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43 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Up Up Up Basic food prices
25-07-2012
CONSUMERS will soon have to pick up the tab for a drought in the United States that has wiped out maize crops and driven up prices worldwide.Namib Mills will increase the prices of mealie meal, wheat
readGovt revamps policy on pregnant schoolgirls
25-07-2012
THE Ministry of Education is overhauling its School Policy on Learner Pregnancy to include “tough punishment” for those who impregnate schoolgirls. Deputy Minister of Education David Namwandi would
readNAC paid N$5m for incomplete project
25-07-2012
THE Namibia Airports Company (NAC) has paid N$5 million to a consultant in a space of four months for work that has not been completed.This is one of the findings of a report that was submitted to the
readCrafty cybercrooks lurking everywhere
25-07-2012
CYBERCRIMINALS are very inventive and continuously monitor banks and their activities to come up with new schemes to con people out of their money, the Bankers Association of Namibia (BAN) said
readNational hero stranded in hospital
25-07-2012
LAST year disabled athlete Frans ‘Pac’ Paulus was the toast of the nation after his epic 700km-plus adventure that took him from Oshakati to Windhoek in a specially adapted wheelchair. Now, while his
readLegal ivory trade resumption up for UN debate
25-07-2012
GENEVA – A call to resume the legal ivory trade as a way to stop the recent rise in elephant poaching in Africa was expected to dominate debate at a UN conservation meeting that began this week.The
readBig Brother Stargame: Bye Bye, Big Boys
25-07-2012
Ghana’s Keitta and Kenya’s Alex were evicted from M-Net’s Big Brother StarGame on Sunday. The Namibian chatted with the young men about sibling rivalry, boxer shorts that caused a stink and whether or
readStart your team on the right path
25-07-2012
Consistently building high performance teams is a challenging and complex undertaking, but focusing on a few specific steps can help, says Harvard Business Review.Any manager who has put together a
readUS crop farmers savaged by drought
25-07-2012
CHICAGO – Indiana farmer Brian Scott last week saw the heaviest rains of the year soak his 2 300-acre farm in the throes of the worst drought in five decades, but they were a mixed blessing at
readBarclays picks lawyer to head business review
25-07-2012
LONDON – Barclays has picked veteran lawyer Anthony Salz to lead a review of its culture and practices following an interest rate rigging scandal that has rocked the bank, forcing its chairman and
readAnglo buys stake in Mozambique coal project
25-07-2012
LONDON – Global miner Anglo American yesterday said it had agreed to buy a majority stake in a Mozambique coal project for around US$555 million.London-listed Anglo American said in a statement that
readNo food crisis yet as grain prices soar
25-07-2012
MILAN – World markets are not yet facing a crisis of the kind seen in 2007-08 when high food prices sparked riots in some poorer countries, although soaring grain prices fuelled by an intense US
readRocky Crest Westgate Hill development up for sale
25-07-2012
FIFTY-FOUR residential apartments in the N$65-million Westgate Hill development in Rocky Crest goes under the hammer this Saturday.Aucor Property Auction will handle the sale of units in the nine
readSnoop Dogg to release reggae album under new name
25-07-2012
What’s his name? After Snoop Dogg’s dubstep career didn’t take off in the way that he probably would have liked, the rapper-actor-marijuana spokesman has decided to embrace a new genre and a new
readLate night attacks take Iraq death toll to 116
25-07-2012
BAGHDAD – Two bombs killed nine people in Iraq late on Monday, police and hospital sources said, taking to 116 the death toll in a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks against mostly Shi’ite
readChina’s leaders meet, show unity before transition
25-07-2012
BEIJING – China’s leaders displayed unity among the top ranks in two days of meetings with ministerial and provincial-level officials ahead of a once-a-decade political transition this fall that has
readSyrian rebels fight Assad’s forces in central Aleppo
25-07-2012
AMMAN – Syrian rebels fought government troops and intelligence agents at the gates of Aleppo’s ancient Old City yesterday in a battle for control of Syria’s commercial hub, residents and opposition
readSeparatist storm brewing on Kenya’s coast
25-07-2012
MOMBASA – Near the white sandy beaches along Kenya’s coast where tourists sip cocktails in the sun, graffiti scrawled on walls proclaims ‘Pwani si Kenya’ or ‘The Coast is not Kenya’.The Swahili
readZuma refuses to sack minister over books scandal
25-07-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s president on Monday refused to dismiss the education minister after a textbook scandal that left more than 5 000 rural schools learning without books for more than six
readPaulus Haindongo a hulitha
25-07-2012
PAULUS Mbwale ya Mauno yaHaindongo, a tseyika nawa nedhina Kadasa, ngoka e li omonamati gwomunangeshefa a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Onakayale mOmbalantu moshitopolwa sha Musati tate Mauno Haindongo,
readOmahilathano miigongi yo Swapo
25-07-2012
OTAKU popiwa aniwa pwakala omahilathano omanene konima yomiyelo omanga oshigongi shoSwapo moshitopolwa shaMusati inaashi ningululwa. Ehilathano ndyoka okwa hokololwa aniwa lya li pokati
readEndjala oye ngaa natango a ulikwa omutse gwoSwapo mOmusati
25-07-2012
