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42 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 February 2013
NTA board suspends CEO
12-02-2013
THE Namibian Training Authority (NTA) yesterday suspended its chief executive officer, Maria Nangolo-Rukoro.This came shortly after the death and funeral of Education Minister Abraham Iyambo.
readFarmworkers’ union suspends top brass
12-02-2013
THE ongoing squabbles within the Namibian Farmworkers’ Union (Nafwu) show no signs of abating as the union suspended three of its senior members on Friday.The president of Nafwu, Ronell de Jong,
read43 acquitted in treason trial
12-02-2013
FORTY-THREE of the men who have been facing charges in the marathon Caprivi high treason trial were pronounced not guilty on all charges yesterday.Judge Elton Hoff discharged the 43 following the
readVENDORS RETURN
12-02-2013
Yesterday morning the informal traders who were relocated from the corner of Windhoek’s Fidel Castro Street and Independence Avenue to the parking lot opposite the Gustav Voigts Centre last week had
readUK bans use of internal auditors by accountants
12-02-2013
LONDON – Internal auditors, under fire from regulators for failing to spot how banks were rigging the Libor interest rate, should report directly to company boards and have enough resources to do the
readMining not a get rich quick scheme: Susan Shabangu
12-02-2013
THE mining industry required long term commitment to South Africa and should not be viewed as a “quick money making scheme”, SA’s Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said yesterday.Speaking at a
readAB Foods denies avoiding tax in Zambia
12-02-2013
LONDON – AssociatedBritish Foods denied any “illegal or immoral” activities aimed atavoiding tax after an international charity said the British firm hadmoved profits out of Zambia to reduce its tax
readFrench retailers recall products in horsemeat scandal
12-02-2013
PARIS – Six big French retailers said on Sunday they were recalling lasagne meals and other products suspected of being mis-labelled after the discovery of horsemeat in beef products.The British unit
readSpain jobs crisis spawns entrepreneurs
12-02-2013
VALLADOLID, Spain – Two years after being laid off from her job as a health and safety consultant, Ana Luis has found a new, quite different occupation.The blue-eyed, blonde-haired 46-year-old stands
readAccounting risk clouds big US business bets in China
12-02-2013
NEW YORK/HONG KONG – Tales of shady business practices abound in China – fake revenues, phony invoices, sham factories – but until recently, the problem seemed confined mostly to Chinese companies.No
readLivestock removal starts in Opuwo
12-02-2013
THE Opuwo Town Council has started removing livestock from the town.Officials of the town council told Nampa that they are not impounding the animals yet, but are only chasing them out of the town and
readNguni - the proudly African breed
12-02-2013
THE African environment is characterised by high temperatures, erratic rainfall and fast-growing, natural-curing hay type pastures that are high in crude fiber and low in protein content.Many of the
readAgricultural diary
12-02-2013
February 14: Production auction of Piet Coetzee, Dirk Louw and CP vd Merwe’s Boer goats at Namboer in Windhoek. February 21: Total sale of the late Piet Jacobs’ Swakara stud at Witbooisvlei farmers’
readKarakul sales at Keetmans auction disappointing
12-02-2013
KEETMANSHOOP – Communal and commercial farmers are not happy with the sales at a Swakara auction held at the Keetmanshoop showgrounds on Friday.“The sales at the auction were not good at all. I don’t
readDifficult road ahead for Rukoro - NNFU
12-02-2013
IF Cabinet approves the proposed new Meatco ownership and operational structure, it would be very difficult for the company’s new chief executive officer to run the company on sound business and
readANC, DA not fazed by Ramphele as opposition
12-02-2013
Anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele will struggle to provide a viable alternative to the current political status quo if she intends to form a political party. This is the unforgiving view of
readChris Brown and Rihanna get cozy at the Grammys
12-02-2013
What a difference four years makes.The most talked about moment of the 55th Grammy Awards took place in the audience as Chris Brown (23), and Rihanna (24), were spotted smiling and cuddling. The two
readFrank Ocean, Fun. and Black Keys all rack up Grammy Awards
12-02-2013
The 55th Grammy Awards were going in seemingly every direction at once on Sunday, with Fun, blues-rock duo the Black Keys, Australian breakout Gotye and sensitive R&B crooner Frank Ocean all racking
readFierce fighting in Syria, Brahimi meets coalition
12-02-2013
DAMASCUS – Syrian rebels launched fierce assaults on government troops in several parts of the country on Sunday, as a UN envoy urged the leader of the opposition to seek dialogue with the Damascus
readUnited Nation Security Council looms for Iran as IAEA tries again
12-02-2013
VIENNA – Iran faces possible referral to the UN Security Council in early March unless Tehran and the UN atomic agency defy expectations in talks Wednesday and reach a deal on enhanced
readSudan detains dissidents
12-02-2013
