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52 Articles found on Thursday, 11 June 2009
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11-06-2009
THERE might be unemployed whites but I’ve not seen them. – Deputy Finance Minister Tjekero Tweya calling for the private sector to provide jobs for Namibia’s unemployedEVERYONE was able to get
readGladiators to meet Banyana
11-06-2009
NAMIBIA’S national women’s soccer team, the Brave Gladiators, will play a return friendly match against their South African counterparts, Banyana Banyana, in Windhoek on June 20. The head of the
readLondoners struggle amid strike
11-06-2009
LONDON – Londoners squeezed onto overcrowded buses, boarded river boats, pedalled bikes or walked in the rain yesterday - as thousands of subway workers went on strike and turned the capital into
readRio Tinto in JV with BHP
11-06-2009
MELBOURNE/LONDON - Rio Tinto dumped plans for a landmark investment from China on Friday, opting instead to raise US$21 billion through a rights issue and a joint venture with one-time suitor BHP
readWorkshop for Kuiseb committee
11-06-2009
THE Kuiseb Basin Management Committee invites all interested people to a workshop at Lauberville Camp tomorrow at 11h00. Lauberville Camp is about 35 km southeast of Walvis Bay, near Rooibank.
readRecession and the environment
11-06-2009
A SYMPOSIUM to discuss the impact of the world economic stagnation on Namibia’s fragile environment will be held in Windhoek on June 18. The theme will be ‘The Impact of a Recession on Our Fragile
readBe a Paws volunteer
11-06-2009
THE people behind the People and Wildlife Solutions (Paws) volunteer project – which is in partnership with Okonjima Reserve – say the project is going from strength to strength. Launched by Clive
readSADC Tribunal rules Zimbabwe non-compliant
11-06-2009
THE SADC Tribunal on Friday granted an urgent application by Zimbabwean farmers who claimed that their government did not comply with an earlier tribunal ruling to allow them to stay on their farms
readAngolan coke mule pleads not guilty in Walvis court
11-06-2009
AN Angolan woman arrested in connection with cocaine smuggling at the coast in late May pleaded not guilty to a charge of drug dealing on Tuesday. The 32-year-old Irene da Costa, who was arrested at
readDeath interrupts farm massacre trial
11-06-2009
A DEATH in the family of one of the defence lawyers in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre trial has interrupted the testimony of one of the key suspects for two weeks. Defence lawyer Titus Mbaeva, who
readCurtains return to haunt Katrina
11-06-2009
HARDAP Regional Governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday. Hanse-Himarwa was taken into custody at around 11h00 at her office at Mariental. Shortly
readSuspects’ defence surfaces in City Police murder trial
11-06-2009
THE two young men accused of robbing and murdering Windhoek City Police member Anton Matesu in his home in early 2005 claim they only helped someone transport a load of goods from Matesu’s house,
readPopular street musician killed
11-06-2009
POPULAR Swakopmund street musician Petrus Eixab died of stab wounds on Monday after an attempted street robbery by a minor. The 27-year-old Eixab’s attacker is only 16, according to Police. The
readPrivate sector hits back on jobs
11-06-2009
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) yesterday lashed out at Deputy Finance Minister Tjekero Tweya, saying his threat that the private sector will be forced by law to employ the jobless
readNA sits for 5 minutes
11-06-2009
THE attendance of Cabinet Ministers and backbenchers at the opening of an international HIV-AIDS conference yesterday afternoon was regarded more important than a regular session of Parliament, which
readTwo farmers slain
11-06-2009
TWO farmers were murdered in separate incidents on Tuesday night, prompting the Namibian Police yesterday to announce a combined reward of N$80 000 in their search for the murderers. The murders,
readPolice cordon off Mbanderu graves
11-06-2009
POLICE yesterday cordoned off the area surrounding the graves of Ovambanderu Chiefs Kahimemua and Munjuku Nguvauva at Okahandja to prevent clashes between rival factions of that community.Nonetheless,
readNamibia jumps 4 places on index
11-06-2009
NAMIBIA has clinched sixth place on the latest Africa Competitiveness Index, and is one of four countries singled out by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as “African economic success stories”. Sharing
