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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 23 February 2010
New documents raise heat on Toyota
23-02-2010
TOKYO - Pressure rose on Toyota days before its chief faces a US congressional grilling, as new documents showed the automaker boasted about saving 100 million dollars by limiting its safety
readFDI in China keeps on rising
23-02-2010
BEIJING - China’s foreign investment rose for a sixth straight month in January in a new sign that recovery in the world’s third largest economy is on track, government figures showed
readAfrica ‘can become trading Mecca’
23-02-2010
CAPE TOWN - Over the next decade Africa could become a global trading Mecca and demand hub, but a discussion is first needed on how sustainable economic growth can take place.What is more, the
readThank you, Thanks, but no thank you
23-02-2010
LONDON - The boss of Britain’s state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland will refuse his bonus for 2009, the Financial Times reported yesterday.RBS chief executive Stephen Hester will waive his right to
readLaw change tightens BoN control over banks
23-02-2010
CHANGES to the Banking Institutions Act of 1998 tabled in Parliament will give the Bank of Namibia (BoN) more power in its oversight of commercial banks, their restructuring plans, notifications of
readNo quick fix seen from Old Mutual revamp
23-02-2010
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG - Insurer Old Mutual is expected to shun radical break-up strategies in favour of a more gradual makeover when it unveils a long-awaited revamp next month aimed at boosting its
readEuro’s future shaky even if Greece rescued
23-02-2010
SINGAPORE - A makeshift assistance should be enough to rescue Greece, but bigger problems facing Europe would leave the future of the euro currency in question, billionaire investor George Soros
readEconomists see ‘healthy’ US expansion
23-02-2010
CHICAGO - Economists expect the US recovery to remain “firmly on track” over the next two years though job growth is likely to remain slow, according to a new survey.The latest outlook from The
readDoes Congo mean business with rush of reforms?
23-02-2010
KINSHASA - PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Congo office was winding down for the weekend one Friday when a call came through from an international mining firm hit with a US$10 million tax bill.“Get someone
readSurplus food production in SADC
23-02-2010
THE overall food security situation in southern Africa for the 2009-10 marketing year is favourable.The region has recorded a cereal surplus of 476 000 metric tons compared to a deficit recorded the
readNorthern areas freed of FMD
23-02-2010
THE northern communal areas (NCAs) which suffered from Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) infections of livestock will be free of this disease in due course and this will enable them to obtain better prices
readMCA signs N$67.5m project
23-02-2010
THE Namibia office of the US-based Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) signed a five-year land consultancy agreement of US$9 million (N$67,5 million) with a joint venture group for rangeland management
readAgra holds successful stud auctions
23-02-2010
LIVESTOCK sales this year started off with a bang as farmers forked out huge sums to buy stud animals with the highest bid made for a Santa Gertrudis bull at N$30 000. “Selling 739 bulls at an average
readMalema puts the record straight
23-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema has spoken out against “misrepresentations and lies” spread through newspapers, and has clarified allegations against him.The
readChina throws birthday bash for Mugabe
23-02-2010
BEIJING – China said yesterday its embassy in Zimbabwe had thrown a birthday party for President Robert Mugabe, a rare sign of foreign support for a leader reviled by many Zimbabweans and criticised
readDocs block access to Yar’Adua
23-02-2010
RIYADH – Ailing Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua’s doctors are refusing to allow visitors from Abuja to see him in his Jeddah hospital, Nigeria’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia said yesterday.But
readNigeria assures Bush of credible vote in 2011
23-02-2010
ABUJA – Nigeria’s acting leader on Sunday assured visiting former US president George W Bush that Africa’s leading oil producer is turning its back on flawed elections come next year.Goodluck Jonathan
readVenezuela’s ranchers warn against arming peasants
23-02-2010
CARACAS – President Hugo Chavez’s socialist government is creating peasant-based militias throughout Venezuela’s rural, agricultural-rich regions, raising fears of confrontation among the country’s
readLufthansa asks court to halt pilot strike
23-02-2010
