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69 Articles found on Friday, 24 February 2012
Airports company workers dig in heels
24-02-2012
Workers demand: 3 weeks’ pay for every year’s work 3 times basic salary Full pension payout Two-and-a-half-year backpay of salaries 5 years’ difference of overtime “owed” to NACA STANDOFF
readZuma solicits regional support on Zimbabwe
24-02-2012
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma will be in Namibia next Wednesday to reportedly muster support from President Hifikepunye Pohamba on resolving the political impasse in Zimbabwe. The Permanent
readShalli fights for frozen millions
24-02-2012
FORMER Namibian Defence Force chief Martin Shalli has launched a legal counter-offensive against the Prosecutor General in an attempt to prevent the State from confiscating about N$2,8 million being
readAlweendo calls for ‘new mindset’ in NDP4
24-02-2012
NAMIBIA’S Fourth National Development Plan (NDP4) will contain “incentives – positive or negative” – to ensure that the blue print doesn’t become a pipe dream.“Of crucial importance is that the plan
readArgentina reels after 50 killed in train crash
24-02-2012
BUENOS AIRES – Desperate families were searching for loved ones yesterday after a massive train crash in Buenos Aires killed 50 people, injured nearly 700 and left dozens trapped for hours in the
readObasanjo meets Senegal’s politicians
24-02-2012
DAKAR – Nigeria’s former president yesterday met with several Senegalese opposition leaders, including pop star and former presidential aspirant Youssou Ndour, in an effort to broker a solution to the
readKaanjuka pleased with Mambas test
24-02-2012
BRAVE Warriors caretaker coach Bernhard Kaanjuka said he was satisfied with the opposition provided by Mozambique’s Mambas in Windhoek on Wednesday. Kaanjuka said while they could have won by a larger
readSomalia conference is ‘historic’ opportunity
24-02-2012
LONDON – The international community has a “historic moment of opportunity” to help Somalia at a major conference in London yesterday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.Hague also ruled out
readTruly unplug on your vacation
24-02-2012
BOSTON – Even in today’s totally plugged-in world it is possible, even essential, to be able to take a vacation and totally rejuvenate, away from electronic devices, says Harvard Business Review.We
readFinancial Literacy Programme launch planned for next month
24-02-2012
GOVERNMENT is planning to launch the N$2,5 million National Financial Literacy Programme on March 15 this year with the aim of addressing widespread financial illiteracy among Namibians.Festus
readOpportunities in current economic crisis
24-02-2012
THE economic crisis has had a profoundly negative impact on economies, standards and quality of life the world over. It does, however, also present opportunities, at a local level in particular.The
readAfrican Digest
24-02-2012
Old Mutual eyes Oceanic Bank WINDHOEK – Old Mutual has confirmed that a preliminary offer has been issued to Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) to acquire Oceanic Life, a part of the Oceanic
readInternational Digest
24-02-2012
Japan to boost IMF TOKYO – Japan is considering contributing US$50 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it combat the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis, the Asahi Shimbun reported
readForget the supermarket, SA foodies go artisanal
24-02-2012
CAPE TOWN – The crush of people inches past the tables of slow-brewed coffee, truffle flavoured charcuterie, and homemade ice-cream rippled with fennel pollen and peach swirls.The former Cape Town
readSA’s top-two banks see double-digit profit growth
24-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s top two lenders said yesterday they expected profits to rise by around 20 per cent, the latest sign banks in Africa’s largest economy are back on the road to recovery
readWorld Briefs
24-02-2012
Quran burning: US base besieged KABUL – Thousands of furious Afghans besieged a US base yesterday, throwing rocks and climbing up the outer walls on the third day of violent protests against Quran
readSyrian killings ordered from top: UN
24-02-2012
GENEVA – Syrian forces have shot dead unarmed women and children, shelled residential areas and tortured wounded protesters in hospital under orders from the “highest level” of army and government
readPoor Service At Private University
24-02-2012
