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47 Articles found on Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Botswana inks power deal with Mozambique
27-05-2009
GABORONE - Botswana has signed a deal to buy 70 per cent more electricity from nearby Mozambique over the next four years, in a bid to avert local shortages, the energy minister said Monday.Under the
readOld Mutual launches EnterPrize 2009
27-05-2009
NAMIBIAN small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can once again enter the EnterPrize competition, which recognises excellent business achievements in the sector every year.Around N$440 000 has been put up
readSA expert warns on labour-hire ban
27-05-2009
PORT ELIZABETH – A ban on labour broking could cost South Africa a million jobs, warns Richard Pike, chief executive of staffing group Adcorp.This comes in the wake of labour minister Membathisi
readDRC needs China contracts and debt relief: IMF
27-05-2009
KINSHASA - The Democratic Republic of Congo needs debt relief and deals with China to help ease the war-torn country out of poverty, the director general of the International Monetary Fund said on
readAfrica searches for the best SMME
27-05-2009
THE Africagrowth Institute is inviting small, micro and medium (SMME) businesses to enter the third Africa SMME Awards Competition.The awards, which are organised every year, will acknowledge the
readEU offers help to struggling dairy sector
27-05-2009
BRUSSELS - Europe’s farm chief yielded some ground on Monday to demands for aid to help the European Union’s dairy sector cope with low prices and poor exports, offering to advance EU subsidy payments
readSA plunges into first recession in 17 years
27-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s real gross domestic product (GDP) dropped on a quarter-on-quarter basis by -6.4% in the first quarter of 2009, from -1.8% in the fourth quarter of 2008.This is a
readFixing Ellerine will costs N$400m
27-05-2009
ELLERINE, the furniture retailer acquired by African Bank Investments Limited (Abil) for N$8,9 billion in 2007, was in a worse state than the microlender had thought, with write-offs having reached
readTime for fund managers to act
27-05-2009
LONDON - It is time for shareholders to start behaving like the owners of listed companies rather than appearing as hapless bystanders as corporate disasters unfold around them.In the US, the SEC move
readThe Apocalyptic Dream
27-05-2009
A SOUTHERN town, a still, sunny morning, a shady tree and impending mayhem of a new school term as the young prepare themselves for life on planet earth! A weird mixture of hope, fear of the unknown
readStanford examiner urges release of funds
27-05-2009
HOUSTON - The court-appointed examiner for customers of accused swindler Allen Stanford called for the release of more accounts suspected of holding funds related to an US$8,5 billion fraud.“The law
readTop court pick overcame the odds
27-05-2009
NEW YORK – Sonia Sotomayor’s path to the pinnacle of the legal profession began in the 1960s at a Bronx housing project just a couple blocks from Yankee Stadium, where she and her family dealt with
readGiant cod and whales were once plentiful: researchers
27-05-2009
WASHINGTON – Just 200 years ago, tens of thousands of whales swam the waters around New Zealand while sharks patrolled the British coastlines, say researchers who tell of lost abundance in the world’s
readRooks are latest bird to use tools
27-05-2009
WASHINGTON – Yet another animal has picked up a tool and put it to use. Once thought a unique primate trait, toolmaking and tool use have been seen in a variety of animals in recent years.Now add to
readGibson’s girlfriend pregnant
27-05-2009
IT’S official: Mel Gibson’s girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant. The actor confirmed the news during a taping of NBC’s ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’.“I guess I’m ‘Octo-Mel’,” says Gibson,
readGreek court frees cross dressing flashing ‘nuns’
27-05-2009
IRAKLIO – Seventeen British men stood trial dressed in nun’s habits on the Greek island of Crete on Monday for flashing their bottoms in public, but walked free after no one showed up to testify their
readZim the most aid dependent
27-05-2009
JOHANESBURG - Zimbabwe is the most food aid dependent country in the world, aid agencies said yesterday.Also, nearly 55 per cent of children who died of cholera in the southern African country were
readGulf search for boy who fell overboard
27-05-2009
TAMPA – The Coast Guard searched the Gulf of Mexico for a second day yesterday for an 18-year-old from Louisiana who fell overboard during a cruise to celebrate his high school graduation.The Coast
readObama picks Sotomayor for high court
27-05-2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama tapped federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court yesterday, officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a
readHorror story printed on toilet paper in Japan
27-05-2009
TOKYO – In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience — a horror story printed on toilet paper.Each roll carries
readZim cholera cases to pass 100 000
27-05-2009
GENEVA – The number of cholera cases in Zimbabwe is expected to pass the 100 000 mark in the coming days, the Red Cross said yesterday, warning that the epidemic was Africa’s worst in 15 years.“The
readFlu deaths in Mexico, US, Canada
27-05-2009
CHICAGO - Authorities in Mexico announced three more swine flu deaths and the United States and Canada one more death each as the world’s largest vaccine maker signed a deal with the United States to
readMyanmar’s Suu Kyi testifies at trial
27-05-2009
YANGON - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified at her prison trial yesterday as the nation’s military regime tried again to justify a case that has enraged the West and annoyed its
readShuneni komagumbo: Ndeitunga ta ti
27-05-2009
