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37 Articles found on Tuesday, 28 July 2009
EU farmer support programme ends
28-07-2009
THE Emerging Farmers’ Support Programme (EFSP), which has been running over the past two years and is supported by the European Union, is officially coming to an end in four weeks.The EFSP Steering
readAgriculture Chamber meets Mutorwa
28-07-2009
THE newly established Chamber of Agriculture of Namibia (CAN) held its first formal meeting with Agriculture Minister John Mutorwa last week. CAN was established to serve as mouthpiece on national
readStagf lation fears for policy makers
28-07-2009
FIGURES on inflation and the job market, due this week, are expected to show whether South Africa is facing stagflation, the combination of stagnant economic growth and high inflation, which poses a
readNaked girls plough fields for rain in India
28-07-2009
PATNA, India – Farmers in an eastern Indian state have asked their unmarried daughters to plough parched fields naked in a bid to embarrass the weather gods to bring some badly needed monsoon rain,
readTanzania has 54m pounds of uranium
28-07-2009
DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania has at least 53,9 million pounds of uranium oxide deposits and expects to start mining some of that by 2011, the east Africa nation’s energy and mineral minister said.Gold
readUS, China set broad table for ‘dialogue’
28-07-2009
WASHINGTON – The United States and China started their first top-level “dialogue” on a broad range of issues in Washington yesterday that could set the agenda for the two megapowers for years to
readEU adopts seal product ban despite Canadian threat
28-07-2009
BRUSSELS – European Union nations adopted yesterday a ban on seal products from Canada, despite a threat from the Canadian government to take the matter to world trade’s governing body.In a decision
readDeutsche Bank chairman faces spying affair probe
28-07-2009
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank AG’s supervisory board will attempt to shed light on the role Chairman Clemens Boersig and other executives played in a spying affair at a meeting today, sources close to the
readOil rises above $68
28-07-2009
OIL prices rose above US$68 a barrel yesterday as a rally fuelled by an improving economic and corporate outlook extended into a third week, even while analysts warned that market fundamentals did not
readAfrican economic growth to halve
28-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – A new report says Africa has been “gravely affected” by the global economic downturn and that its growth rate will halve this year due to collapsing commodity prices and a decline in
readAngola works to revive coffee plantations
28-07-2009
LUANDA – Angola, dependent on its oil and diamond exports, is working to revive its moribund coffee plantations to diversify its economy and revive a farm sector shattered by decades of civil war.Once
readEndiama to keep gem production stable
28-07-2009
LUANDA – Angola state-owned diamond firm Endiama expects to produce between seven and nine million carats of diamonds in 2009, compared with 8,9 million in the previous year, its director of planning
readNigerian toll hits 65 as Islamists battle police
28-07-2009
KANO – Radical Islamists torched a police headquarters, a church and a customs office in northern Nigeria, residents said yesterday, as police put the death toll in weekend religious clashes at
readBaaba Maal’s ‘Television’ tunes in new partnership
28-07-2009
NEW YORK – After an eight-year break, Senegalese recording artist Baaba Maal will release ‘Television’, his first album of all-new recorded material since 2001’s ‘Missing You’.On the album, due on
readLove, set and twins!
28-07-2009
GENEVA – Roger Federer’s wife Mirka has given birth to twin girls, the world’s number one tennis player proudly announced on his website on Friday.The 27-year-old Swiss, who has won a record 15 grand
readStevie G is Stevie free!
