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41 Articles found on Thursday, 9 July 2009
Namibia clinches top spot for regional trade
09-07-2009
NAMIBIA is the trade-friendliest country in southern Africa and the second most trade-friendly on the continent as far as across-border activities are concerned, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)
readEkandjo will table ‘urgent’ amendments to election law
09-07-2009
THE sessions of the National Assembly have been extended for two weeks to debate on the long-awaited amendments to the Electoral Act, which will be tabled by Local and Regional Government Minister
readPetrol prices up again
09-07-2009
THE fifth petrol hike this year becomes effective on Wednesday when the price of unleaded petrol increases by 38 cents a litre and lead replacement petrol is 34 cents per litre more expensive. At the
readTwo held over suspected multi-million dollar scam
09-07-2009
THE Prevention of Organised Crime Act was used for the first time this week to seize assets claimed to have been obtained through crime. In a case in which a top-level official in the civil service
readNotable Quotes
09-07-2009
THE economy needs ethics if it is to function correctly – not any ethics, but an ethics which is people-centred. – Pope BendictXVI calling for a new world financial order WE are simply
readWinter Knights campaign a success
09-07-2009
THIS years ‘Winter Knights” campaign which is held by Radiowave, The Round Table and Spes Bona Motor Company was once again a huge success and over 3 000 children across the country will
readWalvis municipal veteran Jan Wilken dies
09-07-2009
VETERAN former Walvis Bay Municipal CEO, Jan Wilken, passed away at the coastal town on Tuesday at the age of 84.According to his wife, Maria Wilken, her husband had prostate cancer for the last few
readNSFAF doing its job despite Nanso criticism
09-07-2009
Following a vote of no confidence by Nanso, the Ministry of education says that “Despite various criticisms the NSFAF receives, the fund will continue to carry out its objective in its best possible
readDeath by drowning and fire in North
09-07-2009
* A 28-year old villager from the Ohangwena region drowned in a water well on Sunday morning, the Police reported this week.The deceased, who resided at the Oshali village, was identified as Natalia
readRoynam catering loses Rosh Pinah mine feeding contract
09-07-2009
Approximately 30 catering workers employed at the Exxaro mine at Rosh Pinah are currently without work after their employer, Roynam Catering Services, were given the boot.The mine sent the workers
readRP withdraws court case against ECN
09-07-2009
THE Republican Party (RP) has withdrawn its high court case against the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), which dates from 2005, the party’s president Henk Mudge announced yesterday.“We are the
readPohamba calls for peace and unity during five-day tour
09-07-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba mixed Government business with Swapo politics as he started a five-day road show of rallies yesterday in yet another example of the State machinery funding the ruling
readNUNW fights municipality
09-07-2009
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) intends to bring an urgent application before the High Court for an interdict against the City of Windhoek to stop the implementation of municipal rate
readAirbus wreckage, bodies found off Tanzania
09-07-2009
MAFIA – Tanzanian police have recovered a piece of aircraft wreckage from the Yemeni Airbus that plunged into the sea off the Indian Ocean island of Comoros last week, a Reuters witness said
readBritish scientists claim to create human sperm
09-07-2009
LONDON – British scientists claimed yesterday to have created human sperm from stem cells but other experts questioned their data.Researchers at Newcastle University and the NorthEast England Stem
readVoeckler in first France win
09-07-2009
PERPIGNAN - Thomas Voeckler handed France their first victory of this year’s Tour de France when he won the fifth stage here yesterday.Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland retained the overall leader’s
readFirst Nambian Island Marine Protected Areas launched
09-07-2009
DEPUTY Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Kilus Nguvauva, last week officially launched Namibia’s first Islands Marine Protected Area (MPA) at the coastal town of Lüderitz.The proclaimed
readSacu trade negotiators head for talks in Nam
09-07-2009
A QUARTERLY meeting of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) council and commissioners will take place in Namibia next week.The objective of the meeting is to clarify how the oldest union in
readEngland defy Australia
09-07-2009
CARDIFF - Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood kept Australia at bay with an unbroken century stand as England got through the second session of the first Ashes Test yesterday without losing a
readShimada in focus
09-07-2009
JAPAN’S Takahiro Shimada who faces Namibia’s Moses Paulus in a World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title fight on July 25 in Windhoek, was born in 1971 in ToyamaThe boxer, who is now based in
readShikongo to talk on biodiversity
09-07-2009
SEM Shikongo, the Director of Tourism in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism – well known for his knowledge on the web of life (biodiversity) – will give a talk on ‘Biodiversity and the Media’
