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65 Articles found on Friday, 13 August 2010
Cameron: Wish you were here, in Britain
13-08-2010
LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron is urging British tourists to spend their vacation in the UK, helping to spur the country’s fragile economic recovery.Cameron said Thursday that he’s asked
readPhilanthropy new status symbol for US wealthy
13-08-2010
NEW YORK – As dozens of US billionaires pledge their fortunes to charity and the country struggles to shake off recession, philanthropy is a growing status symbol of the rich, experts say.Being
readAfrica looks East for help on sovereign wealth funds
13-08-2010
LONDON – Africa’s nascent sovereign funds are turning to Asia and the Gulf for a steer on how to manage resource revenues, a move that could shield wealth for the future and lure more attention from
readZim gem sale stirs ‘blood diamond’ fears
13-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe auctioned 900 000 carats of rough gems Wednesday from a diamond field where human rights groups say soldiers killed 200 people, raped women and enslaved children.It was the
readAngloGold result beats consensus
13-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s third-largest gold miner, posted better-than-expected second-quarter earnings yesterday and forecast a rise in third-quarter output.Africa’s top gold
readAfrica Business Briefs
13-08-2010
SA output up JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s manufacturing output rose by a more-than-expected 8,8 per cent year-on-year in volume terms in June, from a revised 8,1 per cent growth in May, Statistics
read‘Lost generation’ feared with record unemployment
13-08-2010
GENEVA – Youth unemployment hit a record 81 million youngsters worldwide last year with the economic crisis, potentially breeding a ‘lost generation’, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said
readStandard Bank half-year profit up
13-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Standard Bank, Africa’s largest lender by assets, reported a nine per cent rise in first-half profit yesterday, helped by a decline in bad debts, but remained cautious due to the slow
readBBA5: You can win N$500!!
13-08-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is N$500. Just send an SMS to 45045. All you have to do is type in BB. It’s as simple as that! Each SMS costs N$1,50.
readBBA5: Uti Update
13-08-2010
Biggie yesterday clarified the situation regarding Nigerian housemate Uti in the wake of his father’s death. Under ‘Emergencies’ dealing with ‘family crisis’ the Big Brother rule reads as
readBig Brother Africa 5: My Bleating Heart!
13-08-2010
REALITY to the max. Babes and booty. The brash and the rash! Yip, BBA nation there seems to be enough undercurrents swirling around in the All Stars house, not to mention The Barn, to whip up a
readRwandan opposition calls to reject poll results
13-08-2010
NAIROBI – A Rwandan opposition leader yesterday called on the international community, which provides half of the country’s budget, to reject President Paul Kagame’s re-election.Victoire Ingabire, who
readLRA rebels abduct, kill 100s
13-08-2010
KINSHASA – Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army rebels have abducted 697 people in central Africa in the past 18 months, killing many of them, according to a human rights group investigation.“The LRA has
readIn Briefs
13-08-2010
Cholera outbreak kills 40 in northern Nigeria KANO – A cholera outbreak has killed 40 people while 115 others have been infected in northern Nigeria’s Borno State in the past week, a senior official
readIs this the UK’s oldest home?
