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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Oil rises on freezing weather
21-12-2010
Oil prices rose on Monday as forecasts for continued freezing temperatures in Europe and the US Northeast this week looked set to boost heating fuel demand.US crude for January delivery climbed 48
readChina first in investment queue
21-12-2010
SOUTHERN Africa continues to strengthen its profile as an investment destination, attracting major inflows in the mining, agriculture, telecommunications and manufacturing sectors in the past year.As
readDBSA to help finance projects in Angola
21-12-2010
THE Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is opening up a R1.75 billion credit line to fund reconstruction and development projects in Angola.The fund will be operated through Angolan bank Banco
readRand rebounds in directionless market
21-12-2010
The rand was stronger in quiet late afternoon trade on Monday for reasons that were “difficult to explain”.A currency analyst said there was little direction or momentum in the market, making any
readStandard ‘arrogant’ over retrenchments
21-12-2010
South African trade union Solidarity has accused Standard Bank of an “arrogant slap in the face” for employees facing retrenchment.It said on Monday that although it and the bank had agreed on the
readGold price goes up
21-12-2010
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold prices turned higher late Friday, moving back to the top of the session range, as some investors returned to the yellow metal as a safe-haven play when the euro fell in response
readZambia’s Vedanta unit in invest US$1 billion on expansion
21-12-2010
LUSAKA - Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources plans to invest US$1 billion in the next 3-4 years on expansion and upgrades in a bid to become a major global
readEurozone posts €9.8bn trade deficit
21-12-2010
FRANKFURT - The eurozone’s balance of payments worsened slightly to a deficit of €9.8 billion (US$12.9 billion) in October, the European Central Bank said Monday.The balance of payments, which
readMoney tips for cohabs
21-12-2010
THE law is very clear about the rights of married couples, but there are many uncertainties about those who live together without having tied the knot.While legislation about live-in couples is
readDe Beers unaware of Anglo buyout ‘plot’
21-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG – De Beers, the world’s largest diamond business, said on Monday it has “no knowledge” of weekend reports out of London that its 45 per cent shareholder Anglo American was plotting a
readAnnual spree is on track
21-12-2010
TOTAL till takings in South Africa are bound to crack the R60 billion barrier this Christmas, a milestone narrowly missed last year, according to Statistics South Africa’s total retail sales at
readSA’s frozen chicken horror
21-12-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN – South Africans have been buying and eating tonnes of old, repackaged frozen chickens for years.After a frozen chicken has passed its expiry date it is washed, injected, rebranded and
readWest African farmers cut toxic pesticides and up yield: UN
21-12-2010
ROME – West African farmers have managed to cut toxic pesticides use while increasing production as part of an international project promoting sustainable farming practices, the UN food agency FAO
readNew Great Trek ‘is no threat to SA’s food supply’
21-12-2010
SOUTH African farmers moving to neighbouring African states are not putting SA’s food security under threat, says Willie du Plessis, a director of agricultural banking at Standard Bank .The new “Great
read8 000 baby deaths in SA hospitals
21-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG – About 8 000 babies died in the first five months of this year in South African hospitals, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said.“At least 4 366 children under the age of a year died at
readGbagbo harassing peacekeepers: UN
21-12-2010
ABIDJAN – The United Nations accused Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo of harassing foreign diplomats and peacekeepers yesterday, as tension rose steeply after reports of widespread killings and
read48 believed dead in Australia boat crash
21-12-2010
SYDNEY – The number of asylum seekers believed killed when their boat smashed into rocky cliffs along an Australian island rose to 48 yesterday, as the prime minister warned that those still missing
readUK police nab 12 men in suspected terrorism plot
21-12-2010
LONDON – British anti-terrorism police said yesterday they arrested 12 men in early morning raids on three cities to protect the public amid fears of a holiday season terrorism plot.Assistant
readUK MPs urge reform on ‘confused’ gun laws
21-12-2010
LONDON – Britain’s gun laws are “complex and confused” and restrictions on the granting of firearms licences should be tighter, MPs have said.A report by the Home Affairs Committee claims that gun
readNorth holds fire over South Korean drills
21-12-2010
YEONPYEONG ISLAND – South Korea’s military staged live-fire drills from an island just kilometres from rival North Korea’s shores yesterday, despite Pyongyang’s threats of catastrophic retaliation
readAnnual Vasbyt at Dune 7
21-12-2010
