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50 Articles found on Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Improved production in agriculture
05-01-2010
MOST sections of the agricultural sector in Namibia showed considerable improvements during the third quarter of 2009, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) said. Releasing the BoN report for the third quarter of
readZim government wants Nestlé dairy re-opened
05-01-2010
THE government of Zimbabwe has requested the international Nestlé company to resume its operations in the country, guaranteeing that the government will not interfere in the food group’s operations.
readKenyan tea farmers battle climate change
05-01-2010
KENYAN tea farmers are being affected by climate change, which causes them production losses.Tea from Kenya is considered top quality on the world market. From the remote hills of Meru, 300 kilometres
readTop 10 financial scandals of 2009
05-01-2010
NEW YORK – The year of the Ponzi scheme will be followed by heightened regulation and more aggressive prosecutions, experts say. With 2010 having arrived, regulators and prosecutors are scrambling to
readCrude oil price tops US$80
05-01-2010
PERTH – Oil kicked off the new year much as it finished the old, rising past US$80 a barrel yesterday for the first time since mid-November on news that Russia has halted oil supplies to Belarus and
readWall Street: New year, old worries for US stocks
05-01-2010
NEW YORK – US stocks closed out 2009 with the best performance in six years, but monthly employment figures in the first week of the new year will keep investors focused on what is likely to be 2010’s
readJSE shows laid-back start to 2010
05-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South African stocks were flat in the first trading session of 2010 amid sluggish market action.A local trader said he expected to see the JSE track international markets, showing mixed
readUS lifts HIV ‘entry ban’
05-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG –Being infected with HIV will no longer be an “ineligibility” when foreign citizens apply for visas to travel to the US, the US embassy in South Africa said yesterday.Foreign citizens
readScores attend Zuma wedding
05-01-2010
NKANDLA – Politicians, celebrities and former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson, inkosi Mandla Mandela, were among those who descended on President Jacob Zuma’s home in Nkandla yesterday to see the
readRecord snow brings travel chaos in China, S Korea
05-01-2010
BEIJING – Planes were grounded and thousands of schools were forced to close as the heaviest snow in over six decades blanketed Beijing and Seoul yesterday, with temperatures plummeting across much of
readIizemo yongundu 10, yomvula 2009 iiwanawa
05-01-2010
IIZEMO yondondo 10 yomumvo 2009 oyo iiwanawa kaakunawe okuza tuu sho omulandu gwelongo lyaCambridge lya etwa moNamibia momumvo 1993. Pa izemo mbika ooperesenda 50,3 dhaamboka yanyola ekonakono oya
readAanamibia otaya longitha omikuli unene
05-01-2010
AANAMIBIA oyendji otaya mwenya moongunga, naashika itashi vulu okweethiwa shi tsikile, elondodho ndika olya ningwa komutseyimahupilo gwehangano lyombaanga yOtango yOpashigwana, Daniel Motinga.Sho a
readMika Kaiyamo a hulitha mepipi lyomimvo 91
05-01-2010
OMUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Oilyateko popepi nOndobe mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Mika Kaiyamo okwa mana oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati mEtine lyoshiwike
readPresidende Pohamba a indile uukumwe
05-01-2010
Presidende Pohamba okwa indile aantu yaNamibia ayehe yi imange kumwe, kutya oye na omayooloko gi ili no gi ili opo ya ete esindano moshilongo. Metumwalaka lyomumvo omupe omupresidende Pohamba okwa ti
readA kwatwa shi na sha nuufuthi wiinima yaayenda moohotela
05-01-2010
OKUUKA pehululilo lyomvula ya zi ko 2009, Opolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana oya kwatele po omulumentu gwomuZambia shi na sha neteyo mOohotela nomomagumbo gaayenda moNooli, unene tuu mOshakati no
readAFCON ticket sales delayed
05-01-2010
LUANDA - Ticket sales for the 2010 African Nations Cup (CAN) in Angola are running late due to logistical problems, as the tournament prepares for kick-off on January 10.The tickets for the matches
