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64 Articles found on Friday, 8 March 2013
ACC ponders Namcor probe
08-03-2013
THE managing director of the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), Obeth Kandjoze, could be at the centre of a corruption probe, should the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decide to
readCivil servants’ bill up by 230%
08-03-2013
THE cost of the bloated civil service has ballooned by more than 230% over the past ten years: from N$5,2 billion in 2003-04 to N$17,5 billion in 2013-14.The billions budgeted for personnel costs for
readPrivate hostel sues Govt over fees
08-03-2013
A PRIVATE hostel at Otavi is suing the government after the Ministry of Works stopped paying it rent.The ministry did not renew the rental agreement with Johanniter Hilfwerk Otavi after it expired,
readUSE SPARINGLY
08-03-2013
Blessing Nampia of the Maria Primary School in Havana takes a drink of water. The City of Windhoek yesterday cautioned water users in Central areas, in particular Windhoek to use water sparingly. See
readFast-track tourism sector, says WEF
08-03-2013
NAMIBIA is the fifth most alluring country for travel and tourism investors in Sub-Saharan Africa, but lots must still be done to ensure that the sector plays the role it should in the country’s
readSpanish firms hopeful about post-Chavez corporate era
08-03-2013
MADRID – Spanish companies with big business in Venezuela are hoping that a post-Chavez era could open up industrial and banking sectors that have until now been deeply regulated.Telecoms firm
readWestern brands corner Pakistan middle class
08-03-2013
KARACHI – American fast-food and Western fashion outlets are taking Pakistan’s growing middle class by storm, defying stereotypes about a conservative Muslim country plagued by Al-Qaeda and
readClass action bid filed against Anglo American
08-03-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Lawyers representing gold miners suffering from the deadly lung disease silicosis said on Thursday they had filed a class action lawsuit application against the South African arm of
readMTC strengthens Wacs connectivity
08-03-2013
MTC has successfully launched its own points of presence in Europe (PoP) following the live activation of the West Africa Cable System (Wacs) last April, the mobile operator said this week. The PoPs
readStandard Bank headline earnings up, CEO retires
08-03-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Jacko Maree, the chief executive of South Africa’s Standard Bank, retired yesterday after 13 years at the helm of Africa’s biggest lender.Standard Bank said the 57-year-old Maree, one
readSanlam’s profit growth lags consensus
08-03-2013
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s biggest life insurer, Sanlam Ltd, reported a smaller-than-expected 15% rise in full-year profit yesterday as consumers refrained from taking up new policies.But shares in
readThousands flee crisis-hit Sudan in ‘brain drain’
08-03-2013
KHARTOUM – Asaad Abdulmajid is saying goodbye to Sudan and its crisis-hit economy after having found a job in Saudi Arabia with a salary he says is more than 20 times what he earned from a government
readDon’t make a career move you’ll regret
08-03-2013
No matter what industry you work in, what role you fill, or how successful you are, chances are you’ve made a bad career decision, Harvard Business Review says in its Management Tip of the Day.Here
readDon’t rubbish SA over violence - Zuma
08-03-2013
CAPE TOWN – President Jacob Zuma has condemned the recent spate of violent crime, particularly against women and children, and has called for a universal response to combat it.“However, in expressing
readMorocco eyes law on rape, child marriage
08-03-2013
Rabat – Defenders of women’s rights in Morocco are inching closer to a long-awaited goal as the kingdom’s parliament works to amend a law that allows a rapist to escape prison by marrying his
readOdinga’s running mate alleges vote-rigging
08-03-2013
“We have evidence that the results we have received have been doctored,” outgoing vice president Kalonzo Musyoka told reporters, adding however that his accusations were “not a call to mass action”
readNo Pope, no gov in Rome
08-03-2013
ROME – With no pope and no government, Rome residents could be forgiven for feeling a little apocalyptic after the first papal resignation in 700 years and an Italian election that could bring down
readNorth Korea media ramps up the war talk as UN ponders sanctions
08-03-2013
SEOUL – North Korea’s state media ramped its bellicose rhetoric up another notch yesterday, warning of a “thermonuclear war” as the UN Security Council prepared to vote on new sanctions against the
readPolice Must Do More
08-03-2013
DEAR Prime Minister Hage Geingob, our hopes are pinned upon you to save this country from collapsing. I am a victim of fraud, and like for most other victims of fraud in Namibia the police are unable
readSmaller Is Effective
08-03-2013
I CONCUR with the demarcation recommendations and submission made to Delimitation Commission by the Mashi Traditional Authority leaders and others. What we need to look at in this case are the
readWater In A Year Of Drought
08-03-2013
NAMIBIA is in the grip of a drought again. People are already hungry and in all probability, the situation will worsen. Therefore, we have to remember what happened in June/July last year. The
readAn Indoctrination System
08-03-2013
THE education system appears to be the primary contributor to the current state of ignorance that we live in and when looking deeper into the issue it is not at all surprising to me that our
readAfrican Leaders Still Following
08-03-2013
WHEN America, the United Kingdom and France support opposition leaders in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, no other world leaders make noise, but now, the United Nations (UN) leader Ban Ki Moon has said
readExhausting Telecom Contracts
08-03-2013
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to air my concerns over Telecom Namibia contracts of engineering technicians in training (ETiTs). ETiTs are graduates who enter the company with a diploma in
readSalute To A Great Leader
08-03-2013
PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez sadly passed away on the 05 March 2013.The ‘Commandante’ as he was affectionately known, was not only a leader of his country but also a friend of the poor. Chavez was a leader
readWho Speaks For You When Your Parents Are Dead?
