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42 Articles found on Monday, 8 March 2010
Joint hydro project for Zambia, Zim
08-03-2010
LIVINGSTON – Zambia and Zimbabwe are exploring prospects of establishing a joint hydropower project at a cost of US$2,5 million to increase generation, Steelguru.com has reported.Teddy Kasonso energy
readPortugal to sell its share in Cahora Bassa dam
08-03-2010
MAPUTO – Portugal will sell off its 15 per cent stake in the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam in Mozambique under a deal signed between the Portuguese and Mozambican governments, state media said.Half
readSA launches plan to boost jobs, harness funds
08-03-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s government has launched an economic development strategy that aims to harness funds from state institutions, the private sector and retirement funds to finance development
readAfrica Business Briefs
08-03-2010
SA power margin tighter in 2011 than 2010 LONDON – South Africa’s power margin between supply and demand will be a maximum 3 000 MW in 2011, even tighter than in 2010’s World Cup year, state utility
readZaaruka takes reins of NCCI in north
08-03-2010
ONGWEDIVA – The number of new Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) members in the north has increased over four times during the 2008-09 financial year, former acting northern branch
readChina defends African ties
08-03-2010
BEIJING – China rejected foreign concerns over its growing energy links with Africa yesterday, saying it benefits African nations by bringing badly needed trade and infrastructure development.“I have
readSappi says SA power crunch coming
08-03-2010
LONDON – South African paper group Sappi, which is to supply state utility Eskom with 45 megawatts power from its plants, said companies should prepare for another power crunch by cutting their
readOut with the old, in with the new
08-03-2010
NICONDEMUS ‘Nicky’ Shipandeni Nakalila owns Shipandeni Upholsterer Services. And in renewing the covers of old sofas, he has managed to cover his previous life involving crime with a new one of
readInternet addicts let baby starve
08-03-2010
SEOUL – A South Korean couple addicted to an internet game about raising a virtual child were arrested for neglecting their real 3-month-old daughter and letting her starve to death, news reports
read‘Beast of a storm’, record floods hit Australia
08-03-2010
MELBOURNE – Melbourne was bracing for more bad weather Sunday after a “beast of a storm” ripped through Australia’s second largest city, bringing with it hailstones the size of tennis balls.The
readBit of a hairy ordeal
08-03-2010
EVESHAM – Police said a cook put a body hair in the bagel sandwich of a police officer who had given him tickets in the past. The cook was arrested February 21 in the kitchen of Good Foods to Go in
readDe Kock expects answer soon
08-03-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock expects an answer to his application for presidential pardon before the end of the year, Rapport newspaper reported yesterday.“I think Jacob Zuma has
readDictator’s son winner of Togo election
08-03-2010
LOME – Togo’s election commission on Saturday declared the son of the country’s late dictator winner of the presidential race, extending the family’s rule into a fifth decade in a deep blow to Togo’s
readSarah Palin gets a new gig
08-03-2010
BURBANK, California – Sarah Palin says she’s going to play Tina Fey in an upcoming Las Vegas show. Just kidding.The former Republican vice presidential nominee turned into a standup comic on Jay
readChauffeur takes the rap
08-03-2010
NEW YORK – British supermodel Naomi Campbell on Thursday declared an end to her war with a limousine driver after he apologised for getting police involved and accusing her of beating him over the
read‘Transformers’, Bullock make Razzies worst list!
08-03-2010
LOS ANGELES – ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ was picked as last year’s worst picture at Saturday’s Razzies, and Sandra Bullock won worst actress for ‘All About Steve’ – on the eve of being in
readDhoompilameno dha haluthwa ketokolo
08-03-2010
OONGUNDU dompilameno odha gongalele metitano nodha kundathana kutya otadhi ningi po shike kombinga yetokolo lyompangu yopombanda ndyoka ya tendemo eindilo lyadho ndyoka lya li ta li kondjitha
readAatotimpango aape ye na okulonga yamanamo
08-03-2010
PERESIDENDE ,Hifikepunje Pohamba okwa londodha kutya aatotimpango yo Swapo mboka ita ya longo nawa moparliamende ota ya ka ithanwako kiilonga hoka nokutulwa pevi.Okwa lombwele iilyo yoparliamende
readOshipotha shomahogololo sha ekelwahi
08-03-2010
OSHIPOTHA shoka sha li tashi kondjitha omahogololo goshigongi shopashigwana noshowo gopauperesidende ga Novomba 2009 osha ekelwahi kOmpangu yopombanda moVenduka.Oshipotha shoka sha etwa koongundu 9
readAanadiplomate miilongo yimwe taya mono iihuna
08-03-2010
OKANGUNDU Akoparliamende kiikwapondje, egameno nepopilo oka gandja ehokololo ewinayi kombinga yonkalamwenyo yaanadiplomate yamwe ya Namibia pondje yoshilongo.Omutotimpango gwoSwapo , Lucia Basson
readElelo lya Ndangwa tali tidhaatidha aantu yalyo momalukanda
08-03-2010
AAKALIMO yamwe yomOndangwa yomomalukanda ngashi Oshitapo mOnguta, Omakulukuma noshowo kOlukanda lwa Nguta pooha dhOndjondjo, oya mona elombwelo okuza kElelo lyawo lyaNdangwa kutya ya kale ya kutha po
