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73 Articles found on Friday, 13 July 2012
ACC want suspect’s assets frozen
13-07-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission will approach the High Court today to get an order to freeze the assets of civil servant Mikael Tuwilika Abner, who was arrested this week in connection with fraud of
readBack again
13-07-2012
Tension is mounting again after the protesting ‘struggle kids’, who were involved in a scuffle with the police on Monday night before they were loaded onto trucks at the Swapo head office and dropped
readNew discovery may rewrite Namibia’s archeology timeline
13-07-2012
TWO sheep/goat molars from around 2 300 years ago that were discovered during an archaeological dig in a cave on the farm Omandumba West (adjacent to the popular Ai-Aiba Lodge) in the Erongo Mountains
readKawana defends Pohamba’s land
13-07-2012
PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Albert Kawana said in Parliament on Wednesday that media reports which insinuated that President Hifikepunye Pohamba had received land from the Ukwangali Traditional
readNam to launch rand bond in August
13-07-2012
NAMIBIA plans to issue a debut rand-denominated bond next month to help to fund its budget deficit, expanding its investor base beyond its borders after a successful Eurobond last year, Deputy Finance
readTop Syrian envoy defects and urges revolt
13-07-2012
BEIRUT – Syria’s ambassador to Iraq has defected and urged the army to “turn your guns on the criminals” of President Bashar Assad’s government, giving the anti-Assad uprising one of its biggest
readMountain-bike National Championships on Sunday
13-07-2012
THE Namibian mountain-bike season comes to an end on Sunday when the National MB Cross-Country Championships will be held on Farm Kleine Kuppe in the hills above Windhoek Gymnasium School.More than 70
readRobert Mugabe ‘may be brought in from the cold’
13-07-2012
CAPE TOWN – Britain and the European Union are reportedly preparing to lift sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his closest henchmen in an effort to persuade the Zimbabwean leader to hold free
readLeadership battle due at AU summit
13-07-2012
ADDIS ABABA – Intense lobbying is underway ahead of the African Union biannual summit starting on Sunday, with the race for the post of AU commission chief dominating talks after a deadlocked vote in
readVietnam to help Angola rejuvenate coffee production
13-07-2012
HANOI – Vietnam, the world’s second-largest coffee producer after Brazil, will help Angola revitalise its war-ravaged coffee production by planting the commodity on 100 000 hectares over the next
readBarclays ops chief to testify at inquiry
13-07-2012
LONDON – The Barclays executive identified as the person responsible for ordering false reports of borrowing costs in 2008 will be called in front of a parliamentary inquiry next week, the Treasury
readSpanish press warns of pain from fresh cuts
13-07-2012
MADRID – Spanish newspapers warned yesterday that the government’s new 65-billion-euro austerity package, the biggest in the country’s recent history, will sharpen the pain of Spaniards already
readWall Street sees dodgy deals as key to success
13-07-2012
WASHINGTON – A quarter of Wall Street and British financial executives have witnessed unethical or illegal conduct and as many believe, such actions are needed to succeed, an industry survey released
readSudan opens Africa’s largest sugar plant
13-07-2012
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan on Wednesday opened what it billed as Africa’s largest sugar refinery, hoping to boost exports after the loss of billions of dollars in oil revenue when South Sudan
readSpain imposes more austerity amid protests
13-07-2012
*Wage cuts for civil servants and members of parliament. *Further closures of state-owned companies. *Tax deductions for homeowners to be scrapped. *30 per cent cut in the number of town
readClarify each person’s skills
13-07-2012
As teamwork gets increasingly complex, teams will only find it harder to reach a collective understanding about how to value and use their members’ expertise, says Harvard Business Review.Team members
readLittle growth in house prices countrywide
13-07-2012
NUMEROUS high-priced houses were taken off the Windhoek market in March after months of trying to sell them, FNB Namibia has said in its latest Housing Index.This means demand is weakening in the
readMore troops assigned to Olympics
13-07-2012
LONDON – The British government is putting 3 500 extra military personnel on standby to protect venues at the London Olympics, after a private contractor acknowledged on Wednesday it may not be able
