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52 Articles found on Thursday, 8 October 2009
Signs of life seen in Africa private equity
08-10-2009
LONDON - The six-month upturn in global markets has re-ignited interest in one of the final frontiers of emerging markets - private equity investment in Africa - and underlines a substantial
readPlanning commission won’t be gatekeeper
08-10-2009
THE South African national planning commission will not be “the gatekeeper of policy” and nor will it take over setting budgets, Minister Trevor Manuel told parliament on Tuesday.Manuel, who is
readOne agricultural union is enough: Rukoro
08-10-2009
THE different agricultural organisations in Namibia should form one united body, because having various organisations in that sector is “nonsense”, according to Vekuii Rukoro, Chief Executive Officer
readGold spike gives consumers pause
08-10-2009
SYDNEY/DUBAI - Gold’s run to a record US$1 048,20 per ounce yesterday was greeted cautiously by consumers in Asia and the Middle East, with some cashing in gains while the majority were hanging on for
readEmerging market firms lead charge for Africa’s minerals
08-10-2009
MINING firms digging for Africa’s untapped riches are attracting renewed interest, but takeover deals are likely to be dominated by emerging market players that are prepared to assume greater levels
readReport sends United States dollar down
08-10-2009
LONDON – The dollar fell Tuesday towards year lows against the euro and the yen after a report that Arab states and other countries were contemplating an end to the US currency’s role in the pricing
readUN calls for new reserve currency
08-10-2009
ISTANBUL – The United Nations called on Tuesday for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the “privilege” of building a huge trade
readIran says ‘big profits’ came from shift to euro
08-10-2009
TEHRAN – Iran’s central bank governor says the country gained “big profits” by shifting its foreign currency reserve basket from the US dollar to the euro.Mahmoud Bahmani was quoted Tuesday by Iran’s
readAnger swells over slow relief in India floods
08-10-2009
HYDERABAD – Rescue workers with boats and helicopters struggled on Tuesday to deliver rations to about 5 million victims of flooding triggered by torrential rains in southern India.The floods in
readDemocracy icon Suu Kyi meets Myanmar government minister
08-10-2009
YANGON – Detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi met a high-level official in Myanmar’s military-ruled government for a second time in a week following her offer to lobby the West to lift
readGuinea opposition calls for Camara to step down
08-10-2009
CONAKRY – Guinea’s main opposition coalition is demanding that the country’s military leader step down before it will participate in talks with the ruling junta.Ba Oury, a leading opposition official,
readEgypt breaks ties with France’s Louvre Museum
08-10-2009
CAIRO – Egypt announced yesterday that it has cut all cooperation with France’s Louvre Museum until it secures the return of “stolen” Pharaonic antiquities in the latest row involving the exhibits of
readSomali pirates attack French military vessel
08-10-2009
PARIS – Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early yesterday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and
readWoman accused of throwing dog at officer during row
08-10-2009
LINCOLN – Police said a woman will not face charges for throwing a dog at an officer during a domestic violence investigation. Police Capt.Davidsaver said officers were called to southeast Lincoln for
readPoor nations need to sign on to global climate fund
08-10-2009
BANGKOK – Poor nations demanding a slice of rich countries’ GDP to fight climate change is a waste of time, and the fairest method would be a global fund to which all major emitting nations would
readYa kwata oombushe pOsikola ya Musimboti nOoN$100,000 lwaampoka
08-10-2009
OSIKOLA ya Musimboti mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya ningi yimwe yomOosikola oonelago sho meti 19 Septemba 2009, ya yambidhidhwa nOodola dha Namibia dhi li lwopeyovi ethele limwe lwaampoka
readOoamushanga yiikundaneki ya pangula eponokelo lyaMinista
08-10-2009
EHANGANO lyooamushanga yiikundaneki moNamibia(EFN) olya pangula eponokelo lyuukwamuhoko ndyoka amushangandjai gwoSwapo, Pendukeni Iivula Ithana a ningile amushanga gwoshifo sho The Namibian, Gwen
