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55 Articles found on Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Regions ‘defy’ Pohamba
17-10-2012
SEVERAL regions this week defied President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s call to support his preferred successor, Hage Geingob.This came in the wake of Regional and Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo
readExpansion of Valombola VTC thrown in limbo
17-10-2012
THE N$70 million expansion and renovation tender of the Valombola Vocational Training Centre (VVTC) at Ongwediva has been stopped.The tender was put on hold by the Namibia Training Authority (NTA)
readSwapo at crossroads
17-10-2012
Generals withdraw under pressure THREE retired army generals, who were nominated just a week ago by the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) as delegates to the Swapo congress, have made a U-turn,
readRiver of life
17-10-2012
The Kavango River is a hub of activity with people crossing from Angola to Namibia and the other way round. People use the river to catch fish, bathe, wash their clothes and to get water
readLibyans long for security
17-10-2012
Tripoli – Libya took a major step towards democracy this year by holding its first free elections but success has been marred by rising extremism, failure to disband militia and delays in forming
readFishing sectors need to be treated equally
17-10-2012
THE fishing industry must be restructured to allow all fishing sectors to be treated equally.This is the view of Seaflower Whitefish Corporation’s chief executive officer, Ronnie Koppen. Koppen told
readBlack Africa attitude worries Brian Isaacs
17-10-2012
BLACK Africa need an urgent attitude adjustment if they are to retain their league crown, according to the club’s technical director, Brian Isaacs. Having romped undefeated to consecutive titles in
readStop sabotaging yourself
17-10-2012
BOSTON – Going for what you really want takes courage, but by taking a risk you open yourself not only to the possibility of failure, but also the possibility of learning, growth, and real attainment,
readNamcor signs Langer Heinrich as client
17-10-2012
NAMCOR has concluded an agreement with one of the biggest local mines, the Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine, for the supply of fuel products.Namcor chairman Johannes !Gawaxab on Monday said the company
readIslamic finance struggles toward mainstream in Azerbaijan
17-10-2012
BAKU/TBILISI – When a businessman in Muslim-majority Azerbaijan wanted a bank loan that complied with Islamic principles, until a few years ago he had to negotiate it under the table. The government’s
readGermany wants to beef up EU commissioner’s role
17-10-2012
FRANKFURT – The German government wants rapid changes to the European Union treaty, handing a stronger role to the Economic and Monetary Affairs commissioner, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said
readSwiss hold US$1 billion in blocked ‘Arab spring’ assets
17-10-2012
GENEVA – Switzerland has blocked nearly one billion Swiss francs (US$1,07 billion) in stolen assets linked to dictators in four countries at the centre of the Arab spring – Egypt, Libya, Syria and
readLonely, hard work on oil rigs, but salaries soaring
17-10-2012
SINGAPORE – What jobs offer the highest pay? Investment banking is up there. So is specialist surgery. But consider this. Slightly over twenty years ago, Johnathan Roberts started work on an oil rig
readEgwedhelo lyoondjambi dhoosekuliti li li miilonga
17-10-2012
OKUZA momasiku 10 ga Septemba nuumvo, aaniilonga yokulangela nokutonatela omaliko oyena okufutwa oodola N$5 mowili uuna yeli miilonga. Aaniilonga mbaka sigo omomasiku ngoka oya li ha ya futwa oodola
readEdhipago lyoondjamba ta li yi pombanda mo Namibia
17-10-2012
NAMIBIA okwa inyengithwa keindjipalo miiningwanima yedhipago lyoondjamba kaantu mboka taya ningi uukongo wuumbudhi wiinamwenyo mbika unene tuu moshitopolwa sha Caprivi. Sigo oompaka opwa kundanwa
readPwa kwatwa gumwe medhipago lyOmusita Abiatar Uugwanga
17-10-2012
OPOLISI ya Shana oya kwata po omulumentu gwoomvula 23 ta fekelwa medhipago lyOmusita gwOngeleki ya Apostolic Faith Mission kOshekedhiya mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Gabriel Abiatar Uugwanga
readEgumbo lya Oliga Ndjangala lya pya po
17-10-2012
OMUSHELEKADHI gwomomukunda Omambuumbuu mOmbalantu moshitopowla sha Musati, Oliga Ndjangala 92 okwa pilile egumbo lye thiluthilu komulilo ngoka gwa zilile pelugo omutenya gwEtitano lyeti 5 Oktoba
readMechtilde Hango a fumvikwa pOshikuku
17-10-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Epalala popepi nOkando mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Musati, Mechtilde gwaHango Mushiningwa shaHango yaNanyanga ngoka oye yina yOmumbiishofi Omukuluntukuluntu gwOngeleki ya
