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43 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Angola approves 2010 budget plan, ups spending
16-12-2009
LUANDA - Parliament approved Angola’s 2010 budget, raising spending by 19 per cent from this year to 3,09 trillion kwanzas (US$36 billion) on the back of higher oil prices and exports, state-owned
readIAEA highlights Nigeria’s nuclear ambitions
16-12-2009
ABUJA - The new head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) used his first official foreign trip on Monday to spotlight Nigeria’s nuclear energy ambitions, keeping quiet on other
readSudan eyes billions of investments in 2010
16-12-2009
CAIRO - Sudan’s minister of state for investment said he expects investments of US$6-7 billion in the country in 2010, adding that Africa’s largest nation is seeing increased interest in its
readNew hope for EPA negotiations
16-12-2009
THE deadlock in trade negotiations between the EU and South Africa that threatened to break the world’s oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu), is set to ease off, thanks to
readBannerman slumps on Etango costing millions
16-12-2009
SHARES in Bannerman Resources closed down 28 per cent after the release of pre-feasibility study results pegged the capital cost of the Etango uranium project in Namibia at US$555 million.The uranium
readKaribib Lithium gets new boss
16-12-2009
BLACK Fire Minerals has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of the Karibib Lithium Pegmatite Project from Australian private company Sunrise Minerals.The acquisition was facilitated
readIMF lends Zambia US$81m, seen supporting kwacha
16-12-2009
LUSAKA - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to lend Zambia US$81 million to be disbursed immediately, a factor likely to provide short-term support to its kwacha currency.Despite being a
readChasing the dots ... Global COP OUT, Local Solutions?
16-12-2009
2009, a landmark year showing how out of control our world is. Exposed are deep, irreconcilable differences within and without all continents; demonstrated massive ignorance of technology, of each
readEU gives millions for research
16-12-2009
THE European Commission (EC) yesterday allocated 1,5 million euro, nearly N$17 million, to support economic governance in Namibia as part of its Annual Action Programme (AAP) through the 10th European
readMalema, Cronin face disciplinary action
16-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG - ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and SA Communist Party deputy secretary general Jeremy Cronin face disciplinary steps after an ugly public spat, deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe
readWorld leaders try to save climate summit
16-12-2009
COPENHAGEN – World leaders raised the pressure for results at the UN climate summit yesterday, amid procedural wrangles, finger-pointing and defence of national interests.UN Secretary General Ban
readUN-backed Congo troops killing civilians
16-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – UN peacekeepers in Congo are violating the laws of war and should immediately stop backing Congolese troops who have deliberately killed hundreds of civilians in an operation to oust
readThousands evacuated as volcano oozes lava
16-12-2009
MANILA - Authorities moved thousands of villagers from harm’s way near the Philippines’ most active volcano yesterday after it oozed lava and shot plumes of ash, and said they probably would spend a
read‘Up in the Air’ leads Golden Globes with 6 nominations
16-12-2009
BEVERLY HILLS – Film drama ‘Up in the Air’ soared away with six Golden Globe nominations yesterday, more than any film, while Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep surprised Hollywood watchers with two
readAanamibia naya popye olundji kombingaHIV-AIDS
16-12-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi enene lyOoitaali yOngeleka ya ELCIN nOomwayinangeleka mOsenda yIipindi ya Ngwediva mOsoondaha yeti 6 Desemba 2009 moka Ooitaali mbaka ya li ya gongala palongekidho
readSWAPO ta konakona uunyengwi womanifesto
16-12-2009
ONGUNDU tayi pangele oya gandja oshinakugwanithwa kongundu yokudhiladhila muule yi konakone kutya omolwashike omulandu gwoku tula miilonga omanifesto yomomumvo 1999 inaa gu vula okulonga ngaashi sha
readMombaye, ooMbome ota ya ti Petrina Mbome omunona gwawo lela
16-12-2009
Efamilia lyaMbome omukalimo gwomoshilando shaMbaye olya ningitha omakonaakono gopaunamiti okukona kutya oyo aavali yomunona Petrina Mbome. Omakonakono ngaka oga ulike kutya aakuluntu mbaka oyo ooyina
readNamibia a mono oshimaliwa molwombepo
16-12-2009
EPANGELO olya taamba konyala oodola oomiliona 22,5 oku li kwathela opo li vule oku taaguluka eshongo ta li etwa kelunduluko monkalo yombepo.Shika osha li sha tseyithwa pethimbo lyoshigongi shi na sha
readNamibia naye oko e li ko Copenhagen
16-12-2009
NAMIBIA naye okwa tuma aakalelipo koshigongi oshiti: 15 shiilongo mbyoka yi li iilyo yEtsokumweuvathano lyOpaigwana li na sha nekondjitho lyelunduluko mOnkalo yOmbepo, shoka sha tameke mu Copenhagen
readYamwe oya pandula yalwe oya uvithwa nayi
16-12-2009
ETOKOLO lyompangu yopombandambanda ya Namibia kutya oku kaleka omulandu gwokuhehela aaniilonga ka shi li pakotampango olya taambwako nomaiyuvo ga yooloka. Aagandji yiilonga oye li nyanyukilwa omanga
readAatalelipo aashona koNamibia nuumvo
16-12-2009
OMIYALU dhaatalelipo okupitila pokapale koondhila kopaigwana kaHosea Kutako nuumvo ota dhi ulike dha shuna pevi okuyeleka nomumvo gwa ziko.Omiyalu dha gandjwa komutseyi gwomahupilo gwa Old Mutual
