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55 Articles found on Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Zimbabwe’s Metallon resumes gold mining
23-06-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest gold miner, Metallon Gold has re-opened two of its five mines after agreeing a US$15 million loan with foreign and local financiers, the company’s executive chairman said
readBotswana private equity firm hits Namibia with quarter-million fund
23-06-2009
BOTSWANA’S trailblazer in private equity industry – VPB – is making its dream of being a market leader outside South Africa a reality by launching a fund in Namibia in the next couple of months as it
readXstrata confirms merger approach to Anglo American
23-06-2009
ZURICH - Mining group Xstrata on Sunday confirmed it had made an approach to rival Anglo American about a merger that would create one of the world’s biggest mining companies, according to a company
readNamibian players on the move
23-06-2009
NAMIBIAN foreign internationals will find their way to other clubs in their respective leagues, while some are expected to stay put. CORRY IHUHUA looks at some of the key movements for Namibian
readSomalia president declares state of emergency
23-06-2009
MOGADISHU – Somalia’s president declared a state of emergency yesterday as his fragile, UN-backed government struggles to quash a deadly Islamic insurgency. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed said
readNamibia hard hit by crisis
23-06-2009
NAMIBIA is one of the sub-Saharan countries most severely affected by the fallout from the global financial crisis, the World Bank says. While Namibia’s direct exposure to the crisis is minimal, the
readNigeria’s lesson for America: civil service
23-06-2009
Oakton, Virginia – Americans rarely look to Africa for inspiration or example, but given President Obama’s efforts to ramp up civil service at home, a closer look at Nigeria’s mandatory National Youth
readMood of lenders ‘is improving’
23-06-2009
THE mood in financial markets is “changing for the better” as both banks and borrowers in South Africa regain confidence, according to FNB chief executive Michael Jordaan. “The 4,5 percentage point
readFreezing of Ponzi accounts on cards
23-06-2009
THE special government agency task team established to co-ordinate action against alleged Ponzi-type scheme head Barry Tannenbaum and entities associated to him is considering legal steps to freeze
readThe Lolo Goraseb I Shall Remember!
23-06-2009
LOLO’S announcement that he was quitting soccer thrust me on memory lane. Friend and long-time sports associate Seth Boois and I were under obligation to rebuild Black Africa Sport Club. Seth was the
readNigeria open to foreign takeovers of banks: Financial Times
23-06-2009
LONDON - The head of Nigeria’s central bank, Lamido Sanusi, said yesterday he was prepared to break with a decades-old ban on foreign takeovers of its banks, in an interview with the Financial Times.
readAfter 50 years, Motown endures in ailing Detroit
23-06-2009
DETROIT – Fifty years after the birth of Motown, the music lives on as a legacy for a city that has seen more than its share of hard times in the past decades. The Motown record label launched in
readNam has world’s greatest business mind!
23-06-2009
A NAMIBIAN businessman got the surprise of his life when he opened his e-mail to find he had been voted the ‘World’s Greatest Business Mind’ ahead of Warren Buffet, Donald Trump and Bill Gates. At a
read‘We are freezing and have been frozen out’
23-06-2009
WITH temperatures plummeting as another cold front kicks in, residents of Windhoek’s informal settlements are doing everything they can to make sure they survive the coldest months of the year. Ruben
readAsian central banks unlikely to dump dollars
23-06-2009
SINGAPORE – Asian central banks would hurt themselves if they dumped dollars from their foreign reserves because that would quickly reduce the value of those holdings, the head of the Asian
readA golden new gift option for air travellers?
23-06-2009
FRANKFURT – Tired of buying perfume, chocolates or wine for your spouse while flying home? Looking for a special and safe investment in these turbulent times? Passengers who clear security at
readInformation days for emerging farmers
23-06-2009
EMERGING farmers can again deepen their knowledge on successful commercial farming methods tomorrow, when Agra is presenting another information day, this time in Windhoek. About 155 farmers have
readScientists discuss agriculture at Oshakati
23-06-2009
THE Agricultural Scientific Society of Namibia (Agrisson) will hold its annual congress at Oshakati next week to discuss challenges and new developments in agriculture related to climate change.
