Namibian Sun

American murder accused fit for trial 0

A third psychiatric report of the second assessment on the mental state of one of the two Americans accused of murdering Andre Heckmair more than five years ago has found him fit to stand trial.

The clinical-neuropsychological report, compiled by Willem J. Annandale, provisionally submitted as evidence against Marcus Kevin Thomas, stated that he attempted to distort his evaluation test results.

Judge Christie Liebenberg, after the cross-examination of the witness both by State advocate Antonia Verhoef and defence counsels Mbanga Siyomuinji Mbana and Dierderichs, postponed the matter to today for arguments.

Annandale, a clinical and counselling psychologist, stated this as certain in his assessment and added that previous assessments most likely came to the same result.

“From a neuropsychological perspective Thomas is most certainly fit to stand trial,” Annandale emphasised.

Thomas allegedly plotted, together with Kevin Townsend, and murdered André Heckmair in early 2011 in Windhoek.

They were arrested shortly after Heckmair was found shot in a parked vehicle in Klein Windhoek on 7 January 2011.

Thomas, after a failed jailbreak attempt, suffered from concussion after he fell from the security fence surrounding the Windhoek Central Prison.

Since then the trial has been embroiled by arguments and submissions concerning Thomas’s mental state.

Evidence has already been led that Thomas is guilty of malingering, or faking a mental disability, in order to escape the consequences of his actions.

Two psychiatrists earlier this year concluded that Thomas is mentally fit to stand trial.

Dr Reinhardt Sieberhagen, a Windhoek psychiatrist, and Professor Tuviah Zabow of the University of Cape Town both came to that conclusion in their examination of the accused.

They stated in their psychiatric reports that Thomas is not suffering from any mental defect and is able to understand court proceedings.

The experts were instructed to examine Thomas after a State psychiatrist in 2015 reported that he had a neurocognitive disorder and was not fit to stand trial.

That was attributed to a head injury he allegedly sustained in his 2014 fall from the prison fence.

Annandale yesterday said neuropsychological evaluation clearly found that the seriousness of the cognitive symptoms displayed by Thomas was not remotely in accordance with the symptoms of traumatic brain injury.

“A pattern of inconsistencies became apparent once the results of the test were analysed,” Annandale testified.

He said it became abundantly clear that this was a case of malingering.

FRED GOEIEMAN

Foetus found in hospital toilet 0

A police officer stationed at the Walvis Bay State Hospital made a gruesome discovery in the men’s toilet at around 16:00 on Sunday.

The officer used the toilet and when he flushed it the water level started rising and it overflowed.

He fetched gloves and used bedding to prevent the water from running into the passage.

The officer noticed that something was blocking the toilet pot. He used a stick to try and remove the blockage and found that it was a human foetus.

Detective Chief Inspector Erastus Iikuyu said the police investigation continues.

“We do not have a suspect at this point in time. Anyone with information should come forward,” he requested.

The Erongo community policing officer, Sergeant Ileni Shapumba, expressed concern.

“These types of crimes are on the increase and it is disturbing. It looks like people don’t realise that aborting and abandoning babies are criminal offenses.”

The latest incident follows the discovery of a newborn baby girl wrapped in a blanket and left outside the nurses’ home in Walvis Bay in August. The mother sent a text message requesting Baby Line to fetch her daughter from the location where she left her.

Maureen Baard, the founder of Baby Line, said it was the second time a person abandoned a baby in Walvis Bay this year.

“The baby girl is doing well and was placed in a place of safety. Please contact us before you throw away your child at 081 221 8081.”

City’s gag order raises alarmThe Windhoek City Council will in future only release information on its resolutions, and not issues that are still under discussion. Council resolutions available ‘for a fee’ 0

In the wake of the universal access to information celebrations serious questions about transparency and freedom of information were raised with regard to a recent City of Windhoek information gag order.

Without warning, members of the public and media were informed last week at the monthly city council meeting that the practice of supplying documents related to ongoing municipal matters would stop with immediate effect.

At a media briefing yesterday, which raised alarm bells for journalists as well as concerned members of the public, the council claimed the decision was based on existing laws that had not been implemented to date. Instead of a transparent process of making documents available during deliberations on City matters, access will remain confidential until the council has taken a final decision on the matter.

Following that, council resolutions will be made public. According to the council this move was based on provisions of the Local Authority Act, Section 14, that deal with notice of council meetings.

Last week’s council resolutions have not been made available yet, although assurances were given at the media briefing that they would be made available this week.

City spokesperson Joshua Amukugo yesterday said the issue was raised after the council became “a little bit uncomfortable” with the way the media reported on issues based on documents contained in the monthly council agenda.

Instead, the City wants the media to focus on final council decisions, which will be made public once the minutes are confirmed.

Amukugo also gave notice that a fee might be charged in future for information requests.

Once council minutes are confirmed and become council resolutions they become available to the public “on payment of a determined fee,” he said.

Moreover, the City plans to launch an online library where relevant council documents can be obtained, but was unable to confirm when this library would be available.

The City’s acting CEO, Filemon Hambunda, said not all documents would be made available. The City will withhold “sensitive” documents, as determined by municipal staff.

According to Hambunda, sensitive documents include payslips and identification documents. Hambunda could not confirm the exact process that would determine whether documents are sensitive or not and how the process would be monitored to ensure transparency.

