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81 Articles found on Friday, 2 March 2012
CoD court squabble ends
02-03-2012
A HIGH Court case in which former political comrades in the Congress of Democrats were pitted against each other in a legal battle about party funds has finally been laid to rest – more than four
readWhere do I go?
02-03-2012
Jacobina Mujoro and her three grandchildren ended up in the street yesterday after they were evicted. The house in Katutura’s Herero location where they had lived for many years was allegedly sold by
readMan in court over child axe murder
02-03-2012
A YOUNG man accused of murdering his three-year-old niece with an axe earlier this week made a first appearance in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Murder suspect Tobias Shikongo Kakungha
readNAC salaries balloon
02-03-2012
STAFF costs at Namibia Airports Company (NAC) have ballooned by more than 200 per cent since 2004 and are threatening the profitability of the state-owned enterprise.In 2004, the NAC total salary and
readNam heading for N$100 billion GDP
02-03-2012
NAMIBIA’S Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is projected to break through the N$100 billion barrier in the 2012-13 financial year, despite economic growth being well below the Vision 2030 targets.According
readElite forces try to close in on Syria’s Homs
02-03-2012
AMMAN – Elite forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad pounded a rebel bastion in Homs yesterday in what appeared to be a final push on the opposition stronghold after more than three weeks of
readKaanjuka upbeat despite loss
02-03-2012
THE Brave Warriors lost their first leg Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier 1-0 to Liberia on Wednesday, however interim coach Bernhard Kaanjuka is content with his side’s battling display in an
readCollaboration, harder than it looks
02-03-2012
Collaboration is championed as a positive force but there are several reasons why it is still more rare than imagined, says Harvard Business Review.We praise collaboration for improving problem
readExtract shareholders urged to take Chinese offer
02-03-2012
EXTRACT Resources, owner of the Husab uranium deposit in Namibia, yesterday urged shareholders to accept takeover offer from state-owned China Guandong Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC).In its target
readCentral banks’ joint efforts sustain global system
02-03-2012
WASHINGTON – Never before have the world’s central banks sent so much money sloshing through the global financial system.From slashing interest rates and buying government debt to dangling cheap loans
readInternational Digest
02-03-2012
China settling commodity trades in yuan HONG KONG – Bank of China and futures exchange operator CME Group have signed an agreement to expand the use of the Chinese currency in settling some
readAfrican Digest
02-03-2012
SA to rule on Wal-Mart bid CAPE TOWN – Wal-Mart will learn at the end of next week if its bid to gain a foothold in Africa by buying 51 per cent of South African retailer Massmart has been rejected
readNo waste nuclear reactors on the horizon
02-03-2012
ONE of Australia’s foremost nuclear energy proponents has put the Australian uranium exploration and mining sector on notice that advancements in technology are already focused on building nuclear
readEx-Areva CEO demand for UraMin report probe denied
02-03-2012
PARIS – A Paris court has dismissed a request from former Areva head Anne Lauvergeon to name an expert to examine the circumstances under which the French nuclear group had ordered a probe into the
readNamibia is the new uranium hot spot
02-03-2012
THE Namib Desert is an eerie place first thing in the morning.The heavy grey mist that rolls in off the Atlantic blankets the flat white sands of the desert, obscuring the sun and the horizon and
readJapan demands North Korea action
02-03-2012
TOKYO – Six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programme have moved a step closer to resumption after Pyongyang’s deal with Washington but there needed to be “concrete” action, Japan said
readANC expels Malema
02-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – The ruling African National Congress on Wednesday evening expelled its youth leader Julius Malema, turning against a man who helped bring South African President Jacob Zuma to power
readWorld Briefs
02-03-2012
James Murdoch quits News International LONDON – James Murdoch, his credibility diminished and his future at the helm of his father’s media empire in doubt, has stepped down as executive chair of News
readAfrican Briefs
02-03-2012
Cops watch Malema’s hometown SESHEGO – Police remained alert in ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s hometown of Seshego, in Limpopo, yesterday following overnight clashes between his
readMinister: New Delhi attack by militants foiled
02-03-2012
NEW DELHI – India’s home minister said on Wednesday that police had foiled a major attack by suspected militants from the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group who were caught with explosives at
readSenegal heading to run-off in presidential race
02-03-2012
DAKAR – Presidential election results published late on Wednesday dealt a humiliating blow to Senegal’s aging leader, who had boasted that he would win the race outright and instead will have to face
readPassengers leave disabled ship in Seychelles port
02-03-2012
VICTORIA – Hot and tired passengers disembarking from a disabled cruise ship yesterday in the Seychelles said they had prepared to abandon ship when fire broke out in the engine room three days ago,
readJobs Bureau A Non-starter
02-03-2012
THE private sector has a long history of acquiring the knowledge, experience and judgmental skills to deal with processes of a benign economic growth environment and all it needs from the public
readParental Education
02-03-2012
FROM my observation, many parents think that sending children to or simply dropping them at school every day, paying their school fees and buying school uniform are the only ways to contribute to
readWho is Rudolf?
