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53 Articles found on Monday, 19 November 2012
Air Namibia counts losses as pilots’ strike continues
19-11-2012
AIR Namibia could be losing about N$5 million per day in potential revenue due to the pilots' strike that began on Friday, says the airline’s spokesman, Paulus Nakawa.“This does not include monies we
readSwapo candidates campaign with State resources
19-11-2012
THE use of State resources by Swapo ministers for party-related matters has again come to the fore with the three Swapo vice presidential candidates using their official vehicles on their campaign
readALL SMILES
19-11-2012
Tri Sumartono, the current chair of the Association of Diplomatic Spouses (ADS) , with Theresa van Zyl (4). ADS held its annual fundraising dinner in October and with the money raised they held a
readMVAF picks up speed to recovery
19-11-2012
INCREASED revenue and a drop in operational costs helped the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) of Namibia to record a draft surplus of N$36 million for the financial year ended March 2012 – its first
readRough weekend for embattled Jacob Zuma
19-11-2012
South Africa’s President fought battles on various fronts this weekend. Further revelations about the financing of improvements to his private home surfaced, a late application to stop a newspaper
readSpain edge Namibia in thriller
19-11-2012
SPAIN won the Windhoek Lager Tri-Nations series following a thrilling come-from-behind 38-37 victory against Namibia on Saturday. In a see-saw battle, Namibia seemed set for victory when a Theuns
readBreak the high-achiever cycle
19-11-2012
High achievers often let anxiety about their performance compromise their progress, even shying away from assignments that will truly test them, says Harvard Business Review.If you’re a high-achiever,
readLaundry Room to help wash away homelessness
19-11-2012
TWO young entrepreneurs have hit the Namibian market with a new concept called The Laundry Room, a business aimed at providing domestic services in a different way.The company founded and headed by
readBanks seen shrinking for good as lay-offs near 160 000
19-11-2012
LONDON – Major banks have announced some 160 000 job cuts since early last year and with more lay-offs to come as the industry restructures, many will leave the shrinking sector for good as
readNew baby booms won’t avert dependency dilemma
19-11-2012
LONDON – With so many fretting about the rapid ageing of European societies and the rising burden of old-age dependency, it's easy to overlook the mini baby booms in many countries.Often apocalytic
readWorld's private equity eyes Africa
19-11-2012
LONDON – Private equity houses are swapping low-growth buyout deals in Europe and North America for a slice of booming consumer demand in Africa.They are drawn by a youthful and booming population
readAs donors halt aid over graft, Ugandans demand action
19-11-2012
KAMPALA – Dressed in black, Betty Aguti clutches a bunch of roses that she says should be laid at the graves of the Ugandan public services being strangled by rampant corruption.She was among several
readWal-Mart files US labour charge against union
19-11-2012
CHICAGO – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is taking its first legal step to stop months of protests and rallies outside Wal-Mart stores, targeting the union that it says is behind such actions.Wal-Mart filed an
readSouth Africa farming heartland hit by looting
19-11-2012
CAPE TOWN – South African protesters looted shops and blockaded streets with burning tyres, police said on Friday, after a day of anger in the Western Cape's farming heartland that led to 42
readRebels shell near capital of Sudan’s North Darfur
19-11-2012
KHARTOUM – Insurgents have shelled near the capital of Sudan’s troubled North Darfur state for the second time in less than a month in an attempt to disrupt government air raids, a senior rebel said
readUN launches attacks in DRC
19-11-2012
Kinshasa – UN attack helicopters hit rebel positions in the eastern DRC on Saturday after insurgents equipped with sophisticated night-vision equipment and mortars gained ground in heavy clashes with
readJihadist is second hunger striker to die in Tunisia
19-11-2012
Tunis – A key figure in Tunisia’s Salafist movement, Mohammed Bakhti, died on Saturday after going on hunger strike over his arrest for an attack on the US embassy, the second such death this week,
readGaza truce possible ‘today, tomorrow’: Palestinian official
19-11-2012
