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51 Articles found on Thursday, 3 September 2009
Conference Calls
03-09-2009
AN exciting week! A conference on “taking policy forward” (20/20 Hinz Sight) and being accused as a racist, an accusation not received since before Independence, although then they were a bit
readOil trade marks 150 years since discovery
03-09-2009
ONE hundred and fifty years ago this week in a small Pennsylvania town an indefatigable businessman struck oil, changing the world forever.Boring a pipe deep into the Titusville ground, Edwin Drake
readBoards warned to avoid risks
03-09-2009
THE global credit crisis highlighted that company boards should avoid risks they do not understand, Adrian Cadbury, a UK corporate governance expert, warned on Tuesday.Cadbury, speaking at the launch
readSADC likely to ‘reschedule’ monetary union
03-09-2009
HARARE – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is set to meet this week to deliberate on the adoption of a single currency to be used for trading by member states, the Sunday News from
readLending red tape delays key projects
03-09-2009
LUSAKA - Delays by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in releasing lending to Zambia are holding back key development projects, local media reported yesterday.Zambia wants to borrow
readGadhafi turns to car design with ‘The Rocket’
03-09-2009
TRIPOLI - In a week of events designed to celebrate Moamer Gadhafi’s 40 years in power, the Libyan leader has also announced a new role for himself - car designer.Two prototypes of “The Rocket”
readAfrican bank lost money through Madoff
03-09-2009
VIENNA - An African development bank claims it lost US$22,8 million in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme through investments made by an Austrian bank, a newspaper reported last Thursday.According to the
readHints of more uranium at Rössing South
03-09-2009
EXTRACT Resources’ hopes that they’re sitting on one of the top five global uranium deposits at Rössing South have flared up further with the latest chemical results indicating a third uranium-bearing
readRössing’s buses becoming safer, more comfortable and more expensive
03-09-2009
RIO Tinto’s Rössing Uranium mine has introduced the latest additions to its transport fleet: three Scania K94 48-seat luxury buses costing N$3,1 million apiece.Rössing’s Chief Financial Officer, Peter
readNigeria senate mulls sovereign wealth fund
03-09-2009
ABUJA – Nigeria’s Senate is working on legislation to create a sovereign wealth fund aimed at softening any impact falling oil prices may have on the Opec member’s economy, the finance minister said
readWaterberg Conservancy holds its annual waterhole game count
03-09-2009
MEMBERS of the Waterberg Conservancy held their 14th annual waterhole game count during the new moon on August 22.As in previous years, the count was organised and co-ordinated by the nearby Cheetah
readRemember the plight of the vulture this Saturday
03-09-2009
THIS Saturday, September 5, is International Vulture Awareness Day, and it will be celebrated by more than 100 organisations involved in vulture conservation around the world.Vultures are an
readChina villagers riot over polluting plant
03-09-2009
BEIJING – Villagers in southeastern China attacked police and took local officials hostage in protests over a wastewater treatment plant they accuse of pollution, residents and state media said on
read13 Kenyan taxi drivers killed
03-09-2009
Nairobi – Thirteen Nairobi taxi drivers have been killed and mutilated over the past month, police said yesterday.“We have received formal reports on the 13 taxi drivers who have been killed in the
readCourt in Germany allows ‘holy war’
03-09-2009
BERLIN – A Berlin court has upheld rulings in favour of parents who sought to name their son Djehad, a variation on the Arabic “jihad,” or holy war.The superior court upheld two lower court rulings
readPowerful Indonesian earthquake kills 32
03-09-2009
JAKARTA – A powerful earthquake rattled southern Indonesia yesterday, killing at least 32 people crushed by falling rock or collapsed buildings and sending thousands fleeing outdoors for safety in the
read33 rhinos poached in South Africa this year
03-09-2009
PRETORIA – Six more suspected rhino poachers have been arrested at the Kruger National Park, SA National Parks (SANParks) said yesterday.“It is with sadness that we announce that since our
