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58 Articles found on Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Banks wane on euro zone debt worries
07-12-2010
LONDON – Britain’s top shares were lower yesterday, as weakness in banks sparked by euro zone debt worries outpaced strength in commodities following weekend comments by Ben Bernanke, which boosted
readChina’s GDP is ‘man-made’
07-12-2010
BEIJING – China’s GDP figures are “man-made” and therefore unreliable, the man who is expected to be the country’s next head of government said in 2007, according to US diplomatic cables released by
readStandard Bank named best African bank
07-12-2010
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has been named 2010’s Best Bank in Africa and best bank in five individual African countries by The Banker, a leading journal of the global banking and
readAvoid PowerPoint Fatigue
07-12-2010
At the heart of many a tedious business meeting are long, pointless PowerPoint presentations that leave the audience gasping for air, says Harvard Business Review.Far too many meetings are boring and
readAnglo completes US$707 million sale of Skorpion Zinc
07-12-2010
Anglo American PLC said yesterday that it has completed the sale of its Skorpion zinc mine in Namibia to India’s Vedanta Resources PLC for US$707 million.The company announced in May this year that it
readKenya nabs hundreds of foreigners after attacks
07-12-2010
NAIROBI – Kenyan police have arrested 346 foreigners in Nairobi in a major operation after two separate grenade and gun attacks last week killed three policemen, officers said yesterday.In the first
readSquatters force South African couple to give up their land
07-12-2010
CAPE TOWN – An elderly Pretoria couple has been forced to abandon their property in Sweet Homes, near Mitchell’s Plain after failing to evict 900 illegal squatters who invaded the land 20 years ago,
readEU threatens Ivory Coast with sanctions
07-12-2010
BRUSSELS – The European Union threatened yesterday to slap targeted sanctions against individuals in Ivory Coast if the country fails to quickly resolve a political crisis that has fuelled fears of
readIsrael’s top policewoman dies from fire burns
07-12-2010
JERUSALEM – Israel’s top policewoman, who had clung to life for four days after her patrol car was trapped in a burning Israel forest, died yesterday of her wounds as the last of the flames subsided
readProtected seals clubbed to death in New Zealand
07-12-2010
WELLINGTON – Attackers wielding bats or clubs slaughtered two dozen fur seals, including newborn pups, over several days at one of New Zealand’s most popular sanctuaries for watching the animals,
readGood for that ‘Achy Breaky Heart’
07-12-2010
NEW YORK – Prefer your fitness with a dose of country? If you’re hankering to move with cowboy attitude, experts say line dancing could be the ideal workout.Even if you’ve never moseyed into a
readValencia Uranium establishes vegetable garden
07-12-2010
USAKOS – The Valencia Uranium Mine in the Erongo region has pledged N$ 2.7 million for a vegetable garden project that will benefit residents of Usakos through job creation and the supply of fresh
readReduce predator conflict during calving season
07-12-2010
Heifers often experience birthing problems, which can result in weakened calves that become easy prey for a predator.Heifers are also inexperienced at protecting their offspring from predators;
readFarming must wait in line at stalled climate talks
07-12-2010
CANCUN – Incentives for climate-friendly farming must join a line behind forests and a stalemate over greenhouse gas emissions targets at UN climate talks, say experts halfway through a two-week
readWindhoek City Is Well Kept Indeed!
07-12-2010
THE capital city of Namibia continues to win accolades for being well kept and seems to compete favourably on the world scale, judging from remarks made by tourists, casual visitors as well as those
readNamibia And America Build On Success In Fighting AIDS
07-12-2010
WORLD AIDS Day is a day of remembrance and a day of celebration. We take time to remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS and those whose lives have been adversely affected by it. Their
readKapere natango mewiliko lyehangano NYC
07-12-2010
AMUSHANGA Ndjayi gweHangano lyaagundjuka lyopashigwana[NYC]Mandela Kapere ota kala natango omuwiliki gwehangano ndyoka uule womimvo ne tadhi landula.Okwa kalekwa moshilonga shika konima yokuhogololwa
readOongoloneya aape ta ya ulikwa
07-12-2010
MOKATI koongoloneya mboka omuperesinde Hifikepunye Pohamba a tegelelwa a ulike omuana aape yeli yahamano oshiwike shika. Mokati kaambaka omuna omugundjuka, amushanga takalele, omunambelewa omukuluntu
readOhorongo Cement ta yi eguluka mu Febuluwali
07-12-2010
OFABULIKA yokulonga osamende moNamibia yedhina Ohorongo Cement oya tegelelwa yi ka tameke iilonga yawo yokulonga osamende muFebuluwali omumvo tuuka, konima yokutungwa uule womimvo mbali.Iilonga
readNabta ta longekidha oshigongi oshinene
07-12-2010
EHANGANO lyuumbesa nuutekisa lya Namibia[Nabta] olya dhikepo okangundu longekidhi taka longekidha oshigingi oshinene nenge shoka haku tiwa okongressa, okuhogolola ewiliko epe lyehangano lyopashigwana.
