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64 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Nedbank warns of tough times
03-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Nedbank posted flat first-half earnings yesterday and said it would struggle to meet medium-term forecasts, the latest big lender to be stung by a slow recovery in
readZuma steps up BRICs charm offensive
03-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma goes to Russia and China this month, part of a push to open new trade and investment routes to the fast-growing emerging economies to replace
readGlobal economy: China slows, India, Russia speed ahead
03-08-2010
BEIJING – China’s manufacturing sector cooled further in July, even shrinking by one measure, but markets took the news as a sign of a desired slowdown rather than a harbinger of a slump that could
readUAE to suspend key BlackBerry services
03-08-2010
DUBAI – Gulf business hub the United Arab Emirates said Sunday it will halt key BlackBerry services that breach laws and raise security concerns, a move Saudi Arabia may follow according to
readChina overtakes Japan as No 2 economy
03-08-2010
BEIJING – China has overtaken Japan to become the world’s second-largest economy, the fruit of three decades of rapid growth that has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty.Depending on
readAfrica Business Briefs
03-08-2010
Sappi swings to third quarter profit JOHANNESBURG – South African paper maker Sappi yesterday posted a return to third-quarter profit, boosted by higher demand, and forecast an improvement in the
readBonsmara auction at Otjiwarongo
03-08-2010
MORE than 100 Bonsmara cattle were sold at an Otjiwarongo auction last week during an information day for farmers about the Bonsmara breed.A total of 55 Bonsmara Bulls were sold for an average of N$27
readCommunal farmers organise inter-regional show
03-08-2010
AFTER more than three years of negotiations, a big agricultural show will be jointly organised at Otjinene in the Omaheke Region by communal farmers’ unions of the Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions.“It
readNew ear tags for cattle
03-08-2010
COMMERCIAL farmers will have to get new ear tags for their cattle from October this year and the existing tags will be phased out. The same ear tags will be introduced in the northern communal areas
readGermans to swim 500 km to North Sea with pet ducks
03-08-2010
BERLIN – Two Germans set out on an unusual summer holiday yesterday, beginning a 500 km swim down a river from central Germany to the North Sea with seven pet ducks.Starting in the town of Kassel,
readPakistan ‘hurt’ over UK PM’s remarks
03-08-2010
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani government yesterday summoned Britain’s high commissioner to Islamabad, threatening to deepen a diplomatic row over remarks made by the British prime minister on the export
readRussian fire toll now 34
03-08-2010
MOSCOW – At least 34 people have died in wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and burned through vast spans of tinder-dry land, but firefighters are making headway and the blazes are dying
readUp to 2,5m affected by Pakistan floods
03-08-2010
GENEVA – The international Red Cross said yesterday that up to 2,5 million people across Pakistan have been affected by heavy flooding brought on by torrential monsoon rains.“According to official
readObese mom dies in Romania, 5 months after birth
03-08-2010
BUCHAREST – A 25-year-old Romanian woman who weighed 240 kilograms when she gave birth to a baby girl more than five months ago, has died, media reported yesterday.Relatives of Victoria Lacatus said
