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55 Articles found on Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Regional Council ‘flouts’ tender rules
31-01-2012
THE Hardap Regional Council’s tender board allegedly flouted the terms and conditions of a N$2 million Klein Aub sewerage network tender it had awarded in February 2011 to Hare Trading Enterprise. The
readThird child killed in crocodile attack this year in the Kavango Region
31-01-2012
KANGWERU – In yet another crocodile attack in the Kavango Region, a 13-year-old was killed at Kangweru, a village some 80 kilometres east of Rundu in the Ndiyona Constituency on Sunday
readGetting ready for combat
31-01-2012
A group of young Ovahimba men from the Otjomoshira village in the Omatendeka Conservancy close to Kamanjab in the Kunene Region perform a traditional battle dance over the past weekend. Photo: Nico
readMutorwa welcomes dam tender delay
31-01-2012
MINISTER of Agriculture John Mutorwa in a statement yesterday said “as a matter of principle” he believes the decision to restart the tendering process on the multi-billion Neckertal Dam tender was
read‘Koevoet’ libel trial starts
31-01-2012
IF it were up to journalist John Grobler another ‘K-word’ would be added to a list of offensive or politically incorrect words.Accusations that Grobler served in the notorious police unit Koevoet
readTelecom’s Leo plans ‘anti-competition’ – RDP
31-01-2012
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) says Telecom Namibia’s intention to buy Leo is anti-competitive and goes against the grain of conventional good governance principles.The vice president of
readRomney surging ahead of Gingrich in Florida polls
31-01-2012
HIALEAH – Republican Newt Gingrich struggled to halt surging rival Mitt Romney’s momentum on Sunday, accusing him of launching false attacks as polls showed Romney widening his lead two days before
readAU vote for new chief ends in deadlock
31-01-2012
ADDIS ABABA – A vote by African leaders for the head of their bloc’s influential executive ended in deadlock yesterday between Gabon’s Jean Ping, seeking a new term, and challenger Nkosazana
readTyson shifts focus to Slovenian
31-01-2012
BETUEL ‘Tyson’ Uushona has re-aligned his sights on a WBO intercontinental title showdown with Slovenian Dejan Zavec, after the Namibian’s IBF intercontinental welterweight match-up with Ghana’s
readSouth African press code doesn’t address plagiarism
31-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The amended Press Code does not properly define or address plagiarism, Financial Mail editor Barney Mthombothi said at the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) hearings yesterday.“We need to
readOver 96 000 cattle marketed in third quarter
31-01-2012
WINDHOEK – A total of 96 413 cattle were marketed, of which 41 per cent were marketed locally during the third quarter of last year.The Bank of Namibia’s Quarterly Bulletin of December 2011 released
read‘Climate-smart agriculture’ in fashion
31-01-2012
WHILE many people are aware that agriculture is highly susceptible to the effects of climate change, few know that agricultural practices contribute about 14 per cent of global greenhouse gas
readAgra reaps rewards
31-01-2012
AGRICULTURAL Co-operative Agra has announced strong financial results for the fiscal year ending July 2011. The date marked a milestone for the company as it celebrated 30 years of existence. Despite
readIntenational Digest
31-01-2012
Britain’s FSA appoints investment banking advisor LONDON – Britain’s Financial Services Authority has appointed Will Samuel as a senior advisor to provide insight based on his experience of the
readAfrican Digest
31-01-2012
Sudan releases South Sudan oil tankers KHARTOUM – Sudan on Sunday released vessels loaded with South Sudanese oil, Sudan’s oil minister said yesterday, confirming earlier reports that the ships had
readZambia’s zero intolerance
31-01-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The ‘sum of zeroes’ game has a new player – Zambia – which has become the latest country to redenominate its currency by lopping off a string of noughts.The precedents are many,
readPut ethics before profit
31-01-2012
BOSTON – Businesses know that they need profits, customers, and ethics to be successful, but not all get the sequence right, says Harvard Business Review.The most common mistake is to put profits
readBanks charging legal fees to lenders without court order
31-01-2012
