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54 Articles found on Thursday, 27 May 2010
South Africa discloses plans to use natural gas
27-05-2010
SOUTH Africa’s Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters says her government is working to quantify the reserves of natural and methane gas in this country with a view to using it to supply household gas to
readNigeria: A lottery you might just win
27-05-2010
LAGOS – The view of Lagos from the top of the Eko Hotel must be familiar to many of the fund managers and strategists who jet in to Nigeria periodically, scouting for investment opportunities.In the
readSARB ‘cautiously optimistic’ about banks
27-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Reserve Bank is “cautiously optimistic” about banking sector performance this year, but is concerned about debt-laden consumers and fallout from the euro crisis, banks
readMTN drags ‘big guns’ to Orascom deal
27-05-2010
ALGIERS – South Africa’s Deputy Trade Minister called Algeria on Tuesday to ease the way for South Africa’s MTN to buy the Algerian unit of Egypt’s Orascom Telecom, a financial source present at a
read‘No threat to the euro system’, says IMF chief
27-05-2010
SAO PAULO – IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has dismissed fears the strains on the euro would lead to the collapse of the eurozone despite a sharp fall in stocks and a race to the safe-haven
readZimbabwe growth may slow without reforms
27-05-2010
WASHINGTON – The IMF on Tuesday urged Zimbabwe to take corrective measures to repair its economy and warned that without them economic growth could slow significantly this year undermining progress
readAfrican leaders urged to spread continent’s wealth
27-05-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Africa’s growing wealth needs to be spread beyond the confines of powerful elites and governments must come clean about opaque mining and oil deals, a leading think-tank said on
readShadow system erodes Africa’s economic growth
27-05-2010
SOUTH Africa is one of five African countries where economic growth is eroded by huge illicit financial outflows, according to the Africa Progress Report released in Johannesburg this week.It said
readSouth African fruit exporters turn to air freight to retain markets
27-05-2010
DESPERATE to maintain their export schedule and customers despite the disruptions of the Transnet strike, South African subtropical fruit exporting companies are using air freight at a cost of N$40
readRio fears mining tax may spread
27-05-2010
MELBOURNE – Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd said yesterday it was concerned that other nations could follow Australia’s lead by introducing a windfall tax on mining profits.Australia’s new super profits
readBiodiversity loss increasing
27-05-2010
IT is sad that world leaders have failed to significantly reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said on Friday.This, she said, is according to
readNamibia gives big to the world of botany
27-05-2010
IF countries that have produced extensive and comprehensive books on their plant species were to be awarded for that, it will be proper for the next International Botanic Congress (IBC) to accord such
readOz baby lives after pram hit by train
27-05-2010
MELBOURNE – A 15-month-old boy escaped with just a few cuts and bruises yesterday after a train struck his pram, which rolled onto the tracks when the child’s grandmother looked away for just a
readPolish leader’s mother told of son’s tragic death
27-05-2010
WARSAW – For six weeks, the mother of the late president, Lech Kaczynski, lay critically ill in a Warsaw hospital with no idea that her son died in a plane crash in Russia.But the late president’s
readDivers explore Cleopatra’s palace
27-05-2010
ALEXANDRIA – Plunging into the waters off Alexandria on Tuesday, divers explored the submerged ruins of a palace and temple complex from which Cleopatra ruled, swimming over heaps of limestone blocks
readAtlantis lands for the last time
27-05-2010
CAPE CANAVERAL – Space shuttle Atlantis returned from its final voyage yesterday, closing out a quarter-century flying career and safely bringing back six astronauts from a successful space station
readPlug the damn hole – Obama
