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THE national Tender Board, charged with the government's procurement, exempted tenders worth N$12,3 billion between 2004 and 2007, exceeding the amount for tenders awarded through the normal procurement process. Revelations of the N$12,333 857 600 spent in four years comes a few weeks after The Namibian reported that there is a trend emerging at various ministries where they request exemptions
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FORTY-THREE of the men who have been facing charges in the marathon Caprivi high treason trial were pronounced not guilty on all charges yesterday. Judge Elton Hoff discharged the 43 following the close of the prosecution's case against them. Sixty-five accused persons now remain in the dock in the trial, facing a total of 278 charges in connection with allegations
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IN the first case of its kind in a Namibian court, an urgent interdict directing someone to remove defamatory material from his Facebook page was issued in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday. With the interdict, granted by Acting Judge Esi Schimming-Chase, German national Klaus Weichhaus has been ordered to remove all defamatory material related to his Namibian former girlfriend
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Windhoek — One in three children in Namibia still grows up in households that are poor. "Poverty has a deep and long-lasting impact on the lives and development of children in Namibia, especially their health and education. If poverty is not addressed at an early age it is being passed on from generation to generation," says Namibia's Statistician-General, Dr John
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In a landmark judgment, the High Court in Windhoek found today that the Namibian government had coercively sterilised three HIV-positive women in violation of their basic rights. "This decision is a significant victory for HIV positive women in Namibia," said Nicole Fritz, the Executive Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC). "This ruling affirms not only the rights of
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Namibia and Botswana on Tuesday inaugurated their links to a 14,000 kilometre (8,700 mile) underground cable system that provides both with faster and cheaper Internet connectivity. The $750 million fibre optic submarine West African Cable System (WACS), which went live in Namibia last month, delivers a speed of 5.12 terabits per second and stretches down the west coast of Africa.
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Namibia slammed reports Friday that it had exported nine orphaned elephants to Mexico, angrily denying the claims that sparked outrage in a nation proud of its conservation record. Mexican businessman Frank Camacho said Tuesday his wildlife reserve had brought the young animals to Mexico after their parents were shot dead by hunters in Namibia. Though Namibia did ship nine elephants,
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Windhoek - A Nambian journalist on Friday won a defamation case against the ruling South West Africa People's Organisation after its online publication called him a former anti-independence fighter. John Grobler, 48, sued the Swapo mouthpiece newspaper Namibia Today online for calling him an "ex-Koevoet" and a "mercenary" in an editorial in 2009. The Koevoet, Afrikaans for "crowbar", was a
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THE buzz surrounding the start of Big Brother Africa has rocketed up more than a few notches with the news that Grammy-nominated rapper J Cole will perform at the opening of the show. Yes Namibian fans, you heard correctly! J Cole. MultiChoice made the grand announcement on Monday, along with the news that this year's show will be called Big
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More than 20 traditional chiefs of Namibia's nomadic Himba people have appealed to the United Nations to stop construction of a huge dam in their area, human rights activists said Thursday. The Himba say that generations of graves would be flooded by the mooted 1,700-gigawatt hydroelectric dam. The Himba worry their ancestors will be angered and could react badly, causing
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When Wendelinus Hamutenya told his father that he was gay, the then 18-year-old was packed off to the psychiatric ward of the Windhoek Central Hospital. Seven years later, he's the country's most visible gay man, after winning the inaugural "Mr Gay Namibia" pageant -- which will make him the first black African to compete for the title of Mr Gay
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Windhoek - A Namibian journalist is suing the ruling South West Africa Peoples' Organisation (SWAPO) for defamation after the party labelled him a former anti-independence fighter and a mercenary, a court heard on Monday. John Grobler, 48, alleges that in 2009 Swapo mouthpiece newspaper Namibia Today in an editorial referred to him as an "ex-Koevoet and a "mercenary". The Koevoet,
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THE Police in the central North have reported that 27 people have drowned in dams, wells and oshanas so far this rainy season. Many of them are children. According to Chief Inspector Karl Theron, most of the cases have been reported in the Oshana and Omusati regions. He said from November 28 last year to the past weekend, nine people
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Namibia's competition commission said Wednesday it had cleared a Chinese nuclear company to take over an Australian mining firm with rights to the world's fourth-largest uranium deposit. The go-ahead would allow Taurus Mineral, a subsidiary of state-owned China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Company (CGNPC), to buy a controlling share in Australia-based Extract Resources, which holds exploration licenses for the massive
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Oshakati — A Cessna plane made an emergency landing on water on a pan in the Etosha National Park last week. The aircraft has since been retrieved and was transported to Windhoek yesterday for investigations on the cause of the accident. A safari tour over Etosha National Park almost ended in tragedy early last week when the engine of the
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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Thursday hailed Africa as a "golden ground" for foreign investment, and vowed to work with Chinese firms to ensure they comply with local labour laws. "Africa is a fertile place for foreign investors and it is a golden ground for Africa to attract foreign investors, especially for infrastructure which is the blood and muscle
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A large metallic ball fell out of the sky on a remote grassland in Namibia, prompting baffled authorities to contact NASA and the European space agency. The hollow ball with a circumference of 1.1 metres (43 inches) was found near a village in the north of the country some 750 kilometres (480 miles) from the capital Windhoek, according to police
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Rundu — A tendency by male teachers to bribe parents with money and cattle after impregnating their school-going children is spiralling out of control in the Kavango Region, New Era can reveal. This is against the backdrop of a standing regulation by the Ministry of Education that any teacher who impregnates or is involved in an intimate relationship with a
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THE Namibian Government has vowed to engage their Nigerian counterparts to have the, allegedly abducted, two minor children of a Namibian doctor, Dr Merlyn Ehileme, returned. In a letter in The Namibian's possession, Wilbard Hellao says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "takes issues involving violation of the rights of children very seriously and it is doing everything to engage the
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Namibia's urban population is growing while poverty and inequality have become less glaring, new statistics showed Friday. According to the latest findings from the 2009-10 national household survey, "37.9 percent of Namibia's population lives in urban areas," up from the 35 percent registered at the previous survey six years earlier, said government statistician Fanuel Hangula. The associated change in the
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Namibian boxer Paulus Ambunda retained the WO African bantamweight title courtesy a split point decision victory over South African Bongani Mahlangu on Saturday in Windhoek. Namibian boxer Paulus Ambunda retained the WO African bantamweight title courtesy a split point decision victory over South African Bongani Mahlangu on Saturday in Windhoek. Two of the judges scored 115-113 in favour of Ambunda
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THIS week is World Mental Health Week with the theme 'Investing In Mental Health'. A message from the secretary general of the World Health Organisation says mental disorders are major contributors to illness and premature death, and are responsible for 13 per cent of the global disease burden. With the global economic downturn - and associated austerity measures - the
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Germany will face up to a bloody chapter of its colonial past Friday when it hands back 20 skulls spirited away after what many historians call the first genocide of the 20th century.
A delegation of 55 Namibians is in Berlin to attend the solemn ceremony to receive the remains which they hope will be just
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A Namibian delegation left for Germany Sunday to reclaim about 20 human skulls used by colonial-era scientists who sought to prove the racial superiority of whites over blacks.
Namibia's Herero ethnic group, incensed by German settlers stealing their land, cattle and women, launched an uprising against their colonial rulers in January 1904.
Around
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Windhoek — Raging bush fires destroyed more than 9 000 hectares of grazing land and killed at least 547 small livestock in the Erongo Region.
The latest incidents that resulted in large-scale damage occurred over the past two weeks, New Era can reveal from its sources.
The worst affected areas are: Spitzkoppe, Tubusis,
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