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55 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Sierra Leone mulls mining reform, royalty hike
18-11-2009
FREETOWN – Sierra Leone’s parliament was to vote yesterday on a bill that would hike royalties on the extraction of diamonds, gold and other precious metals and give government the right to take a
readEx-BofA exec says no role in bonuses
18-11-2009
WASHINGTON - The deposed top attorney of Bank of America Corp. (BofA) says he played no role in drafting the bank’s agreement to allow Merrill Lynch to pay billions of dollars in bonuses to its
readSteel makers ask EU to block mining deal
18-11-2009
BRUSSELS - European steel makers called Monday on EU antitrust regulators to block a joint venture between the world’s No. 2 and No. 3 iron ore miners, BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto PLC, that they
readTruth, That Elusive Butterfly
18-11-2009
ELECTORAL conduct is a good barometer of political maturity; put simply the balance between true debate of issues and intimidatory action and the manner in which the election processes are managed
readNBL employees graduate
18-11-2009
A total of 10 employees of Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) recently graduated from various management development programmes of the University of Stellenbosch Business School.Their participation in
readJapan goes live in budget fight with bureaucrats
18-11-2009
TOKYO - Japan’s new government has found a novel way to appeal to voters worried about mounting national debt - broadcasting its clashes with bureaucrats over spending cuts live on the
readTourists return to Zimbabwe as economy recovers
18-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The number of tourists visiting Zimbabwe this year has more than tripled, a trade official said on Monday as entrepreneurs tried to lure investors to the troubled southern African
readNo rate relief from Marcus
18-11-2009
PRETORIA – South Africa’s central bank left its repo rate steady at seven per cent yesterday, as expected, on signs the economy is on course to exit recession and on worries that high power price
readXenophobia flares up in Cape
18-11-2009
CAPE TOWN – About 1 000 foreign nationals have fled informal settlements at De Doorns in the Western Cape following a flare-up of xenophobia, police said yesterday.De Doorns station commissioner Supt
readHutu leaders held in Germany
18-11-2009
BERLIN – German federal prosecutors say they have arrested two Rwandan men suspected of issuing orders to a mostly ethnic Hutu militia that carried out crimes against humanity on Democratic Republic
readScores feared dead in Myanmar ferry crash
18-11-2009
YANGON – At least 50 people are feared drowned after a packed passenger ferry crashed into an oil barge in an area of Myanmar hit by a devastating cyclone last year, local officials said yesterday.The
readTaliban blow up girls’ school in Pakistan
18-11-2009
PESHAWAR – Taliban militants blew up a girls’ school in Pakistan’s Khyber district yesterday, the third such attack in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan so far this month, officials said.An
readRotting deer carcasses in Pa. yard raise stink
18-11-2009
KITTANNING – Hundreds of rotting deer carcasses in a southwestern Pennsylvania yard are causing a stink among the neighbours.Randy Good of North Buffalo Township has a contract with the Pennsylvania
readTeachers must return to old ways
18-11-2009
CAPE TOWN – South Africa must return to tried and trusted teaching methods as Outcomes Based Education (OBE) has in many ways failed to provide pupils with essential skills, Basic Education Minister,
readMugabe defends land reforms, attacks West
18-11-2009
ROME – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe used the UN summit on world hunger yesterday to lash out at the West and defend land reforms blamed for plunging his people into starvation.Addressing the
readZambian editor cleared of porn charges
18-11-2009
LUSAKA – A Zambian newspaper editor has been acquitted of pornography charges after she e-mailed officials photos of a woman giving birth unassisted to a baby who did not survive.The photos were taken
readBangladesh twins separated in marathon surgery
18-11-2009
MELBOURNE – Australian doctors successfully separated joined-at-the-head Bangladeshi twins after more than 24 hours of surgery yesterday, describing the moment as “surreal”.Two-year-old Trishna and
readPakistan seizes main Taliban bases
18-11-2009
SARAROGHA – Pakistani forces have captured most main Taliban bases in their offensive in South Waziristan and will soon fan out into the rugged countryside to hunt for militants there, commanders said
