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45 Articles found on Thursday, 26 November 2009
SA rate cut unlikely, despite CPI
26-11-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Although consumer price inflation (CPI) fell back into the South African Reserve Bank’s target range of three to six per cent in October, it is unlikely to persuade the monetary policy
readEnterPrize 2009: Six finalists battle it out
26-11-2009
SUCCESS stories across the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector are told by this year’s finalists in the EnterPrize competition – from information technology, fast food and tourism to textile and
readWTO ministers to confront faltering Doha
26-11-2009
GENEVA – Luzius Wasescha, Swiss ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), likes to recall how negotiators once met for three weeks in the 1950s to haggle over tariffs on hats.By the time they
readNamPower confident
26-11-2009
WINDHOEK – Namibia’s state-owned power utility NamPower is confident it will be able to raise the N$13,8 billion it needs to boost power supply as demand is expected to more than triple by
readCSI gives diamonds to loyal customers
26-11-2009
CONSOLIDATED Sugar Industries (CSI) last week awarded five one-carat diamonds collectively valued at N$300 000 to five of its most valued customers for their loyalty and support. CSI is Namibia’s
readCongo massacre witnesses were threatened
26-11-2009
THE HAGUE - Witnesses testifying against two Congolese warlords at the International Criminal Court have been threatened and the court does not have the resources to fully protect them, a senior
readThousands of wild camels besiege Australian town
26-11-2009
SYDNEY - Some 6 000 feral camels are running wild in a remote Australian outback community in search of water, smashing infrastructure and invading the airstrip, officials said yesterday.As
readDeath toll in China mining blast rises to 107
26-11-2009
BEIJING – The number of dead in China’s worst mining accident in two years rose to 107 yesterday after three more bodies were pulled out of the coal mine, state media said.The state-run Xinhua News
readConjoined twins recovering well
26-11-2009
MELBOURNE – Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are enjoying a favourite DVD and trying new foods as they continue their recovery from marathon separation surgery, doctors said.Royal
read‘UN force fails against rebels’
26-11-2009
Kinshasa – The massive UN peacekeeping effort in eastern Congo has failed to deliver a knockout blow to Rwandan rebels while local insurgents have seized new territory under its nose, United Nations
readGlobal Fund grant to boost Zim health system
26-11-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s ailing public health system will receive a 180 million US dollar boost to fight HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from the Global Fund, state media reported yesterday.The
readOhauto ya Nujoma konyala yi pumwe
26-11-2009
OMULUMENTU omugundjuka okwa kwatwa kopolisi metiyali.Ekwato lyomumati nguka olya landula sho ta ku tiwa okwa hingi nuuhasha nokonyala a pume osheenditho shomukokoliperesidende.Okuhinga kwe otaku eta
readOmu Israel a futithwa oodola 50 000 kombinga yuuwe ina u hongwa
26-11-2009
ETALELOPO lyopaunangeshefa koNamibia konyala lya endele nayi omunangeshefa guuwe gumwe omuIsrael oshiwike sha yi. Omukiintu omunangeshefa mokulonga nokawe okwa kwatwa a tamanekwa na okwa futithwa
readNudo a lundilwa a longitha oonkondo
26-11-2009
ONGUNDU yoNudo oya lundilwa kutya oya longitha oonkondo pethimbo lyomahogololo. Elundilo ndika olya ningwa sha landula aniwa sho osheenditho shimwe shoshilyo shoSwapo sha ehamekwa.Ephraim Tjingaete
readOmukunda gwAsab ta gu ya omwenyo
26-11-2009
OMUKUNDA gwAsab moshitopolwa sha Hardap ota gu ya omwenyo ngashingeyi konima sho elelo lyoshitopolwa shoka lya tokola okuhwepopeka onkalamwenyo yaakalimo mpoka.Omwedhi gwa ziko othe Namibian oya li ya
readPeni Swapo iipundi oyindji mu dhimbiwe Shailemo ta ti
26-11-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oRDP pOluno moShana meti 14 Novemba 2009, omusamane Ismael Shailemo, okwa londodha kutya shampa ashike Swapo a mono omawi ogendji taga vulu oku mu pa uuthemba wokutokola shoka a
readOshipotha kombinga yepato lyoluvalo
26-11-2009
OSHIPOTHA moka aakiintu 15 mboka ta ya lumbu noHIV ta ya tamaneke epangelo molwaashoka aniwa oya patwa oluvalo kaashi shi pahalo lyawo ota shi pulakenwa mompangu yopombanda moVenduka nena.Aakiintu
readKamwi a patulula iitopolwa yimwe mOshipangelo sha Shakati
26-11-2009
OMINISTA yUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa Omundohotola Richard Kamwi omasiku ga zi ko okwa tula miilonga Iitopolwa yimwe ya opalekululwa mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati.Iitopolwa mbyoka ya
readElima ta li indile oshiwana shi hoolole
26-11-2009
ETUMWALAKA koshiwana ashishe okudilila kOpoloyeka yedina Elima, moshitukulwa shOshana.Elima poloyeka ongudu inene yovaliyambi ovalumenhu, novakainhu vehena okayova,velimanga omukoumwe nepaya
readLiverpool out of Champions League
26-11-2009
LONDON – Five-times winners Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League in the group stages despite a 1-0 win at Debrecen on Tuesday while Fiorentina and Arsenal qualified for the last
readZandell academy takes crown
26-11-2009
THE Zandell Chess Academy was crowned as the fifth schools’ champions in Windhoek last weekend.The Zandell Chess Academy took gold when they scored 24.5 /28 to wrestle the crown from Kolin Foundation
readNigeria to camp in Namibia
26-11-2009
NIGERIA may choose Namibia as its camping site for the national football team, the Super Eagles, ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials said
readSMSes of Thursday 26 November 2009
26-11-2009
