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50 Articles found on Thursday, 15 October 2009
China’s billionaires rise to 130 despite global crisis
15-10-2009
BEIJING - Car battery tycoon Wang Chuanfu topped a new list of China’s 1 000 richest people released Tuesday, which has 130 dollar billionaires in an emphatic declaration of the Asian giant’s economic
readIndia, Russia keen on Trekkopje
15-10-2009
URAMIN’S Trekkopje uranium project seems to be an important feature in the French state-owned nuclear group Areva’s discussions with India and Russia.Bloomberg reported yesterday that Areva SA, the
readVodacom keeps mum on costs
15-10-2009
VODACOM would be subpoenaed to provide details of its costs if it refused to provide Parliament with the information, the communication’s committee, led by ANC MP Johnny de Lange, said
readOld Mutual offers $248 million for M&F stake
15-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Insurer Old Mutual offered to pay N$1,81 billion (US$248 million) in new shares for the 26,5 per cent of South African financial services company Mutual & Federal it does not already
readSARB policy accommodative enough: Tito Mboweni
15-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s central bank has offered “sufficient” monetary policy accommodation to help pull the economy out of a “mild” recession, central bank Governor Tito Mboweni said on
readBidvest Namibia mania ahead of NSX listing
15-10-2009
WITH the clock ticking on the Bidvest Namibia share offer, public excitement is mounting as the scale of the planned listing and the impact on the country’s commercial landscape become more widely
readTreasury wasn’t prepared for AIG bonuses: Barosky
15-10-2009
WASHINGTON - The fierce debate over bonuses for bailed-out executives was revived on Capitol Hill yesterday as a government watchdog explained how some executives nearly brought down the financial
readFrance Telecom employee rescued from suicide attempt
15-10-2009
MARSEILLE - A France Telecom technician tried to hang himself at his Marseille home and become the firm’s 25th employee to commit suicide but was rescued just in time, police said yesterday.The man,
readNam wildlife worth N$10,5 billion
15-10-2009
NAMIBIA’S wildlife is worth an estimated N$10,5 billion, a scientific survey has revealed.Presenting their findings on Tuesday at an event organised by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, experts
readWork of conservation staff makes headlines
15-10-2009
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism held its annual ‘Green Tie’ Field Staff Award Ceremony in Windhoek on September 14 to honour staff who have made an exceptional contribution to conservation and
readFound! A spider that likes veggies
15-10-2009
IN a possible affront to its fierce meat-eating relatives, one jumping spider prefers to dine vegetarian, munching on specialised leaf-tips of acacia shrubs, finds a new study.The eight-legged
readZambian president tells party foes to resign
15-10-2009
LUSAKA – Zambian President Rupiah Banda has told opponents seeking to challenge him for the ruling party’s leadership that they should resign.Analysts said the move could scare away foreign investors
readWorld’s hungry now over 1 billion
15-10-2009
ROME – A combination of the food crisis and the global economic downturn has pushed more than 1 billion people into hunger in 2009, UN agencies said yesterday, confirming a grim forecast released
readBotswana Democratic Party expected to win poll
15-10-2009
GABORONE – Botswana’s governing party is expected to prevail over a divided opposition in Friday’s elections despite added pressure on leaders in the world’s largest diamond-producing country amid the
readMan gets probation for stabbing ex’s fish
15-10-2009
PORTLAND – A Portland man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and impaled her pet fish this summer has been sentenced to two years probation, a psychological evaluation and community service.Donald Earl
readCongo forest protector shares alternative Nobel
15-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Rene Ngongo, honoured with the “alternative Nobel” this week, grew up in a Congo where he could marvel at the wealth of animals and trees.“Those are memories my children won’t have,”
readSing along with Vladimir Putin
