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59 Articles found on Monday, 2 August 2010
Pohamba calls for fair labour relations
02-08-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged the private sector to invest in the economy in order to create jobs, transfer skills and ensure that all employees receive decent remuneration.The President
readUK urges banks to lend, restrain bonuses
02-08-2010
LONDON – British Finance Minister George Osborne urged the country’s banks to use strong first-half profits to boost business lending rather than pay large bonuses, in an interview published late on
readIran says uranium enrichment remains its right
02-08-2010
TEHRAN – Iran will never give up its right to enrich uranium, a senior official said on Friday, but it could suspend higher-level work for several years if a long-delayed fuel swap can be agreed with
readSA can’t afford public servants’ demands
02-08-2010
PRETORIA – South Africa’s government cannot afford pay demands from thousands of public service workers and hopes a deal can be reached next week before a strike widens to nearly a million workers, a
readZim central bank threatens action on interest rates
02-08-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s central bank said on Friday it would intervene to force banks to slash “punitive” lending rates of as high as 50 per cent that are partly blamed for slowing economic recovery.A
readGuinea must review mining deals, Diallo says
02-08-2010
CONAKRY – Guinea must review billions of dollars worth of mining deals signed since a coup in 2008 to make sure the West African state is getting its fair share of revenue, election front-runner
readNigeria nears deal for private power producers
02-08-2010
LAGOS – Nigeria is close to agreeing a framework to make private power generation for the national grid commercially viable, potentially unlocking billions of dollars of investment and helping end
readSuccess is written in stone for GFG Slasto Supplies
02-08-2010
WHEN Gwen Finis returned from au pairing and studying web design in Holland, she couldn’t find a job that paid her enough for her qualifications. “My father was mining slasto and building stone from
readMugabe says Zim diamonds not for greedy politicians
02-08-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Sunday said the country’s diamonds should benefit the entire country and urged greedy politicians to blunt their appetite for individual wealth.“Diamonds
readNigeria electoral chief vows crackdown on poll fraudsters
02-08-2010
LAGOS – The new head of Nigeria’s electoral agency has threatened to prosecute all of its officials who engage in electoral malpractices in next year’s poll, a national newspaper reported
readZanzibar approves power-sharing in referendum
02-08-2010
ZANZIBAR – Zanzibar has opted to enshrine power-sharing in the constitution in a bid to end decades of crippling political feuds, according referendum results released yesterday.Two thirds of the
readBomb found at MI6 spy agency
02-08-2010
LONDON – Two men were being questioned yesterday after one parcel bomb was sent to the MI6 foreign intelligence agency and another was intercepted.The two suspects, aged 52 and 21, were arrested on
readMiners trapped in China
02-08-2010
BEIJING – Rescuers raced yesterday to free 24 people trapped in a flooded mine in northeastern China, state media reported.Heilongjiang provincial governor Li Zhanshu met coal industry and work safety
readIraq civilian death toll almost doubles in July
02-08-2010
BAGHDAD – The number of civilians killed by violence in Iraq almost doubled in July from June, a sign that insurgents may be trying to exploit political tensions after an election that produced no
readSarkozy threatens immigrants who target police officers
02-08-2010
PARIS – President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that he wants to revoke the French citizenship of immigrants who put the lives of police officers in danger as part of a “national war” on
readOmufekelwa medhipago lya Magdalena mompangu
02-08-2010
JUNIAS Fillipus a tseyika woo ongo Mwaamenange, gwomimvo 32 nokeena iilonga oye omulumentu ta tamanekelwa ekwatonkonga nedhipago lyomulongwa, Magdalena Stoffels moshiningwanima shoka sha halutha evi
readPohamba a hala uundjolowele waanona nooyina
02-08-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa hala oshinima shuundjolowele waakiintu nuunona shi kale miikundathanwa yuukumwe wAfrica omimvo ntano tadhi landula.Okwa ti shika osha pumbiwa shiningwe opo
readOmatokolo gopangeshefa gomuleli gwa Napwu
02-08-2010
OMULELI gwehangano lyaaniilonga yepangelo [Napwu], Peter Nevonga ota konenenwa kaaleli oyakwawop mehangano ndyoka aniwa, omolwashoka okwa ningi omatokolo ge li pondje yoonkondo dhe mokuwilika
