Archive
55 Articles found on Thursday, 25 February 2010
Aupa Indongo takes a swipe at politics
25-02-2010
OSHAKATI – Business tycoon Frans Aupa Indongo has criticised the formation of many political parties in Namibia, arguing that they have nothing new to offer to the nation.Indongo was addressing
readAlweendo sees 2010 as ‘promising year’
25-02-2010
BANK of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo was in an upbeat mood yesterday at his first media conference of the year, saying he believes 2010 will be a “promising year” in which the economy is
readIMF stresses lower deficits in crisis exit strategies
25-02-2010
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged governments to cut their budget deficits as they pull back from stimulus efforts to help sustain a long-term economic recovery.“Exiting
readSA approves 25% hike in Eskom tariffs
25-02-2010
SOUTH Africa’s power regulator yesterday granted state-owned utility Eskom a nominal 24,8 per cent tariff increase for the 2010-11 financial year, falling short of the power firm’s request of a 35 per
readToyota says ‘deeply sorry’ for accidents
25-02-2010
WASHINGTON – Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda said he was “deeply sorry” for accidents caused by safety problems with Toyota vehicles and detailed a set of reforms that would shift control of
readWorld trade hit by biggest drop since WWII
25-02-2010
BRUSSELS – World trade last year suffered its biggest collapse since World War II, an unprecedented 12 per cent drop according to new WTO figures, with worrying signs suggesting 2010 threatens only
readRegional power line may get go- ahead this year
25-02-2010
DURBAN - A final investment decision on a 1 600-kilometre transmission line between Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia meant to boost power trade across regions, could be taken this year, a senior government
readPrivate players key to supply gap
25-02-2010
DURBAN - Private investors are the key to solving South Africa’s power supply woes and bringing much-needed capital into the energy sector, a minister has said.Public Enterprises Minister Barbara
readSouthern Africa energy projects set to boost supply
25-02-2010
DURBAN - Ongoing and planned investments in new power generation capacity in the southern African region will add some 35 500 megawatts by 2015 and ease shortages in the region.Lawrence Musaba,
readOld Mutual looking at possible US sale
25-02-2010
LONDON/NEW YORK - Insurer Old Mutual has appointed JPMorgan Chase & Co to look at a possible sale of its US life insurance business, among other options, people familiar with the matter
readAfrica Business Briefs
25-02-2010
SA concludes audit of state mining assets CAPE TOWN - South Africa’s department of mineral resources has completed an audit of the state’s mining assets, and is preparing a proposition to cabinet to
readSA notifies UN of seized N Korean arms
25-02-2010
UNITED NATIONS – South Africa has notified the UN Security Council that it recently seized a shipment of North Korean arms bound for Congo in violation of UN resolutions, diplomats said on Tuesday.One
readNigeria’s ailing leader returns home from Saudi
25-02-2010
ABUJA – Nigeria’s ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua returned home yesterday after a three-month stay in a Saudi hospital which triggered an unprecedented power vacuum in Africa’s most populous
readSudan and Darfur rebel group sign key truce
25-02-2010
CAIRO – Darfur’s most powerful rebel group and the Sudanese government have signed a truce after a year of internationally sponsored negotiations, raising hopes the bloody seven-year conflict could
readDStv considering porn package
25-02-2010
CAPE TOWN – MultiChoice is considering broadcasting pornography and the possibility of creating new sex channels on DStv’s satellite pay-TV service.“MultiChoice has been inundated with requests for
readUS man charged over illegal entry
25-02-2010
WASHINGTON – Authorities have arrested and charged a Virginia man with trying to help nearly 300 people illegally enter the US from the war-torn country of Somalia where al Qaeda militants have been
readAt least 46 dead in Indonesian landslide
25-02-2010
CIWIDEY – Rescuers used heavy digging equipment yesterday to move tons of dislodged clay strewn with splintered remnants of upended houses after a mudslide on Indonesia’s main island of Java buried
readBritain apologises to children shipped to Australia, Canada
25-02-2010
LONDON – Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised yesterday for Britain’s role in sending thousands of children to Australia and other former colonies where many suffered physical and sexual abuse.The
