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41 Articles found on Monday, 22 April 2013
TUN urges teachers not to sign warning letters
22-04-2013
THE Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) has called on teachers not to sign warning letters presented them by the Ministry of Education for their participation in an illegal strike last year, unless such
read5 die in head-on collision
22-04-2013
FIVE people died instantly in a head-on-collision involving a truck and a Volkswagen Polo sedan on the B1 road, 40 kilometres north of Kalkrand, on Friday at around 23h00. Hardap Police Chief
readPohamba continues to pave way for Geingob
22-04-2013
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba continued to lay the foundation for his vice president Hage Geingob’s team after last week’s political appointments.Swapo allies who were associated with Geingob during
readOLD FOES
22-04-2013
The roof of the Ramatex hall almost came down when The Dogg and Gazza performed their old hits together. The rivalry between the two former friends is well documented and their performance turned out
readMines should employ more Namibians - Mutjavikua
22-04-2013
ERONGO governor Cleophas Mutjavikua has called on foreign investors in the mining fraternity to look into the prospect of employing more Namibians.Mutjavikua made this statement during the
readProbe into Guinea’s mining concessions
22-04-2013
NEW YORK/LONDON – Documents obtained by US authorities investigating mining corruption in Guinea show Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz’s mining company promised to pay millions of dollars in Africa
readWorld Bank changes tack to face new challengers
22-04-2013
WASHINGTON – Global warming, a new offensive against poverty – the World Bank has overhauled its agenda to prove its relevance in the face of competition from rich emerging nations, notably China.On
readBRICS development bank by 2014
22-04-2013
WASHINGTON – The five BRICS nations hope to complete preparations for their proposed joint development bank by their 2014 summit in Brazil, India’s finance minister, P Chidambaram, said.The emerging
readNam employers worried over health and safety
22-04-2013
COMPLIANCE with health and safety regulations in Namibia remains poor, the Namibian Employers’ Federation (NEF) announced during its annual general meeting last week.In its AGM report for 2012, NEF
readAnglo America CEO promises change
22-04-2013
LONDON – Miner Anglo American’s new chief executive told shareholders on Friday he had begun a three-month strategy review, promising that after years of largesse across the industry, the mining group
readSwiss will be forced to drop bank secrecy - expert
22-04-2013
GENEVA – Switzerland will likely have no choice but to give up its cherished bank secrecy practices amid mounting international pressure to fight tax evasion, a top scholar of banking law said in an
readAfrica can now add to global growth - ministers
22-04-2013
WASHINGTON – Africa, with its improved economies, can contribute to global growth for the first time in history, African finance ministers said on Saturday in Washington.“Africa is the continent that
readAvoid Visual Cliche´s When Presenting
22-04-2013
IF you want to communicate that your project’s goals are “right on target,” it’s tempting to present your colleagues with the all-too-familiar image of a bull’s-eye. But nothing gets an audience’s
readHusab construction starts
22-04-2013
THE construction of what is believed would be one of the largest uranium mines in the world – Swakop Uranium’s N$20 billion Husab Project – started last Thursday.At the ground breaking ceremony,
readKerry says US to double non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition
22-04-2013
ISTANBUL – US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that the United States would double its non-lethal aid to opposition forces in Syria to US$250 million and that foreign backers had agreed to
readOpposition, election body differ on Venezuela vote audit
22-04-2013
CARACAS – Venezuela’s opposition and electoral authority expressed on Saturday widely differing expectations for an audit of the contested April 14 presidential election, a day after Nicolas Maduro
readBahrain hosts F1 race amid tensions, protests
22-04-2013
MANAMA – Bahraini pro-democracy activists reported sporadic clashes between police and protesters yesterday, hours before a Formula One race promoted by the government as a non-political festival of
readUS seeks answers from accused Boston bomber
22-04-2013
BOSTON, Massachusetts – Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev remained in serious condition in a Boston hospital yesterday unable to answer questions on the devastating attack, officials
readIsrael to ‘exact price’ for Eilat rocket attack
22-04-2013
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday vowed Israel would ‘exact a price’ from the Gaza militants who recently fired missiles from Sinai at the southern resort city of
readFrom The Twittersphere
22-04-2013
THE NAMAs! What can I say? There were winners, there were losers, there were English abusers … What the heck, over to Namibia’s twitterati, who had a field night:Epic Moments @OlaviMunango: Gazza and
readBayern warm-up for Barca with more records
22-04-2013
BERLIN – Bayern Munich warmed-up for Tuesday’s Champions League semifinal, first-leg at home to Barcelona by claiming three Bundesliga records in Saturday’s 6-1 rout at Hanover 96.Victory gave Bayern
readOfficial attack could cost Civics
22-04-2013
CIVICS could face sanctions after a number of its players and backroom staff attacked match officials at the end of their controversial 2-1 defeat to Black Africa at the Sam Nujoma stadium on Friday
readSMSes for Monday 22 April 2013
22-04-2013
SMS Of The Day *THE actions of the ‘struggle kids’ are questionable when they defy court orders. Are these so-called born frees above the law? If their concerns are genuine, why have they waited
readNamibia back to winning ways in T20 format
22-04-2013
NAMIBIA got their campaign in the T20 Four Nations tournament back on track with a comprehensive 45-run victory against the Netherlands yesterday. Namibia lost their opening match against the Emerging
readBrumbies stay top after epic Reds battle
22-04-2013
SYDNEY – The ACT Brumbies kept ahead of their great Super 15 rivals as the battle of the Australian titans finished all-square, but the lead changed hands in the New Zealand and South African
readWelwitschias overpower Hardap Raiders
22-04-2013
THE Welwitschias ran in 11 tries for a one-sided 71-7 victory against the Hardap Raiders in the main match of the Navachab Challenge at the National Rugby Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday afternoon.
