Vimbai Karumazondo 4 August 2011 Windhoek — Various youth came together this past weekend to attend the Namibia Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Youth Conference. The event took place at the Habitat Research and Development Centre in Katutura. The event was aimed at learning about climate change adaptation, finding solutions and to develop the Namibian youth [...]
WINDHOEK – Truth-bending and bashing approach by animal activist groups continue to irk Namibian authorities, and the Namibian Ombudsman has vowed to make its findings public, once impartial investigations into seal culling are complete. Animal rights groups’ continuous description of seals as “endangered” as per the definition by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species [...]
WINDHOEK – A Namibian cultural group was judged the most popular at the recent sixth Sabah International Folklore Festival 2011, in Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah in Kota Kinabalu. The event provides a vast platform for cultural enthusiasts around the world to enjoy and witness the beauty and uniqueness of cultural dances, traditional costumes and extravagant performance [...]
By: CATHERINE SASMAN John Walters OMBUDSMAN John Walters says he has not stopped the investigation into Namibia’s controversial seal culling, but stressed that he would conduct it of his own volition without any interference, threats or demands from elsewhere. “I will determine the nature, extent and direction of the investigation,” said Walters in response to [...]
WINDHOEK – Confidence returned to the market as sales of commercial vehicles climbed and private sector credit extension remained firm. This pushed up the IJG Business Climate Index to 2.9 basis points at the end of June at 113.8 basis points overall. The consumption index rose 6.8 basis points as passenger vehicle sales rose 31 [...]
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Aug 03, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – INV Metals Inc. (“INV Metals” or the “Company”) /quotes/zigman/51921 CA:INV 0.00% announced that it has filed a Technical Report entitled “Technical Report on the Okohongo Copper-Silver Property in Northwest Namibia” (“Technical Report”) with Canadian securities regulators,Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/inv-metals-files-technical-report-on-the-okohongo-deposit-namibia-2011-08-03-71150?reflink=MW_news_stmp
John Ekongo 1 August 2011 Walvis Bay — The Namibian Seaman and Allied Workers Union (Nasawu) is considering approaching the courts to compel Tunacor Fishing Company to heed to their salary and employment benefit demands following a botched strike on Friday. A strike by employees of the fishing company, mostly members of Nasawu, weakened after [...]
1 August 2011 THE sixth Namibia SME Expo, which will run from 3 to 5 August at the NamPower Convention Centre in Windhoek, will, for the first time, give entrepreneurs an opportunity to meet service providers who can assist them to improve their businesses with mentoring and training. “The aim is to make business training [...]
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Non-governmental Organisations Forum (NANGOF) has blasted the Law Society of Namibia’s (LSN) application to the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) for exemption to set and charge preset tariffs for services rendered. In a letter addressed to Vivian Katjiuongua, Assistant Secretary, Restrictive Business Practices at the Namibia Competition Commission, Michael Gaweseb, NANGOF Trust [...]
Namibia: Stop Paying Lip Service to Inequality and Poverty Namibia Economist (Windhoek) 29 July 2011 Last week I had a conversation with a long lost friend. Several issues came up, including inequalities in Namibia, our tendency to play victims of colonialism and entitlement. [ See Article ] Read more: http://allafrica.com/comments/list/aans/post/post/id/201107291146.html
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Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]