I AM a student at The International University of Management Namibia. I am from the Windhoek Campus, Dorado, and also City Campus.All my classes are based at the City Campus. I am very unhappy with
readReward Retiring Politicians
24-02-2012
ALLOW me a column in your highly profiled newspaper to express my opinion as guaranteed and encouraged by our Constitution.Looking at Namibia since independence, the courage, determination and the
readOn Land And Reparations
24-02-2012
WE HAVE been following the debates about reparations with keen interest.The letter by J Veii and S Cloete (On genocide and reparations, The Namibian, 10 February) raised crucial aspects of the
readOutsourcing Of Meter Reading
24-02-2012
I WAS approached by a company called Pro Private Investigators. Apparently this company is allowed to do the reading of water and electricity meters for the municipality of Windhoek. It seems that the
readOn ‘Gangsta Of Love’
24-02-2012
WE WERE shocked by the story ‘Gangsta of Love jailed over unsafe sex’, which appeared in your newspaper of 25 January 2012. We feel that the sentence against Andre is unjustified and shamefully
readMake Art, Music Compulsory
24-02-2012
THIS is a response to an article on arts by Helga Kohl published in The Namibian Weekender 10 February 2012 and subsequent one by Nicky Marais.There is no point in blaming the past and present for
readBring Back Black Beauty
24-02-2012
ALLOW me to express my views concerning black women (in general) and their inferiority complex, particularly with regard to extensions, weaves and human hair.If we take at a look at all the different
readWe Demand The Right To Work
24-02-2012
THE Minister of Finance recently stated that it is not right that nearly half government’s total income is spent on salaries for civil servants (Civil service wage bill ‘running away,’ The Namibian,
readOpen Letter To Minister Kazenambo
24-02-2012
DEAR Kazenambo Kazenambo Please receive correspondence from myself as a youth, in respect of some concerns that I have in relation to the future of the youth and the care we urge from you, in dealing
readTribalism - Good And Bad
24-02-2012
DURING the past weeks many opinion articles appeared in the print media describing Namibia as a tribalistic nation. National leaders have come out strongly and condemned tribalism. All this was done
readQuestionable Fantasies
24-02-2012
ANDRE Neethling’s recent sanctimonious “stop the smelter nonsense” opinion in the Windhoek Observer (17/2/2012) is disingenuous at best, intentionally deceitful at worst. What the Observer’s
readKotokeleni oku kutha aantu miilonga IPM a ti
24-02-2012
OKU kutha aaniilonga miilonga oshi na okukala onkatu ya hugunina yomugandji gwiilonga kehe uuna a hala okupotokonona eshongo lya taalela ehangano lye. Ndika ethaneko lya ningwa komuperesidende gwa
readUulikwa omukuluntu gwolutu lwomiyalu
24-02-2012
OLUTU lwomiyalu lwa Namibia nenge Namibia Statistics Agency[NSA] olwa ulike omuwiliki gwalwo omupe. Olutu nduka luli kohi yoKomisi yomathaneko gopashigwana olwa ulike omundohotola momahupilo, John
readKaapanda ota ka tokolwa mu Maalitsa
24-02-2012
ESIKU ndyoka ohofa yopombanda ta yi ka gandja etokolo miihokolola ta yi ningilwa, David Kaapanda olya tseyithwa. Kaapanda ngoka ta ku tiwa okwa dhipaga omukadhona gwe eshi ningile moondunda dhaapangi
readOonkundana pafupi muuyuni
24-02-2012
PARIS- Omukuluntu nale gwaIMF , Dominique Strauss Kahn ota tsikile okupula pulwa kopolisi kombinga yehangano lyoombwada moshilando shokuumbangaluntu wa France, Lille. Opolisi ota yi fekele kutya Kahn
readKauandenge a toto ishewe ongundu
24-02-2012
ONGUNDU ompe yopolitika ota yi ka tseyithwa mbala omasiku ngaka. Ongundu ya kwatelwa komeho komunapolitika omugundjuka ota yi ithanwa, the Progressive Democratic Party[PDP]. Omutoti gwongundu ndjika
readOondando dha yi pombanda kashona
24-02-2012
OONDANDO dhomakaya nomalovu ota dhi londo pombanda oshiwike shika, sha landula egwedhelo lyiilongomwa mbyoka ko South Africa. Iilongomwa mbika oya gwedhelwa noopersenda okuza putano sigo omilongo
readMaamberua a tsikile oompata dhe kombinga yuukwamuhoko
24-02-2012
OMUTOTIMPANGO moshigongi shopashigwana, Usutuaije Maamberua okwa nyenyetele oThe Namibian sho inaa yi tula Omupanguli Peresidende, Petrus Damaseb mongundu yaapopi yOshiwambo, mboka ati oyo ta ya
readOmathaneko goNBC ga simononwa ku Gurirab
24-02-2012
OMUPOPI mOshigongi shOpashigwana, okwa ti oparliamende ina yi thiminikwa opo yi fute ehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia [NBC] uuna ta li tumu omawi nomafano mombepo peegululo lyoparliamende.
