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52 Articles found on Friday, 23 October 2009
Galleon Group winding down
23-10-2009
BOSTON/NEW YORK - Galleon Group, whose founder has been charged with masterminding the biggest-ever insider-trading scheme involving hedge funds, is shutting down.Less than a week after being arrested
readSurging oil has companies drilling again
23-10-2009
NEW YORK - With oil prices surging, petroleum drillers have dusted off idled rigs and kick-started a global production network that thrives on high energy prices. Some oil executives have
readSouth African economic ministry denies rand ‘freeze’ report
23-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s economic development ministry yesterday denied reports that it planned to “freeze” the rand currency, which had added to fears of a policy shift, weakening the rand.“We
readCommunity part of Bidvest strategy
23-10-2009
MONDAY’S listing of Bidvest Namibia is not only good news for local investors, but also the people of Namibia, Chief Executive Officer Sebby Kankondi said.Although the run-up to the company’s listing
readUniversal invests more in oil and gas hunt
23-10-2009
UNIVERSAL Power Corporation has raised nearly N$21 million to help finance its ongoing search for oil and gas in Blocks 2713A and 2815 in the Orange Basin, next to the Kudu Gas Field.The
readAfrican leaders to sign treaty on refugee plight
23-10-2009
KAMPALA - African leaders gathered yesterday in the Ugandan capital for a two-day summit aimed at agreeing a treaty on improving the plight of the continent’s 17 million refugees and displaced.The
readSudan women face 20 lashes for ‘indecent’ clothes
23-10-2009
KHARTOUM – A Sudanese court yesterday sentenced two women to 20 lashes for dressing “indecently,” an AFP reporter said.The two women, who have not been identified, were arrested in Khartoum in July
readBerlusconi sparks feminist backlash in Italy
23-10-2009
ROME – Silvio Berlusconi’s cutting remark about a female rival’s lack of beauty has stirred a rare public backlash from thousands of Italian women who had largely kept silent about the prime
readEU awards prize to Russian rights group
23-10-2009
STRASBOURG – The EU parliament awarded its Sakharov prize for freedom of thought to Russian human rights group Memorial, which is battling to uncover the truth about the murder of one of its activists
readShelling in Somali capital kills over 20
23-10-2009
MOGADISHU – Islamic insurgents fired mortars at Somalia’s airport as the president was boarding a plane yesterday, sparking battles that killed at least 20 people. The president was unhurt and his
readChina mulls military options over hijacked ship
23-10-2009
BEIJING – China has not ruled out military action to rescue the crew of a coal ship hijacked by Somali pirates, but is also open to negotiations over what a Chinese military officer said yesterday
readWorld’s fattest gets op?
23-10-2009
LONDON – A Briton who could possibly be the world’s fattest man is due to go under the knife in an attempt to cut his weight, The Sun newspaper said on Wednesday.The tabloid said that 48-year-old Paul
readA Good Scheme Gone Wrong
23-10-2009
IN much of the world, political identity is defined not by ideology or even religion so much as by tribal identity. It is a matter of clan, family, or tribe. Tribes often have less to do with
readGOP Cafe Takes Turn For Worse
23-10-2009
WHY are we fond of changing things that work? Often such changes are not for the better but for the worse. For 4 years as a GRN employee at Government Office Park (GOP), I was able to enjoy
readHaving The Nation At Heart?