readIn Briefs
03-08-2010
Somali pirates hijack ship with 23 crew NAIROBI – Somali pirates hijacked a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship with 23 crew onboard during an early morning raid yesterday, the European Union Naval Force
readZumas no comment on marriage
03-08-2010
DURBAN – President Jacob Zuma’s brother Mike, yesterday said he did not want to comment on reports that two of Zuma’s polygamous marriages could be unlawful.Yesterday, The Mercury newspaper reported
readEighteen die in old age home fire in South Africa
03-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – More than 80 elderly people, many of them disabled, lost all their belongings in a fire that killed 18 people and destroyed their old age home in Nigel east of Johannesburg, officials
readKenya to vote on new constitution
03-08-2010
NAIROBI – Kenyans will vote tomorrow on a proposed constitution that would rein in the president’s powers and address some of the injustices that fuelled deadly violence the last time voters went to
readAanafaalama moofaalama dha NDC kOmangetti ya pewa ethimbo lyomvula
03-08-2010
AANAFAALAMA mboka ya tidhilwe kUukwangali kOkavango momumvo 2008 nokutulwa pakathimbo mookamba dha NDC kOmangetti kEpangelo omvula ya zi ko, ya li ashike ye na okukala mo uule womvula yimwe, ya
readOmahogololo giitopolwa niilando
03-08-2010
OMAHOGOLOLO giitopolwa niilando otaga ka kala ko pethimbo limwe nuumvo momasiku omilongo 26 no 27 ga Novomba. Okommissi yOmahogololo ya Namibia oya tseyitha shika metitano lyoshiwike sha yi
readKatali a londodha iilyo ka yi ningathane nayi
03-08-2010
MINISTA gwOomina noonkondo, Isak Katali okwa londodha iilyo yoSwapo poLindili yaa kale ta ya popilathana muuwinayi unene ngele tashiya kewiliko.Okwa ti omipopyo omiwinayi otadhi vulu okweeta etopoko
readNamhindo a kwatwa meso lya Shipindo
03-08-2010
OPOLISI mOhangwena oya kwata po omugundjuka gwoomvula 25 gwomomukunda Onamhinda mOukwanyama, gwedhina Pombili Matheus Namhindo shi na sha neso lyomunasikola gwomOsikola yOpombanda ya Dibo gwedhina
readEtokolo lyetidho ota li kondjithwa
03-08-2010
OMINISTER yUuyuki oya ningi eindilo ta li kondjitha elombwelo lyompangu yopombanda, kutya na tidhe miilonga, mengestrata gwomoVenduka, Leah Shaanika. Shaanika ota kala miilonga konima sho pwa ningwa
readOmuvu guuvu wa Congo a lalekwa moshipangelo
03-08-2010
NONANDO omuvu guuvu womukona gwontiko ngoka e li omunafaala momukunda gwa Aroab muumbagantu woshilongo okwa lalekwa moshipangelo sha Bloemfontein etitano, natango okwa li inaa galukila kegumbo.Andries
readNamugongo a tindilwa iifutilemo
03-08-2010
OMUNIILONGA nale mUuministeli Womidhingoloko nomatalelopo, Sackey Namugongo okwa tindilwa iifutilemo mo mondholongo, omanga a tegelela ompangu yopombanda yi talulule egeelo lyondjedhililo ndyoka a li
readOmayuvi ya ende molwa Magdalena
03-08-2010
AALONGWA OMAYOVI oya ende nokuholola ukwawowanankali nezimo lyomulongwa omukwawo gwopenongelo lya Dawid Bezuidenhout, Magdalena Stoffels.Aalongwa ta ya tengenekwa pomayovi 3 000 oya li ya kwatelwa
readNamibian athletes fail to make an impact
03-08-2010
NAMIBIA’S participation at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, came to an end on Saturday, when none of the four athletes in action could make an impact in their events.Namibian
readTable tennis notice
03-08-2010
ALL players interested in joining the Namibian table tennis community are more than welcome to contact the Namibian Table Tennis Association (NTTA) Vice-Chairman, Heiko Fleidl, at 081 288 3992.