readOmuniilonga mofaalama a monika ondjo yedhipago lyomunafaalama
24-02-2012
OMUNIILONGA mofaalama yomomudhingoloko gwOtavi okwa monika ondjo medhipago kohofa yOpombanda mOshakati etiyali oshiwike shika. Abisai Ndaumbwa okwa monika woo ondjo mokuteya egumbo nokuyuga. Epangulo
readBig guns gather for athletics nationals
24-02-2012
THE crème de la crème of Namibia’s athletes, living at home and abroad, have geared up to compete in what promises to mark fierce National Championships competition this weekend.The premier event on
readRugby Fixtures
24-02-2012
Friday, February 24 Super 15 Blues v Crusaders 08h35 Brumbies v Force 10h40 Bulls v Sharks 19h10 Saturday, February 25 Super 15 Chiefs v Highlanders 08h35 Waratahs v Reds 10h40 Stormers v Hurricanes
readStars absent as SA teams fight for survival
24-02-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Springbok legends Victor Matfield, Bakkies Botha, Fourie du Preez and John Smit will be notable absentees as South African sides prepare for a Super 15 that could end with one of them
readSeven-a-side league concludes tomorrow
24-02-2012
TIGER Wheel & Tyre will look to defend their championship title when the Top Score Seven-A-Side Soccer League finals conclude at the Ramblers stadium tomorrow. Various corporate and business teams
readTisan calls up athletes
24-02-2012
THE Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (Tisan) has invited all student athletes – locally and abroad – to audition for a spot in upcoming rugby sevens and netball student world
readEls ousts Donald, Tiger fights on
24-02-2012
MARANA – Top-ranked defending champion Luke Donald was hammered by Ernie Els on Wednesday while Tiger Woods had a narrow first-round escape at the World Golf Championships Match Play
readBayern chief fumes after Basel defeat
24-02-2012
BASEL – Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness watched his German giants crash to a shock Champions League defeat at FC Basel on Wednesday and then lashed out over criticism of Franck Ribery.The French
readFootball fixtures
24-02-2012
Friday, February 24 SA Premiership Swallows v Sundowns 20h00 Saturday, February 25 English Premier League Newcastle v
readSpurs favourites against Arsenal
24-02-2012
LONDON – One of the most fiercely contested Premier League fixtures of the season will take on even more importance than usual on Sunday when Arsenal play Tottenham Hotspur in the 150th north London
readWindhoek bus drivers protest
24-02-2012
MUNICIPAL bus drivers took to the streets of Windhoek yesterday to voice their dissatisfaction with their employer’s refusal to pay them overtime backdated to 2007.The group of about 60 drivers also
readTwist in ‘Huey’ suspension
24-02-2012
THE Ministry of Works and Transport has backtracked on the three-month suspension of the director of civil aviation, Bethuel Mujetenga, and says it will wrap up the investigation against him within a
readThere’s life in organising funerals
24-02-2012
HAVING been involved in Namibian public life from a young age, former Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare Marlene Mungunda looks at life after Parliament. The 58-year-old has a passion for
readSMSes for Friday February 2012
24-02-2012
SMS Of The Day *POLYTECHNIC students are negligent pedestrians when they cross the busy Hosea Kutako Drive behind Wernhil Park. Even though there are two junctions with traffic lights, they don’t
readSentence awaits abused woman who killed
24-02-2012
A WINDHOEK resident convicted of murder in connection with a stabbing which ended the life of her former boyfriend in mid-2008 is due to be sentenced in the Windhoek Regional Court on March 12.“Really
readQuestions arise over Namwandi’s trip
24-02-2012
THE Deputy Minister of Education, David Namwandi, yesterday denied that he was guilty of conflict of interest involving the International University of Management (IUM) and a Dubai university.Namwandi
readNamWater opens Hardap sluices
24-02-2012
NAMWATER yesterday opened the Hardap Dam sluices following heavy rain in the dam’s catchment area. Andre Mostert of NamWater said two of the dam’s four sluices were opened after the dam level had
