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52 Articles found on Thursday, 30 July 2009
Business confidence holds steady
30-07-2009
THE economy may have fared worse in the second quarter of this year than in the first, but it’s not all bad news, according to the latest IJG Business Climate Monitor for the month of June.The report,
readEast Africa may delay trade pact with EU
30-07-2009
DAR ES SALAAM - The East African Community (EAC) bloc is likely to delay signing a new trade deal with the European Union because fresh issues have been introduced in the negotiations, Tanzania’s
readSA inflation figures surprise
30-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The increase in South Africa’s consumer price index (CPI), which is used by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) for its inflation target, was up 6,9 per cent year-on-year (y/y) in
readLocals must benefit from mining in South Africa
30-07-2009
AFTER more than 100 years of mining in South Africa, which saw the extraction of billions of dollars of diamonds, the communities in the West Coast region around Alexander Bay were dogged by
readUS lawmakers support restrictions on executive pay
30-07-2009
WASHINGTON - A US House panel voted Thursday to prohibit financial firms from offering corporate pay packages that encourage executives to take big risks, going further than what President Barack
readOakland voters pass pot tax to boost city coffers
30-07-2009
OAKLAND, California - Oakland residents overwhelmingly voted to approve a first-of-its kind tax on medical marijuana sold at the city’s four cannabis dispensaries.Preliminary election results Tuesday
readEU files WTO case over Philippine taxes on spirits
30-07-2009
GENEVA - The European Union filed a trade complaint against Philippines yesterday over taxes the southeast Asian country charges on imports of distilled spirits such as Scotch whisky and Spanish
readBofA to pay Parmalat $100m to settle lawsuit
30-07-2009
NEW YORK - Bank of America Corp has agreed to pay Parmalat SpA US$100 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the largest US bank of helping the Italian dairy company hide debt, causing its 2003
readUS, China seek to minimise differences
30-07-2009
WASHINGTON – The United States and China minimised their disputes over such issues as the huge trade gap between the two countries and America’s soaring budget deficits and instead emphasised a
readNamibia’s park attractions highlighted in new brochures
30-07-2009
THE MINISTRY of Environment and Tourism has developed its first park brochures and fact sheets aimed at enriching visitor experience in the country’s national parks.The materials were launched by
readWild biking to save rhino
30-07-2009
THE Damaraland area in northwestern Namibia is one of the most remote and hostile places on Earth – and we had to cycle over 300 km across this barren outpost in seven days.Rock-strewn dirt tracks,
readCameron no fan of Twitter
30-07-2009
LONDON – They disagree on economic policies and how best to handle the recession and now it appears the two major political parties have found a new area of division – the social networking site
readIran’s protesters go on trial
30-07-2009
CAIRO – Iran announced yesterday that the first trials of post-election protesters will begin this weekend, as anger grew even among some government supporters over abuse of those detained in the more
readSouth African council workers to consider pay offer
30-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Leaders of thousands of striking South African council workers were due to meet yesterday to consider a new pay offer in a dispute that has disrupted local government services and put
readIreland to take two Gitmo inmates
30-07-2009
DUBLIN – Ireland has agreed to accept two inmates from the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba within the next two months, Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced yesterday.Ahern said the two men
readSybil the Downing Street cat dies
30-07-2009
LONDON – Sybil the cat, who moved into Downing Street shortly after Prime Minister Gordon Brown took office two years ago, has died after a short illness.The black and white feline, named after Basil
readSanha wins Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election
30-07-2009
BISSAU – Malam Bacai Sanha is the new president of Guinea-Bissau, election officials said yesterday. It was a rare, peaceful transition of power in the tiny West African nation, which has been wracked
