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71 Articles found on Friday, 30 November 2012
Rights holders risk losing fishing quota
30-11-2012
THE Fisheries and Marine Resource Ministry may revoke a seven-year fishing concession granted to 30 persons at Lüderitz in December 2011. Since they were granted the rights the group have failed to
readNo hint from Nujoma
30-11-2012
SWAPO president Hifikepunye Pohamba and former ruling party leader Sam Nujoma yesterday both publicly stayed clear of announcing who they are supporting in the race for the top three positions, but
readBA out to defend lead
30-11-2012
DEFENDING champions Black Africa went to the top of the Premier League log for the first time this season when they beat Blue Waters 5-4 last weekend and now they plan to stay there.In a remarkable
readBan calls for urgent action to reunify Mali
30-11-2012
New York – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for urgent action to help Mali’s government and people reunify the country in a report to the UN Security Council, first by promoting political
read‘Mole belongs to Swakopmunders’
30-11-2012
“WE’RE giving the Strand Hotel back to the Swakopmunders, we’re giving it back to Namibians.”With these words O&L Leisure Hotels and Lodges’ freshly appointed managing director, Bruce Hutchison,
readMicrosoft Launches Windows 8 in Namibia
30-11-2012
MICROSOFT’S latest version of its operating system, Windows 8, is now available in Namibia.The latest product offers more than an upgrade on the speed and efficiency of Windows 7 – to give consumers
readShops open in new Otji shopping mall
30-11-2012
OTJIWARONGO – Otjiwarongo residents will soon be spoilt for choice as a number of new shops, which will be doing business in the town for the first time, are set to open their doors to the public.
readDBN says goodbye to Nuyoma
30-11-2012
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) can “absorb the shock” of founding CEO’s departure because the legacy David Nuyoma leaves behind.Speaking at the DBN’s year-end function last Friday, its
readAziNam gets stake in 13 petroleum blocks
30-11-2012
AZINAM has acquired a substantial presence in the emerging exploration province offshore Namibia within the Walvis and Luderitz Basins.The company, backed by the Bermuda-based energy investment group
readHRT signs farm-out deal with Galp
30-11-2012
BRAZIL’S HRT Participações em Petroleo SA said has agreed to a farm-out deal with Portugal’s Galp Energia SGPS, offering a 14% stake in three offshore Namibian oil leases.Under the deal, which is
readFNB named Best Bank in Namibia again
30-11-2012
FNB Namibia has clinched The Banker’s Best Bank in Namibia award for the fourth consecutive year.The bank received its at The Banker magazine’s annual function in London on Wednesday. Judges select
readGovermentt buys 10% stake in Husab
30-11-2012
IN a transaction valued at nearly N$1,9 billion, state-owned Epangelo Mining Company has secured a 10% stake in Swakop Uranium’s Husab Mine, set to make Namibia the third biggest uranium producer in
readCran approved Telecom-Leo deal
30-11-2012
GOVERNMENT is happy that the deal allowing Telecom Namibia to acquire Leo has finally been concluded, Information and Communication Technology Minister Joël Kaapanda has said.The Communications
readNetwork beyond your bubble
30-11-2012
Atendency to seek out the familiar as a buffer against the unforeseen is understandable, but may leave us even more vulnerable to being blindsided by events coming at us from new and unusual
readIran in focus at United Nations atomic energy meeting
30-11-2012
VIENNA – Iran is set to be the main talking point at a two-day meeting of the UN atomic agency starting yesterday, amid ongoing weaponisation fears and safety concerns over Tehran’s only operating
readMadagascar security force abuse probed
30-11-2012
Antananarivo – Madagascar’s government on Wednesday announced an international probe into allegations of rights abuses by its security forces during a recent crackdown on cattle-rustling gangs.“Joint
readMexico security minister denies taking drug money
30-11-2012
MEXICO CITY – Mexican security minister Genaro Garcia Luna has denied taking bribes from an alleged top drug trafficker who said in a letter to a major newspaper that he had paid off the official
readEgypt rushes out new charter
30-11-2012
Cairo – A divisive panel boycotted by liberals and Christians was set on Thursday to vote on a new draft Egyptian constitution, amid mounting protests over President Mohamed Morsi’s assumption of
readEnd support for DRC rebels – Clinton
30-11-2012
Washington – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on all regional African leaders to halt any support for the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Highlighting that 285
readAccountability Is About Democracy
30-11-2012
AT LEAST once a week, often daily, we see that Namibians do not understand the notion of democracy. We read that an editor was rudely threatened with being expelled from the press conference at the
readBackward Teachers?
