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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Scandal shocks ECB
10-07-2012
THE Electricity Control Board (ECB) was rocked by a scandal yesterday, leading to the suspension of two of its employees.Shadreck Mwilima, the ECB’s public relations officer and part of its management
readForced removal
10-07-2012
“THIS is Cassinga 2”. “You have killed our parents now you want to kill us too.” These and many more emotionally-charged slogans were chanted by the ‘struggle kids’ late yesterday afternoon as the
readAsheeke’s days at NWR numbered
10-07-2012
THE chairperson of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), Jackie Asheeke, has until next week to provide reasons why she should be kept on in that position by the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo
readConradie on SOE forum committee
10-07-2012
JAWS reportedly dropped at the first meeting of the proposed State-Owned Enterprises Forum on Friday when Dirk Conradie got onto a list of six interim subcommittee members who are supposed to steer a
readGovt is for all – Pohamba
10-07-2012
SERVICES and goods that the Government provide are not from one person or one political party, because they are paid with State funds.Such services should also be delivered to all people irrespective
readGovern directors better, says survey
10-07-2012
NEARLY eighty per cent of companies that participated in a new Deloitte survey on governance don’t regularly evaluate the performance and effectiveness of their boards.Yet the majority of these
readAnnan to put new ‘approach’ to rebels after Assad talks
10-07-2012
DAMASCUS – International envoy Kofi Annan said he agreed with President Bashar Assad on Monday on a new political “approach” to end Syria’s 16-month-old conflict that he would put to the
readNaigambo wins Olympic Test
10-07-2012
BEATA Naigambo gave a fantastic performance to beat more than 25 000 athletes to win a 10km road race in London over the weekend.The race served as a test event for the London Olympic Games, which
readWeaner competition launched
10-07-2012
AGRA recently launched its 2012 Weaner Competition with a budget of N$400 000. Last year, Agra sold close to 16 000 cattle during its weaner auctions. This year Agra will host weaner auctions in 19
readRaw milk price increase
10-07-2012
NAMIBIA Dairies has announced that it entered into a mutual agreement with the Dairy Producers’ Association (DPA) of Namibia on a raw milk price increase for the next 12 months.The increase is
readAgricultural diary
10-07-2012
• Auctions July 11: Van Rooy slaughter sheep and 35 rams auction of Francois and Wallace Theron at farm Kentani near Hoachanas. July 13: Jan Blaauw’s Van Rooy sheep production sale at farm Haruchas
readTutu appleas for peace in South Sudan
10-07-2012
JUBA – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday appealed for peace in troubled South Sudan, on the eve of the country’s first anniversary.Tutu was speaking to political, military and
readEgypt’s reinstated parliament to convene
10-07-2012
CAIRO – Egypt’s parliament speaker has invited the lower house to convene today following a decision by the president to reinstate the assembly, in a challenge to the military that disbanded the
readReward managers for helping others
10-07-2012
If you truly expect your team to support the professional growth of their direct reports, put your money where your mouth is, says Harvard Business Review.Many bosses say they want their managers to
readFamous Brands presence in Nam grows
10-07-2012
NAMIBIA is ready for at least ten Milky Lane franchises, its South African owners, Famous Brands believe.It has awarded the master licence for the restaurant to Namibian De Wet Oosthuizen, who already
readDraconian Australian mining taxes worry AngloGold more than nationalisation
10-07-2012
SYDNEY – Australia’s tax policies are more of a worry to major gold producer AngloGold Ashanti than calls within South Africa’s ruling party to nationalise mines and impose more duties, CEO Mark
readPhilippines to introduce new mining law
10-07-2012
MANILA – The Philippines said yesterday that it will not grant permits for new mining projects until Congress approves a proposal to impose an additional royalty on industry operators, as the
readMining policies need re-look - geologist
10-07-2012
WINDHOEK – Existing legislation governing mining operations in the country could in the long term hamper the sector, as mines would struggle to bear the brunt of the high taxes and strict
readAmerica to clarify rules for murky resource sector
10-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Murky deals between resource companies and governments in Africa and elsewhere face tougher scrutiny after US authorities clarify disclosure rules next month, although intense lobbying
