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58 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 February 2012
ELCRN has to cough up
22-02-2012
BY next Tuesday, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) will be a number of vehicles, bookshelves, laptops and desktop computers, printers, photocopiers and even a water
readAwesome
22-02-2012
A recently taken photo of the sun setting over the Atlantic Ocean. The photo was taken at Swakopmund and submitted as an entry in The Namibian’s coastal photo competition. Photo: Christine Koch
readUS ‘does not have to remove military markings’
22-02-2012
THE government of the United States of America is not required to remove military markings from decommissioned military equipment.It is only responsible for stripping such military equipment of
readThe multimillion-dollar family trust
22-02-2012
The family trust of businessman Sidney Martin is substantial and according to a February 2010 provisional financial statement it is capitalised at N$105,8 million. The unlisted investment is
readWitvlei Meat bullfight rages on
22-02-2012
BUSINESS mogul Sidney Martin has failed to prevent the disclosure of financial statements of his family trust in court documents before the High Court.At issue is a dispute between the Witvlei
readTipeeg visible in Okahandja informal settlements
22-02-2012
OKAHANDJA – The implementation of the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) is visible in Okahandja’s informal settlements, with the installation of pipelines for
readWarriors welcome Mambas workout
22-02-2012
THE Brave Warriors will “greatly benefit” from their practice match against Mozambique in Windhoek today, interim coach Bernhard Kaanjuka says. Namibia play the ‘Mambas’ at the Independence Stadium at
readUN says spring melt may cause floods in Europe
22-02-2012
GENEVA – Parts of central and Eastern Europe paralysed by heavy snow could face further disruption and death from flooding as the spring thaw begins, the United Nations disaster reduction agency
readFNB’s total assets exceed 20 billion
22-02-2012
WINDHOEK – First National Bank (FNB) Namibia Holdings recorded a nine per cent increase in headline earnings for the period ended 31 December 2011. Headline earnings increased to N$280 million from
readCompete To Be Unique, Not the Best
22-02-2012
Most companies want to be the best at what they do. But in the vast majority of business, there is no such thing as “the best.” Trying to imitate rivals will get you nowhere: It’s impossible to do
readEmployers call for discussions on implementation of Employment Act
22-02-2012
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Employers’ Federation (NEF) has called for “full and detailed discussions” with the Ministry of Labour in order to assist with the correct and purposeful implementation of the
readInternational Digest
22-02-2012
Greece to get $170 billion bailout BRUSSELS – An EU diplomat says that an agreement has been reached to give Greece 130 billion euro (US$170 billion) more in bailout loans and bring its debt down to
readAfrican Digest
22-02-2012
South African assets steady in pre-budget trade JOHANNESBURG – The rand was steady and government bonds edged up slightly yesterday, with market players reluctant to take significant positions a day
readNigeria again delays power sector privatisation
22-02-2012
ABUJA – Nigeria has again pushed back the timeframe for selling off state-owned power assets, its privatisation agency said on Monday, another setback for reforms which investors hope will unlock
readInfrastructure costs to keep SA budget well in red
22-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan looks set to announce another chunky deficit at this week’s budget, putting big infrastructure upgrades and the needs of the jobless ahead
readKenya’s Kengen to raise US$12 billion for new plants
22-02-2012
OL KARIA – Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said on Monday it planned to raise US$12 billion to build six geothermal power plants that should generate 585 megawatts by 2016, as it pushes
readUgandan women tricked into sex work
22-02-2012
KAMPALA – Advertisements pinned on the walls of shopping malls in Uganda’s capital promise young women a free ticket to a well-paying job in Malaysia as a nanny, maid or bartender.Instead many are
readSA fears youth jobs crisis
22-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Xolile Blessing Bam is passionate about computers. The 20-year-old South African studied IT at a business college in Johannesburg but he has not been able to find a job since.To get
readFrom The Twittersphere
22-02-2012
MOVIE moments that get lost in translation are not lost on Namibians! Plus, roots and weaves (not joined at the hip!), liberation and culture, Chuck Norris and Oprah, not forgetting TeQuila, among
readChris Brown, Rihanna collaborate on 2 songs