15-10-2009
MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed to Chinese and Central Asian leaders yesterday holding a joint song competition called ‘Intervision’ to rival the Eurovision Song Contest.Such
readNamibia iilongekidha oku taamba omiti dhetuntilo
15-10-2009
NAMIBIA okwa ulike kutya okwiilongekidha okutaamba omiti dhetuntilo lyekunku lyo H1N1 oku za kehangano lyuundjowele muuyuni WHO, uuna ndoka omiti ndhika dha tameke oku gandjwa.Uuyelele mbuka owa
readOkomisi Yomahogololo ina yi yamukula natango
15-10-2009
ETHIMBO ndyoka oongundu dhompilameno dha pe Okomisi yOmahogololo yaNamibia opo yi yamukule kombinga yiilonga yokunyanyangidha uumbapila womahogololo olya piti po metiyali inaa dhi mona
readOotaxi dha pewa onomola
15-10-2009
IIYENDITHO yokuhumbata aapashioni miilando ota yi kala nokudhimbululwa nuupu oku za pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka.Shika ota shi ningwa molwaashoka ngashingeyi iiyenditho mbika oyi na oonomola dha shangwa
readOmupresidende Pohamba pOutapi nopOshikango
15-10-2009
ONKUNDANA ya adha Oshifo shika otayi ti kutya Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, ngoka wo e li Omupresidende gwOswapo mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda geti 17 Oktoba 2009, otaka popitha Oshigongi oshinene
readOpawa ya pewa omagano kundokotola Haufiku na Sanlam
15-10-2009
OSIKOLA ya Opawa Primary School popepi nOnheliwa moMusati meti oya pewa omagano kOmundohotola Benhard Haufiku nokEhangano lya Sanlam Namibia, ga taambiwako kOmukuluntusikola gwOsikola ndjoka meme
readOkomisi Yomahogololo yi ipopile kombinga yotendela
15-10-2009
OKOMISI yOmahogololo yaNamibia oya gandja omatompelo kutya omolwashike ya gandja iilonga yokunyanyangidha uumbapila womahogololo kehangano lyaNamprint.Okomisi shika oye shi ningi konima sho oongundu
readOyendji ya tanga nakusa omusita Witbooi
15-10-2009
OMUPEVI Prima Minista gwotango gwaNamibia omusita Hendrik Witbooi ngoka a mana oondjenda dhe metiyali okwa tangwa koyendji.Omusita Witbooi okwa hulitha konima sho a a kala mombete yuuwehame
readSpurs out to skin Tigers
15-10-2009
HOTSPURS have sharpened their knives to skin Tigers alive when the two clash in an MTC Premiership encounter at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight.Kick-off is at 20h00. The Katutura-based side comes from
readWarriors to meet South African youth side
15-10-2009
WITH the COSAFA Castle Challenge currently underway in Zimbabwe, quarterfinalists Namibia and South Africa will meet in Windhoek next Tuesday in a friendly match to prepare for a good showing at the
readAkwenye urges players to focus
15-10-2009
TIGERS chairman Onesmus Akwenye has urged his players to keep their feet on the ground and focus, despite a flying start to the league which now sees them undefeated in five matches.Tigers are slotted
readGerman gymnasts visit Nam
15-10-2009
GYMNASTS from a club in Lohne in Germany competed against two Namibian teams in a friendly competition, as a closing event, at the WAG second qualifying competition for Level 1 to 3 hosted by the
readWorld Sport Briefs
15-10-2009
DISGRUNTLED Pakistan captain Younus Khan said yesterday that match-fixing claims were behind his shocking offer to resign and that he was hurt by an investigation into his team’s Champions Trophy
readKarateka compete in SA
15-10-2009
MEMBERS of Karate-Zen Namibia yesterday left for Johannesburg, South Africa, for the Commonwealth Karate Games being held there on Friday and Saturday.Namibian coach Freddy Mwiya said the country will
readModern man a wimp: anthropologist
15-10-2009
LONDON – Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 metres record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions.Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump
readTour offers ‘open’ 2010 jersey battle
15-10-2009
PARIS – Seven-times champion Lance Armstrong admitted next year’s Tour de France could offer victory opportunities to a bigger field of rivals after the organisers’ unveiled the 2010 route
readSMSes Of Thursday 15 October 2009
15-10-2009
* THIS has become an all too familiar, inevitable route for our senior statesmen and women. The latest being the late Honourable H Witbooi. They brought us to the promised land. They have done their
readHospital sets out accident procedure
15-10-2009