30-11-2012
I AM a teacher and member of Nantu [Namibia National Teachers Union] and I feel sorry for the current administrators when it comes to providing feedback to teachers using various types of information
readA Better Man In Waiting?
30-11-2012
YOUR report (14.11.2012) on Bernardus Swartbooi’s call for restructuring of a failing ministry is worth taking up for a greater cause. Yes, this was news, real news! And for the first time since 1990,
readOn Sports Development
30-11-2012
I WOULD like to believe that in Namibia we do have an allocated budget for different sport codes.But why is it that we don’t really see the results of sports in the country. We don’t even see sports
readGive Graduates a Chance
30-11-2012
PLEASE allow me space in your esteemed newspaper to state a very crucial issue. The unemployment rate in Namibia has been reported to be 51.2 percent and I am sure that figure or percentage includes
readBEE And Govt Neglect Poor
30-11-2012
I HAVE seriously asked my self several times how the BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) policy benefits the people who are really needy in this country.It is by now public knowledge that BEE simply
readObama Not Our President
30-11-2012
WITH all due respect the comments of our Prime Minister in The Namibian of 9th November that US President Barack Obama “didn’t do much for Africa” can’t go unchallenged. Barack Obama is the ‘first
readEkandjo Will Kill Free Market
30-11-2012
MINISTER Jerry Ekandjo’s plan to ban the sale of urban land by public auction and to foreigners is short-sighted and will definitely not benefit the poor. Municipalities like Windhoek and Swakopmund
readUnity After Congress
30-11-2012
AS I was authoring this formulation, the wise words of Prime Minister Nahas Angula came into mind.As he was winding up his presidential race in 2004 in which he was up against President Pohamba and
readManure To The Minister
30-11-2012
I JUST love Namibia! Where else could you be a minister of agriculture and get away with returning N$365 million to Treasury in a non-food secure country without being fired?Meanwhile, 40,000
readChristianity vs Tradition
30-11-2012
DEAR editor, recent sensational comments by ELCIN, especially the letter by Reverend Dr Abisai Shejavali’s on Olufuko (The Namibian 23 November 2012), faith and cultural matters have reference.I will
readHabana wins IRPA try of the year award
30-11-2012
LONDON – South Africa’s Bryan Habana has won the International Rugby Players’ Association (IRPA) try of the year award for his score against New Zealand in September, it was announced yesterday.The
readNational rugby U/20 training squad named
30-11-2012
THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) yesterday announced a preliminary training squad of 40 players to start preparing for next year’s IRB Junior World Trophy tournament. The provisional date for the
readAthletics readies for Zone Six
30-11-2012
ATHLETICS Namibia held an intensive training camp in Windhoek this week as part of the final preparation for athletes who will compete in the Zone Six competition.Additionally, a distance and time
readFixtures
30-11-2012
Friday, November 30 Namibia Premier League Ramblers v Tigers 19h30 Civics v Black Africa 21h30 German Bundesliga Dusseldorf v Frankfurt 21h30
readBayern out to extend lead against Dortmund
30-11-2012
BERLIN – Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm has insisted the Bavarians are looking only to extend their 10-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga when they host defending champions Borussia Dortmund
readAsian football to elect new president
30-11-2012
SINGAPORE – The turbulent reign of perennially suspended AFC boss Mohamed Bin Hammam will finally end with the regional body announcing plans yesterday to elect a new president before April 2013.An
readSerena Williams named WTA Player of the Year
30-11-2012
LONDON – American Serena Williams has been named Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Player of the Year after one of the most successful seasons in her career.The 31-year-old won Wimbledon and the US
readScolari shrugs off pressure
30-11-2012
RIO DE JANEIRO – Luiz Felipe Scolari shrugged off the pressure of leading Brazil at home in the soccer World Cup and said they were ‘obliged’ to win the title as he took over for a second stint as
readMessi, Ronaldo, Iniesta up for 2012 Ballon d’Or
30-11-2012
SAO PAULO – Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta were yesterday shortlisted for this year’s Ballon d’Or, football’s world governing body Fifa and sponsors France Football magazine
readWater for poor communities in rural areas to be subsidised
30-11-2012
GOVERNMENT has decided to subsidise water supply to the “very and genuinely poor” of the country, the minister of agriculture, water and forestry, John Mutorwa, announced in Parliament on Wednesday.