readHenin makes winning return to tennis
05-01-2010
BRISBANE, Australia - Justine Henin had barely finished off her first win since coming out of retirement when talk of her winning an eighth Grand Slam singles title began in earnest Monday.Henin beat
readLa Liga
05-01-2010
Saturday, 2 January 2010 Valencia 1-0 Espanyol Barcelona 1-1 Villarreal Atlético 2-1 Sevilla Sunday, 3 January 2010 Almeria 1-0 Xerez Getafe
readFootball Results
05-01-2010
The FA Cup Sunday, January 3 2010 Chelsea 5-0 Watford Man Utd 0-1 Leeds United Sheff Utd 1-1 QPR | Report Tranmere 0-1 Wolverhampton West Ham 1-2 ArsenalSaturday, January 2 2010 Aston
readI am not done yet – Ntini
05-01-2010
Iconic South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has denied that he has signed a Kolpak contract to play county cricket in England.A spokesman for Ntini told Sapa on Monday that the veteran paceman had
readNamibia’s Burger joins England-based Saracens
05-01-2010
WINDHOEK – Namibian rugby forward Jacques Burger has recently signed with Guinness Premiership leaders Saracens, a professional rugby union team based in St Albans, England.According to the Saracens
readMannetti quits Civics coaching team
05-01-2010
Ricardo Mannetti, Civics’ former playmaker and more recently its coach and member of the technical team, has quit from all management duties at the club.Civilians Team Manager, Paul Stramis, issued a
readSMSes of Tuesday 5 January 2010
05-01-2010
* CAN all the ministers give us 10 points on how they want to better the ministries and make the staff work, bearing in mind the Swapo Party Manifesto. – John, Otjiwarongo Food for Thought * IT was
readCentenary celebrations for Kindergarten
05-01-2010
On January 3, 100 years ago, the Georg Ludwig Kindergarten in Swakopmund was established, and is still going from strength to strength.Lutheran Pastor Hasenkamp initiated the founding of the
readDune 7 makes for a steep Vasbyt
05-01-2010
Even though the Namib 4X4 club’s annual December Vasbyt competition moved from the Swakop Riverbed to one of the highest dunes within the central coastal area (Dune 7 near Walvis Bay), the challenge
readSwakop’s secret
05-01-2010
There’s a smallish guesthouse tucked away in the older part of Swakopmund’s Bismarck Street for guests wanting to enjoy Namibia’s tourist mecca in peace and quiet.From the outside, it looks like a
readLanding the big one
05-01-2010
A steenbras of 11,2kg, a kabeljou of 6,06kg and a snoek of 4,195kg were the winning fish caught during the two prestigious annual angling competitions at the coast during the festive season.On
readMore controversy over New Year’s beach bash
05-01-2010
Thanks to litter-bugs and uncontrollable behaviour by party-goers, there will might not be a New Year’s party at the Swakop River mouth again, The Namibian learned over the weekend.Swakopmund
readWindhoek lawyer sets speed record
05-01-2010
A LAWYER from Windhoek, Christian Nambahu, was allegedly caught doing 216 km/h in his VW Golf GTi at a speed trap between Usakos and Arandis.In 2008, a South African man, Andrew Lock, was fined N$5
readWeddings In Namibia: How Traditional And How Contemporary
05-01-2010
THEY have a strong thread of resemblance. Some are traditional, some are religious while some are orlams. But all are expected to guarantee fun.I attended two weddings of relatives who could not trade
readUnhappy about food aid
05-01-2010
RESIDENTS of Elondo, a village in the Uukwaluudhi area of the Omusati Region, are unhappy about the distribution of food aid, saying that it only goes to a certain few. The residents say they are in
readPoor rainy season expected for the year
05-01-2010
THE return of El Nino, a climate phenomenon with significant influence on global weather, means Namibians can expect normal to below-normal rain this season, the weather forecasters predicted
readNo end to Ovambanderu chieftaincy controversy
05-01-2010
THE Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (OTA), which is currently headed by acting Chief Peter Nguvauva, has rejected the recent Government recognition of Keharanjo Nguvauva as successor to his late
readMinister fires AWOL assistant
