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54 Articles found on Thursday, 1 March 2012
Very little relief in pensioners’ N$50
01-03-2012
THE N$50 per month increase Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has given to pensioners in her new budget will barely put a 10 kg bag of mealie meal on the table of senior citizens.With the
readZuma meets Pohamba
01-03-2012
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Windhoek yesterday evening to meet with President Hifikepunye Pohamba to promote the “African agenda” and to strengthen relations between the two
readTipeeg project needs ‘rethinking’ to peak
01-03-2012
GOVERNMENT needs to “rethink” the implementation of Tipeeg as its blueprint to fight unemployment and should stay away from “prestige projects” which won’t create jobs in the long term, economists
readNam no tax haven
01-03-2012
TAX revenue will make up the largest source of Government income over the 2012-13 financial year, and Government will continue implementing a range of initiatives to reform tax policy to, amongst
readBattered and bruised, Mitt Romney limps toward the nomination
01-03-2012
WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney’s narrow win in Michigan is unlikely to ease lingering doubts about his candidacy or head off the possibility of a long and divisive presidential nominating fight that is
readNamibia win final T20 match but lose series
01-03-2012
NAMIBIA completed their home preparation for the World T20 Qualifiers when they beat Boland by 5 wickets in Windhoek on Tuesday.Boland reached 127/5 off their 20 overs while Namibia comfortably
readGoogle’s new privacy bill
01-03-2012
GOOGLE is planning to roll out its new privacy policy this month and has been presenting this to consumers as a victory for them. The new privacy policy combines more than 60 existing policies into a
readBank of Namibia warns of scam
01-03-2012
RECENTLY the Bank of Namibia warned consumers about an organisation that goes by the name Fundacion Donaciones Humanitarias, claiming that it operates as a 419 scam. The Fundacion has a website that
readCity’s bungling leaves resident drowning in sky-high water bill
01-03-2012
THE Namibian recently received a complaint from a resident who was not happy with the water bill he had received from the City of Windhoek. According to the resident he went to collect his water bill
readThe Budget: The People Say …
01-03-2012
NAMIBIANS on Tuesday hit Twitter with gusto to debate and comment o nthe Budget. Such was the response that @LoNachi said the “#NamBudget is actually trending in Namibia. Hmm, ok”. @CoolNoa felt that
readSaara’s tax policy reform agenda
01-03-2012
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a tax policy reform agenda aimed at bringing online alternative sources of revenue and improving tax administration, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said.“In
readDomestic retail bonds to debut this year
01-03-2012
GOVERNMENT has introduced two new domestic bonds to provide increased market opportunities for local financiers.Tabling the 2012-13 Budget in Parliament on Tuesday, Finance Minister Saara
readSuccess stories of the 2011-12 Budget
01-03-2012
AGRICULTURE remained one of the top-performing sectors during the 2011-12 financial year, with areas of irrigation under Green Schemes increasing from 9 500 to 12 000 hectares.Highlighting some of the
readFrom The Twittersphere
01-03-2012
DOES Erykah Badu look like Lady May? What do footballer Fernando Torres and Air Namibia’s Boeings have in common? You decide! Informed, reformed and deformed takes on life from Tweet Street
readCharlie Sheen’s new sitcom gets air date
01-03-2012
NEW YORK – Charlie Sheen will be stirring up a new round of laughs when ‘Anger Management’ arrives on June 28.FX on Tuesday set the premiere date for Sheen’s new sitcom, which returns him to weekly TV
readBrown’s sister claims Whitney’s death not accidental
01-03-2012
LEOLAH Brown says she has contacted police in Beverly Hills with her suspicions about the circumstances surrounding the 48-year-old singer’s death on February 11.She said: “I believe Whitney’s death
readDion cancels more Vegas shows on doctor’s orders
01-03-2012
Singer Celine Dion has cancelled more shows at Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace, citing a virus causing an inflammation of her vocal cords.Christi Nelson, an official with show producer AEG Live, said on
readChanté Moore to make South African turn before Namibian gig
01-03-2012
International R&B singer Chanté Moore is headed to South Africa to attend a conference in Johannesburg on April 14.This is Moore’s second visit to South Africa in less than a year and this time she
readHow green are our schemes?