13-08-2010
LONDON – Archaeologists have uncovered the site of Britain’s oldest house, the waterside home of nomad hunters dating back about 11 000 years.The dwelling, which has lake views, a thatched roof and
readMartin Luther has Wittenberg in a stir again 500 years on
13-08-2010
BERLIN – About 800 colorful statuettes of 16th-century Protestant reformer Martin Luther are popping up in the eastern German town of Wittenberg, where Luther first railed against some practices of
readThe Real Dangers Of Entitlement
13-08-2010
THE recent and ongoing selfish demands by some men and women of our society (kids of the liberation struggle) that they should be given jobs or free hard cash simply because they were born in havens
readBaby Dumping vs Rape
13-08-2010
AFTER the horrific rape and murder of young Magdalena Stoffels one would think that in the midst of a nation fs outrage, it would be a while before you read of horrible crimes such as another rape or
readWhen Public Interest Is Not Served
13-08-2010
I HAVE never seen such rude, unfriendly people as those working in the Tsumeb Home Affairs office. This week, the tax-paying public who want to apply for a passport, were ordered to stand outside the
readConcerns On Predators Aren’t Honest
13-08-2010
I AM writing in response to the letter from ‘Concerned Namibian’ (The Namibian 6.8.10 on ‘People and Predators’). The writer does not actually come across as concerned. Concern seeks to find a way
readWhy We Neglect Our History
13-08-2010
ALFREDO Tjiurimo Hengari wrote in his column about Windhoek which is supposed to be Namibia’s major culture centre and he compares it to Barcelona. After reading his column I, as a good Windhoeker,
readGreater Good Rather Than BEE
13-08-2010
PLEASE grant me the opportunity to raise my views in your esteemed newspaper with regard to what Job Shipululo wrote in The Namibian of 10 August 2010.Let me start by saying I believe that all people
readSilencing The People’s Voice
13-08-2010
IT seems that regional and local domestic accountability does not feature high on the ruling party fs priority list. How can regional governors in future be appointed by the Head of State?This law
readMuslims Must Speak Out An Open Letter
13-08-2010
THERE is no doubt that the most obvious psychological associations and public perceptions that most people in the world have of Muslims and Islam today, are that of violence, terrorism, fanaticism and
readTime For Action On GIPF
13-08-2010
LACK of accountability, complete disregard for corporate governance principles and refusing to take responsibility are some of the underlying reasons for the more than N$650-million loss of workers’
readNamibia Is Without A Philosophy Of Things And Dominant Values
13-08-2010
A COMMUNITY of values is one that is based on persistent self-interrogation; constantly forming a new idea of itself based on the ever-changing empirical landscape of that which it seeks to
readSADC 30 Years Later: Stagnation Or Progress?
13-08-2010
“There are limits to everything. In all this time something definite should have been achieved. But it all turns out that those who inspired the revolution aren’t happy with anything that’s less than
readSADC doesn’t get it about people’s rights
13-08-2010
THIS week Police in Swaziland arrested a man for making photocopies of an article in a South African newspaper that detailed a royal sex scandal which had shaken the small kingdom.A plainclothes
readOshigongi shaakiintu aanangeshefa mOshakati
13-08-2010
ONGUNDU onene yaakiintu aanangeshefa, unene mboka aashona naapokati oya li ya gongala mOshakati mEtine moshigongi shawo shokomumvo nokukundathana iinima ye ya pamba moongeshefa dhawo unene tuu
