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76 Articles found on Friday, 10 February 2012
Fishing industry fights phosphate mining
10-02-2012
THE proposed Sandpiper Marine Phosphate mining will negatively affect the fishing grounds of various marine species.This is acknowledged in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which was
readKK gets outburst evidence erased
10-02-2012
THE voice recorder which Cabinet member Kazenambo Kazenambo seized from journalist Tileni Mongudhi after an emotional outburst during an interview two and a half weeks ago has been sent out of the
readFinance sued for stolen cigarettes
10-02-2012
THE Ministry of Finance is facing a massive lawsuit by a local clearing agent, Onyeka Clearing and Forwarding, after it was established that officials of the ministry were involved in the
readMining pushes for ‘common super tax’
10-02-2012
GOVERNMENT is expected to tell the mining industry today whether it will accept their tax proposals, in particular their suggestion of a common super tax on all commodities.Mark Dawe, president of the
readMaldives president waits to be arrested
10-02-2012
MALE – The former president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives sat inside his house awaiting arrest yesterday after being ousted from his post in what he said was a coup at gunpoint.About
readIvory Coast, Zambia set for emotion-laden final
10-02-2012
LIBREVILLE – Ivory Coast, looking to lay to rest the ghosts of failures past, and Zambia, looking to honour the dead from the 1993 air disaster, meet in what will be a deeply emotional Africa Cup of
readGovt welcomes Chinese at Rio Tinto
10-02-2012
GOVERNMENT wouldn’t seek to block any partnership between Rio Tinto and a Chinese company, Abraham Iilende, deputy director of mines at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has said.“We don’t interfere
readThree don’ts of persuasion
10-02-2012
There are some simple ways to help persuade people to believe in your idea without alienating them, says Harvard Business Review.Persuading people to believe in your idea is a critical leadership
readAfrican Digest
10-02-2012
CEMAC zone to grow 6% YAOUNDE – The economies of Central Africa’s six-country CEMAC bloc will grow at an average of six per cent in 2012, up from 4,8 per cent in 2011, the governor of the zone’s
readAntwerp plans to defend diamond supremacy
10-02-2012
ANTWERP, Belgium – Antwerp’s diamond industry this week unveiled plans for the world’s first large-scale electronic diamond market, as part of a plan to preserve and even extend its dominance of the
readInternational Digest
10-02-2012
Rio Tinto profit down MELBOURNE – Global miner Rio Tinto reported a six per cent fall in second-half profit yesterday, before US$9,3 billion in writedowns mainly on its aluminium business, but
readAreva ex-boss wants expert probe into UraMin deal
10-02-2012
PARIS – Former Areva head Anne Lauvergeon has asked a French court to appoint an expert to examine the circumstances under which the nuclear group ordered a probe in 2010 into the controversial
readUS dampens hopes of swift blood diamonds overhaul
10-02-2012
CAPE TOWN – A review of a global scheme to monitor blood diamonds could bring changes to the Kimberley Process, under fire over its damaging loopholes, but the United States this week dampened hopes
readSouth Africans owe banks R1 bln
10-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africans owe banking institutions an estimated R1 billion, the Banking Association of South Africa has said in court papers, according to a report yesterday.This debt was
readBottoming Out
10-02-2012
French minister’s faux pas PARIS – A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in Europe.
