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49 Articles found on Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Mbumba to be full-time if elected
30-10-2012
ONE of the candidates for the Swapo secretary general position, Nangolo Mbumba, has revealed that he will vacate his ministerial position if elected at the congress slated for the end of
readTsumeb road ‘a death trap’
30-10-2012
A TOTAL of 15 people perished on the Tsumeb-Oshivelo road last week. Catherine Shipushu, the spokesperson of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF), on Sunday said this road has become “a death
readTeacher strike snowballs
30-10-2012
A NATIONWIDE teachers’ strike which might lead to the closure of some schools in the country is imminent if Government does not promptly respond to the call of teachers by increasing their
readBusiness confidence hits record level
30-10-2012
STRONG investment and exports in September drove business confidence to its highest level in 12 years, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said yesterday.The overall IJG Business Climate
readUganda Prime Minister unaware of missing Irish aid
30-10-2012
Dublin – Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi insisted on Sunday he had no knowledge of the alleged misuse of Irish aid by officials in his office, after Dublin suspended all government assistance to
readVenue dispute threatens U21 Waterski World Champs
30-10-2012
THE Namibia Waterski Federation (NWSF) was recently awarded the right to host the 2013 Under 21 Waterski and Wakeboarding World Championships in September next year, but the event could be in jeopardy
readDistribution of goats ‘historic’ for Blouwes community
30-10-2012
BLOUWES – Fifty-three households at Blouwes near Keetmanshoop last week received 21 goats each through the German Special Initiative Programme.The Blouwes Traditional Authority and community said they
readAgricultural diary
30-10-2012
November 2: Northern Select summer auction at Grootfontein November 7: Western Bonsmara auction at Aub auction pens, Khomas Hochland (Daan Viljoen road). Around 45 bulls and 180 cows and heifers, some
readMeatco’s Natures Reserve praised by Norway
30-10-2012
Meatco Awards 2012 Top five producers: 1. Wolfgang Zimmer (Meatco Producer of the Year) 2. Rudy Sheidt 3. Swen Knye 4. Peter Shaepe 5. Ortwin von Gossler Top NCA Producers: (One to 50 cattle
readTaking on a mentee
30-10-2012
There are certain questions you need to ask before taking on a protege, says Harvard Business Review.It’s rewarding to become a mentor. But you can’t take every young upstart under your wing. Ask
readWhy Namibians should save
30-10-2012
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in Namibia interviewed Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila to mark World Savings Day tomorrow. Here are her thoughts on the
readSpain's empty highways lead to bankruptcy
30-10-2012
MADRID – At the Leganes toll booth outside Madrid, the workers scan the horizon for cars. In Spain's recession, the stream of paying drivers has slowed to a trickle and the toll road is all but
readMiners take ‘rail-veyors’ and robots to automated future
30-10-2012
SUDBURY, Ontario – In an office trailer parked outside a mine shaft in northern Ontario, operator Carolyn St-Jean leans back in her chair and monitors a machine loading nickel-rich ore into rail cars
readAir raids, car bomb hit Damascus on last day of ‘truce’
30-10-2012
AMMAN – Syrian jets bombed suburbs of Damascus and a car bomb killed 10 people in the capital on Monday, the last day of a four-day truce which UN chief Ban Ki-moon acknowledged had failed.Each side
readUN says 28 000 displaced in Myanmar ethnic clashes
30-10-2012
SITTWE – Myanmar’s government said Monday it has boosted security in a western state hit by ethnic and sectarian unrest as the number of displaced rose to 28 000 people, mostly Muslims.The latest
readRogue soldiers terrorise, threaten villagers in Zim
30-10-2012
Zimbabwean Soldiers are reportedly terrorising and intimidating villagers in some parts of Gokwe in the Midlands, where they are routinely addressing Zanu PF campaign rallies threatening “war” if the
readDlamini-Zuma ‘shocked by western funds’
30-10-2012