Hambunda apologised for the City’s failure to warn the public and media of the decision, which he said was an “operational” decision that does not require input from the City Council.

He added that the previous practice of making all documents relating to ongoing matters available “has come a long way, but it does not necessarily mean it was correct.”

He denied that the decision was an attempt to “gag” the media, and claimed that past media reports on council matters, based on recommendations rather than council resolutions, had hurt the City’s image.

Hambunda complained that newspapers had published “negative” stories based on recommendations “when it’s not a resolution yet. It puts us in a bad light,” he said.

He said the media deliberately selected the “juicy parts” of documents in matters that were not yet finalised.

“The matters submitted to members of the council are recommendations of the management committee of the local authority which are confidential until such time that council has taken a decision on such matter,” Amukugo said, citing the Act.

Furthermore, the Act makes provision for withholding documents from the public and media until “after the confirmation of the minutes.”

Hambuda remained vague on which media reports he claimed had harmed the City’s reputation, but assured journalists that the City would provide access to all information as per the Act.

“We are going to make the items and the necessary documents available, but we might not give you all the documents that we give to our councillors,” he said.

OvaHerero, Nama file formal complaintThe groups argue that there can be no final settlement without their direct involvement. Want in on genocide discussions 0

The official representatives of OvaHerero and Nama organisations and individuals in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa have filed a formal complaint to various bodies of the United Nations (UN) to object to their exclusion from current negotiations between the Namibian and German governments concerning the 1904-08 genocide.

The American-based law firm McCallion & Associates wrote the letter of complaint on behalf of the groups to UN bodies such as the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the Division for Social Policy and Development, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as well as to the UN Secretariat, on 23 September.

The complaint states that the German and Namibian governments have intentionally failed to include OvaHerero Paramount Chief Vekuii Rukoro and Nama Chief Dawid Frederick as representatives of the groups.

“Since the subject matter of the current negotiations between Germany and Namibia directly relates to and affects the rights of the OvaHerero and Nama peoples, and directly relates to a determination of the remedies that would provide adequate justice for the genocide and abuses of these people, it is imperative that the OvaHerero and Nama representatives be included in the negotiations and any final settlement of these issues,” Kenneth F. McCallion of the law firm wrote to the UN bodies.

The law firm requested that the UN bodies assist its clients’ efforts to get included in the negotiations, and stated: “Unless the OvaHerero and Nama people are parties and signatories to any final settlement, there can never be any comprehensive settlement; nor will there be any comprehensive justice or peace regarding these issues.”

The two groups have stated that they do not believe the Namibian government can “adequately or sufficiently” represent their interests and “deeply feel” any terms the governments may reach cannot be final or binding on the OvaHerero and Nama communities.

They say the specific extermination orders against the OvaHerero and Nama condemned them to perpetual and institutionalised poverty for generations.

McCallion & Partners said the OvaHerero and Nama remain a dispossessed and disempowered minority in Namibia today while many were forced out or fled to live in Botswana, South Africa, the USA and other countries.

Moreover, the law firm said despite the general agreement among scholars and legal experts that the 1904-08 extermination falls within the classic definition of genocide with close parallels to the Jewish Holocaust, the German and Namibian governments downplay this fact and instead choose to use euphemisms such as “unfortunate history” to minimise and explain away the human rights abuses committed.

OBJECTIONS

McCallion & Associates objected to the fact that the German government already in July, while saying it would apologise for the genocide, ruled out reparations in favour of targeted development projects.

“In other words, without the participation of the minority and indigenous groups that had been primarily targeted for the genocide, the German government had already decided on its own, or in concert with the Namibian government, that the communities most directly affected by the genocide would receive nothing,” the law firm wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

It also objected to President Hage Geingob’s statement made in September when he said Namibia was seeking German investment “as a form of reparation for the Herero massacre in the early 20th century”.

“In other words,” McCallion & Associates said, “Namibia and Germany are proceeding with negotiations over the nature and scope of the reparations and compensation appropriate to settle and close this dark chapter in history, but have intentionally excluded the lawful representatives of the minority and indigenous victims of that genocide from participation in these negotiations.”

Germany’s special envoy on the genocide talks, Ruprecht Polenz, had said during his first visit to Namibia that the two groups’ representation in the negotiations depended on the Namibian government.

The Namibian government insists that the negotiations proceed on a bilateral basis between the two governments.

CATHERINE SASMAN

Oshakati households to get free power 0

Oshakati Premier Electric (OPE), which is owned by the Oshakati town council, will use half of its dividends to provide electricity to 1 120 houses in informal settlements for free.

The project, which will take place over two years, will see N$7 million diverted towards the project.

The usual cost of having a house electrified by OPE is N$6 000.

OPE chief executive Nelson Sheya said the company found that 1 120 houses in settlements it had electrified 16 years ago were not yet connected to the grid.

The houses are in Uupindi North and South, Evululuko Extension 10, 11 and 12, Okandjengedi and Ompumbu.

“We then approached our shareholder, the Oshakati town council, to reinvest 50 percent of its returns in OPE for the next two financial years in order to connect the identified households to the grid,” Sheya said.