readWhat’s in a name? For Chinese law firms, Bright is often right
10-02-2012
When lawyers from King & Wood, one of China’s largest law firms, gathered to celebrate its merger with an Australian law firm late last year, the firm’s two namesakes – Messrs. King and Wood – never
readAfrican Briefs
10-02-2012
Car bomb kills 11 in Mogadishu MOGADISHU – A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people on Wednesday in the war-torn Somali capital Mogadishu when he detonated an explosive-laden vehicle near the
readWorld Briefs
10-02-2012
Thieves stay indoors in Serbia BELGRADE – Days of cold weather and heavy snow have brought a dramatic fall in crime in Serbia where the number of criminal offences has dropped by 40 per cent, the
readPrince Harry tops in helicopter course
10-02-2012
LONDON – Britain’s Prince Harry has won a prize for being the best co-pilot gunner out of more than 20 newly qualified Apache attack helicopter pilots, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday.Queen
readLeopard kills 5 in Nepalese village
10-02-2012
KATHMANDU – A leopard dragged away and devoured a 14-year-old girl in western Nepal in what is thought to be the fifth deadly attack by the same animal in just two months, police said on Thursday.The
readMalema to breathe life into ANC Youth League today
10-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema is to try to breathe life into the organisation he may soon no longer lead when he addresses the African National Congress Youth League’s national executive committee
readOutburst Not Surprising
10-02-2012
KAZENAMBO Kazenambo’s racial and tribal outbursts accurately puts on display the moral decay that has now become a hallmark of government, political and civic leaders. Naturally, it’s a symbolic case
readThe Two-Thirds Curse
10-02-2012
THE two thirds majority is the possible cause of barbaric acts in Namibia (from 1995-2012), including political crimes that provoked Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo’s outbursts as well as questionable
readKK Sees Only Tribes
10-02-2012
THE newest chapter of the KK-saga is more than just a headline for the front page of the The Namibian of Friday, 3rd of February 2012. It is a national warning sign, deep red and flickering, to awaken
readSkulls Of Our Heroes
10-02-2012
KAZENAMBO Kazenambo’s outburst is a disgrace! I respect him as a leader but his continuous tribalist remarks are provoking division in our peaceful nation! He might be, in my opinion, one of the few
readOn Genocide and Reparations
10-02-2012
IT IS simply mind-boggling that some people had the audacity to fly the flag of the Second Reich over Windhoek in this day and age. The Reiterdenkmal monument represents the victory of German
readFree The Mind
10-02-2012
I AM also one of thousands Namibians who are burning with frustration and great concern for our future, not to mention the behaviour of some ‘comrades’ who once possessed qualities that brought peace
readHelp Medical Students
10-02-2012
MY letter relates to another published Friday 13 January 2012. Many of us have read such letters yet little is done to address the issue of potential Namibian medical students in need of adequate
readNo To Grabbing Land
10-02-2012
DEAR Rahimisa waKahimise, I would like to respond to your letter in The Namibian of Friday 27, 2012. It seems to me you are arguing on an emotional basis. Don’t you know that if we talk on a purely
readWhen Will Our Parents Be Recognised?
10-02-2012
I AM writing this letter to the Namibian leaders. My mother never went into exile. Neither did she get the proper education every citizen wanted to get because the school she was attending was
readDangers Of Phosphate Mining
10-02-2012
MINING marine sediments on our coast undermines the fishing industry and the tourism industry. These two industries are sustainable. Phosphate mining is not sustainable. Please Google Nauru Island and
readProbe Examination Marking
10-02-2012
WHAT has happened to the call for an investigation into the marking of learners’ final examinations by the Combretum Trust private school?The fact that the Ministry of Education insists that
readWe Will ‘Grab’ Land
10-02-2012
I AM a Namibian citizen and I have had a concern lately, and my concern is directed at the government, the Ministry of Regional, Local Government and Housing in particular.Maybe it’s just me looking
readNo To Tribal Reparations
10-02-2012
IT WAS such a great disappointment to read the article by Ida Hoffmann a mere day after the progressive editorial in The Namibian about tribalism.The editorial ‘To die as a tribe’ (The Namibian, 6
readOonkundathana kombinga yokukala nevi megameno
10-02-2012
IILYO yegumbo etiyali lyopashigwana yomokangundu kenasha nomahala goku kala, oya li metalelopo lyomasiku gane kuumbangalantu oku kundathana noshigwana kombinga yoku longitha evi.Oonkundathana ndhika
readNdishishi a monika ondjo mokuhinga nuuhasha
10-02-2012
