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71 Articles found on Friday, 5 October 2012
Land tax hike milks farmers
05-10-2012
GOVERNMENT intends drastically hiking tax on commercial farms as it looks for N$400 million in the next five years to buy farms to speed up land reform. That means N$80 million every year – a stark
readGovt may ban more from striking
05-10-2012
GOVERNMENT’S intended banning of strikes will result in more labour unrest in the form of illegal wildcat strikes. This is the opinion of Windhoek lawyer Norman Tjombe. According to him, workers
readRDP petitions Chief Justice
05-10-2012
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) yesterday applied to the Chief Justice to be allowed to sue the judges who heard the appeal on the legal challenge to the 2009 National Assembly election.
readNotable Quotes
05-10-2012
BENEFITS and allowances which are payable under the Bill once it is passed into law will come from the State Revenue Fund out of money appropriated by Parliament. – Nahas Angula, Prime Minister
readLuxury house prices still under pressure
05-10-2012
HOUSE prices in the upper class segment remained under pressure in May, falling 6,5 per cent, the latest FNB House Price Index has shown. Namene Kalili, manager of research and competitor
readRomney scores in debate, but will it be enough?
05-10-2012
WASHINGTON - After several difficult weeks, Republican Mitt Romney found his footing on Wednesday night in a strong debate performance against Democratic President Barack Obama. The question is
readANC provinces throw Zuma political lifeline
05-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG - Shifts in ANC membership within South Africa’s provinces have given President Jacob Zuma a fighting chance of holding on to the party leadership and the presidency. The number of ANC
readDouble header action
05-10-2012
THIS weekend’s action in the MTC Premiership kicks off with a mouthwatering double header featuring Black Africa, Ramblers, African Stars and Civics at the Independence Stadium tonight. Defending
readSMSes for Friday 05 October 2012
05-10-2012
SMS Of The Day n LEADING by example. I like to congratulate the president of Malawi, Joyce Banda for cutting her salary by 30 per cent. I hope Nahas Angula withdraws his proposal for the increase of
readLiving In Fantasia
05-10-2012
THIS story is about the life of the nouveau riche who own House number 1 in Love Street, Windhoek. It has a second entrance at 15 Conradie Street because that’s how big the house is. Curiosity led a
readSmall Farms’ Large Benefits
05-10-2012
ROME – As drought becomes increasingly common, farmers worldwide are struggling to maintain crop yields. In the United States, farmers are experiencing the most severe drought in more than a
readSmall Farms’ Large Benefits
05-10-2012
ROME – As drought becomes increasingly common, farmers worldwide are struggling to maintain crop yields. In the United States, farmers are experiencing the most severe drought in more than a
readMapping Out A New Map For Post-Colonial Africa
05-10-2012
I START with my conclusion. The conclusion is simple to critical student of African political economy. That is: many of us are not likely to see the integration of Africa either at the regional or
readBIG: Good Politics, Bad Economics
05-10-2012
AN idea to address Namibia’s poverty has pitted the Namibian government against the Basic Income Grant (BIG) coalition spearheaded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN)
readPolitical Perspective
05-10-2012
NAMIBIAN politics has traditionally revolved around personalities and parties rather than policies. This dates back well prior to independence, across the political spectrum, and is probably one of
readOfficial Victimisation
05-10-2012
THERE had been a rumour circulating that the Swapo leadership in Ohangwena Region had decided to discriminate against and to inconvenience all those who admire political ideologies other than those of
readTackling The Pregnancy Epidemic
05-10-2012
LATE Lucky Dube once sang that “Things that we do today may haunt us tomorrow”. This may include the decisions that we make as a nation and a people. I am referring to a national policy on pregnancy
readGood Ideas, Wrong People
05-10-2012
A FEW years ago a minister who is now part of the opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) effectively said that the Himbas needed to be developed according to Western standards so that they
readRukoro’s Red Flag And Swapo
05-10-2012
HAVING noted with sadness and great concern the nature of conversation and verbal exchange between Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Joel Kapaanda, and First National Bank Managing
readIrresponsible Worshipping
05-10-2012
WHO can help us? We parents and residents of Ongwediva area surrounding the former Put More Fire Club Complex are very concerned about the noise from the church based in the above-mentioned complex.
readIs Napwu Still Real?
