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72 Articles found on Friday, 26 October 2012
Defeated, deflated opposition accepts election verdict
26-10-2012
* Opposition’s poll appeal dismissed * Claims of fraud, corruption unproven * ‘Administrative mistakes’ cost ECNOPPOSITION parties said they accepted the Supreme Court verdict on the 2009 National
readElection challenge fails
26-10-2012
NAMIBIA’S 2009 National Assembly election and its result remain valid and unchanged after eight opposition parties’ legal attack on the conduct and outcome of the poll ended in a final failure in the
readYoung entrepreneurs chosen as New Leaders for Tomorrow
26-10-2012
FIVE young entrepreneurs from Namibia have been chosen for the New Leaders for Tomorrow, a programme by the Crans Montana Forum (CMF) for 46 businesspeople from all over the world.Shaun Awaseb of the
readAfrican Union re-admits Mali, backs plan to retake north
26-10-2012
ADDIS ABABA – The African Union has readmitted Mali after suspending it from the pan-African bloc following a March coup, and backed plans for authorities there to recapture the north from radical
readStars are always favourites: Akan
26-10-2012
AFRICAN Stars coach Ali Akan says his side are favourites to win every match they play in, as they look to maintain their unblemished start to the league campaign against Tigers at Windhoek’s
readBarclays faces Libor claim in landmark UK court case
26-10-2012
LONDON – Barclays will on Monday face the first claim for damages stemming from manipulation of the Libor interest rate in a landmark case before Britain’s High Court that could have major
readSA oil majors charged with price-fixing
26-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had brought charges of price-fixing against the local units of major oil companies including Chevron, BP and Total.The
readNigeria loses billions in cut-price oil deals
26-10-2012
ABUJA – Nigeria lost out on tens of billions of dollars in oil and gas revenues over the last decade from cut-price deals struck between multinational oil companies and government officials, a
readSouth Africa labour hero urged crackdown on ‘criminal’ strike
26-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – South African millionaire businessman and one-time anti-apartheid hero Cyril Ramaphosa urged ministers to crack down on a violent platinum miners’ strike the day before 34 miners were
readUK watchdog bans ‘liar loan’ mortgages
26-10-2012
LONDON – Most Britons seeking a home loan after next year will be required to get professional advice to establish whether they can afford the repayments, the Financial Services Authority said
read‘Worst in gold sector over’
26-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Striking South African gold miners have agreed to a sign a pay deal that would end months of often violent labour unrest, the country’s main mining union said yesterday.“Members have
readSupport financial sector strategy, BoN urges
26-10-2012
THE Namibia Financial Sector Strategy (NFSS) can offer significant benefits for the country, but only with the support and timely input from all stakeholders.“The Bank of Namibia’s (BoN) view on the
readShould you turn down a job?
26-10-2012
Even in a tough economy jumping at the first job opportunity might not be a good idea, says Harvard Business Review. In this economy, many believe you’d be insane to turn down a job. Certainly, if
readCuba loosens major travel restrictions for emigrants
26-10-2012
HAVANA – Cuba has said it will ease travel restrictions for emigrants who left the communist-ruled island illegally, including doctors and high-profile athletes who did not return from overseas
readHillary Clinton set on leaving despite Obama’s ‘begging’
26-10-2012
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would love for Hillary Clinton to stay on as secretary of state after his hoped for re-election, but that “despite my begging” she has decided to
readAU grants Sudans six weeks to resolve disputed Abyei state
26-10-2012
ADDIS ABABA – The African Union Security Council has given Sudan and South Sudan six weeks to reach a deal on the flashpoint state Abyei, officials said on Wednesday.“Council requests the two parties
readSudan a ‘dangerous terrorist state’ says Israeli official
26-10-2012
JERUSALEM – Sudan is a “dangerous terrorist state”, a top Israeli defence official said on Thursday after the Sudanese government accused Israel of carrying out a deadly missile strike on a military
readAfrica can avoid food shortages – World Bank
26-10-2012
Washington – Africa could avoid food shortages if it reduces the tangled web of rules, fees and high costs strangling regional food trade and by putting large swathes of uncultivated land to
readThe Next Republic And Party-Political Culture
26-10-2012
ANY political party strives to move and propel its members to contribute to the progress and development of nationals irrespective of gender, tribe, race and creed. Some parties are tested and have
readMistreatment In The Navy
26-10-2012
I AM writing this text anonymously due to my capacity as a high-ranking military official. I have a problem with the way things are run at the naval training school. As we know our armed forces are
readPenniless?
