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62 Articles found on Friday, 26 April 2013
N$62m railway tender challenged
26-04-2013
PROFILE Investments, the company which was initially recommended for a controversial N$62 million railway tender but was ultimately unsuccessful, is challenging the decision, claiming that the
readNurse shifts blame to doctors
26-04-2013
THE nurse implicated in the death of a mother and baby last year at the Windhoek Central Hospital has shifted the blame to the doctors on duty.Bertha Mutikisha, accused number one in the death of
readTruck deal tax dodge revealed
26-04-2013
FORMER Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck, her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, and the Swapo-owned transport company Namib Contract Haulage evaded paying full customs duties on trucks and
readMinister lays into Tender Board
26-04-2013
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has urged the Namibia Tender Board to tighten its grip on effective governance in order to improve the image of the institution and maintain public trust
readNamGem lays off 24 workers
26-04-2013
TWENTY-FOUR workers at the NamGem Diamond Manufacturing Company in Okahandja have been retrenched as a result of the global economic crisis.The company initially wanted to let go of 31 employees, but
readBefore Your Next Salary Negotiation, Do Your Homework
26-04-2013
It’s important to have realistic expectations before negotiating a salary offer. Employers base salaries on what they currently pay to fill similar roles and what they believe competitors are paying.
readZambia inflation slows
26-04-2013
LUSAKA – Zambian inflation slowed to 6,5% in April from 6,6% the previous month, the Central Statistics Office said yesterday.The slowdown was mainly due to decreases in prices of some non-food items,
readGermany digs in on austerity
26-04-2013
BERLIN – Germany’s finance minister is insisting that Europe can’t spend its way out of its economic problems - digging in against mounting criticism of the continent’s austerity drive.Germany
readNigeria new toast of champagne sellers
26-04-2013
LAGOS – The party was just getting started at a plush club in this teeming Nigerian city, hip-hop blaring, the bar bathed in blue light – and champagne bottles on ice already adorning tables.“Too much
readNew shops create jobs in Keetmanshoop
26-04-2013
KEETMANSHOOP –The recent opening of the Pick ‘n Pay supermarket and Ackermans store in Keetmanshoop has provided new permanent employment to 45 residents, mostly women.Pick ‘n Pay supermarket opened a
readAsian housemaids fear for future
26-04-2013
NICOSIA – With recession-hit Cyprus facing an even deeper slump on the back of a draconian EU-IMF bailout, thousands of Asian housemaids, nannies and caregivers on the small Mediterranean island fear
readZim could tax mines to fund elections
26-04-2013
LONDON – Zimbabwe could introduce new taxes on its mining sector to help fund July elections instead of borrowing on the debt markets, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.Zimbabwe, which is
readIrresponsible Journalists?
26-04-2013
PLEASE, pause everyone! How responsible are journalists in this country? Taking a picture of a woman going to an informal toilet? And putting it in a mass print media? That is a human rights
readMPs Should Not Manage Our Money
26-04-2013
I AM at a loss! Does more money give a parliamentarian a higher social status? Do you think that the money the parliamentarians of Kenya gave themselves improved their status? I say, on the contrary,
readForward To A Participatory Economy
26-04-2013
AS USUAL, I was highly impressed with the column of Alex Kaure. The column ‘No participatory democracy without a participatory economy’ (The Namibian, 19 April) raises many pivotal issues. The huge
readNamibia’s Justice System Needs To Wake Up
26-04-2013
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to highlight some very serious issues pertaining to the justice system in this country.I was disturbed and enraged to read in Monday’s issue of The Namibian
readMP’s Want Better Pay and Status?
26-04-2013
HOW do these officials, who are representing the Namibian people, find the courage to demand better pay and status?Are we to understand that these individuals were forced into public service? If not
readBetter Pay And Status Of MPs
26-04-2013
I NOTED with great concern the outrageous demands made by some members of parliament (MPs) during the discussion of the budget of the National Assembly on Wednesday 17 April 2013. Several Swapo Party
readChange The One Party Rule
26-04-2013
THE definition of a dictator is a “government by a single person or by a junta or other group that is not responsible to the people or their elected representatives”.I draw this definition simply to
readPoverty Will Destroy Namibia
26-04-2013
I DON’T want to sound overly pessimistic, but I think we are heading for poverty induced chaos in Namibia.I would remind our government what some wise people once said about hunger. Pearl S Buck said
readPlease Change Home Affairs
26-04-2013
DEAR Minister of Home Affairs, we welcome your leadership style in the worst-administered ministry of the Namibian government, a vital organisation to Namibia though! Could you please assess the
readSame Artist Same Song...
