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50 Articles found on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Chasing the dots ... People, Politics, Policies And Power Play (5)
31-03-2010
NOW I know I have lost it on writing about energy policy when I am spurred to a local steak house and start analysing the place mat, and order fish! The said place mat relates the tale of one tribal
readNorth Korea sees nuclear reactor this decade
31-03-2010
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea says it will have a power-generating nuclear reactor “in the near future” after vowing last year to begin enriching uranium to fuel such a facility.The country said in
readEconomic crisis a ‘wake-up call’ for Asia
31-03-2010
WASHINGTON – The global economic crisis should serve as a “wake-up call” for Asia to commit to reforms including an expansion of the social safety net, an executive at the Asian Development Bank
readAustralia worries about Rio Tinto verdict
31-03-2010
SYDNEY – Australia’s prime minister said yesterday that secrecy surrounding China’s trial of four Rio Tinto workers for commercial spying leaves room for doubt about the convictions and a major
readAfrica Business Briefs
31-03-2010
SA credit demand fall moderates JOHANNESBURG – Demand for credit from South Africa’s private sector fell at a slower pace in the year to February, data showed yesterday, adding to signs overall
read‘Put an embargo on EPA negotiations’
31-03-2010
CAPE TOWN – Respected Ugandan political economist Yash Tandon has added his voice to the call for a moratorium on the negotiations between African countries and the European Union (EU) on the trade
readA degree in McDonald’s?
31-03-2010
SHANGHAI – McDonald’s inaugurated its first Hamburger University in China yesterday to train new generations of managers as foreign companies step up efforts to develop and keep Chinese talent. China
readZesa desperately looking for investors
31-03-2010
ZIMBABWE’S power utility, Zesa Holdings, is making “frantic efforts” to mobilise US$6 million to expand the Hwange Power Station with two more generators, the state-owned daily, The Herald, reported
read‘A pint of Windhoek, please’
31-03-2010
BEER giant Diageo intends capturing a bigger gulp of the UK market by introducing Windhoek Lager, the British website, mad.co.uk, reported yesterday.“Diageo is said to be trying to satisfy the growing
readCardinal accuses Hugo Chavez of persecuting foes
31-03-2010
CARACAS – The leader of Venezuela’s Roman Catholic Church accused the government of President Hugo Chavez on Monday of using judges and prosecutors to punish political adversaries.Cardinal Jorge Urosa
readMilitia plots war on US government
31-03-2010
WHEATLAND TOWNSHIP – A ninth alleged member of a Christian militia group that prepared to battle the Antichrist and the United States government was arrested after the FBI played recorded messages
readSeychelles vessel repels pirates
31-03-2010
NAIROBI – A Seychelles coastguard vessel yesterday repelled an attack by Somali pirates, destroying two of their boats, hours after rescuing 27 fishermen in the Indian Ocean, it said in a
readGang tunnels into Parisian bank
31-03-2010
PARIS – Robbers tunnelled their way into the vault of a Parisian bank at the weekend and cracked almost 200 private safes, police said.The gangsters tied up the security guard at a Credit Lyonnais
readNigeria installs body scanners at airport
31-03-2010
LAGOS – Nigeria has installed two 3-D full body scanners at its largest airport to combat terrorism three months after a botched attempt by a young Nigerian to blow up an American jet.“We have
readLeaks reported at China mine before flood
31-03-2010
XIANGNING – Workers reported underground water leaks days before a flood coursed through a coal mine in northern China, where 153 people remained trapped yesterday in potentially one of the country’s
readBodies of 21 babies found in China river
31-03-2010
BEIJING – The bodies of 21 babies, believed dumped by hospitals, have washed ashore on a riverbank in eastern China, state media reported yesterday.Video footage showed that the bodies – stashed in
readPutin: Masterminds behind bombing will be caught
31-03-2010
