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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Summit leaves ANC as policy driver
17-11-2009
THE ANC and its alliance partners ended a three-day summit on Sunday in which the economic policy direction was the major issue of difference, but the party appears to have held its ground with
readSA rand weaker against dollar ahead of central bank meeting
17-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s rand weakened slightly against the dollar yesterday ahead of a central bank monetary policy meeting and after the ruling ANC and its alliance said it would look at
readWith Playboy sale, an icon bows to changing times
17-11-2009
LOS ANGELES - Playboy founder Hugh Hefner changed American pop culture, one centrefold at a time.With his Playboy Enterprises Inc in talks to be sold for about US$300 million, the 83 year-old Hefner
readGaddafi asks food summit to stop Africa land grab
17-11-2009
ROME - Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a UN hunger summit yesterday, describing it as “new feudalism” which could spread to
readChina trade official plays down talk of yuan shift
17-11-2009
BEIJING - Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Chen Jian on Sunday played down talk of a shift in the central bank’s currency policy as well as mounting expectations of a rise in the yuan’s exchange
readChinese keen on Skorpion
17-11-2009
SEVERAL Chinese metal firms, including China Minmetals Corporation, are in the fray to acquire Anglo American’s divested zinc assets including Namibia’s Skorpion zinc mine, the China Daily reported
readChina hits out at US ‘protectionism’
17-11-2009
BEIJING – China yesterday accused the United States of increasing protectionism and said American calls to let the yuan rise were “unfair”, as US President Barack Obama visited the Asian giant.The
readGazprom to get shares in Kudu
17-11-2009
A NEW developing licence for the Kudu gas field, which is likely to feature Russian natural gas giant Gazprom as a shareholder alongside existing partners Tullow Oil, Itochu Corporation and Namcor,
readPresident Obama to China: Uncensored society is healthy
17-11-2009
BEIJING – President Barack Obama pointedly nudged China yesterday to stop censoring Internet access, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House and suggesting Beijing
readBangladesh’s arsenic poisoning mystery solved
17-11-2009
PARIS – Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published on Sunday.For nearly three decades scientists have struggled to
readGraft: Ex-minister on trial
17-11-2009
MAPUTO – An ex-transport minister and three former airport officials went on trial for corruption yesterday in Mozambique, a rare case of high-level prosecution in the graft-plagued southern African
readUN mulls exit strategy for Congo troops: diplomats
17-11-2009
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is quietly preparing an exit strategy for its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest UN peacekeeping mission in the world, diplomats and officials
readSwapo a pewa esindano kaakwati yoohi naaNamibia ye li pondje
17-11-2009
ONGUNDU yoSwapo oyo ya mono omawi ogendji konima yomahogololo gaakwati yoohi naaNamibia mboka ye li pondje yoshilongo ga ningilwe etitano lya ziko.Nonando Okomisi Yomahogololo ya Namibia oya tindi
readOndhila yimwe ya gwile pevi muumbugantu wokapale ka Eros moVenduka
17-11-2009
AANTU yatatu oya si moshiponga shondhila moVenduka Oosoondaha. Ondhila ndjoka ya shangithwa moSouth Africa oya tuka pokapale koondhila ka Eros moVenduka mondjila oku ya kOndjiva moAngola, sho ya
readEekeelelo lyokuhehela aaniilonga natango ita li tulwa miilonga
17-11-2009
EINDIKO lyelongitho lyomukalo gwokuhehela aaniilonga pakathimbo moNamibia natango ita li tulwa miilonga.Shika ita shi vulu okuningwa molwaashoka Ompangu yopombandambanda moshilongo ina yi gandja
readRDP a indile oshigwana shi imange kumwe shi etepo elunduluko
17-11-2009
OMUPEVI persidende gwo Rally for Democracy and Progess, okwa indile oshigwana sha Namibia shi imange kumwe noshi hogololele ongundu ye. Eindilo ndika okwe li ningipethimbo lyoshigongi shongundu ye
readYatano ya kwatwa meponokelo lyofaalama po Karibib
17-11-2009
OPOLISI yomErongo oya kwata po aafekelwa yatano, mboka ta ku fekelwa kutya oya kuthombinga moshiponokela pofaalama yedhina Riksburg popepi noshilando sha Karibib iiwike iyali ya piti.Moshiponokela
readEpangelo lya ulike ehangano epe lyokutala ongushu yokawe
17-11-2009
OMUKONAKONI gwongushu yokawe ngoka a ulikwa kepangelo oku li momake gaakwashigwana aaNamibia. Omutali gwongushu yokawe gwepangelo ha fupipikwa nedhina [GDV] oku li momake gaaNamibia okuudha.Ehangano
readBombosch, Adrian win in Mariental
17-11-2009
NAMIBIAN triathletes Tokkie Bombosch and Vera Adrian turned on the style when they walked away with top accolades at the popular Mariental Triathlon over the weekend.Bombosch, possibly Namibia’s most
readBoxers in Tobias camp impress at champs
17-11-2009
THE Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy clinched the Khomas Boxing Sub-Division crown after most of its boxers posted victories in the finals of the event staged in Windhoek on
readAnger grows at ‘butchered’ anthem
17-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South African rugby fans’ anger mounted yesterday at an off-key reggae singer who “butchered” their national anthem before the Springboks’ Test match defeat to France at the weekend.On
readMariental are schools’ champs
17-11-2009
MARIENTAL High School table tennis players were crowned the champions of the First National Bank inter-schools competition held at Swakopmund recently.Ten teams of three players each from schools in
readFekken wins 2009 Total Tara Rally
17-11-2009
HERGEN Fekken and co-driver Pierre Arries won the 2009 Total Tara Rally after finishing in a time of three hours 18 minutes and 19 seconds held on the outskirts of Windhoek at the weekend.The South
readSMSes Of Tuesday 17 November 2009
17-11-2009
* FOR any country to get ahead, the ruling party needs a strong opposition. And it is something African countries are failing to understand. Food For Thought * IT is hard not to conclude that the
readCity plane crash victims named
17-11-2009
