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90 Articles found on Thursday, 24 June 2010
BP oil spill was avoidable: IEA
24-06-2010
PARIS – The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe caused by human error which could have been avoided, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said here yesterday. “This is a
readWorld’s rich got richer last year
24-06-2010
NEW YORK – The rich grew richer last year, even as the world endured the worst recession in decades.A stock market rebound helped the world’s ranks of millionaires climb 17 per cent to 10 million,
readSA opposes banking levy
24-06-2010
PRETORIA – Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan has shown government’s hand on the contentious issue of a proposed global banking tax and higher liquidity requirements, saying South Africa will not
readEconomy to recover by 2015
24-06-2010
IT will take another five years for the global economy to recover from the current meltdown which started in 2008, South African economic expert Clem Sunter said yesterday. “The problem is that the
readSA inflation drops to four-year low
24-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s inflation rate dropped to a four-year low at 4,6 per cent in May, the government said yesterday, but worries remained about rising power costs and hefty wage
readUK, US team up ahead of G20
24-06-2010
LONDON – British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama agreed to work towards fiscal consolidation at this weekend’s summit of G20 leaders, the prime minister’s spokesman said.
readUK’s Osborne defends emergency budget
24-06-2010
LONDON – Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne defended his deficit-slashing emergency budget yesterday, arguing that the previous government had left the public finances in a “massive
readOrascom Zimbabwe seeks BEE listing
24-06-2010
HARARE – The Zimbabwe unit of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom has said it may issue new shares and list its stock in order to meet regulations on local black ownership.“One of the proposals is that Telecel
readZuma defends economic departments
24-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa needs answers on issues like increasing inequality and unemployment amid economic growth. This is why the Department of Economic Development had been created, said
readEU concession a Sacu lifeline
24-06-2010
WITH the European Union (EU) deciding to bring its existing trade agreement with South Africa in line with a new economic partnership agreement (EPA), this could finally mean conclusion of issues that
readCanadian zoo finds missing tiger, camels
24-06-2010
TORONTO – A Canadian zoo has recovered a Bengal tiger and a pair of camels that went missing last week after thieves made off with the truck and trailer in which they were travelling.The animals were
readOver 115 million widows live in poverty
24-06-2010
UNITED NATIONS – At least 245 million women around the world have been widowed and more than 115 million of them live in devastating poverty, according to a new study launched on Tuesday night by
readLumumba’s son seeks Belgian justice
24-06-2010
BRUSSELS – A son of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) first democratically elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, will seek the prosecution on war crimes of 12 Belgian officials suspected of aiding
readCongo rail disaster toll hits 76
24-06-2010
POINTE-Noire – Seventy-six people were killed in Monday’s rail disaster in Yanga, Congo-Brazzaville, according to the latest toll, a member of the crisis unit in Pointe Noire said yesterday.“This
readIn Brief
24-06-2010
Prince Albert to marry Charlene Wittstock PARIS - Prince Albert of Monaco is engaged to marry Charlene Wittstock, a former Olympic swimmer for South Africa, a union that will give this wealthy
readJudge extends Nicole Richie’s DUI probation
24-06-2010
GLENDALE – Court records show a judge has extended Nicole Richie’s probation until March to give her more time to complete alcohol education classes.Richie was not present in court on Tuesday when the
readActor Orlando Bloom to marry Australian model Miranda Kerr
24-06-2010
SYDNEY – Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr is set to marry her Hollywood leading man, Orlando Bloom, the couple’s publicists told media on Tuesday.Kerr, 27, who shot to international fame as a
readKing of Pop’s estate has rebounded since death
24-06-2010
LOS ANGELES – The money is rolling in. The bills are being paid. And all those people who said Michael Jackson might earn more in death than in life are being proved right.Like the estates of Elvis
readWhy you should stay on the road
24-06-2010
HAVE you ever driven around in the Namib Desert? What did you see? You probably saw a very dry environment with few plants, a lot of rocks, and a few traffic signs saying, ‘Stay on the road’. Even
readWaste not, want not?
