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38 Articles found on Thursday, 12 October 2006
Business Briefs
12-10-2006
Nedbank gets loan for poorJOHANNESBURG - South African bank Nedbank has secured a 40 million euro credit facility from France's development agency to provide housing loans for low-income households,
readOil below US$59
12-10-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil steadied below US$59 a barrel yesterday, hovering near its lowest level in eight months as traders anticipated a build in US crude stocks and grew impatient with OPEC's haggling on the
readAirbus denies wanting to sell five German plants
12-10-2006
FRANKFURT - The European aircraft company Airbus denied yesterday a newspaper report which said that it wanted to sell five German factories employing a combined workforce of 6 600."That's pure
readRand, Nam$ await MPC decision
12-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand was trading stronger yesterday ahead of an expected interest rate hike today and as traders unwound long US dollar positions in New York overnight.Dealers said the
readNamibia welcomes investors
12-10-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba said Namibia's door remains open to foreign and local investors to operate in an environment that is investor friendly.In a speech delivered on his behalf by Minister of
readIEA cuts again world oil demand growth
12-10-2006
LONDON - The International Energy Agency (IEA) yesterday trimmed further its forecast for global oil demand growth next year, predicting lighter US consumption and an easing in demand for Opec
readRamatex pollution proved
12-10-2006
THE City of Windhoek will soon take over waste disposal management at Ramatex after underground water pollution was discovered.Environmentalists have raised concerns about underground water pollution
readDordabis farm attack suspect gets 13 years
12-10-2006
THE trial of a Dordabis area farmworker who was accused of having tried to murder a female farmer during a robbery last year ended on an off-key note on Friday, when a Windhoek Magistrate exceeded his
readPM sideswipes NSHR at rights report launch
12-10-2006
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula, launching the latest report of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) yesterday, could not resist taking a swipe at the watchdog organisation for being 'opinionated'
readPlastic recycling plant at Okahandja
12-10-2006
PLASTIC PACKAGING has established a plastic recycling plant at Okahandja were all waste plastics are recycled and supplied to users of plastic products, consumers and end other users.President
readBorder customs chief suspended over tax fraud
12-10-2006
THE Ministry of Finance yesterday suspended a senior customs and excise official in connection with tax fraud.A well-placed source told The Namibian that the chief Customs Officer at the Noordoewer
readCitizens need to become involved: Nuuyoma
12-10-2006
ACTIVE involvement of citizens is essential in safeguarding democracy and achieving sustainable growth.In Namibia, however, the process of public participation is neither properly understood nor fully
readDefence meeting concerned about drug trafficking
12-10-2006
CRIME and drug trafficking are threatening the security of both Namibia and South Africa, Defence Minister Major General Charles Namoloh has said.At the sixth session of Namibia and South Africa's
readConservation without borders
12-10-2006
NAMIBIA and Angola have moved a significant step forward towards the creation of a joint trans-border conservation area.The Angolan news agency Angop reported that the Angolan Cabinet Council recently
readCattle herders stuck on the border
12-10-2006
CATTLE herders evicted from the Ukwangali district in western Kavango are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place.Many of the farmers and their herds are stranded on the border between the
readOnkee taku tiwa naya ze mo mOkavango
12-10-2006
K UTYA nee oyo mboka ya pelwe uuthemba kOmukwaniilwa gwUukwangali Sitentu Mpasi wokukala mOkavango niimuna yawo, ye na mo omapya nomagumbo, ya hokanena mo kwali, ye na aakulukadhi naanona, aapopi
readEsiku lyuuvu womomadhilaadhilo mOngwediva
12-10-2006
O SHIWIKE sha zile ko otwa lopotele kutya Esiku lyokudhimbulukwa ekondjitha lyuuvu womomadhilaadhilo, otali ka kala ko ngeno kwali meti 10 Oktoba 2006 mOsenda yOmaulikilo gIipindi mOngwediva, ashike
readOndjila ya Ndangwa nOshikango otayi ka egululwa pambelewa ngula
12-10-2006
O MBELEWA yUuministeli wIilonga, Omaenditho nOmakwatakanithokumwe, oya tseyitha kutya ondjila onene yopokati kOndangwa nOshikango, ndjoka omathimbo ga zi ko ya kala tayi tungululwa nokuwapalekululwa,
readGertze okwa hala omalambo ga popiwe
12-10-2006
K ONIMA sho Omutumba gwOpashigwana gwa zimine osheetwapo sha Kuaima Riruako kutya naku ningwe oonkundathana kombinga yomadhipago omanyanyalithi ngoka ga ningilwa Aanamibia kAandowishi momumvo 1905
