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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 14 April 2010
Jobs recovery to lag by 18 months
14-04-2010
PARIS – The recovery in the global job market will lag that of the world economy by around 18 months, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy has said. “Some time will pass between
readChina rebuffs Barack Obama on yuan
14-04-2010
BEIJING – Chinese President Hu Jintao rebuffed US calls to re-value China’s currency, telling President Barack Obama that any tinkering with the yuan will be done by Beijing in accord with domestic
readGoogle ‘tends to create enemies’
14-04-2010
SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc’s Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said the company’s “disruptive” business created enemies for world’s No1 search engine, and he said that governments were keeping a close
readZambian megawatts for ‘mini-bucks’
14-04-2010
THE Zambian power utility, Zesco, has revealed that every month it exports more than 40 megawatts to neighbouring countries, especially to Namibia, at a cost of US$500 000, The Times of Zambia
readAfrica Business Briefs
14-04-2010
Zim faces more power cuts HARARE – Zimbabwe faces an increase in power cuts after a third of the power supply at its 750 MW Kariba hydro plant shuts for maintenance, state utility Zesa said
readChasing the dots ... Entrepreneur to Tenderpreneur
14-04-2010
ENGLISH is a fun language; it can be corrupted and produce words with so much more meaning and relationship to reality when compared to the root. And it is only use of the word “corruption” where its
readOnline site wins first Pulitzer
14-04-2010
NEW YORK – ProPublica, in an historic first for online journalism, won a coveted Pulitzer Prize on Monday for investigative reporting about controversial deaths at a New Orleans medical centre
readSomali Islamic militants ban music on airwaves
14-04-2010
MOGADISHU – Somali radio stations stopped playing music yesterday after hardline militants called it un-Islamic and ordered stations to take songs off the air.The edict is the latest unpopular order
readSomalia vows to oust pirates
14-04-2010
Nairobi – Somalia’s interim government and the semi-autonomous region of Puntland vowed yesterday to work together to attack pirate lairs along the Horn of Africa nation’s coast to try to stem a spate
readEight Red Cross staff seized in DR Congo
14-04-2010
GENEVA – Eight Red Cross staff were seized by an armed group in eastern Congo last week, and an outbreak of fighting in the area could put the hostages at greater risk, the aid group said
readOprah the icon gets the Kitty Kelley treatment
14-04-2010
THE prolific and controversial biographer Kitty Kelley has written unflattering tell-alls about some of America’s most famous figures Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and
readLove, love them do ... the church forgives Fab Four
14-04-2010
THE Vatican has finally made peace with The Beatles, saying their misdeeds are all in the past while their music lives on. At the height of their fame, the Beatles enraged the Catholic Church by
readAagundjuka oyendji ya tegelelwa koshituthi shawo
14-04-2010
KONYALA aagundjuka 600 aaNamibia no showo 3 000 ya za miilongo yilwe ya SADC oya tegelelwa ya kuthe ombinga moshiwike oshititatu shopashigwana shaagundjuka sha thanekwa shikaleko okuza mo 27 April
readAanafaalama aashona poRundu ita ya longo natango
14-04-2010
AANAFAALAMA aashona 10 pofaalama ya Uvhungu-Vhungu popepi no Rundu ina ya tameka natango oku longa, oshoka oya tegelela ya pewe omikuli okuza kombaanga yUunamapya ya Namibia.Aanafaalama mbaka aashona
readEinyengo lyevi lyakolekwa
14-04-2010
EINYENGO nenge ekakamo eshona lyevi ndyoka lya uvika muumbangalantu wa Namibia komatango goSoondaha olya kolekwa kaanawino yiilonga yeinyengo lyevi mUuministeli wIikwamina. Omunawino miikwavi nenge’
readOnyama yongombe ya Namibia koDenmark na USA
14-04-2010
ONYAMA yopaushitwe ya Meatco otayi ka ulikwa muuyuni mbala. Aatali yetanga oomiliona ota ya ka tseyithilwa kombinga yonyama ndjika niilongomwa yehangano ndika okupitila mo televisi.Unene tuu
readOshipotha shomahogololo natango ohashi tumbulwa
14-04-2010
OSHIPOTHA shomahogololo shoka shi na okupulakenwa kompangu onene yoshilongo onkene ngaa hashi tumbulwa omalupita moshigongi shopashigwana.Ominista mOmbelewa yomuperesindende, Albert Kawana oshiwike
readAantu ye vule 800 ya tembudhwa komeya gefundja
14-04-2010
KONYALA aakalimo 890 pomukunda Mazana ookilometa omulongo muuzilo wa Rundu oya thigipo omagumbo gawo omolwa omeya.Aantu mbaka oya tameke okututa iinima yawo nokuya komahala gomilondo moSoondaha.Shika
readOalcoholi ya fala sigo omefiko lyegumbo
14-04-2010
OKUNWA omalovu hoka kwa kala poDam 4 pokalando okashona ka Uis okwa fala sigo omoshiponga ongula yoSoondaha ya piti, sho omulumentu gumwe ngoka a li a nwa unene aniwa a fikepo egumbo, iiyenditho
readNkasi a geelwa nondholongo yomimvo 44
14-04-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomoKavango ngoka a dhipaga oyana yaali okwa pewa oomvula omilongo 44 mondholongo. Herbert Cimu Nkasi [31] okwa pewa egeelo ndika mOmpangu yopombanda mOshakati omaandaha komupanguli,
readNamibia meni lyomulongo kombinga yuundjolowele
14-04-2010
NAMIBIA oshilongo shi li meni lyomulongo kombinga yelongitho lyoshimaliwa omolwa uundjolowele woshigwana. Pamushangwahokololo gwehangano Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria, epangelo lya
readNamibian Indoor Hockey League heads for exciting finale
14-04-2010
THE Telecom National Hockey Indoor League that is being played at the upgraded DTS indoor complex in Olympia is heading for a tense final few weeks with everything to play for.In the Ladies Premier
readAdebayor quits Togo team
14-04-2010
LONDON – Manchester City and Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement from international soccer.The 26-year-old, who was captain of the Togo team when their bus was ambushed at the
readPremier League launches top four tournament
14-04-2010
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) signed an agreement with Otjiwarongo based Namibia Motors to sponsor cars for a top four tournament SMS Competition at the MTC Premiership Offices in Windhoek on
readLeonard Mueller wins National Chess Championship
14-04-2010
WORLD Chess Organisation (FIDE) Master Leonard Mueller once again demonstrated his peerless class when he played high-level chess to win the National Chess Championships. Mueller won all his five
readSMSes for Wednesday 14 April 2010
14-04-2010
* SHOCKING news about BMW’s suspected test vehicles trashing sensitive desert areas refers. Government please petition BMW factory in Germany directly – very easy. If possible demand rehabilitation.