He said the initiative will contribute towards the sustainable development goals of ending poverty, ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, promoting inclusivity, and economic growth.

“This will go far in achieving the desired outcome with respect to economic transformation, which is economic empowerment leading to higher inclusion of disadvantaged groups in the formal economy and thereby ensuring prosperity for all and creating a society where no one feels left out,” Sheya said.

Oshakati Mayor Katrina Shimbulu said it is undisputed that access to electricity has a lot of replicated benefits both economically and socially.

Shimbulu said the initiative is in line with the eleventh object stipulated in the Harambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) which calls for the provision of electricity to all schools and health facilities by the year 2020.

“We shall provide an opportunity for our citizens whose children are unable to study at night, to do so and therefore enable them to positively shape their future,” she said.

“We therefore urge the beneficiaries of this gesture to ensure that this opportunity makes a positive difference in their lives,” Shimbulu added.

Shimbulu urged the beneficiaries to adhere to the law as far as illegal power connections are concerned, saying that it should be discouraged as it can ruin people’s lives and destroy their property.

“I wish to appeal to the community of Oshakati to adhere to the relevant bylaws that govern the usage and treatment of electricity in our town. Illegal connections and lack of respect for infrastructure must be avoided at all times. Electricity should be treated with utmost care as it can cause injuries and damage to property,” she warned.

During the first phase 600 houses will be electrified and the second phase will start during the 2017/2018 financial year.

KENYA KAMBOWE

Netball calls for diversity in sponsorship 0

AKhomas Netball league spokesperson has called on Namibia to diversify its support of sport, instead of just focusing on the popular codes.

Taapopi Shiinda, who is the spokesperson of the league which ended last month, said it is not right that the nation appears to be only concerned about the state of football.

“It’s saddening and selfish how our nation can focus on soccer only and not sports as a whole,” she said while discussing the recently concluded league activities of the Khomas Region.

Khomas held three different leagues with FNB Wanderers winning the premier division while NamPol took honours in the first league.

United claimed top spot in the second league.

But while the league finished yet another season on a high, Shiinda feels that things could have gone much better.

“[The atmosphere] was really tense, disorganised and by far the worst in years,” she told Namibian Sun.

She requested netball’s mother body to become more active countrywide.

“Khomas Netball urges Netball Namibia to be more involved as we are the largest and most proactive region in Namibia,” she said.

While the region does not plan to have any more tournaments this year, they are hoping to hit the ground running by at latest early March next year.

Gymnastics takes centre stageGymnastics is becoming one of the mainstream sports in Namibia. Coaches to get training 0

The first aerobic gymnastics coaching course in Namibia is under way in Swakopmund, presented by three qualified International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) instructors.

Forty participants from all 14 regions are attending the nine-day level-one course from 3 to 11 October.

Instructors Khadidja Zeroc from Algeria, Eva Szloboda from Hungary and Tammy Johnson from South Africa, who is the course leader, arrived in Namibia on Sunday.

Aerobic gymnastics combines aerobics, acrobatic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and artistic gymnastics along with music, dance and choreography.

Speaking to Nampa on Monday, the sport officer in the Erongo Region, Selma Siwombe, who is also the president of aerobic gymnastics in Namibia, said the course will empower local teachers and community members with knowledge of the sport.

“The ministry has approved to implement gymnastics as a sport in all the regions and we are going to start at the grassroots level. That is why we are going to train teachers and community members with the latest knowledge of the sport so they can start identifying athletes from the grassroots level.”

Siwombe added that coaches all over the country have been identified but they do not have the basic knowledge of the sport, which makes it difficult to identify or train talented gymnasts.

“Gymnastics is a complicated sport, which has different disciplines and it’s a very technical sport, not like soccer, which is simple to identify talent in.

“We want these selected individuals to at least know the different disciplines of the sport plus how they work, which in the future will help the ministry in developing the sport throughout the country,” said Siwombe.

-Nampa

'Four O' teams hail Spur for tournament 0

Football teams and supporters from Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto and Ohangwena reacted positively to Silver Wolf Spur Super Cup tournament, but they were unhappy with the state of the stadium.

Spur sponsored a N$50 000 tournament compulsory to all 12 Oshana second-division teams, the top three teams from the Oshikoto, Ohangwena and Omusati second divisions and three of the North-West First Division teams based in Oshana.

The knockout tournament started on 1 October at Oshakati’s Independence Stadium, and the supporter turnout was satisfactory.

“Every team wanted to participate in this tournament because it is a cross-regional tournament which is enhancing football skills development.

“Teams are using the tournament as preseason games to prepare their players for their respective leagues in their divisions, while supporters are flocking to the stadium to watch how their teams compete with teams from other regions,” said the Oshana NFA coordinator, Sam Nekwaya.

Nekwaya said the only complaints they received were about the venue.

“About the stadium, it is a nightmare for us. We do not know who is responsible for maintaining the stadium, whether it is the Oshakati town council, works and transport ministry or ministry of youth and sport. Teams are complaining that the field is not conducive to quality football, which is true.”

The stadium is currently used to host political events only. Oshana second-division matches take place at the Valombola Vocational Training Centre while first-division and premier league matches take place at Embandu Stadium on the outskirts of Oshakati.

The tournament is expected to end this weekend, but according to Nekwaya they have received a letter from NFA informing them that there will be first-division promotional playoffs next weekend.

