Archive
50 Articles found on Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Payback formula for Madoff victims upheld
03-03-2010
NEW YORK – The victims of Bernard Madoff’s massive swindle are only owed the money they invested with his firm and not the US$64,8 billion reflected on fictitious statements, a Manhattan bankruptcy
readBP pulls out of Namibia and other countries
03-03-2010
OIL giant BP will pull out of Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia it said.“This follows a strategic review by BP into its refining and marketing businesses in southern Africa which showed
readClimate change will dry up millions
03-03-2010
ONDANGWA – The impacts of climate change on natural resources could cost the Namibian economy between one per cent and six per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually over the next 20 years.
readChasing the dots ... People, Politics, Policies and Power Play (1)
03-03-2010
Us Namibians, every five years perform an incredible act of faith! We vote into power politicians based upon our experience, judgement and the content and promises in a Manifesto. We then hand them
readBe upfront on Doha deal, US asks
03-03-2010
WASHINGTON – The United States has asked nations like China, India and Brazil to clarify their market-access measures in a bid to break the deadlock on the long-stalled Doha Round of global trade
readDead-end for GDF, PetroSA refinery
03-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – French energy group GDF Suez and South Africa’s PetroSA have ended exclusive talks on the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the national oil company’s Mossel Bay refinery, GDF
readBanks need ‘smart’ regulation
03-03-2010
LONDON – Europe’s new financial sector overlord has sought to reassure London’s bankers that new regulation introduced in the wake of the economic crisis would be both “smart” and
readLosses underscore dire US housing sector
03-03-2010
NEW YORK – The US home mortage sector remains under siege – as recent huge losses reported by government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show – from high unemployment and troubled loans.“Fannie Mae and
readNo word from Nigerian kidnappers
03-03-2010
OWERRI – The abductors of a South African journalist in Nigeria had not yet made contact with any authorities by yesterday morning. “It is a waiting game and we continue to pray for the safety of our
readEx-UN nuclear head issues call for Egypt to reform
03-03-2010
CAIRO – Former UN atomic chief Mohamed ElBaradei, emerging as Egypt’s highest-profile dissident, has called for constitutional changes in his first statement since forming an opposition group,
readFrance arrests widow of ex-Rwandan president
03-03-2010
PARIS – French authorities yesterday arrested the widow of the former Rwandan president killed in a plane attack widely considered the event that sparked the east African country’s 1994 genocide, a
readRare reform call from China’s state media
03-03-2010
BEIJING – More than a dozen Chinese newspapers took a rare stand this week against a Mao Zedong-era system blamed for the wide gap between the country’s rich and poor. Within hours, their jointly
readBetter poll news for Cameron
03-03-2010
LONDON – Britain’s opposition Conservatives recovered some of their opinion poll lead yesterday after a surprise survey blow - but still lack enough support to guarantee power after a looming
readEuropean court condemns Britain over Iraq transfers
03-03-2010
PARIS – Europe’s top human rights court condemned Britain yesterday for transferring two Iraqi prisoners to authorities in Baghdad despite the risk that they might face the death sentence.Faisal
readChristina Milian gives birth to baby Violet
03-03-2010
R&B singer and actress Christina Milian has given birth to a baby girl. The 28-year-old star and her husband, Grammy-winning producer The Dream, welcomed Violet Madison Nash at 11.30pm on Friday
readJay Leno, back as ‘Tonight’ Host
03-03-2010
A lot of things in the world have changed since May. But not Jay Leno hosting “The Tonight Show.” Oh, sure, there was that awkward nine-month lapse between his farewell then and his return on Monday,
readJessica Simpson Close to Tears as she Hits Back at Unchivalrous Ex John Mayer on Oprah