readTitus omeya omupe poKaiti
07-12-2010
MOSES Titus gwondungu yo DTA oye a ganithwa a ninge meya omupe gwoshilando sha Kaiti.Titus okwa thigipo omuthigathanipo naye gumwe, gwoSwapo, Gabriel Freyer nomawi ge li ga ne. Oongundu dhompilameno
readOshigongi shoondunda dho malanditho mOkuryangava
07-12-2010
AANANGESHEFA aashona naamboka haya landithile muumbashu otaya ithanwa koshigongi shawo moVenduka metiyali potundi ontihamano yokomatango.Oshigongi otashi kala ko pOshinyanga shiigongi shOnkugoyepongo
readAaniimaliwa mo South Africa yambalipala nuumvo
07-12-2010
EKONAKONO lya ningwa peha lyoshifo shedhina Business Times, kehangano lya Who owns Who, olya ulike kutya omwaalu gwaayamba mboka yena iimaliwa yoobiliona moSouth Africa ogwa indjipala okuza paantu omu
readAagundjuka oya pumbwa oshimaliwa oshindji moompumbwe dhawo kehe
07-12-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ti aagundjuka oya pumbwa iimaliwa oyindji opo ya yamukule omashongo geya taalela ngaashi, HIV-AIDS, okwaana uungomba, nokwaana iilonga.Iimaliwa mbika oya
readOmupanguli omukuluntu ta indile omageelo omanene noguuyuki
07-12-2010
OMUPANGULI omukuluntu, Peter Shivute okwa ti osha pumbiwa okugandja omageelo omanene kaapogoli mboka ha ya longitha oonkondo.Omupanguli Shivute meindilo ndika okwa ningi gumwe gwomongundu
readKeelela eso mopate pethimbo lyefudho
07-12-2010
OSHIKETHA shi nasha niiponga yomoondjila[MVA Fund] osha tula miilonga oshikonga shegameno lyomoondjila shedhina Xupitha eemwenyo pethimbo lyefudho lyomatango omanene.Oshikonga shonuumvo osha shoneka
readOpolisi yu uvaneke ta yi ka longa nawa
07-12-2010
OPOLISI mOkahandja noKaribib oya londodhwa nokwiindilwa yilonge nuudhiginini opo yi kale nokukwata aafuthi yiimuna, mboka taya piyaganeke omudhingoloko dhoofaalama popepi niilando mbika iyali.
readMpumalanga Black Aces sign Plaatjies
07-12-2010
SOUTH AFRICAN Premier Soccer league (PSL) outfit Mpumalanga Black Aces have completed the signing of Namibian defender Sydney Plaatjies on a short-term contract.According to Mpumalanga Black Aces’
readWales defeats Namibia
07-12-2010
THE Namibian netball team lost its opening match 61-28 against Wales at the Six Nations Cup in Singapore yesterday. Along with Namibia and Wales, hosts Singapore, Scotland, Tanzania and India are also
readNamibian U-20s head for Swaziland
07-12-2010
THE national Under-20 sports team will leave for Mbabane, Swaziland today to compete at the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Youth Games from December 9 to 20.General Team Manager
readDjokovic’s top moment, France rage at ‘imbeciles’
07-12-2010
BELGRADE - Novak Djokovic ranked Serbia’s historic Davis Cup win above his Australian Open crown, and 20-million-dollar earnings, as defeated France left Belgrade damning sections of the crowd as
readSMSes for Tuesday 7 December 2010
07-12-2010
SMS Of The Day Your vote is secret *IT is true that the person who issued the ballot paper wrote your voter’s registration card number on the counterfoil of the ballot paper. The counterfoil has
readSnoop Dogg pens risqué bachelor party song for Prince William!
