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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 April 2010
SARB says not time for rate hike
07-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s central bank Governor Gill Marcus said it was not time to raise interest rates yet to deal with the impact of high power price increases on inflation.Marcus told the
readBillionaire backs Virgin’s bid
07-04-2010
LONDON – US billionaire investor Wilbur Ross will buy a stake in Richard Branson’s Virgin Money, backing the British entrepreneur’s bid to buy hundreds of branches of the government-owned Royal Bank
readAfrica Business Briefs
07-04-2010
Drilling starts at Ongava NAMIBIA – Sabre Resources has confirmed that drilling has commenced at the Border lead zinc deposit in the Ongava Project, Otavi Mountain Land and Northern Namibia,
readChina defends yuan stance, keeps door open for change
07-04-2010
BEIJING – Beijing stoutly defended its currency policy yesterday, denying it manipulates the yuan and rejecting the argument a stronger exchange rate would erase the US trade deficit with China.At
readChasing the dots ... Invisible Idiot!
07-04-2010
Communication and its basic tools, writing and speaking, is a fickle art wracked with the potential for both misinterpretation and genuine misunderstanding and couched in an environment of different
readTotal investigated over oil-for-food
07-04-2010
PARIS – Total has been placed under formal investigation in an eight-year-old case over suspected bribery relating to the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme during Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq,
readFinancial crisis panel turns to risky mortgages
07-04-2010
WASHINGTON – A panel investigating the roots of the US financial crisis will press current and former executives of Citigroup Inc at hearings this week about the bank’s role in spreading trillions of
readWomen tried to smuggle corpse onto airplane
07-04-2010
LONDON – Two women were arrested at a British airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight bound for Germany, police said yesterday.The 91-year-old deceased man was pushed
readPope says Church in ‘times of difficulty’
07-04-2010
CASTEL GANDOLFO – Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the Roman Catholic Church is in “times of difficulty” but avoided direct comment on sex abuse, as the Vatican faced fresh criticism over the
readNew spate of bombings strikes Baghdad killing 49
07-04-2010
BAGHDAD – At least five bombs ripped through apartment buildings across Baghdad yesterday and another struck a market, killing 49 people and wounding more than 160, authorities said.Iraqi officials
readGordon Brown meets the Queen
07-04-2010
LONDON – Prime Minister Gordon Brown left 10 Downing Street yesterday to meet with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace to ask her to dissolve Parliament so a national election can be held on May
readIsraeli FM warns Palestinians not to declare independence
07-04-2010
JERUSALEM – Israel’s hard-line foreign minister warned Palestinians yesterday against plans to unilaterally declare independence next year, saying such a move could prompt Israel to annex parts of the
readWest Virginia coal mine blast kills 25
07-04-2010
MONTCOAL – Rescue teams planned to search again yesterday for four workers missing in a coal mine where a massive explosion killed 25 in the worst United States mining disaster in more than two
readN Korea monitored after warship sunk
07-04-2010
SEOUL – United States forces have detected no unusual activity by North Korea following the mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship near the disputed border, the US military commander in the
readJackson doctor back in court
07-04-2010
LOS ANGELES – The doctor accused of manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death returned to court on Monday but no decision was taken on whether he will be allowed to practice medicine as he awaits
readAfter the fall, Tiger finds thrills in his first love ...
07-04-2010
AUGUSTA – Tiger Woods was guarded about the state of his marriage on Monday but reaffirmed his commitment to his family as he prepared to end a five-month self-imposed exile from golf at the
readKameeta a indile oongeleka dhi shonge okwaana uujuki
07-04-2010
OMUSITA, Zephania Kameeta ota ti opo kehe gumwe a vule okumona iipalutha osha pumbiwa okutsikila iilonga yokushonga onkalo ndjoka tayi kalekepo ondjala, oluhepo, neiyetho mokweetapo oshigwana
readMo Namibia ohamu dhanwa oshipe Naholo ta ti
07-04-2010
GUMWE gwomaawiliki yo RDP omusamane Festus Naholo, pethimbo ta popitha oshigongi sho RDP pOndangwa mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, okwa gandja uusama uunene koshinima shokudhana iituthi moNooli, taku tiwa
readEfundja lya tidha aantu 562 momagumbo mOshakati
07-04-2010
EKUTHIKUTHI enene lyomeya ndyoka lye ya mOshakati okuzilila muumbugantu waAngola olya thiminike aakalimo ye li 562 lwampoka ya kale ya thiga po omagumbo gawo pehulilo lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Omunambelewa
readEhangano lyiikwamina lyAustralia ta li konakona
07-04-2010
EHANGANO lyiikwamina lya Weatherly International olya gandja iilonga kehangano lyooindjinia miikwamina lya Sedgman opo li kale mewiliko lyoshitopolwa shotango shoku konakona ngele omina yoshilambo she
readOlwiishi olwa hepa oovitamine niitungilutu yilwe
07-04-2010
OLWIISHI nando olwo endhindhiliko lyegameno ngele tashiya koondya menenevi Africa, ndele oludhi lwiilya nduka ihalu kwatha sha kombinga yiitungithi yolutu.Pauyelele mboka wa gandjwa kendiki
readGIPF a gwedhele openzela
07-04-2010
EHANGANO lyoshiketha shopenzela yaaniilonga yepangelo[GIPF] olya gwedhele oopenzela dhaaniilonga yepangelo nooperesenda heyali, noshowo iiyemo yaamboka yena uulema nooperesenda 12 okuza petameko