OMUKULUNTU gwOpolisi moNamibia Inspekta-Ndjayi Sebastian Ndeitunga okwa kumagidha oonanona yoonakulwa aakulu mboka ye li ya kalela Oombelewa pOkandjengedi ya shuna komagumbo nosho wo ya kale taya
readYatano ya sa moshiponga shohauto
27-05-2009
AANTU yatano oya si moshiponga shohauto mOvenduka mehuliloshiwike. Oshikondo shOmauyelele shOpolisi osha tseyitha kutya iihauto yali, ohauto yo Hyundai yi na onomola ya Venduka no Volkawagen yi na
readTu dhimbulukweni nosimaneka omapenda ga Afrika
27-05-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha Oshigongi oshinene shOswapo mEsiku lya Africa pOlunkono mOndangwa Omaandaha ngaka ga zi ko, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indila kAafrika ayehe, unene tuu kAanamibia, ya
readSwapo ina gwanitha po shoka u uvaneke oshigwana, Ulenga ta ti
27-05-2009
AALELI yongundu tayi pangele yo Swapo oya longitha oomvula 19 okukukala ashike taya iyambapaleke, pehala lyokuyambulapo eliko lyoshilongo, Omuwiliki gwo Congress of Democrats (CoD), Ben Ulenga, osho a
readVan Rensburg a pewa 15
27-05-2009
OMUKALUMO gumwe gwomondoolopa ya Koes, Willem van Rensburg, okwa pewa egeelo lyoomvula 15 mokakuma sho a kwatwa koonkondo okakadhona okashona.Egeelo ndika okwe li pewa mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa po
readClash Of The Titans
27-05-2009
ROME – A look at the formations, strengths and weaknesses of Barcelona and Manchester United ahead of the Champions League final at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico tonight. FORMATIONS: It would be a big
readRobben Islanders ‘fleeced’
27-05-2009
WHAT was supposed to be a retirement benefit for 62 of Namibia’s freedom fighters, imprisoned on Robben Island during the apartheid era, has turned into a legal quagmire in the wake of the collapse of
readEpic showdown in Rome
27-05-2009
ROME – When two of the world’s best players face off in tonight’s Champions League final, the men charged with stopping Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi know there is no room for error.Defending
readSMSes for Wednesday 27 May 2009
27-05-2009
* MEMBERS of Parliament are always saying the GRN should come up with a strategy on how to create job opportunities. As an unemployed Unam graduate I would like to know who is the GRN? What if every
readDefiant North Korea fires two more rockets
27-05-2009
SEOUL – North Korea, defiant in the face of international condemnation of its latest nuclear test, fired two more short-range missiles off its east coast yesterday and accused the United States of
readBoN and banks to tackle rate spread
27-05-2009
THE high interest rate commercial banks charge their clients will be discussed next week at a meeting between the Bank of Namibia (BoN) and the Bankers’ Association of Namibia (BAN). BoN Corporate
readNoteable Quotes
27-05-2009
THE outcome would be visual hallucinations of a small humanoid with a large head, big eyes and a small body. – South Afrian neuroscientists explaining what they believe causes belief in the tokoloshe
readPolitics provide punchline on TV puppet show
27-05-2009
NAIROBI – The president snoozes in his office by a tottering stack of papers in his in-tray. The prime minister lounges in a toilet with a red carpet leading to its door. Cabinet ministers take pot
readGovt embarks on decentralisation of functions
27-05-2009
AFTER four years of preparation and training, Government will soon start decentralising some functions from 10 ministerial headquarters to the 13 regions.Speaking at a workshop yesterday, the Director
readMS sufferer conquers Mount Everest
27-05-2009
TODAY is World Multiple Sclerosis Day to raise awareness of the crippling disease and raise funds for MS research. American climber Lori Schneider (52) last week became the first person with
readUnam SRC on ‘warpath’
27-05-2009
WAR was declared on all and sundry at the University of Namibia yesterday when the institution’s Student Representative Council (SRC) lashed out and set deadlines for developments they want to see
read‘Struggle kids’ want to return to Angola
27-05-2009
THE ‘children of the liberation struggle’ camping at the Swapo headquarters in Katutura have reiterated their call to be returned to Angola.Speaking to The Namibian last week, the demonstrating
readBureaucracy to blame for white elephant
27-05-2009
WITH dilapidation and disrepair having already set in at what was touted as a ‘world-class’ facility, Swakopmund’s N$22 million sport stadium is fast becoming a very costly white elephant. And the
readNamibia intensifies flu vigilance
27-05-2009
HEALTH workers will be stationed at Hosea Kutako International Airport from Friday to increase vigilance against a possible outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.The nurses and public health assistants will
readSome light shed on mystery ballot boxes
27-05-2009
THE shroud of mystery over several ballot boxes of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) found in a storeroom of the Windhoek Central Police station was lifted slightly yesterday when The Namibian
readCorruption march tomorrow
27-05-2009
PEOPLE wishing to support the ‘Great Walk Against Corruption’ tomorrow will have to be up bright and early, with buses departing for the starting point at 06h30.The long-awaited march was the
readBanks drop rates
27-05-2009
COMMERCIAL banks have finally started competing against each other with their prime lending rates, as pressure from the Bank of Namibia (BoN) for lower interest rates mounts.In a historic move,
readNyae-Nyae grass not so green
27-05-2009
THE grass isn’t always greener on the other side ... of the veterinary cordon fence! At least not for the livestock of farmers from Gam who illegally cut through the fence and moved into the Nyae-Nyae
readEmployee admits 407 fraud counts
27-05-2009
AFTER committing fraud 349 times during her employment with one of Windhoek’s largest vehicle dealerships, Welinda Fortuin did not lose her stride as she started working for another car dealer in the
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