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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Africa attracts $1 billion in fund flows this year
05-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Africa has attracted almost US$1 billion of net fund inflows this year, a reverse of the panic sell-off that hit the continent’s nascent markets at the end of 2008 and early 2009,
readAfrica textile makers want AGOA extended
05-08-2009
NAIROBI - African countries which export textiles and clothing to the United States are calling for an extension to a US law which gives them favourable market access, a trade association said on
readAngola makes progress in talks with IMF
05-08-2009
LUANDA - Angola and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have made progress on some issues, Angola’s finance minister was quoted as saying yesterday, raising the prospects for a deal between the two
readCustoms union at a crossroads
05-08-2009
SOUTH Africa and its neighbours must move closer in their approach to trade negotiations with the rest of the world, Xavier Carim, the deputy director-general international trade in South Africa’s
readFinance education promotes sound banking operations
05-08-2009
IT’S official. Banking qualifications can be obtained from the Institute of Bankers in Namibia (IOB) from next year, with the first intake scheduled to start with classes early next year.This was
readWorld is fast running out of oil
05-08-2009
The world was heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the world’s major oil fields had passed their peak production, a leading energy
readTabs on Ruth Madoff’s spending
05-08-2009
NEW YORK - Bernard Madoff’s once free-spending wife has suffered another financial indignity: She now must report any purchases over US$100 to a trustee.US Bankruptcy Court Judge Burton Lifland signed
readChasing the dots ... Green Sludge
05-08-2009
“I took it to the loo and almost didn’t come out again!” The best book recommendation I have ever seen. It peels away the adjectival excrement that surrounds the self serving claptrap of environmental
readGorilla who kept dead baby gives birth again
05-08-2009
BERLIN – A traumatised gorilla who carried around her dead baby’s body for several days in a German zoo last year has given birth again — and this time her offspring is healthy.Twelve-year-old Gana’s
readWild! Ohio family visits 52 zoos in 52 weeks
05-08-2009
COLUMBUS – It’s been a wild year for members of an Ohio family, who say they’ve accomplished a goal of visiting 52 zoos in 52 weeks.Columbus resident Marla Taviano, her husband and three daughters
readProtests erupt at Sudan woman’s ‘trouser trial’
05-08-2009
KHARTOUM – Sudanese riot police used tear gas against hundreds of people demonstrating outside a Khartoum courtroom yesterday in protest at the trial of a woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing
readUS chides Kenya for inaction on post-poll chaos
05-08-2009
NAIROBI – The United States scolded Kenya yesterday for its failure to create a local court to deal with the perpetrators of post-election chaos last year that was the worst violence since
readUnderweight team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day
05-08-2009
CHENNAI – India’s unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year’s Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country’s South African
readBill Clinton meets Kim Jong Il seeking reporters’ release
05-08-2009
SEOUL – North Korea’s official state media said leader Kim Jong Il has met with former President Bill Clinton.The Korean Central News Agency reported late yesterday that Clinton and Kim met in
readScientists study huge plastic patch in Pacific
05-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – Marine scientists from California are venturing this week to the middle of the North Pacific for a study of plastic debris accumulating across hundreds of km of open sea dubbed the
readDespite drama, Jackson’s mother wins kids’ custody
05-08-2009
