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59 Articles found on Friday, 18 June 2010
Asia bets on a 3D future
18-06-2010
HONG KONG – The Asian technology industry believes the future is not only bright but it’s in three dimensions, as a string of manufacturers bring 3D products onto the market.Most of Asia’s big brand
readGates, Buffett press wealthy to give more to charity
18-06-2010
NEW YORK – The two richest Americans, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, have called on wealthy Americans to give at least half of their assets to charity, saying it can have “a huge effect” on health and
readWorld Cup an ‘economic turning point’
18-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The hosting of the 2010 Fifa World Cup presents an economic turning point for South Africa, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu said yesterday.International communities were not only watching
readNumber registration hit mobile boom
18-06-2010
NAIROBI – A push by African countries to require mobile phone users to register their numbers is curbing the continent’s spectacular market growth of recent years and jeopardising the goal of
readShell Nigeria investment on hold pending reform
18-06-2010
LAGOS – Royal Dutch Shell has some US$40 billion worth of potential investment in deepwater oil projects in Nigeria on hold amid uncertainty over planned reforms to the energy sector, a senior
readVolkswagen to invest millions in SA
18-06-2010
FRANKFURT – Europe’s biggest automaker Volkswagen said yesterday it would expand its South African operations with investments in a plant in Uitenhage and a distribution centre near Pretoria.VW said
readWBCG woos Finns
18-06-2010
A DELEGATION led by the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) paid a business visit to Helsinki, the industrial hub of Finland, for one week.The delegation consisted of nine people including
readSouth Korea says eyeing Africa mines
18-06-2010
SEOUL – State-run Korea Resources Corp (Kores) said yesterday that it was looking closely at investing in several mines in Africa this year, including Namibia, expecting minerals prices pick up next
read3 held over Kenyan blasts
18-06-2010
NAIROBI – Kenyan police arrested three suspects over blasts that killed six and wounded dozens during a weekend rally against a new constitution in central Nairobi, police officials said
readSomalia’s govt orders probe into child soldiers
18-06-2010
NAIROBI – Somalia’s president has ordered an investigation into reports that the Somali army is recruiting children in its fight against powerful Islamic insurgents, a decision welcomed by rights
readIsrael agrees to ease Gaza blockade
18-06-2010
JERUSALEM – Israel agreed Thursday to ease its three-year-old land blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, hoping to quell international outrage over its deadly raid on a flotilla bound for the
readIn Brief
18-06-2010
Dutch court convicts 5 Somalis in piracy trial ROTTERDAM – A Dutch court has convicted five Somalis of piracy and sentenced them to five years each in prison in the first piracy case to come to trial
readMandela attends great-granddaughter’s funeral
18-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A sombre and frail Nelson Mandela attended the funeral yesterday for his 13-year-old great-granddaughter, who was killed in a car crash after the World Cup’s opening concert, and gloom
readAid reaches desperate refugees in Kyrgyz crisis
18-06-2010
SAILGOH CAMP – Foreign aid started reaching hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees yesterday who fled deadly clashes in Kyrgyzstan.With estimates of several hundred dead from the clashes between
readWhen Teachers Don’t Teach
18-06-2010
An Open Letter To The Oshana Region I AM a parent of Mweshipandeka High School in Ongwediva, Oshana Region. I am concerned and very worried as I don’t understand why teachers are not doing what they
readNo War Between Poly And Unam
18-06-2010
I WOULD like to reply to the letter that was posted in the Namibian newspaper on June 06, 2010.I understand that most people do perceive what is happening between the Polytechnic of Namibia and Unam
readWaiting For Youth Leaders
18-06-2010
I CONTINUE to wait for that great day when we will have youth leaders who are able to lead organs such as NYC and Nanso beyond politicking. We need such youth leaders who spearhead change for all.