readSMS mOshiwambo
17-10-2012
*Yakwetu otwa lulilwa ko Walvis bay kehangano lo African Personal Services fye natango atuli atupi oku hano onaini tuna kulongela efamili nge keshe fimbo opay otai topolwa? Natu nyamukulwe kepangelo
readAayakulwa yeli 107 000 ha ya pewa o ART
17-10-2012
KONYALA aakwashigwana yeli lwopomayovi 107 000 moshilongo ashihe oha ya pewa omiti dhokulelepeka onkalamwenyo yawo molwaashoka mbaka oyena ombuto yoHIV. Omiti ndhoka oha ye dhi pewa pwaana ofuto
readNamibia out of 2012 FESA Cup
17-10-2012
NAMIBIA has withdrawn from the annual Eduardo dos Santos Foundation International Tournament (FESA) in Angola scheduled for this weekend due to an unavailability of players.The under-20 competition
readGerman basketball head in Namibia
17-10-2012
THE president of the German Basketball Federation (DBB), Ingo Weiss, is on a seven-day visit to Namibia, the German Embassy announced yesterday. The purpose of the visit is to review the progress that
readRafael Nadal targets Australian Open return
17-10-2012
KNEE injury victim Rafael Nadal has said he plans to return to tennis at the Australian Open in January, less than three months away.The former world No 1, who has not played in almost four months
readBin Hammam makes new CAS appeal
17-10-2012
NICOSIA – Mohamed Bin Hammam, the ex-Asian football chief suspended by Fifa, has lodged a fresh appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), he told AFP on Monday.“My lawyers and myself are
readNaidjala to top the bill
17-10-2012
IMMANUEL ‘Prince’ Naidjala will top the bill in the ‘Last Man Standing’ Boxing Bonanza on Saturday, November 3, when he defends his WBO Africa Bantamweight title against Shabani Kilumbelumbe of
readSMSes for Wednesday 17 October 2012
17-10-2012
SMS Of The Day *THE Police Chief was quoted admitting that his members do not own anything other than a shack. Maybe poverty gave birth to the reported SMSes about a strike, as a hungry man is an
readSan children visit their hero
17-10-2012
TWELVE San children from the N/a’an ku se Clever Cubs School visited their hero, Cgunta Khao//khao, in hospital yesterday.The group was accompanied by Marlice van Vuuren of the N/a’an ku se
readChasing the dots ... Austerity is ‘More for Less’
17-10-2012
YES, in my antiquity I get fed up with the perversion of words of clear meaning into emotional slingshots! “Austerity” is a case in question, a word that is about a way of life practised to avoid
readNamibian charged with murder in SA
17-10-2012
A 28-YEAR-OLD Namibian is behind bars in Cape Town after he allegedly killed two police officers in the neighbouring country over the weekend.According to a South African Police Service spokesperson,
readMbok and PS differ on land donation legality
17-10-2012
EVERYTHING was done legally when a 50-hectare piece of land belonging to the Helao Nafidi Town Council was donated to the company Northland Development Project Limited in September 2005, businessman
readMarriage loses its sparkle in Kuwait
17-10-2012
KUWAIT – In a luxury hotel suite, away from prying eyes, twenty Kuwaiti female guests at a traditional wedding party segregated by the sexes watch the men via a video link.The women snap pictures of
readMan dies in DRC shack fire
17-10-2012
EBSON Hameva (30), burned to death in his shack in Swakopmund’s DRC informal settlement on Sunday morning.According to the deputy fire chief at Swakopmund, Andre Kotze, the fire brigade was called by
readKhorixas residents form pressure group
17-10-2012
A GROUP of Khorixas residents have formed an apolitical pressure group to fight the local council’s tariff increases.The group elected a committee at a meeting held last week, which was attended by
readKhomas teachers set to demonstrate today
17-10-2012
SOME teachers in the Khomas Region are to march to the office of the Namibian National Teachers Union (Nantu) in Katutura today to hand over a petition calling on their general secretary, Basilius
readJudgement reserved in Prisons bribery case
17-10-2012
HIGH Court Judge Dave Smuts yesterday reserved his judgement on a N$500 000 defamation claim in which Namibian Correctional Service Deputy Commissioner General Tuhafeni Hangula is suing a weekly
readInformanté reporter assaulted over news article
17-10-2012
A REPRESENTATIVE of Ehupo Trading Enterprise in the South, Jamaica Awaseb, is under investigation for allegedly assaulting an Informanté community reporter, Jihad Karools.Karools yesterday confirmed
readIn court for assaulting police officer
17-10-2012