readFormer GDR doing better in crisis: Govt
11-06-2009
BERLIN – Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany’s ex-communist east is weathering the global economic crisis better than the rest of the country, a government report released
read6 foreign banks ‘plan’ to quit SA
11-06-2009
SIX foreign banks plan to quit doing business in South Africa after the global financial crisis has forced them to review their strategies, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
readNamibia’s export strategy gets a boost
11-06-2009
A RECENT National Export Strategy Workshop held in the United Kingdom has given Namibia new impetus to complete its export strategy, which it started in 2008.An export strategy looks at the viability
readSARB doesn’t run rand casino: Mboweni
11-06-2009
THE South African Reserve Bank should not be seen as a group of currency traders running a casino in Pretoria, the bank’s governor Tito Mboweni said on Tuesday. “The duty of the central bank is
readIMF hails China move to purchase bonds
11-06-2009
WASHINGTON – China’s decision to purchase the International Monetary Fund’s first-ever bonds underlines its strong support for the global economic and financial system, IMF chief Dominique
readBrazil eyes increase in trade with Africa
11-06-2009
DAKAR - Like China, Brazil is looking to expand trade with the African continent and on Tuesday the Brazilian export agency Apex opened a two-day forum on economic cooperation in the Senegalese
readUS government to issue new Wall Street pay curbs
11-06-2009
WASHINGTON - Nearly three months after American International Group bonuses provoked an angry reaction in Congress, the Obama administration is ready to issue broad new principles on how to compensate
readKing sings different tune on cartels
11-06-2009
MERVYN King, the architect of the King 3 Report, on Friday rejected calls for cartel activity to become a criminal offence, saying this would result in “fit and proper” people not taking corporate
readNSX results slow on back of crisis
11-06-2009
THE Namibian Stock Exchange’s (NSX) results have taken a knock since the start of the financial crisis last year. In its annual report for 2008, the company states that revenue dropped from N$6,2
readNew York concert for Mandela
11-06-2009
NEW YORK – Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, the Soweto Gospel Choir and France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will perform at a concert next month to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s 91st
readCeleb chef made to eat humble pie after pigging out on TV
11-06-2009
SYDNEY – Potty-mouthed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay offered an unreserved public apology yesterday to a popular Australian TV presenter whom he suggested was an ugly pig. The sharp-tongued cook was
readYouth may be challenge for Ahmadinejad in poll
11-06-2009
TEHRAN – The young Iranians cruising noisily around upscale northern Tehran in cars plastered with election posters have only one thing on their minds: denying President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a second
readCalifornia man tries to smuggle dagga on surfboard
11-06-2009
IMPERIAL BEACH - The Border Patrol said a man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 10 kilos of dagga ashore on his surfboard off the San Diego County coast. The man was spotted on Sunday
readIsraeli woman mistakenly junks $1 million mattress
11-06-2009
JERUSALEM – An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress with $1 million inside, setting off a frantic search through tons of garbage at a number of landfill sites, Israeli media reported
readSub to hunt for air crash black boxes
11-06-2009
RECIFE – A French nuclear submarine reached the crash zone of Air France Flight 447 yesterday to join the search for the plane’s black boxes, the key to determining what brought the Airbus down in the
readEleven die in blast at Pakistan hotel
11-06-2009
PESHAWAR – A huge suicide truck bomb ripped through a luxury hotel on Tuesday killing 11 people and wounding 52 in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, capital of a northwest province plagued by Taliban
readCop ‘chops off private parts’
11-06-2009
NAIROBI – A police officer in Kenya faced attempted murder charges yesterday for allegedly severing the penis of a suspected fertiliser thief. The officer was off-duty when he was interrogating the
