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46 Articles found on Monday, 21 January 2013
!Naruseb shelves land tax plan
21-01-2013
GOVERNMENT has back-pedalled on its plans to implement astronomical land tax hikes after more than 2 000 farmers objected against the 2012 Provisional Valuation Roll.Lands and Resettlement Minister
readAir Namibia cuts flights
21-01-2013
AIR Namibia on Friday announced that it was reducing its number of flights.This news came in the same week that the national airline made headlines for its financial and staff woes. According to Paul
readLobster catch continues despite suspended quota
21-01-2013
THE Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources suspended the rock lobster quota of a unregistered rights holder last month.Despite this, the company is continuing operations and has landed a lobster
readO.B. SEWAGE
21-01-2013
The path of over- flowing sewage in Obadja Uushona Street, which apparently happens several times a week. Residents say they have had problems of blocked drains for as long as they can remember.The
read‘Stars will win the League’
21-01-2013
AFRICAN Stars will win the Namibia Premier League: that much is certain, according to coach Ali Akan. Stars thrashed fellow title hopefuls Orlando Pirates 4-1 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday to
readWest African bloc seeks urgent UN aid for Mali force
21-01-2013
ABIDJAN – West African leaders Saturday sought urgent UN aid for a regional force to fight Islamists in Mali as President Francois Hollande said French troops would remain as long as needed to stamp
readBank Windhoek eyes listing on NSX
21-01-2013
BANK Windhoek Holdings Limited (BWH) on Friday said it has applied to the Namibian Stock Exchange to list on the main board of the bourse.If successful, BWH will become the 13th primary listing and
read‘Landmark’ year awaits the DBN
21-01-2013
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) will give life to a number of policies and processes it developed in the past year during 2013, acting chief executive officer Martin Inkumbi said on Friday.“We
readLüderitz carpenter an SME success story
21-01-2013
PHINEAS Nuuyoma’s road from humble in Area 7 in Lüderitz to a workshop and showroom in the town is an inspiration to all small and medium entrepreneurs.Nuuyoma (32) started his carpentry business in
readTycoons shunning financial services as they get richer
21-01-2013
LONDON – Tycoons are shunning banks and wealth managers, preferring to put a flood of money from selling stakes in companies into property and new ventures rather than trust industries whose
readAlgeria economy opens as budget, social pressures grow
21-01-2013
ALGIERS – At a factory near Algeria’s western city of Oran, cars made by Renault are expected to start rolling off an assembly line late next year. It will be an important moment for the Algerian
readMozambique blunder final straw for Rio Tinto chief
21-01-2013
SYDNEY – As Rio Tinto was edging closer to gaining majority control of little-known Mozambique coal explorer Riversdale Mining, the Anglo-Australian mining giant’s chief executive Tom Albanese was
readEskom withdraws objections to Glencore-Xstrata
21-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG – South African power utility Eskom said on Friday it has withdrawn its objections to the takeover of miner Xstrata by commodities trader Glencore, removing a potential hurdle to the
readDollar squeeze adds to economic hardship in Sudan
21-01-2013
KHARTOUM – Scanning his company’s 2012 financial statement, El Rashid El Amin Hamid, head of Sudan’s biggest pharmaceutical maker, should be celebrating – sales shot up 70% while marketing costs
readArmstrong biopic in the works
21-01-2013
Paramount Pictures and ‘Star Trek’ producer JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot company have purchased the film rights to a forthcoming book about cyclist Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace, according to a person
readTaylor demands his pension
21-01-2013
Monrovia – Charles Taylor may be locked up while appealing his 50-year prison sentence for war crimes, but the former Liberian president still wants his impoverished country to pay his pension.The
readSouth Africa’s Press Club slated over 2012 newsmaker
21-01-2013
Johannesburg – The National Press Club came under heavy criticism on Saturday after it announced rhino in South Africa the 2012 newsmaker of the year.In the year which saw 34 miners shot and killed in
readRahul Gandhi promises to ‘transform’ India
21-01-2013
JAIPUR – Rahul Gandhi, often tagged India’s “prime minister-in-waiting”, said on Saturday he would “transform” the country after he was promoted to second-in-command of the ruling Congress
read10 missing in Algerian hostage drama
21-01-2013
In Amenas – Islamists killed all seven of their remaining foreign captives on Saturday before being gunned down at a gas plant in the Algerian desert, state media said, ending one of the bloodiest
readMugabe okwa hala Afrika a kale nOmupresidende gumwe
21-01-2013
CAPE TOWN – Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe,okwa ti oshigongi shehangano lyUukumwe wAafrika/African Union (AU) shoka kwa tegelelwa shi ka ningwe, nashi kundathane edhiladhilo kutya Afrika na
readAanafaalama yamwe mOmusati oya geela Opolisi
21-01-2013
AANAFAALAMA yamwe mOngandjera moshitopolwa sha Musati, oye li ya geela Opolisi, molwashoka aniwa itayi kononakona iipotha yomayako giimuna moshitopolwa.Ngashiingeyi aanafalama mbaka oye li taya
readEthimbo lyokuninga omatokolo ga kindja
21-01-2013
Oshimaliwa shoka Epangelo lya longitha omumvo gwa zi ko okukaleka po Ookampani dhalyo, oya gwana okutunga Iipangelo yopombanda yopaitopolwa yi li omulongo nenge oosikola ethele nenge okulanda oombesa
readAapolisi yoomeme mOmusati ya gandja omagano koomeme ye li momategelelo
21-01-2013