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s security services are holding opposition figures and other detainees without trial, denying medical care to some who need it urgently, a UN human rights expert said on Sunday after
readPope ‘too frail’ to carry on
12-02-2013
Pope Benedict XVI has announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman told AFP.Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI on Monday announced he will resign on February 28, a Vatican spokesman told
readSMSes for Tuesday 12 February 2013
12-02-2013
SMS Of The Day *WHAT is wrong with Roads Authority? How on earth do you start constructing a road in January? Now that Florence Nightingale Street is under construction, all the Khomasdal roads and
read‘Jan Ellis was a machine’
12-02-2013
NAMIBIAN and South African rugby icon Jan Ellis was close to superhuman, according to Western Suburbs president Corrie Mensah. The legendary former loose forward, who hailed from Gobabis, died of
readNamibian refs updated with new rugby laws
12-02-2013
A TOTAL of 24 referees and three performance reviewers attended the Namibia Rugby Referee Society’s (NRRS) annual opening course at Okapuka Lodge over the weekend.At the course, new law amendments
readJuventus prepped for Glasgow den
12-02-2013
LONDON – Juventus will enter the ‘lion’s den’ tonight (21h45) when they take on a Celtic side flying the flag for Scottish soccer.The Champions League last-16 first-leg tie in Glasgow is the fifth
readNigeria erupts with joy
12-02-2013
LAGOS – Nigerians frustrated by years of waiting for their football team to again play to its potential erupted with screams of joy and celebration Sunday as the country clinched the African Cup of
readNamibia stay rooted to bottom
12-02-2013
NAMIBIA’S cricket team remains rooted to the bottom of the Cricket South Africa log following their 96-run defeat against Eastern Province over the weekend. Namibia’s bowlers did well to restrict
readFrontlining on Twitter
12-02-2013
IT was a going, going, Ghana kind of Wednesday, as Burkina Faso gave new meaning to blonde moments at the Africa Cup of Nations! Plus, consider yourself served, getting with the English programme, the
readUkwangali Traditional Authority denies corruption claims
12-02-2013
PEOPLE who complained to President Hifikepunye Pohamba about alleged corruption and unfair treatment by Ukwangali Traditional Authority (UTA) chief Sitentu Mpasi do not represent the Kwangali
readFrom The Twittersphere
12-02-2013
SEEMS no one’s staying in their lanes! The Pope’s quit, Burkina’s Bance doesn’t know when to quit, and Monday continues to ignore public opinion and returns every week!! Today, some of the usual
readMinistry investigates Kavango crocodile shooting
12-02-2013
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism is investigating the circumstances that led to a crocodile being shot by border police, and then being butchered by unknown community members, in the Okavango
readPG charges deputy with drunken driving•
12-02-2013
PROSECUTOR General Martha Imalwa has decided that one of the senior members of her staff, Deputy Prosecutor General Jackson Kuutondokwa, should be prosecuted in the Windhoek Regional Court on a charge
readA Wake-up Call From Mali
12-02-2013
WEST Africa rarely figures prominently on the global agenda. So it is clear that something very serious is happening when it dominates the news headlines and political debate around the world.The
read‘THE LIST’ Is In The Past
12-02-2013
THE melodrama of the past week was ‘the list’. As we write this morning, we are still none the wiser whether the list is a phantom or whether it, in fact, exists. But the mere suggestion of ‘the list’
readNotable Quotes
12-02-2013
HE shall be remembered for his dynamism, hard work, always encouraging others to deliver, deliver, deliver. – Minister of Health and Social Services, Richard Kamwi, on the late Minister of Education,
readNamcol warns against fraudulent institutions
12-02-2013
THE Namibian College of Open Learning (Namcol) has threatened to take legal action against some private institutions who are illegally using the name of the college to recruit candidates.Namcol
readMultiChoice gives back
12-02-2013
From February 5 until April 10, DStv subscribers in Namibia stand the chance of winning N$40,000 in cash for simply staying connected to DStv’s exciting world of sport, movies, music, news, kids
readHerero, Nama groups angered by German ambassador
12-02-2013
THE technical committees of the Nama Traditional Leaders Association and the Ovaherero and Ovambanderu Genocide Foundation have charged that new German ambassador Onno Hückmann was “disrespectful and
readCoD wants tougher stance on genocide
12-02-2013
THE Congress of Democrats has applauded Prime Minister Hage Geingob for having told German ambassador to Namibia Onno Huckmann not to silence Namibians about their demands for genocide reparations.CoD
readBoxing chief robbed, wounded
12-02-2013
THE president of the Namibia Boxing Federation, Kelly Nghixulifwa, is recuperating in Windhoek’s Medi-Clinic after being shot during an armed robbery in Windhoek on Saturday. Nghixulifwa was attacked
readBad blood among Okahandja councillors wreaks havoc
12-02-2013
A RENEWED spat has erupted at Okahandja between Swapo Party councillor and municipal management committee chairperson Valerie Aron on the one hand and United Democratic Front (UDF) councillor
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