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69 Articles found on Friday, 3 July 2009
Sri Lanka gives China first exclusive investment zone
03-07-2009
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka has granted China an exclusive economic zone in its first post-war effort to attract more investment from Asia’s largest economy, the country’s investment promotion agency said
readInternet spat reveals limits to Beijing’s power
03-07-2009
BEIJING – China’s ambitions to tighten control of the internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power this week, as activists and industry groups welcomed an abrupt delay of
readUAG acquires Chubb
03-07-2009
THE United Africa Group (UAG) has become a provider of an extensive range of security products with its latest acquisition. The Group this week announced that through its subsidiary United Security
readANC rejects call to nationalise mines
03-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling ANC party dismissed a call from the party’s youth wing yesterday to nationalise the country’s mining and manufacturing industries in the wake of the global
readIndustry bailouts not as critical as jobs – ministers
03-07-2009
THE government was not keen on industry bailouts as they gave business the impression they could continue as they were before being rescued, the ministers of trade and industry and economic
readAngola to abide by Opec cuts: Minister
03-07-2009
LUANDA - Angola will respect the production cuts set by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), economy minister Manuel Nunes Junior said yesterday. “We are going to respect the
readAgriculture research must assist farmers
03-07-2009
THE Agricultural Scientific Society of Namibia (Agrisson) opened its 13th Congress at Oshakati yesterday under the theme ‘Climate Change and Food Security Challenges in Sub-Sahara Africa’. Speaking
readRestricting live sheep exports illegal - South African study
03-07-2009
GOVERNMENT’S restriction of live sheep exports to South Africa has been found to be illegal by the South African Agricultural Marketing Board. Government introduced the Namibian Small Stock
readSA banks face increased credit risk: SARB
03-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s financial system is fundamentally sound but banks should brace themselves for a less benign environment including increased credit risk, the central bank said yesterday.
readBerlusconi in fresh scandal
03-07-2009
ROME – Premier Silvio Berlusconi is steeped in a new scandal over a dinner he had at the home of a constitutional court judge who will rule on a key decision whether to grant him immunity from
readZim’s Simba Makoni launches new party
03-07-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s former finance minister Simba Makoni on Wednesday launched a new opposition party that promises to “clean up” the country’s political landscape. Mavambo Kusile Dawn (MKD), meaning
readUS begins major south Afghanistan assault
03-07-2009
GARMSIR – Thousands of US Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan river valley yesterday, launching the biggest military offensive of Barack Obama’s presidency. The Marines say
readJackson funeral taking shape
03-07-2009
LOS ANGELES - Funeral plans for Michael Jackson were slowly taking shape yesterday one week after the pop icon’s death as federal drug investigators joined the probe into the superstar’s sudden
readAir France plane hit the sea belly first
03-07-2009
LE BOURGET - An intact Air France Flight 447 slammed belly first into the Atlantic Ocean at a very high speed, a top French investigator said yesterday, adding that problems with the plane’s speed
readComoros crash survivor returns to family in Paris
03-07-2009
LE BOURGET – A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris yesterday to the waiting arms of her father, who gently embraced her and joked to lift her
readLeaders Should Gauge Public Opinion
03-07-2009
I HAVE been following all the debates, and listened to the opinions of the people in the streets about this communication bill for all these past days, hence I decided to air my views about this bill,
read‘Spy Bill’ Doesn’t Ban Encryption
03-07-2009
IN the course of following the ‘spy bill’ saga, I encountered Mr Binneman’s excited article in The Namibian – ‘the end of the Internet in Namibia!’ – with increasing mystification. I don’t question
readRemembering Lubango
03-07-2009
ON Saturday [tomorrow], the Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) will observe Day of Remembrance in honour of those Namibians who either died or went missing in Swapo jails in exile during our war of
readShoddy Service From Bank
03-07-2009
SINCE January 2009 I have been trying to obtain a new credit card from Standard Bank Credit Card Division since the old card expired in January. In May 2009 I really had enough of the inefficient
readSilozi Dominance Over Indigenous Languages In Caprivi
03-07-2009
I AM writing to support the opinion of Vinea Nkunyu-Simataa published in your paper on June 19. In fact this letter was prepared in 2007 and sent to The Namibian but was never published. I think that
readThe Battle At Cuito Cuanavale
03-07-2009
IN light of the recent remarks of former President Sam Nujoma about the battle at Cuito Cuanavale, it is time to perhaps set the historical record straight. At a dinner with Russian president
readFound Guilty Before Appearing in Court
03-07-2009
MS LISTER, your opposition to injustice and doctrines of abuse is known internationally. Your exemplary dedication and patriotism towards Namibia, especially within media circles, are stimulating and
readOkanona koomvula 10 ka kwatwa koonkondo
03-07-2009
OPOLISI pOkatope oya kwata po omulumentu gwoomvula 19 sho aniwa a kwata koonkondo okakadhona koomvula omulongo mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko. Oshinima shika osha ningilwa pomukunda Uukwanambwa.
