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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Arrested mine boss blames conspiracy
27-03-2012
A CRIMINAL conspiracy against him in Poland is behind the charges which led to his arrest in Windhoek on Friday last week, says manganese mining company boss Boris Bannai.“I don’t know any fraud that
readKatali warns against illegal seizure of land
27-03-2012
THE Minister of Mines and Energy, Isak Katali, has warned against illegal land invasion, saying this may lead to “chaos and anarchy”.“Do not take the law into your own hands, this is dangerous. There
readHarvest time
27-03-2012
Alenga Mbamba harvesting maize in a field next to her parents’ homestead. Most people plant mahangu and maize together in one field. Photo: Tanja Bause
readBig names fined over AA reports
27-03-2012
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Edgars, United Africa Group, Meatco, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia and the Namibia Red Cross Society are
readWorkforce grew by nearly four per cent last year
27-03-2012
NAMIBIA’S workforce grew by 3,8 per cent to 165 869 from April 1 2010 to March 31 2011, the latest annual report by the Employment Equity Commission (EEC) has shown.The data was compiled from 573
readWelcome to Karas: Swartbooi
27-03-2012
THE Governor of the Karas Region, Bernadus ‘Clinton’ Swartbooi, has promised a “mind-blowing” 12th edition of The Namibian Newspaper Cup.The annual youth development football tournament is to be held
readMalians stage protest against military junta
27-03-2012
BAMAKO – Malians marched in Bamako yesterday to protest against the junta while Tuareg rebels threatened to capture a key northern city, piling political and military pressure on the coup leaders.More
readSenegal’s Macky Sall hails new era after win
27-03-2012
DAKAR – Senegal’s Macky Sall yesterday hailed a new era after triumphing over veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade in a presidential election lauded as an example for African democracy.Senegal was jubilant
readActivists push SA to try Zimbabwe rights crimes
27-03-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Rights activists began a legal bid yesterday to compel South Africa to investigate and prosecute citizens of neighbouring Zimbabwe suspected of crimes against humanity.The activists
readEgypt army slams Muslim brotherhood
27-03-2012
CAIRO – Egypt’s ruling generals lashed out on Sunday at the Muslim Brotherhood over its questioning of the military’s continued support of the cabinet, while urging the Islamists “to look to the
readMutorwa not happy with Oshakati abattoir
27-03-2012
OSHAKATI – Agriculture, Water and Forestry Minister John Mutorwa has expressed serious disappointment over the way the management of Meatco is running the Government-owned abattoir at Oshakati.Mutorwa
readAgri Diary
27-03-2012
March 29: Total sale of the breeding stock (Sussex and Dorpers) of the late Oom Daan Kotze at farm Wolftoon number 399 in the Aranos district.March 30: Boergoat ram auction at Mariental with 49 rams
readHorticulture gets boost at Epalela
27-03-2012
EPALELA – Omusati boasts a new cold storage facility for the Olushandja Horticulture Producers’ Association at the Epalela settlement.The facility, called the Olushandja Horticulture Marketing Centre,
readNamibian investments drop to N$86 billion
27-03-2012
INVESTMENT funds under management in Namibia dropped to N$85,6 billion in the third quarter of 2011, lower than the previous two quarters but still about two per cent higher than the third quarter of
readMake time for meeting prep
27-03-2012
Going into any meeting, and especially an important meeting, unprepared just makes those gatherings longer and less productive, says Harvard Business Review.With so many meetings, busy managers don’t
readWorld Bank must mirror global shift
27-03-2012
WASHINGTON – Emerging economies must be given a fair shot at leading the institutions at the heart of global finance or they will end up going their own way, a challenger for the top job at the World
readKenya discovers oil
27-03-2012
NAIROBI – Kenya announced yesterday its first oil discovery, saying it was found in the northern part of the country where British Tullow Oil Plc has been conducting exploratory drilling.The
readAustralia blocks China’s Huawei from tender
27-03-2012
CANBERRA – Australia has blocked China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from tendering for contracts in the country’s US$38 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) due to cyber security concerns, Huawei
readAfrican consumers targeted as key by electronics firms
27-03-2012