readOtuntila kekunku
08-10-2009
EHANGANO lyUundjolowele mUuyuni (WHO) olya endulula kutya oli na einekelo momuti gwokutuntila ekunku lyo H1N1, ta li ti osho oshilongitho shimwe shina oonkondo mekondjitho lyomukithi
readAanona yomekondjo osho ya taamba oomiliona mbali
08-10-2009
AANONA yomekondjo osho ya taamba shoka epangelo lya ti ota li ya pe.Aanona mbaka okwa li kwa shangwa kutya oya tindi okutaamba okwinyengithwa ya ye ko Berg Aukas noshowo oku pewa iikulya, okupewa
readOongundu dhopolitika ita dhi tsilike manga omaplakate gadho
08-10-2009
OONGUNDU dhopolitika odha tegelela aahogololi ya ka hogolole konyala konima iiwike ashike ihetatu yi li ko, ndele sigo oompaka kapena nando oyimwe ya tsilika omaplakate miilando okuhwahwameka
readOlodja ya tate Namundjebo ya pya po thiluthilu
08-10-2009
OLODJA ya tate George Namundjebo momukunda Olunghono popepi nOshikango mOndoolopa ya Helao Nafidi mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya pipo thiluthilu omutenya gwOsoondaha ya zi ko, komulilo ta
readAaNamibia ha ya landa shi nene moSouth Africa
08-10-2009
AANAMIBIA oyendji oya longitha uukalata wawo woongunga lwo po miliona 1.3 moSouth Africa omumvo gwa ziko, naashika osha kutha konyala omwaalu gwoodola etata lyobiliona yimwe moondjato dhawo.Iimaliwa
readEwilikongundu lyonyama ta li kongo iiyemo
08-10-2009
EWILIKONGUNDU lyonyama lyaNamibia olya hala oku mbwalangandjeka iiyemo yalyo. Shika ota li shiningi pa ku indila aantu oyendji ngaashi aanafaalama yokarakul, aalandithi yiimuna nuutomeno mboka ha u
readSpurs fans hope for win
08-10-2009
HOTSPURS supporters will hope that their team picks up maximum points tonight against SKW, after they were overpowered by Black Africa to lose 2-1 in a match they led for most of the encounter.
readSports Awards-Nominees
08-10-2009
Sportsman of the Year Paulus Moses - boxing Paulus Nuumbembe - boxing Betuel Uushona – boxing Marc Bassingthwaighte – mountain bike riding Dan Craven - cycling Rudolf Oosthuizen – endurance
readAwards on the cards
08-10-2009
THE finalists for the annual Namibia Sport Awards ceremony in Windhoek on October 30 were announced by the Namibia Sport Commission yesterday.The panel of judges announced five finalists in each
readOuseb looks to the young
08-10-2009
FORMER Brave Warriors defender Mohammed Ouseb plans to offer coaching clinics for young footballers when he retires at the end of this season.Ouseb, who is now with Orlando Pirates in the premiership,
readPiquet eyes move to NASCAR
08-10-2009
LONDON – Brazilian Nelson Piquet is eyeing a move to NASCAR’s pickup truck racing series after his stint in Formula One was tainted by a race-fixing controversy with Renault.Piquet said on his website
readEgypt, SA out of U/20s
08-10-2009
EGYPT crashed out of the Under-20 World Cup after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat to Costa Rica on Tuesday.Also on Tuesday, Dominic Adiyiah scored in extra time to give Ghana a 2-1 win over Amajita. The
readExplosive boxing to rock Walvis Bay
08-10-2009
DOMESTIC boxing moves to the coast at the end of this month, when the best fighters in the country square up against some foreign boxers to entertain the entertainment-starved Walvis Bay
readDavydenko boosts tour finals hopes
08-10-2009
BEIJING – Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko boosted his chances of reaching the ATP Tour’s season finale for a fifth time with a 6-1 6-0 thrashing of Philipp Kohlschreiber at the US$6,6 million China Open
readSMSes Of Thursday 8 October 2009
08-10-2009
* FOR people struggling with uncontrolled anger (they are a danger to themselves and others) are there any anger management institutions out there or any other support group system to assist? Let’s
readPossible poll boycott looms over Swapo tender allocation
08-10-2009
SEVERAL opposition parties have threatened to boycott the parliamentary and presidential elections next month as the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) told them yesterday it had given the tender
readStruggle kids want to go ‘face to face’ with Govt
08-10-2009
THE group of ‘struggle children’ camping at the Swapo headquarters in Windhoek are calling on Government to address them directly, “face to face”, and not through the media.The group say all the
readJoyride along beach ends in tragedy
08-10-2009
