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70 Articles found on Friday, 16 March 2012
LIH to withdraw from MobiPay
16-03-2012
THE business arm of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Labour Investment Holdings (LIH), has decided to withdraw from MobiPay, presumably because it has not received any returns on its
readFloods coming
16-03-2012
With southern Angola experiencing heavy rains, people in the central parts of northern Namibia are already preparing for floods.Floodwater has already reached oshanas in places like in Oshakati,
readTintenpalast no longer good enough
16-03-2012
THE Tintenpalast’s days as the home of the National Assembly are numbered, as Government intends spending millions of tax dollars to build a new parliament. A total of N$500 000 has been set aside in
readProwealth investors sue Namfisa
16-03-2012
INVESTORS who lost millions of Namibia dollars when the Prowealth group of companies went bankrupt in early 2009 have launched a massive legal claim against the Namibia Financial Institutions
readAir Nam announces new regional routes
16-03-2012
PEOPLE travelling to Gaborone in Botswana or Harare in Zimbabwe from Windhoek will soon be able to fly there directly.Air Namibia yesterday announced three new regional routes that will come into
readUS commander defends moving massacre soldier out of Afghanistan
16-03-2012
KABUL – A senior United States commander yesterday defended moving a US soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians out of Afghanistan to a military detention centre in Kuwait, saying it would
readNamibia sweep past USA
16-03-2012
ANOTHER clinical performance from Namibia yesterday helped them notch a third straight victory in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers, defeating the United States of America by 17 runs.Opening batsman
readImplats tells Zim to pay up before it gets stake
16-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Impala Platinum said on Wednesday that the Zimbabwean government would have to find the money to buy the 31 per cent stake it wanted in its local unit Zimplats or the
readDeparting Goldman banker slams ‘rip-off’ culture
16-03-2012
LONDON/NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs faced an unprecedented assault from one of its own on Wednesday after a banker published a withering resignation letter in the New York Times, calling the Wall Street
readSouth Africa Goldman banker always stuck to principles
16-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Greg Smith was a principled and competitive student, the kind of person whose strong sense of right and wrong probably pushed him to resign from Goldman Sachs in a scathing letter to an
readGive with caution
16-03-2012
Going above and beyond in the workplace is a good thing, right? Whether you stay late to help out a colleague with an important presentation or you give a direct report credit for the success of an
readBP joins Serica oil hunt in Namibia
16-03-2012
BP Plc is expanding investment in Namibia by buying into Serica Energy Plc (SQZ)’s offshore blocks as explorers seek oil under a layer of salt off the African coast, Bloomberg reported yesterday.The
readAfrican Digest
16-03-2012
Investment banking hits Investec JOHANNESBURG – Investec flagged yesterday that full-year earnings probably fell as much as 27 per cent hurt by a poorly performing investment bank and a loss in its
readLibyan stock exchange reopens after a year
16-03-2012
TRIPOLI – Libya’s Stock Exchange resumed trading yesterday just over a year after the country’s conflict forced it to close.Officials on the trading floor rang a bell then shouted “Allahu Akbar!” or
readInternational Digest
16-03-2012
Currency houses halt Iran rial business DUBAI – Major money exchange houses in the United Arab Emirates have stopped handling Iranian rials over the last several weeks, executives at the houses said,
