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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 11 August 2009
Old Mutual wary about future prospects
11-08-2009
“PLEASED with the past, but wary of the future.” This is the view of the Managing Director of Old Mutual’s Africa Operations, Johannes !Gawaxab, on Old Mutual’s interim results for the first half
readRio ‘spying’ cost China US$100 billion
11-08-2009
SHANGHAI - China’s state secrets watchdog has accused Australian mining giant Rio Tinto of conducting up to six years of corporate espionage, costing the country 700 billion yuan (US$102 billion
readRio Tinto prices plunge on China spy claims
11-08-2009
SYDNEY - Rio Tinto Ltd.’s share price plunged more than three per cent yesterday after China accused the Anglo-Australian miner of conducting a six-year spying campaign that it claimed cost Chinese
readPrivate hospitals could reap rewards in Africa
11-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Africa’s growing middle class and the rising availability of generic drugs and low-cost insurance could offer big profits for private hospital groups from emerging markets such as South
readAngola says Congo immigrants threaten diamond industry
11-08-2009
LUANDA - The head of Angola’s border police accused the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday of allowing an unchecked flood of illegal immigrants into Angola, threatening its recovering diamond
readLuxury resort offers $19 room, minus bed
11-08-2009
SAN DIEGO – A luxury resort in San Diego is offering rooms for US$19 a night – if you don’t mind sleeping in a tent.The Rancho Bernardo Inn boasts three pools, a spa and golf course. It typically
readFill up for less from Thursday
11-08-2009
MOTORISTS at Walvis Bay will be able to fill up their tanks for nearly N$10 to N$18 less - depending on whether they drive a sedan or 4x4 car - when the fuel price drops by 22 cents a litre on
readAfrica exporters asked to set up green energy plants
11-08-2009
NAIROBI – African firms exporting to the United States should consider investing in renewable energy to make their production more efficient and merchandise more competitive, a Kenyan energy expert
readWall Street refugees rise above ashes as boutique firms take hold
11-08-2009
DOMINICK Mondi, who joined Bear Stearns at age 25 in 1979, remembers how then chief executive Alan “Ace” Greenberg called him every February 10 - his birthday.The collegial spirit began to fade when
readIndians to refine business skills
11-08-2009
MUMBAI – The traditional image of finishing schools is of the Swiss Alps, where elegant young ladies from well-to-do families learn to walk, talk and make conversation before entering polite
readAfrican veggies good for nutrition, back on Kenyan shelves
11-08-2009
A KENYAN horticultural scientist hopes that a group of leafy green plants, previously dismissed by some as weeds, may have a significant impact on reducing malnutrition and poverty levels in
readFarming brothers sell top calves at auction
11-08-2009
FARMING is often a family business. But five brothers, who all farm, together turned up for a recent cattle auction and jointly sold 230 weaner calves, fetching high prices, and winning a top award
readNational phyto-sanitary committee formed
11-08-2009
NAMIBIA is to set up its own national committee for animal, plant health and food safety to adhere to sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards (SPS), used globally in international trade to protect
readSA farmers want a rescue plan
11-08-2009
SOUTH African farmers want the government to include them in its N$2,4 billion rescue plan, the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU) said yesterday.Farmers suffering from the recession need help to
readChina installs 2,75m security cameras
11-08-2009
BEIJING – China’s police say they have installed 2,75 million surveillance cameras since 2003 and are expanding the system into the largely neglected countryside.The cameras are the most visible
readFlu drugs little use for children
11-08-2009
LONDON – Children should not routinely be given flu drugs like Tamiflu since there is no clear evidence they prevent complications and potentially harmful side effects may outweigh any benefits,
readDos Santos committed to ‘timely polls’: Clinton
11-08-2009
LUANDA – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that Angola’s long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has committed to “timely” presidential elections that will be the country’s
readSomali pirates free 16 sailors seized 4 months ago
11-08-2009
ROME – Sixteen sailors, including 10 Italians, whose tug was seized by Somali pirates four months ago are free after the pirates abandoned the ship, Italian authorities said yesterday.Foreign Minister
readTyphoon pummels Taiwan; 600 missing in mudslide
11-08-2009
TAIPEI – A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said yesterday.Typhoon Morakot dumped up to two
readMugabe: West should ‘leave us alone’
11-08-2009
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe said yesterday that if the West can’t support Zimbabwe’s struggling coalition government, it should “leave us alone.”Mugabe spoke at the funeral of 85-year-old Vice
readMiley, ‘Twilight’ sweep the Teen Choice Awards
11-08-2009
UNIVERSAL CITY, California – Miley Cyrus rode a wave at the Teen Choice Awards.The teen queen sailed away with six surfboard-shaped trophies at Sunday’s ceremony. Cyrus (16) won for comedy TV actress
readActor Douglas’s son could get life
11-08-2009
NEW YORK – The son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas could face life in prison for selling large amounts of an illegal drug over a three-year period before his arrest late last month, court
readGumwe awike a kwatwa meyakopo lyeshina lya tate Iipinge
11-08-2009
OPOLISI mOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya tseyitha kutya sigo oompaka opwa kwatwa ashike omuntu gumwe shi na sha neyakopo lyeshina lyolusheno lyomusamane, Laurence Iipinge ndyoka lya yakelwe po
readOshimpungu shokutunga moNamibia ota shi ende nawa
11-08-2009
OSHIMPUNGU shokutunga shaNamibia natango ota shi longo nawa, no shi li olunza oluwanawa lwiimaliwa, nonando oshilongo osha tegelela omahupilo gasho ga gwe pevi sigo okohi yonola nuumvo.Shino osha
readOshike shi li mAanasikola yomEengedjo?