* BORN-FREE means being born in an independent Namibia. Everybody who was born on March 21 1990 or after that. This is also the generation that is voting for the first time, as the oldest of them can
readPoisons threaten human and animal life alike
26-11-2009
IN September a poisoning event in Caprivi resulted in the death of over 75 vultures. Through investigation a building-supplies company was found to be selling 100ml bottles of a liquid
readSwakopmund Municipality fails in its bid to get airport back
26-11-2009
AN attempt by the Swakopmund Municipality to get the coastal town’s struggling airport back under its own control failed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.According to the Swakopmund
readTsumeb Council set to make decision on disputed land
26-11-2009
THE Tsumeb Town Council will today decide whether to give a disputed piece of land to Mayor Engel Nawatiseb or to former Swapo MP Nico Kaiyamo.This was after the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)
readConvoy gatecrasher to appear in court
26-11-2009
THE man who sparked consternation on Tuesday when he swerved into the Founding President’s motorcade in the North will appear in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court today.He is expected to be charged with
readKaras ECN boss denies favouritism
26-11-2009
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) chief in the Karas Region, Berent Both, has denied allegations of “nepotism, threats of dismissals and ill-mannered attitudes towards subordinate staff”
readTeko case postponed to 2010
26-11-2009
THE case in which Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck, her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, and Chinese national Yang Fan are charged with fraud, corruption and bribery has been postponed to
readVoter who allegedly registered twice threatens legal action
26-11-2009
SIONI ‘Aluta’ Iikela, who serves on Swapo’s Swakopmund district executive committee and was named as someone who appeared to have registered twice as a voter, wants to take NSRH Executive Director
readKamwi won’t condone unequal health treatment
26-11-2009
CRITICISM of unequal treatment in public healthcare has flared up after the State recently sent Chief Angelina Ribebe of the Sambyu people to the United States for a N$2,3 million kidney transplant
readEx-nightclub boss acquitted on drugs
26-11-2009
FORMER Windhoek nightclub boss Achim Heinrich, who was charged six years ago with being in possession of less than a gram of cocaine, is a free man.Heinrich appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s
readWhat are you paying?
26-11-2009
A SURVEY of a number of supermarkets in Windhoek on a shopping basket of foodstuffs revealed that Pick ‘n Pay Wernhil, followed hot on its heels by Maerua Superspar, were the most economical.With the
readN$9,1 million boost for orphans group
26-11-2009
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) last week gave Namibia’s Church Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) a huge budgetary boost with a N$9,1 million donation.Handing over the cheque
readMinistry sets up system to monitor health spending
26-11-2009
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services on Monday launched its third National Health Accounts (NHA) exercise to provide a detailed account of health spending for the years 2007-8 and 2008-9.The NHA
readHealth at Otjiwarongo
26-11-2009
OVER the years the Otjiwarongo District Hospital has catered for many patients, as it continues to do, but the healthcare system remains a problem for the community of Otjiwarongo.Martin Wasserfall,
readBarca make music again
26-11-2009
MADRID – Barcelona firmly dismissed any idea they were struggling to replicate last season’s excellence with a masterful Champions League victory over Inter Milan, Spanish media said yesterday.Zlatan
readCharity starts at home, says NCCI
26-11-2009
GOVERNMENT needs to prioritise education, black economic empowerment (BEE), energy supply and local produce procurement if it wants to create a conducive environment for local business to thrive.This
readPhilippine massacre probe focuses on Arroyo ally
26-11-2009
AMPATUAN – Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country’s worst election massacre, said yesterday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with
readBig Brother Africa 4: Fight Malaria in Africa
26-11-2009
THIS season of Big Brother Africa is getting involved in the fight against malaria in Africa. As part of this week’s task, housemates are getting to the nitty-gritty of Africa’s biggest challenges.On
readBig Brother Africa 4: The Revelations Unfold In The Revolution
26-11-2009
KEVIN and Emma have grown quite close over the past days. Between the two of them, a lot of information was shared this week, from Emma’s disappointing attempt at a music career to the fears they both
readMan caught in cement mixer
26-11-2009
A FREAK accident at a construction site cost Edmund Appollus his arm yesterday.The accident occurred at around 09h00 at the new M&Z head office construction site in Windhoek’s Southern
readHitman and Nestor ‘hit’ by thieves in Jo’burg
26-11-2009
NAMIBIAN lightweight world boxing champion Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses and trainer Nestor Tobias, were robbed of N$12 000 in cash and several other valuables after boarding a taxi at the OR Tambo Airport in
readPoll ban heads to court
26-11-2009
THE National Society for Human Rights is poised to approach the High Court for an urgent interdict forcing the Electoral Commission of Namibia to stop banning them as election observers.NSHR Executive
readNoteable Quotes
26-11-2009
ONE awards ceremony cost the department R1,8m to organise and host, another R600 000 for accommodation and transport, and another R930 000 to advertise. – DA MP Butch Steyn stating South Africa could
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