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40 Articles found on Wednesday, 27 February 2013
‘Aggressive’ spending raises red flag among economists
27-02-2013
FOR every dollar of revenue in the 2013-14 Budget, Government will spend nearly 80 cents on operational expenditure, plunging Namibia deeper into the red and leaving Finance Minister Saara
readTaxman brings welcome relief
27-02-2013
STATE old-age pensions are set to be increased to N$600 a month and the tax burden on individual taxpayers and non-mining companies will be made lighter, in terms of Government’s budget plans for the
readSOME RELIEF
27-02-2013
Thousands of Namibian taxpayers have welcomed the tax breaks announced by the Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila during her budget speech yesterday.The minister lowered the tax deductions
readChinese to invest in industrial park and iron mine
27-02-2013
A DELEGATION from China-based Eastern China Non-Ferrous Metals Investment Holding (ECE) has presented its proposal for iron ore mining and industrial park projects in the Kunene region to Prime
readLearn to be charismatic
27-02-2013
Inspirational leaders have charisma. People want to hear what they have to say and do what they advise. But can you learn to be inspiring? Sure, Harvard Business Review says in its Management Tip of
read‘Healthy’ chicken production kicks off in the Naukluft
27-02-2013
THE arrival of 20 000 day-old chicks at a smallholding on the Swakop River bank on Saturday signified the start of what is believed to be the largest chicken farm at the coast.Naukluft Poultry has a
readPoor families beat eviction in Spain crisis
27-02-2013
MADRID – The walls of the apartment are cracked and patched with damp, but the faded family photographs of Maria Luisa Brana, her husband and their four children, are still hanging.Eight months ago
readUganda plans automated bond market to boost liquidity
27-02-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Uganda will introduce automated trading in its bond market this year to increase liquidity, a central bank official said, following Kenya which saw a dramatic rise in bond trading after
readNigeria losing ground in changing oil world
27-02-2013
ABUJA – Nigeria will earn less for its oil and struggle to replace reserves unless it can end years of industry stagnation, at a time its biggest customer is becoming self-sufficient and African
readAngola targets 16% oil output rise
27-02-2013
LUANDA – Angola’s national oil company Sonangol said Monday it is targeting a 16% rise in oil production to hit two million barrels per day in 2015 and tie Nigeria as the Africa’s top oil
readBattle commences for ‘mobile money’
27-02-2013
BARCELONA – Global financial groups battled Monday to control the lucrative future of “mobile money”, which will enable people to use a smartphone to go shopping instead of cash and credit
readDespite peace accord, DRC still on edge
27-02-2013
Goma – Despite the signing of a Democratic Republic of Congo peace accord on Sunday, this Central African country remains unsettled by signs of a return to war.The peace agreement, signed in Ethiopia
readIsrael calls for calm
27-02-2013
Jerusalem – Israel has called on the Palestinian Authority to rein in unrest as militants vowed revenge over the death of a prisoner whom the Palestinians allege died under Israeli torture.Thousands
readMali rebels armed by corrupt officials
27-02-2013
ABIDJAN – Firearms amassed during the war in Libya and corrupt officials selling or renting out their guns have helped arm the rebels in Mali, a UN report showed Monday, saying most of the weapons
readDesmond Tutu meets Suu Kyi and political prisoners
27-02-2013
Yangon – Archbishop Desmond Tutu met fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday during a visit to Myanmar that also included talks with dissidents imprisoned by the former junta.The
readKenyans still displaced by 2007 elections
27-02-2013
NAKURU – In makeshift camps on windswept barren land more than 100 families, chased from their homes in the wave of violence and killing that followed the disputed 2007 polls, are still waiting to be
readAanambelewa mUuministeli ya gongala
27-02-2013
ONGUNDU onene yAanambalewa Aakuluntupitithi mUuministeli wOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo nEhumithokomeho lyiitopolwa yokomikunda mwa kwatelwa naamboka yElongo mIitopolwa ayihe omulongoniitatu
readAanona ya valelwa mekondjelomanguluko ta ya hupile kelunda
27-02-2013
Konima yomwedhi sho yali yamwenapo, aanona mboka ha ku tiwa oyomekondjelomanguluko, ano ‘struggle kids’ oya galuka natango, ashike pethimbo ndino, oyali ya monika ta ya hupile kelunda ha li ithanwa
readChasing the dots ... My Post-budget Article, Guess!
