
readNotable Quotes
05-12-2012
THE biggest fight which Government has is to fight poverty and N$400 000 for an event that last between two to three hours is not fighting poverty. – Albertus Aochamub, the NBC’s director general says
readTHE CHANGES IN THE CABINET
05-12-2012
*Hage Geingob, Prime Minister *Nahas Angula, Minister of Defence *Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, Minister of Home Affairs *Jerry Ekandjo, Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture
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