readBRT attackers ‘cowards’
03-09-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The Gauteng government yesterday condemned the shooting of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus in Soweto where two people were wounded, calling it “an act of cowards”.“We condemn in the
readLockerbie bomber in emergency ward
03-09-2009
TRIPOLI – The terminally-ill Libyan convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has been moved into the emergency room of a hospital in Tripoli, a Libyan official source told Reuters yesterday.Abdel
readSA white man granted refugee status
03-09-2009
TORONTO – A white man from South Africa has been given refugee status in Canada after claiming persecution, his lawyer said, angering many in his home country where race remains a highly sensitive
readMichael Jackson to be buried amongst the stars
03-09-2009
LOS ANGELES – Two months after his death, Michael Jackson is to be buried today in a private sunset ceremony that will see the ‘King of Pop’ laid to rest alongside a galaxy of Hollywood stars.The
readGypsy praise for Madonna
03-09-2009
BUCHAREST – Romania’s self-styled King of the Gypsies praised Madonna yesterday for using her ‘Sticky & Sweet’ world tour to speak out on behalf of Gypsies.Last week, Madonna drew international
readOshikwenyene shiindjipala moshikandjo shEngela
03-09-2009
OMWAALU gwaavu mboka ya kwatwa kokakwenyene, moshikandjo shEngela ogwa yi pombanda sigo opaantu omulongo 12. Oshiwike sha yi aavu ashike yatatu kwa li ya tseyithwa ye na okakwenyene.Uuyelele mbuka owa
readOongombe ndhoka dha za koGam ita dhi shuna ko
03-09-2009
OONGOMBE 1 200 ndhoka dha kwatwa kepangelo muJuni nuumvo moshikandjo sha Gam ita dhi ga lulilwa ooyene.Oongombe ndhika odha kuthwa ko kaanangombe yomo mu dhingoloko gwa Gam mboka kuyele muApilili ya
readMTC a ya nepapa mOmaulikilo gIikwaipindi gonuumvo mOngwediva
03-09-2009
EHANGANO lyOongodhi dhopeke lya Mobile TeleCommunication (MTC) olyo lya yi nepapa enene kwaayehe ya li ya ulike iipindi yawo moNgwediva omwedhi gwa yi.Omapapa ngaka oga gandjelwe mOsenda yOmaulikilo
readOpolisi ya kwata iinima oyindji moshilando shaShikango
03-09-2009
OPOLISI ya Shikango moHelao Nafidi moHangwena omasiku ga zi ko oya kwata iinima oyindji mbyoka ya yakwa po koombotsotso noyindji ya adhika tayi pitithwa mondhalate yongamba ya Namibia na Angola ya
readOrascom ta taandele ke iilonga ye yoongodhi mwAfrika
03-09-2009
EHANGANO lyoongodhi lya Egipiti lyedhina Orascom Telecom olya hala okwaandjaganeka iilonga yalyo miilongo yaAfrica mbyoka yili pevi lyombuga ya Sahara.Orascom okwa dhiladhila okushininga ta pitile
readOmusita Titus Heita a hulitha ombaadhilila
03-09-2009
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ya zilile momukunda Okaile mOnakayale moshitopolwa sha Musati, otayi ti Omusita omukulu tatekulu Titus Aikanga Heita okwa mana oondjenda ombaadhilila ongulohi yEtiyali lya yi
readOmayakulo gaMuni moLiindili ga piyaganekwa
03-09-2009
AAKALIMO yomo Liindili oya geya omolwa omayakulo ga muni ga nkundipala. Omayakulo goludhi nduka oga nayi palekwa kekanka lyaaniilonga yamuni gwa Liindili ndyoka sigo Etitatu lya li ta li
readOngundu yoSwapo ta yi ulike aawiliki yayo
03-09-2009
KEHE shimwe otashi vulu okuningwa”amushanga gwomauyelele nehwahwameko gwoSwapo omusamane Jerry Ekandjo a ti Ekandjo okwa popi etumbulo ndika pethimbo lyoshigongi shiikundaneki moVenduka
readMore cash for NPL champs
03-09-2009
THE champions of the Namibia Premier League will receive a whopping N$600 000 at the end of the season, NPL chairman Johnny Doëseb announced yesterday.The amount is the biggest for a domestic
readAochamub blasts other sponsors
03-09-2009
MOBILE Telecommunications Limited spokesman Albertus Aochamub has described some football sponsors as opportunistic and riding on the success achieved by MTC in the game.Aochamub, who was clearly
readMTC boosts sports awards
03-09-2009
MOBILE Telecommunications Limited (MTC) has pumped N$350 000 into this year’s MTC/Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) Sports Awards. The event is scheduled for October 30 in Windhoek.MTC general manager
readTjongarero not happy with athletes’ performances
03-09-2009
THE Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) vice-chairperson Agnes Tjongarero is disappointed with the performance of the country fs four athletes at the IAAF World Championships that was held in Berlin,
