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40 Articles found on Monday, 13 July 2009
Nobel winner slams banks
13-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Following the global financial crisis, conventional banks have lost a trillion dollars, yet they are still not in favour of lending to the poor, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus
readRio detention could hurt China business
13-07-2009
BEIJING – Australian officials said yesterday that China has not given them any evidence to support its detention of an Australian mining executive on spying charges and warned that the affair could
readNew gas pipeline planned for Cape
13-07-2009
GIGAJOULE is planning to invest up to N$2,5 billion on building infrastructure in the Western Cape that will move up to 40 million gigajoules of natural gas a year by the middle of 2015, Gigajoule
readSMEs may lose out if DBN contracts not re-newed
13-07-2009
WITH agreements signed between the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and two commercial banks – to finance Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – set to end in a few weeks, small business owners may
readBank to boost its SADC portfolio
13-07-2009
THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) would increase its new investments in the Southern African Development (SADC) region by 20 per cent a year over the next five years, Pieter de la Rey,
readAnglo names chairman to lead Xstrata defence
13-07-2009
LONDON – Anglo American Plc appointed veteran industrialist John Parker as chairman on Friday, moving to bolster its leadership as it seeks to fend off an unwanted ‘merger of equals’ proposal by rival
readFairness will benefit economy, expert says
13-07-2009
THE introduction of a single interconnection charge of 60 cents for MTC, Cell One and Telecom Namibia recently won’t just benefit consumers, it will also boost the economy as a whole, mobile
readObama: Africa aid must be matched by good governance
13-07-2009
ACCRA – US President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance as he urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and
readFedrigo wins, Nocentini in yellow
13-07-2009
TARBES - Italy’s Rinaldo Nocentini retained the Tour de France yellow jersey yesterday as Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo won the race’s ninth stage held over 160.5km from Saint Gaudens to Tarbes.
readTwo-faced Mourinho forced me out: Glen
13-07-2009
LONDON – England defender Glen Johnson claimed Sunday that a breakdown in trust with former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho lead to his departure from the Premier League club. Johnson, who this week
readNewcastle still pays Owen
13-07-2009
NEWCASTLE – Manchester United new signing Michael Owen is still being paid 50,000 pounds a week by his former club Newcastle even though he left the squad at St James park a week ago, north-east
readWebber waltzes to maiden F1 win
13-07-2009
NURBURGRING - Mark Webber secured his maiden Formula One victory and Australia’s first since 1981 when he led team-mate Sebastian Vettel home in a triumphant one-two for the Red Bull team in
readSport Briefs
13-07-2009
Football Dublin pub owner Charlie Chawke has emerged as being the man behind a new syndicate interested in buying troubled Championship club Newcastle, the Irishman said in a radio interview on
readTough Currie Cup ahead
13-07-2009
THE standard of the rugby played was perhaps not of the highest order throughout, but the first round of the 2009 Absa Currie Cup this weekend pointed to a season where only the toughest sides will
readBeckam fires back at Donovan
13-07-2009
LOS ANGELES - England star midfielder David Beckham ripped Los Angeles Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan as unprofessional on Saturday ahead of his return to the Major League Soccer squad on Monday. US
readRelatives go digging for answers
13-07-2009
ALSI – A constant stream of relatives hoping to find their loved ones showed up on Saturday as officials exhumed one grave in an Illinois cemetery where four former employees are accused of digging up
readAU soldiers help Somali forces as fighting rages
13-07-2009
MOGADISHU – African Union peacekeepers in the Somali capital have directly intervened for the first time to support government forces fighting Islamist insurgents, a spokesman said. A witness
readDrunk badger halts traffic
13-07-2009
BERLIN – A badger in Germany got so drunk on over-ripe cherries it staggered into the middle of a road and refused to budge, police said on Wednesday. A motorist called police near the central town
readVoting starts in Congo
13-07-2009
BRAZZAVILLE – Voting began in Congo’s presidential election yesterday, which incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso is expected to win handily amid allegations by a rights group that the government hijacked
readNoteable Quotes
13-07-2009
OUR children are watching all this, the media needs to be blamed. – Deputy Justice Minister Utoni Nujoma during a National Assembly debate on gender-based violenceI’VE learned that people will forget
readLouis is Player of the Year
13-07-2009
BLACK Africa and Brave Warriors hitman, Jerome Louis, scooped the Player of the Year award as hosted by the Namibia Premier League on Friday.Louis also collected the Top Goalscorer award after he
readLaToya Jackson claims Michael was murdered
13-07-2009
LONDON – Two British Sunday newspapers said LaToya Jackson believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered by a group of conspirators trying to get hold of his fortune. LaToya Jackson said she
readCharles Taylor to begin his war crimes defence
13-07-2009
THE HAGUE – For a year, prosecution witnesses accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of atrocities ranging from cannibalism to commanding Sierra Leone rebels who hacked off villagers’ limbs,
readHeavy security in China’s Xinjiang
13-07-2009
URUMQI – An uneasy calm returned yesterday to China’s riot-hit Urumqi where 184 people died in ethnic violence a week ago, though the official tally of dead could rise, a regional official
readAalongisikola mu Zim otaya kala haya boikota Etitano kehe
13-07-2009
HARARE – Aalongisikola mu Zimbabwe otaya kala haya ‘boikota’ okulonga mEtitano kehe, ya geela Epangelo sho inali hala okugwedhela oondjambi dhawo, Omunambelwa mehangano lyaaniilonga osho a popi.
