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40 Articles found on Monday, 1 June 2009
Trustco announces staggering financial results
01-06-2009
NAMIBIAN financial services company Trustco announced a whopping 38 per cent increase in gross profits to N$227 million during the year ending 31 March 2009, although the results are still pending
readZimbabwe PM urges regional intervention on bank chief spat
01-06-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday urged southern African leaders to help resolve a deadlock over the appointments of the country’s bank chief and attorney general.“The
readBoN fights pyramid schemes
01-06-2009
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) says it is still investigating the pyramid scheme called ‘Millionaires List that it warned the public about last week.The bank identified it as a pyramid scheme and declared
readForeign investors eye Angola
01-06-2009
LUANDA – In the lobby bar of one of Luanda’s few decent hotels, suited businessmen sit in deep leather armchairs waiting for a meeting in the oil-rich country which could change their fortunes.“Angola
readRags to richesnimmigrant back to Europe for Opel
01-06-2009
MONTREAL - From rags to riches, the man behind auto parts supplier Magna International, which clinched a deal Saturday to buy GM’s German unit Opel, arrived in Canada from Austria 50 years ago with
readRecovery hopes propel commodity prices
01-06-2009
LONDON - Commodity prices rallied last week, with oil shooting to six-month peaks above US$66, boosted by a weak dollar and increasing hopes of swifter-than-expected economic recovery, traders
readRihanna set to testify against Chris Brown
01-06-2009
LOS ANGELES – Rihanna is ready, willing and – as it happens – required to take the stand against ex-beau Chris Brown at a hearing this month.The singer’s attorney, Donald Etra, told E! News that
readBoyle faces the music, places second in show
01-06-2009
LONDON – She may not have won, but unlikely singing star Susan Boyle showed she could face the music.The 48-year-old church volunteer defied naysayers who doubted her place in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’
readSquirrel wraps nest in Old Glory
01-06-2009
PORT HURON – Squirrel. Thief. Patriot. A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a Port Huron, Michigan cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks as if it’s
readZimbabwe’s people ‘still live in fear’
01-06-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday “political persecution” of his supporters had not halted under the country’s unity government and the people were still living in
readUK lawmakers should not decide their own salaries
01-06-2009
LONDON – Britain’s prime minister, facing a national uproar over lawmakers claiming lavish expenses, promised yesterday to pursue consititutional reforms including a proposal to take away legislators’
readOver 50 whales die in S Africa
01-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – At least 55 whales stranded on a beach near Cape Town were put down or died after rescue teams failed to return them to the ocean, a sea rescue institute said yesterday.Scientists shot
readZille reassures President Zuma
01-06-2009
Cape Town – Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says she has told President Jacob Zuma he should see the DA-controlled province as an opportunity, not as a threat.Delivering her state of the province
readOmbaanga ya Standard ya patulula Oshitayi shayo mOkalongo
01-06-2009
OMBAANGA ya tseyika nawa ya Standard moNamibia, mOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko geti 30 Mei 2009, oya egulula pambelewa Oshitayi shayo oshinene pOnandjaba mOkalongo mOshitopolwa sha
readTangi unene Standard Bank: Nakapala ta ti
01-06-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana shoka she yile keegululo lyOshitayimbaangashOkmbaanga ya Standard pOnandjaba mOkalongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Omupeha gwElenga enene lya Kalongo
readOnkundana paufupi
01-06-2009
HARARE – Okangundu okanimatokolo omanene gopapolitika kongundu tayi pangele mu Zimbabwe yo Zanu-PF, oka li ka ningi oshigongi omasiku ga zi ko, okukundathane kombinga yaangoka ta ka landula
readEU a lombwele Epangelo lya Zim kali kuthe we aantu oofaalama
01-06-2009
HARARE – Ehangano lyUukumwe wAaEuropa/European Union (EU) olya ninga eindilo kEpangelo lya Zimbabwe li hulithe po okukutha aantu oofalama.EU okwa ti shika otashi ka kwathela omatalelpo moshilongo ya
readSigo onena aanona yoonakulwa inaya inyenga
01-06-2009
NONANDE aanona yoonakulwa aakulu mboka ye li pOombelewa dhoSwapo pOkandjegedi moshitopolwa sha Shana, oya li ya lombwelwa ya shune komagumbo yo ya kale neinekelo kutya otaya ka monenwa iilonga, sigo
readBoks given scare
01-06-2009
THE Namibian XV gave the shadow Springboks a fright when the scoreline stood at 8-7 at halftime in a practice match at the Hage Geingob Stadium on Friday night.Despite winning 36-7 in the end, the
readFootball Results
01-06-2009
Cell One NFA Cup SKW (0) 5-6 (0) Eleven Arrows Orlando Pirates 3-2 Ramblers Played Saturday, May 30 Botswana
readBulls rampage to record win