readZim journos sue minister
11-06-2009
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s information authorities are being sued for contempt of court after officials refused to admit four Zimbabwean journalists to an international conference despite
readGabon swears in Bongo replacement
11-06-2009
LIBREVILLE – The head of Gabon’s senate was sworn in yesterday as the Central African nation’s interim president, the first time in more than four decades that anyone except the late leader Omar Bongo
readPalau to take Guantanamo’s Chinese Muslim detainees
11-06-2009
WELLINGTON – Palau agreed to accept 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay, indicating a resolution to one of the major obstacles to closing the US prison camp. The
readSouth Sudan rebels start to disarm
11-06-2009
JUBA – Former rebels who fought a devastating 22-year civil war in south Sudan began laying down their arms yesterday as the United Nations’ biggest demobilisation programme stepped up a gear. It is
readWorld Sport Briefs Cycling
11-06-2009
Belgian star Tom Boonen has been given a chance to compete in next month’s Tour de France despite a recent, second positive test for cocaine. Quick Step star Boonen, the winner of major one-day
readPonting focuses on Ashes
11-06-2009
NOTTINGHAM – Australian captain Ricky Ponting will turn his attention to the upcoming Ashes series against England after his team was knocked out from the World Twenty20. “My job starts now to focus
readProteas will rise, says Smith
11-06-2009
LONDON – South Africa captain Graeme Smith has insisted the presence of Kevin Pietersen in the England side won’t act like a red rag to a bull when the sides meet in their World Twenty20 Super Eights
readSA beating doubts on World Cup
11-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa is conquering doubters as preparations for the 2010 football World Cup fall into place, the head of local organising committee said yesterday, one year before the games
readTwo games will define South Africa campaign
11-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Few football coaches enjoy the luxury of entering a major international tournament knowing two wins from five games will virtually guarantee their survival. But that is the situation
readList of Biggest Football Transfers
11-06-2009
PARIS - The transfer of Brazilian star Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid is the second biggest fee (in euros) in football history after that of French midfielder Zinedine Zidane from Juventus to
readReal now eyeing Ronaldo
11-06-2009
MADRID – After completing a move for Kaka, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has said he intends to talk to Manchester United in a bid to convince the club to let Crisiano Ronaldo join the
readGoraseb to call it quits
11-06-2009
BLACK Africa and Brave Warriors icon Sylvester Lolo Goraseb announced his retirement from football at the NFA Soccer House yesterday. Goraseb said he would play his last match in Windhoek on
readSMS For Thursday 11 June 2009
11-06-2009
* IN a democracy, the people must know what the Government is doing in their name – not the other way around. So we must have a law to allow people to have access to information held by Government,
readMatti Dumeni ota fumvikwa mOlyomakaya mOngwediva
11-06-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila kegumbo lyOmumbiishofi tatekulu Kleopas Dumeni mOngwediva, otayi ti kutya omonamati Matti Dumeni, a tseyika wo nedhina Duma, ngoka a mana oondjenda dhe ongula yOlyomakaya ga zi
readOndawu ya kelela ondhila ya Air Namibia yi ye koNooli ongula yohela
11-06-2009
OSHITSIMA, ano Ondau ndjoka yi iteyele muumbangalantu okupendukila ongula yohela, kaya li ike ya eta uutalala, ashike oya kelele wo noondhila dhokuhumbata aayendindjila, unene tuu ndjoka ya Air
readEsiku lyOshigongi shOokinde lya lundululwa
11-06-2009
OMUPRESIDENDE gwEhangano lyOosikola dhIikunino, ano dhOokinde moNamibia, meme Lovisa Nashima, okwa tseyithila The Namibian kutya oshigongi shokukundathana onkalo yOokinde moNamibia, shoka sha li shi
readAanona ya valelwa kombanda yatano ya kwatwa po kOpolisi
11-06-2009
OMUWILIKI gwaanona yOonakulwa aakulu mboka ye li pOmbelewa onene yoSwapo pu Kandjengedi mOshakati, pamwe naakwathelei ye muuwiliki ye li yane, ya kwatwa po kOpolisi ongula yEtiyali lyoshiwike shika,
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