05-10-2012
NAMIBIANS, we need to stand up and stop people who want to serve their own interests at the expense of the entire nation.Peter/Petrus Nevonga (General Secretary of the Namibia Public Workers’ Union,
readWinners Never Quit
05-10-2012
EDUCATION is there for a better tomorrow. It does not matter who you are or where you come from. If you put your focus on your studies you can make it. In this world we are different and come from
readNo Shortcuts For Education
05-10-2012
DEAR Gwen Lister, I just read your Political Perspective column of 28 September 2012 and found it remarkably refreshing and in near-perfect alignment with the vision and ideals that are the foundation
readUnderpaid and Overworked
05-10-2012
WHO can come to the rescue of Namibian nurses? Nurses salaries are very poor in comparison with other professionals.No promotions, no professional growth and incentives no matter how far in remote
readHow To Break Up
05-10-2012
WITH regard to the current spate of ‘passion’ killings I think we need to educate our nation that while there are many reasons that could lead to the end of a relationship, we must always try and be
readTrue Heroes
05-10-2012
AS REPORTED in the media this week, three people from Tsumkwe gave their lives to protect an Australian tourist from the flames of a wildfire. The tourist is alive; the three are dead!Question is:
readWhy Libraries Are Significant
05-10-2012
MANY people, especially in Namibia, don’t know the significance of libraries. Most people have this attitude that libraries are all about books.Yes, libraries are about books but most importantly
readICC Prosecutor to visit Namibia
05-10-2012
THE Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, is due to visit Namibia next week to address the annual conference of the African Prosecutors Association. The Africa
readMoody’s chop South Africa banking giants’ rating
05-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Ratings agency Moody’s yesterday downgraded South Africa’s five biggest banks’ foreign deposit ratings due to the revision of the country’s foreign currency deposit ceiling to Baa1 from
readRecruit critics to your team
05-10-2012
T eams tasked with creating new products or technologies or improving existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of views, says Harvard Business
readBusiness awards show hard work, perseverance pay off
05-10-2012
THE winners of the first annual G ood B usiness A wards which the D evelopment B ank of N amibia (DBN) recently hosted were an “ eye-opener ” , the bank ’ s chief
readWorld food prices rise, stay close to crisis levels
05-10-2012
ROME – World food prices rose in September and are seen remaining close to levels reached during the 2008 food crisis, the United Nations’ food agency said yesterday, while cutting its forecast for
readCalm restored in Tehran after currency protests
05-10-2012
TEHRAN – Calm returned to central Tehran yesterday, a day after it was rocked by protests over Iran’s plunging currency, but money-changers and many shops were closed, witnesses told AFP. Much of the
readBe proud, buy local and win big
05-10-2012
TEAM Namibia has welcomed the Spar Namibia Group’s initiative to promote local products, but has urged the retailer to clear mark Namibian products and make them easily identifiable to consumers in
readSA mining firms hit by labour strife
05-10-2012
SEVEN weeks of labour unrest and strikes, which originally erupted at Lonmin’s Rustenburg operations, have spread across the South African mining industry. Here is a summary of the companies most
readIllegal strikes continue unabated
05-10-2012
CAPE TOWN – A wave of illegal strikes sweeping through South Africa’s mines has spread to the manufacturing sector, with Japanese car giant Toyota saying yesterday all production at its Durban plant
readCement ruling reserved
05-10-2012
NAMIBIA’S only cement manufacturer, Ohorongo Cement, yesterday asked High Court Judge Dave Smuts to reverse his decision which dealt a body blow to the cement import duty which are supposed to serve
readAlleged briber nabbed
05-10-2012
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday announced that it had arrested a bribery suspect after the man allegedly had tried to bribe one of its officers with N$10 000 in exchange for a docket.
