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40 Articles found on Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Obama heralds US credit card rules
24-02-2010
NEW YORK – The Obama administration has heralded new rules protecting US credit card holders from certain fees and rate increases. The implementation of rules from the US Credit Card Act will help
readMemos show US cut short Toyota probe
24-02-2010
WASHINGTON – US safety regulators considered a wider probe of acceleration risks on Toyota vehicles and further safety steps as early as 2007, two years before Toyota launched the first of its
readConsumer trust welcomes law changes on bank charges
24-02-2010
THE Namibia Consumer Trust (NCT) has welcomed an amendment to the law governing bank charges, which was tabled in Parliament last week.“The NCT pledges its support to the Payment System Management
readRate relief unlikely, say economists
24-02-2010
NO interest rate surprises are expected this morning, with economists believing that Bank of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo will keep the repo unchanged at 7,0 per cent.Leading economists Robin
readChasing the dots Odd Job Thinking
24-02-2010
THE truth is that “ job creation” is on every government’s priority agenda and the financial crisis is further concentrating the means of production in fewer and fewer hands – both physical and cash
readAfrica risks overstated, expert says
24-02-2010
CAIRO - The Export Credit Guarantee Company of Egypt (ECGE) said it had more than doubled credit cover to Africa in the past two years without any defaults, and said business risks on the continent
readAfrica Business Briefs
24-02-2010
SA’s economy grows by 3,2% PRETORIA – South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3,2 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009 on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis, compared to an
readChina launches strict new Internet controls
24-02-2010
BEIJING – China’s technology ministry moved to tighten controls on Internet use yesterday, saying individuals who want to operate Web sites must first meet in person with regulators.The
readMalema interests not in breach
24-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema did not breach any code of ethics by contesting for tenders in Limpopo, the Congress of SA Students (Cosas) in Gauteng said yesterday.Provincial
readFrench strike adds to air travel woes
24-02-2010
PARIS – Travellers in Europe faced more misery yesterday as French air traffic controllers launched a five-day strike and British and German airlines sought to head off threats of industrial action.A
readMadeira looks for 32 missing after floods
24-02-2010
FUNCHAL – Emergency crews in Madeira are looking for 32 people still missing four days after weekend landslides that claimed dozens of lives in the Portuguese island’s worst disaster in living
readSA Concourt upholds decision on pardons
24-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Constitutional Court yesterday upheld a high court decision interdicting the president from granting pardons to perpetrators of political violence without first
readWild child Lindsay tells all
24-02-2010
IN a shocking no-holds-barred interview with the UK Sun, Lilo, 23, lets it rip in a take-no prisoners confessional.“When my father was going public, that’s when I hit rock bottom. I abused substances
read‘Growing Pains’ star missing
24-02-2010
‘GROWING Pains’ star Andrew Koenig, the son of Star Trek’s Walter Koenig, has disappeared, his parents have confirmed. The actor-comedian’s celeb pals have taken to Twitter to link to Koening’s pal
readBrad and Angelina take twins on trip to Paris
24-02-2010
THEY only arrived in Venice last week, but it seems Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie already have itchy feet.The couple and their six children were expected to stay in the Italian city for three months,
readUAG a landa oshidhindi meya
24-02-2010
EHANGANO lya United Africa Group[UAG] olya landa iipambuliko yooperesenda 50 moshidhindi meya sha Areva, hashi ithanwa Areva Wlotzbaken/Trekkopje Desalination plant.Oshipambuliko shika shooperesenda
readEpangelo ta li indike aalandithi aakwiilongo
24-02-2010
OMINISTA yIipindi nOofabulika, Hage Geingob okwa dhiladhila oku indika aakwiilongo oku kuthombinga moongeshefa ooshona nodhopokati miilonga yokututa aantu, noshowo miilonga yokwoopaleka omafufu,
readOshipotha sha Nkasi sha undulilwa petameko lya Maalitsa
24-02-2010
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 38 gwomomukunda Ncumnca muuningininuuzilo wa Nkurinkuru mOshitopolwa sha Kavango, Herbert Cimu Nkasi ngoka ta pangulwa mOmpangu yOpombanda mOshakati niipotha iyali yedhipago
readOmukithi gwekondo nelaka
24-02-2010
IITOPOLWA yokuumbangalantu yuulithilo waayehe mbyoka ya li yina omukithi gwekondo nelaka oya tegelelwa yi ka le yaana we omukithi nguka.Uuna mbika kaa yi na omukithi nguka nena ota yi kala
readOshikonga shetuntilo lyokakwenyene mOshikoto
24-02-2010
OMUWILIKI gwUuhaku moShikoto, Maria Kavezembi okwa lombwele oThe Namibian oshiwike shika kutya omolu omukithi gwokakwenyene gwiiteyela moshitopolwa sha Shikoto omathimbo ga zi ko, Uuministeli wUuhaku
readMatfield cleared to face ’Tahs
24-02-2010
PRETORIA – Bulls lock Victor Matfield has been cleared of foul play after he was cited for striking Brumbies flanker Rocky Elsom around the head during their Super 14 rugby match in Pretoria on
readKhomas names Under-17 team
24-02-2010
THE Khomas Region recently held under-17 trials for football players who will be expected to compete at the national tournament.The trials were held on February 19 and 21 for all under-17 schoolboys
readUnited almost there
24-02-2010
JOHANNESBURG – SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt will have two words of advice for his players when they face BidVest Wits in their penultimate Absa Premiership match at the Super Stadium on
readDesert Challenge on the go
24-02-2010
THE Namib Desert Challenge is one of the toughest footraces in the world, covering 220 kilometres over five days in five stages over some of the most extreme and challenging terrain imaginable.
