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46 Articles found on Thursday, 17 September 2009
Gordhan warns of higher deficit
17-09-2009
WHEN Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presents his first mini budget next month, he may reveal that the expected budget deficit for the 2009/10 fiscal year has widened to between seven per cent and
readUS economy ‘has not turned up’: Buffett
17-09-2009
CARLSBAD, California - The US economy has not begun to climb out of the worst recession since the Great Depression, but the “terror” that followed last year’s near-collapse of the financial
readMugabe woos mining firms to Zimbabwe with promises of stable laws
17-09-2009
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe urged foreign mining companies to invest in the southern African country and sought yesterday to allay fears that such businesses could be
readChina state owned companies increase outbound investments
17-09-2009
BEIJING - China’s major state-owned companies invested US$35,7 billion abroad last year as they expanded foreign operations despite the global economic crisis, the government said yesterday.Some 117
readSouth African schoolboy cries wolf to hide bad grades
17-09-2009
AN 11-year-old boy received high marks in storytelling after staging a hoax to cover up his bad grades. Police said the boy faked his kidnapping on Friday to avoid bringing home a bad report card,
readRegional action needed to stop illegal trawlers
17-09-2009
EVERY day hundreds of unlicensed fishing vessels enter African waters and trawl for shrimp, sardines, tuna, and mackerel. They cost Africa some US$1 billion a year, according to 2005 study by DFID,
readTours for rainbow people
17-09-2009
NAMIBIA is a tourist haven for niche markets because its sensitive ecology is not able to handle mass tourism.Tour operators have already started specialising in trips through our country for
readBe aware of birds being caught in power lines
17-09-2009
ALMOST 10 per cent of Namibia’s 676 bird species are under threat. The extent of mortality caused to wildlife, especially birds, by power lines is unknown but expected to be greater than records
readNew frog species discovered
17-09-2009
BIOLOGISTS working for a British volunteer conservation organisation have found 15 new species of amphibians and a chameleon in Tanzania’s South Nguru Mountains.The new species found by Frontier
read1.1 million votes for Afghan leader suspicious: EU
17-09-2009
KABUL - As many as a third of votes cast for Afghan incumbent Hamid Karzai in last month’s presidential election are suspect and must be checked for fraud, the head of a European Union election
readKenya cattle raid death toll reaches 32
17-09-2009
* NAIROBI - Most of the bodies of 32 Kenyans killed during a cattle raid in northern Kenya were buried in a mass grave yesterday, an official said, as local media questioned whether police had ignored
readFoul-mouthing boss not grounds for firing in Spain
17-09-2009
MADRID - A court in Barcelona says insulting your boss with one particularly foul obscenity is not grounds for dismissal, insisting the slight is common in arguments in Spain and not that big a
readTeens cleared of plotting ‘UK Columbine’ massacre
17-09-2009
LONDON – Two teenagers were cleared yesterday of plotting a killing spree at their school in Manchester in a chilling imitation of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in the United
readSearch of Garrido home gives hope to grieving mom
17-09-2009
ANTIOCH – Sharon Murch believed she eventually would find her daughter Michaela, who was taken more than a decade ago. The miraculous reunion of another little California girl with her family 18 years
readLightning strike kills five Cameroon schoolchildren
17-09-2009
YAOUNDE – A lightning bolt killed five children at their school in northwest Cameroon as they were preparing to begin their school day, Cameroon’s state radio said yesterday..Some 58 others were taken
readAakiina oya hala oshipambu mehangano lyoomina lya Weatherly
17-09-2009
EHANGANO lyopapangelo lya Chiina ota li landa oshipambu oshinene mehangano lya Weatherly International komwaalu gwoodola oomiliona N$190, elando ndika ota li pitika opo ehangano lya Weatherly li
readAaniilonga yepangelo ta ya longo momahogololo
17-09-2009
KONYALA aaniilonga yepangelo 570 ota ya thigi po iilonga ya wo okathimbo opo ye ki imonene oshimaliwa sha gwedhwa po pethimbo lyomahogololo gomuNovomba. Shika ota shi ningwa molwaashoka yamwe ota ya
readAaniilonga mo RCC ya ya mekanka
17-09-2009
AANIILONGA ayehe yomOkampani yEtungo lyOondjila ya tseyika nedhina mOshiingilisa Road Construction Company (RCC) yomoNooli mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika oya tokola ya ye mekanka taya pula oondjambi dhawo
readAakwiita aakulu yetanga lyoSWATF ya nyokomwa
17-09-2009
AAKWIITA aakulu metanga lyoshitopolwa nenge ndyoka ha li ithanwa South West Africa Territory Force yeli lwopo 5 000 oya kanitha kehe gumwe oodola 182 uule womasiku ga piti.Iimaliwa mbika oye yi
readOkwaa ha lesha ta ku yi moshipala ekondjitho lyekunku lyaH1N1
17-09-2009
ONGUNDU yuukalinawa yeilongekidho muunamiti wopaulumompumbwe (NHEMC) ota yi kondjo natango opo uuyelele wu na sha nekunku lyo H1N1 wu adhe omuntu kehe.Iilonga yawo ota yi dhigupalekwa ko nkalo yo kwaa
readAapolisi ya Namibia ya kwathela mombili yuuyuni
17-09-2009
AANAMBELEWA yopolisi ya Namibia oya tumbalekwa molwa iilonga ya wo yi shi kuholelwa ,mbyoka ya longo omanga ya li metumo lyombili lyIigwana Ya Hangana ko East Timor.Aanambelewa mbaka etumbaleko ndika
readGirls’ football comes alive!
