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54 Articles found on Thursday, 10 June 2010
Uranium One sells stake in Paladin
10-06-2010
PERTH – Australian uranium-miner Paladin Energy yesterday welcomed the decision by TSX- and JSE-listed Uranium One to dispose of its interest in Paladin, owner of Langer Heinrich.Uranium One announced
readUranium One sells stake in Paladin
10-06-2010
PERTH – Australian uranium-miner Paladin Energy yesterday welcomed the decision by TSX- and JSE-listed Uranium One to dispose of its interest in Paladin, owner of Langer Heinrich.Uranium One announced
readNamibian brick company clinches top awards
10-06-2010
LOCAL brick manufacturer Kavango Block Brick (K-Brick) has won three awards at the 2009 International Innovative Housing and Sustainable Energy Efficiency Competition in South Africa. K-Brick was
readNew diamond law for Angola
10-06-2010
LUANDA – Angola, the world’s fifth-biggest diamond producer, is working on a new law for the mining sector that will regulate the way diamond companies will distribute their revenues from projects in
readYuan fix won’t solve world imbalances
10-06-2010
SYDNEY – A revaluation of China’s yuan currency will not solve imbalances still threatening the global economy, and past US fiscal policies are more to blame than Beijing’s policies, Australia’s
readSouthern African economies lagging behind peers
10-06-2010
AFRICAN economies are rebounding strongly from the global economic crisis, with the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP) expected to expand by 4,5 per cent this year and by 5,2 per cent in 2011.
readEuro zone crisis could hit Asia
10-06-2010
SINGAPORE – Europe’s debt crisis could disrupt global trade, hurting demand for Asian exports and sending “hot money” into the region if policymakers fail to act swiftly and appropriately, a top IMF
readVisa’s Asian users spent US$1,15 trillion
10-06-2010
SINGAPORE – Asia-Pacific consumers spent US$1,15 trillion in the year to March using Visa credit and debit cards, reflecting the region’s rebound from a global slump, the payments giant said
readSanlam faces billion rand bill for surplus stripping
10-06-2010
FINANCIAL services company Sanlam is facing claims of close to R2 billion for grabbing at various surpluses, including its own staff retirement fund, Business Report said yesterday.The claims are
readWorld 2009 oil use drop biggest in 28 years
10-06-2010
LONDON – World oil consumption fell by 1,2 million barrels per day (bpd) last year, the second consecutive annual decline and the largest volume since 1982, BP said in its annual Statistical Review of
readMerkel, Sarkozy in joint push for market reform
10-06-2010
PARIS – France and Germany yesterday called for a European ban on certain high-risk market dealings such as naked short selling in a joint appeal that came amid tensions over the eurozone debt
readDesertification talks
10-06-2010
AS part of Namibia’s activities to mark the World Day to Combat Desertification, which is globally observed on June 17 every year, some pre-events will be held before the actual day.One will be a talk
readFarming customs add to land degradation, desertification
10-06-2010
REDUCING the number of cattle during droughts could curb over-grazing, land degradation and desertification, the Ministry of Environment and some conservation organisations are advising farmers. This
readVultures are a farmer’s friend
10-06-2010
WALTONS Stationers Namibia, in support of threatened and endangered species, has sponsored a pamphlet for farm owners and managers on vulture feeding stations also known as ‘vulture restaurants’.