readEpangelo lya ya mo moshinima sha Kobi
12-10-2006
O MBELEWA yOmutamaneki-Ndjayi gwEpangelo oya li ompinge negandjo lyombooloha komulumentu gwomwAamerika Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander, ngoka ta kongwa mu Amerika shi na sha nuulunga.Kobi, ngoka a lopotelwa
readSport Shorts
12-10-2006
Deep Impact to retire TOKYO - Celebrated Japanese horse Deep Impact will retire this year after a strong showing last week in Europe's premier racing event, the Japan Racing Association said
readChinese runner claims banned coach beat her - report
12-10-2006
BEIJING - Banned Chinese marathon runner Sun Yingjie has claimed she left her coach, Wang Dexian, because he beat her severely with a belt, local media reported yesterday.Wang, former head coach of
readBadminton veterans reach new level
12-10-2006
FOR the last couple of years, Namibia was not able to participate in the South African Veterans' Badminton Championships on a regular basis.Last year, a team was entered in these championships but had
readWestern Suburbs win plate at sevens rugby in SA
12-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Western Suburbs Rugby Club returned home at the weekend from their first-ever international competition as winner in the Plate section of the Millin Petersen Sevens held in Cape Town, South
readBaluka takes boxing title
12-10-2006
OSHAKATI - The two-day Nedbank-sponsored National Senior Boxing Championships, which ended at Oshakati at the weekend, crowned Johannes Baluka from the Khomas Region as the best boxer of the
readSwimmers break records at South African champs
12-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Two Namibian swimmers broke several local records when they participated in the South African Short Course Championship in Pietermaritzburg recently.Alex Ray, 19, and Jonay Briedenhann, 16,
readNamibia Defence Force wins volleyball league for fifth year running
12-10-2006
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has done it again.The soldiers have won the Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) Men's Premier League for the fifth consecutive year. The NDF A team won
readMTC Cricket First League
12-10-2006
Weekend Match Summaries Unam vs United III - United III won by 7 wickets.United III scored 67 runs for 3 wickets in 10 overs. Unam scored 65 runs for 10 wickets in 22 overs. The best batsman of
readProteas hit top batting form
12-10-2006
MUMBAI - Captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis led from the front as South Africa warmed up for the Champions Trophy with a dazzling batting display yesterday.Left-handed Smith smashed 90 off 54
readAthletics exco legitimate: Chinue
12-10-2006
WINDHOEK - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Africa Area Representative, Leonard Chinue, says the world athletics body still recognises the current Athletics Namibia (AN)
readIn Brief
12-10-2006
CHAOS - Iraqi militia fired a mortar round into a US military base in Baghdad, triggering a thunderous series of explosions that destroyed an ammunition dump and rocked the entire city.* INFERTILITY
readNigerian vice president's aide jailed
12-10-2006
ABUJA - A spokesman for Nigeria's vice president was jailed on Tuesday after being charged with disclosing classified information in a media war with President Olusegun Obasanjo.The imprisonment is
readWoman tops China's new rich list with US $3 bn
12-10-2006
PAPER-RECYCLING tycoon Zhang Yin has become the first woman to top the list of China's richest people, with a fortune of $3.4bn (£1.8bn).Zhang is the 49-year-old founder of Nine Dragons Paper, which
readPhilippines rocked by four bombs
12-10-2006
MANILA - A bomb exploded in the jittery southern Philippines but caused no injuries yesterday, amid warnings of more terrorist attacks a day after suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants detonated an
read1 in 3 women abused - UN report
12-10-2006
NEW YORK - Violence against women is "severe and pervasive" around the world, with at least one in three women subjected to intimate partner abuse during her lifetime, according to a UN report
readSaddam thrown out again
12-10-2006
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein took his seat in the dock in his genocide trial yesterday, a day after the presiding judge threw him out of court in a raucous session during which witnesses testified that
readTehran demonstrators hurl firebombs at Danish embassy
12-10-2006
TEHRAN - Demonstrators angered over a satirical video of the Islamic prophet Mohammed hurled firebombs and rocks at the Danish embassy in Tehran on Tuesday night.Anti-riot police kept people from
readN Korea threatens new test
12-10-2006
NORTH Korea's second most powerful leader has threatened more nuclear tests if the US maintains its "hostile" policy, Japanese media report.Kim Yong-nam said the decision depended on how the US
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