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70 Articles found on Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Algeria starts talks with Orascom
11-05-2010
ALGIERS – Algerian officials are in contact with the local unit of Egyptian operator Orascom Telecom and the next step is to talk to the firm’s top executives, Algeria’s telecommunications minister
readRevamped vocational training to pump out new skills
11-05-2010
TRAINING for artisans in Namibia is undergoing a complete transformation and modernisation process with a more flexible examination system in order to produce the qualified and skilled workforce
readPortugal plans deeper deficit cut
11-05-2010
LISBON – The Portuguese government said yesterday it wanted to make a deeper than planned dent in its public deficit next year, reducing the shortfall to 5,1 per cent of output rather than 6,6 per
readSpain deepens budget deficit cuts, won’t use EU aid
11-05-2010
MADRID – Spain will cut its budget deficit by a further 15 billion euros (US$20,13 billion) by 2011 and has no plans to resort to European Union aid to finance its debt, an Economy Ministry spokesman
readRomanian economy may contract this year
11-05-2010
BUCHAREST – Romania’s economy may contract by as much as 0,5 per cent this year and the government will have to cut spending “drastically” to keep the deficit down, the International Monetary Fund
readOpec dismisses need for emergency meeting
11-05-2010
DOHA, Qatar – Several key Opec ministers on Sunday dismissed the need for an emergency meeting to address oil prices that have fallen by over ten per cent in just days, but voiced concern about the
readGreece holds crisis talks after EU bailout deal
11-05-2010
ATHENS – Greek President Carolos Papoulias called crisis talks with political leaders yesterday in a bid to rein in social tensions as the EU moved to limit the fallout from Greece’s debt crunch on
readG20 welcomes bailout package
11-05-2010
SEOUL – G20 members yesterday welcomed the European Union’s announcement of a massive rescue package for the eurozone and said they remain “strongly committed” to work together to maintain global
readFed opens credit line to Europe
11-05-2010
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve late Sunday opened a programme to ship US dollars to Europe in a move to head off a broader financial crisis on the continent.Other central banks, including the Bank
readECB to buy euro zone govt bonds to fight crisis
11-05-2010
BASEL, Switzerland – The European Central Bank will buy euro zone government bonds to help support fractured markets, abandoning firm resistance to full-scale asset purchases in light of
readNew African vision for agriculture
11-05-2010
AGRICULTURAL development is the most effective strategy for boosting economic growth in Africa, concluded panellists at a plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Dar es Salaam,
readTerre’Blanche suspects ‘bragged’
11-05-2010
VENTERSDORP – Eugene Terre’Blanche’s murder, over a wage dispute and missing cattle, was planned in the stables of his farm, the Ventersdorp Magistrate’s Court heard yesterday.“They planned to kill Mr
readMass grave of Kosovo victims found in Serbia
11-05-2010
BELGRADE – A mass grave has been discovered in Serbia believed to contain the bodies of 250 ethnic Albanians who were killed in Kosovo during the 1998-99 Serbian crackdown on separatists, officials
readWouter Basson’s fear unjustified
11-05-2010
PRETORIA – Former apartheid-era germ warfare expert Wouter Basson’s fear that an inquiry into his conduct by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) would be biased was unjustified, the High
readZim PM’s aide cleared in plot to overthrow Mugabe
11-05-2010
HARARE – A judge yesterday acquitted Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe’s prime minister, in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, ending a trial that had threatened the fragile unity
readUS envoy warns Myanmar over N Korea arms links
11-05-2010
YANGON – A top US official visiting Myanmar issued a strong warning yesterday against its military regime buying arms from North Korea in defiance of a UN embargo, and also said that Washington
read‘Iron Man 2’ still tops
11-05-2010