readEuro zone fragmenting faster than EU can act
10-07-2012
PARIS – Signs are growing that Europe’s economic and monetary union may be fragmenting faster than policymakers can repair it.Euro zone leaders agreed in principle on June 29 to establish a joint
readUsher’s stepson declared brain dead after accident
10-07-2012
Things went from bad to worse for Kyle Glover, Usher’s 11-year old stepson. After a tragic jet ski accident left the youngster in critical condition on Friday, doctors have now declared him brain
readKourtney Kardashian gives birth to baby girl
10-07-2012
E! reports that the 33-year-old and her partner Scott Disick welcomed Penelope Scotland Disick on Sunday morning at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre. E! quotes Kardashian as saying: “Scott
readMalaysia in $18m drug bust
10-07-2012
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian custom authorities have seized $18 million (about N$147 million) worth of illegal drugs from a shipping container from India in the country’s biggest drugs bust in a decade,
readRussia accuses local officials over fatal floods
10-07-2012
KRYMSK – The Russian government blamed local officials in the inundated south yesterday over the deaths of scores of people trapped by the weekend floods, as President Vladimir Putin tried to deflect
readGerman minister’s youth curfew plan sparks criticism
10-07-2012
BERLIN – German children could be barred from going to evening pop concerts and Christmas markets without an adult chaperone if the family minister’s proposal for a curfew to try to curb binge
readPalestinian president approves Arafat autopsy
10-07-2012
RAMALLAH – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has given his permission to exhume the remains of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, a top aide said yesterday, days after a Swiss institute reported
readRetired teacher nears 3 millionth mile in his beloved ‘66 Volvo
10-07-2012
BAY SHORE – It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it’s not a battery. It’s Irvin Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800S.Gordon’s small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles (3.22 million
readOndjila ya Kongo yositofa ya ninga yoteya ngashingeyi
10-07-2012
ONDJILA yositofa yopokati kEenhana nOkongo mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena nopokati kOkongo na Nkurenkuru noRundu osho ya tungululwa ndele tayi tulwa oteya noya egululwa pambelelwa kOmupresidende
readUeitele a ulikwa omupanguli mohofa yopOmbanda
10-07-2012
SHAFIMANA Ueitele okwa ulikwa omupanguli takalele gwOmpangu yOpombanda oku za mesiku lyotango lyomwedhi nguka. Ueitele ngoka a li woo oshilyo shoKommissi yomahogololo ya Namibia, okwa li woo a longo
readOndando yomahooli ota yi shunithwa pevi oshiwike shika
10-07-2012
AANIIHAUTO ota ya ka fudhapo kashona oshiwike shika sho Oshikondo shOomina nIikwankondo sha tseyitha eshunopevi mondando yomahooli giiyenditho. Etitatu oshiwike shika ondando yomahooli gopetroli
readOmutseyiveta ta tamanekelwa ekengelelo
10-07-2012
OLUTU lwaatseyiveta lwa Namibia[Law Society of Namibia] olwa thaneke kutya ohahende ha yilongele moVenduka na yi mwenekwe yaa longe we ongo hahende miinima yopampango moshilongo.Omutseyimpango,
readSMS mOshiwambo
10-07-2012
*Akwetu ngame omukalimo go mo Havana Kabila, ondalulilwa hali kasha hali katoka oomiliyona ngaa ta dhikana mepangelo nomeekampani oshikwashike shi li moshigwana shetu? Ngele opena yakweni kaye nameya
readIitopolwa Karas na Caprivi ya hogolola aawiliki yo Swapo
10-07-2012
IITOPOLWA sha Caprivi nosha Karas oya ningile iigongo yayo yopashitopolwa yongundu yoSwapo no ya hogolola aawiliki yawo. Moshitopolwa sha Karas omudhiginini nale gwiiniwe, Mathew Mumbala okwa
readIrate parent to sue Gymnastics Federation
10-07-2012
MICHAEL Jaeger, the man accused of assaulting a gymnastics coach last year, intends to sue the Namibia Gymnastics Federation for defamation of character. Jaeger was said to have attacked Egyptian
readNamibia hold Satellites in tourney opener
10-07-2012
NAMIBIA came from behind to hold Ghana 2-2 in the opening match of the three-nation under 20 friendly tournament on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium.The hosts led 2-0 at half time but a spirited
readChinese Super League spending may not last, say experts
10-07-2012
SHANGHAI – With the corrupt heading to jail and big name signings rolling in, Chinese soccer is basking in an unusually positive period, but experts have warned the galactico-style transfer policy is
readShipanga sees positives in German defeat
10-07-2012
THE future of Namibian women’s football looks promising, coach Jacqueline Shipanga said in the aftermath of the Brave Gladiators’ narrow defeats to the German student side last week.A Brave Gladiators
readKlitschko stops Thompson in sixth round
10-07-2012