readYa hala omagumbo mevi lyawo yene
02-08-2010
OYENDJI yaakwashigwana mboka ya tulululwa moofaalama dhiipindi oya longitha evi ndika lyepangelo ongo ehala lyawo lya gamenwa okutunga omagumbo gawo taga kalele.Mbaka ota ku tiwa iha ya kongo evi
readPo Kaiti iifuta ya muni ita yi gwedhwa
02-08-2010
AAKALIMO yomo Kaiti ita ya ka futa iimaliwa oyindji omolwa omayakulo gopamuni nuumvo. Shika osha tseyithwa pethimbo elelo lyoshilando shokuumbugantu lya tula omutengenekothaneko gwa lyo poshitaafula
readUDF melongelokumwe lyoongundu
02-08-2010
ONGUNDU yo United Democratic Front [UDF] oya ti ota yi ka yambidhidha edhiladhilo lyelongelokumwe lyoongundu itaadhi pangele momahogololo gomalelo giitopolwa nogiilando ngoka ga tegelelwa pehulilo
readIiyimbi ya hugunina ya kandulwa po
02-08-2010
OONKUNDATHANA ndhoka dha kwata konyala oomvula ndatu pokati kiilongo yuumbugantu wAfrica nuukumwe wa Europa kombinga yeuvathano lyelongelokumwe momahupilo otadhi ka manithwa pehulilo lyomumvo
readOombidhi tadhi koko
02-08-2010
UUMBIDHI GONA mboka wa li wa hupithwa pofaalama yimwe pOmangetti no wa etwa pehala lyiinamwenyo po N/a’ank u se pondje ya Venduka otawu koko nawa.Uumbidhona mbuka uukadhi omugoyi nuundume utano
readKwathela oku vudhamo iikwama kwega mbika
02-08-2010
OSHIKUNINO shiimeno mo Venduka otashi kala nesiku lyokwoopaleka iimeno mbika ha yi ithanwa cactus olyomakaya ta ge ya ongula onene, notashi hiya mboka yena ohokwe okushininga ye ya joine meopaleko
readOmahangano gopambepo ga pangula edhipago
02-08-2010
OMAHANGANO gopambepo mo Namibia oga pangula noonkondo ekwatonkonga nedhipago lya nakusa Magdalena Stoffels metiyali oshiwike sha yi. Omahangano ngaka oga indile aalumentu ayehe ya kale aagameni
readAC Milan boss rules out Beckham return
02-08-2010
LONDON – AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri admits David Beckham is unlikely to return to the San Siro for another loan spell.Beckham was at the Emirates Stadium to watch his former team-mates draw
readKhedira joins Real Madrid from Stuttgart
02-08-2010
BERLIN – Germany midfielder Sami Khedira, who played a major part in Germany’s progress to the World Cup semi-finals, is joining Real Madrid from VfB Stuttgart on a five-year deal, the clubs said on
readWinds of austerity sweep through European football
02-08-2010
PARIS – Anyone in doubt as to the lingering effects of the global economic downturn on the world’s top football teams need only cast a glance at the sleepy state of the current European transfer
readWenger calls on Cesc to end Barcelona talk
02-08-2010
LONDON – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had called on Barcelona target Cesc Fabregas to end the transfer talk by pledging his future to the Gunners. Wenger rejected Barca’s £30 million bid for Fabregas
readHaikali, Shikukutu to return at Kuisebmond
02-08-2010
THE Nestor ‘Sunshine’ Tobias boxing academy’s coastal boxing bonanza on August 7 will see the return of Namibia’s WBO Africa lightweight champion Martin Haikali and welterweight crowd favourite Sackey
readBrave Warriors friendly match versus Israel off
02-08-2010
THE Brave Warriors friendly match against Israel that had been scheduled for August 11 has been called off due to a problem with the processing of visas in Israel, according to Namibia Football
readDibaba restores Ethiopian pride
02-08-2010
DOUBLE Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba restored Ethiopia’s track pride when she won the women’s 10 000m at the African athletics championships on Saturday. The 24-year-old proved she has overcome the
readEngland thrashes Pakistan in first test
02-08-2010
NOTTINGHAM – England thrashed Pakistan by 354 runs in the first test yesterday with James Anderson ending the match with career-best figures of 11-71.Pakistan was all out for 80 in its second innings,
readMelanky wins championships
02-08-2010
MELANKY Farmer, of the Eliminators Club, collected the top honours at the recent table tennis nationals held at the Sport Klub Windhoek (SKW) grounds.Farmer defeated compatriot Reinhardt Stanley in a
readAll Blacks down Wallabies
02-08-2010
MELBOURNE, Australia – Flyhalf Dan Carter scored one try, set up another and kicked 14 points as New Zealand beat Australia for the eighth straight time Saturday with a comprehensive 49-28 Tri-Nations
readSMSes for Monday 2 August 2010
02-08-2010
* THE problem is not overgrown riverbeds. There are many overgrown places in the world where one is perfectly safe. Maybe the root cause of the problem is the total disregard for life some Namibians
readBigt Brother Africa 5: Not Strapped For Comment!
02-08-2010
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Munya stole my chicken. * Now it’s hit me,
readBig Brother Africa 5: Things that go bump in the night!
