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44 Articles found on Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Climate change to strongly impact agriculture
14-07-2009
RAINY seasons in Namibia will most likely become shorter but more intense, participants to a congress of the Agricultural Scientific Society of Namibia (Agrisson) were told. The theme of the 13th
readSouth African Land Bank repossesses farms
14-07-2009
THE embattled state-owned Land Bank has already repossessed 25 farms around the country that were used as collateral against farm loans, of which six are black-owned properties. The rest of the
readSteel talks on despite Rio Tinto negotiator’s arrest
14-07-2009
SHANGHAI – Strained price negotiations between China’s steel mills and iron ore producers are continuing, a Chinese official said yesterday, despite Rio Tinto’s lead negotiator being arrested on spy
readEurope plans to tap African solar power
14-07-2009
FRANKFURT – Twelve European companies yesterday launched a 400-billion-euro (US$560 billion) initiative to set up huge solar farms in Africa and the Middle East to produce energy for Europe. The
readAnalysts frown upon Gazprom expansion
14-07-2009
MOSCOW - Undeterred by the global slowdown, Russia’s state-run energy leviathan Gazprom has pushed ahead with an expansion masterplan of huge ambition, including Namibia, that has raised questions
readPhone fixers thrive in Burkina mobile boom
14-07-2009
OUAGADOUGOU - Tongs in one hand, soldering iron in the other, Moumouni Tiemtore draws sparks from the dismantled carcass of a mobile phone. “It’s a circuit fault,” he says. “Come back tomorrow.” A
readSA Breweries plans new Angolan brewing plant
14-07-2009
SABMILLER planned to invest US$125 million (N$1 billion) in a new brewery and soft-drink factory in Angola, the brewer said on Friday. The facility would produce 500 000 hectolitres of beer and 200
readBusiness, Union join fight against EPA
14-07-2009
THE private sector and organised labour, together with a host of civil society organisations, have joined Government in its fight to stop the European Union (EU) from splitting up the Southern African
readFinancial boost for WAD Field Days
14-07-2009
MUTUAL and Federal, Nedbank and Old Mutual made a donation of N$80 000 to their Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partner – Women’s Action for Development (WAD) – in support of the non-profit
readChina’s Rio Tinto ‘spy’ arrest chills business world: analysts
14-07-2009
MELBOURNE – China’s arrest of a top Rio Tinto executive on suspicion of spying is likely to cool the international business community’s love affair with the world’s most populous nation, according to
readDe Beers to earn profit this year
14-07-2009
TOP diamond producer De Beers would achieve a positive interim and full-year bottom line despite slashing output by 90 per cent in the first quarter, the director of communications David Prager said
readN Korea’s Kim has pancreatic cancer
14-07-2009
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said yesterday, days after fresh images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health was
readUganda willing to arrest al-Bashir
14-07-2009
KAMPALA – Uganda said yesterday it would arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he enters the country, an unusual stance after a summit of African leaders denounced the international arrest
readChinese miners freed after 25 days in flooded mine
14-07-2009
BEIJING – Three miners survived 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southern China by drinking dirty water and chewing coal before rescuers burrowed through a collapsed tunnel to reach them, a local
readJapan PM to call poll
14-07-2009
TOKYO – Japan’s struggling prime minister called yesterday for national elections next month following a crushing defeat for his party in a Tokyo municipal election seen as a barometer of voter
readOmalu-gohi mu Somalia ga faalela 43
14-07-2009
MOGADIDHU – Aakwiita yEpangelo lya Somalia, taya yambidhidhwa kaakwiitakalekipombili yEhangano lyUukumwe wAafrika/African Union (AU), mOsoondaha oya li ya yi idhenge mumwe naantu ya homata na olugodhi
readOontauki dha za mo mOsire
14-07-2009
Ooontauki naakongi yuuholameno kumwe ayehe ye li 41 odha dhigi po Namibia oshiwike sha zi ko, taya nyenyeta aniwa kutya otaya ningilwa omatilitho. Ngashiingeyi oye li aniwa pehala limwe ‘Kali na
readYamwe oya li ya hala okuumba ko Epangelo mu Guinea
14-07-2009
CONAKRY – Aakuluntu mEtanga lyEgameno lya Guinea oya kwata mo onkambadhala yokuumba ko Epangelo, Oradio yEpangelo osho ya lopota ngaaka. Oradio ndjika oya lopota kutya Omupangeli gwOpaukwiita Kaptein
readOmaulikilo gOpaipindi mOndjiva koAngola oguudha Aanamibia
14-07-2009
OMAULIKILO gOpaipindi ngoka ga tamekele mOndjiva mOshitopolwa sha Cunene muumbugantu waAngola mEtitano lyeti 10 Juli 2009 notraga kala ko sigo ometi 8 Auguste 2009, oguudha Aanangeshefa aashona
readEdhagadhaga lya kwathela mokumona ohauto
14-07-2009
oKASHAWA komeendelelo kOpolisi, moka mwa li wo mwa longithwa okadhagadhaga kOpolisi ka landwa omathimbo ga zi ko – osha etwa ekwatopo lyomufekelwa gumwe konima yeyakopo lyohauto go pofaambuluka ya
readEtuntilo lyOshiligalala mOhangwena otali ende nawa
14-07-2009
OMUWILIKI gwUuhaku moshitopola sha Hangwena, meme Kaino Pohamba ohela okwa a lombwele Oshifo shika kutya etuntuio lyaanona opo kaya kwatwe komukithi gwOshiligalala moshitopolwa sha Hangwena onkee tali
readFootball Results
14-07-2009
