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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Outlook positive for agriculture
06-10-2009
THE agricultural sector for South Africa and some of its neighbours like Namibia faces quite a prosperous future over the next five years, economists told a conference in South Africa last week.The
readStud Limousin bull fetches N$100 000
06-10-2009
A LIMOUSIN bull fetched N$100 000 at an auction held at the Windhoek agricultural and industrial show last week.The bull is called Nicola Milou and was originally bought from South Africa three years
readNestlé to stop buying milk from Mugabe farm
06-10-2009
THE milk and chocolate company Nestlé said it will stop buying milk from a farm owned by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s family, who seized it from white farmers under his controversial land
readNeudamm agriculture college wins at show
06-10-2009
STAFF and students at Neudamm Agricultural College are happy with the three prizes they won at the Windhoek Show, which ended on Saturday.The Neudamm agricultural campus of the University of Namib is
readAgri Briefs
06-10-2009
LPO and NAU congress THE annual Livestock Producers’ Organisation (LPO) and Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) congresses will be held in Windhoek this week. The LPO congress starts today at 08h00 and
readSouth Africa buys bigger stake in Momentum Namibia
06-10-2009
MOMENTUM South Africa has upped its stake in Momentum Life Assurance Namibia to 49 per cent, deal which cost the group N$76,34 million in cash.FNB Namibia Holdings’ Head of Strategic Marketing and
readSA economy seen out of recession this year
06-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s economy may come out of recession later this year, lifted by better manufacturing performance and a rebound abroad, the central bank’s deputy governor said.Africa’s
readBrazil offers helping hand to IMF
06-10-2009
ISTANBUL - Brazil, an emerging economy, said yesterday that it will spend 10 billion dollars on buying IMF bonds to boost the fund’s power to help countries through the global crisis.It was the first
readAbsa Capital to focus on Africa growth
06-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG - The new chief executive of Absa Group’s investment banking arm aims to increase revenue by 50 to 60 per cent in the next three years as business in its core capital markets starts to
readEU farm ministers seek solutions for troubled dairy sector
06-10-2009
BRUSSELS - Over three hundred protesting dairy farmers from across Europe gathered outside the European Union headquarters in Brussels yesterday ahead of a farm ministers’ meeting to discuss the
readUN index rates life best in Norway, worst in Niger
06-10-2009
BANGKOK – Norway enjoys the world’s highest quality of life, while Niger suffers the lowest, a UN agency said yesterday, as it released a ranking that highlights the wide disparities in well-being
readBritish politicians urged to tackle far-right
06-10-2009
LONDON – Britain’s far-right militants are getting more sophisticated and politicians need to challenge their message head on, an expert on community relations says.Professor Ted Cantle, who led the
readUS trio wins medicine Nobel for ageing research
06-10-2009
STOCKHOLM – Three Americans were awarded the Nobel prize for medicine yesterday for the discovery of a built-in protection device in chromosomes, a finding that sheds light on ageing and may help in
readIvory traffickers held in CAR
06-10-2009
LIBREVILLE – Police detained two major ivory traffickers in the Central African Republic as a part of a joint operation with animal rights activists, two groups announced yesterday.The arrests were
readSouth Sudan tribal clashes leave 23 dead
06-10-2009
CAIRO – At least 23 people were killed and more than a thousand fled their homes in ethnic clashes in volatile south Sudan over the weekend, a Sudanese official said yesterday.Dinka and Mundari
readSA’s Selebi denies corruption charge
06-10-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s former police chief Jackie Selebi pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption yesterday at the start of a trial that will see him accuse other officials of graft.Selebi
readIitekelaskepa no National Geographic
06-10-2009