26-04-2013
THE Namibia Annual Music Awards (NAMAs) is a good platform to give recognition and rewards to the outstanding music makers and performers in the ‘Land of the Brave’, but it is being chaired and
readMercs And Mothers...
26-04-2013
OVER the past couple of weeks two stories made the headlines in the media. On Wednesday, 10 April, the good citizens of this country were informed of our government’s intention to acquire a fleet of
readIndia Like Other Countries
26-04-2013
IT WAS very sad to read about the plight of Africans in India that was explained in the article by Zubair Ahmed dated 12 April 2013. Indians who live in India are like any other people and most do not
readIraq bloodshed stokes fears of sectarian conflict
26-04-2013
BAGHDAD – The deaths of more than 100 people in violence between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arab protesters and their supporters have raised fears of a return to all-out sectarian conflict.The
readAsia on guard as Taiwan reports first bird flu case
26-04-2013
TAIPEI – Asian countries yesterday urged renewed vigilance against a spread of H7N9 bird flu after Taiwan reported a case of the deadly strain, the world’s first outside mainland China.The
readPutin says Russia, US work on security after Boston bombs
26-04-2013
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin said yesterday the Boston bombing proved his tough line on insurgents in the North Caucasus was justified and that Russia and the United States must step up
readAid workers set up camps for victims of Nigeria carnage
26-04-2013
LAGOS – Nigeria rescue workers set up temporary camps in a remote northeast town yesterday and distributed aid to the masses displaced by brutal fighting that left 187 people dead.The bloodshed in the
readBritish Muslim trio jailed for planning terror acts
26-04-2013
LONDON – Three British Muslims including a convert to Islam were jailed yesterday for planning acts of terror.White Muslim convert Richard Dart, 30, a former security guard for the BBC, was sentenced
readA Campaign For All, Not Some Elitist Jamboree
26-04-2013
EVERY now and then a major campaign is launched with much fanfare in order to raise awareness about a noble issue. Often, however, the message is lost in the euphoria and the adrenalin of the moment.
readThatcher’s Lessons For Namibia
26-04-2013
I WAS in detention – together with many other political activists – in the Gobabis prison in 1979 when we learnt that Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party had won the British general
readAlignment, Co-option And Suspended Workers’ Struggles
26-04-2013
NEXT week is Workers’ Day (1 May) and it would be interesting to hear what the union leadership will be telling their ‘loyal folk’. Because last year was not the best of times for workers in Namibia
readPeace Corps: A Model Worth Emulating
26-04-2013
THOSE searching for answers on how to prepare and engage Namibian youth productively may find a few in the Peace Corps model. Chances are, unless you are from another planet, that you have come across
readPolitical Perspective
26-04-2013
AT TIMES we tend to live in the past, and at others, we forget our history completely. There surely must be a happy medium.When it suits us we attribute our lack of progress to the continued
readFrontlining on Twitter
26-04-2013
EVER wondered what Steve Jobs’ real name is, or the citizenship implications of being born again? Plus, the chirps behind the headlines, porn and BEEs, drought and floods, goalmouth action, hitting
readSMSes for Friday 26 April 2013
26-04-2013
SMS Of The Day *THE fact that the lawmakers demand salary increase means government has more than enough money. It would then be fair to increase the old-age grant of the pensioners, at least to N$1
readChiefs target Cup success
26-04-2013
RUNDU Chiefs hope to continue their fine run in the Bidvest Namibia Cup going when they host Orlando Pirates in a quarterfinal at the Rundu Stadium tomorrow in a match that kicks off at 15h00.Club
readOf cowardice and toothlessness
26-04-2013
FOOTBALL, like most competitive sport codes, is epitomised by passionate encounters.However, when that passion spills over into violence, it becomes lamentable and must be severely condemned. Civics
readSouth Africa win Zone 6 golf title
26-04-2013
SOUTH Africa comfortably won the Zone 6 Amateur Golf Tournament which finished at the Windhoek Country Club yesterday. South Africa took the honours with a total of 23 points beating Zimbabwe into
readNSC, Mogane part ways
26-04-2013
THE Namibia Sports Commission and its former chief administrator Rusten Mogane have officially parted ways with effect from April 1 this year. Addressing a press conference yesterday, the chairperson
readSport Fixtures
26-04-2013
Friday, 26 April SA Premiership Maritzburg v Swallows 19h00 Super Rugby Hurricanes v Stormers
readChiefs, Sharks in Super Rugby
26-04-2013
WELLINGTON – The defending champion Chiefs and South Africa’s Sharks will try to revive faltering Super Rugby campaigns when they meet tomorrow in a repeat of last year’s final.The Hamilton, New
