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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Beef crunch hits Namibia
15-05-2012
NAMIBIA is currently facing a shortage of quality beef with restaurant owners saying that they are unable to source premium cuts locally.There is currently a ban on beef imports from South Africa
readHaimbili stays out in the cold
15-05-2012
DISMISSED TransNamib Chief Executive Officer Titus Haimbili vowed to fight on after he suffered a Labour Court defeat in his attempt to hold on to his job yesterday.“My conscience is clear. I will
readCourt stops NAC strike
15-05-2012
THE Labour Court granted the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) an interim interdict to stop a pending strike by workers late yesterday afternoon. Workers, mostly those organised under the Namibia
readOkahandja earmarked for new developments
15-05-2012
EXCITING new developments are slated for the garden town of Okahandja. Following a two-year delay in the construction of the US$34 million SABMiller brewery at the town, acting Chief Executive
readMerkel: ‘painful’ state defeat won’t affect Europe policy
15-05-2012
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged yesterday that her party’s heavy losses in a key regional German vote was a “bitter, painful defeat”, but stressed it had no bearing on her
readPohamba Shifeta embarrassed by prolonged Mogane case
15-05-2012
DEPUTY Sport Minister Pohamba Shifeta wants a speedy resolution to the “embarrassing” case of suspended Namibia Sport Commission (NSC) chief administrator Rusten Mogane. Shifeta said the unending
readNo new party for Malema
15-05-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Julius Malema will never start his own political party despite being kicked out of the African National Congress, the expelled ANC Youth League president said in Johannesburg
readSouth Africa’s Sushi King to divorce
15-05-2012
Businessman Kenny Kunene and his wife, Mathato, are headed for splitsville. The ex-convict millionaire, who’s known for eating sushi off half-naked models, confirmed exclusively to City Press that
readBB StarGame evictions start off game with a bang
15-05-2012
What would Big Brother be without all the twists and surprises? The first eviction show took place on Sunday night and boy did Big Brother mix it up. Three housemates got the boot instead of the
readZim faces 9 hour power cuts daily
15-05-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s state power company says it is implementing power cuts of at least nine hours a day as the winter season begins in the southern African nation.The Zimbabwe Electricity Company says
readFarmers supported through training programme
15-05-2012
THE Farmers Support Project (FSP) got a new injection of N$10,4 million for this financial year with a financing agreement between Agribank and the German Society for International Cooperation
readAgricultural Diary
15-05-2012
• Auctions May 16: Lared Brahman and Voigtland Simmentaler third combined production sale at Agra/Bank Windhoek Ring in Windhoek. May 16: Laurenza auction of FN Junius some 32km from Gochas on the
readAmhub Boergoat Stud: Fertility and adaptability is key
15-05-2012
TEN years ago Daniel and Erna Motinga started farming on a part-time basis. A decade on and the family business is an established boergoat stud breeding and sell top quality young rams and ewes at
readBuild a better business case
15-05-2012
To build the best business case, don’t rely on preconceived notions, and remember to pull in various stakeholder before charging ahead, says Harvard Business Review.When building a business case, many
readInequality threatens Africa’s growth
15-05-2012
AFRICA’S strong growth trajectory is threatened by rising inequality and the marginalisation of whole sections of society, stated the 2012 Africa Progress Report entitled ‘Jobs, Justice and Equity:
readIMF cuts sub-Saharan Africa 2012 growth forecasts
15-05-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies will expand at a slower rate in 2012 than earlier projected, undermined by global financial distress and a sluggish recovery in South Africa, the
readSouth Africa hopes to boost shipping with tax reform