readThe secret life of the honeybee
14-04-2010
THE African honeybee is in grave danger and if people do not stop poisoning and killing bees, Namibia might face a huge problem by 2030. Bees are responsible for the pollination of about 90 per cent
readSwapo women suspend Shaetonhodi
14-04-2010
THE Swapo Party Women’s Council (SPWC) yesterday confirmed the suspension of deputy secretary Linea Shaetonhodi, effective from April 7.Secretary Petrina Haingura yesterday called a media conference
readPostgrad students see red about English course
14-04-2010
THE alleged unilateral implementation of an advanced English course for se-nior University of Namibia (Unam) students is making them see red.It is understood that the first time that Masters and PhD
readOkavango River still rising
14-04-2010
TRADITIONAL authorities in Kavango have ordered people to move to higher ground as the Okavango River continues to rise, Governor John Thighuru said yesterday.“The Okavango River is rising very high
readOkahandja kidney patient loses the battle
14-04-2010
OKAHANDJA kidney patient Glenda Kambonde has died, just days before a relative was to be tested for donor compatibility. The 31-year-old woman had been suffering from kidney failure since 2007 and
readStill no trace of lost boy
14-04-2010
POLICE in the Hardap Region still have not found a trace of Emmanuel Haraseb (13), who went missing on a hiking trail in the Namib-Naukluft Park two weeks ago. The outing was part of the Wilderness
readKeetmanshoop DJ stabbed to death
14-04-2010
FORMER Karas Community Radio (KCR) DJ Charles Wesley Isaaks, known as ‘Wafresha’, was stabbed to death in a takeaway outlet at the town on Saturday morning.Isaaks sustained three stab wounds to his
readFuel prices set to go up for second time
14-04-2010
FUEL prices rise for the second time this year at one minute past midnight tonight when increases of about four per cent become effective.New Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali yesterday confirmed
readFour education officials in court over embezzlement
14-04-2010
FOUR people yesterday appeared in the Windhoek Regional Court on charges of corruption. The four – Ministry of Education assistant accountant Magdalena Shipefi, Ministry of Education accountant Frieda
readEkandjo worried about toilet saga
14-04-2010
LOCAL Government Mini-ster Jerry Ekandjo has expressed concern about the way the Omusati Regional Council handled the toilet project. Ekandjo said he was worried about the price of toilets, but said
readBody found next to railway
14-04-2010
THE body of a 28-year-old man, Heita Phillipus, was found lying next to the railway line between the town of Swakopmund and the local airport yesterday morning.According to Chief Inspector Chris
readAfrican Stars and SKW to resume premier league
14-04-2010
DEFENDING champions African Stars will resume the second round of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) against Cymot Sport Klub Windhoek Cynot SKW) at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight.After 18 matches, the
readChinese giant in the run for Skorpion
14-04-2010
CHINA Metallurgical Group Corp, a leading Chinese conglomerate engaged in real estate and construction as well as metallurgy and other industries, is keen to buy the zinc assets of Anglo American Plc,
readKyrgyz president agrees to resign
14-04-2010
BISHKEK – Kyrgyzstan’s deposed president said yesterday he will resign if the interim authorities guarantee his security, and the head of the security services said he was ready to make such a
readAnimal bones uncovered during ‘murder’ probe
14-04-2010
A DRUNKEN joyride in a stolen vehicle has led to two charges of attempted murder, allegations of dumped human remains in a well and the remains of a dead pangolin.A Police task force yesterday
readForex forfeiture set aside on appeal
14-04-2010
A VERY expensive decision of the Windhoek Regional Court has been reversed in an appeal judgement of the High Court that was delivered at the end of last week.Four Angolan nationals who admitted that
readTeachers face assault charges
14-04-2010
A CORPORAL punishment scandal at a private school in Windhoek might see senior teachers in the dock soon.After his grade 9 son was allegedly assaulted by four teachers at Windhoek Gymnasium, Leon van
readNotable Quotes
14-04-2010
Every law abiding citizen is shocked to the core at the rate of murders of defenseless women. – Judge Alfred Siboleka when he sentenced Matheus Kazondjou to prison for 40 years after he admitted to
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