26-10-2012
I WOULD like to comment on what Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo said about Swapo youth leader Elijah Ngurare.The hot-headed minister said – and he certainly was angry when he said it because of the
readThe Animal Farm Syndrome
26-10-2012
JOHN 8:32: “Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free” In April 2010 I was suspended from Swapo and all its activities and just over two and half years later that period has come to
readTake Condoms Out Of Schools
26-10-2012
DEAR editor, allow me space to voice my concerns over the idea of distributing condoms to schools by Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL).SPYL has decided or suggested that condoms be distributed to all
readProtect Civil Servants
26-10-2012
I WOULD really like to know whether Alfred Ilukena, the Permanent Secretary, and the Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo, will go and apologise to Haihambo school principal Rosalia
readFolly Of Caprivi Politics
26-10-2012
I WANT to advise our politicians that they should not promise people lots of things that will lead to them not being re-elected. Several people were promised jobs, some were promised houses and others
readStudents Rise Up!
26-10-2012
EVERY time I read about politics in our country I feel like this country will never change, even beyond 2030, as long as our mindset remains the same.Believe it or not, the change in our politics may
readAbuse Of The Original Citizens
26-10-2012
PLEASE allow me to express myself in your press on the disturbing issue of abuse of the San youth Piet Isak. It is really disturbing to read that 22 years after independence there are some people who
readBeware Of Depression
26-10-2012
I WANT this letter to be put in the press to inform the general public about depression – the signs and symptoms and what needs to be done under such circumstances.It should be understood that
readNot Much Can Be Done
26-10-2012
I REFER to an SMS in today’s (October 22) paper, in which the author alleges that the advertisement of resettlement farms is slow. The resettlement programme is implemented as per the provisions of
readOkuti kwa Ngandjera kwa pya po
26-10-2012
OKUTI okunene kuulithilo muuninginino nomuuningininombugantu wa Ngandjera moshitopolwa sha Musati kwa pya po komulilo thilulthilu pehulilo lyoshiwike sha zi ko, unene tuu okuza mEtitatu sigo
readAayonaguli yiinima yaantu taya geelwa
26-10-2012
AANASIKOLA mboka taya teyagula eliko lyepangelo poosikola nokudhenga yakwawo, noku ya tilitha, ota ya ka geelwa shinene.Ominista yElongo Omundohotola Abrahama Iyambo okwa ti aalongwa mboka taya ka
readUulingilingi ohawu yonagula nayi omahupilo goshigwana
26-10-2012
UULINGILINGI owu na enwethemo enene newinayi komahupilo noshowo konkalonawa yoshigwana. Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo gominista yIimaliwa Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila ega popi pethimbo a egulula oshigongi
readEyondo lyiilyo yoparliamende lyeeta omaipulo
26-10-2012
OMINISTA yUundjolowele nOnkalonawa oya longitha onkalo yuundjolowele wankundipala wiilyo yoparliamende noshowo waanambelewa poparliamende okwiindila opo oshikondo she shi pewe iimaliwa ya gwedhwapo.