07-12-2010
LOS ANGELES – Long Beach (California) may be a long way from Buckingham Palace, but that won’t keep Snoop Dogg from rubbing elbows with royalty. The rapper has recorded a new single, ‘Wet’, to be
readEminem tops the Grammy nominations
07-12-2010
Rapper Eminem, riding high on the comeback trail after spending several years battling drug addiction, leads the field of Grammy contenders with 10 nominations.The 38-year-old hip-hop star will
readStudent stranded in South Africa because of Nampost glitch
07-12-2010
A STUDENT has been stranded in Cape Town for more than a month now, after his passport disappeared in the post between Windhoek and Cape Town. Simakahle Lunga, a third-year science student of
readStandard Bank to go BEE
07-12-2010
STANDARD Bank has set in motion plans to offer its Namibian staff Black Economic Empowerment shareholding as the company seeks to make major changes to its structures.Standard Bank Namibia managing
readNNFU congress looks at farm issues
07-12-2010
THE eighth congress of the Namibian National Farmers’ Union (NNFU) took place over the weekend, discussing global, national and domestic issues that negatively affect agricultural productivity and
readMurder accused wants lawyer
07-12-2010
PAULUS Thomas Iipinge (26), accused of the murder of his girlfriend Johanna Lazarus (22) at Uuthilindindi village in the Oshana Region on November 27, appeared again in the Oshakati Magistrate Court
readMinor pleads guilty to murder charge
07-12-2010
MAGISTRATE Philanda Blockstein-Christiaan yesterday entered a ‘not guilty’ plea after a 17-year-old suspect pleaded guilty to a murder charge but did not admit all the elements of the offence. During
readGRN ‘vanity plates’ are legal
07-12-2010
A GREEN GRN number plate over a yellow civilian number plate is legal, according to the Chief of Municipal Traffic in Swakopmund, Melvin Cloete.The Namibian was sent a photo of a civilian vehicle
readDrunken state no excuse for murder
07-12-2010
AN attempt to rely on a defence of amnesia due to extreme drunkenness has failed to get Okakarara resident Nahson Muvangua off the hook on a murder charge in the High Court in Windhoek.In a judgement
readClose call for wild puppies
07-12-2010
STAFF of the N/a’an ku se Wildlife Sanctuary last week noticed facial swelling and signs of severe sickness in three of the 14 wild dog pups that had been moved to a large enclosure recently and it
readCivil servants to march in the new year
07-12-2010
THE planned mass protest by civil servants – to pressure Government to take action on the Government Institutions Pension Fund’s failed Development Capital Portfolio – will take place in the new year.
readGRN ‘vanity plates’ are legal
07-12-2010
A GREEN GRN number plate over a yellow civilian number plate is legal, according to Chief of Municipal Traffic in Swakopmund, Melvin Cloete.The Namibian was sent a photo of a civilian vehicle parked
readFirst woman and first all-Swapo Regional Council
07-12-2010
FORMER Mayor of Swakopmund, Germina Shitaleni, is the first woman to serve on the Erongo Regional Council (ERC).It is also the first time that only one party represents the entire ERC. “This is
read‘Vocal Galore’ keeps the harmony
07-12-2010
THE six-member group of Swakopmund’s ‘Vocal Galore’ - meaning an abundance of voices - are one of the few young local groups that have managed to retain harmony in their music.Even the toughest music
readConstruction damages Damara Tern fence
07-12-2010
A SWAKOPMUND construction company is apparently accountable for malicious damage to state property after two of its vehicles allegedly broke down the fence of a Damara Tern Protected Area in order to
readFormer Swakop Mayor ‘re-elected’
07-12-2010
ROSINA //Hoabes, former Mayor of Swakopmund from 2003-2007, prior to Germina Shitaleni, was re-elected as Mayor of the town last Thursday.Her nomination as Mayor by Swapo during the inauguration of
readMiss Palm Beach cancelled
07-12-2010
The popular December holiday feature at the coast, the Miss Palm Beach beauty pageant, have been cancelled for the third time, this time due to a lack of sponsors.The pageant was initiated by
readCoastal conservation boosted
07-12-2010
Representatives of all the relevant law enforcement agencies are joining forces this coming holiday season to jointly stem the deterioration of Namibia’s coastal environment by addressing some of the
readDiergaardt still optimistic about World Cup
07-12-2010
NAMIBIA’s Welwitschias are still on course for a good showing at next year’s rugby world cup, says their coach Johan Diergaardt. Despite a “disappointing” year-end tour of Europe, Diergaardt believes
readWikiLeaks lists sites ‘vital’ to US
07-12-2010
LONDON – Website WikiLeaks published details of sites around the globe which the United States deems vital to its interests, prompting criticism that it is helping militants identify targets for
readBig SA banks caught on wrong side of the law
07-12-2010
The four major commercial banks are all contravening the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Act, which came into operation in July 2007 and requires them to disclose specified information about their
readNamibia has a shortage of skilled workers
07-12-2010
NAMIBIA is facing a severe shortage of skilled workers, according to a report released in Windhoek yesterday. According to the report commissioned by the Namibia Employers’ Federation, companies that
readParty to discipline newly elected mayor
07-12-2010
THE Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN) has threatened to remove its party representative in the Karasburg Town Council for siding with Swapo during the election of council office bearers
readSavage in court over brutal rape
07-12-2010
A RESIDENT of Rehoboth, Franklin Savage, has appeared in court on three charges in connection with an incident in which a young woman was badly injured in a bloody sexual assault on Friday
readIvory Coast burning
07-12-2010
A supporter of Ivory Coast op- position leader Alassane Ouattara protests near a burning tyre bar- ricade in the city of Abidjan yesterday. After Kenya and Zimbabwe, the African Un- ion faces another
readNotable Quotes
07-12-2010
We are your servants. We belong to you. – Deputy Commissioner Andreas Nelumbu informed farmers in the Okahandja and Karibib districts that Police in the Khomas and Erongo regions have embarked on a
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