01-03-2012
KANAYO Nwanze, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, recently announced that Africa has the potential to feed, not only itself, but the rest of the world too. All it
readMCA tourism project reaches performance target
01-03-2012
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism chose the Hobatare Roadside Concession for the Ehirovipuka Conservancy as one of the sites to fulfil the Traversing Concession Performance Target. The
readNghitila appointed as Enviro Commissioner
01-03-2012
WINDHOEK – The Director of Environmental Affairs in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Theofilus Nghitila, has been appointed as the Environmental Commissioner of Namibia.Environment Minister
readEU wants tangible outcome at Rio conference
01-03-2012
BRASILIA - World leaders who will attend the upcoming Rio conference on sustainable development must come up with a tangible compromise leading to a greener economy, visiting EU climate commissioner
readClimate change threatens rooibos tea
01-03-2012
CLANWILLIAM, South Africa – Farm workers swing their sickles through red branches, bundling them up before laying them out in the sunshine to dry.The annual harvest at Groenkol Rooibos tea estate, in
readCrippled Italian ship makes slow progress to Seychelles
01-03-2012
VICTORIA – A crippled Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as the doomed Costa Concordia limped towards the Seychelles yesterday, as a fishing boat towed it through the pirate-infested waters of
readWorld Briefs
01-03-2012
Violence in China’s Xinjiang kills 20 BEIJING – Twenty people died when a group of armed men attacked a market in Xinjiang, the latest outbreak of violence in the ethnically divided Chinese region,
readAfrican Briefs
01-03-2012
Egypt judges bow out of NGO trial CAIRO – The Egyptian judges trying dozens of democracy activists, including Americans, in a case that has strained ties with Washington recused themselves from the
readSenior Qaeda militant arrested at Cairo airport
01-03-2012
CAIRO – Senior al Qaeda operative Seif al-Adel, who was reported to have briefly taken over the militant network’s leadership after Osama bin Laden’s death, was arrested at Cairo airport yesterday,
readUN report puts Syrian death toll at over 7 500
01-03-2012
AMMAN – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be classified as a war criminal, United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as the United Nations announced more than 7 500 civilians had been
readAanangeshefa ya China ta ya talelepo oshiwike tashiya moNamibia
01-03-2012
ONamibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), melongelokumwe nOshikondo shIipindi nOmipepo ota ya ka taamba osheendo shaanangeshefa aaChina , molupe lwelongelokumwe lyedhina Namibia-China
readAaniilonga po NAC ya limbililwa unene
01-03-2012
AANIILONGA yehangano lyuupale woondhila oya piyaganekwa koshinyolwa shoka sha holokele moshifo shimwe shesiku sheendulula minista Gwiilonga ngoka aniwa ati ehangano ita li kutha aantu miilonga ndele
readOonkundana pafupi muuyuni
01-03-2012
PESHAWAR: Aantu omulongo nayahetatu oya si moshiponokela shoondjembo shaningilwa ombesa yawo moshitopolwa sha Kohistan muumbangalantu wa Pakistan metiyali. Opolisi yomoshitopolwa shoka oya ti aantu
readOokansela dhoshitopolwa Omaheke na dhi itule miilonga
01-03-2012
Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa Omaheke , Laura McLeod-Katjirua okwa indile okansela ayehe yiikandjohogololo moshitopolwa she ya tule miilonga ooproyeka tadhi longwa kohi yoprograma ya Targeted Intervention
readOompilameno nomutengenekothaneko
01-03-2012
AAWILIKI yoongundu itaadhi pangele moshigongi shopashigwana odha ti epangelo ota li ende kashona mokutula miilonga ooprograma noopoloyeka ngaashi dha thanekwa momutengenekothaneko.Omutotimpango
readJacobs mompangu poKaiti moKaras
01-03-2012
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu gwelelo lyoshitopolwa sha Karas, Salmaan Jacobs ota hokololithwa mompangu yopashitopolwa ya Kaiti.Jacobs ota hokololithwa oshinima shuulingilingi komeho gamengestrata, Sunsley
readOmutengenko gwomumvo 2012-2013 poshitaafula mEtiyali
01-03-2012
EPANGELO olya thaneka okutameka nokushonopeka elongitho lyiimaliwa oyindji mbala. Shika otali shiningi sha landula sho lya kala omimvo dha piti tali longitha oshindji opo li inyengithe omahupilo
readMbalula to receive cricket inquiry report
01-03-2012
THE findings of an inquiry into Cricket SA (CSA) will be handed to Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula on Thursday, according to the ministry.“The minister will meet with the whole inquiry committee in
readMenezes unimpressed by Luiz, Ronaldinho
