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50 Articles found on Monday, 7 December 2009
Venezuela takes over three more small banks
07-12-2009
CARACAS - Venezuela on Friday took over three more banks, raising the week’s tally to seven, in a clean-up of the financial sector that has worried investors but is seen as unlikely to herald a major
readStruggling Botswana to back De Beers cash call
07-12-2009
GABARONE - Botswana is “compelled to honour” an agreement to support a rights issue by diamond producer De Beers, a minister said, though how the cash-strapped southern African nation will fund its
readChina criticises weak US dollar
07-12-2009
BEIJING - A commentary in an official Chinese newspaper said on Friday the weakness of the US dollar was “holding back” other countries’ economic recovery, forcing them to choose between squeezed
readAngola says dollar demand still high
07-12-2009
LUANDA - Demand for US dollars in Angola is still higher than normal but commercial banks have enough currency to satisfy the market, Jornal de Angola newspaper reported on Friday.The central bank has
readSaudi hails ‘perfect’ price at Arab oil meeting in Egypt
07-12-2009
CAIRO - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia on Saturday described the current oil price as stable and “perfect” for consuming and producing nations as he led talks in Cairo with other Arab oil
readChina, World Bank in drive for African factories
07-12-2009
LONDON - China and the World Bank are in talks on setting up low-cost factories in new industrial zones in Africa to help nations achieve higher economic growth, bank president Robert Zoellick said
readZuma disappoints with BEE council
07-12-2009
SOUTH African president Jacob Zuma on Thursday launched the long-awaited 19 member Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Advisory Council.The announcement, though, got a lukewarm response from BEE
readRussian nightclub fire death toll reaches 112
07-12-2009
PERM - Shocked residents of the Urals city of Perm laid carnations yesterday at the snowy scene of a cordoned-off nightclub where officials say at least 112 people died in a fire.The blaze, in the
readIn Briefs
07-12-2009
W Africa bloc calls for civilian rule in Guinea CONAKRY - A regional African bloc yesterday called for Guinea to return to civilian rule as the junta’s No. 2 assumed control of the country
readGinwala: Zuma failing to lead by example
07-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Failure to reign in ANCYL leader Julius Malema and accepting salary hikes are signs of the poor quality of leadership shown by President Jacob Zuma and his government, Frene Ginwala has
readConcerns about climate dwindle
07-12-2009
COPENHAGEN - World concern about climate change has fallen in the past two years, according to an opinion poll yesterday, the eve of 190-nation talks in Copenhagen meant to agree a UN deal to fight
readIran slows Internet access before student protests
07-12-2009
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have slowed Internet connections to a crawl or choked them off completely before expected student protests today to deny the opposition a vital means of communication.In
readTexas hen laid egg with cross on it
07-12-2009
BURLESON - A Fort Worth-area couple said one of their hens laid an egg with a cross on the end of it. Pam and Tracy Norrell of Burleson, who displayed the odd-shaped egg, said they believe it’s a
readSwapo a sindana ehogololo 2009 niitiyali itatu
07-12-2009
Ongundu yoSwapo oyo ya sindana momahogololo goshigongi shopashigwana nogopaupersidende ngoka ga ningilwe pehulilo lya Novomba nuumvo.Ongundu ta yi pangele natango oya sindana okugamena iitiyali itatu
readRDP a pitilile omiyalu dhoCoD
07-12-2009
ONGUNDU yoRDP oyi na enwethemo enene miitopolwa yomuubangalantu wopokati okuyeleka naasho oCoD, ya dhikilwe po uule woomvula omulongo dha piti. Shika ota shi talelwa miizemo mbyoka yomahogololo.Iizemo
readPohamba a pandula oshigwana
07-12-2009
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa pandula oshigwana sho sha hogolola nombili nengungumano momahogololo ngoka ga piti pehulilo lyo mwedhi gwa yi.Olupandu nduka Pohamba okwe lu gandja pethimbo a