Social League Played Saturday, June 11 Nampower 2-2 Min of Works WCCR 0-3 (p) Hemco Firebirds Health Professional 5-2 Omulunga Radio Namcot Diamonds 1-2 Los Galacticos System Brothers 2-0 Murray
readPress hail England’s great escape
14-07-2009
LONDON - Britain’s media yesterday hailed most of England’s cricket team as conquering heroes after they salvaged a draw against Australia in the first Ashes Test in Cardiff. James Anderson and Monty
readArmstrong can win eighth Tour: Schleck
14-07-2009
LIMOGES - Lance Armstrong’s impressive form on this year’s Tour de France may have taken some people by surprise, but Saxo Bank leader Andy Schleck insisted yesterday the American can win an eighth
readBlue Waters, Friends top charts
14-07-2009
THE Southern Stream First Division promotion playoff matches were evenly poised after Blue Waters and Friends recorded victories on Sunday. Blue Waters beat Invincible 2-0 at the Usab Stadium in
readCosafa Challenge Cup in jeopardy
14-07-2009
THE Council of Southern Africa Football Association’s (Cosafa) Senior Challenge Cup for 2009 is in the balance, following a change of leadership in the Mpumalanga provincial government. According to
readSMS for Tuesday 14 JULY 2009
14-07-2009
* MUNICIPALITY makes more money: Note on back of monthly statement reads, “the amount due has been rounded to the nearest 5 cents”. My bill of N$385,51 is duly rounded up to N$385,55! Surely the
readNamfisa and Ritter on warpath to High Court
14-07-2009
NAMFISA and its (former) CEO, Rainer Ritter, are well on their way to sorting out their differences in the High Court, following Namfisa’s announcement yesterday that it would defend a summons issued
readRecord heist attempt suspect asks for bail
14-07-2009
A FORMER prison guard who is accused of having been involved in an attempted robbery that would have been the largest cash-in-transit heist in Namibia’s history – were it not foiled – is set to hear
readIndia, Namibia in gem deal
14-07-2009
DTC sidestepped in deal to save NamdebNamdeb has sold a large number of diamonds to India to save the company from “collapsing”, The Namibian has established. The sale, and in particular the identity
readNotable Quotes
14-07-2009
OUR elections are free, it’s in the results where eventually we pay. – Bill Stern was a US actor and sportscaster who announced the nation’s first remote sports broadcast (1907-1971) A MAN
readThe Gam Situation
14-07-2009
THE media reported that the residents of Gam have driven their cattle into the Nyae Nyae conservancy. There was pandemonium for several days as people tried to make sense of this. The Gam farmers did
readPresident Obama’s speech in Ghana
14-07-2009
IT is an honour for me to be in Accra, and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. Ghana’s history is rich, the ties between our two countries are strong, and I am proud that this is
readSuburbs pounce on Jaguars
14-07-2009
WESTERN Suburbs were far too strong for Jaguars as they recorded a 65-3 victory in their MTC Premier League rugby match at the HTS field on Saturday.Suburbs ran in a total of 11 tries to claim a
readRescue calls flow in Cape
14-07-2009
CAPE TOWN – Three rivers burst their banks and flooded roads were closed as heavy rains continued in the Western Cape yesterday morning.The Lourens River in Somerset West as well as the Liesbeek and
readUniversal joins gas hunt in earnest
14-07-2009
UNIVERSAL Power Corporation intends forking out US$4,5 million (N$36 million at the official exchange rate yesterday), to find out how rich Blocks 2713A and 2815 in the Orange Basin, next to the
readPersonal documents found
14-07-2009
THE ID document and a bank card belonging to Gysbert Engelbrecht have been handed in at The Namibian. They were picked up in the vicinity of Ausspannplatz in Windhoek. The Identity Card of Joseph
readNam SMEs at Angolan trade fair
14-07-2009
MORE than 100 Namibian small and medium enterprises from the North are currently exhibiting at a trade fair in southern Angola.According to the acting chairperson of the northern branch of the Namibia
readCivil society feels left out on electoral amendments
14-07-2009
THE civil society sector in Namibia feels left out of consultations on the Electoral Amendment Bill, which was tabled in Parliamenton Thursday.They fear it will just be rubber-stamped because of
readSPYL dismisses list
14-07-2009
THE Swapo Party Youth League says a recently distributed list of its supposed preferred candidates for the 2010 National Assembly is “a political hoax” by opponents.The list was distributed by e-mail.
readCurb sex trafficking across borders: WAD
14-07-2009
WOMEN’s Action for Development (WAD) has called on the Home Affairs and Immigration Ministry to take “immediate action” to curb an increase in “cross-border sex trafficking”.“There is no doubt that
readWoman raped in broad daylight at Swakopmund
14-07-2009
A 21-year-old woman was throttled and raped in broad daylight along one of Swakopmund’s popular walkways on Thursday.According to Erongo Police spokesperson, Constable Moses Hanse, the women was
readRoynam in hiding
14-07-2009
A WEEK after losing their contract at a Rosh Pinah mine, 33 employees of the troubled Roynam Catering Services remain in the dark over their future.The workers say that since Exxaro management
readNEF joins NUNW in taking on municipality
14-07-2009
THE City of Windhoek’s N$1,8 billion budget, marked by allowance and entertainment spending sprees and cuts in community investment, has drawn fire from the Namibian Employers’ Federation (NEF).It
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