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44 Articles found on Monday, 21 December 2009
Stock investors won’t hold breath for Santa
21-12-2009
NEW YORK – Santa came early for Wall Street this year by delivering a 22 per cent return for 2009, and with just a handful of trading days to go, stock investors aren’t expecting to find much more
readSA faces price shock in 2010
21-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The up-tick in inflation at the factory gate in November was largely due to base effects, with this turnaround indicative of a shock to come in May and June as even lower bases start to
read‘Black Christmas’ for neighbours
21-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – It will be a black Christmas for about five million South Africans this year after the devastating economic crisis, trade federation Cosatu said in Johannesburg on Thursday.“And job
readSpeculators don’t cause oil price swings
21-12-2009
NEW YORK – Over 90 per cent of the market swings in oil since 2006 were due to supply shocks, not price speculation, JPMorgan said last week in a study that questions tough market curbs proposed on
readOpec to hold oil flow steady, eye Iraq
21-12-2009
LUANDA – Sitting comfortably on strong oil prices, Opec crude producers are set to hold their output steady at their meeting in Angola tomorrow while eyeing the rising prospects of Iraq, observers
readBoard appointed for Financial Sector Charter
21-12-2009
WINDHOEK – Cabinet has endorsed the nomination of Ericah Shafudah, Dagmar Honsbein, Gordon Elliot and Godfrey Kuyonisa as members of the Namibia Financial Sector Charter (NFSC) Council.The decision
readSunday papers blast climate accord
21-12-2009
PARIS – Leading Sunday newspapers labelled the Copenhagen climate conference a disaster for the environment, for global government, and a sign of China’s rising power against Europe’s
readChina to try prominent dissident on Wednesday: lawyer
21-12-2009
BEIJING – Chinese prosecutors will put Liu Xiaobo, one of the country’s best-known dissidents, on trial on subversion charges on Wednesday in Beijing, Liu’s lawyer and wife said yesterday
readAnti-gay measure a “bad precedent”
21-12-2009
WASHINGTON – The United States is urging Uganda to stop a bill that would criminalise homosexuality, saying its passage could encourage other African countries to make similar moves, a top US diplomat
readGuinea’s junta leader may trigger war
21-12-2009
WASHINGTON – Fears are growing in Washington that Guinea’s wounded junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara could return to Conakry and possibly trigger a civil war that could reignite west African
readSANDF to deploy HIV+ soldiers
21-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will start deploying HIV positive soldiers to peacekeeping operations, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Friday.Ministry of defence and military veterans spokesperson
readLockerbie bomber’s health worsening
21-12-2009
TRIPOLI – Concern for the health of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the Libyan sentenced to life in prison for the Lockerbie bombing, grew in Tripoli yesterday after a medical report said his cancer
readTale of war and peace in ’04 tsunami
21-12-2009
COLOMBO/ACEH – For two of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami offered a chance for peace in each. In Indonesia’s Aceh, one of the worst calamities in history led to a
readOkwiilongekidhila efundja kwa katekwa kiimaliwa
21-12-2009
EPANGELO lyoshilando sha Shakati ota li tula po omikanka odhindji noshowo ota li lafulula omilonga ndhoka dha enda mOshakati opo pu keelelwe omaupyakadhi ngoka haga holoka po ngele opwe ya efundja
readOndando yolusheno tayi gwedhelwa 2010
21-12-2009
ONDANDO yolusheno otayi ka gwedhelwa ishewe omumvo tagu ya.Etseyitho ndika olya ningwa komuwiliki gwa Nampower,omusamane Paulinus Shilamba metine.Okwa ti egwedhelo lyondando yolusheno otali ningwa
readIilonga yokuyalula omambo meni ya ethiwa
21-12-2009
EHANGANO lyomahala gomafudhilo lya Namibia [NWR] olya kutha po iilonga yokuyalula omambo galyo yomeni, na olya hogolola opo pukale ha pa ningwa omayalulo taga ziilile pondje lwaali komumvo.Oshinima
readMboka ya yugu ohauto natango oye li mondholongo
21-12-2009
AAFEKELWA yaali mboka taya tamanekelwa eyugo lyosheenditho sho aniwa ya longitha omizalo dhopolisi opo ya longe iilonga mbika yomilema momukunda gwa Klein Windhoek omumvo gwa ziko oya lombwelwa kutya
readSwapo ina panda iilonga ya Pacon
21-12-2009
SWAPO okwa ulike okwaa nyanyukilwa kwe iilonga mbyoka ta yi longwa kehangano ha li ithanwa Pan-African Centre of Namibia [Pacon]. Oompata oonene odha tukukile pethimbo lyoshigongi shongundumutima
readOshigwana nashi ka ulike iinima yasho
21-12-2009
OPOLISI oya kwata ko iinima oyindji mbyoka ya li ya yakwapo koombudhi, konima sho eyako limwe lya keelelwa moKatutura uusiku woMaandaha gayi. Moshinigwanima shika omwa li mwa sile omufekelwa gumwe
readNampower ota tsikile kutya ota shi pula shike
21-12-2009
OMAYUVI 2009 oga li omumvo gwomashongo omanene kuNampower, na etameko lyomumvo 2010 ota li ka kala ethimbo lya dhigupala megandjo lyolusheno koshilongo nokwaayehe yena mo ombinga melongo
readTa gandja koshigwana
21-12-2009
ETALELOPO lya Edward” Disco” Moongo omukalelipo gwa Namibia moprogram yedhina Big Brother Africa Revolution okwa mwenyeke omukunda gwaanuuvu yokankela moshipangelo shopokati sha Venduka metitatu
readUnder-20 football coaches fired
21-12-2009
THE national under-20 soccer team coach, Willem Kapukare, and his assistant, Richard Starke, have been fired by the Namibia Football Association (NFA).The NFA said in a statement on Friday that the
