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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Budget Quotes of the Day MORE than 300 Namibians are discussing the upcoming Budget on The Namibian’s Facebook site, a platform especially created by the newspaper for taxpayers to openly speak their minds on how Government spends their hard-earned money.
10-03-2010
MORE than 300 Namibians are discussing the upcoming Budget on The Namibian’s Facebook site, a platform especially created by the newspaper for taxpayers to openly speak their minds on how Government
readPawnshops fill bank loan gap
10-03-2010
MOSCOW – Russia’s central bank is suggesting that pawnshops are taking advantage of the credit crunch in boosting their lending by 18 per cent. The bank said in its annual report last week that
readPrepare for next crisis, says IMF
10-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The world needs to prepare for the next economic crisis, even as it begins to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the head of the International Monetary Fund
readChasing the dots ...
10-03-2010
People, Politics, Policies and Power Play (2) POLICY development is plotting direction and actions to provide guidance to all members of a grouping to achieve desired outcomes, in this case, Namibia;
readOil majors fixing prices as recently as December 2009
10-03-2010
SOUTH Africa’s Competition Commission has said its investigations into price fixing in the supply of bitumen has revealed that oil majors engaged in collusive conduct as recently as December 2009.Oil
readEU considers own IMF
10-03-2010
BRUSSELS – The European Union (EU) plans to create a European Monetary Fund to better coordinate the economies of the 16 countries that use the euro and prevent financial debacles such as the Greek
readAfrica must break Internet monopolies
10-03-2010
NAIROBI – African governments should break Internet monopolies to help lower the price of access, the body in charge of assigning online addresses said yesterday.Rod Beckstrom, chief executive of the
readAfrican Business Briefs
10-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s genetically modified (GM) crop area rose 16,7 per cent to 2,16 million hectares in the 2009-10 season from 1,81 million ha in the season before, an industry report showed
readMandela let us down – Winnie
10-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG - Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela bitterly lashed out at Nelson Mandela in an interview published in the London Evening Standard this week.She said South Africa’s first
readDRC army kills protected species
10-03-2010
KINSHASA – Troops killed seven hippopotamuses, four elephants and six monkeys, including two chimpanzees, last month in a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an environmental
readCaned kids in hospital
10-03-2010
Dhaka – Eight Bangladeshi children received treatment in hospital after being caned by their headmistress for forgetting to bring coloured pencils to school, police said yesterday. “She went on the
readBritain eyes new clampdown on dangerous dogs at home
10-03-2010
LONDON – Britain’s Home Secretary announced new plans yesterday to clamp down on dangerous dogs, including forcing owners to insure themselves against the risk of their pet attacking someone.The
readCourt upholds Tsvangirai ally as Zimbabwe speaker
10-03-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s high court yesterday threw out a bid by an ally of President Robert Mugabe to nullify the election of the speaker of parliament from rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s
readKidnapped British boy is safe
10-03-2010
Jhelum - A five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan nearly a week ago is alive and police are making progress in the investigation, a police official said yesterday.Sahil Saeed, who is of
readNigerian survivors slam authorities
10-03-2010
JOS - Nigerian troops were patrolling villages near the northern city of Jos yesterday after the massacre of more than 500 Christians there that sparked international shock and outrage.But survivors
readNew poll spells potential trouble for Democrats
10-03-2010
WASHINGTON - A new poll on Monday found signs of trouble ahead for President Barack Obama and his Democrats on national security issues such as the handling of terrorism suspects.The poll was
readOmuhingi a eta oshiponga moWalvisbay
10-03-2010
OMUNONA gwomimvo omulongo nagumwe okwa si sho a pumwa kosheenditho moWalvisbay.Sergio Seibeb okwa li aniwa taa ende nooyakwawo mooha dhondjila sho omulumentu taku fekelwa akolwa ahingi ohauto ye,
readAapolisi ya indilwa ya simaneke uuthemba womuntu
10-03-2010
PETHIMBO ta pata pambelewa omadhewo gAapolisi yEtonatelo lyokOongamba mEtitano lya zi ko mOsenda yOmadheulilo gAapolisi mOkapale Ndangwa mOshana, Kakukutu kOmatanga gOpolisi moNamibia, Ndjayi,
readElongo lyuuhilili lya kwathelwa
10-03-2010
ONGUNDU yaagundjuka yopashigwana National Youth council oya taamba eyambidhidho lyiimaliwa yoodola omayovi 40 000 okuza ko Agribank. Iimaliwa mbika ota yi longithwa okulonga aagundjuka nkene taya
readKansela Nikanor a ekelehi omapopyo
10-03-2010
KANSELA mewiliko lyoshikandjohogololo sha Keetmanshoop yomoshilando, Hilma Nikanor okwa ekelehi omalundilo ngoka ta ge mu ningilwa kutya ye aniwa ota tindile aakalimo yomoshikandjohogololo she ya
readEteyo ewanawa pofaalama ya Uvhungu-Vhungu
10-03-2010
OFAALAMA yomahini ya Uvhungu-Vhungu muuzilo wa Rundu oya tegelela eteyo ewanawa lyuuwindji wootona 700 dhepungu nuumvo.Ofaalama ndjika oya kala miikundaneki omathimbo ga yi, aniwa molwa ewiliko
readAalandithi yane yomomapandaanda ga Shakati ya monika ondjo
10-03-2010
AALANDITHI yane yomomapandaanda ga Shakati ya kwatelwe po kOpolisi omasiku 15 Januari 2009 sho ya adhika aniwa taya landitha yaana oombapila dha pumbiwa, ya monika ondjo mOmpangu ya Mangestrata
readKomufala Shilunga a pandula Ndjayi Ndeitunga
10-03-2010
