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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Current account deficit erodes Kenya’s BoP
06-01-2010
NAIROBI – Kenya’s balance of payments (BoP) surplus shrank to US$45 million in the year to September 2009 from $287 million in the year-ago period, the central bank said in its latest economic
readNestlé reopens Zimbabwe plant after milk row with Mugabe family
06-01-2010
HARARE – Swiss food company Nestlé has resumed operations in Zimbabwe, following assurances by the government that its business will not be interfered with, a company official said yesterday.Nestlé
readZambia 2010 GDP likely above 7%
06-01-2010
LUSAKA – Zambia is likely to register economic growth exceeding seven per cent in 2010, spurred by a resurgence in mining and a boom in construction and agriculture, Bank of Zambia (BoZ) Governor
readBotswana business confidence up
06-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Botswana’s overall business confidence has increased for 2010 on the back of a global economic recovery, the Bank of Botswana said in a poll released yesterday.“The satisfaction with
readSA coffers under pressure
06-01-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s fiscal gap could widen further after finance ministry figures showed government expenditure had soared while tax collections were much lower compared to last year.The
readInternational growth seen boosting stocks
06-01-2010
NEW YORK – Companies with international operations are set to take advantage of a global economic recovery in 2010, continuing the rally that began in 2009.As the new decade begins, industrial and
readGlobal financial markets start 2010 upbeat
06-01-2010
NEW YORK – World stocks on Monday started the year with a bang hitting a 15-month high on optimism the global economic recovery is sustainable, while the safe-haven US dollar slid as investor risk
readToo Many Cooks, No Chefs!
06-01-2010
I THOUGHT the political scientist focused on trying to rationalise, using scientific method, the process of politics, the various political systems available and to arrive, through evidence, dialogue
readMalawian gay couple held, denied bail
06-01-2010
BLANTYRE – Two gay men were on Monday denied bail in court in Malawi where they face charges of engaging in homosexual sex, which is outlawed in the tiny southern African country.Tiwonge Chimbalanga
readUN cuts food relief in Somalia
06-01-2010
NAIROBI – Attacks by al Qaeda-linked rebels have led to the suspension of food distributions in large swathes of Somalia, leaving one million people outside the relief net, the UN food agency said on
readIran renews execution threat against protesters
06-01-2010
TEHRAN – Iran’s interior minister warned opposition activists yesterday they risk execution as enemies of God if they continue anti-government demonstrations, and the foreign ministry said arrested
read‘Octomom’ doctor accused of gross negligence
06-01-2010
LOS ANGELES – The fertility doctor who treated the woman who gave birth to octuplets last year has been accused of “gross negligence,” a disciplinary complaint filed by the California Medical Board
readThree-month Burj window-clean
06-01-2010
MELBOURNE – An Australian company has described the epic task of cleaning the windows of the world’s biggest skyscraper in Dubai, using squeegees, buckets – and $7,3m of high-tech equipment.Dale
readAalunga yuukalata womikuli konima yekumba
06-01-2010
AALUMENTU yaali oya dhitikwa komunkulofuta sho taya fekelwa uulunga wu nasha nuukalata womikuli.Muufuthi mbuka tau fekelelwa mbaka omwa kanene iimaliwa konyala yoodola 845 000.Na oonzo dhi shi
readOompilameno dha ningi eindilo ekwawo mompangu
06-01-2010
AATSEYIMPANGO yoongundu 9 dhompilameno oya pula ompangu yopombanda yaVenduka momaandaha opo aniwa yi ekelehi iizemo yomahogolo gopauperesidende nogoshigongi shopashigwana ngoka ga ningilwe mu Novomba
readOmutseyimpango gwaVenduka a hinga ondapo onene
06-01-2010
OMUTSEYIMPANGO gwomoVenduka, Christian Nambahu aniwa okwa kwatwa sho a li ta hingi osheenditho she sholudhi lwo VW Golf Gti kondapo yookilometa 216.Shika aniwa okwe shi ningi sho a gwile moshilangela
readOmulumentu gumwe a tamanekwa sho a dhipaga oyana
06-01-2010
OMULUMENTU gwomimvo 26 omukalimo gwaVenduka okwa taalela ethimbo ele konima yekumba lyopolisi, konima sho a tamanekelwa okudhipaga oyana yaali esiku lyaKrisimesa.Jonas Penovanhu Shinana okwa holokele
readMuumbangalantu na ya ilongekidhile efundja
06-01-2010
EPANGELO olya londodha aakalimo yomuumbangalantu yi ilongekidhile efundja. Elondodho olya gandjwa sha landula omvula onene ndjoka ta yi loko shinene muumbugantu waAngola, omanga omvula ombwanawa ota
readJohn Sheehama a dhana Oshituthivalo she shoomvula omilongoheyali
06-01-2010
OMUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomOkakwa mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, tate John Aluvilu Sheehama meti 1 Januari 2010 okwa dhana Oshituthivalo she shoomvula omilongo heyali (70) noshowo Ohango
readInvitation to new and old players
06-01-2010
Monitronic Success College FC has started with training.New and old players are welcome at Eldorado Secondary School Training at 17h30. For further enquiries call 081 148 1404.