readOonkwatwa dhiiyaka mondjedhililo
07-12-2009
OONKWATWA hetatu odhi iyaka mondjedhililo yopolisi poKhorixas metiyali lyoshiwike sha yi.Oonkwatwa heyali odha tegelela epangulo omanga ontihetatu oya pangulwa. Mbaka ayehe ota ku tiwa oyi iyaka
readOonkundana mompangu noshowo opolisi
07-12-2009
AANAMBELEWA yatatu mboka ya holokele mompangu yamengestrata oshiwike sha yi shi na sha nuuketha womahogololo oya mangululwa metine lyoshiwike sha yi sho yi ikulilemo.Oshipotha shawo osha undulilwa ko
readEpangelo lya totopo ehangano lyalyo lyoomina
07-12-2009
EPANGELO olya totopo ehangano lyalyo lyokumina, lyedhina Epangelo Mining.Ominista yOomina nIikwankondo omusamane Erkki Nghimtina okwa tula ehangano ndika miilonga etine oshiwike sha yi . Oshinima
readAapanguli yane ya ulikwa
07-12-2009
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa ulike aapanguli ya ne aape mompangu yopombanda.Etseyitho ndika olya gandjwa oku za mombelewa yomupanguli ndjai. Aapanguli aape ya ne oya longele nale miilonga
readYo RDP aniwa ta ya tidhwa konima yooyatsa dhaakwaSwapo
07-12-2009
AANTU mboka iilyo noshowo aayambidhidhi yongundu yo RDP ota ya ti aniwa oya tidhwa momahala gokukala unene tuu mboka ya edhililwa konima yooyatsa dha yakwawo molukanda lwaKuisebmund mOmbaye.Nakutidhwa
readOmuhogololi gumwe a holoka mompangu
07-12-2009
OMUKIINTU gumwe okwa holoka mompangu yamengestrata poKaribib oshiwike sha yi, ta tamanekelwa enwethemo inaa li pumbiwa sho aniwa a li ta lombwele aantu ya hogolole ongundu yontumba pethimbo mbaka ya
readAakwaSwapo moNooli ya tyapula esindano
07-12-2009
AAKWASWAPO omayovi nomayovi moShana, Oshikoto, Omusati noshowo Ohangwena ohela mOsoondaha, pethimbo lyomutenya, oya yi momapaandaanda niihauto yawo nosho tuu kolupadhi taya nyanya, taya maashinga, ya
readPutin a hala okuninga peresidende 2012
07-12-2009
OMUPRIMA MINISTA gwa Russia Vladimir Putin okwa ti ota ka dhiladhila kombinga yoku konga iilonga yuuperesidende wa Russia ishewe momumvo 2012.Putin okwa ti etokolo lye ota li ikwatelele konkalo
readIilyo iipe moshigongi shopashigwana
07-12-2009
MOKATI kiilyo yoshigongi shopashigwana yongundu ta yi pangele mbyoka ta yi ka tameka iilonga mo 21 Maalitsa 2010 omuna iilyo ayihe kumwe omulongo 13 mbyoka ka yi shi iilyo yegumbo ndyoka li li
readMore money at World Cup
07-12-2009
ROBBEN ISLAND – The winners of next year’s World Cup final in South Africa will collect a cheque for US$30 million, FIFA said late last week.The runners-up will receive US$24 million and all
readMessi and Ronaldo inspire Barca and Real to wins
07-12-2009
MADRID – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were vying for top billing in La Liga on Saturday after leading their sides to victories.Argentina’s Messi, who beat Ronaldo in the voting to lift the
readIndia in series win
07-12-2009
MUMBAI – Sachin Tendulkar celebrated India’s ascent to the top of the test rankings for the first time on Sunday and emphasised the importance of teamwork in their ‘remarkable’ rise.India supplanted
readTevez and City sink Chelsea
07-12-2009
LONDON – Carlos Tevez did his old side Manchester United a favour by scoring the winner as Manchester City beat leaders Chelsea 2-1 in the English Premier League on Saturday.City’s win, which followed
readFootball Results
07-12-2009
Played Saturday, Dec 5 Absa Premiership Santos 2 - 0 Swallows Pirates 1 - 0 Golden Arrows Wits 0 - 2 Ajax Cape Town FS Stars 2 - 2 Cosmos Pl. Stars 0 - 1 Black AcesBarclays Premier
readFootball Results
07-12-2009
MTC Premiership Played Saturday, Dec 5 Orlando Pirates 3-2 United Stars Eleven Arrows 0-3 Ramblers Tigers 1-0 Blue Waters Hotspurs 4-2 Oshakati CityWomen 20 World Cup Qualifier
readSMSes of Monday 7 December 2009
07-12-2009
* CORRUPTION must be stopped in the home! Let honesty be the moral value with which you raise your kids. They will do likewise when raising their own children. Food for Thought * OPPOSITION parties,
readTonchi declares elections free, fair, transparent
07-12-2009
THE Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), Victor Tonchi, has declared the 2009 national and presidential elections “free, fair and transparent”.Announcing the official results late
readState health system fails kidney patients
07-12-2009