23-10-2009
ALLOW me to express my disappointment about Chinese scholarships that are given to some of our leaders’ kids, while there are people who really deserve and need them.I am doing this as a neutral
readNQA Evaluation Painfully Slow
23-10-2009
I AM disappointed with the Namibian Qualification Authority (NQA). I posted my evaluation form on the August 17 but to my surprise it was delivered to their office on September 21, which means it
readIilonga yokunyanyangidha uumbapilahogololo ya yi pondje
23-10-2009
IILONGA yokunyanyangidha uumbapilahogololo ya pewa ehangano lyaSouth Africa.Iilonga mbika kuyele oya li ya pewa ehangano lyokunyanyangidha lyomoNamibia lyedhina Namprint. Ehangano ndika olya li lya
readNNFU a hala omayamukulo kepangelo
23-10-2009
EHANGANO lyaNamibia lyopashigwana lyaanafaalama(NNFU) olya hala omayamukulo ga yela oku za kepangelo kombinga ye yokomeho moprojeka ha yi ithanwa greenscheme noshitopolwa shoka ehangano ndika ta li
readOndhima yolusheno muumbangalantu 25 Kotoba na 1 Novomba 2009
23-10-2009
NAMPOWER ota tseyithile oshigwana kombinga yondhima yomalusheno ya longekidhwa Osondaha yo 25 Kotoba 2009 noshowo 1Novomba 2009 okuza otundi 6h30-19h00.Ondhima yolusheno oya pumbiwa ku Nampower opo a
readKapena efudho lyokuyele Uuministeli wa ti
23-10-2009
OMANONGELO agehe otaga pata mu 4 ga Desemba 2009 ha mo 24 ga Novemba ngaashi sha li sha nyolwa moThe Namibian metitatu.Uuministeli wElongo owa gandja omushangwa tseyitho metitatu ta gu ti ngoka ya
readAasi yamwe natango oye li membo lyaahogololi
23-10-2009
EMBO lyaahogololi inaa li manithwa natango oli na omadhina gaahogololi mboka ya mana nale oondjenda omimvo dha pita.Embo ndika lya li ta li konakonwa oshiwike sha yi olya monika li omadhina gaasi,
readNakufekelwa momulilo gwaOutjo a pewa iikulilemo
23-10-2009
OMUDHIGININI gwiiniwe melelo lyoshilando sha Outjo Dawid Koen okwa pewa iikulilemo moomango noodola omayovi 30 000.Omusamane Koen ota fekelwa oye a tomekele omulilo ngoka gwa li gwa yonagula oombelewa
readYa heyali ya kwatwa meteyo lyopoShoprite mOshakati
23-10-2009
KOMANDA gwOpolisi moShana Komufala, Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa okwa tseyitha kutya monkembadhala yeteyo lyoShoprite mOshakati, Etitatu omwa kwatelwa oombudhi heyali nOpolisi otayi kongo natango
readMartin takes over Stars
23-10-2009
AFRICAN Stars finally turned a new page in its 57 years of existence, after local businessman Sidney Martin yesterday officially announced he has now acquired the team with a view of turning it into a
readFootball Fixtures
23-10-2009
Saturday, Oct 24 Sam Nujoma Stadium 08h00: National Media Team v DiplomatsSocial League TransNamib Field 09h00 Voltman All Stars
readSouth African grannies catch World Cup fever
23-10-2009
TZANEEN – World Cup fever has spread to South African grannies, with hundreds of poor, elderly women in aprons and skirts fighting for the ball in township games.Twice a week they swap domestic chores
readUtd aim to bounce out Liverpool
23-10-2009
LONDON – The beach balls have been bought, the songs dusted down and the internet rants prepared as Manchester United seek to bounce Liverpool out of the title race on Sunday with almost three
readGood riddance
23-10-2009
I DID not feel sorry for Joel Santana. Yes, sad perhaps, maybe even cruel and heartless as it may sound, but the truth is I did not rejoice his sacking.It was always going to be an uphill struggle for
readTobias encourage promoters
23-10-2009
NAMIBIAN boxing promoter and trainer Nestor Tobias urged would be promoters to work hard if they want to have recognition and established, instead of blaming boxing authorities for not making
readChelsea appeal ban
23-10-2009
LONDON – Chelsea asked Thursday for the transfer ban imposed upon them by world football governing body FIFA to be suspended in a bid to sign new players during the January transfer window.English
readReferees banned for life
23-10-2009
TANZANIA football authorities on Wednesday banned four referees for life after they confessed to taking a bribe of 200 000 shillings ($152) in a premier league match.“The four referees accepted that
readRossi on course for title
23-10-2009
SEPANG – Valentino Rossi is on course to lift his seventh premier class title at this weekend’s Malaysian Moto GP, going into the race with a thumping 38-point advantage.A top-four ride in Sepang,
readSMSes Of Friday 23 October 2009
23-10-2009
* IT is true, we the “Church” have failed Namibia its moral and social responsibilities. The governing party isn’t excluded. Namibians forgive us. – Pastor Ben Araeb Food For Thought Should they be
readRate review at Maltahöhe
23-10-2009
