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58 Articles found on Thursday, 14 June 2012
Geingob takes EPA fight to Germany
14-06-2012
NAMIBIA next week will take its fight against an unfair trade pact with the European Union (EU) to Germany, powerhouse of the economic bloc, as part of a campaign to lobby support against losing
readMunicipality demolishes shacks at Goreangab
14-06-2012
THE City Police yesterday moved in with bulldozers to demolish shacks put up illegally in the Goreangab Dam area of the Samora Machel constituency in Windhoek.By noon yesterday, the Police had
readAranos suspends village chairperson for not taking voluntary HIV test
14-06-2012
THE Aranos Town Council has suspended its chairperson, Hans Josef Baffrath, for allegedly violating a code of conduct for councillors. Baffrath was accused of having refused to take voluntary HIV test
readMPs lament alcohol abuse
14-06-2012
THE penny has dropped for Members of Parliament who have now firmly come to the realisation that the buck stops with them as national leaders and lawmakers to drastically and urgently stop the
readSOEs gobbled up N$15bln since 2001
14-06-2012
THE taxpayer has funded state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to the tune of N$15,2 billion since 2001.“This is not just bailout funds, but all transfers,” managing director of Old Mutual’s Africa Operations
readRock Ambunda gets world title eliminator
14-06-2012
PAULUS ‘The Rock’ Ambunda will be one fight away from realising his dream if he defeats Brazilian William Prado in a WBO/WBA bantamweight world title eliminator at Ramatex in Windhoek on July 28.The
readZuma fires police chief, appoints new ministers
14-06-2012
PRETORIA – South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday fired his police chief, who is implicated in suspect property deals, and replaced him with first woman head of the scandal-tarnished
readDeveloping nations to face bumpy ride - World Bank
14-06-2012
WASHINGTON – Developing countries should brace for a long period of financial market volatility and weaker growth as tensions rise over a worsening euro zone debt crisis, the World Bank said on
readStreet smart and down with that
14-06-2012
DEMYSTIFY the jargon and what you get to is the idea that ‘market development’ and ‘backward and forward linkages’ mean you don’t only finance clothing manufacturers: to create a strong local clothing
readWhen Romney wasn’t so tough on China
14-06-2012
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney may be down on China and threatening to declare Beijing a currency manipulator from day one if he is elected US president, but his past dealings with the country show he was
readLowest inflation recorded for year
14-06-2012
ANNUAL inflation in May dropped for the third month in a row, reaching six per cent, its lowest level so far this year. The last time annual inflation stood at six per cent, was last November. Last
readThe right way to fire
14-06-2012
Many managers let anxiety drive the firing process instead of intellect, making a difficult moment even worse – and merely farming the dirty work out to a human resources associate is not good enough,
readBook on ocean’s riches launched
14-06-2012
ONE of the highlights of Coastal Biodiversity Week held at the coast last last week was the launch on Thursday of the colourful 192-page book, ‘Namibia’s Coast; Ocean Riches and Desert Treasures’.The
readIMF ties environment to restoring European growth
14-06-2012
WASHINGTON – IMF chief Christine Lagarde tied saving the environment to restoring growth in Europe, saying Tuesday that green development cannot get going while advanced countries are stuck in
readEnvironmentalists fear EU will fail to save its fish
14-06-2012
LUXEMBOURG – The European Union, the world’s third fishing power, came under sharp pressure from green groups and the EU executive to save the oceans from overfishing at key talks on Tuesday to
readSADC supports Namibia’s bid to host Green Climate Fund
14-06-2012
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has endorsed a bid by Namibia to host the secretariat for the Green Climate Fund.The fund, established in December 2011 at Durban, South Africa during
readElenga lyoSwapo nali kuthwe iilonga
14-06-2012
DTA ya Namibia oya indile opo elenga lyomukunda gwa Sauyemwa pondje yoRundu li kuthwe miilonga molwaashoka lyuulike puuyelele kutya lyo oshilyo shoSwapo. DTA okwa indile elenga enene lyewiliko
readTaya kuthwa aniwa ehala lyawo ku Muni sho inaaya futwa molwalyo
14-06-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomOshikango mondoolopa ya Helao Nafidi meme Fransina Ndapunikwa Haufiku ngoka nayakwawo ya thigwa megumbo lya tate gwawo nakusa Gideon Haufiku mewiliko lya mumwayina George Haufiku ngoka
readOshilyo sho SFF sha pewa ondholongo yomimvo 27
14-06-2012
OMUNAMBELEWA gwopolisi ngoka a monikile ondjo yoku dhipaga omukadhona gwe sho e mu tsu nombele konyala omimvo ne dha pitipo okwa pewa omimvo 27 pehulilo lyiihokolola komeho gompangu yOpombanda ya