readAfrica lagging on climate change projects
09-07-2009
THE African continent is trailing behind with projects aimed at fighting climate change as provided under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.This was said by the Assistant
readAfrican jumbos still in trouble: WWF
09-07-2009
THE African elephant – Loxodonta africana to scientists – is the world’s largest terrestrial mammal but is still under threat, says the World Wildlife Fund.While ivory poaching has declined since the
readStability in Africa will bring investment: Obama
09-07-2009
WASHINGTON – African nations must clean up corruption and end political instability in order to attract the investment needed to prosper, US President Barack Obama said in an interview with
readChina stimulus should involve foreign firms: EU
09-07-2009
BEIJING - The European Union’s top diplomat in Beijing appealed to the Chinese government yesterday to avoid excluding foreign-owned companies from stimulus projects.Beijing announced a provision last
readWindhoek Schlachterei changes packaging, boosts sales
09-07-2009
WINDHOEK Schlachterei recently launched a new package design as part of the company’s strategy to become a market leader in the processed meat producers industry.The company, which already holds 25%
readBank crisis partly blamed on pay
09-07-2009
BRUSSELS - European Union nations on Tuesday partly blamed the financial crisis on the way bankers and traders are paid and called for new rules to link performance to pay.Finance ministers said in a
readICT summit on knowledge sharing and future
09-07-2009
STAKEHOLDERS in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have gathered to find ICT-based solutions to the problems created by the global economic crisis.The Telecom Namibia ICT Summit
readNamibia clinches top spot for regional trade
09-07-2009
NAMIBIA is the trade-friendliest country in southern Africa and the second most trade-friendly on the continent as far as across-border activities are concerned, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)
readOmupresidende gwa Liberia okwa kwathela Oorebele
09-07-2009
MONROVIA – Okomisi yOshili nEdhiminathanopo mu Liberia oya gandja osheetwapo kutya Omuprisidende gwoshilongo shika, meme Ellen Johnson Sirleaf naanenentu yamwe mEpangelo, naya indikwe okupewa iipundi
readOmuhogololi kehe kala wu na okakalala komahogololo: Ivula-iithana ta ti
09-07-2009
AMUSHANGA-NDJAYI gwo Swapo, meme Pendukeni Ivula-Ithana okwa ningi eindilo kAakwaSwapo ayeheyehe ya kale ye na uukalata wawo womahogololo, ye u kwate nawa, opo sho omahogololo gOpaupresidende
readOonkundana paufupi
09-07-2009
CAIRO AaEigipi ye li 22 oya si mEtiyali miiponga iyali ya yooloka mondjila ya ninga oshiponga yopokati ka Cairo na Minya. NAIROBI Omukwanepangelo gwa Comoros okwa ti iinyanyu ashike ashike
readTate Kangulu e tu thiga po
09-07-2009
OMUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomOmpundja mUukwambi nomOshakati moshitopolwa sha Shana tate Pineas Elago, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina tate Kangulu, okwa mana oondjenda dhe megumbo lye mOshakati Osoondaha ya
readACC ota tsikile nokukonakona Haimbili
09-07-2009
OKOMISI yi na sha nekondjitho lyiilonga yOkoraputo/Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) oya ti kutya omakonakono gawo kombinga yOmukuluntuwiliki gwa TransNamib (a li a tulwa pevi), Titus Haimbili otaga
readMJ hailed as ‘the greatest entertainer ever’
09-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Usher sang emotional farewells Tuesday to Michael Jackson, who was hailed as “the greatest entertainer that ever lived” and described by his tearful
read‘The best father you could ever imagine’
09-07-2009
LOS ANGELES – In the memorial to Michael Jackson on Tuesday that featured superstars Mariah Carey and Stevie Wonder, the moment that may be best remembered came when his 11-year-old daughter Paris
readDrunken tractor driver leads police on slow chase
09-07-2009
BERLIN – A drunk German sparked a slow-speed police chase after stealing a tractor to get home from a nightclub after his girlfriend left without him, said police, who used pepper spray to try to stop
readThin-looking Kim Jong Il makes rare appearance
09-07-2009
PYONGYANG – A thin-looking Kim Jong Il made a rare public appearance yesterday as North Korea paid solemn respects to his father, the country’s late founder, on the 15th anniversary of his death.The
readTwo suspected US missile attacks kill 45 in Pakistan
09-07-2009
DERA ISMAIL KHAN – Suspected US drones launched two missile attacks on Taliban targets in the South Waziristan tribal region yesterdayy, killing at least 45 militants in the latest in a barrage of
readWorld Cup construction workers strike in SA
09-07-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African construction workers went on an indefinite strike yesterday at stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup – a move that could derail Africa’s historic first World Cup
readKnut going nowhere
09-07-2009
BERLIN – Berlin’s beloved polar bear Knut can stay in his home city.The Berlin Zoo said yesterday it would pay around N$4.8 milion to the Neumuenster zoo to settle a financial dispute over ownership
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