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50 Articles found on Friday, 22 March 2013
Health tender scam suspect admits guilt
22-03-2013
TWO years of being free on bail came to an end for a construction firm owner from Windhoek this week, after he admitted that he defrauded the Ministry of Health and Social Services of more than N$1,4
readPolice avert gang clash at school
22-03-2013
POLICE at Keetmanshoop last Friday staved off a potential gang fight involving students of the PK de Villiers High School.Police Commissioner Armas Shivute said they responded to a tip-off from
readChief Mpasi embroiled in land dispute
22-03-2013
CONTROVERSY has once again rocked the Ukwangali Traditional Authority after revelations of an alleged abuse of power by Chief Sitentu Mpasi over land deals that went sour.Various residents of
readRECORD ATTENDANCE
22-03-2013
A huge crowd turned out for the Independence Day celebrations in Oshakati yesterday. Those who attended the event said it was probably the best attendance since the country’s independence 23 years
readGrowth in 2012 exceeds expectations
22-03-2013
NAMIBIA is well on its way to achieve the economic growth target of 4,6% for 2012-13 set out in the Fourth National Development Plan (NDP4), after the country recorded economic growth of 5,0% last
readSouth Africa faces investor exodus if rand rout deepens
22-03-2013
LONDON – South Africa faces the risk of a huge exodus of foreign investors who are seeing the plunge in the rand’s value rapidly erode their stock and bond returns.Africa’s largest economy has sucked
readBankers get one last bonus season before EU cap on payouts
22-03-2013
BRUSSELS – Bankers in Europe will have one final bonus season before they are barred from awarding themselves payouts worth more than their salary, EU lawmakers agreed on Wednesday, paving the way for
readIs South Africa the odd Bric out?
22-03-2013
JOHANNESBURG – The meeting of Brics leaders in Durban next week could uncharitably be described as a summit of the world’s emerging economic powers, plus South Africa.On March 26-27 the African nation
readCyprus bank closure crippling business
22-03-2013
NICOSIA – Cyprus closed its banks this week to avert a run on savings and secure a bailout for its near-bankrupt economy, but the move has dealt another blow to companies already hit by the global
readNo rate hike soon – economists
22-03-2013
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) concern about growth and consumer growth in particular shows that interest rate hikes are just not possible, economists have said. The SARB left
readDon’t sandwich negative feedback
22-03-2013
When you must deliver criticism about someone’s work, it’s best to be direct rather than diplomatic, Harvard Business Reviews says in its Management Tip of the Day.Avoid the all-too-common practice of
read‘We Should Declare ITC Illegal’
22-03-2013
Can you imagine not getting that perfect job because some data clerk connected your credit record to somebody else’s? And you will never even know. You will spend the rest of your life thinking you
readAfrican tech should meet mobile demands
22-03-2013
The question ICT providers and regulators alike have to ask themselves is whether they’ve created a climate conducive to meeting the demands and expectations of the mobile consumers of the future,
readPoachers massacre 89 elephants in Chad: WWF
22-03-2013
LIBREVILLE – A group of poachers last week massacred 89 elephants in one night near the town of Ganba in southern Chad, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a statement this week.Some 50
readEarth Hour: Happily switching the lights on
22-03-2013
THE power line to the school passes right over Annety’s house. After the sun goes down, Sesheke village in the Caprivi Region is plunged into darkness – like most of rural Namibia. It’s ironic that
readGiant squid genetics reveal family secrets
22-03-2013
GIANT squid around the world are “basically identical” despite looking very different, say scientists.The super-sized cephalopods live deep in the oceans and are little known by the scientific
readCooling systems restored at Fukushima
22-03-2013
TOKYO – Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said Wednesday after a blackout sparked a new
readWarriors plot Malawi downfall
22-03-2013
BRAVE Warriors captain Ronald Ketjijere said they will employ a high-tempo pressing game against Malawi during tomorrow’s 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifier. The former African Stars player has intimate
readBrazil enlists UN for World Cup stadium
22-03-2013
BRASILIA – Brazil’s capital city, struggling to finish a new soccer stadium in time for an upcoming dress rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup, is turning to a surprising partner for help: the United
readNam off to good start
22-03-2013
Namibia got off to a good start in their CSA Three-Day Challenge against South Western Districts in Oudsthoorn yesterday, as they restricted the home side to 160 all out before reaching 40 without
readWhat happened to Gerrie Snyman?
22-03-2013
NAMIBIA’S cricket team has been out of its depth on the playing field this season as coach Doug Watson’s young squad has struggled in the Cricket South Africa provincial league. After 11 matches,
readUpstaged Naidjala lucky to get rematch
22-03-2013
IMMANUEL ‘Prince’ Naidjala and Leslie Sekotswe of Botswana drew their IBF International Bantamweight fight in the early hours of yesterday morning, with the result that the title remains vacant. There
readBass Angling hosts trials
22-03-2013
THE Namibian Bass Angling Association (NBAA) began with its Bank Windhoek National Trials at the Von Bach dam yesterday. A national side to compete in the upcoming Zone six Bass Federation
readEcstatic Globine Mayova ups her game
22-03-2013
SPRINTING ace Globine Mayova is delighted with her new national record 100m time, which she set at the Central Gauteng Provincial Championships in Germiston, South Africa, over the weekend. Mayova,
readBrumbies chase record against Stormers
22-03-2013
SYDNEY – Australia’s ACT Brumbies will be chasing their record-equalling fifth straight Super 15 victory against the Western Stormers in Cape Town this weekend. The Canberra-based Brumbies are
readPalestinians stage tent protest to urge Obama action
22-03-2013
AZARIEH – Palestinian activists pitched a protest camp Wednesday on site where Israel is planning thousands of new settler homes in an act of defiance as US President Barack Obama began a historic
readNorth Korea threatens US bases in Japan
22-03-2013
SEOUL – North Korea yesterday threatened strikes on US military bases in Japan and Guam, escalating tensions as suspicion deepened that Pyongyang was behind a cyber attack on South Korean broadcasters
readWest stalls Syria chemical attack probe
22-03-2013
UNITED NATIONS – Russia clashed with Britain and France at the UN Security Council on Wednesday over the scope of an investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, accusing Western
readWill Zimbabwe hold free and fair polls?
