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47 Articles found on Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Click, click go the knitting needles of success
06-04-2010
HOPPING from a career in nursing to one in knitting is not the most common thing to do, but that is exactly what Bertha Haitembu did. And what’s even more interesting is that the business concept
readHwange running out of steam
06-04-2010
HARARE – Hwange Colliery Company Limited says last year coal production fell to 1,7 million tonnes from two million tonnes a year earlier, due to frequent breakdowns of its plant and equipment,
readEnergy search continues in Block 1711
06-04-2010
AN international consortium will continue their hunt for gas and oil in Namibia after the Ministry of Mines and Energy renewed their exploration licence for offshore Block 1711 for another two
readUK economy like injured soccer star
06-04-2010
LONDON – Like injured England soccer star Wayne Rooney, Britain’s economy must be nurtured carefully back to full health and Conservative plans to cut spending risk damaging a fragile recovery, Prime
readBrown says bank levy accord close
06-04-2010
LONDON – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the world’s large economies were close to agreeing a global tax on banks to help prevent another financial crisis, the Financial Times reported
readNo quick yuan move despite easing rifts
06-04-2010
BEIJING – The US decision to delay a ruling on whether China manipulates its currency showed easing tensions over the yuan, but it is too early for China to change its currency policy, a government
readGetting to know Governor Shiimi better
06-04-2010
IPUMBU Wendelinus Shiimi was appointed Governor of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) by President Hifikepunye Pohamba recently, making him the fifth governor of the central bank.He succeeded Tom Alweendo, who
readFarmers in Kenya insure crops
06-04-2010
FARMERS in parts of Kenya can now mitigate the risk of weather shocks by insuring their inputs at the point of sale.The programme, dubbed ‘Kilimo Salama’, Swahili for ‘safe farming’, was launched last
readRice poor in vitamins
06-04-2010
RICE may still be a symbol of food security across Africa, but the cereal does little to boost nutrition, unlike vegetables, according to the India-based International Crops Research Institute for the
readMeatco ups prices for slaughter oxen
06-04-2010
THE meat production company Meatco will increase its guaranteed prices for slaughter oxen of the Ekwatho financing scheme by 6,1 per cent for next year and another 7,7 per cent for all contracts
readGoat farming boosted in RSA
06-04-2010
THE KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has embarked on a campaign to promote goat farming in order to make it part of the formal commercial livestock production sector in the South African
readBig hopes on next Danish pelt auction
06-04-2010
THE Agra pelt centre has sent 75 000 Swakara karakul pelts from Namibia to be auctioned at the international pelt auction in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 13. There are a number of factors that might
readStrong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US states
06-04-2010
TIJUANA – A powerful earthquake swayed buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities, forcing the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes, and prompting a
readBritish election to be called for May
06-04-2010
LONDON – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is widely expected to fire the starting gun today for a month-long general election campaign culminating in a closely fought vote on May 6.Campaigning has
readDubai jail sentence upheld for UK kissing couple
06-04-2010
DUBAI – A Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of kissing in a restaurant. The pair landed in court after an Emirati woman complained about
readDrunk man steals ambulance
06-04-2010
SAN DIEGO – San Diego police said a man just out of the hospital for intoxication stole an ambulance and fled from police before they stopped him with spike strips. Police said 52-year-old Paul John
readPres Zuma urges calm after Terre’blanche murder
06-04-2010
VENTERSDORP – South African President Jacob Zuma called for calm on Sunday after the killing of white far-right leader Eugene Terre’blanche in a suspected pay dispute with black workers fanned fears
readS Korea pursuing hijacked tanker
06-04-2010
SEOUL – A South Korean navy destroyer rushed toward a United States-bound supertanker believed to have been hijacked by Somali pirates with up to $160 million of crude oil on board, officials said
read‘Twilight’: The return of Bree
06-04-2010
NEW YORK – Attention ‘Twilight’ fans: Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out.Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release ‘The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner’ on June 5. The novella is told
readBadu causes a stir with naked video at JFK site
06-04-2010
LOS ANGELES – American soul singer Erykah Badu has caused a stir with a music video in which she strips naked in public at the site of President John F Kennedy’s assassination, and falls to the ground
readIyambo a popi shoka a tegelela melongo
06-04-2010
OMINISTA Yelongo, Abraham Iyambo oya pula aanambelewa yelongo ya longe tagu pumo noneitulemo opo ya ninge Namibia oshilongo shi na uunongo.Moshipopiwa she shotango ongo ominista Yelongo, Iyambo okwa
readEkwatho lya Namibia lya thiki koHaiti
06-04-2010
ONGUNDU yaaniilonga yuunamiti yaCuba ndjoka tayi gandja omayakulo guunamiti moHaiti oyo ya tegelelwa yi ka thikithe ekwatho ndyoka Namibia taka gandja koshilongo shoka.Okwa kundanekwa kutya
readSwanu nomutengenekothaneko
06-04-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE gwo Swanu otati omutengenekothaneko kaguna omishangwa dha yela kutya omashongo ngoka ga taalela oshilongo otaga taagulukwa ngiini.Usutuaije Maamberua okwa ti Minista Yiimaliwa, Saara
readIiyemo okuza ko SACU ya shuna pevi