“We are not sure yet if the playoffs will take place, because NFA did not give the venue, but if it is likely that we will postpone the tournament and continue after the playoffs,” Nekawaya said.

All tournament costs, including transport, accommodation, food, stadium rental fees and referees’ fees are covered by Silver Wolf Spur.

The restaurant’s marketing manager, Deon Britz, said the initiative of sponsoring football was suggested by one of their staff members who plays football, and it was supported by the management.

“We only have one request and that is the players have fun to the fullest. It is about the community,” Britz said.

The prize money for the tournament is N$20 000, of which the first prize is N$10 000, second prize is N$5 000, third prize N$3 000 and fourth prize N$2 000.

ILENI NANDJATO/KENYA KAMBOWE

Coastal fun in inline hockey league 0

The annual Coastal Pirates Tournament of the NIIHA (Namibian Ice and Inline Hockey Association) league was held on the weekend of 23-25 September.

Matches ran almost continuously all day from Friday evening until Sunday afternoon, with early morning starts and matches played until midnight.

This was one of the six national league tournaments and was attended by teams in all the age divisions from the five clubs in Namibia.

Competition was tough, with only one more tournament to go to determine the top four teams in each age division eligible to compete in the NIIHA championships to be held in Windhoek at the end of November.

For the first time ever, 106 games were played in one weekend, including some internal club matches played during the week.

The Coastal Pirates accounted for 60 of the games played with 17 teams, more than any other club.

Their team made good use of their home advantage as they took top honours after winning all their games to remain undefeated for the weekend.

The Under-8A team had their best tournament all year having built up skill as well as confidence while the Under-10A edged Cazadores to take sole possession of the top spot.

There were similar successes for the Coastal Pirates’ second Under-12 team in the A-league as they won two of their three inter-club games, which included a convincing win over Kamikaze’s A team in the last match of the tournament. They achieved this despite only having four players available.

The Coastal Pirates Under-14A team continued to shine and remain unbeaten all season.

They have conceded only one goal in the five tournaments so far.

The Coastal Pirates Open team continued to dominate, while the rest of the Open division showed mixed results, with two games ending in a draw.

Skills Competitions for the different divisions drew the country''s best players to showcase their skill level and compete for the honour of top scorer and top goalie.

The next NIIHA league tournament will take place on 4-6 November at the Coastal Pirates court in The Dome, Swakopmund Indoor Sport Centre.

VIKKI DE JAGER

Nadal seeks redemptionThe Spanish ace is hoping to get back to the top of the tennis world. Player back to full health 0

Rafael Nadal barrelled through his opening match of the China Open yesterday as he seeks to redeem his injury-blighted season with a strong run in Beijing.

Nadal dropped just two games to 39th-ranked Italian Paolo Lorenzi, beating him 6-1, 6-1 to reach the round of 16.

Top seed Andy Murray booked his place in the second round with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Andreas Seppi who failed to capitalise on a late surge as he double faulted twice in the final game.

Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Nadal is approaching the end of his second consecutive season without a Slam title since he won his first aged 19 at Roland Garros in 2005.

He has repeatedly fended off questions about his future in the sport since he was forced out of the French Open third round with a wrist injury that also saw him miss Wimbledon.

"When you get injury for two months and a half in the middle of the season (it) is tough," Nadal said after his first round match in Beijing.

"(There) remains a little bit to finish the season. Today is an important victory. There are points to try (and win) to qualify for the World Tour Finals," he added.

Nadal is currently eighth on the leader board for the London ATP Finals - which features the year''s top eight players - and needs to pick up some points in Beijing to ensure his qualification.

Until the wrist injury forced him off the court, Nadal had showed signs of a renaissance this year after his worst season as a professional in 2015 saw him plummet to his lowest ranking in a decade.

But he has failed to get past the fourth round of any of the Grand Slams this year and just missed out on a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics.

Murray is also targeting a strong Beijing run, which could put him in striking distance of dethroning world number one Novak Djokovic.

The Scot added a second Wimbledon title and Olympic gold medal to his collection, and also reached the final of the Australian and French Opens this season.

But September was a month of disappointments as he was ousted in the quarter finals of the US Open by Japan''s Kei Nishikori and missed out to a second consecutive Davis Cup win, losing to Argentina.

"What I needed after that stretch was a break. I needed some time away from the court to rest and recover, freshen up a bit, hopefully have a strong finish to the year," Murray told reporters in Beijing.

NAMPA/AFP

Eurosport looking to pilot drone racing 0

Eurosport, Discovery Communications Inc’s European sports broadcaster, is in talks with potential partners to broadcast drone racing, making it the latest network looking to experiment with the fledgling sport in which contestants navigate small, remote-controlled aircraft at high speeds through aerial obstacle courses.

For television networks and advertisers, drone racing represents an opportunity to combine the live-event attraction of NASCAR and Formula 1 with the digital-age appeal of what has become known as eSports, in which video game players compete while millions of viewers watch online, usually for free.

Eurosport would join Disney Corp’s ESPN, British broadcaster Sky Plc, and Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, all of which have recently signed on to broadcast races by the 15-month-old Drone Racing League.

Sky also agreed to invest US$1 million (N$14 million) in the league.