11-08-2009
AANASIKOLA, unene tuu mboka yomOgrade 11 no 12 yomOseko yopombanda ya Eengedjo mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otaku tiwa kutya oya adhika koshinima oshikumithi, taya kambuka nokukala taya
readOndando yomahooli ota yi gu pevi mEtine
11-08-2009
ONDANDO yomahooli ota yi shuna pevi mEtine lyoshiwike shika. Egwopevi ndika olyo lyotango muule woomwedhi hamano, sho omahooli omaziza(unleaded) naangoka omatiligane(lead replacement) taga ka kala ge
readNANCA a gandja Uutemba kAanuulema womagulu mOshana
11-08-2009
EHANGANO lya tseyika nawa lyokutunga Oosikola, omagumbo nosho tuu lyedhina Namibia National Construction Association (NANCA) mEtitano lya zi ko olya gandja omagano gOodola N$10, 000 lwaampoka ku
readKuku Bilha Amakutuwa a fumvikwa po Elim
11-08-2009
OMULONGISIKOLA omukulu, kuku Bilha Shikomba Amakutuwa gwomomukunda Iithindi popepi na Elim mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati mEtitano
readEkunku natango otali indjipala moNamibia
11-08-2009
AANTU yaheli ngashingeyi ya monika ekunku moNamibia.Omuntu omutihelayi ngoka a monika enkunku, omukithi ngoka hagu fupipikwa ngaashi H1N1 nogwa tseyika ngaashika ekunku lyiingulu, omugundjuka gwomimvo
readTigers snap up Isaacs
11-08-2009
FORMER Orlando Pirates mentor Brian Isaacs has now moved onto another Katutura giant, Tigers, as the new head coach on a one-year deal.Isaacs got the nod earlier this month, but was officially
readFootball Results
11-08-2009
Social LeaguePlayed Saturday, Aug 8 09h00 E B C 2-0 Voltman All Stars 10h00 Kalahari Sands 2-1 Min of Works 11h00 Monate
readBolt v Gay duel headlines Berlin worlds
11-08-2009
BERLIN - The mouth-watering sprint duel between Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay will headline the World Athletics Championships here, offering up what should be one of the most eagerly awaited events
readOld Boys thrash Polytechnic
11-08-2009
WINDHOEK Old Boys thumped Polytechnic 10-0 while Wanderers beat DTS 1-0 in Men’s Premier League hockey matches on Saturday.WOB were far too strong for Polytechnic who are finding the going tough in
readZenit St Petersburg sack Dutch coach Advocaat
11-08-2009
MOSCOW - Zenit St Petersburg have sacked the club’s Dutch coach Dick Advocaat because of a run of poor form since he announced he was going to become Belgium’s national coach next year, the club said
readWorld Sport Briefs
11-08-2009
AUSTRALIAN Casey Stoner will miss the next three MotoGP races to give him the chance to get back to full fitness, Ducati team director Livio Suppo said yesterday.‘He isn’t well and the best thing for
readIll-discipline costed Wallabies
11-08-2009
SYDNEY - The Wallabies’ ill-discipline and lack of mental toughness in their 29-17 loss to South Africa raises major doubts over their ability to compete away from home, the Australian press said
readWoods takes 7th title
11-08-2009
AKRON - Tiger Woods won a record seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title on Sunday, overhauling Padraig Harrington with a sizzling burst of scoring before benefiting from a late collapse by the
readAll Black call on Carter
11-08-2009
WELLINGTON - Star fly-half Dan Carter was yesterday recalled to the All Blacks squad for the remainder of their Tri-Nations campaign six months after suffering a torn Achilles tendon.Carter has played
readSMS Of Tuesday 11 August 2009
11-08-2009
* CITY of Windhoek, I honestly think you are arrogant and it makes it very difficult to forgive you when you make mistakes. For example the recent erven sale in July 2009 was a great disaster as
readZephania Kameeta and the Years of Upheaval
11-08-2009
WHEN I saw Bishop Kameeta in the Friday newspaper it occurred to me that I had not seen or spoken to him in two years. As I vainly tried to get him on the phone for a birthday wish, my mind dived
readCanned hunting shoots back into the limelight
11-08-2009
THE Namibian Professional Hunting Association (Napha) has appealed to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) to suspend the issuing of leopard and cheetah trophy-hunting permits for 2010.