readA kanithile ashihe momulilo
26-10-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomolukanda Okahandja Park mepandaanda Omuvapu moTobias Hainyeko moVenduka okwa kanitha eliko lye alihe metiyali oshiwike shika sho egumbo lye lya pipo thilu komulilo.Klaudia David ina vula
readAdcock a sindana moshipotha newiliko lyaHambukushu
26-10-2012
ELELO lyopamuthigululwakalo lyaHambukushu olya lombwelwa kohofa yopombanda opo li shunithe iimaliwa yoodola omayovi 60 000 komunangeshefa Mark Adcock okuya pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka. Etokolo
readOmalenga ga ti oga kengelelwa komakwa wo
26-10-2012
AALELI yOpamuthigululwakalo yokOmalelo gopamuthigululwakalo ngashi Uukwambi, Ombalantu, Uukolonkadhi, Ongandjera, Uukwaluudhi, Okalongo/Ombadja nOndonga oge li ga geela nayi aaleli
readSmokey has Rock challenge snuffed out
26-10-2012
PROMOTER Nestor Tobias has dismissed WBA pan-African flyweight title holder Joseph ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa’s challenge to fight WBO Africa bantamweight champion Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda. Hilongwa had
readRugby Tri-Nations gets sponsor
26-10-2012
NAMIBIA Breweries, through its brand Windhoek Lager, yesterday came on board as a sponsor for the Tri-Nations International Rugby tournament between Namibia, Zimbabwe and Spain that will take place in
readSome Champions League groups are a joke – Mourinho
26-10-2012
DORTMUND – Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho described some of the Champions League groups as a ‘joke’ after watching his side lose 2-1 at fellow heavyweights Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.Real’s Group
readSouth African sport codes band together
26-10-2012
WHILE they fiercely compete for fans, the chief executives of Cricket SA (CSA), the SA Rugby Union (Saru) and the SA Football Association (Safa) believe there is a need for the country’s three biggest
readChelsea hosts United in top battle
26-10-2012
LONDON – Uncomfortable with the billing of English Premier League favourite, Chelsea will be unable to avoid that tag if the team beats Manchester United on Sunday in the biggest match of the season
readBafana get favourable Afcon draw
26-10-2012
BAFANA Bafana coach Gordon Igesund says hosts South Africa have received a favourable draw for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations, but he remains wary of their Group A opponents.The South Africans, one
readSport Fixtures
26-10-2012
Friday, October 26 German Bundesliga Augsburg v Hamburg 20h30 Namibia Premier League Tigers v African Stars 20h00 SA Premiership Maritzburg v Chiefs
readAward controversy rages on
26-10-2012
THE squabbles surrounding the Namibia Sport Awards refuse to die, as Disability Sport Namibia (DSN) launched a scathing attack on the event’s organisers yesterday.The debate surrounding Paralympic
readDonaldson sets course record to lead in Shanghai
26-10-2012
SHANGHAI – World number 51 Jamie Donaldson upstaged world number one Rory McIlroy in yesterday’s opening day of the BMW Masters golf, posting a course record of 10-under-par 62.Welshman Donaldson, who
readVillagers urged to pave way for development
26-10-2012
THE Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing, Jerry Ekandjo, has called on villagers living on town lands to cooperate with town councils and make way for development.He called on these
readUnion sets deadline for Government
26-10-2012
THE Trade Union Congress of Namibia (Tucna) has given the government an October 31 deadline to address the salary hike demands of civil servants.Through its public service unions, the Teachers’ Union
readStep up fight against cross-border crime – Tommy Nambahu
26-10-2012
THE Deputy Minister of Justice Tommy Nambahu has revealed that there are currently 50 pending forfeiture applications by the State under the Prevention of Organised Crime Act (POCA) which came into
readSMSes for Friday 26 October 2012
26-10-2012
SMS Of The Day *DO we really need Canada to tell us through surveys that alcohol misuse is the core of all crimes in Namibia? We convinced Helen Zille that shebeens are under control and alcohol in
readRosh Pinah protests over poor service
26-10-2012
RESIDENTS of the Tutungeni informal settlement at Rosh Pinah are complaining of poor service delivery by Roshkor and the Oranjemund Constituency’s regional councillor, Eliphas Iita.Roshkor, which is
readPolice pepper-spray DRC residents
26-10-2012
POLICE at Swakopmund used pepper spray yesterday to disperse hundreds of people who demonstrated outside the town’s municipal building for better service in the DRC informal settlement.The
readNew political party formed
26-10-2012
A NEW political party called Christian Democratic Voice (CDV) has been formed. The party’s interim president, Gotthard Kandume, yesterday said an application to register the party with the Electoral
readNAC retrenched threaten to camp out for pensions
26-10-2012
