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63 Articles found on Friday, 23 November 2012
Areva paid millions to United Africa
23-11-2012
AREVA, the French nuclear energy giant that last month indefinitely postponed opening its uranium mine in the Namib Desert, paid about N$30 million to United Africa Group (UAG) shortly after the
readAbsa ‘realigns’ business in Nam
23-11-2012
AFTER years of trying to get a foot in the door of Namibia’s commercial banking sector, Absa yesterday announced that it intends to scale down it presence in Namibia.The ten people working for Absa
readSwapo revamps structures
23-11-2012
THE fifth congress of the Swapo Party scheduled for next weekend is expected to have a major and lasting impact on the ruling party’s future.The congress, among other issues, will discuss party
readBotswana’s rulers face united rival
23-11-2012
GABORONE – The African Spring may not have materialised, but in Botswana — the continent’s oldest multi-party democracy – the winds of change are buffeting a party that has ruled the country since
readTigers, SKW in crucial tie
23-11-2012
THE Namibia Premier League resumes this weekend with Tigers and SKW opening proceedings at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Both teams have had poor runs in the league so far and victory will be
readPyramid schemes can ruin a country
23-11-2012
THE Bank of Namibia is bound by law to protect the public against pyramid scheme runners who come with “huge promises” with people losing lots of money in the end, BoN Governor Ipumbu Shiimi has
readNo ‘serious dent’ from sanctions, says Iran
23-11-2012
ISLAMABAD – Iran has avoided a “serious dent” to its economy from Western sanctions thanks to large gold reserves, high oil prices and reduced foreign imports, its central bank governor has said.Gold
readSABMiller announces rise in half-year profits
23-11-2012
LONDON – Britain-based brewer SABMiller reported a 15% rise in half-year profits to US$1,59 billion yesterday on growth in emerging markets and after last year’s takeover of Foster’s.Profit after tax
readNew lease of life for old Matchless copper mine
23-11-2012
WEATHERLY International PLC intends spending about N$68 million to re-open the old Matchless copper mine near Windhoek, the London-based company said yesterday.The move will increase copper production
readRogue UBS trader jailed for seven years
23-11-2012
LONDON – UBS trader Kweku Adoboli was jailed for seven years in London this week for gambling away US$2,3 billion of the Swiss bank’s money in Britain’s biggest ever fraud.The Ghanaian-born banker
readAllan Gray invests N$34 million in youth
23-11-2012
“IMAGINE this: a fifteen-year-old girl, scared and anxious walking into a boardroom full of people asking the most awkward questions,” medical student Esperance Luvindao recalls her interview for a
readAustralian police probe racism row
23-11-2012
Melbourne – Police on Thursday were investigating a torrent of threatening and racist abuse against a French woman on a Melbourne bus that was caught on camera and went viral on YouTube.The woman and
readGaza truce: Ban warns of ‘challenges’
23-11-2012
Amman – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement to stick to pledges under a ceasefire deal which came into effect on Wednesday night to end the bloody
readWill The Teachers Ever Strike Legally?
23-11-2012
OVER the past few weeks teachers in Namibia went on an illegal strike which did not only affect the learners’ preparation for the final examinations but also shook up the political atmosphere in our
readThe Grandmother Of Dinners
23-11-2012
CAN those who attended the dinner with the head of state tell the Namibian nation how big their plates were? I mean the mother of all dinner plates worth one hundred thousand dollars!Oh boy what a
readLost Faith In Minister
23-11-2012
AS A parent of a government primary school learner, I have decided to make the ongoing teachers’ strike my business.Firstly, our esteemed ministers’ children and grandchildren attend private schools
readTrying Times For ELCRN
23-11-2012
REFORMATION day marked a defining moment for the Lutherans and ELCRN [Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia] in particular. Martin Luther spoke out against corrupt practices and
readEkandjo For President?