15-05-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has some of the busiest ports on the continent but no commercial ships, but officials hope a new tax regime may give it an entry into the multi-billion-dollar industry.The
readFord tries to play catch-up in China
15-05-2012
CHONGQING, China – Frank Chuang proudly surveys his immaculate new car plant as partly assembled versions of the Ford Focus travel down the production line.Glancing at the small cars in the massive
readAfrican Briefs
15-05-2012
Sudan pullout conditional KHARTOUM – The Sudanese government has conditioned withdrawal of its troops from Abyei on the formation of an administrative body as agreed with South Sudan last year,
readWorld Briefs
15-05-2012
49 headless bodies in Mexico MONTERREY – Mexican police yesterday searched for perpetrators of a drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and left in plastic bags on
readMnangagwa declares ambition to lead Zanu-PF
15-05-2012
HARARE – Zanu PF strongman Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally confirmed what the nation has long expected, he’s officially declared his bid to take over from Robert Mugabe as leader of Zanu PF.The 65
readTwo dead, 20 hurt in Lebanon clashes
15-05-2012
TRIPOLI, Lebanon – Two men were killed and at least 20 people were wounded in clashes between Alawite supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Sunni Muslims in the Lebanese city of Tripoli,
readPohamba okwa uvithwa nayi kiiningwanima po Unama
15-05-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile aanawino momaithano gayooloka unene tuu aahungimwenyo opo ya longele kumwe moku keelela iiningwanima yanika oshiponga neso yaa holokewe momanongelo
readYatatu ya yahwa koombotsotso meyugo kwahomatiwa pOshikango
15-05-2012
OOSEKURITI mbali nomukwashigwana gumwe oya yahwa momaako nokomagulu koombotsotso ndhoka dha yuga, ano dha kutha oshimalwa noshowo okompiuta noocelefona mOsitola yomunangeshefa gwOmuchina yedhina China
readAaniilonga yopo NAC ya hala oku kankama
15-05-2012
AANIILONGA yehangano lyokuwilika uupale woondhila wa Namibia[Namibia Airports Company, oya tokola kutya otaya ka tameka oshipotha puupale woondhila auhe moshilongo komatango gomaandaha oshiwike
readMinista Nghimtina a gandja omakumbatha
15-05-2012
OMINISTA yIilonga nOmaenditho Erkki Nghimtina, ngoka meti 6 Mei 2012, a popitha oshigwana shomOshitayi shoSwapo sha Gwashamba mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto kombinga yesiku lyEvalo lyoSwapo, ano
readEso lyomunona nayina olya ulike uuhasha
15-05-2012
ESO lya nakusa, Juliana Kleopas nokahanona ke moshipangelo sha Katutura momasiku 3 ga May nuumvo osha ulike kutya oshikondo shuundjolowele wopashigwana osha longa nuuhasha. Omukuluntu gwofakulti
readOmahooli ota ga ka gwedhelwa ishewe oshiwike shika Katali a tseyitha
15-05-2012
ONDANDO yomahooli otayi gwedhelwa ishewe metitatu lyoshiwike shika, naashika otashi ti ondando yomahooli oya londokekwa pombanda nuumvo konyala nodola yimwe nenge shivulepo molitera yimwe. Omanga
readSMS mOshiwambo
15-05-2012
*Waapandula noyaka, nandi pandule omuhingi gwombesa yo Mad Dog liner, gwedhina, Sallu: onda, ile naye okuza kOndangwa nduuka koWindhoek, oshiwike sha yi,ashike omuhingi ngukaa’ sorry’ tate otwe ku
readAapangi noondohotola ya longa nuuhethi ota ya ka tulwa pevi
15-05-2012
AANIILONGA yuundjolowele mboka tashi vulika yeetitha eso lyomukulukadhi nomwana mokanyothi koposhipangelo sha Katutura ota ya ka tulwa pevi. Minista, Richard Kamwi okwa lombwele amushangatakalele
readSMSes for Tuesday 15 May 2012
15-05-2012
SMS Of The Day *NURSES and doctors face suspension. Dr Kamwi can we also hear from the nurses and doctors their side of the incident? Food for Thought *THE ruling party is blessed with weak
readThe Twitter Touchline
15-05-2012
SOME random football tweets from home and abroad following a dramatic weekend:@pascalhantz: Congratulations Rundu Chiefs Football Club. Premier League Football beckons. About time, following decades
readTISAN netball team victorious in South Africa
15-05-2012
The Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (Tisan) netball team came out tops at the recent club championships tournament held in Germiston, Johannesburg.This is a welcome boost for the
readCity 100 years behind: Ferguson
15-05-2012
