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70 Articles found on Friday, 22 June 2012
Balloon war at Sossusvlei
22-06-2012
A WAR of words has erupted over a planned tethered balloon project in the Sossusvlei area, with one side arguing that it will spoil the beauty of the area, while the black economic empowerment company
readGlencore, Petroneft lose against Govt
22-06-2012
CABINET didn’t act unlawfully in 2010 when it revoked Namcor’s mandate to import fuel, which resulted in the termination of a multimillion-dollar contract between Namcor, Glencore Energy UK and
readMagistrate must be axed, court decides
22-06-2012
THE Minister of Justice’s appeal against a High Court order that she must dismiss Windhoek-based Magistrate Leah Shaanika as recommended by the Magistrates’ Commission four and a half years ago ended
readNamibians are still looking for happiness
22-06-2012
BASED on well-being, life expectancy and ecological footprint, Namibia is under the top 100 happiest countries in the world, according to a new economic survey.The Happy Planet Index (HPI) 2012,
readVote delay frays Egyptian nerves
22-06-2012
CAIRO – Allegations of fraud delayed the result of Egypt’s presidential election yesterday, fraying nerves as the Muslim Brotherhood, which claims victory, threatened to take to the streets in protest
readWe play charity football, says First Division boss
22-06-2012
CLUB football outside the Namibia Premier League is for charity, according to Northern Stream First Division chairman Mpasi Haingura. Haingura said clubs that ply their trade in the first and second
readSqueeze Greece or find funds yourselves, euro chief warns
22-06-2012
BRUSSELS – A top EU bailout official warned the eurozone yesterday that it must order Greece to make fresh budget cuts or raise more taxes, or eurozone members will have to cough up more cash
readEconomy trumps environment in Rio
22-06-2012
LONDON – The financial crisis has definitively trumped the environment in a telling conjunction of G20 and green summits in Mexico and Brazil this week.The focus of the Mexico meeting, an unfolding
readVolatile diamond prices not forever – Gem Diamonds CEO
22-06-2012
June – A weakening Indian rupee is likely to contribute to volatility in rough diamond prices for the rest of the year, but longer-term price prospects are bright, the chief executive of London-listed
readPre-paid vending more accessible
22-06-2012
TUSK Mobile, an air time and electronics distributor in Namibia, has launched a home-made solution, based on the current way of transacting airtime and electricity in the country. Tusk Mobile Recharge
readSociety of Actuaries launched in Namibia
22-06-2012
To announce its formation and to garner support from key stakeholders in the financial industry, the Society of Actuaries of Namibia (SAN) held a launch event on Wednesday 20th of June 2012 in
readFacelift for Otjiwarongo shopping centre
22-06-2012
SAFLAND Namibia is upgrading and extending the Shoprite Centre in Otjiwarongo to the tune of N$49 million.Mirinda van der Merwe, leasing director of the Safland Property Group, said the new Town
readChallenge the budget status quo
22-06-2012
Using the previous year’s numbers as you attempt to frame the next budget is the easiest thing to do but might not yield the best results, says Harvard Business Review.When developing a budget for the
readWorld Briefs
22-06-2012
Boat with 200 aboard capsizes CANBERRA – A boat carrying about 200 people capsized south of Indonesia and scores were feared drowned yesterday in an apparent attempt to reach Australia to seek
readAfrican Briefs
22-06-2012
Nearly 50 killed in boat accident LILONGWE – At least 47 people thought to be illegal migrants from east Africa died when their boat capsized in Lake Malawi, Malawi police said yesterday. The group
readTwo South African hostages freed in Somali raid: minister
22-06-2012
MOGADISHU – Somali security forces have rescued a South African couple kidnapped by pirates in the Indian Ocean and held for 18 months, Defence Minister Hussein Arab Isse said yesterday.“The rescue
readAngolan police open fire at veterans’ rally
22-06-2012
LISBON – Angolan police on Wednesday fired gunshots in the air and used teargas to disperse hundreds of civil war veterans who staged a second protest rally in under two weeks to demand payment of
readRwandan general testifies over shooting
22-06-2012