readBiting crisis drives Portuguese to Brazil, Angola
16-03-2012
LISBON/SAO PAULO – Graduates scouring newspapers’ recruitment pages amid Portugal’s worst recession in memory are increasingly opting for the chance of a better life in the former colonies of Angola
readPakistani Taliban release Swiss couple
16-03-2012
MIRANSHAH – A Swiss couple kidnapped by the Pakistani Taliban last July has been released and left at a military checkpoint on a main road in northwest Pakistan, military and intelligence officials
readItalian, British police arrest terrorism suspects
16-03-2012
MILAN – Italian and British anti-terrorism police arrested two people on Thursday, a woman in London and a Moroccan man living in northern Italy who officials said may have been planning an attack on
readPro-Assad rallies mark anniversary of Syria revolt
16-03-2012
BEIRUT – Flag-waving supporters of President Bashar Assad took to the streets of Syrian cities yesterday in an orchestrated show of loyalty to coincide with the first anniversary of an increasingly
readAfrican Briefs
16-03-2012
Egypt prosecutes 75 over football disaster CAIRO – Egypt’s prosecutor general yesterday referred 75 people to criminal court in connection with football riots last month that left over 70 people
readWorld Briefs
16-03-2012
Swiss crash dead to be flown home SION – Belgian military aircraft were on standby yesterday to fly home the bodies of 22 children and six adults killed in a school bus crash in a Swiss Alpine
readSearch off in Bangladesh ferry sinking
16-03-2012
DHAKA – The death toll in this week’s ferry disaster rose to 116 yesterday when villagers found four more bodies floating in the water, authorities said.The decomposing bodies surfaced near the scene
readVirginia Tech guilty of negligence
16-03-2012
WASHINGTON – A United States jury on Wednesday found Virginia Tech university guilty of negligence for failing to quickly alert students during a 2007 shooting spree in which 33 people died, a court
readFlamboyant Chinese princeling in toppled from his post
16-03-2012
BEIJING – Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been toppled from his post as head of the inland city of Chongqing, in a move risking a backlash from backers of his
readNamibia Needs An Army
16-03-2012
ALLOW me a space in your highly esteemed newspaper to comment on some of the points made by Alexactus T Kaure on The Namibian of 9 March 2012: ‘An over-defended but underfed nation’.He should be
readForget A Jobs Bureau
16-03-2012
I ACTUALLY agree with businessman Harold Pupkewitz that a jobs bureau is a non-starter (‘Jobs bureau a non-starter’, The Namibian, 2 March).In the spirit of democratic debate, however, I agree for
readTeaching Remains A Challenge
16-03-2012
TEACHING is a very challenging and demanding job. Demanding in the sense that should you opt to become a teacher, forget about knocking off from your duties even though you have official starting and
readOkahandja Is Not Dying
16-03-2012
PLEASE allow me space in your reputable newspaper to respond to this person (Rio) who wrote the letter with the following heading “Okahandja is Dying” The Namibian of Friday, 14 March 2012.Because
readWho Are Children Of The Struggle?
16-03-2012
I AM one of the Namibian children born of parents who fought and were killed by South African soldiers inside Namibia before independence. My father, who was a breadwinner, was killed by South African
readSwapo Ya Namibia?
16-03-2012
WHAT is in a name? Is the clinging onto a colonial name a possible cause for the persistent tribal cliques in Namibia 22 years after Namibia’s freedom and independence was achieved? Lest we forget,
readChristians Without A Backbone
16-03-2012
THERE is a general cry for social justice in our country and this cry comes from various humanitarian organisations. Unfortunately, in a nation that is supposedly 80-90 percent Christian very little