read‘Cigarette murder’ case postponed
05-10-2012
MORE than two years after five Rehoboth men allegedly killed a neighbour over a cigarette, they went on trial in the Rehoboth Regional Court this week.Piet Cloete, his sons Johan and Albert, the sons’
readRambler: Beating Oktoberitis Black and Blue
05-10-2012
I t’s the time of the year when bosses lose front teeth, their cool and possibly some employees. Everyone’s a little more tired than usual and the next fight at home or at work is just a loud
read40 something with health issues
05-10-2012
EISH, being 40 something is like being a vintage car. Spare parts are hideously expensive or no longer available. So my advice to my 40 something tjoms out there is to look after yourselves my
readFrontlining on Twitter
05-10-2012
IT seems that the Johanna Benson factor has kickedin!LoadsofNamibianprideontheTwitter frontline this week. Plus, bad words, good words, and poetic words; Siri, Sunny Boy, Ngurare, Kazenambo, and more!
readTwo arrested for drunken driving, 30 fines issued
05-10-2012
THIRTY motorists received speeding fines on the B1 national road in the Karas and Hardap Regions over the past weekend, while two were arrested for drunken driving. The Road Authority’s Transport
readMother in custody over son’s alleged theft
05-10-2012
A PROMINENT Swapo leader at Khorixas is behind bars over money allegedly stolen by her son at a tourist lodge in the Kunene Region. She is said to have handed herself over to the police yesterday.
readPyramid scheme bankrolls First Lady’s charity
05-10-2012
THE biggest beneficiary of the outlawed pyramid scheme U-Care, which markets itself as a “charity funding company”, is First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba’s Oewona.Pohamba is the patron and founding member
readTeenager takes on big farmers
05-10-2012
XICO Coetzee, a 17-year-old schoolboy, has his future all cut out, which includes farming and breeding in indigenous Namibian goats. He is still a Grade 12 student at the Windhoek Gymnasium, but has
readSuiderlig boarders don’t want to study
05-10-2012
A NUMBER of Grade 10 and Grade 12 pupils at the Suiderlig High School in Keetmanshoop have written a letter of complaint to their principal, opposing compulsory study sessions implemented at the
readPregnant teenager stabbed to death
05-10-2012
POLICE at Mariental on Wednesday night arrested 19-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend. The deceased was identified as Sara van der Westhuisen. Deputy
readPickpockets don’t dampen the show spirit
05-10-2012
THE 2012 Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show has been described by its organisers as a huge success despite daily reports of petty theft. The vice president of the Windhoek Show Society, Harald
readPolice unhappy over salaries
05-10-2012
THE rash of strikes in the country has now spread to the police, with some members of the force organising a strike. The Namibian has seen SMS messages circulated among police officers, calling for a
readOnline schools face backlash as states question results
05-10-2012
VIRTUAL public schools, which allow students to take all their classes online, have exploded in popularity across the United States, offering what supporters view as innovative and affordable
readNovaNam fires 330 workers for stealing fish
05-10-2012
THE Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers Union said it would appeal the mass dismissal on Monday of 298 worker by the Lüderitz-based NovaNam fishing company after they had been found guilty of stealing
readMan falls to death at Trekkopje
05-10-2012
A MAN working for the Cosira Group at Areva’s Trekoppje mine fell to his death on Wednesday. Cosira is responsible for the structural, mechanical, plate-work and piping supply and installation for
readMad Max bars media
05-10-2012
UNLESS the media happen to come across people, props, rumours and sets related to the film production ‘Mad Max Fury Road’ in Erongo, they have little chance to get any information about the movie; nor
readKunene gets its first health outreach workers for the region
05-10-2012
FOR the first time in Namibia, a pilot health extension programme is being rolled out in the mountainous and isolated Kunene Region where 34 young people graduated yesterday after a six-month basic
readKatutura hospital without water once again
05-10-2012
THE Katutura State Hospital was without water for the umpteenth time yesterday. The situation started on Wednesday afternoon. This meant that in theatres, only emergency operations could be
readTurkey retaliates after Syria attack
05-10-2012
Istanbul - Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets after deadly shelling from Syria hit a Turkish border town on Wednesday, sharply raising tensions on a volatile border that has been crossed by
readZimbabwe war veterans storm finance minister’s office
05-10-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Wednesday that militant supporters of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party tried to invade his office, demanding war veteran living allowance
read10th Michelle McLean Golf Day
05-10-2012
THE Michelle McLean Children’s Trust/Metropolitan Golf Day will take place for the tenth year in a row at the Rossmund Golf Course outside Swakopmund on December 6 and 7. The popular golf day was
readReal and Malaga make it perfect week for Spain
05-10-2012
PARIS – Real Madrid and Malaga coasted to their second successive victories in the Champions League on Wednesday and rounded off a perfect four wins from four games for Spanish sides in this week’s
readJohannes fifth in India
05-10-2012
HELALIA Johannes came fifth in the women’s elite category in the Delhi Half Marathon last weekend. Johannes completed the 21,1km event in a season’s best time of 1 hour 11 minutes 43 seconds.
