June 2012

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Morsi faces huge economic challenges

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:57
CAIRO - NAMPA/AFP
Egypt faces significant immediate economic challenges, especially the need to restart growth and address fiscal and external imbalances.
NAMPA/AFP

The major challenge facing Egypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi will be how to redress the downward spiral of the country's battered economy which relies heavily on tourism, analysts say. Read more about Morsi faces huge economic challenges

All eyes on summit as euro crisis deepens

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:27
BRUSSELS - NAMPA/AFP
EU leaders debate ‘a big leap forward’ to strengthen their union and save the euro at a two-day summit that started yesterday, but divisions may scuttle efforts to shore up the single currency.

European Union heads of state and government met yesterday as the debt crisis, now in its third year, widens to Cyprus and Spain after contaminating Greece, Portugal and Ireland. Read more about All eyes on summit as euro crisis deepens

SA minister pushes land reform

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:25
JOHANNESBURG - NAMPA/AFP
South Africa's agriculture minister yesterday advocated the expropriation of white farmers, arguing that the ruling party's land reform had failed 18 years on from the end of apartheid.
NAMPA/SAPA

The African National Congress wants to use its right to seize land, with compensation, ending a policy of only buying land from willing sellers it argues has been costly and too slow at correcting one of apartheid's worst ills.

"The content for us on land reform is absolutely clear: the willing buyer-willing seller principle of land reform must go," Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson told the SAFM State-owned radio.

The sensitive land issue is one of the key topics at the ANC's policy conference which will put forward positions to a national year-end meeting. Read more about SA minister pushes land reform

Spear case postponed to September

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:23
PRETORIA - NAMPA/SAPA
The case against two men accused of vandalising a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed has been postponed until September 4.
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Yesterday, Magistrate Johan Engelbrecht let rip with a rebuke lasting five minutes after prosecutor Frederick Bukes complained that the investigating officer had not fulfilled any of the investigative requirements, leading to the request for a postponement.

"This cannot be tolerated," Engelbrecht said.

He called the police's failure to do their work a "form of police brutality", because the cases of people still in the cells could be heard in the time they wasted. Read more about Spear case postponed to September

Syrian solutions ‘dictated from abroad’

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:16
MOSCOW - NAMPA/AFP
Russia says it backed a political transition in Syria but rejected Western pressure to call for the exit of President Bashar al-Assad ahead of international talks on ending the spiralling conflict.
NAMPA/AFP

Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov poured cold water on hopes that world powers have already agreed a common strategy ahead of the weekend talks in Geneva, saying Moscow was opposed to any solution imposed from abroad.

He also said it was a mistake to exclude Syria's ally Iran from Saturday's meeting of world and regional powers.

Assad's fate "must be decided within the framework of a Syrian dialogue by the Syrian people themselves," Lavrov told a news conference with his Tunisian counterpart. Read more about Syrian solutions ‘dictated from abroad’

Feedback on Meatco annual report

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:13
WINDHOEK - ELLANIE SMIT
Factors beyond Meatco’s control had a significant impact on the performance of the Corporation during the 2011/12 financial year.

The reallocation of the Namibian component of the Norway duty free quota as well as the impact of the implementation of the 90/40 day residency rule collectively reduced the revenue of the Corporation by about 47,9 million.

The reduced revenue from the Norwegian market due to an endorsement of a 50:50 allocation of the Namibian quota between Meatco and Witvlei Meat, reduced Meatco’s earnings by N$35,5 million in 2011/12. Read more about Feedback on Meatco annual report

Welcome support for livestock producers

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:09
WINDHOEK - STAFF REPORTER
The objective of the Meatco mentorship programme is to educate and train NCA producers on animal health, sustainable farming practices and ox production systems.
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Moses Kandjoze, Procurement Officer for the Windhoek and the central region says that mentorship has become central to Meatco’s procurement function. This is especially true when dealing with emerging and communal producers, although the circumstances between the two producer groups may differ.

One of the recent beneficiaries of Meatco’s mentorship programme is emerging livestock producer and the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernard Esau, and his wife Suoma. Read more about Welcome support for livestock producers

Leopard tortoise - Master of survival

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:04
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Alfred Schleicher

Few tortoise species are as wellknown as the African leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis, former scientifi c name: Geochelone pardalis). Read more about Leopard tortoise - Master of survival

Muni waVenduka a shuna omutwe moipeta

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 09:01
WINDHOEK - SELMA IKELA
Muni waVenduka osho a shuna shanima nokwa lombwela ovanailonga vaha twikile vali manga nokuteyaula po eembashu edi da dikilwa shihe li paveta, manga ovanapolitika tave likundu va tale nokutya omukundu wa tya ngaha otau kandulwa po ngahelipi.
Eembashu itadi hanaunwa po vali manga
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Omunambelewa Omukulunhu wOshilando shaVenduka Niilo Taapopi okwa koleka nokutya ovanailonga ova pewa elombwelo vaha twikile vali nokuhanauna po eembashu fiyo osheshi omukundu wa tya ngaha wa kundafanwa.

Taapopi okwa ti ehanaunepo leembashu moGoreangob ola xulifwa po palombwelo lovanapolitika ovo va tila okukanifa omawi momahoololo taa ka landula.

Evava lOvanyasha voSwapo ola pitifile omushangwanghundana oivike ivali ya ka pita tali yembe Muni waVenduka nookansela konima eshi ovanyasha va mona nokutya osho tashi ningilwa oshiwana inashi yukila ko. Read more about Muni waVenduka a shuna omutwe moipeta

Omikanda doNABTA da vakwa po

Submitted by Sun Reporter2 on Fri, 2012-06-29 08:58
WINDHOEK - SELMA IKELA
Ehangano loubesa noutaksi moNamibia (NABTA) ola kufa moilonga umwepo womovanambelewa valo eshi ta fekelwa nokutya okwe li vakela mombelewa nelalakano lokuvaka mo omikanda donhumba dina ouyelele wa fimana.
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Omulumenhu oo edina laye inali shiivifwa manga okwa patululilwa oshipofa pamwe novalongelikumwe naye ve li vavali. Read more about Omikanda doNABTA da vakwa po

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