readGerman tourists attacked at Omaruru rest camp
26-04-2013
TWO German couples staying at the Omaruru Rest Camp were assaulted and robbed in the early morning hours of Tuesday.According to an Omaruru resident who informed The Namibian of the incident, eight
readSwanu wants another land indaba
26-04-2013
SWANU yesterday told President Hifikepunye Pohamba that there is a need for a second national land conference.Usutuaije Maamberua, president of Swanu, said some of the recommendations from the first
readSewage poses health hazard
26-04-2013
RESIDENTS of the Babylon informal settlement in Windhoek are unhappy with the stench coming from a blocked drain since the middle of last year.The sewage has been flowing along a riverbed that is
readPoliticians claim to work like volunteers
26-04-2013
OSHIKOTO regional councillor Lebbeus Tobias has called for the allocation of more funds to regional councillors to enable them to carry out their duties efficiently.“Regional councillors are working
readPicking up the pieces of his life
26-04-2013
AFTER he spent three years in the United Kingdom as a youth worker, Brian Kanguatjivi (35) returned home with excitement to complete his studies and to fulfil his lifelong dream of becoming a
readDate set for Neckartal challenge hearing
26-04-2013
THE legal challenge of the multibillion-dollar Neckartal dam-building tender awarded to an Italian company will be heard by three judges in the High Court in Windhoek on 22 May.A date for the hearing
readFalse confidence, rapid births among causes of maternal mortality
26-04-2013
DOMESTIC and wild animals routinely give birth – sometimes in the middle of the night – with no one in attendance and with no risks from the process to the mother animal or offspring. Why is giving
readUnion agrees to overtime at Meatco
26-04-2013
THE trade union representing employees at the Windhoek and Okahandja abattoirs of the Meat Corporation of Namibia is now agreeing that its members can start working overtime hours again at the two
readMbok’s trial moved to May 2014
26-04-2013
THE High Court trial of Cameroonian national Antoine Mbok and a Namibian co-accused, Daniel Nghiwilepo, who are charged with corruption, theft and money laundering, will be starting only in May next
readNo top management for fresh hubs yet
26-04-2013
THE agriculture ministry is yet to appoint a general manager to oversee the running of the multi-million-dollar fresh-produce hubs, more than a month after the much publicised centres were
readGovt officials, police most corrupt - survey
26-04-2013
WHEN it comes to the public’s perception of corruption in the country, Namibian government officials and the police are the most corrupt, the latest Afrobarometer survey found.The Afrobarometer is an
readNotable Quotes
26-04-2013
I WANT justice to be done, tomorrow it will be someone else assaulted by the same officers. – Thomas Shetekela said as he mourns the death of his son, Mandela Ramakhutla who died after a week of
readData collectors protest against NSA
26-04-2013
ABOUT 200 data collectors hired by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) are accusing the parastatal of sidelining them in a survey for the Ministry of Heath and the Global Fund.They claim that the NSA
readCitizens’ preference for democracy stable
26-04-2013
THE MAJORITY of Namibians polled in an Afrobarometer survey said there is need for the establishment of many political parties in the country to give citizens “real choices” when it comes to
readMushe maintains his place at the top
26-04-2013
ON Saturday night Kwaito artist Mushe cemented his musical influence when he won the Male Artist of the Year award, becoming only the second male artist in Namibia to win the most coveted award
readBlossom blooms at the NAMAs
26-04-2013
WhAT a year it has been for newcomer Blossom. She released her debut album ‘Komuthima Gwomeya’ late last year which was well received and earned her a record 11 nominations at the Namibian Annual
readHere I am, Stuck in the Hilton with You
26-04-2013
SometimeS chivalry needs to stay dead. What i mean is, instead of sauntering its zombie ass into the 21st century and inspiring a man to hold open a closing door, it needs to rot quickly and quietly
readThe Grass is Growing Back
26-04-2013
THE grass is growing back on the walls of the Blue Frog Restaurant at the Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre. its bright green shoots push through the barren earth and, on a far flung Northern hill, a
readMy Name is Not Nomhle
26-04-2013
SINCE Saturday evening when I presented an award at the NAMAs where I was introduced on stage as Nomhle Kangootui, I have been made to explain countless times that my name is not Nomhle but it is in
readNAMIU Shouting on a False Note
26-04-2013
After we've laughed ourselves stukkend over the annual blunder fest that is the NAMAs, and hurled our anger at the organisers before we started a rumour that organiser-in-chief Tim Ekandjo was sacked,
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