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin vowed yesterday to “drag out of the sewer” the masterminds of the twin suicide bombing of the Moscow subway system that killed 39 people and left scores wounded.The powerful
readNo harmony: Bone rapper thugs out
31-03-2010
CLEVELAND – A rap artist from the group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony has been arrested during an Ohio concert on 12-year-old charges that he roughed up his mother with a gun.Thirty-six-year-old Stanley Howse
readEmmy honour for Cowell
31-03-2010
LOS ANGELES – ‘American Idol’ judge Simon Cowell will receive an international Emmy award for having “reshaped 21st century television and music around the world”, the International Academy of
readGodzilla gearing for new rampage
31-03-2010
LOS ANGELES – Well, well, well ... look who’s getting back in fighting shape.Everyone’s favourite gigantic, havoc-wreaking lizard, Godzilla, is on his way back to the big screen via Legendary
readRicky Martin livin’ la vida open, says he’s gay
31-03-2010
NEW YORK – Ricky Martin is no longer denying the rumours: He’s gay. In a statement posted via Twitter in both Spanish and English, and later confirmed with his representative, Martin said: “I am
readAanafaalama muuzilo wOndonga yakwathwa ku Kangwena
31-03-2010
OMUNANGESHEFA mwene gwoositola dhedhina Okangwena pOndangwa noshowo muuzilo wOndonga tate, Moses Awala, okwa tseyitha kutya okwa tunga ositola yiikwaniipangitho yopafaalama poCasablanca popepi
readEpangelo ota li kondjitha oluhepo nokwaana iilonga
31-03-2010
OMUPERESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ti oomvula ntano tadhi ya epangelo oli na okukondjitha oluhepo, okwaana iilonga noshowo okuhumitha komeho omahala gokomikunda meendelelo.Okwa ti okwaana
readOmunona a hupithwa miikaha ‘yongeleka’
31-03-2010
OPOLISI moshitopolwa shErongo ota yi konakona oshipotha shina sha nelanditho lyaantu, sha ningilwa iilyo yegongalo limwe lyEvangeli lyomo shilando shaWalvisbay.Ekonakono ndika ota li ningwa konima sho
readOmusamane ena ondjo medhipago lyoyana
31-03-2010
OMUKALIMO gwomoKavango, Herbert Cimu Nkasi ngoka a li ta pangulwa mOmpangu yOpombanda mOshakati iiwike ihamano ya piti metamaneko lina sha aniwa nedhipago lyoyana yaali okwa monika ondjo momatamaneko
readOmupangi a dhimbulukiwa
31-03-2010
OSHIGWANA shaapangi moNamibia osha gandja esimaneko konkalamwenyo yomupangi ependa moshilongo, Annchen Parkhouse, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe oshiwike shayi.Pethimbo lyo shithidhimbuluko sha
readOoselefona dha Telecom dhoSwitch otadhi longo apehe
31-03-2010
OMUNAMBELEWA Omukuluntu mOshikondo shOmalandithilo sha Telecom moNamibia, Amanda Hauuanga, okwa tseyitha kutya Ooselefona dha Telecom dhoSwitch ndhoka iilonga yadho ya li ya ngambekelwa ashike
readOmuperesidende Pohamba a indila oshigwana shi kale kumwe
31-03-2010
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana poshituthi shOmagongo pOuhamba wa meekulu, Martha Mwadinomho Kristian Nelumbu mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa indile oshigwana sha Namibia
readWorld Cup ticket winners announced
31-03-2010
WINDHOEK – First National Bank (FNB) Namibia presented double tickets to the winners of tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup to be held in South Africa from June 11 to July 11.Speaking at a media
readIipinge and Naitembu off to Cape Town
31-03-2010
NAMIBIAN road runners Helena Iipinge and Johannes Naitembu will fly-out tomorrow to compete in the Old Mutual Two Oceans half marathon in Cape Town.The pair won the 2009 Old Mutual Victory Race
readTop performances at Schools Athletics Champs
31-03-2010
Some top class athletics performances were on show in Windhoek over the weekend when the cream of Namibia’s junior athletes competed at the Coca Cola National Athletics School Championships at
readWater Ski championships sponsored
31-03-2010
THE Namibia Water Ski Association will have the backing of Bank Windhoek to host the Namibia National and All-Africa Water Ski Championships. The championships will be held from April 1 to 5 at the
readRehoboth table tennis tournament a success
31-03-2010
EIGHT teams from Mariental, Rehoboth and Windhoek took part in the annual FNB Central Schools’ Table Tennis Championships held at the JTL Beukes Primary School in Rehoboth on Saturday.The Mariental
