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53 Articles found on Thursday, 21 January 2010
US won’t block Zim at IMF
21-01-2010
HARARE - The US embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday confirmed a report in the state-run Herald newspaper that the US would not oppose the restoration of Zimbabwe’s voting rights in the International
readSA’s position on Sacu, EPA and Doha
21-01-2010
SOUTH Africa is likely to focus on stimulating targeted sectors of the economy and firming up trade relations with key partners in Africa, Europe and the east this year, as growing global trade flows
readFinancial crisis will have political backlash in Africa
21-01-2010
ALTHOUGH the most pressing signs of the global economic meltdown seems to be ebbing, the political impact of the downturn on Africa would only be seen at a later stage, said the Institute for Global
readAFRICAN BUSINESS BRIEFS: Zambia aims for million tonnes of copper
21-01-2010
LUSAKA – Zambia, Africa’s top copper producer, expects to mine 750 000 tonnes of the metal this year and is on track for a million tonnes annually by 2012, Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale told Reuters.
readFinancial system needs ‘radical overhaul’
21-01-2010
LONDON – The Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) has called for a radical overhaul of the system of global financial governance in a bid to prevent a repeat of the firestorm that tore the world
readDon’t stall banking reform, says IMF
21-01-2010
HONG KONG – The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday said world leaders must not abandon financial sector reforms designed to prevent a repeat of the credit crisis that devastated
readAreva grows presence in Namibia
21-01-2010
GLOBAL nuclear giant Areva, majority shareholder in the Trekkopje mine, has increased its stake in the local uranium sector by securing 10,6 per cent of the interest in the Marenica project, believed
readTsvangirai resists pressure for poll
21-01-2010
HARARE/JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday resisted pressure for elections next year, in opposition to calls made by South African President Jacob Zuma over the
readReligious clashes kill 200 in Nigeria
21-01-2010
JOS – Clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs subsided yesterday in the Nigerian city of Jos, where rights activists said the death toll has topped 200, but sporadic gunfire could be heard in
readSprayed protesters with fox urine
21-01-2010
PORTLAND, Maine – A 36-year-old Maine man facing assault charges after allegedly spraying fox urine on protesters and a police officer outside a Portland restaurant. Police said the man was arrested
readRussian journalist dies after beating by police
21-01-2010
MOSCOW – A Russian journalist died yesterday after being severely beaten by a police officer in the Siberian city of Tomsk, investigators and his editor said. The officer was arrested.Konstantin
readNew 6.1-quake hits Haiti
21-01-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE – A powerful new earthquake struck Haiti yesterday, shaking rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country’s
readWinehouse back in the courthouse
21-01-2010
LONDON – British singer Amy Winehouse yesterday admitted attacking a theatre manager at a Christmas pantomime.The 26-year-old Grammy winner pleaded guilty to common assault and public order charges at
readGrammys set to stage 3-D tribute to Jackson
21-01-2010
NEW YORK – The Grammys are staging an unprecedented tribute in honour of Michael Jackson including a 3-D film clip the singer made before his death.A posthumous tribute to Jackson will be a focal
readJay-Z, Springsteen join Haiti telethon
21-01-2010
NEW YORK – The music world’s top stars are signing on for tomorrow’s ‘Hope for Haiti’ telethon.Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Keith Urban and Alicia Keys are just a few of
readYatatu ya kwatwa po shi na sha niingangamithi
21-01-2010
Aalumentu yatatu oya holoka mOmpangu mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika shi na sha niingangamithi, konima sho ya kwatwa po mOsoondaha. Aalumentu mbaka oyo nee Arson Mayawoula (39), Elvis Lubaki (35) and
readEpangelo otali vulu okukwathela aanahambo yokOponona
21-01-2010
OMUNNAMBELEWA e na sha nUundjolowele wIimuna mUuministeli wUunamapya, Omeya nOmakuti mOnooli, Ericky David, okwa ti Uuministeli wawo otau vulu okukwathela aanafaalama yokoohambo dhokOponona
readAalongwa naalongisikola ya patelwa pondje pOliindili