FORMER employees of Namibian Airports Company (NAC) who took the retrenchment option in March say they have no other option but to camp outside the office of the Government Institutions Pension Fund
readMore foreign doctors coming
26-10-2012
RUNDU– The Ministry of Health and Social Services is eyeing the Federal Republic of Russia to provide more doctors in the near future. Speaking during a meeting with the Kavango Regional Health
readKhorixas council owed N$20m
26-10-2012
KHORIXAS residents owe the town council more than N$20 million in unpaid rent and utility bills.This was revealed by the chief executive officer of the Khorixas Town Council, Nicodemus #Gaeseb, amid
read/Khomanin chief suffers stroke after wife’s death
26-10-2012
/KHOMANIN Traditional Authority Chief Josephat Gawa!nab is in a serious condition at the Windhoek Central State Hospital after he suffered a stroke on Wednesday. A relative, Deon Gawa!nab, said the
readGIPF trustees ‘paranoid’ after DCP
26-10-2012
AFTER the Development Capital Portfolio debacle, the stringent requirements by the Government Institutions Pension Fund before investing billions of civil servants’ retirement savings in unlisted
readFour arrested for jumbo poaching
26-10-2012
FOUR people have been arrested in connection with the poaching of elephants in the Caprivi Region.The carcasses of 18 elephants were recently discovered in this region after they were killed for their
readBail hearing of three suspects in Twyfelfontein theft case postponed
26-10-2012
THE bail hearing of the three men accused of stealing money at the Twyfelfontein Country Lodge has been postponed to November 14.Basil #Nauseb, Geraldo /Gaseb and Simon Gaugoab have been in custody
readGuinea ethnic divide defies ‘West Africa’s Mandela’
26-10-2012
• Instability a threat to Africa’s fragile ‘coup belt’ CONAKRY – Two years ago, Guinea’s first freely-elected president Alpha Conde Tribal violence in the world’s biggest bauxite exporter is
readFrontlining on Twitter
26-10-2012
WIT and wisdom from on a hummer of a week! Who’s fooling who, where does the wealth of the nation reside, is Okahao bigger than Tsumeb, and who should get a medal for bungling are among the issues
readFat Leaders And Hungry Children
26-10-2012
IT IS not surprising that a substantial number of Namibia’s lawmakers are fat and unhealthy.Health Minister Richard Kamwi did the right thing to highlight the results of health checks done on
readLand Sales Via Treaty or Auction: A Namibian youth perspective
26-10-2012
THE Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development has expressed the desire to bring to a halt the auctioning of land with a view to making urban land cheaper and more
readIt’s a nail biter
26-10-2012
IT'S the time of year when everybody chews their nails because of exam angst. The Grade 12s are finishing their school careers of twelve years, (some got over the line, boasting a 15 year academic
readThe Model For A Just And Egalitarian Society
26-10-2012
WITH the collapse of Russian-style socialism on a world scale, and the subsequent breakup of the USSR [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] at the close of the 1980s, there emerged a strange and
readSwapo Race Shenanigans: Taking Us 7 Years Back?
26-10-2012
WHILE the motormouth campaign managers of Hage Geingob and Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana fought it out in public, Jerry Ekandjo’s foot soldiers continued their work quietly among the Swapo faithful,
readPolitical Perspective
26-10-2012
THE same intolerance that has recently been exhibited by Education Minister, Abraham Iyambo, with regard school pupils who vandalise property and behave in an unruly fashion, should be enforced across
readNotable Quotes
26-10-2012
THEY (Ministers) are overweight and they are squeezing their bodies into these cars. – Frans Kapofi, Cabinet Secretary was quoted in an Informanté article at the time saying the point is these cars
readPaper Tigers and Golden Moments
26-10-2012
There are some things we shouldn’t allow ourselves to do. We shouldn’t ever do anything on an international stage.We must stay in our little cocoon and play our little Mickey Mouse game with our own
readA Guest is God (In India)
26-10-2012
I’M sitting in the back of a cab amidst the thirty minute drive from Indira Gandhi International Airport to the Double Tree Hilton in New Delhi and I am pretty sure I’m about to die.I know this
readMade in India
26-10-2012
While turning over metal and wood ware to see the words ‘Made in China’ stamped inevitably on the back is an action many of us are familiar with, the exports Promotion Council for handicrafts (ePCh)
readTo Mourn in Marble
26-10-2012
WE see it from across the water and it doesn’t look real. Its white marble dome glistens in the midday sun, winks at us from the main reflecting pool and seems to have sprung massively to life from
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