22-03-2013
Harare – With a new constitution approved, Zimbabweans are now looking toward a fresh general election, while wondering whether the polls will be free and fair.The overwhelming nod for the charter at
readICC ‘won’t drop charges’ against Uhuru Kenyatta
22-03-2013
Paris – The International Criminal Court will not drop the crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta, The Hague-based court’s chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.“We
readSMSes for Friday 22 March 2013
22-03-2013
SMS Of The Day *IN remembering and commemorating our Independence we must be vigorous and steadfast in looking at all factors that shaped our history so as to have it on a broad based as well as
readWhat do you want?
22-03-2013
We all want something. Often that which we crave is not what we can do for ourselves but rather what ‘government’ can shower upon our arses. Of course, Namibians like things...‘Struggle kids’ want
readNamibian And Proud Of It?
22-03-2013
TWENTY-three years ago we celebrated Namibian Independence Day. Looking back, I remember how tremendously proud and victorious we felt. Part of the manifold celebrations and the display of our
readPresident Pohamba Must Act On The Health Probe
22-03-2013
FINALLY, the commission set up to investigate the nation’s ailing public health services handed their four-month health probe report to President Hifikepunye Pohamba on 31 January 2013. Since then no
readIs Namibia Still a Struggling Kid?
22-03-2013
IT WAS a time of joy and excitement on that 21 March in the year of our Lord 1990 when Namibians and our friends were witnessing the ‘birth of a new nation’. That was the transformation from what was
readBeyond Statistics: See For Yourself
22-03-2013
NAMIBIA has done extremely well since independence was achieved 23 years ago, according to many research statistics, including this week’s release by the Namibia Statistics Agency.GDP and GNI (the
readPolitcal Perspective
22-03-2013
Just when I though our head of state had been pleasingly ‘presidential’ in the Swapo Central Committee last weekend with regard to his decisive stand on the subject of the ‘struggle kids’, he goes and
readFrontlining on Twitter
22-03-2013
NAMIBIAN tweeps were in an Independ ence state of mind yesterday, with the ‘viva vibe’ prominent on timelines! Plus, two of this year’s burning issues, so far ... ‘struggle kids’ and miniskirts.
readYouth must ‘die’ for the economic revolution - Shalli
22-03-2013
RETIRED Lieutenant General Martin Shalli has urged the youth to sacrifice their lives in a bid to improve the lives of those around them, in what he branded a second revolution.The former defence
readWitvlei Meat battles on after court loss
22-03-2013
OMAHEKE Region-based export beef producer Witvlei Meat intends to fight on to stay in possession of the abattoir that has been its business base for more than six and a half years.Witvlei Meat plans
readNew taxi signs are here
22-03-2013
THE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) will introduce new taxi signs from Monday next week.The national secretary of Nabta, Vespa Muunda, said the roof signs will be compulsory for all cabs
readNew union for public workers
22-03-2013
THE teachers’ strike of November 2012 has given birth to a new union, the Workers Union of Namibia (WUN), which was launched in Windhoek on Wednesday.The union is to have its main branch in the Khomas
readNamwandi tells ‘Team Education’ to shape up
22-03-2013
EDUCATION Minister David Namwandi says not all is well at the ministry after admitting that results are not corresponding with the government’s financial investment in the sector.“From day one [since
readNAC wants pension transfers to new scheme
22-03-2013
WORKERS at the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) have reportedly given the company a resounding thumbs down to a proposal that they transfer their pensions from the Government Institutions Pension Fund
readMan accused of molesting daughters
22-03-2013
A 53-year-old Tanzanian national who stands accused of sexually abusing his two daughters, aged one and five, on Friday made a brief appearance in the Lüderitz Magistrate’s Court of a charge of
readMbumba’s presence in Cabinet under spotlight
22-03-2013
THE invitation extended by President Hifikepunye Pohamba to Swapo secretary general Nangolo Mbumba to join Cabinet meetings is further eroding the separation of the executive and legislature, some
readNotable Quotes
22-03-2013
THE RDP believes it is simply not enough to constantly condemn the failing policies of the Swapo-led government without us presenting alternatives. Those citizens who have been yearning to know our
readAcquittal ends farm murder trial
22-03-2013
THE only person who remained in the dock in connection with the murder of a Dordabis area farmer more than ten years ago left the Windhoek Regional Court as a free man on Wednesday.After a long trial
readThe Cool Kids at Kapana Soul Sessions
22-03-2013
Iarrive at Kapana Soul Sessions at around 21h00. I’m dressed in a flouncy floral dress and grey lace-up boots and as a man at the door whistles his approval, I know that I’m overdressed, under the
readKohl’s Kolmanskop at the Smithsonian
22-03-2013
There is something endlessly unsettling about Kolmanskop. Perhaps it’s the way sand spills chest-deep through doorways as the wind whistles through glassless windows or maybe it’s the manner in which
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