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65 Articles found on Friday, 17 May 2013
Former Finance Minister Otto Herrigel dies
17-05-2013
INDEPENDENT Namibia’s first finance minister, Otto Herrigel, has died at the age of 75.Herrigel passed away in Windhoek on Monday, his wife, Karin Herrigel, confirmed yesterday. He had been ill with
readNam graduates not ready for jobs
17-05-2013
HIGHER education graduates in Namibia are not adequately prepared to face the challenges brought by the country’s changing socio-economic environment.The limited capacity of the tertiary system to
readGun toting Namibia
17-05-2013
POLICE issued close to 15 000 licenses for guns to civilians in the past two years, according to figures The Namibian obtained yesterday. One licensee can have up to four firearms.Edwin Kanguatjivi,
readBank Windhoek to list on 20 June
17-05-2013
BANK WINDHOEK Holdings plans to list on the Namibian Stock Exchange on 20 June, the bank announced on Wednesday.The company said in a statement it is going to list all its issued ordinary shares. “The
readStop Going to So Many Meetings
17-05-2013
How can you get any work done when you’re in meetings all day? You can’t. But instead of griping, be more discerning about which meetings you got to. Before saying yes to invitation, ask yourself, “If
readMany countries badly mismanage mining resources -study
17-05-2013
WASHINGTON – More than 80% of the world’s major oil and gas-producing and mining countries fail to meet “satisfactory standards” for managing their natural resources, according to a report tracking
readUS tax chief ousted in scandal
17-05-2013
WASHINGTON – Washington’s top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative
readRupert to take year off
17-05-2013
ZURICH – Richemont’s chairman and founder will take a year off from September, leaving the world’s number two luxury group in the hands of recently-named joint chief executives at a time of faltering
readPPC plans cement factory in DRC
17-05-2013
JOHANNESBURG - South African cement firm PPC Ltd plans to enter the Democratic Republic of Congo with a US$200 million factory, its chief executive said yesterday, part of its drive to boost sales
readRand drops because of Amplats strike
17-05-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Miners at South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum were set to strike from last night over proposed job cuts, a union official said, driving its shares lower and sending the rand to a
readChief executives and the itch to quit
17-05-2013
LONDON – On approaching his 60th birthday this year, long-serving Tullow Oil boss Aidan Heavey told staff he felt “like two 30 year-olds”.A handful of recent shock departures by 50-something chief
readCyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast
17-05-2013
CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH – Cyclone Mahasen buffeted Bangladesh’s low-lying coast yesterday, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar, as tens of thousands of people huddled in shelters
readIsrael to authorise four West Bank settler outposts
17-05-2013
JERUSALEM – Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorised West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed yesterday, days before US Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to
readMost of Lonmin workers report for duty
17-05-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Lonmin (JSE:LON) said yesterday that 86 percent of workers at its South African mines have reported for the morning shift after a two-day strike.Lonmin spokesperson Sue Vey said 83
readUS sees China launch as test of anti-satellite muscle
17-05-2013
WASHINGTON – The US government believes a Chinese missile launch this week was the first test of a new interceptor that could be used to destroy a satellite in orbit, a US defense official told
readTornadoes rip through Texas, killing six people
17-05-2013
DALLAS – At least six people were killed and scores more injured when tornadoes ripped through a stretch of Texas near Dallas-Fort Worth after dark on Wednesday, destroying homes and uprooting trees,
readAbstinence Will Not Work
17-05-2013
WOMEN can only use sex as a bargaining tool if men respect a woman’s right over her body. Therefore, the [Swapo Party Women’s Council] SPWC’s suggestion is fatally flawed: Namibian men do not respect
readIn A Free Namibia?
17-05-2013
RECENTLY, I witnessed an unemployed mother who used to travel almost six kilometres to fetch water for her household. It was a sad moment for me, and the sad part is that this is not water from the
readThings Falling Apart!
17-05-2013
IT IS very painful to realise and admit that something has gone wrong in your own house but I can’t keep quiet anymore.I left the ‘Land of the Brave’ to pursue my studies abroad and it seems the once
readFrom A Single Mother
17-05-2013
DEAR President Hifikepunye Pohamba, I am a single mother of three working in the retail business. Your speech on television on Workers’ Day prompted me to write this letter to you and humbly
readResisting Violence Increases Violence
17-05-2013
FOR too long my fellow countrymen and women have become content with fighting rape, murder, AIDS, drugs, violence, poverty, corruption; the list is endless.We have the tendency to fight everything we
readBeing Each Others’ Keepers
17-05-2013
I RESPECT Citizen Nahas Angula (‘We are each other’s keepers: Diversity and divergence’, The Namibian, 10 May) since I think that he is sincere about being committed to national unity. It would be
readDo We Understand Data?