THE names of the three people who were killed when a plane crashed after take-off from Windhoek’s Eros Airport on Sunday were released by the Namibian Police yesterday.The people who died in the crash
readAirNam expands service to Ghana
17-11-2009
AIR Namibia has launched a new flight service to Accra, Ghana. The move comes just weeks after Air Namibia announced a new route to Lusaka via Johannesburg.“Air Namibia is working hard on growing our
readDownload drama strikes at Telecom
17-11-2009
CLIENTS of Telecom Namibia’s Mobile Broadband deal have come to a shocking realisation – what it actually costs to download data from the Internet.Telecom launched its mobile broadband service – and
readFour-year jail term for youthful knife killing
17-11-2009
A FATAL stabbing outside a Khomasdal bar more than four and a half years ago resulted in a young Windhoek resident being jailed for four years last week.It was in the early morning hours of May 1 2005
readNamugongo trial postponed
17-11-2009
THE corruption trial of former Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo is scheduled to return to the Windhoek Regional Court near the end of January next year.Namugongo appeared
readMedia body set up
17-11-2009
THE Namibian media now have an independent self-regulating body to deal with media complaints, supported by the Editors’ Forum of Namibia.On Friday, the office of the Media Ombudsman was launched and
readRDP to lay good foundation for the future: Hamutenya
17-11-2009
RDP President Hidipo Hamutenya says the Rally for Democracy and Progress was formed to lay a strong foundation of change for the younger generation of Namibia.Addressing a well--attended rally at
read‘Don’t waste votes on losers’
17-11-2009
BRAGGING about the lead the Swapo Party had taken in the presidential and National Assembly elections after seagoing workers and Namibians living abroad cast their votes on Friday, Swapo vice
readNAU broadens its structures
17-11-2009
THE Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) has decided to broaden its structures to make it more accessible for potential new black members. This decision was based on the principle of free association
readLevies for Meat Board to change
17-11-2009
THE Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO) has submitted its proposals for the envisaged amendments to the financing of the Meat Board and the Small Stock Marketing Scheme.Recently the Meat Board
readNAU broadens its structures
17-11-2009
THE Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) has decided to broaden its structures to make it more accessible for potential new black members.This decision was based on the principle of free association where
readLevies for Meat Board to change
17-11-2009
THE Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO) has submitted its proposals for the envisaged amendments to the financing of the Meat Board and the Small Stock Marketing Scheme.Recently the Meat Board
readIrrigation project in Kavango kicks off
17-11-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba inaugurated the long-awaited Ndonga Linena irrigation project 80 kilometres east of Rundu on Friday.It was supposed to start with agricultural activities over six years
readChiefs and cleaners
17-11-2009
The Namibian newspaper of November 13 2009 reported two stories that are symbolic of the distinct class society in Namibia. On the front page, there is the story how Government tapped into a
readMedia Ombudsman: A Worthy Experiment
17-11-2009
THE Editor’s Forum of Namibia has launched the Media Ombudsman portfolio through which the public will air concerns about the role and activities of the media as well as facilitate the process through
readAochamub urges change in golf
17-11-2009
LOCAL golf administrators have received an earful from their main sponsor, MTC, which has demanded to see real transformation taking place in the code.MTC spokesman Albertus Aochamub said at the close
readAfrican Peer Review: Where does Namibia fit in?
17-11-2009
SEVEN years after it was established at the inaugural African Union (AU) Summit in Durban in July 2002, how has the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) – the continent’s voluntary home-grown
readOz apologises to abused children
17-11-2009
CANBERRA – Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday made an emotional apology to half-a-million “Forgotten Australians” who faced sexual abuse, violence and forced labour in childcare homes over a period
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
17-11-2009
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages appearing on the BBA TV text strip:* Biggie, please bring Jacob Zuma as a guest [to the BBA house] next week. * I’m sure God must be tired of
readBig Brother Africa 4: Die Chuck Norris, die!
17-11-2009
WHO the heck does Chuck Norris think he is?! Really. Truly. How could he let Leo see his Nel? It’s just not on. Yeah peeps, on Sunday a bit of the Chuck Norris legend shrivelled up and died.He hung
readBig Brother Africa 4: So Long, Leo
17-11-2009
LEONEL and Mzamo, sharing a bed. K-I-S-S-I-N-G and having S-E-!!! Hold it, according to Leonel, nothing happened between him and Mzamo. BBA nation, the man lied (oops) … told The Namibian yesterday
readECN expresses a view on political violence
17-11-2009
JUST three days before the arrival of foreign election observers in Namibia, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has found its voice and condemned incidents of political violence that have
read‘Unequal party coverage bad for elections’
17-11-2009
Swapo 83% RDP 8% APP 6% DTA 1,5% Nudo 1,5%NEWS coverage of political parties by the NBC is continuing to irk opposition parties in the run-up to next week’s elections. The Nudo Party Youth League
readOhorongo secures EU loan
17-11-2009
OHORONGO yesterday secured nearly N$1 billion of the required N$2,5 billion to develop the country’s only cement factory.The money will come from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Plutarchos
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readNoteable Quotes
17-11-2009
WE say to them: Hell, yes, you must govern. – SA Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan assuring parastatals that they had full authority to steer their companies without Government
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