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70 Articles found on Friday, 18 January 2013
New Karakul Board inaugurated
18-01-2013
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry has appointed a new Karakul Board of Namibia, with some former members retaining their positions.The three-year term of the outgoing board members ended
readMassive increase in GIPF’s benefits
18-01-2013
FUNERAL benefits for members and beneficiaries of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) have been increased by between 60% and 200%, backdated to December 14 last year.New GIPF chief
readDouble murder trial shifted to October
18-01-2013
THE trial of an Otjiwarongo resident who is accused of having murdered his girlfriend and her mother in June 2009 was postponed until October this year in the High Court in Windhoek on Tuesday.Judge
readNamwandi reiterates free primary education
18-01-2013
THE deputy minister of education, David Namwandi, yesterday issued a stern warning to primary school principals in the country still insisting on parents paying school fees for their children to take
readOperation Noah’s Ark to be completed soon
18-01-2013
PREPARATIONS for phase two of ‘Operation Noah’s Ark’ – the donation of wild animals valued at N$7,5 million to Cuba – are likely to be finalised tomorrow.“We will meet with officials of the Ministry
readLazarus Jacobs is ‘Keeping up with the Kandeshis’
18-01-2013
After a year’s absence from the local comedy scene, veteran comedian Lazarus Jacobs will once again take to the National Theatre of Namibia stage to bring audiences one of his signature, highly
readMore students implicated in exam paper theft
18-01-2013
THE Grade 12 results of 373 students from eight regions have been withheld because it is suspected that they had prior access to question and answer papers before they sat for last year’s
readEighteen injured in horror collision near Swakopmund
18-01-2013
AN Areva bus traveling to the Trekkopje uranium mine, and a minibus that followed, collided with an oncoming Isuzu bakkie yesterday at around 06h00 about 35 kilometres out of Swakopmund.All 18
readDamaseb aims to end outstanding judgements
18-01-2013
GUIDELINES on the time limits for the delivery of reserved judgements of the High Court will from now on be strictly implemented and enforced, High Court Judge President Petrus Damaseb said
readMuseum opens at Cape Cross
18-01-2013
NEARLY 550 years after Portuguese seafarer Diogo Cão planted a stone cross, or Padrão, at Cape Cross on the Namibian coast in 1486, a museum recording the history of Cão’s sea voyages was opened at
readSchools bypass Govt directive
18-01-2013
THE government directive to principals and teachers not to insist that parents buy stationery for their primary school children has fallen on deaf ears, as some schools say they cannot wait on the
readExtradition agreement between Namibia and Angola ‘not valid’
18-01-2013
THE plan to get fugitive Lazarus Shaduka (39) to return to Namibia from Angola to serve his prison term for murder was dealt a serious blow with the news that there is no valid extradition agreement
readPolice accused of aiding crime
18-01-2013
COMMUNAL farmers in the Ongandjera area of the Omusati Region are accusing the police of aiding stock-theft suspects and not investigating cases properly.The community is calling for the removal of
readCAUGHT IN THE ACT
18-01-2013
City Police superintendent Helena Mootseng counting the money that was confiscated from an alleged fraudster at Natis Valley in the Northern Industrial Area of Windhoek.Mootseng said they are clamping
readI foxed you, says Bafana coach
18-01-2013
BAFANA Bafana coach Gordon Igesund says he has intentionally kept his intended starting line-up a mystery ahead of South Africa’s opening Africa Cup of Nations match against Cape Verde Islands.Igesund
readObama sets up fight with Congress over guns
18-01-2013
Washington – President Barack Obama on Wednesday launched the most sweeping effort to curb US gun violence in nearly two decades, announcing a US$500m package that sets up a fight with Congress over
readMillions to roll for Tschudi
18-01-2013
Weatherly International is in the process of securing around N$750 million for its Tschudi copper project, enough to fund the entire development of the mine near Tsumeb.Releasing the AIM-listed
readArtists ready to stun at the Afcon opening