17-05-2013
THE article by Citizen Nahas Angula in your edition of 10 March 2013, is informative and interesting. There is, however, something irritating about it too. The good citizen stated, after giving us
readLawmakers Must Act
17-05-2013
YES, gender-based violence (GBV) has reached worrying and unacceptable proportions. But it is interesting to know that the only social factors increasing proportionally are poverty, income inequality,
readLearn From Others
17-05-2013
THE Otavi Town Council must visit Omaruru and Outjo Town Councils and learn how to develop the town, especially the Omaruru town and residential areas. The roads, playgrounds, youth parks, sports
readDon’t Burden The Teachers
17-05-2013
IT IS true, the majority of Namibians are Christians. We observe Christian holidays with government blessing. But moral decay in our youth is not due to the abolition of Bible studies in public
readBan Christian Holidays Too!
17-05-2013
I HAVE heard enough of the heated debate between the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) over whether Bible studies should be re-introduced in public schools as a
readWho Says Slavery Is Wrong?
17-05-2013
I REFER to the letter entitled “Morality needs no religion” published in The Namibian, 10 May 2013, by Jack R Kambatuku.The main point of his letter was to attempt to state that because Namibia is
readDon’t Shift Responsibilities
17-05-2013
I HAVE respect for the outcry of Christian believers who are urging the government to have Bible lessons reintroduced in its schools.However, as far as my experience is concerned, the best and most
readTransforming Public Service Two Decades Down The Line
17-05-2013
THE transformation of the public service is a critical step towards Namibia’s growth and prosperity. I joined the public service as a teacher four years after Namibia became an independent nation. I
readThe Sky Is The Limit Even For Air Namibia
17-05-2013
THE demand for air transport shows a steady increase over the past years, with passenger numbers and freight traffic growing by 45 percent and 80 percent respectively. Forward-looking predictions
readNamibians, You Are On Your Own
17-05-2013
HAVE the Namibian Police really issued about 150 000 gun licenses in the past 14 years? That’s over 10 000 licenses [the actual number of guns could be more as one person can have up to four] a
readStop The Plunder Of Africa
17-05-2013
WITH Africa’s economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region’s vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions
readPolitical Perpective
17-05-2013
PAULUS Noa can’t drop the investigation into the Chinese scholarship saga simply because there’s been no response. That is unacceptable by any standard. It also makes the Anti Corruption Commission
readTov Multipurpose Centre tayi gandja ooN$15 kaanona 20 yopOndundu
17-05-2013
OKWA kundanekwa oTov Multipurpose Centre poTsumeb tayi kala hayi gandja oodola omulongo nantano kokanona kehe oshiwike kehe monkambadhala oku wu kaleka moskola. Aanona mbono nee taya kala anuwa haya
readDisability Council komapopyo gaKamwi
17-05-2013
OSHIKUMUNGU shoDisability Council sigo onena osha fa ngaa nee owala tashi pewathana ashike ombedhi konima sho omuwiliki gwoDisability Council gwedhina Martin Limbo a ti minista yoshikondo shuuhaku
readAanafaalama yaMangetti osho ya ningi oshigongi
17-05-2013
AANANGESHEFA yaMangetti mewiliko lyomunashipundi gwehangano lyaanangeshefa yaMangetti tate Ismael Shailemo mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika oya ningile oshigongi moka ya kundathana iinima ya pamba
readMwene gwehangano lyokutunga a pewa omimvo 9 mondholongo
17-05-2013
MWENE gwehangano lyokutunga ngono kwa kundanekwa a zimina kutya okwa kengelela uuministeli wuuhaku nonkalonawa oshimaliwa shi thike lwopomiliona yimwe oshinkwanu ne mpoka okwa tuminwa mondjedhililo
readSMSes for Friday 17 May 2013
17-05-2013
SMS Of The Day *CHINA and India’s GDP is a thousand times bigger than the Namibian GDP. The Swapo led government must explain to the nation why their contribution to Mali equals the contributions
read‘Limping Lions’ rally for derby
17-05-2013
BLACK Africa have enlisted the services of a psychologist to help them focus on retaining the Namibia Premier League championship. They head into tomorrow’s showdown against African Stars at the Sam
readNamib Quest attracts large audience
17-05-2013
THE Windhoek Lager Namib Quest Mountain Bike Challenge has been regarded as one of the most gruelling mountain bike races in the world since its inception in 2011, attracting riders from all over the
readRugby juniors get royal send off
17-05-2013
THE Namibian Under 20 rugby team was given a worthy farewell on Wednesday evening before it leaves for Chile later this month to compete in the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy competition for the first
readLet’s support the coach
17-05-2013
THE appointment of Roger Palmgren as national team coach was met with fierce opposition and conspiracy-laden scepticism by sections of worried Brave Warriors supporters. Some of his critics have
readTough opener for Suburbs
17-05-2013
DEFENDING champions Western Suburbs start their campaign in the 2013 Rugby Premier League tomorrow with a tough match against last year’s beaten finalists, Rehoboth Rugby Club. Last year’s final was a
readFrontlining on Twitter
17-05-2013
FROM the fantasy world of ‘Lord of the Rings’ to ghetto realities, Namibian tweeps get their Twit- ter weave on... (note: their Namibian weave, not Brazilian or Indian!). And, do ballerinas take their
readWaterfront developers ‘not liable to defend property rights’
17-05-2013
SAFARI Investments (SI) Namibia, owner of the La Mer waterfront under construction in Swakopmund “purchased the land with zoning and rights in place and is therefore not liable to defend the rights of
readTeenage pregnancy irks Outjo councillor
17-05-2013
THE Outjo constituency councillor Abraham Job is troubled by increasing rate of teenage pregnancy and has conducted door to door visits this week.“It troubles me, the teenage pregnancy is very
readTarred road for Omafo and Outapi
17-05-2013
THE tarring of the 98-kilometre long Omafo-Okalongo-Outapi road will soon be a reality, after President Hifikepunye Pohamba officially commenced this work at Engela in Ohangwena Region yesterday.
