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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Fighting Africa corruption a slow process
08-07-2009
LONDON – Fighting corruption in Africa is likely to take a long time and requires resolve on the part of African governments, an official at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
readDiamond rebound threatened by Russia supply
08-07-2009
LONDON - A tentative recovery in diamond prices could be knocked back by supplies from Russia or top producer De Beers, an analyst said yesterday. “The outlook for rough diamond producers has
readSA to open up Coega refinery to the region for fuel supply security
08-07-2009
CAPE TOWN – South Africa is considering regional investment into its 400 000 barrels-per-day planned refinery at Coega in exchange for supplies of fuel products, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on
readRecovery doubts take toll on Wall Street
08-07-2009
NEW YORK – Commodity prices and crude oil slipped on Monday and global equity markets fell, pulled lower by raw materials-linked stocks, on widespread doubts about the potential strength of the
readO&L rewards employees with Mauritius holidays
08-07-2009
ELEVEN valued employees of the Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies (O&L) reaped the rewards of their hard work at a glitzy awards ceremony this weekend as each went home with an all-expenses paid trip
readBotswana confidence down as global recession weighs
08-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Business confidence in Botswana has fallen sharply as the effects of the global economic and financial crises weigh on domestic output, the central bank said on Monday. The global
readChina cooling to weigh on African exporters: AfDB
08-07-2009
GENEVA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects mineral exporting countries to suffer from China’s slowdown, whose full effects may not yet be felt, its president said yesterday. Africa, the
readG8, G5 agree to conclude Doha in 2010
08-07-2009
G8 LEADERS plus Brazil, India, China, Mexico and South Africa will agree at a summit tomorrow to conclude the Doha round of world trade talks successfully in 2010, according to a draft communique seen
readZimbabwe to discuss adopting rand
08-07-2009
LONDON – Zimbabwe will look into the possibility of adopting the rand as an alternative to the country’s existing multiple currency regime, Zimbabwe’s industry and commerce minister Welshman Ncube
readWhacko Jacko
08-07-2009
WORDS are sometimes an inadequate way to express oneself; individuals from different backgrounds, age, education, cultural persuasion or other experiential variables have different interpretations of
readObama MXits Africa’s youth
08-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – US president Barack Obama is asking young people across Africa to engage with him on mobile instant messaging service, MXit, as part of his first official visit to the continent. For
readSA teens in survey
08-07-2009
Just over one in 10 South African teenagers say they come from an unhappy home, according to the results of a survey released yesterday And Bloemfontein teenagers seem to be the most academically
readPope proposes new financial order guided by ethics
08-07-2009
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called yesterday for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate. In ‘Charity
readZelaya to meet with Clinton
08-07-2009
WASHINGTON – The United States boosted ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya yesterday when President Barack Obama called for his reinstatement even though he had opposed US policies. Zelaya, a
readAmsterdam considering bank help for prostitutes
08-07-2009
AMSTERDAM – Amsterdam city council is turning its attention to a pressing problem for one of the city’s key business sectors – banking and credit for prostitutes who can’t get accounts from mainstream
readStars, family gather for Jackson memorial
08-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s family and close friends held a private service at a Los Angeles cemetery yesterday as fans crowded into the city’s downtown area for a star-packed public memorial to
readHarry Potter’s back: Box office big bucks assured
08-07-2009
LONDON – Boy wizard Harry Potter is back in cinemas later this month with the sixth instalment of the movie franchise, and another box office bonanza looks assured for the Warner Bros. studio. ‘Harry
readHan Chinese protesters seek Muslim Uighur targets
08-07-2009
URUMQI – Han Chinese armed with iron bars and machetes spilled down side streets and into the stairwell of an apartment building yesterday, looking for Muslim Uighur targets two days after bloody
readHaimbili a shunwa miilonga
08-07-2009
NGASHIINGEYI oshi li pambelewa! Titus Haimbili, ngoka a li kuthwa miilonga yUukuluntuwiliki wa TransNamib omumvo gwa zi ko, okwa shunwa miilonga. Ominista yIilonga nOkamwatakanithokumwe gOpangodhi,
readYamwe oongundu dhompilameno oya hala oku ka eta evundakano : Iivula-Ithana ta ti
08-07-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi enene lyAakwaSwapo pOnheleiwa mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Musati omutenya gwOsoondaha ya zi ko, Amushangandjayi gwOswapo me Pendukeni Ivula-Iithana, okwa ti kutya yo
readEukithom-wenyo, uufuthi niiponga yo-moondjila
08-07-2009
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 40 okwiikutha omwenyo sho i imangeleke mOmbashu ye mOvenduka mEtitano. Opolisi oya lopota kutya Dumeni Johannes okwa li i itsuwa e endjelele mongodhi yolusheno molukanda
readPaufupi
08-07-2009
WASHINGTON – Ngoka a li nale Omushanga gwEtanga lyEgameno lyAamerika, Robert McNamara – ngoka oye a li omutse omunene miita mbyoka Amerika a li hingile Vietnam, okwa hulitha mOmaandaha goshiwike
readYaali yi iningitha ya fa Aapolisi
08-07-2009
OPOLISI mOvenduka otayi konakona oshipotha shaalumentu yaali mboka ya li aniwa yi ingitha ya fa Aapolisi oshiwike sha zi ko. Aalumentu mbaka oya li aniwa ya yi kOombelewa dha NBC taya kongo uukasete
readPaufupi
08-07-2009
OVENDUKA - Aalumentu ye li omulongo mboka ya li ya pewa egeelo lyoomvula okuza po 30 sigo 32 okukala mokakuma molwashoka aniwa oya li ye kutha ombinga moshinima shonkambadhala yokuteta ko oshitopolwa
readNamibia naye ota gamene Al-Bashir
08-07-2009
NAMIBIA oku li shimwe shomiiilonga mbyoka yyAafrika mbyoka ya tindi osheetwapo shOmpangu yOpaigwana/Internationa Criminal Court (ICC), kutya Omupresidende gwa Sudan Omar Hassan Al-Bashir naye kOmpangu
readCav warns rivals ahead of stage five
08-07-2009
MONTPELLIER - After two days of sprint domination, Mark Cavendish is threatening to extend his Tour de France winning streak today’s fifth stage ending in Perpignan. Cavendish claimed his second
readTiger set for intense week
08-07-2009
BETHESDA - When Tiger Woods takes a vacation, golf is not his escape - it’s what he’s trying to escape from. “I don’t play golf on my vacations,” Woods said. “I get away from it. I would never, ever
readStrauss backs Flintoff to rise again
08-07-2009
CARDIFF - England captain Andrew Strauss believes all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s chequered history against Australia will work in his side’s favour when the first Ashes Test gets underway today.
