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60 Articles found on Thursday, 4 February 2010
President Hu says China must change economic model
04-02-2010
BEIJING – China’s President Hu Jintao said yesterday it was “essential” for his country to change its economic model, which depends on exports and investment, by learning lessons from the global
readGerman EconMin says currencies should float freely
04-02-2010
BERLIN – The dollar and euro are free-floating and other currencies should also be to correct global economic imbalances, German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle has said.Germany’s strength in
readDe Beers relaxes as demand picks up
04-02-2010
KIMBERLEY – Diamond mining giant De Beers would continue to run its business with its “guard up”, said De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) MD David Noko, who cautioned against being overly optimistic
readNamibia wants to join OECD
04-02-2010
WINDHOEK – Namibia has submitted a proposal for it to be submitted as a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Assistance Committee.National Planning Commission
readGap between rich and poor in South Africa widens
04-02-2010
THE gap between the rich and poor in South Africa has widened, not only between race groups but also within race groups, suggesting that the government needs other policies besides black empowerment
readMore Anglo assets to bite dust
04-02-2010
ANGLO American sold US$2,4 billion (about N$18 billion) of assets last year and was on schedule to achieve US$2 billion in savings next year, chief executive Cynthia Carroll said this week.“We
readPressure on institutional investors to curb bank pay
04-02-2010
LONDON - Britain has called on major institutional investors such as Standard Life and Aviva to fight excessive bonus payments at banks in which they own shares, the finance ministry said on
readCadbury shareholders approve Kraft deal
04-02-2010
NORTHFIELD, Illinois - Cadbury PLC shareholders have approved Kraft Foods Inc.’s roughly US$19,5 billion offer to acquire the British candy maker - the final step in creating the global food giant.The
readSA Security Minister’s wife denies drug trafficking
04-02-2010
PIETERMARITZBURG – Sheryl Cwele, wife of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele has denied being involved in drug trafficking.In bail application papers filed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on
readDrunk driver crams 49 kids in taxi
04-02-2010
DURBAN – A taxi driver was arrested yesterday after he was caught transporting 49 school children in a 16-seater minibus taxi between KwaZulu-Natal’s Mooi River and Estcourt, national transport
readBrown also blamed for war
04-02-2010
LONDON – The majority of the British public believes Prime Minister Gordon Brown should share the blame for the Iraq war with his predecessor Tony Blair, according to a survey yesterday.The ComRes
readIran launches new rocket into space
04-02-2010
TEHRAN – Iran announced yesterday it has successfully launched a three metre- foot-long research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space - a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said
readForty per cent of cancers could be prevented
04-02-2010
LONDON – Forty per cent of the 12 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year could avert the killer disease by protecting themselves against infections and changing their lifestyles,
readCowell’s Haiti single hits airwaves
04-02-2010
LONDON – A new charity single for Haiti featuring Mariah Carey, Jon Bon Jovi, Susan Boyle and Robbie Williams hit the internet and airwaves on Tuesday.The cover version of REM’s famous ballad
readEtta James hospitalised
04-02-2010
LOS ANGELES – Grammy-winning R&B singer Etta James has been hospitalised for about a week near her Southern California home for treatment of various ailments, including a bloodstream infection, her
readJackson family unhappy with charges in MJ case
04-02-2010
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s family believes involuntary manslaughter charges against the pop singer’s physician would be “just a slap on the wrist”, attorney Brian Oxman said yesterday.Oxman told
readEwilikongundu lyiilonga yepangelo
04-02-2010
OMAHANGANO ngoka ga pewa iilonga yepangelo ndele ohaga longitha aaniilonga mboka kaayena uungomba washa nenge yena uungomba wopokati yaza kiilongo yilwe,itaga ka pewa wee iilonga nenge ooteendela
readUukumwe waEuropa na SAPP
04-02-2010
UUKUMWE waEuropa otau ka kwathela ehangano lyolusheno lyomuumbugantu wAfrika noodola obiliona hamano. Onkundana ndjika oya tseyithwa koshikundaneki sha China shedhina, China Xinhua.Omukwatelikomeho
readOmpumbwe yIinamunate pOshivelo
04-02-2010
AAKALIMO yamwe yopOshivelo mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, oya lombwele The Namibian mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko kutya oye na uupyakadhi wiinamunate hayi pu mo nziya mOositola ndele mondoolopa yawo ya Shivelo
readMboka ya tsondumbo noSWAPO ota ya tidhwa
04-02-2010
