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50 Articles found on Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Swapo foots bill for policy conference
12-09-2012
REMINDING public servants attending the Swapo National Policy Conference that they are“not on holiday”, Prime Minister Nahas Angula yesterday also announced that the “Swapo Party will be carrying the
readWelcome home
12-09-2012
Johanna Benson arrived in Windhoek yester- day afternoon and was greeted at the Hoesa Kutako International Air- port by her mother Baby Benson, the Minister of Youth Sport and Culture
readFood on its way to Ruacana area
12-09-2012
URGENT steps are being taken by the Office of the Prime Minister to come to the rescue of about 20 000 people in the Ruacana Constituency who are going hungry.Prime Minister Nahas Angula has
readChariot’s oil miss hits HRT
12-09-2012
Latin America’s worst-performing initial public offering in two years, is losing its appeal to potential partners for oil exploration in Namibia after a competitor’s well in the African nation failed
readAleppo pounded as Jolie visits Syrian refugees
12-09-2012
ALEPPO – Syrian troops yesterday pounded Aleppo to thwart a rebel advance in Syria’s second city, activists said, as Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited a Jordanian camp for refugees from the
readRed carpet out for Johanna
12-09-2012
PARALYMPIC gold and silver medalist Johanna Benson received a rousing reception when she stepped off the plane at the Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday. Hundreds of Namibians from all walks
readJulius Malema calls for national mining strike
12-09-2012
JOHANNESBURG – Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema yesterday for a national strike at all mines until the National Union of Mineworkers (Num) leadership steps down. “There must be a
readSwazi King Mswati III woos investors with culture
12-09-2012
MANZINI – Swaziland is poor in resources, so King Mswati III is courting investors with his kingdom’s vast cultural traditions as he tries to lift the nation out of an economic crisis.Every year the
readGovt to blame for ‘dismal’ competitiveness
12-09-2012
GOVERNMENT must stop acting as a “rubber stamp of trade unions’ ideological demands” and must stop ignoring “reliable and well-researched policy inputs of the private sector” on labour matters, the
readNamibians identify potential business partners in China
12-09-2012
XAIMEN – Most Namibian businesspeople attending the 16th China International Fair for Investment and Trade have already identified potential partners and investors in their areas of interest.In an
readAustralian miners ‘shocked’ by coal royalty hike
12-09-2012
SYDNEY – Australia’s mining industry yesterday warned of job losses, mine closures and projects put on hold after the Queensland state government announced a hike in the royalty rates paid on coal.In
readIn Nigeria, a concrete get-rich scheme
12-09-2012
LAGOS – Aliko Dangote has always liked making things to sell. As a child he boiled up sugar to make sweets he sold around town; these days he cooks up limestone in factories that produce millions of
read‘Gossip Girl’ Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds tie the knot
12-09-2012
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively, who co-starred in ‘Green Lantern’, married quietly on Sunday in South Carolina, People.com reported, sealing their low-profile romance of about a year.The celebrity
readBuzz for ‘Twilight’ finale
12-09-2012
The final instalment of ‘The Twilight Saga’ is the most anticipated film in the USA this autumn, and fans are hoping for Oscar glory for the adaptation of stage musical ‘Les Miserables’, according to
readTwo killed in Polish bus crash in France
12-09-2012
MULHOUSE – A Polish bus crashed on the main highway linking France to Germany yesterday, killing at least two people and seriously injuring 36 others, French officials said.The driver of the bus is in
readFrench ex-PM Villepin taken into custody in scam investigation
12-09-2012
PARIS – French former Prime Minister and one-time presidential hopeful Dominique de Villepin was taken into police custody yesterday for questioning by magistrates investigating a suspected financial
readRed-carpet welcome for William and Catherine in Singapore
12-09-2012