readBoois is the junior chess champ
08-07-2009
NAMIBIAN chess player Dantago Boois of the Zandell Chess Academy, won the second Bank Windhoek Namibia Junior National Closed Chess Championship at the weekend. Boois is a learner at the Academia
readHockey set for Rundu
08-07-2009
SANLAM Namibia and the Namibia Hockey School of Excellence will host their annual tournament for young hockey players in Rundu on August 8. The announcement was made at the official handing over of
readSMS for Wednesday 08 JULY 2009
08-07-2009
* WHILE not contesting Namibia’s position on Bashir’s entitlement for African unity purposes, African countries need to apply peer pressure on Bashir. Having been to Khartoum, Sudan, myself in 2003
readNamibia and Germany sign off agreements for N$770 m
08-07-2009
THE Governments of Namibia and Germany signed three co-operation support agreements on Monday to the tune of N$770 million (70m euros), which include the N$200 million for the Namibian-German special
readAn issue of copyright
08-07-2009
WE would kindly request all our readers and advertisers to take note that all material published in The Namibian is subject to copyright. Anyone wishing to make use of or reproduce any of our
readNew twist in Walvis murder case
08-07-2009
THE killing of Walvis Bay restaurant owner and former newspaper editor, Awie Brand, a year ago was sparked by an unwanted sexual advance that Brand made on the young man accused of murdering him, it
readAnother coke mule arrested at Walvis
08-07-2009
A THIRD cocaine smuggler in two months was arrested at Walvis Bay International Airport on Monday. The ‘mule’, an Angolan man, was nabbed after arriving from Brazil via Johannesburg. According to
readJu/’hoansi deeply affected by Nyae-Nyae invasion
08-07-2009
WHILE the Gam farmers who invaded the Nyae-Nyae Conservancy with their cattle at the end of April have to face the law, the lawful owners of the area – the Ju/’hoansi San people – continue to face the
readCivil society supports EPA stand
08-07-2009
CIVIL society is rallying behind Government in its decision to take on the European Commission (EC), lobbying for support not to sign the interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) until the EC puts
read!Naruseb intervenes in Ongombo East dispute
08-07-2009
Intervention by Lands and Resettlement minister, Alpheus !Naruseb, managed to calm tempers at the Ongombo East farm outside of Windhoek on Monday.
readNamibian sanctuary and English zoo combine forces on cheetah initiative
08-07-2009
NAMIBIA’S N/a’an ku sê Wildlife Sanctuary (45 km outside of Windhoek) and the Chester Zoo (in Cheshire in the Northern part of England) are developing a pioneering method for identifying cheetahs in
readHitman aims to underline status
08-07-2009
NAMIBIA’S champion boxer Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses will finally get a chance to consolidate his status as the best lightweight boxer in the world, when he is set to defend his title against Japan’s
readItaly readies evacuation plan for G8
08-07-2009
L’AQUILA – With the world’s most powerful leaders gathering in this city just three months after a devastating earthquake, Italian security officials have prepared an emergency evacuation plan to
readNCC slashes mobile charges
08-07-2009
MOBILE calls using local networks will be drastically cheaper from the beginning of July after the Namibian Communications Commission (NCC) slashed interconnection charges by up to 43 per cent with
readNoteable Quotes
08-07-2009
YOU wouldn’t speak to an idiot of that nature. – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on US Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson whom he accuses of dictating regional affairsWE therefore appeal
read3 new suspected H1N1 cases reported
08-07-2009
THREE more suspected cases of the H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as ‘swine flu’, have been reported in Namibia. Dr Jack Vries, Chairperson of the National Health Emergency Management Committee
readFans across world mourn Jackson ahead of memorial
08-07-2009
LONDON – Fans in Asia stayed up into the wee hours, bars across Europe were holding Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules yesterday to
readACC probe of Haimbili to go ahead
08-07-2009
THE Anti-Corruption Commission says its probe on the operations of suspended Trans-Namib Chief Executive Officer Titus Haimbili will not stop because he has returned to work. ACC Director Paulus Noa
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