OSHIGONGI shoSwapo shopashitopolwa sha Musati shokuhogolola Aawiliki yopombanda yongundu moshitopolwa shoka, shoka sha li ko mOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko, natango onkee ngaa sha hogolola tate Errki
readOmbelewa ya Natis ta yi tungwa mOmusati
25-07-2012
OSHIKONDO shOondjila payambidhidho lyUuministeli wIilonga nOmaenditho osha tameka okutunga Ombelewa ya NaTIS mOutapi moshitopolwa sha Musati, netameko lyoku yi tunga olya li lya tulwa miilonga
readNamibian flag is raised at Olympics
25-07-2012
NAMIBIA was officially welcomed to the Olympic Games when their flag raising ceremony took place on Monday evening. Namibian Chef de Mission Ndeulipula Hamutumwa and Namibia’s High Commissioner to
readAnother Dakar for Ingo
25-07-2012
THE Dakar Rally organisers have accepted Ingo Waldschmidt’s entry for next year’s race. An ecstatic Waldschmidt yesterday confirmed his third participation in the gruelling off-road challenge. “With
readSummer Cup launched at Ongwediva
25-07-2012
ONGWEDIVA – The annual Metropolitan Summer Cup, which is regarded as one of the most prestigious sports events in northern Namibia, was officially launched at Ongwediva in the Oshana Region on Monday
readChina’s flag bearer to be ‘tall, handsome, influential’
25-07-2012
BEIJING – China’s Olympic flag bearer will be tall, handsome and famous to provide a positive image of the Asian sporting superpower, according to the team’s deputy chef de mission.The flag bearer’s
readShilimela aches for Olympic start
25-07-2012
WRESTLER Sem Shilimela is eager to get his Olympic quest underway and has started training earnestly with his Cuban coach Luis Forcelledo since arriving in London at the weekend. A prodigious talent,
readDefeat has left sour taste: Strauss
25-07-2012
LONDON – England captain Andrew Strauss was left with a ‘sour taste in the mouth’ after his team suffered a crushing innings and 12-run defeat by South Africa in the first test on Monday.In a battle
readYoung African women risk HIV infections from older men
25-07-2012
BLANTYRE – Poverty drove single teenage mother Kate Mzungu to seek out a rich older man, who buys her food and pays for her housing in exchange for the pleasures of her young company.But that includes
readFrom The Twittersphere
25-07-2012
UNIQUELY Namibian takes on the joys, sorrows and frustrations of daily life in Namibia; from the traditional to the national, the ordinary to the extraordinary. @FJapiie: Somebody needs to talk to
readSMSes for Wednesday 25 July 2012
25-07-2012
SMS Of The Day We need clarity *I believe that the various unions are ‘owned’ by paid-up members yet they don’t receive dividends from the various investments and properties. By being paid-up
readPetrotek directors deny tribalism allegations
25-07-2012
A SHAREHOLDER of Petrotek, Mac Hengari, yesterday said that tribalism is not at the heart of the battle among shareholders, but people trying to maximise their benefits within the company. “I do not
readChasing the dots ... The Stinking Rich do Stink!
25-07-2012
SOCIETIES will never have equality. There will always be the rich, the poor, the stupid, the clever, the lucky and unlucky, the crook and the drunk. It is inequality that has to be managed. Hence my
readNghimtina sues over power supply story
25-07-2012
THE hearing of a defamation case in which Cabinet member Erkki Nghimtina is suing a weekly publication for half a million Namibia dollars was postponed to an undetermined date in the High Court in
readNamaf disputes claims by medical professionals
25-07-2012
THE medical aid funds fraternity is incensed at healthcare professionals who recently blamed escalating medical costs on the funds.Speaking on behalf of the medical aid funds, Namibia Association of
readOver 280 drug cases registered in Kavango
25-07-2012
THE police in the Kavango Region have registered a total of 281 drug-related cases and arrested 305 suspects between June last year June this year.A total of 561 kg of dagga with a street value of
readItalian judge dies in car crash
25-07-2012
TWO Italians, among them a judge, and a Namibian died instantly after a car they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck on the road between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja on Monday evening.
readGovernment acts on Kalkrand concerns
25-07-2012
PROMPTED by the dramatic walk from Kalkrand to Windhoek by unemployed James Hansen to express his dismay over a lack of response to reports of alleged corruption at the village council, the Ministry
readGeologists escape artillery barrage
25-07-2012
GEOLOGISTS for Petunia Investment Three, a Russian exploration company interested in possible uranium deposits behind Dune 7 in the Dorob National Park, unwittingly found themselves in the middle of
readNo bail for Education corruption suspects
25-07-2012
THE two men facing charges in connection with alleged corruption and fraud discovered in the Ministry of Education in June heard yesterday that they have failed with their attempt to win their release
readAIDS 2012 19th International Conference: ‘Aids no longer a death sentence’’
25-07-2012
“YES, AIDS is still incurable, but it is no longer a death sentence.”These were the words of American Secretary of State and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, when she addressed the opening of the
readNotable Quotes
25-07-2012
THE bone of contention right from the inception of the company was tribalism. – Swapo MP Juliet Kavetuna said that the black economic empowerment outfit Petrotek is consumed by tribal tensions among
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