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58 Articles found on Thursday, 15 April 2010
Zim delays indigenisation law
15-04-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mostly white-owned business won’t immediately have to comply with a law that requires them to hand over 51 per cent control to blacks, a minister said yesterday.Saviour Kasukuwere,
readResolution of global imbalances in US, China hands
15-04-2010
BRUSSELS – Europe will likely point to more effort by the United States and China as the key to reducing dangerous global imbalances in a joint position to be taken ahead of a Group of 20 meeting next
readExchanges to Washington: don’t flood us with swaps
15-04-2010
NEW YORK – Big exchanges and clearinghouses are key planks in the US government’s plan to revamp derivatives markets, but the fierce competitors warned in near-unison on Tuesday that lawmakers should
read‘I should have regulated banks more,’ says Brown
15-04-2010
LONDON – Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday it was a mistake not to have taken a tougher line with banks when he was Chancellor.In a television interview aired ahead of the May 6
readFed boss brings bittersweet message
15-04-2010
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke goes to Capitol Hill yesterday with a bittersweet message: The economic recovery is taking hold but won’t be strong enough to quickly drive down
readAid to poor nations still not enough
15-04-2010
PARIS – Rich countries are not donating enough to poor ones, relief groups said yesterday, even though a new report shows the amount of aid paid out in 2009 was slightly higher than the previous
readUBS defends bonuses, plans to absolve former heads
15-04-2010
GENEVA – UBS AG’s chairman defended before shareholders yesterday the bank’s increased bonuses and a proposal to absolve former executives of responsibility for a US tax evasion fiasco and billions of
readIMF says capital controls have limited role
15-04-2010
NEW YORK – Stepping into the debate over how countries should deal with capital surges during unsettled times, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday that controls can be helpful – but
readGet your own 24-hour pest controllers
15-04-2010
THREE barn owl chicks were removed from their nest on a farm a few weeks after the first chick hatched. Because barn owls have staggered clutches, the youngest of the three chicks was received at
readTwo arrests from ship that smashed Australian reef
15-04-2010
SYDNEY – Australian police arrested a Chinese ship captain and senior officer yesterday and charged them with damaging the Great Barrier Reef, more than a week after their coal carrier ran aground and
readQuake in western China kills 400, buries more
15-04-2010
BEIJING – A series of strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan area of western China yesterday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10 000 as houses made of mud and wood
readCyclone kills 89 people in eastern India
15-04-2010
CALCUTTA – A cyclone packing winds of more than 160 kph demolished ten of thousands of mud huts in northeastern India, killing at least 89 villagers, officials said yesterday.The cyclone struck close
readET sex claims buried, new assault claims surface
15-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Sex rumours in the Eugene Terre’Blanche murder case were buried on Wednesday, but new claims of violent assaults against his two alleged killers surfaced at their second court
readSA govt steps up farm security
15-04-2010
CAPE TOWN – Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson on Tuesday strongly condemned violence against farmers and farmworkers, and said her department was making security and safety on farms a
readShakira prepares to build barefoot school in Haiti
15-04-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Colombian pop star Shakira met child survivors of Haiti’s earthquake on Sunday as her charity prepared to build a school in the disaster-stricken Caribbean country.The singer, who has
read‘District 9’ star Copley in talks for another alien film
15-04-2010
LOS ANGELES – Sharlto Copley, the South African actor who shot to fame as the ill-fated star of ‘District 9’, is in talks to join the cast of ‘I Am Number Four’, an adaptation of the upcoming
readPhoto spread too saucy for studios
15-04-2010
LOS ANGELES – Shrek and friends have taken part in a bizarrely metrosexual photo spread for a men’s magazine ahead of the release of the third instalment in the hugely popular animated feature
readOmbelewa ya Legal Shield otayi ka talelapo oshigwana
15-04-2010
OMBELEWA hayi ende ya Legal Shield otayi ka talela po Oondoolopa mIitopolwa yi ili noyi ili moNooli okutameka meti 20 Apilili 2010.Taku tiwa kutya meti 20 Ombelewa ya Legal Shield ndjika otayi ka
readZambia ha landitha olusheno kuNamibia
15-04-2010
EHANGANO lyolusheno lya Zambia olya tseyitha kutya oha li landitha olusheno kehe omwedhi kiishiindalongo. Zesco okwa ti oha landitha olusheno lwoomegawatts 40 unene tuu ku Namibia, nduka oha lu kotha