readNoteable Quotes
03-07-2009
HE was drunk, he smelled of alcohol, he couldn’t sit still, he kept on swinging ‘side by side’ and he was very aggressive. – Sinah Motlatsi Shongwe, a passenger in the taxi into which former Bafana
readAVBOB a kwathela shigwana shAayelele mEnolyehaya
03-07-2009
EHANGANO lyOmafumviko lya tseyika nawa lela lyedhina AVBOB, omasiku ga zi ko olya kwathele oshigwana shAayelele yomomukunda Enolyehaya mOshikandjohogololo shUukwiyuushona mOndonga moshitopolwa sha
readAakwatinkonga naya thonwe: Iilyo yOparliamende tayi ti
03-07-2009
IILYO yimwe yOmutumba gwOpashigwana oya ningi eindilo kutya aalumentu mboka ya pewa omageelo sho ya kwata aakiintu koonkondo, naya thonwe. Nande ongaaka, oshilyo shimwe osha ningi wo eindilo kutya
readNored mOngwediva a tembukila kOmatungo ga MVA
03-07-2009
OMUPOPILIKO gwEhangano hali gandja olusheno moNooli lya tseyika nawa nedhina Nored, Herman Ngasia, okwa tseyitha kutya Ombelewa yawo ndjoka ya kala momatungo gOshikondo shOmalusheno (NamPower)
readAalongwa ya kwatwa nepangwe
03-07-2009
AALONGWA ye li omulongo yomOsekundosikola yimwe mOvenduka, omasiku ga zi ko oya li ya tulwa pevi sho aniwa ya li ya adhika nepangwe mOsikola. Uuyelele mboka wa monika po kOshifo shika ota u ti kutua
readPlayoffs called off
03-07-2009
THE Southern Stream First Division football bosses were yesterday forced to ditch the promotion playoffs until further notice, after Blue Waters threatened to pull out on Wednesday. The chairman of
readOnethindi nOnandjokwe nayi ye kOndangwa: Amwele ta ti
03-07-2009
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwOshitayi shEhangano lyAanangeshefa sha Ndangwa tate Paavo Amwele nedhina ya tseyika nawa Gondema na oye wo mwene gwoongeshefa dhedhina Cansas City, moshigongi shaatoolinkundana e shi
readI can run 9.5 says Bolt
03-07-2009
LONDON – Usain Bolt, the fastest man in history, insisted yesterday he can run the 100 metres in 9.5 seconds – if he can get back into his gold medal-winning Beijing Olympics form. The Jamaican, 22,
readAussie super-gran, 99, trains for ‘Games’
03-07-2009
SYDNEY – A 99-year-old Australian great-grandmother is in training for the World Masters Games in Sydney, where she will turn heads as the oldest athlete. Sprightly Ruth Frith, who is near-blind,
readJoost discharged
03-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Former Springbok rugby captain Joost van der Westhuizen was discharged from hospital on Wednesday morning. Van der Westhuizen was admitted to the Sunninghill Hospital in the early
readNorth Korea test-fires 4 short-range missiles
03-07-2009
SEOUL – North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles yesterday, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang’s recent nuclear test and UN
readBok Botha loses appeal
03-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will be without lock Bakkies Botha for the third Test against the British and Irish Lions here on Saturday after his appeal against a two-week ban for a dangerous charge
readEx world champion Arguello dies
03-07-2009
MANAGUA – Alexis Arguello, the three-times world boxing champion who was elected mayor of Nicaragua’s capital last year, was found dead on Wednesday in an apparent suicide, local media reported.
