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42 Articles found on Thursday, 17 December 2009
Weatherly refines its copper plans
17-12-2009
WEATHERLY International (WTI) intends mining an initial average of 26 000 tonnes of ore per month at the Otjihase and Matchless Mines when they start producing again next year.This will increase to a
readWeatherly refines its copper plans
17-12-2009
WEATHERLY International (WTI) intends mining an initial average of 26 000 tonnes of ore per month at the Otjihase and Matchless Mines when they start producing again next year.This will increase to a
readRussia-led gas forum may one day emulate OPEC
17-12-2009
MOSCOW – The Russia-led group of gas powers controlling nearly 70 per cent of proven world reserves could eventually become the gas industry’s answer to OPEC when it matures, the organisation’s first
readOil demand to skyrocket in 2010
17-12-2009
CAIRO – OPEC has revised up slightly its forecast oil demand for next year, as the group heads into a meeting in Angola next week where it is likely to leave members’ quotas unchanged.The 12-nation
readInterest rate uphill for 2010
17-12-2009
NAMIBIANS are unlikely to get any interest rate relief next year. On the contrary, borrowing money will probably become more expensive, economists agree.At his final monetary policy announcement for
readRepo hike on SA horizon
17-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The possibility of near-term positive inflation surprises remains, given the rand’s continued strength, but beyond the middle of next year, the outlook is decidedly more worrying,
readOur devices will spin denser webs of data in 2010s
17-12-2009
SEATTLE – Ten years ago, we would have been blown away by a cellphone with far more computing power and memory than the average PC had in 1999, along with a built-in camera and programs to manage
readMyanmar junta lets Suu Kyi meet party elders
17-12-2009
YANGON – Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was briefly allowed out of her home yesterday by the military government to meet senior members of her party and one said they had agreed
readIran test-fires missile amid nuclear tension
17-12-2009
TEHRAN - Iran successfully test-fired a long-range, improved Sejil 2 missile yesterday, state television reported, in an announcement that added to tension with the West.British Prime Minister Gordon
readWho ate all the pies?
17-12-2009
BEIJING – China’s Ding Junhui has donated 276 meat pies he was awarded for winning the UK snooker championship to a charity in his adopted home city of Sheffield, Chinese media reported yesterday.A
readAbbas says peace deal possible in 6 months
17-12-2009
RAMALLAH – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published yesterday that a peace deal with Israel could be reached within six months if Israel freezes settlement construction
readNursery paedophile Vanessa George jailed
17-12-2009
LONDON – Nursery paedophile Vanessa George has been jailed indefinitely for sexually assaulting children in her care and swapping pictures of her abuse via the Internet in a case that shocked
readManto Tshabalala-Msimang dies in Jo’burg
17-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has died, her doctor confirmed yesterday. Professor Jeff Wing told Sapa Tshabalala-Msimang died in the Wits University
readLawyer sues Nigerian govt over president’s absence
17-12-2009
LAGOS - A leading Nigerian human rights lawyer has launched legal action to try to force President Umaru Yar’Adua to hand executive powers to his deputy while he is receiving medical treatment in
readANC battles to rein in young firebrand
17-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling party is trying to rein in a young firebrand who is sowing disunity among its old Communist allies, threatening President Jacob Zuma’s efforts to build unity as
readGuinea soldier: I shot the president
17-12-2009
CONAKRY – Guinea’s former presidential guard chief said yesterday he shot the country’s military strongman earlier this month because the junta leader wanted him to take the blame for a massacre by
readOshiketha shaayakulwa mepango kepangelo sha totwa
17-12-2009
AAVU mboka ya pumbwa epango ndyoka omathimbo gamwe itaali monika miipangelo mbyoka yi li popepi nawo ngashingeyi otaya vulu okumona epango ndika. Shika osha vulika konima sho epangelo lya dhikepo
readELCIN naye ota longo aakwashigwana okuungaunga nayakwawo ya gwililwa po koHVI/AIDS
17-12-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana mElongelokalunga lyokudhimbulukwa omukithi gwo HIV/AIDS mUuyuni mOsoondaha yeti 6 Desemba 2009 mOngwediva, Omukuluntu gwOshikondo shokuungaunga nOmukithi Omudhipagi
readKeharanjo oye ta ningi elenga lyaa Mbanderu
17-12-2009
OMINISTA yOmalelo giilando giitopolwa nomagumbo okwa ti Keharanjo omutiyali Nguvauva oye na ninge elenga lyaaMbanderu.Omumati nguka a valwa komukulukadhi omutiyali gwa nakusa elenga Munyuku Nguvauva
readAanafaalama ya vulwa omauvaneko itaa ga gwanithwa
17-12-2009
AANAFAALAMA mboka ya tululwa moshitopolwa sha Karas oya geela epangelo molwomauvaneko ihaaga gwanithwa.Otaya ti Uuministeli womavi nomatululo owa gandja euvaneko okuopaleka iilongitho yomeya ndele
readPresident Pohamba te ya okupandula oshigwana moNooli
17-12-2009
ONKUNDANA ombwanawa otayi ti kutya Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, ngoka momahogololo gOpaupresidende nogOshigongi shOpashigwana ga ningilwe pehulilo lya Novemba nuumvo, a zi mo nomake ogendji noge
