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44 Articles found on Thursday, 2 May 2013
Teko trial: Focus stays on truck deal
02-05-2013
AN Oshakati-based businessman who bought one of the tipper trucks which the transport company Namib Contract Haulage imported from China at the start of 2007 testified on Tuesday that he paid the
readMystery around Tsvangirai’s visit
02-05-2013
MYSTERY surrounds the impending visit to Namibia by Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.At the time of going to press yesterday, no one in the Namibian government could confirm the visit.
readTipeeg moving too slowly
02-05-2013
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday, revealed that the government was running behind schedule to create jobs through the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth
readNOT AN OFF DAY
02-05-2013
A worker cuts a block of limestone at a stone and marble factory on Work-ers Day (yesterday) in Amman, Jordan. Workers’ unions and human rights organisations throughout the world used the day to
readTschudi gets enviro clearance
02-05-2013
WEATHERLY International, the London-based parent entity of Weatherly Mining Namibia, has received environmental clearance for the Tschudi copper project near Tsumeb from the Ministry of Environment
readBeware of Facebook’s ‘like farmers’
02-05-2013
Facebook has been undergoing some changes which users have likely noticed. The social media site are putting more and more adverts into your news feed and getting better at tailoring those adverts to
readZiekenoppasser bemoans absence of consumer protection act
02-05-2013
Veteran consumer lobbyists, Bob Ziekenoppasser this week added his voice to recent calls by consumer activists for the speedy enactment of consumer legislation in Namibia.He warned that Namibian
readUse Your Online Network to Test Ideas
02-05-2013
MOST managers today understand the importance of reaching out to colleagues through LinkedIn, following and being followed on Twitter, and actively participating in corporate social media initiatives
readSA trade deficit narrows
02-05-2013
JOHANNESBURG – Increased exports and weaker imports narrowed South Africa’s trade deficit to N$7.8 billion in March, down from N$9.5 billion the previous month the revenue authority said this week.
readEgypt’s halts privatisation
02-05-2013
CAIRO – Egypt will keep all state-owned firms in public hands, President Mohamed Mursi said in a speech on Tuesday, calling a halt to a flawed privatisation programme that failed to kick-start the
readDrum manufacturers expand supply chain
02-05-2013
What started as a conversation between friends became a successful business, and an asset for the mining and manufacturing supply chain in Erongo.Pine van Wyk, Hans Botha and Robert de Villiers
readVictor, the very lucky pangolin
02-05-2013
IN March, life was looking rather bleak for Victor, the Cape pangolin.He had been captured from the wild by a poacher and was being kept in a box while his captor searched Walvis Bay for a buyer.
readState of war protects Chad’s last elephants
02-05-2013
ZAKOUMA NATIONAL PARK - In an isolated wilderness in Chad, a war is being fought to save Central Africa’s decimated elephant herds from gangs of ivory poachers.The frontline is the southern Zakouma
readPolicy for better resource management
02-05-2013
CONSERVANCIES are a step closer to addressing natural resource management, good governance and mapping joint venture contracts with the national policy on Community-based Natural Resource Management
readConservancies want human wildlife conflict policy reviewed
02-05-2013
REPRESENTATIVES of 79 conservancies in Namibia have called on Government to revise the 2009 Human Wildlife Conflict (HWC) Policy so that various guidelines can be reconsidered.Speaker after speaker
readUAE president’s UK visit clouded by ‘torture’ claims
02-05-2013
WINDSOR, United Kingdom – The UAE president was welcomed with full ceremonial splendour on Tuesday for a two-day state visit to Britain, but he faces questions later over claims of torture from three
readGupta saga an insult, says Cosatu
02-05-2013
JOHANNESBURG – South Africans have been insulted by the Gupta family’s alleged misuse of government resources, Cosatu said yesterday.“It is an absolute insult to the people of South Africa that
readWillem-Alexander sworn in as Dutch king
02-05-2013
AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands’ Willem-Alexander became Europe’s youngest monarch on Tuesday after his mother, queen Beatrix, abdicated and his country greeted their first king in more than 120 years
readPakistan-US alliance takes hits on campaign trail
02-05-2013
ISLAMABAD – On the campaign trail in Pakistan, candidates boast about their readiness to stand up to Washington and often tout their anti-American credentials. One party leader even claims he would
readJackson’s private life on display in civil trial
02-05-2013
LOS ANGELES – Jurors in the civil case between Michael Jackson’s mother and concert giant AEG Live got another glimpse of the singer’s private life through the eyes of a paramedic who described the
readNamibian Rugby takes centre stage
02-05-2013
The Namibia Rugby Union has secured several friendly matches for the national team, the Welwitschias, as their preparation for the 2015 World Cup intensifies. So far this year, the Welwitschias have
readSwimmers excel at Cana Champs
02-05-2013
NAMIBIAN swimmers excelled at the CANA Zone 3 and 4 Championships in Zambia last week, coming second overall in the medal count and breaking 17 championship records.Zanre Oberholzer and Nicolai