02-03-2012
PLEASE allow me space in your paper to respond to Rudolf’s letter titled ‘No Grabbing Land’ in The Namibian of 10/02/2012.Rudolf, who are you? On whose behalf are you talking/writing? I am searching
readYouth Neglect In Kunene
02-03-2012
ALLOW me a space in your esteemed paper to express my honest feeling about what I think is not really good in the Kunene Region concerning youth development.In this so-called great Kunene we the youth
readWhy The Fury?
02-03-2012
ESTEEMED editor of our popular daily, grant me space in order to comment on what I can call a cowardly reaction by Minister of Presidential Affairs Dr Albert Kawana, when he commented on what appeared
readState Robs Its Witnesses
02-03-2012
PLEASE allow me to air my robbery experience by the state as a witness for the state in a court case.The state pays its witnesses N$1 per kilometre for the first 600km and 50 cents p/km for the
readDo Something About Land Prices
02-03-2012
IF actions ever speak louder than words on the repeated calls from vigilant fellow Namibians on the land question, skyrocketing of house prices and the chaos around it, then the time to act should be
readIs there Hope For Troubled Namibia?
02-03-2012
WHEN I was a boy, reading was my hobby, and nothing would make me more happy than to sit with my eyes glued to a book. I remember my principal, Francis Imenda, calling me a bookworm. It was on one of
readWealth Is For All Namibians
02-03-2012
IT IS high time that all Namibians become allergic to poverty. The Government should therefore empower every Namibian in its efforts to eradicate poverty. Remember that poverty does not only entail
readTribal Or Class Analysis?
02-03-2012
ONCE again, the people’s paper presented an excellent editorial on the issue of tribalism (‘Misdiagnosing tribalism’, The Namibian, 24 February). As a nation, we should be careful not to see tribalism
readFrontlining on Twitter
02-03-2012
NAM Tweeps budget their words, but not their sentiments, as they work the 140 on about eve- rything from the Budget to Big Brother, chickens to mosquitoes, and KK to Rambo! @crazynellz: I know we’ve
readCreate your own job
02-03-2012
SO, the budget speech has been delivered, the experts have had their say and the politicians their whine about not being consulted. I’m not sure they know how to consult or give meaningful input. Just
readV... is for vanity and R... for realising you have none!
02-03-2012
LATELY I’ve been wondering whether I will ever feel like a fabulous girl ... ever again. This is how it started: I was going through last week’s Namibian Weekender and settled on the column page when
readSexism is not a media concern
02-03-2012
IT is not any media’s responsibility or duty to right social wrongs. Especially designer wrongs like sexism. But we can choose to help, if we can. Primarily by highlighting it; not through self
read‘Damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ The Moral Dilemma Of (Non-) Interventionism
02-03-2012
PERCEPTION matters. And it impacts empathy. Thousands of ordinary people in Syria have died in the last few months as a result of the Assad regime’s war against its citizens. Now Western journalists,
readA Country Of The Rich And The Elite
02-03-2012
SANNA Dukeleni lost her house in Aimablaagte, Mariental, in early 2004 because she was unable to pay a butchery bill of N$168. She was 45 years old at the time, taking care of five children of her
readDoes The Opposition Still Have Interest In Namibian Politics?