OSHIPAMBU shosikepa ndjoka ya kala oomvula omathele kohi yevi moshitopolwa shomina yaNamdeb onomola yotango popepi nOranjemund omvula ya zi ko, ehokololo lya yo olya shangwa moshifo ha shi ithanwa
readAanona yomekondjo ya tindi oomiliona mbali
06-10-2009
AANONA ya valelwa pondje pethimbo lyekondjelomanguluko oya tindi iimaliwa mbyoka epangelo lya ti, ota li longitha oku ya tululula. Oya ti epangelo na li kale niimaliwa yalyo nopeha lyaa mbika na li ya
readOntauki dha DRC odhi li mokamba popepi na Gaborone
06-10-2009
ONGUNDU yoontauki 41 ndhoka dha zile moNamibia mu Juli ngashingeyi odhi li mokamba yi li popepi na Gaborone, Botswana.Komufala gwaBotswana moNamibia omusamane Norman Moleboge okwa lombwele oThe
readODTA ya tula aakiintu omi 30 momusholondondo gwayo
06-10-2009
OMUSHOLONDONDO gwo DTA gwaa ulikwa hogololwa molwa omahogololo ga Novomba nuumvo ota ku tiwa, ogwo gu na aakiintu oyendji ongo ookandidate, momisholondondo ndhoka dha ulikwa sigo
readOngundu yo UDF ya tseyitha omushangwa uvaneko gwomahogololo
06-10-2009
ONGUNDU yo United Democratic Front UDF,oya tseyitha omushangwa uvaneko gwayo gwomahogololo gaNovomba nuumvo. Omushangwa nguka ogwa gandjwa moVenduka mehuliloshiwike lya yi.Ota gu indile aahogololi ya
readAahogololi aape omayovi go 290 600 yiishangitha
06-10-2009
AAHOGOLOLI aape kumwe ye li oma 290 600 oyi ishangitha omvula ndjika pethimbo lye ishangitho ndyoka lya hulile omwedhi gwa yi moshilongo ashihe.Okomisi yomahogololo ya Namibia oya tseyitha kutya
readOseko yaNgha ya ya natango nekopi lya Old Mutual
06-10-2009
OSEKO yOpombanda ya Ngha moHangwena oyo ya sindana po uudhano wEkondjelo lyEkopi lya Old Mutual, muudhano wetanga lyokoompadhi waamati naamboka wetanga lyomoshimbamba waakadhona, sha ningilwa
readCycling feast on the cards
06-10-2009
NAMIBIA will stage the biggest cycling event on the continent when the African Road Cycling Championships will be held from November 4 to 8. The event will attract top names in cycling from the
readAkwenye leaves Ramblers for Tigers
06-10-2009
FORMER Brave Warriors midfielder Nelson Akwenye made a happy return to his childhood club Tigers, after two seasons at Ramblers. Tigers coach Brian Isaacks confirmed that Akwenye has joined his side
readWilliams quits as national rugby coach
06-10-2009
NATIONAL rugby team coach John Williams has resigned, the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) announced yesterday.Williams informed the union a week ago that he was resigning to pursue other coaching interests
readKonjore calls for better sports management
06-10-2009
SPORTS Minister Willem Konjore says if sport is an area where young people can make a living, then it is important that it is well managed.He said this when he opened the Fifa Win in Africa with
readSMSes Of Tuesday 6 October 2009
06-10-2009
* WISHING all the teachers a happy Teachers’ Day. Despite challenges the future of our country lies with us. – Jafet, Eengedjo SS Food For Thought * IF politicians continue to racialise things in
readNigerian sent to jail for smuggling crack cocaine
06-10-2009
A DRUG-SMUGGLING trip to Namibia is set to turn into an extended stay of 12 months behind bars for a Nigerian national who was arrested with crack cocaine in Windhoek a month ago.Francis Ogwu (39) was
readParties hold back on elections posters
06-10-2009
POLITICAL parties expect voters to stream to the polling stations in eight weeks but there are no placards or any campaign material on display in any town so far.In the past, posters would be all over
readParliament: To sit or not to sit
06-10-2009
TODAY will be crunch time for Members of the National Assembly as they are supposed to tell the Speaker, Theo-Ben Gurirab, which way they want to go for the remainder of this session after four
readShow quiet for exhibitors as visitor figures skyrocket
06-10-2009
WINDHOEK Show Society President, Harald Schmidt, says he will remember the 2009 Windhoek Show for its calm atmosphere and better-than-expected visitor numbers.Schmidt said that 98 506 people flocked
readNDP3 review put on hold for a day
06-10-2009
THE start of a five-day conference in Windhoek yesterday to discuss a mid-term review of the third national development plan (NDP3) had to be postponed to today and dozens of delegates from all
readOPM prepares for new floods
06-10-2009
