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53 Articles found on Thursday, 8 July 2010
Hwange ups power output
08-07-2010
HARARE — Hwange Thermal Power Station has rehabilitated five units allowing the station to generate 540 megawatts, about 63 per cent of maximum capacity, The Herald reported yesterday.With six units
readWorld Cup showdown between airline alliances
08-07-2010
AMSTERDAM/PARIS – Dutch airline KLM scrambled to put on extra planes to South Africa yesterday after the Netherlands reached the World Cup final, as airline alliance bosses limbered up for their own
readFitch optimistic about growth
08-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Fitch Ratings said in a special report yesterday that ongoing economic liberalisation and public investment will continue to underpin sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) economic prospects,
readIs Africa ready for investment flow?
08-07-2010
SAO PAULO – Africa offers among the world’s best investment prospects as emerging markets grow ever more important, although its economies risk being destabilised by the slew of capital they stand to
readZim appeals for diamond ban lift
08-07-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti yesterday urged the diamond watchdog Kimberley Process to clear the country to sell its diamonds, saying the government desperately needed the
read‘Atomic Anne’ stays in power at Areva
08-07-2010
PARIS – The head of French nuclear group Areva ‘Atomic Anne’ Lauvergeon, a top woman in global business, is to stay in her post, a source close to the matter said, countering rumours she was to be
readSARB says economic recovery fragile
08-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s economic growth is expected to average three per cent in 2010 and recovery will remain fragile owing to developments in Europe, central bank Governor Gill Marcus said
readTackle infrastructure deficit, says AfDB
08-07-2010
THE infrastructure deficit in Africa currently amounts, in monetary terms, to US$1,5 trillion, African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice-president and Chief Economist Mthuli Ncube has told Engineering News
readMeetings on coastal development
08-07-2010
THE Namibian Coast Conservation and Management (Nacoma) project invites the coastal public to give input and comments on the development of environmental management plans for the towns of Lüderitz,
readClimate change ‘a serious threat to indigenes’
08-07-2010
CLIMATE change poses a serious threat to indigenous people such as Namibia’s Ovahimba people in the Kunene Region, who often live in marginal and fragile ecosystems, says a senior law lecturer at the
readDRC fuel inferno death toll hits 245
08-07-2010
Kinshasa – The death toll from last week’s devastating fuel truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 245, a local official said on Tuesday.“So far we have 245 dead,” including
readKenya’s slum women risk health
08-07-2010
NAIROBI – Kenya’s poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because “endemic” sexual violence in the capital’s sprawling slums keeps them away from its communal toilets, a
readWrite political songs implores Malema
08-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema yesterday implored aspiring music producers to write political songs that people can dance to in nightclubs and that tell the story of South
readS Africa-Rwanda ties strained over shooting
08-07-2010
KIGALI – Rwanda has hit back at South Africa over “insinuations” it was behind an attempt to kill a dissident general, which some of Kigali’s opponents said was part of a pre-election purge of top
readCentury-old hand grenade found in Jerusalem wall
08-07-2010
JERUSALEM – Israel’s antiquities agency says workers found a century-old hand grenade in Jerusalem’s Old City.The Israel Antiquities Authority says workers doing restoration at the city’s historic
readPolice think suspected gunman still near rural town
08-07-2010
LONDON – Police hunting suspected gunman Raoul Moat said yesterday they believed he was still in the vicinity of the rural Northumberland town of Rothbury.Northumberland Police said they had eased a
read‘Climategate’ inquiry mostly vindicates scientists
08-07-2010
LONDON – An independent British report into the leak of hundreds of e-mails from one of the world’s leading climate research centres has largely vindicated the scientists involved, a finding many in
readTiger gets TETCHY in face of personal questions
08-07-2010
ADARE, Ireland – After another warm welcome from the Irish public, Tiger Woods turned curt and dismissive at a news conference on Tuesday when asked about his state of mind since the sex scandal
readLindsay heading to jail!