readSADC caught in EU-SA crossfire
13-07-2009
COUNTRIES in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are caught between a rock and a hard place as South Africa and the EU sling it out over the continuity of trade blocs in the region. At
read41 refugees flee Nam, cite insecurity
13-07-2009
A GROUP of 41 refugees and asylum seekers fled Namibia last week, citing insecurity in the country following “death threats” issued against them. They are now stranded in ‘No Man’s Land’ between the
readNamWater denies hike allegations
13-07-2009
BULK water supplier NamWater has rejected claims by local municipalities who allege that they increased their tariffs this year based on bulk water and electricity hikes.The City of Windhoek in
readThird suspect charged in multi-million dollar scam
13-07-2009
A THIRD suspect headed to Windhoek Central Prison on Friday after making a first court appearance in connection with allegations of massive fraud, bribery and corruption around a contract for the
readWorld Population Day marked
13-07-2009
THE 20th World Population Day was celebrated on Saturday under the banner of ‘Fight Poverty, Educate Girls’ and focused on women and the economic crisis. The theme for 2009 is aimed at building
readSMSes For Mon 13 july 09
13-07-2009
n IS there a political party in our country that is prepared to rescue us? Please tell us you will get rid of the REDs, NamPower and NamWater and give them back to their Line Ministries, but each with
readEx-airport company manager wins fight against ‘settlement’
13-07-2009
AFTER an almost eight-year-long odyssey through Namibia’s court system, former airport services company manager Belete Worku finally secured a victory where it mattered most – in the Supreme Court –
readSMS for Thursday JULY 09
13-07-2009
* I FEEL many Namibians in key positions aren’t doing enough. I don’t see radical changes to speed up economic growth for all. We the young people are ready to work and are only waiting for policy
readGobabis house case due in court
13-07-2009
THE case in which a Gobabis woman is challenging the sale of her house for N$15 000 to settle a debt will be heard this week. Suspended Messenger of the Court, Gideon Retief Bosman, is said to have
readCity out of touch, charges WAD
13-07-2009
THE City of Windhoek came under fire on Friday from Women’s Action for Development (WAD) over the across-the-board tariff increases it announced earlier this month. “WAD gives people the opportunity
readCops’ ‘eye in the sky’ pays off
13-07-2009
PROMPT Police action, in which a newly acquired helicopter was used, resulted in the arrest of one suspect after a robbery at Namib Mills during the early hours of Friday. Police spokesperson Warrant
readPresident on the labour warpath
13-07-2009
LABOUR officials and employers in the Omaheke Region got an equal share of criticism from President Hifikepunye Pohamba over the working conditions of employees, especially farm labourers both on
readCrop production ‘washed out’ by heavy rains
13-07-2009
NAMIBIA will have to import 159 200 tons of cereal this year after excessive rains in certain areas led to flooding and water-logging which hit crop production.The Namibia Early Warning and Food
readSMS for Friday 10 JULY 2009
13-07-2009
* PLEASE can the CEO or the spokesperson of the Ministry of Mines and Energy explain to us how the under-recovery and over-recovery works when it comes to the increasing and decreasing of fuel prices,
readRossing exceeds 2008 production target
13-07-2009
RIO Tinto’s Rössing Uranium mine increased production by 25 per cent in 2008, exceeding its target for the year, according to the mine’s 2008 Stakeholder’s Report launched on Thursday. Production of
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