23-11-2012
PEOPLE living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Presidential hopeful and Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo, when addressing a mini rally at Eenhana a few Saturdays ago, allegedly accused
readFire Them All
23-11-2012
AIR Namibia is supposed to be the ‘pride’ of Namibia. This is one of the airlines that connect the rest of the world with Namibia.I have been working in the tourism industry for over 10 years and my
readA Tribute To Dr Hugh Africa
23-11-2012
WE HAVE learnt with great sadness about the passing on of Dr Hugh Africa. Hugh Africa was a colleague and a close friend of mine from our years in exile to the time when we worked together at the
readBikini In The Pool
23-11-2012
IT IS with sadness and disappointment as a parent that I wish to bring the following concern to your attention. As a regular visitor with my family to the Olympia swimming pool (Windhoek), this pool
readPeer Pressure Strikes
23-11-2012
IT IS with interest that I followed the labour unrests in our country, which were probably motivated by those of South Africa.Taking into particular consideration the striking teachers’ case, without
readPatients Need Privacy
23-11-2012
HOW much information should a doctor put on a sick leave form? Current practice in both state and private hospitals is to state the full diagnosis. Is this ethical? Say I have genital ulcers, should
readSchools Need PE
23-11-2012
ALLOW me space in your paper to share my views on the need for proper physical education lessons in our Namibian schools.Let me salute our education ministry for the effort in trying and encouraging
readSupporting Swapo Indirectly
23-11-2012
ALTERNATIVE parties that contested the Tsumkwe by-election have again shown that they would rather choose Swapo to rule than allow Nudo [National Unity Democratic Organisation] to take over that
readAakuluntu miilonga naya landulwe kaagundjuka
23-11-2012
OKOMMISSI yIilonga mepangelo[PSC] oya thaneke kutya Okabinete na ka talulule etokolo lyako kombinga yoku gwedhela ko oomvula dhiilonga kaakondjelimanguluko mboka yaadha omimvo 60. Okommisi oya ningi
readAir Namibia eethapo omatuko goondhila 33
23-11-2012
IILONGA yomatuko goondhila ya Namibia oya li ya thiminikwa okumweneka omalweendo geli 33 metitatu sigo omaandaha oshiwike tashiya oshoka oonkudathana kombinga yoondjambi inadhi shi pondola okwaadha
readOshikondo shIilonga osha pukithwa aniwa
23-11-2012
OSPANA yiikonga yomahogololo ga Hage Geingob oku hogololwa ando a kale natango oye omupevipersidende gwoSwapo oya pukitha oshikondo shIilonga kombinga yehehelo oku lonigtha ondhila yuuperesidende
readNatango omukiintu gumwe a dhipagwa mOshana ishewe
23-11-2012
OPOLISI moshitopolwa sha Shana otayi pula pula omufekelwa gumwe shinasha neso lyomukiintu ngoka omudhimba gwe gwiitsuwilwe ongula yetitatu pOtuwala muuninginino wOshakati.Komanda gwopolisi
readGwedheni ondjambi yaalongi peha lyomuwiliki
23-11-2012
OSHILYO shoparliamende shongundu yo DTA megumbo etiyali lyopashigwana, osha thaneke kutya oshuuvite kutya ota shi kala nawa ngele oondjambi dhaalongisikola, aapangi, aapolisi noshowo aaniilonga
readSMSes for Friday 23 November 2012
23-11-2012
SMS Of The Day *NAMIBIANS, we can strike all we want and ask for many increases but that will not solve our problems. As an accountant in the private sector, I am earning perhaps three or five times
readArchers invited to year-end shoot
23-11-2012
THE Archery Association of Namibia is inviting archers to sign up for the Build-It SKW year-end shoot at the SKW Range tomorrow. The archers are set to contest the recurve and compound 720 round with
readAlbeau breaks through 52-knot barrier
23-11-2012
RECORDS continued to crash at the Lüderitz Speed Challenge on Wednesday, with Antoine Albeau of France leading the way. Surfing in winds of 40 to 45 knots, Albeau broke his previous world record of
readNortherns in command against tame Namibia
23-11-2012
NORTHERNS took command of their three-day CSA cricket match against Namibia as they reached 207 for the loss of only three wickets at teatime yesterday. Playing at Centurion Park in Pretoria,
readTjongarero unopposed for NNOC post
23-11-2012
AGNES Tjongarero will stand unopposed for the position of president of the Namibia National Olympic Committee’s during its general assembly today. Barring the formalities at the Windhoek Country Club,
readBenitez thrown in at the deep end at Chelsea
23-11-2012
LONDON – Interim manager Rafael Benitez has little time to dust off his Premier League suit and tie and start plotting how to drag Chelsea out of their malaise with leaders Manchester City visiting
readSport Fixtures
23-11-2012
Friday, November 23 Namibia Premier League Tigers v SKW 20h00 SA Premiership Ajax CT v Chippa 20h00 Saturday, November 24 English Premier League Sunderland v
readSPYL’s Amupanda threatens journalist
23-11-2012
THE leadership of the Swapo Party Youth League threatened to kick out the editor of the Windhoek Observer, Kuvee Kangueehi, from its media conference at the Swapo Party headquarters in Windhoek
readPSes urged to tighten control
23-11-2012
PERMANENT secretaries were yesterday rapped over the knuckles by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) for under- or overspending, vacancies that are not being filled on time,
readPut nutrition at the centre of development, report urges
23-11-2012
SIXTEEN percent of Namibian women between the ages of 15 and 49 are either severely, moderately or mildly thin, while 28% are either overweight or obese.This is revealed in the Nutrition Landscape
readNdeutepo loses round against MUN leaders
23-11-2012
