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45 Articles found on Monday, 1 February 2010
First mining expo in May
01-02-2010
THE Chamber of Mines will organise the first mining expo in Namibia this year and the theme will be ‘Sustainability In Mining; 2010 And Beyond’.“Traditionally the annual general meeting of the CoM is
readTrans-Kalahari rail closer to reality
01-02-2010
CAPE TOWN – A railway line to transport coal from Botswana to a port in Namibia could be built within five years from now, in time to allow Canada-listed CIC Energy to export part of its coal, the
readAfrica back on growth path
01-02-2010
ADDIS ABABA - Africa’s economic growth rate will surge back to 4,3 percent this after slumping badly last year due to the global slowdown, a top UN official has said.Executive Secretary of the United
readInflation targeting spot-on, says SARB
01-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s central bank has defended its inflation targeting framework, arguing it had helped reduce market uncertainty, boost investment and had not stifled economic
readUS Senate backs Bernanke for second term
01-02-2010
WASHINGTON - The US Senate has backed Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term running the Federal Reserve, the world’s most powerful central bank, despite deep misgivings over his perceived policy
readIt’s all forward strokes in the pool industry
01-02-2010
PRIVATE pools are not only a must for luxurious living but they also offer the convenience of cooling off whenever the sun shines too brightly. But what to do if yours is not working properly or you
readZim PM asks investors, donors to return
01-02-2010
DAVOS - Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said he believed the process that led to creation of a unity government last February is irreversible and that it is time for Western donors and
readBeyonce kills off Sasha Fierce
01-02-2010
TIME’S up for Sasha Fierce, Beyonce’s purported alter ego and face of the 2008 multi-Platinum selling album ‘I Am ... Sasha Fierce’. Speaking with Allure, the ‘Video Phone’ singer says Sasha and her
readKiefer roped into alleged cattle scam
01-02-2010
STOCKTON, California – Actor Kiefer Sutherland was among cattle customers roped into an alleged scam that netted more than a million dollars.Prosecutors say Michael Wayne Carr of Linden had agreements
readRemaining mystery
01-02-2010
NEW YORK – So what about the safe? The death of JD Salinger ends one of literature’s most mysterious lives and intensifies one of its greatest mysteries: Was the author keeping a stack of finished,
readLegendary US author dies
01-02-2010
BOSTON – Reclusive US author JD. Salinger, who wrote the American post-war literary classic ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, has died of natural causes aged 91. His literary agent, Phyllis Westberg, said he
readWife of South African security minister arrested
01-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG - The wife of South Africa’s State Security Minister was arrested on Friday on charges of dealing drugs, the country’s National Prosecuting Authority said.Sheryl Cwele, wife of minister
readGandhi’s ashes scattered off SA coast
01-02-2010
DURBAN – Some of the ashes of revered Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi were scattered in the ocean off the South African coast on Saturday, highlighting the political ties between the two
readZuma’s people mum on ‘his child’
01-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – As President Jacob Zuma addressed the African Union in Ethiopia yesterday, a storm was brewing at home over reports that he fathered a love-child with the daughter of soccer boss Irvin
readBan slams Africa power-grabs
01-02-2010
ADDIS ABABA – UN chief Ban Ki-Moon yesterday criticised power-grabs in Africa in a speech to the continent’s leaders as Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi reluctantly handed over the presidency of the African
readFear in Haiti as flights stop
01-02-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Critically injured Haitian earthquake victims are no longer being flown by the US military for treatment in the United States, raising fears some will die in a dispute over where to
readUK’s Brown faces grilling
01-02-2010
LONDON – Tony Blair’s evidence to Britain’s Iraq war inquiry, notable for a lack of any apology, sets up an awkward appearance for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, ahead of a likely May election.Blair’s
readAanam-belewa yamwe yokuhogo-lolitha ina ya futwa aniwa
01-02-2010
NATANGO Okommissi Yomahogololo YaNamibia oya landulwa keshongo konyala omwedhi gumwe gwa pitipo sho omahogololo gopauperesidende nogoshigongi shopashigwana ga hulu.Eshongo ndyoka lya palamena
readElelo lyomithigululwakalo lyaVaalgras tali konakonwa
01-02-2010
OKOMMISSI yokungambeka Uulingilingi [ACC] ota yi konakona omapopyo kombinga yuulingilingi melelo lyopankuluhedhi Lya Vaalgras muumbugantu woshilongo.Pahapu dhomuwiliki gwoACC, omusamane , Paulus Noa,
readNampower a tula iilando moKaras na Hardap momilema
01-02-2010
IILANDO oyindji ,noshowo omikunda nomahala gokukala gamwe oga li kaagena olusheno konima sho ehangano lyokugandja omalusheno lya Nampower lya teteko olusheno omolwaashoka mbaka oye na oongunga
readOmawi ga yeluka ga uvika moshigongi shewiliko lyaVenduka
01-02-2010
OSHIGONGI shotango shewiliko lyoshilando sha Venduka osha tameke noshikungulu, sho omukalelipo gwa UDF melelo lyoshilando, Werner Claasen a li inaa nyanyukilwa epopyo lya meya, Matheus Shikongo,
readOongundu dhompilameno kadhi na eigandjo sho tadhi tamaneke iizemo
01-02-2010
ETAMANEKO pampangu ndyoka tali ningilwa iizemo yomahogololo koongundu dhompilameno dhi li 9 ka lili mombepo yeigandjo na elalakano lyaashika oku hwameka etopoko mokati kaakwashigwana noshowo okutula
readOkommissi Yomahogololo ita yi gandja uuCD
01-02-2010
OKOMMISSI yOmahogololo ya Namibia oya tokola kaayi gandje embo lyaahogolololi mOkahandja molupe lwo ka CD.Okommissi oya ti oongundu dhopolitika itadhi ka pewa embo ndika molupe nduka.“Oongundu
readIIzemo yongundu 12 ina yi yooloka unene
01-02-2010
KONYALA aalongwa 3 640 yomaalongwa 17 255 mboka ya li miipundi no ya shanga ekonakono lyongundu 12 omumvo gwa yi oya piti no ta ya vulu oku ya koUniversity ya Namibia nenge ko Polytechnic ya
readTerry heads in winner
01-02-2010
LONDON – Chelsea skipper John Terry, whose personal troubles made newspaper headlines on Saturday, ensured he would also dominate the back pages when he headed Chelsea’s late winner in a 2-1 Premier
readWilliams eyes more success
01-02-2010
MELBOURNE – Serena Williams jetted out of Australia yesterday with a suitcase full of trophies and her heart set on stockpiling even more silverware.The 28-year-old American won the women’s singles
readPaes and Black win mixed doubles
01-02-2010
MELBOURNE – Leander Paes of India and Cara Black of Zimbabwe have won the Australian Open mixed doubles title, beating Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Jaroslav Levinsky of Czech Republic 7-5, 6-3.