LOS ANGELES – ‘Iron Man 2’ ruled the foreign box office for a second round, but faces tough competition next weekend from ‘Robin Hood’.The super hero sequel earned US$57,2 million from 61 markets,
readThe legendary Lena dies
11-05-2010
WASHINGTON – Entertainer Lena Horne, a show-stopping beauty who battled racism in a frustrating effort to become Hollywood’s first black leading lady, has died at age 92.Yesterday The New York Times,
readOpolisi ta yi kongo oombangi
11-05-2010
OPOLISI oya indile oshigwana shi kwathele mokukonga oombangi mbali dha simana moshinima shetungo lyomagumbo moschema yedhina Dignity Housing Initiative. Oporoyeka ndjika oya li ya nuninwa aantu mboka
readLeonard, omumati gwe nomutekulu ya fumvikwa
11-05-2010
AAKALIMO yatatu yomomukunda Oikango popepi nOngwediva mOshana, Abner Shatipamba Leonard gwoomvula 38, okamonamati ke koomvula hamano (6) Hofni Shapange Leonard noshowo omutekulu, Abie Twegapewa
readOmbautu yoohi yimwe ya Namibia ya ningine momeya
11-05-2010
OLUKONGO lwehupitho olwa ningilwe ehulilo shiwike lya yi okukonga aaniilonga yatatu yombautu ya Namibia yokukwata oohi, yedhina Canido MFV, ndjoka ya ningine kohi yomeya komunkulo gwaAngola
readOshiketha shiimaliwa yeilongo sha nyenyetwa
11-05-2010
OSHIKETHA shiimaliwa yeilongo[Namibia Students Financial Assistance Fund] [NSFAF] osha talikwa nawa pethimbo lyoonkundathana dhiimaliwa yelongo moshigongi shopashigwana oshiwike shayi.Oshiketha shika
readUuministeli Wiimaliwa wa futu sha pitilila
11-05-2010
UUMINISTELI Wiimaliwa owa futu sha pitilila noodola oomiliona yimwe oshinkwanu hamano membo lyiimaliwa lyomumvo 2008-2009. Uuministeli owa gandja etompelo kutya owa longitha oshimaliwa shika sho wa
readTeko ota yi kOmpangu yopombanda
11-05-2010
OSHIPOTHA sha komufala gwokommissi yiilonga yepangelo, Teckla Lameck pamwe noonakutamanekwa ya kwawo yaali osha tuminwa shika pulakenwe mOmpangu yopombanda moWindhoek.Mbaka yatatu otaya tamanekelwa
readChelsea Wins EPL, African Stars Hopeful
11-05-2010
IT is final! Chelsea are the champions in the English Premier League. Stuart Condie wrote last Friday that Chelsea would avoid the costliest of slip-ups during their last match against Wigan on
readChange Africa From Within
11-05-2010
ROME – A severe food crisis currently threatens southern Sudan. In East Africa, where millions of people already are dependent on food aid, a sharp rise in the cost of staple crops looms.These are
readNamibia awaits football torch
11-05-2010
WORLD football’s equivalent to the Olympic torch, The Ball, will pass through Namibia on May 25.Special Olympics Namibia announced last week that The Ball will enter the country at Katima Mulilo and
readFabregas confident of making World Cup
11-05-2010
LONDON – Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas believes he is on course to recover from a broken leg into time to make Spain’s World Cup squad.Fabregas has been out of action since cracking a bone in his
readRooney injury not serious
11-05-2010
LONDON – England’s star player Wayne Rooney will be fit in time to play a full part in his country’s World Cup campaign, Manchester United assistant-boss Mike Phelan has said.The 34-goal striker was
readMoney not an issue: Parreira
11-05-2010
MONEY would not motivate Bafana Bafana to succeed at the World Cup finals on home soil in June, but commitment, pride and the desire to succeed should drive the national side at next month’s global
readGymnasium to host rugby clinic
11-05-2010
WINDHOEK Gymnasium will present a top-class rugby coaching clinic to Namibian coaches from May 26 to 28 at the school’s rugby field.The clinic will be presented by the coaching team of the first rugby
readClark finally wins on US circuit
11-05-2010
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – South African Tim Clark finally ended eight frustrating years of close calls on the PGA Tour by charging past overnight leader Lee Westwood to win his maiden title at the
readFootball Results
11-05-2010
Saturday, May 8 Namibia Premier League United Stars 4-4 Cymot SKWSpanish La Liga Real Madrid 5 – 1 Athletic Bilbao Deportivo La Coruna 1 –
readChelsea savour title triumph
11-05-2010
LONDON – Carlo Ancelotti backed his Chelsea squad to rule English football for years to come after Didier Drogba and company wrested the Premier League title back from Manchester United in the