22-02-2012
NEW YORK – Chris Brown and Rihanna are back together, musically speaking.Two songs featuring the singers hit the Internet on Monday. Brown sings on the remix of Rihanna’s sexually charged song
readSledge sings at city restaurant
22-02-2012
SIMEON Kanime will serenade music lovers with old-school tunes during his show themed ‘Sledge Singing Classics’ scheduled to take place at Garlic & Flowers tomorrow from 20h00.Popularly known by the
readWorld Briefs
22-02-2012
Saleh’s 33-year rule comes to end SANAA – Yemenis voted in large numbers yesterday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year hardline rule came to an end in a poll marred by deadly clashes in the
readMugabe declares himself fit at 88
22-02-2012
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader, celebrated his 88th birthday yesterday, declaring himself “fit as a fiddle”, scoffing at calls to retire and pushing for new elections this
readAfrican Briefs
22-02-2012
Misrata in first Libyan poll in 40 years MISRATA – Residents of the battle-scarred town of Misrata voted on Monday to elect their local council, in Libya’s first poll in more than 40 years and held
readAngry Afghans protest Quran disposal at US base
22-02-2012
KABUL – More than 2 ,000 angry Afghans, some firing guns in the air, protested yesterday against the improper disposal and burning of Qurans and other Islamic religious materials at an American air
readPolice detain Strauss-Kahn over sex ring
22-02-2012
LILLE – Former International Money Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken in for questioning yesterday by police investigating an alleged prostitution ring run out of the northern French city of
readFrankfurt airport strike to continue
22-02-2012
FRANKFURT – Strikes at Frankfurt airport will continue until Friday, the GdF union said, resulting in more flight cancellations and delays at Germany’s largest airport.Just under 200 apron control
readMany casualties as Syrian forces bomb Homs again
22-02-2012
AMMAN,BEIRUT Feb 21 – Syrian government forces killed at least 16 people and wounded some 340 yesterday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city of Homs,
readMugabe a tilitha okutinda omuhangukununi Zuma
22-02-2012
OMULELI gwa Zimbabwe, okwa ti ota ka tinda, Jacob Zuma ongo omuhangukununi moshinima sha Zimbabwe.Zuma okwa ulikilwe ongo omuhangukununi pokati ka Robert Mugabe na Morgan Tsvangirai konima sho uukumwe
readOmuwiliki gwelongo a lundilwa
22-02-2012
OMUWILIKI gwelongo moshitopolwa Omusati okwa lundilwa aniwa a dhenge omulongi gumwe nenkawa, momeho gooyakwawo yeli omathele gane poshigongi shaningililwe poseko ya Nuuyoma mOshikuku. Omuwiliki ngoka,
readGIPF ta gandja iimaliwa yomikuli kashona nakashona ngashingeyi
22-02-2012
OSHIKETHA shOopenzela dhepangelo[GIPF] nando osha itulila iimaliwa oodola oobiliona ndatu oku dhi pungula momahangano inaaga nyolwa momisholondondo dhomapungulo, sigo oompaka oodola ashike oomiliona
readEtokolo lya gumu oveta yokukondjitha uulingilingi moshilongo kashona
22-02-2012
OSHITOPOLWA shimwe oshinene shOmpango yokukondjitha uulingilingi nenge “okorruption” okwa tiwa itashi tsu kumwe nekotampango lya Namibia.Etokolo ndika lya mono oshinima shika olya gandjwa mOmpangu
readEdhahagadhaga lya landwa ko America natango moohapu
22-02-2012
ONDHILA yedhagadhaga ndjoka ya tulitha omuwiliki gwiilonga yomatuko goondhila dhaakwashigana mOshikondo shiiyenditho pevi, natango oyili miikundaneki, unene tuu omolwa omandhindhiliko ngoka geli
readNgoloneya gwa Khomas a popitha aalongwa penongelo lya Highline
22-02-2012
NGOLONEYA yoshitopolwa sha Khomas okwa talelepo enongelo lya Highline Scondary moVenduka omaandaha. Etalelopo lye olya landula ethiko kwatoka kenongelo kwaanona, hoka kwa vuka posikola ndjoka. Omolwa
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
22-02-2012
HARARE: Ompangu mo Zimbabwe oya gandja egeelo komumatyona gwomimvo 17 a dhengwe nongola, sho a tula ethano lyomukiintu mo Facebook nokumuula kutya ngoka ombwada.Oshikundaneki The Herald osha ti
readNapwu na Natau taya kondjele okukalelapo aaniilonga NAC
22-02-2012
EHANGANO lyaaniilonga lyo Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union [Natau] ota li ka indila ewiliko lyehangano lyuupale woondhila lya Namibia[NAC] opo olyo li kundathanwe nalyo pehala lyaaniilonga
readLiberia fires coach ahead of Nations Cup qualifier
22-02-2012
LIBERIA have fired their Italian coach Roberto Landi just one week before they begin their quest to qualify for next year’s African Nations Cup finals. Landi had been in charge for less than a year
readHaikali set for Ghana sequel
22-02-2012
WBO Africa lightweight champion Martin ‘Black Poison’ Haikali heads to Ghana looking for a repeat performance when he faces challenger Samuel Amoako at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. Haikali,
readChisora, Haye could face prison
22-02-2012