readSelma Shifika a dhipagwa komuholike gwe
15-04-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomOmonawashihozu mOshifo moRuacana okwa si sho a yahwa nondjembo yomushasho mothingo komuholike gwe, sha ningwa ongulohi yEtiyali lyoshiwike shika.Otaku tiwa kutya Shifika opo a hulithila
readEhanganolya China lya hala Skorpion
15-04-2010
EHANGANO lya China Metarllugical Group Corp ndyoka ha li landitha omaliko gopamatungo noshowo evi na oli li ishewe moshikondo shokutunga, miilonga yiikwatenda, nomiimpungu longa yilwe pamahupilo
readAailongi yoonkatu oonene ina ya panda
15-04-2010
ETOKOLO lyoUnivesiti ya Namibia okutula miilonga oshilongwa shoshiingilisa shopombanda , shoka shina okwiilongwa kaalongwa mboka taya ningi oonkatu ontiyali melongo. Nenge mboka taya ilongo oonkatu
readEwawa lyaakiintu lyoSwapo lya tula Shaetonhodi pevi
15-04-2010
EWAWA Lyaakiintu moSwapo[SPWC] olya koleke etulopevi lyomuwiliki gwalyo omutiyali nenge omupevi wiliki gwalyo, Linea Shaetonhodi okuza metiheyali lyomwedhi nguka. Amushanga gwo SPWC, Petrina Haingura
readOmulonga gwaKavango ta gu itumbu
15-04-2010
Aaleli yopamuthigululwakalo moshitopolwa sha Kavango oya lombwele aakalimo mboka yeli popepi nomulonga ya inyenge okuya komahala ngoka ga yeluka oshoka omeya momulonga otaga tsikile noku yeluka nota
readEkandjo a luliwa koshinima shuundjugo mOmusati
15-04-2010
OMINISTA, Yomapangelo giilando nomagumbo, Jerry Ekandjo okwa ti oku na omaipulo kombinga yomukalo ngo elelo lyoshitopolwa shOmusati lya longitha kombinga yetungo lyuundjugo.Ekandjo okwa ti oku na
readAanambelewa ya ne yelongo ya holoka mompangu mekengelelo
15-04-2010
AANTU yane oya holoka mompangu yopashitopolwa moVenduka taa tamanekelwa uulingilingi. Mbaka yane oyo omukwatheli yaluli gwomambo muuMinisteli welongo, Madgalena Shipefi, omuyaluli mambo, Frieda
readOndando yomahooli tayi gwedhwa
15-04-2010
OONDANDO dhomahooli ota dhi gwedhelwa oku za metine lyoshiwike shika konyala nooperesenda ne okuyeleka nondando ndjoka yongashingeyi. Oku za mesiku ndyoka, Minista Yiikwamina nIikwankondo, Isak
readTwo Namibians to race the planet in Australia
15-04-2010
TWO Namibians will compete against 200 competitors from more than 30 countries in the Racing the Planet footrace from April 25 to May 1 in Australia. Russel Paschke and his wife Sharon will represent
readDesert Cycle Relay in Sossusvlei
15-04-2010
THE Janine & Suzelle Davin Sport Trust is hosting the 2010 Davin Desert Cycle Relay from today until Sunday, and some of Windhoek’s prominent businessmen and sport personalities will be cycling from
readHockey girls outstanding at Johannesburg festival
15-04-2010
WINDHOEK High School’s first girls’ hockey team made a name for themselves by winning the prestigious St Sithians School Hockey Festival held in Johannesburg from April 1 to 5.The outstanding girls
readFive athletes secure participation in Youth Olympic Games
15-04-2010
FIVE Namibian athletes have secured places at the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) slated for August 14 to 26 in Singapore.Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) executive member Joan Smit
readMascot Zakumi road show hits Otjiwarongo
15-04-2010
THE Zakumi road show hit Otjiwarongo yesterday morning as employees at FNB Namibia’s main branch welcomed their famous visitor with spontaneous singing of popular South African songs like ‘Shozoloza’,
read2010 Soccer World Cup security praised
15-04-2010
THE security precautions taken by South Africa in the run-up to the football World Cup meet the highest standards, a security expert from Germany’s parliament said on Tuesday. Frank Hofmann, acting
readDjokovic dominates to open his clay-court campaign
15-04-2010
MONTE CARLO – Novak Djokovic got first run on a parade of seeds into the Monte Carlo Masters third round yesterday, with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Florent Serra of France.The top seed, last year’s losing
readSemenya left out of SA team
15-04-2010
DESPITE having qualified for the 2010 African Athletics Championships last year, and with the IAAF expected to make a ruling on her gender case by June, world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has
readSMSes for Thursday 15 April 2010
15-04-2010
* JOHNATHAN Beukes that was a marvellous A-class piece. Most shy away from the topic, yet a structured discussion may be the only way. Either side, we all love this country and we all want to benefit
readSimply Slim still banned in Namibia
15-04-2010
ALTHOUGH the controversial diet capsules Simply Slim are back on the South African market since Friday, they may not be sold in Namibia again as yet.Pascal Rite of the Namibia Medicines Regulatory
readNew school laboratory for Karas
15-04-2010
A NEW state-of-the-art school laboratory was inaugurated at Keetmanshoop yesterday with the aim of making science easier and more fun for children in the Karas Region.The Anglo Skorpion Foundation
readRude taxi drivers should lose licences
15-04-2010