21-01-2010
OKAMPANI ya Tate Distributors oya patele pondje aalongiskola naalongwa yomOprimasikola ya Helena Van Rhyn Primary School pOliindili, molwashoka Epangelo oli na oondjo dhOkampani ndjika dhoshimaliwa
readDTA ita kutha ombinga momahogololo gopOkahandja
21-01-2010
ONGUNDU yo DTA oya ti kutya itayi kutha ombinga momahogololo gomoshikandjohogololo sha Kahandja, ngoka taga ka ningwa mOkahandja momasiku 24 ga Febuluali 2010.Amushanga-Ndjayi gwo DTA McHenry Venaani
readOmushelekadhi ta tidhwa megumbo mOmbalantu
21-01-2010
OSHINIMA shaashelekadhi taya tidhwa momagumbo koofamili dhaasamane yawo (uuna omusamane a hulitha), osha fa natango ina shi mona ehulilo mu Namibia.Anna Ndateelela Haufiku (34) oku li muupyakadhi
readYaali yi ikutha oomwenyo po Rehoboth
21-01-2010
AAKALIMO yaali yomoRehoboth oyi ikutha oomwenyo mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko, Opolisi ya Rehoboth osho ya tseyitha oshiwike shika. Lwopotundi ontimulongo yuusiku mOlyomakaya, omunamimvo 30 Raymond Van
readKamwi a ka tala onkalo yokakwenyenye ko Kunene
21-01-2010
OMINISTA yUundjowele nOnkalathana, Richard Kamwi oku li moshitopolwa sha Kunene, ta tala kutya onkalo yomukithi gwokakwenyenye ngoka gwi iteyele moshitopolwa oomwedhi ntano dha piti po oyi li
read‘Indeni kOmpangu yopombanda,’ LAC ta ti
21-01-2010
EHANGANO egandjimakwathelo miikwaveta lyedhina Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) olya lombwela aawiliki yOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma pOshikuku noshigwana shopOshikuku, ya ye kOmpangu yOpombanda ya ka
readAfrican Cup of Nations
21-01-2010
Fixtures Thursday, January 21 Gabon v Zambia 18:00 Cameroon v Tunisia 18:00Results Played Tuesday, January 19 Burkina Faso 0 - 1 Ghana * Kick-off times as
readMannetti says BA in with a chance
21-01-2010
RICARDO Mannetti says Black Africa stand a good chance to win the MTC Premiership, but warned his players to be cautious, do the basics right and take each game as it comes.Mannetti goes into his
readHilongwa for Mandolesa
21-01-2010
NAMIBIAN flyweight boxer Joseph ‘Smoky’ Hilongwa will feature against South Africa’s Smangaliso Mandolesa in an international bout which will also attract several under-cards involving local
readNadal back in form
21-01-2010
MELBOURNE – Rafael Nadal dispelled any concerns over his fitness and form at the Australian Open with an impressive second-round win over Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko yesterday.The Spaniard has been plagued
readFredericks on mission to Kenya
21-01-2010
NAIROBI - Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) will send former Olympic silver medalist Frankie Fredericks to assess comprehensively Kenya’s progress in organizing the Africa Athletics
readTevez enjoys special night
21-01-2010
LONDON - Carlos Tevez continued his remarkable scoring run on Tuesday with both goals in Manchester City’s 2-1 win over Manchester United to set up a mouth-watering second leg of their League Cup
readBeckham match was commercial risk
21-01-2010
WELLINGTON - An exhibition game involving David Beckham was a commercial risk that cost New Zealand taxpayers almost NZ$2 million (US$1.46 million) according to the country’s chief watchdog over
readSMSes of Thursday 21 January 2010
21-01-2010
* IN a democracy it is you people, of Namibia, that have to get together and address the problems in Namibia. In this beautiful country of ours, and in many African countries, the people are not
readUsakos locomotive now out of harm’s way
21-01-2010
USAKOS’S locomotive monument was moved to a safer site on Tuesday; a project mainly sponsored by Wesbank Transport in Walvis Bay in cooperation with TransNamib.The old “steamer” was the unfortunate
readKhomas teachers threaten strike
21-01-2010
THE school calendar has hardly started but schools in the Khomas Region could face a crippling teacher strike after the education authorities decided to unilaterally increase teachers’ work hours to
readA sad story of ‘stuffed’ classrooms
21-01-2010
ONE week has passed since the 2010 school year started, and Roberto Brockerhoff (14) has no place in Grade 8.He’s an average child academically, and was captain of the soccer team when he was in the
readSlow justice centre stage at High Court opening
21-01-2010
DELAYS in setting criminal cases down for trial in the High Court are unacceptable, and a solution for this problem must be found, High Court Judge President Petrus Damaseb commented at the opening of
readReporter in the green seat again
