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62 Articles found on Tuesday, 9 October 2012
UN issues damning report on poverty
09-10-2012
ALTHOUGH Namibia’s chances to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council look dim, it still has a “window of opportunity” to comply with some of the recommendations made by the UN
readRDP U-turns in poll case
09-10-2012
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress has beaten a retreat from its threat to sue five judges of the Supreme Court to compel them to deliver the court’s judgement on opposition parties’ appeal over the
readExam leak probe widens
09-10-2012
Grade 10 and 12 examinations to continue despite theft of papers TWELVE pupils and one adult have been arrested for being in possession of stolen Grade 10 and 12 examination papers in the Caprivi
readNamibian Hawks dominate PSI hockey tournament
09-10-2012
THE Namibian Hawks dominated an international Pro Series Indoor (PSI) Hockey tournament in Walvis Bay over the weekend, winning all six the categories that were contested. The Namibian Eagles and the
readMotlanthe keeps mum on ANC leadership nomination
09-10-2012
Johannesburg – Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has been nominated by the Gauteng ANC provincial executive council (PEC) to lead the national ANC, provincial leader Paul Mashatile said on Sunday.“As
readConsumers billing it at record levels
09-10-2012
CONSUMERS appetite for instalment credit, already a concern for the Bank of Namibia (BoN), has reached six-year highs.Annual growth in instalments sales grew by 18,1% in August, marginally down from
readAgricultural diary
09-10-2012
October 10: Swakara ram auction of Hendrik Duvenhage & Kobus van Wyk at Anandi Guest House in Mariental.October 11& 12: Paresis production auction, Otjiwarongo October 12: Gobabis bull breeders
readGovt upgrades beef processing and storage facilities
09-10-2012
GOVERNMENT is upgrading beef-processing and cold-storage facilities in the Kavango, Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshana regions in order to encourage value addition and job creation.This was said by
readBe a more valuable employee
09-10-2012
There are distinctive ways that you can boost what you bring to your organisation – and they don’t involve the usual kissing up to your boss, says Harvard Business Review. Getting ahead isn’t about
readValue of building plans slump
09-10-2012
THE average value of a building plans approved by the City of Windhoek in September dropped to a 20-month low of N$483 105, the latest analysis by Simonis Storm Securities (SSS) has shown.In total,
readWhat if a post-election US Federal Reserve were shackled?
09-10-2012
LONDON – Investors staring squarely at the US fiscal cliff may well be ignoring a bigger monetary policy pitfall.Many asset managers are puzzled at the little attention world markets seem to have paid
readSingle euro zone budget gains momentum
09-10-2012
BRUSSELS – Debate about the idea of creating a separate budget for euro zone countries is intensifying in the run-up to an EU summit later this month, with less opposition to the proposal than many
readWildcat strikes up stakes in South Africa labour game
09-10-2012
IKANINI, South Africa – The rules of the game in South Africa’s labour market have changed and the new players are workers such as Tshepo Modise and Thulani Soko, wildcat strikers at mining giant
readBuilding Usakos’ economy one brick at a time
09-10-2012
THE Usakos Youth Brick Making Project recently received N$230 000 worth of concrete and brick manufacturing equipment from the Japanese Embassy.The project is aimed at creating employment for the
readSwakop’s DRC artist in ‘shack fire’ awareness campaign
09-10-2012
NAMIBIAN Himba visual artist, sculptor and social activist, Laidlaw Peringanda of Swakopmund’s democratic resettlement community (DRC) will launch the ‘Omuriro’ (fire in Himba) national shack fire
readUsakos JSS refutes claims
09-10-2012
REPORTS that Usakos Junior Secondary School does not have grade-11 teachers, has not employed qualified teachers and also that boarders at the school’s hostel were not being fed or granted
readN$270 000 for Rhino Trust
09-10-2012
SAVE the Rhino Trust (SRT) has donated about N$270 000 collected during the World Rhino Day (Sept 22), a day that aims to raise awareness of the endangered rhino not only in Namibia but
readSwakop woman reaches Kilimanjaro summit
09-10-2012
IN June, Marisa Alberts of Swakopmund decided to climb mount Kilimanjaro as part of a charity mission for Windhoek’s Dagbreek school for learners who are intellectually impaired. A week ago, she
readAmphitheater to be named after Amunjela
09-10-2012
THE ‘Amphitheater’ in Swakopmund will be named the ‘Thomas Amunjela Amphitheater’.According to the Erongo Swapo Elders Council secretary, Jack Brown, the motivation for the name is based on the
readMining operator excels in radiation safety
09-10-2012
OPEN pit equipment operator, Nelao Endjala, not only drives haul trucks for the Rössing Uranium Mine, but has such a keen interest in areas impacting mine safety so much so that she specifically
readAfghan government could collapse: report
09-10-2012
KABUL – The Afghan government could fall apart after Nato troops pull out in 2014, particularly if presidential elections that year are fraudulent, a report by the International Crisis Group said
readNigerian forces kill 30 Islamists and arrest 10
09-10-2012
KADUNA – Nigerian forces said on Monday they killed 30 members of Islamist sect Boko Haram, including a senior commander, and arrested 10 others in a weekend raid on the northeastern city of
readNobel Prize for stem cell breakthroughs
09-10-2012
STOCKHOLM – Scientists from Britain and Japan shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for the discovery that adult cells can be reprogrammed back into stem cells which can turn into any kind of
readMila ‘sexiest woman alive!’