SINGAPORE – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate were greeted by crowds of cheering well-wishers yesterday as they arrived in Singapore at the start of an Asia-Pacific tour.The glamorous royal
read‘Dialling-drivers’ to fork out R1 500
12-09-2012
CAPE TOWN – Drivers bust in the city while “driving and dialling” will soon have to fork out at least R1 500 to get their cellphones back, a report said yesterday. The Cape Argus reported that from
readIslamists conduct amputations in Mali
12-09-2012
BAMAKO – Islamic police said they used a stage in a public square to amputate the right hand and left foot of five accused thieves in a city of Mali on Monday, in the latest application of Sharia law
readStowaway’s body falls into street
12-09-2012
LONDON – A stowaway fell thousands of metres from a plane on to a quiet suburban street in London after apparently hiding in the undercarriage.The body of the victim, in his 30s and from North Africa,
readTurbulent Somalia gets new president
12-09-2012
MOGADISHU – Members of parliament overwhelmingly elected political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president of Somalia on Monday, a result hailed by supporters as a vote for change in the
readEvi tali gandjwa natango poGroot Aub
12-09-2012
AAKALIMO yopoGroot Aub oya ti natango aniwa omahala otaga pewa aantu pomukunda ngoka nonando shika osha indikwa okuningwa okuza tuu muNovomba 2003. Aakalimo yomomukunda ngoka oya popi ndhika
readA holoka mompangu molweyugo
12-09-2012
OMULUMENTU gwomimvo 33 okwa holokele komeho gompangu ya mangestrata gwa Venduka moKatutura omaandaha ta fekelwa a yuga omukalimo gwomoVenduka oshimaliwa koomuma shoodola omiliona yimwe.Eyugo ndika
readOmukiintu a kwatwa koonkondo mondholongo
12-09-2012
OMUKIINTU gwomimvo 28 ngoka a tegelela oku hokololithwa kombinga yomalundilo gokufika, uufuthi, oku ehameka noshowo elongitho lyoonkondo okwa ti aniwa okwa kwatwa koonkondo mondholongo yopolisi
readEtengeneko lyomvula yethimbo lyomuloka gwa tegelelwa
12-09-2012
IITOPOLWA oyindji ya Namibia oya tegelelwa yi ka mone omvula yili nawa sigo omvula yili pombanda, pethimbo lyomuloka gwa tegelelwa oku tameka omwedhi tuuka.Uuyelele mbuka owa gandjwa kombelewa
readEhangano lyaahingi yootaxi lya yumukapo moVenduka
12-09-2012
EHANGANO lyaahingi yootaxi moNamibia lya yumudhwapo konima yoomvula hamano sho lya li lya thikamithwapo. Namibia Transport and Taxi Union ehangano lya tulilwe miilonga omumvo 2006, ndele okuza mpoka
readNamibia ehala lyoluhepo mefuta lyuuyamba owindji noonkondo
12-09-2012
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile pu longwe neendelelo kombinga yonkalo yokwaathike pamwe kwopaiyemo hoka taku tsikile natango moshilongo. Pohamba okwa ti onkalo ndjika ka yi shi
readExcite the fans, says Johnny Doëseb
12-09-2012
PREMIER football division chief Johnny Doëseb says the players must use this weekend’s NPL League Cup to lure supporters back to the stadium.According to Doëseb, the new pre-season competition for
readOhangwena NFA trains its referees on new rules
12-09-2012
ONGWEDIVA – The Vice-Chairperson of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) executive committee in the Ohangwena Region, Sammy Mushelenga, says 12 referees from all over the region attended a five-day
readShaanika, Haitope win Victory Races Series
12-09-2012
KRISTOF Shaanika and Lavinia Haitope each received N$15 000 as the overall winners of the Old Mutual Victory Races series at a press conference in Windhoek on Tuesday.Shaanika won the Senior Men’s
readBritain hails hero Murray
12-09-2012
LONDON – British leaders, tennis chiefs and former players hailed Andy Murray on Tuesday after the Scot became the first British man to win a Grand Slam in 76 years.British Prime Minister David
readRed carpet out for Johanna
12-09-2012
PARALYMPIC gold and silver medalist Johanna Benson received a rousing reception when she stepped off the plane at the Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday. Hundreds of Namibians from all walks
readSMSes for Wednesday 12 September 2012
12-09-2012
SMS Of The Day *THE LAST time I was this happy was when my two kids were born. Johanna Benson is Namibia’s true hero, well done girl, next stop Brazil! Food for Thought *TO THE GRN and all leaders
readFrom The Twittersphere
12-09-2012