18-01-2013
AFRICA’s biggest soccer spectacle, the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), will open with a star studded artist line-up on Saturday.One of the performers is heavily pregnant, afro-pop singer Siphokazi
readChinese stampede Angola
18-01-2013
LUANDA – Angola granted more than 116 visas a day to Chinese citizens in the last six months of 2012, the vast majority linked to Chinese investment into the country, Angola’s state news agency
readDitch BEE, says South Africa think tank
18-01-2013
CAPE TOWN – The South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) has said that black economic empowerment (BEE) should be scrapped altogether, not reformed, Fin24 reported this week.In a submission
readZimbabwe targets Stanbic, Barclays
18-01-2013
HARARE – Zimbabwe is now targeting Western banks with operations in the country after a top African conglomerate, Ecobank complied with black empowerment laws of selling majority shares to locals, a
readIMF on sidelines as US budget fights brew nearby
18-01-2013
WASHINGTON – International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde travels the world trying to keep the global economy on track. But some of the greatest threats are brewing just blocks from her
readDitch BEE, says South Africa think tank
18-01-2013
CAPE TOWN – The South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) has said that black economic empowerment (BEE) should be scrapped altogether, not reformed, Fin24 reported this week.In a submission
readGleaming new 787s stack up at Boeing factory
18-01-2013
SEATTLE – At the giant plant north of Seattle where most 787 Dreamliners are made, Boeing Co mechanics and engineers darted back and forth quickly and quietly on Wednesday, readying aircraft for
readIndia’s gold gluttons would keep gorging through duty hike
18-01-2013
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – India’s passion for gold is putting such a strain on state finances that the government may slap higher import taxes on the precious metal, but demand buoyed by heady inflation and
readBrady enters local market
18-01-2013
DB Space has embarked on a partnership with Brady, becoming the sole distribution partner for Brady in Namibia.Brady manufactures product, facility and safety identification solutions, and has
readNovice unearths huge gold nugget Down Under
18-01-2013
MELBOURNE – An amateur prospector has made the find of a lifetime in southern Australia, unearthing a gold nugget weighing about five kilograms just outside the town of Ballarat, reports said
readNew floating dock for EBH Namibia
18-01-2013
ELGIN Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia will be increasing their capacity to dock vessels in Walvis Bay by approximately 60% with the addition of a third floating dock to their current operation. The dock
readAffleck’s ‘Argo’ Shines
18-01-2013
Though the idea of a bogus Canadian film producer extracting six American hostages from a Canadian embassy residence in 1970’s Iran sounds strange enough to be fiction, these real life events make up
readIsrael dismantles Palestinian camp
18-01-2013
JERUSALEM – Israeli police overnight dismantled a Palestinian protest camp set up on a controversial piece of land on the outskirts of Jerusalem, a police spokesman and activists said on Thursday.“The
read2 000 Ecowas troops in Mali within 10 days
18-01-2013
Bamako – At least 2 000 West African troops forming part of a regional intervention in Mali’s French-backed war against Islamic extremists will arrive in Bamako within the next 10 days, official
readShakira launches online baby shower
18-01-2013
Pregnant singer Shakira has launched an online baby shower where fans can join her in her virtual living room with boyfriend Gerard Pique and buy gifts for some of the world’s poorest babiesThe
readPakistan anti-graft board refuses to arrest Prime Minister Ashraf
18-01-2013
ISLAMABAD - The chief of the Pakistani government’s anti-corruption department on Thursday rejected a Supreme Court order to arrest the prime minister, television channels reported, providing some
readAfrica needs one President - Mugabe
18-01-2013
Cape Town – Zimbabwean Pres- ident Robert Mugabe says the forthcoming African Union summit should discuss the appointment of a president of Africa to foster unity among Africans, a report said on
readHavoc and Mayhem For Government?
