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52 Articles found on Thursday, 8 November 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Teachers get salary increment
08-11-2012
The teacher's are to get a salary increment of 8 percent as per negotiations between government and the Namibian National Teacher's Union (Nantu) which concluded last night.The two bargaining teams
readGovt ups pressure on striking teachers
08-11-2012
THE Minister of Education and Government are set to ask the Labour Court in Windhoek tomorrow to declare that teachers who are continuing with an illegal strike are in contempt of court, and could
readDownturn shrinks Ohlthaver and List’s big hotel plans
08-11-2012
OHLTHAVER and List's (O&L) hotel plans are withering as the worldwide financial crisis eats into the pockets of prospective tourists: the group yesterday said it is not only shelving its idea of a
readChanging of the guard for Chinese Communist Party
08-11-2012
BEIJING – The Chinese Communist Party congress that will unveil a new leadership for the country will start today and end November 14, a party spokesman said Wednesday.President Hu Jintao is slated to
readNam names inexperienced team for rugby Tri-Nations
08-11-2012
THE Namibian rugby selectors have named a young and inexperienced squad of 26 players for the upcoming Windhoek Lager Tri-Nations Rugby tournament, which kicks off on Saturday when Namibia take on
readNamibian Telephone Numbering Plan
08-11-2012
Your telephone number belongs to you. This is a basic accepted principle by any consumer. After all, who would dial your number unless they wanted to speak to you? It should therefore mean that you
readIs Namibian produced chicken too expensive?
08-11-2012
When Namib Poultry introduced its home grown chicken range, consumers celebrated in the prospect of finally having chicken products which they expected to be cheaper and also a way of supporting the
readAfrica expects better Obama disappoints Africa in first term
08-11-2012
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula yesterday lashed out at the re-elected president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, saying “he should respect Africa”.According to Angula, Obama did not show
readDelegate, then disengage
08-11-2012
Too many managers go through the motions of delegating, only to hang around and try to micromanage their employees instead, says Harvard Business Review. They need to disengage.Entrusting a project to
readPernod bets on Africa as next growth frontier
08-11-2012
PARIS – Pernod Ricard plans to tap Africa's thirst for whisky, vodka and cognac at a time when China is slowing and bets the continent will become a key growth area for the French spirits group within
readRed lights flicker for NDP4
08-11-2012
NAMIBIA is likely to miss the economic growth targets of the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP4) this year and next year, a Reuters poll has shown.The median forecast from a poll of 12 economists
readREMAINING IN WHITE HOUSE
08-11-2012
US President Barack Obama, who won a second term in office by defeating Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, applauds as he leaves the podium with his daughters Malia (left) and Sasha and
readIn the end, Obama won on the economy
08-11-2012
WASHINGTON – In the end, President Barack Obama won re-election on the issue that was supposed to send him packing: the sluggish US economy.The United States is still digging out from the deepest
readNamibia prepares to contain greenhouse emissions
08-11-2012
NAMIBIA’s Third National Communication (TNC) in terms of which the country monitors greenhouse gas emissions will be launched this morning at the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek.Namibia, as an active partner
readClean energy can bring new jobs
08-11-2012
WINDHOEK – The United States ambassador to Namibia, Wanda Nesbitt, has called on SADC countries to put in place mechanisms that will attract investors and pave the way for large-scale energy
readHollywood at the forefront of climate change fight
08-11-2012
NEW YORK– When, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Michael Bloomberg endorsed Barack Obama and his climate-change policies, it marked the first time in the entire election season that global warming
readRihanna unveils Chris Brown duet ‘Nobodies Business’
08-11-2012
R&B star Rihanna unveiled a duet entitled ‘Nobodies Business’ with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown on Tuesday, three years after Brown was charged with assaulting her.The song was part of an official track
