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51 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Australia, Africa in technical partnership
08-09-2009
PERTH – Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith has launched a partnership initiative to focus on technical assistance between the Australian and African resources sectors.Smith said that
readChina’s top 500 firms outperform US rivals
08-09-2009
BEIJING - China’s top 500 companies outperformed their US counterparts for the first time last year, a survey conducted by a business group has revealed, as the financial crisis wreaked havoc in the
readBankers gather to tackle scepticism
08-09-2009
FRANKFURT - Top executives from some of the world’s leading banks will gather for a conference in Frankfurt this week as lenders seek to rebuild trust in the global financial system almost a year
readNew bank rules help avoid booms, busts - Trichet
08-09-2009
BASEL - New global rules for bank oversight should help ease boom-and-bust cycles and prevent the build-up of asset bubbles, top central bankers said yesterday.European Central Bank President
readGordhan pins recovery hopes on policy timing
08-09-2009
POLICY co-ordination and timing are critical if early signs of a global economic recovery are to be sustained.Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan brought this message at the weekend, on his return from a
readMinemakers phospate study nearly completed
08-09-2009
PERTH – ASX-listed phosphate miner Minemakers’ scoping study for its Sandpaper/Meob phosphate project off the coast of Namibia is likely to be completed in the fourth quarter, GM Mike Woodborne
readFeasibility study for Inca underway
08-09-2009
PERTH – ASX-listed uranium explorer Deep Yellow said on Friday that it would appoint a consultant to conduct a feasibility study on its Inca project in Namibia by the third quarter of 2010.Company MD
readCar makers on uphill road to brand build in China
08-09-2009
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG - After driving his BMW 5 series model for just three years, Chinese futures trader Jerry Lin traded in his car for an Audi A6.His decision had less to do with performance and more
readSustainable land use conference opens
08-09-2009
MORE than half of all cultivated agricultural land in Africa could be unusable by 2050 if land degradation continues at the current pace and nothing is done to curb it, Environment and Tourism
readGrootfontein farmers celebrate 100 years
08-09-2009
THE Grootfontein Farmers’ Association celebrated its centenary this past weekend.To mark the passing of a hundred years since the founding of the farmers’ association, its members gathered at
readWater management plan on cards
08-09-2009
NAMIBIA will have its own national water management plan soon and experts are hard at work to collect data on this precious and scarce resource.Namibia is the most arid country in sub-Saharan Africa
readPremier quits over typhoon
08-09-2009
TAIPEI - Taiwan’s premier quit in a shock announcement yesterday and the entire Cabinet prepared resignations for later in the week as President Ma Ying-jeou fights his worst crisis yet in office over
readPhilippine ferry woman in ‘miracle rescue’
08-09-2009
PHILIPPINES - A woman who survived more than 24 hours in shark-infested waters off the southern Philippines after a ferry sank was hauled to safety yesterday in what officials hailed a “miracle”
readBriefs
08-09-2009
Zim’s neighbours to seek end to sanctions * KINSHASA – Zimbabwe’s neighbours were due to step up calls yesterday for an end to Western sanctions against Zimbabwe and urge South Africa to plead
readExtinct turtle spotted in Myanmar
08-09-2009
BANGKOK – The rare Arakan forest turtle, once though to be extinct, has been rediscovered in a remote forest in Myanmar, boosting chances of saving the reptile after hunting almost destroyed its
readJourno fined in Sudan for wearing trousers
08-09-2009