BRITISH boxers David Haye and Dereck Chisora could both face possible prison sentences in Germany following their Munich brawl, prosecutors confirmed yesterday.Haye and Chisora clashed during the
readIcestock team gets backing
22-02-2012
THE Icestock Association of Namibia last week received N$6 000 from Sanlam Namibia Holdings to enable the national icestock team to take part at the World Championship.The team – consisting of men and
readPowell, Bolt to go head-to-head in May
22-02-2012
JAMAICAN sprinter Asafa Powell will take on compatriot Usian Bolt at the Golden Gala in Rome in May, meeting organisers have confirmed.The pair will go head-to-head in the 100m at the Stadio Olimpico
readBin Hammam gets April court date to fight Fifa ban
22-02-2012
LAUSANNE – Mohamed bin Hammam will challenge Fifa in a two-day hearing in April at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a bid to overturn his life ban for alleged election bribery.CAS has set April
readFixtures
22-02-2012
Wednesday, February 22 Marseille v Inter Milan 21h45 Basle v Bayern Munich 21h45
readUnpredictable Inter face tough examination at Marseille
22-02-2012
MARSEILLE – Inter Milan’s season has been so up and down few fans would be shocked if they put on a stunning show at Olympique Marseille in tonight’s Champions League last-16 first leg despite poor
readSMSes for Wednesday 22 February 2012
22-02-2012
SMS Of The Day *I HAVE been confused by the debate on tribalism. Does it mean that the existence of tribes or the loyalty to them is a sin or are we confusing tribalism with nepotism? The leaders
readSA grapples with toll of heavy drinking
22-02-2012
CAPE TOWN – Tisha Lourens suffered brain damage when her mother drank during pregnancy. Now the slight teenager who was abandoned as a baby in a Cape Town hospital battles with learning problems.She
readReho teen commits suicide
22-02-2012
A TEENAGE girl (16) committed suicide at Rehoboth on Monday by overdosing on sleeping pills and painkillers.Anna Nowases’s body was found at her home in the Block G residential area by one of her
readParents withdraw children in protest
22-02-2012
FIFTY-THREE of the 76 children enrolled at CS Primary School at Snyfontein settlement in the Berseba constituency have been withdrawn by their parents in protest against the principal, Sofia April.
readOtjinene to wait longer for election
22-02-2012
THE chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Notemba Tipueja, yesterday said the postponement of the Otjinene local authority election is not illegal. She said the electoral law is
readOtavi farm murder suspect convicted
22-02-2012
OTAVI area farm murder suspect Abisai Ndaumbwa was found guilty on charges of murder, housebreaking and robbery in the High Court at Oshakati yesterday.Ndaumbwa was convicted in a judgement delivered
readChasing the dots ... Prosperity to Austerity to Political Posterity
22-02-2012
IT IS nice to have something good to say! I was highly pleased when our HonMinFin expressed concern that our GRN wage bill was approaching the 50% level (N$13,2 billion). She obviously recognises that
readOngwediva under fire from residents
22-02-2012
ONGWEDIVA residents are up in arms at the town council’s decision to demolish what it has labelled illegal structures at the town’s Omatando 1, 2 and 3 settlements. On January 31, the Ongwediva Town
readOkahandja airport off the cards
22-02-2012
THE development of a private airport at Okahandja has been cancelled.In 2010 it was announced that Horus Air Wings was in the process of constructing a specialised commercial airport large enough to
readNotable Quotes
22-02-2012
I HAVE died many times. That’s where I have beaten Christ. Christ died once and was resurrected once. I have died and resurrected and I don’t know how many times I will die and be resurrected. –
readMaamberua stirs tribal pot
22-02-2012
SWANU president and Member of Parliament Usutuaije Maamberua wants to know from Prime Minister Nahas Angula “[how] it is that about 80 per cent or more” of most heads of Government offices, ministries
readDate set for verdict on nurses’ home murder
22-02-2012
THE verdict in the trial of murder suspect David Kaapanda, who is accused of killing his girlfriend in her flat at the Windhoek Central Hospital Nurses’ Home in late 2009, is due to be delivered on
readDam levels improve throughout the country
22-02-2012
THE majority of storage dams in Namibia are currently at slightly higher levels than at the same time last year, according to NamWater’s latest dam bulletin.There are only two dams, namely the
readAdvertised PS position ‘not unusual’: Kapofi
22-02-2012
ADVERTISING the position of permanent secretary in a government ministry is “not really a new thing”, the Secretary to Cabinet, Frans Kapofi, said yesterday. “It has happened on a few occasions before
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