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52 Articles found on Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Court rules farm rental illegal
16-10-2012
A FARM rental agreement concluded between a German citizen and a Karibib district farm owner about ten years ago was illegal and void from the start, the Supreme Court has ruled.The rental agreement
readOverfishing threatens Okavango
16-10-2012
NAMIBIA, Angola and Botswana must harmonise or introduce fishing control measures to address overfishing in the Okavango River.The Ministry of Fisheries and the Southern Africa Regional Environmental
readElephant poaching on the rise
16-10-2012
WHILE South Africa battles with increasing rhino poaching, Namibia has been rocked by the discovery of 18 elephants killed for their ivory in the Caprivi Region.Namibia was recently among countries
readFarmers call for interim land tax ceiling
16-10-2012
COMMERCIAL farmers want Government to increase the value of their land by 35% and tax them accordingly until the confusion surrounding the new valuations have been clarified.The 2012 Provisional
readObama’s ‘honest and trustworthy’ advantage
16-10-2012
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is regarded as significantly more honest and trustworthy than Mitt Romney in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll — a finding that could inform the incumbent’s
readNamibia Rugby Union plans stakeholders’ conference
16-10-2012
THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) will host a stakeholders’ conference on Friday, where the NRU will present its strategic plan and goals for 2013 and beyond, with the aim of qualifying for the 2015 Rugby
readAgra and MCA-N assessing rangeland
16-10-2012
AGRICULTURAL cooperative Agra has been contracted by the Millennium Challenge Account Namibia (MCA-N) to assess rangeland conditions in the Kunene, Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, Ohangwena and Kavango
readSA farmers must avoid ‘Marikana’
16-10-2012
MULDERSDRIFT – Established farmers need to take emerging farmers under their wing to avoid a “Marikana” type of uprising, ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has said.“Help emerging farmers... if you
readAgricultural diary
16-10-2012
October 16: Hochfeld Joint Production sale at farm Okongeama October 18: Sim Xtravaganza auction at Windhoek show grounds October 19: Neudamm experimental farm auction October 23: Brahman national
readFarming is in their blood
16-10-2012
THE Garbers brothers Hein (12) and Michael Johannes (14) were at the Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show this year for the first time with their own Boer goats.Last year they helped their
readBest in agriculture get awards
16-10-2012
A FARMING couple of the Aranos district, Hannes and Jomarie Visagie, have won the 2012 NAU/Mutual & Federal Young Farmer of the Year Award.The Visagies are from the Farm Nabome, south east of Aranos.
readWright, Schneider lead commercial farmers
16-10-2012
DEREK Wright is the new president of the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), while Mecki Schneider is the new chairman of the Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO). The two were elected at the annual
readFind a mentor who scares you
16-10-2012
Rather than the kindly mentor you can go crying to when you fall and scrape your proverbial knee, you might be better off with the one who doles out tough love to really test your mettle, says Harvard
readAfghan mining contracts published to fight corruption
16-10-2012
KABUL – Afghanistan’s government has published more than 200 mining contracts as part of efforts to keep the growing industry clear of the corruption that plagues almost all aspects of life in the
readSA’s Gordhan ‘surprised’ at downgrade
16-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South African Finance Minister yesterday said Standard & Poor’s decision to cut the sovereign rating came as a “surprise”, especially since strikes in the mining sector were not yet
readStrike costs Harmony 20-25 kg gold daily
16-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Harmony Gold is losing between 20-25 kg of gold production a day due to a wildcat strike at its Kusasalethu mine in South Africa, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.“All the other