readNine dead in Alps avalanche
13-07-2012
CHAMONIX – An avalanche swept over a group of foreign climbers in the French Alps yesterday, killing at least nine people in the deadliest such disaster in the region in a decade.Most of the dead
read50 000 flee as record rains hit Japan
13-07-2012
TOKYO – At least three people have died and 50 000 have been ordered to evacuate their homes as unprecedented rains pound the south-western Japanese island of Kyushu, officials and media said
readStop Land Reform
13-07-2012
THE rather tragic exercise called ‘Namibian Land Reform’ should be brought to an end in its present, counterproductive form.We all know that land, be it agricultural or urban land, is of the highest
readAngula Libels Hengari
13-07-2012
NAHAS Angula’s has every reason for complaint with respect to the critique by Tjiurimo Hengari (The Namibian 6 July 2012). But Angula is compromising himself by comparing Hengari with Paul Joseph
readThe Good Pharmacist
13-07-2012
THE letter you published on 21 June 2012, on pg 15 has spurred me to write to you with my observations on the said matter of pharmacists.Indeed, the writer was correct. I would like to add by
readHeavy Load On Health Employees
13-07-2012
I AM an employee of the health ministry and I get so confused with the way we are being treated as Namibians and health workers.You can visit hospitals these days in the Erongo Region you will find
readDemocratise Afrikaans
13-07-2012
I WAS curious about an article on the impact of English on indigenous languages that appeared in the Afrikaans daily newspaper.The article entitled ‘Verengelsing laat inheemse tale kwyn’ [English
readAbout Tribalism And Coloureds
13-07-2012
I AM grateful to K Cloete for his contribution (29.06.2012) to the ongoing debate on tribalism in Namibia generally and his response to my last instalment of public lectures in Namibia in June.Reading
readHousing Needed
13-07-2012
I HAVE applied for a plot since 2009 at the municipality of Windhoek but nothing has been done thus far.The situation really frustrates me and makes me wonder if employees there really want to deliver
readCivil Society Contradictions
13-07-2012
I AM writing to ask the chairman of the ‘umbrella’ body of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum Trust (Nangof Trust) a few questions.During the 2010
readSetting The Record Straight
13-07-2012
THERE have been a lot of media reports about my suspension by the Oshikoto Swapo Party Regional Executive and I want to clear the air and put things into perspective.As you are aware, I was suspended
readThe Poor Need Land
13-07-2012
THE Windhoek municipality’s greed is responsible for increase in illegal squatting.A case a point is the continuous delay in the allocation of plots to homeless Namibians who applied for land at the
readNamibia Is A Socialist State
13-07-2012
S McCARTHY, I would like to comment on your letters to The Namibian. Are you sure you understand socialism or do you confuse it with communism? According to my knowledge socialism is when a government
readOmulumentu gwoomvula 30 a dhipaga yina niitago
13-07-2012
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 30 gwomomukunda Omangundu popepi nOnankali mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto, okwa kwatwa po kopolisi ta fekelwa kutya okwa dhipaga yina, Paulina Ndawedapo gwoomvula 62
readAakiintu moshikandjo sha Elcin kuuzilo ya pewa ekopi
13-07-2012
Pefimbo a tambulako, ekopi olo, Lucia Nelumbu okwa holola olupandu laye ku Old Mutuala eshi eva pa ekopi olo tali kala oshilongifo shinene oku kumika oomeme vaELCIN mo yoongalele yavo unene ngeenge
readOmbesa ya Andreas Angula ya pyapo
13-07-2012
OMBESA ya Andreas Angula gwomomukunda Oshipanda mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Musati yedhina Omuzile Express-Geneva, oya pi po thiluthilu mOsoondaha ya zi ko, ya pile mEtosha, mwene gwawo, Angula
readSMS mOshiwambo
13-07-2012
*Omufimanekwa Peresidende!, minista yoyeendifo, ookansela voitukulwa Oshana, Omusati no shoyoo Ohangwena ovaholike,ohandi mukundu.Ovaleli vetu mewiliko leni onde mukufilako embale eshi mwali mwa
readA pumbwa oku konakonwa moondunge dhe
13-07-2012
OMUFEKELWA ngoka ta fekelelwa ekengelelo, lyoku tula omwaalu gwiimaliwa yiifundja mkambo ke kombaanga okwa tokolwa kutya na tuminwe kaanawino yomoondunge opo a talike ngele oku li tuu nawa
readNamibia okuna omeya ogendji
13-07-2012
ONZO onene yomeya kohi yevi oyi itsuwa muumbangalantu woshilongo. Ota ku tiwa omeya ngaka otaga vulu okulongithwa koshigwana shooperesenda 40 uule womimvo omathele 400. Omeya ngaka ogiitsuwa molwa
