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46 Articles found on Thursday, 16 December 2010
Natis flooded by procrastinators
16-12-2010
PEOPLE who left the renewal of their car or driver’s licences until the last minute before going on holiday are packing the halls at Natis Valley in Windhoek.Some people in the queue told The Namibian
readTeek judgement expected today
16-12-2010
THE verdict in the trial of former Supreme Court Judge Pio Teek is expected to be delivered in the High Court in Windhoek today.After seven hours of arguments on the judgement that is set to be
readBanks announce Christmas present
16-12-2010
TWO of Namibia’s largest banks announced interest rate cuts yesterday after the Bank of Namibia (BoN) said the repo rate will decrease from 6,75 per cent to 6 per cent today – the lowest ever in
readGovt elusive on ‘settler deal’
16-12-2010
THE dishing out of Namibian passports to foreign nationals started way back in 1994 when then Minister of Trade and Industry Hidipo Hamutenya recommended to Cabinet to issue “service passports” to
readNghixulifwa ‘relaxed’ boxing rules
16-12-2010
NAMIBIA Boxing Control Board president Kelly Nghixulifwa yesterday admitted to having “relaxed the rules” in order to allow Harry Simon’s return fight to happen. In fact, Nghixulifwa said his board
readAt least 27 asylum seekers die as boat sinks off Australia
16-12-2010
SYDNEY – A wooden boat packed with asylum seekers smashed against jagged rocks in a storm off an Australian island yesterday, flinging terrified occupants into churning waters and killing at least 27
readSignificant progress in 2010: NamPower
16-12-2010
WINDHOEK – The Managing Director of NamPower, Paulinus Shilamba yesterday said NamPower regards 2010 as a year of significant progress in terms of power supply in the country.Shilamba said this during
readInternational Court names Kenyan suspects behind violence
16-12-2010
THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court prosecutor named three Kenyan government ministers and a former police chief yesterday among six suspects behind the east African country’s post-election
readSMSes for Thursday 16 December 2010
16-12-2010
SMS Of The Day *FINANCIAL institutions why not grant HIV positive individuals access to home loans? Being HIV positive doesn’t mean you’ll die tomorrow; it simply means you have a terminal illness
readNotable Quotes
16-12-2010
It’s untrue. We have never defaulted on loans with China. – This was the response of Finance Deputy Minister Calle Schlettwein, when asked about a WikiLeaks report that 5000 Chinese families were
readPower supply still critical in Nam: Shilamba
16-12-2010
WINDHOEK – NamPower has urged its customers to use electricity sparingly, as the power supply situation in the country remains critical.The Managing Director (MD) of the Namibia Power Corporation
readDBN close to N$1 bn loan book
16-12-2010
The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN)’s Chief Executive Officer David Nuyoma said the bank’s loan book is expected to reach N$ 1 billion in a short period of time.Nuyoma said the DBN’s loan book
readDBN reflects on 2010 milestones
16-12-2010
WINDHOEK – The Development Bank of Namibia counts the opening of its Ongwediva branch, direct lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and strengthening of its Risk Management Department among
readSA economic growth to end year on a high
16-12-2010
South Africa’s growth in the fourth quarter could top the performance in the first three months of the year, when gross domestic product (GDP) rose 4.6 per cent.At a presentation on Tuesday Jeff
readManaging Your Online Image
16-12-2010
Your name is out there on the Internet, whether you like it or not, so you might as well take control of your online identity, says Harvard Business Review.People are learning things about you from
readInflationary pressures decrease
16-12-2010
WINDHOEK – The country’s inflationary pressures remained subdued, falling to 3.2 per cent in October this year from 3.7 per cent in September 2010.Governor of the Bank of Namibia (BoN) Ipumbu Shiimi
readOppenheimers sell part of Anglo stake
16-12-2010
LONDON - The Oppenheimer family has sold 7.7 per cent of its holding in mining group Anglo American for about £64 million (R691m), but said it did not plan to sell any more.“We have no intention of
readEmerging markets seen stronger in 2011
16-12-2010
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Economic Year Ahead 2011 report expects growth in most emerging market economies to pick up in 2011 even as other regions slow.It however notes that emerging
readFirstRand to sell OUTsurance stake
16-12-2010
FirstRand Limited announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its 45 per cent stake in OUTsurance, South Africa’s leading direct short-term insurer to RMBH Holdings for R3.75 billion.Commenting
readIn Brief
16-12-2010
Suicide bombers kill around 38 in Iran TEHRAN – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a mosque in southeastern Iran yesterday, killing at least 38 people at a Shiite mourning ceremony, state
readMan shoots four dead in northeast Spain
16-12-2010
BARCELONA – A 57-year-old man shot dead four people in northeastern Spain yesterday, gunning down a father and son in a bar and two staff in a bank before being taken alive, police and media
readFacebook founder is Time’s ‘Person of Year’
16-12-2010
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2010.At 26, Zuckerberg has put himself on the map not only as one of the world’s youngest billionaires,
readSplitsville for Scarlett and Ryan
16-12-2010
LOS ANGELES – Hollywood stars Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have called it quits after two years of marriage, they said in a statement on Tuesday.“After long and careful consideration on both
readDogg & Qonja Get Festive
16-12-2010
KWAITO artists The Dogg and Qonja launch their Christmas album, ‘Let’s Celebrate’, at the Playhouse Theatre in Windhoek tonight.‘Let’s Celebrate’ is believed to be the first Namibian Christmas album.
