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43 Articles found on Thursday, 28 January 2010
France’s latest design? Fashion banks
28-01-2010
PARIS - France said it would help struggling designers and artisans by creating a fashion bank and handing out state guarantees for loans, Industry Minister Christian Estrosi said this week. The
readBusiness gloves come off at Davos
28-01-2010
DAVOS – Global business leaders warned Western governments yesterday that a populist crackdown on the financial industry could crimp a fragile recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. The
readGolden handshakes cost SA millions
28-01-2010
CAPE TOWN – Payouts to “failed” departing chief executives of South Africa’s parastatals have cost the South African public at least R262,1 million over the last decade, a Democratic Alliance MP has
readAfrica Business Briefs
28-01-2010
Inflation targeting ‘a mystery’ Johannesburg - Inflation targeting is a mystery to most South Africans, a survey released by TNS Research Surveys shows. According to its findings, 38 per cent of
readZardari slaughters goats to protect him
28-01-2010
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has a black goat slaughtered at his house almost every day to ward off “evil eyes” and protect him from “black magic,” a newspaper reported yesterday.A
readSri Lanka president wins election
28-01-2010
COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse won a bitterly fought re-election yesterday, state television reported, as troops ringed the hotel of his main rival, who appealed for foreign
readBoats search for plane’s black boxes
28-01-2010
BEIRUT – Emergency workers searched deep in the Mediterranean yesterday for the black boxes from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet as weather experts said that lightning had struck in the plane’s path
readRajoelina ‘open’ to discussion
28-01-2010
ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar’s embattled leader opened the door on Tuesday to the possibility of pushing back the date of widely criticised elections scheduled for March on the Indian Ocean island.The
readAuschwitz marks 65th anniversary
28-01-2010
OSWIECIM – Elderly survivors of Auschwitz, bundled tightly against the cold and snow, gathered yesterday at the site of the former death camp to mark the 65th anniversary of its liberation.Survivors,
readAfter loss, Corinne Bailey Rae heals with music
28-01-2010
NEW YORK – In the months after her husband died, Corinne Bailey Rae was fixated on the grieving process – specifically, whether there is a right and a wrong way to mourn.It’s not as if Rae acted
read‘Avatar’ sinks ‘Titanic’ record
28-01-2010
LOS ANGELES – Science-fiction epic ‘Avatar’ soared to a new global box office record, taking in US$1,85 billion and sinking ‘Titanic’ to become the biggest earning film of all time, figures show.“On
readOombaanga na dhi gandjwe kaantu
28-01-2010
EWAWA lyaagundjuka yoSwapo olya indile opo putulwe ompango ndjoka tayi si oshimpiyu kutya uumwene nekondololo lyoombaanga moshilongo oli li miikaha yaambaangi momapungulilo ngaka.“Tse itatu pula opo
readOpolisi oya nyanyukilwa iilonga yaDesemba
28-01-2010
AAFEKELWA oyendji okwa li ya kwatwa moshitopolwa sha Karas pethimbo lyefudho lya piti, omukuluntu gwopolisi osho a ti metiyali. Komufala gwopevi, Josephat Abel okwa ti opolisi oya li yalongo nawa,
readEkonakono kombinga yonyama yakangaroo
28-01-2010
EWILIKONGUNDU lyootendela lyaNamibia pamwe naagandji yonyama moshilongo oya kumithwa konkundana kutya, onyama ndjoka hayi liwa moohostela dha Namibia oya tulwa mumwe nonyama yoshinamwenyo
readOshipotha sha Kanime nooyakwawo omuSeptemba 2010
28-01-2010
OSHIPOTHA shomuwiliki nale gwomahogololo, Philemon Kanime osha undulilwa kuSeptemba nuumvo.Moshipotha shika, Kanime ota tamanekelwa ekotokelo shi na sha nehogololo lyiilyo yelelelo lyoshilando
readSwapo a tidha Katamila mongundu
28-01-2010
SWAPO okwa tidha omuulikwahogololwa iithikamena, Ben Katamila.Etidho olya landula sho Katamila a tokola okuthikama ongo omuulikwahogololwa, eli methigathano nongundu ye, mehogololo lyomuwiliki omupe
readAambanderu ya indile edhiminathanepo
28-01-2010
OMUULIKWA pambelewa ongo elenga lyAambanderu, mboka ngashingeyi yatopoka omolwashika okwa indile aantu ye opo ya dhiminathanepo yo ya imange kumwe, eta ya aludha etopoko ndoka. “Otuna oku kandula po
readAalongimina ya indile epangelo ekwatho
28-01-2010
KONYALA aalongimina ye li 200 pomina ya Purity Manganese pOtjozondu oya eta omushangwa kOmuperesidende, Hifikepunje Pohamba, taya indile opo eya kwathele.Aaniilonga mbaka oya hala omuperesidende eya
readGhana target Super Eagles in derby
28-01-2010
LUANDA – Ghana face neighbours Nigeria in a charged West African derby here Thursday with the prize a ticket to the Africa Cup of Nations final.The semi-finalists who face off at Luanda’s 11 November
readAlgeria, Egypt shut out media before semi-final
28-01-2010
BENGUELA – Algeria and Egypt retreated behind closed doors on the eve of their African Nations Cup semi-final in Benguela, seeking to avoid a revival of the hostility that marked their recent World
readKhumalo not at court
28-01-2010
SOCCER legend Doctor Khumalo could not attend his drunken driving trial on Monday because he was sick.Instead, his attorney Johan Pretorius delivered a sick note to the Roodepoort magistrate’s court.