18-01-2013
I WOULD like to support the letter send by a Namibian citizen in last Friday’s The Namibian newspaper dated January 11 2013 regarding the ‘Struggle Kids’.Our country has been independent for 23 years.
readN$120 000 Medical Costs In 24 Hours
18-01-2013
I WRITE this open letter to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Richard Kamwi, to share my most pressing concerns regarding medical care in Namibia and to, hopefully, stimulate some debate and
readA Stop-Gap Measure
18-01-2013
WE, the School board of Nau-Aib Primary School in Okahandja, would like to respond on the SMS printed in The Namibian of January 15 2013.In a parents’ meeting held on the 14 of January 2013, the
readNewspaper Must Take A Stand
18-01-2013
JUST when we thought victim-blaming could not get any worse, aspiring young writer Natasha Domingo went and did the unspeakable!The youth section of The Namibian of January 15 2013 – apparently in an
readNamcol And Fly- by-Night Colleges
18-01-2013
THE Namibia College for Open Learning [Namcol] has shaped many people’s ambitions towards becoming strategic citizens (such as Silas Shakumu, a successful lawyer).But there are colleges operating in
readMarching For Action
18-01-2013
I ALWAYS wonder why we as community must first demonstrate or go on strike before programmes that are already in place are implemented by those we vote into power or positions. Last year the residents
readHuman Rights Or Mass Action?
18-01-2013
THE article ‘A need to innovate human rights activism’ (The Namibian, January 11, 2013) by Andreas Peltzer is a welcome contribution to a necessary debate in the public domain. I wish to differ
readChange Tax Laws
18-01-2013
THE Ministry of Finance through its Directorate Of Inland Revenue [IRD] may think they have done a lot but the best is yet to be seen. What is most needed today in Namibia is the restructuring of IRD
readTardy Public Service Commission
18-01-2013
I WOULD like to share my opinion regarding the Public Service Commission of Namibia (PSC).I have read their 2012 annual report and became aware of what cases they are dealing with. I am writing this
readSMSes for Friday 18 January 2013
18-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *FREE education without having paid a cent of the measly N$109 per pupil to schools and without having organised a single sheet of paper? School has started and my daughter’s teachers
readPetrus Shitembi joins AmaTuks
18-01-2013
NAMIBIA Premier League club Rundu Chiefs have agreed to let star player Petrus Shitembi join South African Premiership side University of Pretoria. The two clubs had been locked in talks over the
readTaking a trip down Afcon memory lane
18-01-2013
THE 26th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will kick off tomorrow with an intriguing opening encounter between hosts South Africa against debutants Cape Verde at the FNB Stadium in
readMTC NPL unveils new playing gear
18-01-2013
THE main sponsor of the Namibia Premier League, MTC, yesterday handed over playing gear and equipment to the value of N$350 000 to the nine teams that it sponsors in the Namibia Premier League. At a
readKambatuku receives UK scholarship
18-01-2013
NAMIBIAN netball captain Toetsie Kambatuku leaves for the United Kingdom today to play for Team Northumbria after receiving a three-year scholarship from Northumbria University. It will be the third
readEmotional Ingo loses time on Stage 11
18-01-2013
INGO Waldschmidt endured a miserable stage 11 of the Dakar on Wednesday after getting lost on the route. He had anticipated a strong showing during this particular stage, as it had provided one of his
readTottenham seek Man U double
18-01-2013
LONDON – England greats Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker were on the score sheet the last time Tottenham Hotspur recorded a league double over Manchester United, but the north London club have the
readVaalgras group blasts leader
18-01-2013
THE Vaalgras concerned group has distanced itself from what it called an “irresponsible move” by recognised tribal leader Joel Stephanus to resign from the Nama Traditional Leaders Association (NTLA).
readTownships make Katutura tick
18-01-2013
IT’S a typically hot weekday in Windhoek. The sun is beating down so intensely that some locals have taken to the social network Facebook to complain. “Thank God for the air-conditioning in my office.
