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53 Articles found on Thursday, 18 February 2010
Gordhan freezes taxes, lifts spending
18-02-2010
PRETORIA – WHILE government may have to raise taxes in future to fund public spending commitments, South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan induced a collective sigh of relief from all South
readBoN makes banks more risk-proof
18-02-2010
NAMIBIA yesterday became the third country in Africa to become Basel II-complaint, making the local banking sector even more resilient.Basel II, also known as the Capital Adequacy Implementation
readPoll sees median growth of 3,1%
18-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Higher commodity prices and a pick up in exports should help Namibia’s economy recover from last year’s slowdown, but an increase in power costs may add to inflation, a Reuters poll has
readEU wants timetable for East Africa trade deal
18-02-2010
DAR ES SALAAM – The East African Community trade bloc needs to end a stalemate and give a clear timetable for signing a new trade deal with the European Union, the EU’s head of delegation in Tanzania
readTsumeb smelter sale progresses well
18-02-2010
WEATHERLY International has asked the Namibian Competition Commission (NCC) to approve its US$33-million sale of its Tsumeb smelter to Dundee Precious Metals (DPM), miningweekly.com has reported.The
readBannerman has cost-cutting plans for Nam
18-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – ASX- and TSX-listed Bannerman Resources and external consultants were currently reviewing the proposed mining operations at its 80 per cent-owned Etango uranium project in
readAfrica Business Briefs
18-02-2010
Nationalisation not SA policy-Zuma CAPE TOWN- Nationalisation of South Africa’s mines and other economic sectors was not government policy, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday. “We reiterate that
readDA suspends Kohler-Barnard
18-02-2010
Cape Town – The Democratic Alliance has suspended MP Dianne Kohler Barnard for five days for swearing in the National Assembly, the party said.“After consultation with our Parliamentary leader, Athol
readFrench plan to help rebuild Haiti
18-02-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE – President Nicolas Sarkozy was bringing a French plan to rebuild Haiti with him on yesterday’s visit to the Caribbean country, a trip officials hope will usher in a new era between
read3 Women caned for sex
18-02-2010
KUALA LUMPUR - Authorities in Malaysia caned three Muslim women for having extramarital sex, making them the first women in the country to receive such punishment under Islamic law, an official said
readBNP says migrating Hanson ‘welcome
18-02-2010
SYDNEY – The far-right BNP has welcomed news that controversial Australian politician Pauline Hanson is emigrating and offered her the chance to restart her stalled career, a report said
readTaliban met with Afghan gov’t envoys
18-02-2010
COLOMBO – Taliban representatives held peace talks with Afghan government envoys at the end of January on a resort island in the Maldives, a spokesman for the president of the Indian Ocean nation said
readRobin Hood charged with identity theft
18-02-2010
DENVER – This Robin Hood is accused of stealing – and not to give to the poor. Authorities said a 34-year-old named Robin Joshua Hood found someone’s wallet in downtown Denver and apparently began
readSeventy one journalists killed in 2009
18-02-2010
NEW YORK – A record total of 71 journalists were killed in their work around the world last year, including 33 in the Philippines, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in its
readZimbabwe sanctions ‘must go’: Mugabe
18-02-2010
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe said yesterday that he and his partners in Zimbabwe’s unity government agreed that “sanctions must go”, a day after the European Union extended its restrictions on the
readPalin slams ‘Family Guy’ over Down character
18-02-2010