readDhompilameno dha hala iizemo yitalululwe
17-12-2009
OONGUNDU dhompilameno ina dhi nyanyukilwa nkene omahogololo gomwedhi gwa yi ga ende, na odha tseyitha etiyali kutya ota dhi ka indila ompangu yopombanda opo miizemo mu endululwe nawa.Oongundu ndhoka
readNunw tashi vulika a geelwe mokwaasimaneka ompangu
17-12-2009
ONDUNDAHANGANO yomahangano gaaniilonga otashi vulika yi geelwe molwa ondhino yompangu. Ompito yokugeelwa nenge yokulandulwa oya zi mpoka sho ehangano ndika lya yamukula sha landula ketokolo lyompangu
readDesert Dash kicks off tomorrow
17-12-2009
THE FNB Desert Dash Mountain Bike (MTB) challenge starts in Windhoek tomorrow at 15h00.The gruelling race will cover a distance of 340 kilometres from Windhoek to Swakopmund. Riders in solo and team
readYoung SA ‘lions’ eye national title
17-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – A group of ‘young lions’ hope to maintain local dominance of the South African Open Championship when it begins today at Pearl Valley Golf Estate near Cape Town.Defending champion
readTiger takes record tumble in popularity
17-12-2009
LOS ANGELES - Tiger Woods has taken the largest rating plunge in Gallup Poll history as a result of the sex scandal that forced the world’s first billion-dollar athlete to halt his epic golf
readLAC scores first point in sterilisation court case
17-12-2009
THE Legal Assistance Centre scored its first point in the highly controversial sterilisation case yesterday, when the High Court ruled in its favour on a legal point that was preventing the argument
readMan shot dead in foiled burglary
17-12-2009
A SUSPECTED burglar was shot dead while allegedly trying to break into a cellphone shop in Katutura on Tuesday night. Another suspect was arrested.The two were spotted by security guards on the roof
readPupil charged with teacher’s murder
17-12-2009
A PUPIL at Mweshipandeka Senior Secondary School has been charged with the murder of a teacher at the school on December 7. Ndiwakalunga Johannes Haufiku (18) appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s
readPolice discover rustlers’ kraal
17-12-2009
NDAMA – The Namibian Police at Rundu have discovered a kraal in the Kavango Region where suspected stolen cattle are being kept and sold. The kraal, which is about 300 metres long, is located some
readNam human rights deteriorating: NSHR
17-12-2009
THE National Society of Human Rights (NSHR) has launched a scathing interim report on human rights in Namibia, saying the situation has only continued to “deteriorate”, with no sign of
readMoney, skills lacking at local authorities
17-12-2009
A LACK of money and skilled people is the overriding challenge facing local councils throughout Namibia.To counter the problem, priority must be given to the training of local authority officials so
readLüderitz residents complain about Council auction
17-12-2009
LÜDERITZ residents want the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate a recent auction held by the Town Council.The residents claim that a council accountant, Stanley Narib, who doubles as the local
readWorkers injured in truck accident
17-12-2009
ELEVEN Nivex Grape Company workers were seriously injured when two trucks collided and one of them overturned at Aussenkehr on Tuesday morning.The two trucks were transporting close to 81 people to
readMeeting Bow Wow!
17-12-2009
IT’S not every day I get to meet a major US rapper and hip-hop artist, so when I first saw ‘Breakfast With Bow Wow’ typed in the Big Brother Africa Revolution trip itinerary I did a little jig around
readBeckham believes in Milan’s title chances
17-12-2009
ROME – Former England captain David Beckham will return to AC Milan in January with the Serie A title in his sights, he told the Gazzetta dello Sport.Beckham spent the second half of last season on
readInflation rate breaks through barrier
17-12-2009
NAMIBIA’S overall annual inflation rate dropped below seven per cent for the first time in two years in November, following a significant cooling-down in food inflation.The Consumer Price Index (CPI)
readWorld leaders try to save troubled climate talks
17-12-2009
COPENHAGEN – World leaders took the stage at the largest ever climate talks yesterday as ministers scrambled to rescue troubled negotiations on a pact to avoid dangerous global warming.Police using
readParties file election case
17-12-2009
A CONTINUED lack of clarity on the voters’ roll that was used in Namibia’s national elections three weeks ago is one of the pillars on which opposition parties questioning the integrity of the
readGovt fails kidney patient
17-12-2009
MIDORI Kamies, an 18-year-old State patient with chronic kidney failure, died in hospital on Monday night, just a day before the announcement of a new special fund for State patients that will help
readNotable Quotes
17-12-2009
THE country must not be run by thugs, we want to make our cities safe for the people. – South African National Police Commissioner Bheki Cele repeating his call for police to take a hard stance on
readLabour Minister Vows Action on labour hire
17-12-2009
GOVERNMENT will not allow the labour-hire system to continue to exist in Namibia in its current form, the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, vowed yesterday.Ngatjizeko made
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