05-01-2010
LANDS and Resettlement Minister Alfeus !Naruseb has fired his personal assistant, Titus Huisemab, for allegedly going on leave without approval. Huisemab yesterday confirmed that his employment
readHeroin and HIV stalk Zanzibar
05-01-2010
STONE TOWN, Zanzibar - A Zanzibari man crouches in a half-built roofless building, struggling to find a vein in his arm, while his friend takes over and injects the heroin for him, drawing blood back
readGrade 10 results better
05-01-2010
LAST year’s fulltime Grade 10 results were the best since the Cambridge education system was introduced in Namibia in 1993, with 50,3 per cent of the candidates qualifying for the next grade.Of the 36
readGazza launches new album
05-01-2010
NAMIBIA’S ‘kwaito king’ Gazza launched his new album, ‘Cosa Nostra’, at a New Year’s bash at the Independence Arena in Katutura on Friday.The show proved to be a great hit and the crowd danced and
readECN director ‘faces the axe’
05-01-2010
WHILE the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is fighting to maintain its credibility, the latest is that its director is facing the axe for allegedly being absent without leave. The future of the
readCredit card fraudsters behind bars
05-01-2010
TWO men have been arrested at the coast in connection with credit card fraud in which N$845 000 was stolen, and according to reliable sources a well-known businessman is being investigated for driving
readA week of auditing
05-01-2010
THE clock struck 12 at midnight on Sunday and a crowd of fatigued ECN officials and members of political parties contesting the November election results started leaving the ECN logistics centre, an
readElton John helping Eminem fight drug use
05-01-2010
ELTON John is there for Eminem, who is battling a drug problem. “I’ve been helping Eminem over the last 18 months and he’s doing brilliantly,” John said, reports the British Press Association.
readElin Nordegren skiing in the Alps
05-01-2010
WHILE the embattled Tiger Woods seems to have vanished, reports have surfaced that place his wife, Elin Nordegren, in a posh French Alps ski resort as she considers her future. While saying that
readLindsay launches drama-free 2010
05-01-2010
HAVING said bye-bye to 2009, Lindsay Lohan is gearing up for a drama-free New Year.“2010 is about moving forward, not backwards. Leaving the bad (people, habbits, and negative energy behind) time to
readLeeds stun Man U in Cup shock
05-01-2010
LONDON - Third-tier Leeds United produced the shock of the third round by knocking record 11-time winners Manchester United out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford on Sunday.Leeds, the
readCopper rallies as world prepares to recover
05-01-2010
COPPER yesterday climbed for a sixth day to the highest level in 16 months, Bloomberg reported, adding to the biggest annual gain in more than two decades in 2009, on speculation supplies may not keep
readTwo al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen
05-01-2010
SAN’A – Security forces killed two suspected al Qaeda militants in clashes outside the Yemeni capital yesterday, officials said, as the US and British embassies extended their closure for a second day
readFather charged with cutting kids’ throats
05-01-2010
A 26-YEAR-OLD Windhoek resident is facing a lengthy period in Police custody after being charged with murdering his two children on Christmas Eve.Charged with two counts of murder, Jonas Penovanhu
readFlood alert for northern regions
05-01-2010
GOVERNMENT has alerted people in northern Namibia to brace themselves for floods as heavy downpours keep drenching southern Angola, while good rains continue in northern Namibia.“We are expecting a
readOpposition files another urgent court application
05-01-2010
LAWYERS of nine opposition parties are said to have asked the Windhoek High Court late yesterday afternoon to nullify the November 2009 presidential and national election results.The case will be
readNotable Quotes
05-01-2010
CHEERS to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. – American TV personality, actress and producer, Oprah WinfreyEVERYTHING happened hopelessly too fast. I was too late. She was gone. –
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