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47 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Union millions ‘unaccounted for’
19-09-2012
ALL is not well in the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) family.Some of the unions under the Swapo-affiliated umbrella body are being torn asunder by demands for financial accountability. The
readNUNW unions in crisis
19-09-2012
SEVERAL of the trade unions affiliated to the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) are engulfed in a leadership crisis as workers are becoming more radical in their actions and demands to retake
readTop job race kicks off
19-09-2012
THE names of Swapo’s vice president, Hage Geingob, and the party’s secretary general, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, have been put forward by the ruling party’s Politburo as prospective successors for
readAnother blow for Nam’s image
19-09-2012
Namibia’s performance in perspective Rank Country Score 15 Mauritius 4,78 16 Uganda 4,77 17 Angola 4,71 18 Mozambique 4,53 19 Ivory Coast
readJohanna Benson’s newfound wealth the centre of attention
19-09-2012
OFFICIALS from the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture held discussions with Johanna Benson’s family yesterday to find a way of managing her newfound wealth to the benefit of all
readFemale suicide bomber kills 12 in Kabul over Prophet film
19-09-2012
KABUL – A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a mini-bus carrying foreign aviation workers to the airport in the Afghan capital early yesterday, killing at least 12 people
readA Namibian conversation on BEE
19-09-2012
THE Namibian yesterday chanced on Namibians debating the pros and cons of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) on the social micro-blogging site, Twitter. A chronological rundown of the
readMake decisions less stressful
19-09-2012
Many times the antidote for overloaded consumers isn’t more options at the store shelf, it’s decision simplicity, says Harvard Business Review. When asked, consumers almost always say they want more
readIn Africa’s warm heart, a cold welcome for Chinese
19-09-2012
SALIMA/BEIJING – Malawians bill their country as the ‘Warm Heart of Africa’ and pride themselves on a reputation for friendliness. But Jaffa Shaibu, a burly 32-year-old merchant in a clothes market in
readSouth Africa’s dithering strike response spooks investors
19-09-2012
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON – Wildcat strikes in South Africa’s platinum belt have entered a sixth week with no resolution in sight and investors are worried about the government’s inability to quell the
readRomney rocked by secret video
19-09-2012
COSTA MESA – Mitt Romney’s White House campaign was rocked on Monday by a secretly filmed video in which he said nearly half of Americans back President Barack Obama because they are
readWyclef Jean hits out at Hill’s ‘lies’
19-09-2012
Wyclef Jean claims ex-lover and bandmate Lauryn Hill lied to him about the paternity of her son.The hip-hop star had an affair with the singer during the group’s 90s heyday and he says one of the
readAfrican Briefs
19-09-2012
40 die in S Sudan boat sinking JUBA – South Sudan’s military on Monday raised to as many as 40 the death toll from a “friendly fire” incident last week in which it sank one of its own river boats at
readWorld Briefs
19-09-2012
Iraq reopens border with Syria BAGHDAD – Iraq reopened its border with Syria yesterday to receive refugees escaping violence, but refused entry to young men for security reasons, Iraqi officials
readSwedes conduct uterus transplants
19-09-2012
STOCKHOLM – Two Swedish women are carrying the wombs of their mothers after what doctors called the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.Specialists at the University of Goteborg
readFrench court opens criminal probe over topless Kate photos
19-09-2012
PARIS – A French court opened a criminal investigation yesterday into charges that photographers and France’s Closer magazine breached the privacy of Britain’s Prince William and his wife, the Duchess
readMalema beefs about police threats
19-09-2012
JOHANNSBURG – Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema claims police threatened to kill him at Wonderkop Stadium where he was denied entry on Monday.“Police threatened to isolate us and kill
readAakalimo yomoRuacana ya pewa iikulya yoshikukuta nando ina yi gwana nawa
19-09-2012
AAKALIMO yomoshikandjohogololo sha Ruacana moshitopolwa shOmusati mboka ya li yaadhika kondjala molweteyo lyankundipala oya pelwe iikulya lwotango kepangelo omaandaha oshiwike shika. Aakalimo mboka
readTransNamib ina tokola kombinga ya Haimbili
19-09-2012
EWILIKONGUNDU lya TransNamib inali tokola natango ngele ota li iyutha kelombwelo lyombelewa ya Komufala gwaaniilonga ndyoka lya ti ehangano nali fute omunambelewa omukuluntupitithi nale oodola omayovi
readAanafaalama yomandjembele ota ya kondjitha etidho lyawo
19-09-2012
OMUKALELIPO gwopampango gwaanafaalama aashona popoloyeka ya Orange River Irrigation Project [ORIP] okwa ti elombwelo lyokutidhamo aapopilwa ye momapya gawo olya monikwa nomukalo omwiinayi, na okwa ti
readOonkundathana kombinga yoondjambi odha tsikila
19-09-2012
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwehangano lyopashigwana lyaalongi aaNamibia, Nantu moshitopolwa sha Khomas okwa indile aaniilonga yomepangelo yiidhidhimike omanga yo taya kundathana nepangelo kombinga yegwedhelo
readSMS mOshiwambo
19-09-2012
*Aame omukalimo wo mOhangwena ondi udite oudju ko shikola yedina Titus Ndjamba ili moshikandjohogololo sha Pembe mOnhinda. Oshikola tayi futifa ovanhu omafele vati otailande eshina loprinda pokapena
readAaniilonga nale ya NAC ya tegelela natango openzela yawo
19-09-2012
AANIILONGA nale yehangano lyuupale woondhila mo Namibia[NAC] mboka ya ziminine oku za mo miilonga kuyoyene oya tegelela natango iimaliwa yawo yoopenzela yifutwe okuza koshiketha shoopenzela
readGiant-killers lurk for Australia, India
19-09-2012
COLOMBO – India and Australia hope to avoid adding to the list of great limited-overs upsets when they open their World Twenty20 campaigns against Afghanistan and Ireland today.In a potentially
readKnoetze wins Copper Kettle race
19-09-2012
PIERRE Knoetze won the first cycling race of the season, the Copper Kettle Loops, which took place in Windhoek on Saturday. Knoetze completed the nine-lap 86km event in a time of 2:05:21, beating
readCrowds turn out for Volleyball League
19-09-2012
VOLLEYBALL fans turned out in large numbers to watch the Bank Windhoek National Volleyball League games in Windhoek and Ondangwa last weekend. The 10 games played over the weekend attracted a large
readHandshake refusals will become ‘mafia feuds’ - PFA boss
19-09-2012
LONDON – British football must move on and stop the current handshake row from becoming a ‘mafia feud’, Professional Footballers’ Association chief Gordon Taylor said on Monday.Queen’s Park Rangers
readChelsea look to create Champions League dynasty
19-09-2012
LONDON – Four months after ending its agonizing wait to win the Champions League, Chelsea begins the defence of its title with a remodeled attacking unit and a burning desire to create a dynasty in
readCymot ‘Tour de Win’ Winner!
