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51 Articles found on Thursday, 18 June 2009
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18-06-2009
THE bill has become a stray cow – it took the wrong direction and now we have difficulty to turn its head around. – Monitor Action Group MP Jurie Viljoen on the much-debated Communications Bill that
readBrazil, Italy wary of upsets
18-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Brazil and Italy will be wary of further scares in the Confederations Cup when they play again today, having battled to getting off to a winning start in their respective opening Group
readIranian opposition leader calls for rally today
18-06-2009
TEHRAN – Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge yesterday to the country’s supreme leader and cleric-led system, calling for a mass rally to protest disputed election
readBailouts no cure for financial pandemics: AfDB
18-06-2009
THE severe economic hardship suffered by developing countries like Namibia resulting from the global financial crisis is no reason to nationalise, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald
readThe environment needs you
18-06-2009
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has urged young Namibians to take environmental issues more seriously and to consider careers in this area. She was speaking at the recent
readPupils urged to be disciplined
18-06-2009
THE Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Willem Konjore, yesterday urged high school pupils at Keetmanshoop to refrain from alcohol and drug abuse. Speaking at a three-day career
readMaize mystery in North
18-06-2009
AN Oshakati businessman was arrested on Tuesday after he was allegedly found with more than 200 bags of maize meal reportedly intended for schools in the northern regions. He is due to appear
readPensioner evicted from farm
18-06-2009
COMMUNITY leaders in the Khomas Region were up in arms yesterday over the eviction of a pensioner’s family from a farm they lived on for seven years. Johannes Uirab (64), a former labourer at the
readBucket toilets history
18-06-2009
THE bucket toilet system is set to become history in the Rehoboth East Constituency. A total of N$42 million has been set aside to phase out the system. The funds, earmarked by the Rehoboth East
readMinister quizzed on Namfisa
18-06-2009
TROUBLED parastatal Namfisa, the supervisory body for the non-banking financial sector, again came under fire from the opposition in Parliament yesterday. The DTA’s Johan de Waal asked Finance
readChurches meet with parties, plead for peaceful elections
18-06-2009
THE Council of Churches (CCN) yesterday made an earnest appeal to all political parties to hold peaceful and non-violent election campaigns and to allow citizens to vote for the party of their choice
read‘Spy bill’ debate to continue today
18-06-2009
DEBATE on the ‘Spy Bill’ – as the Communications Bill has been dubbed because of its interception clause – did not continue in the National Assembly as scheduled yesterday because an MP who wanted to
readSuspects in record failed cash robbery granted bail
18-06-2009
TWO suspects who were arrested after the failure of what would have been a record-setting cash robbery in Windhoek on Africa Day were granted bail of N$10 000 each yesterday.Windhoek residents Charlie
readTweya slams SME financiers
18-06-2009
DEPUTY Finance Minister Tjekero Tweya yesterday took a stab at small and medium enterprise (SME) funding in Namibia, saying there is no entity to help entrepreneurs “graduate” from small to medium
readLula leads confident Brazil to new world role
18-06-2009
RIO DE JANEIRO – When a former peanut vendor and radical union leader with little schooling became Brazil’s president in 2003, many believed Latin America’s under performing giant had shot itself in
readAngola sees oil rise as chance to boost savings
18-06-2009
LUANDA – Angola sees the recent rise in oil prices as a chance to bolster its foreign reserves, which plunged earlier in the year due to a sharp drop in oil exports and prices, Finance Minister
readWinners in Ponzi scheme could still lose out
18-06-2009
DEAN Rees, a high-profile agent for the Ponzi-type investment scheme headed by Barry Tannenbaum, which fleeced billions of rands from about 400 investors in South Africa, is to apply for the
readBRIC steers clear of dollar talk
18-06-2009
YEKATERINBURG, Russia - The leaders of the world’s biggest emerging markets demanded a greater say in the global financial system on Tuesday at their first summit, but steered clear of any assault on
readMboweni standoff obscures key issues
18-06-2009
IMPORTANT economic issues are being overlooked in the standoff between Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni and labour federation Cosatu, according to two of South Africa’s most respected economists.
