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57 Articles found on Thursday, 19 August 2010
South Africa business condemns media control
19-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Media control is not a feature of sophisticated economies, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said yesterday.“It is with concern that Sacci notes the risks of attacking the
readNew bank rules have ‘modest’ impact
19-08-2010
GENEVA – Tougher bank capital and liquidity rules will have a "modest impact" on economic growth in the short-term but could reap later benefits that far outweigh any initial decline, regulators said
readBusiness titans strike out at their own and vow to fight corruption
19-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Big business in South Africa this week took uncharacteristic aim at members of its own community involved in controversial deals. At a press briefing in Johannesburg, which followed a
readAfrica Business Briefs
19-08-2010
Kenya tourist numbers up NAIROBI – Kenya’s tourist arrivals rose to 483 000 in the first half of 2010, putting east Africa’s largest economy on track to beat record foreign visitor numbers set in
readZambia’s power project on track
19-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Construction on the US$1,5-billion Kafue Gorge Lower hydropower project, in Zambia will start in June next year, Zambian Ministry of Energy and Water Development office for promoting
readMozambique approves US$2 bln dam
19-08-2010
MAPUTO – Mozambique has approved the construction of a US$2 billion hydro-electric dam in a bid to increase power generation and attract foreign investments, the state-run Noticias daily newspaper
readRwanda to add 102 MW by 2015
19-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Rwanda was planning to boost its hydropower generation capacity to 102 megawatts by 2015, Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure head of hydropower Emmanuel Kirenga said at the Hydropower
readAfrica must tackle hydropower together
19-08-2010
HYDROPOWER projects in Africa should be approached in a regional manner, World Bank Africa regional water and hydropower adviser Vahid Alavian has said, highlighting that economies of scale in terms
readRural income-generating projects showcased at expo
19-08-2010
A PROJECT transforming harvested non-timber forest products into marketable products such as jam and juice in the Kavango Region was one of eight community initiatives exhibited at the Country Pilot
readCelebration of biodiversity
19-08-2010
‘Biodiversity For Development’ is the theme for this year’s annual ‘Youth into Environment’ symposium hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism on 23 and 24 August.Lesley Losper, head of
readTaleni goes environmental friendly
19-08-2010
IN an effort to reduce their ecological footprint well-known Namibian tourism company Taleni Africa built its accommodation facilities in an environmental friendly manner.Taleni’s ‘Desert Camp’ at
readYou can win N$500!!
19-08-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is another 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
readNot Strapped For Comment!
19-08-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wondeful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Yacob is quite some girl
readClowns just wanna have fun!
19-08-2010
CLOWNING around while under the influence of alcohol has left a couple of the All Stars red-faced and looking like a pair of clowns. Alcohol sure seems to be the 15th character in the BBA All Stars
readRebels kill 3 Indian peacekeepers in Congo
19-08-2010
KINSHASA – Dozens of rebels attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base under darkness in eastern Congo early yesterday, killing three Indian soldiers and wounding seven other peacekeepers, an Indian
readLekota back in Parliament
19-08-2010
CAPE TOWN – Congress of the People (Cope) president Mosiuoa Lekota was sworn in as a Member of Parliament by National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu yesterday.This followed yesterday morning’s court
readHousing fraud whistleblowers murdered in South Africa
19-08-2010
CAPE TOWN – Whistleblowers on corrupt housing deals are being threatened and murdered even though they are in witness protection programmes, Human Settlements director general Thabane Zulu told MPs
readBoys, 11, sentenced over attempted rape of girl
19-08-2010
LONDON – Two 11-year-old boys, convicted of trying to rape an eight-year-old girl near her home last year, were given supervision orders yesterday.The boys, believed to be the youngest children to
readNato raids secret Taliban prison
19-08-2010
KANDAHAR – Afghan and Nato forces raided a secret prison run by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, freeing 27 inmates and killing 13 people including five prisoners, officials said yesterday.The
