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45 Articles found on Thursday, 23 July 2009
Sacu’s dark cloud has silver lining
23-07-2009
NAMIBIA, as well as member countries Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, is still owed millions in excess collections from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) pool for 2006 and 2007, the Namibian
readCautious hope for diamond beneficiation
23-07-2009
“CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM” has become the new catch-phrase in the diamond industry as signs of a recovery begin to show, and this phrase is also being applied to the process established to ensure that
readDeacons SA brands gain acceptance in Kenya
23-07-2009
NAIROBI - Kenya’s biggest fashion and home goods retailer, Deacons, said yesterday its five South African brands were doing well in the east African nation, where consumers have often shunned South
readZimbabwe, SA to seal investment deal
23-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe and South Africa are set to conclude the long-awaited Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) soon, the Herald reported yesterday.The newspaper quoted Zimbabwe’s
readRights group: Firms fuel Congo conflict
23-07-2009
KINSHASA – International companies are fuelling the conflict in eastern Congo by not checking the origins of the minerals they buy, a human rights group said.Some companies that source minerals in
readHold on to your jobs: Pohamba
23-07-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba advised fisheries workers to “keep their jobs” because they might “not be able to get a job again” in the current global economic crisis.Speaking at the opening of a new
readFortune cookie list shows Chinese state firms’ good luck
23-07-2009
SHANGHAI – Heads may have turned when more Chinese firms than ever made Fortune’s list of 500 top global companies, but experts say the increase reflects Beijing’s power – not companies’
readAngola floods affect Meatco operations
23-07-2009
LIVESTOCK farmers and abattoirs in the Northern regions of the country have suffered extensively as a result of this year’s floods. The heavy rains covered grazing areas and flooded stock pens, and
readOverthrow Mugabe, says Tony Blair
23-07-2009
BERLIN – Tony Blair believes that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should be overthrown, a German magazine quoted the former British prime minister as saying in an interview published yesterday.“I
readBrown dismisses criticism on Afghanistan
23-07-2009
LONDON – Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed remarks by one of his ministers yesterday that Britain does not have enough helicopters in Afghanistan, as he sought to move past a damaging row over
readLeader rejects Iran’s VP choice
23-07-2009
TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sticking by his controversial appointment for first vice president in an unusual defiance of a reported order from the supreme leader for his
readClinton pushes for North Korea denuclearisation
23-07-2009
PHUKET – North Korea must completely and irreversibly end its nuclear weapons programme or face further isolation and “the unrelenting pressure” of international sanctions, US Secretary of State
readNoteable Quotes
23-07-2009
I’M impressed by the bravery of Sin and Netease in attempting to report this at all. – Rebecca Mackinnon, a Hong Kong based expert on the Internet in China after the country redirected viewers from
readPakistani court summons Musharraf
23-07-2009
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top court has summoned former President Pervez Musharraf to explain his 2007 firing of several dozen independent-minded judges. Yesterday’s court notice allows Musharraf to send
readAnd WHY did they let him out?
23-07-2009
BERLIN – German police had to rescue a 20-year-old man from a train station suitcase locker after he shut himself in for fun and began to suffocate.After a night out drinking with friends, squeezing
readSolar eclipse shrouds Asia in daytime darkness
23-07-2009
TOKYO – Millions of Asians turned their eyes skyward yesterday as dawn suddenly turned to darkness across the continent in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see. Millions of others,
readChavez plans to seize radio stations
23-07-2009
CARACAS – President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that hundreds of radio stations his government plans to seize for allegedly operating illegally could be turned over to Venezuelans who share his
readAanona ya valelwa kombanda otaya ka katuka onkatu
23-07-2009
AANONA ya valelwa mekondjelomanguluko, mboka ya unga ontanda yawo pOmbelewa yOswapo pu Kandjengedi mOshakati okuza mu Apilili nuumvo, otaya ti kutya oye na edhilaadhilo lyokukakatuka onkatu odhigu
readMassive New Zealand quake moves country west
23-07-2009
WELLINGTON – Southern New Zealand has moved slightly closer to the east coast of neighbouring Australia as a result of a massive earthquake last week off the country’s South Island, a scientist said
readUudhano wa Kapuka wa hugunina omOlyomakaya twa thinda pOmafo
23-07-2009
OMUUNGANEKI gwUudhano wa Kapuka mboka hau dhanwa kehe omvula nowa tamekelwe okudhanwa Omwedhi gwa zi ko pOhangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ndele tau kala inau pwa, otau ka manithwa nee mOlyomakaya
readNamdeb’s request for royalty waiver ‘absurd’
23-07-2009
DE BEERS’ request for a Namdeb royalty waiver amidst announcements that it expects profits this year isn’t going down well in various quarters. David Prager, De Beers’ director of communications last
readNatango pwa kwatwa OmwAangola nokokeina
23-07-2009
OKAKADHONA kokAangola koomvula 18 oke li Omwaangola ongoka a holoka mOmpangu ngka, shi na sha nokukwatwa nookapsule shOkokeina ndhoka ya li ya hala okupitithila mu Namibia.Oshikondo shOmauyelele