readProbe into Omusati toilet saga completed
18-01-2013
THE docket on the investigation into the Omusati toilet saga has been submitted to the prosecutor general’s office, which now has to take a decision on whether to prosecute the culprit or not.Danie
readStrike leaders’ contempt hearing postponed
18-01-2013
A COURT hearing which should determine the fate of the leaders of the teachers’ strike who were found guilty of contempt of court early last month is now scheduled for Tuesday next week.Acting Judge
readSt Boniface: the story behind the success
18-01-2013
WELCOME to St Boniface College, a Roman Catholic Church school 30 km east of Rundu in the Kavango Region, which has been ranked the best-performing school in Namibia for the eighth consecutive year.In
readLife-saving operation for Burundi refugee
18-01-2013
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) in Namibia, along with the Norwegian government, have reached out to a Burundi family desperately in search of life-saving medical treatment
readNAMA judges announced
18-01-2013
As the much anticipated 2013 Nambian Annual Music Awards (NAMA) draw closer, the organisers have kept their promise of making the identities of the judges known to the public. Chief Human Capital and
readKeetmans mayor hits out against fellow councillors
18-01-2013
THE mayor of Keetmanshoop, Moses Titus, has accused the town council’s management committee and the top administrative staff of holding the town’s progress hostage. Titus claimed in his New Year’s
readI will fix opposition politics – Venaani
18-01-2013
YOUNG, ambitious, outspoken DTA secretary general McHenry Venaani says he will stand as the party’s presidential candidate to revitalise its parliamentary presence that has considerably dwindled over
readChinese contractor builds houses at Rundu without approval
18-01-2013
RUNDU – A Chinese investor who last year sponsored an all-expenses-paid trip to China for Rundu mayor Hilka Levi and other councillors is allegedly building more than 250 houses at the town without
readOkakwenyene kiiteyela mOmuthiya
18-01-2013
ONKUNDA ye tu zilila mOshitopolwa shUuhaku sha Shikoto, otayi ti kutya okwa dhidhilwa omukithi gwOkakwenyene mOshitopowla shoka, unene tuu mOshikandjohogololo sha Muthiya.Omuwiliki gwUuhaku nIilonga
readAanona yomekondjelomanguluko taya pula iilonga
18-01-2013
AANONA ya valelwa muupongekwa ayehe kumwe ye li 140 lwaampoka oya gongala noya ninga ontanda yawo pooha dhOombelewa oonene dhOswapo dhOpashitopolwa sha Musati mOutapi, taya pula ya pewe iilonga,
readAfrika okwa hala iita mu Sudan yi monenwe ehulilo
18-01-2013
ADDIS ABABA- Ehangano lyUukumwe wAafrika mOmaandha goshiwike shika olya ningi eindilo kEpangelo lya Sudan naandyoka lya Sudan-Umbugantu, ga hulithe po iita mbyoka ya li miilongo mbika
readThe Heavy Opportunity Cost
18-01-2013
THE money that the government spent last year to keep its companies in business could have built 10 top-notch regional hospitals or 100 schools or 600 commuter buses carrying about 60 people. It’s all
readDaylight Robbery With Impunity
18-01-2013
JUST before Christmas (on December 20 2012) The Namibian published an article in the Bottomline section about the startling report released by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) on illicit financial
readWhere is the Health Probe Report?
18-01-2013
FIVE months have passed since President Pohamba ordered the commission of inquiry into the state of Namibia’s public health sector. The president wanted the commission to report back with their
readThe ‘Quiet Operator’: Lazarus Hangula On Scholarship, Unam And The Rest Of Us
18-01-2013
IF IT was a business personality of the year award the newspapers would have probably put that on page two or three. But here is a Namibian academic receiving an award for his outstanding contribution
readPolitical Perspective
18-01-2013
EDUCATION takes many forms. It’s in the public eye right now as a result of the just-released results and most of the schools that have performed well are private rather than government ones. That
readNotable Quotes
18-01-2013
AS a nation, we must interrogate ourselves. – Deputy Minister of Education, David Namwandi expressed disappointment on the 2012 Grade 12 ordinary level results. THERE is no end to school, you can go
readFrontlining on Twitter
18-01-2013
TWEEPS get to grips with education for the nation, hatch a plan to find fugitive businessman Lazarus Shaduka, and generally provide the lowdown on the ins and outs of life in Namibia.@VilhoMbangu: St
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