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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 23 June 2010
South Africa may declare copper a precious metal
23-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa may designate copper as a precious metal to curb theft of the commodity, which costs the country about R7 billion a year, the Business Day newspaper reported
readUK slashes spending, raises VAT and taxes banks
23-06-2010
LONDON – British finance minister George Osborne produced the harshest budget in a generation yesterday, slashing spending, raising taxes and slapping a levy on banks in a drive to cut a record budget
readGolf estates in the rough
23-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Golf estates in South Africa are without doubt under tremendous pressure – as they are in the rest of the world. Auction Alliance Chief Executive Officer Rael Levitt has said it will
readChasing the dots ... The Truth Shall Set You Free?
23-06-2010
MY TV read this article before I wrote it as its obvious artificial intelligence (or stupidity) has deemed that its screen will dissolve into a mass of squiggles when matches are on! But I am grateful
readChina’s currency move aims to ease trade criticism
23-06-2010
SHANGHAI – By loosening its currency’s peg to the dollar, China is seeking to defuse complaints that it keeps its exports artificially cheap, strengthen its hand against inflation and ensure its
readSAB starts brewing in Australia
23-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Global brewing giant SABMiller announced yesterday that Pacific Beverages, its joint venture in Australia, has commenced brewing at its new US$105-million Bluetongue brewery in
readUS slaps BP with new $51m spill bill
23-06-2010
WASHINGTON – The White House has slapped BP with a new US$51-million bill, the third sent to the British energy giant and its partners for government expenses incurred in efforts to halt the Gulf of
read4th century icons of Peter and Paul found
23-06-2010
ROME – The earliest known icons of the Apostles Peter and Paul have been discovered in a catacomb under an eight-story modern office building in a working-class neighborhood of Rome, Vatican officials
readIn Brief
23-06-2010
At least 60 dead in Congo train crash * BRAZZAVILLE – At least 60 people are dead after a train accident in the southern part of Republic of Congo, a train official said yesterday.Ghana flood toll
readThree killed in Burundi violence
23-06-2010
BUJUMBURA - Three people were killed and several wounded in Burundi in the latest spate of attacks to rock the East African nation amid a tense electoral crisis, officials said yesterday.Two died
readSouth Africa HIV infection rate slowing - Study
23-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s HIV-AIDS epidemic may finally be slowing, according to a new study which found a 35 per cent decline in the rate of new HIV infections between 2002 and 2008.Using
readNot very sporting
23-06-2010
MELBOURNE – A 19-year-old gunman who allegedly forced the lockdown of the famed Melbourne Cricket Ground and surrounding areas was yesterday captured in a massive operation in which three schools were
readCannibal: ‘No one was listening to me’
23-06-2010
ROUEN – France’s troub-led prison system came under scrutiny yesterday at the trial of a prisoner who killed his cellmate and devoured his lung.The court will hear findings from a report into a string
readRefugees return to shattered Kyrgyz city
23-06-2010
OSH – Thousands of refugees who had fled to Uzbekistan to avoid ethnic bloodshed trekked back to burned-out homes in Kyrgyzstan yesterday ahead of a vote on how the Central Asian state will be
readFootball tops UK singles chart
23-06-2010
LONDON – World Cup songs held firm at the top of the UK singles chart despite England’s less than inspiring performances, while Oasis topped the albums tally with a hits package, the Official Charts
readBig Brother Africa season 5 starts on July 18
23-06-2010
With the announcement of the start of the newest season of the popular reality-television show, Big Brother Africa on July 18, fans and audience members across the continent have been left more than a
readAlicia Keys gets her unborn baby blessed in Zulu ceremony
23-06-2010
Alicia Keys has had her unborn child blessed in a traditional Zulu ceremony while in South Africa for the World Cup.The Grammy award-winning singer, who is around five months pregnant, joined hands
readOlutandu mokati kaaMbanderu lwa nenepala
23-06-2010
ETOPOKO pokati koongundu mbali dholudhi lwaaMbanderu olwa adha ondondo yimwe kombinga yo ku langeka omulanduli gwa nakusa omukwaniilwa Munyuku Nguvauva II. Shika osha ningwa konima sho omupanguli
readAalandi pofanditha yiinima yanakusa Riaan Potgieter
23-06-2010
KONYALA aalandi omathele gaali oya li pofanditha ta yi wilikwa ku Aucor Namibia, mpoka ya longitha oodola omiliona yimwe netata okulanda iilandomwa mbyoka ya li uuyamba wanakusa , Riaan Potgieter.
