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54 Articles found on Thursday, 11 March 2010
Anyone for seal?
11-03-2010
OTTAWA – Canada’s parliamentary restaurant served seal meat yesterday in a gesture of defiance aimed at a European Union ban on imports of seal products. Canada’s Conservative government says it will
readBudget Quote of the Day
11-03-2010
“Don’t try only to see your former fighters as the ones who need financial help, our old people need also that kind of help as your old fighters.” More than 300 Namibians are discussing the upcoming
readCuban economy minister pushes for less state role
11-03-2010
HAVANA – Cuba’s economy minister is pushing for less state intervention in one of the world’s last Soviet-style economies, saying the government can no longer afford its all-encompassing control and
readReserve Bank to release banking report soon
11-03-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s Reserve Bank (SARB) will shortly release results of a study into the gap between the central bank’s main interest rate and prime lending costs, but is not formally
readEast Africa new frontier for oil exploration
11-03-2010
HOUSTON – East Africa has become a promising new frontier for oil exploration and major multinationals are jostling for the rights to search for black gold, industry experts have said.“There are still
read‘Sacu is a waste of money’
11-03-2010
A SOUTH African economist, Mike Schussler, says his country is wasting money it could be using to carry out its own development projects by financing other Southern African Customs Union (Sacu)
readAfrican Business Briefs
11-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday defended plans to create a US$100 billion fund to help countries mitigate the effects of climate change. “The problem of
readWeakening rand would be ‘very short-sighted’
11-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Devaluing the rand would be a “very short-sighted” move for South Africa to make, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said.South African union
readTatum ‘deeply saddened’ Oscars failed to recognise Farrah
11-03-2010
RYAN isn’t the only O’Neal terribly disappointed by the absence of Farrah Fawcett in the tribute montage to filmdom’s fallen stars shown during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.“On behalf of myself, my
readLittle bump for supermodel Claudia Schiffer
11-03-2010
IT could be good genes or merely the years spent refining her trim figure for her many modelling assignments but, whatever it is, there’s no doubting that Claudia Schiffer carries off pregnancy with
readLeibovitz keeps portfolio under new debt deal
11-03-2010
ANNIE Leibovitz, the photographer who mismanaged her fortune so badly that she faced losing legal rights to some of pop culture’s most enduring images, has reached a long-term agreement with a private
readSolar power vastly underrated in region
11-03-2010
THE southern African region has the highest potential in the world for the use of Solar Thermal Power (STP).This is one of the lessons learned by some southern African parliamentarians who last year
readNamibia’s Marker and Pimm to share 2010 Tyler Prize
11-03-2010
DR Laurie Marker, the Executive Director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Namibia, and Professor Stuart Pimm of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, will share the 2010 Tyler Prize for
readFarmers need to adapt to climate change
11-03-2010
ACROSS the African continent, projects aimed at helping rural farmers adapt to the effects of climate change are springing up.One such project gives farmers early warning as to when the rain will
readLabour to remain biggest party in UK parliament-poll
11-03-2010
LONDON – Britain’s ruling Labour party will remain the largest in parliament, but fall short of an overall majority after an election expected on May 6, an opinion poll showed yesterday.The daily poll
readUganda MPs demand ministers’ travel ban
11-03-2010
KAMPALA – A Ugandan parliamentary panel called yesterday for a travel ban on cabinet members implicated in aa massive corruption scandal during the 2007 Kampala Commonwealth summit.The Public Accounts
readANC to take Malema to task
11-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema’s racial outburst at a student rally will be taken up with him by the ANC, the party said yesterday.Spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi said the party
readHundreds demand Yar’Adua
11-03-2010
ABUJA – Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja yesterday for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar’Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi
readAung San Suu Kyi to be barred from polls and party
11-03-2010