27-05-2010
NEW ORLEANS – BP carried out final tests yesterday to see whether to press ahead with a risky deepwater bid to cap the Gulf of Mexico leak, saying a decision would come later in the day.“We’ll take a
readOver 40 civilians dead in Kingston
27-05-2010
KINGSTON – Jamaica’s official ombudsman says at least 44 people have died in battles between police and gunmen supporting an alleged gang leader wanted in the United States.Bishop Herro Blair said
readAmerican Idol finale an all-round lovefest
27-05-2010
CRYSTAL Bowersox sparkled in each of her three song performances on the first night of this year’s ‘American Idol’ finale, while competitor Lee DeWyze drew praise for his spirit and voice but fell
read‘Black Pavarotti’ dies just days before he was to open World Cup
27-05-2010
A singer dubbed the ‘Black Pavarotti’ died yesterday – just over a fortnight before he was due to open the World Cup alongside Nelson Mandela.South African Siphiwo Ntshebe, 34, had been chosen by
readLindsay ordered to take random tests, wear alcohol bracelet
27-05-2010
A Beverly Hills judge on Monday ordered Lindsay Lohan to undergo random weekly drug and alcohol testing and wear an alcohol monitoring device, brushing aside objections that they would hinder an
readNampower okwa thaneka omagwedhelo ogendji
27-05-2010
EHANGANO lyomalusheno LyaNamibia olya thaneka oku ka gwedhela ondando yolusheno okuuka pombanda momimvo tadhi landula, pahapu dhomuwiliki gwehangano, Paulinus Shilamba.Shilamba okwati ohaya
readAgra a kaleke elanditho lyoongombe
27-05-2010
EHANGANO lyAgra olya kaleke elanditho lyiinamwenyo ndyoka lya li lya thanekelwa etitatu netine oshiwike shika omolwa omukithi golwiidhi lwa Rift valley.Eholokepo lyomukithi nguka hagu dhipaga
readAapolisi mo nooli ya gongala
27-05-2010
AANAMBELEWA aakuluntu yaapolisi miitopolowa Oshikoto, Oshana, Ohangwena, Omusati nOkunene oshiwike sha zi ko oya li noshigongiilonga shomasiku gaali, shi na sha nelongo lyenkondopaleko lyIilonga
readNujoma a pewa omagano ogendji
27-05-2010
OMUKOKOLIPRESIDENDE Sam Nujoma mOlyomakaya ga zi ko okwa pewa olupandu olunene kAanangeshefa yomOmbalantu mOmusati nayalwe wo yomoshitopolwa shoka. Ano a pewa olupandu lwoongombe omilongondatu (30),
readAochamub blasts destructive football bosses
27-05-2010
MTC General Manager of Corporate Affairs Albertus Aochumub has called for incompetent football administrators to step down if they are no longer up to the challenge of running domestic football.
readMTC committed to Namibian football: Aochamub
27-05-2010
MOBILE Telecommunications Limited (MTC) yesterday announced a N$500 000 increase in its sponsorship to the Namibia Premier League (NPL) for the next season, thereby quashing rumours that MTC would
readHenin, Sharapova advance, Safina stunned
27-05-2010
ON the day King Rafa and Queen Justine took the first steps to reclaiming their Roland Garros thrones, veteran Kimiko Date Krumm eclipsed both former champions with a fairytale victory. The Japanese,
readSport to gain more recognition
27-05-2010
THE Director of Sport in the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Vetumbuavi Veii, says the directorate will do its best to remove remaining impediments hindering the development of
readSchools’ rugby league kicks off
27-05-2010
A TOTAL of 106 teams from 50 participating schools are preparing for the start of their rugby season as the annual Metropolitan Boards Trophy League kicks off this Saturday.Last year, 105 teams from
readShop assistant off to 2010 World Cup
27-05-2010
PELAGIAIT Shikongo, a 27-year-old shop assistant from Oshakati, is going to the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.Along with Timoteus Aron from Ondangwa and Swakopmund resident Shatona Ndepofin,
readBrazil takes top ranking into World Cup
27-05-2010
ZURICH – Brazil will head to the World Cup as the number one team, according to the latest FIFA rankings.The five-time world champion retained top spot ahead of European champion Spain in yesterday’s
readCameroon and Nigeria fire blanks
27-05-2010
CAMEROON and Nigeria both struggled in early test matches in the final push to the 2010 World Cup, playing to scoreless draws on Tuesday against sides not appearing at the South Africa finals.