08-07-2010
LINDSAY Lohan broke down in tears as she was sentenced to 90 days in jail after violating her probation.The stunned actress sobbed as the Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel handed down the term and
readYaali ya hala epandaanda lyaGloudina
08-07-2010
EPANDAANDA lya Gloudina momukunda gwa Ludwigsdorf, moWindhoek ota li kondjelwa koongundu mbali.Ehilathano ndika ngashingeyi oli li miikaha ya meya gwa Windhoek , Mathew Shikongo opo eli monene
readOmufuthi gweshina lyokupombomeya
08-07-2010
OPOLISI yopOtjiwarongo oya ningi esiku tayi, yi moshipala aalongi yiikulumuna moshitopolwa shOtjozondjupa.Omupopiliko gwopolisi moshitopolwa shoka, Marina Mueshifilua okwa koleke kutya opolisi
readOmulongisikola omukulu e tu thiga po
08-07-2010
OMULONGISIKOLA omukulu meme Saara Mutilifa, okwa manena oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Venduka meti 19 Juni 2010 konima yuuwehame nomepipi lyomimvo 64.Meme Saara omvalele yomOkadila kaHaihambo yaNgolo
readNudo ta indile ompango yitulwe miilonga
08-07-2010
OMPANGO ndjoka ta yi indike aanwi yomakaya yaa hile omakaya shaampoka,unene tuu mombaa, momahala gokunwina okoothiwa, moositola nenge mookefe, ina yi tulwa natango miillonga.Ompango ndjika oya
readOshitaasi shomahooli shaKahao shagandja koosipana dhetanga
08-07-2010
ONGALASHE yOmahooli yedhina Okahao Servise Station mOkahao moshitopowla sha Musati, yomusamane, Andreas Anguuo, omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omagano gomatanga koosipana dhEtanga lyokoompadhi
readOonzapo dhomaso miipangelo noombelewa dhomalenga
08-07-2010
OKABINETE oka tokola opo omashangitho gomaso ga ninge iilonga yokiitopolwa niikandjo hogololo. Shika okabinete okati osha pumbwa oku ningwa opo oonzapo dhomaso dhi vule okugandjwa piipangelo noshowo
readOnyama ya Namibia
08-07-2010
EYALULO lyonyama yongombe ya Namibia paigwana ota li ka kolekwa nokutseyithilwa uuyuni tashi pitile moprograma yo television yehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Britain [BBC].Namibia oku na omukalo
readEthimbo ishewe lyokudhipaga oombwa dhomomeya
08-07-2010
EDHIPAGO lyoombwa dhomomeya konyala omayovi 86 000 komunkulofuta gwa Namibia olya tameka. Ominista Yoohi niinima yomefuta, Bernard Esau okwa ti oshinima shika osha simana komahupilo goshilongo.Okwa
readUruguay belong with elite, says proud coach
08-07-2010
CAPE TOWN – Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez praised his players on Tuesday, saying their narrow World Cup semi-final defeat to the Netherlands proved they can mix it with football’s powerhouses.The tiny
readMeroro vies for WBO light heavyweight world title
08-07-2010
NAMIBIAN boxer Vikapita ‘Beast Master’ Meroro departs for Germany on Sunday to challenge for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) light-heavyweight title against German champion Juergen
readKaras, Omaheke battle for Newspaper Cup
08-07-2010
THE Karas and Omaheke regions yesterday formally submitted their bids to host next year’s The Namibian Newspaper Cup.The two regions emerged as the top contenders for Namibia’s most popular youth
readWin a ticket to the 2010 World Cup final
08-07-2010
FNB Namibia yesterday announced that one more client stands a chance to win a ticket to the final game of the 2010 Fifa World Cup on Sunday. Madri Frewer, Marketing Manager of FNB Namibia, said:
readNetherlands fans go 2010 World Cup crazy
08-07-2010
THE HAGUE – Dutch football fans scrambled yesterday for pricey, last-minute tickets to South Africa as the country went football crazy after reaching the World Cup final for the first time in 32
readEvans launches yellow jersey bid on the cobbles
08-07-2010
ARENBERG, France – Cadel Evans launched his 2010 yellow jersey bid in the most unlikely of places on Tuesday, on cobblestones that played havoc with Lance Armstrong’s futile bid not to lose time to
readCaster targets Euro return
08-07-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Caster Semenya will make her comeback at a European meet but is not fit enough to compete at the world junior championships in Canada, the 800-metre world champion’s coach said
readSMSes for Thursday 8 July 2010
08-07-2010
* AS we did on the opening day, let’s equip ourselves with soccer shirts and vuvuzelas this weekend to officially bid farewell to Fifa 2010 Africa, the most spectacular event on earth. – Nado Food
readVan Bronckhorst’s last game will be World Cup final
08-07-2010