readEnwethemo lyopapolitika momahangano gepangelo
14-06-2012
EWILIKO netalelo kutya omahangano gepangelo ota ga longo nawa kali li naanaa nawa nomathimbo gamwe enwethemo lyopolitika oha li dhigupaleke iilonga yomawilikongundu gomahangano ngoka mokulonga
readOmahangano golusheno ga hala gaa futithwe iifendela yiiyemo
14-06-2012
OMAHANGANO goku gandja olusheno miitopolwa yoshilongo nenge Regional Elecrticity Distributors[REDs] ngaashi Erongo RED,Nored na Cenored oga indile aatotimpango opo kaaga futithwe iifendela okuza
readLLD a ndopa oku hogololwa opo a lande uuwe ku NDTC
14-06-2012
EHANGANO lyokupusha okawe lya Lev Leviev Diamonds[LLD] olya ndopa oku kala mongundu yomahangano ngoka gena uuthemba oku landa okawe kehangano lyokulanditha okawe lya Namibia, nenge Namibia Diamond
readSMS mOshiwambo
14-06-2012
*Yakwetu tupopyeni oobaar no sheeben dhikale dhina owili yimwe yokupata nowili yimwe yokupatulula moshilongo ashihe, oshoka mba yena osipesiala likwa lisinisa oha ya pata po 4 yongula onene na oyo
readElongitho lyomalovu olili pombanda unene
14-06-2012
ELONGITHO nayi lyomalovu olya londa unene pombanda moshilongo no lya tameka okunwethamo oshigwana unene nayi. Ndhika odho oohapu nomaiyuvo gomutotimpango gwongundu yo, All People’s Party, Ignatius
readOmunona omushona a dhipgwa shi nyanyalitha pOutjo
14-06-2012
EDHIPAGO linyanyalitha lyomunona gwoomwedhi 18 aniwa koontauki dhAngola dha za kokamba yoontauki pOsire olya halutha oshigwana shomOutjo.Omukulukadhi nomwana oya li taya kongo olefa oku ya
readNBC needs sponsor for live broadcast
14-06-2012
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is frantically searching for a sponsor to enable it to screen Saturday’s 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Namibia and Liberia live. Acting executive
readWomen’s youth team to tour Germany
14-06-2012
A SELECT national women’s youth team will be touring Germany from next week.Head coach Jacquie Shipanga said 18 players were selected from an NFA Women Elite players programme and will now in
readChina jails 8 in corruption crackdown
14-06-2012
BEIJING – China yesterday jailed two ex-chiefs of its football association, four former national team players and two others, in the culmination of a major crackdown on corruption in the
readHeat face challenging Thunderstorm
14-06-2012
The Oklahoma City Thunder have made a name for themselves as a team against which no lead is safe. The comeback kids did it again last night. A very sloppy start for the Thunder saw the Heat jump out
readRugby Board to trial new scrum
14-06-2012
A REVISED scrum engagement sequence will be trialled globally following unanimous backing from the IRB’s expert Scrum Steering Group.The trial, which will incorporate the sequence “crouch, touch,
readWorld Briefs
14-06-2012
Netanyahu criticised over flotilla JERUSALEM – Israel’s state watchdog yesterday sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of a 2010 military raid on a Gaza-bound
readANC will not be reviewing Julius Malema’s expulsion
14-06-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The ANC will not review the decision to expel former ANCYL president Julius Malema at its national elective congress at the end of the year, the party said on Tuesday.“There is no
readRussia accuses US of arming Syria rebels
14-06-2012
TEHRAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday accused the United States of supplying weapons to Syria’s rebels, worsening the conflict engulfing Moscow’s allied regime in Damascus.Russia
readAfrican Briefs
14-06-2012
German arrested over Shabaab links DAR ES SALAAM – A German national of Turkish origin wanted by Kenya for suspected links to Somalia’s Islamist rebel group Shabaab has been arrested in Tanzania,
readIraq attacks kill 59 during Shiite pilgrimage
14-06-2012
BAGHDAD – A wave of coordinated bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shiite religious commemoration yesterday, killing at least 59 people and wounding more than 200, many of them
readTraders want longer hours
14-06-2012
INFORMAL traders at Katutura’s Herero Mall gave the City of Windhoek a deadline of June 20 to reconsider their trading hours.A group of about 50 traders marched to the Windhoek Municipality head
readMuyongo sticks to Caprivi independence
14-06-2012
EXILED former Swapo and DTA politician Mishake Muyongo is only willing to talk to the Namibian Government about the secession of Caprivi from Namibia.Earlier, Prime Minister Nahas Angula was quoted as
readKerina celebrates 80th birthday
14-06-2012
WINDHOEK – Politician and pioneer of Namibia’s petitioning to the United Nations (UN) in the early 1960s Mburumba Kerina celebrated his 80th birthday at his home in Katutura on Saturday
readKeetmans squatters denied legal aid
14-06-2012
THE legal aid directorate in the Ministry of Justice has turned down an application by three Keetmanshoop squatters facing contempt-of-court charges for defying an eviction order.The three, Simon