24-06-2010
NAMIBIA’S economy relies on tourism – beautiful scenery, lots of wildlife and some of the cleanest cities in the world. It is something to be proud of and it is every Namibian’s duty to maintain it
readEvra a gandja ombili
24-06-2010
UUSIKU wonena olyo ethimbo lyokugandjombili koshigwana shomayovi shaFrance, molwaashoka ondi uvite uuwehame pamwe nasho.“Shoka ishewe shi ehameka ooshoka kutya onda li ndina okugandja ombili ndjika
readEuvathano lyiipindi niilongo ya SADC na Eu ta li shainwa
24-06-2010
ONGUNDU yiilongo yehangano lyomapendulepo muumbugantu wAfrica, [SADC] mwa kwatelwa Namibia ndjoka ta yi kundathana euvathano lyiipindi nUukumwe wa Europa [EU] oya zimine oku shaina euvathano
readPolytech na Agra ya koleke euvathano
24-06-2010
EHANGANO lyuunamapya lyedhina AGRA noPolytechnic ya Namibia ndjoka yina oshikondo shelongo lyoonzo dhuuntshitwe, omatalelopo mwa kwatelwa nuunamapya oya koleke euvathano oshiwike shayi.Euvathano
readElenga enene Christof Anguwo lya hulitha na yina
24-06-2010
LIMWE lyomomalenga omanene mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Christof Mulunga ya Nandjabi yaAnguwo, gwomomukunda Onavivi mOmbalantu, okwa manena oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati
readBig Brother Africa omutitano ta tameke 18 Juli nuumvo
24-06-2010
OPROGRAMA ya M-NET yedhina Big Brother Africa ndjoka ta yi tameke mo 18 ga Juli nuumvo ota yi kala ya yooloka koonkwawo dha piti.Eyooloko oli li mpoka kutya nuumvo M-NET ita ka ithana ookandidate dhi
readOmihandjo dha UNAM dha hadhwa
24-06-2010
AANAMBELEWA yomihandjo mo Univesiti ya Namibia oya hadhele omihandjo dhaailongi oshiwike shayi.Mehadho moka aanambelewa mbaka oya adha omihandjo dha ningwa ehala lyiingangamithi, lyiikwamalusheno inaa
readOndando yepungu ya londo
24-06-2010
EPUNGU olindji olya falwa piigandhi yokupungula epungu moSouth Africa oshiwike sha yi.Otaku tiwa oshilongo shoka osha tegelela eteyo enene lyepungu konima yomimvo omilongo ndatu dha piti, naashika
readOongundu dhopolitika nadhi hokolole
24-06-2010
OONGUNDU dhopolitika ndhoka dha kalelwapo moparliamende no hadhi taamba iimaliwa okuza kepangelo, odha pumbwa okuhokolola kutya ohadhi longitha iimaliwa mbika ngiini.Ethaneko ndika olya shangwa
readOmbelewa yiifendela ya egululwa pOtjiwarongo
24-06-2010
OMBELEWA ompe yiifendela noompale oya egululwa komupevi minista gwiimaliwa, Calle Schlettwein, pOtjiwarongo oshiwike sha yi.Etungo ndyoka lya pula iimaliwa yoodola oomiliona 8,4 olya gwedhwa komakwawo
readOonime onkee tadhi tsikile nokulya po oongombe dhaantu
24-06-2010
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila kOofalama mUuzilo wOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, otayi ti kutya yimwe yoonime onkee tadhi dhipaga nokulya po oongombe dhaanafaalama hoka naanambelewa yOshikondo shEgameno
readOshiponga sha faalela omugundjuka mOngwediva
24-06-2010
OMUGUNDJUKA gwomOndoolopa ya Ngwediva Johannes Tweufiilwa Amutenya okwa si eso lyombaadhilila ongula yOsoondaha ya zi ko, sho a kanitha okondolola yohauto ndjoka a li ta hingi ndele tayi kandoma
readOshinima oombwa kashi shi omanima
24-06-2010
IINAMWENYO iyali mbyoka ya yahwa nokusa kOpolisi ya Shakati ongula yohela, kayis hi omanima nande ngashi oyendji ya kala taye shi popi noku ga luka, ihe oombwa dholudhi lwo Husky, dhomunangeshefa a
readFixtures
24-06-2010
Thursday, June 24Cameroon v Netherlands 14h30 Denmark v Japan 14h30 Slovakia
readWorld Cup Briefs
24-06-2010
Malouda flees French camp solo Florent Malouda became the latest player to quit the disgraced French camp ahead of their scheduled return from their catastrophic World Cup finals campaign on
readDefoe spares England World Cup blushes
24-06-2010
STRIKER Jermain Defoe rescued England’s stuttering World Cup campaign with a first-half strike that was enough to beat Slovenia 1-0 in Group C at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth yesterday
readUnder-20s face Botswana in friendlies
24-06-2010
NAMIBIA’S U/20 national football team will take on their Botswana counterparts this weekend as part of preparations for the Africa Youth Championships. The squad of 20 players leave for Gaborone today
readTriumphant Welwitschias return
24-06-2010
FOLLOWING their historic victory in the IRB Nations Cup on Sunday, Namibia’s Europe-conquering rugby heroes touched down at Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday.A small army of supporters –
readNigeria ‘disappointed, sad’ about early exit
24-06-2010
