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47 Articles found on Thursday, 14 May 2009
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14-05-2009
WE know of 200 people who were dumped live into the sea and we also have their children. – Swapo Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana telling the ‘children of the struggle’ there are many groups
read10 dollars for a 200-year-old tree
14-05-2009
MILE 20, Namibia – Despite the investment of millions of donor dollars, the permit system in Namibia’s Community Forests has failed dismally, say biodiversity experts. Illegal logging in the inland
readDouble murder suspect pleads not guilty
14-05-2009
DOUBLE murder suspect Salmon Nakale (30) pleaded not guilty in the shooting deaths of two women at Mariental over the weekend. Nakale entered the plea in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
readFishing sector satisfied with total allowable catch for hake
14-05-2009
FISHING companies are satisfied with quotas approved by Cabinet this week, a fisheries association said yesterday. Cabinet on Monday announced it had decided on a Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of 135
readTour operator sues ex-employee for N$1,2 million over building supplies
14-05-2009
A FORMER employee of tourism operator Wilderness Safaris is the target in a N$1,2 million lawsuit after he allegedly defrauded his employer by making it pay for goods it did not need or never
readAG switches on Telecom’s Switch
14-05-2009
CABINET has approved the lifting of a restriction on Telecom’s Switch mobile communications technology after the Office of the Attorney General recommended it to the Office of the Prime
readNyae-Nyae invasion grows, more arrested
14-05-2009
POLICE arrested more farmers from Gam yesterday as the number of cattle in a veterinary control area reached the 1 000 mark and Government set up a team to investigate the invasion of the protected
readIshikawa ready for PGA Champs
14-05-2009
TOKYO – Japan’s teen golf star Ryo Ishikawa says he will be delighted to take up an invitation to play in the US PGA Championship in August and become the youngest player ever to compete in the last
readPG charges Judge in the High Court
14-05-2009
A CAR accident in Windhoek in late November last year is set to land High Court Judge Elton Hoff in the dock in the same court where he has been presiding over cases for the past eight years.The
readErtugral, Barlett at Ajax
14-05-2009
MUHSIN Ertugral has joined Ajax Cape Town as their coach for next season.The former Kaizer Chiefs mentor will assume his duties as soon as he returns from Turkey, where he has gone on holiday to soak
readOnly one change for Stormers
14-05-2009
CAPE TOWN – A family bereavement to Vodacom Stormers prop JD Moller is responsible for the only change to the Cape team for Saturday’s final Super 14 match against the Vodacom Cheetahs in
readHitman’s fight set for June 27
14-05-2009
NAMIBIA’S WBA lightweight world champion Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses will fight Verquan Kimbrough of the United States in his first voluntary title defence in Windhoek on June 27.The 26-year-old
readAre you serious?
14-05-2009
I SAW a bit of Khomasdal Stadium in the Theatre of Dreams during Sunday’s Manchester derby. Just there by the corner-kick spot. Who could’ve imagined that our own grazing field is a more than able
readHayden heroics shining light
14-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG - As the 2009 Indian Premier League enters the final straight in South Africa there can be no doubt that Matthew Hayden has been the Twenty20 extravaganza’s most effective player.In a
readGerrard wins player of year award
14-05-2009
LONDON – Steven Gerrard’s leadership of Liverpool’s most sustained title challenge in years has won him the Football Writers’ Association (FWA)’s player of the year award for the first time.The Reds
readNamibian referees fail Fifa tests
14-05-2009
THREE top Namibian referees and two assistants have been suspended by Fifa after failing a fitness test recently.Well-known referees Arvo Mufeti, Matthew Katjimune and Alex Tiyeho all failed fitness
readSMSes for Thu 14 May 09
14-05-2009
* HOW can an ice cream be sold at Halali camp in Etosha for 10 dollars more than in Windhoek? Let’s stop ripping off visitors and tourists. Isn’t there anyone monitoring the unrealistic prices that
readProperty prices falling at slower rate
14-05-2009
PROPERTY prices in South Africa are continuing their fall, albeit marginally, according to last month’s property barometer, released on Friday.The price index recorded a 2,8 per cent drop in
readJudge: Credit Suisse loan to posh resort predatory
14-05-2009
HELENA, Montana – A US federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday that a US$375 million loan Credit Suisse made to a Montana resort for the ultra-rich was predatory and should be subordinated to other
readSA’s Mvela says won’t de-list if secures buy
14-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s black-owned Mvelaphanda Resources (Mvela) may not de-list as it had warned earlier this year if it was successful in making a “significant” acquisition, a company
readCFOs forecast recession into 2010 says study
14-05-2009
NEW YORK – Senior finance executives across the globe remain pessimistic about the prospects of rapid economic recovery and are aggressively pursuing new ways to control costs, an American Express
readEU fines Intel in antitrust case
14-05-2009
BRUSSELS – EU antitrust regulators said yesterday they had fined Intel a record 1,06 billion euros (US$1,45 billion) for using its grip on the microchip market to thwart rivals illegally.The European
readInnovation key to growth
14-05-2009
WINDHOEK – Innovation is a key to economic growth and social development, said the Governor of the Bank of Namibia (BoN), Tom Alweendo.Alweendo said this when he officially launched the Innovation
readAfrican banks give Zim US$428m credit lines