Johannesburg – African Union (AU) commissioner Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been shocked to learn that western donors fund nearly all the continental body’s programmes, Business Day reported
readDRC rocked by heavy fighting
30-10-2012
Goma – Government troops and unidentified rebel forces clashed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, military officials said.Heavy weapons fire could be heard after 21h00 at Sake in
readOmulongo ya si meidhengomumwe lyombesa
30-10-2012
AANTU omulongo oya si sho ombesa yo Namib Contract Haulage, yi idhenge mumwe omutse nomutse mondjila onene yopokati kOshivelo nOshomeya, sha ningwa ongula onene yOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Ehala mpoka pwa
readKamwi okwa lombwele aapangi mboka inaa ya panda oondjambi dhawo ya ye
30-10-2012
OMINISTA yUundjolowele nOnkalonawa oya lombwele aapangi mboka inaa ya nyanyukilwa oondjambi dhawo ya ka konge iilonga palwe moshikondo shopaumwene. Richard Kamwi okwa lombwele aapangi ati ngele inaya
readAahingi yootaxi mOtjiwarongo ta ya ka futithwa molwoongaga
30-10-2012
AAHINGI yootaxi mOtjiwarongo otaya ka geelwa nokufutithwa uuna inaa ya simaneka oompango dhomoondjila noshowo ngele iiyenditho yawo nayo yene oya luudha. Oshitopolwa shopolisi yomoondjila mumuni gwa
readSwapo okwa topoka moshitopolwa Otjozondjupa
30-10-2012
OSHIGONGI shopashitopolwa shoSwapo moshitopolwa Otjozondjupa osha li nevundakano, konima sho oongundu mbali dhaakalelipo yaza kOkahandja dheya oku kala pusho pOtjiwarongo olyomakya ga yi.Opwa li
readNTA okwa ngungunina uuyelele kombinga yongeshefa
30-10-2012
EWILIKO Lyomadheulo lya Namibia nenge Namibia Training Authority inali tumbula kutya ehangano lini lyomomahangano 18 gomunashipundi gwalyo, Otto Shikongo olyo lya kalekitha iilonga yokwoopaleka
readSMS mOshiwambo
30-10-2012
*Akwetu ehangano lya Nafau tu kwatheni mu tu taambe mehangano lyaaniilonga otuli membautu tha De Beers hatu longo niikulya. *Akwetu uunake ta tupewa oilonga kepangelo nkene twa shangelwe tse uunona
readOpolisi ya ti oshiponga sha Ekandjo oshiponga inaa shi longekidhwa
30-10-2012
OPOLISI ya Namibia ina yi itaala kutya oshiponga sho sheenditho shOminista Yomalelo giitopolwa, Iilando Omagumbo neyokomeho lyokomikunda, Jerry Ekandjo kasha li onkambadhala oku mu dhipaga. Komufala
readZimbabwe tri-nations’ place uncertain
30-10-2012
A LACK of funds could curtail Zimbabwe’s plans to compete in next weeks’ Tri-Nations International Rugby tournament in Windhoek.Zimbabwean media reports that the Zimbabwe Sables committee — a brand
readJohannes concedes Dublin crown
30-10-2012
NAMIBIA’S recently crowned Sportswoman of the Year, Helalia Johannes finished sixth in the Elite Women’s category at the Dublin Marathon in a time of 2:35:01 yesterday. She finished more than four
readNFA Women prepare for Zone VI Games
30-10-2012
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) is preparing the women’s under-20 team for the biennial Zone Six Games scheduled for early December in Zambia.According to Jackey Gertze of the NFA women desk,
readStage frightened Namibia crash in Ouagadougou
30-10-2012
STAGE fright and inexperience eventually led to Namibia’s inglorious exit from the 2013 Caf under-17 Championship qualifiers on Saturday.Namibia were hammered 5-0 by Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou during
readSouth Africa take strength from historic win in Australia
30-10-2012
SYDNEY – South African captain Graeme Smith said yesterday that he was taking strength from his team’s historic win on Australian soil four years ago as he prepares for the upcoming heavyweight
readI deserve top ranking: Serena
30-10-2012
ISTANBUL – Even though she won four big titles during the year, Serena Williams will still end 2012 ranked number three behind Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova.After backing up her victories at
readChelsea lodge formal complaint over poor referee
30-10-2012
LONDON – Chelsea have made a formal complaint about the language, reportedly racial, allegedly used by referee Mark Clattenburg to two of their players during the controversial 3-2 home defeat to
readSMSes for Tuesday 30 October 2012
30-10-2012
