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63 Articles found on Friday, 28 August 2009
Culture shock in Beijing’s teeming markets
28-08-2009
EVER been to Beijing and its flea markets? Ever been confronted by the dreaded pocket calculator carried by almost every one of around 5 000 to 10 000 dealers who clamour in those flea markets – some
readNigerian bankers’ group replaces sacked chief
28-08-2009
LAGOS - The umbrella body of Nigerian bankers, the CIBN, announced yesterday that it had replaced its president, who was recently sacked by the country’s central bank for running his own bank into
readFifa urged to ban sweatshop
28-08-2009
WORLD soccer body Fifa should boycott all clothing produced by sweatshop labour for 2010 World Cup festivities, unions in the construction and textile industries said this week.Steve Grinter of the
readFifa puts screws on entrepreneurs using ‘World Cup 2010’ logo
28-08-2009
ANOTHER South African entrepreneur has fallen foul of the stringent Fifa advertising regulations and now faces the possibility of paying tens of thousands of rands in legal fees.Cape Town businessman
readNokia to offer mobile transfer services by 2010
28-08-2009
NOKIA, the world’s biggest maker of cellphones, plans to offer mobile transfer and payment services on its phones next year.The Nokia Money service would make use of a network of agents who would
readESA countries sign trade deal with EU
28-08-2009
SIX Eastern and Southern African (ESA) countries will sign the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) in Mauritius tomorrow.The interim EPA will be signed between
readExtract raining millions for Rössing South
28-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – ASX- and TSX-listed Extract Resources has launched a US$76-million equity raising by way of a non-renounceable pro-rata offer to eligible shareholders.The funds raised would be used to
readCharities may lose donations made by Rees
28-08-2009
DONATIONS made to charities by Dean Rees, who is accused of luring investors into Barry Tannenbaum’s alleged Ponzi scheme, may have to be returned, putting a Johannesburg school for blind and disabled
readPolice use rubber bullets on striking South African soldiers
28-08-2009
PRETORIA –Tshwane police used rubber bullets and teargas to disperse around 1 000 soldiers attempting to gain access to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the South African defence department said on
readZimbabwe doctors call off strike
28-08-2009
HARARE – Doctors at Zimbabwe’s state hospitals on Wednesday called off a crippling two-week strike, broken by the reality that the government had no money to meet their wage demands, their union
readSouth African sex abuse victims ‘turned away’
28-08-2009
CAPE TOWN – The South African police are turning away “numerous” sexual abuse victims as reports of physical abuse soar, parliamentarians heard on Wednesday.Joan van Niekerk, the manager of advocacy
readCargo plane crashes in Congo
28-08-2009
BRAZZAVILLE – A cargo plane crashed on the outskirts of the Congo capital Brazzaville as it approached the country’s main airport, Transport Minister Emile Ouosso said on Wednesday.The Russian-made
readCane saga bruising for Malaysia
28-08-2009
KUALA LUMPUR – After a series of flip-flops, authorities in Malaysia decided this week that a 32-year old Muslim woman caught drinking beer in violation of Islamic law would not be caned after all.The
readIndian man arrested for having 14 wives
28-08-2009
NEW DELHI – A former engineer with India’s flagship carrier, Air India, was arrested in Mumbai and accused of marrying 14 women over the past two-and-a-half years, news reports said on yesterday.The
readAncestral Land Is Our Birthright
28-08-2009
NEARLY two decades after independence majority of Namibians are pretty much in the same situation as they were then – landless.The land question as commonly referred to remains one of the most painful
readUnhappy with Caprivi candidates
28-08-2009
I WANT to challenge anyone who were at the regional conference to elect the two members to the National Assembly from Caprivi Region, or all eligible voters at the electoral college.Some of the
readThe Big Bankruptcy Debate
28-08-2009
THE MVA Chief Executive Officer recently defended the company’s financial position by categorically stating that his company was not bankrupt but rather insolvent. A few weeks later another SOE Chief,
readSPYL Playing Rugby With Swapo
28-08-2009
WHAT is really happening between Swapo leadership and the youth wing SPYL? Does the organisation have any means of communicating with one another as a mature organisation?What I fail to understand is
readFear And Favour In Public Service
28-08-2009
THANKS for good coverage recently on the exposure of those who embezzle public funds for self-interest. I fail to understand why racism still exists in Namibia, especially such a long time after
readVictim Of ‘Phishing’
28-08-2009
IT appears that I have been a victim of phishing. I got a call from a man named Craig. He claimed to be trying to settle an outstanding invoice for our company. He was very vague and did not know
readAaleli yoshilongo ya popya nomuthindo pOmugulu-gwombashe
28-08-2009
OMUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ti yamwe mboka ta ya ti ye opaapeta ya Sam Nujoma ita ya popi oshili. Pethimbo ta popi pedhimbuluko lyomapendafule pOmugulugwombashe Pohamba okwa ti ota lombwele
readOmbelewa ya Mandela ota yi lili eny9 akwa lyuudemokoli
28-08-2009
OMBELEWA yomusamane Nelson Mandela ota yi lili omusenator gwa Amerika omusamane Edward Kennedy , ta yi ti okwa li enyakwa mokukondjela uudemokoli, sho a li a yambidhidha mboka ya li taya kondjitha
readAantu omulongo nagumwe ya monika ekunku lyo H1N1
28-08-2009
AANUUVU omulongo nagumwe yapangwa ishewe molwa omukithi gwekunku lyo H1N1 omwedhi nguka moNamibia, omwaalu nguka ogwe eta aantu ayehe mboka ya li ya kwatwa kuuvu mbuka pomilongo ndatu nane
readOshikwenye shaholoka muumbangalantu oku za muAngola
28-08-2009
AAVU yatatu oya pangwa molwa okakwenyene moshitopolwa shEngela muumbangalantu woshilongo.Pethimbo olyo ndika Uuministeli wUukalinawa otau konakona ngele aantu omilongo mbali nagumwe otaya alukwa
readNamfisa ota vulu okukala nondjo De Waal tati
28-08-2009
EHANGANO lyokutalela omahangano gokupungula iimaliwa lyedhina Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority(Namfisa) oli na okuhumbata uudhigu omolwa ekano lyoodola oomiliona 49 ndhoka
readOminino dhokweenditha omeya galuudha tadhi lundululwa pOmaruru
28-08-2009
OSHINTOKO sha hugunina shominino dhokupomba omeya galuudha ota shi ka pingenwa po kominino ndhoka inaa dhi pumbwa oopomba pomakati.Shika, ngele osha manithwa otashi ka eta sigo oompoka kutya oshilando
readNamdeb ta fala aaniilonga 57 komahala galwe
28-08-2009
EHANGANO lyokufula okawe lya Namdeb ota li fala aaniilonga ye li 57 yopomina ya Elizabeth Bay komahala gamwe giilonga, ongo oshitopolwa shoku keelela ekanitho lyoodola oomiliona 76 pomina
readGunners out to fire Utd
28-08-2009
LONDON – After scoring 15 goals in four games, Arsenal’s stars are confident they will show the critics they are genuine Premier League title contenders by beating defending champion Manchester United
readFNB Football Expo
28-08-2009
THE National Media team is expected to take on an FNB Invitational team during the FNB Football Expo at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Sunday. Kick-off is at 13h00.The match will precede the final and
readWallabies go local against Boks
28-08-2009
PERTH – Australia named six Perth-based players, including teenage fullback James O’Connor, in its squad to take on South Africa in a Tri-Nations rugby test Saturday at Subiaco Oval.O’Connor, centre
readLance returns for Aussie tour
28-08-2009
ADELAIDE – Lance Armstrong’s new cycling squad, Team RadioShack, will make its debut at the 2010 Tour Down Under around Adelaide from January 17-24, race organisers said yesterday.Armstrong, a
readSmith and McAlister out
28-08-2009
WELLINGTON – Utility Isaia Toeava has been recalled to the All Blacks after confirmation Thursday that the injured midfield pairing of Luke McAlister and Conrad Smith will miss the rest of the
readECB axe domestic 50-over action
28-08-2009
LONDON - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will abandon their domestic 50-over competition from 2010 as the Twenty20 format continues its rise in popularity.In 2010 English counties will
readSafina seeks US Open title
28-08-2009
NEW YORK – World number one Dinara Safina tries to show she deserves her ranking by taking her first Grand Slam title at the US Open, but second-ranked defending champion Serena Williams also eyes the
readUnder-17s in Angola
28-08-2009
THE national under-17 football side are in Angola for the FESA under-20 tournament starting today in Lunda-Norte Province.The 20-man squad who left on Wednesday include two notable faces –
readMario’s coaching clinics on
28-08-2009
THE Mario Soccer Academy will hold its annual Open Holiday Coaching Clinics at the Sam Nujoma Stadium from August 31 until September 5.The clinics will be conducted between 12h00 and 14h00 every day.
readFootball Fixtures
28-08-2009
Social LeagueSaturday, Aug 29 09h00: Min of Works v Min of Justice 10h00: Murray & Roberts v Min of Environ 11h00: Untouchables v Health Pros
readAthletes need more
28-08-2009
IT was delightful to see four Namibian athletes trying to keep the country’s flag flying high at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany.I should admit that this time
readBolt roadshow continues at Zurich Golden League
28-08-2009
ZURICH – The presence of Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has guaranteed that the fifth of the six-leg Golden League today will be a sell-out after his treble world gold medal haul.The Letzigrund
read* Live broadcasts
28-08-2009
FRIDAY, AUG 28 SuperSport on DStv Athletics: * Golden League, Zürich \ 19:00 on SS 2. Cricket: * Sri Lanka v New Zealand, second test, day 3, Colombo, 05:15, SS 6. Golf:* Johnnie Walker
readSMSes Of Friday 28 August 2009
28-08-2009
* WE the non-struggle kids are watching if the GRN manages to give 5 000 jobs to the so-called struggle kids, the jobs we are all struggling to get. Then they must just expect us as well to come camp
readSwedish TV blasted for ‘exploiting’ minorities
28-08-2009
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has accused the Swedish national TV station (SVT) of violating filming conditions and “exploiting minority groups in Namibia” with its new reality show, ‘The Great
readSwapo electoral college: who are the delegates?
