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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 12 August 2009
National interest of Nigeria main concern in oil reform
12-08-2009
ABUJA - Controversial legislation to overhaul Nigeria’s oil sector is now out of the government’s hands and foreign oil firms must lobby parliament if they want any changes, Oil Minister Rilwanu
readPolytechnic scoops Eduniversal Palms Award
12-08-2009
THE Polytechnic’s School of Business and Management (SBM) has been awarded the prestigious Eduniversal Palms Award by the International Scientific Committee of Eduniversal as one of the world’s most
readWorld Bank urges Congo to better energy governance
12-08-2009
INGA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Congo must improve governance in its energy sector to attract investment and exploit its full potential, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on
readRio Web report not official view: Australia
12-08-2009
CANBERRA – Australia yesterday played down a Chinese report that iron ore miner Rio Tinto had spied on Chinese steel mills and overcharged them for years, describing the report as an individual’s
readTanzania seeks govt shareholding in mines
12-08-2009
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania plans to include a clause in its new mining law allowing the government to own shares in firms extracting what it considers strategic minerals, its energy and minerals
readWhere there’s fire there’s smoke
12-08-2009
THE fires of hell are burning at Van Eck power station. The twin towers are a-smoking and ejaculating their detritus freely over Windhoek as a reminder that the “powers that be” charged with ensuring
readMyanmar faces more sanctions
12-08-2009
BRUSSELS – Criticism poured in for Myanmar yesterday over the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi as the EU promised more sanctions and one of its key regional partners called for the democracy icon’s
readTaiwan military rescues typhoon victims
12-08-2009
CISHAN – Taiwan’s military rescued about 300 people yesterday after a mudslide touched off by Typhoon Morakot consumed a village, but scores remained missing. A helicopter on a relief operation in the
readHard-line generals salute Tsvangirai
12-08-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwean generals known as hard-line supporters of President Robert Mugabe saluted former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday, a gesture welcomed as a public boost for the
readClinton calls on Congo to punish rapists
12-08-2009
GOMA – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday pledged N$136 million in new funding to combat sexual violence during a trip to war-weary eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Clinton used her
readHeart transplant record holder dies of cancer
12-08-2009
DAYTON – A heart transplant recipient who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said.Tony Huesman died on Sunday
read‘This is It’: Jackson film due out in October
12-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – Fans saddened by Michael Jackson’s sudden death on June 25 before a long-awaited return to the stage may find comfort in a film showing his final rehearsals to be released at the end of
readCowell renews his‘Idol’ contract
12-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell will be a judge on ‘American Idol’ for at least three more seasons.During the second-quarter earnings call of CKX, parent company of ‘Idol’ co-producer 19 Entertainment, CKX
readTutungeni Pamwe poGoreangab ta nyengwa okuhumako
12-08-2009
OKUHUPA kwongundu yokupungula ya Tutungeni Pamwe moshitopolwa shomagumbo giipeleki poGoreangab moVenduka ota shi nana nuudhigu.Ongundu ndjika ya dhikilwepo ooomvula omulongo dha piti oya li yuuvaneke
readAanangombe yatano aamwayinanthana yalanditha oontana oombwanawa
12-08-2009
OKUMUNA oongombe halundji ongeshefa yezimo.Ndele aamwayinanthana mbaka yatano aanangombe oya landitha oontana ndhoka opo dha toyo pomalanditho giimuna iiwike ya piti.Oontana adhihe kumwe omathele
readIiyamakuti ya falwa koshitopolwa sha Kavango
12-08-2009
ENDIKI lyUuntshitwe lyNamibia( Namibia Nature Foundation) pamwe nUuministeli wOmudhingoloko no ICEMA owa hupu iikweyo, tau tungu oodama noshowo omatemba goku nwina iiyamakuti pomahala gagamenwa
readOshigongi shOongundu dhOpolitika inashi tsa kumwe
12-08-2009
OSHIGONGI shOongundu dhOopolitika mOshitopolwa sha Shana sha li ko Omaandaha mOshakati pahiyo lya Gavena gwaShana Klemens Kashuupulwa nOmukuluntu gwOpolisi ya Shana, Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa, shi
readNujoma Stadium set for NPL
12-08-2009
THE multimillion-dollar Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura will become the Mecca of domestic football for the new season, with most premiership matches set to be played there, Namibia Premier League (NPL)
readTura Magic gains promotion
12-08-2009
