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41 Articles found on Tuesday, 22 January 2013
A stinky situation at Greenwell Matongo
22-01-2013
BAD blood and infighting between the Twahangana Group members and the Windhoek municipality have resulted in the demolition of communal toilets in the Greenwell Matongo settlement of Windhoek.
readBiwa challenges his suspension
22-01-2013
THE controversial decision by the board of the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) to suspend its CEO, Ben Biwa, will be challenged at a conciliation hearing at the Office of the Labour Commissioner
readIyambo hospitalised in Cuba
22-01-2013
BARELY six months after he returned to work following extended sick leave, Education Minister Abraham Iyambo is back in hospital.Although senior government officials and spokespeople remained
readNFA Cup back for good: Rukoro
22-01-2013
THE country’s flagship Cup competition will never go missing again, Namibia Football Association secretary general Barry Rukoro promised yesterday. The competition – which had an abrupt one-year
readMining to subdue growth in 2013
22-01-2013
NAMIBIA’S economy is set to grow 4% in 2013, the slowest pace yet since the economy recovered from the global financial crisis of 2008-09, IJG Securities has said.IJG’s forecast is the lowest yet
readANCYL slams ‘treasonous’ bank advertisement
22-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG - The Youth League of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress on Monday accused the commercial bank FNB of launching a “treacherous attack” after it released an advertisement
readChina rebukes Clinton for comments on disputed islets
22-01-2013
BEIJING – China rebuked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday for her public backing of Japan’s administration over a string of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea which are at the
readSwakara industry to go north-west of Namibia
22-01-2013
WITH the Swakara pelt industry back on track and the industry booming, more farmers will receive training in the field, especially in the north-western parts of Namibia, newly-elected chairperson of
readMohamund a popya mu Amerika
22-01-2013
MINNESOTA – Konima yesiku limwe sho Epangelo lyAamerika lya yalula Epangelo lya Somalia oshikando shotango muule womimvo omilongo mbali, Omupresidende gwa Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, okwa ningi
readYaali ya sa komukithi gwombulwa moNooli
22-01-2013
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila kOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto otayi ti kutya aantu yaali yokomukunda Omadhiya/Omulonga mOndonga mOshikandjohogololo sha Niipa mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, oya
readSuspicion remains in Madagascar politics int
22-01-2013
Antananarivo – Bitter rivals Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana may have opted out of Madagascar’s presidential race, clearing a key hurdle to ending a long-running political crisis, but analysts
readInvestors keen on Otjikoto gold project
22-01-2013
B2GOLD, the majority shareholder in the Otjikoto gold project, has about N$1,3 billion to develop its planned open pit mine approximately 300 km north of Windhoek.The Canada-based company has secured
readDavos a ‘laboratory of new ideas’
22-01-2013
GENEVA – Promoting measures to get the global economy out of its crisis mode will be the focal point of this week’s annual gathering of world leaders and power brokers in the Swiss ski resort of
readWoermann plans more stores in 2013
22-01-2013
THE Woermann Group this year plans to open new supermarkets in Okahao, Eenhana, Outapi and Mariental, while major upgrades are planned for the Oshakati Wholesale and Woermann Punyu Supermarket in
readLondon bankers fear bonus ‘donuts’ to double
22-01-2013
LONDON – Twice as many London bankers fear the dreaded “donut”, or zero bonus, in the current pay season compared to a year ago, according to a survey released yesterday.Financial services recruitment
readIndian government pushes banks to go rural, but will it pay?
