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54 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Diamonds: slight glimmer of old sparkle in distance
08-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The diamond industry, an industry largely dependent on jewellery sales – which in itself carries the perception of being dominated by the rich and famous – suffered the nearest thing to
readChina to boost domestic demand, exports
08-12-2009
BEIJING – China’s top leaders yesterday pledged to maintain pro-growth economic policies put in place during the global slowdown and continue a push to make domestic demand a new pillar of the
readEmerging markets to support gold price
08-12-2009
AS 2009 draws to a close, the final month of the year ushered in a new all-time high for the gold price, trading in excess of US$1 200 per ounce.The Global Commodities and Resources Team at Investec
readRössing South scoops international award
08-12-2009
Extract Resources Limited, which wholly owns Swakop Uranium, has won the Outstanding Achievement Award: Exploration Project for its world-class Rössing South uranium project at the 2009 Mines & Money
readPR disaster or not, African cities will bring growth
08-12-2009
AFRICA offers better returns than either China or India and is “at the forefront” of international investors’ plans despite its “real PR challenge”, a top international management consultancy has
readNigeria oil reforms could open door to new players
08-12-2009
ABUJA - Nigeria’s controversial oil reform bill is likely to make it easier for more foreign oil companies to compete for lucrative oil and gas contracts in Africa’s biggest energy producer, a top
readNew state bank for Venezuela
08-12-2009
CARACAS - Venezuela’s government will create a new state-run financial institution out of four private banks that were shut down last week for alleged accounting irregularities, President Hugo Chavez
readOmkhaibasen farmers hold information day
08-12-2009
THE Omkhaibasen Farmers’ Co-operative in the Spitzkoppe, Tubusis and ‡Goabeb areas near Usakos recently held a farmers’ day attended by its members and surrounding communities in collaboration with
readMeatco to move pig slaughtering to Brakwater
08-12-2009
MEATCO will stop slaughtering pigs at its Windhoek abattoir from the middle of January, but alternative measures have been put in place.Pigs are mainly slaughtered at Meatco in Windhoek, at an
readBlast outside Iraqi elementary school kills 8
08-12-2009
BAGHDAD – An explosion outside an elementary school in a Shiite district of Baghdad killed at least eight people yesterday, as Iraqi officials considered delaying national elections until at least
readReverse Simelane appointment: Tutu
08-12-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu yesterday called on President Jacob Zuma to reverse the appointment of national prosecutions boss Menzi Simelane, describing it as an “aberration”.“The
readUS says bin Laden sometimes slips into Afghanistan
08-12-2009
WASHINGTON – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighbouring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the
readWounded Guinea junta leader unable to speak
08-12-2009
CONAKRY – Guinea’s military strongman, airlifted to a hospital in Morocco after being wounded in an assassination attempt, cannot speak and may not be returning home anytime soon, two top government
read‘Football for Hope’ kicks off
08-12-2009
CAPE TOWN – The Football for Hope centre is out to teach kids about more than just the “beautiful game”.The first of 20 such centres across Africa was opened on Saturday, a day after the draw for next
readAapolisi aaiyambi otaya kwathelwa tuu?