JOHANNESBURG – In a sensational trial that might confirm or debunk suspicions Rwanda has deployed hit teams against dissidents abroad, a former Rwandan military commander who had a falling out with
readVote delay frays Egyptian nerves
22-06-2012
CAIRO – Allegations of fraud delayed the result of Egypt’s presidential election yesterday, fraying nerves as the Muslim Brotherhood, which claims victory, threatened to take to the streets in protest
readSocialism Is A Towering Ideal
22-06-2012
I WONDER if I am the only one who is confused. The recent letter by Ben Uugwanga (‘Socialism only an ideal,’ The Namibian, 15 June) represents a significant shift in his position. That author’s
readBlame The System
22-06-2012
‘SUSPEND Health Minister’; ‘What happened to the health care?’; ‘Katutura claims another mother and baby’; ‘Two years of suffering and no one took him seriously’.These headlines from our Namibian
readACC Must Serve The Poor
22-06-2012
ALLOW me space in your poor man’s newspaper to register my disappointment with the way our so-called Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) discharges its duties.Several times, I have listened to officials
readGet A Namibian Pharmacist
22-06-2012
ON May 24 2012, I saw an advertisement for the position of Deputy Director: Pharmaceutical Services and I thought this would be an opportunity to bring out a few issues regarding this position.Namibia
readKnowledge Is Required
22-06-2012
I WRITE to comment on the reshuffle of permanent secretaries by the Prime Minister in relation to health (hospital) management in our country.As health experts, we were worried when Kahijoro Kahuure
readTake Matters In Own Hands
22-06-2012
I WRITE to comment on the reshuffle of permanent secretaries by the Prime Minister in relation to health (hospital) management in our country.As health experts, we were worried when Kahijoro Kahuure
readDemolishing Illegal Shacks
22-06-2012
OH, Namibia leader! Are you reading newspapers and watching television? It does not seem as if you see or read what is happening in this country.People of Namibia lets face the reality, in Namibia the
readWhen Passion Kills
22-06-2012
ALLOW me to express my views on the recent increase in passion killings.The nation is outraged, shocked and incensed at the increasing number of passion killings. The story is usually the same; boy
readKudos To Hospital Staff
22-06-2012
ON 14 June, our mom was admitted to the state hospital, ward 3b. We experienced a very warm welcome at the ward. We felt comfortable to leave her in the capable hands of the night staff. The next day,
readReligious ‘Christianity’ In Decay
22-06-2012
THANK you for allowing me space in your esteemed newspaper. I would love to write about the role or the lack thereof of churches in our Namibian society in particular.This letter is necessitated by
readBack To Apartheid?
22-06-2012
VAKWETU, vakwetu what is this we and the world are seeing in Namibia? Is this Namibia whose President and the citizens always praise our peace and stability or is this a different Namibia?What we saw
read‘Salaries Without Performance’ Confuses
22-06-2012
THE letter of Flip van Vuuren (The Namibian 15 June 2012) is puzzling me. Let us go into some detail to clarify matters. What does the writer understand about ‘anonymous letters’?Anonymity and
readEpato lyoondingosho olya ningwa mondjila
22-06-2012
OMINISTA Yiipindi nOmipepo , Hage Geingob oya kondjitha omupopyo gwoshilyo shoparliamende sho DTA, Philemon Moongo ngoka a ti opolisi oya longitha oonkondo dha pitilila sho ya edhile oondingosho
readShiweda a gandja eshina lyookopi kosikola yaNamishu mOshikoto
22-06-2012
BRIGADIER Mathias Shiweda gwomOngwediva mOshana, mEtitano lyoshiwike sha zi ko (15/6/2012), okwa gandja omagano geshina enene lyokwiindjipaleka oombapila noshowo otjeke yooN$20,000 kosikola yedhina
readNakusa Mukupi ota fumvikwa olyomakaya
22-06-2012
KANSELA gwoshikandjohogololo sha Sibbinda moshitopolwa sha Caprivi ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe olyomakaya moshiponga shohauto ota ka fumvikwa Olyomakaya ngaka moSibbinda. Pethimbo olyo tuu ndyoka
readOshipangelo sha Muthiya osha tameka okulonga paklinika pethimbo ndika
22-06-2012
OSHIPANGELO oshipe sha Muthiya shoka sha tungilwa Namibia ku China omagano, nokwa tilwe otashi tameke okulonga Omaandaha goshiwike shika, otashi longo ashike pamukalo gwopaklinika, molwashoka kashili