readLewis Hamilton reunited with his Pussycat Doll
25-02-2010
JUST weeks after his romance with Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger ended, the couple appear to have had a change of heart. Lewis, 25, and Nicole, 31, split in January after 20 months together to
readCheryl to Ashley Cole: It’s over
25-02-2010
CHERYL Cole split from her cheating husband Ashley on Tuesday, after a tumultuous three-and-a-half-year marriage – and now faces a £22 million divorce battle. After enduring more than a week of
readJoey Rasdien brings his special brand of comedy to Namibia
25-02-2010
WELL known for his appearance on South African comedy television show, ‘Laugh Out Loud’, Joey Rasdien is the epitome of South African comedy today. His stage persona is intellectually absurd,
readCountries still committed to KAZA project
25-02-2010
NAMIBIA and four other southern African countries involved in the world’s largest trans-boundary conservation project will finalise and sign the project’s treaty this year, says Environment and
readHard to agree to UN climate treaty
25-02-2010
BONN - Agreeing a UN climate treaty in 2010 will be “very difficult” despite a new push to spur negotiations after the Copenhagen summit, the head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat said on
readElundululo lyompango yoombaanga
25-02-2010
ELUNDULULO mompango yoombaanga[Banking Institution Act 1998] ndyoka lya tulwa poshitaafula moshigongi shopashigwana ota li pe Ombaanga ya Namibia oonkondo odhindji okutalela iilonga yoombaanga
readIikulya oyindji ya longwa moSADC
25-02-2010
UUMBUGANTU wAfrica owa li noondya dha gwana pethimbo lye landitho neteyo lyomumvo 2009-2010.Oshitopolwa sha Sadc osha longo iilya oyindji yoometric tona 476 000 okuyeleka naashi oshitopolwa sha li
readA pewa egeelo lyakalekwa mekotokelo
25-02-2010
OMULUMENTU ngoka a zimine ondjo melongitho lyokakalata kombaanga hoka ka kanene megumbo li li popepi nomatungo goParliamende yaNamibia, okwa pewa egeelo lyokukala mondjedhililo oomwedhi 18 Omaandaha
readAagandji yiilonga taya kumagidha aatotimpango
25-02-2010
EPANGELO ina li dhiladhila opolitika nenge ekankameno lyontumba uuna ta li lundulula ompango yongashingeyi kombinga yomukalo gwokulongitha aaniilonga momukalo gwoku ya hehela.Ehangano lyaagandji
readNAMCOL a eta po osikola yelongo lyaalongisikola yiikunino
25-02-2010
NAMCOL, pa longelokumwe nUuministeli wUukashikekookantu nOnkalonawa yAanona na NIED, okwa eta po Oprograma (Osikola) yokulonga aalongisikola yiikunino, unene okulonga aanona okuza poomvula ntano sigo
readYo moRehoboth ya hala oongunga dhi dhimwepo
25-02-2010
MEYA gwo shilando sha Rehoboth, George Dax okwa hala elelo lyoshitopolwa sha Hardap li uvithe ko epangelo opo li dhimepo oongunga dhaakalimo yomoshilando shoka. Dax okwa ti aakalimo mbaka oye na
readKashuupulwa a hala Uutoni a ningwe Ominista
25-02-2010
PETHIMBO ta egulula nokutula miilonga pambelewa Osikola yokulonga Aalongisikola yOokinde pONAMCOL mOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana ongula yOmaandaha ga zi ko, Gavena yOshitopolwa sha Shana omusamane
readNCCI ta kwathele aanangeshefa
25-02-2010
ONDUNDAHANGANO yiipindi noofabulika ya Namibia[NCCI] oyi ipyakidhila nokukondjela aanangeshefa mboka ye na uudhigu oku mona omikuli kombaanga opo ya humithe komeho oongeshefa dhawo.Aanangeshefa mboka
readWarriors’ squad for Bafana Bafana clash named
25-02-2010
THE Brave Warriors technical staff yesterday announced a squad of 19 players, who are set to compete in an international friendly against South Africa’s Bafana Banfana as part of the official
readDouble for Rooney
25-02-2010
LONDON – Two Wayne Rooney headers led Manchester United to a 3-0 win over West Ham United at Old Trafford on Tuesday, taking the champions within a point of Chelsea at the top of the Premier
readIbrahimovic to the rescue for Barca
25-02-2010
STUTTGART – Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s second-half equaliser earned holders Barcelona a 1-1 draw at VfB Stuttgart in their Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday.Brazilian-born German international
readEx-footballers come to Nam
25-02-2010
GLOBAL United Football Club is a football project that consists of more than 180 of the world’s most famous former players and coaches. Its mission is to fight global warming by playing exhibition
readKhomas netball start undecided
25-02-2010
THE start of the 2010 Khomas Region Netball League (KRNL) is in the balance as its members still have to discuss the log standing and fixtures for the new season based on last year’s disputed
readSMSes of Thursday 25 February 2010
25-02-2010
* WHEN I read that E(vilastus) Kaaronda has said Germans should go to hell, I am afraid and feel we need common sense here and a bit more diplomacy and sensitivity. It seems that those who spoke in