readControversial Prisons chief graduates
14-06-2012
DEPUTY Prisons Commissioner Tuhafeni Hangula, who allegedly falsified his Grade 12 certificate, in April graduated from the Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN).It is understood that Hangula was admitted to
readOvambanderu court marathon continues
14-06-2012
THE leadership dispute which has been dividing Namibia’s Ovambanderu community over the past four and a half years was again the subject of legal proceedings in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.In
readMaamberua questions fishy N$95m transfer
14-06-2012
SWANU president and Member of Parliament Usutuaije Maamberua has questioned the midnight transfer of N$95 million out of the Ministry of Works’ bank account into that of TransNamib.The transfer took
readAmukwiyu remains sole candidate in Oshikoto
14-06-2012
THE Swapo Politburo has given the Oshikoto Region the green light to proceed with its regional conference, scheduled to take place this weekend.The process was halted last month when the Politburo
readNotable Quotes
14-06-2012
IF there is one message that should go out from this court today, then it is that those guilty of committing serious crime against the vulnerable and innocent in this country, must not expect to be
readVeterans’ Ministry no job agency for the youth
14-06-2012
THE MINISTRY of Veterans’ Affairs has told the ‘children of the liberation struggle’ that it is not an employment agency.This is in response to a march by the young people born in exile to the
readPelican rescue still going strong
14-06-2012
PELICANS hanging around the Walvis Bay waterfront area have become a regular and welcome sight to locals and tourists alike. These pelicans were rescued by the Pelican Rehabilitation Project from a
readDorob trespassing case dismissed
14-06-2012
THE case against Swakopmund resident Reiner Güther for allegedly unlawfully entering the Swakop River mouth and spending New Year’s Day there was dismissed in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court
readSMSes for Thursday 14 June 2012
14-06-2012
SMSes Of The Day *POLICE need to adopt a zero tolerance approach to traffic offences. So many traffic-light and speeding offences are totally ignored. Zero tolerance will also bring down the crime
readArab world gets new trailblazer for women in politics
14-06-2012
ALGIERS – Now that Algeria has the largest proportion of women lawmakers in the Arab world, workmen at the national assembly building have some urgent modifications to make.While the men’s washroom
readGovt offices, ministries not making use of EFT system
14-06-2012
Despite the Ministry of Finance implementing an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) system, some offices, ministries and agencies still opt to issue cheques instead of making use of the electronic payment
readDial S for service
14-06-2012
Richard and Kate Harriman run an excellent blog in Botswana for consumers called Consumer Watchdog Botswana. They, much like we do here, investigate dodgy deals and report on service levels, good or
readComputer course enquiry
14-06-2012
Can someone who failed Grade 12 but upgraded himself doing computer courses, eg computer literacy and computer engineering plus networking, and worked for three years be allowed to study at Unam by
readBoundary Wholesalers complaint
14-06-2012
Where does Boundary Wholesalers in Windhoek get their school uniforms made? The quality of the uniforms is poor and they tear so easily. Please do something about the quality of your products because
readEnjoy World Music Day on Saturday
14-06-2012
Namibian music fans can enjoy a day of free live music when World Music Day is celebrated on Saturday countrywide.This year, Namibia will celebrate in Windhoek, Swakopmund, Oshakati, Katima Mulilo and
readFrom The Twittersphere
14-06-2012
NAMIBIAN tweeps hit the ground running on everything from the Zuma shuffle and the daily hustle to nicknames, All Stars, Greeks, geeks, and Kwanyamas. @Kondja: I refuse to vote for someone – three
readVoices of Namibia is certified gold
14-06-2012
Voices of Namibia, took part in the Afrikaanse Taal en Kultuur Vereniging (ATKV’s) Animato Choir festival in Windhoek’s College of the Arts (COTA) this past weekend. The choir received a very positive
readSABC, Unathi apologise for motherf***er gaffe
14-06-2012
The SABC has been reprimanded after a presenter used foul language during a live airing of the SA Music Awards earlier this year.Several complaints were lodged with the Broadcasting Complaints
read‘Hangover III’ to be shot in Las Vegas
14-06-2012
While the second installment in the comedy franchise – starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis – was set in Asia, the third and final movie will return to its roots in the gambling
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