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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 13 January 2010
SA unions welcome Nam labour ruling
13-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The Namibian Supreme Court’s judgment that the banning of labour brokers would be inappropriate is welcome, the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) said yesterday.Last month the court
readChina retains A+ rating
13-01-2010
BEIJING – Standard & Poor’s yesterday reaffirmed its ‘A+’ long-term credit rating on China with a stable outlook, citing the country’s vast external assets, strong growth and limited debt load.The
readRichest Chinese are getting even richer
13-01-2010
BEIJING – Household income in China surged in the last six years, especially for top earners, putting the country on track to eclipse the United States as the biggest consumer market in a decade,
readChasing the dots ... Oil Rags and Toe Rags
13-01-2010
GUILTY! I got bored watching steroid-driven rugby on TV; its advance up the financial ladder has made the game ugly. In desperation I watch the “Beautiful Game” and enjoy the geometric precision of
readSA banking giant eyes Nigeria
13-01-2010
LAGOS – FirstRand has expressed interest in buying one of the nine Nigerian banks rescued by the West African country’s central bank last year, the company’s new managing director has
readAfrica must push into Asian markets
13-01-2010
TUNIS – Africa must push into Asian markets to support economic growth because the effects of financial crises in the United States and Europe may drag on for two years, Nobel Prize-winning economist
readBad debts to smack bank profits
13-01-2010
THE recession is over but South Africa’s big four banks – Absa, Standard Bank, FirstRand and Nedbank – would report poor earnings for last year and the first half of this year because of heavy bad
readTransport, food fuel inflation in Angola
13-01-2010
LUANDA – Angolan inflation quickened in December to 13,99 per cent year-on-year from 13,57 per cent in November, due to higher transportation and food prices, the National Statistics Institute (INE)
readEskom to sell stake in power plant
13-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South African power utility Eskom plans to adopt a new financing model by selling off 30 per cent of its Kusile power station to partly pay for expansion of power generation to meet
readMiep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies at 100
13-01-2010
AMSTERDAM – Miep Gies, the office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager’s diary, has died, the Anne Frank House museum said
readSarah Palin joins Fox as a contributor
13-01-2010
WASHINGTON – Republican Sarah Palin is coming to your television - as long as it’s tuned to the Fox News Channel.The conservative firebrand has signed a multi-year deal to serve as a Fox News
readVatican says ‘Avatar’ is no masterpiece
13-01-2010
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper and radio station have called the film ‘Avatar’ simplistic, and criticised it for flirting with modern doctrines that promote the worship of nature as a substitute
readBlair’s spin doctor defends Iraq dossier
13-01-2010
LONDON – Former Downing Street spin doctor Alastair Campbell yesterday strongly defended his role in preparing a highly controversial 2002 dossier used to justify the US-led invasion of Iraq.Under
readSkewed China birth rate to leave 24 m men single
13-01-2010
BEIJING – More than 24 million Chinese men of marrying age could find themselves without spouses in 2020, state media reported on Monday, citing a study that blamed sex-specific abortions as a major
readOmahogololo naga kundathanwe aakomonisi ta ya indile
13-01-2010
ONGUNDU yuuKommunisi ya Namibia oya indile opo pu longekidhwe oshigongi shoka tashi kundathana kombinga yomahogololo ngoka ge na oku ka ningwa monakuyiwa moshilongo.Ongundu ndjika oyi uvite kutya osha
readHa pogola nokuyona ompango olwindji
13-01-2010
OPOLISI sho ya kwata aalumentu yatatu kombinga yuufuthi wefano okuza mosheenditho shaatalelipo, oshiningwanima shika okwa li sha talika ko kaatoolinkundana ongo ashike shimwe shomiiningwanima yiilonga
readOmulumentu gumwe moshipotha shekwatonkonga
13-01-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomoWalvisbay gwomimvo 52 okwa holoka mompangu yopashitopolwa moSwakopmund omaandaha, ta tamanekelwa ekwatonkonga, okuponokela noshowo okuya momilalo nomwanakadhona.Na ku ningilwa oshipotha
readEnongelo epe lyoseko yopevi poKeetmanshoop
13-01-2010
OSHITOPOLWA shElongo shaKaras osha pumbwa oongulu oompe dhomanongelo opo ndhika dhi longelwe aalongwa yondondo ontihetatu nuumvo.Shika osha thiminike elelo newiliko lyoshikondo shelongo shi egulule
readOmeya momulonga gwaKavango ta ga yi pombanda
13-01-2010
OMULONGA gwaKavango ogwi itumbu sigo oopometa 5,78 komatango gomaandaha momudhingoloko gwaRundu.Eitumbo ndika oli li pombanda okuyeleka noshito pethimbo, pahokololo lyoshikondo shomeya mUuministeli
readOmvula otayi loko nawa mOnooli
13-01-2010
OMVULA yi li nawa oyi li tayi loko mOnooli ya Namibia na okuniwe uumbanda kutya ngele oya tsikile ethimbo ele, otashi vulika yi ka eta efundja ndyoka lya li lya tula omagumbo noongeshefa odhindji kohi
readNakudhipaga Enkono a indile ekwatho
13-01-2010
OSHIPOTHA sha David Kaapanda Shiimi ngoka ta tamanekelwa edhipago lyomukadhona gwe pegumbo lyaapangi moshipangelo shopokati shaVenduka osha undulilwa komeho olutiyali mompangu yamengestrata. Shika
readOngundu yoSwapo ya kanitha evi lyayo mOndangwa
13-01-2010
ONGUNDU yoSwapo pamwe nongundu yaantu mwakwatelwa omuselekadhi gwa nakusa Dimo Hamaambo oya tegelelwa okutidhwa pehala lyoombelewa nomagumbo mpoka yakala moshilando shaNdangwa.Etidho ndika ota ku tiwa