readUN envoy urges Syria truce as conflict enters 20th month
16-10-2012
DAMASCUS – UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called Monday for a ceasefire in Syria during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, as the revolt entered its 20th month with a death toll of more
readNigeria mosque massacre not sectarian: military
16-10-2012
KADUNA – The Nigerian army has said an armed assault on a mosque in which 21 people died at the weekend was the result of a criminal feud and not sectarian violence.The attack on Sunday was the
readTom Cruise to cut Scientology ties to win Katie back
16-10-2012
Tom Cruise is reportedly ready to cut his links with Scientology to win back ex-wife Katie Holmes just months after their divorce was finalised.The ‘Mission: Impossible’ actor – whose six-year
readMalema bouncers ‘attack’ Zim journos
16-10-2012
Zimbabwe – Julius Malema’s security crew allegedly attacked journalists from a Harare Sunday newspaper when they tried to interview him at a restaurant on Saturday.The journalists, working for the
readFrancophonie urges African role on Security Council
16-10-2012
KINSHASA – Leaders of French-speaking nations ended a summit Sunday by calling for an overhaul of the UN Security Council to give Africa better representation, while host country Democratic Republic
readKa ye shi aaposi okaa ya weteko ashike
16-10-2012
OMUKWATAKANITHI gwehangano lyaaNamibia mboka yena uulema womeho [Namibia Federation of the Visually Impaired [NFVI], Daniel Trum okwa indile epangelo opo li thaneke iilando mbyoka tayi vulu okweendwa
readEpangelo ota li dhiladhila oku tula oyendji miilonga
16-10-2012
EPANGELO ota li dhiladhila oku tula aantu oyendji miilonga yalyo, nelalakano oku shonopeka okwaana iilonga moshilongo. Konyala pethimbo ndika epangelo olyo omugandji omunene gwiilonga, sho lya kuta
readSMS mOshiwambo
16-10-2012
*Otandi kongo meme/tate wa pewange kumeme Herodia Petrus Nuushona twa za nangoye kombanda andi indile nee ngu una o repatriation muna edhi Salmi Ismael oshinasha nuuthemba mbu kandina alikana.Nenge
readAaniilonga yomepangelo ota ya ka futa oshindji kuunamiti
16-10-2012
IIFUTA mbyoka hayi gandjwa kaaniilonga yomepangelo koshiketha shuunamiti,nenge Medical Aid Scheme for Public Service Employees[Psemas] ota yi ka indjipalekwa lwaali okuza mu November nuumvo.Omupevi
readEngland, SA bury Pietersen hatchet
16-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – English official David Collier has backtracked on claims that South African players provoked Kevin Pietersen into sending controversial text messages, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said
readBulgarian club fires same coach for third time this season
16-10-2012
SOFIA – Bulgarian club Etar Veliko Tarnovo sacked coach Tsanko Tsvetanov for the third time since the start of the season yesterday.Tsvetanov had been fired after Etar’s 1-0 loss at Beroe Stara Zagora
readAFC apologises for racist UAE slur
16-10-2012
DUBAI – The Asian Football Confederation apologised yesterday for racist remarks it made about the United Arab Emirates national team, referring to them as “sand monkeys”, a statement on the AFC
readNamibia tennis gets financial boost
16-10-2012
THE Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) received a sponsorship of N$750 000 over three years from the FNB Foundation for its development programme which was launched on Saturday. The president of the
readIvory Coast again is the Africa Cup team to beat
16-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Ivory Coast will once again be the Africa Cup of Nations team to beat when South Africa stages the 2013 finals early next year.But it is not a tag the ‘Elephants’ are going to be
readEnduro reaches final stage
16-10-2012
THE Bank Windhoek Namibian National Enduro Series is set for an exhilarating climax on Saturday.The eighth and final round of the Bank Windhoek Namibian National Enduro Series 2012 will take place
readPoly to teach football management
16-10-2012
THE Polytechnic of Namibia announced yesterday that it will soon begin offering a football management course following the signing of an agreement with the Namibia Football Association (NFA).