readSMSes for Tuesday 11 May 2010
11-05-2010
* CAN someone tell if it is legal for some individuals to shoot in the air at weddings because that happens a lot at weddings. That puts our lives at risk. Relevant ministry please investigate this
readWorld Press Freedom Day celebrated
11-05-2010
IN a world where access to information has become a fundamental human right, the scarcity or sometimes lack of women sources in news reports has become a concern. This was highlighted at the World
readMore vultures needlessly poisoned
11-05-2010
EIGHT lappet-faced vultures, the largest vultures in Africa, have been found dead on a farm close to the southern border of the NamibRand Nature Reserve. Sean Gibson of Drifters Desert Lodge, on the
readState doctors plan ‘go-slow’
11-05-2010
STATE doctors countrywide are said to be fed-up with their salaries and working conditions and plan to down tools from tomorrow.The go-slow campaign – as the organisers are calling the intended action
readRoads vital for development: Nghimtina
11-05-2010
“NAMIBIA cannot ignore the significance of infrastructure development and maintenance because this will plague the country in poverty and hunger resulting from limited movement of goods and
readDax removed as Rehoboth mayor
11-05-2010
CONTROVERSIAL Rehoboth Mayor George Dax has been removed from this position following the election of a new management committee at the town.Dawid Richter is the new mayor and is expected to help the
readRain showers continue in May
11-05-2010
AS temperatures drop, parts of the country continue to receive rain. Yesterday, stretches between Tsumeb and Otavi received as much as 40 mm of rain while Otjiwarongo received between 2,5 mm and 5 mm
readPuff, puff in Otjomuise
11-05-2010
TWO puff adders were caught in a yard in Stockholm Street, Otjomuise, yesterday by Percy Openshaw of Crisis Response. “When I went to the back of the house this morning to collect wood from our pile I
readPresident Pohamba leaves for Botswana
11-05-2010
WINDHOEK – President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday departed on a one-day official visit to Botswana. Speaking to reporters at the Eros Airport before his departure, Pohamba said his Botswana
readLeonardo killing seen as a turning point by Stander
11-05-2010
THERE is no way that Keith Wright, who recently admitted having shot the collared lion Leonardo, could not have seen the collar around the lion’s neck.So says lion researcher Flip Stander, who has
readKavango lodges count the costs of flood closure
11-05-2010
THE OWNER of one of the lodges on the banks of the Okavango River estimates they have lost more than N$200 000 due to floods that forced them to close the facility last month.Valerie Peypers of
readKaras CRO position remains vacant
11-05-2010
THE chief regional officer position at the Karas Regional Council remains vacant after the Public Service Commission turned down a request to appoint Leopoldt Niipare. Niipare, a former NamWater
readPractical farming lectures popular
11-05-2010
MORE upcoming commercial and communal farmers are making use of the public lectures offered by a local agricultural co-operative to learn more about practical farming methods.The 20th Agra public
readEducation budget focuses on pupils
11-05-2010
THIS year’s education budget is going to trickle down to benefit pupils and students as much as possible, Education Minister Abraham Iyambo said when he motivated the ministry’s budget in the National
read58 earth dams for northern regions
11-05-2010
GOVERNMENT has completed 35 earth dams in north-central Namibia to harvest rainwater which will be used for livestock but could also be used for vegetable gardens. Agriculture Minister John Mutorwa
readEx-Namdeb worker fined over diamond theft
11-05-2010
A FORMER Namdeb worker was fined in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court yesterday for stealing 18 unpolished diamonds worth N$223 531 from his employer on September 24 2007.Elifas David, who pleaded
readAccused want to admit SSC fraud
11-05-2010
NEARLY half of the people still accused of involvement in a fraud scheme that cost the Social Security Commission close to half a million Namibia dollars in 2006 now intend to plead guilty to the
readUranium ‘rush’ or ‘crush’ for Erongo?