HOLIDAYMAKERS at the coast can look forward to the 4x4 Vasbyt competition that will be held on December 29 at the renowned Dune 7. This is the 12th consecutive year that the event is being held and
readShipahu off the mark for Amazulu
21-12-2010
NAMIBIA’s Tangeni Shipahu netted his first goal for his new club Amazulu in a 4-0 rout of Mpumalanga Black Aces in a South African Premiership match on Sunday.Shipahu also had a hand in his side’s
readEngland to target struggling Aussie batsmen
21-12-2010
PERTH - England yesterday warned all was not “rosy” for Australia despite their crushing Ashes win, with the tourists pledging to take aim at struggling home batsmen in the crucial Melbourne
readGyan is BBC African Footballer of the Year
21-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG - Ghana World Cup hero-cum-villain Asamoah Gyan was crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year on Friday after receiving more than half the public poll votes.Compatriot Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew,
readProteas wrap up victory over India
21-12-2010
CENTURION – Fast bowlers Morné Morkel and Dale Steyn took a wicket apiece as South Africa completed victory by an innings and 25 runs on the fifth day of the first Test against India at SuperSport
readIndia hails ‘Ton’dulkar’s 50th century
21-12-2010
NEW DELHI – India on Monday celebrated the record-breaking feats of Sachin Tendulkar after the champion batsman scored an unprecedented 50th Test century.President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister
read‘Big Easy’ Els cooks ‘Goose’ at SA open
21-12-2010
ERNIE Els claimed a one-shot victory over Retief Goosen in a scintillating finish to the 100th SA Open at Durban Country Club on Sunday.In a race against the elements, the veteran South Africans
readTelecom staff donate thousands to OVC
21-12-2010
WINDHOEK – Telecom Namibia and its employees on Monday donated foodstuff worth about N$ 34 000 to the Family of Hope Services (FHS) to enable orphans to enjoy Christmas this year.The company’s
readJoshua Hoëbeb returns to public duty
21-12-2010
THE regional governors were appointed after a new law and much was said before and after the fact. Need I say more? Some were new faces to public duty at this level while some are not as new as they
readBattle of the eastern titans
21-12-2010
NEW DELHI – Trade between India and China is booming, but diplomatic ties have become increasingly fraught over their competing global aspirations, underlined by a rivalry for natural resources,
readEgongalo lyUuladhi pOniimwandi lya yamukula
21-12-2010
EGONGALO lyOngeleka ya Katoolika pUuladhi pOniimwandi mUukwambi mOshana, ndyoka omukwanegongalo gwalyo Alexander Iikukutu, a gandjele uuyelele okupitila mOshifo shika omasiku ga zi ko kutya ota yekwa
readOonakufekelwa meso lya Izak Dreyer ina ya kwatwa natango
21-12-2010
MBOKA taya fekelwa ya dhipaga nenge ye etitha eso lyo munafaalama omukulupe pofaalama ya Uhlenhorst, omusamane, Izak Dreyer [85] natango inaya monika.Pahapu dhomukuluntu gwopolisi moHardap, komufala,
readOngeleka ya Katoolika ya mona natango Aapristeri aape yaali
21-12-2010
ONGELEKA ya Katoolika ka Roma mo Namibia natango ya mona Aapristeri aape yaali, konima sho Omumbiishofi Omukuluntukuluntu gwOngeleka ndjika, Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda meti 4 Desemba nuumvo (2010),
readOpolisi ta yi keelele omiyonena moKhomas
21-12-2010
OPOLISI ya Namibia ta yi kwathelwa ketanga lyashewa oya tameke oshikonga shoku keelela iilonga yiimbuluma moVenduka. Opolisi ota yi longitha omaiyinda gopakathimbo, noshowo okupatolola taya ende
readNapwu na NAC yu uvadhathana
21-12-2010
EHANGANO lyuupale woondhila lya Namibia, [Namibia Airports Company] NAC oya adha, euvathano kombinga yoondjambi metitano oshiwike shayi. Ehangano lyaniilonga yomepangelo Napwu pamwe na NAC oya shaina
readEhulilo shiwike lya mwena komunkulofuta
21-12-2010
KOMUNKULOFUTA okwa li kwa mwena ehuliloshiwike lya piti, noombudhi otaku tengenekwa nadho dha li dha mwena.Pahapu dhaagandji yomayakulo gopaunamiti mboka taya patolola oondjila dhokuya komunkulofuta
readKalambi e tu thigha po
21-12-2010
KAANSELA gwotango gwa Nayena mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto tate Vilho Kalambi gwomomukunda Omandongo mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto okwa mana oondjenda mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko mOvenduka konima
readYa tindi kutya oyo aaayugi
21-12-2010
AALUMENTU yatano taya fekelwa ya yuga, meyugo ndyoka lya ka hulila meumbathano nopolisi muApilili omumvo gwayi moVenduka oya ti kayena ondjo moshipotha shoka.Oya tindi ondjo yawo komeho gompangu ya
readAanona ta ya longithwa sha puka moNamibia
21-12-2010
AANONA yomimvo konyala 12 oha ya longithwa melanditho lyiipala moVenduka, miilando yokomunkulofuta noshowo moondjila oonene dhoshilongo.Uuyelele mbuka owa hololwa momushangwa hokololo gwa etwa
readDave Smuts omupanguli mOmpangu yopombanda
21-12-2010
OMUNAWINO gwoompango a tseyika nawa moNamibia, Dave Smuts ota ka tameka iilonga ongo omupanguli takalele gwOmpangu yOpombanda moshilongo mu February omumvo tuuka.Euliko lye ongo omupanguli otali
readSMSes for Tuesday 21 December 2010
21-12-2010
SMSes Of The Day *WHEN is it child labour? Can the Minister of Child Welfare clarify this? A child collecting wood, fetching water and helping in the cultivation? All this is done together with the
readOh you tease, you!
