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48 Articles found on Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Market Farces
09-09-2009
ECONOMISTS are steeped in elasticity, supply, demand, price, markets, perfection and those niceties that provide economic order.They, of course have been totally outsmarted by clever guys who realise
readBanks eye clock on tougher capital rules
09-09-2009
LONDON - Banks face pressure to raise billions of dollars in fresh equity to meet tough new capital rules and many European lenders may need to act soon to improve quality even though the proposals
readNam awards South African breweries production licence
09-09-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Brewing giant SABMiller said yesterday it was awarded a brewing licence in Namibia to compete with rival Namibia Breweries.SABMiller said it plans to invest in the construction of a
readSwiss topple US as most competitive economy
09-09-2009
GENEVA – Switzerland knocked the United States off the position as the world’s most competitive economy as the crash of the US banking system left it more exposed to some long-standing weaknesses, a
readGold price rises over US$1 000
09-09-2009
LONDON – Gold prices rose above US$1 000 per ounce yesterday to its highest since March 2008 – suggesting investors are wary of the US dollar’s weakness and expect international interest rates to
readZimbabwe identifies investors for steel firm
09-09-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe is in talks with six foreign companies over buying its shares in the country’s sole iron and steel works, where it expects steel output to reach one million tons a year, a government
readWorld stocks up on merger activity
09-09-2009
LONDON – World stocks rose yesterday, helped by corporate merger news and positive momentum over government pledges to support the global recovery with stimulus efforts.Gold prices rose above US$1 000
readNorway rightists eye privatisation, oil-funded boom
09-09-2009
OSLO - Norway’s largest opposition party aims to slash state stakes in leading companies and change rules limiting the amount of oil money that can be tapped to fund a vast public works programme, its
readSudan trouser ruling violates international law – UN
09-09-2009
GENEVA - Sudan’s conviction of a woman for indecency for wearing trousers violates international law and is emblematic of wider gender discrimination in the Islamic country, the United Nations human
readTaliban attack schoolboys in Pakistan, 4 killed
09-09-2009
PESHAWAR – Taliban militants attacked a group of boys on their way to school in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing four and wounding three, a government official said.In the distant southwest,
readMDC urges SADC to act swiftly
09-09-2009
PRETORIA – Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has called on the Southern African Development Community to proceed swiftly towards the full implementation of the global political agreement
readGiant statues reveal red hat secrets
09-09-2009
LONDON - British archaeologists said on Monday they believe they have solved the ancient mystery of how the giant stone statues on Easter Island acquired distinctive red hats.The researchers said the
readTourists defecating on Australia’s Uluru
09-09-2009
SYDNEY – Tourists are defecating on Australia’s sacred Uluru, or Ayers Rock, a newspaper report said yesterday, amid calls for a climbing ban on the iconic desert attraction.Tour operator Andrew
readMeme Monika a vala elongo (yatatu) moShakati
09-09-2009
OMUKIINTU gwoomvula omilongondatu gwopOkaandje popepi nOngwediva moShana, gwedhina Monika Mutumbulwa, okwa pandula Kalunga ke sho e mu pe aanona yatatu pethimbo limwe, meti 18 Auguste 2009
readOshigongi shelongitho nawa lyevi she egululwa moVenduka
09-09-2009
KONYALA etata lyevi lyomapya muAfrica otashi vulika ita li ka longithwa okuya pomumvo 2050, ngele okulonga hoka taku nayi pike evi nomukalo nguka gu lipo ngashingeyi otagu tsikile.Shika ota shi vulu
readTaya pandula noonkondo kwaa shoka we ya ningile
09-09-2009
OFAMILI yOmusita Josef Avia mOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana otayi gandja olupandu olunene kwaayehe mboka ye ya kwathele shi na sha nepango lyomumati gwawo Mandume (John Black) Avia ngoka e li
readOkomisi yomahogololo ya lumbula aaleshi yo The Namibian uuyelele
09-09-2009
AALESHI yoshikundaneki The Namibian oya lumbulwa uuyelele ye u pumbwa kombinga yomaishangitho gaahogololi ga gwedhwapo.Elumbulo ndika olya ningwa kOkomisi yomahogololo ya Namibia sho ya tokola okwaa
readOmilunga moSwakop kombiliha oshiwike shi
09-09-2009
OKUDHIMBULUKWA oshiwike sho miti(7-11 Septemba) oshimpungu shuuteku wiimeno sha muni gwaSwakop ota shi landitha omilunga dhuushimba ketata lyondando yadho yoshito uule woshiwike shika ashihe.Meya gwa
readOswapo oyu uka komeho nenge ota yi shuna lwanima?