readJunior chess nationals in Windhoek
13-07-2012
THE National Junior Chess Championships will be held at the Dawid Bezuidenhout High School in Khomasdal on Saturday. This weekend’s event, with a total prize package of N$8 250, will be an open event
readAll on the line for defending champions Reds
13-07-2012
SYDNEY – Defending champions Queensland Reds have one of the hardest tasks this weekend among the six teams vying for four play-off spots in the final regular round of Super Rugby.The seventh-placed
readTitans set for collission in Women’s Super League
13-07-2012
WOMEN’S Super League log leaders Okahandja Beauties and the Jacqueline Shipanga Academy go head to head in what is expected to be the match of the season on Sunday. The match kicks off at 10h00 at the
readCUCSA Games start on Sunday
13-07-2012
THE 16th edition of the Confederation of Universities and College of Southern Africa (CUCSA Zone VI) games begin in Windhoek on Sunday The competition ends on July 20. Although CUCSA has ten
readFifa fingers Havelange, Teixeira bribery case
13-07-2012
PARIS – Former world football chief Joao Havelange received enormous bribes from Fifa’s discredited former marketing company, court documents released in Switzerland reveal.The 96-year-old Brazilian,
readWIN!! Boxing Bonanza! WIN!! Tickets and cash up for grabs!!
13-07-2012
Stand a chance of winning tickets, or a cash prize, for the July 28 Mega Boxing Bonanza at the Ramatex arena in Windhoek! Two draws and two chances of winning!!Sunshine Boxing Promotions is presenting
readBonita’s Benoni blitz earns SA title
13-07-2012
BENONI – Namibia’s Bonita Bredenhann overcame the disappointment of a near miss two years ago and won the Sanlam South African Women’s Amateur Match Play Championship at Benoni Country Club on
readKoreans athletes bet on traditional medicine
13-07-2012
JINCHEON – South Korean athletes looking to stay in peak shape for the London Olympics are turning to Oriental rather than Western medicine to see off aches and sprains that could derail their medal
readSaudi women athletes to compete in London
13-07-2012
BERLIN – Saudi Arabia will send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time with a judoka and an 800m runner representing the kingdom in London later this month in a milestone for the Games,
readSwapo nullifies Omusati election
13-07-2012
THE Swapo Party secretariat meeting held on Monday nullified the results of the Omusati regional conference that was allegedly characterised by irregularities.The secretary general of the party,
readSMSes for Friday 13 July 2012
13-07-2012
SMS Of The Day *WHAT is going on in the Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry? Scandal after scandal is revealed by the media: illegal logging, allegedly corrupt officials, Brazilian tractors
readN$20 000 reward for Chinese murder
13-07-2012
THE Namibian Police have offered a reward of N$20 000 for any information that would lead to the arrest and prosecution of the murderer(s) of a Chinese national. Donglin Li was shot and killed near
readKenyans and lions vie for territory
13-07-2012
AS Kenya’s population has grown over the years, urban areas have been consuming more and more countryside, with humans and wildlife increasingly vying for the same territory.The sign at the entrance
readKeetmans squatters pack up and move
13-07-2012
SOME squatters who illegally invaded council-owned plots in Keetmanshoop’s Tseiblaagte residential area yesterday started to dismantle their shacks to move to unserviced land the council has offered
readKavango farm manager guilty of double murder
13-07-2012
A FORMER farm manager from the Kavango Region is awaiting sentencing on two murder charges after being convicted in the High Court at Oshakati in connection with the gunshot death of two men in
readKaras council bank accounts at risk
13-07-2012
THE controversy over the suspension of two top officials of the Karas Regional Council is now threatening to block the flow of funds to and from the council.First National Bank of Namibia (FNB), where
readJolien Jansen: ‘Mother’ of Keetmanshoop’s street children
13-07-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – It is rare for people to provide food for street children here, but local resident Jolien Jansen has gone a step further – sending some to school.Upon seeing some boys sweeping her yard
readJet Stores workers complain
13-07-2012
A GROUP of employees at Jet Stores Wernhil Park claim that they have been working overtime for the past three months without compensation.According to the workers, they have not received overtime
