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51 Articles found on Thursday, 23 April 2009
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23-04-2009
I DO not really care about the years spent in exile. Right now I want results. – Twenty-year-old first-time voter in South Africa, Shaun Rabany, saying while what the liberation struggle leaders had
readNPL coaches under pressure
23-04-2009
THE exit of Brian Isaacs as coach from Orlando Pirates this week signalled the growing pressure coaches face in the domestic league, to either deliver or ship out.This season alone has seen eight
readFrench minister announces she’s pregnant on Facebook
23-04-2009
PARIS - France’s minister for the digital economy on Wednesday announced on Facebook that she was pregnant, the second member of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government to mix motherhood with
readBreather for business, but not for consumer
23-04-2009
BUSINESS confidence continued to gain ground in Namibia during February, fuelled by an increase in commercial vehicle sales and company registrations.The latest IJG Business Climate Monitor shows its
readTale of a desert river
23-04-2009
WHEN we think of the Kuiseb River, many of us picture a bridge over a dry riverbed, others of us picture orange-coloured dunes cascading into a sandy channel lined with trees. At Gobabeb we understand
readBorder control a priority
23-04-2009
MOTIVATING her budget of N$152,8 million for the current financial year, Home Affairs Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa said globalisation and increased travel through Namibia has prompted the need for
readEmbassies high on foreign agenda
23-04-2009
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Marco Hausiku on Monday motivated his ministry’s N$388,6 million budget vote in the National Assembly. The bulk of this amount is for the operational costs of the ministry
readN$127,5m to be injected into State hospitals
23-04-2009
ABOUT 13 per cent of the N$2,4 billion budget allocation for the Ministry of Health will go towards upgrading hospitals and clinics across the country.This was outlined by Minister of Health and
readMPs demand more TV time
23-04-2009
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) once again dominated the annual budget debate in Parliament this year, with MPs of the ruling party demanding more coverage of “all of us” attending major
readElectoral bill still not in NA
23-04-2009
THE long-awaited amendment to the Electoral Act has still not reached the National Assembly, Presidential Affairs Minister Albert Kawana told Parliament on Tuesday.He said this indicated that the
read‘Stolen’ Blue Book was just misplaced
23-04-2009
A REPORT written 91 years ago on atrocities committed by the German colonial government against Namibians, which was reported as stolen by the National Archives seven years ago, has resurfaced – it
readSam Nujoma graduates
23-04-2009
FORMER President Sam Nujoma will be one of 1 401 Unam students graduating tomorrow at the Safari Court Hotel & Casino.In 2006, a year after handing over the presidency to President Hifikepunye
readZim govt has issues in new case before SADC Tribunal
23-04-2009
TORTURE and assault victims, whose claims for compensation against the Zimbabwean government have become worthless because of runaway inflation over the years, ran into procedural hurdles when they
readFreddie Mac official found dead in home
23-04-2009
WASHINGTON - David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.The
readSMSes for Thu 23 Apr 09
23-04-2009
* GREAT! A new Parliament building to be built for who knows how many zillions. I am sure the jobless and the shack-dwellers are jumping with joy over that news! * I AM praying that my South African
readMan kidnaps bank manager, demands luxury car
23-04-2009
MADRID – A Spanish builder with big debts kidnapped his bank manager at gunpoint and demanded a 50 000 euro (US$66 000) loan plus his luxury car, police in the southern city of Malaga said on
readBank of England spots hopeful economic signs
23-04-2009
LONDON – Bank of England rate-setters spotted some signs that Britain’s recession was becoming less acute at their most recent meeting on April 9 - but held back from saying that the economy was on
readOil falls toward US$48 on weak demand data
23-04-2009