readTeenage smoking falls in England after law changes
19-08-2010
LONDON – Teenage smoking has declined since the legal age for buying cigarettes was raised to 18, according to new research published yesterday..Smoking rates among young people aged 16 and 17 fell
readFloodwaters till end of August
19-08-2010
ISLAMABAD – The floodwaters that have ravaged Pakistan will not recede fully until the end of August, the country’s top meteorologist said yesterday, a grim forecast for the more than 20 million
readIndia a hala omaliko ga Shell mwAfrica
19-08-2010
EHANGANO lyomahooli lyepangelo lya India, Hindustan Petroleum, olya hala okulanda oongeshefa dhokulanditha omaaholi dha Shell gwo ko Holland ndhoka dhi li menenevi Africa.Omuwiliki gwehangano ndika,
readOmadhina gomokambesa
19-08-2010
SIGO ometiyali komatango omadhina gatano gaantu yaheyali mboka ya sile moshiponga oshiwinayi shokambesa pokati kOkahandja nOtjiwarongo oga li ga tseyithwa.Omukonakoni omukuluntu, Moses Khairabeb
readZambia ta gwedha ongushu kongopolo ye
19-08-2010
OPENA omathaneko opo ongopolo ya Zambia ndjoka ha yi hengumunwa pohite ya Shomeya yi kale ta yi longwa sigo omiinima ya pwa.Komufala gwopombanda gwa Zambia moNamibia Mavis Muyunda okwa ti iilongo
readAaBurundi yaali ya landitha okokaine
19-08-2010
AALUMENTU yaali aagundjuka oontauki dhoko Burundi oya zimine mompangu yoshitopolwa ya Venduka kutya oya li ta ya landitha okokaine okuza megumbo limwe moSuiderhof sha Venduka.Abdul Ndayishimiye [20]
readOmaipulo kombinga yuuthemba nemanguluko lyiifo
19-08-2010
OMAHANGANO gaakwashigwana muumbugantu wAfrica oga indile omapangelo giilyolongo ya SADC ga simaneke uuthemba waantu noku tala nawa kelelo ewanawa.Omahangano ngaka oga indile ishewe omapangelo ga
readYaali ya geelwa meyugo lyekengelelo
19-08-2010
AAKALIMO yaali yaVenduka oya geelwa nondholongo yomimvo mbali kehe gumwe.Omageelo ngaka oye ga pewa konima sho ya monika ondjo meyugo lyekengelelo lyokandingosho kamwe pehulilo lya Auguste omumvo
readOmahooli oga shuna pevi ndele ondando oyondilo natango
19-08-2010
NONANDO ondando yomahooli oya gu pevi metitatu noosenda omulongo molitera yimwe natango omahooli ogena ondilo noosenda heyali sigo hetatu molitela okuyeleka nondando yago petameko lyonuumvo.Ominista
readEtopoko mewiliko lya Kaiti
19-08-2010
EWILIKO lyoshilando sha Kaiti olya tokola okuhanagula po okangundu kewiliko, poshigongi sha ningilwe omaandaha.Etokolo ndika olya ningwa molwa omaipumomumwe ganika uukwamuhoko ngoka ga holoka po, osho
readOobiliona dhoodola 20 dha pumbiwa
19-08-2010
NAMIBIA okwa pumbwa konyala oodola obiliona 20 okuza ngashingeyi sigo omumvo 2030 okutula miilonga omukalo gwegandjo lyomeya moshilongo.Ethaneko ndika olya pwa na olya tegelelwa li ka pewe okabinete
readEindiko lyiigongi ka li li pampango
19-08-2010
EINDIKO lyomasiku gahetatu opo pwaaningwe iigongi noshowo omahololo dhiladhilo olya ekelwahi kompangu yopombanda moVenduka. Oshiwike sha yi opolisi oya indikile pwaaningwe iigongi nenge
readSADC ota ningi sha kombinga ya Zimbabwe
19-08-2010
OSHIGONGI shokomumvo shehangano lyomapendulopo muumbugantu wAfrica [SADC] shoka sha hulu moVenduka etiyali osha tokola oku kumika Zimbabwe opo iiyuthe ketokolo lyompangu ya SADC.Oshigongi osha tokola
readNew challenge, same Warriors
19-08-2010
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet yesterday named 29 players to vie for inclusion in the Brave Warriors team which will face Gambia in an away African Nations Cup qualifier.Saintfiet named a training
readHilaria wins big in Congo
19-08-2010
HILARIA Johannes, who last week took part in the National Half-Marathon held in Congo Brazzaville, returned home with a gigantic trophy. Johannes, together with fellow long-distance runners Beata
readNamibia gears up for Zone Six
19-08-2010
THE Namibian national under-20 athletics team will have two training camps in preparation for the forthcoming Zone Six Youth Games scheduled for Mbabane, Swaziland, in December.Speaking at a media
readNamibia make great start in Harare
19-08-2010
NAMIBIA’s national men and women’s bowls teams have made a great start to the African States Tournament currently underway in Harare, Zimbabwe, by winning two gold and one bronze medal out of the four
readAnelka main hit for World Cup fiasco
19-08-2010
PARIS – France international striker Nicolas Anelka’s international career all but officially came to an end Tuesday as he received an 18-match ban for his foul-mouthed outburst at then coach Raymond
readCraig Bellamy joins Cardiff on loan from Man City
19-08-2010
CARDIFF – Wales striker Craig Bellamy dropped into England’s second tier on Tuesday after big-spending Manchester City told him he would not make its Premier League squad, joining Cardiff on a
readBremen sells Oezil to Real Madrid
