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71 Articles found on Friday, 14 September 2012
New tax ignites oil companies’ fury
14-09-2012
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s tax reforms have ruffled the feathers of the oil exploration sector, whose exploration costs have increased by over 30% since she implemented withholding
readGovt takes over management of evicted farmers’ vineyards
14-09-2012
THE government has taken over the management of vineyard plots from which 10 small-scale grape farmers at the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP) were evicted on Tuesday. Government had obtained
readNdishishi, health council at odds
14-09-2012
ANDREW Ndishishi, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, is being accused of wanting to lower the standards of the Health Professions Council to have doctors with
readTough duel in rugby final
14-09-2012
A TREMENDOUS battle can be expected when Western Suburbs and Rehoboth Rugby Club lock horns in the MTC Rugby Premier League final in Windhoek tomorrow afternoon. After the final was extended by a
readLibya probes deadly attack on US mission
14-09-2012
TRIPOLI - Libya yesterday launched a probe into an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi in which the American ambassador died, amid speculation al Qaeda rather than a frenzied mob carried out the
readNam economy bounces back, but risks linger
14-09-2012
NAMIBIA will likely miss its economic growth target of 4,6 per cent for 2012 as set out in the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP4), the latest official statistics suggest. Gross domestic product
readWhy projects trump interviews
14-09-2012
Projects are the real future of hiring, and serious firms will increasingly ask candidates to do serious work in order to get a serious job offer, says Harvard Business Review. Can you really find out
readTen SMEs in final of DBN business award
14-09-2012
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) yesterday announced the finalists of its Good Business Award competition.The winners will be announced at a gala dinner set to take place in the capital next week
readColombia peace deal would pay dividends: analysts
14-09-2012
BOGOTA – After half a century of conflict, the planned peace talks between Colombia’s FARC rebels and the government could herald a golden economic era for the country if the violence ends, experts
readSplinter union wants Zuma to intervene
14-09-2012
JOHANNESBURG – A South African mining union that has backed the deadly wildcat strike at Lonmin platinum mine yesterday called on President Jacob Zuma to intervene to end the crisis in the strife-torn
readStarvation stalks Zimbabwe villagers after poor rains
14-09-2012
BUHERA, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwean villager Connie Garandemo considers it an unusual day when she and her family can scrape together a third meal.They grow runinga, a grain resembling sesame seed, on a
readDoes a changing economy mean the ‘End of Men’?
14-09-2012
NEW YORK – For all the bluster of her book’s title, ‘The End of Men: And the Rise of Women,’ Hanna Rosin is surprisingly ambivalent about whether men are, in fact, doomed.Women are quicker to adapt to
readSwiss tourist fined for insulting Mugabe
14-09-2012
HARARE – Zimbabwean court officials say a Swiss tourist has been fined N$1 640 for insulting President Robert Mugabe.Thomas Fischer from Altnau, Switzerland was convicted by a court in northwestern
readJamaica offended by Mugabe’s remarks
14-09-2012
KINGSTON – Comments by an African leader portraying the men of Jamaica as chronic drunkards and unambitious pot smokers have become the talk of towns across this Caribbean island. People are debating
readMan who fell from plane likely Angolan: police
14-09-2012
LONDON – A man who was found dead on a London street after apparently falling from a plane is believed to be Angolan, British police said on Wednesday.The body of the suspected stowaway, who officers
readGlobal health group to ‘save brains as well as lives
14-09-2012
LONDON – As many as 200 million children across the world fail to reach their full potential because their early brain development is held back by poverty, disease and malnutrition, global health
readDoes Malema have influence?
14-09-2012
JOHANNESBURG – As Julius Malema grabbed the spotlight of South Africa’s mining unrest with calls for wildcat stoppages, analysts on Wednesday said his rabble-rousing is dangerous - but also simply hot
readCongrats To The Presidents
14-09-2012
DEAR Namibian President IT GIVES me great pleasure to express our congratulations to you after my recent visit to Namibia.I was very pleased to visit many towns like: Ondangwa, Grootfontein,
readWhy Will They Respect Us?
