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43 Articles found on Tuesday, 31 March 2009
The Bashir Code
31-03-2009
A VERY peculiar African irrationality will likely play itself out in Sudan in the immediate medium to long term in the wake of the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment, for crimes against
readReflections On Zimbabwe
31-03-2009
IN his book ‘No One Can Stop The Rain’ George Houser recalls a conversation with Garfield Todd, then Senator in the Zimbabwe regime.George asked Todd where Zimbabwe was going and Todd responded: “You
readNoteable Quotes
31-03-2009
PEOPLE come here (to work) and are just hookers - don’t we have hookers in Namibia? – Deputy Labour Minister Petrus Ilonga discussing the amendment to the Constitution in the National Assembly that
readCoD warns of ‘political judgement day’
31-03-2009
THE political judgement day is nigh for the ruling Swapo Party and the electorate will decide on their fate, Congress of Democrats leader Ben Ulenga said over the weekend.Addressing the party’s
readDrive carefully
31-03-2009
THE main road from Windhoek to the coast is riddled with potholes and motorists are warned to be extra cautious, especially with the long Easter weekend approaching.The road works between Okahandja
readTraffic fines come back to haunt Windhoekers
31-03-2009
THE carefree attitude of Windhoek’s traffic offenders was thrown into the spotlight this past weekend when the Windhoek City Police started cracking down on those who don’t pay their fines.The City
readDate set for Russian murder case
31-03-2009
THE two young men charged with murdering and robbing a Russian farming couple near Okahandja last year are scheduled to go on trial in the High Court in Windhoek early next year.Making a third
readWindhoek City Council tries again
31-03-2009
THE unprocedural withdrawal of four Swapo Councillors from the Windhoek City Council in February continues to disrupt the running of the Namibian capital.Now the Council’s refusal to seek outside
readJones brothers sentenced for escape
31-03-2009
AN escape from custody and ensuing manhunt for brothers Ian and Chris Jones in the winter of 2004 was finally laid to rest in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday.More than four and a half years
readNamdeb production holiday starts
31-03-2009
AMDEB’S three-month production holiday to cut costs in the face of the global recession starts tomorrow.All Namdeb operations, excluding the Oranjemund hospital, school and Town Management Company
readArmy nabs deadly police attackers
31-03-2009
LAHORE – Pakistani security forces overpowered a group of gunmen who staged a deadly assault on a police academy yesterday, capturing six of the militants while eight others died during an hours-long
readG20 targets return to growth 2010
31-03-2009
LONDON/WASHINGTON, March 29 – The leaders of the world’s biggest economies hope to restore global growth by the end of 2010, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, quoting a draft communique for a
readSantos face tough times
31-03-2009
CHIEF Santos will find themselves in the lower league if they don’t improve on their poor record in the premiership, that has only brought them six points from 14 matches to date.Santos suffered their
readT.I. sends right message at prison sentencing
31-03-2009
AS a hip-hop fan and journalist I have watched a multitude of unremorseful rappers get incarcerated.This is not to say that I don’t think that some of the arrests were unjust because I do. But in the
readLady Ga Ga tops UK charts again
31-03-2009
LONDON – American singer Lady Ga Ga spent a second week at the top of the British pop charts with her dance hit ‘Poker Face’, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.The New Yorker saw off
readMadonna child ruling delayed until Friday
31-03-2009
LILONGWE – A Malawian judge held a closed-door hearing yesterday on Madonna’s application to adopt a second child but delayed ruling on the matter until Friday, a court official said.The 50-year-old
readGaddafi storms out of summit
31-03-2009
DOHA – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stormed out of an Arab summit yesterday after denouncing the Saudi king for his long ties to the West.Gaddafi disrupted the opening Arab League session in Qatar by
readIC Cabinet meet on stampede
31-03-2009
ABIDJAN – The prime minister of Ivory Coast was convening an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday after 22 people were killed and 132 injured during a stadium stampede at a World Cup qualifying
readUS deploys anti missile ships before N Korea launch
31-03-2009
SEOUL – The United States deployed two missile-interceptor ships from South Korea yesterday, a military spokesman said, days ahead of a North Korean rocket launch widely seen as a long-range missile
readIndependence hammers Karas overtime bill
31-03-2009
THE overtime bill at the Karas Regional Council shot up to N$80 000 this month because of preparations for the Independence Day celebrations held at Keetmanshoop. Acting Chief Regional Officer Saul
readNamibia on the brink of losing trade advantages with Europe
31-03-2009
NAMIBIA must overcome two major stumbling blocks before it can sign the lucrative but controversial interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) to ensure continued quota-
readNamfisa CEO to face charges
31-03-2009
CHARGES are being finalised for a disciplinary hearing against suspended Namfisa CEO Rainer Ritter following the preliminary findings of an investigation by Ernst & Young.Ritter was suspended from the
