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63 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Stricter law enforcement needed for mining
08-06-2010
GOVERNMENT has to review and strengthen laws governing the mining sector so that better monitoring can be done of mining operations and the rehabilitation process of mining sites once the lifespan of
readEconomists tip Spain for soccer glory
08-06-2010
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG – Spain are favourites to be crowned World Cup champions, narrowly ahead of Brazil, according to a global field of 74 soccer fan economists polled by Reuters.Twenty-four
readGautrain opens for World Cup visitors
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will open the continent’s first high-speed rail link today, just in time to whisk a mass influx of World Cup fans Cup from the country’s main airport into uptown
readAirline industry shows signs of recovery
08-06-2010
BERLIN – The commercial aviation industry, battered by plunging sales and fallout from the Icelandic ash cloud, is at last emerging from a steep downturn, the International Air Transport Association
readUS dollar flexes muscle as crisis stalks markets
08-06-2010
WASHINGTON – With the euro reeling from a budget crisis and the yen tarnished by political turmoil, the US dollar is stamping its mark as the top safe haven and international reserve currency.Even a
readECB bank stress tests nearly complete
08-06-2010
BUSAN – Europe is close to completing stress tests on its banks to gauge their ability to withstand a market slump and the results should be published to help restore market confidence, top European
readJapan’s new PM faces stagnant economy
08-06-2010
TOKYO – In his first speech after taking charge of the world’s second-biggest economy last week, Japan’s new Prime Minister Naoto Kan identified his biggest challenge: ending two decades of
readChavez to nationalise more companies
08-06-2010
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez has announced plans to take over more private companies in Venezuela and also said his government should review the use of water by transnational companies
readPolitics, austerity raise concern over Eastern Europe
08-06-2010
PRAGUE – Warnings by Hungary’s new government about the risk of a debt crisis have caused investors to reassess the safe-haven status of Eastern Europe, and may fuel more volatility in markets as the
readLung sickness vaccination extended
08-06-2010
THE mass vaccination campaign against lung sickness among cattle in the western Kavango Region has been extended by another week.The two-month-long lung sickness vaccination campaign kicked off at the
readMCA starts grant for plant projects
08-06-2010
THE Millennium Challenge Account Namibia (MCA-N) programme has launched a grant system to stimulate sustainable cultivation of and trade in indigenous pants like hoodia, marula, Kalahari melon seed,
readMeatco adds 70 new crush pens in NCAs
08-06-2010
MEATCO is facilitating the establishments of 70 crush pens in the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs) after plans to establish a feedlot at Etunda near Ruacana under the auspices of the Agriculture
readNKorea promotes Kim relative in reshuffle
08-06-2010
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s brother-in-law was promoted and a premier who apologised for a currency debacle was replaced yesterday in a rare parliamentary session with strong signs that
readFamily mystified by killing spree
08-06-2010
LONDON – The family of a taxi driver who killed 12 people including his twin brother in a shooting rampage in northern England said they had no clue what sparked his rampage.Derrick Bird, 52, killed
readIn Brief
08-06-2010
Gaza blockade a failure, border stays open SHARM EL-SHEIKH - An Egyptian security official declared the blockade of Gaza a failure yesterday and said his country will keep its border with the
readHealth workers clean ‘poisoned’ villages of lead
08-06-2010
KADUMA - Health workers have set up emergency treatment centres in northern Nigeria for scores of children suffering from lead poisoning and are racing to contain contamination which has already
readBlack day for press freedom
08-06-2010
JOHANNSBURG - The “extremely harsh” contempt of court jail sentence imposed on the editor of Zambia’s Post could set a bad example for other countries in the region, the South African National
readNew party challenges Botswana’s status quo
08-06-2010
GABORONE - Four MPs have broken away from Botswana’s ruling party to launch the Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD), which an analyst says could radically change the country’s political
readSimon Cowell honoured at British television awards
08-06-2010
LONDON – Television mogul Simon Cowell picked up an honorary award for his contribution to the entertainment industry at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday.‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘X
read‘Twilight’ tops bleep-happy MTV Movie Awards bash
08-06-2010
UNIVERSAL CITY, California – The hunks from ‘Twilight’. A girl-on-girl kiss. Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera in skimpy costumes. The MTV Movie Awards were all they could be on Sunday.The irreverent
readEpangelo lya mona oomiliyuna 7 melanditho lyiiyamakuti
08-06-2010
OMATHIGATHANOLANDITHO giiyamakuti yUuministeli wEgameno lyUuntshtwe nOmatalelopo ya ningwa mEtitano, oya zi oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna heyali oshinkwanu yimwe.Iiyamakuti mbyoka ya landithwa po
