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66 Articles found on Friday, 11 January 2013
Farmers told to remove illegal fences
11-01-2013
TWENTY-SEVEN farmers in northern Namibia, found to have illegally fenced off large tracts of land in communal areas, have been issued with legal notices to remove their fences before the end of next
readGIPF probes property deal
11-01-2013
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) yesterday confirmed that it has commissioned a special investigation by auditors Deloitte & Touche into dealings conducted via the Frontier Property
readUDF at crossroads
11-01-2013
THE United Democratic Front (UDF) will hold a congress during the second half of this year to elect a new leader for the first time as its veteran head Chief Justus //Garoëb steps down to formally
readABANDONED
11-01-2013
Much of the wreckage of December’s train accident behind Dune 7 near Walvis Bay is still stacked at the popular tourist attraction’s entry road, making it an eyesore for visitors. Two locomotives and
readElite athletics set for Windhoek
11-01-2013
ATHLETICS fans can look forward to top-class action tomorrow when the second leg of the Bank Windhoek Grand Prix Series takes place at Windhoek’s Independence Stadium. According to Athletics Namibia,
readAssad can’t be in transition – UN envoy
11-01-2013
Beirut – The UN peace envoy for Syria said on Wednesday that Bashar Asssad could have no place in a transitional government to end civil war, the closest he has come to calling directly for the
readBoat cruise entrepreneur prospers
11-01-2013
WALVIS BAY – From humble beginnings to a fast-growing business, entrepreneur and owner of Walvis Bay Tour guides Fried Frederick is climbing the ladder of success in the tourism industry.Frederick,
readAsian markets rise on upbeat China trade data
11-01-2013
HONG KONG - Asian markets climbed on Thursday after China released better-than-expected trade data that provide further evidence the world’s number two economy has emerged from a drawn-out slumber.The
readGlobal food prices drop 7% in 2012: UN Food & Agriculture Organisation
11-01-2013
ROME - Global food prices fell by 7.0% in 2012 from the level the previous year, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday, assuaging worries a few months ago that the world could be
readKeep a Work Diary
11-01-2013
What’s the best way to use the last 10 minutes of your day? Take this short time to reflect on your workday: what invigorated you, what frustrated you, and what you plan to do next. Then write down
readIndonesia to add photo warnings to cigarette packs
11-01-2013
JAKARTA – Indonesia has issued regulations that will require cigarette packets to bear graphic photographic warnings, a long-delayed measure in a country with one of the highest rates of smoking in
readMorocco to reform state pension system, PM says
11-01-2013
RABAT – Morocco plans structural reform of its state pension system during the five-year term of the current government, including an increase in the retirement age, Prime Minister Abdelillah
readAngolan traditional chiefs want diamond atrocities re-probed
11-01-2013
LUANDA – Four Angolan traditional leaders this week petitioned a court to re-open investigations into the “blood diamonds” case of seven former army generals they accuse of crimes against
readSA’s rand weaker, bonds find support?
11-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG – The rand weakened early yesterday, retreating further from a key resistance level with investors nervous about holding the currency given labour unrest in the farming and mining
readSecret account dispute snarls French fiscal chief
11-01-2013
PARIS – The man at the forefront of France’s fight against fiscal fraud is now one of those being investigated.Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac has spent months singling out corporate multinational tax
readKim Kardashian vows to protect baby’s privacy
11-01-2013
Kim Kardashian has vowed to protect her baby’s privacy and has told friends she plans to keep it completely out of the limelight for six months after she gives birth in June.The ‘Keeping Up With The
readMyanmar denies chemical weapon attack
11-01-2013
Yangon – Myanmar on Thursday denied accusations it had used chemical weapons against ethnic minority rebels in the northern state of Kachin, where an escalating conflict has overshadowed wider
readZambia arrests ex-minister, journalists
11-01-2013
Johannesburg – Zambian authorities on Wednesday arrested an ex-information minister and three journalists for old stories that were critical of the then opposition leader - and now president - Michael
readUS backs plans for drones in DRC
11-01-2013
Washington – Plans to help the UN peacekeepers working in the Democratic Republic of Congo by using surveillance drones won US backing on Wednesday, despite opposition from Rwanda and other
readPolice take on protesting farmworkers
11-01-2013
De Doorns - Police fired rubber bullets to repel hundreds of rock-throwing farmworkers during a strike for higher wages on Thursday, during a second day of violence in the normally calm and
readAfrican Anglicans denounce Church of England gay bishop rule
11-01-2013
PARIS – Senior African Anglican leaders have lined up to denounce the Church of England’s decision to allow celibate gay bishops, warning it would only widen the divisions within the worldwide
readChina newspaper calls for reform
11-01-2013
Guangzhou – A Chinese newspaper at the centre of a dispute over censorship said on Thursday that Communist regulation of the media must “keep pace with the times”, in its first edition since the row
readDisrespect Vs Patriotic Fervour
11-01-2013
FOR the past few years in our political arena, especially that of Swapo Party, there has been a complaint that “youth don’t respect elders”. I think this perception should not go without being
readIs Telecom Namibia A Cheating SOE?