readDrug abuse in Namibia hits all-time high
23-06-2009
ILLEGAL drug abuse is at an all-time high in Namibia, Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi, warned yesterday. He said Namibia can not allow itself to be turned into a drug consumer
readNoteable Quotes
23-06-2009
MUGABE is the reason we fled the country. When he goes, we will come. – Nysha Muzambi, 33, a Zimbabwean exile living in London to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s request for Zimbabweans to come
readOngwediva man drowns in bakkie
23-06-2009
A FORMER Namdeb worker from Ongwediva was found drowned in his bakkie in an oshana at the northern town on Thursday. The body of Onesimus Nghituwamhata Hangala was found in the Toyota bakkie pulled
readLove, longing and loss on World Refugee Day
23-06-2009
WORLD Refugee Day was commemorated on Saturday, “to remember the millions of forcibly displaced and stateless people ... who are struggling with their day-to-day lives.” The United Nations Refugee
readCaprivi Kwando River level rising
23-06-2009
THE Caprivi Regional Council has put up tents in some places along the Kwando River to provide shelter to villagers whose homesteads risk being flooded by the rising river. Caprivi Regional Governor
readBusinessman donates N$1 million to church
23-06-2009
NORTHERN Namibia businessman Benjamin Hauwanga on Sunday donated N$1 million to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin). The donation was made at an Elcin ceremony at Hauwanga’s Bennies
readBoozy Aussies ‘on the wagon’ for charity
23-06-2009
MELBOURNE – Australians have been urged to give up booze for a month to raise money for cancer, in an unusual stunt that may do as much for participants’ livers as it does for hospital wards. In a
readGIPF unimpressed with striking workers’ claims
23-06-2009
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) is unhappy with the way in which its striking workers have gone to the media with what it describes as statements that are “inflammatory and seem to be
readUK pledges new aid to Zimbabwe
23-06-2009
LONDON – Britain pledged 5 million pounds ($8.24 million) to Zimbabwe yesterday but made clear more reforms were needed before it would start large-scale development aid to the shattered country.
readInjuries affected memory, says Police murder trial witness
23-06-2009
A KEETMANSHOOP resident who claims to have witnessed and experienced assaults by Police officers during an interrogation that ended in the death of a theft suspect in early 2006 displayed a stormy
readHundreds of doctors striking in South Africa
23-06-2009
DURBAN – Hundreds of angry public sector doctors demanded better wages yesterday at a picket outside Durban’s King Edward VIII hospital. The group, carrying placards and singing, said they wanted
readJolie, Pitt give US$1m for refugees in Pakistan
23-06-2009
LOS ANGELES – Celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated US$1 million to a UN refugee agency to help Pakistanis displaced by fighting between troops and Taliban militants, the agency has
readKelis to Nas: Cough up for our poor baby
23-06-2009
LOS ANGELES – Kelis is looking for a large chunk of change from estranged hubby Nas to keep their baby in diapers. The ‘Milkshake’ mama-to-be has filed court papers demanding the rapper pay her US$20
readZim activists to challenge charges
23-06-2009
HARARE – A Zimbabwe High Court yesterday allowed four opposition activists to challenge their prosecution on terrorism charges in a higher court, after arguing that a trial would be illegal because
readPilot buries injured in sand
23-06-2009
Melbourne - A pilot buried his injured passenger up to his neck in sand to save him from hypothermia after their helicopter crashed over crocodile-infested mudflats in Australia, reports said
readMixed progress on millennium goals
23-06-2009
NAMIBIA has made progress with some of its eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but has not succeeded in achieving targets such as increasing primary school enrolment, lowering the death rate of
readN Korea threatens to harm US if attacked
23-06-2009
SEOUL – President Barack Obama assured Americans in an interview broadcast yesterday that the US is prepared for any move North Korea might make, amid reports that Pyongyang is planning a long-range
readIran police use force in protest
23-06-2009
TEHRAN – Riot police attacked hundreds of demonstrators with tear gas and fired live bullets in the air to disperse a rally in central Tehran yesterday, carrying out a threat by the country’s most
readSarkozy says burqas are ‘not welcome’ in France
23-06-2009
PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy lashed out yesterday at the practice of wearing the Muslim burqa, insisting the full-body religious gown is a sign of the “debasement” of women and that it won’t be
