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41 Articles found on Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Schoolgirl brutally raped, murdered
05-03-2013
THE mood was sombre as hundreds of pupils of the Augustineum Senior Secondary School gathered yesterday morning to pay their last respects to 17-year-old Rina !Nau/gawases, who was raped and murdered
readLibel claim against The Namibian withdrawn
05-03-2013
A WINDHOEK business owner who was suing The Namibian for N$500 000 for alleged defamation yesterday decided to withdraw his claim against the newspaper.Judge Kato van Niekerk was due to continue
readAirNam’s biggest bail-out ever
05-03-2013
AIR Namibia will guzzle at least N$1,1 billion of the taxpayer’s money this year to stay in the air – the single biggest bailout for a state-owned enterprise (SOE) since independence.Over the next two
readTOUCHED
05-03-2013
Pupils at the Augustineum Secondary School gathered to have a moment of silence and prayer for the late Rina !Nau/gawases. Each pupil and teach- er will donate N$5 to the !Nau/gawases family to help
readAgricultural diary
05-03-2013
March 6: Jan Blaauw’s Springboktrek Dorpers second production auction at farm Springbok in the Aroab/Koes district. There will also be 10 Boer goat rams and 10 Van Rooy rams. March 7: Third production
readMore than 700 benefit from poultry project initated in the Karas region
05-03-2013
SIX-HUNDRED individuals and 172 households in the Karas region have benefited from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry’s (MAWF) regional poultry programme since 2009.The poultry programme
readStronger vet services needed before removal of Red Line
05-03-2013
THE Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Lung-sickness Freedom Project has called for improved veterinary services to be introduced in the NCAs.?The project seeks to have
readGoogle commemorates Miriam Makeba’s birthday
05-03-2013
The ‘Google doodle’, is usually the Google logo in the middle when you hit the homepage of Google’s search engine.This logo’s artwork changes to commemorate special events and yesterday, it was all
readIK and Vimbai to host the first ever AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards
05-03-2013
With the highly-anticipated AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) taking place on Saturday, March 9 in Lagos, Nigeria, organisers are hard at work creating a brilliant night of African film and
readNam improves mining ranking
05-03-2013
WINDHOEK – Namibia is ranked third on the African continent as a good place to do business in the mining and exploration sectors.According to the 2012-13 Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining
readEncourage employees to want to stay
05-03-2013
No employer likes to deal with turnover, especially when losing good people. But your employees need good reasons to stick around, Harvard Business Review says in its Management Tip of the Day. Here
readGovernment to build 1 300 houses this year
05-03-2013
ABOUT 3 900 affordable houses for low-income earners will be constructed during the 2013-16 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period.This is based on the 2013-14 National Budget figures tabled
readWeatherly’s profit smelting away
05-03-2013
LOWER copper prices and delayed sales thwarted Weatherly International’s business during the last six months of 2012, slashing profit by nearly 400% compared to the same period in 2011.Releasing its
readBNP to boost Africa investment banking business
05-03-2013
ABU DHABI – BNP Paribas, France’s No1 listed bank, plans to boost its investment banking footprint in Africa as it favors promising growth markets away from the riskier euro zone, its regional head
readChina to surpass US as top luxury car market
05-03-2013
SHANGHAI – China will overtake the United States as the world’s biggest luxury car market as early as 2016, as rising incomes and desire for status boost premium auto brands, a consultancy said
readMiners’ meeting to face austere reality of post-boom market
05-03-2013
TORONTO – The euphoria that dominated the global mining industry in recent years, when rapid Chinese growth sent metal prices soaring, is fully spent. With metal prices now stagnant and profit margins
readCardinals begin pre-conclave talks in Vatican
05-03-2013
VATICAN CITY – Catholic yesterday cardinals began talks ahead of a conclave to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI’s resignation, as an absent British cardinal admitted to sexual misconduct with
readOver 900 die in police custody annually in SA
05-03-2013
East London – About 932 people died in police custody in South Africa in 2011-12, a report by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has revealed.According to the Daily Dispatch on
readKarachi shuts down to bury 45 bomb dead
05-03-2013
Karachi – Pakistan’s largest city Karachi shut down yesterday to mourn 45 people killed by a car bomb in a Shi’ite Muslim neighbourhood, the latest in a series of devastating attacks as Pakistan
readBenin thwart coup attempt
05-03-2013
COTONOU – Benin said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military regime in the west African nation.In a statement read to journalists,
readPolice killed before tight Kenya elections
05-03-2013
NAIROBI – Long lines of Kenyans queued from far before dawn to vote Monday in the first election since the violence-racked polls five years ago, with a deadly police ambush hours before polling
readBuilding Cities Right In Developing Countries
05-03-2013
THE developing world is experiencing rapid urbanisation, with the number of city dwellers set to reach four billion in 2030 – double its 2000 level. But unplanned and uncoordinated urban development
readThis Is No Expansionary Budget
05-03-2013
THE 2013/14 budget is a curate’s egg. The proposed expenditure for 2013/14 is a whopping 19% increase on the year which is ending this month. From the minister’s statement in Parliament last week, it
readNotable Quotes
05-03-2013
THE excruciating pain that the complainant must have suffered during this ordeal is unthinkable: Understandably resulting in her being in a state of shock and painful distress when seen by the doctor.