readGovt bakkie disappears from ministry premises
13-07-2012
THE disappearance of a double-cab Toyota bakkie in broad daylight from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism a month ago is blamed on an inside job.The incident took place in Windhoek’s Southern
readFurther arrests over N$2,2 m robbery
13-07-2012
THE Namibian Police have arrested an additional five suspects in connection with an alleged robbery in which N$2,2 million was stolen from a Lebanese businessman in Windhoek in mid-May.A police
readFog stops flights to and from Walvis
13-07-2012
AIRCRAFT operators, including Air Namibia, had to delay flights to and from the Walvis Bay International Airport for most of the morning yesterday because of dense low-lying fog.According to the air
readCouncillor Arie again implicated in land grab
13-07-2012
KHOMAS Rural councillor Frederick Arie is again accused of having instigated an “arrogant group” of people to settle on private land belonging to lawyer Lucia Hamutenya, sister of Rally for Democracy
readAsylum seekers detained
13-07-2012
THE commissioner of refugees in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, Nkrumah Mushelenga, says the arrest of 15 asylum seekers at the Osire refugee camp was done in accordance with the law.
read15-year jail term for rape of stepdaughter
13-07-2012
A WINDHOEK resident has been sent to prison for 15 years after being convicted of raping his stepdaughter twice at their home almost five years ago.There is very little that can mitigate the crime of
readFrontlining on Twitter
13-07-2012
NAMIBIANS break it down on Twitter – from the headlines to the breadline; the daily strug- gle, the national struggle, the ‘struggle kids’ ... and more, from the fast to the furious, and the obvious
readOnce Upon A ... Modern Day Fairytale....
13-07-2012
I am BEYOND myself with excitement! So excited in fact, that every now and then, I catch myself with the distinct urge to boogie on down and shake my tail feather.After years, of nurturing a
readThe craft of healing
13-07-2012
I have been facing down a barrage of accusations against traditional and spiritual healers. Some people have allowed themselves to be misinformed about these crafts. Now some are calling for its
readPrinciples Are Dead
13-07-2012
CONSCIENCE and principles are dead.Namibia is a country of laws. Full stop! That is the message President Hifikepunye Pohamba is sending to his people when his Minister of Presidential Affairs Albert
readThere’s Always Money For Toys
13-07-2012
FORMER President Sam Nujoma strongly entertained the idea of pumping water thousands of kilometres from the Congo river in the Democratic Republic of Congo.His administration went as far as engaging
readWater As ‘A Weapon Of Mass Destruction’ In Namibia
13-07-2012
EGYPT’s population of more than 60 million people depends on water from the Nile. Everything from agriculture, industry to domestic consumption are closely tied to the supply of water from this river.
readOur Politics Should Return To The Founding Compromise Of The Republic
13-07-2012
THE birth and independence of our republic is a mixture of primary resistance, the armed libera- tion struggle, internal defiance and finally political settlement through compromise. As the years were
readGlobal Health Solidarity at a Crossroads
13-07-2012
KIGALI – A decade ago, the global community stood together to declare that where people live should not determine whether they live or die when confronted by the scourge of AIDS, tuberculosis, or
readPolitical Perspective
13-07-2012
IT must be said from the outset that I don’t agree with ‘payback’. If things are done for the right reasons in the first place, this shouldn’t be necessary. And like Namibians who went into exile in
readNotable Quotes
13-07-2012
GOD only helps those who help themselves. How long will you remain kids? For you to come and just say you want jobs, that won’t work. Where are these jobs that you are talking about? Go look at what
readDo the good really die young?
13-07-2012
WHEN a wife dies, her husband is a widower. When a husband dies, his wife becomes a widow. When parents die, their children become orphans. There is no word or name for the parent whose child has
readWelcome to Absurdistan!
13-07-2012
Namibians don’t do straight, narrow and uncomplicated, ever! I stumbled across this Facebook post this week.“Are you a 063 baby? Born and brewed in 063 and concerned about the rate young females
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