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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 23 January 2013
No stationery delivered to schools yet
23-01-2013
GOVERNMENT’S inability to deliver free stationery to primary schools has further widened the gap between the haves and have-nots. Pupils whose parents are able to buy stationery and books seem
readJudge President warns lay litigant
23-01-2013
LAY litigant August Maletzky must convince the High Court on February 13 why the Namibian Police and the prosecutor general should not prosecute him for practising law without being an admitted legal
readNPC assesses Namibia’s skills needs
23-01-2013
This is to promote business growth in the country, as well as to meet the growing demands for knowledge-based workers in an increasingly technology-driven and service-oriented world.NAMIBIA urgently
readREPORTING FOR SECOND TERM
23-01-2013
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk along Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House during the inaugural parade from the US Capitol in Washington on Monday. An estimated
readWatson rings the changes
23-01-2013
NAMIBIA’S cricket coach, Doug Watson, has made several changes to the team to take on Boland in their Cricket South Africa encounter in Paarl from tomorrow.Pieter Grové and Ricardo Strauss have been
readFrance returns as player on global stage
23-01-2013
Paris – It spearheaded the international campaign that led to Muammar Gaddafi’s downfall, and now its troops are battling Islamists in Mali.But France’s dramatic return as a major player on the
readVehicle sales to shift into lower gear
23-01-2013
A TOTAL of 13 692 new vehicles were sold in Namibia last year, up 10,3% from 2011, Simonis Storm Securities (SSS) said yesterday.Such robust growth is unlikely in 2013, SSS said, adding that subdued
readSABMiller sales growth held back by China
23-01-2013
LONDON – China’s coldest winter in 28 years hit lager sales at SABMiller, holding back volume growth in the third quarter for the global brewer.The London-based company, which operates joint venture
readObama stands his ground on fiscal debates
23-01-2013
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama devoted one word – “deficit” – to the issue that brought Washington to the brink of fiscal crises time and again during his first term.But it was the paragraph that
readSouth Africa to miss job creation target
23-01-2013
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will likely miss its target of creating five million jobs by 2020, given labour strife and strained relations between the government and private firms, a newspaper quoted a
readRio’s US$14bn hit foreshadows other mining writedowns
23-01-2013
LONDON/SYDNEY – Mining firms including BHP Billiton and Anglo American are likely to follow Rio Tinto’s lead in writing down underperforming assets by as much as US$10 billion, as low prices and
readMixed expectations for mining
23-01-2013
POSSIBLE strikes feature high on economists’ list of challenges facing the Namibian economy this year.“A key risk to our view is the continued assertiveness of unions in Southern Africa, particularly
readDeutsche Bank defies critics on food commodities trading
23-01-2013
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest bank, found itself under fire Monday over a decision to resume trading in agricultural commodities even though the practices are blamed for driving up
readChina’s Xi urges swatting of lowly ‘flies’ in graft fight
23-01-2013
BEIJING – Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday took his campaign against corruption to the petty bureaucracy and minor infractions of lowly officials who are the bane of many Chinese
readMalian troops patrol key town after driving out Islamists
23-01-2013
DIABALY – Malian soldiers on Tuesday patrolled Diabaly to buttress their presence in the central town, which they seized with another key outpost from radical Islamists with the help of French
readRussia downplays Syrian ‘evacuation’
23-01-2013
Beirut – Up to 150 Russians are preparing to flee the bloodshed in Syria over the next two days on board two planes sent to Beirut from Moscow, a Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.The diplomat insisted
readUN sanctions for N Korea
23-01-2013
United Nations – The UN Security Council will order sanctions against North Korea’s space agency in a resolution to be passed this week condemning a ballistic launch, a diplomatic source said on
readObama calls for unity, equality
23-01-2013
Washington – President Barack Obama issued an impassioned call for national unity and equality on Monday, warning political “absolutism” must not thwart change and renewal, as he was inaugurated for a
readSMSes for Wednesday 23 January 2013
23-01-2013
SMS Of The Day *WHO are the fools who cannot control themselves in the presence of hot pants? Either close your eyes or stay indoors, but don’t blame women for your lack of control. The culture of
readKaimbi bags Thailand award
23-01-2013
NAMIBIAN forward Lazarus Kaimbi scooped the Thai Premier League’s Best Goal of the Season prize on Monday. The Osotspa Saraburi player earned the Football Siam Golden Ball Awards’ accolade for an
readTennis stars to get doping wish
23-01-2013
MELBOURNE – Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and other leading tennis players calling for increased blood testing in tennis could get their wish in 2013 with the introduction of athlete biological
readTop score sevens on the horizon
23-01-2013
THE 13th edition of the Top Score seven-a-side tournament will kick off at Ramblers in Pionierspark on February 8.The popular tournament, which is traditionally reserved for the business community,