08-03-2013
PLEASE allow me to express my honest feelings about the ‘struggle kids’.I just don’t understand why Namibians are going on like premature babies when it comes to the ‘kids’ of fallen heroes, people
readPassports And Smokescreens
08-03-2013
THIS is a response to the March 6 2013 article ‘Ithana Apologises for Passport Chaos’. Once again the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration is playing the blame game and creating smokescreens for
readBiased Development
08-03-2013
“I WAS misled” were the words of a supposed investor when he was told to stop illegal activities he has engaged in at the affected villages in Ndiyona constituency in Kavango Region by the Kavango
readOn Perception And Public Health
08-03-2013
I WISH to echo and support the deputy minister of health and social services, Petrina Haingura, who bemoaned the perception and attitudes of our public health workers. Minister Haingura got it right
readEthnic Conflict And The Constitution
08-03-2013
FEBRUARY 9 this year marked the 23rd anniversary of the adoption by the Constituent Assembly of the Namibian Constitution. And even though, at the time of its adoption, it was widely hailed as a model
readEducation As A Journey, Not Simply A Means To An End
08-03-2013
IT IS 07h10 and there are already many students on the Polytechnic of Namibia’s campus. On the surface, the institution seems abuzz with activity. Students are shuffling from one class to the other,
readNamibian Men View Women As Commodities
08-03-2013
THE celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) has been gaining ground all over the world, and Namibian women are surely not left behind in doing their part. This day has been celebrated since the
readRemembering Maurus Nekaro: The True Original
08-03-2013
MAU, or Tjange as we in the Kavango affectionately called him, passed away in his sleep in Eenhana. This I learned through a status update from a Namibian newspaper’s Facebook page. To say that I was
readThere Are Revolutionaries, Pretenders And False Prophets
08-03-2013
NAMIBIAN leaders (of no less stature than President Hifikepunye Pohamba and Prime Minister Hage Geingob) hailed Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela who died this week aged 58, as the greatest
readPolitical Perspective
08-03-2013
THE Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs is struggling for identity and a raison d’être. It’s not the only one. I’ve always maintained that an information ministry is an outdated concept – a relic from a
readNotable Quotes
08-03-2013
I generate sufficient income from my dancing which enables me to care for myself and two other people with whom I stay in a shack in the Ongulumbashe informal settlement. I pay for everything in our
readSiya Zama a gandja omagano gomizalo dhosikola kaanona pu Sackeus Iihuhwa
08-03-2013
OKAMPANI yokutunga yedhina G.V.K Siya Sama, mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika oya gandja omagano gomizalo dhosikola kaanasikola yamwe posikola yaSackeus Iihuhwa pOnakayale mOmbalantu moshitopolwa
readOmutumba ethete
08-03-2013
MOSHILONGO shaantu ye vule oomiliona mbali mono kehe gumwe ta kambadhala okwiikongela onkalamwenyo yi li nawa,omunamimvo omilongo mbali (20) Benjamin Shihepo okwi itsa po omukalo gwokundaanisa opo
readAanamibia inaya sa kondjala, Pohamba ta ti
08-03-2013
PETHIMBO ta egulula endiki lyositola nompungulilo yiihape pOshiko mOngwediva Omaandaha ngaka ga zi ko, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa gandja elombwelo kaawiliki yomiitopolwa, ano koogavena
readSMSes for Friday 08 March 2013
08-03-2013
SMS Of The Day *UNITED Africa Group is still persuing the legal battle against Epupa, while they are failing to return the funds they did not distribute to the pensioners for November / December
readBulls test for Kirwan’s unbeaten Blues
08-03-2013
SYDNEY – John Kirwan’s Auckland Blues have been the revelation of the early Super 15 season but they will face a serious test of their credentials against triple champions the Northern Bulls this
readBenson joins Laureus’ glitterati
08-03-2013
NAMIBIA’S Paralympic star Johanna Benson leaves for Rio de Janeiro today to take her place among the glittering collection of stars due to attend this year’s Laureus World Sports Awards which take
readMine boosts youth football development
08-03-2013
THE Namibia Football Association yesterday announced that it had sealed a three-year deal with mining company Skorpion Zinc to foster youth football development in the country.The sponsorship, worth
readAn uncomfortable question
08-03-2013
IT was an uncomfortable question to ask at an event honouring our latest world champion, Paulus Ambunda. We had all arrived at Sport Minister Jerry Ekandjo’s office to witness a courtesy call by
readUnited target FA Cup redemption
08-03-2013
LONDON – Manchester United will aim to vent their feelings of injustice on holders Chelsea in the FA Cup this weekend after a controversial Champions League exit against Real Madrid on Tuesday torched
