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45 Articles found on Monday, 17 August 2009
Tainted polls raise stability fears
17-08-2009
DAKAR – A string of questionable elections in West Africa this year have been backward steps for democracy that may incite further power grabs on an unstable continent, even though most of the polls
readAngola’s BPA to open investment bank in Portugal
17-08-2009
LUANDA - Angola’s Banco Privado Atlantico will open an investment bank in Portugal this week to promote investments between the two nations, Chief Executive Officer, Carlos da Silva, said on
readAfrican debt edging back into play
17-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Domestic sub-Saharan African debt is back on the radar of emerging market investors, a strong sign of renewed willingness to swallow currency and political risks for double-digit
readSA economy seen contracting
17-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s economy looks to have contracted again in the second quarter of 2009, knocked by weakness across most sectors, and extending the country’s first recession in nearly two
readNigeria injects US$2,6b into five banks, sacks directors
17-08-2009
LAGOS – Nigeria’s central bank said on Friday it was injecting 400 billion naira (US$2,6 billion) into five banks and removing their senior management because their undercapitalisation posed a risk to
readWorst has yet to come, warns economist
17-08-2009
DESPITE more signs of a global recovery, one of South Africa’s top economists has warned that there is worse to come.Azar Jammine, the chief economist at Econometrix, said the world had avoided “a
readRate cut gives analysts a ‘pleasant’ shock
17-08-2009
THURSDAY’s half percentage point cut in the central bank’s key lending rate in South Africa shocked analysts, who had been expecting no move.After Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni announced the
readFrustrated Darfur activists slam US envoy Gration
17-08-2009
UNITED NATIONS – Frustrated by the world’s failure to end the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s western Darfur region, some advocacy groups have turned on the new US envoy, accusing him of helping
readAfrica shorts
17-08-2009
Nigerian police detain hundreds POLICE in the western Nigerian state of Niger have raided an Islamic community and arrested hundreds of men, weeks after an uprising by a radical sect killed almost
readClinton: US sent ‘tough love’ message to Africa
17-08-2009
SANTA MARIA, Cape Verde – Winding up an 11-day African tour, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she’s optimistic about its future and voiced no regrets about “tough love”
readSearch continues for missing ship: Russian envoy
17-08-2009
MOSCOW - Russia’s envoy to NATO said Sunday that operations to find a missing freighter and its 15 Russian crew members are in full swing and he was optimistic of quick success.Russian and European
readIn death, as in life, MJ surrounded by wackiness
17-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s life is being overshadowed in his death by events so preposterous they seem to come from a fiction writer’s overactive imagination.They include a petition to award him
readMadonna has birthday in Poland amid protests
17-08-2009
WARSAW, Poland – Polish fans joined together in song to wish Madonna a happy birthday at a concert in Warsaw on Saturday evening – just hours before she turned 51.In a break between two songs, a fan
readDTA ota ningi iigongi tayi popi, tayi ende moondoolopa nomomikunda
17-08-2009
ONGUNDU yoDTA oya toto po omukalo gwokupopitha aakwashigwana ta yi ende, pehala lyo ku ya gongela, noku ya lombwela etumwalaka.Ongundu ndjika ota yi longitha iiyenditho yawo okweenda momapandaanda
readIiyemo ya De Beers natango ota yi gu pevi
17-08-2009
IILIKOLWA yehangano enene lyokulonga okawe muuyuni oya shuna pevi pethimbo ndika edhigu pamahupilo muuyuni.Moomwedhi hamano dhotango dhomumvo nguka ehangano ndika olya likola oodola oomiliona 24 dhili
readOreserve Mbaanga ya kulula iihohela inaa shi tegelelwa
17-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG; Ombaanga yopokati ya South Africa oya shuna iihohela yawo pevi noshinkwanu ntano nola sigo oopopelesenda heyali. Shika ka kwa li sha tegelelwa kehala lyomalanditho moshilongo moka
readOmina ya Tschudi oyo ayike omwenyo gwaWeatherly
17-08-2009
OKUMINA kwehangano lyoomina lya Weatherly moNamibia ota ku ka tsikila ashike methimbo tali ya sho ehangano tali kala nokufula ongopolo pomina yeeguluka ya Tschudi popepi noShomeya,ehangano lya ti.Egwo
readKL ta longo pOhorongo
17-08-2009
Ofabulika yosamende yOhorongo oya ganjda iilonga kehangano lyokutunga lya KL omwedhi gwa ziko, opo li tunge ehala lyokupungula omeya gokunwa, omeya gokudhima omulilo noshowo ominino dhokuhumbata
readPohamba Shifeta a indila aagundjuka yaa nwe we iikolitha
17-08-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha aalongisikola noshowo aanasikola naavali yamwe pOsikola yAanona ya Ongenga mOshitopolwa shaHangwena mOmaandaha ga zi ko, Omupeviminista gwAanyasha, Omaudhano nOmithigululwakalo
readAantu mboka yiikuthila evi natango ita ya tidhwapo
17-08-2009
AANTU mboka yi kuthile evi lyaMuni gwaVenduka shaa li pampango ita ya tidhwa po pomahala mpoka yeli po sigo uule womwedhi gumwe manga.Shika oshaningwa sho Ompangu yOpombanda ya gandja elombwelo
readGunners fire 6 of the best
17-08-2009
LONDON – Arsenal hammered out an early English Premier League title warning on Saturday when they crushed Everton 6-1 at Goodison Park, a timely reminder to Manchester United who begin their
readRossi eases to Czech MotoGP
17-08-2009
BRNO - World champion Valentino Rossi of Italy won the Czech MotoGP yesterday for the second year in a row after his Yamaha team mate Jorge Lorenzo of Spain crashed out late in the race.Spanish rider