TRACKS of my tears, well Sports Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo’s tears, steamed up Twitter yesterday! Tweeps had a soapie of a time dissecting Kazenambo’s watershed moment at the Swapo Party policy
readSwapo admits tripping 50/50 tango
12-09-2012
THE ruling Swapo Party has failed over the past ten years to implement a 50/50 gender representation in decision-making bodies, which was one of the resolutions adopted at its 2002 and 2007 party
readSeal cull hurts tourism, lobbyists say
12-09-2012
ANIMAL rights activists campaigning against Namibia’s annual seal cull claim that the international consumer boycott against the country is starting to hurt Namibia’s tourism industry.According to The
readChasing the dots ... Three Ps and our next ‘Groot Baas’
12-09-2012
RARELY do I comment on personal political choice but we are in the political silly season with exhibitions of multicoloured knickers, condoms and who knows what. I have weakened! But, as one who has
readNo money for increases at Air Namibia
12-09-2012
THEO Namases, the managing director of Air Namibia, yesterday denied that salary negotiations with the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Natau) had reached deadlock.She told The Namibian
readNational Anthem sent Kazenambo down memory lane
12-09-2012
THE lyrics of the national anthem were the cause of Kazenambo Kazembo’s tears during the opening of the Swapo policy conference on Monday.Just as the more than 350 delegates were getting to the end of
readNamPower gets nod for coal plant
12-09-2012
NAMPOWER has received an environmental clearance certificate for its proposed 300MW coal-fired power station at Arandis.The certificate was issued at the end of last month by the Ministry of
readMampi ‘Thunder Thighs’ to Perform at Old Chez ‘Ntemba
12-09-2012
Zambian R&B singer and Big Brother Africa Stargame contestant, Mampi Mukape is set to perform in Namibia for the first time. The 25-year-old will have a show on Friday, September 28, at the old Chez
readKenya honours Namibian nurse
12-09-2012
KENYAN President Mwai Kibaki has honoured Namibian nursing professional, Gloria Nomizano Muballe with the Head of State Commendation (H.S.C-Civilian Division) in recognition of her service to the
readKathindi denies conflict of interest
12-09-2012
SILVANUS ‘Bobboh’ Kathindi, the former Etale Fishing managing director and also a former significant shareholder, has admitted to having shareholding in Bidvest, which owns Namsov with which Etale had
readJobs for struggle kids at Swapo farm ‘on cards’
12-09-2012
THE 195 ‘struggle kids’ still camping out at Brakwater may soon get entry-level jobs in the public service.This could happen as early as next week, The Namibian was told, but the rumour could not be
readHart van Windhoek responds to accusations
12-09-2012
Organisers of the Hart van Windhoek festival have responded to allegations by MTC’s Chief Human Capital and Corporate Affairs Officer, Tim Ekandjo, who charged the festival does not benefit Namibians
readNamibia still wants to host Green Climate Fund
12-09-2012
THE Minister of Environment and Tourism, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, yesterday denied “malicious” rumours that Namibia has pulled out of hosting the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention
readGrape empowerment programme sours
12-09-2012
TEN small-scale grape farmers along the Orange River were evicted from their plots by the Karasburg deputy sheriff yesterday.Only two of the ten growers against whom the government had obtained
readFifty years of campaigning in support of Namibia
12-09-2012
“FROM the word ‘go’ we had utter conviction that this would come about, there would be independence for Namibia,” recalled veteran campaigner Randolph Vigne this week at the a celebration in London
readAgribank strike results in mudslinging
12-09-2012
A STRIKE at the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) has resulted in mudslinging between the bank’s management and the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu).All operations at Agribank were
readNotable Quotes
12-09-2012
THEY are behaving like inmates in police cells. – Oshana Police Commander, Commissioner Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa comments after a raid of the Nuuyoma Senior Secondary School in Oshakati found pupils
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