readSharapova returns with win
03-09-2009
NEW YORK – After missing last year’s US Open with a shoulder injury, former champion Maria Sharapova returned to the spotlight with an impressive 6-3, 6-0 victory over Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria
readArsenal delay decision on Eduardo
03-09-2009
LONDON – Arsenal are considering whether to appeal against UEFA’s two-match ban on striker Eduardo da Silva for diving in a Champions League qualifier against Celtic, the Premier League club have said
readSMS Of Thursday 3 September 2009
03-09-2009
* I HAVE been driving (cars) since 1983 in more than 10 countries around the globe. Namibians, and in particular Windhoek drivers, are without a shadow of doubt the worst drivers in the world! And I’m
readEarly notice of election date hailed
03-09-2009
THE early announcement of the dates of the national and presidential elections slated for November 27 and 28 has been welcomed by the labour movement and opposition parties.The Electoral Commission of
readHigh drama marks struggle kids’ protest
03-09-2009
FROM the Swapo Party Headquarters to Parliament and the Embassy of Angola, drama unfolded yesterday as the protesting ‘children of the liberation struggle’ marked the first anniversary of their
readFour years in jail for near fatal screwdriver stabbing
03-09-2009
A TOUGH line was taken against domestic violence in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura this week with the sentencing of a bricklayer who admitted stabbing his girlfriend in the neck with a
readGay, lesbian rights march at Keetmans
03-09-2009
KEETMANSHOOP’S first ever march to raise awareness of gay and lesbian rights will take place on Saturday.About 40 people are expected to take part in the event supported by Czech Republic NGO People
readGovernment conveniently rediscovers civil society
03-09-2009
THREE months before the national elections, Government has rediscovered its partnership with civil society organisations and invited them for a meeting yesterday to review a four-year-old co-operation
readMayor involved in Tsumeb land spat
03-09-2009
A LAND dispute has erupted at Tsumeb between the town’s mayor, a high-ranking Swapo Youth League leader and a former Member of Parliament.At issue is a tiny piece of land at the junction of the
readStoop murder suspects in court
03-09-2009
A YOUNG woman and two brothers made a first court appearance in Windhoek yesterday in connection with the alleged murder and robbery of Windhoek resident Koos Stoop in his home on Friday. Stoop (78)
readNamibia, India sign nuke deal
03-09-2009
NAMIBIA is a step closer to realising its plans to generate its own nuclear energy by 2018 after President Hifikepunye Pohamba signed an agreement with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to “build
readNoteable Quotes
03-09-2009
DON’T be surprised if most of the delegates are under 35 years of age or 50 to 60 per cent are women. – Swapo Secretary for Information Jerry Ekandjo speaking ahead of this weekend’s Electoral College
readBig Brother Africa: Getting in the swim of things
03-09-2009
THERE’S going to be no steamy action in the Big Brother house this year. No, not that sort of action, the other sort. Yip peeps, I can reveals that there’s no jacuzzi this year!! No sauna either.The
readMore cash for NPL champs
03-09-2009
THE champions of the Namibia Premier League will receive a whopping N$600 000 at the end of the season, NPL chairman Johnny Doëseb announced yesterday. The amount is the biggest for a domestic
readAfghan spy chief killed in blast
03-09-2009
KABUL – A Taliban suicide bomber killed Afghanistan’s deputy chief of intelligence during a visit to a mosque east of Kabul yesterday in an attack that left 23 dead.The bombing struck at the heart of
readWaterberg Conservancy holds its annual waterhole game count
03-09-2009
MEMBERS of the Waterberg Conservancy held their 14th annual waterhole game count during the new moon on August 22. As in previous years, the count was organised and co-ordinated by the nearby
readDiamond sales hit record slump
03-09-2009
THE Diamond Trading Company (DTC), the world’s largest rough diamonds supplier arm of the De Beers Group and seller of all Namdeb’s diamonds, saw its total sales of rough diamonds plummeting by 54 per
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