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55 Articles found on Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Grace Mugabe’s dairy farms in deal with Nestlé
29-09-2009
GRACE Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, owns dairy farms that sell up to a million litres of milk a year to food giant Nestlé, London’s Sunday Telegraph reported.Grace Mugabe
readTop awards for auctioneers
29-09-2009
OFTEN young people do not know what career to choose once they leave school and hardly anybody thinks of becoming an auctioneer. Yet two Namibians have recently shown that auctioneering of livestock,
readHistory can no longer guide farmers, investors, says UN
29-09-2009
GENEVA – Climate change has made history an inaccurate guide for farmers as well as energy investors who must rely on probabilities and scenarios to make decisions, the head of a United Nations agency
readNoisy unions failing to paint South Africa red
29-09-2009
IT often attracts the epithet “powerful”, but on the evidence of last week’s triennial conference, the only truly powerful thing about the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is its
readHugo Chavez proposes creation of Africa-South America mining firm
29-09-2009
PORLAMAR, Venezuela – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez proposed on Sunday that South American and African nations unite to create a cross-continental mining corporation to keep control of their
readGlobal crisis ‘opportunity’ for more welfare spending: ADB
29-09-2009
HANOI – The global economic crisis will keep more than 60 million Asians in poverty this year, the head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday, urging a greater focus on social welfare
readJailed Russian tycoon says state withholding crucial evidence
29-09-2009
MOSCOW – Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky accused Russian prosecutors yesterday of withholding evidence exonerating him of new charges that could keep him in prison for decades.Khodorkovsky –
readHydropower brings light and hope to Sierra Leone
29-09-2009
FREETOWN - It hasn’t yet reached Ali Lamie’s small store, which flashes with colours as he charges cellphones by the rack. But after more than 30 years, Bumbuna hydroelectric dam is bringing power and
readIf I had a Hammer
29-09-2009
“IF I had a Hammer“ a song of the 60’s, was first sung by the Weavers at a left-wing rally in Peekskill, New York State in 1949 (writers, Pete Seeger/Lee Hays) where right wing fanatics and the FBI
readIran tests most advanced missiles
29-09-2009
TEHRAN - Iran tested its most advanced missiles yesterday to cap two days of war games, raising more international concern and stronger pressure to quickly come clean on the newly revealed nuclear
readPhilippine storm toll rises to 140 dead
29-09-2009
MANILA - The Philippines appealed for international help yesterday after a tropical storm killed 140 people in the country’s north and warned a new storm could strike this week, with tens of thousands
readSudan’s Bashir lifts censorship of newspapers
29-09-2009
KHARTOUM - President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday announced the immediate lifting of state censorship on the press, meeting a key demand of the media ahead of Sudan’s first elections in almost 25
readIn Briefs
29-09-2009
12 Afghans die in insurgent ambush * KABUL - A Taliban ambush on a highway left six truckers dead, and a roadside bomb killed another six Afghans in a crowded van, the government said yesterday -
readSocialists keep power in Portugal but less popular
29-09-2009
LISBON – The centre-left Socialist Party is staying in government for four more years after winning elections Sunday but its reduced parliamentary majority may handicap its efforts to lead Portugal
readZim’s Mukoko free at last
29-09-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the government could not prosecute a leading human rights activist facing terrorism charges because her abduction and torture in custody
readBeating for drinking beer
29-09-2009
KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian religious court appeals panel yesterday upheld a caning sentence for a woman who drank beer, state news agency Bernama reported.The appeals panel in the state of Pahang, on
readOmpango omakwatathano ya pitithwa owina
29-09-2009
AANIILONGA yOmegumbo etiyali lyokutota oompango oya ti epititho lyompango yOmakwatathano olya ningwa owina. Aanambelewa oya lombwele oshifo shika kutya ompango ndjika oya pitithwa owina kaatotimpango
readEkunku lya H1N1 lya kwata aavu 66
29-09-2009
IININGWANIMA iipe yuuvu wekunku lyo H1N1 oya kolekwa moshilongo mosoondaha. Etseyitho ndika olya eta omwaalu gwaantu ayehe mboka ya alukwa ekunku lyo H1N1 paavu ayehe kumwe 66 moNamibia.Omunashipundi