readCloete top in SA
16-12-2009
MICAELA Cloete of Namib Swimming Academy excelled at the Northern Tigers Swimming Championships in Pretoria recently. The 13-year-old Cloete won two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal
readSA, England in tricky face-off
16-12-2009
CENTURION – South Africa and England both face tricky decisions ahead of the first Test of a four-match series, starting at SuperSport Park today.South Africa have to decide whether to play star
read‘Family first’ said Woods
16-12-2009
WELLINGTON – Tiger Woods said his family is the best thing to ever happen to him in an interview touted as his last before he was engulfed in a sex scandal over his infidelity.New Zealand sports
readGoalkeeper’s course in Jan
16-12-2009
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) announced the planned hosting of a coaching course for goalkeeper coaches from January 18-22 next year at Soccer House.A media release by the NFA’s Technical
readOtjozondjupa starts league
16-12-2009
THE first games of this year’s Otjozondjupa Second Division started last weekend with matches at Otjiwarongo and Grootfontein. The matches at Otavi were postponed. On Saturday, African Lions
readSMSes of Wednesday 16 December 2009
16-12-2009
* LANGUAGE – interesting, isn’t it? Consider Afrikaans: aside from all its many uses and purposes, it connects so many Namibians. What was once a language symbolic of oppression is today one that
readNUNW could be held in contempt of court
16-12-2009
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) could be held in contempt of court, following its reaction to the Supreme Court ruling made on Monday, which stated the ban on labour hire in Section 128
readMotorcade man in deep trouble
16-12-2009
A CHARGE of attempted murder has been added to the charge sheet of Erastus Nashima Nambinga, who caused a scare when he swerved into the path of former President Sam Nujoma’s motorcade last month.
readCoD furniture sold to pay debt
16-12-2009
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) was taken to the cleaners again, this time not by the electorate but by a travel agent.As if the recent blow of losing three seats in the National Assembly was not
readNamibia pushes case at Copenhagen talks
16-12-2009
SINGLED out as one of countries that will be hard hit by the effects of climate change, Namibia has sent a team to climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark.The Namibian delegation to the 15th
readFraud continues to dog Council at Keetmanshoop Town
16-12-2009
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has suspended its data processor with full pay pending a investigation into irregularities in the council’s records. The Council’s acting Chief Executive Officer, Andre
readFund for State patients created
16-12-2009
STATE patients with special medical circumstances that can’t be treated at their local clinic or hospital now have some added hope for referral treatment, following the establishment of a new N$10
readPolitically fuelled insults continue in Omusati
16-12-2009
POLICE in the Omusati Region are investigating a case of assault and insult after a politically motivated argument between a Swapo and an RDP member at Iishanaputa village on Thursday afternoon.The
readResettled farmers fed up with empty promises
16-12-2009
RESETTLED farmers in Karas Region say they are fed up with the Lands and Resettlement Ministry’s empty promises to improve poor water infrastructure at their farms. A disgruntled resettled farmer, who
readMissing
16-12-2009
THE Police are looking for Elisa Xoagus (26) and Cherly ‘Memmory’ Xoagus (13).The two women, who both speak Damara-Nama, went missing sometime in November from Erf 30, Helga Street in Greenwell
readGunners to build on win
16-12-2009
BURNLEY – This has been a season of unrelenting surprises in the English Premier League, and nowhere has the shock therapy been more acutely felt than Arsenal.Arsene Wenger’s side has lurched from the
readPrice build-up continues in housing market
16-12-2009
HOUSE prices in Namibia continued their upward trajectory in October, showing an increase of 23 per cent compared to October last year, FNB Namibia’s latest Housing Index states.The index, which was
readAussie scientists find coconut-carrying octopus
16-12-2009
SYDNEY – Australian scientists have discovered an octopus in Indonesia that collects coconut shells for shelter – unusually sophisticated behaviour that the researchers believe is the first evidence
readKeharanjo next in line as Mbanderu chief
16-12-2009
LOCAL and Regional Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo says Keharanjo II Nguvauva, born from the second marriage of the late Mbanderu Chief Munjuku II Nguvauva, should become his successor.Ekandjo made
readOpposition demands poll audit
16-12-2009
OPPOSITION parties who are dissatisfied with the conduct of Namibia’s National Assembly and presidential elections at the end of last month announced yesterday that they have launched a case in the
read‘No Govt money spent’ on Chief Ribebe’s kidney
16-12-2009
CHIEF Angelina Ribebe of the Shambyu traditional authority in the Kavango Region has returned from the United States without the kidney transplant for which she had gone, and not a cent of State money
readNotable Quotes
16-12-2009
LET us not entertain the language of hate speech and attacks on individuals as well as attacking other political parties in a vile manner. – The Joint Election Observation Committee, comprising a
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