readSundowns discard Plaaitjies
06-01-2010
Namibian defender Sydney Plaatjies is looking for a new club after his contract with Mamelodi Sundowns was terminated before the festive season break. Plaaitjies has been kicking heels on sideline
readOuseb set for trials in SA
06-01-2010
Mpumalanga Black Aces are set to give former Kaizer Chiefs defender, Mohammed Ouseb another chance to undergo trials wit the club next week.Ouseb spent few days training with Aces towards the end of
readBig boost for Birds
06-01-2010
Moroka Swallows head coach Rainer Zobel, has targeted a top-five finish when the Birds resume their Absa Premiership programme against Kaizer Chiefs at the Dobsonville Stadium on February 3. The
readNations Cup to provide African feast
06-01-2010
LUANDA - The 2010 African football feast begins on Sunday in Angola with the Nations Cup serving as a tempting starter ahead of the multi-flavoured World Cup main course. Only hosts South Africa of
read2010 African Nations Cup venues
06-01-2010
Cidade Universitaria Stadium (capacity 50 000), Luanda Fixtures: 5 Group A, 1 Group B, quarter-final, semi-final, final The flagship venue and host of the opening game and final. Built as
readMannetti new Black Africa Coach?
06-01-2010
Having resigned from Civics on Monday, Ricardo Mannetti is speculated to be in line for the head coach position at premiership rivals Black Africa. A reliable source told The Namibian Sport that
readSMSes of Wednesday 6 January 2010
06-01-2010
* NAMIBIA is definitely a model of true democracy. I want to respond to the question on the NBC Talk Show ‘Whether Namibia’s reputation as a model of democracy in Africa was tarnished by the
readAfcon Failure Is A Disgrace
06-01-2010
THE 2010 African Nations Cup starts on Sunday in Angola and the fact that no African team decided to camp in Namibia to prepare for the tournament is a disgrace, to put it mildly.If I had the
readRefugee school beats the odds
06-01-2010
BATTLING against all odds, the Osire Refugee Camp Secondary School has achieved a 70 per cent pass rate in the recent Grade 10 exams, placing it 76th out of 568 schools in Namibia.As the school’s
readRainfall brings slight dam relief
06-01-2010
AFTER an extended spell of excessive heat and soaring temperatures across Namibia with midday maximums in the mid-forties in the sun, relief came on New Year’s Eve with the start of welcome and
readQuestions about Karas CRO appointment
06-01-2010
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) says it’s not in a position to recommend a request by Local Government Permanent Secretary Erastus Negonga to appoint Leopold Niipare as the Chief Regional Officer
readNo road deaths at coast since New Year
06-01-2010
ELEVEN people died on coastal roads during the holiday season, but there have been no fatalities since the start of the New Year, according to the co-ordinator of the West Coast Safety Initiative,
readNewborn dumped in Walvis shebeen toilet
06-01-2010
A WALVIS Bay woman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly dumping her baby into a shebeen toilet just after giving birth there.Neighbours alerted the Police, who soon arrived at the scene and arrested
readFirst Miss Deaf Namibia crowned
06-01-2010
BEAUTY pageants are well known in Namibia but the Miss Deaf beauty pageant is the first of its kind in our country. “Making the Namibian community aware of the deaf and creating a platform for the
readLAC applauds lifting of US travel ban
06-01-2010
THE Legal Assistance Centre of Namibia has welcomed the decision by United States President Barack Obama’s administration to lift the ban on HIV-positive people entering the US, and called on Namibia
readJacobs heads communications regulator
06-01-2010
THE co-owner of the Windhoek Observer, businessman Lazarus Jacobs, is to head the revamped Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) for the next three years after Cabinet approved the
readHigh seas at coast flood Walvis Bay beach
06-01-2010
HIGH seas just before and after the New Year flooded Walvis Bay’s Independence Beach, leaving a large area, which had been dry land before, under water.Some say it had to do with the ‘blue moon’ –
read2009 health highlights
06-01-2010
THE Ministry of Health was a hive of activity in 2009, with a number of policies and regulations being set into action, various capital projects being embarked upon, and progress being made in the
readGrandpas in fistfight
06-01-2010
IT all started – allegedly – when Mr Campbell (70), from the United Kingdom, did not like the way Mr Adams (66), from Canada, was staring at him….The two were staying at the same hotel in Swakopmund
readHitman ready to rumble
06-01-2010
Namibian world champion Palus ‘Hitman’ Moses is scheduled to defend his WBA Lightweight title in the US on February 27 against a yet to be identified opponent from the US, after his much anticipated
readThe crisis is far from over, top economists agree
06-01-2010
WHILE economic data, financial market performance and improved economic forecasts pointed to improved economic prospects for 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) first deputy MD John Lipsky has
readCIA base bomber ‘was Jordanian triple agent’
06-01-2010
AMMAN – A suicide bomber who killed eight people in an attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan was a triple agent who apparently duped his handlers that boasts he wanted to die a martyr were just a cover,
readHigh Court sheds light on election application
06-01-2010
THE Windhoek High Court yesterday confirmed that nine opposition parties had asked for the nullification of the 2009 National Assembly election.In a rare move, the High Court issued a public statement
readOpposition claims ‘irregularities’ cost them eleven seats
06-01-2010
OPPOSITION parties claim that the “gross irregularities” they have uncovered while auditing the election material of 50 constituencies could have made a difference of 11 parliamentary seats.The
readNamibia pleads for help from Sacu pool
06-01-2010
A CASH-STRAPPED Namibia has asked South Africa for more money from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) revenue pool to help balance its books, but will have to wait until next Friday for an
readNotable Quotes
06-01-2010
ONE of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. – Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe on November 16 1930), is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor at Brown
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