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47 Articles found on Monday, 26 October 2009
SA Minister urges banks to swap greed for good
26-10-2009
FINANCE Minister of South Africa, Pravin Gordhan challenged the financial sector on Thursday to beat a philosophy of “profit at any cost”, greed and excessive bonuses, and find solutions for the
readM&F shareholders attack bank’s ‘fair offer’ opinion
26-10-2009
MUTUAL & Federal (M&F) shareholders, opposing what they describe as the confiscation of their shares by Old Mutual, have slammed the “fairness opinion” provided by JPMorgan and questioned the M&F
readNigeria and Microsoft look to halt Internet crime
26-10-2009
ABUJA - Nigeria’s anti-corruption police is working with Microsoft to halt thousands of fraudulent emails in a crackdown on internet crime in Africa’s most populous country, an agency spokesman
readMboweni signs off with rate hold
26-10-2009
WHILE borrowers are still hoping for a further rate cut in the future, after Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni announced on Thursday the bank’s repo rate would remain at seven per cent, financial
readBank failures hit 106 for year 2009
26-10-2009
WASHINGTON – The number of US banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday – hitting 106 by the end of the day – the most in nearly two decades. But the trouble in the banking system
readZim police raid PM’s aides’ house
26-10-2009
HARARE – Police loyal to President Robert Mugabe raided a house used by the prime minister’s supporters on Saturday and accused them of hoarding weapons in a move that is likely to push Zimbabwe’s
readChavez urges 3-minute showers to conserve water
26-10-2009
CARACAS – Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying
readIsraeli police storm Jerusalem holy site
26-10-2009
JERUSALEM – Israeli forces stormed Jerusalem’s holiest shrine yesterday, firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of Palestinian protesters who were pelting them with stones.Although there were no
readObama declares swine flu a national emergency
26-10-2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect
readThe pope celebrates Mass to cap Africa meeting
26-10-2009
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI ended a three-week Vatican meeting on Africa yesterday with a call for peace and reconciliation among all people on the continent, regardless of ethnic and religious
readInternet becomes ‘a teenager’ at 40
26-10-2009
SAN FRANCISCO – Leonard Kleinrock never imagined Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube that day 40 years ago when his team gave birth to what is now taken for granted as the Internet.“We are constantly
readTrans Namib ota opaleke omitse dhomashina
26-10-2009
EHANGANO lya Trans Namib otali ka longitha oodola oomiliona 80 oku opalekulula omitse dhomashina gokolutenda ndhoka dha kulupa, muule woomwedhi 18 ta dhi ya.Ehangano lyokweenditha oondongwela
readOmakonakono gomudhingoloko kombinga ya Neckartal
26-10-2009
OSHITOPOLWA shotango ta shi tala omudhingoloko pehala mpoka pwa thanekwa pu ka tungwe ondama ya Neckartal momulonga gwaFish popepi noKeetmanshoop otashi yi nawa komeho.Iilonga yekonakono mbika ta yi
readOngundu yoRDP ya yamukula epopyo lyEkandjo
26-10-2009
ONGUNDU yoRally of Democracy and Progress (RDP) oya ti omuleli gwayo oye a eta po ethaneko pu dhikwe ehangano lya Namprint nelalakano ndika li kale tali longo li iimonene oshimaliwa, ndele ha ku
readIigandjwa iiyemo yopetameko ka yi shi omashendjo
26-10-2009
ONGUNDU ndjoka ya hala kehe omuNamibia a pewe oodola ethele kehe omwedhi ongo iiyemo yokumukwathela oya yamukula nongeyo omipopyo dhOmuprima, Nahas Angula kombinga yiigandjwa mbika.Omuprima okwa
readTatekulu Julius Ngaikukwete nomukulukadhi gwe ya fumvikwa olyomakaya pOlukonda
26-10-2009
NAKUSA tatekulu Julius Ngaikukwete ngoka pamwe nomukulukadhi gwe kuku Loide Joel-Ngaikukwete ya manene oondjenda dhawo mOsoondaha 18 Kotoba moshipangelo sha Nandjokwe, oya fumvikwa olyomakaya 24
readIlonga iitya yoshiingilisa noshiwambo
26-10-2009
Learn oshiwambo and English wordsoshilongo= country oshilando= town, city etungo= building tunga= build osheenditho= vehicle okathanguthangu= bicycle enongelo= school, institute oshifonkundana=
readOonakwaadhika mOshoprite yaali ya holoka mOmpangu
26-10-2009
AALUMENTU aagundjuka yaali mboka ya adhikile moShoprite pOyetu mOshakati ongula yEtitatu lya zi ko ndele taya kwatwa po kOpolisi nokuningilwa oshipotha sheteyo neyako, oya holokele mOmpangu ya
readOshigwana, oshitopolwa shondungethaneko ya Bidvest
26-10-2009
ESHANGITHO lyehangano Bivest Namibia, momusholondondo gwomahangano haga landitha iipambuliko lya Namibia(Namibia Stock Exchange) oyo onkundana ombwanawa kaantu yaNamibia noshowo kaapunguli
readOhauto ya yakwa mOngwediva
26-10-2009
OPOLISI mOshana oya tseyitha kutya oombotsotso odha yaka po ohauto yomukwashigwana gumwe gwomOngwediva okupendukila ohela mOsoondaha, notayi indile nee oshigwana ngoka wa mona ohauto yatya ngeyi wu yi
readZambia pip Warriors
26-10-2009
ZAMBIA made Namibia pay for their repeated mistakes in defence to emerge as 1-0 winners in a quarter-final match of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup in Harare yesterday.Namibian goalkeeper Athiel Mbaha
readNew Bafana coach Parreira spells it out
26-10-2009
NEWLY appointed Bafana Bafana head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira’s first task when he arrives sometime this week will be to unite and restore confidence in the national side both on and off the
readAussies beat India in thriller
26-10-2009
AUSTRALIA clinched a nail-biting first match of their one-day international series against India by only four runs in Vadodara yesterday.Captain Ricky Ponting top-scored with 74 as Australia posted a
readAll Blacks coaches under microscope
26-10-2009