readPutting Rights In Context
18-06-2010
THE Founding Father of Namibia repeatedly emphasised the post-independence challenges facing Namibia, i.e. poverty, ignorance and disease. Constitutionally, all Namibians are now equal, and Government
readThe Consumer Matters Most
18-06-2010
NOW we discuss the power prices NamPower would like to charge and the price it is allowed to charge from July 1 2010. This is only one perspective which is a single part of a complex matter regarding
readMake More Use Of e-mail
18-06-2010
IN her Political Perspective (The Namibian, Friday, 11 2010) Gwen Lister, the Editor of The Namibian newspaper, lambasted the Namibian Government for not using the latest and perhaps most
readWhat We Fought For
18-06-2010
IT is high time that President Pohamba holds responsible those ministers who do not perform without reshuffling them left and right.The President shouldn’t dish out Mercedes Benzes free to ministers
readIt Is Too Early For The Politics Of 2012
18-06-2010
AN analysis of media political reports in recent months would suggest that Swapo is again going through another ugly phase, similar but probably worse than the one that rocked the Party before and
readTowards A More Proactive Police Force
18-06-2010
THE Minister of Police, Nangolo Mbumba, needs to take a long, hard look at the force, and if possible, make surprise visits to Police stations around the country to assess the situation.This newspaper
readAfrican Achievements Have The Potential To Change Western Perceptions About Africa
18-06-2010
AFRICA has had its fair share of bad press in the West and elsewhere. Even those who have never set foot in Africa have certain opinions and perceptions (mostly negative) regarding what Africa is and
readTwenty Years Of Wastage Is Enough
18-06-2010
“WE are sorry, but the minister is out of the country.” Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Whether it is a journalist trying to get information, verify a story or an ordinary citizen needing assistance from
readThe Stuff Dreams Are Made Of
18-06-2010
FOR the next three weeks the mantra on everyone’s lips is the 2010 Fifa World Cup, and quite rightly so! It is the biggest sporting show on earth and billions will remain glued to TV screens as the
readAanona ya valelwa mekondjelomanguluko ya shuna ishewe ko Berg Aukas
18-06-2010
AANONA ya valewa mekondjelomanguluko, mboka ya yile ko Berg Aukas, okuza koNooli nosho tuu ndele oshiwike shiya sha zile ko taya galukile ishewe koNooli, kOndangwa, Omaandaha ga zi ko, ya shuna ishewe
readEpingathanitho lyaantu muNamibia
18-06-2010
NAMIBIA okwa pumbwa okukala a tonata oshoka moshilongo otamu kundanwa muna iilonga yokulanditha aantu nenge okupingakanitha aantu .Omolwashika oshilongo osha pumbwa okutseya elanditho lyaantu noshowo
readNamibia ta kongo omakwatathano gakola na Vietnam
18-06-2010
MINISTA gwoohi noonzo dhomefuta , Bernhard Esau okwa popi einekelo lye, kutya Vietnam ota ka tuma aanawino mokumuna oohi koNamibia opo ya kwathele oshilongo mokumuna oohi.Moonkundathana dhe noMinista
readAmunyela ta ti ota kuthwa epya lye ku Kapatashu
18-06-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomomukunda Onangombe mOshitayi mOndonga, David Nangolo Amunyela, ota ti kutya ota kuthwa epya lye negumbo lye limwe li li momukunda Omutsegwondjamba gu li popepi nOmutsegwonime muuzilo
readOlusheno ota lu ka ninga ondilo
18-06-2010
EHANGANO lyomalusheno lya Namibia, Nampower ota li landitha olusheno kondando yi li pevi okuyeleka nondando ndjoka ha li dhigi olusheno nenge ha li landa olusheno nduka okuza palwe. Shika oshili
readNo vuvuzela racket at Wimbledon
18-06-2010
Organizers are making sure there will be no racket from vuvuzelas at the Wimbledon tennis championships. The plastic horns which have provided a constant drone at the World Cup in South Africa will be
readGreece grab historic win against Nigeria
18-06-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN – Vassilis Torosidis scored Greece’s winner as they beat Nigeria 2-1 to seal their first ever World Cup victory and keep alive their chances of progressing from Group B
readWe’ll account for Cup flop: Samuel Eto’o
18-06-2010
CAMEROON captain Samuel Eto’o warned on Wednesday that he and under-fire coach Paul Le Guen will be held to account if the African giants suffer a World Cup meltdown.Cameroon got off to the worst
readRooney aiming to make World Cup mark
18-06-2010
FOR all the attention on Wayne Rooney and his bid to break his England goal-scoring drought, the focus on today’s World Cup match against Algeria will almost certainly be on the goalkeepers.Both teams
readKaka optimistic, Ivorians learn from Koreans
18-06-2010
KAKA is keeping his head up despite a lacklustre performance in Brazil’s opening World Cup game, and is optimistic he will keep improving as the tournament goes on, as Ivory Coast should take a leaf
readFrozen pitch puts Ghana’s training on ice
18-06-2010
RUSTENBURG – Frozen pitches at Ghana’s World Cup training base north of Rustenburg caused their practice session yesterday to be delayed for two hours.The west Africans were scheduled to start a
readBafana face elimination disaster
18-06-2010
SOUTH AFRICA will make World Cup history for all the wrong reasons if they fail to beat France in its last group game and becomes the first host in the 80-year history of the competition to go out in