readWoman ticketed on stolen horse
30-07-2009
GREENVILLE – A woman was given a ticket for riding a stolen horse down the main street in a small town in northwestern South Carolina.The Greenville News reported Tuesday the 40-year-old woman was
readJackson chef on final days
30-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – On the day Michael Jackson died, his personal chef says her first hint of something amiss was when his doctor didn’t come downstairs to get the juices and granola he routinely brought
readMadonna’s hits cause to strike a pose, celebrate
30-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – Two new songs will be included in the Madonna greatest hits album ‘Celebration’, which will be released on September 29 in the United States.One of the new songs is the title track which
readAahingitekisa omulongo nayahetatu konima yekumba
30-07-2009
AAHINGI yoOtekisa 18 oya kwatwapo kopolisi Etiyali. Ekwato lyawo olya landula epiyagano ndyoka lyali moondjila dhaVenduka mOmaandaha nolya tsikile ishewe ongula yEtiyali pondje yo Katutura
readOombotsotso ne dha homata dha ya niimaliwa yAachina
30-07-2009
OPOLISI moshitopolwa sha Shana otayi kongo aamentu ye li yane lwaampoka,ye yile mOsitola yAachina mOngwediva ongula yOsoondaha ya zi ko ya homata oondjembo e taa yi niimaliwa yomOsitola moka yi li
readOmaulikilo gIikwaipindi ga Ngwediva omu Auguste
30-07-2009
OMAULIKILO gIikwaipindi ga Ngwediva nuumvo otaga ka kala ko okuza meti: 21 Auguste 2009 sigo ometi 29 Auguste 2009 nokwa tegelelwa taku kala aauliki yiipindi ye vulithe pomathele gatano lwaampoka.Meya
readAaNamibia wilikweni kuukriste pethimbo ndika
30-07-2009
Okunyola omushangwa nguka okwa penduthwa koshipopiwa sha holokele moThe Namibian yeti: 20 Juli 2009 pepandja eti 25 kohi yoshipalanyolo:Inamu landa we moostola dhaanangeshefa yoongundu dhilwe. Ota ku
readKalunga awike ta tseya onakuyiwa yoontauki dhaDRC
30-07-2009
KALUNGA oye awike ta tseya onakuyiwa yoontauki 41 ndhoka dhi li moshitopolwa shaahenamwene pokati ka Namibia naBotswana.Omupopiliko gwoontauki ndhika dha hakela poongamba dha Mamuno okwa ti onakuyiwa
readOotransfomer dholusheno ishewe mOmbaye
30-07-2009
OSHILUKU oshitiyali shomashina gokuindjipaleka nenge okushonopeka oonkondo dholusheno (transformer) oga thikile mOmbaye oshiwike shaziko. Omashina ngaka galandwa kuNampower otaga ka longithwa
readRamblers in new venture
30-07-2009
RAMBLERS have plans to fully commercialise their football section by the end of August, club chairman Harald Hecht confirmed to The Namibian Sport yesterday.Hecht, who heads the Football Section of
readPonting looks beyond Border record
30-07-2009
BIRMINGHAM, England – Australia captain Ricky Ponting may be on the verge of overtaking Allan Border as his country’s leading Test run-scorer but the Tasmanian is adamant he has “bigger fish to
readNFA to invite 2010 AFCON nations
30-07-2009
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Football Association (NFA) will invite top countries that qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Angola to make use of Namibia’s sports facilities, and
readDescenza joins world record spree
30-07-2009
ROME – Mary Descenza thrust herself into title contention with the 16th world record of the swimming World Championships yesterday, surprising herself in the heats of the 200m butterfly.“Oh my God I
readBMW to pull out of Formula One in 2010
30-07-2009
BERLIN – BMW Sauber confirmed on Wednesday that they will pull out of Formula One at the end of what has been a disastrous season for the German car manufacturer.“The BMW Group will not continue its
readDoëseb makes U-turn to Arrows
30-07-2009
ELEVEN Arrows owner Johnny Doëseb has decided to return to the team he quit on July 20, a club spokesman said yesterday.Arrows spokesman and chairman of the board Nana Tjombe confirmed that Doëseb had
readSMSes For Thurs 30 July 09
30-07-2009
* DOUBLE standards, inconsistencies in judgements. Known shaky deals and corrupt practices from the small elites of the well-connected, derogatory and divisive speeches and behaviour from our leaders
readTransNamib has to cough up again
30-07-2009
TRANSPORT parastatal TransNamib must fork out over N$500 000 to pay an employee illegally dismissed close to five years ago. Magistrate Mikka Namweya told the company that they must also reinstate
readChina blocks Nam on Internet
30-07-2009