readPakistan army in final phase of Swat offensive
23-06-2009
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan security forces are near the end of their offensive in the Swat valley, the army said yesterday, with more than 40 000 people on the move before the next phase starts against the
readRwanda minister gets 30 years for genocide
23-06-2009
DAR ES SALAAM – A UN court trying masterminds of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide yesterday gave a 30-year jail sentence to a former interior minister accused of tricking thousands of people to hide on a hill
readBombings kill at least 22 in Iraq
23-06-2009
BAGHDAD -– A bomb devastated a minibus carrying students to their final exams in Baghdad yesterday, one of a string of blasts across Iraq that killed 22 people just two days after the deadliest attack
readEcclestone says will not let sport collapse
23-06-2009
LONDON – Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday he was not prepared to see the sport collapse in the face of the breakaway movement from eight F1 teams. “I have given 35 years of my
readThiare says AN elections fair
23-06-2009
THE Director of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President’s Office, Cheikh Thiare, has described Athletics Namibia’s special elective congress held at Otjiwarongo on
readFederer off to a flier in Open
23-06-2009
LONDON – Roger Federer’s bid for a record 15th Grand Slam title got underway in familiar fashion as the five-times champion settled into Wimbledon’s new-look centre court with a straight sets
readLippi insists on no changes
23-06-2009
PRETORIA – Italy coach Marcello Lippi insists he won’t be ringing the changes despite the world champions crashing out of the Confederations Cup. The Italians had a tournament to forget, beating the
readObama invited to World Cup
23-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has invited US President Barack Obama to next year’s World Cup in South Africa. Blatter says: “Obama has said: ‘If I can, I will come’.” The United States
readT20 win revives hopes for Pakistan
23-06-2009
KARACHI – Pakistan revelled in its World Twenty20 triumph Monday, as former cricket greats voiced hopes that the victory could help restore the strife-torn nation’s place in international cricket.
readArmstrong wins in Nevada
23-06-2009
NEVADA CITY – US cyclist Lance Armstrong Sunday won the Nevada City Classic, a modest one-day race set in the hills of northern California, to continue his build-up to the Tour de France. More than
readNew hotel theft reported at Confederations Cup
23-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG - A member of the Brazilian delegation in the Confederations Cup says money and a jacket were stolen from his hotel room, police said yesterday, the second such incident reported during
readYomomukunda Onalunike taya tidha omulongisikola momukunda nopOsikola
23-06-2009
AAKALIMO yomomukunda Onalunike mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko, oya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo taya pula omulongisikola gumwe gwopOsikola yopomukunda gwawo mpoka yedhina
readOsikola ya Charles Anderson ya pewa oopainda ku Pennypinchers
23-06-2009
ONGESHEFA ya tseyika nawa yiitungitho kOngwediva yedhina Pennypinchers omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omagano gopopainda kOsikola yaanona yomOngwediva yedhina Charles Anderson opo yi painde nawa
readSADC ota ka ninga po sha kombinga ya Madagascar
23-06-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Aaleli yiilongo yAafrika lyUumbugantu mOsoondaha oya uvaneke kutya otaya ka kandulapo uupyakadhi wopapolitika mboka u li mu Madagascar, ihe oya ekelehi omapopyo ga Marc Ravalomanana
readMeekulu Namupa Shingeya a fumvikwa pOshivanda sha Nghatanga
23-06-2009
OMUKULUPE gwomomukunda Okambebe mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena a kala wo kwali komukunda Omufituwanauyala mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati meekulu Albertina Namupa Shingeya ngoka a manene
readIipangelo mu Zambia ya pata kekanka lyaapangi
23-06-2009
LUSAKA – Iipangelo yimwe mu Zambia oya pata Oosaala dhayo noya shunitha aavu omathele komagumbo molwashoka aapangi oye li mekanka, taya pula oondjambi dhawo dhi gwedhelwe, ehangano lyomahangano
readJohannes Shaanika a kwatwa po shi na sha nokweehameka omuholike gwe
23-06-2009
OMULUMENTU omugundjuka gwoomvula 31 taku tiwa kutya oye Johannes Shaanika a zile komukunda Oluteyi mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati noha longele kOvenduka, okwa kwatwa po kOpolisi ya Hangwena
readSMS for Tuesday 23 JUNE 2009
23-06-2009
* WHY are local commercial banks not heeding the call to lower interest rates to “justifiable” levels? Do they care less about what is going on or are they simply interested in making huge profits?
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