TAXI drivers are behaving as if they own the streets they drive on and their behaviour is ‘something out of the jungle’, a Swapo backbencher has complained.Speaking in Parliament during the budget
readReward for stolen camera
15-04-2010
GERMAN citizen Eberhard Romahn has offered a reward for the return of his camera that was stolen soon after he arrived in Windhoek on Tuesday.The 71-year-old freelance journalist had been working on
readNames of accident victims released
15-04-2010
POLICE at Keetmanshoop have released the names of the three TransNamib workers who died when a company vehicle in which they were travelling overturned on Monday morning. The accident happened some 30
readNamandje ‘identity thief’ in court
15-04-2010
FOLLOWING a large-scale Police investigation into the fraudulent misuse of Windhoek lawyer Sisa Namandje’s name, a man was arrested at Ondangwa on Friday.Lonny Gabriel appeared in the Magistrate’s
readMokuti Lodge observes Earth Hour
15-04-2010
KEMPINSKI Mokuti Lodge on 27 March joined the Earth Hour campaign to address climate change.The lodge’s marketing manager, Constance Lyners, says all the public areas at the lodge were illuminated by
readLost boy’s mother appeals for help
15-04-2010
“ANYONE who sees him must please phone the nearest Police station...” This was the moving appeal of the mother of the lost 13-year-old boy, Emmanuel Haraseb, yesterday.Elizabeth Rooi said she was
readIyambo resigns from Police
15-04-2010
AFTER serving the Namibian Police for 15 years, former Deputy Commissioner Andrew Iyambo has resigned with immediate effect. The 55-year-old policeman yesterday said he had already resigned on March
readInvader prosopis talk at Botanical Society today
15-04-2010
THE Botanical Society of Namibia will host an illustrated talk on the distribution of the prosopis tree species in Namibia today. The presentation will be given by Imelda Kavirindi, a forester in the
readGynaecologists doing night operations: MP
15-04-2010
A MEMBER of the ruling Swapo Party has alleged that some doctors with private rooms at State hospitals are operating on foreign patients who pay them cash.In her contribution to the budget debate in
readFuture decade depends on events of past 10 years
15-04-2010
NAMIBIA can look back on the past 20 years with pride, yet the next decade will be shaped by what happened in the past few years, Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said on
readFostering a reading culture in Otjomuise
15-04-2010
THE Otjomuise Project School opened its doors to 385 children in February last year. Today the school has 560 pupils and because the principal, George Louw, and teachers want to create a reading
readFoot and mouth outbreak on Impalila island in Caprivi
15-04-2010
THE Ministry of Agriculture has imposed a total ban on the movement of livestock in the eastern Caprivi after a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Impalila Island on the Botswana
readFinnish cuisine on show
15-04-2010
NINE Finnish students are currently cooking up a storm at Gatheman Restaurant in Windhoek. The young chefs from the Varia Vantaa Vocational College in Finland are in Namibia for two weeks. Windhoek
readTriple defence fights on the cards
15-04-2010
THE Nestor ‘Sunshine’ Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy will stage three WBO Africa title bouts at the Windhoek Country Club at the end of the month. The academy announced in Windhoek, yesterday that
readSkorpion Zinc: The race is on
15-04-2010
THE race for Anglo American’s zinc assets, including Skorpion Zinc in Namibia, is heating up. China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) has bid US$800 million, the Dow Jones has reported.The engineering,
readBashir’s party asks rivals to join Sudan government
15-04-2010
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s ruling party yesterday said it would invite opposition groups to join the government if it won elections, in an apparent bid to heal rifts over fraud accusations and faltering peace
readSalary packages for SOEs decided soon
15-04-2010
THE long-awaited salary packages for bosses of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) might go into the final round soon, with a Cabinet meeting set for next week to discuss propositions about salaries and
readParties get date for poll appeal
15-04-2010
THE appeal against the High Court’s decision to dismiss a challenge to Namibia’s National Assembly election of late last year on technical grounds appears set to be heard on May 6.Parties involved in
readPower hike resistance grows
15-04-2010
NAMPOWER’S proposed electricity tariff hike of more than 35 per cent is “totally exorbitant” and won’t just cripple the consumer, but will also seriously damage the fragile economy, the Namibian
readNotable Quotes
15-04-2010
Collaboration with opposition parties and in particular the RDP. – A statement by Swapo Party Women’s Council on the reasons for the suspension of their deputy secretary, Linea Shaetonhodi.It is an
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