readAakwaDumeni onkee taya pandula
23-07-2009
AAKWADUMENI onkee taya pandula ayehe mboka ya li ye ya tondokela nokuya yakula palutu nopambepo pethimbo lyOosa dhOmumati gwawo, omuholike gwawo, tate Matti Dumeni yaDumeni, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina
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OMUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa Omundohotola Frans Aupa Indongo okwa hiya aanangeshefa yakwawo aakulu ayehe mboka ya tameka nayo yee koshiithanene shawo tashi ka kala kOmusimboti mUukwambi moshitopolwa
readOpposition walks out of NA twice over rights concerns
23-07-2009
ALL opposition Members of Parliament landed a double-whammy ‘first’ yesterday when they walked out of the National Assembly twice during the same session. One five-letter word sparked the first
readShalli suspension ‘a bombshell’
23-07-2009
THE suspension of the Chief of the Namibia Defence Force, Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, has been greeted with shock by political parties and members of the general public. Apart from the “serious
readShalli shafted
23-07-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday suspended the chief of the Namibian Defence Force, Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, amidst allegations of kickbacks, as well as intense political speculation
readRumble in desert set to sparkle
23-07-2009
DESPITE a younger age, less fights and a slight difference in weight, Namibia’s champion boxer Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses, has no intention to fail his home fans when he defends his WBA lightweight
readCCF awards leading conservationists and farmers
23-07-2009
LEGENDARY conservationist, Johann Albrecht Bruckner (aka Albi), who is the founder of the internationally recognised Namib-Rand Nature Reserve, was awarded the 2009 Cheetah Conservationist of the Year
readNamibia’s biodiversity can bring money and medicine
23-07-2009
UNDERSTANDING biodiversity (the genes, species and ecosystems on earth) provides a guiding light to ensuring development that takes into account the needs of future generations, said a well-known
readSMS crime hotline launched
23-07-2009
CRIME-FIGHTING in Windhoek gained a new ally yesterday, in the form of a new Anonymous SMS crime hot line. The initiative, the brainchild of Kosmos 94.1, will allow witnesses to report suspicious
readMurder suspect commits suicide
23-07-2009
POLICE officers investigating the murder of an Okahandja poultry farmer six weeks ago are looking for two more suspects after arresting two men in connection with the crime over the weekend – but then
readErongo Region faces serious water shortage
23-07-2009
A SEVERE water shortage is staring the Erongo Region in the face. This fact was demonstrated when two of Namibia’s largest mines, Rössing Uranium and Langer Heinrich, were without water for two days
readProtests planned against City
23-07-2009
MASS protest action against the City of Windhoek is being planned by employers, trade unions and civil society after all attempts to stop the Municipality from implementing its controversial budget
readLameck, co-accused to focus on assets fight
23-07-2009
THE three arrested key figures in a case of alleged corruption around a contract for the provision of Chinese-made security X-ray scanners to the Namibian Government, chose to forego a bail
readOonkundana paufupi
23-07-2009
* JOHANNESBURG – Okampani yimwe mu South Afrika oya ti kutya aaniilonga yawo ye li omugoyi oya si sho ya dhengwa koombuli dhOmina moka ya li haya longo. Okampani ndjika ya Impala Platinum oya ti kutya
readSwakopsport helps tennis
23-07-2009
SWAKOPSPORT will sponsor six tennis players from Katutura to participate in a doubles tournament scheduled for Windhoek on July 31 until August 1. Schools from all over Namibia are also invited to
readOtjozondjupa Football League
23-07-2009
Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1. XI Brothers 16 13 0 3 57 27 30 39 2. African Lions 16 11 2 3 63 17 46 35 3. Chelsea 16 10 2 4 39 21 18 32 4. Life Fighters 16 7 2 7
readSchleck kept in check
23-07-2009
LE GRAND BORNAND - Alberto Contador tightened his grip on the Tour de France when he survived attacks by the Schleck brothers in the 169.5-kms 17th stage yesterday. The Spaniard was the only rider
readBolt wants to take over the world
23-07-2009
LONDON - Usain Bolt has already conquered the world on his favourite computer game and now the Jamaican sprinter plans to gun down the opposition at the London Grand Prix.Bolt has become one of the
readKapuka tourney winds up Saturday
23-07-2009
THE 2009 annual Kapuka Schools’ Sports Tournament winds up its activities at the Namundjebo Sports Ground this Saturday.The mentor of the tournament, Sammy Mushelenga yesterday said the tournament
readNotice
23-07-2009
Courses for coaches THE Namibia Football Association´s Technical Department yesterday announced that it conduct various courses, which started in Walvis Bay yesterday. The course in Walvis bay is
readEriksson in new job
23-07-2009
NOTTINGHAM - Former England and Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has joined English Division Two club Notts County as director of football, the club confirmed yesterday.The League Two (fourth
readMan tells court of ‘attack’ by Gerrard
23-07-2009
LONDON - The businessman allegedly attacked by Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard in a bar room brawl told a court yesterday he faced a ‘barrage’ of blows from the player when he refused to hand over
readSMSes For Thur 23 july 09
23-07-2009
* I AM so pleased to see so many SMSES of appreciation for this or that. Thumbs up for those who care to give credit where and when it is due. Food For Thought * A DEMOCRATIC request to the Minister
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