THE Roman Catholic Hospital (RCH) is unhappy with reports by The Namibian about the hospital’s treatment of a patient on Sunday.The hospital was especially unhappy with the fact that the newspaper
readD-Day for ballot printing tender
15-10-2009
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) sent a letter to all opposition parties yesterday, requesting them to give their reasons why they are against the printing of ballot papers by a company owned
readErindi owner denied import of 200 elephants
15-10-2009
THE owner of a private game reserve north of Okahandja, who was given 200 live elephants from South Africa, says he is disappointed that Government has put a moratorium on the import of several game
readTrial on killing of parents scheduled for March 2011
15-10-2009
DOUBLE murder accused Romeo Schiefer, who is charged with killing his parents in their home in Windhoek early last year, will have to wait for almost another year and a half for the start of his
readMunicipality wants say in moving, changing of national monuments
15-10-2009
GOVERNMENT will not be allowed to move or change national monuments in the capital without input from the City of Windhoek in future, if the City Council has its way.Following the removal of the
readAnother accolade for cameraman Rack
15-10-2009
RENOWNED Namibian wildlife photographer Hans Rack has just scooped one of the most prestigious southern African wildlife awards by winning the Wildlife Photographer of The Year Award for 2009.The
readDrug smuggling on increase in West Africa
15-10-2009
DRUG trafficking in Africa has been on the increase in the past few years, with about 40 tons of cocaine entering Europe from Africa in 2006, the top official of the United Nations’ drug and crime
readBoN keeping close eye on banks
15-10-2009
EVEN though the Bank of Namibia (BoN) yesterday kept its repo rate unchanged at seven per cent, commercial banks have just more than two weeks to cut their rates by between 250 and 500 basis points to
readHendrik Witbooi remembered
15-10-2009
MESSAGES of condolence continued to flow in yesterday as political parties paid tribute to the late Reverend Hendrik Witbooi, who died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer.The Rally for
readGraduates fight exam ban
15-10-2009
A GROUP of candidate legal practitioners who are enrolled at the Justice Training Centre at the University of Namibia have mounted a legal challenge against a decision to bar them from writing
readNoteable Quotes
15-10-2009
HE was like a spring and we would have loved to still tap from his wisdom. – Chief Hendrina Afrikaner of the Afrikaner clan on the death of former Deputy Prime Minister Hendrik WitbooiTHERE are always
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
15-10-2009
A selection of messages from the BBA TV text strip: • Itai is a talented coward. • Itai Iscariot. • Edward has become wishy washy since his “boys” left. • Eddy to win. He’s the
readBig Brother Africa 4: Keri Hilson to bring energy to BBA house
15-10-2009
THE housemates are in for one of the coolest surprises ever. On Friday R&B singer Keri Hilson will spend a couple of hours with them in the Big Brother Africa house.The American singing sensation and
readSpurs out to skin Tigers
15-10-2009
HOTSPURS have sharpened their knives to skin Tigers alive when the two clash in an MTC Premiership encounter at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Kick-off is at 20h00. The Katutura-based side comes
readNo progress on piracy, Somali police chief says
15-10-2009
SINGAPORE – Pirates off of Somalia’s coast are becoming increasingly sophisticated and even an international naval force has done little to combat the scourge off the Horn of Africa, the Somali police
readNam wildlife worth N$10,5 billion
15-10-2009
NAMIBIA’S wildlife is worth an estimated N$10,5 billion, a scientific survey has revealed. Presenting their findings on Tuesday at an event organised by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism,
readPHB’s licence not politically motivated
15-10-2009
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) has denied that it was under any political pressure to grant Platinum-Habib Bank (Bank PHB) of Nigeria a provisional banking licence.The BoN on Monday withdrew the licence
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