19-09-2012
The lucky winner of the first N$1 000 voucher from Cymot is SI Hambuda from Tsumeb.Congratulations! He gets to pick up a thousand dollars worth of items – of his choice – from any Cymot range. Four
read17 records at Short Course Champs
19-09-2012
Some top class swimming was on display at the National Short Course Championships in Windhoek over the weekend when 17 new age group records were established. Close to 140 swimmers from Windhoek,
readFrom The Twittersphere
19-09-2012
A SPECIAL shout-out to regular Namibian tweeter, @NevvyNev1, who yesterday became the proud ‘dad’ of four white kittens! Otherwise, tweeps rooted in the North were out in full force on Monday, having
readThe story of Namibia’s strategic ‘blue gold’ reserve
19-09-2012
It took more than five years for Martin Quinger and his German-Namibian team of hydro geologists to piece together this 75 kilometre-long and 40 kilometre-wide “giant puzzle.”At the end of 2006, they
readSwapo’s democracy before the test
19-09-2012
THE nomination of Swapo’s vice president, Hage Geingob, and the party’s secretary general, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, by the Politburo has not come as a surprise to political analysts, but Prime
readStrangling suspect still in custody
19-09-2012
A WINDHOEK resident who is accused of murdering a young Polytechnic of Namibia student in her room about three months ago is set to remain in Police custody after making a second court appearance
readSMSes for Wednesday 19 September 2012
19-09-2012
SMS Of The Day *A CITY police constable is able to afford a house while a Namibian police sergeant is unable to. Is that fair? Imagine what chaos there would be if the police went on strike. These
readPetition to change GIPF rules in circulation
19-09-2012
A PETITION seeking to change the rules of the Government Institutions’ Pension Fund (GIPF), to make room for members to benefit from its surpluses, is in circulation for signatures.Adeline Black, who
readAcronymic Mayhem, Þ to Ω and Jobs Chasing the dots ...
19-09-2012
I WATCH with sheer admiration, disbelief and even amazement as the ECB and USFed, almost simultaneously, take the financial bull by the horns, tell their pathetically incompetent and indecisive
readKeetmanshoop u-turns on labour deal
19-09-2012
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council last week reinstated Hansina Isaacks as part of a settlement agreement it had reached with her during a conciliation meeting. However, Isaacks’s victory was short-lived
readSwapo to pay up for defamation
19-09-2012
THE Swapo Party has agreed to pay journalist John Grobler N$30 000, as well as his legal costs, as compensation over defamatory statements which had been made about him on the party’s website.Swapo
readKunene goat distribution halted
19-09-2012
THE Grootberg Damara community in the Kunene Region yesterday dissolved the committee responsible for the distribution of goats to the community after it was alleged that the committee favoured
readEmo Adams tour cancelled
19-09-2012
Emo Adams and his band, Take Note were bringing humour to the people of Namibia. The South African actor, singer and producer presented his new show ‘Emo Gaan Skool Toe’r’ to Namibian audiences as of
readWindhoek detainees boycott prison meals
19-09-2012
A NUMBER of trial-awaiting prisoners detained in cells at the Windhoek police station refused to eat their breakfast yesterday, saying the food was inedible.The prisoners told The Namibian that they
read16 years for cigarette murder
19-09-2012
KEETMANSHOOP resident Joel Bethuel Dausab (37), who murdered a young man over a cigarette, was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment by the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on Monday. Dausab had pleaded not
readBerseba leadership dispute back in court
19-09-2012
THE head of the /Hai-/Khaua Traditional Authority at Berseba in the Karas Region was back in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday to attempt to stop the swearing-in of a second traditional leader for
readYet another side of Jacques Mushaandja
19-09-2012
We know him mostly for his theatre productions and plays, but Jacques Mushaandja is a man of many talents. The playwright, actor and director has recently added singer to his resumé. We last saw him
read29 injured in Western Bypass accident
19-09-2012
AN accident which occurred on Windhoek’s Western Bypass road on Monday evening left 29 people with serious and minor injuries.The collision between a bakkie and a minibus happened while the two
readNotable Quotes
19-09-2012
NAMIBIA should strive to reduce income inequality in the country as in many cases this is the root cause of workers opting to down tools. – Deputy Minister of Finance, Calle Schlettwein, commented on
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