readLions, United Stars in Cup draw
05-03-2013
THE draw to determine the quarterfinal match-ups in the Bidvest Namibia Cup will be held at Wernhil Park in Windhoek today.After Sunday’s action, Northern Stream First Division campaigners African
readSMSes for Tuesday 05 March 2013
05-03-2013
SMS Of The Day *NOW that the National Budget 2013/14 is tabled and we are strong believers in sound corporate governance and transparency. Why don’t we avail and update all envisaged GRN capital
readGlowing reviews for Nam boxing
05-03-2013
ACCOLADES for Namibia’s successful hosting of Saturday night’s world title fight continue to stream in, with Namibia now a contender to host the World Boxing Organisation’s annual convention in
readDrobisch wins the double
05-03-2013
TILL Drobisch completed the double when he won the Cymot National Road Race Championships on Sunday morning, after winning the Cymot National Time Trial Championships two days earlier. Drobisch beat
readMou, Fergie resume rivalry
05-03-2013
LONDON – The latest intriguing duel between friendly rivals and master tacticians Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho will take place tonight as Manchester United and Real Madrid resume battle in the
readFrom The Twittersphere
05-03-2013
SOME real zingers today! Is Shaduka winging it? Who’s doing cartwheels in chocolate sauce? Who’s watched too much ‘Boston Legal’? Is MTC’s Tim Ekandjo supporting the right EPL team? Who’s murdering
readWendelinus endangers lives – rights group
05-03-2013
REPRESENTATIVES of a leading sexual minority group Outright Namibia (ORN) have accused former Mr Gay Namibia Wendelinus Hamutenya of spreading lies and endangering the life’s of other sexual minority
readWorkers want a part in GIPF amendments
05-03-2013
MEMBERS of the Public Servants Committee have written a letter to Prime Minister Hage Geingob in which they reiterate a plea that the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) rules be amended. The
readChinese vessel accused of poor conditions
05-03-2013
FRESH allegations of poor working conditions on a fishing vessel have emerged, a few months after several Namibian fishermen said they were subjected to appalling conditions on the ship.The company
readPohamba demands return of yaNdemufayo’s skull
05-03-2013
OMHEDI – President Hifikepunye Pohamba has demanded the return of the skull of late King Mandume yaNdemufayo of Oukwanyama from the British people.Speaking during the remembrance of yaNdemufayo’s
readA pewa omimvo odhindji mondholongo molwedhipago
05-03-2013
Oompangu dhaNamibia itadhi ka etela nande gumwe ohenda shi na sha niipotha ya pamba omahepekathano gomomagumbo nomageelo otaga tsikile nokuninga omadhigu noonkondo. Ndino olya li elondodho okuziilila
readKavango governor dies at Eenhana
05-03-2013
THE governor of the Kavango Region, Maurus Nekaro, died yesterday at Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region while on official duty, Presidential Affairs Minister Albert Kawana has confirmed.Details of his
readKaras Swapo regional coordinator warns against disunity
05-03-2013
THE Karas Swapo Party regional coordinator, Mathew Mumbala, has taken issue with disunity among party members in the region, warning it could create room for the “enemy” to further divide the party.
readEsau condemns ‘sins’ of fishing industry
05-03-2013
FISHING companies, leaders and workers who ignore the laws of the country will be dealt with harshly, Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Bernhard Esau warned the industry on Friday in Walvis
readCity accused of ‘politicised’ land allocations
05-03-2013
OPPOSITION parties represented on the Windhoek City Council last week claimed that land allocations in the city are skewed in favour of Swapo Party members. A case in point, they said, is the refusal
readBig Ben set for historic live show
05-03-2013
History is set to be made when township pop artist Big Ben Kandukira hosts a show at which a few upcoming Namibian Hip Hop artists will perform with a live band at the revamped Warehouse Theatre this
readAccused denies supermarket robbery
05-03-2013
THE only person to be prosecuted in connection with an armed robbery which a gang staged at a supermarket in Windhoek in October 2008 pleaded not guilty to all charges in the High Court in Windhoek
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