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60 Articles found on Friday, 4 December 2009
Government, central bank key to SMME growth
04-12-2009
BETTER co-ordination is needed between the government and the Reserve Bank to create an environment that encourages the growth of sustainable small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs).This is the
readMiners prop up JSE
04-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South African stocks ended a lacklustre session up on Wednesday, notching up a third straight day of gains led by miners on rampant commodity prices, while government bonds extended
readInvestment money propels copper to 14-month high
04-12-2009
LONDON - Copper and aluminium rose to their highest levels in over a year on Wednesday, on the back of fresh investment buying after fears eased about Dubai’s debt problems and upbeat data bolstered
readThis week in motion
04-12-2009
IN the final motion roll of the year, activity slowed down substantially and many matters were postponed to 2010. Around N$917 000 was reclaimed by two commercial banks, Standard Bank and First
readZim economy on mend
04-12-2009
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s battered economy is on track to expand for the first time in a decade this year and to grow by seven per cent in 2010 as agriculture and mining start to recover, the government
readZambia to delay signing crude oil supply deal with Kuwait
04-12-2009
LUSAKA - Zambia will delay until April the signing of a 1,4 million tons crude oil supply deal which was due to be sealed this month and will rely on imports of finished petroleum products, industry
readBaby gorillas get lush new jungle digs
04-12-2009
GOMA – Conservationists say two baby mountain gorillas have moved to a lush jungle sanctuary formerly closed to them because of violent instability in eastern Congo.Virunga National Park director
readSmoking ads opposed in SA
04-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG - The SA Medical Association (Sama) said yesterday it was “totally” opposed to cigarettes advertised in whatever shape or form, given their contribution to the burden of
readSettlers reject Netanyahu plea to reduce tensions
04-12-2009
JERUSALEM – Defiant West Bank settler leaders yesterday rejected a personal plea from the prime minister to respect a government-ordered construction freeze in their communities, vowing to keep
readSpecial police train for 2010
04-12-2009
CAPE TOWN – A train with an entire police station and a holding cell will be used by police to speedily arrest criminals during the 2010 World Cup, Danny Jordaan said yesterday.“Yes there is a train
readChristmas elf jailed over hoax
04-12-2009
MORROW – A man in an elf suit is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite.Police say Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was evacuated but no explosives
readPutin will consider presidency in 2012
04-12-2009
MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he will think about running again in 2012.Putin says his decision will depend on the situation in the economy. He said yesterday he feels no rush to
readWhite House accepts some blame in gatecrasher saga
04-12-2009
WASHINGTON – The White House on Wednesday shouldered some of the blame for an embarrassing breach of security that permitted an uninvited couple to gate-crash President Barack Obama’s debut state
readKagame reshuffles Rwanda government
04-12-2009
KIGALI – Rwandan President Paul Kagame reshuffled his government on Wednesday, appointing new foreign and finance ministers, according to an official statement.Louise Mushikiwabo was appointed to
readAnd Justice For All
04-12-2009
I SUPPORT those people who claim that to reserve jobs for the children born in exile is to discriminate against other Namibians, especially those young men and women who were born inside the country
readFarewell To A True Namibian
04-12-2009
HANS-Erik Staby taught me a lesson for life. Through him I learnt, that ‘South Westers’ are as able to become truly patriotic Namibians as those who claim exclusivity and entitlement over this
readVets And Exile Kids Have Legitimate Case
04-12-2009
IF you know the history of Namibia’s liberation struggle you will know that you cannot separate the issues of war veterans and ex-exiled kids as their story is same as that of father and son or mother
readMoving Away From Tribe
04-12-2009
THE manifestos of parties should be the most important item of the election but as I compare the preliminary election results and the areas where the certain parties have been leading it proves that
readNo Leadership At Unam
04-12-2009
I HAVE been at Unam for three years now and I have been very close to student affairs. I have attended all the GSAs and go to student Parliament as an observer.I have spoken to all the past SRC
readSwapo Shelters The Corrupt
04-12-2009
WHEN the incumbent President took office in March 2005 he was very bold and clear on fighting corruption. I wrote then that he was not the first to talk about fighting corruption.I wished him well and
readWe Need Good Losers
04-12-2009
I WOULD like to thank the Namibian people, specifically all the eligible voters, for having conducted themselves peacefully and maturely during the elections process. However, I would want to see
readA Majority of the Minority
04-12-2009