readMamabolo delighted to be cleared
02-05-2013
COMRADES Marathon champion Ludwick Mamabolo says he is relieved after being cleared of doping charges, more than 10 months after winning the annual ultra-marathon in KwaZulu-Natal.“I am delighted that
readNo place to hide in the Cup quarterfinals
02-05-2013
LOSING will not be an option when the Vodacom Cup quarterfinals take place across the country this weekend.Durban, Cape Town, Nelspruit and Pretoria host the top eight teams tomorrow and Saturday in a
readNamolo wary of United in Cup semis
02-05-2013
MIGHTY Gunners utility player Veno Namolo believes his side need to be their best when they face United Stars in the semi finals of the Bidvest Namibia Cup on 11 May.Reacting after Tuesday’s
readMourinho exit would leave Real in a hole
02-05-2013
BARCELONA – Jose Mourinho’s possible departure from Real Madrid at the end of the season would leave club president Florentino Perez in a tricky situation as he seeks an adequate replacement for the
readWe can’t throw in the towel: De Sa
02-05-2013
A SHOCK defeat has doomed Orlando Pirates to a fate which is almost certain to deny them a third successive league title, but coach Roger de Sa says his team has no option but to keep
readSMSes for Thursday 02 May 2013
02-05-2013
SMS Of The Day *THE maintenance court must make a plan with the fathers who run away from supporting their children. We, as mothers, have to struggle everyday for our children to ensure they have
readChasing the dots Ex-Workers Day or May Day?
02-05-2013
MAY Day celebrations originally had their source in my long ago ancestors, the Celts, when May 1 was the beginning of summer and a celebration of the fertility rights of the land, animals and, of
readFrom The Twittersphere
02-05-2013
GOODBYE April, hallo May. There was no may or maybe yesterday, as Namibians worked the 140 to the full (well, almost) to give the first day of the fifth month its due. From patriotism to ‘Gangnam’
readSwapo sends team to unite Grootfontein
02-05-2013
THE Swapo Party is set to intervene in Grootfontein’s membership squabbles by sending a team to the Otjozondjupa Region to bring about unity at that town after years of personality clashes and
readEtosha villagers live in the past
02-05-2013
NAMIBIA has been independent for 23 years and although there are major developmental changes in some towns and villages, others have been neglected with little or no change taking place.One such
readMedia to mark World Press Freedom Day
02-05-2013
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) will pay tribute to all the journalists who were killed for their unwavering commitment in southern Africa and the rest of the world, by celebrating the
readHélder Mendes to perform in Namibia
02-05-2013
Angolan Afro Pop musician Hélder Mendes and his five piece band are on tour through southern Africa, which would not be complete without a stop in Windhoek.On invitation of the Franco-Namibian
readOndonga authority hits back at Kashuupulwa
02-05-2013
THE Ondonga Traditional Authority (OTA) has hit back at the Governor of Oshana Region Clemens Kashuupulwa for claiming that the proposal to create Peter Nanyemba Region, which covers a big part of
readUeitele pledges to unify Omaheke
02-05-2013
THE newly appointed Omaheke regional governor, Festus Ueitele has committed his tenure to fighting for unity transcending political, tribal, religious, and gender.Ueitele said unity is the only tool
readNamibians are stupid – Tjekero Tweya
02-05-2013
“NAMIBIANS are stupid” because instead of adding value to local resources and “thinking out of the box”, they import the majority of finished products, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Tjekero
readArbitrator appointed for NAC dispute
02-05-2013
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority has appointed an arbitrator to solve the long-standing dispute between the Namibia Airports Company and its retrenched employees.NAC
readGovt worried by kangaroo meat finding
02-05-2013
THE discovery that some processed meat products stocked on Namibian shelves contain kangaroo meat and are being sold to consumers without their knowledge has been described as “worrisome” by the
readOver 140 fishing right holders registered
02-05-2013
A TOTAL of 145 fishing companies/right holders are registered with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Finance for value added tax (VAT) purposes.This was said by Fisheries and Marine
readCultural collaboration at Nambique fashion show
02-05-2013
As part of an extended cultural exchange programme, the African Catwalkers (Namibia) is hosting a fashion show to expose Namibian and Mozambican fashion. Last year, a group of Namibian models and
readVisitors impressed by Russia’s Sedov
02-05-2013
HUNDREDS of people visited the 92-year-old four-mast Sedov sailing ship, the world’s largest traditional sailing ship, during an open day at Walvis Bay yesterday.This is the first time the Sedov has
readOluchi to host ‘Africa’s Next Top Model’
02-05-2013
Tyra Banks and Oluchi Orlandi have joined forces.The models have confirmed a collaboration, which will see a production of ‘Africa’s Next Top Model’. Tyra is the host of the American version of this
readNotable Quotes
02-05-2013
The governor should understand that the African set-up still honours our kings and chiefs, and it’s a democratic right for everyone to approach any traditional leadership for any advice without any
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