readUtoni to step down if elected as SG
30-11-2012
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Utoni Nujoma, who is one of the candidates running for the position of Swapo secretary general, says he will vacate his ministerial post if he is elected as SG at the Swapo
readTeachers reject ‘World Bank education’
30-11-2012
TEACHERS who participated in a recent illegal strike claim the Education for All (EFA) initiative is a smokescreen to privatise education and sacrifice social sciences at the altar of the World Bank
readSwartbooi rewards police for long service
30-11-2012
THE Karas governor, Bernadus Swartbooi, has appealed to the police in the region not to accept the withdrawal of domestic violence cases. “Passion killings have increased dramatically. Therefore,
readOnly hard work justifies higher salaries
30-11-2012
FOR the past three years, the salary bill of the Ministry of Education has made up 62% of its expenditure, while only 7% went into its development budget, which includes research.The trend was the
readMissing millions of ODC trickle in
30-11-2012
NINE years after N$100 million disappeared from the coffers of the Offshore Development Corporation through dubious investments, the investigation into the matter still has not been
readLüderitz rapist to be sentenced
30-11-2012
LÜDERITZ resident Ralph Vukile Mtshibe reached a key milestone in his more than 20-year-long history of clashes with the law yesterday, when he was convicted in the High Court in Windhoek on two
readKaras councillor’s S&T claims cut
30-11-2012
THE Karas Regional Council has cut the subsistence and travel (S&T) allowances of Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency councillor Jims Christian because he lives near the venue where councillors have
readGIPF missing millions petition dragged to congress
30-11-2012
PUBLIC servants intend to petition the Swapo Party congress now in progress to demand for justice to be done in the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) Development Portfolio Capital (DCP)
readFashion takes centre stage at Swapo congress
30-11-2012
SWAPO members are known for their vivid party red-blue-and-green attire and the opening of the party’s fifth congress yesterday did not fail to deliver.The energy that flowed at the Safari Hotel was
readFake doctor on the loose in Katutura
30-11-2012
A FAKE doctor is on the loose in Windhoek after he caused a stir at the Katutura Health Centre on Tuesday and Wednesday.The man is suspected to have arrived at the clinic between 15h00 and 16h00 on
readDouble murder suspect not fit to stand trial
30-11-2012
RUDOLF Taati Martin (31), the suspect in the murder of two young women from Oshakati and Okaukamasheshe village in the Oshana Region, has been declared unfit to stand trial.Martin is accused of
readAir Namibia pilots return to the sky
30-11-2012
NAMIBIAN Airline Pilots’ Association (Napa) president Christian Schneider yesterday said that most of the striking pilots agreed to accept an offer they had been rejecting for about three weeks in
readKaaronda okwi inekela kutya otaka galulilwa iilonga ye po NUNW
30-11-2012
AMUSHANGANDJAYI nale gwondundahangano yopashigwana yaaniilonga ya Namibia[NUNW] Evilastus Kaaronda okuna einekelo kutya ota ka galulilwa iilonga ye kuyele tashi vulika oshiwike tashiya. Omukalelipo
readEtokolo miihokolola ya Ngatjizeko omu April 2013
30-11-2012
ETOKOLO miihokolola ya Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko ngoka ta lundilwa kutya okwa dhipaga yina moVenduka konyala omimvo hamano dha pitipo olya tegelelwa li ka gandjwe momasiku 18 April omumvo
readIyambo a londodha kombinga yompumbwe onene yaalongisikola
30-11-2012
OMINISTA yElongo, oya londodha kutya oshilongo otashi ka taalelwa kompumbwe onene yaalongisikola okuza ngashingeyi sigo okomumvo 2015. Omundohotola Abraham Iyambo okwa ningi elondodho ndika pethimbo a
readOshinima shaalongi nondjambi yawo oshi li momake ga Pohamba