11-01-2013
TELECOM belongs to the state of Namibia. Therefore, it belongs to all the people of Namibia. Why, I ask, is our own business cheating us? Is the management of this business responsible for this
readPolice On A Rampage
11-01-2013
ON FRIDAY the 21st of December 2012, the police invaded Tiger Reef in Swakopmund and arrested a couple of minors. The minors were searched for drugs but none were found but still they were loaded into
readWelfare Of Namibians Abroad
11-01-2013
A NAMIBIAN student who went missing in Algeria last year (2012) developed more unanswered questions in me about the safety and security of Namibians abroad.Simon Sheuya Dumeni, 24, was engaged in a
readImprove School This Year
11-01-2013
I WRITE this letter to Epoko combined school management, staff and school board. This school is in the Okalongo constituency in Omusati Region and it has been without a history teacher for the past
readEnd The Denial
11-01-2013
I FAIL to understand Minister of Education Abraham Iyambo, stating the obvious that Namibia is facing a shortage of teachers up to 2015.Can someone tell him that this problem was created by poor
readThe ‘Struggle Kids’ Notion
11-01-2013
WE ARE so fed up with these ‘struggle kids’ being given jobs so easily while not even qualified.Why is this so? Is this why we do not develop? Namibian citizens have been looking for jobs and there
read‘Mbwitis’ As New Namibians
11-01-2013
I AGREE with the SMS that said the only people who are not tribalists are the so-called ‘mbwitis’ and those who learned to treat others with dignity, irrespective of their clan or tribe.Namibians
readRidiculous Speeding Fine
11-01-2013
I RECENTLY spent my December holiday in Namibia, as I have been doing for the past 14 years or so. I love the country and still consider it home even though I moved away many years ago.I had a
readNo Bailouts For Telecom
11-01-2013
THE usual appetite I have to read my favourite Friday edition of The Namibian was spoiled when I stumbled across an opinion piece titled, ‘State-Owned Enterprises: The Frankensteins We Have Created’
readOshigongi oshinene shAanafaalama ya Mangetti pOluno ngula mOlyomakaya
11-01-2013
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti tate Ismael Shailemo ota tseyitha mpaka kutya ngula mOlyomakaya (11/01/2013), otaku ka kala Oshigongi oshinene nosha simana shAanafaalama ya Mangetti
readAahimba yamwe otaya landitha po iimuna yawo komalovu
11-01-2013
OMUKULUNTU gwOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Kunene, Komufala gwOpevi James Nderura okwa ti oshinima shAahimba taya pewa omalovu niingangamithi ngashi epangwe yo taya gandja oongombe, itashi ka
readElongo lyOoprimasikola itali futwa lya etwa uupyakadhi
11-01-2013
OOYENE yOsitola hadhi landitha omambo, oopeni niifo odhi li dha geela Epangelo sho lya tesyitha kutya elongo lyOoprimasikola mu Namibia otali gandja pwaa na ofuto ya sha okuza kaavali yaanona mboka
readMumba a kwatwa po kOpolisi ya Zambia
11-01-2013
LUSAKA – Opolisi ya Zambia oya kwatwa po omuwiliki gwondundu yompilamena Nevers Mumba mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika, shi na sha aniwa niilonga yuulingilingi e yi longo oomvula mbali dha piti po, sho a li
readBrave Warriors disappointed with cancelled Zambia date
11-01-2013
BRAVE Warriors interim coach Bernard Kaanjuka is disappointed that his charges will not be able test their mettle against Zambia after the African champions called off next week’s friendly. Namibia
readSMSes for Friday 11 January 2013
11-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *ABRAHAM Iyambo, make it clear as to how much each school will get per child. If the rumours of N$200 per child, per year are true then you better leave parents to pay SDF. Remember 12
readNRU reverts to ‘Plan B’
11-01-2013
A LACK of funds has grounded Namibia’s 2013 Vodacom Cup ambitions, but alternative arrangements are being made to ensure the national side gets a regular workout in the coming months, NRU CEO Sybrand
readFallen football heroes to be honoured
11-01-2013
OLD rivals Russian Eleven and Dream Team will play a match at the Katutura Youth Complex in memory of their former teammates tomorrow. Russian Eleven is a team from the old Damara Location area while
readCooper pitted against Muay Thai veteran in pro-boxing debut
11-01-2013
AUSTRALIA flyhalf Quade Cooper was yesterday pitted against Muay Thai veteran Barry Dunnett for his professional boxing debut scheduled in Brisbane next month.The 24-year-old New Zealand-born back is
readVan Persie, Suarez set for shootout
11-01-2013
LONDON – Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez’s tussle at the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts continues at Old Trafford on Sunday as leaders Manchester United take on Liverpool in one of the
readAnouma loses 1st half of African election appeal
11-01-2013
LAUSANNE - Fifa executive committee member Jacques Anouma has failed to get an interim ruling to become a Confederation of African Football presidential candidate after incumbent Issa Hayatou changed
readWitvlei residents question council
11-01-2013
WITVLEI residents are concerned about the state of affairs at the settlement’s village council, which they say is currently being run by three people who all answer to the title of chief executive
readStrong winds and heavy rains cause destruction at Otuvero
11-01-2013