readOpena ouranium oyindji po Rossing South
13-08-2010
NAMIBIA ota ku tiwa okuna ouranium oyindji muuyuni. Pahokololo shika osha tula oshilongo shika pondondo ontihamano ongo moka tamu adhika ouranium oyindji mevi muuyuni sigo oompaka.Ehangano ndyoka ta
readMunyama a monika ondjo
13-08-2010
OMUWILIKI nale gwehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia [NBC], Gerry Munyama [54] oko nyala a ya mondholongo konima sho ompangu yopombanda ye mu mono ondjo mekengelelo metitatu.Omupanguli Kato
readEso lyoposeko ya Haimbili ta li konakonwa
13-08-2010
OPOLISI ya Eenhana mOhangwena oya kwata po omulongwa, Johannes Amunyela [20] shi na sha nedhipago lyomulongwa omukwawo Sylvanus yaNghifikepunye [17], a li mongundu (11) poHaimbili Haufiku.Nakusa
readOndando yomboloto ta yi londo
13-08-2010
ONDANDO yomboloto oya tegelelwa yi ye pombanda mu Kotoba nuumvo, sha landula etokolo lya Russia oku mweneka etumemo lyiilya pondje.Omuwiliki gwoshini oshinene moNamibia, Namib Mills, Koos Ferreira
readEgaluko lyaa Caprivi lya kalekwa
13-08-2010
ETHANEKO lyolweendo oku ka talelapo okamba yoontauki dha Namibia ndhoka dhi li poDukwe moBotswana olwa kalekwa.Olweendo nduka olwa li talu kala niilyo yepangelo lya Namibia, komufala gwoontauki
readJohannes Avia a hulithila koKapa
13-08-2010
OMUGUNDJUKA gwomOngwediva Johannes Mandume Avia, a tseyika wo nedhina John Black, okwa manena oondjenda dhe kOkapa sha South Africa mOsoondaha ya zi ko, hoka a kala ta pangwa omolwokankela.Nakusa
readIizemo yelongitho lyaanona moofaalama ta yi halutha
13-08-2010
KONYALA aanona yeli kohi yomimvo 14 ye li 120 oya adhika ta ya longo miitopolwa iheyali yokuumbangalantu woshilongo nomoshitopolwa shaMaheke.Omwaalu nguka ogwa monikwa konima yekonakono ndyoka lya
readOombapila dhokuhinga dhiikengelela poRundu
13-08-2010
OPOLISI po Rundu oya holola iilonga yokuhambula oombapila dhokuhinga dhiikengelela.Okuya puuyelele huka kwiilonga mbika okwe ya konima sho opolisi ya kwata po omunangeshefa gwomimvo 34 poRundu ngoka
readDC to decide First Division fate
13-08-2010
THE Northern Stream First Division’s (NSFD) disciplinary committee will today decide what punishment, if any, will be meted out against its detractors, and when the troubled league will conclude its
readWoods not guaranteed Ryder Cup place
13-08-2010
KOHLER, Wisconsin - US Ryder Cup captain Corey Pavin denied reports Tiger Woods was guaranteed a place on the American team if he failed to secure automatic selection, insisting the world number one
readNadal battles; Murray, Djokovic cruise
13-08-2010
TOP-RANKED Rafael Nadal survived a marathon first-set tiebreaker before he was finally able to shake off Swiss challenger Stanislas Wawrinka with a 7-6 (12), 6-3 win in the second round of the Toronto
readGrassroots Festival heads to Oshakati
13-08-2010
THE International Federation of Football Associations’ (FIFA) Grassroots Festival is slated for Oshakati from November 8 to 13 this year.The Namibia Football Association’s media officer, Dan Kamati,
readSchools’ Winter Games in Namibia
13-08-2010
NAMIBIA will host the inaugural Confederation of Southern African Schools’ Sports Associations (COSASSA) Primary Schools’ Winter Games from August 23 to 27.Namibia Schools’ Sports Union (NSSU)
readGay gunning for more glory in London Grand Prix
13-08-2010
LONDON – Tyson Gay will look to follow up his victory over world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in Stockholm last week when he goes head-to-head with Asafa Powell in the 100 metres at the London
readFootball Fixtures
13-08-2010
Saturday, August 14 English Premier League Aston Villa vs. West Ham Blackburn vs. Everton Bolton vs. Fulham Chelsea vs. West Bromwich Albion Sunderland vs. Birmingham Tottenham vs.