NIGERIA were “disappointed and sad” about not making it past the first round of the World Cup in South Africa, coach Lars Lagerback said.“We did well,” veteran striker Nwankwo Kanu said after the
readWin shows spirit, depth of Argentine squad
24-06-2010
A tearful Martin Palermo after scoring his first World Cup goal on Tuesday was a symbol of the spirit as much as football depth of Diego Maradona’s Argentina squad.The 36-year-old Palermo, making a
readDomenech refuses to shake Parreira’s hand
24-06-2010
BLOEMFONTEIN – Raymond Domenech’s refusal to shake the hand of South Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira after his team’s 2-1 World Cup loss brought the unpopular coach’s six-year reign to a suitably
readJapan to cash in on altitude training
24-06-2010
GEORGE – Japan’s altitude training may pay dividends when they clash with Denmark for their group’s remaining ticket to the World Cup second round at Rustenburg today.Thin air has proven bothersome in
readPirlo can unlock Italy’s logjam – Bergomi
24-06-2010
ANDREA Pirlo can give stuttering Italy the invention they have lacked at the World Cup but he should not be rushed back for the sake of the nation, former Azzurri defender Giuseppe Bergomi has said.
readSMSes for Thursday 24 June 2010
24-06-2010
* SOCCER truly unites people from all walks of life. Even a car guard and I had a chat about it! Food for Thought * IF children born by those who were studying and fighting abroad are ‘struggle kids’
readSouth African fans proud despite Bafana’s exit
24-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Their beloved Bafana Bafana are out of the World Cup, yet South African fans greeted the farewell win over France with pride and celebration.Across South Africa, multi-racial crowds
readOshakati Police shoot pedigree huskies for ‘looking unnatural’
24-06-2010
OSHAKATI businessman Nielton Baptista and his employees are up in arms with the Police for having shot and killed two of his purebred husky dogs yesterday morning.Apparently the two dogs escaped from
readNWR to build new luxury lodge at Etosha
24-06-2010
THE heavily indebted Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) tourism enterprise owned by Government wants to build another multimillion-dollar luxury lodge mainly targeted at overseas tourists in the Etosha
readNamdeb, MUN wage talks deadlocked
24-06-2010
A WAGE dispute between Namdeb and Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia (MUN) is heading for conciliation after the parties failed to reach agreement.In press statement issued on Monday, Namdeb’s MUN branch
readKarasburg councillor faces a crimen injuria charge
24-06-2010
A RETIRED school principal, Andreas Cloete, has laid a charge of crimen injuria against Karasburg Local Authority councillor Julius Kalopa. It is alleged that Kalopa verbally abused Cloete on the
readDrastic measures to rescue tourism
24-06-2010
IN an attempt to lift the Namibian tourism industry out of the doldrums, the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) has launched a campaign to attract tourists.The campaign includes a 50 per cent discount
readComments from Evra
24-06-2010
“Tonight it’s time for the big apology toward the thousands of French people, because I share the pain of all these French people.“What hurts even more is that this apology should have been made
readCellphone trail laid out in triple murder case
24-06-2010
A DAY after three people were murdered in Windhoek’s Kleine Kuppe area in early 2004 one of the men now on trial for the killings sold a cellphone alleged to have been stolen after the murders,
readBanks not serving the masses: Calle
24-06-2010
DESPITE being healthy and earning returns which could be compared to some of the most profitable financial entities in the world, financial institutions in Namibia still do not serve, “if not
readAngola changing more than policies
24-06-2010
LUANDA – She may have been little-known in political circles until now, but by putting herself forward as the first female independent presidential candidate, Luisete Macedo Araújo (50) has thrust
readAlbino killer not found yet
24-06-2010
THE killer of Ananias Shifotoka (34), an albino man, who was found dead a week ago at Uukwiyuushona village in the Oshana Region, still has not been found.Police Commissioner Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa
readUSA squeeze through to last 16
24-06-2010
THE United States scored a last-gasp winner to beat Algeria at Loftus Verfeld in Pretoria yesterday and go through to the last 16 of the World Cup after a pulsating and even match in which both sides