readMoongo wants protection from protected animals
24-02-2012
DTA MP Philemon Moongo bemoaned the Ministry of Environment and Tourism’s failure to implement a provision in the Namibian Constitution that states that life of the citizenry must be respected and
readMinority groups clamour for rights
24-02-2012
FOUR indigenous group have petitioned the Office of the Prime Minister protesting the construction of the Orokawe Dam at Epupa in the Kunene Region.The petitions were sent to the Office of the Prime
readMental illness alarmingly underestimated in Namibia
24-02-2012
OVER 40 mental health professionals, patients and their relatives took part at the inaugural meeting of the Namibian Mental Health Association (NMHA) at the Windhoek Central Hospital.Ten years ago
readLawyer questions parents’ motives
24-02-2012
PATRICK Kauta, the lawyer acting on behalf of parents suing the government over an allegedly botched operation of their son, has questioned whether the family has the best interests of the child at
readKawana rejects speculation on Cabinet shuffle
24-02-2012
MINISTER of Presidential Affairs Albert Kawana has vehemently criticised reports in the local media that key Cabinet reshuffles are imminent, which he said are devoid of any truth and speculative. He
readKandji ‘threatens’ fellow Swapo member
24-02-2012
KATUTURA Central Constituency councillor Ambrosius Kandjii is at the centre of an SMS storm after he allegedly sent threatening text messages to a fellow Swapo member whom he accuses of calling him a
readExperience Katutura by bicycle
24-02-2012
ANNA Mafwila offers a unique service – bicycle tours – to people who want to experience the scenery of Katutura.Mafwila started her Katu Tours six months ago and so far she has had more than a hundred
readFrontlining on Twitter
24-02-2012
NAMIBIANS take on the world, poor service de- livery and other sombre, if not sober, issues on their Twitter timelines, and pump up the volume on the humour front – from Adam and Eve to
readHP could initiate late night investigations for this list
24-02-2012
IN an excellent demonstration of how efficient our civil service and political leadership can be, a senior civil servant was suspended and a government department went into quite a kerfuffle before
read20-Somethings are Challenged!
24-02-2012
IF there’s one thing I cannot do, it’s to sum up my generation in one sentence, never mind in one word. There were times I thought we were confused, and then I thought we were just vulnerable because
readIn Need Of An Action Plan!
24-02-2012
AT the recent launch of the Environment Investment Fund (EIF), President Hifikepunye Pohamba made the call for Namibians to become engaged in adding value to our natural resources through a process
readPutting To Sleep The Ghost Of Nujoma
24-02-2012
WHEN former President Sam Nujoma retired from active politics I rejoiced for one reason: the media were now finally free from bullying at State House media briefings.Nujoma would call the media to
readMisdiagnosing Tribalism
24-02-2012
THE debate about tribalism and its twin evil, racism, in Namibia is being misdiagnosed at best, or deliberately cheapened at worst, in some quarters.Since the tribal outburst by Minister Kazenambo
readA Sedate Leadership With More Rights Than Responsibilities
24-02-2012
ONE of the attractive features of President Hifikepunye Pohamba is that he proceeds without force. His originality in a seemingly ruthless country lies in him treading softly about issues and others.
readPolitical Perspective
24-02-2012
IT stands to reason that media want the most readers, viewers or listeners they can get. This means that their content has to have widespread resonance and appeal and their medium has to be
readNotable Quotes
24-02-2012
I THINK he is a legend and hero in his own right. After all, he taught a head of state. He wishes he could meet his student again one day before destiny catches up with him. – Emmanuel Katsukunya, the
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