ONE of the most interesting aspects of the Namibian election drama now rounding up its last act, is surely not the predictable anti-climax of the outcome, but what is most striking to the careful
readBIG Is The Answer To Poverty
04-12-2009
LEADERS are people who have been entrusted by the people for the people to lead the people wisely and by example. Good governance, transparency, honesty and unselfishness with no acceptances and with
readNamibia ota vulu okuninga nawa PAP a ulike
04-12-2009
ETUMO lyokutalela omahogololo lya Pan African Parliament olya ti omahogololo oge ende nawa, nonando opena omashongo gamwe ge na okutaalelwa.Omuwiliki gwetumo ndika Ambrose Dery okwa ti omahogololo
readHIV a shuna monima ndele ekondjo olya tsikila
04-12-2009
EKONDJO okungambeka etaandelo lyombuto yoHIV ota li tsikile. Shika ota shi ningwa nonando omiyalu ota dhi ulike kutya ekalepo lyombuto maakiintu aasimba ota li shuna pevi.Ngashingeyi ndika olya ya
readAalumentu yane ya kwatwa nepangwe poongamba
04-12-2009
AALUMENTU yAaSouth Afrika ye li yane oya kwatwa po po Noordower mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko, sho ya adhika nepangwe lyookilogalama 678.Pamushangwa gwOpolisi gwa piti mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika,
readEsiku lyo HIV/AIDS lya dhimbulukiwa moshilongo ashihe
04-12-2009
ESIKU lyokudhimbulukwa omukithi gwo HIV/AIDS ndyoka hali dhimbulukiwa aluhe meti 1 Desemba omumvo kehe, nomoNooli olya dhimbulukilwe mesiku ndyoka.MoMusati olya dhimbulukilwa pOkahao mOngandjera mpoka
readJona a fumvikwa pOndiikela pOngha
04-12-2009
OMUKALELIPO gwOswapo pOkaketha komahogololo pOsikola ya Nanghonda pOngha mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, tate Jona Kulukuteni Josef gwoomvula 49 lwaampoka, ngoka i idhipagele ye mwene sho i imangeleke
readFootball Fixtures
04-12-2009
Namibia Premier League Friday, Dec 4 20h00: African Stars v Civics – Sam NujomaSaturday, Dec 5 16h00: Eleven Arrows v Ramblers - Kuisebmond 16h00: United
readBring on United, says Hughes
04-12-2009
LONDON – Manchester City manager Mark Hughes cannot wait for his side’s English League Cup semi-final against Manchester United next month after their 3-0 last eight win over Arsenal at Eastlands on
readReplay or pay the lawyers
04-12-2009
THE Namibia Premier League must decide to either spend thousands of dollars on lawyers’ consultation and sitting fees or reschedule the abandoned premiership match between Eleven Arrows and United
readNo chance of anonymity for troubled Woods
04-12-2009
THOUSAND OAKS – Apart from occasional erratic driving and a sharp tongue, Tiger Woods has displayed masterful control on the golf course on the way to 14 major titles and a place in the pantheon of
readHopkins beats Ornelas, targets Britain’s Haye
04-12-2009
PHILADELPHIA – American Bernard Hopkins returned to the ring after a near 14-month absence to score a unanimous points decision victory over Mexican Enrique Ornelas in a non-title light-heavyweight
readSouth Africa bid to extend sevens monopoly
04-12-2009
DUBAI – South Africa open the defence of their IRB Sevens World Series today under mounting pressure from a resurgent New Zealand, Fiji and an England side missing their inspirational skipper.The
readWorld Cup reaches Cape Town
04-12-2009
CAPE TOWN – The gleaming World Cup trophy is finally in Cape Town where there is palpable excitement over the tournament being held for the first time on African soil ahead of today’s final
readSMSes of Friday 4 December 2009
04-12-2009
* NAMIBIA may not be 100 per cent stable and independent. But the fact remains Namibia is one of the best countries in southern Africa. Our people are constantly complaining about the decisions made
readFive found not guilty of hunter’s murder
04-12-2009
THE five men who have been on trial in the High Court in Windhoek for the past two months on charges flowing from the gunshot killing of an Outjo area professional hunter in December 2006 were all
readShouting voter appears in court
04-12-2009
A WOMAN made a brief appearance in the Karibib Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday charged with undue influence after she conducted voter education for people lining up to vote at a polling station in
readOshakati 3 out on bail
04-12-2009
THREE ECN officers who appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Monday were released on bail yesterday and are set to re-appear on February 10 next year. The three are charged with contravening
readPrison break at Khorixas
04-12-2009
EIGHT prisoners escaped from Police holding cells at Khorixas on Tuesday night.The seven trial-awaiting detainees and one sentenced prisoner escaped by digging a hole through the cell’s wall. The
readFour South African suspects found with drugs, rubber duck
04-12-2009
FOUR South African citizens were arrested on drugs charges at Sonop Boerdery at Noordoewer last Thursday. According to the Police, the suspects were in possession of 678 grams of dagga valued at N$2
readFour judges appointed to High Court bench
04-12-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has appointed four new judges to the High Court bench, it has been announced from the office of the Chief Justice.The four new judges have previously all been serving as
readFirst books in !Kung San language
04-12-2009
CHILDREN of the marginalised San communities who speak the ancient !Kung language can for the first time read stories in their mother tongue after the first printed readers were launched at a remote
readWire cars never become last year’s toys ...