09-09-2009
OMANGA aaNamibia natango ta ya dhila dhila muule kombinga yii zemo yomahogololo gaakalelipo yoSwapo mOshigongi shopashigwana, aatali nawa yopapolitika otaya ti shika ina shi ya kumitha.Ota ya ti
readOshikondjitho oshipe mokulwitha omavu gaanona
09-09-2009
UUMINISTELI wUukalinawa owa eta po omuti gwokutuntila uunona omupe.Omuti nguka ota gu tuntile nokugamena uunona komikithi ngaashi, omukwayu, oshikayikayi,tetanus, hepatitis B, opneumoni,
readAli vows to down Malinga
09-09-2009
NAMIBIAN welterweight boxer Ali ‘The Silent Assassin’ Nuumbembe promised his fans that he will win the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa title for them when he steps into the ring against South
readNdeuli to clean up basketball mess
09-09-2009
NAMIBIAN basketball is expected to be revived after it was discovered that there is no national leadership, while the regional structures have all but collapsed.The revelation was made by Ndeulipulwa
readNamibian netball slowly awakens
09-09-2009
NAMIBIAN netball will take a shot at making a comeback in the international domain when it is set to compete at the COSANA Championships in South Africa later this month.The chairman of the National
readSA delay naming team for All Blacks test
09-09-2009
WELLINGTON – South Africa have delayed naming their team for the Tri-Nations test against New Zealand in Hamilton on Saturday as they await results of fitness tests on injured pair Bryan Habana and
readBecks considers EPL comeback
09-09-2009
LONDON – David Beckham has revealed he is considering offers from four top Premier League clubs as he bids to keep his World Cup dream alive.Beckham knows he must finish this season playing at the
readOudin’s journey continues
09-09-2009
NEW YORK – America’s newest heroine, Melanie Oudin, continued her dream-like run at the US Open with another shocking upset on Monday while steely top seed Roger Federer forged closer to his 16th
readBank holds body balance camp
09-09-2009
BANK Windhoek, together with Body Balance, staged the second Body Balance Kids Camp for 2009 in Windhoek during the September school holidays.A total of 73 children participated in the Body Balance
readHockey Notes
09-09-2009
RESULTS of the recent hockey tournament held in Harare, Zimbabwe. The Namibian juniors did well at this annual event between Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.Namibia was represented by 96 junior
readMassa says he’s back
09-09-2009
LONDON – Formula One driver Felipe Massa said yesterday he has no doubts about returning to elite racing next year, despite a horrific accident which left him lucky to be alive.The Brazilian said he
readDonald moves to centre for NZ
09-09-2009
WELLINGTON - Stephen Donald and Ma’a Nonu will form a new All Blacks midfield combination for their crucial Tri-Nations clash against South Africa in Hamilton on Saturday.There had been speculation
readSMS Of Wednesday 9 September 2009
09-09-2009
* THE sidelining of The Namibian by the ECN has just confirmed my suspicions that ECN, despite preaching transparency and fairness, is practising the opposite. It is clear somebody is clearly trying
read‘Spy bill’ set to outlaw sites like Facebook and Internet banking
09-09-2009
THE Communications Bill in its current form could make it a criminal offence to do Internet banking and get onto social networking sites such as Facebook, Youtube and Twitter.This is how Peter
readThe costs of interception are astronomical, says Telecom
09-09-2009
TELECOM Namibia says the cost of interception as set out in the Communications Bill is too high and cannot even be estimated.Telecom’s Head of Legal services, Stanley Shanapinda, told the National
readCold weather warning for South
09-09-2009
AS USUAL this time of the year, a brief cold spell is interrupting the lovely spring weather the country has been enjoying.The cold front will mainly be felt in southern Namibia, with a cold night at
readLüderitz Council gets order against strikers
09-09-2009
TACTICS used by more than a hundred striking employees of the Lüderitz Town Council were declared unlawful by the Labour Court in Windhoek yesterday.In an order issued by Acting Judge Gerson Hinda,
readIvory-dealing case back in court today
09-09-2009
A CAPRIVI Region resident is set to be sentenced in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court today on a charge of dealing in ivory.A trial that started almost five years ago and was then interrupted for more
readTriplets born in Oshakati
09-09-2009
MONIKA Mutumbulwa (30) from Okaandje village in the Oshana Region has given birth to two boys and a girl in the Oshakati State Hospital.Mutumbulwa, who was discharged from the hospital yesterday, told
readVet Affairs should handle Vet Children, says Neka
09-09-2009
The Namibia Exile Kids Association (Neka) has come out in full support of the protesting group of Children of the Liberation Struggle currently settled at the Swapo Party headquarters, saying their
readSwapo betrayed women and youth, charges CoD
09-09-2009
THE Congress of Democrats says Swapo has betrayed women and the youth by not having more of them on the party’s list of 72 for the upcoming presidential and national elections.CoD spokesperson
readUDF gets into gear for elections
09-09-2009
THE central committee of the United Democratic Front meets at Outjo this weekend to finalise its manifesto and list of candidates for the National Assembly elections of November 27 and 28.The party’s
readScrap interception clause in ‘Spy bill’, urges Lister
09-09-2009
THE chapter of the controversial Communications Bill that deals with the interception of telecommunications like phone calls, e-mail, electronic banking and Internet usage should be totally scrapped
readNamibia to do own flu tests: Dr Vries
09-09-2009
AS the number of H1N1 cases in Namibia increased to 51 yesterday, the National Health Emergency Management Committee (NHEMC) said its plans to test people for the flu locally are well underway.It said
readLandscaping tender flop still haunts Government
09-09-2009
GOVERNMENT is facing a N$33 million lawsuit by a company claiming that the State reneged on a tender valued at N$90 million. Oryx Development Group was awarded the tender to do landscaping for the
readNoteable Quotes
09-09-2009
IT is not a Young Turks revolt. – Political commentator Bill Lindique commenting on Swapo’s Electoral College list released over the weekendI WILL not pay a penny. – Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein
readBig Brother Africa 4: The electoral college has spoken, it’s time to choose!
09-09-2009
SJOE people, it’s time to vote – already! And no, I’m not having a hot tranny mess of a meltdown. I do know that our national and presidential elections are only at the end of November. Talking
readAli vows to down Malinga
09-09-2009
NAMIBIAN welterweight boxer Ali ‘The Silent Assassin’ Nuumbembe promised his fans that he will win the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa title for them when he steps into the ring against South
readAfghan vote watchdog finds fraud, orders recounts
09-09-2009
KABUL – Afghanistan’s UN-appointed election watchdog said yesterday it had found ‘clear and convincing evidence of fraud’ in last month’s presidential election and ordered a recount of suspicious
readNamibia competes better despite various drawbacks
09-09-2009
NAMIBIA has continued its climb up the international competitiveness ladder for the third year in a row, with its strong infrastructure and institutions pushing the country up six more notches on the
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