02-03-2012
I WISH I could write about other political parties in Namibia. But no, the majority are dead and buried.When last did the DTA of Namibia conduct a public rally? Is the United Democratic Front still
readDon’t Triangulate And Turn Tribalism Into The Suffering Olympics
02-03-2012
IN his costume of presidential candidate in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy proposed that France had to think about affirmative action as a means to increase the visibility of blacks and minorities in
readPolitical Perspective
02-03-2012
IT is empowering for many to have roots, traditions, customs and culture and identity. I see no inherent problem with this, unless it culminates in the superiority of the tribe triumphing over the
readSMS mOshiwambo
02-03-2012
Uudhigu waaniilonga • Tete ohaipandula kwove ongomuwiliki woshifo the Namibian,shotete piti kenge ndi tye sha. Ohaipopi shinasha noilonga moshilongo oshike peneyooloko pokati kovanailonga va Africa
readOonkundana pafupi moAfrica
02-03-2012
KAMPALA: Omakuyunguto ngoka geli moshitopolwa shokuuzilo mo Democratic Republic ya Congo oga thiminike aantu omayovi ya fadhukilepo ko Uganda. Aanambelewa yepangelo lya Uganda oya ti aaKongo mboka ta
readEthele nomilongo mbali ya pewa uunasikola yiilonge
02-03-2012
AAILONGI yeli ethele limwe nomilongo mbali nayatatu oya pewa iimaliwa yokwiilongitha kUuministeli wOonakulwa aakulu moVenduka metine oshiwike shika. Aailongi omilongo 73 yomwaambaka oyo oonakulwa
readOpolisi ya mono iilyo iipe
02-03-2012
ETANGA lyOpolisi olya mono iilyo iipe yili 898, mbyoka ya kala tayi dheulwa pOkapale ka Ndangwa mOshana uule woomwedhi hamano dha pita po.Shika osha lombwelwa The Namibian, kOmukuluntu gwoshikondo
readOonkundana pafupi muyuuni
02-03-2012
BEIJING: Ongundu yaalumentu yahomata oya dhipaga aantu omilongo mbali pomalandithilo mo Xinjianga moChina. Aantu mboka oya dhipagwa moshiponokela moshitopolwa shoka muna omihoko dha topoka.Ina ku
readAakalimo yiindilwa ya zimine etungo lyodama
02-03-2012
Gavena gwoshitopolwa sha Kunene, Josua //Hoebeb okwa indile aakalimo yomoshitopolwa sha Kunene opo ya kuthe etokolo ewanawa kombinga yetungo lyodama ndjoka ya thanekwa okutungwa komulonga gwa Kunene
readIinamwenyo yaana uupapa ya shunithwa ko
02-03-2012
AATALELI yuundjolowele wiinamwenyo oya shunithako oonzi omilong 20 niikombo 10 opo kaa iy falwe komalanditho giimuna iishona ga li ga longekidhwa piigunda yomauliko giinamwenyo ya Karoo-Ochse
readOmulandu gwoofabulika ota gu falwa koparliamende oshiwike tuuka
02-03-2012
OMINISTA yIipindi nOmipepo, oya ti omulandu gwotango gwoofabulika nomipepo dhokuhambula ogwa pwa okushangwa noshowo oku ngongwa nawa. Omulandu nguka ogwa ziminwa woo kokabinete naashoka sha landulako
readNigeria force draw in Rwanda
02-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG - Nigeria survived a late Rwanda onslaught to force a 0-0 draw at Stade de Kigali Wednesday in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations first round qualifier. The Super Eagles were playing their
readFootball Fixtures
02-03-2012
Saturday, March 3 English Premier League Liverpool v Arsenal 14h45 Man City v Bolton 17h00 QPR v Everton 17h00 Blackburn v Aston Villa 17h00 Stoke v Norwich 17h00 West Brom v Chelsea 17h00 Wigan v
readManchester United see survival at Tottenham as key to season
02-03-2012
MANCHESTER - Manchester United can stamp out any lingering Tottenham Hotspur title ambitions with a victory in London this weekend that would set the Premier League trophy firmly on course to remain
readHitman unfazed by mind games
02-03-2012
PROMOTER Nestor Tobias said “mind games” from Ricky Burns’ camp have no effect on Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses after their departure to Scotland was held up because of recurring technicalities in the WBO
readNRU to elect new leaders
02-03-2012
LOCAL rugby is set to elect a new leadership when the Namibia Rugby Union holds its annual general meeting in Windhoek tomorrow. According to NRU Interim Committee head Danie Strauss, the new
readTeam for Yellow Pages selected
02-03-2012
A NAMIBIAN team of eight athletes left for South Africa on Wednesday to compete in the Yellow Pages Athletics Series.Their coach and manager Letu Hamhola told Namibia Sport that they were trying to
readGold Coast boss sets up group to challenge FFA
02-03-2012
GOLD Coast United owner Clive Palmer ramped up his war against Football Federation Australia (FFA) yesterday by announcing the launch of an organisation aimed at ending the governing body’s
readZimbabwe spy charged with extortion in scandal
02-03-2012
HARARE – A Zimbabwean intelligence agent has been accused of demanding US$10 000 from the head of the scandal-plagued national football association to protect him from assassination, state media said
readRugby Fixtures
02-03-2012
Friday, March 2 Super 15 Chiefs v Blues 08h35 Rebels v Waratahs 10h40 Lions v
readInjuries bite after Super openers
02-03-2012
WELLINGTON – Coaches had been braced for the impact of injuries as the Super 15 rugby tournament embarked last week on its longest-ever season, a seven-month slog through an 18-match regular season
readUnited Nations backs veiled football
02-03-2012
GENEVA – The United Nations has joined the campaign to overturn the ban on the hijab in football four days before the sport’s rule makers are due to review the decision.The UN Secretary General’s
