Namibia News

The Namibian 12 November 2009 FOUR cheetah cubs that were rescued in July this year - Polly, Tony, Mischief and Phil have made great progress through rehabilitation efforts and are now in great health.

Travellers seeking a quiet place need look no further than the numerous towns around the world that have been abandoned for one reason or another.

GOVERNMENT yesterday condemned the politically motivated violence between Swapo and RDP supporters at Outapi on Sunday.

THE Magistrates' Commission is taking Justice Minister Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana to court to compel her to "do her job" after it accused her of refusing to dismiss a magistrate.

AN attempt to get the High Court to prevent the annual Damara cultural festival from being held at Okombahe this past weekend ended in defeat for traditional leader Immanuel /Gseb. An urgent application through which /Gseb, the Government-recognised Chief of the !Oe Gn Damara community, tried to get the court order was dismissed by Acting Judge ...

The Competition Commission has quizzed listed road construction and rehabilitation company Raubex as part of its general investigation into anti-competitive practices in the construction industry.

COMPLETE mayhem broke out at Outapi yesterday as Police were forced to try and diffuse a confrontation between supporters of Swapo and the Rally for Democracy and Progress during a planned RDP rally at the town.

VIOLENCE shook the farm Riksburg in the Karibib district on Saturday morning when a small group of unidentified men assaulted and seriously injured an old lady and her housekeeper before firing several shots at the farmworkers.

An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators had concluded that Zimbabwe's military had organized smuggling syndicates with the government's permission and used "extreme violence" against illegal miners.

The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today.

In light of serious concerns about Zimbabwe's compliance with the Kimberley Process rough diamond certification scheme, we await full and expeditious implementation of the stringent controls for exports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields that were agreed at the KP Plenary in Swakopmund, Namibia, on November 5. The United States ...

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has likened the European Union's trade negotiations with Namibia to the days of apartheid, saying the powerhouse is refusing to treat the country as an equal and listen to its concerns about the controversial economic partnership agreement .

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has seized the computer of Namibia's Petroleum Commissioner, Immanuel Mulunga, following a fight over the shareholding in an exclusive exploration licence for coal methane gas involving Usuta Imbili, daughter of the Founding President, businessman Sacky Nujoma and Mntu Nduvane, former managing director of Total ...

ZIMBABWE has placed the blame for not complying with the principles of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme on the global diamond trade regulator itself, saying the watchdog has reneged on technical assistance to the country.

BOTH drivers a Police officer and a civilian whose vehicles plunged into the sea ahead of the President's motorcade near Swakopmund last week are facing a charge of reckless and negligent driving.

The president of the South Africa Business Enterprise Forum , Lebo Gunguluza, says transformational leadership in Namibia is the way to go to implement a holistic black economic empowerment approach.

South Africa and Namibia have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of transport and infrastructure development, among others.

VARIOUS political parties last week set out their position on homosexuality - a subject often regarded as taboo.

THE 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 for the new Etango uranium mine have warned.

AS members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme convene in Swakopmund today for a Plenary Meeting that will last until Thursday, various human rights groups calling for the suspension of Zimbabwe from the scheme have dismissed the KPCS as a failure.