SMS Of The Day *WE need more entrepreneurs in this country. How come we are so risk averse and rather copy existing ideas than innovate? Support and training is available. Let’s do it! Food for
readHail the magnificent VM6
30-10-2012
The laid back atmosphere at Nice Restaurant was perfect for a Sunday evening of music by the now-world famous Vocal Motion Six, or simply VM6 as they are popularly known to Namibian fans. As has
readFrom The Twittersphere
30-10-2012
THE real and the imaginary, haters and lovers, news versus stories, the blind and the all-seeing all make a real or imagined appearance in today’s Twittersphere! Plus vetkoeke, the ‘trypinator’, GIPF
readTsumeb Copper Festival celebrates ten years
30-10-2012
THE tenth annual Tsumeb Copper festival hosted by the Tsumeb Municipality and Namibia Custom Smelters will kick off this weekend and promises to be bigger, better and safer.The four-day event, starts
readTransNamib ordered to pay for unfair dismissal
30-10-2012
A LABOUR arbitrator yesterday ordered TransNamib to pay its dismissed former Chief Operating Officer, Charles Funda, an amount of N$1,092 million.The dismissal of Funda from his position at the
readPuma workers want to cripple fuel supply
30-10-2012
SEVENTEEN operators at Puma Energy’s depot in Walvis Bay threaten to cut the supply of fuel to the company as well as Namcor, local fuel bunker service, Shell and Chevron (former Caltex). The workers
readOrganised Family sizzles in Namibia
30-10-2012
In their first ever show on Namibian soil, Zambian music duo Organised Family gave the crowd as much as they could with their energetic performance at the Old Club Chez Ntemba over the weekend. Their
readPassion Killings or Patriarchy?
30-10-2012
THE dastardly phenomenon of ‘passion killing’ hasgripped the Namibian imagination of late. This contemptible form of killing is undoubtedly an extreme version of gender-based violence. It is often
readOur Quality Of Live Under Threat As Christmas Beckons
30-10-2012
THE two defining phenomena of this year, surely, must be the spiralling cost of living accompanied, not surprisingly, by the militancy of the workers in their demand for better pay. As an open
readNeckartal irreversible - Pohamba
30-10-2012
THE Swapo Party Government’s decision to built the Neckartal Dam in the South is irreversible.These were the words of President Hifikepunye Pohamba in response to Karas governor Bernadus Swartbooi’s
readKaaronda calls for Kamwi’s head
30-10-2012
NATIONAL Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) Secretary General, Evilastus Kaaronda, has called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to “fire” Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi with immediate
readDRC a priority – Swakop
30-10-2012
SWAKOPMUND Mayor Rosina //Hoabes says the development of the DRC informal settlement at the town has always been a “top priority” for the Town Council.Speaking to The Namibian after residents staged a
readNotable Quotes
30-10-2012
IT was hell. Everyone was screaming and crying. I do not know what really happened because it was very fast like lightning. – Aino Iitembu, one of the survivors of a fatal accident which killed 10
readCoastal teachers join Khomas strike
30-10-2012
PRIMARY and secondary school teachers at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund will today join the nationwide strike started by their counterparts in the Khomas Region.During separate meetings held yesterday
readACC spoils ‘graduation party’
30-10-2012
THE TEN Angolans who were arrested for alleged forgery over the weekend were nabbed at their supposed graduation party.Johannes Kandali Kalimbo (28), the Namibian who was also arrested, is suspected
read44 years in prison just too long, killer argues
30-10-2012
ONE of the men convicted and jailed over the murder of South African four-wheel drive trail mapmaker Jan Joubert in June 2006 is now asking the Supreme Court to reduce the 44-year prison term which he
read#Aodaman Traditional Authority bestows honour on Benson
30-10-2012
NAMIBIA’S first Olympic gold medalist Johanna Benson will be honoured by the #Aodaman Traditional Authority based at the north-western town of Khorixas next month. Benson name will be added to the
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