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45 Articles found on Thursday, 11 April 2013
N$12 000 for a dog’s flight
11-04-2013
A DOG owner is screaming daylight robbery after Air Namibian charged him N$12 000 for the animal’s flight from Windhoek to Frankfurt.On other airlines, German national, Johannes Baader, who worked for
readDoctor’s order to leave country revoked
11-04-2013
A SOUTH African medical doctor who was in danger of being kicked out of Namibia after he decided to take up employment with a medical practice at Okahandja will now be allowed to remain in the
readUnemployment rate still alarmingly high
11-04-2013
NAMIBIA’S most comprehensive and reliable labour force survey to date has officially pinned the broad unemployment rate in the country at 27,4%, a figure Statistician General John Steytler yesterday
readDeloitte launches hotline
11-04-2013
LOCAL accounting firm, Deloitte and Touche Namibia, yesterday launched its toll-free Tip-offs Anonymous hotline service for companies in Namibia through which employees can report fraudulent
readMisleading advertising promises big things
11-04-2013
Writing this weekly column has become the highlight in my week. In any given week I can expect at least three different issues to stick out their head that want to be brought to the attention of the
readWhy recharge vouchers expire
11-04-2013
A number of consumer groups recently voiced concerns over the expiry of recharge vouchers.Consumer activist Milton Louw in a his weekly column in The Namibian last week, questioned how a
readEurozone victims betray sneaking regard for Thatcher
11-04-2013
LISBON – Even in the depths of recession, southern Europe is showing a sneaking regard for the single-minded way that Margaret Thatcher rammed through some of the very policies that are now putting
readZim central bank boss tries to ease takeover fears
11-04-2013
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s central bank chief yesterday dismissed government threats to seize foreign-owned banks that fail to meet black ownership requirements, in a rare public rebuke of colleagues.Gideon
readSABMiller to lure African drinkers with lower beer price
11-04-2013
ABUJA – SABMiller plans to boost beer sales by 7%-9% a year by slashing prices, using more local grains and cheaper packaging and negotiating better tax terms with governments, the South African
readEU deal to tackle mining corruption
11-04-2013
BRUSSELS – EU legislators struck an anti-corruption deal Tuesday that aims to force big mining companies to make public the payments they make to governments where they operate, officials
readThis could be ‘African decade’: Goldman Sachs
11-04-2013
CAPE TOWN – Fast growing Africa could be a dominant force in the world’s economic landscape for decades to come if the continent gets its act together, top Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill said
readUse personal rituals to make changes stick
11-04-2013
How many times have you promised to exercise more, or start meditating, or spend less time at the office? To make changes that last, create rituals — highly specific behaviors that you do at the
readAir pollution kills more than AIDS, malaria combined
11-04-2013
OSLO – Air pollution is an underestimated scourge that kills far more people than AIDS and malaria and a shift to cleaner energy could easily halve the toll by 2030, UN officials said this
readMali family cook’s and eats Hollande’s gift
11-04-2013
BAMAKO - Malian authorities will give French President Francois Hollande another camel after the one they gave him in thanks for helping repel Islamist rebels was killed and eaten by the family he
readZoo to recycle dung of celebrity pandas
11-04-2013
ORLEANS – Not content with housing a pair of celebrity pandas that attract hordes of avid onlookers, a zoo in France has decided to put their droppings to good use by recycling them into gas and
readIndia uses drones to fight rhino poaching in the country
11-04-2013
GUWAHATI – India said this week it is deploying drones over a reserve to safeguard the rare one-horned rhino from poachers, the first time the country has employed aerial technology to protect
readSouth Africa remembers slained activist Chris Hani
11-04-2013
JOHANNESBURG – South Africans yesterday paid moving tributes to slain anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani, whose death at the hands of a right-wing gunman 20 years ago today plunged the country into
readMerkel government gets clear majority
11-04-2013
BERLIN – The coalition government of Germany’s Angela Merkel scored its best poll results in more than three years, less than six months before elections, in a survey published yesterday.If a vote
readN. Korea border crossing shut
11-04-2013
DANDONG, CHINA – The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official said yesterday as nuclear tensions mounted, but business travel was
readHollande to ‘eradicate’ tax havens in Europe
11-04-2013
PARIS – French President Francois Hollande yesterday vowed to “eradicate” tax havens “in Europe and the world” as he pursued anti-corruption efforts in the wake of a tax-fraud scandal.As part of the
readCuba hands over parents
11-04-2013
HAVANA – Cuba allowed U.S. authorities to land a plane on the island and retrieve an American man accused of kidnapping his two young sons and sailing to the communist island with them and his wife,
readLya pi po komulilo tagu limbbilike
11-04-2013
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Epukunoyana mOnelago mOndonga moshitopolwa shaShana tatekulu Sackeus Daniel, a tseyika nawa nedhina tatekulu Ngeve nomukulukadhi gwe meme Josephina Williams, kumwe noyana
readA hala omukalelipo gwopaveta mwaashoka
11-04-2013