readVisitors flock to Namibia at World Expo
24-06-2010
ABOUT 1,2 million visitors have streamed through the doors of the Namibia Pavilion so far at this year’s World Expo in Shanghai, China.A statement from the pavilion released yesterday said about 17,4
readDruglord Coke nabbed in Haiti
24-06-2010
KINGSTON - Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, a Jamaican alleged druglord wanted to face trial in the US, was captured on Tuesday, after a manhunt which sparked bloodshed last month, police said.“The security
read‘Misbehaving’ youth get the cold shoulder again
24-06-2010
A GROUP of about 120 ‘children of the liberation struggle’ who travelled to Windhoek from Berg Aukas seeking a meeting with Government should go back, as there is nothing special about them, a senior
readBoN tightens screws on banks
24-06-2010
BANK of Namibia (BoN) Governor Ipumbu Shiimi yesterday afternoon met with the managing directors of the four commercial banks to ensure that they remain on track to drop interest rates by another half
readLa Rochelle battle rages on
24-06-2010
THE WIDOW of the late Hans Jürgen Koch has filed an urgent application in the High Court to ask that all belongings that were stripped from Koch’s farm, La Rochelle, last week should be returned to
readNotable Quotes
24-06-2010
Failure to keep a key register and not to know the whereabouts of spare keys may result in theft for which nobody may be held accountable. – The latest Auditor General’s report revealed that there
readDTA leaders rejoin Parliament
24-06-2010
THE opposition benches in the National Assembly will be boosted by the return of two veteran politicians who have decided to return to Parliament after being in self-imposed exile for four months.DTA
readCity’s pirate taxis remain a problem
24-06-2010
THE fight against pirate taxis, especially in Windhoek, is still in full swing. It is believed that the illegal transporting of passengers has been given a boost by the recent increase in taxi
readBack to school for civil servants
24-06-2010
THE only thing that all Government employees probably have in common is receiving a salary at the end of the month.So said Frans Kapofi, Secretary to Cabinet, in Windhoek on Wednesday. Because civil
readForeign Affairs wallow N$81.1 million
24-06-2010
Auditor General’s Reports THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs contravened the State Finance Act and spent N$81,1 million more than what it was allowed to during the past financial year which ended in
readAssault case against Gym teachers ‘going nowhere’
24-06-2010
ALMOST three months after Leon van Eck laid criminal charges against four Windhoek Gymnasium teachers, the investigation seems to have stalled.Van Eck’s son was a grade 9 pupil at this posh private
readEtosha lions still on the loose
24-06-2010
FARMERS in the Chamcham and Mangetti areas of the Oshikoto Region claim that lions from the Etosha National Park have killed 10 more of their cattle.Two weeks ago, lions had killed six cattle in the
readZambia’s Banda happy with dry port in Walvis
24-06-2010
ZAMBIA’S President Rupiah Banda was impressed with the development of his country’s dry-port facility in the Walvis Bay harbour, calling it a “fantastic opportunity”.He also said that he was happy
read‘Unruly kids’ throw in the towel
24-06-2010
THE group of about 120 ‘struggle children’ who have been camping on a Windhoek football field while demanding a meeting with Government have agreed to return to the National Youth Service camp at Berg
readSOE bosses may earn up to N$2,28 million
24-06-2010
THE new remuneration framework for bosses and top managers at State-owned enterprises (SOEs), which Cabinet approved last month, will make some of them smile all the way to the bank, as the top
readSelfless gesture helps others
24-06-2010
JAROLD !Nowaseb last year won N$10 000 in a competition offered by Namibia Mills and instead of spending the money on himself, he decided to feed the hungry children his community.He lives with his
readLands Ministry overspent by N$1.48m
24-06-2010
THE Office of the Auditor General has criticised the Lands Ministry for spending N$1,48 million more than its allocated budget during the 2008-09 financial year, saying it was contravening the State
readAalongisikola,yaaniilonga ya totopo okomitiye oku ya popila kEpangelo
24-06-2010
A ALONGISIKOLA yaa niilonga naamboka ya kuthwa miilonga, momwedhi Mei nuumvo oya gongalele pombelewa onene yoSwapo pu Kandjengedi mOshakati nokutota po okomitiye ndjoka tayi kala tayi ya popile ko
