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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Risk appetite keeps rand on a high
22-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The rand gained against the dollar in early trade on Tuesday, lifted by improved sentiment towards riskier assets despite continuing debt problems in the eurozone.However, traders say
readToyota to expand global sales by 3%
22-12-2010
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it expects global sales to grow 3 per cent to 7.7 million vehicles next year with shrinking purchases in Japan offset by growing overseas demand.The world’s No. 1
readEuro firms as China supports EU bailout
22-12-2010
TOYKO – The euro firmed slightly Tuesday after a senior Chinese official expressed support for measures taken by the European Union to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, dealers said.The euro fetched
readNew SAA routes to fund aircraft
22-12-2010
SOUTH African Airways (SAA) will undertake six new routes in Africa In 2011, one of which is a brand new destination: Cotonou in Benin, West Africa.The other five are former SAA destinations that had
readUnion disappoints Standard Bank
22-12-2010
The demands South African trade union Solidarity was making on Standard Bank over retrenchments were neither reasonable nor in the interests of employees, the bank said on Monday.Standard was
readPnP denies selling refrozen chickens
22-12-2010
Pick ’n Pay denied on Monday that it was selling frozen refrozen chickens that had past their sell-by date.“We are 100 percent satisfied that no chickens sold to Pick ’n Pay have ever, or will ever,
readDordabis youth to get empowerment project
22-12-2010
WINDHOEK – The Namibia Women’s Health Network (NWHN) has acquired a three-hectare piece of land in the Dordabis village area of the Khomas Region to be used for projects aimed at youth employment
readMan kills bride, best man, self at wedding
22-12-2010
RIO DE JANEIRO – A bridegroom fatally shot his new wife, his best man and then himself after announcing to horrified guests that he had a “surprise” for them, authorities said on Monday.Witnesses
readMandela son-in-law turns himself in for US extradition case
22-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s son-in-law has turned himself in to South African police after the United States requested he be extradited to face rape charges, an Interpol official said
readThree dead in Nairobi bus blast
22-12-2010
NAIROBI – A bomb exploded on a bus in central Nairobi on Monday during a security search before it left for Kampala, killing three and wounding 23, Kenyan police said, after Uganda warned of possible
readNestor Tobias laments poor end to good year for boxing
22-12-2010
BOXING promoter and trainer Nestor ‘Sunshine’ Tobias said recent infighting within the sport code’s fraternity has dwarfed its success stories for the past year. Speaking to The Namibian Sport
readEto’o named African Footballer of the Year
22-12-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o was named African Footballer of the Year a record fourth time at the annual Caf awards ceremony in Cairo on Monday.The 29-year-old finished ahead of
readBA sack Mannetti and co
22-12-2010
NAMIBIA Premier League NPL outfit Black Africa has fired its entire technical team.The club issued a statement yesterday to announce that they no longer required the services of head coach Ricardo
readIngo on course for Dakar Rally
22-12-2010
INGO Waldschmidt is smiling as his preparations for the 2011 Dakar Rally fall into place.Namibia’s first ever participant in the gruelling off-road event yesterday told The Namibian Sport that he is
readOmageelo kombinga yepogolo moondjila
22-12-2010
OMAGEELO ngele omuntu okwa pogola oompango dhomondjila oga ninga ondilo moshilongo.Ngaka oga londo pombanda konima sho pwa ningwa omalunduluko ngoka ga tulwa miilonga etitano lyayi oshilongo ashihe.
readEkamba tapa tungwa Oklinika ompe
22-12-2010
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila mUuministeli wUukalinawa nOnkalonawa omasiku ngaka otayi ti pEkamba mUukwambi mOshana otapu tungwa Oklinika ompe, ndjoka kwa tegelelwa yi ka kale niiyakulitho yi ihwapo
readOoseesita ya fala omeya mOkakekete
22-12-2010
OOSEESITA yOngeleki ya Katoolika ka Roma Aatumwa yOmutima Omuyapuki Unene gwa Jesus (MSC) oya ninga oshinima oshinene mOkakekete mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati sho ye ya pa omeya ga yela.Oshifo
readYaheyali ya si moshiponga
22-12-2010
AANTU yaheyali oya si moshiponga sheipumumomumwe lyiiyenditho pokati koVenduka nOkahandja uusiku woSoondaha ya piti.Oshiponga shika osha thiminike omukuluntu gwopolisi, Leitenanda Ndjayi, Sebastian
readOmufuko gwomumati moshipangelo
22-12-2010
OMUFUKO gwomumati Ignatius Shipulwa[46] gwokomukunda Olupito kOkalongo mOmusati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko okwa taambelwa moshipangelo sha Shikuku, sho a haluka noonkondo nokugwila po konima sho omufuko
readSMSes for Wednesday 22 December 2010
22-12-2010
SMS Of The Day *LIEUTENANT General (Sebastian) Ndeitunga, don’t wait for the number of accidents to increase before you forbid minibus night driving. Enforce it now before we lose more lives.
readThe return of ‘native commissioners’ in an independent Republic of Namibia
22-12-2010
THEY say the more things change, the more they remain the same.They also say that history repeats itself. And they say no one learns from the experience of others. Lord Acton, in a letter to Anglican
readChasing the dots ...