readMan United set to turn heat on Glazers
24-02-2010
LONDON – A Manchester United supporter-based campaign to force the Glazer family to sell their interest in the club can only succeed if fans boycott matches and stop buying merchandise, a soccer
readSMSes of Wednesday 24 February 2010
24-02-2010
* WHY are people so stupid and ignorant? Smashing empty beer bottles on the Vineta north beach! Think before you do such a foolish thing! Would you (the guilty ones) like it if your feet were ripped
read* Response to date of death of John Muafangejo.
24-02-2010
Namibia’s best known artist, John Ndevasia Muafangejo, was born in 1943 and died on November 27 1987. He is now considered among the best exponents of linocut in the twentieth century. Thanks to the
readSuspect denies Walvis restaurant murder
24-02-2010
THE young man accused of murdering Walvis Bay restaurant owner and former newspaper editor Awie Brand in June 2008 claimed in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday that Brand’s death was the result of
readRehoboth wants debt written off
24-02-2010
REHOBOTH Mayor George Dax wants the Hardap Regional Council to convince central Government to write off the town residents’ housing debts.The residents owe the Town Council millions. Dax made the
readNamfisa admits weaknesses
24-02-2010
NAMFISA Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lily Brandt says the financial watchdog realises that some Namibians “may feel let down by the regulatory system”.“We are trying our level best to be as
readLüderitz celebrates the lobster
24-02-2010
PREPARATIONS are in full swing for the third annual Lüderitz lobster festival scheduled for April 30 until May 3 at the Lüderitz Waterfront Harbour Square. Lüderitz Waterfront Company CEO Fluksman
readLove Street murder ends in suspended sentence for fraud
24-02-2010
THE man who admitted that he committed fraud with a bank card that disappeared from a house next to Namibia’s Parliament where a hitherto unsolved robbery and murder were committed in June 2006 was
readImplementation of AIDS policies slow: Nudo
24-02-2010
POLICIES and structures to fight the scourge of HIV-AIDS have been put in place in Namibia, but implementation and progress were slow, a member of the opposition said in Parliament yesterday.“The new
readPirates eye first spot
24-02-2010
ORLANDO Pirates are bound to temporarily occupy the first spot if they find their way past Hotspurs in an MTC Premiership clash at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Kick-off is at 20h00. Pirates are
readNCCI tackles access to finance
24-02-2010
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NNCI) has taken up the plight of local businessmen whose struggle to obtain finance is stifling growth, especially in the small and medium enterprise
readNato commander apologises for civilian airstrike
24-02-2010
KABUL – The commander of United States and Nato forces in Afghanistan took his apology for a weekend airstrike that killed civilians directly to the Afghan people yesterday, with a video in which he
readOkahandja at the ballot box
24-02-2010
AN estimated 13 800 residents of the Okahandja constituency head for the polling stations today to elect a new regional councillor in a four-horse race.The constituency has been a Swapo stronghold
readNEF urges caution on labour hire
24-02-2010
GOVERNMENT shouldn’t consider politics or ideology when it changes existing legislation to clamp down on labour hire; it should think about the 51 per cent of Namibians without jobs, the Namibian
readRailway tender to Chinese firm heading to court
24-02-2010
THE Namibian Government has “effectively ceded its sovereignty to the Chinese government”, a company which tendered for the northern railway extension project said in a strongly worded affidavit filed
readNotable Quotes
24-02-2010
We are unable to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence that the opening balances did not contain misstatements which may materially misstate the company’s financial performance and cash flows.
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