03-03-2010
Some people would find it a compliment to be described as ‘sexual napalm’ in bed. But not Jessica Simpson, who didn’t take too kindly to ex-boyfriend John Mayer’s recent unchivalrous comments about
readOshipotha shomahogololo shi li mompangu
03-03-2010
OMPANGU yopombanda moVenduka oya li yu udha petameko lyoshipotha moka oongundu omugoyi dhompilameno tadhi indile ompangu ndjika opo yi ekelehi omahogololo gopaupersidende nogoshigongi shopashigwana
readAafekelwa muufuthi wiimuna taya kongwa
03-03-2010
AALUMENTU yaheyali mboka ya kwatelelwe omwedhi gwayi moshitopolwa shOtjozondjupa taya fekelwa yeli mongundu ya longekidhwa yokuyaka iimuna otashi vulika ya kala taya longo shika ethimbo ele.Pahapu
readOmutengenekothaneko meni lyiiwike iyali
03-03-2010
OMINISTA Yiimaliwa, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila okwa tegelelwa a tule omutengenekothaneko omutiheyali komeho goshigongi shopashigwana meni lyiiwike iyali ta yi landula.Oonzo dhi shi kwiinekelwa otadhi
readOmambo ga Khomas ga vundakana
03-03-2010
OMISHANGWA dhiiniwe yepangelo lyoshitopolwa sha Khomas odha adhika kaadhina omaukwatya noshowo oombapila dhimwe dha pumbiwa oku koleka kutya iimaliwa niiniwe oya longithwa ngiini.Pamishangwa
readOshi li nawa poNBC Kaapanda a ti
03-03-2010
OMINISTA Yomauyelele, Joel Kaapanda okwa ekelehi omalundilo goongundu dhompilameno oshiwike shayi moshigongi shopashigwana ngoka taga ti oNBC oha yi piyaganekwa pakwiidhopamo kwaanapolitika.
readYatatu ya monika ondjo medhipago lyomuhingi taxi
03-03-2010
OSHIPOTHA shoka sha kwata ethimbo ele kombinga yedhipago neyugo lyomuhingi gwotaxi moVenduka pehulilo lyomumvo 2004 osheya pehulilo. Aatamanekwa ayehe yatatu oya li ya monika ondjo ngaashi taya
readAir Namibia ta kongo omuwiliki
03-03-2010
OMUWILIKI gwomalweendo goondhila ga Air Namibia, Kosmas Egumbo ota hulitha po iilonga ye yoomvula ntano ongo omutse gwehangano ndika lye pangelo petameko lyomwedhi tagu ya.Oonzo otadhi ti euvathano
readOshikonga shetuntilo lyokakwenyene mOshikoto
03-03-2010
OMUWILIKI gwUuhaku mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto meme Maria Kavezembi okwa lombwele oThe Namibian ohela kutya omolu omukithi gwokakwenyene gwiiteyela mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto omathimbo ga zi ko,
readKavango regional under-17 team selected
03-03-2010
KAHENGE – The Namibia School Sports Union (NSSU) in the Kavango Region has selected its regional under-17 soccer team that would compete in this weekend’s national trials slated for Windhoek.The
readOtjozondjupa u/20 regional trials
03-03-2010
The Otjozondupa Region invites all teams and prospective players in the region for the final trials for a team to be selected for the upcoming The Namibian Newpaper Cup.The trials will be held on
readJanuarie cleared for Ospreys’ game
03-03-2010
DUBLIN – The Ospreys were cleared on Monday of fielding an ineligible player in South African scrum-half Ricky Januarie and so are free to take their place in this season’s European Cup
readOmaruru hosts Enduro
03-03-2010
THE first of seven Motorcycle Enduro racing events for 2010 will be staged on March 6 at Farm Kanona in the Omaruru district. This event will be followed-up by six more events in the Bank Windhoek
readCraven in first win
03-03-2010
NAMIBIAN cyclist, Dan Craven won his first race of the 2010 season on Sunday in England. Craven was riding for his UK team, Rapha Condor Sharp in the Clayton Velo Spring Classic race in the
readNamibian gymnasts to impress on home soil
03-03-2010
NAMIBIAN gymnasts are looking to put on a good showing at the 10th Junior and Senior African Gymnastics Championships and the African Continental Games qualifiers for the 2010 Youth Olympics that
readNamibia to wear Unity Kit
03-03-2010
NAMIBIA’S Brave Warriors will don the unique Africa Unity Kit when they take on South Africa in a friendly match at the newly-build Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban Wednesday night.The Africa Unity
readCountdown to World Cup 2010 begins
03-03-2010
Today marks 99 days before Africa’s first World Cup kicks off at Soccer City on June 11 at 16h00 when Bafana Bafana plays Mexico. Four hours later Uruguay lock horns with France in Cape Town for the