readODTA ya hala epangelo li konakone aaniilonga yalyo
29-09-2009
OMUTOTIMPANGO gwo DTA mOshigongi shOpashigwana okwa pula Omuprima Minista Nahas Angula a ninge ekonakono kombinga yaaniilonga yepangelo mboka ta ya longo iilonga yofuto pondje yiilonga yawo
readElongitho lyondama ya Von Bach lya etele NWR iiyemo
29-09-2009
EUVATHANO pokati kehangano lyaNamibia lyomahala gomafudhilo(NWR) nehangano lyedhina Tungeni Africa Investment ota li etele NWR oodola dha Namibia 120 000 komvula.Ominista yOmudhingoloko me Netumbo
readHogololeni inaa mu landula ondjokonona
29-09-2009
OMULELI gwoRDP okwa pula aaNamibia ya hogolole ongundu ye shaashi oyo ayike ta yi eta elunduluko lyashili.Hidipo Hamutenya okwa ningi eindilo ndika pethimbo ta popitha oshigongi shotango shongundu ye
readOta shi vulika kwa kukuta pethimbo lyomvula
29-09-2009
AATENGENEKI yombepo ota ya ti otashi vulika Namibia ita ka mona omvula oyindji omumvo gwomvula tu uka.Pa hokololo lyombelewa yokutengeneka onkalo yombepo Namibia ota ka mona omvula yi li pevi
readUuthigona ota u indjipala moSouth Africa
29-09-2009
NONANDO South Africa okwa shonopeka uuthigona, oshilongo shika osho natango shina oshigwana kaashi thike pamwe paliko muuyuni pethimbo ndika.Aatseyinawa oya londodha kutya omukanka ngoka gu li pokati
readKwa ulikwa Omunashipundi omupe gwOkomitiye yOuhamba wa Mbalantu
29-09-2009
OMUULIKWAHAMBA mOmbalantu, tate Abisai Shilomhoka Heita, omonamati gwa nakusa Titus Aikanga Heita, okwa tseyitha kutya ezimo lyawo lyAakwaniilwa ya Mbalantu, olya ulika meekulu Albertina Heita a ninge
readAakwiita oya ka landele oombautu dhiita
29-09-2009
OKUKALANDA oombautu dhiita koBrazil ka kwa li ompito yefudho koshilongo hoka.Ominista yEgameno omusamane, Charles Namoloh okwa ti a popi ndhika sho a yamukula kepulo lyaMcHenry Venaani ngoka a pula
readSevens hailed a success
29-09-2009
NAMIBIAN Sevens rugby coach Christo Alexander was not surprised that his side made it through the Plate final of the Trustco Sevens Rugby Tournament in Windhoek last weekend.He also hailed the
readNamibia go past South Africa
29-09-2009
NAMIBIA’S national Under-17 soccer team staged a great comeback to beat their South African counterparts 3-2 in a friendly international match at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Sunday.South Africa took the
readANC outraged over Chuene stay
29-09-2009
SOUTH Africa’s ruling African National Congress party (ANC) on Friday reacted angrily to a decision by Athletics South Africa not to fire Leonard Chuene as its president.On Thursday, ASA officials
readStrauss lauds England batting
29-09-2009
CENTURION – England captain Andrew Strauss praised a positive batting performance which set up a 22-run victory over favourites South Africa and took his team into the Champions Trophy semi-finals on
readSMSes Of Tuesday 29 September 2009
29-09-2009
* IT seems to be election time again. “Seems” because I have ceased to consider this exercise as progressive. Rather, it became retrogressive in Namibia. The reason: the coloniser’s approach was:
readBank card forgery suspects face mammoth fraud case
29-09-2009
AN alleged gang of international bank card fraudsters who were arrested in Windhoek in August and September 2007 made a first appearance in the High Court on a massive 1 516 criminal charges late last
readOpposition to blame for rally disruptions, claims Ekandjo
29-09-2009
“JUST because they were wearing Swapo T-shirts doesn’t mean they are Swapo.”That was the excuse offered by Swapo Secretary for Information and Mobilisation Jerry Ekandjo yesterday, when asked to
readStop blaming others: MP
29-09-2009
NAMIBIANS should stop blaming everybody else for the lack of development in Africa and in Namibia, Deputy Local and Regional Government Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo said in the National Assembly last
readElections 2009: Voices from Mariental
29-09-2009
POLITICAL parties have started criss-crossing the country as they campaign to get votes that will keep their leadership in the National Assembly for the next five years starting from March next
readKatrina’s corruption trial starts
29-09-2009
THE corruption trial of Hardap Governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa started yesterday with State witnesses giving testimony in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court.Among the first State witnesses called to
readRepublican Party sets its sights on ‘lost white vote’
29-09-2009
THE Republican Party emerged from its congress this weekend without a manifesto or a party list for the coming election.Technical problems were apparently to blame for the party failing to launch its
readSwanu at 50 years ‘the mother of all parties’
29-09-2009