WALVIS BAY – A joyride along the beach cost a young man his life on Tuesday morning.Erongo Police spokesperson Sergeant Julia Nujoma told Nampa yesterday that Oze Hansen (23) and two passengers were
readNorthern lodge burns down
08-10-2009
THE Namundjebo Traditional Lodge at Olunghono near Oshikango in the Ohangwena Region was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon.The owner of the lodge, George Namundjebo, told The Namibian that there
readCrime dropping according to the latest report from the NPC
08-10-2009
THE number of crimes reported in Namibia dropped by 78 per cent from 2006 to 2008, according to an interim review report issued by the National Planning Commission (NPC) on Monday.The report says 424
readComputer theft syndicate nabbed
08-10-2009
THIEVES broke into the Concordia Secondary School in Windhoek in the early hours of Tuesday, stealing all their computers.The City Police and the Namibian Police immediately launched a joint operation
readLast day for Parliament today
08-10-2009
TODAY will be the last sitting of the National Assembly for this year. The session was supposed to continue until about the middle of November, but it was cut short yesterday because of next month’s
readLess than 1 000 register abroad
08-10-2009
ABOUT 992 voters added their names to the voters’ roll during the supplementary voters’ registration at 23 Namibian missions abroad.Of these, 257 registered to vote at the Namibian mission in Harare,
readStudent nurses help expand soup kitchen
08-10-2009
THE Home of Good Hope Soup Kitchen in the Goreangab informal settlement was started by Monica Imanga in 2007 and feeds about 200 children five times a week.“Many of these children only have one or no
readHoodia farming keeps Hartung going at 76
08-10-2009
“MONEY is not what drives me to farm with Hoodia Gordonii – a rare and ancient plant that has become Africa’s latest cash crop – but fears of possible extinction of a unique endangered plant.”This is
readDTA back in cyberspace
08-10-2009
THE DTA of Namibia has completely revamped its website, which was initially activated in 2004 but later became dormant.Equipped with a modern look, a blog and links to social networks like Youtube and
readAll People’s Party (APP) Parliamentary List
08-10-2009
THE APP has released is list of candidates for this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections:1. Ignatius N Shixwameni 2. Madala R Nauyoma 3. Herberth S Shixwameni 4. David Mwilima 5.
readCourt okays Uvhungu eviction
08-10-2009
AN almost two-month-old eviction order against the project manager that has been in charge of the Uvhungu-Vhungu agricultural project near Rundu for the past six years can now be carried out, it was
readCity cemeteries nearly full
08-10-2009
WINDHOEK neither has the space to keep burying 175 people every month, nor can the city afford the nearly half a billion dollars it costs monthly to do so and to maintain the seven existing
readRDP candidate Kavekotora booted by TransNamib
08-10-2009
TRANSNAMIB has forced out its General Manager for Marketing and Sales, Mike Kavekotora, because he is standing for election in the November polls.Although the company said yesterday that Kavekotora
readNoteable Quotes
08-10-2009
I JUST want to remind Honourable Moongo that this place (Parliament) is not the Big Brother house. – Prime Minister Nahas Angula teasing DTA MP Philemon Moongo, whose sons have been taking part in the
readBig Brother Africa 4: On the chopping board
08-10-2009
WILL Yacob be corn off the cob, or Ya-chopped come Sunday’s evictions? Will Hannington be bannington? Or will Kevin take the rap and Elizabeth see her Liza! Who knows.Sorry people, guess I’m either
readSpurs fans hope for win
08-10-2009
HOTSPURS supporters will hope that their team picks up maximum points tonight against SKW, after they were overpowered by Black Africa to lose 2-1 in a match they led for most of the encounter.
readTwo Americans and Israeli win Nobel chemistry prize
08-10-2009
STOCKHOLM – Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry yesterdayy for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells – a feat that has spurred the
readExpert warns against cost of lower rates
08-10-2009
NAMIBIA might be on the verge of a whole new banking industry as the existing four commercial banks fight to survive Government pressure for lower fees and more localisation, demands from Bank of
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