readHappy 22nd Anniversary President Pohamba
16-03-2012
I AM writing this letter to you, Mr President, with tears of despair, and hopelessness running down my cheeks. I was one of many people who thought you were the real deal, the Messiah voted by us the
readSMSes for Friday 16 March 2012
16-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *QUESTIONS about communal land: Who is superior to the other between the traditional authorities and the communal land boards? Does an applicant have a right to expand the existing
readOmufekelwa iikala edhipago poshipangelo shomOshakati
16-03-2012
OMUFEKELWA ngoka ta ku tiwa okwa dhipagele omunambelewa miilonga yoondholongo poshipangelo shepangelo mOshakati , noshowo eetithile eyonuko enene lyomatungo goshipangelo, ota pulakenwa miihokolola
readOyendji yiidhipaga omumvo gwa yi unene
16-03-2012
KONYALA aantu omathele gatano nenge aantu 489 oyiidhipaga omumvo 2011 moshilongo. Oku yeleka naamboka yiidhipagele omumvo 2010, yeli 432, omwaalu nguka ogwa yi pombanda noopersenda 12. Pamiyalu
readEfilitsa lya nakusa David Sheehama lya tungululwa
16-03-2012
EFILISA, ano etungo lya londathana, lyomunangeshefa gwomOmbalantu a li a tseyika nawa, tate David Sheehama, yamwe ya kala haye mu ithana David yaMwaalwa, ndyoka lya mbonyagulilwe po petameko lyomimvo
readImbamba a kwatwa ishewe
16-03-2012
KANSELA melelo lyoshilando sha Henties Bay nokwa li woo nale meya gwasho okwa holokele mompangu ya mengestrata poshilando shoka omaandaha oshiwike shika.Paulus Imbambah gwongundu yo Swapo okwa
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
16-03-2012
ADDIS ABABA: Aantu 19 oya dhipagwa moshilangela omanga ya li taya ende mombesa muumbugantu ninginino waEthiopia. Omuperesidende gwoshitopolwa sha Gambella okwa ti aantu yahetatu oya ehamekelwa
readAawiliki yaaniilonga ya kanithile aaniilonga ongeshefa
16-03-2012
AAWILIKI nale momahangano gaaniilonga ota ya konakonwa, omolwa euvathano linasha nehangano lyomapungulo lyaaniilonga, Labour Investments Holdings, Ehangano ndika olyondundahangano yaaniilonga
readSMS mOshiwambo
16-03-2012
*Hano fyee ava inatumona oimaliwa yetu omayovi omilongo nhano fiyo opaife, ohatu teelele fiyo onaini? *Epulondi pukululwe ndina omunhu a lopotange ndele hai kwatwapo mara kohofa ihe yako ye okwa
readOmahogololo metifa pOranjemund
16-03-2012
AAHOGOLOLI mboka yiishangitha ayehe kumwe omayovi gaali nomathele gaali nomilongo mbali nagumwe oya tameke okuhogololo, ongula yonena poshilando shokawe moshitopolwa sha Karas.Omahogololo ngoka ogo
readOondjila tadhi ka tulwa oteya
16-03-2012
OSHIKONDO shIilonga nOmalweendo osha gandja iilonga yokutunga oondjila dhili mbali dhongushu yoodola obiliona 1,14 komahangano gaali go koChina. Iilonga mbika oya gandjwa inaa pa pitilwa moshinima
readEnd the Honour Among Thieves
16-03-2012
SO, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is investigating the sale of public land and property development deals at the Windhoek municipality involving several money-huggers?Paulus Noa, the Director
readFrontlining on Twitter
16-03-2012
NAMIBIANS dwell on the past, ponder the future, worry about children, make a connection between macaroni and the Mafia, and generally mull a myriad of concerns and issues that intrude on their daily
readRevolutionaries And The Battle For Relevance In A Faustian Society
16-03-2012
WHEN the Head of State, Hifikepunye Pohamba, a man in the evening of his life, seeks to still justify and defend himself as part the real revolutionaries in opposition to the younger generation of his
readStop this WAR!
16-03-2012
There’s a war against the workers in this country. No, I’ve not turned into a screaming, slogan t-shirt wearing lefty who sees oppression and conspiracy hiding at every corner. But how do you explain
readAn Ode To Bullies.