readFerguson ‘predicts’ top four ‘dogfight’
13-08-2010
MANCHESTER - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is anticipating a dogfight in the race to finish in the top four of the English Premier League and so secure a Champions League place.Tottenham
readSMSes of Friday 13 August 2010
13-08-2010
* PRESS freedom and freedom in general should be guarded jealously – even from those we credit for that freedom. – Reino Kambango, Unam * IN my opinion, contributors to The Namibian newspaper’s
readTom Alweendo speaks
13-08-2010
FOUR and half months after trading the central bank for Government’s compass, the National Planning Commission (NPC), The Namibian caught up with the consistently charismatic Tom Alweendo to find out
readStill obstacles on road to economic partnership
13-08-2010
THERE are still some sticky issues to be resolved before Namibia and other countries in southern Africa will sign the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union later this year, a
readNamibia’s trade with China up by 600%
13-08-2010
TRADE between Namibia and China has increased close to 600 per cent over the past five years. According to the eighth Chinese ambassador to Namibia, Wei Ruixing, the volume of trade between the two
readMan gets 15 years for stock theft
13-08-2010
A MAN convicted of stealing 11 head of cattle valued at N$38 000 at Simbamba farm in the Kavango Region was sentenced to 15 years in jail yesterday.Kaavela Alfeus Shaunawa (30) was sentenced in the
readFirst Lady calls for stricter laws to deter criminals
13-08-2010
NAMIBIA’S First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba has called for the enactment of stricter laws to deter criminals from harming and abusing women and other vulnerable people. Addressing the fourth Namibian
readFake booze rocks Namibia
13-08-2010
NAMIBIANS are being sold fake whisky and brandy which have been banned by authorities in South Africa after the producers of the phony booze were taken to task.Although Sir Edwards Whisky and Royal
readCriticism about future appointment of governors
13-08-2010
THE Cabinet decision to amend an existing law to empower President Hifikepunye Pohamba to appoint regional governors has sent shock waves through opposition circles.“This will erode democracy in our
readCCN visits Berg Aukas
13-08-2010
THE Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) has sent a three-member delegation to the Berg Aukas camp outside Grootfontein, where a group of ‘struggle children’ are waiting for possible employment in the
readAussenkehr small-scale farmers fear for future
13-08-2010
THE small-scale irrigation farmers of the Orange River Irrigation Project (ORIP) are complaining about what they claim is “exploitation” at the hands of Cool Fresh Namibia, a subsidiary of Dutch-based
readAnother dumped baby found in Swakop rubbish bin
13-08-2010
ONLY five days after a young woman was arrested at Henties Bay for allegedly dumping her newborn baby girl into a pit latrine, another baby was dumped into a rubbish bin in Swakopmund.On Wednesday
readCycle Classic launched
13-08-2010
THE eleventh annual The Namibian/Pick and Pay Cycle Classic will take place in Windhoek on October 2.The organisers say they expect an increase in participants this year, as past events have shown a
readKampala bombing motivated by ‘rage against US’: mastermind
13-08-2010
KAMPALA – The suspected mastermind of the July 11 bomb attacks in Kampala said yesterday he was driven by “rage against the Americans” as Ugandan authorities declared all suspects in the blasts had
readSADC EPA: ‘We’re not out of the woods yet’
13-08-2010
A RECENT Southern African Development Community (SADC)-European Commission (EC) meeting on the future of the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) governing trade between the two regions has been
readGoabab cleared of corruption charges
13-08-2010
FORMER National Assembly Secretary Nama Goabab and National Assembly accountant Abraham George are off the hook – for now at least – on the main charges of corruption on which they have been on trial
readBrawl in Keetmans Town Council chamber
13-08-2010
A FIGHT erupted between two councillors at Tuesday’s Keetmanshoop Town Council meeting as a heated debate about a staff appointment descended into chaos. A source who witnessed the brawl said the
readPolice stop RDP march
13-08-2010
THE Police have prohibited a planned protest march by the Rally for Progress and Democracy (RDP) and some non-governmental organisations through Independence Avenue to the Supreme Court tomorrow.The
readCongo products
13-08-2010
First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba yesterday opened the 2010 SADC Women in Business Trade Fair and Investment Forum at the Windhoek showgrounds. Above: Djimbo Chorlott, Pakasa Fayila, Tshikwa Kwa Tele and
readNotable Quotes
13-08-2010
THE onus to act does not lie with the fund manager, it lies with the client. – Tega Shiimi ya Shiimi, Sanlam Investment Management chief executive officer, refusing to take blame for GIPF’s failed
readPolitical Perspective
13-08-2010
THE proposed new measure that the President henceforth appoint regional governors ‘at his pleasure’ really doesn’t make much sense to me. I’m trying to put my finger on the precise raison d’être
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