SINGAPORE – Oil dipped towards US$48 a barrel yesterday as data showing weak demand from major Asian consumers more than offset the euphoria over Wall Street gains and an unexpected fall in US crude
readAnother South African rate cut on the cards
23-04-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is likely to keep its aggressive monetary easing stance next week with a steep rate cut to boost an economy that looks set for its first recession
readSouth Africa won’t fail under Zuma, says Manuel
23-04-2009
MILAN – South Africa will not fail and the economy will stay rational under the leadership of Jacob Zuma, likely to become president after yesterday’s general election, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel
readZimbabwe admits raiding private bank accounts
23-04-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s central bank governor admits he took money from the bank accounts of private businesses and foreign aid groups without permission to keep the country’s cash-strapped ministries
readCopper bounces on equities, China import data
23-04-2009
MANILA – Copper rebounded yesterday, cheered by a recovery on Wall Street and data showing China imported a record amount of the industrial metal last month to build reserves.Also aiding prices are
readBritish government debt to hit record 175 billion pounds
23-04-2009
LONDON – Britain’s public borrowing will balloon to a record 175 billion pounds (197 billion euros, 256 billion dollars) in 2009/10, British finance minister Alistair Darling forecast
readIMF estimates cost of global financial crisis at US$4 trillion
23-04-2009
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its estimate of losses from the global financial and economic crisis to more than four trillion dollars due to writedowns on soured
readMassa eyes Bahrain turnaround
23-04-2009
FELIPE Massa hopes this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix could mark a turnaround for struggling Ferrari.“I have always gone well at the Sakhir circuit, winning for the last two years, so I hope this is a
readKrajicek returns
23-04-2009
VILLAIN-turned-hero of Australian tennis Jelena Dokic is a last-minute withdrawal from next week’s Soweto Open women’s event at the Arthur Ashe Tennis complex – leaving Michaella Krajicek, sister of
readShooting sports at Swakop
23-04-2009
SWAKOPMUND’S traditional clay pigeon club, the ‘Tontaubenklub’, has been relaunched as the Swakopmund Shooting Club, featuring a unique variety of shooting sports at the coast. Besides DTL and
readManagerial mind games influence premiership title races
23-04-2009
LONDON – With the end-of-season finals getting closer and intensity increasing in league title races, the Premier League managers influence more games than those played on the field.The ones that go
readUnited in driving Seat, Rafa admits
23-04-2009
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admitted Manchester United were in the driving seat for the title after watching his side drop two crucial points at Anfield on Tuesday.The Spaniard blamed
readBenayoun pledges fight to the finish
23-04-2009
LIVERPOOL – Liverpool midfielder Yossi Benayoun is refusing to throw in the towel in the club’s title battle with Manchester United, despite their failure to overcome Arsenal.A 4-4 thriller at Anfield
readShowdown in Cup
23-04-2009
NAMIBIA’S premier Cup competition, the Cell One NFA Cup, takes centre stage this weekend with second-round matches at three venues throughout Namibia.In one of the most highly anticipated matches,
readSpain February home sales fall despite price drop
23-04-2009
MADRID – Spanish property owners were still struggling to sell homes in February, figures showed on Tuesday, even though price falls gathered pace according to official data and some estate agents
readCash stuffs it up for suspect
23-04-2009
SUSPECTED thief Derek van Schalkwyk (38) was arrested at the Swakopmund Municipal Bungalows early Sunday morning with N$229 460 in his possession.Police swooped on Van Schalkwyk as he was booking in
readGeneral Growth files largest US real estate bankruptcy
23-04-2009
NEW YORK – General Growth Properties Inc, the second-largest US mall owner, declared bankruptcy last Thursday in the biggest real estate failure in US history.Ending months of speculation, General
readFreddie Mac official found dead in home
