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41 Articles found on Monday, 31 August 2009
South Africa wary of EU’s new trade pacts
31-08-2009
CAPE TOWN - The European Union is too focused on commercial interests, undermining efforts to forge a new, fairer trade pact with South Africa, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said last
readPaladin seeks up to $450 million JV with China
31-08-2009
HONG KONG - Australian uranium miner Paladin Energy, which has operations in its home country and Africa, is in talks with Chinese companies to strike a joint venture deal worth up to US$450 million,
readGFI threatens legal action against Forsys
31-08-2009
KINSHASA - George Forrest International (GFI) has threatened legal action over a failed bid to acquire Canada’s Forsys Metals Corp , a GFI spokesman said on Thursday.GFI, a member of the Forrest Group
readBasil Read explores project partnerships across Africa
31-08-2009
BASIL Read, the listed building and engineering group, is hankering for international business and will explore opportunities across Africa, the Middle East and Australia, according to chief executive
readHigh inflation indirect tax on the poor, Mboweni
31-08-2009
BLOEMFONTEIN – High inflation hurts the poor the most and needs to be tackled across southern Africa, South Africa’s central bank governor Tito Mboweni said on Thursday.Inflation accelerated at an
readJapanese election upends long-ruling party
31-08-2009
TOKYO – Japan’s ruling party conceded a crushing defeat yesterday after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule as voters were poised to hand the opposition a landslide victory in nationwide elections,
readMadagascar power-sharing talks end without agreement
31-08-2009
MAPUTO – Crisis talks to end months of political turmoil in Madagascar collapsed on Friday as the parties failed to agree who should hold the top jobs in a transitional government.The rivals remained
readBongo son front-runner in Gabon election
31-08-2009
LIBREVILLE – Voters in Gabon turned out in large numbers yesterday to elect a successor to long-time leader Omar Bongo, with the late president’s son tipped to take over rule of the central African
readSouth African army investigates kidnap plot
31-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – A South African newspaper reported yesterday that the army is investigating an alleged plot by disgruntled soldiers to kidnap the defense minister and top military officials.But the
readSpecialist blames pain killer in death of DJ
31-08-2009
NEW YORK – Addiction specialist Dr Drew Pinsky said on Saturday that pain medications likely led disc jockey DJ AM, a former drug addict who died suddenly on Friday, away from his sober path.“It very
readOmaulikilo gIikwaipindi gwa Ngwediva osho ga hulu
31-08-2009
OMAULIKILO gIikwaipindi gokOmumvo ga Ngwediva ngoka ga tamekele eti 21 Auguste 2009 osho ga hulu ongulohi yOlyomakaya ga zi ko noyendji oya gandja omadhilaadhilo gawo gi ili nogi ili kugo.Oyendji ya
readOolye ta ya ka kala pongundu yokuhogolola yoSwapo
31-08-2009
AANTU 190 ota ya ka gongala moVenduka opo ya ngongepo omusholondondo gwaakalelipo yoSwapo omilongo heyali na yaali 72 mboka taya ka kalelapo ongundu ndjoka moshigongi shopashigwana konima yehogololo
readPresidende Pohamba a pandula Omaulikilo gIikwaipindi ga Ngwediva
31-08-2009
PETHIMBO ta egulula pambelewa Omaulikilo gIikwaipindi ga Ngwediva Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa pandula noonkondo Elelo lya Ngwediva noshowo Okomitiye ndjoka hayi longekidha Omaulikilo
readOpolitika okuza egumbo negumbo oha yi longo
31-08-2009
OMUWILIKI gwomauyelele gwonale gwa Obama omanga a li ta ningi iikonga molwa omahogololo gopauperesidende 2008 okwa ti iikonga yomahogololo okweenda egumbo-negumbo omukalo gumwe ha gu longo,
readNamibia na India ota ya shaina euvathano kombinga yokawe, oshingoli nouraana
31-08-2009
NAMIBIA na India ota ya ka longela kumwe mokukonga oonzo dhomevi,moka mwa kwatelwa oshingoli, okawe no uraana, ngaashi epangelo lya India lya zimine euvathano pokati kiilongo mbika iyali li
readOwa tseya tuu shika kombinga yoombadhi
31-08-2009
OTAKU tiwa evi ohali dhengwa koombadhi lwethele mosekonde kehe.Ishewe oombadhi oha dhi dhenge sigo oposhinano shookilometa 96,5.Olwaadhi ohalu ende ookilometa 22 530 mowili no halu eta oonkondo
readTate Oiva na meme Frieda Amadhila ya sa moshiponga shohauto
31-08-2009
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ya zilile momukunda Olukolo mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana otayi ti kutya tate Oiva Amadhila nOmukulukadhi gwe meme Fried Amadhila oya si eso lyombaadhilila sho ohauto yawo yi
readGunners gunned down
31-08-2009
LONDON - Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal should send a warning to his side’s Premier League title rivals.Although United won the English league last season,
readIsinbayeva breaks world record
31-08-2009
ZURICH - Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt won the 100 metres with a late surge at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting on Friday while Russian Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own world record in the
readFederer, Williams sisters in openers
31-08-2009
NEW YORK - Reigning US Open champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams will begin defending their titles today as an opening-day match list released Saturday also had Venus Williams and Andy Roddick