readOontauki dha Angola odhindji dha shuna kegumbo
22-06-2012
OONTAUKI odhindji dha Angola ndhoka dha li kokamba yoontauki ya Osire moNamibia dha shuna koshilongo shaandjawo, Angola nopu na ashike dhi li eyovi limwe nomathele gatano (1500) ndhoka dhi na natango
readSMS mOshiwambo
22-06-2012
*Akwetu aaholike natwi ikalekeni ngaakokule niikolitha aayambidhidhi yaKapuka akwetu, shaangoka ehalasa lyo mbiila peke , onawa ngaa ngawo ? *Ava muli mokabinete mwahala eembaa dipate, fiyeni mwapa
readOpolisi ya pata oondingosho
22-06-2012
OPOLISI moVenduka oya tamekele okupata oondunda dhomalovu ndhoka dhaana oombapila dhokulanditha moshilandopangelo, etitatu oshiwike shika ngaashi ya li ya uvaneke oshiwike shayi. Ooyene yoondunda
readArries snapped up by Golden Lions
22-06-2012
DANIEL Arries of Windhoek High School has signed a two-year contract with the Golden Lions Rugby Union. The contract will come into effect from 1 January 2013 and will secure Arries’s services until
readGripping Euros near climax
22-06-2012
LIKE with any football tournament, Euro 2012 has so far yielded an assortment of spills and thrills. From Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s sumptuous farewell strike and the embarrassing but not entirely
readEuro facts you shouldn’t miss
22-06-2012
INITIALLY, the first two tournaments in 1960 and 1964 were known as Uefa European Nations Cup before being changed to the current name since 1968.Frenchman Michel Platini, who typified the player
readSwedes enjoy good food despite meatball ban
22-06-2012
KIEV – Swedish meatballs have been in short supply and their team departed Euro 2012 on Tuesday, but that has not stopped two Scandinavian entrepreneurs continuing to help feed and quench the thirst
readToddler dies in Walvis Bay fire
22-06-2012
A RESIDENT of Narraville in Walvis Bay is fighting for her life in a Windhoek hospital after sustaining burns to 80 per cent of her body in an attempt to save her two grandchildren from a house fire
readThe heartbeat of Rössing’s uranium operations
22-06-2012
THREE people sit in a small room at the Rössing Uranium Mine near Swakopmund, keeping a watchful eye on computer screens, TV monitors and equipment 24/7. This is the mine monitoring and control
readSMSes for Friday 22 June 2012
22-06-2012
SMS Of The Day *SHOCKING to see the hundreds of illegal shebeen owners on your front page. Add to those all the legal ones! No wonder we have a alcohol problem in this country! Food for Thought
readTjihuiko wants NamWater’s rural debts written off
22-06-2012
NUDO MP Arnold Tjihuiko has revamped an earlier motion by the then DTA MP McHenry Venaani to write off the NamWater debts of people in rural and communal areas, who he said are trapped in a vicious
readLife without water at Rehoboth
22-06-2012
The Rehoboth taps started running on Wednesday evening after long and hard negotiations between Hardap Governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, the Rehoboth Town Council, and NamWater.But while it was not yet
readNo reprieve for illegal shebeens
22-06-2012
THE Police yesterday said that no agreement was reached with illegal shebeen owners to allow them to continue their operations.A representative of the illegal shebeen owners, Andreas Nuule, who
readNo mental check-up repeat for Schiefer
22-06-2012
AN application to have double murder suspect Romeo Schiefer referred for a third round of mental observation was dismissed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.No basis had been laid for the
readHitchhiker caught with dagga sachets
22-06-2012
A ZIMBABWEAN national, who had been given a lift by a truck driver, was arrested in Swakopmund on Wednesday for being in possession of 56 sachets of dagga with a street value of nearly N$3
readFree cataract surgery gives hope to Karas, Hardap and Omaheke residents
22-06-2012
DOZENS of people underwent free cataract surgery conducted by Namibian eye surgeon Dr Helena Ndume and Austrian eye surgeons at the Keetmanshoop State Hospital this week. Cataract eye surgery is the
readFormer Windhoek Gymnasium boy relives ‘assaults’
22-06-2012
THE hid in the toilet because he was afraid of being beaten again.This was the testimony of a 17-year-old boy when he told Magistrate Helvi Shilemba yesterday of the impact of five alleged assaults by
readFood relief for starving Oshivelo San
22-06-2012