readOonkundana paufupi
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Mosiuoa Lekota oye natango e li Omupresidende gwOkongresa yAantu, Ompangu yopombanda mu Johannnesburg osho ya tokola. Omupanguli Rami Mathopo okwa ti oshigongi moka mwa li mwa ningwa
readUganda a patela pondje Bashir
08-06-2010
KAMPALA – Etokolo lyEpangelo lya Uganda okukala inali hiya Omupresidende gwa Sudan, Omar El-Bashir koshigongi shEhangano lyUukumwe wAafrika, otashi ulike kutya iilonga yOmpangu ya International
readGumwe a pewa oomvula 53 mokakuma
08-06-2010
OMULUMENTU gumwe po Aroab okwa pewa egeelo lyoomvula 35 mokakuma, sho a monika ondjo medhipago lyomukulukadhi gwe oomvula ntano dha piti po.Paul Steenkamp okwa li a dhipaga omukulukadhi gwe pamukalo
readPaufupi
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Eghangano egandji lyomauyelele kombinga yoshiponga shomukithi gwo HIV-AIDS mu South Afrika olya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo, lya geela ehangano ekondololi lyuudhano wetangano lyokoompadhi
readLetisia a mona elongo mOshipangelo sha Shakati
08-06-2010
MEME gwoomvula 29 Letisia Bernardu gwokOshikango mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, okwa mona eyambeko lya Kalunga sho e mu pa elongo, ano a mona uunona utatu mesiku limwe, auhe uukadhona, e wu
readEgumbo lya Jonas Livingi mOshakati lya pya po thiluthilu
08-06-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomOlukanda Evululuko mOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana,tate Jonas Livingi gwoomvula 45 oku li i itsa omutse koongolo sho egumbo lye, enene, lyIipeleki, lyomala gane lya pipo thiluthilu
readStampede has no relation to World Cup organisation: FIFA
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – World Cup organisers said today that a stampede outside a warm-up match had nothing to do with FIFA and sought to reassure fans on security ahead of the tournament’s kick-off in four
readBenni axed over women
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Bafana Bafana star Benni McCarthy – who is married – was left out of the final World Cup team after he apparently entertained women in the early hours of the morning in his luxury hotel
readA unique setting for a familiar battle
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The setting is unique but a succession of pre-tournament injuries and the lessons of past World Cups outside Europe suggest the football at Africa’s first finals will resonate to
readNamibia lose to Argentina
08-06-2010
NAMIBIA bowed out of the Safaricom Sevens tournament on Sunday after pushing Argentina into extra time only to lose 24-19 in their Bowl semi-final encounter. Hosts Kenya edged out the Emerging Boks
readTobias thanks Namibia for Hitman support
08-06-2010
RENOWNED Namibian boxing promoter and trainer Nestor ‘Sunshine’ Tobias paid homage to the supporters of ousted WBA world lightweight champion Paulus ‘Hitman’ Moses yesterday. In the aftermath of the
readArgentine hooligans detained at SA airport
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG - Ten Argentine football hooligans who were supposedly planning acts of violence at the World Cup have been detained at South Africa’s main airport and are to be deported.A South African
readVogelhubert is CCD Player of the Year
08-06-2010
DF Vogelhubert won the Player of the Year award at the Centre for Cricket Development’s CCD Cricket Awards on Friday night.The burly 24-year-old off-spinner was the club’s leading wicket taker during
readRelief and joy for Nadal as he claims fifth French title
08-06-2010
PARIS – It has been a long journey back from the pit of despair for Rafael Nadal but he completed it in style on Sunday to win a fifth French Open title.The 24-year-old Spaniard looks to be back to
readSMSes for Tuesday 8 June 2010
08-06-2010
* IT is a shame to see City Police taking mass advantage of innocent drivers by giving traffic fines to those who had no idea of the changes in Werner List Street at Shoprite in town. Please City of
readSimon Cowell honoured at British television awards
08-06-2010
LONDON – Television mogul Simon Cowell picked up an honorary award for his contribution to the entertainment industry at the British Academy Television Awards on Sunday.'Britain's Got Talent' and 'X
read‘Suicide’ case to be reopened
08-06-2010
BARELY six months after a Walvis Bay couple got married and just three days after the wife’s 35th birthday, Catherine Slippers sustained such serious burn wounds that she later died.The woman’s
readCooking up a storm with solar power
08-06-2010
THE Döbra Solar Development Project has handed over 30 solar cookers to families living in the Okahandja Park informal settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek.The building of the solar cookers was
readLions kill cattle in Mangetti area
08-06-2010
FARMERS in the Mangetti area of the Oshikoto Region are complaining about lions, presumably escaped from the Etosha National Park, that are killing their livestock.Farmer Johannes Itoolwa says three
readJail term for stealing from tourists
08-06-2010
“AN accused who robs or steals from tourists who come to visit Namibia and boost the tourism industry commits a serious crime.”So said Magistrate Benhardt Tjatjara before he sent a thief who had
readGrisly find at Rehoboth home
08-06-2010