THE oldest political party in Namibia, the SWA National Union (Swanu), is the “mother of all political parties” as it was the first national liberation movement in the country, its former president
readCoD unveils its poll promises
29-09-2009
THE diversification of Namibia’s economy with the aim of creating employment, especially the youth, is the main priority of the Congress of Democrats, says its president, Ben Ulenga.The ruling Swapo
readShootings, robberies mar weekend
29-09-2009
TWO men died violent deaths in Windhoek over the weekend – one shot and one stabbed – and three armed robberies were reported.Peter Thomas, age unknown, was stabbed in the neck in Greenwell Matongo,
readThe Dogg marches for peace
29-09-2009
FANS of local record label Mshasho Productions on Friday joined their hero The Dogg in marching for peace in Windhoek.The kwaito artist, who ironically caused some controversy a week ago after a
readRössing 'an enviro leader'
29-09-2009
RIO Tinto’s Rössing Uranium mine was recently recognised as a frontrunner in mining environmental management.The company participated in a discussion on ‘The mining industry and the environment: A
readN$130 000 for Damara Tern conservation
29-09-2009
N$130 000 is being spent by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) for fence maintenance around important Damara Tern breeding areas south of Swakopmund.According to the Co-ordinator of the
readCoastal pupils clear almost three tonnes of beach rubbish
29-09-2009
ABOUT 400 pupils from coastal schools in the Erongo and Karas regions recently participated in the worldwide 24th annual coastal clean-up campaign organised by Ocean Conservancy International.The
readDesalination plant must come quick
29-09-2009
IF NamWater’s Mile 6 desalination plant is not in operation by 2013, the Erongo region’s coastal communities and large industries will face a lengthy water crisis.“We will then have to stop supply of
readDark Sunday in Katutura: Shifidi is killed!
29-09-2009
ON September 16 2009 the NBC reminded the nation that it was Immanuel Shifidi’s birthday. This took me back to the life of that highly considerate and very inclusive person. Shifidi spent part of his
readConfusion about where to register
29-09-2009
POLITICAL parties asked the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) yesterday to extend the days for the supplementary voters’ registration as they fear that thousands of voters lost out earlier this
readDouble suicide rocks Swakop school
29-09-2009
AFTER the suicide of a 14-year-old pupil of Namib High School on Friday, another pupil from the same school took her life yesterday. On Friday, five pupils were caught in possession of alcohol on the
readOutrage over ‘staged’ Spy Bill hearings
29-09-2009
THE dust has not yet settled around the controversial ‘Spy Bill’, with National Council members yesterday scrambling to defend their decision to pass the Communications Bill without amendments.The
readNoteable Quotes
29-09-2009
WHEN they had the chance to help us, they treated us like animals, destroyed our land. – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi of the five countries of the UN Security Council when calling for a new world
readBig Brother Africa 4: Cheat Sheet
29-09-2009
IT’S no secret, Rene and Paloma can’t stand each other. After coming up against each other in the mud-wrestling arena on Saturday, Paloma obviously whipped poor old Rene’s ass – the two were at it
readBig Brother Africa 4: Goodbye Phil
29-09-2009
PHIL Okure, Uganda’s Big Brother housemate, bade farewell to the house on Sunday and at the same time also said tata to the US$200 000 that the remaining housemates stand to win when it’s all over.
readSevens hailed a success
29-09-2009
NAMIBIAN Sevens rugby coach Christo Alexander was not surprised that his side made it through the Plate final of the Trustco Sevens Rugby Tournament in Windhoek last weekend.He also hailed the
readMerkel vows quick deal on German coalition
29-09-2009
BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed yesterday to have a new centre-right German government in place within weeks, said tax cuts were possible in 2011 and rejected spending cuts that might strangle
readMerkel coalition faces huge test
29-09-2009
FRANKFURT – The new coalition of German Chancellor Angela Merkel will likely boost the biggest European economy but analysts questioned yesterday how far she would go with crucial but contentious
readGrace Mugabe’s dairy farms in deal with Nestlé
29-09-2009
GRACE Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, owns dairy farms that sell up to a million litres of milk a year to food giant Nestlé, London’s Sunday Telegraph reported.Grace Mugabe
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