Saturday, Jan 28th
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Headlines:
PM wants SOE watchdog
Prime Minister Nahas Angula has called for the establishment of a Ministry of Public Enterprises dedicated to the supervision of all State Owned Enterprises in order to have accountability and efficiency in the public sector.
In an exclusive interview with the Economist, Angula said a Public Enterprises Ministry with departments performing an oversight function to a parastatal in a particular economic sector was the panacea to the problems of inefficiency and unaccountability.
He s...
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Cautious optimism for diamonds
The Namibian diamond industry is cautiously optimistic about 2012. Ing...
JSE hits 34000
The All-share index of the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) hit ...
No impunity for violators
Commissioner warns companies to honour Affirmative Action legislation
E...
Bacardi celebrates 150
Bacardi Limited, the world’s largest privately-owned spirits company, said this week that 2012 will be its most innovative year since the creation of BACARDI rum in 1862. Throughout the year, Bacardi will host one-of-a-kind birthday parties, launch s...
Minister urges right holders to operate within law
Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernhard Esau has called upon new right holders to run their business and fishing operations within the framework of the law, meet set obligations and perform in terms of conditions of the rights allocated ...
Operation smile visits again
Operation Smile South Africa (OSSA), in partnership with the Namibian Ministry of Health, will conduct free pre and post-mission health assessments on all children and adults born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate, or any other correctable facial ...
No trucks between Swakop and Walvis Bay
Numerous fatal accidents have occurred on the 30 kilometre road between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund especially during the festive season. In a bid to curb fatalities this holiday, heavy trucks, truck-trailer-combinations and two and three-axle trucks a...
Electric cars for Durban conference
A dozen electric cars from the Renault-Nissan Alliance will highlight the benefits of green transportation and will provide zero-emission shuttle services for delegates at the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference which will be hosted from 28...
Test drive and score a Fiat 500
WesBank and the Spes Bona Motor Company this week announced the first interim winners of the WesBank and Fiat competition.
Corne’ Bergh and Arlien Burger were the winners of the first two keys. One of them now stand a chance to win a Fiat 500 at...
Public meetings on coal power station commences
NamPower and Aurecon, the consultant company hired to conduct the Environmental Socio Economic Impact Assessment for the Erongo Coal Power Station, began with the second round of public participation meetings in Windhoek on Wednesday.
Diane Eras...
Hygiene rentals now in Bidvest stable
Bidvest has added another reputable company to its fold.
As a recognised and trusted brand, Steiner Hygiene is a service-orientated organisation providing hygiene rental equipment and related services to a wide spectrum of businesses – from small to l...
More vehicles sold in 2011
Total new vehicles sold in 2011 rose to 12 409 units, a 9.7% increase compared to 11 313 units sold in the previous year driven by strong sales in the commercial vehicles segment which sold a record 7000 units in the period under review.
Figures...
Conservationists share their love of big cats
World-famous conservationists Jonathan and Angela Scott will visit the Cheetah Conservation Fund’s centre near Otjiwarongo to familiarise themselves with conservation efforts in the country.
Jonathan and Angela Scott are known for their photographs, b...
Preliminary census results to be released in March
The National Planning Commission (NPC) will release preliminary results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census in March, according to Liina Kafidi, census manager at the NPC’s Central Bureau of Statistics.
The official date of the release of the Ce...
NamPower creates opportunities
The Nampower Bursary Scheme granted over 14 bursaries to successful applicants last week.
The scheme provides bursaries to students who achieve outstanding Grade 12 results, are in need of financial assistance and want to further studies in the ...
Offbeat - 19 January 2012
The little dears don’t eat people: their teeth are too underdeveloped to break skin when they bite, usually. And they prefer sweet stuff, or mushy carrots.
According to Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould’s seminal work on lycanthropy and metempsychosis for ...
Film Review - THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Venue: Cine 3, Ster-Kinekor Maerua Mall
Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Director: David Finscher
Screenplay: Steve Zaillian
Players: Daniel Craig; Rooney Mara, Robin Wright; Christopher Plummer; Stellan Skaarsgard; Joely Richardson
Genre: thriller; ...
