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46 Articles found on Monday, 1 March 2010
DRC pulls plug on Inga
01-03-2010
NAMIBIA’S dream to be part of a power project which would have been the stepping stone for the biggest hydro-electric plant in Africa has been shattered after the Democratic Republic of the Congo
readFugitive murder suspect’s place in dock stays empty
01-03-2010
THE key suspect in the double murder case over the slaying of an elderly farming couple in the Omaruru district in March last year was a notable absentee as his two co-accused made a first appearance
readKeetmans business tycoon withdraws extortion charges
01-03-2010
TWO Keetmanshoop residents were freed from Police custody after local businessman Roy Oosthuizen had withdrawn extortion charges against them on Friday.Harold Bloedooght (39) and Johan Ses (26) were
readTigers, Stars settle for draws
01-03-2010
TITLE pretenders Tigers were held to a goalless draw by Eleven Arrows at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday, as they failed to close the gap on MTC Premiership log leaders African Stars.On Friday,
readRescuers struggle to save lives after Chile quake
01-03-2010
CONCEPCION – Rescuers edged their way toward residents trapped in a toppled apartment block early yesterday and survivors huddled around bonfires in the rubble of their homes as the death toll in
readZimbabwe business sector indigenisation starts today
01-03-2010
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe defended Saturday new regulations to give locals majority share-holding in big corporations, saying they were meant to correct historical imbalances.The
readSimpology simplifies technology
01-03-2010
SHITONGENI Kakehongo founded Simpology Technology Services with five of his friends – some of whom have 15 to 20 years’ experience each. But what exactly do they do?“Basically, we simplify technology
readChina reaffirms loose monetary policy
01-03-2010
BEIJING – China will stick to an appropriate loose monetary policy but must ensure that the pace of money growth is appropriate to curb inflation, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday.Wen was speaking
readSparkler fetches record price
01-03-2010
LONDON – A 507-carat diamond, as big as a chicken’s egg, sold for US$35,3 million, breaking the record for the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond, the supplier said Friday.The stone – which
readUK economy faces challenging road ahead
01-03-2010
LONDON – The British economy faces a difficult road ahead despite its return to growth at the end of last year, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an interview published on Saturday.Figures on Friday
readG20 officials touch briefly on reform
01-03-2010
INCHEON, South Korea – Officials from the Group of 20 leading economies discussed the sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) market, but did not get into details of possible regulatory reform, a senior
readG20 officials touch briefly on reform
01-03-2010
INCHEON, South Korea – Officials from the Group of 20 leading economies discussed the sovereign credit default swaps (CDS) market, but did not get into details of possible regulatory reform, a senior
readFinancial watchdog needs more bite, says IMF
01-03-2010
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants more power to police the global financial system and a bigger role in emergency financing, Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said
readFinland supports transport corridor
01-03-2010
THE Finnish government has signed an agreement granting N$500 000 in support of the Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG), which will collect data along corridor routes to establish the level of economic
readAfrica Business Briefs
01-03-2010
SA cannot meet land reform targetSOMERSET WEST – South Africa’s land reform minister said on Friday it was impossible for the government to meet its target of acquiring farm land to restore to blacks
readCarly Simon ‘You’re So Vain’ secret finally revealed!
01-03-2010
FOR nearly 40 years fans and music buffs have been trying to guess who the subject of songstress Carly Simon’s hit “You’re So Vain” REALLY was.Well, wonder no more because Carly herself has finally
readJim Carrey becomes granddad at 47
01-03-2010
HOLLYWOOD funnyman Jim Carrey has become a grandfather at the relatively young age of 47.The actor’s 22-year-old daughter Jane gave birth to son Jackson Riley Santana in a Los Angeles hospital
readSad End for ‘Growing Pains’ actor Andrew Koenig
01-03-2010
‘GROWING Pains’ actor Andrew Koenig took his own life, his father Walter Koenig has confirmed. A source close to the investigation into the death of Andrew Koenig told E! News that the 41-year-old
readFamilies watch killers hanged
01-03-2010
TEHRAN – Iran has hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking and three found guilty of murdering policemen, reports said on Saturday.Five armed drug traffickers were hanged inside a prison in the
readDeath toll mounts as storms lash Europe
01-03-2010
PARIS – Hurricane-force winds, surging seas and driving rain lashed western Europe yesterday, leaving at least 16 people dead and more than a million households without power.Dubbed ‘Xynthia’, the
readZuma visits Britain this week
01-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma makes his first state visit to Britain tomorrow, in the wake of a damaging scandal at home over his lovechild born to the daughter of a World Cup
readStatue head of King Tut’s grandfather found in Luxor
01-03-2010
CAIRO – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a colossal statue head of the pharaoh whom DNA tests revealed last week was King Tutankhamun’s grandfather, the government said yesterday.The red granite
readRugby helped Mandela to convert white supremacists
01-03-2010