YANGON – Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been barred from standing in polls this year and may be excluded from her own party under the military junta’s new election laws unveiled
readAustralian underwear going bananas
11-03-2010
SYDNEY – Australian underwear company AussieBum has been monkeying around and the result is a range of men’s underwear made with bananas.The new eco-friendly banana range of undies incorporates 27 per
readGerman bishops to investigate abuse charges
11-03-2010
REGENSBURG – The German Bishops Conference will lead an investigation into all allegations of the sexual and physical abuse of students in Germany, a top prelate announced yesterday.That investigation
readTop Sunni cleric Tantawi dies
11-03-2010
CAIRO – Sunni Islam’s top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died yesterday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media
readTransNamib a pitike aaniilonga yakalelwepo
11-03-2010
EHANGANO lyomalweendo lya TransNamib olya tokola opo li pitike aawiliki yalyo yaali yiikondo shomalanditho naashoka shegandjo lyomayakulo yakalelwepo kuhahende moshipotha shoka ya ningilwa kutya yo
readBen Zaaruka oye ta wilike Aanangeshefa moNooli
11-03-2010
OSHIGONGI oshinene shokomumvo shAanangeshefa shoka sha ningilwe mOngwediva mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko osha hogolola, Ben Zaaruka mwene gwoongeshefa yiitungitho mOshakati nomOngwediva yedhina Benz
readHelena Erkana a hulitha moshiponga shohauto
11-03-2010
MEME Omugundjuka gwomOngwediva Helena Erkana gwoomvula omilongombali nantano lwaampoka a tseyika nawa nedhina Ouvrou, okwa si ombaadhilila sho ohauto moka a li mo naakuluntu ye, aamwayina nokanona ke,
readSpencer ta shongo omuthika gwa Ewan
11-03-2010
SPENCER Conway okwa thigi po London, Engeland mulyotango lya Novomba 2009 mondjila yopandjokonona ndjoka tayi mu taakanitha enenevi lyAfrica uule womvula yimwe.Ota taaguluka Africa a kayila
readOpolisi yaWalvisbay tayi kongo Ndeshipanda
11-03-2010
OPOLISI oya uvaneke ta yi gandja epandulo kwaangoka taka gandja uuyelele mboka tau ka kwatitha, Daniel Ndeshipanda[id 85042510515]. Nguka okwa li omuniilonga gwositola yiikulya yedhina, Chicken City,
readOshipotha shomahogololo sha tumwa kOmpangu Onene
11-03-2010
AATSEYIMPANGO yoongundu dhompilameno ndhoka dha kanitha oshipotha shadho , sha li tashi kondjitha omahogololo goshigongi shopashigwana nogopauperesidende ga Novomba 2009 oya gandja eindilo
readUNAM ta kondjitha KASR
11-03-2010
OUNIVERSITI ya Namibia oya fa nayo ya ya mongundu yaamboka ya tsompinge nehangano lyaashi lyopapangelo lya Konrad Adenauer Stiftung[KAS].Otaku tiwa oshinima shika shokutonda KAS osha kwatelwa komeho
readYahamano ya si sho ya li “omutete”
11-03-2010
SHOKA shatameke ongondjodhi kombinga yomboga yedhina mutete osha ka hulila meso lyaanamukunda ye li ya hamano moshitopolwa sha Kavango.Pahapu dhomupopiliko gwopolisi, Komufala gwopevi, Hophni
readTarah Shaanika a pandula aanangeshefa newilikongundu lyawo moNooli
11-03-2010
OMUNAMBELEWA Omukuluntupitithi gwEhangano lyAanangeshefa moNamibia, Tarah Shaanika, okwa pandula noonkondo aanangeshefa yokoNooli sho ya kala taya kambadhala ngashi taya vulu okukaleka po ehumokomeho
readChess tournament at UN plaza
11-03-2010
THE new chess season kicks off with the 5th Independence Blitz Chess Tournament (IBCT) this Saturday at the UN Plaza in Katutura.Traditionally played on the last Saturday before Independence Day, this
readOne million pounds for World Cup condoms
11-03-2010
LONDON – Britain announced on Tuesday that they will provide one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world’s worst-affected country ahead of
readIndoor athletics begin in Doha
11-03-2010
DOHA - Bernard Lagat will bid to recapture the 3 000m title he first won six years ago when the World Indoor Athle-tics Championships gets under way tomorrow.There might not be the likes of Jamaican
readPirates draw Civics in Leo Cup
11-03-2010
DEFENDING champions Orlando Pirates face a tough task after being drawn to play Civics in the Leo NFA Cup Round of 16 at Soccer House yesterday morning. In a strange twist of fate it is the third
readArsenal, Bayern in quarters
11-03-2010
LONDON – Arsenal dismantled FC Porto 5-0 on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarterfinals along with Bayern Munich who scraped by Fiorentina.Nicklas Bendtner scored the first hat trick of his
readTroussier, Hiddink ‘bid for Ivory Coast job’
11-03-2010
MUCH-TRAVELLED French coach Philippe Troussier is vying with Dutch master Guus Hiddink to be the Ivory Coast’s coach at the World Cup finals in June, a Japanese newspaper reported on
readFans must show self-discipline: Rukoro
11-03-2010
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has yet to take action regarding the crowd trouble that took place during the African Stars-Tigers Leo NFA Cup match at the SKW stadium on Saturday evening.