readSmoky has a date with Zola
03-07-2009
NAMIBIAN flyweight boxer, Joseph ‘Smoky’ Hilongwa will trade blows with South Africa’s Mhuleki Zola in the main bout of an international boxing bonanza at the NamPower Convention Centre tomorrow. The
readLower Leagues In Poor State
03-07-2009
THE administration of the lower football divisions leaves a lot to be desired and something drastic is needed to curb the current catastrophic state. The authorities in charge of these leagues, from
readSerena hops into final
03-07-2009
LONDON – Second seed Serena Williams recovered from match point down to beat Russian fourth seed Elena Dementieva 6-7 7-5 8-6 in a nailbiting semi-final at Wimbledon yesterday. In a tournament where
readNamibia improves on Fifa rankings
03-07-2009
THE Brave Warriors have jumped 13 places on the International Federation of Football Associations (Fifa) Coca-Cola world rankings, made public on Wednesday. Namibia moved from 128th position to an
readRedelinghuis cleared
03-07-2009
NAMIBIAN prop forward Johnny Redelinghuis, who received a red card during Namibia’s 54-14 victory against the Ivory Coast on Saturday, has been acquitted by the International Rugby Board. The referee
readCoach De Villiers under attack
03-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – British and Irish Lions centre Brian O’Driscoll and assistant coach Graham Rowntree expressed outrage on Wednesday over comments by Springbok coach Peter de Villiers on Schalk Burger’s
readSuper dairy farm takes N$120m investment
03-07-2009
THE largest dairy farm in Namibia, which is currently being developed outside Mariental by the Ohlthaver & List Group, already produces 30 000 litres of milk per day from 1 000 cows and will cost
readSMS for Friday 3 JUNE 2009
03-07-2009
* THE Namibian reported that Russian PM Vladimir Putin cut a meeting short to take those present to a supermarket where he told the store managers to reduce their prices. This is the kind of approach
readApplying the ‘Southern African peace-making formula’ to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
03-07-2009
IS the Israeli-Palestinian conflict permanently stuck on the peace-making highway or is the final destination finally in sight? Is there a glimmer of hope to ending this ongoing conflict and the human
readLight in Congo’s Darkness?
03-07-2009
NEW YORK – Perhaps no country on earth – not even Iraq, Afghanistan, or Sudan – has suffered more gravely from armed conflict in the past decade and a half than the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
readA Blissful day in Mediocristan
03-07-2009
A GLORIOUS wintry sun rises lazily on another day in the Republic of Mediocristan. High officials rouse themselves from fitful slumbers mid-morning to leisurely partake of full-course breakfasts,
readAfrican leadership has an indifferent relationship with Albert Einstein
03-07-2009
ABOUT a week ago, the librarian in the department of political science at the Sorbonne forwarded me an interesting e-mail from the prestigious Gorée Institute in Senegal. Part of the noble objectives
readBling On TheRecession!
03-07-2009
RECESSION? What recession? It appears as if the City of Windhoek is not entertaining any thoughts of a recession this year; rather it seems that they want to party the recession, or at least the term
readAfrican leadership has an indifferent relationship with Albert Einstein
03-07-2009
ABOUT a week ago, the librarian in the department of political science at the Sorbonne forwarded me an interesting e-mail from the prestigious Gorée Institute in Senegal. Part of the noble objectives
readLight in Congo’s Darkness?