DURBAN High Court Judge Rashid Vahed is keeping a beady eye on banks, and other institutions providing home loans, which add legal costs on to defaulters’ bills without court sanction.“This must
readAfrica seen mirroring Brazil in Atlantic coast drilling
31-01-2012
THE world’s next great oil finds may be buried under a layer of salt more than two miles beneath the seabed off Africa’s Atlantic coast.The salt excites oil executives because on the South American
readMJ’s legacy cemented
31-01-2012
LATE pop star Michael Jackson was immortalised in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the ‘Thriller’ singer’s glove and shoe prints in the hallowed concrete courtyard of Grauman’s
readOil dips below $111, EU and Iran eyed
31-01-2012
LONDON – Oil prices retreated yesterday, dipping below US$111 a barrel after an expected Iranian vote to suspend crude exports to Europe was postponed and markets continued to wait for a deal on Greek
readFrom The Twittersphere
31-01-2012
ARE taxis in Namibia hubs of creativity, is kapana our secret weapon, why do Namibian musicians fight so much? The Twitterati weigh the mysteries of daily life, as well as chew the cud on tennis,
readBrad and Angelina ‘pressured’ to tie knot
31-01-2012
BRAD Pitt recently talked about the possibility of an impending engagement between him and Angelina Jolie. It seems the couple’s six young children have really been coming down hard on Brad to buy
readBig SAG wins for ‘The Help’
31-01-2012
Civil rights drama ‘The Help’ got a leg up in the Oscar race on Sunday when the movie won three awards from the Screen Actors Guild, including best cast in a surprise over silent movie romance ‘The
readAfrican Briefs
31-01-2012
Mugabe to quit after elections - report CAPE TOWN – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is reliably understood to be planning to retire after the next election to pave way for his hand-picked
readMonths before stricken cruise ship is removed
31-01-2012
GIGLIO – The cruise ship that capsized off Italy’s coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials said, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations.Officials
readCuba to limit leaders to two five-year terms
31-01-2012
HAVANA – President Raul Castro defended Cuba’s one-party political system as a bulwark against United States imperialism and said it would remain as it is in a speech on Sunday to a Communist Party
readSyrian authorities agree to Moscow talks - Russia
31-01-2012
MOSCOW – Syria has agreed to take part in Moscow-mediated talks on solving the country’s crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said yesterday, calling on the Syrian opposition to join the planned
readWorld Briefs
31-01-2012
Cold snap kills 32 in eastern Europe BELGRADE – Heavy snow and a severe cold snap killed at least 32 people across eastern Europe and many areas were under emergency measures yesterday as schools
readShunakosikola, a tulwa miilonga pambelewa
31-01-2012
MOSHITOPOLWA shElongo sha Shana mOshana omwa totwa oshinima tashi ithanwa “ Shunakosikola” shoka sha tulwa miilonga pambelewa kOmupeviminista gwElongo Omundohotola David Namwandi mEtitano lya zi ko,
readNdeitunga a ti ha ye a kuthithamo Mutota
31-01-2012
OMUKULUNTU gwopolisi ya Namibia, Leitenanda Ndjayi, Sebastian Ndeitunga okwa ti omuwiliki gwiilonga yegameno lyomuPeresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, ina tidhwa miilonga mbyoka. Ndele Komufala gwopevi,
readAakalimo 600 mo Havana ota ya kuthwa pomahala
31-01-2012
KONYALA aakalimo yeli 630 mboka yiikuthile omahala shaali paveta pehala lyonomola 551 moshitopolwa sha Havana moKatutura ota ya ka kuthwapo mpoka mu Maalitsa.Nando otaya ka tidhwapo pehala ndyoka,
readAakalimo yopoKaiti ya tindi okusimaneka elombwelo
31-01-2012
AAKALIMO yomoKaiti mboka yiikuthile yoyene omahala gevi molukanda lwa Tseiblaagte oya tinda okwiinyenga nondando oya pewa elombwelo lya za kohofa kutya na ya zepo pomahala ngoka yi ikuthile
readAatjimbingwe ya holola omadhiladhilo
31-01-2012
AAKALIMO yopOtjimbingwe oya holola omadhiladhilo gawo metitano komeho gompangu ya mengestrata poKaribib okuulika ongeyo yawo kedhipago lya, Theresia Tsuses oshiwike shayi.Nakusa Tsuses okwa dhipagwa
readOtendela yodama ya Neckartal ota yi ningululwa ishewe manga
31-01-2012
ORAATA Yootendela oya tokola opo iilonga yokutunga odama ya Neckartal ka yi ye komeho, no pu ningwe ishewe omaindilo omape komahangano ngoka gena ehalo no ta ga vulu okulonga iilonga yatya ngaaka.