readSMSes for Tue 31 Mar 09
31-03-2009
* CAN someone pleas tell us why do we have to use the title “honourable” for ministers and others? These are servants of the nation. Please let’s stop this or can someone tell me
readNSSU Council meeting postponed
31-03-2009
THE Namibia Schools’ Sports Union’s (NSSU) national council meeting billed for the coming weekend has been postponed. NSSU national co-ordinator Solly Duiker said the meeting has been postponed
readPitch was too good: Vettori
31-03-2009
NAPIER – New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori was unhappy about the quality of the McLean Park pitch for the second test against India it was too good for batting. The test ended in a draw about an
readStrauss guides England
31-03-2009
BRIDGETOWN – Andrew Strauss hit an unbeaten 79 Sunday to guide England to a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies on Duckworth/Lewis in a rain-shortened fourth one-day cricket international at
readSouth Africa beats Australia
31-03-2009
PRETORIA – South Africa captain Johan Botha produced another fine bowling performance to lead his team to victory by 17 runs in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday.Though clever bowling by
readSport Briefs
31-03-2009
Football * Niger have been kicked out of the under-17 world championship later this year after fielding an over-age player in the region’s qualifying tournament at the weekend, the Confederation of
readFederer, Serena, Venus advance
31-03-2009
MIAMI – Serena and Venus Williams and men’s world number two Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round of the WTA and ATP hardcourt tournament here on Sunday but second seed Dinara Safina crashed
readFormer Pirates great Greeves dies
31-03-2009
FORMER Orlando Pirates midfielder Brian Greeves passed away in South Africa yesterday.Greeves (51) died of kidney failure in a Cape Town hospital, it was confirmed. Greeves. who also played cricket
readPetrol body calls for oil supply solutions
31-03-2009
SOUTH Africa’s oil industry is in urgent need of investment to ensure the continued supply of fuel, a petroleum industry director said on Friday. Peter Noke, the national director of the South
readInvestors return to emerging markets
31-03-2009
EMERGING markets may have weathered the worst of the financial storm and could benefit as massive pension funds, with yawning deficits, desperately seek higher yields.Chris Hart, an economist at
readRosh Pinah outdoes Oranjemund
31-03-2009
WHILE Oranjemund is bracing itself for Namdeb’s three-month production holiday, just 100 km away Rosh Pinah is flourishing, according to local NGO SMEs Compete.Both towns rely almost exclusively on
readOpec sees US$50 oil good for now
31-03-2009
KUWAIT – Gulf Opec producers see an oil price of about US$50 a barrel as good enough for now given the global economic slowdown and the seasonal fall in fuel demand, a senior Gulf Opec delegate
readProst! to golden beer results
31-03-2009
NAMIBIA Breweries (NBL) delivered frothing interim results despite the global credit hangover, posting a 15 per cent increase in revenue in the six month-period up to December 31.Toasting NBL’s
readUN panel proposes new global reserve
31-03-2009
A UN panel of economists on Friday proposed a new global currency reserve that would take over the dollar-based system used for decades by international banks. The proposal came on the heels of the
readNo dividends from Namcor and NamPower
31-03-2009
OF the N$234 million Government expects from dividends and profit-sharing in 2009-10, N$217 million will come from the Bank of Namibia (BoN).The National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) and
readSA credit growth slows, backs rate cuts
31-03-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Growth in demand for credit by South Africa’s private sector slowed in February, central bank data showed yesterday, supporting the case for further easing of monetary policy. The
readShoka sha zi mepeko lyOpolisi
31-03-2009
OMATEYO gomagumbo gatatu oga lopotwa mOvenduka mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko.. Gaali oga ningwa polukandfa lwa Olympia omanga limwe lya ningwa pondingandinga yondoolopa. Mu ndyoka lyopondingandinga
readInamu kwata we oohi poontopa!
31-03-2009
KOMANDA gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Komufala gwOpolisi Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa okwa gandja elombwelo lya ukilila moshigwana shomOshitopolwa sha Shana kutya shi tule po omukalo gwokukwata oohi
readDragon City a gandja omakumbatha koonakuhepekwa komeya
31-03-2009
ONGESHEFA onene yAachina yomOshikango mOhelao Nafidi mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ya tseyika nawa nendhina Dragon City Oshikango yomusamane Jack Huang, omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omakumbatha
readUunona uyali u li kumwe wa hulitha
31-03-2009
UUNONA uyali wa valwa kwatathana, mboka kwa li kwategelelwa u ka kuthwe kumwe mu June nuumvo, owa hulitha oshiwike sha zi ko. Uunona mbuka, Celestine na Celestiaan Dawis, owa li wa valelwa po
readEpangelo lya thaneka po sha
31-03-2009
OMUUNGANEKI gwonkalo yomeya gefundja moNooli, Erastus Negonga, ngoka wo e li Amushanga ta Kalelele mUuministeli wOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo nEumithokomeho lyIitopolwa yokomikunda, okwa ti
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