On top of that, the league has partnered with MGM Television, run by Mark Burnett, to develop a reality series about the pilots.

“We think it’s an area worth us paying attention to and to test on audiences,” Peter Hutton, chief executive of Eurosport, told Reuters in an interview. Eurosport, a pan-European sports media group that Discovery bought last year, has 228 million subscribers in 93 countries in Europe, Asia and Australia.

While the network typically focuses on traditional sports like tennis and soccer, drone racing has “potential for sporting credibility,” Hutton said, declining to elaborate on discussions with drone leagues.

It is by no means certain the novel sport will be a money-maker for TV networks.

ESPN has not paid for the rights to broadcast drone races, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Instead, the network is sharing ad revenue with the leagues, the sources said.

Such agreements align the interest of the network with the leagues, said Nicholas Horbaczewski, CEO and founder of the Drone Racing League, based in New York City.

Wallabies return to TwickenhamThe Australian team will have a modest demeanour when they visit Twickenham over the weekend. Team humbler after previous visit 0

A year after leaving Twickenham with heads held high following their surprise run to the World Cup final, a more humble Wallabies side will return to the famous venue for their final Rugby Championship match against Argentina on Saturday.

Michael Cheika’s team have a far different complexion to the swashbuckling band that swept aside all in their path at last year’s global showpiece before they ran into the familiar brick wall of the All Blacks in the decider.

Australia left the tournament with high hopes of challenging the All Blacks’ superiority the following season and continuing rugby’s revival at home after a tumultuous period on and off the field.

However, an unprecedented series whitewash by England in June shattered their new-found confidence, eight months after the Australians had sent the same opponents crashing out of their home World Cup.

The Europe-based internationals who played a big part in Australia’s renaissance were recalled for the start of the Rugby Championship in August but back-to-back thrashings by the rampaging All Blacks were proof the old guard’s time had passed.

The Wallabies appeared on the verge of collapse ahead of their match against South Africa in the third round of the Championship last month, weighed down by a six-game losing streak and a raft of injuries.

However like so many times before, they found a way to crawl out of the abyss and secured a 23-17 victory in Brisbane.

The re-tooled side, steered by the retro halves pairing of Quade Cooper and Will Genia, then carved out a win over Argentina in Perth and were in the box seat to break a 50-year hoodoo at Loftus Versfeld at the weekend but for wastefulness in attack and the lethal boot of Morne Steyn.

Tough times

The Pretoria disappointment showed the Wallabies remain vulnerable as they continue their rebuild but another win over the Pumas on Saturday would back Cheika’s claim that better times lie ahead.

“I think they have been good,” the 49-year-old told local media in London when asked about the roller-coaster 12 months.

“I can’t complain at all.

“I know everyone sees things always - and I understand totally - from a results point of view but part of this year for us was going to be about change.

“We knew we had to bring in new players with a view to the future.

“In my experience in this game, you go through great times and then you can go through tougher times and they’ll always lead to giving you the scars on the inside to have better times later on.”

‘Ruthless’ Klopp can win league title - Lewandowski 0

Free from the extra burden of European football, Liverpool have a strong chance to win the English Premier League this season under a “ruthless” Juergen Klopp, according to Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.

Liverpool, who finished eighth in the league standings last season, are fourth in the table this campaign, having beaten Arsenal, Chelsea and champions Leicester City in their opening seven games.

Lewandowski, who worked under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund, expected Liverpool to challenge Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the title race.

“Under Klopp I think they (Liverpool) will be fighting for the title this season.

Pep and Manchester City will not make it easy for anybody to win the title, but Liverpool have a real chance,” Lewandowski told British media.

“Without European football it can really help them with being fresh for games and with injuries and, even though Klopp is always smiling, he is ruthless enough to take advantage of that.” Poland international Lewandowski felt the Merseyside club were already benefiting from Klopp, who twice led Borussia Dortmund to the Bundesliga title and also to the final of the Champions League.

“I have watched some Liverpool games since the arrival of Klopp, and you can see that the players are enjoying playing for him,” he said.

“He is like a father figure and, because you have that trust in him as a player, it makes you totally open to his methods and his ideas which, in the long term, you always see are for the benefit of your game and for the team.”

Epwaakeno lyombeila yaMoussongela lya undulilwa komeho 0

Oshipotha shepulakeno lyomboloha yomusita omukwashigwana gwaCongo ngoka e li modholongo ta tamanekelwa iipotha yelanditho lyaantu, ekwato nkonga oshowo omatilitho osha undulilwa komasiku 24 gaKotomba.

Pedro Marcelino Moussongela, okuli omutotipo gwongeleka yoEvangelical Mennonite Brethren Church oshowo oskola yoMennonite Brethren Community School Namibia, na okwa holoka mompangulilo yaNdangwa mOmaandaha noshipotha she osha undulilwa komeho omanga ta kala modholongo yaLuno.

Ethimbo ndika oshipotha shepwaakeno lyomboloha ye osha undulilwa komeho molwaashoka omufali gwiihokolola kompangu gwepangelo, Dollen Gowases kali po.

Oshipotha shoka osha undulilwa komasiku 24 gaKotomba noshipotha she otashi ka pulakenwa uule womasiku gatatu.

