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46 Articles found on Thursday, 19 November 2009
Reserve Bank will not weaken rand
19-11-2009
SOUTH Africa’s central bank will not attempt to weaken the rand. That was the clear message on Tuesday from the new Reserve Bank governor, Gill Marcus, in the face of increasing pressure to curb the
readBidvest boss rails against BEE lock-ins
19-11-2009
BIDVEST chairman Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday launched a fierce assault on black economic empowerment (BEE ) lock-in agreements, saying they inhibited black access to profit.“They... hinder black
readDiamond cartel bans Zim diamonds
19-11-2009
HARARE - An international network of companies providing services that support the development of fair and competitive diamond and jewellery markets, announced Monday that it was banning trade on all
readGlobal currency basket must have yuan
19-11-2009
THE need for greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely, as it has done since the end of the gold standard, on a currency issued by a single country, the head of the IMF has
readExtract scouts for partners for Rössing South
19-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Namibia-focused explorer Extract Resources is looking for strategic partners for the development of its Rössing South uranium project and said that interested parties had to submit
readZambia seeks new long-term oil supplier
19-11-2009
LUSAKA – Zambia has invited bids for the supply of 1,4 million tonnes of crude oil over a two-year period ahead of the expiry next month of a deal with Kuwait’s International Petroleum Group (IPG),
readUS president warns of double-dip recession
19-11-2009
BEIJING – President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising US deficits, saying yesterday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a
readLessons from the crisis: Re-educate the geeks
19-11-2009
TORONTO - The world may have already moved on, but quantitative finance guru Paul Wilmott is undaunted in his quest to save the global financial system from mindless mathematicians.In North America
readBuying of developing countries’ farmland slows
19-11-2009
ROME – The pace at which investors in richer countries have been buying farmland in developing nations has slowed with the fall in food prices this year from peaks hit in 2008, United Nations farming
readObama wraps up China trip
19-11-2009
BEIJING – US President Barack Obama wrapped up his first trip to China yesterday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who said the two nations were better off as partners not rivals, and visiting the Great
readSA bridge arrest: Dad praises police
19-11-2009
DURBAN - The father of Durban teacher Kavisha Seevnarain, who was thrown off a bridge at the weekend, has praised the police for arresting three suspects.Three men, one of them a teenager, were
read‘Guinea can avert collapse’
19-11-2009
LONDON - Sierra Leone, trying to rebuild an economy shattered by a decade-long civil war, is confident neighbouring Guinea can avert collapse and will not destabilise the fragile West African region,
readSomali woman stoned to death for adultery
19-11-2009
MOGADISHU – A judge for an Islamic militant group in Somalia says a woman has been stoned to death and her boyfriend given 100 lashes for having an affair.Sheikh Ibrahim Abdirahman, the judge for the
readHutu rebels denounce leaders’ arrests
19-11-2009
NAIROBI – Rwandan Hutu rebels yesterday denounced the arrest in Germany of two of their leaders on suspicion of crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Ignace
readAanona yomekondjo po Kandjengedi
19-11-2009
AANONA ya valelwa mekondjelomanguluko ye li 119 lwaampoka, mboka omasiku ga zi ko ye ya ishewe pOmbelewa onene yOswapo pu Kandjengedi mOshakati moShana, metiyali oya gandja enyenyeto lyawo kOshifo
readOprojeka ya Ndonga Linena ya tameke iilonga
19-11-2009
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa egulula oprojeka yuunamapya ya Ndonga Linena oshiwike sha yi. Oprojeka ndjika oyi li ookilometa 80 kuuzilo wa Rundu.Oya li yi na okutameka iilonga yawo oomvula
readShoka SWANU taka ninga po nge okwa hogololwa
19-11-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi shAatoolinkundana pOutapi moMusati meti 11 Novemba 2009, Omupresidende gwo SWANU omusamane Usutuaije Maamberua, okwa ti kutya shampa ashike oSwanu ya hogololwa
readOongundu dhopolitika noluhepo
19-11-2009
OONGUNDU dhopolitika 11 odha popi omathaneko gadho nkene tadhi ka kondjitha uuthigona nokwaathikepamwe ngele odha pewa epangelo momahogololo tage ya pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka.Herbert Jauch gwehangano
readEtuntilo lyokakwenyene lya tameke mo Khomas
19-11-2009
UUMINISTELI Wuukalinawa owa tameke etuntilo moshitopolwa sha Khomas metitatu.Etuntilo ota li ningwa opo pu kondjithwe oshikwenyene shoka shi li moshitopolwa shika, onkene aakuluntu mboka ye na aanona
readFNB ita gandja we omukuli molw- olusheno lwetango
19-11-2009
OMBAANGA yOtango yopashigwana itayi gandja we manga omikuli dholusheno lwetango.Omuwiliki gwombaanga ndjika ena sha nehumithokomeho, Danny Titus okwa lombwele Othe Namibian kutya “omaindilo omape ita
readYouth Olympic wildcard for Solomons
19-11-2009
THE first ever Youth Olympic Games will be held in August 2010 in Singapore and a young trampoline star from Walvis Bay will represent Namibia with the universality place in trampoline.Michel’le
readMayweather for Pacquiao
19-11-2009
LOS ANGELES – Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather would begin negotiations on a mega-blockbuster fight within the next 24 hours, USA Today newspaper reported this week.Mayweather told the paper that
readSA seek to end losing streak