readYes we can, says Akan
08-03-2013
ALI Akan is confident that his African Stars side can reel in champions Black Africa and reclaim the Namibia Premier League title. Stars trail the League leaders by six points with just seven games
readUDF youth secretary resigns
08-03-2013
THE secretary general of the opposition United Democratic Front youth league, Reginald Roman, has resigned.He indicated that he wants to concentrate on his studies, according to a senior source within
readTraditional courts struggle to get off ground
08-03-2013
WHILE traditional courts are fully operational in the northern and northeastern regions, they remain almost non-existent in the rest of the country.This is the finding of the National Assembly (NA)
readSADC gender protocol comes into force
08-03-2013
THE SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, aimed at promoting women’s empowerment and eliminating gender-based discrimination through the achievement of gender equity, came into force at the annual
readNHE labour dispute heads back to court
08-03-2013
RETRENCHED National Housing Enterprise (NHE) employees, already embroiled in a lengthy legal battle with the parastatal for nearly seven years, received a temporary reprieve when High Court Judge
readNafwu accused of ignoring arbitration order
08-03-2013
THE Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu) has reportedly not complied with an arbitration order by the Office of the Labour Commissioner which stated that it had to reinstate three dismissed workers and
readMutorwa tells drought-stricken farmers to sell livestock
08-03-2013
AGRICULTURE Minister John Mutorwa has encouraged farmers in drought-stricken areas to consider selling before the deterioration of their livestock’s condition. “All the weather signs are
readMozambican tribal queen stands up to Rio Tinto over land
08-03-2013
CAPANGA – For Mozambican tribal queen Zoria Macajo, the thatched-hut village of Capanga, nestled in the hills above the Zambezi River, has been her family’s home for generations. For mining giant Rio
readThe King’s Daughters offers a way out
08-03-2013
JOHAN Ringdal, author of ‘Love for sale: A world history of prostitution’ wrote that prostitution first came into existence in its western variety around the Mesopotamian temple. There, women
readIivula-Ithana vows to fire corrupt officials
08-03-2013
HOME Affairs and Immigration Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has told unprofessional and corrupt officials in the ministry to shape up or ship out.Addressing the ministry’s annual planning workshop
readSmall communities enjoy dividends from fisheries shares
08-03-2013
DIVIDENDS of about N$1 million were recently paid to the Topnaar Traditional Authority and the communities of Rundu and Tsumkwe for their share in the Atlantic Sea Products group of companies.These
readNam could run dry by August 2014
08-03-2013
THE City of Windhoek, together with NamWater, yesterday cautioned water users in central Namibia, and Windhoek in particular, to start using water sparingly as the wells supplying water to these areas
readSwakop to support cat colony
08-03-2013
IN order to manage the growing population of feral cats in Swakopmund, the town council has pledged N$30 000 towards the sterilisation of the felines.Although this was welcomed by the Swakopmund
readBudget debate brings parliament to life
08-03-2013
THE National Assembly (NA) came to life yesterday during the budget debate as Nudo parliamentarian Arnold Tjihuiko tore into Cabinet ministers, blaming them of mismanaging State funds. Tjihuiko said
readBricks & Concrete Industries closes shop
08-03-2013
THE State-owned construction company Bricks and Concrete Industries (BCI) closed its gates yesterday until further notice, amid fears that the company is in a financial mess and has failed to pay its
readKeep calm and stop being an animal
08-03-2013
I’M as angry as a white dude whose parking has been stolen. No, I’m angrier. If I breastfed a grownass crocodile today, that reptile would probably die from all the poison fermenting in me. I’m so
readThe Rise of the ‘Slashie’
08-03-2013
ACCORDING to the modern online dictionary, ‘UrbanDictionary’, a slashie is someone who doesn’t consider their day job as their actual job. A slashie is, for all intents and purposes, someone who waits
readAn Art Auction for John Liebenberg
08-03-2013
BEFORE Samsung and Sony flooded the market with digital cameras, and made every one with a functional index finger a photographer, photojournalist John Liebenberg was risking life and limb to document
readFrontlining on Twitter
08-03-2013
MINISKIRTS, did you say miniskirts?! Small fry. What about Winnie the Pooh? It’s a wild, wild, Winnie takes it all twitterverse!! Plus, Man- chester United and the psychology of girlfriends, Arsenal
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