06-04-2010
OSHIPAMBU sha Namibia shiiyemo okuza kehangano lyoompale lyomuumbugantu wAfrica SACU, shoka sha kala hashi tula pombanda omitengenekothaneko omimvo dha piti osha shonopala noonkondo sha landula
readAanawino ya popi kombinga yiimaliwa
06-04-2010
AANAWINO momahupilo oya gandja omaiyuvo ga yooloka kombinga yomutengenekothaneko ngoka gwa tulwa poshitaafula kominista yiimaliwa moshigongi shopashigwana metiyali.Yamwe oya ti oya kumikwa,
readMeya gwa Ngwediva a pandula Aangwediva
06-04-2010
PETHIMBO sho a popi lwotango onga Meya gwoshilando sha Ngwediva, mee, Patricia Kashuupulwa okwa pandula ookaansela oonkwawo dha Ngwediva sho dha ulike einekelo mu ye noku mu hogolola a ninge Meya gwa
readIimaliwa yegameno ya londa pombanda
06-04-2010
ODOLA yimwe kehe yiifendela ya futilwa uundjolowele moNamibia odola noosenda omilongo hamano odha futwa omolwegameno moNamibia.Nguka ogo omukalo, omunawino momahupilo gwombaanga yotango yopashigwana,
readSports Briefs
06-04-2010
AUGUSTA, Georgia – Tiger Woods sprang a surprise at Augusta National on Sunday when he turned up without notice to play the back nine at the US Masters venue with his good friend and long-time mentor
readRoddick beats Berdych to win Miami Masters
06-04-2010
KEY BISCAYNE, Florida – Sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick ended the giant-killing run of Czech Tomas Berdych to secure the Miami ATP Masters 1000 title Sunday.Roddick earned his fifth title in a
readAhly, Mazembe advance as giants tumble
06-04-2010
DEFENDING Champions TP Mazembe scored twice at the Martyr Stadium in Kinshasa to advance to the last 16 of the orange CAF Champions League at the expense of APR of Rwanda. Former winners ASEC Mimosas
readInjuries take spotlight for Barcelona and Arsenal
06-04-2010
BARCELONA, Spain – Arsenal will need to carry the momentum from last week’s comeback draw against Barcelona to pull off a Champions League quarterfinal victory at the Camp Nou today.Barcelona coach
readSMSes of 6 April 2010
06-04-2010
* IF I do not pay my value added tax on time I am heavily penalised, why is the NBC treated differently? Where does the line of preferential treatment start? Food for Thought * LAST Wednesday myself
readTsumeb feud far from over
06-04-2010
TSUMEB continues to be ripped apart by a feud that has been continuing for a few years now. At the centre of the feud are controversial Mayor Engel Nawatiseb on the one hand and businessman and former
readOtjinene farm killer awaits sentencing
06-04-2010
FORMER farm labourer Matheus Kazondjou, who has admitted that he robbed and murdered his elderly employer in the Otjinene area about four years ago, is set to be sentenced in the High Court in
readBoy still missing
06-04-2010
THERE is still no trace of Emmanuel Haraseb (13) who went missing on a hiking trail in the Namib-Naukluft Park last Wednesday. The outing was part of the Wilderness Therapy Programme run under the
readMegabucks for President(s)
06-04-2010
TAXPAYERS will have to cough up nearly N$210 million this year for the new State House, ‘mini’ state houses in the regions and former President Sam Nujoma’s office.Of this, N$80,9 million will be
readKameeta calls for churches to challenge injustice
06-04-2010
“ENSURING bread for all also calls for sustained advocacy in challenging the unjust structures that perpetuate hunger, poverty and despair, and in establishing justice in society.”This was the
readMembers favour Agra conversion
06-04-2010
THE envisaged transformation of the Agra Cooperative into a company might soon be a reality with almost two-thirds of its members giving their consent and only eight per cent of votes outstanding.At a
readGIPF raises pensions
06-04-2010
THE Government Institutions Pensions Fund (GIPF) has increased civil servant pensions by seven per cent and the income of disability grant recipients by 12 per cent from the beginning of this
readGoliath clan chieftainship wrangle at Berseba continues
06-04-2010
THE battle over the recent election of Thomas Karools to the Goliath /Hai-/Khaua clan throne is far from over. Just two days after rejecting Karools as the rightful heir to the chieftainship at a
readKhomas are the 2010 champions
06-04-2010
KHOMAS Region devastatingly ended Ohangwena’s fairytale run as they were crowned champions of The Namibian Newspaper Cup for the third time when they beat them in a nail-biting final match at the Sam
readAussie firm to weigh Tschudi feasibility
06-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Base-metals company Weatherly International has appointed Australian metals engineering company Sedgman to manage the first stage of a feasibility study for its Tschudi open-pit copper
readChina ‘miracle’ as 115 rescued from flooded mine
06-04-2010
XIANGNING – More than 110 workers were pulled out alive from a Chinese coal mine yesterday in what has been hailed as a miracle rescue over a week after the men were trapped by an underground flood.So
readACC investigates N$20m Omusati toilets
06-04-2010
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a preliminary investigation into the N$20 million that the Omusati Regional Council spent on the construction of 60 toilets with 358 seats. ACC
readWorks PS wins court order against ACC search warrants
06-04-2010
AN Anti-Corruption Commission investigation into the appointment of a Zimbabwean academic as a management training consultant for the Ministry of Works and Transport was dealt a blow in the High Court
readPilot killed in plane crash
06-04-2010
WINDHOEK resident Petrus van der Walt (25) was killed on Thursday afternoon when the six-seat Cessna 210 he was flying crashed near the Trekkopje Mine’s desalination pipeline near Wlotzkasbaken. This
readNotable Quotes
06-04-2010
Health is increasingly becoming less important. – Daniel Motinga, FNB Namibia economist commenting on the budget allocation of the Ministries of Defence and Health.In 2012 Namibia will only receive an
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