Moussongela okuli modholongo yaLuno, konima sho Gowases ningi eindilo opo a lundululilwe kodholongo yilwe sho a ali aadhika ta longitha oongodhi omanga e li modholongo.

Okwa popi kutya onkalo ndjoka otashi vulika yi ye moshipala omakonaakono gopolisi. Okwa tindilwa omboloha sho a li a holoka komeho yompangu oshikando shotango mOndangwa molwaashoka okwa li a holoka komeho yoompangu yaVenduka miipotha ya faathana.

Otaku hokololwa kutya okwa longitha edhina lyongeleka noskola ndjoka mokulanditha po AaNamibia mboka yeli mompumbwe kiilongo yaEuropa nokuya ningitha aapika yopamilalo.

Okwa kala mondjeedhililo konima nkene a tulwa miipandeko momasiku 23 gaJuni nuumvo.

Ota pangulilwa iipotha yelanditho lyaantu, ekwatonkonga, omadhengo oshowo eningilo lyaantu omatilitho.

MuJuni natango okwa patululwa iipotha yeyonagulo lyuuthemba womuntu mekwathelo lyoNamRights.

NamRights oya popi kutya nakutulamo oshipotha omunaskola nale muyimwe yomooskola dhaMoussongela.

Okwa li a falwa koTurkey taku tiwa otayi koskola ihe okwe keshi mona owala kutya okwa falwako nongeshefa yopamilalo.

Pethimbo a holoka mompangulilo muMei, okwa uvika kutya Moussongela okwa landitha po aanona ye yatano koEngland na okwa tumu omuntu gwontumba a fale aanona mbyoka koLondon yeli kohi yoomvula 12. Otaku popiwa woo kutya uunona we mboka wumwe okwe wu vala nomonakadhona.

AaShakati taya ka mona olusheno lwoshali mbalaEhangano lyOshakati Premier Electric (OPE), ndyoka li li ehangano lyOndoolopa yaShakati, olya tseyitha tali ka longitha iiyemo yalwo mokugandja olusheno lyoshali kaanamagumbo 1 120 momalukanda. Opoloyeka ndjoka oyi li onkambadhala dhokuhulitha po oluhepo maakwashigwana 0

Opoloyeka ndjoka otayi ka longwa uule woomvula mbali na otayi ka longitha oshimaliwa sha thika poomiliyona 7.

Shito ehangano ndyoka ohali pula oshimaliwa sha thika pooN$6 000, mokutula olusheno megumbo. Omunambelewa Omukuluntuwiliki gwehangano ndyoka, Nelson Sheya okwa popi kutya oya ningi etokolo ndyoka konima sho ya dhimbulula kutya omagumbo ngoka ya tula omalusheno oomvua 16 dha piti, inaga konekiswa natango kosasiyona onene yoonkondo dholusheno.

Omagumbo ngoka otaga adhika mUupindi, Evululuko,Okandjengedi nOmpumbu.

Sheya okwa popi kutya opoloyeka yawo ndjoka oya nuninwa okuhulitha po oluhepo mokati kaakwashigwana yomondoolopa yawo nokuya pa oonkondo dholusheno, onga omukalo gwokukokela onkalo yeliko.

Mayola gwaShakati, Katrina Shimbulu okwa popi kutya etokolo ndyoka otali endele pamwe nontopolwa onti-11 ya tothwamo momusindalandu gwoHarambee Prosperity Plan (HPP) ndjoka tayi pula egandjo lyomalusheno kooskola adhihe niipangelo okuya mo-2020.

“Otwa pumbwa okugandja ompito kaakwashigwana yetu mboka aanona yawo ihaya vulu okulesha uusiku opo ya vule okushininga nokupala ondjila yoonkalamwenyo dhawo,” Shimbulu ta ti.

Shimbulu okwa pula oonakumona uuwanawa mboka yiiyuthe kompango unene ndjoka inayi pitika omaandjakaneko golusheno inaga pitikwa, ta popi kutya omukalo ngoka nagu hulithwepo molwaashoka ogwa nika oshiponga koomwenyo dhaantu nomaliko.

Omagumbo ga thika po-600 otaga ka pewa olusheno moshikako shotango, omanga ga landula ko taga ka pewa moshikako sho-2017/18.

Okanona keekelwa mokandjugo 0

Omunambelewa gwopolisi mOshipangelo shaMbaye okwa adha okanona ka ekelwa mokandjugo kaalumentu lyopotundi 16:00 yOsoondaha.

Omunambelewa ngoka okwa Ii a kalongitha okandjugo ihe okwa mono kutya kepoto lyokandjugo oku na oshinima sha thitika ko naasho eshi tala nawa okwa mono kutya okanona.

Detective Chief Inspector Erastus Iikuyu okwa popi kutya omakonaakono gopolisi otaga tsikile.

“Katu na omufelelwa ihe kehe ngoka ena uuyelele ota vulu oku wu gandja kopolisi,” Iikuyu ta ti.

Omunambelewa gwopolisi, Ileni Shapumba, okwa holola omaiyuvo ge gonayi omolwa iimbuluma yoludhi ndoka tayi londo nayi pombanda. Momweedhi Aguste, okanona kokakadhona oka adhika ka tulwa pondje yegumbo lyaapangi mOmbaye.