OTUVERO – The community at Otuvero village in the Kunene Region lost several houses and livestock to heavy rainfall and strong winds this week.Nampa visited the village, situated about 35 kilometres
readWaterfront development creates good fishing spot
11-01-2013
SUBSISTENCE anglers’ concerns that the development of the La Mer Waterfront at Swakopmund would bar them from a valuable fishing spot seem to have been temporarily allayed. In fact, the development
readUranium to benefit from nuclear energy demand
11-01-2013
URANIUM prices are set to rise in response to surging global energy needs, and this, together with the growing demand for nuclear energy from emerging economies, has resulted in significant
readTUN wants free tertiary education
11-01-2013
THE Teachers’ Union of Namibia (TUN) says the government must aim to provide free tertiary education.Its president, Mahongora Kavihuha, yesterday said they want to “thank government for starting to
readThe Dogg involved in car accident
11-01-2013
Kwaito artist The Dogg, real name Martin Morocky, was involved in a motor vehicle accident yesterday morning just before 08h00. The Dogg and his girlfriend and mother of his two daughters, model
readMan stabbed to death in Khorixas
11-01-2013
A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death in the northwestern town of Khorixas on Wednesday night.The deceased, whose name cannot be revealed as the next of kin has not been informed yet, allegedly
readShopping frenzy as school year starts
11-01-2013
WITH schools all over the country starting next week, parents and their children are hitting the shops in search of school uniforms and other supplies. This has caused an influx of people to the
readSolar shaver and charger
11-01-2013
JOHN Kanda (32), hailing from Rundu, says he was unemployed and used to suffer, but now he is an entrepreneur with an innovative idea of generating electricity to start a business cutting hair and
readNo money owed to Khorixas - PS
11-01-2013
THE acting permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, Peter Ndaitwah, claims that the ministry doesn’t owe the Khorixas Town Council money for water.“We cannot allow the facility to go without
readNo clarity yet on identity of man killed in South Africa
11-01-2013
UNCERTAINTY still surrounds the identity of the man, believed to be a Namibian, who was brutally murdered in a Cape Town township this week after a tyre filled with paraffin was placed around his
readGal Level’s Frieda working on solo project
11-01-2013
Frieda Haindaka, one half of the award-winning group Gal Level, is currently in the studio working on a solo project. The singer, who was part of the group for the past ten years, confirmed yesterday
readNamcor ‘bonus’ a way to make money – MD Kandjoze
11-01-2013
THE managing director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), Obeth Kandjoze, this week said the N$50 million ‘signature bonus’ received from Brazilian oil and gas company Cowan
readHeavy rains close schools in the north
11-01-2013
CLOSE to 600 pupils in the Omusati Region will have to be taught in tents when schools open next week, after several schools in the region were damaged by heavy rains and wind over the festive season.
readFarmers told to remove illegal fences
11-01-2013
TWENTY-SEVEN farmers in northern Namibia, found to have illegally fenced off large tracts of land in communal areas, have been issued with legal notices to remove their fences before the end of next
readPrincipals warned against learner discrimination
11-01-2013
OTJIWARONGO – The Otjozondjupa education deputy director yesterday issued a stern warning to all school principals not to discriminate against learners during the Grade 11
readDance workshop for Keetmanshoop youth
11-01-2013
It’s back to school time for many youths who are either transitioning to high school or university/college. This transition is not always smooth because of circumstances they cannot always control. It
readOnly The First Step
11-01-2013
NOTHING should take the shine off the Ministry of Education’s giant step to abolish school fees for grades zero to seven. For the well-off the gesture may appear cosmetic. But for the majority of
read‘Never Again’ in Kenya?
11-01-2013
NAIROBI – As Kenya approaches its general election on March 4, memories of the bloodshed that marred the controversial 2007 presidential election remain fresh. The vote ended in a standoff between the
readA Need To Innovate Human Rights Activism
11-01-2013
WHAT is the task of a human rights activist? Helping victims of human rights violations may be the first answer. Now there are specialists dealing with perpetrators and victims of rights violations,
readAnother Test for President Pohamba
11-01-2013
Déjà vu! Another leadership test for President Pohamba has emerged; stirring up yet another public debate about Namibia’s simmering ethnic tensions. The details are still sketchy, but the latest
readPolitical Perspective
11-01-2013
I WISH we could declare war on prejudice in 2013, because while this wouldn’t fix everything, it would make our Namibia a much better place to be. But if we want to eliminate prejudice, we would all
readNotable Quotes
11-01-2013
IF you enter the theatre, the heat slaps you in the face. Our sweat drips on the patients. It feels as if we are working in hell. – A nursing sister who works at the Katutura State Hospital complained
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