readCosatu, SACP blast Manuel
18-06-2009
COSATU and the South African Communist Party on Monday strongly criticised Trevor Manuel, head of the National Planning Commission, for suggesting that trade unions were exacerbating the global
readAustralia: China’s Rio failure down to shareholder power
18-06-2009
SYDNEY – Australia yesterday told China it must get used to dealing with shareholders, as the Asian giant comes to terms with its failure to secure a US19,5 billion tie-up with mining giant Rio
readSA maize output still inadequate for biofuels
18-06-2009
CAPE TOWN – South Africa is still not producing enough maize to use in its biofuels programme and the government was right to exclude the grain from the plan, a Monsanto official said on Monday.South
readJapan ‘zombie’ banks repaid most of 1990s bailouts
18-06-2009
TOKYO – Japan recouped much of the public money it pumped into banks during the country’s financial crisis last decade, when toxic loans totalled as much as US$1 trillion, a top regulator said
readEconomists criticise inflation targeting
18-06-2009
INFLATION targeting is a useful mechanism for anchoring inflation expectations. But Brian Kantor, the investment strategist at Investec Private Securities, and Azar Jammine, the chief economist of
readMozambique signs EPA with EU
18-06-2009
MAPUTO – Importing goods from the member states of the European Union (EU) by Mozambique will customs be tax free under the terms of a provisional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed Monday in
readTarzan, Jane, and the apes swing into the spotlight
18-06-2009
PARIS – Jungle saviour, noble savage, or green super hero? Tarzan’s many mythical faces come under the microscope at a Paris show complete with sounds of the forest, and the hero’s distinctive cry.
readTaylor ‘swifts’ video of the year at CMT awards
18-06-2009
NASHVILLE – Taylor Swift opened the Country Music Television awards with a skit about living out her dreams. The 19-year-old country and pop sensation went a long way toward doing just that by
readMega cities ripe for ‘mega disaster’
18-06-2009
GENEVA – Some of the world’s biggest cities are at growing risk of “mega disasters”, the UN’s humanitarian chief said on Tuesday, warning that climate change was behind a rising number of natural
readSex selling for less amid economic downturn
18-06-2009
BERLIN – It’s past midnight in downtown Berlin, and the prostitutes pace in front of the Hackescher Markt’s stores. Signs of a slow economy are everywhere – a sportswear store offers 40 per cent
readPresidents, dictators at Gabon leader’s funeral
18-06-2009
LIBREVILLE – Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Gabon’s capital on Tuesday to say farewell to late President Omar Bongo, whose flag-draped coffin was paraded through the heart of a
readMogadishu police chief among 11 killed in clashes
18-06-2009
MOGADISHU – Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu yesterday, triggering battles that killed at least 11 people, including the capital’s police chief, witnesses and officials
readDon’t cut AIDS funding - United Nations
18-06-2009
NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned governments on Tuesday against using the economic crisis as an excuse to cut funding for fighting AIDS at a time when there are nearly five new HIV
readUefa ban Drogba, Bosingwa
18-06-2009
GENEVA - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was yesterday banned from European competition for six matches, two of which are suspended, while full-back Jose Bosingwa was handed a four-game ban, with one
readSpain beat Iraq
18-06-2009
European champions Spain moved into the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Iraq yesterday. The win gave Spain a world record-equalling 14th consecutive international victory and
readCyclist Hamilton banned
18-06-2009
DENVER – American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has been given an eight-year ban after testing positive for a prohibited substance for a second time, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on