28-08-2009
NEXT weekend around 190 people will meet in Windhoek to decide on the list of 72 Swapo Party members they want to submit as their representatives in the National Assembly, which will be elected during
readPresident Pohamba nobody’s puppet, says Founding Father
28-08-2009
OMUGULUGWOMBASHE – President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Wednesday warned those who continue saying that he is a “puppet” of Founding President Sam Nujoma to stop it.“If you are saying that I am Nujoma’s
readFormer Finance official drops defamation case against paper
28-08-2009
FORMER Finance Ministry official Hans Haraseb has decided to withdraw the N$750 000 defamation case that he filed against The Namibian early last year.Haraseb sued freelance journalist John Grobler,
readRunning A Dry River
28-08-2009
THE Omaruru River basin is one of the first in Namibia to establish a basin management committee. Its members have a difficult balancing act to perform with a water resource that’s already being
readKoen’s bail hearing postponed
28-08-2009
OUTJO Town Treasurer Dawid Koen missed the first day of his bail application hearing at Otjiwarongo yesterday, following his arrest last week on an arson charge.The municipal official, accused of
readKatutura death not flu related
28-08-2009
THE death of a woman at the Katutura State Hospital last week was not related to the H1N1 flu pandemic.The National Health Emergency Management Committee (NHEMC) this week confirmed that the woman
readSeven men held at gunpoint
28-08-2009
SEVEN men were held at gunpoint by two suspects on the corner of Willa Willies and Daan Strydom streets in Khomasdal, Windhoek, on Sunday night.The Police reported this week that the suspects stole
readHelp build a meerkat home
28-08-2009
THE Haven Zoological Park in Kleine Kuppe, Windhoek, is looking for sponsors to build a cage for four tame meerkats that were dumped on its doorstep.First they received Sparky, who was raised by
readNam ups nuclear response
28-08-2009
NAMIBIA will next week take steps to improve its capability in dealing with nuclear and radiological emergencies.In a workshop initiated by the Namibian Police and organised by the National Health
readThe Political Leadership Should Not Nurture A Culture Of Exclusion
28-08-2009
ONE of the most salient pathologies of the system of colonial occupation was to entrench a form of thinking in those who were fighting for liberation that functioned in almost exactly the same way as
readOn The Nature Of Nationhood
28-08-2009
AUGUST is winding down and so are the commemorations (some would even say celebrations) that characterised it. It is not one of my favourite months. Now it’s windy and the next day cold just when you
readIs An Election Date So Difficult?
28-08-2009
I, LIKE everyone else, am labouring under the reasonable assumption that there will be Presidential and National Assembly elections in November. However, given the facts that no election date or date
readTime To Tackle Alcohol Abuse
28-08-2009
THE abuse of alcohol in Namibia underlies some of our most pressing social problems, and it is high time that a concerted national campaign to curtail this evil is given the precedence it deserves.
readGovernment misses UN deadline on mass graves
28-08-2009
TWO months after the expiry of a deadline set by the United Nations for the Namibian Government to shed more light on the alleged disappearance of people following the 2008 discovery of mass graves by
readDisharmony in the dock in taxi driver murder trial
28-08-2009
THREE murder and armed robbery suspects who are charged with killing and robbing a Windhoek taxi driver near the end of 2004 traded accusations with each other when they got their turn to testify in
readDiamond mining down 60%
28-08-2009
DIAMOND production from January to June fell by more than 60 per cent compared to the first six months of last year. “Production came in just under 400 000 carats, compared to over a million carats
readNoteable Quotes
28-08-2009
SHAME on you, Namfisa! Or is it Namsiesa? – DTA Member of Parliament, Johan de Waal, saying the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) should be liable for the N$49 million in
readGunners out to fire Utd
28-08-2009
LONDON – After scoring 15 goals in four games, Arsenal’s stars are confident they will show the critics they are genuine Premier League title contenders by beating defending champion Manchester United
readUnamid chief resigns
28-08-2009
NEW YORK – The head of the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s conflict-torn Darfur region, who some diplomats say has been ineffective, is stepping down, the UN said on Tuesday.The
readNam, India to sign MoU on diamonds, gold, uranium
28-08-2009
INDIA and Namibia will work together in exploring mineral resources, including gold, diamonds and uranium, as the Indian government approved an agreement to be signed between the two nations shortly,
readPolitical Perspective
28-08-2009
THE vexatious issue of payouts for the war veterans is again on the agenda as politics begins to heat up around the prospect of elections at the end of this year. And now it is being politicised once
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