PETHIMBO ta pandula ayehe yali koshituthipito shAapolisi mboka ya kala taya dheulilwa iilonga yEtonatelo lyokoongamba pOndangwa, metitano lyoshiwike sha zi ko, Omukuluntu gwoSpecial Field Force
readLadies first? Namibia slips in global gender ranking
10-03-2010
THE corporate world is not doing enough to achieve gender equality in the workplace, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said, placing Namibia 32nd out of 134 countries worldwide on its latest Global
readBeckham braced for emotional homecoming
10-03-2010
MANCHESTER – Eighteen years after graduating from Manchester United’s youth academy as part of the celebrated ‘class of 92’, David Beckham returns to where it all started tonight.Back then, the
readEllinger scoops top SKW award
10-03-2010
THE SKW Sports Klub Windhoek held its annual awards ceremony on Friday. Twenty-five sportsmen and women received awards from the SKW main club, which has 13 divisions. The same occasion is used to
readHerunga records seventh squash title
10-03-2010
SUPERB squash was on display at the annual Supertronix Doubles tournament which took place at the Wasra sports complex and the Buccaneers Squash club in Walvis Bay this past weekend.Nelson Herunga won
readVeterans trounce the youngsters
10-03-2010
MORE than 120 swimmers took part in Pointbreak Open Water Swim at Lake Oanob on Sunday, with the veterans dominating the overall top positions in the 2,1km swim main event.Veteran triathlete Mark
readMultichoice Nam adds SS4 to Compact Bouquet
10-03-2010
MULTICHOICE Namibia has announced that SuperSport 4 will be available to DStv Compact Subscribers from March 10. The DStv Compact Bouquet is a smaller and less expensive offering that gives more
readIvory Williams ready for Chambers
10-03-2010
RALEIGH, North Carolina - Ivory Williams, America’s newest sprint sensation, knows all too well how mental errors can destroy dreams. A year ago the 2004 world junior champion went to the
readSocial problems remain at Uitkomst farm
10-03-2010
ON Friday, members of the San community who have been resettled at Farm Uitkomst received 50 ewes, two rams, two cows and a solar panel from the Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Ama-thila.This farm is
readTransNamib caves in on lawyer representation
10-03-2010
TRANSPORT parastatal TransNamib has caved in to pressure from two suspended senior managers.The company started a disciplinary hearing yesterday against Sales Manager Paul Nashitati and Service
readWalvis Police looking for Ndeshipanda
10-03-2010
THE Police have offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of Daniel Ndeshipanda (ID: 85042510515), an employee at Chicken City Walvis Bay.Ndeshipanda on Monday allegedly disappeared with
readSpencer challenges Ewan’s record
10-03-2010
SPENCER Conway left London, England, on November 1 2009 on an epic journey through Africa that will take about a year to complete. He will circumnavigate the African continent on his motorbike, a trip
readRotary clubs build bakery to feed children
10-03-2010
LOCAL and international Rotarians last week opened a school bakery at Lüderitz named after retired banker Aloys Eiting. Eiting, a member of a German Rotary Club, donated N$120 000 to build the bakery
readOkavango and Zambezi River rising
10-03-2010
THE Zambezi River had risen to 6,15 metres at Katima Mulilo yesterday, up by 16 centimetres from yesterday, after it broke the six-metre mark on Monday, according to the latest readings by
readTony Mbok acquitted on rape charge
10-03-2010
THE legal woes of Cameroonian-born would-be property developer Antoine ‘Tony’ Mbok are continuing, despite his acquittal on a charge of rape in the Windhoek Regional Court on Monday.The rape charge on
readWater, sanitation a huge problem at Aus
10-03-2010
WATER rationing has become a common occurrence at Aus in the South, where boreholes often dry up. For residents, the solution lies in keeping large containers in their yards that they can fill with
readElection case to Supreme Court
10-03-2010
LAWYERS for the opposition parties that challenged the 2009 elections, and lost the case in the High Court last week, submitted an urgent application to the Supreme Court yesterday, asking for the
read‘Nightmare spinach’ the suspect in 6 deaths
10-03-2010
WHAT started with a nightmare about wild spinach ended with the death of six villagers in the Kavango Region.According to Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Hophni Hamufungu, Kauma Mateus “had a
readSlap on the wrist for speed freak
10-03-2010
WINDHOEK resident Thomas Alfred Alexander yesterday paid a lenient fine of N$2 500 after being caught doing a record 229 kilometres an hour on the N1 road outside Keetmanshoop.There is a speed limit
readUnam joins anti-KAS crusade
10-03-2010
THE University of Namibia (Unam) appears to have joined the anti-Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) crusade, which has been spearheaded by Prime Minister Nahas Angula and the National Union of Namibian
readNew museum in Jamaica to show Marley, Tosh
10-03-2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica plans to open a music museum next year that officials say will feature rare pieces from the island’s music history, such as the sole album that the late reggae star Bob
readZim documentary provides ‘Kanye Moment’ at Oscars
10-03-2010
IN the midst of an Oscar ceremony on Sunday night that presented little in the way of you’ll-be-talking-about-this-tomorrow spontaneity came the dustup between the filmmakers of Best Documentary Short
readQuotes of the day
10-03-2010
I thought I bought the house, but I’m puzzled now, as it seems that I have just entered a lease agreement with Council. – A Luderitz pensioner, Katrina Boois expressing her unhappiness with their
readSMS Of The 10 March 2010
10-03-2010
HOW come the media permanently harasses politicians and government officials about corruption and ignore it in their own ranks. Selective morality? That’s unacceptable. They should be specially
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