A REHOBOTH teenager appeared in the town’s magistrate’s court yesterday on charges of murder and concealment of birth after the Police found the decomposing body of a baby at the town on Friday.The
readGame auction nets N$7,1m
08-06-2010
A CATALOGUE wildlife auction on Friday earned the Ministry of Environment and Tourism N$7,1 million.On offer were eight black rhinos and 19 sable antelopes. Conducted by Agra on behalf of the
readEmerging farmers map the future
08-06-2010
MEMBERS of the Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers’ Union (NECFU) met at Okahandja yesterday for the union’s inaugural congress and the election of an executive committee.The two-day congress’s agenda
readGovernment mum on diplomatic reshuffle
08-06-2010
STATE House and Foreign Affairs have both shrugged off responsibility for a diplomatic reshuffle rumoured to take place soon. Both organs pleaded ignorance and pointed to the other as being
readStricter law enforcement needed for mining
08-06-2010
GOVERNMENT has to review and strengthen laws governing the mining sector so that better monitoring can be done of mining operations and the rehabilitation process of mining sites once the lifespan of
readEconomists tip Spain for soccer glory
08-06-2010
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG – Spain are favourites to be crowned World Cup champions, narrowly ahead of Brazil, according to a global field of 74 soccer fan economists polled by Reuters.Twenty-four
readGautrain opens for World Cup visitors
08-06-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will open the continent’s first high-speed rail link today, just in time to whisk a mass influx of World Cup fans Cup from the country’s main airport into uptown
readAirline industry shows signs of recovery
08-06-2010
BERLIN – The commercial aviation industry, battered by plunging sales and fallout from the Icelandic ash cloud, is at last emerging from a steep downturn, the International Air Transport Association
readUS dollar flexes muscle as crisis stalks markets
08-06-2010
WASHINGTON – With the euro reeling from a budget crisis and the yen tarnished by political turmoil, the US dollar is stamping its mark as the top safe haven and international reserve currency.Even a
readECB bank stress tests nearly complete
08-06-2010
BUSAN – Europe is close to completing stress tests on its banks to gauge their ability to withstand a market slump and the results should be published to help restore market confidence, top European
readJapan’s new PM faces stagnant economy
08-06-2010
TOKYO – In his first speech after taking charge of the world’s second-biggest economy last week, Japan’s new Prime Minister Naoto Kan identified his biggest challenge: ending two decades of
readChavez to nationalise more companies
08-06-2010
CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez has announced plans to take over more private companies in Venezuela and also said his government should review the use of water by transnational companies
readPolitics, austerity raise concern over Eastern Europe
08-06-2010
PRAGUE – Warnings by Hungary’s new government about the risk of a debt crisis have caused investors to reassess the safe-haven status of Eastern Europe, and may fuel more volatility in markets as the
readLocal business confidence slumps further
08-06-2010
The IJG Business Climate Index slowed for the second consecutive month in April, fanning concerns about the recovery of local business confidence. The index, released yesterday by the Institute of
readBIG, Social Justice And Solidarity
08-06-2010
THE debate around a Basic Income Grant (BIG) stands for a significant discourse. Critics tend to sweep essential parts of this discourse under the carpet. They tend to downplay if not ignore the
readNBC to beam World Cup live
08-06-2010
THE Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has promised to broadcast 56 of the Fifa World Cup games live starting this Friday. At 14h00, the first game kicks off between host country South Africa
readLocal business confidence slumps further
08-06-2010
The IJG Business Climate Index slowed for the second consecutive month in April, fanning concerns about the recovery of local business confidence. The index, released yesterday by the Institute of
readIsrael kills Gaza ‘commandos’
08-06-2010
GAZA CITY – Israeli forces yesterday shot dead four Palestinian ‘commandos’ off Gaza as the Jewish state scrambled to cope with mounting fallout over an earlier deadly sea battle.A week after Israeli
readMurdered mother was stabbed 39 times
08-06-2010
MURDER victim Phenny Ipinge, who died at the hands of her own son near the end of 2006, was stabbed 39 times in the attack that ended her life.A report on the autopsy done on Ipinge’s body after she
readKeharanjo denies kidnapping
08-06-2010
THE young traditional chief of the Ovambanderu community, Keharanjo II Nguvauva, yesterday denied that he was kidnapped on Saturday from his older brother’s Katutura house and said he was well and
readMost parastatals fail grade
08-06-2010
AIR Namibia, TransNamib and the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) have ended at the bottom of a new survey in which local executives rated the performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs).“Close Air
readNotable Quotes
08-06-2010
Such a proposal is devastating for Namibia’s sheep industry. – Sources in Keetmanshoop said referring to a proposal by the Brukkaros Abattoir to the Ministry of Finance to cancel the six-year-old
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