readSMSes of Wednesday 3 March 2010
03-03-2010
* TAXI drivers: We have legs, we will walk when we want to. Why must you hoot at every walking person? We know where taxis stop. Why must you run to drag us to your taxis, why scream and shout at
readAround 300 feared dead in Uganda landslide
03-03-2010
KAMPALA – A landslide in eastern Uganda after heavy rains killed at least 45 people and hundreds are feared missing, Uganda’s Disaster Minister said yesterday.Ugandan media said the landslide engulfed
readZambezi River reaches alarming levels
03-03-2010
HEAVY rains in south-eastern Angola and western Zambia caused the Zambezi River to rise to nearly nine metres at Chavuma in Zambia over the weekend with floods expected to reach Katima Mulilo by the
readSuspect skips bail
03-03-2010
The Namibian Police have launched a search for a Sri Lankan suspect in a massive fraud and card-cloning case that was uncovered in Windhoek in August 2007. Amirthalingam Pugalnanthy (26) was arrested
readRehoboth shocked by three brutal murders
03-03-2010
THREE brutal murders that took place at Rehoboth this past weekend have shocked the community of the small southern town.Two brothers, Petrus and Phillipus Kinda, were killed by a gang of four men at
readOkahandja no longer a Garden Town
03-03-2010
OKAHANDJA residents are unhappy with the cleanliness of their town, saying that litter is becoming a health hazard. They accuse the Town Council of doing nothing to rectify the situation while the
readNUNW’s Kaaronda stokes racial fire
03-03-2010
WHITE Namibians should remember that “essentially, Namibia is a black country”.This statement by Evilastus Kaaronda, Secretary General of the NUNW, during a radio interview yesterday has, once again,
readMbanderu youth want Pohamba to intervene
03-03-2010
THE youth league of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority has called on President Hifikepunye Pohamba to intervene in the two-year chieftaincy succession dispute.The dispute over who should succeed
readGovt approves concessions
03-03-2010
A TOTAL of 256 permanent jobs are expected to be created by four main tourism concessions in national parks given to community projects.The concessions are aimed at poverty alleviation. The 20-year
readBureaucracy impedes development: Frederick
03-03-2010
BUREAUCRACY is hampering socio-economic development at the sleepy southern village of Bethanie, says !Aman Chief Dawid Frederick. In an interview with The Namibian, Frederick claimed the Ministry of
readWarriors to shine against SA
03-03-2010
THE Brave Warriors match against World Cup hosts South Africa is more than a stadium inauguration friendly it’s made out to be. Today marks 99 days until Africa’s first World Cup kicks off at Soccer
readZim threatens to pull out of diamond watchdog
03-03-2010
ZIMBABWE has threatened to snub the Kimberley Process (KP) Certification Scheme if the international blood diamond watchdog, currently chaired by Namibia, refuses to endorse the its bid to freely
readSerbs were targets of state terror
03-03-2010
THE HAGUE – Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic told war crimes judges yesterday that Serb gunfire and shelling during the siege of Sarajevo was restricted to legitimate targets, but accused
readNamcor losses balloon
03-03-2010
AN inappropriate business model, currency volatility and the global financial crisis resulted in a N$257 million loss for Namcor in its last financial year and left the company gtechnically bankrupt
readTax relief promises have not been kept
03-03-2010
ELEVEN months, one week and five days after Finance Minister Saara Kuugonglewa-Amadhila promised Namibians tax breaks of N$800 million to help them “weather the storm”, most of the relief has yet to
readElections ruling tomorrow
03-03-2010
A DECISION on the challenge to Namibia’s presidential and National Assembly elections three months ago will be given in the High Court in Windhoek tomorrow afternoon.After two long days of hearing
readNotable Quotes
03-03-2010
This year’s Budget will be interesting, but we do not expect it to be as expansionary as last year’s given the constraints on revenue. – Old Mutual Namibia Group Economist Robin Sherbourne believes
read