LOS ANGELES – The wishes Michael Jackson expressed in his will began to come into reality on Monday during a lengthy court hearing, with his mother placed firmly in charge of rearing his children and
readCorazon Aquino, crusader for democracy
05-08-2009
MANILA – Former Philippines president Corazon Aquino, whose ‘People Power’ revolution toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to the nation, died on Saturday after a battle with
readPioneering black model Naomi Sims dead at 61
05-08-2009
NEW YORK – Naomi Sims, a black model who opened the white-dominated fashion industry to African Americans in the 1960s, has died. She was 61.Sims, sometimes dubbed the first black supermodel, died of
readThe Bobby Robson saga Esteemed football player and manager
05-08-2009
WITH his rumpled features and crooked smile, he could look crushed and weary, but when Bobby Robson began holding forth on his beloved game, those rheumy eyes would sparkle and his overwhelming
readNapwu a tinda okufuta iigandjwa yokomwedhi kuNUNW
05-08-2009
ONDUNDA yomahangano ganiilonga moNamibia National Union of Namibian Workers(NUNW) nehangano lyaniilonga haayalongele Epangelo lyaNamibia Public Workers Union (NAPWU}oya palamenathana. Mongashingeyi
readOsikola ya Shuungu ya pewa eshina lyOkwiindjipaleka oombapila
05-08-2009
OMUKULUNTU gwOshipangelo shOpaumwene sha Ngwediva Omundohotola Tshali Ithete yo nOmunangeshefa tate Onesimus Shipombo omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omagano geshina lyokwiindjipaleka oombapila kOsikola
readCOD ya kuthamo Nora Schimming-Chase mOshigongi Shopashigwana
05-08-2009
ONGUNDU yo Congress of Democrats(COD) oya koleke kutya oya kuthamo oshilyo shayo shoParliamende mOshigongi shOpashigwana, meme Nora Schimming-Chase moompadhi oontalala.Uukwashilyo wa Schimming-Chase
readOmukalondjigilile gokupungula ogwa pumbiwa
05-08-2009
Omukuluntu gwiilonga yaOld Mutual muAfrica omusamane, Johannes !Gawaxab ota ti osha pumbiwa okukumika aantu ya pungule moshilongo, opo omahupilo gaNamibia ga kale ta ga koko esiku nesiku.Nonando okwa
readClinton metalelepo lyomasiku 11 muAfrica
05-08-2009
Amushanga gwIikwapondje gwiilongo ya hangana yaAmerika (United States of America) Hillary Clinton ota talelepo iilongo iheyali muAfrica oshiwike shika.Elalakano lyetalelepo lye oku ulika kutya enenevi
readOshikonga shekondjitho lyomahepeko gUukashikekookantu sha tulwa miilonga
05-08-2009
OSHIKONGA shekondjitho lyomahepeko goomeme gUukashikekookantu, unene tuu ge na sha noomeme nuunona, sha tulwa miilonga kOminista Onkuluntu Omusamane Nahas Angula ongula yEtitano lya zi ko pOshikango
readSwimmers excel at World Championships
05-08-2009
THE 13th FINA World Championships that were held in Rome, Italy, from July 17 to August 2 will be recorded in the history books as championships beyond compare.With a record number of 2 500
readWanderers’ chances recede
05-08-2009
WANDERERS’ chances of qualifying for the semi-finals of the MTC Rugby Premier League were dealt a severe blow when they lost 23-6 to Kudus in Walvis Bay on Saturday.For Kudus, their national fullback
readTop seeds through to semis
05-08-2009
RESULTS went according to rankings in the quarterfinals of the ITF South and Central African U/18 Junior tennis championships at the National Tennis Stadium yesterday, as the top seeds all advanced to
readGoju Ryu celebrates 30th anniversary
05-08-2009
GOJU Ryu Karate Namibia will host an international event to celebrate its 30th anniversary on Saturday, August 8.The event, sponsored by Bank Windhoek, takes place at the International Hall at the
readUnam regain the lead
05-08-2009
DEFENDING champions Unam have regained the lead on the Field Hockey men’s Premier League log after their 4-1 victory over Wanderers on Saturday.It was Unam’s fourth successive victory while Wanderers
readSteyn stays at flyhalf
05-08-2009
SPRINGBOK head coach Peter de Villiers has named an unchanged starting line-up for this weekend’s highly anticipated Tri-Nations encounter with Robbie Deans’ Wallabies side at Newlands in Cape
readEngland win the World Cup!