BERNE – Vladimir Klitschko retained his world heavyweight titles when he knocked down challenger Tony Thompson in the sixth round of a one-sided contest on Saturday.The 36-year-old Ukrainian, who
readNigeria snatch final London basketball berth
10-07-2012
CARACAS – Nigeria will make their Olympic basketball debut in London after beating the Dominican Republic 88-73 in the decisive qualifier on Sunday.Having arrived in Venezuela as complete underdogs in
readFarm attackers still at large
10-07-2012
POLICE at Keetmanshoop were yesterday afternoon still searching for the two men who attacked and robbed an elderly couple at their farm Groendoring in the Klein Karas district. “We’re following up
readEx-manager denies insurance fraud
10-07-2012
A FORMER manager at insurance company Santam Namibia denied in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that she had been responsible for alleged fraud or theft committed against her former employer
read‘Dead’ soldier dug his own grave
10-07-2012
THE Ministry of Defence feels that it has no legal duty toward Tjuu Uarije (48), who was the victim of insurance fraud in 2000 in which he was declared dead.The Permanent Secretary of Defence, Petrus
readChinese company claims to follow laws
10-07-2012
OFFICIALS of the Chinese company contracted to build a military academy at Okahandja say they want to solve the problems with their more than 100 construction workers who went on strike last week as
readChaos as Police remove struggle kids
10-07-2012
CHAOS erupted at the Swapo Party headquarters in Windhoek late yesterday afternoon, after a fight broke out between a group of so-called ‘struggle kids’ and the Namibian Police. The fight broke out
readActions speak louder than words
10-07-2012
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba’s message last week, that services and goods delivered by Government are for all Namibians, has been welcomed by political analysts who said that more such remarks should
readVolunteers teach vital reading skills
10-07-2012
THE Michelle McLean Children’s Trust and the South African help2read organisation are training six volunteers from the Karas, Erongo and Khomas regions to get more children to read. A volunteer spends
readSwapo wings at Otjozondjupa blamed for conference delays
10-07-2012
OTJIWARONGO – The Otjozondjupa Region’s acting Swapo Party regional coordinator, Susan Hikopua, yesterday blamed her party’s three wings for the delay in the regional restructuring process.Hikopua
readSMSes for Tuesday 10 July 2012
10-07-2012
SMS Of The Day *FINALLY an arrest of an illegal forester has been made. However this is just the tip of the ice berg when it comes to illegal logging in Namibia. The Directorate of Forestry must
readFormer Rössing employees want say in surplus distributions
10-07-2012
A COMMITTEE of former Rössing Uranium Limited employees says numerous requests to have meetings with the Rössing Pension Fund Trust and the company have fallen on deaf ears despite a formula reached
readZimbabweans Deserve Our Solidarity In Their Hour Of Need
10-07-2012
AFTER installing South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as AU Commission’s supremo at the AU summit this month, the leaders of our region will hunker down for the SADC summit next month to consider
readReflections On The African Union Ten Years On
10-07-2012
ON the back of the inconclusive 18th summit in January 2012, the African Union (AU) was supposed to convene its 19th summit toward the end of June 2012 in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. However, due
readMore support for Ngurare, Nekundi
10-07-2012
ANOTHER two regions have nominated Elijah Ngurare and Veikko Nekundi as their candidates for secretary and deputy secretary of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) for the youth congress towards the
readLearning by touching
10-07-2012
LAST year Professor Patricia Caro attended the International Conference for Special Education and heard about the School of the Visually Impaired in Windhoek.After a visit to the school she put the
readBig Brother Stargame: The Ides of May!
10-07-2012
ROMANCE has left the Big Brother house! Namibia’s Junia was evicted on Sunday night, along with her ‘house sweetheart’, Malonza from Kenya.On the upside, Lady May not only survived her head being on
readFrom The Twittersphere
10-07-2012
TWEEPS shake off the cold, heat up their words, and roast the day with some searing observations. Among others, Oshikango and Egypt, Andy Murray and odelela trousers, Baby Phat and moths, form part of
readNotable Quotes
10-07-2012
AS a matter of fact, I was never requested to appear before the LSN or any tribunal. I received numerous letters from the LSN indicating that they found no misconduct. If all those allegations had
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