SUNDERLAND – In congratulating new Premier League champions Manchester City, Sir Alex Ferguson reminded them that they have a long way to go before they can be considered Manchester United’s
readPastor Maldonado’s triumph unites polarised Venezuela
15-05-2012
CARACAS – Venezuelan driver Pastor Maldonado’s remarkable first Formula One victory brought a rare moment of national unity to a homeland bitterly divided months before a presidential vote.The
readFederer, Serena eye French Open glory
15-05-2012
MADRID – Roger Federer and Serena Williams took home trophies on Sunday from the Madrid Masters, with the pair of veteran champions hoping to channel their clay success into more glory at Roland
readFrom The Twittersphere
15-05-2012
DREADS, tanning, two-minute noodles, and praying ... a lottery of views from the Namibian Twitter frontline. @Phil_Mos: Ain’t nothing more painful than living in a poor neighborhood with Illegal
readIn Celebration Of Our Mothers
15-05-2012
LAST week we had a lot to say about race and class. Writing in celebration of our mothers today, it is fitting to add a third (missing) dimension. And that is patriarchy.As those of us from the Study
readIt Is Worth Investing In An HIV Positive Child
15-05-2012
THERE is delight for any prospective student who reads the word “scholarship” within a box advert in our local newspapers. You read with interest what field the scholarship is for and you quickly run
readNurses arrive to work in Namibia
15-05-2012
TWENTY-THREE nurses from different hospitals in Kenya and Lesotho have arrived in Windhoek to start a two year contract in various hospitals in Namibia.The visibly tired but excited nurses were
readKamwi dismisses Global Fund managers
15-05-2012
THE concern of the Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi that Namibia’s Global Fund may collapse if the existing staff are not retained, apparently disappeared overnight when he decided not to renew the
readLand grab moves to Mariental
15-05-2012
THE Mariental Town Council has become the latest victim of land grab where close to 31 households have put up corrugated iron-zinc shacks on illegally seized municipal plots last week. The land grab
readFour suspects in court for threatening Nampa journalist
15-05-2012
FOUR suspects appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s court on Thursday on separate charges of threatening the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) Rundu-based journalist, Olavi Haikera, with death and
readFour suspects in court for threatening Nampa journalist
15-05-2012
FOUR suspects appeared in the Rundu Magistrate’s court on Thursday on separate charges of threatening the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa) Rundu-based journalist, Olavi Haikera, with death and
readKunene hit by drought – //Hoebeb
15-05-2012
OPUWO – The governor of the Kunene Region says urgent intervention is needed in the Epupa, Opuwo and Sesfontein constituencies as both people and livestock are suffering under extreme drought
readCity gets more CCTV cameras
15-05-2012
CITY Police Chief, Abraham Kanime, wants thieves in the capital to know that they are under a watchful eye. A total of 30 CCTV cameras are currently installed all over Windhoek to monitor criminal
readNotable Quotes
15-05-2012
IT is estimated that 40 per cent of all new infections are among young people, which is about 10 young people a day. What is even more disturbing is that out of 10 young people infected by HIV daily,
readAnother baby death exposed
15-05-2012
ANOTHER scandal has exploded around a maternity ward in a State hospital in the capital.This time, Martha Amutse and her husband, Robby Echelmeyer, accuse staff of the Windhoek Central Hospital of
readArmed robbers hit Oshikango
15-05-2012
TWO security guards and a civilian have been shot and wounded during an armed robbery at a shop in the Chinese Plaza shopping complex at Oshikango on Saturday morning.Ohangwena regional crime
readLouis leads NPL golden boot race
15-05-2012
THE Top Goalscorer of the Season award is set for an exciting climax with several players still in the running for the N$15 000 prize.Black Africa striker Jerome Louis leads the pack with 11 goals,
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