readOlweendo lwocellphona lwa ulikwa moshipotha
24-06-2010
E SIKU limwe konima sho aantu yatatu ya dhipagwa po Kleine Kuppe moWindhoek kuyele omumvo 2004, omulumentu gumwe gwaamboka ta ya pangulwa molwedhipago ndika , okwa landitha ocellphona ndjoka aniwa a
readOyendji ya talelepo ehala lya Namibia pomauliko gaShanghai moChina
24-06-2010
K ONYALA aatalelipo omiliona 1,2 oya talelapo opaviliona ya Namibia sigo oompaka pomauliko giipindi guuyuni moShanghai moChina.Omushangwa gwa gandjwa okuza kopaviliona ndjika ogwa ti konyala aantu
readOonkundathana dhoondjambi dha Namdeb na MUN dha haka
24-06-2010
O KWAA uvathana pokati ka Namdeb nehangano lyaaniilonga moomina lya Namibia[MUN] kombinga yegwedhelo lyoondjambi olya adha ekwena lya hula.Oongundu ndhika mbali odha ndopa okutsa kumwe,
readOmbaanga ya Namibia ya indile oombaanga dhiipindi
24-06-2010
O MBAANGA onene yoshilongo oya kundathana noombaanga dhiipindi opo dhi soshimpwiyu kutya odha shunitha iihohela yadho pevi noshitatatsa pehulilo lya Kotoba nuumvo.Omugavena gwombaanga ya Namibia,
readEmanya kOmbila yElenga, Kaimbi Mundjele otali suukululwa ngula
24-06-2010
K OMBILA yElenga enene lya Mbalantu nale,Petrus Aluvilu Kaimbi Mundjele momawendo ga Nakayale mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati kwa tulwa emanya notali suukululwa mOlyomakaya meti 26 June
readEU mulling 12 years more state aid for coal
24-06-2010
BRUSSELS – As the Group of 20 major economies prepares to discuss phasing out fossil fuel subsidies this weekend, the European Union (EU) is considering 12 more years of state aid for coal, a draft
readSouth Korea eyes World Cup windfall
24-06-2010
SEOUL – South Korea’s advance to the knockout round of the World Cup is expected to bring an economic windfall worth US$3,6 billion dollars, a think tank estimated in a report yesterday.“Making it
readChinese diamond market catching up with US
24-06-2010
TORONTO – Chinese diamond demand could reach the same level as the US, the biggest consumer, in the next decade, De Beers MD Gareth Penny said last week. In a video interview with London’s Financial
readFood security top of global agenda
24-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Food security is one of the most important issues facing the global retail industry, according to Pick n Pay Stores Chairman Gareth Ackerman who is also chairing the Global Consumer
readAfrica needs regional integration
24-06-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has said the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region and other regional economic communities in Africa need regional integration as a core strategy to
readGermany warns of ‘debt addictions’
24-06-2010
FRANKFURT – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble warned eurozone peers and the United States yesterday not to get hooked on borrowing, as a war of words brewed ahead of a G20 summit in
readAnti-corruption, pollution conditions for Eskom loan
24-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Eskom’s World Bank loan is subject to conditions on combating corruption and mitigating the impact of greenhouse gas pollution, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday.Gordhan
readZimbabwe to start selling diamond stocks
24-06-2010
TEL AVIV – Zimbabwe plans to begin selling diamond stockpiles from its Marange fields immediately, whether this week’s meeting of regulators of the trade gives the go ahead or not, the country’s
readUS inmates get homebuyer tax credits
24-06-2010
WASHINGTON – Nearly 1 300 US prison inmates wrongly received more than US$9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government
readMillionaires increased spending on luxuries
24-06-2010
NEW YORK – As financial markets recovered last year, the world’s millionaires again indulged in their passions for luxury cars, yachts, art and jewellery.While demand for many luxury items remains
readVuvuzelas used in protests
24-06-2010
TAIPEI – A member of Taiwan’s anti-Chinese opposition has prepared for a weekend protest against a trade pact with the mainland by ordering 200 South African vuvuzela trumpets – made in China.Laurence
readFake ATM machine dupes Chinese
24-06-2010
BEIJING – Thieves in Beijing set up a fake ATM machine that recorded the bank details of unsuspecting users whose accounts were later robbed, in the first such scam discovered in China, state press
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