05-08-2009
ENGLAND was the overall winner of the Mini World Cup hockey tournament that took place in Windhoek on Saturday.It was the eighth successive year that the popular development tournament which was
readWorld Cup will bring races together: Jordaan
05-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Next year’s soccer World Cup will have a major impact in building racial harmony and stimulating future economic growth in South Africa, organising committee chief Danny Jordaan said
readPremier League’s big guns silenced by Spanish giants
05-08-2009
LONDON – As Wayne Rooney and company left the Stadio Olimpico pitch to lick their wounds after last season’s Champions League final, they trudged past Barcelona’s players joyously tossing coach Pep
readSMSes For Wed 05 Aug 09
05-08-2009
* AMAZING that we have a budget of over N$22 billion, with just over two million people, yet we can’t eradicate poverty. Food For Thought * TO fight or not to fight corruption? I say to fight. Never
readAnother SA photographer detained at Henties Bay
05-08-2009
A SOUTH African wildlife photographer, Neel Herman, was detained by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources at Henties Bay yesterday for taking pictures of a seal factory.Herman told The
readNamibia reports its fifth ‘swine flu’ case
05-08-2009
THE fifth case of the H1N1 flu, commonly known as ‘swine flu’, was confirmed in Namibia yesterday, and Government’s public education campaign has been stepped up several notches. The Chairperson of
readMVA Fund bankrupt
05-08-2009
THE Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) is bankrupt, with its liabilities dwarfing its assets by more than N$141 million, the latest financial statements of the parastatal show. Despite cash and
readNoteable Quotes
05-08-2009
TELL your customers something about the product that is related to their country. – President of the All American Small Business Exporters Association, Dr Sharon Freeman, at a workshop for
readSwimmers excel at World Championships
05-08-2009
THE 13th FINA World Championships that were held in Rome, Italy, from July 17 to August 2 will be recorded in the history books as championships beyond compare. With a record number of 2 500
readAustralia foils terrorist plot to attack army base
05-08-2009
MELBOURNE – Australian police said yesterday they thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an al Qaeda-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base and open fire
readNSX bell rings for sixth uranium firm
05-08-2009
NAMIBIA’S rising stock as a global uranium producer was given a further boost yesterday, when West Australian Metals Limited became the sixth dual-listed uranium company on the Namibian Stock Exchange
readCheshire Homes Namibia enables the disabled
05-08-2009
THE Cheshire Homes Namibia organisation looks after children with physical disabilities. They have a home at Anamulenge in the Omusati Region near Outapi and another one at Katima Mulilo. The home
readCheshire Homes Namibia enables the disabled
05-08-2009
THE Cheshire Homes Namibia organisation looks after children with physical disabilities. They have a home at Anamulenge in the Omusati Region near Outapi and another one at Katima Mulilo.The home at
readA Remembrance of Father Nordkamp
05-08-2009
I WAS engulfed with grief when I heard that our friend, colleague, co-freedom fighter and human rights defender – Father Bernhard Nordkamp – passed away on the 25th of July 2009. Namibia and her
readSPYL slams handling of Ongombo squatters
05-08-2009
THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) is not impressed with Government’s handling of a group of squatters removed from the State-owned Ongombo West farm this past weekend.The SPYL secretary for
readRCC workers ‘tired’ of waiting
05-08-2009
WORKERS at the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) yesterday threatened to cancel their membership of the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu), accusing the union of failing to adequately lobby for their
readOpposition parties demand early announcement of election date
05-08-2009
OPPOSITION parties have demanded an early announcement of the date of this year’s presidential and national elections. They also want to receive the voters’ roll at least 30 days before the
readSuspect admits rape, murder of Gobabis teen
05-08-2009
MURDER: Guilty Rape: Guilty. Abduction: Guilty. With these pleas from unemployed Gobabis resident Stanley Ganeb, the trial on the alleged abduction, rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl at the
readMisa challenges Govt seal media blackout
05-08-2009
THE Namibian Government is using non-existent statutes to ban journalists from covering the seal culling at the coast, the Media Institute of Southern Africa has said.Reacting to a recent decision by
readUranium licences remain on hold
05-08-2009
ALTHOUGH Government, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and local experts are working on draft policy ensuring the highest standards in the uranium industry in Namibia, the 2007 moratorium
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