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51 Articles found on Monday, 2 November 2009
I was too confident: Manuel
02-11-2009
IT appeared that he had been “rather too confident” about economic recovery this time last year, Planning Minister Trevor Manuel said yesterday.He was speaking in Cape Town two days after Finance
readTime for a shareholder revolt
02-11-2009
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - There are encouraging signs that shareholders are becoming more assertive in defending their interests.The Financial Times reported on Monday that some of Britain’s largest
readNigeria bad bank could soak up US$2,7 billion
02-11-2009
CAPE TOWN - Nigeria’s central bank hopes legislation will be in place by the end of the year for an asset management firm which could absorb up to 400 billion naira (US$2,7 billion) in bad bank loans,
readBanks vie to float SA hospital chain
02-11-2009
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG - The owners of Life Healthcare, one of South Africa’s biggest private hospital operators, are considering pitches from investment banks to take the company public, people familiar
readGhana oil refinery’s debt woes in the past
02-11-2009
TEMA - Ghana’s only oil refinery, virtually shuttered since February due to a big debt burden, will restart tomorrow and stay running, the plant’s director said yesterday.A financial restructuring
readRwanda eyes tax cuts to promote stock market
02-11-2009
KIGALI - Rwanda has proposed legislation to cut a range of corporate taxes aimed at encouraging companies to list on the stock market it aims to launch by the end of the year, an official said.Oliver
readZim deports UN investigator to South Africa
02-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwean immigration officials barred the United Nations’ torture investigator from entering their country and returned him to South Africa yesterday, an act he termed a “serious
readLuxury brands hunt for untapped markets
02-11-2009
PARIS - With spending on luxury goods down across the developed world in the economic crisis, luxury brands are increasingly looking far beyond the chic avenues of New York, London or Paris for
readAustralia central bank linked to new banknote scandal
02-11-2009
SYDNEY - Australia’s central bank Friday remained tight-lipped about a police probe of a banknote company it partly owns, after a report the firm paid millions of dollars in kickbacks in
readRio aims to mend ties with China, doubles capex
02-11-2009
LONDON - Mining group Rio Tinto sees mending relations with China, its biggest customer and shareholder, as a top priority after a year of tensions.“I made a personal commitment to ensure that our
readUK to shake up banking, 100s of branches for sale
02-11-2009
LONDON - The Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in exchange for the public aid they received during the
readFirst Quantum must pay Congo US$6m damages
02-11-2009
KINSHASA – First Quantum Minerals must pay Congo US$6 million in damages over three failed lawsuits it filed against the government and state agencies after a mining project was cancelled, court
readPunyu Group’s Shikale dies
02-11-2009
THE owner of the Punyu Group of companies in the North, Jairus Shikale, died in the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital on Thursday night at the age of 59.Shikale, also known as Punyu, had been suffering
readBad drivers? Blame their genes
02-11-2009
WASHINGTON – No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you – he cannot help it, US researchers reported on Wednesday.They found that people with a particular gene
readSudanese register for first vote in 24 years
02-11-2009
KHARTOUM – Voter registration for Sudan’s first presidential and legislative elections in nearly a quarter of a century, due to be held in April, kicked off yesterday.“Voter registration has started
readZimbabwe: Mugabe takes sharp dig at Tsvangirai
02-11-2009
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe took a sharp dig at his estranged governing partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday, but said they were still allies in Zimbabwe’s troubled
readChina to map out Africa strategy at forum in Egypt
02-11-2009
BEIJING – China will set the future direction of its burgeoning ties with Africa at a multinational forum in Egypt this month, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi was quoted as saying yesterday.Premier Wen