readBoxing feast at Country Club
11-03-2010
THE Independence Day boxing bonanza slated for March 20 at the Windhoek Country Club will highlight Namibian WBO African interim welterweight champion Betuel ‘Tyson’ Uushona as he defends his title
readLocal banks face stiff penalties
11-03-2010
COMMERCIAL banks could be fined up to N$100 000 by the Bank of Namibia (BoN) if they don’t comply with the proposed laws in the Payment Systems’ Management Bill which, amongst others, will regulate
readForensics chief investigates spinach case
11-03-2010
ALTHOUGH the post-mortem reports on the death of five San people have been completed, the findings need to be “scientifically analysed”. For this purpose, Paul Ludik, Director of the National
readJudgement reserved in Ritter case
11-03-2010
HIGH Court Judge Nate Ndauendapo reserved judgement yesterday in a case where the Namibia Financial Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) wanted the court to rescind an earlier ruling instructing it to pay
readPM tells opposition to drop election case
11-03-2010
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has used the platform of the National Assembly to tell the nine opposition parties that challenged the outcome of the 2009 elections in the High Court to “put the issue to
readJosea’s bankruptcy battle lands in Supreme Court
11-03-2010
A BID to recover some of the money that the Social Security Commission lost when it tried to invest N$30 million through an inexperienced asset management company, Avid Investment Corporation, in
readAttorney’s link to dirty land deal under investigation
11-03-2010
THE Law Society of Namibia has launched a disciplinary investigation by into the professional conduct of a Gobabis attorney.Bennie Venter was accused by the High Court in November last year of
readDrastic reduction of elephants needed
11-03-2010
THERE are too many elephants in the Etosha National Park and in conservancy areas northwest of the park and reducing their numbers by almost 1 000 animals – even through culling – might be an option,
readChurch discusses domestic violence
11-03-2010
THE Bet-El Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church will host a workshop on domestic violence and moral decay at the church this Saturday.The church, under the leadership of Reverend Walter
readCellphone tower upsets residents
11-03-2010
MOST Namibians remain uninformed about the specifics of numerous, serious scientific studies that indicate long-term health hazards associated with living too close to cellphone towers.This is what a
readBaby dumping a growing social problem in Namibia
11-03-2010
IN April 2008, staff at Gammams Water Care Works in Windhoek estimated that they discover an average of 13 bodies of newborn babies each month in human waste flushed down toilets.These damning
readTullow Oil loses control over Kudu
11-03-2010
RUSSIAN gas giant Gazprom and Namcor have partnered up to muscle out Tullow Oil as the main shareholder in the Kudu gas field, securing 54 per cent of the interest in the multibillion-dollar offshore
readSugar, milk freed from VAT
11-03-2010
SUGAR and fresh milk will be VAT zero-rated soon, according to an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act tabled in Parliament yesterday.“The global financial crisis resulting in an economic
readAir Namibia ‘bypasses’ pilot licensing rules
11-03-2010
PRESSURE by a senior manager of Air Namibia to falsify information for a South African to get a local flying licence led to the sudden resignation of a flight instructor at the national airline. Ralph
readSMS of 11 March 2010
11-03-2010
ARE we truly Namibian? I mean do we care about our sports, mainly soccer? I don’t think we do because if we did, why would the Brave Gladiators play to an empty stadium? Let’s not only support Bucs
readQuotes of the day
11-03-2010
Mandela let us down. He agreed to a bad deal for the blacks. Economically we are still on the outside. – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, said in an interview with the London
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