23-04-2009
WASHINGTON - David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of mortgage giant Freddie Mac, was found dead at his home Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide.The
readMan kidnaps bank manager, demands luxury car
23-04-2009
MADRID – A Spanish builder with big debts kidnapped his bank manager at gunpoint and demanded a 50 000 euro (US$66 000) loan plus his luxury car, police in the southern city of Malaga said on
readBanks sound, households struggle
23-04-2009
NAMIBIANS owed banks N$1,7 billion in overdue loan repayments by the end of December as the effects of the global financial crisis started spilling over into the country and consumers struggled to
readThree trophy rhinos to die for N$4,7 m
23-04-2009
THE life of a black rhino yesterday earned the State N$1,7 million at an auction of trophy-hunting concessions on State land that lasted less than half an hour.This hunting concession was bought by a
readActress to show Darfur solidarity
23-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – Mia Farrow plans to begin a hunger strike next week in solidarity with the people of Darfur.The 64-year-old actress and humanitarian says she will begin a “fast of only water as a
readAfrican first ladies take concerns to Hollywood
23-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – A group of African first ladies met for two days in Los Angeles this week to forge US partnerships to try to improve health and education of women and girls in African communities
readWorld’s arteries shrinking
23-04-2009
WASHINGTON – The flow of water in the world’s largest rivers has declined over the past half-century, with significant changes found in about a third of the big rivers.An analysis of 925 major rivers
readMaoists release train hostages
23-04-2009
RANCHI - Maoist rebels in India briefly took hostage more than 300 passengers on a train yesterday, police said, as the insurgents stepped up attacks during the country’s general elections.At least
readMore civilians flee as SL army advances
23-04-2009
COLOMBO – Thousands more civilians fled Sri Lanka’s war zone yesterday as troops pushed deeper into the Tamil Tiger rebels’ sliver of remaining territory and the government vowed again that the end
readGermany backs new child porn law
23-04-2009
BERLIN - The German cabinet backed a new draft law yesterday that would make it harder to access child pornography online and easier to prosecute those who use it. The bill will oblige Internet
readANC expects to sweep the polls
23-04-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans lined up before sunrise yesterday to vote in an election energised by the hugely popular Jacob Zuma, who has overcome scandals and helped generate an excitement not seen
readZim state media taunts US envoy
23-04-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s state media expressed unrestrained glee Wednesday at the pending departure of US Ambassador James McGee, who has frequently clashed with President Robert Mugabe.“Thank heavens,
readShoka sha mepeko lyOpolisi
23-04-2009
OPOLISI oya kwata po omulumentu gwoomvula 23 pomukunda gumwe gu li popepi nOutapi moshitopolwa sha Musita, ta fekelelwa ekwatokonga lyokakadhona koomvula ndatu ke mu pamba.*Opolisi pOshivelo otayi
readOmudhani omukulu gwOshakati City a hulitha
23-04-2009
OMUDHANI omukulu gwOsipana yOshakati City a tseyika nawa Venasiu Haufiku Victory, a tseyika unene nawa nedhina Haufiku, okwa itsuwa a sila megumbo lye mUupindi mOshakatiuninginino ongula yeti 18
readOmufekelwa I iyaka mo mOkakuma
23-04-2009
OMWAANGOLA gumwe e li mongundu yAangola mboka ya li ya kwata niinganagimithi pOkapale koondhila ka Hosea Kutako omasiku ga zi ko, okwa iyaka mo mOkakuma kOpolisi ina monika.Omukiintu nguka Ditomena
readOshigongiilonga mOngwediva shi na sha nOmalaria
23-04-2009
OSHIGONGIILONGA shi na sha nomukithi omudhipagi gwOmalaria, osha tamekele ohela mOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana moka Aanashilonga oonakutseya nawa omukithi gwOmalaria ya za kIitopolwa ayihe ya
readICG okwa ikwata onkalo mu Zimbabwe
23-04-2009
JOHANESSBURG - Okuniwe uumbanda uunene kutya Epangelo mu Zimbabwe otashi vulika li ka umbwe kEtanga lyEgameno nenge Omuprimaminsita Morgan Tsvangiria a dhipagwe kaakwiita aakuluntu, mboka kaye
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