KHARTOUM - A Sudanese judge convicted a woman journalist yesterday for violating the public indecency law by wearing trousers outdoors and fined her $200, but did not impose a feared flogging
readItaly PM on sex scandal: Italians want to be me
08-09-2009
ROME – Defiant in the face of a sex scandal, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday that he is still popular because Italians secretly want to be like him.He denied any strains with the Catholic
readHitler: the face of AIDS
08-09-2009
BERLIN - A steamy new Aids awareness advert showing an Adolf Hitler lookalike having sex is aimed at countering a fall in public awareness of the dangers of unprotected sex, its German makers said on
readIllegal immigrant scores big win
08-09-2009
STOCKHOLM - An illegal immigrant who scored a big win with a lottery scratch card in Sweden appeared on television on Saturday to collect his winnings even though authorities have been trying to
readAaipandayaamiti ya tokola ya tunge ondjila yawo kuyo yene
08-09-2009
AAKALIMO yomIipandayaamiti noshowo yomomikunda ngashi Oshoogolo, Omafo, Onyelelo, Oheke, Ombalala, Ondjamba, Onalunkono, Onangodhi, Ontana, Oshikuyu nOputu moMusati, oyi ipyakidhila nokutunga ondjila
readOmusita Titus Heita a fumvikwa pOnakayale
08-09-2009
OMUSITA omukulu tatekulu Titus Aikanga Heita (88) gwomomukunda Onakayale mOmbalantu moMusati ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe ongulohi yeti 1 Spetemba 2009 sho a hakukilwa komukithi megumbo, okwa fumvikwa
readA pewa oomvula omulongo nahetatu mondholongo
08-09-2009
OMUKALIMO gwomoKeetmanshoop, Johannes Gawab (46) ota shi vulika a kale mondholongo oomvula 18 ngele eindilo lye opo epangulo ndika li talululwe olya ekelwahi.Gawab okwa monika ondjo yedhipago sho a
readAasamane Jerry, Utoni na !Naruseb pombanda momahogololo
08-09-2009
KAKU na ongundu yopolitika “yi li puuyelele no yi na uudemokoli” okuyeleka noSwapo,Amushangandjai gwoSwapo Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana a ti pethimbo ta tseyitha omadhina gookandidate omi 72 ndhoka tadhi
readOokandidate dhaakiintu oontshona moSwapo
08-09-2009
ONGUNDU yoSwapo oya ndopa oku sa oshimpwiyu kutya aakiintu oya kalelwa po momwaalu omunene. Ongundu ina yi adha elalakano lyoopelesenda 50 lyookandidate dhoomeme momusholondondo gwa hogololwa
readOmusholondondo gwaahogololwa yoSwapo
08-09-2009
Aakalelipo yoSwapo mboka ya hogololwa mehulilo shiwike lyayi1. Hage Geingob 2. Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana 3. Nangolo Mbumba 4. Jerry Ekandjo 5. Utoni Nujoma 6. Alpheus Naruseb 7. Abraham Iyambo 8.
readNFA readies for World Cup
08-09-2009
NAMIBIA yesterday signed an agreement with Sportfive that will pave the way for foreign football nations to set up camp in the country ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.Namibia Football
readStars to aim for win against United
08-09-2009
NAMIBIA Premier League (NPL) champions African Stars kick off their league campaign with rookies United Stars on Saturday, in what could be an unpredictable encounter on a neutral venue.The match is
readNamibian boxing among top on African continent
08-09-2009
NAMIBIA is the only country apart from South Africa that boasts with a World Boxing Organisation (WBO) African champion, it was confirmed at the WBO Annual Convention in Budapest, Hungary recently.The
readFootball Result
08-09-2009
Played Sunday, Sept 6 World Cup Qualify - Africa - Round 3 Algeria 1 - 0 Zambia Ghana 2 - 0 Sudan Nigeria 2 - 2 Tunisia Togo 1 - 1 Morocco Benin 1 - 1 Mali Mozambique 1 - 0 KenyaWorld
readTunisia, Ivory Coast in World Cup chase
08-09-2009
CAMEROON, Tunisia, Algeria and Ivory Coast are looking good to join Ghana and hosts South Africa and complete the African line-up at the 2010 World Cup.Ghana become the first African team to secure a
readSMS Of Tuesday 8 September 2009
08-09-2009
* MY fellow citizens, I am one of those that struggle to get a proper roof over my head. Inasmuch as we believe that we have a right to land, let’s be cognisant that we also have a responsibility to
readSwapo: continuity or stagnation?