readZimbabwe rights activists detained
08-11-2012
Harare – Police in Zimbabwe have detained three staffers from a human rights group in a fresh crackdown on non-governmental organisations, lawyers say.Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said on Tuesday
readProtesters tear-gassed as Cameroon’s Paul Biya marks 30 years in power
08-11-2012
DOUALA – Cameroon’s 79-year-old President Paul Biya marked 30 years in office Tuesday with boisterous celebrations staged by the ruling party while police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse
readZawahri urges Somali militants to fight on against ‘crusaders’
08-11-2012
DUBAI – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in a statement on an Islamist website, urged Somalia’s al Shabaab insurgents to fight back against what he called ‘crusader invaders’ after Kenyan forces
readCongratulations stream in for Barack Obama
08-11-2012
WASHINGTON – Congratulations from friends and colleagues from all over the world streamed in for Barack Obama after his victory in the US presidential race.Obama overcame deep doubts among voters
readNamibia na South Africa yuuvathana
08-11-2012
NAMIBIA na South Africa oya koleke omauvathano gatatu gelongelokumwe pethimbo lyetalelopo lyomuperesidende Hifikepunye Pohamba koshilongo hoka oshiwike shika. Pohamba oya kundathana nomuperesidende
readAalongisikola ya indile yalwe mepangelo ya joine
08-11-2012
OSHIPOTHA shaali pampango shaalongi sha yi mesiku etiheyali oshiwike shika aalongisikola oya kumike nokwiindila aaniilonga yoholomende nayo ye ya joine mushika.Aalongisikola mboka opamwe naaniilonga
readKaaronda a gandja ombedhi kiilyo yoKabinete
08-11-2012
AMUSHANGA ndjayi nale gwehangano lyaaniilonga yaNamibia, NUNW,Evilastus Kaaronda okwa lundile aawiliki yamwe yomahangano gaaniilonga noshowo iilyo yimwe yomokabinete ka Namibia kutya mbika aniwa
readOngundu ompe ota yi tumwa oku talela pOtjzondjupa
08-11-2012
ONGUNDU yaawiliki yoSwapo ndjoka ya kala tayi talele eningo lyoshigongi shoshitopolwa Otjozondjuopa oomwedhi dha ziko oya kuthwa oshinakugwanithwa shoka. Oshitopolwa shoka osha kala shina omahilathano
readMensah -Williams a popitha aalongisikola ye li mekanka
08-11-2012
OMUTOTIMPANGO ngoka woo eli kansela gwoshikandjohogololo sha Khomasdal North, Margareth Mensah-William okwa li a popitha aalongisikola mboka ya kala nokuholola omadhiladhilo gawo pokapale kuudhano
readSMSes for Thursday 08 November 2012
08-11-2012
SMS Of The Day *WELL done Barack Obama! Now you can focus on Africa. Electoral Commission of Namibia, learn from this! It’s the 21st century. Voting in one day and the results are out the next day
readGeldenhuys-Venter elected to FIG Council
08-11-2012
NAMIBIAN Gymnastics Federation (NGF) president Valereis Geldenhuys-Venter was recently elected to serve on the FIG World Council for the 2012-2016 term. The election took place at the 79th Congress of
readSA plan to cement status in Australia
08-11-2012
SYDNEY – The number one test ranking has proved notoriously hard to hang onto over the last couple of years but South Africa could take a firm grip on it if they can triumph in a mouth-watering series
readTour Finals helped make me a star, says Federer
08-11-2012
LONDON – Roger Federer celebrated his record-breaking 40th victory at the ATP Tour Finals by taking a trip down memory lane as the Swiss star recalled his breakthrough performances at the
readMariental Triathlon reaches milestone
08-11-2012
THE Old Mutual Mariental Chamber of Commerce Triathlon will reach a special milestone on Saturday when the 25th consecutive edition will be held. The Triathlon was held for the first time in November
readNamibia budgets N$5 mil for 2016
08-11-2012
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee has budgeted N$5 million to prepare for the next Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. This budget will only cater for athletes who make the grade
readPorto, Malaga first to last 16
08-11-2012
LONDON – Former winners Porto and impressive debutants Malaga became the first teams to reach the last 16 of the Champions League when they guaranteed progress from the group stage with two games to
readSA doper has chance to tell all
08-11-2012
CAPE TOWN – David George can reveal how and when he took the blood-boosting drug EPO and if he used it when he raced with Lance Armstrong over a decade ago, South Africa’s doping body said
readFrom The Twittersphere
08-11-2012