JUNEAU, Alaska –Sarah Palin is lashing out at the portrayal of a character with Down Syndrome on the Fox animated comedy ‘Family Guy’. In a Facebook posting headlined ‘Fox Hollywood – What a
readAfrican Perspectives presents: ‘Saladin – The Victorious’
18-02-2010
IN 1963 Egypt’s most acclaimed directo, Youssef Chahine, made the film, ‘Saladin’ which was originally titled ‘El Nasser – Defender/Deliverer – Sala ed-Dine’, an epic, three-hour film named after the
readLady Gaga Steals the Show at Brit Awards
18-02-2010
LADY Gaga left her poker face at home when it came time to pay tribute to Alexander McQueen at this year’s Brit Awards. Onstage to accept the award for Best International Breakthrough Act, the first
read‘Feast For Readers’ rediscovers historical speeches
18-02-2010
THE FNCC, as part of their third ‘Feast for Readers’ event, will turn their attention to the art of rhetoric when they examine some of the greatest speeches of our time. The event will take place at
readOyendji otaya pula omvula mpoka yi li
18-02-2010
NONANDO pu na yamwe mboka ya tila efundja, oyendji yomoNooli, unene tuu aalimimapya omasiku ngaka oye li taya pula omvula mpoka ya ningina, unene tuu sho ya li ngaa ngeno ya fa ye ya ndele tayi shu na
readOparliamende ya zimine aakwiita ya ye koChad miilonga yombili
18-02-2010
AATOTIMPANGO moshigongi shopashigwana oya zimine eindilo lyoMinista yegameno, Charles Namoloh opo a tume aakwiita ya Namibia 800 koChad no ko Central African Republic kiilonga yokukalekapo ombili,
readHailulu ta tamanekelwa ekotokelo
18-02-2010
OPWA tegelelwa ekondjo lyopampango pokati kombelewa yOmutamaneki Ndjai naapopiliko yopampango yomukuluntuwiliki gwehangano lyokutunga omagumbo lyopashigwana[NHE], Vincent Hailulu, sho a ithanwa ishewe
readOondjambi dholuhepo odha fala mombepo yoluhepo
18-02-2010
OMUTOTIMPANGO gwoSwapo megumbo lyokukonakona oompango okwa ti onkalo yiilonga ya nyaika oya nayipike onkalombepo noshowo okulonga nawa kopolisi naakwiita.Theo Diergaardt okwa ti okwa nyanyukwa sho
readOshilongwa oshipe melongo lyaanona poNamcol
18-02-2010
EHANGANO lyo Namibia College of Open Learning[Namcol] olya eta po onzapo ompe yelongo lyopetameko melongo lyaanona mboka yeli moshikunino.Oshilongwa shika osha etwapo melongelokumwe nUuministeli
readOmuniilonga a yaka piilonga ye
18-02-2010
OMUWILIKI nale gwoshitayi shokulanditha iiyenditho shehangano lya M&Z Autohaus moSwakopmund okwa monika ondjo moku yaka omugandji gwe gwiilonga pokati komimvo 2003 sigo 2006.Lutz Paschke [45] okwa
readEgwedhelo lyondando yolusheno lwa Eskom
18-02-2010
OTASHI vulika egwedhelo lyondando yolusheno lw Eskom nooperesenda 35 omumvo kehe,uule woomvula ndatu tadhi landula lu kaleke omahupilo gaNamibia natango muunkundi.Ndika elondodho lya ningwa
readOongombe kOmangetti dha kwatwa komukithi kaagu shiwike
18-02-2010
OONGOMBE dhaanafaalama nenge aanahambo mboka ya tidhilwe kOkavango pehulilo lyomumvo 2008 nokutulwa mOofaalama dha NDC mu Juni omvula ya zi ko, dhi kale mo ashike pakathimbo manga ooyene yadho taya
readHarry’s fight in doubt
18-02-2010
THERE is a cloud of uncertainty hanging over Namibia’s former middleweight world champion Harry ‘The Terminator’ Simon’s fight in Britain this weekend.It is said that Simon will no longer fight
readFootball Results
18-02-2010
Top Score 7-A-Side GAWA 0-1 Compuneeds Prime Press 0-3 NamcorWHK Country Club 4-0 Mr. Price Namibia Dairies 0-2
readUnited beats Milan
18-02-2010
LONDON – Two headers from Wayne Rooney helped Manchester United to a 3-2 victory at AC Milan, while Lyon beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.United came from behind
readWarriors on track for African champs
18-02-2010
PREPARATIONS for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against Seychelles next month are going to plan, according to Brave Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet. Saintfiet told The Namibian Sport
readFistball season set to start
18-02-2010
AN exciting year of fistball in Namibia starts this Saturday when Cohen Fistball Club (CFC) hosts the season-opening tournament at the SKW Fields in Windhoek. Games will be played in two categories.