21-01-2010
THE NAMIBIAN’S Absalom Shigwedha won first prize in the 2009 Eco Media Awards in the Journalist Category.The prizes, which include a certificate and cash, were handed over at a gala evening hosted by
readReasons for high Grade 10 failures in Khomas
21-01-2010
OVERCROWDED classrooms, a shortage of textbooks and poor relationships between teachers and pupils were identified as some of the factors that contributed to last year’s poor Grade 10 results.This was
readProcurement deal lands Keetmans CEO in trouble
21-01-2010
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality’s CEO, Paul Vleermuis, is in trouble for allegedly overstepping his powers by striking a procurement deal with a scrap dealer for the purchase of storm-water pipes. The
readOkavango River rising steadily
21-01-2010
THE Okavango River continues to rise, with its level measuring 6,83 metres at Rundu yesterday afternoon, ten centimetres higher than on Tuesday. On Monday morning, the Okavango level at Rundu stood at
readSour one-year anniversary for Obama
21-01-2010
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s job just got a lot tougher. Massachusetts voters fired off a modern-day ‘shot heard ’round the world’ on Tuesday by doing what Democrats considered heresy –
readKaras leaders worried about results
21-01-2010
THE poor Grade 10 pass rate in the Karas Region last year has raised a warning flag about the state of education in the region among traditional and political leaders.The leaders yesterday met top
readSan Chief fed-up with ‘Kaalgat’
21-01-2010
CLOSE involvement with the community is needed to tackle chronic alcohol abuse, Omaheke Regional Health Director Peter Angala said yesterday.Angala was responding to the plea of Sangiro
readJanuary rains set to continue
21-01-2010
NAMIBIANS can expect the rainy weather to continue for the rest of the month, according to Professor Kobus Botha, an amateur weather enthusiast who keeps a close eye on weather satellite images from
readLake saved for flamingos
21-01-2010
STRONG pressure from world environmental groups has led to the Tanzanian government putting on hold a proposal to put up a soda ash factory near Lake Natron.Lake Natron is the only breeding site for
readBid for acquittal in father murder trial
21-01-2010
MURDER suspect Ryno van Zyl, who is on trial in the High Court in Windhoek for shooting dead his father in their family home in June 2007, is set to hear tomorrow if he has been acquitted after the
readBees get a major buzz up in France
21-01-2010
PARIS – France is to sow nectar-bearing flowers on the sides of roads in an experiment aimed at helping the honey bee, hit by an alarming worldwide decline, the ministry of sustainable development
readZambia go for broke
21-01-2010
BENGUELA - Zambia have to beat high-flying Gabon here today to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.Zambia are bottom of Group D with a point from two matches, but victory at the Ombaka
readTime to rethink economic strategies, says Rukoro
21-01-2010
BUSINESS experts yesterday criticised Government’s reluctance to follow private-sector advice on how to boost economic growth in Namibia.In this regard, participants at a employers and labour workshop
readDemocrats feel senate loss
21-01-2010
BOSTON – A year to the day after his inauguration, Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are suddenly scrambling to save his signature health care overhaul and somehow rediscover their political
readNeumann murder: One man arrested
21-01-2010
A SUSPECT has been arrested in connection with the murder of Thilo Neumann at his home at the Swakop River smallholdings on Tuesday morning.The arrest was made in the desert near the Walvis Bay
readCroc attack at Stampriet
21-01-2010
RESIDENTS of Stampriet in the South have been warned to stay away from pools in the Auob River after a Nile crocodile attacked two sheep at a farm.The two-metre reptile was spotted at the farm
readCash-flow problems still plague Nepru
21-01-2010
THE Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (Nepru) is in financial deep waters again, despite a December bank overdraft to keep it afloat. Despite an announcement of N$17 million of European aid in
readNotable Quotes
21-01-2010
THERE are big problems coming. – Swakop River smallholdings resident Thilo Neumann (39), who was shot dead at his home early on Tuesday morningTHEY did not choose to go to that island. – Senegalese
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