readJeptoo keeps her feet for Kenya
22-04-2013
LONDON – Priscah Jeptoo took advantage of a fall by Ethiopia’s Olympic champion Tiki Gelana to give Kenya their third successive victory in the women’s race at the London Marathon yesterday.Ethiopian
readDjokovic ends Nadal’s eight year reign
22-04-2013
MONTE CARLO - World number one Novak Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal’s eight year reign at the Monte Carlo Masters yesterday winning 6-2, 7-6 (7/1).Djokovic, who had twice lost in the final to Nadal, won
readSwapo targets UDF stronghold
22-04-2013
SWAPO Party used their 53th anniversary celebrations to up their game in their bid to take control of Khorixas and the Kunene Region.The party’s vice president Hage Geingob hit the United Democratic
readTwo in court over constable’s murder
22-04-2013
A POLICE investigation into the killing of an off-duty constable who was stabbed to death during an apparent street robbery on 1 March has borne fruit with the arrest of two suspects.Nearly seven
readRegrading coming in a few weeks
22-04-2013
THE imminent overhaul of civil service salaries is set to be implemented in a few weeks’ time after appeals were scrutinised by a panel which is to report to Cabinet.The salary changes, contained in a
readNAMAs fail to make the connection
22-04-2013
Technical glitches, disorganisation and many other blunders, made this year’s Namibian Annual Music Awards (NAMAs) a great disappointment. Compared to last year, when the organisers of the annual
readA mother’s murder, after a life adrift
22-04-2013
A LIFE adrift through a succession of lost opportunities that led up to a shocking and brutal act of matricide was recounted in the murder trial of Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko on Friday.Having grown up
readMeatco loses case on overtime
22-04-2013
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia is continuing operations at its Windhoek and Okahandja plants after suffering a defeat in its attempt to get a court order to compel its employees to work
readFarmer gets bumper harvest despite drought
22-04-2013
A BUMPER harvest of 4 660 kg of mahangu (pearl millet) per hectare was last week recorded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) at smallholder farmer Johannes Keshongo’s farm in
readE-RED’s building at Omaruru inaugurated
22-04-2013
ERONGO RED last week inaugurated its N$5,5 million technical building at Omaruru.The building was constructed by Dergoloh Group of Omaruru and consists of offices, a workshop, garages and stores. An
readWeak global economic recovery could affect Namibia
22-04-2013
THE global economic recovery remains weak, although less so than in the first half of 2012 with potential negative effects to the real economy and financial sector in Namibia.This is according to the
readDTA lashes out over state of health sector
22-04-2013
THE opposition party DTA of Namibia has lashed out at the government over the deteriorating state of Namibia’s health sector.DTA president Katuutire Kaura says Namibia’s health sector is falling
readNotable Quotes
22-04-2013
LEADERSHIP is nothing but a sacrifice. Our remuneration and welfare need a serious re-look. We are giving a service to this country, whether you like it or not. – Swapo’s Kazenambo Kazenambo said at
readAnother woman killed in the North
22-04-2013
TAIMI Saarah Thomas (35) was found dead in a room at Oshitosi village in the Omuntele Constituency of Oshikoto Region some 75 kilometres southeast of Ondangwa on Thursday night.The Okatope police have
readDon’t mix Swapo and own agendas – Mumbala
22-04-2013
THE Swapo party Karas regional co-ordinator, Mathew Mumbala, has warned some of the party’s structures against using the political platform for anything other than the party’s agenda. “It must be made
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