11-05-2010
IT’S not hard to identify the positive spin-offs of a uranium ‘rush’ for Namibia’s Uranium ‘province’ (Erongo), but there are also elements that could turn this positive outlook into a uranium
readSwakop Council ‘to give something back’
11-05-2010
WITH the compilation of Swakopmund Municipal Council’s 2010-2011 budget it was decided to ‘give something back’ to the town’s consumers and ratepayers by means of a contribution from the Surplus Fund,
read‘Mr Gay World’ attends launch of LGBT Network at Walvis Bay
11-05-2010
THE newly elected ‘Mr. Gay World’, Charl van den Berg of South Africa, attended the official launch of the ‘LGBT Network’ in Walvis Bay recently.LGBT Network – or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
readSRA wants more seats on Swakop Council
11-05-2010
THE Swakopmund Residents’ Association (SRA) wants to increase its seats to a ‘realistic three’ on the Swakopmund Municipal Council that consists of ten seats.SRA Chairman, Wilfried Groenewald, said at
readArandis Trade Centre officially opened
11-05-2010
THE first phase of the Arandis Trade Centre was officially opened last week, giving small business entrepreneurs the opportunity and platform to make a meaningful contribution to their own lives and
readVehicle-scarred gravel plain rehabilitated
11-05-2010
ABOUT N$20 000 was paid to a ‘disadvantaged’ company at Walvis Bay to rehabilitate the area scarred a month ago by a small company of tourists driving in luxury 4x4 vehicles.One of the tour-organisers
readWalvis Bay on show in Shanghai
11-05-2010
WALVIS Bay has been selected as one of the pinnacle exhibits of the Namibian pavilion at the World Expo being hosted in Shanghai, China. The expo started on 1 May under the theme of ‘Better City,
readWlotzka’s dead mussel sample tests ‘useless’
11-05-2010
WATER and mussels-matter samples taken just north of the Erongo Desalination Company’s intake and outlet system (north of Wlotzkasbaken), where millions of dead mussels washed ashore nearly two months
readNeumann murder-suspects on the run while victim’s plot is sold ‘for a bargain’
11-05-2010
WHILE the police are still looking for three of the suspects involved in the murder of Swakop River-smallholdings resident, Thilo Neumann, the victim’s 24-hectare plot was auctioned off for a mere
readWalvis Bay Mayor not impressed with her town’s aesthetics
11-05-2010
THE Mayor of Walvis Bay, Uilika Nambahu, called the building aesthetics of the harbour town, particularly those buildings situated in the Central Business District (CBD) or in the main road, “not very
readSwakop’s ‘Memorial Park Cemetery’ unites the dead
11-05-2010
THE divide between white and black, and those known and those forgotten, was officially breached when the ‘Swakopmund Memorial Park Cemetery’ was inaugurated on 30 April.The park comprises of two
readSmokey aims at world title
11-05-2010
NAMIBIAN flyweight boxer Joseph ‘Smokey’ Hilongwa will use his non-title bout on May 22 against South African Smangaliso Madonsela as preparation in his quest to claim the vacant World Boxing
readGreek crisis no threat to Namibia – yet
11-05-2010
NAMIBIA’S limited trade and investment ties with Greece will probably protect the country against the Greek crisis, but Namibia will have to remain on its guard, Bank Windhoek economist John Steytler
readUK parties make progress on power-sharing deal
11-05-2010
LONDON – Britain’s Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said they made progress yesterday at talks to reach a power-sharing deal after an inconclusive election that has left markets looking for a swift
readDanger Ashipala dies
11-05-2010
DANGER Ashipala, a senior advisor to Police Inspector General Sebastian Ndeitunga, died in his sleep Sunday night at the age of 62. Namibian Police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Hophni Hamufungu
readSearch for three missing seamen continues
11-05-2010
TWO Namibians and one Indonesian crewmember of the ill-fated Namibian-registered fishing vessel Canido MFV, which sank in Angolan waters on Friday, are still missing.Ambrosius Amadhila (first mate),
readIndian giant buys Skorpion
11-05-2010
SKORPION Zinc has a new owner. The Indian metal and mining giant Vedanta Resources has paid US$698 million, nearly N$5 billion, for the mine as part of a deal to buy Anglo American’s zinc assets and
readNotable Quotes
11-05-2010
These excesses are anauthorised in terms of the State Finance Act. – An excerpt from the Auditor Gerneral’s report on the Finance Ministries overspending during the 2008-2009 financial year.The San
readPolitical Perspective
11-05-2010
THE priorities of Government are all wrong. Aside from unemployment, which requires Government to do some thorough soul-searching in an attempt to find solutions, violence is one of the most pressing
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