09-10-2012
Actress Mila Kunis has gone topless for the cover of Esquire magazine after editors crowned her the sexiest woman alive.The ‘Black Swan’ beauty (29) poses seductively in a pair of skintight trousers,
readIsrael strikes Gaza targets
09-10-2012
GAZA – Israel said it struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday after Palestinian militants fired rockets at southern Israel in what they said was a response to an Israel air strike on Sunday that
readEuropean Union urges Chavez to ‘reach out to all’
09-10-2012
CARACAS – EUROPEAN Union foreign policy leader Catherine Ashton congratulated Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for his re-election Monday while urging him “to reach out to all segments” of
readEkandjo ota ya mbidhidha elenga lya Vaalgras
09-10-2012
OMINISTA yOmalelo giitopolwa, Iilando omagumbo neyokomeho lyokomikunda oya ti epangelo ita li zipo pomuwiliki gwopahedhi gwaantu yopo Vaalgras, Joel Stephanus. Jerry Ekandjo okwa ti epangelo olya
readKornelius Mbangula ta pandula eshi a toolifwa ko keengobe
09-10-2012
Onda li nda kanifa eengobe hetatu eshi da shingwa moluumbo lepya momukunda Okashana kaNandiba (kaBeni) moshitopolwa sha Shikoto popepi nomukunda Amilema.Eengobe oda kana oivike ine ya pita.Konima
readOodola etata lyomiliona ta li ka teyagulwapo
09-10-2012
EPANGELO olya dhiladhila oku kumunapo egumbo ndyoka opo lya opalekelwe kongushu yoodola konyala etata lyomiliona yimwe konyala ashike oomvula mbali dha pitipo. Egumbo ndika ota li kumunwapo opo pu
readOkankela yokomagundji maalumentu
09-10-2012
KONYALA aalumentu aaNamibia yeli yahamano oha ya kwatwa kokankela yokamagundji omumvo kehe. Uuyelele mbuka owa gandjwa komuwiliki gwehangano lyokukondjitha okankela moNamibia, Cancer Association of
readOshikondo shElongo tashi konakona eyako lyomakonakono moCaprivi
09-10-2012
OSHIKONDO shElongo osha gandja elombwelo kutya napa ningwe ekonakono moolopota ndhoka dha ti opena aalongwa yaali yokoshitopolwa shaCaprivi aniwa yaadhika yena omapulo gomakonakono gondondo 12
readSackaria natango oye omuwiliki gwa Nafau
09-10-2012
AMUSHANGA gwa Namibia food and Allied Workers Union, Kiros Sackarias oye natango ta shangele ehangano ndyoka esiku kehe uule womimvo ntano tadhi landula.Sackarias oye a shunwa muuhamushanga mboka
readOpolisi tayi konakona egandjo lyaanona momilalo
09-10-2012
OPOLISI moshitopolwa shErongo oya kwatapo aakiintu yaali metine oshiwike shayi taya fekelwa kutya oye na ekwatathano nelanditho lyaanona aashona yakadhona momilalo, moShiwakopo. Omufekelwa omutitatu
readSMS mOshiwambo
09-10-2012
*Ou ta ti otava dipaelwa oipundyamenye napopye oshili,omuntu ote ke ku tumina osms tai ti honey waye, onumber yoye eikufa peni? Ndishi osheshi muna ekwatafano naye natango? Shapo osheshi ashike ya
readPohamba a kwathele meshongo lyoondjambi poTransNamib
09-10-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa idhopomo moshinima shoonkundathana kombinga yoondjambi pokati ka TransNamib nehangano lya Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union Natau. Okwa kundanwa kutya
readPoor publicity leads to sale of Monitronics Football Club
09-10-2012
SOUTHERN Stream First Division campaigners Monitronics Success College Football Club are up for sale because of poor publicity, owner Daniel Nyaungwa said yesterday. According to Nyaungwa, he intends
readWest Indies party after sweet T20 victory
09-10-2012
COLOMBO – West Indies cricketers partied through the night yesterday after their triumph in the World Twenty20, as defeated hosts Sri Lanka cursed yet another “choke” in a final.Chris Gayle, the West
readShipanga states case for physical education
09-10-2012
NFA women’s football head Jacqueline Shipanga believes the lack of physical education in Namibian schools is leading to obese children and robbing the nation of future athletes. She feels it is
readHonours even in Ballon d’Or showdown
09-10-2012
MADRID – Billed in Spain as the decisive showdown between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2012 FIFA Ballon d’Or award, Sunday’s La Liga ‘Clasico’ gave plenty of ammunition to both camps
readInternational Boxing Showdown!!