readOmiti dhoondunga dha za muuzilo wopokati
23-06-2010
OSHILUKU shotango shomilunga dhoondunga hatu ti odhuushimba, dha za koshilongo shUukwaniilwa wa hangana waArabia[United Arab Emirates] omayovi 10 000 osha thiki pokapale koondhila kopaigwana ka Hosea
readAanona yomekondjo yi itete koshitayi
23-06-2010
AANONA yomekondjo mboka ya ende okuza ko Berg Aukas okuya kOndangwa noshowo ishewe ye ya koWindhoek omwedhi nguka oyi ike koshitayi ngele tashiya kokupewa iilonga mepangelo, pahapu dhoMinista
readIilonga yokawe ota yi ende nawa
23-06-2010
IILONGA yokawe ya Namibia oya hwepopala oomwedhi ntano dhonuumvo sho okawe kongushu yookarata 580 000 ka fulwa , haka okeli konyala etata lyokawe akehe hoka ka longelwe omumvo gwa yi pethimbo
readAmerica ta futile ekonakono lyoshitaasi sha Van Eck
23-06-2010
OMPUMBWE yolusheno mo Namibia ota yi londo pombanda konyala nooperesenda ndatu sigo ntano omumvo kehe. Opo omahupilo goshilongo ga kale nokuhuma komeho ehangano lyomalusheno lya Namibia olya
readNamdeb a hupitha iimaliwa oyindji
23-06-2010
EKANITHO lyaNamdeb miilonga yokawe molwuufuthi olya shuna pevi noonkondo uule womimvo 10 oku za pooperesenda 10 sigo opoperesenda yimwe pahapu dhomuwiliki moshitopolwa sheyando lyekanitho lyuuyamba,
readUruguay, Mexico through to second round
23-06-2010
URUGUAY secured a 1-0 victory over Mexico at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium yesterday to qualify for the second round of the World Cup for the first time in 20 years.Despite their loss, Mexico nonetheless
readLast-chance saloon for troubled England
23-06-2010
ENGLAND’S World Cup campaign is in tatters with crisis meetings, furious fans, misfiring strikers and splits in the camp and a win against Slovenia today is their only hope of salvation. In less than
readChile coach cautious over last 16 berth
23-06-2010
PORT ELIZABETH – Marcelo Bielsa is taking nothing for granted despite Chile taking a giant step towards the last 16 by notching up win number two at the World Cup against Switzerland.Monday’s 1-0
readSpain win, but coach still not happy
23-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Spain’s 2-0 defeat of outsiders Honduras got their World Cup campaign back on track, but their victory was not quite enough for coach Vicente del Bosque.“It hasn’t been a great match.
readAmazulu invite Shipahu for trials
23-06-2010
SOUTH African Premier Soccer League (PSL) club Amazulu have invited Tigers and Brave Warriors goal poacher Tangeni Shipahu for trials, the striker said. Shipahu confirmed to The Namibian Sport
readJones meets Namibia’s women footballers
23-06-2010
THE President of the Fifa 2011 Women’s World Cup Local Organising Committee, Steffi Jones, on Monday met the Brave Gladiators and Galz & Goals teams during their training session at Eldorado Secondary
readNetball national training squad selected
23-06-2010
THE All Namibia Netball Association (ANNA) announced the names of 23 players who made it to the national training squad for the African qualifiers that are due to be held in Tanzania in September.