BERLIN – German airline Lufthansa is asking a court to halt a strike by more than 4 000 of its pilots.Deutsche Lufthansa AG spokeswoman Claudia Lange told The Associated Press the company hoped for a
readFishing bans boost Australia’s Great Barrier Reef corals
23-02-2010
SYDNEY – Strict fishing bans have helped regenerate wildlife and coral on one-third of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a new study shows, raising hopes that years of decline can be reversed.The study,
readIsraeli soldiers clash with Palestinians
23-02-2010
HEBRON – A crowd of Palestinian youths pelted Israeli soldiers with stones and empty bottles yesterday, drawing tear gas and stun grenades in the most serious violence to rock this volatile West Bank
readParlotones Live in Windhoek Next Month
23-02-2010
The Parlotones is a South African indie rock band, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.They kicked of their professional career in 2003 before rising to the forefront of South African music by 2006
readVisiting European Pianist Duo to Perform in Namibia
23-02-2010
Formed in its home city of Hanover in 1995, ‘Genova and Dimitrov’, a talented pianist duo began their career by winning several major piano duo competitions, including the 1996 ‘ARD Music Competition’
readTimbila Ditches Darren – Meanwhile Tempers Flare as Survivor Heats Up
23-02-2010
You might be a Survivor expert who knows the ins and outs of the game, but if you’re not part of the in-crowd, you won’t survive the world’s toughest reality game.The week before last, eccentric
readGlimpses into Namibia’s Independence: April 1 1989
23-02-2010
IN 28 days Namibia turns twenty. This is almost incredible when we consider the hurdles that preceded independence.The implementation on the United Nations Security Council Resolution 435 in 1989
readLet the ‘Battle of Okahandja’ start
23-02-2010
TOMORROW the traditional hope of the oppressed, Swapo, will come up against a coalition of the wounded as Okahandja residents decide on a new regional councillor for the ‘garden town’.It will be an
readCandidates for the Okahandja constituency regional election
23-02-2010
RESIDENTS of Okahandja, its surrounding farms and villages will be heading for the polling stations tomorrow to elect a new regional councillor.They have a choice between four candidates – three named
readOmboma yomOmbaanga mOshakati ya dhimbulukiwa
23-02-2010
ONGUNDU onene yoonakuhupa mEtopo lyOmboma mOmbaanga ya Barclays, ngashiingeyi yOtango yOpashigwana (First National Bank (FNB) noshowo aakwanezimo yoonakusila mEtopo ndyoka kumwe noothigwa dhaamboka ya
readNUNW a hala elunduluko mekotampango
23-02-2010
ONDUNDAHANGANO yaaniilonga yopashigwana yaNamibia[NUNW] oya hala ekotampango li lundululwe unene tuu ontompolwa ndjoka yina sha nuuthemba womaliko, oya hala woo pu ningwe ehogololo lyopashigwana
readDhoompilameno otadhi longele kumwe
23-02-2010
OONGUNDU dhoompilameno ndhoka tadhi kondjitha Swapo mehogololo lyagwedhwa po mOkahandja odha ti odha etha po omayooloko omashona ngoka dhina nelalakano opo dhi kutheko elelo lyoshilongo miikaha
readOomiliona 220 dha longithwa mokulonga oofilima
23-02-2010
OKOMMISSI yoku longa oofilima ya Namibia[NFC] oya longitha oodola oomiliona 220, 3 dhiimaliwa yoshigwana oku longa oofilima noovideo pokati komimvo 2006 sigo 2008 pamushangwahokololo gwOmuyaluli
readVenondubo ta pandula Kalunga ke sho he mu hupitha miiponga yiihauto
23-02-2010
TATE Immanuel Venondubo gwomomukunda Onandjaba mOkalongo ota pandula Kalunga ke sho natango e mu hupitha moshiponga shohauto shoka hanga sha li shi na oku mu faalela nee thiluthilu.Tate Venondubo,
readOkangundu kokupulakena ka uvu uudhigu
23-02-2010
IILANDO iishona ngaashi Otavi, Stampriet noKaribib oyi lyaathane kokule ndele oyi na omaupyakadhi ga faathana ngele ta shiya kewiliko lyiiniwe yayo noshowo komukalo gokugongela iiyemo okuza kaakalimo
readOmbaanga ABSA ya hala yaVenduka
23-02-2010
OPENA ompito opo ombaanga ndjoka oyo ayike moshilongo yi li momake gaaNamibia yi kuthwe mo.Ompito ndjika oya holoka po sho ehangano ndyoka olyo li na iipambuliko oyindji mombaanga ya Bank Windhoek ,
readSpain hails inspirational, tricky Ronaldo
23-02-2010
MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo was hailed as a one-man orchestra after his magnificent all-round performance in Real Madrid’s 6-2 trouncing of Villarreal in La Liga on Sunday.The Portuguese forward opened
readUranium mine now Blue Waters sponsor
23-02-2010
LANGER Heinrich Uranium (LHU) and the Blue Waters Sport Club of Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay, have joined forces, with LHU becoming the club’s official sponsor with a cash injection of N$100 000.The club’s
readHerunga wins in Port Elizabeth
23-02-2010
NAMIBIA’S Tjipekapora Herunga gets her season off to a winning start at the Yellow Pages Series in Port Elizabeth South Africa 21 year old Namibian sprinter Tjipekapora Herunga opened her season on
readIndia snatch dramatic win over South Africa