14-05-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe has secured a further US$428 million in credit lines from African banks as the unity government battles to rescue an economy ravaged by years of hyperinflation and
readAngolan banks urge government to review monetary policies
14-05-2009
LUANDA – The Association of Angolan Banks (ABANC) urged the government to urgently review its monetary policies, including an increase in the reserve requirement, which they say was hurting the
readNPL champs to get less
14-05-2009
THIS year’s Namibia Premier League champions will receive N$400 000, compared to the N$500 000 the winners received the past two years.This year’s prize money is also less than the amount the
readNSX Local Index stays anchored in global storm
14-05-2009
THE Local Index of the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) remained resilient in the raging global financial storm, growing 1,5 per cent during the first three months of 2009 and recording its 14th
readBusiness In Brief
14-05-2009
Standard Bank voted best STANDARD Bank Namibia was recently named the Best Bank in Namibia when Global Finance magazine chose its best emerging market banks in Africa in an exclusive survey
readSouth African mining braces for shake-up
14-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Dividing South Africa’s mining and energy department into two entities could bring more robust government involvement in mining, but the ailing power sector may struggle because its new
readWHO urges restraint on Tamiflu use
14-05-2009
MEXICO CITY – With swine flu still spreading, the UN health agency is warning countries to limit their use of antiviral drugs to only high-risk patients to ensure adequate supplies in case the virus
readTips on going green
14-05-2009
FOR a cleaner and greener business environment, consider the following tips by the Green Awareness Africa (GAWA) – Namibia’s first green charity that was launched by Environment Minister Netumbo
readTop 10 singles, albums on iTunes
14-05-2009
iTUNES’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending May 10: Singles: ‘Boom Boom Pow’, Black Eyed Peas ‘Don’t Trust Me’, 3OH!3 ‘No Surprise’, Daughtry ‘Poker Face’, Lady GaGa ‘Blame
readMboweni’s future remains unclear
14-05-2009
NOW that the political future of former finance minister Trevor Manuel is ensured at the head of the new national planning commission, the way seems to be open for reappointing Reserve Bank governor
readWilliam visits 109-yr-old, gets fashion tip for Queen
14-05-2009
LONDON – Catherine Masters had always wanted to meet a member of Britain’s royal family. But when she finally got the chance at age 109, she couldn’t resist offering a little advice.When Prince
readSutherland says not the instigator nor wrongdoer
14-05-2009
NEW YORK – Actor Kiefer Sutherland says he was “neither the instigator nor the wrongdoer” in an incident that saw him charged with assault for headbutting a fashion designer who bumped actress Brooke
readRotten office fridge clean up sends 7 to hospital
14-05-2009
SAN JOSE – An office worker cleaning a fridge full of rotten food created a smell so noxious that it sent seven co-workers to the hospital and made many others ill. Firefighters had to evacuate the
readClash kills 95 Afghan children
14-05-2009
KABUL – Ninety-five Afghan children are among the 140 people said to have died in a recent US-Taliban battle in western Afghanistan, a lawmaker involved in the investigation into the deaths said
readZim journalists freed on bail over ‘falsehoods’
14-05-2009
HARARE – Two senior journalists were freed on bail on Tuesday, one day after they were arrested on charges of publishing falsehoods about the detention of 18 activists, their lawyer said.The editor
readAagundjuka ya RDP yi indila aagundjuka ya ka hogololole
14-05-2009
EWAWA lyaagundjuka lyo RDP olya ningi eindilo kaagundjuka mu Namibia kaya sithwe uunye komathindilokongudthi gopapolitika, ihe naya ishangithe opo ya ka hogolole mOmahogololo ngoka taga ka ningwa
readKatjiuongua a thiga po CoD
14-05-2009
GUMWE gwomaanapolitika ya Namibia ya tseyika nawa, Moses Katjiuongua, okwa thigi po ongundo yo Congress of Democrats (CoD) – ndjoka a li a ndjoina omathimbo ga zi ko.Katjiuongua okwa ti ye ke wete
readMuluzi okwa hala natango koshipundi
14-05-2009
BLANTYRE – Ompangu yi na sha niikwakotampango mu Malawi ngula otayi ka ninga etokolo ngele ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwa Malawi, Bakili Muluzi, ota vulu natango okuya mOmahogololo
read4 ya mangwa po mu Mozambique
14-05-2009
MAPUTO – Onkundana okuzilila ku Maputo sha Mozambique otayi ti kutya aakwiilongo yane oya kwatwa po mu Mozambique sho aniwa ya li ya hala okutuka ookemikala mOndama yoonkondo dholusheno, Opolisi ya
readAochamub oku na ondilo unene ku NBC
14-05-2009
OMUGANDJIMULOMBO mOkampani ya MTC, Albertus Aochamub ita pewa yUukuluntuwiliki wa NBC, Ewilikongundu lya lya NBC osho lya tseyitha ngaaka mEtiyali.Aochamub, ngoka oye aniwa a halikila opoosa ndjika
readAantu ayehe oye na okutalwa: Ithana tati
14-05-2009
ONGUNDU yo Swapo oya ti kutya oya haluka komaihumbayonayi gaanona yoonakulwa aakulu (mboka ye li poombelewa dhopaati moshitopolwa sha Shan, sho ya li ya ya kelele iiyenditho naantu yokolupadhi pontopa
readRoaring ‘demon’ drama at Havana 6
14-05-2009
A SHACK at Havana Extension 6 was the centre of attention of a 200-strong crowd on Tuesday, after a woman was allegedly witnessed to have turned into a lion from the chest upwards. When The Namibian
readAnother rate cut may be on way
14-05-2009
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) yesterday hinted at another interest rate cut as early as next Wednesday, nearly six weeks before the next scheduled rate review date.This will see a lowering of the Bank’s
readGovt to buy Mix for N$5m
14-05-2009
GOVERNMENT will soon sign a N$5 million agreement with a Deputy Minister, a Cabinet Secretary and a family owning parts of the Mix squatter camp near Brakwater to officially resettle around 3 000
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