08-09-2009
WHILE Namibians are still digesting the results of the past weekend’s Swapo Electoral College, analysts do not appear surprised by the outcome of the elections.They say the results showed that the
readSpy clause short on detail
08-09-2009
NAMIBIA’S controversial Communications Bill requires more precise definitions when it comes to interception activities in special circumstances, a law professor told a public hearing on the draft law
readAngolan acquitted on cocaine charges
08-09-2009
AN Angolan national who was prosecuted on charges of dealing in or possessing cocaine after more than half a kilogram of the drug was found in the house that he is renting in Windhoek was acquitted in
readTask Force deployed at Lüderitz
08-09-2009
MEMBERS of the Police Task Force have been deployed at Lüderitz to prevent striking Town Council workers from sabotaging the electricity and water networks at the town.The workers downed tools a week
readFlood victims’ bodies found
08-09-2009
THE Police at Oshakati have found the remains of two people who were reported missing after a raft capsized in a flood-filled pan (oshana) in March.Aili Samwel Mumbala (27) and Jason Shinyemba (17)
readYouth leader passes on
08-09-2009
KARAS Swapo Party Youth League Regional Secretary Selma Ndategelela Shigweda has died at the age of 34 years after a short illness.Swapo Party Regional Co-ordinator Willem Isaaks said Shigweda died
readSwakop palms at half price this week
08-09-2009
TO celebrate Arbour Week (September 7 to 11), the Swakopmund Municipal Nursery is offering palm trees at half price for the whole of this week.Swakopmund Mayor Germina Shitaleni yesterday planted
readPromises, promises, promises ...
08-09-2009
WITH the start of summer we’ve also heralded that silly season, the one that swings round every five years, which we otherwise refer to as the election period. And once again our politicians have
readOvaherero Unity Remains Elusive
08-09-2009
NORMALLY when one broaches a subject as controversial as unity among the Ovaherero, the question on the minds of stakeholders is who the hell is he anyway? Is he sent by somebody?Tjirue gave birth to
readThe Namibian sidelined by ECN
08-09-2009
READERS of The Namibian will be denied crucial information today after the Electoral Commission of Namibia decided to exclude the newspaper from its information campaign. Three other daily newspapers
readPolice seize stolen uranium
08-09-2009
THE Erongo Police on Friday arrested three suspects for being in possession of, and allegedly wanting to deal in, 170 kg (375 pounds) of uranium oxide (U3O8).At the current market price of US$47,50
readYou pay to get spied on
08-09-2009
THE taxpayer will have to fork out nearly 50 per cent more for the Namibia Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) in 2009 than in 2008 as Government gears itself to be able to intercept all electronic
readNoteable Quotes
08-09-2009
CONTINUITY is good but only if people deliver. - Commentator on the list of Swapo parliamentary election candidates announced over the weekendCAPITALISM is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. -
readBig Brother Africa: Wave the flags ... and (wo)man the barricades!
08-09-2009
IF energy could be sliced with a knife, not even the sharpest of knives would have been able to cut through the energy which Big Brother Africa enthusiasts, and the contestants themselves, delivered
readNFA readies for World Cup
08-09-2009
NAMIBIA yesterday signed an agreement with Sportfive that will pave the way for foreign football nations to set up camp in the country ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.Namibia Football
readUS troops stormed through Afghanistan hospital
08-09-2009
KABUL – A Swedish charity accused American troops yesterday of storming through a hospital in central Afghanistan, breaking down doors and tying up staff in a search for militants. The US military
readGold dips but still hovers near US$1 000
08-09-2009
TOKYO - Gold dipped a touch yesterday but stayed near the psychological level of US$1 000 an ounce on buying linked to a weaker US dollar and fears about inflation, which could still spur another
readBig Brother Africa: Your SMSes to Us
08-09-2009
PLEASE Namibians, make us proud and vote for our twins on Big Brother Africa. We are playing the game from now on. Every vote counts. – NancyWELL done Big Brother. We Namibians are very happy with
readBig Brother Africa: Twin troubles
08-09-2009
WHEN page 8 went to press yesterday, we didn’t know Edward’s surname (Moongo), and we didn’t know there would be a twin factor – Erastus! Seems they’re going to interchange the twins at various
readBig Brother Africa: Has Biggie gone nuts?
08-09-2009
WHAT the testosterone! Is this Big Brother Africa or ‘Prison Break’? Or possibly Unemployment Central? A house full of guys!! Twelve male housemates? Nuts to you too, Biggie! Big Brother sure put the
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