readPaula wins in NY
17-08-2009
BERLIN - Britain’s 2005 marathon world champion Paula Radcliffe won the New York half marathon yesterday but revealed in a press conference phone call afterwards that she was undecided whether or not
readRooney sinks Birmingham with lone goal
17-08-2009
LONDON – Wayne Rooney got Manchester United’s bid for a fourth consecutive Premier League title off to a winning start with the only goal in a 1-0 victory over promoted Birmingham City at Old Trafford
readRehoboth thrash Jaguars
17-08-2009
REHOBOTH Rugby Club were the big movers in the weekend’s MTC Rugby Premier League action, moving up three places on the log after thrashing Jaguars 90-20 in Windhoek.Jaguars were reasonably
readWeepu left out
17-08-2009
WELLINGTON – Piri Weepu was left out of the 26-man squad for New Zealand’s Tri-Nations test against Australia in Sydney on Saturday.Weepu was left out after rolling his ankle at training, the New
readMasai breaks Ethiopian hold
17-08-2009
BERLIN –Kenya’s Linet Masai won the women’s 10 000 metres world title here on Saturday, ending bitter rivals Ethiopia’s hold on the event in the absence of defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba.The
readSMS Of Monday 17 August 2009
17-08-2009
* NAMIBIA, land of ‘little somethings’, homeland of the Chinese bribes. You have become a byword for sleaze. Comrade President with failed anti-graft promises, tell me whose turn to eat am I voting
readAngolan jailed over cocaine in shoes
17-08-2009
AN Angolan national who was arrested in Windhoek at the end of last month after he was found in possession of shoes in which more than half a kilogram of cocaine had been hidden was sent to prison for
readSADC Tribunal rules farm repo by agri bank of Zimbabwe illegal
17-08-2009
THE SADC Tribunal on Friday ruled that the repossession of a black Zimbabwean’s farm by a bank that sold it to recoup a loan was “illegal and void”.Farmer Luke Tembani (71) had taken the matter to the
readUsakos nurse probed for fraud
17-08-2009
ERONGO Police want to question a senior nurse at the Usakos State Hospital over a missing amount of N$18 200 - State money that was supposed to have been used for national immunisation campaigns in
readVeteran status not enough for ex-detainees
17-08-2009
THE Veterans Affairs ministry’s announcement last week, that former detainees in Swapo’s Lubango dungeons will qualify as war veterans, should not be seen as the end of the dungeon debate, a civil
readMotorcyclist shot near Okahandja
17-08-2009
A BRAZILIAN motorcyclist, Marcus Antonio Chavez (51) was shot from a car on the road between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo on Thursday.He is recovering in the Medi-Clinic Hospital in Windhoek, the Police
readNBL takes on Namundjebo siblings on sale of depot plot
17-08-2009
IN another case involving the Namundjebo family, it has emerged that Namibia Breweries Limited’s Oshikango depot was “sold” to the Namundjebo-Tilahun Family Trust for N$611Ę000 – after NBL had
readNudo rules out joint opposition candidate
17-08-2009
NUDO will not be part of an attempt by other opposition parties to field a joint presidential candidate in the presidential election later this year, the party said last week.“Contrary to rumours that
readCity squatters get another reprieve
17-08-2009
ILLEGAL squatters on Windhoek municipal property will remain safe from evictions for another month, after the High Court on Friday extended its suspension of the Squatters Proclamation of 1985.A
readNudo sheds ethnic label in manifesto
17-08-2009
NUDO, which has been regarded as a party for Herero-speaking Namibians since its inception 45 years ago, has shed this image in its 2009 election manifesto launched last week.“We are inclusive, we
readQuestions delay NWR’s financial report
17-08-2009
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) appears to be in hot water yet again: its 2008 financial report is nearly a year late because the auditors apparently have questions regarding the company’s
readTwo more flu cases at Rehoboth
17-08-2009
AT least two more people in Namibia were diagnosed positively with the H1N1 virus, commonly known as ‘swine flu’, over the weekend. Both are from Rehoboth, Dr Reinhardt Gariseb, Acting Chairman of
readTeko trio’s assets to stay frozen
17-08-2009
THE financial squeeze that has been put on Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck, her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, and Chinese national Yang Fan with the freezing of their assets in terms of
readNoteable Quotes
17-08-2009
THE SPYL demands to know the packages and benefits for each executive in the City of Windhoek to determine the relevance of such packages in the light of the tariff hikes. – Swapo Party Youth League
readGunners fire 6 of the best
17-08-2009
LONDON – Arsenal hammered out an early English Premier League title warning on Saturday when they crushed Everton 6-1 at Goodison Park, a timely reminder to Manchester United who begin their
readRelease Afrikaans version of Umshini Wam, Zuma told
17-08-2009
TRANSLATE the “machine gun song” into Afrikaans, a Free State businessman told South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday.“Please tell somebody to translate the machine gun song, because it’s
readChina needs local help in checking product quality
17-08-2009
THE Chinese government says it encourages companies to export high-quality products to Africa instead of making the continent the dumping place of counterfeit products.The commercial counsellor in
readTainted polls raise stability fears
17-08-2009
DAKAR – A string of questionable elections in West Africa this year have been backward steps for democracy that may incite further power grabs on an unstable continent, even though most of the polls
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