22-01-2013
RANCHHODPURA, India – Working out of a tiny rented room furnished with a wooden table, small biometric authentication machine and shelf stacked with passbooks, Ganesh Dangi is a one-man bank for a
readLupe Fiasco thrown offstage at pre-inauguration event
22-01-2013
Rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown offstage and escorted off the premises of a Washington, D.C. concert hall during a pre-inauguration concert Sunday night, after going on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant,
readTerror accused Okah found guilty
22-01-2013
Johannesburg – Nigerian terrorist Henry Okah was found guilty of masterminding two car bombings in Abuja, by the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday.Handing down judgment, Judge Neels Claassen said
readUganda ‘kills’ Kony bodyguard
22-01-2013
Kampala – Ugandan soldiers hunting Lord’s Resistance Army rebel leader Joseph Kony have killed one of his top bodyguards who earned a grim reputation for the abduction of children, an army
readIvorians start digging for gold
22-01-2013
RUSTENBURG, South Africa: Rustenburg may be one of the world’s top platinum mining centres, but gold is the precious commodity Ivory Coast are digging for when they take on Togo today.For the fifth
readEnduro sponsorship renewed
22-01-2013
THE Namibian National Enduro Series yesterday received an N$80 000 endorsement from Bank Windhoek for the 2013 season, taking their agreement to a fourth consecutive year. The 2013 calendar of the
readFerguson blasts linesman
22-01-2013
LONDON – Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was left to rue his side’s unusual late generosity and a controversial refereeing decision as his side’s Premier League title charge was slowed by a
readSMSes for Tuesday 22 January 2013
22-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *WHILE it must be difficult to run a business like Air Namibia, the state of affairs has now become embarrassingly ridiculous. It might be too late, but the appointment of competent,
readWeek of rape, homicide and suicide
22-01-2013
THE past week saw a number of rapes, culpable homicides and suicides on the Namibian crime scene.On Saturday, at about 18h00 Raphael Eksteen (50) committed suicide in Havana. Deputy Commissioner Edwin
readFrom The Twittersphere
22-01-2013
NAMIBIANS get in the loop on the Lupe Fiasco fiasco (see also report on this page)! Advice for the ‘struggle kids’ and Air Namibia; plus, the lack of rain, pot bellies, Kanye, Obama and …
readTeachers need help to improve - Nantu
22-01-2013
THE Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) has ascribed the 0,5 percentage point drop in the Grade 12 pass rate – from 93,1% in 2011 to 92,6% last year – to a lack of support, monitoring and
readStruggle to get cash heist trial going
22-01-2013
ANOTHER attempt to resume the trial of six men accused of involvement in a multimillion-dollar cash-in-transit heist near Windhoek at the end of 2004 is due to be made in the High Court in Windhoek
readParcel Force delays salary payments
22-01-2013
COURIER company Parcel Force employees are unhappy over alleged delays in the payment of their salaries. The employees claim that the company is in the habit of paying them late. According to an
readNghimtina promises more gravel roads for Omusati
22-01-2013
THE minister of works and transport, Errki Nghimtina, announced last week that more gravel roads would be constructed in the Omusati Region.He said this when he officiated at the groundbreaking
readThe Fight Over The Mini
22-01-2013
THE recent report of police in Rundu arresting Namibian citizens because of the clothing they were wearing is hugely disturbing. These women were wearing miniskirts that the police in that area
readFinally A Government For The People?
22-01-2013
PRESIDENT Robert Gabriel Mugabe, despite many a summer behind his back, was in fine mettle this past week. For one, (don’t laugh) he dug up that old horse of a single president for Africa. But as you
readNotable Quotes
22-01-2013
WHAT happened there is between him and the devil. All I can say is that this is madness. – Erongo police Deputy Commissioner Andreas Nelumbu on a rape incident that took place in Kramersdorf where a
readMinistry denies loan glitches
22-01-2013
GOVERNMENT study loan-holders students flocked to the offices of the Ministry of Education last week to demand answers about their unsettled accounts at the University of Namibia.According to some
readLet’s enlarge special initiative – Wieczorek-Zeul
22-01-2013
GERMAN MP Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul is in Namibia again to continue talks with Namibian counterparts and communities affected by the 1904 to 1908 genocide to deliberate on ways to accelerate and
readLegacies of a Colonial Town
22-01-2013
Namibia returns to Namibia via London in ‘Legacies of a Colonial Town’, an award-winning photographic exhibition on architecture and places in Namibia curated by Phillip Lühl on behalf of the
readMore illegal immigrants arrested in the Karas Region
22-01-2013
THERE has been a sharp increase in the number of illegal immigrants arrested in the Karas Region. Police Deputy Commissioner Rudolf Isaak on Thursday reported that 30 illegal immigrants had been
read‘What’s all the fuss about?’
22-01-2013
THE secretary general of the Namibia Democratic Party (DPN), Adam Isaak, says the alleged tribal tirade of Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Willem Isaack should not be seen in isolation, but is
readFinal postponement in Conradie case
22-01-2013
A MAGISTRATE on Friday granted a final postponement to the State in the corruption case of Windhoek lawyer Dirk Conradie and his co-accused, Sarah Damases.Public Prosecutor Eric Naikaku informed
readArie vs Isaaks – fight for farm Versailles
22-01-2013
KHOMAS Rural regional councillor Frederick Arie alleged that //Naosan /Aes Landless People’s Movement chairperson Sululu Isaaks and people from Stinkwater have a “hidden agenda”, and hence the
readDelimitation Commission to complete work at end of June
22-01-2013
THE Delimitation Commission has been given five months to complete its work to enable the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to conduct general voter registration.The third Delimitation Commission
readCity Police superintendent arrested for fraud
22-01-2013
A CITY Police superintendent was arrested last week and appeared in court yesterday on a charge of fraud regarding his alleged involvement in a traffic ticket scam.Superintendent Mesag Hailonga, of
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