22-12-2010
My Bleeding Heart! I’m dreaming of a White Christmas! That European ideal with sleighs, reindeer, endless skiing and snow tyres but when the chips are down and down comes the flaky stuff even the
read‘Austerity’ is the 2010 Word of the Year
22-12-2010
As Greece faced a debt crisis, the government passed a series of strict austerity measures, including taxes hikes and cutting public sector pay.The move sparked angry protests, strikes and riots
readFree to be wild!
22-12-2010
THE memoirs of world-renowned conservationist and owner of Mount Etjo Safari Lodge, Jan Oelofse, have been published – just in time to fill those Christmas stockings. As told by Oelofse, compiled and
readLocal musician raises funds for Hope Village
22-12-2010
LOCAL musician Riaan Smit, better known by his stage name ‘Red Eye Riaan’, recently staged a concert at the Vintage music and sports bar in Windhoek to raise funds for Hope Village, the HIV-AIDS
readStandard Bank manager arrested after months on run
22-12-2010
AFTER months on the run, the former Standard Bank Rundu manager, Henry Kisting, suspected of defrauding this bank of millions of dollars, is behind bars. Kavango Acting Regional Commander Chief
readOmaruru’s new Town Council appointed
22-12-2010
OMARURU’S new town council was appointed last week. Selma Nelumbu of Swapo took the mayoral chain from her predecessor Mike Tjirare, who is now the regional councillor for Omaruru constituency.
readA coastal holiday no one would want
22-12-2010
A TRIP to the coast started all wrong for a South African citizen last Friday when he arrived at a Swakopmund roadblock with the wrong vehicle licence disk – on the day when the new traffic fines were
readGross Barmen to be redeveloped
22-12-2010
THE Gross Barmen resort outside Okahandja is to be redeveloped as part of Namibia Wildlife Resorts’ (NWR’s) turnaround strategy.The project was commissioned at the facility by the Ministry of
readMCA Namibia creates fund to help conservancies
22-12-2010
A FUND that will provide money to 31 rural conservancies was launched in Windhoek yesterday.The Conservancy Development Support Grant Fund (CDSGF) was set up by the Millennium Challenge Account –
readCelebrating women this festive season
22-12-2010
A WOMEN’S festival will take place on December 27 at the Tamariskia sport grounds to celebrate the women of 2010 and the New Year.The event is organised by gender activist Florence /Khaxab, who told
readA year GIPF would want to forget
22-12-2010
THE year 2010 is one the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) would like to forget, largely because of the continued fallout from its failed Development Capital Portfolio (DCP), which it
readUNHCR beefs up aid supplies to cope with Ivory Coast crisis
22-12-2010
GENEVA – The UN refugee agency said yesterday that it has beefed up its relief supplies to deal with refugees fleeing Ivory Coast’s post-election crisis, saying that it could now handle up to 30 000
readWe do recycle chickens - Supreme
22-12-2010
The company at the centre of the frozen chicken controversy says it does “rework” birds for human consumption, but has never supplied them to supermarket chains.In a statement issued on Tuesday,
readHome Affairs swamped with permit, passport applications
22-12-2010
THE Ministry of Home Affairs is pulling out all the stops to clear up a passport applications bottleneck caused by people applying for travel documents at the last minute.A mass of people have been
readNamibia gets top tourist accolade
22-12-2010
NAMIBIA has been chosen as one of the top ten value-for-money destinations for 2011.Lonely Planet, the influential international travel guide publisher, chose the land of the brave as one of the
readDual citizenship case heads to High Court
22-12-2010
THE threat of deportation that had been faced by a born Namibian and her two daughters has been lifted after an urgent application to prevent their removal from Namibia was filed with the High Court
readNotable Quotes
22-12-2010
I am disgusted. The nation is bleeding. The nation is crying. The nation is mourning because of unnecessary accidents caused by drivers’ criminal negligence. – Inspector General of the Namibian
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