16-03-2012
MANY, many moons ago, before the days of The Mommyhood, The Trolls, or this column, I was a coward. Allow me to reminisce.When I was in primary school, I met a girl called The Bug. We were both in
readInside The Absurd World Of State-Owned Enterprises
16-03-2012
WHILE our attention is currently focused on other political issues like the Swapo Party Congress or the problems of tribalism or structural imbalances, as Rukee Tjingaete called it recently; some
readOranjemund Residents Must Cherish The Moment
16-03-2012
TODAY just over 2 200 residents of Oranjemund will become part of a new era when they elect the first members of their town council.Oranjemund residents have voted in past elections but only for
readPolitical Perspective
16-03-2012
IT WAS the Minister of Safety and Security and Swapo Deputy Secretary General, Nangolo Mbumba, who said that “to push the country forward is like starting a locomotive”.He was saying it in reference
readBlack Africa are invincible, says Moetie
16-03-2012
BOASTFUL Black Africa chairman Cassius Moetie believes his club is on course for a historic Namibia Premier League triumph. The outspoken Moetie said yesterday that his team is set to become the first
readVan Zyl set to defend tennis top spot
16-03-2012
MICHIEL van Zyl will try to keep his top ranking when the Kia PTA Tennis Series resumes at the SKW courts this weekend. The second of nine competitions will start with the Mini and Midi category today
readBasson plans Nam rugby revamp
16-03-2012
THE new boss of Namibian rugby, Bradley Basson, tells The Namibian Sport that he intends to radically alter the course of domestic rugby in order to earn the trust of the public and sponsors. A
readMourinho eyes Chelsea reunion in final
16-03-2012
MADRID – Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho was hoping for a dream Champions League final against his former club Chelsea after the Spanish giants cruised into the quarter-finals on Wednesday.Nine-time
readChisora loses British boxing licence
16-03-2012
CARDIFF – Heavyweight fighter Dereck Chisora lost his British boxing license on Wednesday for brawling with former WBA champion David Haye at a news conference in Germany following his failed WBC
readBlues to test Stormers back line
16-03-2012
THE Stormers are backing their back line to finally come good against the Blues in their Super Rugby clash at Newlands this evening.After two outings, the Stormers have notched up as many wins, thanks
readWorld Consumer Rights Day commemorated in Windhoek
16-03-2012
THE NAMIBIAN Consumer Trust (NCT) has welcomed the Financial Literacy Initiative from a consumer rights perspective and believe the programme is in line with the objectives of Vision 2030.This is
readWindhoek bus drivers run out of patience
16-03-2012
MUNICIPAL bus drivers in Windhoek yesterday marched to the mayor’s office to hand over a petition demanding overdue overtime payments as well as the axing of their department head.Roughly two weeks
readSPYL against Rundu council auctioning land
16-03-2012
RUNDU – The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) leadership in the Kavango Region is against the Rundu Town Council’s decision to auction off land at the town. The Rundu Town Council yesterday auctioned
readSocial grants need targeting - PM
16-03-2012
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has argued in Parliament that it would not be wise to increase budgetary allocations to social welfare without establishing which households need further support.All
readNew book casts unique light on Rehoboth
16-03-2012
THE book ‘Rehoboth, Namibia – Past and Present’ is the latest edition from editor Cornelia Limpricht, mapping in perhaps the most comprehensive manner Rehoboth’s land gain and land loss over the two
readNBC television won’t cover Independence Day live
16-03-2012
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) will not broadcast the 22nd Independence Day celebrations to be held at Mariental next week live. Albertus Aochamub, the NBC’s director general, on
readMariental prepares for celebration
16-03-2012
ACTIVITIES building up to the 22nd Independence Day celebrations taking place at Mariental next week started on Wednesday.The Independence celebrations will for the first time see President
readGeologist’s passion creates Geo Centre at Rosh Pinah
16-03-2012
A GEOLOGIST at Rosh Pinah Zinc mine, Gisela Hinder, has incorporated her passion for geology with the concept to build a Geo Centre at the southern mining town. The GEO Centre that takes you to the
readNotable Quotes
16-03-2012
I AM proud to stand with the millions of women and men who recognise that our government should legislate according to the reality of our lives – not for ideology. – Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law
readCivil Aviation probe finalised
16-03-2012
BETHUEL Mujetenga, the suspended director of Civil Aviation, is expected to hear his fate soon.The Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works and Transport, Balbina Pienaar, yesterday
readAlmost two road deaths per day
16-03-2012
LAST year, an average of two people died and 16 were injured on Namibian roads every day.According to statistics of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF), an average of 12 000 accidents take place
readAirNam reconsiders top candidate
16-03-2012
AIR Namibia is reconsidering the appointment of a Zimbabwean national as the country manager of its operations in Zimbabwe after it emerged that the shortlisted candidate faced charges of fraud in his
read/Khomanin lukewarm over Khomas land
16-03-2012
/KHOMANIN Traditional Authority chief Josephat Gawanab this week said the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement’s allocation of Versailles, a farm in the Khomas Region, is not a solution to the landless
read‘We cannot admit him ... unless they pay a deposit’
16-03-2012
Throughout my life I’ve heard many insane stories about people being turned away from some hospitals because they don’t have proper docu- mentation, or a medical aid, or simply because they didn’t
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