04-12-2009
WIRE art, especially the art of wire-car making, has been passed down from father to son in Katutura, the surrounding informal settlements, and in fact throughout Namibia, for years. It is relatively
readBreakdown of the verified election results
04-12-2009
The following are the latest figures, at the time of going to press, on the number of votes each party and presidential candidate have so far received of the total votes counted and verified by the
readJury Is Out On ECN
04-12-2009
WHILE the country anxiously awaits the final election results, it seems the jury is already out on the questionable manner in which the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has handled this
readA Slow, But Reliable Counting Process Better Than A Hastily Concluded One
04-12-2009
THE long wait for the final results was a real test for the patience of the voters, including political parties. In light of this, the wait left a lot of room for assumptions about the reliability and
readPohamba Second Term: A Bumpy Road Ahead
04-12-2009
THE people have spoken. Pohamba is still their preferred person to lead the nation for another five-year term. And all of us should respect that this is the democratic wish of the majority and
readAfrica’s Stake in the Climate-Change Debate
04-12-2009
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE – Across Africa, there are growing concerns, which the three of us share, that the continent is being marginalised in the major debates leading up to the COP15 climate-change summit
readBlack Africa blitz SKW
04-12-2009
BLACK Africa came back from a 2-1 deficit at halftime to beat SKW 4-2 in an exciting midweek MTC Premiership encounter at the Sam Nujoma Stadium.That victory was achieved without their coach Ali Akan
readGovt launches own mining company
04-12-2009
MINES and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina yesterday launched the first State-owned mining company, Epangelo Mining – a move he had announced in March this year when presenting the Ministry’s
read14 dead after suicide bomber attack in Somalia
04-12-2009
MOGADISHU – A suicide bomber disguised in women’s clothing detonated his explosives during a graduation ceremony at an upscale hotel yesterday, killing at least 14 people, including three Cabinet
readBig Brother Africa 4: Your SMSes and E-Mails to Us!
04-12-2009
* Dear Editor, we have to keep this young man [Edward] in BBA till the last. Can you please reprint today’s edition on ‘Voting For Eddie’ on tomorrow’s front page. – Proud Law– Unfortunately we
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viva the Revolution! Viva Eddie!!
04-12-2009
EDDIE! The ayobaness in the Big Brother house!! Slogan that!! Eish people, just a quick look-in today. I’m being held hostage by the Electoral Commission of Namibia. S’true.They have me tied to my
readBig Brother Africa 4: The Last Days
04-12-2009
THERE’S no two ways about it BBA fans, we are in the last days. As the saying goes “all good things come to an end”. More than 80 good long drama-filled days have passed since the Revolution hit our
readECN under fire, Otavi Police to the rescue
04-12-2009
AS the ECN faces the heat with accusations of foul play in the electoral process going up a notch, the Namibian Police at Otavi have come out in defence of the security they provided throughout the
readRDP beats CoD first time election record
04-12-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has had a bigger impact in the north-central regions than the Congress of Democrats (CoD) had ten years ago, according to results released by the Electoral
read‘Huge’ voter turnout
04-12-2009
A RECORD 95,8 per cent of registered voters cast their votes in 60 of the 107 constituencies for which the Electoral Commission of Namibia had released results by lunchtime yesterday.From the 60
readNoteable Quotes
04-12-2009
THE problem is, we give the biggest discount in the world to industrial users ... Why come to the rest of us, in our middle class homes, and torture us to death with these increases? And you keep
readPolitical Perspective
04-12-2009
THE outcome in Namibia’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections has not yet been finalised, but there are some very obvious trends already evident: first, that Swapo is the undisputed victor,
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