readOmaruru cycling camp produces the goods
28-01-2010
THE cycling camp hosted at Omaruru over the past weekend has been labelled a huge success, as 25 riders from Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Omaruru and even Durban, South Africa, took part in the activities
readHenin eyes fairytale end
28-01-2010
MELBOURNE – Belgium’s Justine Henin will be hoping that it is her fairytale people are talking about when the Australian Open women’s semi-finals are decided today, and not a Chinese one.The
readSMSes for Thursday 28 January 2010
28-01-2010
* I AM very disappointed in the statement of the Nantu chairperson threatening to strike because teachers have to work up to16h00. A true Namibian teacher who has education at heart will walk an extra
readWater rationing in the North
28-01-2010
THE influx of dirty water into NamWater’s canal from Ruacana to the Oshakati Purification Plant has necessitated further water rationing in the North, the utility says.NamWater says the problem is
readTrouble at Orlindi Place of Safety
28-01-2010
THE safety and wellbeing of orphans and vulnerable children at the Orlindi Place of Safety in Windhoek West has been questioned amid infighting between people living at the house and its
readSchool back to normal
28-01-2010
OPERATIONS at the newly built Van Rhyn Primary School at Lüderitz have returned to normal after the building contractor ended a lockout. The building contractor, Tate Shilomboleni, had locked out
read‘Regime change’ claims denied
28-01-2010
THE nine opposition parties challenging the November 2009 election results in court say they have used all legal means at their disposal, thus exercising their democratic rights, and do not envisage a
readPolice chief in dock over money
28-01-2010
THE Erongo Police commander, Deputy Commissioner Andrew Iyambo, is standing trial in the Swakopmund Regional Court on a charge of fraud, alternatively theft, after he allegedly embezzled State
readPanga murder suspects silent
28-01-2010
THE two young men charged with brutally murdering a Russian couple at a farm close to Okahandja in May 2008 exercised their right to remain silent after the prosecution closed its case in their trial
readNamibia could pioneer renewable energy sector
28-01-2010
NAMIBIA could become a leader in the use of renewable energy by seeking funds promised by industrial countries at last month’s climate summit in Copenhagen and by building a power plant to secure its
readInsurance agent charged with fraud
28-01-2010
AN Old Mutual insurance agent found herself behind bars for allegedly filing fraudulent applications for insurance policies to the value of N$25 000. Charged with 10 counts of fraud, Ottilie
readDid You Know?
28-01-2010
• Trees can induce rainfall by cooling the land and transpiring water into the sky from their leaves. For example, an acre of maple trees can put as much as 75 800 litres of water into the air each
readDeadline for Nam to sign climate accord
28-01-2010
GOVERNMENT has until this Sunday to sign the agreement reached last month at the Copenhagen climate summit in Denmark, Prime Minister Nahas Angula said yesterday.“After our delegation returned from
read13 nations in bid to save tigers
28-01-2010
HUA HIN, Thailand – Efforts to save the wild tiger are at a critical point and it will take greater political will and co-operation from Asian countries to prevent the big cats from becoming extinct,
readTom Saintfiet linked to Nigerian coaching job
28-01-2010
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet is reported to have applied for the position of Nigeria’s national team coach after reports that current coach Shaibu Amodu will get the boot due to the shaky form
readZimbabwe central bank to keep contested diamonds
28-01-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court has ordered the central bank to safeguard millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds from a mine where the military is accused of killings and forced labour, a lawyer
readZimbabwe central bank to keep contested diamonds
28-01-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court has ordered the central bank to safeguard millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds from a mine where the military is accused of killings and forced labour, a lawyer
readNam boosts uranium output in 2009
28-01-2010
NAMIBIA produced 5 429 tonnes of uranium oxide last year, six per cent more than in 2008.This is the most uranium the country has produced in more than a decade. The increase is not nearly as dramatic
readNamibia backs ivory sale plan
28-01-2010
NAMIBIA will back a proposal by Tanzania and Zambia to be allowed to conduct a one-off ivory auction, a top official in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said yesterday.“We will support Tanzania
readFrozen assets returned to Teko Trading trio
28-01-2010
THE previously frozen assets of Public Service Commission member Teckla Lameck, her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, and Chinese national Yang Fan were returned to their control on Monday.The High
readKangaroo mix backfires
28-01-2010
CAPITAL Meat, the importer of kangaroo meat into Namibia, suffered a setback when a buyer of its mince and ‘boerewors’ products cancelled their contract yesterday.Atlantic Food Services, the catering
readNotable Quotes
28-01-2010
HE will receive his letter for sure. But out he is. – Source confirming that Swapo has kicked out former party member, Ben Katamila, who is standing as an independent candidate in the Okahandja
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