AMUSHANGANDJAI gwoSwapo, Pendukeni Iivula Ithana okwa ti mboka ya tsondumbo nongundu ota, ye kiiyadha moondoloma dhiiyagaya yopolitika.Ithana okwa popi ndhika ta ulike komuulikwa hogololwa, Ben
readHilma ta kongo ekwatho
04-02-2010
MEME gwoomvula [35], Hilma Jeremia gwomomukunda, Onamishu mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto meti 12 Januari 2009 yo nomuholike gwe tate, Jonas Iyambo, naye gwokOnamishu, oya mona omagano gokanona kawo
readAafekelwa moshipotha shokaine yi ipatana
04-02-2010
AAKWASHIGWANA yAngola yaali mboka taya tamanekelwa aniwa okwaadhika nokokaina yondjundo onene tayi kwatwa moshilongo, oya ti kaye na ondjo, sho ya holoka koshipala shompangu yOpombanda moVenduka
readOkuza moompungulo dhoThe Namibian
04-02-2010
NUUMVO oThe Namibian ota yi gwanitha oomvula 25, oshifo shika osha totelwepo, pethimbo edhigu, nosha thikama po ta shi kondjithwa kepangelo lyethimbo ndiyaka no sha li sha taalela omashongo
readOngundu yomihandjo ya tulwa miilonga
04-02-2010
ONGUNDU yokutalela noshowo okudhinda egandjo lyiipalutha momihandjo ndjoka opo lya pewa iilonga metitano lya ziko, oya ti ota yi ka ninga ekonakono kombinga yegandjo lyo nyama miiputudhilo mbyoka yina
readOminista Yomapendulepo ya Ndowishi metalelopo
04-02-2010
OMINISTA yOmapendulepo ya Ndowishi oya thiki metitatu moNamibia metalelopo lyuule womasiku gatatu.Minista, Dirk Niebel ota talelepo, olutiyali menenevi lyAfrica konima sho a taamba iilonga mbika mu
readFides a mono ombapila yiilonga
04-02-2010
OMBAANGA yokugandja omayakulo gopambaanga kaanangeshefa aashona oya pewa ombapila yokulonga ongo mbaanga, kOmbaanga yopokati ya Namibia[BoN].Fides Bank Namibia ngashingeyi oku na ombapila yokumbaanga
readBolt to hit at 400m
04-02-2010
PARIS – Usain Bolt will make his 2010 track debut over the longer distance of 400 metres at a February 13 athletics meet on the sprint king’s home island of Jamaica, organisers said on Wednesday.The
readWarriors to take on Bafana in Durbs
04-02-2010
NAMIBIA’S Brave Warriors have been invited to play South Africa in a high-profile friendly in Durban on March 3. National team coach Tom Saintfiet told The Namibian Sport that the match will serve to
readCooper rejoins Wallabies
04-02-2010
SYDNEY – Wallaby back Quade Cooper has been approved to resume playing rugby, two months after he was ruled ineligible following his arrest for burglary, officials said yesterday.Cooper, 21, was
readBok Sevens in great challenge
04-02-2010
THE Springbok Sevens side face probably their greatest challenge yet since Paul Treu took over the coaching come six years ago when they kick-off their Wellington challenge for the IRB Sevens World
readNgarizemo seeking MLS tryout
04-02-2010
TORONTO – Canada is filled with stories of immigrants landing on our soil to make better lives for themselves. But there aren’t many stories of people coming to this country with the expressed desire
readKallis, Amla superb
04-02-2010
NAGPUR – Jaques Kallis and Hashim Amla tuned up for the first Test match against India starting on Saturday with batting displays of the highest class on the second day of the warm-up match against
readChiefs coach still faithful
04-02-2010
KAIZER Chiefs coach Vladimir Vermezovic refuses to throw in the towel on Amakhosi winning the Absa Premiership title.Chiefs restarted the final lap of their league programme when they drew 0-0 against
readTime to face the music, Watson tells Tiger
04-02-2010
DUBAI – Golf legend Tom Watson has joined the clamour for Tiger Woods to fully answer for his marital infidelities and called on him “to clean up his act.”Speaking yesterday ahead of the Dubai Desert
readKonjore appoints new commissioners
04-02-2010
WINDHOEK – The Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Willem Konjore, on Tuesday announced the new board members of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC).Konjore said he is confident
readGymnastics boosted
04-02-2010
THE Walvis Bay Municipality last week donated N$80 000 worth of gymnastics equipment to the Namibian Gymnastics Federation, as part of its ongoing support towards the development of the youth.The
readSMSes of Thursday 4 February 2010
04-02-2010
* I’M still waiting for the best Namibian journalists to uncover and reveal why/how ‘The Rich’ get richer and ‘The Poor remain Poor’. Who is fooling who? Who manipulates who? How does wealth get to be
readWorks warned to pull up socks
04-02-2010
STAFF of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication have been urged to stop “chit-chatting” in the office and start working on impro-ving service delivery and implementing Government’s capital
readTwo kids killed by crocs in Kavango
04-02-2010
KAHENGE – The bodies of two children killed by crocodiles in the Okavango River two weeks ago have not yet been recovered.The first, 10-year-old Christine Mangundu Naita, was caught by a crocodile in
readForeign tour guide ban shocks industry
04-02-2010
A SURPRISE decision by a sub-committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs last week to stop all foreign tour guides and bus drivers entering Namibia, has been described as a “cataclysm” for Namibia’s