28-07-2009
LONDON – Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was cleared on Friday of attacking a businessman in a fight over music being played in a bar.The 29-year-old England midfielder was found not guilty of affray
readSutherland dodges headbutt charge
28-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – Actor Kiefer Sutherland will avoid a return trip to a Los Angeles jail after prosecutors determined a recent altercation with a fashion designer was not serious enough to violate his
readHage a palelwa ondjila
28-07-2009
ONGUNDUMUTIMA yoSwapo oya palele Hage Geingob ondjila opo a landule Omupresidende Hifikepunje Pohamba, uuna a zi ko koshipundi.Oshigongi shongundumutima sha gongalele ehuliloshiwike lya piti osha
readUnited consolidate lead
28-07-2009
UNITED underlined their title credentials with an emphatic 29-10 victory against defending champions Western Suburbs at Suburbs Park on Saturday.After an even first half, United stepped up the tempo
readTour benefits from the Lance factor
28-07-2009
PARIS – Lance Armstrong missed out on an eighth Tour de France crown this year but, say rivals and admirers, his return to cycling’s showpiece event has fired the sport’s global profile into orbit.The
readSquash players deliver quality play
28-07-2009
OVER 80 squash players competed in possibly the biggest MultiChoice Namibian Closed squash tournament in over 20 years, held at the Buccaneers Squash Club in Walvis Bay over the weekend.Players who
readFootball Results
28-07-2009
Social League TournamentPlayed Saturday, July 25 Fito United 0-3 Min of Finance Nampower 1-3 NAC Hosea Kutako Los
readSMSes For Tue 28 July 09
28-07-2009
* THANK you so much to Sr Alleta and Sr Wilson from Robert Mugabe Clinic for your excellent support and service in assisting my family after we’d possibly been exposed to the H1N1 virus on a recent
readNamdeb u-turns on dividends to shareholders
28-07-2009
A LACK of cash support from Government and De Beers has forced Namdeb to retain the N$51 million in dividends it planned to pay-out to its two shareholders for 2008. This, coupled with the recently
readFourth swine flu case confirmed
28-07-2009
NAMIBIA has confirmed its fourth case of the H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as swine flu. The fourth case comes less than two weeks since the first flu case was confirmed in the country. Dr Jack
readTaxis take over City
28-07-2009
HUNDREDS of taxi drivers took over the streets of Windhoek yesterday to protest at the City Police’s recent emphasis on an existing municipal regulation which they say is forcing them to damage their
readNoteable Quotes
28-07-2009
ALL leaders must now engage themselves in campaigning countrywide to educate our people on the need for non-violence in life. – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at a weekend meeting aimed at
readUnited consolidate lead
28-07-2009
UNITED underlined their title credentials with an emphatic 29-10 victory against defending champions Western Suburbs at Suburbs Park on Saturday. After an even first half, United stepped up the
readProsecution gives final arguments in Suu Kyi case
28-07-2009
YANGON – Prosecutors for Myanmar’s military regime gave their closing arguments in the trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday as the internationally condemned case drew towards its
readHousing market remains vulnerable
28-07-2009
ALTHOUGH higher price tags on especially large houses in Windhoek during April drove the value side of the FNB Housing Index up to levels of last January, everything is far from coming up roses in the
readNo warrants issued for interception in past 2 years
28-07-2009
NOT a single warrant has been issued by a Judge to the National Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) to intercept electronic communication or similar activities from January 2007 to the end of May this
readGay and lesbian initiative ‘funny’
28-07-2009
“DO we really need to promote homosexuality in Karas Region?” Karas Regional Councillor Hilma Nikanor asked after a presentation at a Council meeting on Friday. Nikanor charged it was “immoral to
readCoke mule suspect caught
28-07-2009
ANOTHER suspected cocaine mule was arrested last Wednesday, the Police reported yesterday. The 39-year-old Angolan citizen was arrested at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako International Airport, and charged
readKleine Kuppe murder suspects granted bail
28-07-2009
THE two men facing triple murder counts and other charges in connection with the execution-style killing of three people at a house in Windhoek’s Kleine Kuppe area in early 2004 were each granted bail
readSwapo’s reinstatement of Kapia ‘pre-empts High Court’
28-07-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress says the lifting of Paulus Kapia’s suspension by Swapo’s Central Committee is tantamount to pre-empting the High Court’s decision on the missing N$30 million from
readGovt washes hands of 41 refugees
28-07-2009
GOVERNMENT has washed its hands of the 41 refugees from DRC that fled Namibia three weeks ago, and has said it will “never” allow them back in the country.The group of 41, including 23 children, had
readSoldiers shocked by Shalli suspension
28-07-2009
MEMBERS of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) heard “with shock” the news of the sudden suspension of their Chief, Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, according to the Government-owned Namibia Press Agency
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