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52 Articles found on Tuesday, 15 December 2009
No break yet for tourism
15-12-2009
THE latest figures indicate that regional and international arrivals at the Hosea Kutako International Airport remain under pressure, supporting forecasts that tourism will take a significant knock
readHigh ethics secures top award for Nam
15-12-2009
NAMIBIA’S policies on environmental protection, human rights and social welfare have secured the country a place amongst the 10 best ethical destinations in the developing world for the second time
readNam gets money for climate change
15-12-2009
WINDHOEK – The Namibian Government has received about N$22,5 million to help fund its adaptation programme on climate change. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the World Climate Change
readRussians setting up Asian shop in Singapore
15-12-2009
SINGAPORE - If you want to rent an Italian supercar or British limousine in Singapore, look up Pavel Zotov - one of a new wave of Russian businessmen using the city-state as an entry point to
readAbu Dhabi gives Dubai $10 bln in surprise bailout
15-12-2009
DUBAI - Abu Dhabi stepped in to help fellow United Arab Emirates member Dubai with a US$10 billion injection, of which US$4.1 billion was allocated to troubled state-owned conglomerate Dubai World to
readWorld remains in economic slump
15-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG - The world economy has not yet recovered and many consumers, companies and even countries are unhealthy from a debt perspective, Investec Asset Management said yesterday.“If Dubai has
readEurozone still not in the clear
15-12-2009
LONDON - Industrial output in the 16 countries that use the euro fell in October after five months of expansion, official figures showed yesterday, stoking fears that the recovery from recession in
readNored declares dividends
15-12-2009
THE Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) last week handed over dividends of N$15 million to its shareholders. Board Chairman Sackey Kayone, who is also the Governor of Omusati Region,
readBrussels approves Royal Bank of Scotland revamp
15-12-2009
BRUSSELS - The European Commission yesterday approved the restructuring of the state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, rescued by Europe’s biggest-ever taxpayer bailout during the financial
readSouthern African ministers moot regional railway project
15-12-2009
WINDHOEK - The transport ministers of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa gathered here at the weekend to brainstorm on a Trans-Kalahari Rail Line that will cost US$1,4 billion, according to a joint
readGrain stocks buffer against 2008 crisis replay
15-12-2009
ROME – Global food prices are on the ascent again with the FAO Food Price Index – a food basket composed of cereals, oil seeds, dairy, meat and sugar – registering four straight monthly rises.However,
readAfrica must invest more in farming
15-12-2009
KIGALI – President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has called upon African countries to commit more funds to the agricultural sector if the continent is to address the problem of food security and transform one
readTaiwan potty-train pigs to curb pollution
15-12-2009
TAIPEI – Farmers in southern Taiwan have started to potty-train their pigs in response to a planned water pollution fee, breeders and officials said yesterday.To keep their livestock from defecating
read‘Monster’ iceberg shedding hundreds of offshoots
15-12-2009
SYDNEY – An island-sized iceberg is breaking up as it drifts closer to Australia, producing hundreds of smaller slabs spread over a massive area of ocean, experts said yesterday.The
readDeveloping countries block UN climate talks
15-12-2009
COPENHAGEN – China, India and other developing nations blocked UN climate talks yesterday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their
readWest hopeful as Karzai prepares government
15-12-2009
KABUL – Western officials are cautiously hopeful President Hamid Karzai will keep technocrats in key posts when he names his Afghan cabinet this week, a decisive moment for the newly re-elected leader
readPakistan police probe Americans in terror case
15-12-2009
KARACHI – Pakistani police seized luggage and a cell phone yesterday from a hotel where three of five Americans arrested on suspicion of militant links stayed, while a court ruled the men cannot be
readItalian politics: Sex, thighs and ‘Videocracy’
15-12-2009
ROME — Take a sex scandal dogging Silvio Berlusconi, add plenty of scantily clad young women on Italian TV and throw in some of the first serious scrutiny of a national culture where television lies