AMUSHANGA omukuluntu mOshikondo shUunamapya, okwa monika ondjo mokuhinga nuuhasha kompangu ya mengestrata gwa Shiwakopo omaandha oshiwike shika. Ohofa oye mu pe egeelo lyoku futa oodola omayovi gaali
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
10-02-2012
KAMPALA: Omutotimpango moUganda okwa galulile ontotwampango ta yi kondjitha uushenge.Ontotwampango ndjika oya li ya pangulwa shinene, naamboka ye yi pangula noku yi pa uusama omwa kwatelwa
readAafuthi yiiyamakuti ya kwatwa
10-02-2012
OPOLISI nongundu yoku keelela omuyonena momudhingoloko gwokapale koondhila ka Hosea Kutako oya sindana mokukondjitha uukongo waa li paveta. Opolisi oya kwata aafekelwa ye li yane mboka ya adhika ya
readAupindi na di Savino ya indile yeethiwe
10-02-2012
AAFEKELWA moshinima shuulingilingi aniwa wunasha nodama yokuyoga ya gandjwa opo omugandji a pewe otendela, oya indile opo ohofa yi ya mangulule miihokolola mbyoka taya lundilwa uulingilingi.Tobie
readOmusholondondo gwaahogololi ta gu kondjithwa pOtjinene
10-02-2012
OONGUNDU dhopolitika noshowo oohandimwe ita ya tsu kumwe nomusholondondo gwomadhina gaahogololi mboka yiishangithile poshilando shoka omwedhi gwayi. Aahogololi mboka yiishangitha mpoka ota ya ka
readEwiliko lya TransNamib lya pewa uusama molwekanka lyaali paveta
10-02-2012
EWILIKONGUNDU lyaTransNamib olya ti ewiloko lyesiku kehe lyehangano ndika olyo na li pewe uusama omolwa oshipotha shoka sha ningilwe shaali paveta pomahala giilonga moshilongo.Omunashipundi ta
readKaanjuka announces Warriors schedule
10-02-2012
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Bernhard Kaanjuka yesterday announced the Brave Warriors’ match programme for the next five months.With no domestic action in the offing this season, the coach said the
readPatrice Evra, Suarez to fan derby flames
10-02-2012
LONDON – The focus will be on Patrice Evra of Manchester United and Luis Suarez of Liverpool when the arch-rivals clash in the Premier League at Old Trafford tomorrow.It will be the pair’s first
readHoffenheim are a joke, says Starke
10-02-2012
BERLIN – The battle to avoid relegation is heating up in the Bundesliga with 11 teams locked in a fight for survival separated by seven points just past the season halfway mark.In one of the mostly
readCapello out as England starts from scratch
10-02-2012
LONDON – The soap opera of England’s national team reached yet another a noisy climax on Wednesday when coach Fabio Capello quit angrily just eight hours after potential successor Harry Redknapp was
readCivics scrape past Ramblers
10-02-2012
CIVICS beat Ramblers 1-0 to move up to third spot on the Namibia Premier League log on Wednesday night.Collin Chimu scored the winning goal a minute before the break when he latched onto a loose ball
readFootball fixtures
10-02-2012
Friday, February 10 German Bundesliga Wolfsburg v Freiburg 21h30 Saturday, February 11 English Premier League Man Utd v
readStevanovic faces Ghana axe
10-02-2012
GORAN Stevanovic will no doubt receive a frosty reception on his return to Ghana after failing to guide the Africa Cup of Nations favourites to the final.Zambia’s Emmanuel Mayuka netted the only goal
readProstitutes celebrate Zambia’s win by offering free sex
10-02-2012
PROSTITUTES in Lusaka’s Kanyama, John Laing, Chawama and Kalingalinga compounds last night offered themselves free of charge to every Jim and Jack as part of their celebration after Zambia beat Ghana
readAfcon Fixtures
10-02-2012
Saturday, February 11 Ghana v Mali 21h00 Sunday, February 12 Zambia v Ivory Coast 21h00
readGhana fans make Gyan scapegoat
10-02-2012
GHANA striker Asamoah Gyan exited the Africa Cup of Nations as public enemy No 1 among some Black Stars’ supporters after Wednesday’s quarterfinal loss to Zambia.The Sunderland forward, on-loan to
readTough shebeen regulations coming for Windhoek
10-02-2012
As part of the intended measures, the municipality is currently conducting a review of its existing shebeen policy which will see a clampdown on shebeens which in the past had their licences granted
readThe magical, mystical Brandberg made accessible
10-02-2012
MEASURING approximately 2 600 metres at its highest peak, with 900 sites containing over 50 000 rock paintings, the Brandberg Mountain offers an ideal escape for those looking to reconnect with the
readSwanu and Nudo concerned over buffalo
10-02-2012
SWANU and Nudo have expressed concern over the apparent lack of adequate veterinary patrols in the central eastern region which allowed buffalo to enter the farming area, and criticised the closure of
readState-of-the-art scanner for Katutura
10-02-2012
THE Katutura State Hospital yesterday became the proud recipient of a brand new CT scanning machine.Richard Kamwi, the Minister of Health and Social Services, said the machine will allow medical
readSouth expects more thundershowers
10-02-2012
MOST areas in the Hardap and Karas regions, except the extreme western parts, are expected to continue receiving thundershowers for the next two days. From Sunday, the thundershowers will diminish and
readSMSes for Friday 10 February 2012
10-02-2012