FOLLOWING the devastating floods of 2008 and 2009, and the potential for future disasters, the Disaster Risk Management Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister has developed an action plan to deal
readDying with dignity at Sacred Heart Hospice
06-10-2009
SHACK by shack, AIDS is slowly eating away at the heart of Mariental’s /Haratsâsib settlement – a place were the majority of the southern town’s poverty-stricken people live.Ask any resident of the
readGood Strides In Soccer Development
06-10-2009
THE development of Namibia’s soccer shows improvement and the soccer fraternity deserves encouragement. While we have through the years hailed football in Namibia as the country’s mainstay, reality
readAfrica: Getting to grips with good governance
06-10-2009
THE launch of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance once again brings the issue of governance to the centre stage. While many of the results may conform with people’s intuition, there are also some
readAfrica: Getting to grips with good governance
06-10-2009
THE launch of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance once again brings the issue of governance to the centre stage. While many of the results may conform with people’s intuition, there are also some
readAfrica: Getting to grips with good governance
06-10-2009
THE launch of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance once again brings the issue of governance to the centre stage. While many of the results may conform with people’s intuition, there are also some
readPlan veterans invited to add to former enemies’ website
06-10-2009
FORMER battlefield foes now have a chance to record their memories of Namibia’s Independence war on a website set up by veterans of a unit of the South African Defence Force that was involved in the
readOpposition cries foul over Trepper ‘joyride’
06-10-2009
A vote of no confidence in the Management Committee of the City of Windhoek has been put before the City Council for the first time in more than a decade after they bulldozed through a paid trip for
readNambia scores high on governance
06-10-2009
TWO separate studies, the 2009 Index of African Governance and the 2009 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, have ranked Namibia among the three best-governed countries in southern Africa.According to
readNoteable Quotes
06-10-2009
WE don’t want to be moved to another location and suffer. – Children of the Liberation Struggle spokesperson Tangeni Shinendima rejecting the N$2 million Government is offering and a planned
readBig Brother Africa 4: Housemates joined at the hip
06-10-2009
FROM this week until who knows when, the Big Brother housemates have to operate in pairs.Each team of two will play as if they are one housemate. If one member of a team is nominated, so is the other.
readBig Brother Africa 4: Rene on her way home
06-10-2009
IT’S game over for our girl Rene. What a byatch situation, right? I can’t help thinking that it all started with that “basin nose-blowing episode” involving Zambia’s Paloma. Armed with pictures of her
readBig Brother Africa 4: Sexy and Sticky, that's Black Vanilla
06-10-2009
SUNDAY’S BBA4 eviction was a tough one for Namibians! Apart from losing two out of three Namibians, it has split up our very own crazy cocktail that is TwinPower. Erastus, or Black Vanilla, as he
readCycling feast on the cards
06-10-2009
NAMIBIA will stage the biggest cycling event on the continent when the African Road Cycling Championships will be held from November 4 to 8. The event will attract top names in cycling from the
readSuicide bomber kills 5 at UN office in Pakistan
06-10-2009
ISLAMABAD – A suicide bomber disguised as a security officer struck the lobby of the UN food agency’s Pakistan headquarters yesterday, killing five people a day after the new leader of the Pakistani
readAfrican ministers want voice in G20
06-10-2009
ISTANBUL - African finance ministers on Sunday called for their countries to have a voice in the Group of 20 nations to ensure the body considers their long-term development needs.Pledging to show
readOutlook positive for agriculture
06-10-2009
THE agricultural sector for South Africa and some of its neighbours like Namibia faces quite a prosperous future over the next five years, economists told a conference in South Africa last week.The
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