readDocumentary takes peek at Castro’s human side
15-12-2009
HAVANA – The Reverend Jesse Jackson took him to church for the first time in 27 years. Home run legend Hank Aaron asked him for autographed baseballs. Literary great Gabriel Garcia Marquez gave him a
readOmandangalati gomikuku ga landithwa po kombiliha
15-12-2009
KONYALA iintoko yomikuku yondjundo yootona dhivule ethele oya landithwapo koodola omayovi 30 575 pelanditho lyaningilwa pOmaruru metitano lyoshiwike shayi Iitetela mbika yomikuku ndhoka taku
readZimbabwe okwa pumbwa natango oshimaliwa
15-12-2009
Ehangano lyOmushigakano Omutiligane (Red Cross) olya pumbwa oshimaliwa shOondola dhAamerika oomiliona omilongo ndatu nantano, opo li vule okupalutha aaZimbabwe ye li 220 000 mboka itaya vulu okumona
readAayugi ya homata ya piyaganeke
15-12-2009
OMAUYUGO kwa homatiwa oga tseyithilwa opolisi ehuliloshiwike lya piti moVenduka.Omukwashigwana gwAngola gumwe okwa kanitha oodola 20 000 koomuma sho aniwa edhi yugwa koombudhi.Opolisi oya tseyitha
readIizemo yondondo ontimulongo ta yitseyithwa oshiwike ta shiya
15-12-2009
IIZEMO yondondo 10 yekonakono lyo Junior Secondary Certificate naambyoka yekonakono lyo Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate Higher Level otayi tseyithwa Metitatu lyoshiwike tashiya.Uuministeli
readOtto Uutoni e tu thiga po
15-12-2009
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Onghili mOmbalantu moMusati, Otto Uutoni, a mana oondjenda dhe ongula onene yEtiyali lya zi ko lyeti 8 Desemba 2009 konima yuuwehame nomepipi lyomimvo omilongohetatu, a manene
readOmuwiliki gumwe gwa Namport ta konakonwa
15-12-2009
Ehangano lyokuwilika omatuliloskepa lya Namibia, Namport ota li konakona omuwiliki gwiimaliwa aniwa molwegandjo lyotendela inaa pa landulwa omilandu.Koot van der Merwe ota ku tiwa aniwa okwa gandja
readOndando yomahooli tayi gwedhwa Metitatu
15-12-2009
OONDANDO dhomahooli ota dhi gwedhelwa oku za metitatu lyoshiwike shika. Oku za mesiku ndyoka omahooli gaziza otaga gu oosenda 27 molitela okuyeleka naashoka haga landwa ngashingeyi omanga omahooli
readOmalamba omakulu gootaxi itaga ka longa we
15-12-2009
OOLAMBA oonkulu ndhoka hadhi tulwa kootaxi ngashingeyi ota dhi ka hulithwa okulongithwa mbala moVenduka.Pethimbo ndika opolisi moshilando oyi ipyakidhila noku ta la ootaxi ndhoka itaadhi longo
readOmuperesidende Hifikepunje Pohamba tati opena okulongwa
15-12-2009
OMULELI gwa Namibia Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa ti opena iilonga yi na okulongwa noonkondo noneitulemo opo onkalamwenyo yomuNamibia kehe yi hwepopale uule woomvula ntano tadhiya.Omuperesidende Pohamba
readBA searches for coach: Paulino
15-12-2009
BLACK Africa chairman BoniPaulino says that the team will headhunt a coach to replace Ali Akan who resigned as the chief mentor recently. He told The Namibian Sport yesterday that Clemens Westerhof,
readUnited’s Giggs voted top sports personality
15-12-2009
MANCHESTER United winger Ryan Giggs won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for 2009 on Sunday.Giggs, who has made a club record 821 appearances for United and won more trophies than any
readLotus unveil Trulli and Heikki
15-12-2009
KUALA LUMPUR - Jarno Trulli of Italy and Finland’s Heikki Kovalainen were unveiled yesterday as drivers for the new Malaysian-backed Lotus team in its debut 2010 Formula One season.The third driver
readAccenture cuts ties with golfer Woods
15-12-2009
NEW YORK – Technology outsourcing and consulting firm Accenture Plc on Sunday said it was ending its six-year sponsorship arrangement with golfer Tiger Woods, who is embroiled in a scandal involving
readVidic wants United to bite back
15-12-2009
MANCHESTER – Nemanja Vidic has called for an immediate response as Manchester United look to force their way back into control of the English Premier League title race against Wolves today.With
readNamibia U/20 returns home in defeat
15-12-2009
NAMIBIA bowed out of the Cosafa under-20 Championships on Friday after losing 4-2 to the Seychelles.The side, coached by Willem Kapukare and Richard Starke, had goals from Petrus Sitembi and Shaun
readSMSes of Tuesday 15 December 2009
15-12-2009
* MINISTRY of Home Affairs please deport those who are selling cannabis in Namibia. Those who are Namibians, please give them life imprisonment. Food for Thought * WHY is everything in Namibia
readFocus shifts to regional polls
15-12-2009
WITH the national elections over and some opposition parties still finalising a possible court challenge to the results, the focus has already shifted to next year’s regional elections, when voters
readNamibia: Democracy Without Democrats?