14-09-2012
WHILE India has utilised its diaspora links to develop the country, Africa’s higher education linkages with foreign universities have not translated into a third of our universities ranking among the
readFix Dusty Caprivi
14-09-2012
THE Minister of Local Government needs to intervene in the inactivity of Caprivi Region, especially the Katima Mulilo town council.It is lagging behind in terms of road infrastructure in the town.
readThe State Shoots Workers
14-09-2012
I REFER to the letter ‘No state sides with workers’ (The Namibian, 31 August) and wish to fully agree with the author that no capitalist state, and especially the neo-liberal state, is on the side of
readUnam For All
14-09-2012
I WRITE this letter with deep confusion and heartfelt sadness. I have been a student of the University of Namibia for three years now and have made various observations during my stay at Namibia’s
readDon’t Legalise Prostitution
14-09-2012
IN NAMIBIA, prostitution or commercial sex work has been defined as the rendering of ‘sexual services on a regular, indiscriminate and emotionally indifferent basis’ for payment but not necessarily
readRespect Elders Regardless...
14-09-2012
PLEASE allow me space to share my views on the matter between the Secretary of the [Swapo Youth League] SPYL, Elijah Ngurare, and Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Kazenambo
readBirds Good For Life
14-09-2012
PERHAPS those citizens who poison and kill the birds lack knowledge on the importance of birds in the Namibian environment.We have different species of birds in Namibia. It is understandable that some
readEducation Doesn’t Need Politics
14-09-2012
I AM not a RDP [Rally for Democracy and Progress] supporter but am a concerned Namibian with a high regard for education for Namibian children.As I read the article about a closed school for much
readAn Anti-Swapo newspaper?
14-09-2012
WHY Is The Namibian so openly anti-Swapo? Whenever someone does something silly in their private capacity the paper will always try to affiliate them with Swapo whether it’s done through the one
readWhy Now?
14-09-2012
THE Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo, recently announced that his Ministry will seriously look into the issue of school patrons as a matter of urgency, apparently because it causes friction and
readUntil It Was Me
14-09-2012
I’M sitting here wondering what my professional future will be.I have just learnt the hard way that what people say about our attitudes and behaviour at state hospitals is true. I am a nurse and I
readNot A Route To Unity
14-09-2012
I WAS shocked to read the shameful news in Namibian newspapers of September 5 and 6 2012 that some Swapo members, including some parents of school children, locked the gates of Haihambo Primary
readOmulongwa iikutha epunda eta fumvike okanona mepya
14-09-2012
OPOLISI poKahenge moshitopolwa sha Kavango oya kwatapo omukadhona gwomimvo 14 pamwe nayina. Aantu mbaka oya kwatwa aniwa sho ya fumvike omunona ngoka a kuthwa mepunda omanga ali inaadha okuvalwa.
readAanafaalama yomandjembele ta ya kongo ekwatho
14-09-2012
NGOLONEYA gwoshitopolwa sha Karas, Bernadus Swartbooi okwa gana kutya ote kiidhopamo moshinima shetidho lyaanafaalama omulongo aashona miilonda yawo yomiviinu pomulonga gwArange.Aanafaalama mbaka
readMweshipooli ta indile ondhalate ye yi futwe
14-09-2012
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Ouwaananghala mOmbalantu moshitopolwa sha Musati, tate Mweshipooli Amutenya oku li e uvite nayi unene kondhalate ye ya tetwa po ku mushiinda gwomutekulu gwe momukunda Oipanda
readAakalimo yomoshikandjo sha Ruacana ya popya
14-09-2012
EPANGELO nali endelele li tu kwathe iikulya ngele hasho otali ka adha twa sa kondjala, oshoka otwa ninga ngaa nee ethimbo ele katu na iikulya, aakalimo yomoshikandjohogololo sha Ruacana taya lombwele
readSMS mOshiwambo
14-09-2012
*Timotheus Abraham, ohandi kongo o family ya nakusa Marthen Joseph Nambahu, oshina sha nomonakadhona wanakusa, Marthen Joseph Nambahu ngoka eli ko Zambia ta kongo o family yaxe. Denga ko 0812126019
readOkongressa ya Napwu ya tameke
14-09-2012
OSHIGONGI shehangano lyaaniilonga yomepangelo nenge Namibia Public Workers Union[Napwu] osha tameke nomuhingo gwaali nawa metitatu poRundu. Oshigongi shoka inashi tameka nombepo ombwaanawa sho aniwa
readModern sport ground for Kamanjab
14-09-2012