readVictims of violence central focus of Ministry
25-02-2010
MORE than 11 000 Namibian victims of gender-based violence (GBV) reported violent incidents to the Police in 2008, while last year’s statistics show a 630 per cent increase in violent attacks reported
readUnpaid Air Namibia bills ground aircraft
25-02-2010
UNPAID Shell fuel accounts kept two Air Namibia aircraft were delayed for almost two hours at Cape Town International Airport on Wednesday. A Shell employee confirmed yesterday that Shell refused to
readStock theft suspect caught off guard
25-02-2010
A KEETMANSHOOP resident was arrested after allegedly being caught red-handed while trying to sell 15 stolen sheep carcasses to a local butcher.The acting Police regional commander, Chief Inspector
readPetrotek introduces mobile petrol stations
25-02-2010
PETROTEK, a Namibian company aiming to make fuel more accessible to rural communities by means of containerised petrol stations, was inaugurated in Windhoek yesterday.Petrotek chairperson Tobie
readOkahandja residents want a cleaner town
25-02-2010
HOUSING, sanitation and jobs were words echoed by many of the Okahandja residents who took part in yesterday’s regional council by-election.An outsider would never think that there was an election
readECN kicks out voter at Okahandja polling station
25-02-2010
A MAN was kicked out of a polling station at Okahandja yesterday after he allegedly tried to vote with a colour photocopy of a voter’s card. The incident took place around 14h00 at the Okahandja
readGobabis goes from strength to strength
25-02-2010
GOBABIS has “changed from a neglected old traditional Gobabis” into a town that is recognised as a respected regional hub.Efraim Munee Dawids, the Chief Executive Officer of Gobabis, told The Namibian
readParliament adopts defence policy
25-02-2010
PARLIAMENT concluded its weeklong debate on the Defence Policy on Tuesday and adopted the 32-page document, which sets out in great detail the vision and duties of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF) and
readChild murder trial postponed to March
25-02-2010
THE trial of a Kavango Region resident who is accused of murde-ring two of his children almost three years ago has been postponed until early next month.Herbert Cimu Nkasi (38), who went on trial in
read4 years for near-fatal stabbing
25-02-2010
AN unemployed Windhoek resident was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday after he was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend. Petrus Namukwambi (35) pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with
readHitman now meets Acosta
25-02-2010
NAMIBIAN lightweight world boxing champion Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses will now face mandatory challenger Miguel Acosta instead of Jose Alfaro, as earlier expected, trainer and promoter Nestor Tobias said
readAlweendo sees 2010 as ‘promising year’
25-02-2010
BANK of Namibia (BoN) Governor Tom Alweendo was in an upbeat mood yesterday at his first media conference of the year, saying he believes 2010 will be a “promising year” in which the economy is
readAustralians protest with ‘vindaloo against violence’
25-02-2010
MELBOURNE – Politicians, police and thousands of ordinary Australians sat down at Indian restaurants across the nation yesterday for ‘Vindaloo Against Violence’, a mass dining protest against racial
readUnited Nations says it can act on mass graves
25-02-2010
THE United Nations says it will evaluate and refer to a competent authority, which includes the International Criminal Court, any claims of enforced disappearances if there are legitimate grounds for
readKawana defends judiciary
25-02-2010
CRITICISM against the Judiciary should not become personal attacks against individual judges and other judicial officials, which could cause the public to lose faith in the judiciary, Presidential
readBoN ‘won’t steamroll banks’
25-02-2010
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) does not intend steamrolling commercial banks with its stronger powers once the necessary legislation is changed, but it will guard national and consumer interests better
readNotable Quotes
25-02-2010
We are trying our level best to be as candid as we can about the shortcomings in the supervisory system while also pointing to our limitations. – Lily Brandt, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Namfisa
readBREAKING NEWS
25-02-2010
Official result in the Okahandja regional council by-election as announced by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)Steve Biko Boois: Swapo Party 3 153 Christofine Kiito Paulus: Rally for Democracy
read