readShip with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctic ice
18-11-2009
MOSCOW – A Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on a cruise around Antarctica has become stuck in the ice but is not in danger, a shipping company said
readMboka ya li moshiponga shondhila Osoondaha ya tseyithwa
18-11-2009
OMADHINA gaantu yatatu mboka ya si sho ondhila yawo ya ongotele pevi konima yokutuka po pokapale koondhila ka Eros moVenduka oga tseyithwa.Opolisi ya Namibia oya ti mboka ya sile moshiponga shika oyo
readOkomisi yomahogololo ya popi sha kombinga yomakuyunguto gopapolitika
18-11-2009
OKOMISI yOmahogololo yaNamibia oya pangula iingingwanima yelongitho lyoonkondo mbyoka ya tseyithwa ya ningwa miitopolwa yimwe ya Namibia iiwike ya piti. Omunashipundi shoKomisi omusamane Victor Tonchi
readOhorongo ya mono omukuli ku Europa
18-11-2009
EHANGANO lyokulonga osamende ndyoka ta li tungu omupepo gwokulonga osamende pofaalama yi li kuumbangalantu wOtavi oya mono omukuli gwoodola obiliona yimwe opo yi tsikile netungo po lyofabulika
readIna mu hepeka omawi geni
18-11-2009
OMUPEVI peresidende gwoSwapo okwa indile aahogololi ya ambidhidhe omusindani. Hage Geingob okwa ningi eindilo ndika pethimbo ta popitha oshigongi shongundu ye poLiindili osoondaha.Okwa ti
readOlutu lwiikundaneki lwa dhikwa po
18-11-2009
IIKUNDANEKI moNamibia ngashingeyi oyi na olutu lwiithikamena nota lu ipangele lwolwene. Olutu nduka olwo ta lu kala noku ungaunga nomanyenyeto ngoka ge na sha niikundaneki.Olutu ota lu yambidhidhwa
readAachina ya hala okulanda po Skorpion
18-11-2009
OMAHANGANO goomina mOchina oga hala okulanda po omina yaSkorpion Zinc. Momahangano ngaka omwa kwatelwa ehangano lya China Minmetal Corporation, pamwe nomakwawo ngoka taga lalakana okulanda po ehangano
readGazprom ta mono oshipambu moKudu gas
18-11-2009
NAMIBIA ota ka tseyitha mbala ombapila ompe yokulonga niikwamahooli.Etseyitho ndika olya tegelelwa li ka popye kutya ehangano enene ha li longo nosho okulanditha omuku noshowo iikwamuku lyoko Russia
readIilonga yomatuko ga Air Namibia ta yi tuka oku ya koGhana
18-11-2009
IILONGA yomatuko goondhila yaNamibia yedhina Air Namibia oya tseyitha ondjila ompe yomatuko okuya ko Accra sha Ghana.Shika osheya konima ashike yiiwike yontumba sho iilonga yomatuko ndhila ngaka ya
readCivics owe it to Scharnoswki
18-11-2009
CIVICS players owe it to their head coach Helmuth Scharnoswki to post a victory over Hotspurs tonight, or their chances of ending among the top at the end of the season will be under greater
readFredericks Foundation gives back
18-11-2009
THE Frank Fredericks Foundation (FFF) once again announced several scholarships worth thousands of dollars and brand-new sports equipment to athletes and schools in Namibia.This month, the foundation
readBolt hopes to take it easy
18-11-2009
MEXICO CITY - The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt, says that he intends to take his foot off the pedal in 2010.“This year [2010] will be a little strange. We’re not going to do much or try to do a
readDjokovic wins Paris thriller
18-11-2009
PARIS - Third-seeded Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) victory over local favourite Gael Monfils to win the Paris Masters for the first time in his career on Sunday.The 22-year-old Serb
readBallack out, Drogba facing fitness battle
18-11-2009
BERLIN - Germany captain Michael Ballack is out of today’s friendly against the Ivory Coast while the Elephants skipper Didier Drogba is battling to be fit to face the mourning Germans.The entire
readBeckham left off MLS team
18-11-2009
LOS ANGELES - David Beckham may have led the Los Angeles Galaxy to the MLS championship game but he was left off the league’s all-star squad on Monday.While Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan and
readOtjozondjupa elects new football chiefs
18-11-2009
THE Otjozondjupa Football League recently elected its new leadership for the 2009/2010 football season.The league held its annual general meeting under the auspices of the Namibia Football Association
readPremiership to advertise chief executive post again
18-11-2009
THE Namibian Premier League yesterday announced that they will re-advertise the position of chief executive officer after the preferred candidate, Mathew Haikali turned down the offer.NPL spokeswoman,
readState sports funding is ‘peanuts’
18-11-2009
SPORTS Deputy Minister Pohamba Shifeta described the current funding to sport from State coffers as ‘peanuts’, saying that something drastic needs to be done to address this ‘injustice’ to the
readSMSes Of Wednesday 18 November 2009
18-11-2009