ELYENGE lyOomeme Aapolisi mOshitopolwa sha Musati, okuuka pehulilo lyomvula ya zi ko, oya gandja omagano giikulya noshowo iikuni koomeme ye li momategelelo mboka ya ndumbala pondje yoshipangelo
readOonkundana paufupi
21-01-2013
MOGADISHU – Aantu ya homata taku fekela kutya oye na omakwatathana nehangano lyiilonga yuukulo lyo al-Qaeda oshiwike sha zi kooya popi kutya oya dhipaga Omufransa gumwe e li ondaadhi, ngoka Epangelo
readWaldschmidt happy to finish Dakar
21-01-2013
INGO Waldschmidt is relieved to have completed his third – and possibly last – Dakar Rally, he said yesterday. Waldschmidt finished 44th overall and second in the marathon class in the motorbike
readSMSes for Monday 21 January 2013
21-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *IF we improve good governance at all levels – government, private, community and personal – then extreme poverty will be history in Namibia. Lack of good governance has created greed,
readChelsea hang on to beat Arsenal
21-01-2013
LONDON – Chelsea enjoyed some much-needed home comfort with goals from Juan Mata and Frank Lampard securing a 2-1 victory over Arsenal in the Premier League yesterday.Arsenal staged a second-half
readSharapova sparkles in Melbourne
21-01-2013
MELBOURNE - Maria Sharapova continued to carve through the Australian Open draw with ruthless efficiency yesterday but fifth seed Angelique Kerber crashed out as the heavy grind of the tournament’s
readFixture
21-01-2013
Monday, January 21 Zambia v Ethiopia 17h00 Nigeria V Burkina Faso 20h00
readBafana Bafana panicked, says frustrated Igesund
21-01-2013
HOSTS South Africa did not handle the pressure of the occasion in the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday night, according to head coach Gordon Igesund.Bafana Bafana were held to a
readUDF not to blame for Khorixas hospital water cut
21-01-2013
THE Khorixas Constituency councillor, Sebastian !Gobs, says the United Democratic Front should not be blamed for the disconnection of the water supply to the Khorixas State Hospital.“Namwater was
readFrom The Twittersphere
21-01-2013
FOOTBALL. Mosquitoes. Oprah. Porridge. KK. Kamborotos. Generally, 50 Shades of Life, as Namibian tweeps get to grips with the zing and sting of daily life. Plus, Cape Verde may have drawn against
readTransNamib warns against banking scam
21-01-2013
TRANSNAMIB on Friday issued a warning to its clients to be on the lookout for the ‘change in banking details’ scam in which a number of parastatals and other companies have been duped into depositing
readSwapo must broaden its own democracy
21-01-2013
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has called on the newly elected Swapo leadership to broaden its intra-party democracy to strengthen democratic institutions in the country.The RDP’s
readRape ‘unlimited’ in Swakopmund
21-01-2013
THERE are no limits to the crime of rape. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere and can be administered in any way – as long as rapists get what they want, regardless of the humiliation and pain
readPolytechnic prepares for transition to university
21-01-2013
THE Polytechnic of Namibia (PoN) is looking at phasing out diploma and certificate courses within the next five years as it prepares to transform into Namibia’s University of Science and
readStudents in a panic over study permits
21-01-2013
NAMIBIAN students planing to study in South Africa are angry with the South Africa High Commission for delaying the issuing of their study permits.Several students have complained that they have not
readLocal films head to Luxor
21-01-2013
The location is Egypt. The directors are Tim Huebschle, Joel Haikali and Perivi Katjavivi and the scene will be set at the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF) where their respective ‘Dead River’, ‘Try’
readLawyer sent packing after murder verdict
21-01-2013
DISSATISFIED with the verdict in his trial, murder convict Cornelius Ganuseb decided to dismiss his lawyer in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.Ganuseb told Judge Kato van Niekerk that he does not
readLast call for Land Matters in Art
21-01-2013
It’s been two months since Minister of Lands and Resettlement, Alpheus G !Naruseb, first sowed the seeds of imagination that would grow into creative pieces regarding controversial issues such as land
readOB Street’s residents have had enough of blocked drains
21-01-2013
RESIDENTS of Obadja Uushona Street (locally known as OB Street) in Swakopmund’s Mondesa suburb say they have had a problem with blocked drains for the past 40 years and want the municipality to sort
readCriminal assets worth millions seized
21-01-2013
CRIME-TAINTED assets worth more than N$4,5 million have already been forfeited to the State through the use of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa revealed last
readCourt puts brakes on litigious fraud suspect
21-01-2013
SOUTH African fraud suspect Adriaan Pienaar’s access to the High Court is set to be curtailed after he tried for a second time last week to obtain an urgent court order for his detention in a hospital
readBlood Transfusion Service sets the record straight
21-01-2013
THE public is questioning the sale of donated blood to patients.This came to light in a number of SMSes sent to The Namibian. According to the Blood Transfusion Service (BTS), people have a
read‘Struggle kids’ camp again
21-01-2013
A GROUP of ‘children of the liberation struggle’ have been camping outside the Swapo regional office at Outapi in the Omusati Region since late last week, demanding employment by the government.Their
readNotable Quotes
21-01-2013
THAT is lazy talk. We can give them [other schools] the same learners, they won’t achieve what we do. Our system is different. – Mary Phillis Yesudan, who is the principle of St Boniface college in
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