readKenya strike back to win by six wickets
05-10-2012
KENYA struck back in emphatic fashion to beat Namibia by six wickets in their ICC World Cricket League Championship 50-overs match at the United field yesterday. After dismissing Namibia for a
readNothing sheepish about Ba’s threat to United
05-10-2012
LONDON – Alex Ferguson has had nine months to come up with a plan to combat the threat of Demba Ba and how Manchester United cope with the red-hot Newcastle United striker on Sunday could define their
readAll Blacks seek sweep of Rugby Championship
05-10-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Winger Hosea Gear has been recalled to the New Zealand side for their final Rugby Championship clash against South Africa in Johannesburg tomorrow.Gear replaces Julian Savea, who
readNamibia Players’ Union recognised
05-10-2012
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) endorsed the recognition of the Namibia Football Players’ Union at its executive meeting held at Walvis Bay last Saturday. According to the vice president and
readOmunambelewa omukuluntu gwa Kaiti a tumwa kefudho lyowina
05-10-2012
E WILIKO lya Kaiti olya tumu omunambelewa omukuluntu gwalyo mefudho lya shewa okuza etiyali oshiwike shika sigo omomasiku ga heyali gomwedhi nguka. Ookansela yaali, Mathilda Isaak na Margret Snewe
readOshikonga shetuntilo lyokakwenyene mOhangwena sha hulu manga
05-10-2012
O SHIKONGA shotuntila kombinga yomukithi gwokakwenyene hoka ka li ki iteyele momikunda dhimwe dhomoshitopolwa shUuhaku sha Ngela moshitopolwa sha Hangwena sha hula pehulilo lyoshiwike sha zi ko sho
readOmushangwa kombinga yuusimba wuli pombanda moKavango
05-10-2012
IIZEMO yekonakono kombinga yuusimba mokati kaakadhona aashona moshitopolwa sha Kavango oya tseyithwa oshiwike shika poRundu. Ekonakono ndyoka olya li lya ningwa mekwathelo lyehangano lyomapendulepo
readOmuperesidende ota ka pewa egwedhelo kondjambi ye
05-10-2012
O MUPERESIDENDE otaka pewa egwedhelo lyondjambi ye oshikando shotango nkene tuu a tamekele iilonga mbyoka omimvo heyali dha pitipo. Shika osha tseyithwa kOmuprima Minista Nahas Angula metiyali
readSMS mOshiwambo
05-10-2012
n Yakwetu aakiintu ,unene tuu aagundjuka, otuli tatu dhipagwa iipundjamenye tse aakadhona,maala omadhipago gamwe otaga etithwa kaalumentu yamwe ,omuntu keshi gwoye maara oto mu ula “honey” babe,love
readEkanka lyaahingi mo South Africa ta li tula Namibia muupyakadhi
05-10-2012
E KANKA lyiiwike iyali ngashingeyi lyaaniilonga yotransporta moSouth Africa otashi vulika li kale eshongo enene kiilonga yomaeinditho okuza koshilongo hoka okuya koNamibia. Ekanka ndika olya tula
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