01-06-2009
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Bulls stormed to their second Super 14 title in three years with a record-breaking 61-17 victory over the Waikato Chiefs in Pretoria on Saturday. It was by far the biggest
readWorld Sport Briefs
01-06-2009
Casey Stoner took the honours in the Italian MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday to move top of the standings and end Valentino Rossi’s long reign at his home race. MotoGP Casey Stoner took the honours in
readMurray, Gonzalez to clash in quarter-finals
01-06-2009
PARIS – Andy Murray reached his first French Open quarter-final yesterday where he will face big-hitting Fernando Gonzalez who almost missed Roland Garros due to freak injury caused by signing
readBlazing Safina reaches quarters
01-06-2009
PARIS – Dinara Safina’s headlong charge towards a maiden French Open title showed no sign of running out of steam when she charged into the quarter-finals yesterday.The Russian top seed flattened
readSMSes for Friday 01 June 2009
01-06-2009
• MARCHING against corruption is fine, but reporting, firing and prosecution of culprits is better! • FELLOW citizens, I as most other members of public honour and forever will remember the heroic
readArrows hit back after being robbed of goal
01-06-2009
ELEVEN Arrows could have suffered their most brutal loss to Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) if they had not gone on to win 6-5 on penalties in the semi-final match of the Cell One NFA Cup on Saturday.
readPakistan offensive against Taliban ‘near end’
01-06-2009
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani forces battled militants in South Waziristan on the Afghan border yesterday and a government official said an offensive in the Swat valley could be over in two or three days.
readPermanent Secretaries missing in action?
01-06-2009
“PULL up your socks,” President Pohamba recently told Permanent Secretaries (PSes) during the opening of a meeting at State House, but it seems as if some of them still have their socks sagging around
readNC rejects changes to Constitution
01-06-2009
THE National Council on Thursday rejected proposed constitutional amendments which, among others, aimed to cut the term of regional councillors from the current six years to five.The National Assembly
readMboweni signals the last rate cut
01-06-2009
SOUTH Africa’s run of successive rate cuts may have come to an end. Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni warned on Thursday that monetary policy “has done as much as it can”. After announcing a one
readGeingob lays into EU
01-06-2009
LAME excuses by the European Union (EU), as well as an unwillingness to commit their assurances to paper and treat Namibia as an equal partner, are some of the reasons the country has not yet signed
readNoteable Quotes
01-06-2009
CORRUPTION is why we suffer in this country. – Local artist Jaques Karikazi speaking the ‘Great Walk Against Corruption’ in Windhoek last weekTHE mere depiction of these pictures is horrendous enough,
readGaafar Numeiri, Sudanese leader who imposed Islamic Sharia
01-06-2009
KHARTOUM – A former Sudanese president known for imposing Islamic law in the country has died at the age of 79, the official news agency said. Gaafar Numeiri became Sudan’s president in 1969 and held
readBeware: lumbering giants on roads
01-06-2009
MOTORISTS on the main routes from the coast to Gobabis and Otjiwarongo must exercise caution for the next two weeks as two gigantic transformers for NamPower’s Caprivi Link Interconnector (CLI),
readYouth leagues have mixed feelings on ‘struggle kids’
01-06-2009
OPPOSITION party youth leagues have finally pronounced themselves on the ‘children of the liberation struggle’, reflecting a mix of opinions on the demonstrators who have been demanding for the past
read110% election victory for Swapo: Haingura
01-06-2009
THE ruling Swapo Party should garner no less than 110 per cent of the votes in the upcoming national elections, said Petrina Haingura, Secretary General of the Swapo Women’s Council, on Saturday.
readSPYL borrowed ballot boxes
01-06-2009
THE six ballot boxes belonging to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) that were found at the Windhoek Central Police station recently were opened on Friday in the presence of the media and two
readPolice in the firing line over cell overcrowding
01-06-2009
‘LAZY’ Police officers received much of the blame for the country’s overcrowded jail cells, as the Ombudsman’s office, the Ministry of Safety and Security and others met on Friday to decide on how to
readCourt halts Sankwasa’s return to Hardap regional chief post
01-06-2009
THE Hardap Regional Council has won a round in the High Court in its attempt to prevent the return of its Chief Regional Officer, Sankwasa James Sankwasa, to the post he has been occupying since
readMbanderu group fears ‘bloodshed’ at Okahandja
01-06-2009
ONE faction of the deeply divided Ovambanderu community met with the Okahandja municipality on Thursday and persuaded the local authority to stop the annual commemoration at the grave of their
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