readAustrian space diver no stranger to danger
16-10-2012
LOS ANGELES – ‘Fearless Felix’ Baumgartner, the Austrian daredevil who stunned fans around the world Sunday by breaking the sound barrier in a hair-raising dive from the fringe of space, was “born to
readSMSes for Tuesday 16 October 2012
16-10-2012
SMS Of The Day *THE Apartheid regime built low cost houses of the same structure for the non-whites in various Namibian towns, why can our government not do this so that we all can have roofs over
readFrom The Twittersphere
16-10-2012
NAMIBIANS draw inspiration from an African leader on the anniversary of his assassination, revel in Felix Baumgartner’s amazing ‘space jump’, and pay respect to a Namibian veteran. Plus the usual dose
readDelay in payment upsets teachers in Hardap
16-10-2012
TEACHERS in the Hardap Region are unhappy over a delay in promised payment for classes they conducted during the August holiday. Grade 10 and 12 students were given special classes during the holiday
readRift between two factions in Nafau widens
16-10-2012
ABEL Kazondunge, the former president of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Nafau), yesterday said the members of his faction would need to determine when they will have a congress.This
readPastor’s suspected killer in court
16-10-2012
THE suspect in the murder of Oshekedhiya Apostolic Faith Mission Pastor Gabriel Abiatar Uugwanga appeared in the Ondangwa Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Berhard Matheus Mateiko Amutenya (23) was
readPaediatrics under the spotlight
16-10-2012
NAMIBIA held its first paediatrics congress at Unam’s medical school over the weekend, with over 40 practising experts taking part. There is a grave shortage of paediatricians in the country; there
readHungry and Illiterate; Cry The Namibian Child
16-10-2012
LAST week was a normal (?) humdrum one in our country. It went all according to the script.Brave Warriors did not win their game against lowly Rwanda’s B-team; a dozen or so police officers were
readSome Cents About BEE
16-10-2012
ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe was quoted in the 23 August 2012 issue of a local daily newspaper as saying, “... I have a serious grievance with BEE ... focusing on shareholding with
readNUNW welcomes labour study
16-10-2012
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has welcomed the government’s plans to assess labour relations in the country, adding that the assessment should not only stop at labour relations, but
readNamcor records over N$ 77m profit in six months
16-10-2012
THE National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has recorded an operating profit of N$77,4 million for the period of six months that ended in September this year.The chairman of Namcor’s board
readMeet the cast of ‘Meme Mia’ at ‘Cabaret and Kapana’
16-10-2012
The musical, ‘Meme Mia’ is gearing up to be one of the biggest musical extravaganzas Namibians have ever seen, according to seasoned director Sandy Rudd. Set to be staged in April 2013, Rudd promises
readNTN calling on entries for Last Band Standing
16-10-2012
Over the last couple of years, Namibia has experienced something of a revival of live music, with the National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) providing quite a bit of a boost to the art of performing live
readKavango Region’s power back today
16-10-2012
THE power supply in the Kavango Region will most likely be restored today, while NamWater has succeeded in resuming the normal water supply to Rundu.NamPower CEO Paulus Shilamba, accompanied by Mines
readIbrahim ranks Namibia sixth best in Africa
16-10-2012
NAMIBIA is ranked sixth out of 52 African states on the 2012 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG).The index was released yesterday and reveals positive trends in the categories of safety and
readHigher wages for security guards
16-10-2012
AS from September 10, security guards are supposed to earn N$5 per hour. This is N$1,20 up from the previous minimum wage of N$3,80 per hour.Paulus Ashipala, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Labour
readGoing all out for cancer patients
16-10-2012
THREE extraordinary young woman decided to host a fundraiser to collect money for CHICA (Children with Cancer in Namibia). Danielle Kellermann, Michelle van der Merwe and Yvette Mouton raised N$118
readAbout 107 000 on antiretrovirals
16-10-2012
ABOUT 107 000 people are currently on antiretroviral therapy (ART) provided free of charge by the government, said Dr Norbert Forster, the deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and
readNotable Quotes
16-10-2012
THEY believe that once they get a degree, their first job should be at the level of a manager or a director, they don’t want to take up entry-level jobs and then to work their way up the ladder. This
readBREAKING NEWS: Generals withdraw from SPYL delegation
16-10-2012
THE Swapo Party Youth League has announced the withdrawal of retired generals Martin Shalli, Peter Nambundunga and Salomon Hawala from the delegation which was set to represent the youth at the
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