All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Fire ECN Forthwith - De Waal Brigitte Weidlich30 November 2009THE entire staff and the directors of the Electoral Commission of Namibia should be fired, the Chairman of the DTA of Namibia said yesterday, alleging incompetence.The DTA joined the chorus of RDP, Swanu and Republican Party (RP), which told reporters on Saturday night that the indelible ink put on voters' fingers to prevent...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
BEIJING — Like parents everywhere, mothers and fathers in , an impoverished southern African nation, worry about college costs and opportunities for their children. The Chinese government has stepped forward to help — for a select and powerful few. Brigitte Weidlich/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesChina has aided relatives of Namibia's former president, Sam Nujoma, left, and his successor,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Foreign Election Observers Set to Arrive Next Week Brigitte Weidlich12 November 2009|| Share: SIXTEEN days before the parliamentary and presidential elections on November 27 and 28, billboards are now being put up in various towns by various political parties, making it more obvious to the public that elections are just around the corner.So far, election momentum appears to have been...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
N$250 Million for Additional Diesel Plant At Walvis Brigitte Weidlich9 November 2009|| Share: THE power utility NamPower has awarded an N$250 million tender for an emergency electrical power capacity at Walvis Bay to Barloworld Namibia.The additional 21,5 megawatt (MW) will be generated after a short construction period of only 12 months, John Kaimu, Manager for Marketing and Corporate...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Party Manifestos - Land and Agriculture Brigitte Weidlich6 November 2009LAND and agriculture are key sectors in Namibia - agriculture is the largest employer in the economy with over 50 000 people directly and indirectly employed.It is thus no surprise that political parties devote a lot of space to this topic.The All People's Party (APP) wants to fast-track land reform to ensure this...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
New Uranium Mine Will Destroy Goanikontes Brigitte Weidlich28 October 2009THE desert scenery east of Goanikontes in the Namib Desert would be irreversibly destroyed by a new uranium mine and the 'sense of place' lost forever, experts who undertook an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the new Etango uranium mine have warned.In the comprehensive EIA report, which was posted online...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Education Forum for San Revived Brigitte Weidlich27 October 2009|| Share: MEMBERS of the marginalised San communities in Namibia have revived the local chapter of a regional education forum, which had been dormant for a couple of years.A Namibian steering committee of the Southern Africa San Education Forum (Sasef) was elected on Wednesday after a two-day meeting, which also included...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Swapo and RDP Face Off Again Brigitte Weidlich29 October 2009|| Share: FRICTION between supporters of the ruling Swapo Party and the RDP flared up again in the Omusati Region yesterday, barely 24 hours after a similar face-off at Outapi, according to human rights monitors."We received an urgent phone call just after 15h00 yesterday from the leader of the RDP group, Nicanor Ndjoze, who...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
New Book Explores the Heritage of the Haikom Brigitte Weidlich22 October 2009THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has published a book on the cultural heritage of the Haikom, one of the marginalised San-speaking groups, who lived in the Etosha National Park for centuries until they were evicted by the South African apartheid regime in the early 1950s.The book with the title 'Born in Etosha...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Ithana Says Not Let-Up in Attacks On the Namibian Brigitte Weidlich20 October 2009|| Share: SWAPO Secretary General and Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana used a rally at Outjo on Saturday to once again openly attack The Namibian newspaper and its editor for allegedly provoking the Namibian people and "crushing Namibia's image internationally".Saying that black residents of Outjo...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
12 Firms Bid for New Ballot Printing Tender Brigitte Weidlich21 October 2009|| Share: A DOZEN companies have submitted bids for the new printing tender for next month's ballot papers and the bids ranged from N$850 333 to N$4,6 million.Only four printing companies submitted bids the first time round.The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) re-advertised the tender on Friday after it last...