23-02-2010
JAIPUR - India overcame the absence of four top stars to beat South Africa by one run in a thrilling one-day international on Sunday and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.Wayne Parnell was run
readSKW and Cohen tops in fistball
23-02-2010
THE Cohen Fistball Club (CFC) hosted a successful season opening Fistball tournament on Saturday. The SKW first team emerged as winners in the Category A while CFC 3 took home the silverware in
readPoulter wins Match Play
23-02-2010
TUCSON - Ian Poulter beat Paul Casey 4 and 2 in an all-English final to win the Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday, earning a long-awaited first victory in the United States.Poulter’s 10th
readDoping committee positions announced
23-02-2010
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) secretary-general, Abner Xoagub introduced an 11-member interim committee for the newly-established Namibia National Anti-Doping Organisation
readMainga and SA judges appointed to Supreme Court
23-02-2010
THE longest-serving member of the bench of the High Court of Namibia, Judge Sylvester Mainga, has been appointed as a judge of appeal of Namibia’s Supreme Court.The appointment of Judge Mainga at the
readParents on different pages over deaf-mute son’s sanity
23-02-2010
A DEAF-MUTE man has been in custody for more than three months at the Grootfontein jail, while on a waiting list for a 30-day mental evaluation at the Windhoek Psychiatric unit. Vincent Jan Awaseb’s
readNBC acting boss tipped for Hardap Council top job
23-02-2010
ACTING Nambian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Director General, Yvonne Boois, is the hot favourite to fill the vacant chief regional officer (CRO) position in the Hardap Regional Council. The Namibian
read‘Go to hell,’ NUNW tells Germans
23-02-2010
GOVERNMENT should take drastic steps and ensure that “some European organisations and elements” would not visit Namibia anymore, especially German foundations affiliated to that country’s political
readFilm Commission not ‘very satisfied’ with AG report
23-02-2010
THE Namibia Film Commission (NFC) says it is not very satisfied with the latest audit report on the accounts of its film and development fund, which was tabled in Parliament.“There are some figures
readHouses for Bwabwata Park
23-02-2010
EIGHTEEN staff members of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism based in the Bwabwata National Park in the Kavango Region will have new houses by the end of this year.The groundbreaking ceremony for
readAppeal bid fails in shock rape case
23-02-2010
TWO young men who are serving lengthy jail terms for kidnapping, gang-raping and attempting to murder a ten-year-old girl at a town in the south of Namibia in early 2006 had an appeal bid against
readSMSes of Tuesday 23 February 2010
23-02-2010
* WHAT does the Namibia Football Association (NFA), as the powerhouse of football in Namibia, do about supporters who bring the beautiful game into disrepute? What do teams have in place for unruly
readPuma joins rugby union
23-02-2010
PUMA South Africa yesterday signed a three year partnership agreement to become the official technical supplier of the Namibia Rugby Union.The Namibian team meet South Africa’s Griffons in their first
readFNB proofs resistant in financial turmoil
23-02-2010
FNB NAMIBIA Holdings posted solid results for the half-year ending December 31 2009, with headline earnings up 23 per cent to N$217 million and profit increasing 25 per cent to N$232 million.Earnings
readUN cautions about tech waste in developing world
23-02-2010
BALI – Sales of household electrical gadgets will boom across the developing world in the next decade, wreaking environmental havoc if there are no new strategies to deal with the discarded TVs, cell
readUAG buys half of Areva desalination plant
23-02-2010
THE United Africa Group (UAG) has bought a 50 per cent share of Areva’s Wlotzkasbaken/Trekkopje Desalination Plant, worth about N$1,8 billion.The new partnership is called the Erongo Desalination
readFigures confirm January rains exceeded averages
23-02-2010
MOST of Namibia has experienced a wetter than normal January, according to an analysis of rainfall figures released by the Meteorological Service of Namibia last week.Last year, large parts of Namibia
readNWR technically bankrupt
23-02-2010
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) ended last March with an accumulated loss of nearly N$99 million, loan debt of more than N$71 million and an overdraft exceeding N$17 million.Although the company
readNotable Quotes
23-02-2010
I was advised that he Namibian laws should be allowed to run their course concerning any Chinese citizen engaged in illegal practices. – Namibian Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob released a
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