readAkan looks to South Africa
13-01-2010
NEW Ramblers coach Ali Akan says he will help out the side until the end of the second round, before considering options in South Africa next season.Akan said he accepted the offer only until the end
readSchalk won’t be moving: coach
13-01-2010
STORMERS coach Allister Coetzee has quashed rumours that Schalk Burger may be shifting positions during the coming Super 14 campaign. Recently appointed as Stormers captain for the season, Burger
readAfrican Cup of Nations
13-01-2010
Fixtures Wednesday, January 13 Cameroon v Gabon 18:00 Zambia v Tunisia 20:30Thursday, January 14 Mali v Algeria 18h00 Angola v Malawi 20h00
readPremiership resumes
13-01-2010
THE MTC Premiership is back in action with cross-town rivals Tigers and Orlando Pirates opening the second round of matches at the Sam Nujoma Stadium tonight. Kick-off is at 20h00. Tomorrow, Civics
readThe Status Of Gender-Based Violence In Namibia
13-01-2010
THE Namibian recently published an article summarising some of the notable judgements that came from the courts in 2009 (‘Delays erode justice in 2009’, The Namibian, Friday, January 8). What may not
readSMSes of Wednesday 13 January 2010
13-01-2010
* 1735 ACCIDENTS in 2010 claimed 519 lives, thousands permanently injured in a population of two million. What a shame MVA Fund and its partners. Our road network can easily be controlled with heavier
readStorm destroys trees, homesteads
13-01-2010
HEAVY rains accompanied by strong winds and hail hit the Okaku constituency in the Oshana Region on Monday, damaging homesteads and uprooting trees. At Okaku village, an elderly woman, Linda ya
readStudents struggle for school placement
13-01-2010
WITH the school year starting today, hordes of pupils are still struggling to secure placement in schools. The most problems are experienced by students in grades one, eight and eleven. An official
readQuantity rather than quality in schools
13-01-2010
OVERFULL classrooms, double-shift school days and under-qualified teachers are the consequences of the growing number of school children going to the coast for their education.Walvis Bay and
readPohamba condemns Cabinda attack
13-01-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says last week’s attack on the Togolese football team in Angola’s Cabinda enclave was the work of cowards.Pohamba, who attended the opening ceremony of the 2010 Africa
readMissing boy found dead, teenager arrested
13-01-2010
POLICE at Aranos have arrested a teenager in connection with the death of a nine-year-old boy who was found hanging from a tree in the Nossob River on Monday.Police identified the deceased as
readLüderitz man guilty of rape
13-01-2010
AN inmate serving a prison sentence for robbery faces another lengthy sentence after being found guilty on a rape charge in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court yesterday. Lüderitz resident Freddie Dors
readChinese prospector cleans up Khan River mess
13-01-2010
A CHINESE mineral exploration company, Zhonghe Resources, has admitted that it is the owner of the hundreds of bags of mineral samples found lying in the Kahn River recently. The bags have been
readGrade 11 a problem in Hardap
13-01-2010
SCHOOLS in the Hardap Region are experiencing “slight difficulty” with placements, according to Regional Deputy Education Director Frans Cloete. Cloete told The Namibian yesterday that 21
readBrother’s death an ‘accident’ - suspect
13-01-2010
“I FEEL bad. I feel bad because I lost my brother.” With this statement from the witness stand murder suspect Theophilus Sisande this week expressed his feelings over the shooting incident that ended
readAttempted rape of stepdaughter
13-01-2010
A 31-year-old Mariental resident was arrested on Sunday for allegedly trying to rape his minor stepdaughter. The incident occurred at the town’s informal settlement. Inspector Johanna Haraes of the
readEagles wary of Chipolopolo
13-01-2010
LUBANGO – Zambia are out to continue the tradition this Africa Cup of Nations is fast gaining of producing shocks against Tunisia in their Group D clash today.Tunisia turned up in Angola wounded from
readStill some kick left in the price monster
13-01-2010
AVERAGE inflation in Namibia in 2009 was 8,8 per cent, considerably lower than the 10,3 per cent of 2008, but still a far cry from average inflation of 6,7 per cent and 5,1 per cent in 2007 and 2006
readYar’Adua ends silence
13-01-2010
ABUJA – Nigeria’s president made his first public comment yesterday since being hospitalised more than seven weeks ago in Saudi Arabia for a heart condition, saying he was recovering and hoped to
readPower panic over Zim report
13-01-2010
ZIMBABWE will honour its US$40 million power deal with Namibia as long as its Hwange power station has enough capacity, but will no longer import electricity from other sources to supply NamPower with
readSSC fraudster faces sentence
13-01-2010
THE main suspect in a major fraud scheme that was discovered at the Social Security Commission in late 2006 is set to be sentenced in the Windhoek Regional Court in two weeks’ time after pleading
read//Gowaseb out of NBC
13-01-2010
POLITICAL interference has led to the sudden resignation of Matthew //Gowaseb as acting Director General of the NBC, almost nine months after he started acting in that position.//Gowaseb allegedly
readNotable Quotes
13-01-2010
IF she paid the water bill, water is not a plot. – Ondangwa Swapo district coordinator Sem Nangolo after land, on which the Party offices and some homes are situated, was expropriated and resold by
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