Offbeat - 13 January 2012
2011 blew chunks, to put it mildly, and 2012 looks even grimmer. The reason you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel is because the headlamp on the oncoming train is malfunctioning.
The celebrations, this year two hedonistic games of Scrabble ...
The lack of consensus is a flashing red light signalling uncertainty everywhere
Next week’s edition is dedicated to forecasts and expectations for this year. This is somewhat a
dangerous undertaking. It is also best not left to the views of a single person mostly due to the pervasive uncertainity of where this year will lea...
Fitch maintains our BBB- rating but the outlook slips from Positive to Stable
The severe criticism against ratings agencies, following the 2007/08 international financial meltdown, has certainly lead to substantial improvement in their work. This is most notable in their latest sovereign rating for Namibia, released less than ...
It is not a nuclear reaction - not yet!
When three major players in one industry, all announce substantial shifts in strategy and/or focus in a very short span, it signals a fundamental change in the underlying assumptions. These past two weeks saw one surprise after another as first Extra...
RDP Youth League separates lies from truth
Dear sir,
The Rally for Democracy and Progress Youth League (RDPYL) feels very provoked and indeed insulted to have its leader, Hidipo Hamutenya called a thug and wrongfully accused of being responsible for the demise and failure of DBC and AMCOM.
We f...
Damaseb must take responsibility
Judge President Petrus Damaseb’s complaints that excessive delays in the delivery of High Court judgements erode trust in the justice system, may mislead the public into believing that someone else outside of the High Court, is to blame for such dela...
Concerning the economy
Dear sir,
Allow me some brief observations on the local economy seen against the background [of your weekly radio interviews].
Regarding the new dam in the south: where will the water come from? Back in 1954, when I was attending school in Keetmanshoop...
We should learn from European countries
Have you ever been to a place where everything just looks perfect? I had the opportunity to stay in Europe late last year; Norway to be specific. I went there as part of a student exchange programme and I should say I was impressed from the very mome...
What is innovation?
Background
This is the first of a series of fortnightly articles focusing on the topic of innovation. I intend to inform, educate or at least make you curious about this topic that I am so passionate about. I have studied many academic fields wi...
Hardfacts on Software - Gartner identifies top 10 strategic technologies for 2012
Welcome to 2012! Let’s kick off the year with an investigation on what 2012 has in store for us! In October last year Gartner highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organisations in 2012. Let’s look at the firs...
Archers train at SKW
The popularity of archery as a sport was demonstrated at a recent training camp when archers aged 7 to 50 participated under the instruction of two top international archers.
Archery is supported and promoted by the Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW), which in...
Young aces shine in junior tennis
The Namibian Tennis Association (NTB) played host to 104 of southern Africa’s best junior tennis players at the recent ITF/CAT Southern Africa Junior Championships. Bob Mould, President of the NTA, said “We are proud to host this importan...
German boost for Basketball
The German Basketball Federation (DBB) and is Namibian partner, (NBF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) early this week. DBB representative, Joachim Spaegele and NBF president, Kerii Tjitendero signed the agreement at the Directorate of Spor...
Understanding Weather - Not Predicting - 19 January 2012
What happened?
The severe heat of the previous three weeks was finally broken this week. The northerly flow attracted by the lower pressure, caused widespread rains over the central, eastern, northwestern, northern and northeastern parts. But except f...
Understanding Weather - Not Predicting - 13 Jan 2012
What happened?
For more than just a few weeks the main anticyclonic core in the southern hemisphere has extended from the western South Atlantic eastward to cover southern Africa. This belt of high pressure is well marked throughout the troposphere fr...
German contribution to mitigate climate change
This article was prepared for the COP 17 meeting in Durban, late last year. It is reproduced here for its local relevance.
Climate change is the definitive challenge of the 21st century. Changes in the climate destroy the basis on which human life sub...
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