NamIT - Namibia

A British teen born with only one hand gets a helping hand from a rather unusual source.

14 year old Matthew James from Wokkingham Berkshire was born without a left hand and went through live using a simple pinch device.

When the British teen heard about the new i-LIMB Pulse, Matthew just knew he had to have it. The only problem was the 14 year old didn’t have $77,0000 needed to get the high-tech device.

Government is currently in talks with Dr Eberhard Lisse to take-over ownership of the domain name “.NA”, in compliance with the Communications Act of 2009.

 By: Paleni Amalungu

Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Joel Kaapanda, said he was aware that public was up in arms over the problems they face with “.NA” domains.

All Sport Disciplines are equal to CoW ....NOT!

By: A. Nony Mouse

From : iNamibia

The First single from the new EES hit album was just released last Friday, and already the southern Africa is responding overwhelming with massive positive feedback! We wanted to get the Namibian media as close as possible to this massive step for NAM music outside the border – with special pictures and video media!

SEVEN of the 10 Orange buses bought by Swapo’s transport company, Namib Contract Haulage (NCH), from China’s Faw Import and Export Corporation at more than N$3 million are grounded, four years after they were shipped from China.
Information suggests that the 60 seater buses have been grounded due to problems related to availability of mechanical and body parts.
However, NCH director Dr Elias Shanyengana said the buses have gone immobile because they could not adapt to the Namibian weather conditions.

HARARE - A senior Zimbabwe Newspapers group male journalist is in hot soup after he was allegedly caught redhanded engaging in homosexual sex with a Namibian man during President Robert Mugabe’s visit to Windhoek last Thursday.

LET me say at the outset that I think that the seal cull should be done in a humane way or stopped completely. Those are the only two options.
Full stop. Nobody supports the clubbing of seals- nobody.

IN my previous “think piece” I outlined some of the dominant theories of economic growth.
These theories identified certain conditions for economic growth. These included: labour, capital, technology, nationalism or protectionism and economic structural change. These theories assumed that growth should be driven by the private sector.

AIR Namibia finds itself between a rock and a hard place after has already made financial commitments in the hope of getting N$1,6 billion bailout from Government over the next three years.
While Cabinet has approved the financial injection, the Treasury has so far not paid out the money because it is not budgeted for.
In terms of the business plan on whose strength the Cabinet approved the bailout, Air Namibia has gone ahead and secured procurement contracts for the purchasing and leasing of aircrafts without checking with Treasury if funds were available.