readOongavena yiitopolwa ayehe ya tseyithwa pambelewa
16-12-2010
EGUMBO lyEpangelo mOmaandaha goshiwike shika olya tseyitha omadhina gatatu ga hugunina gaantu mboka yu ulika kOmupresidende ya ninge Oongoneya yiitopolwa. Edhina lya Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha
readGoraseb na tulwe pevi: Aaranos
16-12-2010
AAKALIMO yamwe yomokamukundandoolopa ka Aranos moshitopolwa sha Hardap oya li ya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo mEtine lyoshiwike shika, taya indile kutya Omunambelewa omukuluntu gwa Aranos, Niklaas
readOuattara okwa hala Gbgabo a ze ko koshipundi shUupresidende
16-12-2010
OMULUMENTU ngoka kwa talika kutya oye a sindana omahogololo gOpaupresidende mu Ivory Coast omwedhi gwa zi ko, Allasane Quattara, okwa hala omukondjithi gwe Laurent Gbagbo a ze ko koshipundi
readNabta ti ilongekidhile Okongresa ye
16-12-2010
EHANGANO lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Naminia nenge Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) olya tota po Okomitiye tayi ungaunga nomailongekidho gOkongresa ya Nabta, moka tamu ka hogololwa aawiliki
readOmahilathano miilyo yoompilamena Keetmanshoop ga tameka ishiwe
16-12-2010
OMAHILTHANO mokati kiilyo yoongundu dhompilamena mElelo lyondoolopa ya Keetmanshop, osha holoka ishewe pethimbo lyoshigongi shElelo lyondoolopa mOmaandaha goshiwike shika. Oshigongi shika osha li
readElelo lyAutapi lya ningilwa ‘omaashinga’
16-12-2010
AAKALIMO yomomikunda dha kundukidha ondoolopa yAutapi mOmbalantu moshitopolwa sha Musati ohela mEtitatu oya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo moka taya nyenyetele Elelo lyondoolopa yAutapi kutya otali kwata
readHaikali not NPL paymaster: Doëseb
16-12-2010
NAMIBIA Premier League chairman Johnny Johnson Doëseb says his CEO, Mathew Haikali, has no authority to raise his own salary or those of his subordinates.Haikali is alleged to have given himself and
readAIDS Day tournament to go annual
16-12-2010
ORGANISERS of the recently held World Aids Day Football Tournament, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, have decided to make it an annual event.The move
readTP Mazembe relish David and Goliath night
16-12-2010
ABU DHABI – African soccer, which failed again to get past the quarter-final barrier at the 2010 World Cup, reached its first senior global final on Tuesday.The Club World Cup may not have the
readWozniacki wins ITF World Champion award
16-12-2010
LONDON - Caroline Wozniacki has become the first Danish player to win the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) World Champion award, even though she has never won a grand slam.Spain’s Rafael Nadal
readPerth pitch will produce a result, says Ponting
16-12-2010
PERTH – Australia cannot afford to contemplate anything other than victory in the third test at Perth with a grassy wicket likely to produce a result that could seal the hosts’ Ashes fate, captain
readZero tolerance for road hogs
16-12-2010
HARDAP Police Commissioner Kobus Meyer has warned motorists to expect no mercy if they break traffic laws in the South this festive season.“We will not allow road traffic offenders to endanger the
readPolitics leads to stabbing
16-12-2010
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested at Okakekete village in the Omusati Region after another man at the village was hospitalised with serious stab wounds.A fight is said to have started between
readNamibians cough up thousands for services
16-12-2010
A STUDY done by The Namibian yesterday revealed that Namibians have to fork out more than N$1 000 per hour for certain professional services.One law firm in Windhoek, which offers a wide range of
readNam youth have integrity: study
16-12-2010
WINDHOEK – The results of a Youth Integrity Survey has shown that the majority of young people in Namibia exhibit a sense of integrity and an understanding of ethical standards.The study was carried
readNAC workers to stage lunchtime picket
16-12-2010
LONG-SIMMERING discontent over the management of the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) comes to a head today with protests by disgruntled workers across the country. The company yesterday confirmed that
readMurder suspect remains in custody
16-12-2010
A KNIFE murder suspect was remanded in custody following his first appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court this week. Elton Gavin Coetzee (22) was not asked to plead, and his case was
readMoses Katjiuongua’s mother dies
16-12-2010
VETERAN politician and former National Assembly member Moses Katjiuongua has announced the death of his mother at the age of 84.Katjiuongua’s mother, Adelheid Vanduu Kavari, born Muundjua, died in
readManagement blunder leads to salary delay
16-12-2010
A MANAGEMENT glitch resulted in the salaries of the Road Fund Administration (RFA) not being paid in time yesterday.Employees complained that this damaged their reputations because banks bounced their
readMajor push could end malaria deaths by 2015
16-12-2010
GENEVA - The world could stop malaria deaths by 2015 if massive investment is made to ramp up control measures, including wider use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, the World Health Organisation
readKaras governor urges focus on economic development
16-12-2010
“NOW, more than ever, the focus should be on economic development aimed at job creation to uplift the Karas Region from poverty.”This was the call of the newly appointed governor of Karas, Bernardus
readCity of Windhoek to fund car-wash projects
16-12-2010
WINDHOEK – The Windhoek City Council will invest N$3 million in the establishment of township car-wash projects over the next three years.The areas identified for the car-wash businesses are erven 90
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