SMS Of The Day *I THINK all shops should charge to provide plastic bags at pay points. This will reduce littering plus the money can go to charity. Food for Thought *CAN the team at The Namibian
readShebeen owners to toyi-toyi against Hambukushu leader
10-02-2012
MUKWE – Shebeen owners in the Kavango Region’s Mukwe Constituency plan to stage a peaceful demonstration against the leader of the Hambukushu Traditional Authority’s new rule to close shebeens in his
readPrivate meter readers are optional
10-02-2012
SOME Windhoek residents have complained about the municipality outsourcing water and electricity meter readings to a private company, Pro-Private Investigators (PPI). The municipality notified the
readPohamba hopes for results
10-02-2012
REPEATING his yearly refrain, President Hifikepunye Pohamba urged his ministers to move decisively and systematically to implement Government policies and programmes. He acknowledged that
readOndangwa tackles illegal land sales
10-02-2012
OLUNO – The Senior Headman of the Ondonga Traditional Authority’s Ondangwa District, John Walenga, has dismissed reports that some traditional leaders are involved in the illegal allocation of land at
readCrash victims identified
10-02-2012
THE two tourists who were killed in a accident between Usakos and Karibib on Wednesday have been identified as Sarah Penberthy (22) and Jarrah Young (26), both from Australia.They were part of a group
readControversy surrounds Lüderitz tender
10-02-2012
THE Lüderitz Town Council has endorsed an exemption for a N$1,26 million tender to rehabilitate roads, a move that appears to have irked some residents at the coastal town. The council is alleged to
readCity has no building regulations for shacks
10-02-2012
IN recent years Windhoek has seen an unprecedented growth of informal areas on the edges of the city, yet with more and more people arriving in Windhoek and setting up informal dwellings, the Windhoek
readACC rejects Mariental corruption claims
10-02-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will not investigate allegations of corruption made by residents against the Mariental municipality.In a petition recently handed over to the town council, the
readTough Questions Should Be Answered
10-02-2012
WE have come to expect that in Swapo’s playground (that is Namibia) the rules can be made up whichever way the wind blows. For instance, 2012 is an election year and the ruling party expects Namibians
readFrontlining on Twitter
10-02-2012
IT’S texts and tapes, hunger and anger, as the Namibian Twitterati unravel the warp and weave of daily life:@MekondjoNam: Where is the tape #KK? X6 @Filemon_Fly: Therez only one way we are ever goin
readA chance at reconciliation
10-02-2012
WITH a nation disintegrating into a million militant tribalistic pieces as a result of one chronically angry minister verbalising what so many only think, we have been provided the perfect opportunity
readKarma ... and the little Troll who could
10-02-2012
EVERY mother secretly fears that their children might turn out to be a little crazy. And with good reason.To demonstrate, let me compare having a child to the planet Saturn in astrology. Saturn
readNo oohs and ahs for public service
10-02-2012
IF you thought Lady May was a problem child for calling you a ‘mother f&cker’ last year, you obviously have not browsed the work computers of some public servants, which contain not a stitch of work
readAnger: The new black
10-02-2012
OUR dirty underwear is starting to show. Actually it has been showing for some time now.Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo just used a little detergent. Maybe a little hand washing and, voila, one of our
readAfrica’s International Relations Should Pivot Toward The Universality Of Human Rights
10-02-2012
DAG Hammarskjold, one of the past century’s most defining figures in international affairs through his work as second secretary general of the United Nations, had this to say about the organisation he
readOn Transitions, Transformations And Tribulations In Education
10-02-2012
THE perennial problems besetting the Namibian education sector are like the annual floods in the north and north-east of the country. These two issues make for headline news at the beginning of each
readDies Irae for Inter-African Trade in Addis
10-02-2012
OUR continent’s leaders gathered last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to take up the case for greater inter Africa trade. A complete dog and pony show was put up consisting of three separate themes to
readPolitical Perspective
10-02-2012
GOVERNMENT will still rue the day it caved in to claims of compensation from mainly those who were in exile, for it has unleashed an entitlement frenzy that will never be sated. And our country can
readNotable Quotes
10-02-2012
AND of course I was paid for services delivered. – Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob vowed this week that he paid tax on every cent he earned in 2006-07 as a consultant to UraMin, previous
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