27-02-2013
HERE we go! Have we done more for less?It is nice to have something good to say! I was highly pleased when yet again our HonMinFin expressed concern about our GRN wage bill exceeds the 50% level. She
readSMSes for Wednesday 27 February 2013
27-02-2013
SMS Of The Day *PLEASE people, reframe from tribalism. Where are we heading Namibia? Food for Thought *BUCKET toilets: Fransfontein community members, what you have there is pure gold ‘humanure’
readDe Lange wins SA youth title
27-02-2013
YOUNG Namibian cyclist Tristan de Lange reached another milestone on Sunday when he won his first race in South Africa. The 15-year-old De Lange has excelled in Namibia over the past year, winning
readNam Sport Commission, NGF standoff drags on
27-02-2013
AN unconfirmed invitation from Sport Minister Jerry Ekandjo to an arbiter is holding up the finalisation of the dispute between the Namibia Sport Commission and the Namibia Gymnastics Federation. The
readInter fined for Balotelli racism
27-02-2013
INTER Milan have been fined US$66 100 after fans racially abused their former player Mario Balotelli in Sunday’s derby with AC Milan, Serie A’s disciplinary commissioner said in a statement
readTop Ten Club Champs launched
27-02-2013
Launching the event in Windhoek yesterday, event organiser Quinton Steele Botes said that Coca-Cola had sponsored N$15 000 for the event which aims to find the top athletics club in Namibia. “Each
readSuperlatives run short for wizard Bale
27-02-2013
LONDON – Gareth Bale’s team mates are losing count of his goal tally and opposing managers have no idea how to cope with his threat after the Welsh wizard’s stunning late strike helped Tottenham
readCarmel Don, Lena Noreses off to Germany
27-02-2013
YOUNG Gladiators starlets Lena Noreses and Carmel Don jetted off to Germany yesterday for an eight-month internship in physiotherapy at Westfalia-Wilhelmsfeld.The two national under-20 and Women Super
readFrom The Twittersphere
27-02-2013
REPORTS of an alleged ‘tribal’ killing in northeastern Namibia yesterday caused some Namibian tweeps to stop in their tracks. Otherwise, the need for housing. Again. And, on a lighter note, mosquitos.
readNotable Quotes
27-02-2013
I WAS surprised and shocked that the churches did not get the certificates as I was told. Action will be taken, and a probe will be undertaken. We need to gather the facts first. – Minister of
readTsumore San community to receive resettlement priority
27-02-2013
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement is planning to resettle about 140 Hai-//Om San people squatting on the farm Tsumore on a different farm after a blunder by ministry officials denied them
readThe Onion apologises for offensive Oscar tweet
27-02-2013
The Onion, a source for online and printed satire that routinely skewers celebrities, apologised on Monday for what it called a crude and offensive tweet directed at nine-year-old Oscar nominee
readSwapo elders eye development projects
27-02-2013
THE Swapo Party Elders’ Council (SPEC) for the Karas Region is assessing potential economic development projects in order to contribute to the region’s economic development and alleviate
readSwakop DRC’s formalisation to cost council N$53 million
27-02-2013
SWAKOPMUND mayor Juuso Kambueshe on Sunday announced that the town’s informal settlement will be formalised at a cost of N$53 million. The settlement, known as the Democratic Resettlement Community
readRDP members want Kotze recalled as councillor
27-02-2013
MEMBERS of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) at Keetmanshoop have launched a campaign to have its local council representative Willie Kotze withdrawn, The Namibian has established. Calling
readJohn Sampson creates ‘Potpourri’
27-02-2013
Visual artist John Sampson will display some of his artworks in an exhibition entitled ‘Potpourri’ at the FNCC Gallery. The artist describes the up-coming exhibition as “serious, funny, even
readCops’ poaching case postponed
27-02-2013
THE Khorixas Magistrate’s Court has postponed the case of four policemen who were arrested for allegedly poaching seven springbok last November in the Dora !Nawas Conservancy.The four policemen,
readPenilane to launch ‘Wear It Well’ at the Warehouse
27-02-2013
Well-known, four-piece rock outfit Penilane, from Windhoek have been churning out Progressive Sweaty Nuts Rock since 2004. The band has an array of impressive performances under their belt, rocking
readTo be paralysed is not the end of the world
27-02-2013
THE Otjiwarongo community has turned a tragedy, which occurred in Botswana 15 years ago, into a story of hope.In 1998, 40-year-old Belinda Vermeulen completed her six months’ training at a mission
readMissing girl found dead
27-02-2013
AN 11-year-old girl, Cathleen Afrikaner, who was reported missing from her home in Windhoek on Sunday, has been found dead.The Namibian Police earlier requested the assistance of the public in tracing
readLivestock die of thirst in Gibeon constituency
27-02-2013
DROUGHT has caused the first livestock deaths in the Gibeon constituency in the Hardap Region.According to communal farmers at the farm Amalia, in a space of just three days 12 goats have died of
read‘Lazarus tree’ has tongues wagging
27-02-2013
KAHUKURU – Residents of the Kahukuru village on the outskirts of Rundu were stunned and amazed on Saturday when a tree that had fallen over last Thursday stood up by itself.The incident happened while
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