readAfghan challenger drops out of run-off election
02-11-2009
KABUL – President Hamid Karzai’s challenger withdrew yesterday from next weekend’s run-off election, effectively handing the incumbent a victory but raising doubts about the credibility of the
readPolice: Bicycle bomb kills 5 in southern Iraq
02-11-2009
BAGHDAD – A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people and wounded dozens in southern Iraq yesterday, and at least five others were killed in violence across the country, police said.The bloodshed
readUS to end travel ban on HIV-positive visitors: Obama
02-11-2009
WASHINGTON - The United States is poised to lift a decades-old ban on HIV-positive visitors from abroad that was based on fear and ignorance of the facts, President Barack Obama said on
readRussian military plane crashes, 11 dead
02-11-2009
MOSCOW - A Russian heavy-lift military cargo plane crashed on take-off yesterday in Siberia, killing all 11 crew members on board, officials said.The crash was the second accident in less than a month
readClinton arrives in Morocco on Mideast peace push
02-11-2009
MARRAKECH – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived yesterday in the Moroccan city of Marrakech on the next stop in her diplomatic mission to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process.In
readTutekula a pewa Omambo 12000 ku Wawa Motors Company
02-11-2009
EHANGANO li na sha nesiloshimpwiyu lyaanona, unene mboka yoothigwa naamboka ya mona iihuna lyedhina Tutekula Children Organisation, tali adhika moHangwena mewiliko lya meme Eunice Heita na meme Mirjam
readIilando ya pumbwa okwiiyutha kelunduluko lyombepo
02-11-2009
IILANDO yAfrica mbyoka yi li komunkulofuta oya pumbwa oku tameka okweetapo omalunduluko okwiiyutha kelunduluko lyonkalo yombepo yuuyuni nena.Shika osha li sha popiwa poshigongi ilonga shi na sha
readAanulema yomeho taya hogololo pa ku guma
02-11-2009
OKOMISI Yomahogololo yaNamibia oya ti ota yi longo nuudhiginini opo yi pitike aanuulema womeho ya vule okuhogolola ku yo yene tashi ti, itaa ya ambidhidhwa ngaashi shakala hashi ningwa omathimbo ga
readEnkondopeko lyaakiintu oshipatululo kekoko lyomahupilo
02-11-2009
EKOKO lyomahupilo guuyuni neshonopeko lyoluhepo muuyuni ota li vulika ngele aakiintu oya pewa oompito ya kuthe ombinga mokuninga omatokolo, oya nkondopekwa pamahupilo na oye na oompito oku indila
readOlutu lunasha nelongo lyaSan lwa yumudhwapo
02-11-2009
IILYO yoshigwana shaaSan moNamibia oya yumudha po olutu lwelongo moshitopolwa ndoka lwa li lwa mwena uule woomvula dhontumba.Ongundu wiliki yehangano lyedhina Southern Africa San Education Forum)
readOombudhi tadhi longo oonomola dhootekisa dhiifundja
02-11-2009
OOMBUDHI odha tameka oku hambula oonomola dhiifundja dhotekisa sho ethimbo lyokutulako omandhindhiliko ngaka kiiyenditho yokututa aantu konyala lya hulu pehulilo lyomwedhi gwa yi.(31 Kotoba
readIimaliwa yekwathelo lyuunamiti kaavu yepangelo
02-11-2009
EPANGELO olya tula oodola oomiliona 10 pooha oku za omumvo ta gu ya opo li kwathele aavu mboka ha ya futilwa kepangelo uuna ya pumbwa uunamiti wopaulumompumbwe.Okabinete okazimine edhikopo
readMoses, Van Staden win top sport awards
02-11-2009
BOXER Paulus Moses and mountain bike rider Heletje van Staden won the Namibia Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards at the MTC NSC Sport Award Function on Friday evening.Moses became the WBA
readBoland beat Namibia in thriller
02-11-2009
BOLAND beat Namibia by three wickets in a thrilling CSA One Day limited-overs match at the Wanderers field on Saturday.Namibia batted first and reached a small total of 184/9 off their 40 overs. It
readLiverpool have two sent off in defeat at Fulham
02-11-2009
LIVERPOOL had two players sent off and suffered a sixth loss in seven games with a 3-1 defeat at Fulham on a Saturday of red cards in the Premier League.Defenders Philipp Degen and Jamie Carragher
readChiefs in hot water
02-11-2009
KAIZER Chiefs can expect a call-up to the Premier Soccer League’s disciplinary committee after what appears to have been a childish display in the dressing room that forced the kick-off of Saturday’s
readFootball Results
02-11-2009
Saturday October 31, Premier League Burnley 2-0 Hull Man Utd 2-0 Blackburn Everton 1-1 Aston Villa Sunderland 2-2 West Ham Portsmouth 4-0 Wigan Stoke 2-2 Wolves Arsenal 3-0