readACC ta konakona etungo lyuundjugo mOmusati
07-04-2010
OKOMMISSI yo ku keelela iimbuluma [ACC] oya tameke okutala ngele ota pa ningwa ekonakono nkene iimaliwa yoodola oomiliona 20 dha longithwa mokutunga uundjugo moshitopolwa shOmusati.Omakonakono gogene
readNamibians in good showing at Two Oceans Marathon
07-04-2010
NAMIBIAN runners who took part in this year’s Old Mutual Two Oceans Half Marathon in Cape Town over the weekend put in impressive performances as they finished among the frontrunners of the
readI’m back in June, says Caster Semenya
07-04-2010
IN a statement released yesterday, Caster Semenya said she would return to athletics on June 24 at an international meeting in Zaragoza, Spain.In the statement Semenya said she had reflected on the
readRugby World Cup tickets on sale
07-04-2010
TICKETS for next year’s Rugby World Cup in New Zealand will go on sale worldwide from April 27, organisers said on Tuesday.The first batch of 750 000 tickets – out of a total of 1,65 million for the
readNamibia crushes Bermuda
07-04-2010
RAYMOND van Schoor and Ewald Steenkamp’s 374-run opening partnership helped the Namibian cricket team complete a crushing innings victory over Bermuda in the Intercontinental Shield match in Windhoek
readWoods to return at Augusta after lengthy break
07-04-2010
AUGUSTA – The highly anticipated return of Tiger Woods at the US Masters from a self-imposed exile of almost five months has raised one burning question among his peers and many of the fans.Can the
readSMSes of Wednesday 7 March 2010
07-04-2010
* I DON’T mean to politicise the passing of the late AWB leader Eugene Terre’blanche in South Africa, but just as I did not support his ideologies, I equally condemn the manner of his end. But above
readYoungsters make a difference in their community
07-04-2010
THE Moses //Garoëb Youth Club consists of 37 vo-lunteers who get together twice a week at the Ombili Community Centre to cook for about 200 children. The children receive meals on Sundays and on
readWater pollution a major concern
07-04-2010
THE DISCHARGING of industrial chemicals into water bodies and population growth are among the key factors contributing to the deterioration of water quality, the Minister of Agriculture and Water said
readNearly 9 000 struggle kids registered: Minister
07-04-2010
THE Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture has registered 8 853 young Namibians born in exile during the liberation struggle, Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo announced in Parliament yesterday.In his first
readSwapo youth want Pacon board’s heads
07-04-2010
THE Swapo Party Youth League has called for the Pan-African Centre of Namibia (Pacon) board to be dissolved by Government with immediate effect. SPYL information secretary Clinton Swartbooi last week
readBan on SA meat remains in place
07-04-2010
THE ban on all imports of red meat and red meat products from South Africa, which Government imposed on March 24, remains in place. The ban was necessitated by an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF)
readReshuffle of ambassadors, PSes in pipeline
07-04-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is said to be planning to recall ambassadors and appoint new ones to represent Namibia abroad.It is believed that some senior Swapo cadres have been called to State House
readN$180m for new State schools
07-04-2010
MORE than N$180 million will be spent this year to build new State schools and to upgrade and renovate existing ones countrywide. In her 2010-11 Budget, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila
readRoads Authority’s Mathe earmarked for NBC hot seat
07-04-2010
ROADS Authority spokesperson Audrin Mathe has emerged as the favourite in the run for the highly politicised NBC director general’s post.Sources close to the institution said that Mathe is now the
readConservancies up for world prize
07-04-2010
NAMIBIA’S communal conservancy tourism sector is one of three finalists for the prestigious 2010 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, backed by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).The Namibia
readThe Namibian Newspaper Cup unbelievable: Khumalo
07-04-2010
THE 2010 The Namibian Newspaper Cup held over the Easter weekend received a thumbs-up from South African football legend Doctor Khumalo, who attended the whole tournament from start to finish.Khumalo
readAfrica’s banking laws shut out the poor
07-04-2010
NAIROBI – Lack of microcredit laws in many African countries is denying millions of the continent’s poor access to loans, Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus said yesterday.Yunus, who won a Nobel Prize
readRacial tension runs high at Terre’blanche murder case
07-04-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Racial tension ran high in the farming town of Ventersdorp yesterday as two people were charged with the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche.Terre’Blanche’s murder, on his farm on
readCharged with raping a man
07-04-2010
A 26-year-old man appeared on a rape charge in the Rundu Magistrate’s yesterday morning after allegedly raping another man (28).The incident is alleged to have taken place between 06h00 and 07h00 on
readHorror crash near Oamites base
07-04-2010
TWO men died early yesterday morning in an accident near the Oamites between Rehoboth and Windhoek. The accident happened between 06h00 and 07h00. According to eyewitnesses, a convoy of about 12 NDF
readConfessions ruling appealed
07-04-2010
THE marathon Caprivi high treason trial has ground to a halt again – and many months could pass before it gets back on track once more. For the second time since the start of the trial almost six and
readNotable Quotes
07-04-2010
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. – Reverend Zephania
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