08-12-2009
AAPOLISI aaiyambi kwali ye li 35 mboka ya unga ontanda yawo pOombelewa dha Gavena yaShana mOshakati okuza eti 11 Desemba 2008 konima sho ya kuthwa miilonga kOpolisi, onkee ngaa ye li mpoka taya lokwa
readOonkundathana dhapumbiwa
08-12-2009
OPO etaandelo lyombuto yo HIV li shonopekwe moshilongo oonkundathana odhi na oku kala oshitopolwa momukalo gwokukeelela ombuto ndjika .Ndika olya li etumwalaka lya gandjwa pethimbo lyoshigongi
readOmahogololo oga manguluka, geli nawa nogayela
08-12-2009
OMUNASHIPUNDI sho Kommissi yomahogololo ya Namibia okwa igidha kutya omahogololo gonuumvo goshigongi shopashigwana nogopauperesidende oga li ga manguluka, ge li nawa na oga yela. Victor Tonchi sho a
readEshina lyokolutenda lya shewa 2010
08-12-2009
ESHINA lyokolutenda lya shewa ota li ka tulwa miilonga pethimbo lyuudhano wekopi lyuuyuni mo South Africa omumvo ta gu ya.Pahapu dhomulongekidhi gwekopi lyuuyuni omusamane Dan Jordaan eshina ndika
readPohamba a uvaneke ta ka longa hwepo
08-12-2009
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa ti esindano lyo Swapo momahogololo olya nyatipike ongundu ta yi pangele opo yi longe noonkondo shi vule shito opo etegameno noondjodhi dhaantu ya Namibia dhi
readAaleli yopashigwana
08-12-2009
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa indile mboka ya hala oku taambwa ko ongaa leli yopamuthigululwakalo ye shinge ta ya dhiladhila uukumwe woshilongo.Pohamba eindilo ndika okwe li ningi sho a
readOolye ye li moshigongi shopashigwana
08-12-2009
OSHIGONGI shopashigwana shoka ta shi yi miilonga mu Maalitsa omumvo ta gu ya ota shi ka kanitha aatotimpango ye na ontseyo oyindji.Shika ota shi ningwa molwaashoka yamwe yomuyo oya kanitha iipundi
readNFA committed to lower divisions
08-12-2009
THE Namibia Football Association is committed to lower-division football, despite meagre resources at the Association, President John Muinjo told the 19th NFA Congress on Saturday.The president, who
readKlazinga puts Namibia in charge
08-12-2009
FAST bowler Louis Klazinga inspired a great comeback as Namibia seized the initiative on the third day of their four-day ICC Shield match against the United Arab Emirates at the Wanderers grounds
readFootball Log Standings
08-12-2009
MTC Premiership Team P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Orlando Pirates 10 7 2 1 22 13 23 2 Black Africa 10 6 3 1 24 11 21 3 African Stars 10 6 3 1 13 4 21 4 Tigers 10 5 4 1
readBritish Grand Prix saved
08-12-2009
LONDON - The British Grand Prix has been saved by a deal that will allow the oldest race on the Formula One calendar to carry on being staged at its traditional venue Silverstone, organisers announced
readTiger Woods in tabloid bunker
08-12-2009
WASHINGTON – The tabloid storm enveloping Tiger Woods gathered strength on Sunday with more lurid revelations from supposed mistresses and claims of million-dollar payoffs to cover up a string of
readSMSes of Tuesday 8 December 2009
08-12-2009
* DEAR Government. Please provide automatic loans for studies to all orphans who finish Grade 12. Food for Thought * WHY doesn’t the Ministry of Finance VAT zero rate anything that relates to
readChief’s new bakkie goes up in flames
08-12-2009
A TOYOTA double-cab bakkie recently allocated to the !Khara-Khoen Traditional Authority was destroyed by fire on Friday. The Hardap Regional Police commander, Deputy Commissioner Kobus Meyer, said the
readBusiness confidence bounces back
08-12-2009
BUSINESS confidence in Namibia rose to its second highest level in more than two years in October, but the consumer remaining down in the dumps will test the private sector’s newfound faith in the
readCrocodile kills German tourist at Ruacana
08-12-2009
ONGWEDIVA – A German citizen, Enrico Mehnert (48), was killed by a crocodile while swimming in the Kunene River near the Ruacana campsite last Wednesday.The Police in the Omusati Region said Mehnert’s
readDTA will continue the fight, Kaura
08-12-2009
DTA president Katuutire Kaura says the DTA will still make a meaningful contribution in the National Assembly despite the loss of two of its most vocal and popular MPs, McHenry Venaani and Johan de
read2009 elections were ‘shambolic’: CoD
08-12-2009
THE national and presidential elections were “the most shambolic to date” and Victor Tonchi, Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), should be fired immediately, the president of the
readDriver charged over death of city biker
08-12-2009
THE driver of a bakkie that was involved in a fatal collision in which a Windhoek motorcyclist was killed in the city on Saturday appeared in court on two criminal charges yesterday.Germany Jelekeni
readFather back in Keetmans court over son’s death
08-12-2009
A MAN accused of shooting dead his son made a brief appearance in the Keetmanshoop Divisional Court again on a charge of murder yesterday. Jakobus Appollus (69) allegedly shot his son, Patricio
readBee season again
08-12-2009
NAMIBIA’S ‘bee hero’, Roland Graf zu Bentheim of Imkerei Bentheim, yesterday removed a huge swarm of bees from the premises of the Eros Primary School. He estimates that the swarm is about two years
readFresh water in... one, two, three!