readBlue Bulls win Currie Cup to make it a double
02-11-2009
THE Blue Bulls won the Currie Cup at Loftus when they beat the Free State Cheetahs 36-24 in a lively and high-scoring final in which they controlled matters from the outset and were never behind.The
readUushona wins WBO African interim welterweight title
02-11-2009
TYSON Uushona won the WBO African interim welterweight title when he beat South Africa’s Colin Mayisela on a unanimous points decision on Saturday night.Uushona was pushed all the way by the tough
readWallabies on the ropes as horror run continues
02-11-2009
AUSTRALIA were struggling to paper over the cracks after suffering their seventh straight defeat by New Zealand in their Bledisloe Cup test in Tokyo.The All Blacks won Saturday’s game 32-19 to
readSMSes Of Monday 2 November 2009
02-11-2009
* YES, the elephants were here first. I wonder whether we don’t have commercial or plastic conservationists who advise Government to cull, hunt or auction off wildlife. We don’t need fair and
readMurder at nurses’ home
02-11-2009
A LARGE crowd of shocked health workers flocked to the Nurses’ Home at the Central State Hospital yesterday as news of a colleague’s murder spread. A young radiographer, Hileni Enkono, was found dead
readCrunch time for Kimberley Process
02-11-2009
AS members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme convene in Swakopmund today for a Plenary Meeting that will last until Thursday, various human rights groups calling for the suspension of
readNBC axes free election airtime
02-11-2009
AN attempt by the Congress of Democrats and Rally for Democracy and Progress to get the High Court to order the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation to provide equal free airtime to political parties’
readWomen politicians visit The Namibian
02-11-2009
Women representatives on the party lists of Namibia’s various political parties on Friday visited The Namibian’s headquarters in Windhoek, as part of a Genderlinks workshop on Gender, Media and
readPolitical parties ponder homosexuality
02-11-2009
VARIOUS political parties last week set out their position on homosexuality – a subject often regarded as taboo. The topic has enjoyed very little, if any, discussion in the National Assembly at
readLocal Authorities to step up performance
02-11-2009
NAMIBIA can soon expect improved service delivery from its various local authorities, following the launch of the Performance Management Development Project this week. The project, which aims to
readPohamba warns against tribalism and violence
02-11-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has warned Swapo supporters against tribalism. “Tribalism is the most dangerous thing. We should avoid it,” Pohamba said when addressing a Swapo Party rally at
readThe race for second place
02-11-2009
NAMIBIA’S main opposition political parties say they are gunning for nothing less than a victory in this month’s presidential and general but analysts believe the race is actually for second place,
read‘Drunken stupor’ robbery suspect wins appeal
02-11-2009
AFTER more than six and a half years in prison, the conviction and 20-year jail term of a man who claimed to have been fast asleep while an armed robbery was taking place around him was set aside in a
readNoteable Quotes
02-11-2009
IT is me in the sex video and I’m very, very sorry that I lied. Please forgive me. – Former Springbok Joost van der Westhuizen has confessed to Rapport newspaper that it was him in the controversial
readMoses, Van Staden win top sport awards
02-11-2009
BOXER Paulus Moses and mountain bike rider Heletje van Staden won the Namibia Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards at the MTC NSC Sport Award Function on Friday evening. Moses became the WBA
readEddie’s HOH!
02-11-2009
NOT since Stefan Ludik in the very first of the popular Big Brother Africa reality series has a Namibian housemate captured the hearts of viewers across the continent. Eddie is original, fun and cool
readErongo Trade Expo important for regional development
02-11-2009
FIRST impressions by organisers, exhibitors and local political leaders of this year’s Erongo Trade Expo was that it was a major improvement compared to previous years. The expo was opened, along
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