17-09-2009
NAMIBIAN women football will come alive when the annual national championships will be the centre of attraction at Windhoek’s SKW Stadium this weekend.The opening ceremony will start at 07h00 on
readFar-North champs to rock Oshakati
17-09-2009
THE 2009 Old Mutual Far-North Championship will wind up its activities with the inter-region finals in both soccer and netball at Oshakati in the Oshana Region on Saturday.The championship has covered
readRonaldo strikes twice
17-09-2009
LONDON – Two goals from the world’s most expensive player helped Real Madrid beat FC Zurich 5-2 to begin a Champions League journey they trust will take them across Europe and all the way back
readCash boost for under-17 league
17-09-2009
IT will be all systems go this Saturday when the final of the Khomas Under-17 Youth League will be played at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. This week, MTC gave a sponsorship of N$25 000 to serve as cash
readReta relishes Namibian Squash Open challenge
17-09-2009
HOT on the heels of a hard-fought test with Zambia, a host of the continent’s top squash players will be on court this weekend to play for the DStv Namibian Open title at Wanderers.The event starts
readSMS Of Thursday 17 September 2009
17-09-2009
* IT is startling to hear of the involvement of foreigners in our politics. A few months back it was reported that the Angolans attended a party-political rally held in the north-central regions. Now
readRDP sees donation as bribery
17-09-2009
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) yesterday took issue with what the party called an uneven playing field for parties campaigning for the November national elections.RDP information secretary
readAPP condemns Swapo’s ‘foreign’ election donation
17-09-2009
THE All People’s Party (APP) has condemned “emerging political interference” by some foreign business entities in the light of the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly election.This follows a
readClouds but no rain
17-09-2009
THE cloudy, hazy conditions experienced in Windhoek over the weekend are not a sign of early rain, unfortunately.The spring haze is caused by dust and smoke left behind by the August winds and
readN$2b MCA funding takes effect
17-09-2009
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula yesterday said he didn’t really mind when his “young friends in the Swapo electoral college” threatened to throw him out recently, as he would have simply “put on another
readTrial on cocaine death to continue April 2010
17-09-2009
THE trial of alleged drug smuggler Bruno Da Silva Paiva, who is facing charges of murder and dealing in cocaine after an ill-fated trip to Brazil in April 2006, is set to continue only in April next
readMany problems on resettlement farms
17-09-2009
RESETTLED farmers in the South still face a host of problems, ranging from poor water infrastructure to poor post-settlement financial support.A spokesman for the farmers, Ulrich Davids, complained
readVaalgras chiefs ready for gazetting
17-09-2009
NAMES of recently appointed Traditional Councillors of Vaalgras by the Chief of the Vaalgras Traditional Authority, Joel Stephanus, have been placed on the Gazette list for publication.They are Erich
readTjongarero back on UDF list
17-09-2009
VETERANS outsmarted the youth and women of United Democratic Front as a select group of 20 met the whole of Saturday to compile the list of 72 people for the November parliamentary elections.Friend
readThe UDF’s election list
17-09-2009
1. Chief Justus //Garoëb 2. Simson Tjongarero 3. Michael Bantu Goreseb 4. Dorca Shikongo 5. Matheas Tsaëb
readBill bans public smoking
17-09-2009
THE Tobacco Products Control Bill tabled by Health Minister Richard Kamwi in Parliament bans “the smoking of tobacco in a public place, any outdoor public place or any area within a certain distance
readLabour Ministry looking for ill former Ramatex workers
17-09-2009
FORMER Ramatex employees who have been diagnosed as having health problems that could be traced to their employment with the textile factory in Windhoek are being asked to contact the Ministry of
readNamPol’s hands tied in soldier scam case
17-09-2009
THE Namibian Police cannot act against a group who have registered over 5 000 former South West Africa Territory Force members – and taken N$182 from each of them – unless someone lays a charge.Police
readNoteable Quotes
17-09-2009
ANXIOUS cats make anxious leaps. – Senior Council Jeremy Muller commenting on the delay about serving a restraint order in the court case concerning the Chinese scanning equipment in the Windhoek High
readBig Brother Africa 4: Viewers Vent
17-09-2009
Messages from the BBA television text strip: • Kristal forgot her a** back home. • We need Paloma in South Africa to organise our defence force.• Itai has become It-shy.
readBig Brother Africa 4: Rump shaking up in there
17-09-2009
THE girls seems to be settling in to their new digs as well as can be expected. Of course, there are a few expected grumblings about their cramped quarters but, as far as I’m concerned, it’s the best
readGirls’ football comes alive!
17-09-2009
NAMIBIAN women football will come alive when the annual national championships will be the centre of attraction at Windhoek’s SKW Stadium this weekend.The opening ceremony will start at 07h00 on
readRacism behind anger toward Obama: Carter
17-09-2009
WASHINGTON – Racism is driving the recent anger-charged criticism of President Barack Obama, ex-president Jimmy Carter said. “I think that an overwhelming proportion of the intensely demonstrated
readTours for rainbow people
17-09-2009
NAMIBIA is a tourist haven for niche markets because its sensitive ecology is not able to handle mass tourism. Tour operators have already started specialising in trips through our country for
readIt’s ready, steady, go! for MCA funds
17-09-2009
NAMIBIA is more than N$2 billion ‘richer’ after the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), courtesy of the US government, was activated yesterday to fight poverty by targeting education, tourism and
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