01-03-2012
ST GALLEN – Ronaldinho and David Luiz were both given a public ticking off on Tuesday by Brazil coach Mano Menezes, who told them their performances in the 2-1 win over Bosnia were below their normal
readMorkel stars as Proteas beat Black Caps by eight wickets
01-03-2012
NAPIER - South Africa trounced New Zealand by eight wickets yesterday, led by a Morné Morkel five-wicket haul and 92 runs from Hashim Amla, to seal victory in their one-day series with a game to
readTokyo Olympic plans should be sustainable, says Coe
01-03-2012
TOKYO – Sebastian Coe had some advice for Tokyo’s Olympic bidders as he outlined how the London Games would be delivered on budget despite the global financial crisis.Coe, the double Olympic champion
readLimping Young Gladiators face uphill battle
01-03-2012
AN injury-ravaged Young Gladiators side will be gunning for an unlikely turnaround when they host Ghana on Saturday afternoon at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek.Following their 7-0 defeat in Accra
readWarren furious after WBC suspends boxer Chisora
01-03-2012
LONDON – British promoter Frank Warren hit out at the World Boxing Council yesterday after the governing body slapped heavyweight Dereck Chisora with an indefinite suspension.In an unusual move, the
readThe bus boss who fought against ‘African time’
01-03-2012
WHEN Olivier Nizeyimana was a student, the journey to Rwanda’s National University would sometimes take him ages so he thought it would be a good idea to start a bus company that made punctuality one
readSSC adjusts wage ceiling for employees
01-03-2012
PEOPLE earning up to N$76 000 per year (N$6 333 a month) will from today be included in the mandatory coverage for work-related injuries and/or accidents according to the Employees’ Compensation Act,
readSMses for Thursday 01 March 2012
01-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *NAMIBIA is a youthful nation! Using school buses is the most efficient way not only to allow our learners to be at school on time but to reduce traffic congestion in our city. This
readPolice chief’s libel case postponed
01-03-2012
THE hearing of a case in which Namibian Police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga is suing a former magistrate, Peter Kavaongelwa, for alleged defamation is due to continue in the High Court in
readParties go slow at Oranjemund
01-03-2012
THE DTA of Namibia’s president Katuutire Kaura says his party will not hold rallies for the Oranjemund local authority election, but is instead campaigning door-to-door.Kaura was responding to
readOmaruru road upgrade tender suspected of being ‘fixed’
01-03-2012
ALLEGATIONS of tender fixing, breaching of contractual terms and substandard work on the N$6,5 million upgrade of Omaruru’s 2,5-kilometre Dr Ian Scheepers Road have surfaced.Talk around town also has
readNotable Quotes
01-03-2012
I’VE got three kids. My sole biological reason for being on this planet is to ensure that they can flourish, and they can’t do that in a filthy, degraded environment. – Lucy Lawless, actress, speaking
readKeetmans finances in a mess
01-03-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has received “a disclaimed audit opinion” from the Auditor General for the financial year ending 30 June 2009.A disclaimer of opinion is issued when the auditor cannot
readJacobs’s corruption case postponed
01-03-2012
KEETMANSHOOP Regional Court Magistrate Sunsley Zisengwe yesterday granted another postponement at the request of former Karas chief regional officer Salmaan Jacobs, who faces five counts of
readHuman rights action plan survey kicks off
01-03-2012
A SURVEY for the development of a National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) starts today to identify the gaps in the Namibian human rights protection regime and provide specific measures on how these
readFather guilty of rape of daughter
01-03-2012
A RESIDENT of Koës in the south of Namibia who was accused of having raped his biological daughter more than seven years ago was found guilty as charged in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.The
readCommunity policing rolled out in Khomas
01-03-2012
THROUGH community policing, Government can restore its credibility with regard to helping people live in peace and stability.This is the opinion of the recently transferred Police commander of the
read‘Mysterious’ budget gives AirNam a billion
01-03-2012
ACCORDING to a ghost budget document which was posted on the website of the Ministry of Finance early Tuesday afternoon, the taxpayer this year would have had to cough up N$1,075 billion for Air
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