Gaza City – Talks on the possibility of a truce to end five days of violence in and around Gaza are under way, and a deal could be reached “today or tomorrow,” a Palestinian official told AFP
readSMS mOshiwambo
19-11-2012
*Mboka muli moRdp otamu mana po ethimbo o .D.T.A oya totwa uunake ? Tamu tu yolitha shuneni koSwapo kopaati yaalumentu manga inaa mu shituka iiyanda yomongwa.Ongundu ya totwa kaantu yageya shii ya
readEpangelo tali ipula kaaniilonga yaa shi yoshili
19-11-2012
OMUPRIMA Minista Nahas Angula okwa indile iikondo ayihe mepangelo opo yi tale meni lyayo kutya oyina aaniilonga yethike peni. Eindilo ndika okwe li ningi sha landula ehololo kutya epangelo ohali futu
readEpangelo tali ipula kaaniilonga yaa shi yoshili
19-11-2012
OMUPRIMA Minista Nahas Angula okwa indile iikondo ayihe mepangelo opo yi tale meni lyayo kutya oyina aaniilonga yethike peni. Eindilo ndika okwe li ningi sha landula ehololo kutya epangelo ohali futu
readIimaliwa yekondjitho lyo AIDS oya shunithwa pevi molwelunduluko
19-11-2012
OMUWILIKI gwiilonga yoku kondjitha ombuto yo HIV-AIDS moshikondo shUukalinawa nonkalonawa, Sarah Fuller okwa ti omandiki goku hungomwenyo noshowo oku konakonena mboka tashi vulika yena ombutu
readEgumbo lya Sakaria Iipumbu lya pya po komulilo thilu
19-11-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Ompumbu mOshakati moshitopowla sha Shana, Sakaria Iipumbu oku li meshongo enene sho egumbo lye alihe lya pipo thiluthilu niinima ye ayihe kumwe noyuunona we wuukadhona utatu
readOmuperesidende gwa Namibia
19-11-2012
Swapo ota ka ulika mbala omuulikwa gwe molwoshipundi shuuperesidende, omanga oongundu dhimwe sigo oompaka kapena ndjoka ya tala kutya olye ta dhi ka ulika ongo omuhogololwa. Ndele epulo oondika kutya
readOntopa ya Kandjengedi noyaNgwediva dha tungululwa nawa kaaChina
19-11-2012
ONTOMPA yo puKandjengedi ompe oya manithwa kaatungi Aachina, noye li yi ipyakidhila okumbonyagula po ndjoka onkulu ye yi pingene po ishewe na yimwe ompe, ya fa ndjoka ya tunga po omasiku ngaka, ya
readSMSes for Monday 19 November 2012
19-11-2012
SMS Of The Day *SOME of us have turned freedom into exploitation and our land into a dust bowl. We can’t make a nation strong when it is held together by the rotten rope of self-interest. Too often
readNamibia lose to Free State
19-11-2012
FREE State beat Namibia by 52 runs in their CSA Three-Day match in Bloemfontein on Saturday.Free Sate declared their second innings at 201/6 leaving Namibia a victory target of 293, but they lost
readShow-stopping Tommy wants tougher fights
19-11-2012
TOMMY ‘Show’ Nakashimba is looking for a sterner test following his first-round technical knock-out victory over Zimbabwean Tinashe Mutodza on Saturday night.Nakashimba barely broke a sweat as he
readDames, Du Toit win Total Tara Rally
19-11-2012
WILLIE Dames of Namibia and his South African navigator Armand du Toit won the 2012 Total Tara Rally in a Volkswagen Polo on Saturday. The rally once again lived up to its name as one of the toughest
readFive over 50 knots at Lüderitz Speed Challenge
19-11-2012
THE Lüderitz Speed Challenge continued to produce exceptional performances over the weekend as several world and national records were once again recorded. Additionally, five windsurfers broke through
read‘Women add something special to football’
19-11-2012
WOMEN bring something special to the game of football, says NFA Women’s Desk coordinator Jackey Gertze.Gertze was delighted that last week’s Fifa Administration and Management Course held in Windhoek
readNamibia supports Fifa health project
19-11-2012
THE Namibian government has endorsed the Fifa 11 for Health programme which will reach its second phase targeting 300 schools next year.Fifa’s chief medical officer, Dr Jiri Dvorak, on Friday morning
readAl Ahli win seventh African crown
19-11-2012
CAIRO giants Al Ahli are no strangers to success in continental club competition but their seventh and latest African Champions League triumph must feel like the sweetest of them all.A 2-1 away upset
readMancini doesn’t expect miracle against Real
19-11-2012
MANCHESTER – Roberto Mancini believes Manchester City’s 5-0 thrashing of Aston Villa will count for nothing when they host Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.City continued their
readAustralia win caps southerners’ success
19-11-2012
LONDON – Australia proved the doubters wrong by beating England 20-14 to cap a successful day for the southern hemisphere heavyweights, with New Zealand and South Africa also winning in the second
readVeld fire raging in Gibeon area
19-11-2012
