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43 Articles found on Monday, 23 November 2009
Keetmans business meeting flops
23-11-2009
THE Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s efforts to boost growth at Keetmanshoop through a public-private dialogue (PPD) suffered a blow because of a low turnout at a local business forum on
readEast Africa trade bloc approves common market deal
23-11-2009
NAIROBI – Heads of state from the East African Community (EAC) trade bloc signed a common market protocol on Friday that they hope will boost commerce between their five countries when it comes into
readRand falls on lower risk appetite
23-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s rand gave up some ground against the dollar on Friday, largely reflecting a dip in investors’ appetite for risk, while stocks fell across the board, tracking lower world
readChinese yuan seen 20 per cent undervalued
23-11-2009
HONG KONG - China’s yuan is undervalued by 20 per cent, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, highlighting the case of President Barack Obama who last week pressed Beijing to allow the currency to rise.The
readOfficial Chinese paper spurns calls for currency shift
23-11-2009
BEIJING – US pressure on China to raise the value of its currency amounts to Washington abdicating responsibility for ballooning deficits and would impede global economic recovery, an official Chinese
readSasol to cut emissions, invest in solar power
23-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Petrochemicals group Sasol, the world’s leader in making motor fuel from coal, plans to reduce its carbon footprint by capturing its emissions, producing solar power and making its
readCosatu meets to review strategy
23-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s powerful Cosatu trade union federation meets next week to take stock of its relations with the ruling ANC and progress made in economic restructuring to benefit the
readIndonesian ferry sinks; 25 dead, over 240 rescued
23-11-2009
JAKARTA - Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank yesterday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 25 people have died, officials said.Search
readJackson’s glove sells for $350 000 at auction
23-11-2009
NEW YORK - Michael Jackson’s famous white glove sold for $350 000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour
readIN BRIEFS
23-11-2009
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets * JERUSALEM - Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early yesterday in what the military said
readUN condemns attacks on Zim workers in SA
23-11-2009
The UN has condemned attacks against Zimbabweans seeking work in South African vineyards, which it says have driven 3 000 people from their homes.Local farm workers accused the Zimbabweans near Cape
readSomalia to join child rights pact
23-11-2009
GENEVA – Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact, Unicef said on Friday.Somalia and the
readAngola’s Dos Santos slams corruption
23-11-2009
LUANDA – Angola’s president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos on Saturday called for “zero tolerance” of corruption within the country’s government to halt what he said was the “squandering of resources.”Dos
readBritain’s Brown visits flood-hit Cumbria
23-11-2009
COCKERMOUTH – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in north west England on Saturday to see the damage caused by record rainfall and pay tribute to a policeman who died when a
readDenmark says 65 leaders to attend climate talks
23-11-2009
COPENHAGEN – Denmark said yesterday 65 world leaders had agreed to attend a UN conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal.Facing splits in the climate
readOpolisi ya lombwelwa yaa game ombinga nande miilonga yayo
23-11-2009
KAKUKUTU kOpolisi ya Namibia Ndjayi Sebastian Ndeitunga okwa kunkilila Opolisi ayihe ya Namibia yi kale tayi longele oshigwana ashihe shi thike pamwe mokuyanda okugama ombinga miilonga yawo yesiku
readOmunambelewa omutiyali gwopolisi yaVenduka a kwatwa
23-11-2009
OMUPEVI wiliki gwo polisi ya Venduka, omusamane Natanael Nendongo okwa holoka mompangu metitano, ta tamanekelwa iiningwanima yiimbuluma itatu mwa katelwa , okuhinga a kolwa. Eholoko lya Nendongo [45]
readOmulumentu omugundjuka ta pangulilwa okuteta nekatana
23-11-2009
OMUMATI omugundjuka moVenduka ngoka ta tamanekelwa oku teta ko okwaako kwokolulyo kwomukadhona gwe oshiwike sha yi ota kala natango miikaha yaapolisi, konima yeholoko lye mompangu metitano.