FOR State patients in Namibia with kidney failure and in need of chronic dialysis, the “writing is on the wall”, as a source inside the Ministry of Health and Social Services has told The
readSouthern celebration delayed
07-12-2009
SWAPO supporters in the Karas and Hardap regions are preparing to celebrate the party’s election victory this coming weekend. Karas Swapo Regional Co-ordinator Willem Isaaks said no official
readSeven injured in road accident in South
07-12-2009
SEVEN people were injured when a car they were travelling in left the road and overturned on Friday.The accident occurred on the B1 road between Lüderitz and Keetmanshoop. The Karas regional Police
readPohamba promises to do better
07-12-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says the election victory has prompted Swapo to work harder to realise the aspirations of the Namibian people.In his victory speech on Saturday at the Katutura
readOfficial number of votes parties got
07-12-2009
The parties and their votes in the National Assembly election are listed in alphabetical order:• APP 10 795 • CP 810 • CoD 5375 • DPN 1942 • DTA 25 393 • MAG 4 718 • NDMC 1 770 • NDP 1 187 • NUDO 24
readConversations necessary in HIV response
07-12-2009
IN order to prevent new HIV infections in Namibia, conversations have to form a part of the country’s HIV prevention strategy.This was the gist of the message at a World AIDS Day meeting of Women in
readBiker killed in crash with car
07-12-2009
THE Namibian Police are investigating a culpable homicide charge against the driver of a vehicle that crashed into a motorcycle, killing its rider, in Windhoek on Saturday.Windhoek resident Patric
readTough draws for Africa
07-12-2009
AFRICA’S hopes of getting most of its six representatives through to the knockout phase of next year’s World Cup looked a tough ask after Friday’s draw.The first World Cup on the continent gives
readSolar power not yet embraced by Namibians
07-12-2009
AFTER the world-renowned documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ by former American Vice President Al Gore, followed by ‘The 11th Hour’, presented by Leonardo di Caprio, climate change and renewable
readGuinea junta leader ‘out of danger’
07-12-2009
CONAKRY - Guinea’s military junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, is out of danger after an operation to treat injuries he sustained in a gun attack by his own soldiers, a spokesman said on
readBig Brother Africa 4: Housemates hand out best and worst awards
07-12-2009
BIGGIE Headmistress asked each Housemate to hand out the “best” and “worst” awards to the other four.The Kevin Awards The Worst: Emma gets ‘Worst Boyfriend Snatcher’ because she stole Jeremy from his
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
07-12-2009
A SELECTION of some of the weird and wonderful messages from BBA viewers across Africa which appear on the BBA TV text strip – this week mainly a selection of just a few of the messages in support of
readBig Brother Africa 4: Days Of Our Lives!
07-12-2009
AND THE WINNER IS … No idea at the time of going to press. But if the BBA TV text strip is anything to go by, it should be between our Eddie and Nigeria’s Kevin (50 Naira to me!).Yip, it’s David vs
readWho’s in, who’s out
07-12-2009
THE next National Assembly to be inaugurated next year will be robbed of many years of parliamentary experience, with some long-serving MPs both in the ruling party and the opposition not making it
readElections 2009: Some Key Figures
07-12-2009
Swapo takes a one-seat hit 54 seats for Swapo, down from 55. Eight seats for RDP.* TWO-SEATERS DTA Nudo UDF * All Peoples’ Party secures one seat. * LUCKY PACKET WINNERS
readOpposition off to court with ECN
07-12-2009
EIGHT political parties do not accept the results of the National Assembly and presidential elections and will take the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to court for allegedly contravening the
readNotable Quotes
07-12-2009
TIGER Woods is so rich that he owns lots of expensive cars. Now he has a hole in one. – One of the jokes doing the rounds after the champion golfer crashed one of his cars into a tree outside his
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