CAPE TOWN – Giovanni van Bronckhorst has only one better way to say goodbye for good. That is to score in his last competitive game as well, and finally give the Netherlands the World Cup.“I hope it
readSecond suspect admitted murder of trail man
08-07-2010
THE second man accused of robbing and murdering 4x4 trail mapmaker Jan Joubert in a remote part of the Omaheke Region four years ago made conflicting self-incriminating statements to the Police after
readIncrease tourism levy to bail out Air Namibia: Prime Minister
08-07-2010
WINDHOEK – Prime Minister Nahas Angula has called on the tourism sector to help keep Air Namibia afloat, and recommended a marginal increase of the tourism levy to “compensate the national airliner
readPolice arrest stock thieves
08-07-2010
THE Otjiwarongo Police have uncovered a mini stock-theft syndicate after they arrested a woman at Otjiwarongo for possession of illegal beef. The woman, Johanna Mengela (26), led the Police to Maffoji
readRift Valley fever spreads to Erongo
08-07-2010
NAMIBIAN farmers are on renewed alert following the outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever (RVF) in the Erongo Region.Dr Cleopas Bamhare, acting chief veterinary officer in the Ministry of
readStrike at Namdeb appears imminent
08-07-2010
THE Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN) Oranjemund branch is confident that its 1 107 paid-up members at Namdeb will vote in favour of a wage strike. Workers started voting on Tuesday on whether to
readFormer cop grilled in Munyama case
08-07-2010
INFORMATION provided to the investigating officer in the Gerry Munyama fraud case that the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) owed no money to Khomas Engineering CC aroused suspicion as to why
readOpposition parties in coalition talks
08-07-2010
DELEGATES to a meeting of opposition parties to discuss a possible coalition for this year’s regional and municipal elections yesterday remained tight-lipped about the outcome of the talks.The meeting
read//Naosan /Aes want charges dropped
08-07-2010
THE //Naosan /Aes community has demanded that Government immediately withdraw the criminal case against nine of its members and that “the land issue” should be addressed as a matter of urgency.At the
readStand up against alcohol abuse
08-07-2010
AN awareness campaign against alcohol abuse was launched in Windhoek on Tuesday.The ‘Stand Up!’ campaign involves the Ministry of Health and Social Services, NGOs, the Windhoek City Police, the
readVan Marwijk demands Dutch finish the job
08-07-2010
CAPE TOWN – Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk has praised his side for reaching their first World Cup final in 32 years – but said their achievement counts for nothing yet.The Netherlands’ 3-2 win over
readBannerman uranium project needs roads, rail and pipeline
08-07-2010
THE planned gigantic multi-billion-dollar investment in the Etango uranium mine near Goanikontes and the scenic moon landscape east of Swakopmund will not only make the tourism hot spot lose its
readFrench court sentences Noriega to seven years
08-07-2010
PARIS – A French court yesterday convicted Manuel Noriega of money-laundering and sentenced Panama’s former dictator to seven years in jail after he spent two decades in a US prison.The 76-year-old
readSwapo succession debate rages on Web
08-07-2010
A HEATED debate, centered around regional and gender concerns, has emerged in the ruling party Swapo with two years to go ahead of the 2012 Swapo congress that will name President Hifikepunye
readCity Mayor’s libel award reduced
08-07-2010
THE record defamation judgement of N$175 000 that Windhoek Mayor Matheus Shikongo won against the Informanté weekly tabloid, its editor and its printer in the High Court early last year was reduced to
readUnions ditch BIG coalition
08-07-2010
IN what is expected to be a big discussion point at its upcoming congress in September, the top leadership of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has announced its decision to cut ties with
readCampers
08-07-2010
Some of the ‘struggle children’ lying on the grass at the John ya Otto Nankudu Stadium in Wanaheda, where they have been camping since June 20. The Ministry of Youth said it had nothing to discuss
readNotable Quotes
08-07-2010
The alcohol policy will focus on reducing alcohol accessibility and restricting of alcohol advertising as it promotes misuse of alcohol and motivates people to buy and drink alcohol. – Renie Adams,
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