readKatongo unfazed by rivals
31-01-2012
CHRISTOPHER Katongo says Zambia must just focus on their own game rather than worry about their rivals in the Africa Cup of Nations.Chipolopolo reached the quarter-finals of CAF’s flagship event on
readGabon, Tunisia battle for Libreville
31-01-2012
FRANCEVILLE – The right to stay put in Libreville will be at stake when co-hosts Gabon and Tunisia do battle tonight in a final 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group C match.Both teams are already through
readFixtures
31-01-2012
Tuesday, January 31 Gabon v Tunisia 20h00 Niger v Morocco 20h00 Results Sunday, January 29 E Guinea 0 - 1 Zambia Libya 2 - 1 Senegal
readBlame Traore for Senegal’s failure, says outcast Diouf
31-01-2012
FORMER African Footballer of the Year, El Hadji Diouf has blamed Senegal’s early Africa Cup of Nations exit on coach Amara Traore.The ‘Teranga Lions’ suffered a humiliating exit from the tournament
readBrave Gladiators lose to Tanzania
31-01-2012
THE Brave Gladiators crashed out of the 2012 African Women Championships qualifiers when they lost 5-2 to Tanzania in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.The result translated into a 7-2 aggregate victory for the
readKoll debuts for Wasps
31-01-2012
NAMIBIAN international second-rower Heinz Koll finally made his much anticipated competitive debut for English premiership side, Wasps on SaturdayKoll made his maiden appearance in an LV Cup contest
readUNAM rolls out wireless internet
31-01-2012
THE University of Namibia is installing wireless internet connectivity to all its campuses and centres countrywide.Unam’s public relations officer Utaara Hoveka told The Namibian that all students
readSuspect convicted over Kavango school killing
31-01-2012
A YOUNG man who claimed he accidentally killed his girlfriend in a stabbing at a Kavango Region school almost two years ago is due to be sentenced in the High Court at Oshakati today.The suspect, who
readSusanne Hoff ‘borderline anorexic’, lost 12 kg
31-01-2012
SUSANNE Hoff, alleged mastermind behind a conspiracy to kill her husband Egbert, is on the verge of anorexia, her medical doctor says. Since her arrest at the end of November, the 51-year-old
readSOE bailouts not to be entertained: Nghimtina
31-01-2012
MINISTER of Works and Transport Erkki Nghimtina has threatened to clamp down on under-performing staff and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) falling under his ministry and promised that 2012 is the year
readSMSes for Tuesday 31 January 2012
31-01-2012
SMS Of The Day *AS a South African, I feel ashamed of throwing even chewed bubblegum out the window so clean is the city. Please Namibians appreciate what you have here. Food for Thought *DIRECTORS
readPolice recruit settles case over discharge
31-01-2012
A PROSPECTIVE Police officer who launched a legal challenge after his recruitment into the Namibian Police was reversed last year has agreed to settle his case for three months’ salary.The case in
readPedestrian killed outside Tses village
31-01-2012
A PEDESTRIAN died outside Tses when he was hit by a car during the early hours of Sunday morning.A colleague of Samuel Lukas (27), originally from Engela, was arrested 16 km outside the village in
readCan the Telecom Industry Solve Africa’s Power Problems?
31-01-2012
AFRICA is plagued by unreliable, intermittent and often non-existent access to electricity, especially in rural areas. This is a huge inconvenience and a big obstacle to economic development. Can
readWhich way Meatco?
31-01-2012
The Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) is a conundrum. But it suffers no shortage of suitors. For now it suffers the life of a bat – not quite knowing whether it’s a bird or a mouse! It is caught up
readNotable Quotes
31-01-2012
INFECTED us with his humour, his wit and his intellect. – Harald Nestroy, former German ambassador to Namibia and a close friend of the late Massimo Baistrocchi (69) described the former Italian
readMurders in Karas
31-01-2012
THREE murders, including that of a Police officer, committed with knives over the past weekend have rocked the Karas Region.Police at Keetmanshoop have arrested a 27-year-old, who stabbed Pieter
readKaaronda roars at PG
31-01-2012
The Secretary General of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Evilastus Kaaronda, has challenged Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa to substantiate her accusation that he was politicising the
readAbject living conditions at quarantine camp
31-01-2012
A SINGLE quarter shack, an outside toilet and water delivered only twice a month are living conditions Sebastian Gowaseb had to put up with for the last five years.Gowaseb (26), who has a matric
read‘Fight over money’ leads to murder
31-01-2012
AN IN-LAW of a Hakahana man is behind bars after he allegedly stabbed Willem Albertus Engelbrecht (43) to death on Saturday.It is alleged that a fight broke out between the two men over money. The
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