* THE Government wants the SME sector to grow, but they take two months or longer to pay small amounts, but require prompt service. The Government is killing my business as without prompt payments no
readRelief, rain before weekend
18-11-2009
TEMPERATURES in Windhoek have soared as high as 36,1 degrees – in the shade – in the last few days. However, some relief is on the horizon. Riaan van Zyl of the Windhoek Meteorological Office
readPolitical parties talk poverty and inequality
18-11-2009
IN one of the few political debates to have taken place in the run-up to elections next week, 11 of Namibia’s 13 political parties on Monday discussed poverty and inequality.Herbert Jauch of the
readMore polling results from abroad
18-11-2009
MORE preliminary results of votes cast by Namibians abroad on Friday have been obtained with these results now almost complete. Votes from two towns in Zimbabwe are still outstanding.Swapo won the
readRDP worried about ‘repeat voting’
18-11-2009
THE opposition Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) is concerned that Namibians who cast their votes on Friday might vote again at the end of the month unless the Electoral Commission of Namibia
readShotgun murder trial ‘confession’ ruled out
18-11-2009
AN ALLEGED confession made by a Windhoek resident who is accused of murdering his older brother with a shotgun last year, cannot be used as evidence in his trial, it was ruled in the High Court in
readFNB backs out of solar funding
18-11-2009
First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) said it will no longer process new applications for its low-cost funding of solar system.FNB’s Manager: Business Development Danny Titus, told The Namibian late
readInternet scam claims victim in South
18-11-2009
A KEETMANSHOOP businessman has fallen victim to a new internet banking scam.The businessman, who preferred not to be named, said the internet banking scammers intercepted his one-time internet
readMbok land sale postponed again
18-11-2009
THE case about the sale of 50 hectares of Helao Nafidi town land close to the Angolan border by Cameroonian would-be developer Antoine Mbok to a British company was yet again postponed in the Windhoek
readArmed hold-up
18-11-2009
AN armed robbery took place in Windhoek’s Academia suburb at about 03h00 on Sunday.The Police reported that four suspects cut the burglar bars of the kitchen. The owner was held at gunpoint and tied
readNo Fear: Hitman
18-11-2009
NAMIBIAN lightweight world boxing boxing champion, Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses says he fears no-one when he enters the ring, including the famous Mexican fighter Marco Antonio Barrera, who he is set to meet
readBillions flow for Ohorongo Cement
18-11-2009
THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) are officially on board to develop Namibia’s only cement factory, and have approved
readPirates free 36 hostages
18-11-2009
MOGADISHU – Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler yesterday after holding them for more than six weeks.A self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3,3 million in ransom,
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
18-11-2009
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages appearing on the BBA TV text strip:* The day Emma wins Big Brother, pigs will fly. * If Emma and Leo came to the house for romance, then let the
readBig Brother Africa 4: The Industrial Revolution
18-11-2009
BY now, we all know that Angola’s Emma and Nigerian Geraldine are up for possible eviction this week.Originally, Emma and Itai were nominated by housemates but Itai, as Head of House (obviously) saved
readMeasles Vaccination Campaign starts in Khomas Region today!
18-11-2009
The Ministry of Health and Social Services begins a measles vaccination drive in the Khomas Region today, and is calling on the parents of all children aged six- to 59 months (just under five years
readBrigadier in the dock over embassy crash
18-11-2009
A CRASH into the boundary wall of the Finnish Embassy in Windhoek in the early morning hours of Monday landed retired Namibia Defence Force Brigadier Mathias Shiweda in the dock in the Windhoek
readNamibia ‘highly corrupt’
18-11-2009
NAMIBIA is still regarded as a highly corrupt country worldwide, the latest report of Transparency International (TI) shows.Like last year and in 2007, Namibia again scored 4,5 points on TI’s
readNoteable Quotes
18-11-2009
IT’S partly a question of dignity. – A Western diplomat on the view of Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, who wants the United Nations peacekeepers out of his country in time for
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