GUMWE gwomaalumentu taya fekelelwa ekwatonkonga nedhipago lyomukiintu gumwe pOshiwakopo muSeptemba 2005 okwa lombwele omupanguli mompangu yopombanda yaVenduka mEtiyali kutya okwa pumbwa ethimbo lya
readPolytechnic otaka tokola mEtitano lyoshiwike shika ngele na ninge ekonakono lyelongitho lyoshimaliwa
11-04-2013
OLUTU oluleli lwoshiputudhilo shoPolytechnic yaNamibia otalu ka tokola mEtitano lyoshiwike tuu shika ngele ekonakono lyelongitho lyoshimaliwa moshiputudhilo shoka otali ka ningwa ngaashi ya pewa
readEpukululo negandjombili
11-04-2013
MOSHIFO shika shEtiyali lyoshiwike shika pepandja lyOshiwambo eti 21 mpoka pu na ehokololo lyaapolisi 71 ya yelwa moshitopolwa shaMusati opu na ethano lyomupolisi Johannes Andreas ta zalekwa ombandi
readOmakonakono inaga pwa natango
11-04-2013
Moshifo shohela, pepandja eti 28 lyOshiwambo, pehokololo li li kohi yoshipalanyolo “ Aapangi yaali naaniilonga yatatu yomoshipangelo shaShakati ya kuthwa miilonga, opu na ethano lyominista yuuhaku
readFrom The Twittersphere
11-04-2013
TALK about being driven! Namibian tweeps were revved up, like F1 revved up, about Government going round the bend … eish, I mean acquiring Merces Benzes! There was no budgeting of views, let alone a
readSMSes for Thursday 11 April 2013
11-04-2013
SMS Of The Day *WE are living in a world where almost the entire industrial countries have adopted approaches and systems that would support the preservation of nature. Why on earth do we observe a
readTough task against the Dutch
11-04-2013
NAMIBIA faces a tough assignment when they take on the Netherlands in an ICC Inter-continental Cup match at the Wanderers field at 09h00 today. The Dutch are currently second last on the eight-team
readMalaga president calls for Dortmund inquiry
11-04-2013
DORTMUND – Malaga president Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani has urged Uefa to investigate his team’s dramatic 3-2 Champions League defeat at Borussia Dortmund which he blamed on racism.Dortmund scored
readBurger lifts Namibian triathlon level
11-04-2013
SIXTEEN year-old Jean-Paul Burger stunned all and sundry by winning the Stauch and Partners Off-Road Triathlon in record time at Friedenau dam on Sunday. The youngster blitzed the endurance event -
readPrince wants to silence critics
11-04-2013
IMMANUEL ‘Prince’ Naidjala intends to convert his doubters into supporters once he defeats Botswana’s Leslie Sekotswe in their IBF intercontinental and IBF International Bantamweight titles showdown
readCall me Miss Ref: Queen Manga
11-04-2013
WHILE society still associates certain professions with a particular gender, there are those who have taken it upon themselves to tip the scales the other way. One such person is former Brave
readNotable Quotes
11-04-2013
WE don’t give a damn for other people’s wars. – Koevoet veterans at the unveiling of the wall of remembrance and statue honouring of controversial Koevoet soldiers who died in service last weekend.WE
readWorkers petition Langer Heinrich again
11-04-2013
WORKERS at the Langer Heinrich Uranium mine yesterday handed a petition to the Managing Director in which they expressed concern over “deteriorating relations” between the mine and branch
readViolence worries Nghidinwa
11-04-2013
GENDER-BASED violence is on the increase despite many efforts by stakeholders to curb the scourge.Last year 13 275 cases of gender-based violence were reported, compared to 14 405 cases reported in
readOu Stakes to rock Club Thriller
11-04-2013
FANS of award-winning singer Ou Stakes can look forward to an exciting evening of live Ma /Gaisa music, as some of the hottest artists in the genre are poised to rock Club Thriller in Katutura
readIivula-Ithana wants better offices
11-04-2013
THE Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, has lashed out against the unequal allocation of funds for offices and equipment by the Treasury.While motivating her budget in
readAccused man convicted of murdering ex-girlfriend
11-04-2013
THE gunshot that claimed the life of an 18-year-old woman on a Keetmanshoop street in late 2005 reverberated in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, when her former boyfriend was convicted of murder
readLand reform agency proposed
11-04-2013
GOVERNMENT has been advised by consultants to establish an agency that will directly administer land tax.The recommendation is included in a booklet titled ‘Land taxation as an instrument of land
readInvestors accuse City for Ramatex delays
11-04-2013
THE company which plans to re-establish a clothing factory at the old Ramatex building near Otjomuise in Windhoek is blaming the City of Windhoek for “playing delay tactics and games” in the final
readDriving schools use ‘prohibited’ area for training
11-04-2013
RESIDENTS at a block of flats in the 8ste Laan area behind the Otjomuise settlement in Windhoek are up in arms against driving schools conducting lessons for learner drivers in a prohibited area just
readBattling the odds at Donkerbos
11-04-2013
DONKERBOS – A learner, exhausted after playing ‘touch’ with friends runs to the only tap that provides water to the hostel at Donkerbos Primary School. Bending slightly forward, she turns the tap on
readLand dispute at Katima Mulilo
11-04-2013
KATIMA Mulilo residents allege that local officials of the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement are corrupt and of no help to those wanting to buy and occupy land.Hans Mohl, a resident of Katima
readDecentralise to fight corruption – Swartbooi
11-04-2013
THE Karas regional governor, Bernadus Swartbooi, says the centralisation of power is the source of corruption. He said this at the regional consultative workshop for the development of a
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