15-12-2009
THE smooth transition to Independence during 1989/1990, which had followed a long and protracted anti-colonial liberation struggle, turned Namibia into an internationally applauded showpiece of
readPolice officer on DUI charge
15-12-2009
THE Police station commander at Kombat, Inspector Alfons Marungu Sindimba (51), yesterday appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate’s Court on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and
readHit and run in Kavango
15-12-2009
A YOUNG man was maimed beyond recognition in a fatal hit-and-run accident about 100 kilometres west of Rundu on Sunday night.A Police spokesman confirmed the incident near Tondoro village in the
readDonate blood before you go
15-12-2009
THE festive season is here once again, and with it inevitably comes the less festive aspect of road accidents and serious injuries.The Blood Transfusion Service needs more blood supplies than usual
readChurches pronounce themselves on elections
15-12-2009
THE churches’ Joint Election Observation Committee has described last month’s presidential and National Assembly elections as “free” and “peaceful” despite a number of serious concerns.The Committee
readSwapo to study manifesto failure
15-12-2009
SWAPO has ordered its Think Tank to study its failed 1999 Election Manifesto Implementation Guide.The guide, which was the brainchild of President Hifikepunye Pohamba when he was Swapo Secretary
readA dream without fences
15-12-2009
N/A AN KU SE, a wildlife sanctuary, and Ondekaremba, a guest farm, is working towards creating a large fenceless area where wildlife can roam free. They have decided to remove 4 km of border fence and
readMahalapye On My Mind
15-12-2009
MAHALAPYE has been home to Ovaherero for the better part of the last one hundred years. I went for the wedding of my cousin Johannes Tjitjo and not for a funeral or a tombstone unveiling as has been
readTelecom bankrolls boxing
15-12-2009
TELECOM Namibia yesterday showed its allegiance to boxing development as they delivered yet another knockout financial boost of N$250 000 to the Namibia Boxing Federation to host its elite
readNam’s uranium sparkles as gems dim
15-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG - The global search for alternatives to carbon-based energy has fuelled a rush for Namibia’s uranium resources at a time when the economic downturn has been taking a toll on the country’s
readBerlusconi may need weeks to recover from attack
15-12-2009
MILAN – Doctors yesterday ordered Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to spend a second night in hospital after an attack that left him with a broken nose and two teeth knocked out.Berlusconi’s
readLeader’s injury may just end junta rule
15-12-2009
CONAKRY – Even before Guinea’s military strongman was wounded in an assassination attempt and airlifted to Morocco for emergency surgery, top diplomats were discussing how to force him out.One
readDry and windy with searing heat
15-12-2009
IT appears as though this summer will be marked by exceptional temperatures, late-afternoon westerly winds and clear, blue skies. A quick survey of the four wind directions in Namibia revealed a
readDelight and dismay over court ruling
15-12-2009
MIXED reactions have emerged from the different sides of the labour spectrum on the Supreme Court’s judgement on labour hire, with employers expressing delight, while workers’ unions expressed
readLabour hire is legal
15-12-2009
THE ban on the labour-hire system in Namibia that was introduced by the Labour Act of 2007 was declared unconstitutional by Namibia’s highest court yesterday.In a unanimous judgement, five judges of
readNotable Quotes
15-12-2009
WE will not be able to replace these trees in our lifetime. They are gone. – Director of Forestry at Omaruru, Joseph Hailwa, after the auction for over 100 tonnes of illegally harvested leadwood trees
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