readMbuende na kuthwe iilonga yuuambassador
23-11-2009
Amushanga gwewawa lyaagundjuka yoSwapo okwa indile opo omukuluntu gwombelewa yaa kalelipo ya Namibia kIigwana yaHangana moNew York omundohotola Kaire Mbuende a kuthwe miilonga mbala.Elijah Ngurare
readNudo ta dhiladhila okuya kompangu
23-11-2009
OONGUNDU dhompilameno yo NUDO no COD odha nyenyetele epangelo ,sha landula kelombwelo lya zi mombelewa yoMinista onkuluntu kutya iilonga ayihe yopetameko mepangelo noshowo momahangano gepangelo nayi
readAampundja ya holola omadhilaadhilo
23-11-2009
ONGUNDU onene yaakalimo yomOshikandjohogololon sha Mpundja, oshiwike sha zi ko oya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo mOshakati, taya nyenyeta Opolisi ya Shana inayi hala okukwata po aalumentu taya fekelwa
readOluhepo moNamibia esithahoni Kameeta tati
23-11-2009
OMUMBISHOPI Zephania Kameeta okwa ningi eindilo lya shewa kepangelo opo li tule miilonga, omulandu gwokupa aantu shoka ha shi ithanwa iiyemo yopetameko[Basic Income Grant] moshilongo ashihe peha
readTjingaveta suffer TKO
23-11-2009
MARTIN Haikali caused a major upset on Saturday night when he beat Jatoorora Tjingavete with a technical knockout in the sixth round to become the new African WBO lightweight champion. Haikali was
readSpringboks relieved to be back
23-11-2009
UDINE – South Africa coach Peter de Villiers and captain John Smit agreed that the world champions were back on track following their 32-10 win over Italy here.The Springboks had lost their previous
readUnited buries Everton for second
23-11-2009
LONDON – Chelsea trounced Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 to stay five points clear of champions Manchester United at the top of the Premier League on Saturday.United kept pace with the leaders by beating
readFootball Results
23-11-2009
Played Saturday, Nov 21 Absa Premiership Arrows 1 - 3 Moroka Swallows Pirates 3 - 0 Ajax Cape Town SuperSport 3 - 2 Maritzburg Utd P. Stars 2 - 0 Jomo CosmosBarclays Premier League Man
readSwim records fall
23-11-2009
SINGAPORE – South Africa’s Kathryn Meaklim, American Peter Marshall and Swedish swim queen Therese Alshammar stormed to new world records yesterday as the shortcourse World Cup season concluded in
readHaikali wants to clear name
23-11-2009
MATHEW Haikali says he will approach the Namibia Premier League (NPL) bosses today in a bid to try to convince them to issue a joint press statements regarding the position of chief executive officer
readSMSes of Monday 23 November 2009
23-11-2009
* ARTHUR Gotz’s letter in Friday’s paper brought tears to my eyes. It’s so true. But the powers that be turn a blind eye. Don’t throw this pearl of a country to the swine please! Food for Thought *
readWe have won already: Pohamba
23-11-2009
SWAPO presidential candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba says the early election results of seagoing personnel and Namibians in foreign countries indicated that Swapo has “already won”.He was speaking at the
readTobie Aupindi gives clarity
23-11-2009
THE CEO of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), Tobie Aupindi, has provided clarity on a report that appeared in the Friday edition of The Namibian, headlined ‘More voter roll discrepancies’.The report
readPolice urged to be impartial
23-11-2009
THE Chief of Police, Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga, has urged the Namibian Police to remain impartial and maintain law and order during this week’s elections.Addressing a Police at Oshakati on
readNam air safety sadly lacking: expert
23-11-2009
RUNWAY 19, the notorious runway at Eros Airport that was used for take-off in last Sunday’s air crash in which three people died, has not been surveyed for safety take-off gradients, an air safety
readHave the courage to vote for change: HH
23-11-2009
OFFICIALLY ending a campaign trail marred by intimidation and violence, Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) President Hidipo Hamutenya on Saturday called for voters to “throw off the yoke of fear,
readStars outmuscle Pirates
23-11-2009
AFRICAN Stars dethroned rivals Orlando Pirates from the summit with a 2-0 win to go a point clear in the MTC Premiership on Friday night.Stars are now on top on 21 points after nine matches, followed
readSA bank assets still growing
23-11-2009
THE top five local banks were still growing despite grappling with the downturn, Errol Kruger, the registrar of banks in South Africa, said on Thursday.This was apparent from the figures on the big
readChina coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
23-11-2009
HEGANG - Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground yesterday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 - the deadliest blast to
readEddie Wins Final HOH Challenge!
23-11-2009
LADY Luck seems to be smiling down on Eddie. Our Namibian housemate is Head of House for the third time! Last Friday’s HOH task was the final of the entire season, making him the only housemate in
readVoters’ roll ‘absolutely accurate and correct’, says election body
23-11-2009
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has come out strongly against the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) for what it says are attempts by the NSHR to “mislead the public” and to convince
readTeko Trading asks for release of frozen funds
23-11-2009
EMBATTLED Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck and her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, have filed a case in the High Court to ask that N$623 490 be released out of the assets of their close
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readSPYL ‘ignorant’: Mbuende
23-11-2009
NAMIBIA’S Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr Kaire Mbuende, has shot down calls for his recall, saying they were borne out of “ignorance”.Mbuende was reacting to a call by Swapo Party Youth League
readNoteable Quotes
23-11-2009
IF you want to win elections, you must be fair to the poor. – Bishop Zephania Kameeta of the ELCRN, President of the Council of Churches in Namibia, calling for the implementation of the BIG (Basic
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