readBlack Stars wary of wounded Socceroos
18-06-2010
RUSTENBURG, South Africa – Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has warned his players to beware an Australian backlash as the Black Stars aim to book their passage to the last 16 here on Saturday.The
readSerbia aim to block Germany
18-06-2010
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa – Serbia are hurting after their opening defeat to Ghana and must show no fear if they are to stop ‘machine-like’ Germany here today, striker Milan Jovanovic says.Germany,
readSMSes for Friday 18 June 2010
18-06-2010
* MADIBA yesterday you said goodbye to your precious granddaughter Zenani. Namibia feels your loss. We think of you and send deep heartfelt sympathies to you and your whole family. – With love from
readWild dog pups fight for survival
18-06-2010
FOURTEEN endangered wild dog pups were flown from Mangetti to Windhoek yesterday. The nine female and five male pups are about two weeks old and will be raised by Marlice van Vuuren at the Na’an ku se
readStarving dogs rescued by SPCA
18-06-2010
THE Windhoek SPCA has dealt with two cases of starving and neglected boerboel dogs in recent days. In the first case, a concerned citizen saw an emaciated dog in Khomasdal and phoned the SPCA. After
readSouth African woman dies in road accident
18-06-2010
SOUTH African citizen Elizabeth Kate Foight (59) died instantly after a car in which she was travelling veered off the road and overturned. The accident happened on Tuesday on the gravel road between
readPolice need swimming school
18-06-2010
A SCHOOL teaching people how to swim should be established to train people, especially Police officers, to help retrieve the bodies of drowning victims.This proposal was made by a Swapo MP in the
readNot enough done to protect pangolins
18-06-2010
THE pangolin (Manis temminckii) is a protected species in Namibia and is increasingly vulnerable to threats posed by traditional and modern life.A recent report published in two of the daily
readNew members for lands tribunal
18-06-2010
PARLIAMENT on Wednesday resolved to appoint five members to serve on the Lands Tribunal after Lands Minister Alfeus Naruseb submitted the names of five people.Lawyer Dirk Conradie, who had served on
readNeckartal Dam project to start 2011
18-06-2010
GOVERNMENT’S plan to build the Neckartal Dam near Keetmanshoop at a cost of N$2,4 billion is to start next year, with the design to be completed by October, a consultant has said.“The scoping report
readNBC job up for grabs
18-06-2010
THE board of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has decided to re-advertise the post of director general and extend the application deadline. In a media statement NBC board chairman Sven
readNantu blasts ministry over VTC curriculum
18-06-2010
THE National Teachers’ Union of Namibia yesterday launched a strongly worded critique against the Competency Based Education and Training curriculum (CBET) designed and implemented at vocational
readMbanderu women reject election
18-06-2010
THE Women’s League of the Ovambanderu community say they reject a recent Government proposal to hold an election to choose their next chief as stipulated in the Traditional Authorities Act.“We are not
readArgentina set for Last 16 after hammering S. Korea
18-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Argentina sent out a warning that they are going to be one of the sides to beat in the 2010 World Cup finals when they became the first side to qualify for the knockout phase of the
readExtract to apply for mining licence by year-end
18-06-2010
PERTH – Uranium explorer Extract Resources would complete the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Rössing South project before the end of 2010, it said yesterday.It was expected that the DFS
readBP burns oil from leaking well
18-06-2010
NEW ORLEANS – Using a specialised flare system, BP began slowly burning oil siphoned from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico as part of its plans to more than triple the amount of crude it can stop
readShaduka insists wife died in gun accident
18-06-2010
THE gunshot death of his wife in their home in Klein Windhoek almost two years ago was nothing but an accident, businessman Lazarus Shaduka continued to insist to the end of his testimony in his trial
readWidow relives murder of German tourist
18-06-2010
“IF you sit for hours in the fear of death in a car you will never forget a face.”With this response, Elke Fellinger, widow of murdered German tourist Johannes Fellinger, yesterday dismissed a
readNamcor to sue oil firms
18-06-2010
NAMCOR intends slapping the five private oil companies with a shipping bill of close to N$2,9 million because they’ve been refusing an Afroneft fuel consignment since the end of May, claiming that the
readNotable Quotes
18-06-2010
I have been stripped naked. They have taken everything. All we have left are our clothes and a few plates. – Rachel Nathaniël-Koch, the widow of German extradition target Hans Jurgen Koch said on
readPolitical Perspective
18-06-2010
WHEN addressing Permanent Secretaries recently, President Hifikepunye Pohamba, emphasised that they “should ensure that you have the right people with right skills, capacities and technical abilities
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