VELD fires raging since Friday in the Gibeon Constituency have caused extensive damage to grazing. The Gibeon Constituency councillor, Jeremia Van Neel, said the fire was believed to have been started
readTwo murders reported at Rehoboth
19-11-2012
A TOTAL of three murders took place in Windhoek and at Rehoboth this weekend.On Friday at about 11h00, two friends were walking in Rehoboth’s Block E residential area when they started arguing. Deputy
readFrom The Twittersphere
19-11-2012
EASY does it. Actually Ees(y) did it! Walk off with a Channel O award that is, prompting more than a few ‘crazy boy’ tweets, especially after he ran on stage with the Namibian flag at the end of the
readThree names proposed for new delimitation commission
19-11-2012
OPPOSITION MPs in the National Assembly have appealed for a credible and non-partisan Delimitation Commission to be appointed with the approval of President Hifikepunye Pohamba.The Minister of
readArguments heard over teacher’s ‘confession’
19-11-2012
THE murder trial of retired teacher David de Jay is due to continue today with the hearing of further arguments on the admissibility of a disputed alleged confession which he made a month after his
readSwapo wins Tsumkwe by-election
19-11-2012
WINDHOEK – The Swapo-Party’s Francina Hishekwa-Ghauz won Friday’s Tsumkwe Constituency by-election with 1 515 votes.Elections director Moses Ndjarakana told Nampa on Saturday that the National Union
readSuper-grids, mass blackouts and clean energy
19-11-2012
LONDON – The concept of a ‘super-grid’ capable of moving huge amounts of electricity over long distances is popular with environmentalists and governments keen to promote the integration of more
readHochfeld evictees considered for resettlement
19-11-2012
ABOUT 200 families evicted from a Hochfeld farm in November last year were advised by the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement to apply for resettlement. But Lands and Resettlement Minister Alpheus
readQuestions over Green Scheme fertiliser tender
19-11-2012
THE awarding of a N$2 million fertiliser supply contract to Green Scheme projects by the Ministry of Agriculture to a company running a Green Scheme project itself has raised eyebrows.KS Industries,
readNamPower strike continues
19-11-2012
TANGENI Kambangula, the spokesperson of NamPower, yesterday said that their employees remain on strike.Upon enquiry, she said yesterday: “There is nothing new. They are still on strike.” According to
readMagistrate rejects murder accused’s guilty plea
19-11-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Regional Magistrate, Piet Bekker, on Friday rejected the guilty plea of the man accused of murdering Aletta Thirion (63) in her home on November 6. Jan Benedictus Fredericks (23)
readMinistry clamps down on illegal logging
19-11-2012
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry says there has been an unacceptable increase in the illegal harvesting of forest products.John Mutorwa, the Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry,
readLittering worries Environment Minister
19-11-2012
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has expressed concern over the increasing litter problem in the country. Nandi-Ndaitwah warned that litter pollution is a danger to the
readLabour-based road construction benefits communities
19-11-2012
THE Minister of Works, Errki Nghimtina, says many communities and small businesses have benefitted from his ministry's labour-based works policy. tHe said this when he officially opened the new
readNamibia Fashion Show world class
19-11-2012
The first ever Namibia Fashion Show lived up to expectations with designers from Namibia and Africa showcasing brilliant designs. They proved exactly why they are ahead of their peers in their
readFamily planning a human right, says UNFPA report
19-11-2012
THE State of World Population 2012 report published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says voluntary family planning in developing countries would reduce the costs of maternal and newborn
readNotable Quotes
19-11-2012
THIS is a blatant violation of the Constitution and the laws, which call for fairness, impartiality, equality and transparency by administrative bodies and officials. – Eddie Amkongo, the Public
readNo future without national documents
19-11-2012
THREE Zemba families living in the Kilimanjaro informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek have no national documents.The families have 11 children between them and neither the parents nor the
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