09-10-2012
6 Tickets To Be Won! Stand a chance of winning tickets to this Friday’s International Welterweight clash between Namibia’s one and only ‘Tyson’ Uushona and Kenya’s Pascal Bruno.This choice clash
readNineteen records at Short Course Gala
09-10-2012
A TOTAL of 16 age group records and three Open records were established at the fourth Short Course Gala at the Dolphins Swimming Pool over the weekend.The 16-year-old Christine Briedenhann led the way
readSMSes for Tuesday 09 October 2012
09-10-2012
SMS Of The Day *MUNICIPALITIES do not buy water from God. They do however need to pay NamWater for clean water. Costs are involved in cleaning the water and labour costs money. Just like you and I,
readTwo GIPF dockets up for PG’s decision
09-10-2012
A LAWYER, a chartered accountant, a former commanding officer of a commercial crime unit and an investigator with an accounting background – all from South Africa – are on the team helping the
readFrom The Twittersphere
09-10-2012
PRESIDENTS, salaries, and salads; Nutella and Newcastle; jelly babies, oshifima, and Father Christmas – Namibian tweeps serve up more views than an all-you-can-eat buffet. Not forgetting that
readSwapo politician and three others in court at Khorixas
09-10-2012
FOUR people, including Swapo mobiliser Emgard Victorine #Nauses, appeared in the Khorixas Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with the theft of cash and other valuables at a tourist lodge in
readTourist plane makes emergency landing
09-10-2012
AN OFFICIAL investigation has been launched after a light aircraft carrying a pilot and three passen- gers was damaged and one of the passengers injured when it made an emergency landing on a road
readA Season Rich In Industrial Action
09-10-2012
THIS year has seen quite a marked increase in strikes and industrial action in the country generally.At times, it appeared the succession of strikes were copycats or that the success of one group fed
readGem Certification Must Keep Up With Challenges
09-10-2012
ALMOST a decade ago, the consensus-based Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme established minimum requirements for global rough diamond production and trade.Today, to keep pace with a changing
readClever creations at Omba
09-10-2012
A BEVY of blacksmiths are exhibiting their wares at the Omba Gallery. However, instead of hammering out horse shoes, pokers and wheel spokes they have busied themselves morphing metal into a series of
readNo salary increases for police this year
09-10-2012
POLICE Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga has announced that there won’t be salary increases for police officers this year because there is no money.“There is no money for now, but that does not
readWeekend deceased identified
09-10-2012
ALL but one of the seven people who died unnatural deaths in and around Windhoek over the weekend have been identified.The man who died in a collision near Brakwater on Friday has been identified as
readHomestead destroyed by fire
09-10-2012
THE main part of the homestead of the a 92-year-old widow at Omambuumbuu village in the Omusati Region was destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon.Oliga Ndjangala said the fire was caused by some of her
readDoctors sue again over medicine regulations
09-10-2012
A GROUP of medical doctors have launched a second case in an attempt to get restrictions on their current rights to dispense medicine from their own consulting rooms suspended and later declared
readSuspect swallows dagga during arrest
09-10-2012
THE Police at Outjo have arrested a 35-old-man for allegedly dealing in dagga.The suspect, a resident of Outjo’s informal settlement known as 7de Laan, allegedly wrestled with the police and succeeded
readCop to be sentenced over detainee’s death
09-10-2012
THE sentencing of police Constable Gert Hendrik Titsol, who has been convicted of culpable homicide in connection with the death of a detainee who had spent a night in police custody at Keetmanshoop
readBenefits coming for more veterans
09-10-2012
THE Minister of Veterans’ Affairs says amendments to the Veterans Act of 2008 will see more people receiving payments for their contribution to the liberation struggle.The amendments tabled by
readBakpro Announce Winners
09-10-2012
Maryna Gouws from Windhoek and Dougie Swartz of Dougie’s Pizzaz and Pies in Otjiwarongo have been declared the best bakers of all in Bakpro’s National Baking Competition. Regional winners in both the
readAvon sellers: SA’s lipstick evangelists
09-10-2012
Last year, Avon’s global sales were up a mere one percent, but in South Africa they were up almost 30%. So what’s the secret to the success of South Africa’s ‘Avon Ladies’?“Everyone loves Avon,” says
readAnother fuel price increase
09-10-2012
OIL markets which have “defied logic” in the second part of 2012 have forced Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali to push up petrol prices by 19 cents a litre and diesel prices by 26 cents a litre
readKeetmanshoop woman reaches 100 years
09-10-2012
A KEETMANSHOOP woman has reached a special milestone – her 100th birthday.She was born at the farm Swartkop on September 14, 1912. At 100, Magrietha Afrikaner is still going strong. Moving around
readNotable Quotes
09-10-2012
This was supposed to be the happiest day of our lives and instead we have lost everything we own and more. – Markus Hairwa, whose shack was burnt down in Windhoek’s Okahandja park just hours after
readAt the trough
09-10-2012
A Himba woman fills a cattle trough with water from a hole dug in a riverbed at the Ozondombo cattle post, 100 kilometres from Opuwo town. The cattle post is a sandy oasis pockmarked by deep holes dug
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