CAPE TOWN – From solar-powered lights to televisions that can withstand power blackouts, electronics mega-firms are wooing African consumers with products that target local, often challenging,
readWorld Briefs
27-03-2012
Afghan soldier kills 2 UK troops KABUL – An Afghan army soldier killed two British troops at their headquarters in southern Afghanistan yesterday, Britain and Nato officials said, in the latest
readWife of ‘rogue’ US soldier defends him
27-03-2012
Washington – The wife of a US Army sergeant accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians this month said she does not think her husband could have carried out the massacre as he was like a child himself and
readFrance launches hunt for Islamic extremists after attacks
27-03-2012
PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy, in mid-campaign for re-election, said yesterday French security services would launch a hunt for Islamic extremists following the killing spree by an Islamist
readAfrican Briefs
27-03-2012
Zimbabwe bus crash kills 15 HARARE – At least 15 people were killed and 28 injured on Sunday when a bus veered off the road and overturned in the eastern Zimbabwean village of Nyanga, state radio
readThe Cracks in the BRICS
27-03-2012
AS it prepares to hold its latest annual summit in New Delhi on March 28-29, the BRICS grouping – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – remains a concept in search of a common identity and
readIt’s Time to Deliver for Girls and Women
27-03-2012
A FEW weeks ago, on March 8, the world celebrated International Women’s Day, which serves as a clarion call to honour girls’ and women’s contributions to their families, communities and nations. As
readAir Namibia natango ota kongo omuwiliki
27-03-2012
EHANGANO lyiilonga yomatuko goondhila yaNamibia natango oya tsikila nolukongo lwomuwiliki omupe gwehangano ndyoka okuza tuu nkene omuwilikipitithi gwehangano ndyoka a ethelepo iilonga omumvo 2010.
readOonakulwa aakulu inamu nwa po we iimaliwa
27-03-2012
PETHIMBO ta popitha Oshituthidhimbuluko shevalo lya Namibia sho a gwnaitha omimvo 22 mOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana mOlyomakaya ga zi ko Amushangandjayi gwOswapo me Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana ngoka wo
readEwiliko lyaaHerero lya ti ka li holike kepangelo
27-03-2012
EWILIKO lyopamuthigululwakalo lyAaherero kohi yomuwiliki, Kuaima Riruako olya lundile epangelo kutya olyo ta li hwameke omaipumomumwe pokati komihoko. Elundilo ndino olye ya konima sho aniwa omuwiliki
readEsiku lyiihokolola ya Ayoub lya tseyithwa
27-03-2012
OMUNANGESHEFA omukwashigwana gwa Lebanon, ngoka ta kongwa kepangelo lya France omolwa efekelo lyoku kwata omukiintu koonkondo ota ka uva omasiku 27 sigo 29 ga Juni ngele ota shunwa koshilongo hoka a
readSMS mOshiwambo
27-03-2012
*Vakwetu natu kwafelwe , tu pewe okapangelo no katenda ka M T C pOmuhongo moshitopolwa sha Epembe mOhangwena Region. *Ame ondahala okupula komukulunu wopolifi yaNamibia kutja omolwashike mopolifi muna
readIyambo a popitha aalongi poShiwakopo metine
27-03-2012
MINISTA yElongo, Abraham Iyambo okwa popitha aalongi pethimbo lyegandjo lyomapapa lyokomumvo moshitopolwa shErongo poShiwakopo etine oshiwike shayi.Ndika olyo eholoko lyotango lya Iyambo montaneho
readOliver Risser scores at Wembley
27-03-2012
SWINDON Town’s Oliver Risser not only became the first Namibian footballer to play at the notorious Wembley stadium but he scored too – albeit at the wrong end.Risser felt the gloss of being the first
readTouch of romance returns to Champs League
27-03-2012
BERNE – A touch of romance has returned to the Champions League quarter-finals with seven countries, including Cyprus, represented in this week’s first legs with AC Milan-Barcelona topping the
readPure joy for Tiger as patience pays off
27-03-2012
ORLANDO – Tiger Woods said his first win in over two years on the PGA Tour gave him ‘pure joy’ and that it had just been a matter of patience to finally get back to winning ways.Woods held off
readOndangwa hosts successful volleyball tourney
27-03-2012
ONGWEDIVA – A total of 130 players participated in a volleyball tournament held at the tennis courts at Ondangwa under the umbrella of the Far-Northern Volleyball League (FNVL) this past weekend.The
readRugby practice ends in tragedy
27-03-2012
PORT ELIZABETH – It has emerged that the rugby players who died after being swept out to sea by rip-currents at Port Elizabeth’s Blue Water Bay had gone for a swim to cool off after a training
readHerunga leads Namibian performances in Potchefstroom
27-03-2012
TJIPEKAPORA Herunga proved that she is back to her best as she came third in the women’s 200m final in a season’s best time of 23,55 seconds at an action-packed Yellow Pages Series II held at the
readSMSes for Tuesday 27 March 2012
27-03-2012