readObama’s speech sends student to sleep
10-06-2010
KALAMAZOO – As President Barack Obama delivered the commencement speech at a Michigan high school’s graduation ceremony, not everyone was paying rapt attention.One member of the Kalamazoo Central
readJapan breaks with tradition
10-06-2010
TOKYO – A handful of members of Japan’s new cabinet are policymakers groomed at a school for leaders, a sign Prime Minister Naoto Kan wants to break from the tradition of appointing lawmakers from
readStowaway survives flight next to landing gear
10-06-2010
VIENNA – A 20-year-old Romanian who said he was looking for work hid himself in the wheel well of a jet parked at Vienna’s airport and survived a 1 1/2-hour flight to London because the plane was
readZimbabwe farmers under attack again
10-06-2010
HARARE – At least 16 white farmers in Zimbabwe have come under attack over the last week, including several South African nationals and a farm owned by Malaysian investors, the farmers’ union said
readNigeria ends ‘gold rush’ after deaths
10-06-2010
DARETA – Scores of infants in northern Nigeria could be left with long-term neurological damage from lead poisoning caused by illegal gold mining which has already killed at least 170, most of them
readJudge says Lohan violated terms of bail
10-06-2010
Lindsay Lohan’s alcohol-monitoring bracelet got her in trouble Tuesday with a judge who doubled the actress’ bail to $200,000.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel determined Lohan violated
readChris Brown denied visa, UK tour cancelled
10-06-2010
Bad news for fans of pop stars with domestic violence convictions: Chris Brown has been refused a working visa by the Home Office, meaning his UK tour, due to begin in Glasgow tonight, has been
readGaga reveals she would have opened for Jackson
10-06-2010
Lady Gaga revealed that she was set to open for Michael Jackson in London before his death, in an interview with CNN’s Larry King which was scheduled to air in the US on Tuesday night, that also
readOneshila Service ya gandja omizalo dhUudhano ku Fox Academy
10-06-2010
OSEEVESA yokunwetha omahooli yomOshakati ya tseyika nawa nedhina Oneshila Service Station, yamwe haya ti Omahooli gopOyetu mOshakati, omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omagano guumbindja nuumbulukweya
readNa kweetitha eipumomumwe a pewa oomwedhi 18 mondholongo
10-06-2010
OSHIPONGA shiiyenditho yi ipumu mumwe omutse nomutse mondjila pokati kOtavi nOtjiwarongo pehulilo lyomumvo 2008, osha fa litha omukwashigwana gwAngola mondholongo yoomwedhi omulongo
readAakalimo yamwe sigo oompaka kayena uumutse
10-06-2010
AAKALIMO yamwe mboka ye ya moshilongo muka konima yomimvo odhindji ngashingeyi ,sigo oompaka ka ye na omikanda dhopashigwana dhaNamibia. Omutotimpango gwoSwapo megumbo etiyali lyopashigwana , Frieda
readMboka ya landa iinima notjeke pOndangwa ya kwatwa
10-06-2010
OPOLISI ya Ndangwa tayi yambidhidhwa kwaandjoka ya Shakati, ya kwata po aalumentu yaali, shi na sha nokulanda iinima nOtjeke yiikengelela mOngeshefa yAachina yedhina Glory Building Materials,
readOshipotha shomuvali omugundjuka sha undulilwa komeho
10-06-2010
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka gwopo Rehoboth ngoka a kwatelwe mehuliloshiwike, konima sho omudhimba gwo ka hanona gwa li gwiitsuwa poshilando shoka metitano lya yi, ota ka popya kombinga yaashika omwedhi ta
readOmufekelwa meyugo lyoshimaliwa a tamanekwa
10-06-2010
OTAKU tengenekwa kutya omutse omunene meyakepo lyoshimaliwa oshindji mondjokonona yoshilongo okwa fadhukila koAngola. Oshimaliwa shoka sha li tashi falwa koombaanga miilando yomuuninginino woshilongo
readOmauliko giipindi pEenhana mu Juli
10-06-2010
OMAULIKILO gIipindi ngoka haga kala ko omvula kehe pEenhana mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, nuumvo otaga ka kala ko okuza eti 26 sigo 31 Juli 2010 pEenhana mpoka nokwa tegelelwa Aanangeshefa oyendji,
read2010 World Cup Briefs
10-06-2010
SA to deport 11th Argentine hooligan JOHANNESBURG – South African police caught another Argentine soccer hooligan trying to sneak into country yesterday, bringing to 11 the number of known Argentine
readSA to clamp down on illegal tickets and nuisance
10-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s government has issued a stern warning over unruly behaviour during the World Cup and promised a clampdown on illegal ticket sales.A stampede by fans during a warm-up
readSouth Africa ups World Cup frenzy
10-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa whipped itself into a World Cup frenzy yesterday as the national side paraded through Johannesburg and holders Italy flew in to defend their crown, two days before the
readBasketball clinic at the coast
10-06-2010
THE Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) is planning to conduct a basketball clinic in the Walvis Bay Sports Hall on Saturday. The target group is children aged between nine and 12 years from Walvis
readNamibian footballers must be exposed: Mogane
10-06-2010
THE Namibia Sports Commission’s (NSC) Chief Administrator, Rusten Mogane, says it is high time that Namibian footballers are exposed internationally to ensure that the country qualifies for