readAussies leave for World Cup with high hopes
27-05-2010
MELBOURNE – The Socceroos left Australia yesterday with high hopes of making an impact at next month’s World Cup in South Africa.The Australian squad will be the first overseas team to arrive in the
readSMSes for Thursday 27 May 2010
27-05-2010
* With May 3, a day declared by the United Nations back in 1991 as World Press Freedom Day, if added to the many holidays we already have in only the month of May, many Namibians will end up having
readTrustco suspends subsidiary head
27-05-2010
TRUSTCO Group International (TGI) yesterday suspended one of its managing directors, who was heading the Trustco Life subsidiary, on charges of breaching company policy after unions threatened to
readTen dollars for a 200-year-old tree
27-05-2010
MILE 20 – Despite the investment of millions of donor dollars, the permit system in Namibia’s Community Forests has failed dismally, say biodiversity experts. Illegal logging in the inland Kavango is
readStatistics bureau autonomous in 6 months
27-05-2010
THE Central Bureau of Statistics will become an autonomous body within six months, the Director General of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Tom Alweendo, said on Friday.Alweendo was speaking at
readOmaruru unhappy about CEO bonus
27-05-2010
THERE is unhappiness in Omaruru over a 16 per cent performance bonus recently awarded to the town’s CEO, Werner Iita.The general feeling is that 16 per cent of his annual salary is too much in view of
readMinistry of Fisheries yet to decide on relocation of fish farm
27-05-2010
KAISOSI – The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources remains undecided on whether to revive or relocate the Shipapo Wambambangandu fish farm at Kaisosi on the outskirts of Rundu.The ministry
readLivestock exports still on hold
27-05-2010
IT WILL take at least three more weeks before live animal exports to South Africa can resume fully.The green light was given yesterday that live animals may be exported to SA provided they were
readLenience for robber who left ID at scene
27-05-2010
A HAPLESS robber who left a damning calling card – his own identity document – at the scene of his crime about four years ago was shown mercy and lenience in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court
readHope of finding Canido survivors fades
27-05-2010
HOPE of finding the three crewmembers of the Namibian-registered fishing vessel Canido MFV, which sank in Angolan waters on May 6, are diminishing and there is already talk that death certificates
readFour face sentencing for fraud from 2000
27-05-2010
A FORMER official in the Ministry of Agriculture and three businessman co-accused are awaiting a sentencing in the Windhoek Regional Court after being convicted on almost ten-year-old fraud charges
readFish stocks: the outlook is dire
27-05-2010
UNITED NATIONS – Environmentalists and scientists warned of collapsing fish stocks and tiny Pacific nation Palau sounded the alarm for sharks as diplomats on Monday launched a week-long review of high
readEmpowerment fund could propel BEE
27-05-2010
FOREIGN companies that do not want to sell shares to Namibians could pay a percentage of their turnover into a national empowerment fund, which could be used to support black economic empowerment
readAlleged robber caught after crashing car
27-05-2010
ANDRE Diergaardt (25) was to appear in the Walvis Bay Magistrate’s Court on Monday for allegedly robbing a petrol station in the harbour town on Sunday morning.According to the Erongo Police’s Crime
readAfrican Stars dominate top Premier League awards
27-05-2010
FRESHLY crowned league champions African Stars dominated this year’s MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) awards held in the capital yesterday.Following the successful defence of their league crown,
readIMF wants tighter financial controls
27-05-2010
ALTHOUGH Namibia is on the right track regarding fiscal consolidation to counter the adverse economic effects stemming from the global financial slump, Government needs to be “more ambitious” in its
readUS seeks action on ship sinking
27-05-2010
SEOULl – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday the world must respond to the sinking of a South Korean warship that has been blamed on North Korea.“This was an unacceptable
readSouth African rail strike cripples TransNamib
27-05-2010
THE already troubled national transport company, TransNamib, is losing up to N$500 000 per day as a result of the Transnet wage strike in South Africa.This strike is expected to have a crippling
readPolitics and economics are bedfellows: Shanghala
27-05-2010
A GOVERNMENT official who is also a businessman says politics and economics are bedfellows and cannot be separated from each other. “If I would go into business I would host politicians and play golf
readNamfisa probe unravels
27-05-2010
TOP State House officials had a finger in the five-year investigation and a raid last week on the offices of the life-insurance company Financial Investment Services (FIS) by the Namibia Financial
readNotable Quotes
27-05-2010
Farmers are advised to vaccinate their livestock against the disease following the manufacturer’s instructions before the rainy season, when increased mosquito activity is expected. – Chief veterinary
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