Yina yokanona hoka okwa Ii a tumu okatumwalaka kopoloyeka yoBaby Line opo okanona hoka ka katalwe po pehala mpoka e ka tula.

Maureen Baard, omutotipo gwoBaby Line, okwa popi kutya shoka oshi li oshikando oshitiyali okanona ka dhigwa ngaaka mOmbaye.

“Okanona hoka okeli monkalo ombwaanawa. Alikana tu dhengeleni ko081 221 8081, omanga inamu ekelahi uunona.”

OTIS FINCK

Taya hupu momapandaandaOngundu yaanona aashona otayi adhika mulimwe lyomomahala gaakengeli mOvenduka, moka aanona mboka ya popi kutya otaya hupu mokweehela aantu. Onkalo ya dhigupala momagumbo oyo ya thiminike aanona mboka ya ye momapandanda 0

Konyala aanona mboka yeli o-12 oya popi kutya oye ya mehala ndyoka opo ya kale taya ehela aantu iimaliwa na ohaya longitha iimaliwa mbyoka mokulanda iikulya yawo.

Oyendji yomaanona mboka oya popi kutya oya hala okukala monkalo ndjoka shi vulithe okukala momagumbo gawo hoka ya zi ontuku yomamonitho giihuna oshowo okwaahasilwa oshisho kaakwanezimo yawo.

“Katu na aahona, ohatu isile oshisho tseyene,” gumwe gwomuunona mboka, ngoka a pula opo edhina lye kali popiwe, a popi. Oyendji yomaanona mboka aanona yaamati yoomvula dhili pokati ka 8 no 16 oshowo aakadhona yaali. Oya popi kutya oyendji oya kala pehala ndyoka uule woomwedhi ndatu.

Aanona mboka oya pula opo ehala ndyoka yeli kali popiwe nonando ehala ndyoka ye li olya kala nokutalika omeho komalelo omolwa omanyenyeto ngoka ga zi moshigwana.

Metitano, opolisi yoshilando oya ithanwa konima sho aanona mboka ya adhika taya ehela iimaliwa pomatsakanena goondjila. Omathano ngoka ga monika oga ulike kutya aanona mboka mwa kwatelwa aakadhona yaali inaya zala omizalo dhiihwapo.

Okamwayinamati kokakadhona kamwe oka popi kutya oka hala okushuna koGobabis kegumbo, hoka oyendji yomaanona mboka oko ya zile ihe mumwayinakadhona ina hala okushuna.

Pehala mpoka otapu monika okatalashe okashona naanona mboka oya ulike nkene haya ithinaneke pokatalashe hoka opo ya lale.

Oyendji yomaanona mboka ya popiwa nayo oshiwike sha piti koNamibian Sun ina hala okupopya kutya oshike sheya thiminike opo ya thigepo omagumbo gawo, nokukala monkalamwenyo ndjoka yoku ehela.

Kamwe komuumati mboka hoka ka popi kutya oke na oomvua 14 nonando otaka monika okashona, oka popi kutya oka kala nokumonithwa iihuna kuhe, uuna a longitha iikolitha, na otaka monika ke na iiyadhi moshipala.

Okamati kamwe oka popi kutya oka thiminikwa kaye momapandaanda konima sho yina a hokanwa po komusamane gumwe. Okwa popi kutyaokwa kala nayinagona ihe ina hala okukala naye molwaashoka megumbo omu na ondjala.

JANA-MARI SMITH

Road to stagnation?Lenders are offering support with debt rollovers to Chinese corporations, where corporate debt has risen sharply to 169% of GDP. China Inc gets a break from lenders 0

Profits at roughly a quarter of Chinese companies in a Reuters analysis were too low in the first half of this year to cover their debt servicing obligations, as earnings languish and loan burdens increase.

Corporate China sits on US$18 trillion (N$244.8 billion) in debt, equivalent to about 169% of China’s GDP, but few firms reported feeling the heat.

Instead, lenders are heeding Beijing’s call to support the real economy and so are rolling over company debt or granting repayment waivers, sometimes for years, specialist lawyers and investors said.

This is evidence that China may be in for a long period of Japan-like stagnation rather than a single event triggering a crisis - what some economists call a “Lehman moment” after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, which touched off the global financial crisis.

“They are kicking the can down the road for stability in the short term,” said Roland Mieth, Singapore-based emerging markets portfolio manager for US fund manager PIMCO.

“China can maintain status quo for many years to come, like Japan did with their leverage, without triggering a financial crisis.”

International institutions have warned China to stop financing weak firms, especially inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which tend to crowd out the private sector.

More defaults are needed, they say, to improve credit allocation and stop wasteful spending in the economy.

Credit Quality

But while China has recognised the need to wean its corporate sector off of cheap loans, Premier Li Keqiang has also promised credit would keep growing, and state-run banks have been urged to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

And banks are listening, say lawyers and investors, with companies given three or four years of grace, when they do not pay interest, or helped to restructure bonds at full value, essentially, rolling them over.

“Premier Li has asked banks to rollover loans, especially for SMEs. That’s a clear reason why bond defaults are coming down,” said brokerage CLSA’s head of China strategy, Francis Cheung.