readScrum only concern for Boks
31-08-2009
PERTH – The Springboks have work to do on their scrum as they close in on this year’s Tri-Nations against the Wallabies next weekend, coach Peter de Villiers says.The world champions paved the way for
readMessi lights up Super Cup
31-08-2009
MONACO – Argentine superstar Lionel Messi lit up the European Super Cup on Friday as Champions League winners Barcelona defeated UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 after extra-time to claim the
readUEFA Champions League
31-08-2009
Group A Bayern Munich Juventus Bordeaux Maccabi HaifaGroup B Manchester Utd CSKA Moscow Besiktas Wolfsburg Group C AC Milan Real Madrid Marseille FC Zurich Group D Chelsea Porto Atletico
readKimi wins Belgian GP
31-08-2009
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS – Finn Kimi Raikkonen rode his luck to claim Ferrari’s first win this year when he held off a strong challenge from Force India’s veteran Italian Giancarlo Fisichella in yesterday’s
readSMS Of Monday 31 August 2009
31-08-2009
* I’M one sick and tired youth of Namibia. This country and its wealth belong to politicians only. We, the youth, seem not to exist in the eyes of the Government. Most of us don’t have jobs or else
readNujoma fit as a fiddle: doctor
31-08-2009
THE personal doctor of founding President Sam Nujoma says the former leader is “very healthy... healthier than many of us”.Dr Tshali Ithete was responding to reports that the 80-year-old Nujoma fell
read‘Not guilty’, says Outjo triple murder suspect
31-08-2009
THE man accused of murdering two children and a young woman in a night-time rampage at Outjo earlier this year denied all charges during an appearance in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate’s Court late last
readGovt accused of double standards
31-08-2009
GOVERNMENT applied selective morality and double standards when dealing with the group of squatters removed from the State-owned Ongombo West farm, the Women’s League of the United Democratic Front
readUDF women challenge parties
31-08-2009
WOMEN in the United Democratic Front have challenged all political parties to ensure that half of their seats in the next National Assembly are filled by women.The chairperson of the UDF Women’s
readRelationship ends in death
31-08-2009
THE Police have arrested a young woman after she stabbed and killed her boyfriend in Okuryangava’s Ongava Street, the Police reported yesterday. Alfred David Nangolo (19) died shortly after the
readFormer prisoner wants to sue over sentencing error
31-08-2009
A FORMER prisoner, who claims he was kept in Police custody for more than 10 months after he had served his sentence, says he plans to take legal action against the justice system.Freddy Johnson was
readLüderitz council workers down tools
31-08-2009
STAFF at the Lüderitz Town Council went on strike Thursday morning after a long-standing pay dispute between the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) and council management reached deadlock last
readGerman boost for Otavi clinic
31-08-2009
A VISIT by a group of German doctors to the Otavi Health Clinic earlier this year has resulted in a donation of more than N$700 000 worth of hospital beds, bedside lockers and baby cots to the health
readStoop found murdered in city flat
31-08-2009
MYSTERY surrounds the death of the father of former Namibian rugby players André and Leon Stoop. The body of Gideon Johannes Stoop was found in his flat in the Cimbebasia area of Windhoek on Saturday
readHorrific accident at Langstrand turn-off
31-08-2009
A MAN was killed and another seriously injured on Saturday evening when their cars collided on the main road between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay at the turn-off to Langstrand.According to eyewitnesses,
readFlu cases now up to 40
31-08-2009
SIX more cases of the H1N1 flu have been confirmed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Namibia to 40.Dr Jack Vries, Chairperson of the National Health Emergency Management Committee
readNoteable Quotes
31-08-2009
IF you are saying that I am [Founding Father Sam] Nujoma’s puppet, then you are wrong, and you do not know the history of the liberation struggle. – President Hifikepunye Pohamba, at the commemoration
readBBA4: Who’s watching Who?
31-08-2009
SIX sleeps, and six and three-quarter days! Yip peeps, the countdown to Big Brother has started. And no, we’re not talking about the implementation of Namibia’s ‘Spy Bill’!On Sunday night, the doors
readGunners gunned down
31-08-2009
LONDON - Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal should send a warning to his side’s Premier League title rivals.Although United won the English league last season,
readPolice review cases for connections to kidnap case
31-08-2009
ANTIOCH, California – Police searched the home and property of a California couple charged with kidnapping a little girl 18 years ago, looking for evidence linking them to other open cases in the
readBoN should have cut rates
31-08-2009
THE weak domestic economy justified another rate cut this month and the only reason Bank of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo decided to keep the repo rate unchanged recently is probably because he
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