19-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will seek to end a five-match losing streak when they meet England in the first one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium tomorrow.South Africa were beaten 4-0 by
readTigers to hunt for Rammies
19-11-2009
TIGERS and Ramblers will have an equal chance to come away with wins, judging from their strength, when they meet in an MTC Premiership encounter at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Kick-off is at
readButton signs for McLaren
19-11-2009
LONDON – Jenson Button will partner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren next season in an All-British line-up of champions, the Formula One team said yesterday.The announcement of the multi-year deal completes
readBoks fired up for Italy after defeat
19-11-2009
LONDON – There were South African celebrations at Wembley on Tuesday night but they were not coming from the touring Springboks after the world champions’ second string were beaten by English club
readSMSes Of Thursday 19 November 2009
19-11-2009
* FELLOW Namibians please take note that elections are not about which political party wins but whether you win by voting for a certain political party. Elections are about what benefit we individuals
readFight climate change with free condoms, says UN
19-11-2009
LONDON – The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the UN Population Fund said
readPests on the move
19-11-2009
A LOOK at some other pests that are benefiting or could benefit from global warming:• Ticks that transmit Lyme disease are spreading northward into Sweden and Canada, once too cold for them. • Giant
readJellyfish swarm north as the world heats up
19-11-2009
KOKONOGI, Japan – A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled
readSADC observers say they’re not here ‘to police Namibia’
19-11-2009
CONTESTING political parties and voters should bear in mind that elections are not a time to view each other as enemies, but as competitors because all involved in the elections are compatriots, the
readPolice officer’s double murder trial postponed
19-11-2009
THE trial of a Policeman accused of murdering two women – and raping one of them – at Sesfontein in the Kunene Region in early 2005 failed to start as scheduled in the High Court at Oshakati this week
readHotel bailout pays off
19-11-2009
BUSINESS mind Sven Thieme yesterday once more showed that he has earned his title as ‘Mr Fix-it’ when, as Windhoek Country Club and Resorts (WCCR) Chairman, he presented Government with a dividend
readSpotlight falls on the role of public broadcasting
19-11-2009
MEDIA reform in the coming years needs to focus on the future of public broadcasting in Namibia and legislation on access to information. This was one of the findings of the Namibian edition of the
readCoD queries voters’ roll
19-11-2009
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) says it will appoint independent auditors and lawyers to study the voters’ roll, which it says contains discrepancies.The CoD says it wants to get an informed opinion
readMan caught with gems
19-11-2009
A 33-year-old man was arrested at Karasburg on Thursday in connection with the illegal possession of rough diamonds.He was caught while allegedly trying to sell seven of the diamonds, of unknown
readHoniball excels in SA Cup
19-11-2009
NAMIBIA’S top male gymnast Robert Honiball excelled at the SA Cup international gymnastics competition in Centurion, South Africa, by winning five medals and finishing second overall.Honiball was
readSierra Leone appeals for investment
19-11-2009
LONDON – Sierra Leone appealed yesterday for increased foreign investment, portraying itself as a country fast recovering from a brutal civil war, in a trade forum backed by former British premier
readIsrael fends off criticism of settlement expansion
19-11-2009
JERUSALEM – Israel yesterday defended its move to build hundreds of new homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem amid warnings that it was undermining US-led efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks.US
readBig Brother Africa 4: House of Conspiracies!
19-11-2009
TUESDAY and yesterday were all about testing scientific theories and discussing conspiracy theories. No different from most days in the Big Brother house – except the conspiracies are part of the
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
19-11-2009
A SELECTION of some of the weird and wonderful messages from BBA viewers across Africa which appear on the BBA TV text strip:* Awaken the third force! Mzamo, Nkenna or Geraldine for the US$200 000. *
readGeingob incited murder, charges RDP
19-11-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has accused Swapo Party vice president Hage Geingob of inciting political assassination.A statement issued by RDP Secretary General Jesaya Nyamu objected to
readOne killed as chopper goes down
19-11-2009
A HELICOPTER training flight ended in a deadly crash between Windhoek and Okahandja yesterday afternoon.In the second fatal aircraft accident in the Windhoek area in four days, a young student pilot
readFears over voters’ roll
19-11-2009
QUESTIONS continue to haunt the final voters’ roll made available to political parties on Saturday and one opposition party has already sent a letter to the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)
readBoosting entrepreneurs, making a difference
19-11-2009
DURING the week of November 16 to 22, millions of people in 85 countries are participating in over 25 000 events in support Global Entrepreneurship Week.Global Entrepreneurship Week is a time
readNoteable Quotes
19-11-2009
THE e-mail looked genuine and authentic. – A Keetmanshoop businessmen who responded to a message he thought was from his bank and transferred N$180 000 to another bank in a scam. The money was
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