KAMANJAB – Residents of Kamanjab in the Kunene Region can look forward to a brand new, modern sport stadium here as construction is set to commence on such a structure soon.The community is currently
readSerbian club sacks coach over dull wins
14-09-2012
BELGRADE – Serbian league leaders Vojvodina Novi Sad have sacked their coach Zlatomir Zagorcic because the team eked out three successive 1-0 wins with boring performances, club officials said
readVolleyball season nears end
14-09-2012
THE Bank Windhoek National Volleyball League continues in Windhoek and Ondangwa tomorrow. The games, which promise to be exciting as the league approaches the end, will be played at the DTS Hall in
readIndia face Pakistan in World T20 tune-up
14-09-2012
COLOMBO – Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will get an early chance to size up each other ahead of the World Twenty20 when they clash in a high-profile practice match in Colombo on Monday.The match,
readNewcomers keen to upstage big guns
14-09-2012
RUNDU Chiefs and Tura Magic will use this weekend’s NPL League Cup to show that they can mix it with the big guns this season. Of the two, Chiefs have arguably the more daunting task. The side from
readAll Blacks bench errant Smith for Boks Test
14-09-2012
DUNEDIN – All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said he wouldn’t compromise on discipline yesterday as he benched scrumhalf Aaron Smith for breaking team rules ahead of the tough Test with South Africa.The
readSport Fixtures
14-09-2012
Friday, September 14 NPL League Cup Tigers v Rundu Chiefs 19h00 SKW v Tura Magic 21h00 SA Premiership Swallows v AmaTuks 20h00 Maritzburg v
readWenger in line for new deal, says Gazidis
14-09-2012
LONDON – Arsene Wenger is set to be offered a new contract with Arsenal despite the club’s seven-year trophy drought, Gunners chief executive Ivan Gazidis hinted yesterday.Wenger has been unable to
readOwen begins Stoke career against Man City
14-09-2012
LONDON – Michael Owen used to terrify international defenders and made scoring look easy but the extent to which his career has gone off the boil will be brought into focus tomorrow when he lines up
readTwo NBC senior managers refuse to move
14-09-2012
THE restructuring process at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has run into difficulties and according to the NBC director general, Albertus Aochamub, the process is still to be
readTsumeb cuts water to informal settlements
14-09-2012
SOME Tsumeb residents have had to drink water from public toilets over the past few weeks, after their water supply was cut off by the town’s municipality.Taps in the Kuvukiland informal settlement
readSMSes for Friday 14 September 2012
14-09-2012
SMS Of The Day *Are some employers not ashamed of themselves. While they stay in 30 room houses worth millions their employees can’t even afford to buy a two room house and while they drive shiny
readOmaruru mayor in dock over vehicle registration plates
14-09-2012
OMARURU’S Mayor, Vincent Kahua, appeared in the Omaruru Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of driving a vehicle with number plates that did not correspond with the registration number of the
readOkahandja accused of favouring Chinese
14-09-2012
RESIDENTS of Okahandja are claiming that local companies are “chronically” sidelined by the municipality, while Chinese entrepreneurs are favoured in the allocation of permits for the use of natural
readJacobs denies corruption charges
14-09-2012
THE former chief regional officer of the Karas Regional Council, Salmaan Jacobs, pleaded not guilty to five counts of corruption when his trial started in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on Monday.Two
readGovt denounces Kamburona’s Sibbinda campaign talk
14-09-2012
GOVERNMENT has issued a statement in which it knocked Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) secretary for agriculture Rudolph Kamburona’s assertion that the Caprivi treason trial accused have been in
readWalvis Bay welcomes home Johanna Benson
14-09-2012
HUNDREDS of Walvis Bay residents jubilated through the streets of all the suburbs of the harbour town yesterday as part of the welcoming ceremony of Namibian Paralympic gold and silver medallist
readFarmworker dies in veld fire
14-09-2012
A FARMWORKER, Jakob Nekongo, burned to death in a veld fire that has been raging in the Steinhausen area over the last couple of days.The man was trapped by the fire while he was helping to put it