THE All Blacks flew to Japan Sunday to start a six-week tour of the northern hemisphere in which the performance of the coaches will be under the microscope more than the players.With less than two
readLiverpool beach ball boy says sorry
26-10-2009
LONDON – A teenage Liverpool fan who caused one of the oddest goals in English football history came out of hiding yesterday to apologise profusely for belting a beach ball onto the pitch.Callum
readRossi captures seventh title
26-10-2009
SEPANG – Defending world champion Valentino Rossi claimed his seventh MotoGP title in a thrilling race in wet conditions yesterday at the Malaysian Moto GP.Australian Casey Stoner won the race but the
readFACTBOX
26-10-2009
Factbox on Sebastien Loeb, who won a record sixth world rally title on yesterday:* The 35-year-old Frenchman (born Feb. 26, 1974) was already the only rally driver to have won five titles in a row,
readChelsea thrash Blackburn
26-10-2009
LONDON – Chelsea crushed Blackburn 5-0 on Saturday but Tottenham Hotspur were brought down to earth when Stoke City snatched a late 1-0 victory at White Hart Lane.An early own goal and four strikes in
readFootball Results
26-10-2009
Played Saturday, Oct 24 Barclays Premier League Chelsea 5 - 0 Blackburn Birmingham 2 - 1 Sunderland Burnley 1 - 3 Wigan Hull 0 - 0 Portsmouth Tottenham 0 - 1 Stoke Wolverhampton 1 - 1
readArrows beat Ajax
26-10-2009
GOLDEN Arrows won their first major trophy and a record R8 million winner-takes-all prize when they routed Ajax Cape Town 6-0 in one-sided MTN8 final played at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday
readSMSes Of Monday 26 October 2009
26-10-2009
* THE piece on suicide by Reverend J Lucas should be translated and spread all over Namibia to all its citizens as a matter of urgency! Food For Thought * WOULD it not be a better idea to hoist a
readPM launches disaster risk policy
26-10-2009
PRIME MINISTER Nahas Angula on Friday launched the national disaster risk management policy, which will guide the response to all natural emergencies like floods, droughts and veld fires and which
readCase on Helao Nafidi land sale postponed
26-10-2009
THE case about the sale of 50 acres of Helao Nafidi town land close to the Angolan border by Cameroonian would-be developer Antoine Mbok to a British company was again postponed in the Windhoek High
readPohamba, Nujoma remember Witbooi
26-10-2009
THE memorial service of the late Reverend Hendrik Witbooi on Friday emitted a message of both future peace and struggle from the only two presidents Namibia has known, as they commemorated the life
readNamPort signs N$100 million crane deal
26-10-2009
THE Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) Thursday closed a N$100 million deal to purchase six Rubber-Tyred Gantries – bridge-like cargo-moving cranes.“These big machines have never been seen in Namibia
readGarden yields first results
26-10-2009
THE newly established vegetable tunnels at the Hope Village in Katutura have yielded their first harvest of spinach.The four tunnels were donated through a partnership of the Kalahari Sands Hotel and
readCity police not ‘trigger happy’, says Kanime
26-10-2009
FOLLOWING a recent N$40 000 out-of-court settlement in which the City Police had to pay up for wounding a young woman while pursuing a suspect, City Police Chief Abraham Kanime has refuted accusations
readBorn-frees go mobile with their voices
26-10-2009
AS the presidential and parliamentary elections draw closer, members of the “born-free generation” of young people born in an independent Namibia are going mobile to have their voices heard.In a
readSackey’s trial is delayed
26-10-2009
THE corruption trial of former Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo had to be postponed on Friday, because Namugongo’s lawyer had been booked off sick. A week after Namugongo
readNamibia mourns a hero
26-10-2009
THIRTEEN days of high emotion drew to a close at the weekend, as the Namibian nation bade farewell to the man who spent close to 40 years tirelessly working to improve the lives of others.Described as
readTax relief bottoms out
26-10-2009
NAMIBIANS have barely benefited yet from the N$800 million tax breaks promised by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila in her Budget speech earlier this year, because her Ministry failed to
readNoteable Quotes
26-10-2009
YOUR potential is unlimited, and the possibilities for your life are endless, never let anyone tell you otherwise. – Associate Dean of Dean of St George’s Anglican Cathedral in Windhoek Reverend
readBig Brother Africa 4: Quotes From The House
26-10-2009
• While practicising for their ‘Carnival’ task on Thursday, moving their arms in succession, Kevin, who was at the back, shouted: “Guys, can you see my hands?” Kristal “Yes, we can’t see your head
readBig Brother Africa 4: Psycho nights, full throttle
26-10-2009
EEEEEUW! It was a snot and trane of a weekend in the Big Brother house. I capoeira kid kid you not. It was total madness on Saturday night. Leo the Nel blew it, skunk trunks Eddie pranked it to the
readZambia pip Warriors
26-10-2009
ZAMBIA made Namibia pay for their repeated mistakes in defence to emerge as 1-0 winners in a quarter-final match of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup in Harare yesterday. Namibian goalkeeper Athiel
readDeath toll reaches 132 in Baghdad bombings
26-10-2009
BAGHDAD – Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 132 people and wounded more than 500 in Baghdad yesterday, police and health officials said, in one of the bloodiest days in
readChina-Guinea mining deal highlights Africa business ties
26-10-2009
BEIJING - A US$7 billion mining deal between Guinea’s repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China’s full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with
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