readFirst divisions start
18-02-2010
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) yesterday announced that the two first-division leagues will officially start this weekend countrywide.NPL Chairman Johnny Doëseb said the two leagues, which are known
readSMSes of Thursday 18 February 2010
18-02-2010
* WHY do political parties campaign on Independence Day? We are so tired of seeing party colours on Independence Day rather than our national colours which are very beautiful. Food for Thought * THE
readSAIE screens small-scale mining in Erongo
18-02-2010
THE Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment has been contracted by the National Planning Commission’s Rural Poverty Reduction Programme, with financial support from the European
read‘Progress’ with diesel clean-up
18-02-2010
MOST of the diesel – believed to be more than 100 000 litres – that leaked from an underground fuel-storage tank in Walvis Bay has been cleaned up, a spokesperson at BP headquarters in Johannesburg
readPension fund changes for MPs
18-02-2010
CABINET has approved an amendment to the pension fund rules for Members of Parliament and other office bearers, according to Prime Minister Nahas Angula.At the moment, MPs who retire from the National
readNujoma changes tune on pre-primary education
18-02-2010
IN what can be viewed as a major change in policy, Namibia’s Founding President Sam Nujoma says he wants to see kindergartens everywhere in the country.Under Nujoma’s leadership, the Government
readNamibia’s weakest link in democracy
18-02-2010
GOVERNMENT’S hold on civil society is anchored by the fact that more than a million people are dependent on the State as their sole or primary source of income. As a result, legitimate democratic
readKeetmans council worker charged
18-02-2010
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality has laid a criminal charge of fraud against its data processor for allegedly embezzling thousands of dollars. The Town Council’s Management Committee chairperson, Moses
readGender policy to tackle existing customary laws
18-02-2010
GOVERNMENT wants to align existing customary laws that exist within the diverse communities in Namibia with the Constitution and register customary marriages, according to the newly revised National
readElephants: welcome gardeners
18-02-2010
REFERRING to the article ‘Ecological disaster looms at Noordoewer’, The Namibian, February 5 2010, the following might be interesting for conservationists and farmers in Namibia:In late December 2009,
readDisease kills cattle on NDC farms
18-02-2010
VETERINARY officials are investigating a disease that has killed about 30 cattle on Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) farms in the Mangetti area in the North. The cattle belong to farmers who were
readNew diamond-cutting plant opens in Katutura
18-02-2010
NAMIBIA’S struggling diamond industry yesterday regained a bit of its sparkle when Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina officiated the groundbreaking ceremony of Laurelton-Reign Diamonds’ new
readAranos CEO threatens councillor with legal action
18-02-2010
THE Aranos Village Council’s CEO, Niklaas Goraseb, is threatening to sue a Swapo Party councillor, Sofia Jacobs, for defamation. Jacobs allegedly stated in a letter to Local Government Minister Jerry
read2010: Biodiversity year
18-02-2010
THE year 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity and Dr John Mfune of the University of Namibia is one of the environmentalists who will lead activities locally to create awareness of the
readHaikali accepts NPL CEO post
18-02-2010
MATHEW Haikali was yesterday confirmed as the new chief executive officer of the Namibia Premier League (NPL).NPL Chairman Johnny Doëseb confirmed that Haikali would be the new man in the hot seat for
readGive the people their say in the budget, IPPR
18-02-2010
THE Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) yesterday called for Government to introduce a “Citizens’ Budget”, a simplified document that would spell out what Government is trying to do with the
readUS offensive runs into ‘human shields’
18-02-2010
MARJAH – Thousands of US-led troops battling to capture a militant bastion in southern Afghanistan ran into fresh resistance yesterday from Taliban using “human shields” and hidden bombs.US, Afghan
readFather denies murder of two children
18-02-2010
THE trial of a Kavango Region resident who is accused of murdering two of his children almost three years ago has begun in the High Court at Oshakati with the accused man pleading guilty only to
readSA sin tax hits Namibians
18-02-2010
MANY a consumer’s budget will be going up in smoke after South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday hiked sin tax on cigarettes by about 16 per cent, and increased the customs and excise
readGerman foundations ‘biased’
18-02-2010
PRIME MINISTER Nahas Angula yesterday accused two political foundations linked to Germany’s ruling party of seeking “regime change” in Namibia and called one of their representatives a “threat to
readNotable Quotes
18-02-2010
THEY are reminiscent of Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, that the ANC is increasingly trying to emulate. – Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille saying the police action of arresting a student for
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