GROOTFONTEIN resident Ray de Bruin was granted N$2 000 bail yesterday after spending the weekend in police custody.De Bruin (37) is accused of obstruction of justice and assaulting a police officer on
readEkandjo excludes foreigners in land deals
17-10-2012
THE Namibian government will soon regulate the prices of town land to enable more low-income citizens to have access to property, the Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural
readBoN puts foot down on SME Bank
17-10-2012
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) has crushed the ambitions of Enock Kamushinda, a controversial businessman from Zimbabwe, to make inroads into the local banking industry through the SME Bank.Kamushinda made
readArson suspect in court
17-10-2012
A 36-YEAR-OLD man appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura yesterday after he allegedly set his former girlfriend’s shack on fire on Sunday at Dordabis.Plesie Gowaseb appeared on
readWorld Briefs
17-10-2012
Iran: New EU sanctions ‘inhuman’ Iran is describing the new European Union sanctions as “inhuman” and says they will not force any retreat on Tehran’s nuclear programme.Tuesday’s remarks by Foreign
readKaradzic denies Bosnia war crimes as he starts defence
17-10-2012
THE HAGUE – Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, on trial over his role in some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two, began his defence on Tuesday by saying that far from
read‘My work is foolproof’ says Tuli Madonsela
17-10-2012
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said on Monday she had been consistent and objective in her decisions, and would not mind having her work reviewed.She told reporters in Pretoria she would not be
readAfrican Briefs
17-10-2012
Sudan accused of razing village Sudanese security forces burned and looted a village in the Nuba mountains of South Kordofan state in May and filmed the attack, a monitoring group said on Tuesday,
readNotable Quotes
17-10-2012
I WILL not be able to answer it the way you want. – Abel, Kazondunge, the former president of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers’ Union (Nafu), about the allegation that he is not a paid-up member.
readOne woman makes a difference
17-10-2012
THE determination and hard work of one woman has resulted in piped water for close to 1 000 people living at Karutci village in the Kavango Region.Pelgrina Shigweda mobilised her community to
readFrom The Twittersphere
17-10-2012
NAMIBIAN tweeps hit the 24/7 on anything, and everything, from Beethoven to Dr Moyo, from Mars to Gangnam, ‘Lacoste’ to ‘Guessed’, Africans to Americans, and more. @JJ_Bola: For every* Patrice
readCopper Festival celebrates a decade
17-10-2012
People visiting the Copper Festival at Tsumeb this year can expect a bigger and better variety of activities. This was the assurance given by the chairperson of the event’s organising committee,
readPeter Tosh receives honour
17-10-2012
Twenty-five years after his murder, Jamaica’s government honoured the contributions of firebrand reggae musician and songwriter Peter Tosh.Tosh’s daughter Niambe, an educator from Boston,
readJub Jub found guilty
17-10-2012
Musician Molemo ‘Jub Jub’ Maarohanye and Themba Tshabalala were found guilty on four counts of murder and two of attempted murder in the Protea Magistrate’s Court yesterday. “The State managed to
readHorrific use of child soldiers rising in Colombia: report
17-10-2012
Sara Morales is in her early 20s, but already, she says, she’s been to hell and back. The Colombian woman who lives in Bogota says she was forcibly recruited by the main guerrilla group in her country
readChinese warships spotted off Japanese island: Tokyo
17-10-2012
TOKYO – Chinese warships, including two destroyers, were spotted in waters near a Japanese island on Tuesday, the defence ministry in Tokyo said, further stoking tensions with Beijing over a disputed
readClinton: I’m responsible for consulate security
17-10-2012
LIMA, Peru - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is answering Republican criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of last month’s attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya,
read13 face life ban for Zimbabwe match-fixing
17-10-2012
HARARE – A Zimbabwean probe has recommended life bans for 13 national footballers and officials implicated in a 2009 match-fixing scam in Asia, according to a report released yesterday.Although the
readSenegal kicked out of Afcon
17-10-2012
PARIS – Senegal have been disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after crowd trouble forced their qualifier with Ivory Coast to be abandoned, the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
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