readLog leaders drop points
10-06-2010
THE third meeting of the fistball championship held on the sport fields of Windhoek Ramblers produced a couple of surprise results as national A and B league log leaders suffered their first defeats
readSMSes for 10 June 2010
10-06-2010
* IF the Bank of Namibia wants to do away with R200 notes, why are our banks still giving them to clients? – Ipinge Sierra Food for Thought * HOW can a newspaper hide the taxi register number where
readVillagers left without water for a month
10-06-2010
VILLAGERS at Okakukanyaluwili and Okapyakambidhi in the Omusati Region are complaining that they have been without clean drinking water for about a month.A kindergarten teacher at Okakukanyaluwili,
readSurvey feud between Unam and Polytechnic continues
10-06-2010
THE student leaders of the University of Namibia (Unam) and the Polytechnic of Namibia are at each other’s throats following the release of a survey rating the performances of public institutions.Unam
readStruggle kids march to Ondangwa
10-06-2010
ALLEGING unfair practices in the military recruitment at Ondangwa, a group of about 60 ‘children of the liberation struggle’ marched from their camp at Berg Aukas to the northern town this week.The
readSeal activists ready to prevent 2010 culling
10-06-2010
THE annual fur seal culling season in Namibia, which is set to start on July 1, might possibly escape the international limelight due to the Fifa World Cup in South Africa, but animal rights activists
readTwo guilty of murdering City Police member
10-06-2010
TWO young men accused of robbing and murdering a Windhoek City Police officer in his home in early 2005 were convicted in the High Court in Windhoek this week.Judge Kato van Niekerk found Steven
readNuclear power still a long way off
10-06-2010
NAMIBIA still has a long way to go before it will be able to generate nuclear power, NamPower Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba has said.“It is a programme, not a project,” Shilamba explained at a
readLong wait almost over for Jordaan’s dream
10-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – When the first ball is kicked in an African World Cup finals tomorrow at Johannesburg’s Soccer City, Danny Jordaan will have a tear in his eye, a lump in his throat and a heart brimming
readFormer prisoners treated unfairly: MP
10-06-2010
AN attempt by the Prosecutor General to widen an appeal against a ruling given in the main Caprivi high treason trial at the start of March ended in failure in the Supreme Court yesterday.In a ruling
readFever pitch: Football’s just a game... isn’t it?
10-06-2010
PARIS - The World Cup’s official message is this: football is a vehicle of harmony, uniting all nations in peace under the banner of sport.What if the truth were not so pretty? What if, instead of
readCoD cries foul over Swakop erf
10-06-2010
THE recent sale of a commercial plot to Swapo by the Municipality of Swakopmund “amounts to a looting of assets of the ratepayers”.So said the secretary general of the Congress of Democrats (COD),
readGovernment to scale up birth registration
10-06-2010
OFFICIALS from the Home Affairs and Health ministries have met at Otjiwarongo to discuss improvements on issuing birth certificates to all children born in the country.Although over 80 per cent of
readHitman comeback in November
10-06-2010
OUSTED WBA lightweight champion Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses will make his comeback in November, his trainer and promoter, Nestor ‘Sunshine’ Tobias, said yesterday. Tobias announced at a media conference
readLower rates finally spark interest
10-06-2010
CREDIT demand started picking up in April, a possible signal that that Namibians are finally responding to the Bank of Namibia (BoN) lower interest rate regime.According to central bank figures,
readDiplomats say US, Russia, France dismiss Iran deal
10-06-2010
VIENNA – The United States, Russia and France yesterday dismissed a proposal by Iran to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel hours before an expected United Nations Security Council vote
readNamibia’s global peace ranking improves
10-06-2010
NAMIBIA is ranked as the 59th most peaceful country in the latest Global Peace Index released yesterday.The index ranks countries based on 23 peace indicators and was launched in 2007 and surveyed 149
readPolice not responsible for robbery
10-06-2010
NAMIBIA’S largest cash-in-transit heist last week should be used to measure the performance of security companies contracted to transport large amounts of money.This was the reaction yesterday of the
readState loses confessions appeal
10-06-2010
AN attempt by the Prosecutor General to widen an appeal against a ruling given in the main Caprivi high treason trial at the start of March ended in failure in the Supreme Court yesterday.In a ruling
readNotable Quotes
10-06-2010
The firearm then went off while it was already in my hand – Murder accused Lazarus Shaduka is recorded to have said in a statement taken by Detective Inspector Zachariah Amakali.Some of their children
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