30-11-2012
ETOKOLO kombinga yoku kuthako iimaliwa koondjambi dhaalongisikola mboka ya li mekanka lyaali paveta olili miikaha yOmuperesidende, Hifikepunye Pohamba. Uuyelele mbuka owu li momushangwa kohi
readSwapo On The Right Track
30-11-2012
WHAT has happened in Swapo over the past two months may not be of seismic proportions. In fact, the changes afoot in the ruling party may correctly be characterised as being as slow as the formation
readFrontlining on Twitter
30-11-2012
WIT and wisdom from the Twitter trenches! Children, mattresses, presidents, rap battles, words to live by, or at least take note of ... and how does Miss Namibia’s dress rate?@Naffy101: Namibia is
readDRC Conlict Is Not About Minerals It Is About Dreadful Governance
30-11-2012
THE capture of Goma by M23 rebel forces is the latest demonstration of the ineffectiveness of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its army (the FARDC). Whatever the political
readUneven Start: Why Early Childhood Education Is Worthy Of Public Dollars
30-11-2012
EACH year, hundreds of Namibian students who sit for grade 10 and grade 12 don’t make it, with many reportedly obtaining ungraded results. Similarly, a few years ago, Unesco ranked Namibian children’s
readLet’s dance and be happy
30-11-2012
Afriend of mine’s Facebook status mentioned recently that The Land of the Brave imports almost everything from South Africa, so is it also necessary to import strikes from them as well?The South
readChristmas Conversations
30-11-2012
Here we are again; less than a month before my least liked holiday of the year– Christmas.Last year, I, the Urban Single Mom, documented through this column my angst, my dissatisfaction, my contempt
readNamibia As A One (Dominant) Party State
30-11-2012
NAMIBIA is supposed to be a multi-party system but for the past 22 years, since independence, the country has been ruled by one party – Swapo. A few years ago I argued that Namibia was a one dominant
readPolitical Perspective
30-11-2012
IN CASE some accuse me of avoidance, it is difficult to write a column that will stand the test of the overnight hours at the Swapo congress, where it seems by morning we may well know who’s won the
readNotable Quotes
30-11-2012
CALLS for any negative review of the relationship is a clear indication that SPYL no longer has the aspirations of any student in Namibia at heart, but there are there to serve their own political
readThe Audience Has Spoken
30-11-2012
While some la-di-da jury was off giving Joel haikali’s ‘Try’ all the Namibian film awards along with the box they came in, the people of Windhoek headed out to screening venues all over the city to
readJoel Haikali wins Big at the NFTAs
30-11-2012
ACROSS space and time, the global filmic community celebrated Martin Scorsese’ ‘Hugo’ and Michel Hazanavicius’ “TheArtist’ by endowing them with five Academy Awards. A few months later in our own
readJust My Opinion End of year Releases
30-11-2012
OK I need to know, did I miss the meeting where all the Namibian artists gathered, and came to the consensus that every single one of them had to, by all means, release an album at the end of the
readWe’re still Screwed
30-11-2012
So, before we fire people by fax, organise a nice little accident or distribute a list of hibernators at the congress, step back and think.When we wake up on Monday not much would have changed in
readJust a word about a JURY
30-11-2012
In a parallel universe where looks can kill, I meet my maker as my body minutely begins to decompose in the 12th row of the NTN at the Namibian Theatre and Film Awards. Later, when the coroner
readHorror Couture
30-11-2012
Though I like to force feed myself notions of rural upliftment when I opt to have a dress made by a maniac seamstress within the bowels of a hovel in Windhoek North, the chunk of the matter is that
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