readGovernment accused of flouting tender rules
11-08-2009
THE Ministry of Education and the Tender Board have been slapped with an interim restraining order on signing a tender contract, after allegations of irregularities in the tender procedures were
readTeko Trading trio pooh-poohs charges
11-08-2009
THE criminal charges stemming from a multi-million dollar deal for Chinese-made X-ray machines for the Ministry of Finance are about as serious as an average shoplifting case, businessman and
readNoteable Quotes
11-08-2009
WE must not sleep and allow the enemy to destroy us. – Deputy Labour Minister Peter Iilonga telling a Swapo rally at Keetmanshoop that whites in Namibia are planning to destroy the country with
readFor many, Niger referendum settles nothing
11-08-2009
NIAMEY, Niger – His opponents call it the “slow-motion coup”. Despite promising to step down in December at the end of his two-term limit, the leader of this uranium-rich desert nation is waging a
readIran purges Intelligence Ministry officials
11-08-2009
TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired at least four senior Intelligence Ministry figures in a purge targeting officials who disagreed with the crackdown on the opposition after last month’s
readGreat Depression avoided
11-08-2009
KUALA LUMPUR – Aggressive stimulus spending by governments helped the world avoid a second Great Depression but full economic recovery will take two years or more, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul
readBusinesses bite the bullet
11-08-2009
IT’S no longer all doom and gloom for the local economy, just gloom – with a hint of optimism, judging from the latest IJG Quarterly Business Confidence Survey, released by the Institute of Public
read‘Shorty’ Erasmus ‘forgets’ under cross-examination
11-08-2009
Memory lapses were the order of the day in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, when farm murder suspect Justus “Shorty” Erasmus underwent day three of cross-examination from state prosecutor
readColonial monument in Germany comes under fire in Namibia
11-08-2009
A MONUMENT in memory of indigenous Namibians who were victims of German colonial rule a century ago will be inaugurated in Germany today, exactly 105 years after the Battle of Ohamakari in
readBurglar shot dead
11-08-2009
THE Police have launched a dual housebreaking and murder investigation after a Windhoek house owner shot dead a burglary suspect on Friday.The suspect was shot in the chest at a house in Daan Bekker
readNumbers don’t always count
11-08-2009
THE survival of a Build Together savings group formed a decade ago, which promised property to 76 families in Windhoek’s Goreangab informal settlement, is under threat because of illegal squatters and
read‘Mix Camp’ sale a done deal
11-08-2009
THE owners of three smallholdings near Brakwater, home to around 3 000 people and known as the Mix Camp, have sold the land to the City of Windhoek for N$5,3 million.All that remains now is the
readWarmbad comes alive!
11-08-2009
THE normally sleepy settlement of Warmbad in the South roared to life when it hosted the Boundless Southern Africa media day, ‘Nature, Culture, Community’, on Friday. A soccer match, local school
readExam ‘demons’ on the loose
11-08-2009
THE Eengedjo Senior Secondary School at Omungwelume in the Ohangwena Region temporary shut its doors on Friday, after a number of pupils started fainting, claiming that they were plagued by “black
readFire rips through Uuvudhiya
11-08-2009
ONGWEDIVA – A fire last week broke out in a semi-desert area, commonly known as ‘ombuga’, of the Uuvudhiya Constituency in the Oshana Region, destroying a large tract of grassland.The Oshana Regional
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