readPirates face character test
23-01-2013
ORLANDO Pirates take on Black Africa at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Friday evening in the pick of the weekend’s Namibia Premier League Round 12 matches.The traditional Katutura derby will once again be
readKaanjuka hails new Cup
23-01-2013
THE Bidvest Namibia Cup is a blessing for the Brave Warriors as they look ahead to crucial World Cup qualifiers this year, interim head coach Bernard Kaanjuka said. Kaanjuka said the return of the
readBasic wage for insurance agents – bankers union
23-01-2013
THE Namibian Bank and Allied Workers Union (NBAWU) is demanding a basic wage for long- and short-term insurance sales agents after a survey conducted by the union showed that they only receive
readTwo die of anthrax in Oshikoto
23-01-2013
THE director of health in the Oshikoto Region, Peter Angala, has confirmed that two people from villages in the Oniipa constituency have died after eating beef from cattle infected with anthrax,
readFrom The Twittersphere
23-01-2013
OH mother! Motherless tweets, stepchildren of randomness, orphans of JanuWorry … yip, a truly mixed bundle of scrambled tweets today from the depths of the Namibian Twitter underground. And a few
readTender controversy at Keetmans council
23-01-2013
TWO Keetmanshoop catering companies are considering legal action against the Keetmanshoop Town Council following its decision to cancel a tender of N$30 000 it had awarded to them. The companies,
readTenders closed for Walvis Bay airport
23-01-2013
THE ball is on the roll for remedial work at the Walvis Bay Airport after the project to upgrade the facilities was halted by the government due to sub-standard work done by a Spanish consortium,
readSwakop’s Water Cube to open soon
23-01-2013
THE new public pool in Swakopmund is nearing completion as some of the most important components, the roof trusses, were put in place this week.According to Quinton Liebenberg of the Lighthouse
readStrike leaders to be sentenced for contempt
23-01-2013
THE leading figures behind a strike by hundreds of teachers that disrupted Namibian schools in early November last year are due to be sentenced for contempt of court today.Acting Judge Collins Parker
readSenior citizen latest Bypass victim
23-01-2013
ANOTHER fatal accident claimed the life of an elderly woman after the car she was driving collided with a Toyota Land Cruiser pulling a trailer on the Western Bypass road in Windhoek yesterday morning
readAfrican commission asked to advise on SADC Tribunal
23-01-2013
AFTER failing to find regional justice because of the suspension of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal, Zimbabwean commercial farmers Luke Tembani and Ben Freeth are now
readNatural beauty on exhibition in ‘Simply the Same’
23-01-2013
Namibian photographer Christian Goltz will present his first solo exhibition entitled ‘Simply the Same’ at the FNCC Gallery next Monday.The New York trained artist is also a fine-art printer, who
readKeulder appointed to Commonwealth post
23-01-2013
NAMIBIA is now represented at the strategic level of the Commonwealth Foundation with the appointment of the executive director of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID), Theunis Keulder, to the
readChasing the dots ... Celebrity Collapse!
23-01-2013
FROM the sixties, that revolutionary period of free love, flowers behind the ear (not me), mods and rockers having their weekend ‘workouts’ ( I rode a bike, and still do), the idiocy and political
readAnother floating dock for Walvis Bay
23-01-2013
ELGIN Brown & Hamer (EBH) Namibia announced last week that it will be increasing its capacity to dock vessels in Walvis Bay by approximately 60 percent with the addition of a third floating dock to
readFrieda signs with Deal Done Records
23-01-2013
Singer Frieda Haindaka, one half of the award winning duo Gal Level, loved by fans for over a decade, is the latest artist to sign with Deal Done Records. The two-year contract comes just weeks after
readOkahao congregation opposes transfer of pastor
23-01-2013
THE congregation of the Okahao Lutheran (ELCIN) parish in the Omusati Region and Bishop Josephat Shangala are at each other’s throats following a decision by the bishop to transfer the parish’s
readNathalia /Goagoses heads Erongo Regional Council
23-01-2013
WITH 29 years in public service, mostly in the education and training sector, with professional specialisation in management and leadership, Nathalia /Goagoses was groomed to take the reins and steer
readLand-use plans being drafted
23-01-2013
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement is in the process of devising integrated regional land-use plans for all 13 political regions, which is simultaneously done with the drafting of a policy
readKaras continues slipping down national rankings
23-01-2013
DESPITE an ongoing drive to improve Grade 10 and 12 results, the Karas Region has continued sliding down the national education rankings over the years. Since 2006 the region has lost its reputation
readAfterthought at Nice
23-01-2013
Afterthought, a band outfit from Swakopmund have accumulated a massive fan base in a comparatively short time. The band rocked the crowd at the NamRock Festival in September last year, their first
readNotable Quotes
23-01-2013
THERE is no law in Namibia that prescribes what length a skirt must be before arrest and prosecution is mandated. – Jacqueline W Asheeke, a columnist for The Namibian condemned the recent arrest of
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