readYoungsters entertain at youth tourney
03-08-2010
THE Ramblers Soccer Academy held its exciting annual youth tournament for the third time at the club’s premises in Pionierspark in mid-July. More than 400 girls and boys from Windhoek-based teams such
readZimbabwe beat Namibia in Junior World Cup qualifier
03-08-2010
NAMIBIA missed out on qualification for the 2011 Junior World Rugby Trophy when they were beaten 29-15 by Zimbabwe in the final of the African qualifiers in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Friday.It was the
readFantastic at 50, Ottey aims to run and run
03-08-2010
BARCELONA – Slovenia failed to reach the final of the women’s 4x100m relay at the European Championships, but 50-year-old Merlene Ottey intends to keep on running.The former Jamaican sprinter became
readLemaitre not ready for Bolt, Gay
03-08-2010
BARCELONA, Spain – Three-time European gold medallist Christophe Lemaitre is not ready to race against Usain Bolt or Tyson Gay, according to former Olympic champion Valery Borzov. The 20-year-old
readSong announces international retirement
03-08-2010
YAOUNDE – Cameroon’s veteran centre-back Rigobert Song announced his retirement from international football on Sunday.The 34-year-old, the first African to play in four World Cups and eight African
readPregnant Alicia Keys ties the knot
03-08-2010
MOTHER-to-be Alicia Keys has tied the knot with her rap producer boyfriend in France. The singer, who is due to give birth in November, walked down the aisle on Sunday in front of a host of celebrity
readThe Barnmates
03-08-2010
FOR those of us who were wondering exactly how the recently revealed Barn would feature in this season of Big Brother Africa, we have to wonder no more. A poor man’s version of the glitz and glamour
readNamibia: What About Solidarity, Freedom, Justice?
03-08-2010
THE year 2010 marks 50 years of Swapo and 20 years of Independence. Many positive appraisals were made on these occasions. But there is also reason enough to take stock more critically, putting an
readSMSes for Tuesday 3 August 2010
03-08-2010
* NAMIBIA needs many more people like Nahas Angula to ask if BEE means Black Economic Empowerment or Black Elite Enrichment? Food for Thought * MISMANAGEMENT of public funds in Namibia is a very big
readUS-Namibia alumni to focus on ‘giving back’
03-08-2010
ALUMNI of US international exchanges and academic fellowships have been invited to a conference in Windhoek on Friday to see how they can help contribute to mentoring the youth and volunteering
readGovt hamstrings private tourism sector
03-08-2010
SOME rules on how the tourism industry should be run are chasing away tourists, the Managing Director of Taleni Africa Tourism Holdings alleged on Friday.Willie du Toit said requirements such as that
read‘Struggle kids’ accused of terrorising townspeople
03-08-2010
SOME Grootfontein residents have allegedly been attacked, insulted and robbed by gangs of ‘struggle children’ stationed at the Ministry of Youth’s Berg Aukas camp. A Grootfontein resident, who wished
readMonth-end mayhem forces shebeen closure
03-08-2010
THE Oshana Police on Friday closed all shebeens until the next day because of an upsurge in drunken driving and accidents on Friday nights, especially at month-end. Shebeen owners were furious about
readCabinet to decide on Polytechnic name
03-08-2010
THE Polytechnic of Namibia was warned last week that it cannot yet legally designate itself as Namibia’s University of Science and Technology. Education Minister Abraham Iyambo told Polytechnic
readNo water or power at nurses’ home
03-08-2010
STUDENT nurses and Ministry of Health staff living in the Windhoek Central Hospital’s nurses’ home are complaining about “unbearable conditions”, with no certainty of water and electricity
readTwo lions poisoned in Sesfontein area
03-08-2010
THE conservation industry has been dealt the umpteenth blow this year with two lions being poisoned in the Sesfontein Conservancy Area recently.Last week, the decomposed carcasses of two young lions
readKudu bulls meet tragic end in city
03-08-2010
THREE large kudu bulls were seen in Diaz Street in Suiderhof at about 09h00 yesterday morning and two of these animals were shot dead before 12h00. Two of the bulls ran across Toivo ya Toivo Street
readPublic to sell electricity to Erongo RED
03-08-2010
A FIRST for the Erongo Region in terms of electricity trading was recently introduced by Erongo RED, and will result in the electricity distributor buying electricity from customers who generate more