SMS Of The Day *WE have everything we need in Namibia. We just lack proper leadership who we can trust selflessly to manage what we elected them for. Today’s politicians are celebrities instead of
readWindhoek faces finance squeeze
27-03-2012
A LACK of money remains one of the major challenges of the Windhoek Municipality.This is according to Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo and Windhoek Mayor Elaine Trepper. Trepper and Ekandjo
readUnam’s new hostel stuck in the blocks
27-03-2012
ROUGHLY a month after Unam’s new multimillion-dollar hostel complex was due to be completed, Unam and Hanganeni Emona, the company that won the tender, are still negotiating how the project will be
readTipeeg tendering process streamlined
27-03-2012
THE tendering process of the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (Tipeeg) under local authorities has been simplified and decentralised to speed up the process.Local
readTender Board secretary on way out
27-03-2012
THE secretary to the Tender Board, Welma Enssle, will leave the board by the end of the month to take up a director’s position at the Ministry of Safety and Security. Ministry of Finance spokesperson
readTeacher absenteeism ‘rampant’ at Ella
27-03-2012
PARENTS and pupils at Ella Du Plessis High School in Windhoek are up in arms as chronic teacher absenteeism is causing a loss of valuable teaching time and pupils allegedly spend more time on the
readNCCI admin officer accused of fraud
27-03-2012
AN EMPLOYEE of the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (NCCI) Walvis Bay branch was allegedly caught committing fraud of over N$180 000.According to NCCI Walvis Bay’s vice president, John
readMeat Board accused of breach of contract
27-03-2012
A LEGAL tussle is looming between the Meat Board and a consultancy, Monasa, after the Meat Board terminated its contract and refused to pay for a report already submitted.Monasa was given the
readGermany won’t acknowledge genocide
27-03-2012
THE German government has quashed a motion by the Left Party, which called on the Bundestag to acknowledge the genocidal massacre of indigenous people in Namibia’s colonial past.The Left Party’s
readKavango Governor disturbed by land grabbing by wealthy
27-03-2012
RUNDU – The Kavango Regional Governor Maurus Nekaro is disturbed by the ongoing land dispute, grabbing of land and allocation of land illegally to those with wealth at the expense of the poor.The
readNamibia one step closer to space
27-03-2012
NAMIBIA recently gave one small step closer to space with the graduation of 11 Namibians in space science and technology qualifications.Through a cooperation agreement between the Namibian government
readKauandenge’s party launch postponed
27-03-2012
THE official launch of the ‘youth party’, Joseph Kauandenge’s People’s Democratic Party (PDM), has been postponed pending its registration with the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN).“The
readVolunteer creates playground for needy children
27-03-2012
ORPHANS and vulnerable children, most of them left destitute by AIDS-related deaths, face extraordinary hardships, among them a lack of social support and parental oversight which sometimes lead to
readTwo earthquakes rocked Erongo
27-03-2012
TWO earthquakes, instead of the one reported in the media yesterday, shook the Erongo Region on Saturday, according to the Directorate of Geological Survey.The first earthquake, measuring 4.5 on the
readAustralian falls down Rössing Mountain
27-03-2012
AN Australian man working for mining giant Rio Tinto suffered a skull fracture when he fell from a ledge on the Rössing Mountain east of Swakopmund on Saturday, and is now in a serious condition in a
readNotable Quotes
27-03-2012
THE rumours were rife that he was no longer with us, but I have a surprise for you tonight. Abraham Iyambo is here and he is alive. – David Namwandi, Deputy Minister of Education, on Dr Abraham Iyambo
readFrom The Twittersphere
27-03-2012
THE rainy weather doesn’t appear to have dampened Namibians’ wit, and streetwise (nothing to do with KFC) takes on life. From coining names to cashing in on life, enjoy the word buffet!@Naffy101:
readPambili Young Designers launch new product line
27-03-2012
Pambili Young Designers (PYD) launched their new product line featuring the designs of Attila Giersch, Silvia von Kuehne, Frida Luehl, Benedictus Kutyowa, Tuaovisiua Katuuo, Chakirra Claasen, Maria
readL-Boogie replaces Jill Scott at Cape Jazz festival
27-03-2012
The reclusive multiple Grammy Award-winning Lauryn Hill has added the Cape Town International Jazz Festival to her comeback run.For as much as the organisers espAfrika are forking out her performance
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