NAMIBIA has disappeared off the face of the earth – as far as the Chinese government is concerned, at least. People in China keen to read about the fate of fellow countryman Yang Fan following his
readInvestors bankrolled Potgieter’s lavish lifestyle
30-07-2009
THE founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Prowealth group of companies, Riaan Potgieter, used tens of millions of Namibia dollars belonging to Prowealth investors to finance his own lifestyle, a
readNotable Quotes
30-07-2009
THE winter is bitterly cold and the cells have no hot water or electricity. – Public ServiceCommission member Teckla Lameck who is waiting for her bail application to be heard in connection with
readRamblers in new venture
30-07-2009
RAMBLERS have plans to fully commercialise their football section by the end of August, club chairman Harald Hecht confirmed to The Namibian Sport yesterday. Hecht, who heads the Football Section of
readWomen and children freed as Nigeria hunts Islamic sect
30-07-2009
MAIDUGURI – Security forces in northern Nigeria have freed nearly 200 women and children during a crackdown on a radical Islamic sect responsible for violence that has killed at least 150 people.
readNamibia’s park attractions highlighted in new brochures
30-07-2009
THE MINISTRY of Environment and Tourism has developed its first park brochures and fact sheets aimed at enriching visitor experience in the country’s national parks.The materials were launched by
readBEE policy still stuck in starting blocks
30-07-2009
FIVE years after Government decided to create a policy for black economic empowerment (BEE), the actual draft document is still waiting for the ruling Swapo Party leadership to give it the go-ahead,
readTwo die in Karas car crashes
30-07-2009
ONE man died and another was injured in a car accident involving a Karas Regional Council vehicle on Saturday. Enslin Swartbooi (20), a passenger in the car, registration number GRN 80462, died at
readHenties residents upset about rates
30-07-2009
RATEPAYERS at Henties Bay are concerned over the “huge increase” in municipal rates at the coastal town. According to a media statement by the Civic Association of Henties Bay and the Henties Bay
readTurbulence surrounds Swakop airport
30-07-2009
A TURBULENT meeting over the state of the Swakopmund Airfield took place at the coastal airport last week. Aircraft operators at the airport met last Wednesday with leaseholder Brian Roos and his
readMeningitis scare at Keetmanshoop curbed
30-07-2009
A BOY at Keetmanshoop has been treated for meningitis, but there is little risk of the disease spreading there, authorities say. According to the Chairperson of the National Health Emergency
readAmukwiyu should zip it: RDPYL
30-07-2009
POLITICAL intolerance should be condemned said the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) Youth League in a statement in response to a Swapo Party official’s call for a boycott of businesses owned by
readHold-up in North
30-07-2009
FOUR men held up service station workers at the Engen Service Station and Sky Shop at Ongwediva on Sunday morning, robbing the businesses of items with a combined value of more than N$20 000. A
readCaterer in a stew over mine
30-07-2009
CATERING company Roynam says it intends to pursue legal action against a former client that terminated its services earlier this month because of alleged poor service.The Exxaro mine at Rosh Pinah
readRebirth of Mukorob on the cards
30-07-2009
THE rebirth of the famous Mukorob or ‘Finger of God’ is on the cards. The School of Environmental Sciences and Development at South Africa’s Northwest University (NWU) will spearhead the project in
readInvestigate Ministry of Finance says RDP
30-07-2009
THE Ministry of Finance and Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila should be investigated over the disappearance of State funds through various dodgy deals, said Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
readGr 12 pupil kills guard
30-07-2009
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region are investigating a case of murder after a security guard was hit with a stone on the forehead and died on the spot at Okongo on Saturday evening. According to
readRobben Island vets get some land of their own
30-07-2009
ABOUT 60 liberation struggle veterans, who spent years of their lives locked up on Robben Island, yesterday became the official owners of about 380 hectares of farmland on the expropriated Ongombo
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