21-12-2010
SHE’S famous for her daring sense of style and svelte figure.And actress Gwyneth Paltrow certainly showed off both as she arrived at a screening in Los Angeles last week of her new film ‘Country
readOver-the-knee boots riding popular high
21-12-2010
Who can forget those black, vinyl thigh-high boots Julia Roberts wore – with little else – when she first spied her man in ‘Pretty Woman’? Twenty years later, tall boots are back, this time on ladies
readWater crisis at Hoachanas village
21-12-2010
RESIDENTS of Hoachanas in the South are experiencing serious inconvenience because of communal water taps that ran dry a month ago. Because of this, the villagers now have to walk longer distances to
readMan stabbed over his cigarette
21-12-2010
KEETMANSHOOP – A 35-year-old man was stabbed and injured by four men after he refused to give them a cigarette at a bar at Tses village in the Karas Region last week.A Police officer, who asked to
readMurdered farmer suffocated by gag
21-12-2010
AN autopsy report of Uhlenhorst farmer Isak Dreyer (85), whose body was found tied and gagged in his bedroom at his farm Newlands, has revealed that he had died of suffocation. Newlands is located in
readChristmas not so merry for some
21-12-2010
‘TIS the season for being merry and generous, but not everyone shares in the sentiment.For the homeless, unemployed ‘street people’ in Swakopmund, it’s still a matter of survival, and even though most
readCourt puts stop to cell tower
21-12-2010
A GROUP of Windhoek residents on Friday scored a victory – temporarily, at least – in their quest to stop the construction of a new cellphone tower on an unspoilt hill in the Klein Windhoek area.The
readIsaacs appointed as Brave Warriors caretaker
21-12-2010
BRIAN Isaacs will take charge of the Brave Warriors as the caretaker coach for the remainder of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.According to the Namibia Football Association’s secretary general,
readBig freeze causes holiday travel havoc in Europe
21-12-2010
LONDON – Snow and freezing temperatures continued to cause holiday travel chaos for road, rail and air passengers in Britain and much of Europe yesterday, raising fears that many will not get home in
readHonorary Namibians
21-12-2010
Perennial Namibian favourites, actors Angelina Jolie (right) and Brad Pitt, arrive for the Spanish premiere of the movie ‘The Tourist’ in Madrid last Tuesday.Jolie has received a Golden Globe
readMan in hospital after being ditched at altar
21-12-2010
A YOUNG woman dropped a bombshell on the community of Oshikuku in the North on Saturday when she decided at the last minute not to get married.Klementine Ndatunga (21) and her fiance, Ignatius
readHeavy new traffic fines now in force
21-12-2010
TRAFFIC offences have just become a lot more expensive in Namibia, after new, sharply increased admission-of-guilt fines came into operation countrywide from Friday last week.The new, increased
readWar declared on minibuses n Seven die in horror crash n Three “burnt to ashes”n Minibus driver to be charged
21-12-2010
AS soon as the bus driver who allegedly crashed into a Nissan bakkie on Sunday, killing seven people, is discharged from hospital, he should be arrested and charged.Furthermore, minibuses soon will be
readNotable Quotes
21-12-2010
Children are also coerced by adults to commit crimes, including theft and property crimes. – Namibia’s statistics in The 2009 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labour by the United States
readSA to miss deadline for trade deal with Europe
21-12-2010
TRADE and Industry Minister Rob Davies has admitted that SA and other countries will miss the deadline to conclude an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) by the end of
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