readState wants Iyambo convicted of fraud
04-02-2010
DEPUTY Commissioner Andrew Iyambo of the Erongo Police will hear tomorrow whether he is guilty of fraud, alternatively theft, after he allegedly used “official” money for personal purposes about four
readQatar set to host Cites meeting
04-02-2010
QATAR will host the next meeting of the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites).The conference will be held in Doha from March 13 to 25. Cites is an
readNUNW to stage consumer boycott
04-02-2010
A MASS consumer boycott is one of the options the National Union of Namibian Workers is looking at after it accused some local and multinational companies of exploiting union members.Among those
readNo immediate flood danger expected in the South
04-02-2010
CROP farmers along the Orange River believe there is no immediate danger of flooding after the sluice gates of two dams in South Africa were opened last week.The water level in the Orange River in
readNamibians attacked in Angolan capital
04-02-2010
SEVEN Namibians were attacked by eight unidentified armed robbers in Luanda, Angola, on Monday night.Two of the Namibians were stabbed and had to receive stitches. The Namibians, a group of pilots
readMongolia learns from Namibia
04-02-2010
A MONGOLIAN delegation of parliamentarians, conservationists and government officials is in Namibia for 10 days to learn about Namibia’s widely acclaimed Community-Based Natural Resources Management
readMisa slams Police media blackout
04-02-2010
THE recent decision by the Namibian Police to release only “selective data” on crime is “a clear denial of the people’s right to access information”, the Namibian chapter of the Media Institute of
readMeatco and Ministry to meet more often
04-02-2010
THE Ministry of Agriculture and the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) have agreed to hold regular monthly meetings in order to keep each other updated on matters relating to agriculture and meat
readMany cancers can be prevented
04-02-2010
THE focus of this year’s World Cancer Day today is preventing cancers caused by infections. Some cancers such as cervical, liver and stomach cancer are known to be caused by chronic infections.
readHospital waiting list keeps disabled man behind bars
04-02-2010
WAITING lists and limited beds at the psychiatric ward of the Windhoek State Hospital are one of the factors which have kept a 23-year-old disabled man behind bars since October last year.Vincent Jan
readHalf of all Namibians unemployed
04-02-2010
ONE out of every two Namibians in the country is jobless, Government has confirmed in its latest labour force survey.The Namibia Labour Force Survey (NLFS) 2008 shows that 51,2 per cent of all
readGrants for eco projects Communities in the driving seat
04-02-2010
EMPOWERMENT of rural communities is the best way to reduce rural poverty, but the best way of doing that should be found, says Prime Minister Nahas Angula. “In my humble view the best way to empower
readArtists invited to sing about Independence
04-02-2010
SONGWRITERS are asked to put their thinking caps on to compose an ‘Independence song’ as part of this year’s 20th Independence anniversary celebrations.The Namibian Society of Composers and Authors of
readDTS takes hockey lead
04-02-2010
DTS went to the top of the Indoor Hockey Men’s Premier League log after an exciting 4-2 victory against the X Team from Swakopmund on Saturday.Darryn Martin gave DTS an early lead after only three
readMining sector gearing for BEE
04-02-2010
THE Chamber of Mines says its members are ready to embark on Government’s black economic empowerment (BEE) policy and to apply it at all mining companies once the green light is given.“We are waiting
readChina warns against Dalai Lama meeting
04-02-2010
BEIJING – China warned President Barack Obama yesterday that a meeting between him and the Dalai Lama would further erode ties between the two powers, already troubled by Washington’s arms sales to
readBulk water tariffs go up
04-02-2010
NAMWATER increased its bulk water supply ta-riffs on Monday – the first increase in three years. The increases were announced in the Government Gazette of December 28 2009 but subscribers to the
readAccident fund agrees to settle with paralysed lawyer
04-02-2010
THE case in which a young lawyer is suing the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund of Namibia for some N$17,5 million after a life-changing car accident left him paralysed almost eight years ago was partly
read2010 Budget a juggling act
04-02-2010
THE Ministry of Finance is in the final stages of the 2010-11 Budget preparation, trying to juggle a bulging deficit after Government’s expected income from the revenue pool of the Southern African
readNotable Quotes
04-02-2010
AS I walked into parliament, I knew it would change South Africa forever. – Former South African president FW de Klerk on how he felt 20 years ago as he made to his way to deliver the historic speech
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