02-08-2010
MUNYA told BBA fans to take a flying leap off Victoria Falls, Kaone took a flying leap onto Mwisho and Yacob and Sheila flew at one another. OK, OK, it’s Sunday and I need to be truthful.Yes, I know
readTwo fatal stabbings at Rehoboth
02-08-2010
TWO murders at Rehoboth over the past weekend have brought the number of murders in this town last month to at least four. On Saturday, at around midnight, Clerence Kariseb (19) was stabbed to death
readTCL pension case to court next year
02-08-2010
A CASE on a demand by former workers of Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL) to be paid pension money alleged to have been illegally withdrawn from the company’s pension funds will continue to be heard in
readMuyako–Ngoma road officially opened
02-08-2010
THE rural community of Ibbu, a remote area 88 km from Katima Mulilo, now have a 36,5-kilometre gravel road linking them with the rest of the country.Officiating at the opening ceremony, the Deputy
read‘Problem kids’ grounded at Berg Aukas
02-08-2010
SO-CALLED ‘struggle children’ at the Ministry of Youth’s training camp at Berg Aukas, who recently staged protest marches to Ondangwa and Windhoek, are allegedly forbidden to leave the camp.The
readPolice station on cards for Grünau
02-08-2010
A LONGSTANDING plea by residents of Grünau to have a Police station at the tiny settlement will become a reality. But budgetary constraints experienced by the Safety and Security Ministry could mean
readOshiwambo farmers have their Mangetti stay extended
02-08-2010
GOVERNMENT on Friday told the Oshiwambo-speaking farmers who were evicted from western Kavango in late 2008 that their stay at the Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) farms at Mangetti has been
readNamibia’s mongoose lady killed in Cameroon
02-08-2010
THE founder of Namibia’s Shadow Hunter project investigating the conservation status of the black mongoose (Galerella nigrata) was recently murdered at her home in Cameroon where she moved in 2006 to
readKatali warns Swapo members against backbiting
02-08-2010
MINES and Energy Minister Isak Katali has warned Lüderitz Swapo Party members to desist from backbiting over leadership positions that could break the unity in the party. Katali made the remarks at
readGrootfontein woman stabbed twelve times
02-08-2010
DAYS after a schoolgirl was raped and killed in Windhoek, the community of Grootfontein is also reeling with shock following the brutal murder of a young woman there over the weekend.The 30-year-old
readRegional and local election dates announced
02-08-2010
THE Regional Council and Local Authority elections will take place simultaneously this year – on November 26 and 27.The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced on Friday that supplementary
readCongo fever patient out of SA hospital
02-08-2010
ALTHOUGH not back on his cattle and sheep farm yet, Namibia’s Congo fever patient, Andries Hoffman, has been discharged from hospital. Hoffman was discharged from the Bloemfontein Medi-Clinic on
readBook on 1904 Herero war criticises white Namibians of German descent
02-08-2010
THE memories of the 1904 uprising against German imperial rule led by the Herero people are remembered very differently by Herero and German-speaking communities, new research reveals.The resistance
readBlood, Sweat and Treason
02-08-2010
ZIMBABWE cricket has had a chequered existence since acquiring Test status in 1992. The earliest Test sides were comprised solely of white players until, in 1995, Henry Olonga became the first black
readAmakhosi win ‘Glamour’ friendly
02-08-2010
GLAMOUR club Kaizer Chiefs laboured to a 2-1 defeat of Eleven Arrows in an exciting international friendly match on Saturday.However, fans were disappointed as Bafana Bafana’s world cup star Siphiwe
readJapan inks exploration pact with Namibia
02-08-2010
TOKYO – State-backed Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (Jogmec) has agreed with Namibia to explore and develop mineral resources, especially rare earth and rare metals, it said on Friday, the
readIsrael warns Hamas after rocket fire
02-08-2010
JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister issued a stern warning yesterday to Gaza’s Hamas rulers after a weekend of rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory on Israeli communities.Benjamin Netanyahu
readThousands march for Magdalena
02-08-2010
THOUSANDS of schoolchildren marched in solidarity on Friday to protest the brutal rape and murder of Magdalena Stoffels. Led by Dawid Bezuidenhout pupils, at least nine more schools joined the march
readNo bail for Sackey Namugongo
02-08-2010
FORMER Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo will have to stay in prison while he pursues an appeal against his conviction on 19 charges of corruption and the eight-year jail
readDismissal order appealed
02-08-2010
THE Minister of Justice has filed an appeal against the High Court judgement in which she was ordered to dismiss Windhoek-based Magistrate Leah Shaanika from her post.Shaanika remains in her position
readOdile crowned as Miss Namibia
02-08-2010
Odile Gertze was crowned Miss Namibia 2010 at the pageant held in Windhoek on Saturday. First Princess is Venantia Otto and Second Princess is Steny Schoeman. Schoeman was also voted as Miss
readNotable Quotes
02-08-2010
Bring him out, bring him out, we want him in the coffin. – A crowd outside the court where Junias Fillipus, accused of raping and murdering schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels, appeared. The incident
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