IT is unclear whether suspended Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) president John Ndeutepo will attend the Swapo congress next week, after the High Court upheld his suspension from the union late
readNamibia a target for human trafficking
23-11-2012
NAMIBIA has been transformed into a transit country, especially for human trafficking, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration has warned.Patrick Nandago made this
readMinistry wants answers from lift company
23-11-2012
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an investigation into the cause of a lift accident in the ministry’s building on Wednesday.A lift installed by the Otis Elevator Company fell eight floors,
readLast strikers back at school
23-11-2012
ABOUT 200 teachers in the Khomas Region, who had refused to return to work after salary negotiations were concluded, have since returned to their schools.Committee member Mika Ndadi yesterday told The
readKeetmanshoop elects new junior council for next two years
23-11-2012
THE newly elected Keetmanshoop Junior Council has pledged to be a catalyst of social innovation in their efforts to tackle challenges such as unemployment, crime and municipal service delivery. The
readJewellery from wire – with an Indonesian flavour
23-11-2012
THE embassy of Indonesia has brought two well-known Indonesian craftswomen to Namibia to present a workshop on wire jewellery technique to 32 Namibian women.The women are from organisations like
readHisa gives a helping hand in the informal settlements
23-11-2012
HOPE Initiatives Namibia (Hisa) helps children in the shantytowns around Windhoek, which have been hit hard by the AIDS pandemic, through different programmes from their centre in the Kilimanjaro
readGoodbye Ausie Naomie Mekile
23-11-2012
AUSIE Naomie is no more. The woman who lovingly fed Döbra learners for more than 30 years died on November 18 2012 following a stroke. The death of Ausie Naomie makes another sad inroad on the small
readEes’s dancer Brox passes away
23-11-2012
NAMIBIAN Kwaito artist Ees’s first Channel O Music Video Award win has been overshadowed by the death of one of his dancers. Elton Mulisa, who went by the stage name Brox, was fatally injured after an
readNamibia to host international conference on teachers
23-11-2012
THE Ministry of Education says the International Policy Dialogue Forum to be hosted by Namibia next week has come at an opportune time where issues affecting teachers will be highlighted.The
readMind Your Language
23-11-2012
“RADOPA and other cockroaches have once again failed in the Supreme Court where they falsely claimed that the 2010 election was rigged and tried to have the outcome of that election declared null and
readOlufuko: Why The Church Is Against This Initiation Rite
23-11-2012
ARGUMENTS have been raised against the Church, especially the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN), for warning its members not to associate themselves with the traditional initiation rite
readIf the truth were known
23-11-2012
Isaid this once, I've said it a million times. there are a few truths in Namibia that could never be true in any other place in the world. It's also true that children and fools tell the truth. so
readMarriage prepares us for the presidency
23-11-2012
THE race for the next president is on in the Land of the Brave.There are three candidates in the race and the question is; who will come out victorious? With that, what will the criteria be? I would
readThe Colonised And Their Colonisers: The Shame Of The 21st Century
23-11-2012
SOME of you might still remember ‘Chimes of Freedom’ by Bob Dylan. In the song Dylan pays tribute to the dispossessed, the lonely, and the lost. The chimes of freedom toll for silent seekers of truth
readThe Crisis Of Consumerism
23-11-2012
MAJOR economic crises are inevitably also structural milestones. There is no simple return to a pre-crisis normalcy. Something changes permanently. As we learned in 2009, patterns of expectations and
readPolitical Perspective
23-11-2012
IN over two decades of independence, Namibians have failed to clarify the difference between the public and private in politics and use of state funds and resources when it comes to political
readNotable Quotes
23-11-2012
IF the president [Pohamba] has a tax-free salary and a range of benefits, my question is what other expenses does he have for us to consider an increment. – Kazeongere Tjeundo says it will be better
readCota Students a Creative Cut Above the Rest
23-11-2012
THE thing staggering through a 50 percent sale and walking through the College of the Arts (Cota) Student exhibition have in common is that they both require you cut up your credit cards before a
readStudent Saves her Own Day at the KCAC
23-11-2012
At first glance the Katutura Community Arts Centre looks like a hold for the criminally or otherwise insane. Its walls are steep and solid, its aura seems dark and mysterious and at a particular time
readTaste of Rain’
23-11-2012
When regarding Richard Pakleppa’s ‘Taste of Rain’ amidst the keyed up crowd that gathered for its namibian premiere at the national Theatre last week, it is interesting to observe how abruptly the air
readTradition Meets Modernity At First Ever Namibia Fashion Show
23-11-2012
As far as exclusive events in Namibia go, the first ever Namibia Fashion show was one of the biggest events of the year, attracting the crème de la crème of Namibia’s fashion
readFrontlining on Twitter
23-11-2012
DO political leaders need to be regularly recy- cled? This and other burning issues occupied the minds of Namibian and other tweeps this week. Plus, mice and men, getting Biblical on fashion, gung-ho
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