TURA Magic gained promotion to the second highest football league in the country at the weekend, after serving only a season in the second division.The Katutura side was transformed from an academy
readShowjumpers in world cup
12-08-2009
THE FEI (International Equestrian Federation) World Cup Jumping Challenge 2009 was completed at Gymkhana Club Windhoek last weekend.This competition, which is over four rounds, is contested by
readWorld Sport Briefs
12-08-2009
* TWO-time world champions Argentina will test their skills and physical condition ahead of a crucial 2010 World Cup qualifier with Brazil in a friendly match with the hosts Russia yesterday. Russia,
readMortlock out of Tri-Nations
12-08-2009
SYDNEY – Wallabies captain Stirling Mortlock will miss the rest of the Tri-Nations series after injuring his knee in the 29-17 loss to South Africa, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said yesterday.The
readNeck injury wrecks Schumi comeback
12-08-2009
BERLIN – Former world champion Michael Schumacher has abandoned plans to return to Formula One racing at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23 due to a neck injury, he announced on his
readSMS Of Wednesday 12 August 2009
12-08-2009
* IT was a good thing when NBC changed its look when broadcasting news but honestly speaking the presenters are not serious with news anymore. Instead of reading what is reported, they mix news with
readConcern over flu in schools, hostels
12-08-2009
THE fact that many schools in Namibia have no idea how to handle an outbreak of H1N1 flu – commonly known as ‘swine flu’ – is worrisome.This was spelt out yesterday at a meeting of the National Health
readDeaths, injuries sky-high, says the MVA Fund
12-08-2009
CAR accidents claimed 68 per cent more lives and injured 88 per cent more people in Namibia during the first six months of 2009 than last year.At least 258 people died in car crashes from January to
readNOTEABLE QUOTES
12-08-2009
TEKO is just the local coach, Nuctech is the club. I’m the international player in the team. – Yang Fan (39), one of three accused in a multi-million dollar deal concerning Chinese-made X-ray
readSwapo tells opposition to suspend campaigns
12-08-2009
OPPOSITION parties in the Oshana Region have accused Swapo Party leaders in the region of wanting to prescribe to other political parties what to do and where to campaign.What was meant to be a
readTeko Trading trio gets bail
12-08-2009
APPLAUSE from the public gallery in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court yesterday greeted a ruling in which bail was granted to all three members of the Teko Trading trio.Magistrate Gerrit van Pletzen
readNo bail in well murder case
12-08-2009
THREE people, accused of killing two men at the farm Goodhope near Schlip in 2005, appeared in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court on Mondy. They are Dawid ‘Boeta’ Majiedt (55), Wilma Majiedt ( 40) and
readI was misquoted, claims Iilonga
12-08-2009
DEPUTY Minister of Labour Petrus Iilonga is denying that he accused “white people” of planning to destroy the Namibian nation with alcohol.Iilonga made the remark on alcohol when he deviated from his
readAngolan given a fine for cocaine trafficking
12-08-2009
ONE of the Angolan nationals caught at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako International Airport a month ago with a consignment of cocaine in his intestines was let off with a fine of N$20 000 in the Windhoek
readVeil of mystery over Nora recall
12-08-2009
A WEEK after the official opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD) controversially recalled one of its most prominent Members of Parliament, the issue remains shrouded in mystery.Allegations that
read12-08-2009
A RECENTLY established organisation has approached the High Court to declare unconstitutional a law that allows people to be evicted from their homes without the say-so of a court.The Aggrieved
readAll People’s Party wants to spend big on BIG
12-08-2009
THE All People’s Party (APP) says it will spend N$3 billion a year on basic income grants for households to reduce poverty, should it come to power in the November national elections.The annual N$3
readFatal stabbing at Opuwo
12-08-2009
OPUWO – A 19-year-old Namibian man died on the spot after he was stabbed in the neck at the Opuwo Recreation Club on Monday.The Namibian Police reported yesterday that Dave Pekii Karirao was allegedly
readDr Maria Fisch honoured
12-08-2009
ONE of Namibia’s pioneers in the medical and ethnological fields, Dr Maria Fisch, has been honoured with an order of merit by the German government for her lifetime work in the Kavango and Caprivi
read12-08-2009
SOUTH African cricketer Fanie de Villiers and German mime artist Jomi will attend the 20th anniversary gala dinner of CLaSH.CLaSH (the Association for Children with Language, Speech and Hearing
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