03-07-2009
NEW YORK – Perhaps no country on earth – not even Iraq, Afghanistan, or Sudan – has suffered more gravely from armed conflict in the past decade and a half than the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
readWinter Knight’s today
03-07-2009
THE Namibia Area Round Table has announced it will be staging ‘The Winter Knights of Round Table’ this weekend to raise donations of food, clothes and blankets for the under-privileged. This
readSunrise offers a ray of sunshine
03-07-2009
IN the dusty yard of the light purple house children skip on the tires sunk into the ground as the woman sitting in the shade of the roof over-hang looks on with a half smile on her lips. This is the
readThe Beauty and the Beast of it all
03-07-2009
THE fairytale ‘Beauty and the Beast’ has found a place on Namibian soil, where a major regional conference of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives
readOpposition policies date from Stone Age: Kawana
03-07-2009
THE contributions of opposition parties on the Communication Bill in Parliament only dealt with the clause on the planned interception centres that would be manned by the National Central Intelligence
readWindhoek Municipality on a spending spree
03-07-2009
THE N$1,8 billion municipal budget, designed to help Windhoek “weather the storm at local level”, allocates at least N$1,4 million for entertainment, parties and festivals at the expense of several
readHerero and Nama leaders want ancestral skulls back
03-07-2009
TRADITIONAL leaders of the Herero and Nama communities will meet soon at Mariental to discuss the way forward regarding the possible return of nearly 50 skulls of their ancestors from Germany.The
readCCTV cameras coming soon
03-07-2009
PLANS by the Windhoek City Police to introduce closed-circuit television (CCTV) in its fight against crime moved a step closer on Tuesday night. This year’s City of Windhoek annual budget shows the
readUnanswered questions about desalination plant
03-07-2009
MORE clarity is needed about a proposed N$1,8 billion desalination plant Government wants to build north of Swakopmund to supply new uranium mines with water, a new report reveals.According to the
readMusician run over at Okongo
03-07-2009
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a well-known local musician was run over by a car near Okongo in the early hours of Sunday morning. Abednego Nakale
readThe stone diggers of the Erongo Region
03-07-2009
THERE are thousands of small miners all over the country eking out a meagre living by mining semi-precious stones and selling them, mainly to tourists.The Namibian was recently invited to participate
readShocking! City rates up between 10 and 15%
03-07-2009
WINDHOEKERS should brace themselves for a shock when they open their municipal bills at the end of the month, after the City of Windhoek on Tuesday announced its new annual budget. At midnight on
readChinese locomotives kaput N$36m down the rail
03-07-2009
THE four Chinese locomotives, which cost about N$36 million and arrived in Namibia five years ago, could be used for only 33 months and suffered 265 failures during that time from October 2004 until
readLoans and collateral
03-07-2009
ALTHOUGH Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) disputes that NWR effectively sold seven State-owned resorts to BEE companies under last year’s controversial empowerment deal, documents seen by The Namibian
readAupindi denies NWR financial woes
03-07-2009
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts Company (NWR) Managing Director Tobie Aupindi has denied that the State resort operator recorded its biggest-ever financial losses ever last year, insisting that his
readVote for Sossusvlei
03-07-2009
SOSSUSVLEI in Namibia can become one of the seven natural wonders of the world if enough votes are cast. People can log on www.new7wonders.com and vote for our magnificent dunes. Out of 261 nominees
readNo coerced sterilisation of HIV+ women: Kamwi
03-07-2009
HEALTH Minister Dr Richard Kamwi has categorically denied that HIV-positive women are “systematically coerced” to be sterilised at State hospitals. In a ministerial statement in Parliament yesterday,
readBling On The Recession!
03-07-2009
RECESSION? What recession? It appears as if the City of Windhoek is not entertaining any thoughts of a recession this year; rather it seems that they want to party the recession, or at least the term
readSPYL asks cadres to chip in to pay for slander cases
03-07-2009
SWAPO Party Youth League Secretary Elijah Ngurare yesterday called on party cadres to make contributions so that the Youth League can help pay a N$250 000 defamation judgement given against one of its
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