readArgentina to join Tri-Nations
31-03-2010
ARGENTINA have moved a step closer to joining an expanded Tri-Nations in 2012 after the International Rugby Board announced on Monday that it will provide a crucial US$10 million funding package to
readWC mascot launched in Namibia
31-03-2010
THE official 2010 Fifa World Cup mascot, Zakumi, will visit Namibia from April 10 to 17. FNB Namibia announced yesterday that the leopard Zakumi is expected to tour Windhoek, Swakopmund and some towns
readSMSes of 31 March 2010
31-03-2010
* DURING the apartheid era people were oppressed via force and fear and we called it tyranny. Today I see parents want their children to be disciplined in a similar manner and we say it’s in their
readSeasonal flood hits Ohangwena
31-03-2010
THE seasonal flood wave from Angola, known as the efundja, has reached the north-western parts of the Ohangwena Region. Many people had thought that the flood would not occur this year because little
readNew budget like a mirage: Swanu
31-03-2010
THE new budget of N$28,8 billion tabled by Finance Minster Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday did not contain concrete details about specifically curbing poverty and unemployment and closing the gap
readNamPower demands 35% electricity hike
31-03-2010
A MASSIVE electricity hike of up to 35 per cent or more could hit Namibians if they do not object and stop it by the latest Tuesday next week.The astronomical hike was announced by the Electricity
readNam aid reaches Haiti
31-03-2010
THE Cuban medical brigade in Haiti will deliver Namibia’s donation to the Haiti earthquake relief effort.According to ISRIA news, Namibia’s ambassador to Cuba, Grace Uushona, on Monday told the
readIyambo lays down the law at Education
31-03-2010
EDUCATION Minister Abraham Iyambo has asked his staff to work hard and be committed if the ministry is to succeed in making Namibia a knowledge-based country.In his first public address as Education
readCabinet to focus on jobs, development
31-03-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday said that over the next five years Government should work towards addressing poverty, unemployment and rural development. He said unemployment demanded
readBrukkaros Meat employees go on strike
31-03-2010
CLOSE to 250 workers at Brukkaros Meat Processors (BMP) yesterday downed tools over a salary hike dispute with management. Picketing at the company’s main entrance, the workers demanded a 13,50 per
readBigger purse for Newspaper Cup
31-03-2010
THE days before the biggest The Namibian Newspaper Cup tournament kicks off are numbered as we edge ever closer to the Easter weekend. With a staggering N$1,4 million set aside for this year’s
readIMF chief more optimistic about global growth
31-03-2010
WARSAW – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is more hopeful about the prospects for global economic growth than at the start of the year, but the recovery is still uneven, IMF Managing Director
readG-8 demands Iran compliance
31-03-2010
OTTAWA – Top diplomats from the world’s leading economies are ramping up pressure on Iran to prove its nuclear ambitions are peaceful or face tough new sanctions.Opening a conference of foreign
readSacu revenue down by N$2bn
31-03-2010
NAMIBIA’S share of revenue from the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu), which had boosted the annual budget significantly over the past decade, has shrunk sharply due to the global economic
readThe experts comment
31-03-2010
ECONOMISTS’ first reaction last night to Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila’s Budget varied from “quite impressed” and “overall good” to “not bad at all”, “okay” and “disappointing”,. The
readBudget balloons
31-03-2010
FOR the third year running, Government plans to boost its spending in the coming financial year. State spending during the 2011-11 financial year is projected to increase by some 14 per cent on the
readNotable Quotes
31-03-2010
The sources of revenue will only change if the structure of the economy changes, and this will require a lot of sacrifices and a deliberate intervention strategy. – Martin Mwinga, CEO of First Capital
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