readEx-NBC staffers admit TV licence corruption
14-09-2012
TWO former employees of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation yesterday admitted that they were guilty of corruption and other crimes in connection with the selling of stolen NBC television licences
readCram schools boom widens India’s class divide
14-09-2012
KOTA, India – With a sprawling five-acre campus, 10 000 students and state-of-the-art LCD projectors in its lecture rooms, Bansal Classes are bigger and slicker than most schools in India.But the
readConservation, tourism creating opportunities
14-09-2012
LIANSHULU Lodge could hardly be better situated, inside the Mudumu National Park and on the banks of the River Kwando. Nkasa Lupala is equally well placed, on a backwater of the Linyanti and just 300
readSwapo policy conference ends
14-09-2012
THE first Swapo Party policy conference, which concluded yesterday, will set the stage for a productive congress for the ruling party scheduled for the end of this year.Swapo secretary general
readCharting a way forward together
14-09-2012
EVERY six months Caprivi communal conservancies in the Caprivi get together to discuss future plans, which include tourism and the joint venture lodges run in partnership between conservancies and
readClassic cars in Cape-to-Cairo adventure
14-09-2012
TWENTY-TWO adventurers in two MGA and nine MGB classic British cars are driving through Namibia from Cape to Cairo and back to Abingdon in England. The 21 000km trip is expected to take 92 days to
readFrontlining on Twitter
14-09-2012
IT was an emotional rollercoaster of a week on Namibian Twitter timelines. Tweeps paid tribute to the late Anton Lubowski on the anniversary of his death, revelled in the grit and determination of
readShould Ideology Matter?
14-09-2012
NAMIBIA’s socio-economic challenges begin and end with two ideological purities – one on the side of the workers (socialists) and the other representing the interests of employers (capitalists) – or
readDeath And The American Ambassador
14-09-2012
In hindsight, many ill omens preceded Tuesday night’s carnage at the US Consulate in Benghazi. In May, a bomb was thrown at the convoy of Ian Martin, the representative of the United Nations mission
readIran, Venezuela, North Korea And America’s Hegemonic Quest
14-09-2012
THE near-extermination of the indigenous Indian population by the settlers, the dehumanising slave trade, the wars of independence and the civil war all have combined to define the American psyche and
readHere Comes The Sun.
14-09-2012
I never quite got the fuss about February. Granted, it’s my birthday month, and the unfathomable and unavoidable flower, card and candy hoo-ha regarding Valentine’s Day. But in terms of location on
readStruggling to keep it real
14-09-2012
Awise man once said; “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” When it was said for the first time many years ago, the trick of deceiving the eye probably existed only in its most elementary form.I do
readAfter the Millennium Development Goals
14-09-2012
IN 2000, 189 countries collectively adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which evolved into a set of concrete targets called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These ambitious
readZenawi’s Mixed Legacy Has Lessons For Africa
14-09-2012
AN hour before landing in frenzied Addis Ababa last week, horrible dark clouds covered much of the Horn of Africa, including the ancient and historic lands of Ethiopia.Coincidentally, as Ethiopian
readPolitical Perspective
14-09-2012
WITHOUT intending to take the shine off Johanna Benson’s gold and silver medals at the 2012 Paralympic Games recently (for this was a ‘first’ for Namibia and a great achievement both for her
readNotable Quotes
14-09-2012
IF YOU are a person in authority and you say the only way I can give you an opportunity to conduct a business is if you grease my palm, you are in fact a supreme thief. – Reuel Khoza, Nedbank chairman
readFairies fighting over pink handbags
14-09-2012
It’s all too easy to brush off the Kazenambo Kazenambo-Elijah Ngurare spat as a childish load of crap or a school-yard tussle. While a certain governor and his band of cluless idiots (with parents
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