LONDON – Sports movies too often veer uneasily between off-field drama and on-pitch action without portraying either with much conviction.‘Invictus’, the tale of Nelson Mandela’s role in South
readRDP urges Pohamba to resign
01-03-2010
CORRUPTION has flourished in the past five years despite President Hifikepunye Pohamba’s promises to fight corruption tooth and nail when he took office in 2005, an opposition party claimed on
readRacism still alive at workplace
01-03-2010
RACISM was still prevalent in many companies and proof of this was that more white people still enjoyed preference in top jobs and at management level, according to the Employment Equity
readPatients sleep on hospital stoep
01-03-2010
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has launched an investigation into the conduct of a nurse and a driver after a group of seven patients travelling to Katima Mulilo from Windhoek allegedly
readNurse jailed for attack on pregnant girlfriend
01-03-2010
AN attack that a former nurse at Windhoek Central Hospital launched on his pregnant girlfriend almost a year ago – when he kicked her in the stomach, stabbed her in the back, and came close to
readN$74,5m for private school funding
01-03-2010
THE Ministry of Education subsidised 104 private schools in the country to the tune of N$74,5 million in the current financial year, according to Education Minister Nangolo Mbumba.Responding to
readLand dispute at former army base
01-03-2010
A LAND dispute has erupted between residents of King Kauluma Settlement, about 7 km north of Oshivelo in the Oshikoto Region, and the Centre for Resources and Transformation (CERET), a Swapo-owned
readKaras Governor calls on youth to take the lead in road safety
01-03-2010
KARAS Governor Dawid Boois has called on children at Bethanie village in the South to play a leading role in road safety. Launching the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund’s ‘Kids Power Project’ campaign
readOshitayi sha Unam shUuwindjinia mOngwediva
01-03-2010
O SHITOPOLWA shotango shetungo lyoshitayi sha UNAM shuuwindjinia nomauyelele gopaunongononi mOngwediva moShana, sha pwa nosha egululilwe kOmukokolipresidende, Sam Nujoma, ngoka wo e li Omukuluntu
readAaniilonga ya Rossing ya loloka
01-03-2010
O MAKAMBAMBA ogendji guudha aaniilonga yo monina ya Rossing ndjoka ya Rio Tinto oya li ya yi koombelewa dhomina ndjika moSwakopmund etine oshiwike shayi, oku ka gandja ombapila ye nyenyeto. Mombapila
readBooys gwoSwapo a sindana mOkahandja
01-03-2010
O MUULIKWA hogololwa gwoSwapo, Steve Biko Booys oye a sindana mehogololo lyomOkahandja metitatu lya yi. Ehogololo ndyoka lya ningwa opo pa udhithwe ehala lya thigilwe po ku nakusa, Theofilus Eiseb
readIilonga iipe yokulonga olusheno moshitopolwa
01-03-2010
I ILONGA ta yi tsikile naambyoka ya dhiladhilwa po okutunga itaasi iipe yokudhiga olusheno oya tegelelwa yika nkondopeke oonkondo dholusheno moshitopolwa shuumbugantu wAfrica.Shika ngele osha ningwa
readEtopoko momahangano gaaniilonga ta li hepeke aaniilonga
01-03-2010
O MBILI nengungumano moNamibia oyi li moshiponga ngele okwaa thike pamwe kwopankalathano nopamahupilo inaku monenwa eyamukulo.Elondodho ndika olya shangwa membo epe li li kohi yoshipalanyolo
readOmulandu gwegameno gwaziminwa kegumbo
01-03-2010
O SHIGONGI Shopashigwana osha manitha oonkundathana dhuule woshiwike kombinga yomulandu gwegameno, oshiwike shayi. Konima yokumanitha oonkundathana ndhika egumbo lyokutota oompango olya zimine
readIihakanwa yelongitho lyoonkondo
01-03-2010
K ONYALA aaNamibia 11 000 oya ningi iihakanwa yelongitho lyoonkondo shiikwatelela kutya mbaka aalumentu nenge aakiintu.Iiningwanima mbika oya li ya tseyithilwa opolisi omumvo 2008, omanga omumvo gwa
readTigers, Stars settle for draws
01-03-2010
TITLE pretenders Tigers were held to a goalless draw by Eleven Arrows at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday, as they failed to close the gap on MTC Premiership log leaders African Stars.On Friday,
readFifa TD Bénézet here
01-03-2010
FIFA Technical Director Jean-Michel Bénézet arrives today in Windhoek for a three-day visit to the Namibia Football Association and partners.Accompanied by FIFA Regional representative Ashford
readAB, Kallis shape S. Africa’s win
01-03-2010
AHMEDABAD – AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis hammered centuries to set up South Africa’s consolation 90-run victory over India in the third and final one-day international on Saturday.De Villiers
readBulls still tops in Super 14
01-03-2010
WELLINGTON – South Africa’s Bulls retained their lead of the Super 14 rugby standings after weekend third round matches in which all five New Zealand teams were winners four with four-try bonus
readMan City stun leaders Chelsea
01-03-2010
LONDON – Chelsea lost 4-2 at home to Manchester City and Arsenal closed within three points of the Premier League leaders with a 3-1 win at Stoke City marred by a horrific leg injury to Aaron Ramsey
readGriffons maul Namibia
01-03-2010
NAMIBIA’S 2010 Vodacom Cup campaign got off to a losing start as they lost 45-26 to the Griffons in Windhoek after trailing 25-17 at halftime.Griffons’ right wing Eddie Fredericks scored three tries
readWalvis Bay murder trial postponed
01-03-2010
THE trial of the young man who is accused of murdering veteran coastal newspaperman Awie Brand in his restaurant at Walvis Bay in June 2008 is scheduled to continue only at the end of next week.After
readTeachers must work afternoons: Mbumba
01-03-2010
A NEW regulation by the Ministry of Education, which stipulates that teachers in the Khomas Region must stay at school and work until 16h00 from Monday to Thursday, was not discussed with the
readSMS Of The Day
01-03-2010
n GOVERNMENT of Namibia, bring back performance evaluation and appraisal systems in the public service. If not forget about effective and efficient service. – MiguFood for Thought n DEMOCRACY my
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