readBull’s eye becomes cow’s eye for hunter
03-08-2010
A TROPHY hunter shot a Cape buffalo cow instead of a bull during a hunt in the Waterberg Plateau National Park last week.The hunter, who remains unidentified, was guided by a professional hunter (PH),
readNam’s first geochemical lab open in Swakopmund
03-08-2010
UNTIL recently, Namibia’s mining and exploration sector has outsourced its geochemical testing services to neighbouring and overseas countries.That has now changed. Due to the boom in mining prospects
readProject Shine still picking up after others
03-08-2010
AS laudable as the Swakopmund Municipality’s annual clean-up campaign ‘Project Shine’ is, one wonders if it will ever create the environmental awareness and stewardship it desires, or whether it will
readSwapo honours veteran with Swakop’s fire station
03-08-2010
SWAKOPMUND’S new fire station, which will be completed soon, will be called ‘Philipus Namalemo Fire Station’, the local council decided. The new sign baring the name will be up and displayed on the
readSwakop’s entire jetty reopens after 10 years
03-08-2010
THE second half of Swakopmund’s century-old 300m long jetty will, for the first time after more than a decade of closure, be open for the public as from Saturday. The jetty was closed just prior to
readEtango mulls over links through Namib
03-08-2010
BANNERMAN Mining’s prospective Etango Uranium Mine on the edge of the Moon Valley and inside the Namib Naukluft Park will require additional roads, water and electricity supply infrastructure, and
readNam’s first geochemical lab open in Swakopmund
03-08-2010
UNTIL recently, Namibia’s mining and exploration sector has outsourced its geochemical testing services to neighbouring and overseas countries. That has now changed. Due to the boom in mining
readEducation is the key: Erongo Governor
03-08-2010
“IN order to fight HIV-AIDS, unemployment and poverty, we need to redouble our efforts to ensure that everyone gets education,” said Erongo’s Governor, Samuel Nuuyoma at the closing of the National
readPolice and farmers talk face to face
03-08-2010
ESCAPED murderers, the safety of farmers and their property, fire-arms amnesty and reservist recruitment were some of the issues discussed at a meeting in Omaruru on Friday between the Erongo Police,
readCoastal biodiversity celebrated
03-08-2010
SWAKOPMUND was a hive of activity over the weekend as the coastal biodiversity weekend was celebrated.Public lectures, the screening of environmentally related films for the public, nature trips for
readBrave Warriors have a plan – Isaacs
03-08-2010
BRAVE Warriors team manager Tim Isaacs says the team management have a plan in place despite the cancellation of their planned August 11 friendly international against Israel.“There is a plan,” Isaacs
readAnalysts call for Telecom changes
03-08-2010
“TELECOM Namibia needs to change course and focus on profitability or face the risk of becoming another indebted state-owned enterprise (SOE) with decreasing significance for Namibia’s
readIran’s Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama
03-08-2010
TEHRAN – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on US President Barack Obama yesterday to face him in a televised one-on-one debate to see who has the best solutions for the world’s problems.The
readVictory for Govt in Caprivi assault case
03-08-2010
ANOTHER two of the men facing charges in the ongoing Caprivi high treason trial have lost a case in which they were demanding compensation from Government for allegedly having been unlawfully
readPotato prices skyrocket due to shortage
03-08-2010
A POTATO shortage in South Africa (SA) has led to potato prices in Namibia shooting up by 25 per cent over the last week. Another 25 per cent price hike is expected this week.A seven-kilogram pocket
readTjingaete in kickback claims
03-08-2010
THE director of the Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (Nepru), Fanuel Tjingaete, has received a 30 000 euro payment into his personal bank account from a Belgian company that the beleaguered
readKudus in the city
03-08-2010
Two of the three kudu bulls that strayed into Windhoek’s Suiderhof suburb were shot dead by the City Police and a Nature Conservation ranger yesterday morning. This kudu ran up and down a riverbed,
readNotable Quotes
03-08-2010
Boil him in a pot of justice. – A banner held by one of thousands of pupils who marched in solidarity on Friday to protest the brutal rape and murder of Magdalena Stoffels.We urge all communities to
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