08-12-2009
A small - working - desalination plant that cost only about N$4,5 million at the Hangana Fish Factory in Walvis Bay, may have been the start of a lasting solution to the harbour town’s beleaguered
readSenseless vandalism
08-12-2009
A number of public toilets along the stretch of beach north of Long Beach up to the Swakop River mouth have been deliberately vandalised, according to a press release by the Walvis Bay Municipal
readRössing for education!
08-12-2009
Rio Tinto’s Rössing Uranium is donating 180 computers to nine different primary schools in the Erongo region with a total value of N$405 000. The computers will be used as teaching and learning aids
readIsolated Wlotzkabaken
08-12-2009
The residents of Wlotzkasbaken, about 20km north of Swakopmund, feel they were ignored during the 2009 voting process as there were no mobile polling station during this time as compared to the 2004
read“Chasing Dreams” in Walvis Bay
08-12-2009
Walvis Bay’s municipal motto describes the harbour town as “your oasis of opportunity”, and this explains why thousands of people annually migrate to the place and chase a dream of employment and as
readEngulfed in a wave of sand
08-12-2009
Dune 7, believed to be the highest sand dune (over 300m) along the central coast of Namibia, is not just big, but active too.The dune is also one of the main tourist attractions at Walvis Bay, where
readAldo Behrens, the master of Socrates
08-12-2009
Namibian theatre-legend, Aldo Behrens, who will be turning 70 on the 16th of this month, demonstrated his theatrical skills last Thursday in Swakopmund when he displayed the trial and paradoxical
readReady, but haggard, for the holidays
08-12-2009
The Mole raft, which has become an important part of Swakopmund’s Mole Beach leisure facilities, was launched back into the water last week, but this year it looked a little bit tattered.The raft,
readPoll 2009 Is Over: Congratulations!
08-12-2009
WE made it: the national and presidential polls concluded and the nation celebrates while paying homage to their fallen heroes, their forbearers and the Almighty, who made it possible for this nation
readStars learnt a lesson
08-12-2009
AFRICAN Stars coach Bobby Samaria says the 1-0 stumble to Civics in their MTC Premiership encounter on Friday was a good lesson for his side.Stars had been undefeated in nine matches since the start
readSA takes fresh tack on Doha talks
08-12-2009
DEVELOPING countries were “pleasantly surprised” by the pro-developmental position adopted by South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies at last week’s ministerial meeting of the World
readThe best last chance: UN climate conference opens
08-12-2009
COPENHAGEN – The largest and most important UN climate change conference in history opened yesterday, with organisers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best last chance for a
readBig Brother Africa 4: Your SMSes to US
08-12-2009
* Our Edward might have not won the BBA grand prize, but to us he is a star. We are PROUD of you and cant wait for you to come home, much love!* I am shocked and disappointed by the outcome of Big
readBig Brother Africa 4: I believe in Father Christmas, do too!
08-12-2009
EISH peeps, I’m as stuffed as a ballot box … oops, I mean a Christmas turkey! Don’t know about you but I demand a recount of the BBA votes. I have no beef with Nigeria's Kevin winning, but I really
readBig Brother Africa 4: The Last Woman Standing
08-12-2009
FUN, sweet, grumpy, spontaneous and flirtatious. Yup, that was Emma for you. In a nerve-racking standoff on Sunday night, she was announced the BBA runner-up. It was an eventful three months for the
readTen parties forfeit election deposits
08-12-2009
ALL but two political parties that took part in last week’s presidential election have lost their deposit of N$10 000 after failing to garner enough votes.The Electoral Commission of Namibia will hand
read12-year-old killed in train accident
08-12-2009
THE body of 12-year-old boy was recovered yesterday morning from the wreckage of a derailed TransNamib train carriage at Mariental. The train carrying 95 passengers en route from Windhoek to
read15th treason suspect dies
08-12-2009
A FORMER Government official who has for the past nine years been one of the accused in the main Caprivi high treason case died in a Windhoek hospital last week.Mwala Macnally Mutame passed away on
readNotable Quotes
08-12-2009
LET there be no more shame, no more blame, no more discrimination, and no more stigma. – Khomas Governor Sophia Shaningwa in her World AIDS Day messageTHAT Ronnie – what a nightmare! – The grandmother
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