readTogo banned from Cups
01-02-2010
LUANDA – Togo have been banned from the next two African Nations Cups following their withdrawal from this year’s competition after two members of their delegation were killed in an ambush, the
readTogo banned from Cups
01-02-2010
LUANDA – Togo have been banned from the next two African Nations Cups following their withdrawal from this year’s competition after two members of their delegation were killed in an ambush, the
readFederer beats Murray
01-02-2010
MELBOURNE - Swiss great Roger Federer won his fourth Australian Open and 16th Grand Slam title to deny Andy Murray’s quest for British tennis history yesterday.Federer’s remarkable level of
readWhere are Nujoma weapons: RDP
01-02-2010
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) says it is unacceptable for a Cabinet Minister to use the national television channel to “publicly incite the nation against opposition parties”.“Namibians
read‘Undue influence’ in poll queue
01-02-2010
A CASE in which a woman from Otjimbingwe is accused of influencing people lining up to vote during last year’s presidential and national elections has been postponed to June 1.Maria Xoagus was
readTempers flare over Omuve tree
01-02-2010
OMAFO – The Secretary of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) in Ohangwena Region, Timo Shikongo, has denied that supporters of his party have chopped down a tree under which Swapo supporters
read‘Stunning principles’ landed catering tender
01-02-2010
A LETTER written by a senior official in the Ministry of Education to the Ministry’s tender committee appears to have been the catalyst of a sudden U-turn after the hostel catering tender
readSSC fraud sentence scheduled for Friday
01-02-2010
THE sentencing of the main figure in a fraud case that was uncovered at the Social Security Commission in late 2006 is scheduled to take place on Friday.Former SSC registry clerk Maxwell Spanneberg
readSheep farmers want to march on State House
01-02-2010
SHEEP farmers in the South have vowed protest action to press Government to scrap its restrictions on exports of live animals to South Africa. In terms of the restrictions, farmers are allowed to
readPolice investigate mortuary death claims
01-02-2010
THE Namibian Police are looking into the claims of a family who say a relative of theirs was apparently put in the Okahandja State mortuary while still alive.The Commander for the Khomas Region,
readAngolan charged over cocaine find
01-02-2010
A BELLY allegedly full of cocaine landed an Angolan national in the dock in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court on charges of dealing in or possessing drugs last week.Having become the latest in a
readGlittering Stars tame Tigers as Spurs upset Blue Waters
01-02-2010
AFRICAN Stars moved into top gear in the second half to finish off Tigers 2-0 with two fine goals from Ninja Karongee and Ronald Katjijere in their MTC Premiership clash decided at the Sam Nujoma
readGovt entry into mining ‘no threat’
01-02-2010
GOVERNMENT’S entrance into the mining sector through the 100-per cent state-owned Epangelo Mining is “no major threat”, Extract Resources Chairman Steve Galloway said at Swakopmund this
readSluggish progress in cash heist trial
01-02-2010
LITTLE progress has been made in the trial of the six men being prosecuted in connection with a N$5,73 million cash-in-transit robbery near Windhoek at the end of 2004 since its start two weeks
readFlood alert for Okavango and Orange rivers
01-02-2010
PEOPLE living and working along the Orange River on the southern Namibian border should be on the “highest alert” due to a flood wave expected from South Africa, Chief Hydrologist Guido van Langenhove
readPS contracts under review
01-02-2010
STATE House has given Local Government Permanent Secretary Erastus Negonga notice that his contract will not be renewed when it expires within the next six months.Two more top officials – Education
readSMS Of The Day 01 February 2010
01-02-2010
* WHAT is the use of producing vegetables locally if we must pay the same for them in the shops as those imported from SA? This is of no help to the poor. Government get your priorities right. It is
readNoteable quotes
01-02-2010
WE don’t play politics with the poor. – South Africa’s Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale who is working closely with opposition leader Helen Zille to rectify mistakes made in a big housing
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