readKaras boxers survive bus crash
02-03-2012
KEETMANSHOOP – Twenty-two male junior boxers from the Karas Region escaped serious injury on Wednesday evening after a bus in which they were travelling crashed into an oncoming truck.None of the
readMormeck out to smash Klitschko’s ‘glass jaw’
02-03-2012
BERLIN – Challenger Jean-Marc Mormeck opened his war of words with Wladimir Klitschko on Wednesday by insisting he will smash the world heavyweight champion’s “glass jaw” tomorrow night.“Klitschko has
readWoman murdered on Simon de Witt Bridge
02-03-2012
THE body of an unidentified woman was discovered by City Police and NamPol officers in Windhoek yesterday morning. City Police spokesperson Helena Mootseng said the City Police received an anonymous
readTrepper calls for local government reform
02-03-2012
WINDHOEK Mayor Elaine Trepper has again reiterated her call for reform of local authority legislation to ensure that financial transfers from the Government to local authorities become a legal
readStreet children on the increase globally
02-03-2012
A REPORT released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has revealed that tens of millions of children live or work on the streets of the world’s towns and cities.The report, titled ‘The
readSMSes for Friday 02 March 2012
02-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *We are still waiting on the University of Namibia to investigate the irregular results of the December examinations and the complaints of those still to receive their remark results
readSeal killing to continue, says Esau
02-03-2012
NAMBIA will continue to kill seals in compliance with the country’s laws and relevant international practices although animal activists are doing all they can to stop the cull through campaigns
readSchool denies dragging out molestation claim
02-03-2012
A WINDHOEK school which fought a multi-million dollar lawsuit stemming from the alleged sexual molestation of a small girl at the school more than five years ago is denying claims that it has dragged
readOpposition wants more inclusive Honours Bill
02-03-2012
OPPOSITION MPs say the National Honours Bill should include all who make exemplary contributions to society. As it now stands, says Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) MP Anton von Wietersheim, the
readNotable Quotes
02-03-2012
THESE projects need to be implemented as soon as possible, which doesn’t mean it should be given to the Chinese. Proper procedures must still be followed. – Robin Sherbourne, an economist said
readNBC wooing Receiver for tax write-off
02-03-2012
FINANCE MINISTER Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is likely to write off the penalties on outstanding tax totalling millions, the NBC believes.NBC director general Albertus Aochamub yesterday told The
readMysterious ‘dog-headed pig monster’ terrorises North
02-03-2012
RESIDENTS in northern Namibia have reported being terrorised by a bizarre dog-pig hybrid creature. The animal is said to be mostly white and unlike anything the villagers have ever seen, with a
readMore delays for 4G
02-03-2012
THE delayed launch of MTC’s 4G network hit another speed bump on Wednesday evening as the Windhoek City Council deferred a relevant item on the agenda of its monthly meeting.MTC has blamed both the
readMalema out in cold after expulsion
02-03-2012
THE expulsion of African National Congress (ANC) youth leader Julius Malema from the party on Wednesday is a clear signal that the party leadership will not tolerate any indiscipline, says Namibian
readIndustrial development policy ready
02-03-2012
NAMIBIA’S Industrial Development Policy has been approved by Cabinet and will soon be tabled in the National Assembly.This is according to Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob who made the comment
readGigi workers work without pay
02-03-2012
CLOSE to 110 workers employed by Gigi Construction, a small enterprise owned by Elize Dadi Dausab, claim they have not been paid for two months. The company is experiencing cash-flow problems. The
readGerman leftists push for genocide acknowledgement
02-03-2012
THE Left Party in Germany yesterday presented a motion in the German parliament that calls for that government to acknowledge German colonial crimes as genocide and to work towards restorative
readEsau aware of phosphate concerns
02-03-2012
THE Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernhard Esau, says his ministry is “well aware” of the serious impact the proposed Sandpiper marine phosphate project just south west of Walvis Bay in
readBilateral relations between Nam, SA on table
02-03-2012
THE already firm relations between Namibia and South Africa will be further consolidated as the two countries vowed to engage in more frequent consultations on regional, continental and international
readBIG project money runs dry
02-03-2012
THE Basic Income Grant (BIG) coalition yesterday made an impassioned plea for local and international support to keep the BIG pilot project at Otjivero afloat as resources are exhausted. When
readAfrican roots, global outlook
02-03-2012
YOUNG, urban and culturally savvy, meet the Afropolitans – a new generation of Africans and people of African descent with a very global outlook.Something of a buzzword in the diaspora, the term
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