readPowell, Gay to race at Gateshead
23-06-2010
FORMER world record holder Asafa Powell and world silver medallist Tyson Gay will meet for the first time this season over 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Gateshead on July 10, the IAAF
readFederer scrapes through, Schiavone out
23-06-2010
LONDON – It was Roger Federer, but not as we know him, at Wimbledon on Monday as the Swiss escaped from the brink of defeat after being run ragged by a Colombian firebrand playing the match of his
readSMSes for Wednesday 23 June 2010
23-06-2010
* N$2 000 per month for 80 000 veterans of the liberation struggle and jobs for 8 000 children of the liberation struggle. What about those elders and youth who were not in exile? * YOUR report
readWorld Cup going South America’s way so far
23-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG - The dominance of South American teams in the World Cup over those from the rest of the globe are borne out by some telling statistics with half of the 64 games in the tournament
readVisiting Zambian president Banda questioned about the country’s past
23-06-2010
THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) yesterday called on Zambian president Rupiah Banda to help trace “several Namibian freedom fighters” alleged to have disappeared in Zambia between 1976 and
readUnam raids hostels to turf out squatters
23-06-2010
ILLEGAL drugs, non-permissible electronic equipment, squatters and students renting out their rooms.These are the evils said to have come to light during a ‘routine’ raid that the University of
readPensioner jailed over grandchild murder
23-06-2010
A PENSIONER who was accused of murdering his seven-year-old granddaughter in northern Namibia in early 2007 has been sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment at the end of his trial in the High Court at
readLife goes on in the children’s cancer ward
23-06-2010
IN a small room in the Central Hospital, children with cancer go to school every day. They are taught the normal school curriculum so that they don’t miss too much schooling during their stay in
readHunters’ body probes lion killing
23-06-2010
IN addition to the criminal charges that professional hunter Keith Wright faces after the recent killing of a protected lion, the Namibia Professional Hunters’ Association (NAPHA) has also launched a
readHealth officials owe N$2 million for travel
23-06-2010
THERE were 175 cases of outstanding travel advances amounting to just over N$2 million at the Ministry of Health for the 2008-09 financial year, the latest Auditor General’s report reveals. The
readHaitians rival Brazilians in love for ‘Selecao’
23-06-2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Screams of joy sweep through the broken Haitian capital and a few celebratory gunshots echo off the rubble. Is it a new president? A returning hero? No, Brazil just scored in the
readErongo braces for power hike
23-06-2010
ERONGO RED is expected to introduce steep new electricity tariffs by July 1.The regional electricity distributor’s CEO, Gerhard Coeln, would not give details on the new prices at a press conference on
readComplaints about airport theft
23-06-2010
AIR Namibia and the airport authorities have been criticised for not ensuring the safety of travellers’ luggage. Complaints about the safety of luggage mostly come from Hosea Kutako International
readBafana out with a bang
23-06-2010
LOWLY ranked Bafana Bafana beat the odds in a spirited 2-1 victory against France yesterday, but it was too little too late for its World Cup fortunes.South Africa had become the first host nation in
readRate relief: Don’t get your hopes up
23-06-2010
LOCAL economists are united in their forecast that the Bank of Namibia (BoN) will leave the repo rate unchanged at 7,0 per cent today as Namibians regain their credit appetite slowly but surely,
readThe White House summons US general to explain himself
23-06-2010
WASHINGTON – The top US commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and his colleagues, administration officials said
readEU trade pact in place before year-end: SADC
23-06-2010
THE cluster of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), including Namibia, which is negotiating a drawn-out trade pact with the European Union (EU), has agreed to sign an “inclusive economic
readN Korea’s African millions ‘diverted’ to Kim fund
23-06-2010
SEOUL – North Korea has diverted tens of millions of dollars earned by its workers on African construction projects into secret funds managed by leader Kim Jong-Il, a report said yesterday.The
readLand dispute at Oshivelo
23-06-2010
A LAND dispute that erupted last year over the ownership of the King Kauluma Settlement – about 7 km north of Oshivelo in Oshikoto Region – between the residents of the settlement and the Centre for
readNotable Quotes
23-06-2010
These unruly kids should follow procedures. – Youth Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo said on Monday of the struggle children after revealing that the struggle children from the Berg Aukas Camp who have
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