readAlexander stops Urango in 8th round
08-03-2010
UNCASVILLE - Devon Alexander knocked out Colombia’s Juan Urango with a right uppercut in the eighth round to unify the WBC and IBF light welterweight titles on Saturday night at the Mohegan Sun
readHerunga finishes second in Yellow Pages Series
08-03-2010
NAMIBIAN 400-meter runner Tjipekapora Herunga maintained her good form at the third meet of the Yellow Pages Series, as she finished in second place in Potchefstroom on Friday. This is Herunga’s
readNamibia lose to Kwazulu Natal Inland
08-03-2010
Namibia staged a great comeback to nearly beat Kwazulu Natal Inland at the Wanderers field on Saturday, but the visitors managed to hold out for a draw.With a 163-run deficit on the first innings,
readBulls retain Super 14 lead as Kiwi rivals falter
08-03-2010
SYDNEY - South Africa’s Northern Bulls remained the leaders of rugby’s Super 14 after four rounds as their fellow title chasers slumped to surprise defeats this weekend. The defending champions,
readFootball Results
08-03-2010
March 6 Barclays English Premier League Wolves 0 – 1 Man Utd West Ham 1 – 2 Bolton Arsenal 3 – 1 BurnleyAbsa Premiership Bloem Celtic 1 – 1 Orlando
readScholes puts Man U on top
08-03-2010
LONDON - Veteran midfielder Paul Scholes scored his 100th Premier League goal as reigning champions Manchester United returned to the top of the table with a 1-0 win at gritty strugglers Wolves on
readHoniball and van Zyl pocket gold medals for Namibia
08-03-2010
Namibian gymnasts Robert Honiball and Kimberly Anne van Zyl made history when they won Namibia’s first-ever gold medals in the artistic gymnastics category at the African Gymnastics Championships at
readWelwitschias lose again
08-03-2010
Two tries apiece by Michael Bondesio, Jovan Bowles, Gavin Williamson and Deon Scholtz saw the Leopards to a comprehensive 52-11 (half-time 26-11) victory over the Namibia’s Welwitschias in their
readSMSes of Monday 8 March 2010
08-03-2010
* MAKING a positive difference in Namibia has become so hard for individuals that it is disheartening to mention. We are becoming such a barbaric nation. Shame on us all for forgetting what real
readOpportunity Lost
08-03-2010
THE chucking out of the ECN election case was perfectly correct; an administrative error was quite correctly reversed by the Court. The case struck from the roll, fine. There seem no grounds to
readVision 2030 ‘a tall order’
08-03-2010
ACHIEVING Vision 2030 “is a tall order”, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob admitted at a public lecture in Windhoek on Thursday.In terms of this blueprint document, Geingob told a packed
readToo many unlicensed dogs in Walvis Bay
08-03-2010
THE Municipality of Walvis Bay says many residents are still keeping unlicensed dogs on their premises. The municipality is currently inspecting dog licences around the town.Some residents have
readLüderitz misses Ombudsman’s deadline
08-03-2010
THE Lüderitz Town Council has failed to meet a deadline by the Ombudsman’s office to provide information about the council’s administration. The Ombudsman requested the information on January 29 and
readGrootfontein hospital staff in petrol fraud
08-03-2010
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services is apparently investigating allegations of abuse of State petrol cards at the Grootfontein State Hospital.The alleged fraud amounts to at least N$9 000,
readGoals galore in Leo Cup last 32
08-03-2010
THE Leo NFA Cup last 32 round treated football fans to plenty of goalmouth action as the competition for the coveted cup competition moves to the last 16 stage.The Mokati Stadium in Otjiwarongo saw an
readNam energy projects showcased at German investment conference
08-03-2010
SOUTHERN Africa could get a major boost towards implementation of some of its key energy generation and transmissions projects after it had taken its investment promotion to the Energy Infrastructure
readPakistan police ‘very near’ to UK boy’s abductors
08-03-2010
JHELUM – Pakistani police are closing in on the kidnappers of a five-year-old British boy, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said yesterday, adding that the abductors appeared to be close to the boy’s
readBanks don’t give a damn: Tweya
08-03-2010
THE local branches of three foreign banks are milking their Namibian bank customers when it comes to bank fees and as soon as one deposits money in a bank, charges are deducted immediately, Deputy
readCalls to account for political party funding
08-03-2010
THE more than N$156 million the taxpayer will fork out between 2009 and 2012 to finance local political parties is veiled in secrecy, as all efforts have fallen flat to force these parties to be
readPoll ruling to be appealed
08-03-2010
THE nine opposition parties that lost their court challenge of the results of the November 2009 elections in the Windhoek High Court on Thursday have vowed to appeal the matter in the Supreme
readNotable Quotes
08-03-2010
Rules exist to promote predictability and certainty. – Judge President Petrus Damaseb and Judge Collins Parker agreed that nine opposition parties’ election applications against the presidential and
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