readBoxers to conquer Angola
18-06-2009
THREE Namibian professional boxers from the Nestor Tobias camp will be in action this weekend when they take on their Angolan counterparts at that country’s Police Inter-Club Championships this
readWorld Sport Briefs
18-06-2009
Football *Middlesbrough and their former player Gary Smith have lost an appeal against a 4,5-million-pound damages award over a high tackle that ended a Manchester United starlet’s career. Smith
readRuthless SA set for resurgent Pakistan
18-06-2009
NOTTINGHAM – An intriguing battle is on the cards when favourites South Africa clash with buoyant Pakistan in the semi-final of the World Twenty20 today.The South Africans have showed their all-round
readBees halt match
18-06-2009
HARARE - A pitch invasion by a swarm of bees brought a premature end to a lower league match in south-eastern Zimbabwe, state daily The Herald reported yesterday.“A swarm of bees invaded the pitch
readAthletics Namibia to elect new leadership
18-06-2009
ATHLETICS Namibia (AN)’s new leadership will finally and lawfully be elected at the forthcoming special elective congress on Saturday in Otjiwarongo. The chairperson of the AN ad-hoc committee,
readRonaldo’s transfer fee ‘excessive’
18-06-2009
MADRID – Most Spaniards believe the 94 million euros paid by Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo was excessive, according to opinion polls last week. To the question “do you think it was reasonable to
readSMS For Thur 18 june 2009
18-06-2009
SMS Of The Day * I JUST read on page 5 that the person who murdered Waltraut Volkmann has been apprehended. My hat is off to NamPol, whose incompetence is much debated, but whose humble
readCCF’s Marker receives top conservation award
18-06-2009
DR Laurie Marker, the Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), has been awarded the 2009 Life Achievement Award for Conservation. The now legendary conservationist was presented
readOmupresidende gwa Russia ote ya metalelopo ku Namibia
18-06-2009
OMUPRESIDENDE gwa Russia, Dimitry Medvedev – e li pamwe nosheendo shaantu ye li 300, ote ke ya metalelopo lyomasiku gatatu mu Namibia oshiwike tu uka. Namibia oye ta ka kala oshilongo sha hugunina
readNdaumbwa ota ti oye a dhipaga Volkmann
18-06-2009
OMULUMENTU ngoka a kwatwa po shi na sha nedhipago lyomukulupe gumwe pofaalama ye momudhingoloko gwa oshiwike sha zi ko, okwa lombwele Ompangu kutya oye a dhipage omukulupe nguka, Waltraut Volkmann.
readNamibia oshihakanwa shembugapalo
18-06-2009
MOLWASHOKA Namibia oku li shimwe shomiilongo mbyoka ya kukuta noonkondo (ano ihayi mono omvula oyindji) muuyuni, shika osha ningi Namibia a kale oshihakanwa kuupyakadhi wembugapalo nengushuluko
readCentral Bank cuts rate again
18-06-2009
BY cutting the repo rate once more this morning, again by half a percentage point, central bank Governor Tom Alweendo cements 2009 into Namibia’s economic history as one of the years with the most
readOonkundana paufupi
18-06-2009
CAPE TOWN – Ominista yUunamapya ya South Afrika, Tina Joemat-Petterson okwa ti South Afrika – ngoka oye oshilongo hashi longo epungu olindji mwAafrika alihe – ita ka kutha ko oofalama katiligane dhi
readYes, it is a recession, says BoN
18-06-2009
ECONOMIC growth in Namibia will likely plunge to minus 0,6 per cent in 2009, the Bank of Namibia (BoN), till now fostering hopes that the country won’t fall victim to recession this year, had to
readOmunangeshefa gumwe mOnooli a kwatwa po kOpolisi
18-06-2009
OPOLISI moshitopolwa sha Shana oya tseyitha kutya, Etiyali lyoshiwike shika oya kwata po omunangeshefa a tseyika nawa gwomoElim, Oshakati nOshikuku shi na sha noshipotha shokwaadhika nooshako dhuusila
readShailemo a sindana moshipotha shenyateko lyedhina lye ku Nghaamwa
18-06-2009
OMUNASHIPUNDI sho RDP mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto omusamane Ismael Shailemo ngoka wo e li Omunashipundi gwEhangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti a sindana oshipotha shenyateko lyedhina lye shoka a li a
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