readSSC investment fraud trial date set
17-05-2013
EIGHT years after a botched investment of N$30 million by the Social Security Commission led to a high-profile Companies Act enquiry in the High Court in Windhoek, a date has been set for the trial of
readPolice concerned about bad publicity
17-05-2013
THE Namibian police has voiced their dissatisfaction and concern over the negativity about the police force in the media, as it is damaging the public perception.Police’s spokesperson Chief Inspector
readPohamba condemns abuse by Chinese
17-05-2013
ENGELA – President Hifikepunye Pohamba has condemned Chinese nationals who relieve themselves in plastic shopping bags and then order their Namibian workers to discard the bags of faeces and urine in
readNudo proposes drought relief fund
17-05-2013
SECRETARY General of the National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) Meundju Jahanika has proposed that government set up a drought relief fund in order to be proactive than be reactive as is the
readNavachab workers want golden handshakes
17-05-2013
WORKERS at the Navachab gold mine at Karibib are demanding their ‘years of service’ payment before the mine is sold after AngloGold Ashanti recently announced plans to dispose of the mine.Mine General
readNam faces shortage of nurses
17-05-2013
THE Minister of Health and Social Services Richard Kamwi says that with the high rate of unemployment in the country, many people had taken up nursing not because they are committed to the profession
readMeat Board welcomes performance agreement
17-05-2013
THE Chairperson of Meat Board of Namibia Poena Potgieter says the organisation is happy with the signing of governance and performance agreements with Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry that
readDoctor cautioned for misdiagnosing a patient
17-05-2013
FOUR years ago Baby Ryklief was born with exposed intestines. The doctor who delayed his treatment, through telephonic instructions misdiagnosed him and he died. The doctor was found guilty last
readCity residents cautioned to use water sparingly
17-05-2013
THE residents of Windhoek will be experiencing the first phase of water supply interruptions, caused by the upgrading of the water pipelines, which will begin today.Today the transfer of water from
readNew bus stop to reduce chaotic situations
17-05-2013
THE N$1,6 million transit facility built to minimise chaos at bus stops has been standing idle for over six months.The Brakwater long distance transit facility to eastern regions which is located at
readMinistry probes Blouwes traditional leadership dispute
17-05-2013
THE Government will soon launch an investigation into the succession dispute that has engulfed the Blouwes Traditional Authority (BTA) leadership. This was revealed by local government permanent
readFlying off to Twitter
17-05-2013
When my best friend scolded me to open a Twitter account, I would often roll my eyes at her and wonder what the big deal was. I was at the time an avid Facebooker, being totally engrossed in my blue
read5 Deaths by Social Media
17-05-2013
ThOUGh we’ll probably be exiled somewhere as remote and abandoned as MySpace for saying this, there are Luddites among us who long for the days before receiving handwritten letters, maintaining
readPhotographs of the Founding Father
17-05-2013
IT’S hard to believe that there are people living in Namibia who would be unable to identify the distinctive white beard and large black spectacles so iconic of the country’s Founding Father.Having
readTwo Cappuccinos with Wings
17-05-2013
I’m a bum magnet. Wherever I am, whatever I’m doing, homeless people stick to me like white on rice and make sure I know just how long it’s been since they had a decent meal. Though it’s not much of
readNotable Quotes
17-05-2013
We want to make sure the lives of our people who visit these people are protected, because some of these healers even claim to heal HIV-Aids. – Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Petrina
readSackey on a Fool’s Errand
17-05-2013
I just couldn’t get myself to write earlier about the bold faced mindlessness of one Sackey Shangala.You know your country is in shit up to its armpits when one of its supposed pre-eminent legal minds
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