THE Government and some good Samaritans have come to the rescue of starving, shelterless San people at Oshivelo in the Oshikoto Region.After The Namibian reported about starving families at Oshivelo,
readEU financial crisis affects Leading Lodges cash flow
22-06-2012
LEADING Lodges of Africa, which runs a number of upmarket tourism establishments, is experiencing cash-flow problems resulting in its employees not receiving their salaries on time.Although workers
readEducation Ministry overspent by millions
22-06-2012
THE Ministry of Education spent N$312,4 million more than was budgeted for in the 2010/2011 financial year.The overspending at the two main divisions, namely primary and secondary education, was
readUWC considers honorary degree to Bience Gawanas
22-06-2012
THE University of Western Cape law faculty is motivating to bestow an honorary LLD degree on Namibian-born African Union (AU) Commissioner of Social Affairs, Bience Gawanas. The motivation was signed
readAll MVA patients moved to State hospitals
22-06-2012
BEFORE December last year, the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) paid private hospitals N$21 million a month for treating car crash patients.Jerry Muadinohamba, chief executive officer (CEO) of the
readFrontlining on Twitter
22-06-2012
THEfivechickensatGobabis,takenintocustody, for their own safety, continued to ruffle feathers on Twitter overnight! Plus, Namibian tweeps ponder the struggles of daily life, winter and
readThe ‘Joys’ of Winter
22-06-2012
THE wonder of winter cold was the inspiration for many artistic works in the past, like songs and poems.The essence of these works was always about the warmth that the cold brings, in the form of
readWhy did the policeman cross the road?
22-06-2012
THE Namibian police recently took five chickens into police custody, leaving the owners distraught.They did not capture the suspected thieves, but they denied them the joy of getting paid. I have
readCrazy Little Einsteins
22-06-2012
I’M trying to console myself with the fact that Einstein was dyslexic.Perhaps what I should be consoling myself with is the concept of truth. A year ago I started writing this column promising myself,
readThe Future Is Dying
22-06-2012
NAMIBIA’S future is dying. We don’t mean this only as a figure of speech but literally as well. Last week the health director for the Hardap Region reported that 30 Namibian children have died of
readCounter-Productive Xenophobia
22-06-2012
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) should perhaps be commended for putting egos and emotions aside in handling the Bank Windhoek-Absa/Barclays deal in a practical way.Of course, there were some face-saving
readIs This The ‘Right’ Angula For The Top Job In The Land?
22-06-2012
SUCCESSION in Swapo’s recent political history has turned out to be a depressing, messy and traumatic event and process. It marked a significant rupture for the party with the formation of the Rally
readFrom Casspirs To Bulldozers: The Past Is The Present
22-06-2012
BEFORE independence in northern Namibia, the Casspirs would arrive at any time of the day to destroy mahangu fields and homes and move on. Nowadays it’s the bulldozers that could come and demolish
readVocational Education Is Not A Dumping Ground
22-06-2012
I HAVE recently read with mixed feelings an article in one of our daily newspapers about a government decision that Grade 10 failures should be referred for vocational training opportunities.When I
readPolitical Perspective
22-06-2012
GOVERNMENT is most often on the receiving end of criticism for failure to deliver, and quite rightly so. Most of the time they don’t, and it appears nothing in this regard is likely to change for the
readAnother wacky week in Rehoboth
22-06-2012
You can’t make this up. News broke on Tuesday that Rehoboth’s agitator in chief, one Mistake Swartz, decided that a Swapo Youth League (SPYL) conference a fortnight ago was nothing but a Sunday school
readBaking his Cake and Eating it Too!
22-06-2012
WITH 100 year old recipes under his belt Buddy Valastro, better known as the ‘Cake Boss’ doesn’t only know good food – he can bake his cake and eat it too! The fourth generation baker grew up in
readNotable Quotes
22-06-2012
We don’t negotiate with the law but we are here to enforce the law. They can go and negotiate, we will not stop them. – Chief Inspector Ismael Basson, station commander of the Katutura Police Station,
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