19-08-2010
MADRID – Midfielder Mesut Oezil has become the second member of Germany’s third-place World Cup squad to move to Real Madrid. Madrid said on Tuesday it had agreed to a deal with Werder Bremen for
readSMSes for Thursday 19 August 2010
19-08-2010
* FELLOW Namibians you make so many petty complaints. I wish you could travel around the world. What we have here is manna. Let’s be content with what we have and teach our kids morals. There is
readTeenager with no arms tells his story
19-08-2010
HENDRIK Isaaks came into the world with no arms when he was born at the farm Wortel in the Karasburg district 20 years ago. Isaaks says he doesn’t consider his disability as a setback and embraces
readSADC to hold special meeting on tribunal
19-08-2010
THE unresolved issue of Zimbabwe’s refusal to bow to rulings made by the regional Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC with regard to its controversial land reform will
readSADC customs no big bang: Calle
19-08-2010
THE envisaged customs union for the 15 members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which was to be set up this year, has been postponed and various models for a future union will be
readPohamba calls for speedier action on SADC programmes
19-08-2010
THE new chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), President Hifikepunye Pohamba, has called on fellow member states to “speed up the design and the adoption of policies and
readNatau jumping the gun: TransNamib
19-08-2010
TRANSNAMIB has denied that salary negotiations between it and the Namibia Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Natau) have fallen flat. This came after Albert Engelbrecht, alternate senior shop
readMissing young man found dead in car
19-08-2010
A YOUNG Windhoek resident who went missing over the weekend was found dead in the city on Monday. Armand Rousseau (24) was found dead in his car in Kleine Kuppe. He had apparently committed
readKeetmans CEO suspended again
19-08-2010
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has again suspended its CEO, Paul Vleermuis, with full pay at an extraordinary meeting held on Monday. In April this year, the council reinstated Vleermuis just three
readKaribib farmers catch poachers
19-08-2010
FARMERS in the Karibib district managed to corner three poachers on Tuesday evening.The Namibian learned from reliable sources that a wild chase at around 22h00 eventually resulted in the farmers
readThe adventurous life of an independence warrior
19-08-2010
LIBREVILLE – A former fighter in Indochina, Colonel Pascal Moulopo became the first soldier to raise independent Gabon’s flag 50 years ago, but he also took part in the thrills and spills of a 1964
readHaikali, Doëseb launch NFA ‘Change’ campaign
19-08-2010
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) presidential candidate Ranga Haikali and his right-hand man Johnny Johnson Doëseb officially launched their campaign in Windhoek yesterday.Haikali, a former trade
readBusiness confidence takes a nosedive
19-08-2010
BUSINESS confidence plunged in the second quarter with only 27 per cent of businesses surveyed by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) reporting improved conditions and six per cent
readPoll: New York state voters against Ground Zero mosque
19-08-2010
ALBANY – A majority of New York state voters remain opposed to a mosque proposed as part of a planned Islamic cultural centre near the site of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the issue
readRichard Metcalfe in the dock
19-08-2010
ATTORNEY Richard Metcalfe will appear in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court today on a charge of malicious damage to property. The charge stems from an incident in December last year, when he and his
read‘Madness’ sends man to jail for three years
19-08-2010
JACQUES Burger (32) was sent to prison for three years for stealing items from a woman who was allegedly drunk and passed out at the parking lot of Pick ‘n Pay Swakopmund.On Saturday, August 14 2010,
readPresident gets ‘nasty’ birthday surprise
19-08-2010
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), in a historic move, yesterday petitioned the Head of State when more than a hundred of the country's most influential voices in business descended
readNo bail for robbery suspects
19-08-2010
FOUR of the alleged armed robbers facing charges after a hold-up at a Windhoek gambling house ended in a deadly shootout with the Police in April last year will remain in custody following an
readNotable Quotes
19-08-2010
THERE were one-on-one meetings at noon among the presidents and Zuma managed to nudge president Mugabe into the right direction. – A source telling The Namibian that the annual summit of SADC decided
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