readMan Utd thrashed at Fulham, Liverpool lose again
21-12-2009
PREMIER League champions Manchester United were thrashed 3-0 at Fulham on Saturday while neighbours Manchester City sacked manager Mark Hughes and brought in Italian Roberto Mancini.Goals by Danny
readDiergaardt appointed national rugby coach
21-12-2009
JOHAN Diergaardt has been appointed as the national rugby coach following the departure of John Williams. At a press conference in Windhoek on Friday, the president of the Namibia Rugby Union, Buks
readKhomas dominates Boxing Champs
21-12-2009
THE Khomas Region dominated the National Amateur Boxing Championships on Saturday, winning eight of the 11 titles on offer.Khomas easily won the team category with eight gold medals and two silver
readSMSes of Monday 21 December 2009
21-12-2009
* THE “ dead” deal from the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen is clear, “every country on its own, God for all of us”. Namibia has an option, abolish the current colonial economic system based on
readCivil society sceptical about elections
21-12-2009
CIVIL society has serious reservations about the freeness and fairness of the election process.This sentiment was expressed on Friday by the Joint Observer Mission (JOM) of the Namibia
readWho stole Christmas?
21-12-2009
THE usual troop of rooftop Santas in Swakopmund have decided to stay away this year, with very few making an appearance.Human-sized rooftop Santas are believed to be unique to the coastal town since
readNo dam respite in sight
21-12-2009
NAMWATER’S latest and last dam bulletin of this year brought no relief to those concerned about water resources and rain in the country. There has been no inflow into the dams at all and evaporation
readErongo road toll hits 10
21-12-2009
THREE people died in car accidents in the Erongo Region over the weekend, bringing to 10 the road death toll in the region since the beginning of December.The co-ordinator of the West Coast Safety
readCost of floods estimated
21-12-2009
THE damages and losses caused by the floods that hit northern and northeastern Namibia at the beginning of this year have been estimated at N$1,7 billion.In its final report on the Post Disaster Needs
readCommunity wants cop patrols
21-12-2009
AN increase in housebreakings and robberies in their community over the past month this weekend prompted members of Otjomuise’s Agtste Laan informal settlement to stage a protest in the hope of
readAttempted robbery foiled at Bokomo
21-12-2009
A SUSPECTED criminal was shot dead while allegedly trying to carry out an armed robbery.The incident took place around lunchtime on Friday at the Bokomo factory at Brakwater on the outskirts of
readNWR financial results are ready to be tabled in NA
21-12-2009
THE four outstanding financial reports of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) are ready for tabling in Parliament.The reports for the years 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8 and 2008-9 were mentioned by Cabinet at
readThird suspect charged with city robbery and murder
21-12-2009
A THIRD suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a security company owner who was killed in a street robbery in Windhoek’s Northern Industrial Area early last
readPohamba talks about the glorious and the inglorious
21-12-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on those he says “were misled by some opposition parties” to come back home to Swapo and contribute together to the development of Namibia and its
readOn at Club La Dee Da’s Reloaded
21-12-2009
THE festive season is a time of rest, relaxation, good friends and fun. If you are in Windhoek over this holiday season and you are looking for somewhere to let your hair down, Club La Dee Da’s
readBarcelona crowned world club champions
21-12-2009
EUROPEAN Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi chested the winner to lead Barcelona to a 2-1 extra-time victory over Estudiantes in the Club World Cup final on Saturday.The Spanish team were crowned
readBoN hopeful about 2010 economy
21-12-2009
WINDHOEK – The Bank of Namibia (BoN) remains cautiously optimistic that the country’s economy will recover significantly from the effects of the global economic recession by next year.BoN Assistant
readTwo die in Malawi earthquake
21-12-2009
BLANTYRE/DAR ES SALAAM – A four-year-old boy and his grandmother were killed on Sunday and up to 200 people were injured when a 6,0 magnitude earthquake destroyed buildings in Malawi’s northern
readElectoral Commission weighs poll case
21-12-2009
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia has been given time until today to decide if it wants to fight the High Court case through which nine opposition parties want to get access to election material
readTransNamib takes payout hit
21-12-2009
TRANSNAMIB has had to pay over N$500 000 and reinstate a worker who it fired illegally five years ago. The latest employee to win their case against the beleagured transport parastatal is Bonifatius
readSoccer star stabbed to death
21-12-2009
ELEVEN Arrows midfielder Victor Helu died from a head wound on Saturday after being stabbed in Windhoek on Friday evening. The news was confirmed by Arrows coach Ronnie Kanalelo, who said he had
readNotable Quotes
21-12-2009
NAMIBIA, let’s stand up together and make our society a better place, for everybody. – Namibia’s Big Brother Africa Revolution housemate Edward Moongo visiting cancer patients in Windhoek last weekTHE
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