THE Maltahöhe Village Council has bowed to resident’s demands to review its tariffs.The rates were upped by as much as 1 000 per cent last year, sparking protests. Some residents stopped paying their
readClose call for Elena
23-10-2009
ELENA Kandali Heita was on her way home from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay on Wednesday evening after work when her vehicle collided head-on with another car about 10 km outside Swakopmund.Although her
readRDP hits back at Ekandjo
23-10-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress says its leader Hidipo Hamutenya initiated the establishment of NamPrint for profit-making in a transparent manner and not to be used for vote-rigging in
readReinventing the bicycle wheel
23-10-2009
OPUWO is abuzz. The dusty northwestern town will soon have its own bicycle repair shop which will provide HIV-AIDS home-based care volunteers with at least 30 bikes for their daily rounds.Although
readDamara tempers flare
23-10-2009
THE Damaras of !Oe#Gan are furious over a radio interview in which one of its members, Gruzi Goseb, allegedly suggested that the planned Damara Gaob Festival at Okambahe would not take place unless
read2 armed hold-ups in city
23-10-2009
POLICE in Windhoek are investigating a robbery where a resident of Omuvapu Street was held at gunpoint in his home and robbed of a cellphone on Tuesday morning.Also on Tuesday, Simon Amunyela (33) was
readTransNamib to revamp its fleet of locomotives
23-10-2009
TRANSNAMIB says it has set aside N$80 million to refurbish its ageing locomotives over the next 18 months.The transport parastatal has 45 locomotives that have been in service since 1968. It signed an
readPower outage in northern areas Sunday
23-10-2009
THERE will be a power outage for the whole day in most of northern Namibia on Sunday, NamPower announced yesterday.There will be no electricity from 06h30 to 19h00 this Sunday to allow NamPower to
readCredible Elections Are The Lifeblood Of Our Democratic Process
23-10-2009
THE whole saga around the tender for the printing of ballot papers for the forthcoming National Assembly and Presidential elections has now been settled with the tender having been awarded to a
readSuicide is due to a loss of hope
23-10-2009
LAST year around this time I was invited to speak to an Ecumenical ministers’ gathering at Rehoboth. The topic was a biblical view of suicide. October is known in Namibia as suicide month and all you
readCourt cancels bail bonanza for farm robbery suspects
23-10-2009
A MAGISTRATE’S decision to grant bail to the five alleged members of a gang accused of carrying out a violent armed robbery at a farm east of Windhoek at the end of August was suspended in the High
readReverend Witbooi’s final journey
23-10-2009
REVEREND Hendrik Witbooi begins his final journey today as Namibia mourns the passing of one of its political pioneers and a spiritual giant. Witbooi’s coffin will be placed in a hearse at the
readGovernment sues Kapia
23-10-2009
FORMER Deputy Minister Paulus Kapia and three fellow directors of a company in which the Swapo Party Youth League is the majority shareholder are being sued for N$2,6 million by Government.In an
readNoteable Quotes
23-10-2009
THEY should notify us every month and they normally do it. – Electoral Commission of Namibia director Moses Ndjarakana explaining that the Ministry of Home Affairs generally informs the ECN of voters
readBig Brother Africa 4: The Bold and the Broccoli!
23-10-2009
GOT to love Leo the Nel, no relation to the Nels of Potchefstroom or Mariental. Not on your nelly! Moz dude’s gone from ‘bit player’ to headliner in the reality show equivalent of a nanosecond!! OK,
readECN Needs To Up The Ante
23-10-2009
TO look on the brighter side, it is to be hoped that some of the lessons learned during the current process, and prior elections years, will be taken to heart by the Electoral Commission of Namibia
readNam ‘weathering’ the storm in 2008
23-10-2009
THE Namibian economy fared slightly better than expected last year, with the gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 3,3 per cent, nearly one percentage point more than anticipated by Finance Minister
readEthiopia demands food aid for 6,2 million people
23-10-2009
ADDIS ABABA – Twenty-five years after Ethiopia’s famine killed a million people and spurred a massive global aid effort, the government appealed yesterday for help for more than six million facing
readPolitical Perspective
23-10-2009
AS part of the ongoing ‘great Chinese scholarship debate’, set in motion as a result of an expose that the children of a large number of high-ranking Government officials were largely the recipients,
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