NAMIBIAN tweeps mainly did a happy skip, hop and jump down their timelines over US President Barack Obama being re-elected for another four years. Still, there were those armchair analysts and
readFur flies at TransNamib
08-11-2012
TRANSNAMIB’S spokesperson, Ailly Hangula-Paulino, was allegedly assaulted by the parastatal’s acting chief executive officer, Eugenia Tjaronda, yesterday.Upon enquiry, Hangula-Paulino last night
readTeachers just want to talk to Government
08-11-2012
THE striking teachers are prepared to suspend their strike, provided that the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) leadership and the government talk to them.Speaking at a media conference at the
readSunny Boy drops ‘Business and Pleasure’
08-11-2012
After a three-year absence from the music industry, Sunny Boy has finally released his much-anticipated fourth album ‘Business and Pleasure’.Sunny Boy, who was born in Ongwediva and is credited with
readGrowing numbers of street children worry Govt
08-11-2012
ABOUT 10 000 children who have been identified as orphans or vulnerable children are not receiving social grants because they don’t have identity documents.This was said by the Permanent Secretary in
readMcLeod-Katjirua supports shebeen closures
08-11-2012
GOBABIS – The governor of the Omaheke Region says she will not interfere with police operations against illegal shebeens.In an interview with Nampa this week, Laura McLeod-Katjirua threw her weight
readCastle Lager Roadshow heads to the North in December
08-11-2012
Doing its part to support Namibian artists and advance Namibian music, Castle Lager has launched this year’s Castle Lager ‘Sommer Sizzle’ Northern Roadshow. The annual show, now in its eleventh year,
readProviding education under trying conditions
08-11-2012
A SCHOOL for San children outside Tsumeb is setting the example of “doing it yourself” if the government is not forthcoming in providing basic needs for proper education. While teachers are striking,
readAir Namibia pilot strike averted
08-11-2012
A STRIKE by Air Namibia’s pilots that was due to start last night has been postponed indefinitely to give a chance to ongoing negotiations between the airline and the pilots’ association.The parties
readPensioner killed in her house at Keetmans
08-11-2012
A 63-year-old woman died yesterday in the intensive care unit of the Windhoek Central Hospital after she was attacked and robbed at her home in Keetmanshoop’s Noordhoek residential area on Tuesday
readOmbadja organises own Olufuko
08-11-2012
GIRLS from the Ombadja community are set to go through a traditional ceremony called Olufuko at Oiputa next month to prepare them for “womanhood”.Ombadja senior chief Mathias Walaula told The Namibian
readReigning Miss Universe visits Namibia
08-11-2012
THE reigning Miss Universe, Leila Lopes of Angola, visited Namibia on her final African tour. Lopes visited some West African countries in June as part of her first African tour. The 26-year-old Lopes
readMagistrate testifies on teacher’s ‘confession’
08-11-2012
RETIRED teacher David de Jay told a magistrate that he wanted to tell the truth before the magistrate recorded an alleged confession by him a month after his arrest over the murder of his wife, it was
readKoevoet soldiers treated like aliens: Kaura
08-11-2012
FORMER South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) and Koevoet soldiers are treated like aliens in their own country, DTA president Katuutire Kaura said on Wednesday.Kaura said at a media briefing
readFind yourself and set your spirit free
08-11-2012
A spirit, soul and body conference for women is to be held in Windhoek over the weekend, starting on Sunday, November 11, with workshops being held until Tuesday, November 13.Speaking to The Namibian,
readAG Pienaar remembered as a gentleman
08-11-2012
NAMIBIA’S last Administrator General, Louis Pienaar, died at his house in Belville, South Africa, on Monday.The 86-year-old Pienaar, a lawyer and former diplomat in South Africa, was put in charge of
readNotable Qoutes
08-11-2012
THERE is no reverse. If we stop now, they will hunt each of you and punish you because you will be alone. – Evilastus Kaaronda, the fired secretary general of the National Union of Namibian Workers
readBreaking News: 8% for civil servants
08-11-2012
THE Government and the unions representing civil servants in the negotiations for wages last night agree on an eight percent across the board increase, backdated to April this year. As from the
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