“(Banks) have shifted focus from bad debt recognition to economy-supporting measures. Banks are giving more grace period and reporting more stable NPLs (non-performing loans), even after guiding earlier that these ratios will rise.”

Goldman Sachs estimated last week there was only one default in the domestic Chinese bond market in the past three months, compared with at least 10 in the first half of the year.

Of course, onshore defaults could and will still rise - rating agency S&P Global says the credit quality of about 240 Chinese companies it rates is deteriorating more quickly than at any time since 2009.

The muted default situation “is an aberration given the sharp deterioration in credit risks,” it said in a research note.

Microsoft CEO receives US$18m in 2016 pay 0

Microsoft’s chief executive officer Satya Nadella’s reported compensation fell 3.3% to US$17.7 million (N$240.7 million) in the software maker’s latest fiscal year ended June 30.

Nadella received about US$5.66 million (N$77 million) in salary and bonus and a US$12 million (N$163.2 million) stock award, according to a preliminary proxy statement filed Monday.

About half of the shares will vest in 2018 if Microsoft achieves targets including revenue, operating income and a number of commercial cloud subscribers - and its stock outperform 60% of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The remainder will vest in full by 2019 if he remains on the job.

Microsoft’s board moved to tie part of Nadella’s annual stock grant to targets and cut back its discretion over cash bonuses after more than a quarter of voting shareholders rejected its executive compensation programme at the company’s last two annual meetings.

In talks with directors, investors voiced concerns about excessive pay-out limits for bonuses and stock awards, and insufficient disclosure of factors used to evaluate performance, the filing said.

Companies in the S&P 500 received on average 91% support for their pay programmes in 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Pete Wootton, a spokesperson for the Redmond, Washington-based company, declined to comment beyond the filing. Microsoft shares increased 15% in the 12 months ended June 30, compared with a 1% increase in the S&P 500.

When he was named CEO, Nadella received a stock award valued at US$59 million that will vest in three increments in 2019, 2020 and 2021 if Microsoft’s total returns to shareholders exceed 60% of companies in the S&P 500 in the five prior years.

The face value of the award was disclosed as part of his 2014 compensation. The company’s total return has increased 70% since Nadella took the job in February 2014, compared with a 30% increase in the index.

Kevin Turner, who left his job as chief operating officer in July, was the second-highest paid executive officer in fiscal 2016 with US$13 million (N$176.8 million).

SA authority refutes US halaal chicken claimsThe South African National Halaal Authority (Sanha) on Monday distanced itself from a US chicken producer claiming its exported meat is halaal. Export deal strikes religious vein 0

South Africa’s Halaal authority has hit back strongly at a US chicken producer who claimed over the weekend that all its exported chicken to SA is halaal.

Sanha said in a strongly worded statement that it does not grant halaal certification to any poultry outside South Africa’s borders as “we are unable to exercise stringent monitoring and audit control through having our own dedicated onsite auditors based at the plants, as we do locally”.

The reaction follows after one of the top US poultry producers claimed to Fin24 over the weekend that its chicken portions destined for South Africa are halaal.

Although not all the chicken from Mountaire Farms is labelled halaal, two of its three facilities - the Delaware and Maryland plants - are halaal certified. Its other plant is in North Carolina.

Mountaire Farms said it has exported over 1 000 tonnes of drumsticks, leg quarters, gizzards and hearts to South Africa after an agreement was reached late last year allowing the US to export 65 000 tonnes of duty-free chicken into the country.

This agreement ensured that South Africa stayed in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), a US trade act which enhances market access to the US for qualifying sub-Saharan African countries.

In the Delaware kill room chickens are placed upside down on a conveyor belt one after the other. They are quickly stunned to calm the birds. A man dressed in white, a representative of the Halaal Food Council of the USA (HFC), offers the so-called Islamic blessing, before the chickens’ throats are slit when passing through a sharp blade.

The HFC offers religious consultation to United States Department of Agriculture and is the leading halaal-food certification organisation in North America.

Dr Ashraf Ahmed, the past imam of Salisbury, Maryland, told Fin24 that Mountaire complied with Islamic requirements for chicken to be considered halaal and has a full line of halaal products called Noor Al-Jabal.

Halaal claims are false

Sanha public relations officer EBI Lockhat told Fin24 on Monday that any claims that the local authority recognises machine-slaughtered poultry from the Mountaire plants as halaal are false.

“Sanha does not accept machine-slaughtered poultry as halaal whatsoever, be it from local or international sources.

“We can state categorically that we do not have any dealings, affiliations or recognition agreements with the Mountaire plants and the Halaal Food Council of the USA.”

Lockhat said the Mountaire report has already caused consternation in the community who are reliant on Sanha’s guidance of halaal certification and approval.

Mountaire director of export sales Oleg Kovalev told Fin24 15% of the chicken producer’s halaal labelled chicken stays in the country, while 100% of what is exported is halaal.

“When we send chicken to South Africa we provide a piece of paper which is an export halaal certificate from the HFC,” he added. The HFC is recognised by the World Halaal Food Council, including Islamic food organisations in Indonesia and Singapore.

It is significant to note that the Malaysian Government Department of Islamic Affairs (JAKIM), who maintain the highest halaal standards in the world, do not accept machine slaughter. Sanha is one of only two certifiers in southern Africa who have met JAKIM’s slaughter standards.