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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 10 November 2010
No one-size-fits-all
10-11-2010
When the job market picks up, the first to leave are often a company’s most valuable employees.Unfortunately, you may be inadvertently encouraging these future leaders to say their goodbyes by
readNo one-size-fits-all
10-11-2010
When the job market picks up, the first to leave are often a company’s most valuable employees.Unfortunately, you may be inadvertently encouraging these future leaders to say their goodbyes by
readOil prices may hit the roof
10-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – International crude oil prices could rise above US$90 per barrel in December, Econometrix senior economist Tony Twine told I-Net Bridge yesterday.“I think we will see crude oil prices
readMake or break for Orascom deal
10-11-2010
DUBAI – Egypt’s Orascom Telecom won’t revise a planned US$6,6 billion deal with Russia’s Vimpelcom to exclude its Algerian unit Djezzy, which it thinks is worth more than US$7,8 billion, Orascom’s
readLocal goods showcased in Berlin
10-11-2010
DEPUTY Trade and Industry Minister Tjekero Tweya arrived in Germany on Monday, leading a Namibian delegation of 19 exhibitors to the 2010 Import Shop Berlin, one of the biggest consumer trade fairs in
readStrong rand: blessing, curse
10-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's currency is trading at an almost three-year high against the US dollar, raising concerns about how strong is too strong.That puts it in a similar category as several
readAfrican Briefs
10-11-2010
Gordhan worried about capital inflows PRETORIA – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday he was concerned about the rapid movement of capital inflows and said such large flows
readZim ‘cheap’ relative to estimated GDP
10-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe's economy is probably twice as big as official IMF estimates of nearly US$6 billion, suggesting its stock market when measured against domestic output is a bargain, Imara Asset
readChasing the dots ... Anger Mis-Management
10-11-2010
MULLING over sex in the city and the implications of the rising gold price I am hit in the face with a headline about students in Zimbabwe selling their tangible assets. Yes, the gender brigade is
readThe Dogg, Tequila head Star Line-up at Walvis!
10-11-2010
KWAITO master Martin Morrocky, aka The Dogg, will be the main attraction at the Mayoral Benefit Concert 2010 at Kuisebmond on Friday night.Organised by the Walvis Bay Municipality, the event will also
readThe Dogg, Tequila head Star Line-up at Walvis!
10-11-2010
KWAITO master Martin Morrocky, aka The Dogg, will be the main attraction at the Mayoral Benefit Concert 2010 at Kuisebmond on Friday night.Organised by the Walvis Bay Municipality, the event will also
read‘No one understood what a good father he was ...’
10-11-2010
Michael Jackson’s children reminisced on Monday about their “normal dad” in a rare TV interview that marked a transition to a less sheltered life.“I kind of felt like no-one understood what a good
readFrench court orders probe into African presidents
10-11-2010
PARIS – France’s highest appeals court has authorised a contested probe into the assets in France of three African heads of state.Transparency International, a group that tracks corruption, accuse the
readUsing brute force ‘acceptable’ in SA – report
10-11-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s high level of violent crime is driven by a culture of violence and criminality in which the use of brute force has become acceptable, a new study showed yesterday.The
readMusician forgets million-euro violin on train
10-11-2010
BERLIN – A German musician needed medical treatment after forgetting his violin worth around a million euros (about N$9,52 million) on a train, police said on Monday.The 55-year-old left the
read‘Degenerate’ art from WWII found in Berlin
10-11-2010
BERLIN – Nearly a dozen sculptures considered by the Nazis to be “degenerate” artwork and believed to have been lost or destroyed after World War II have been unearthed during construction near
readOutreach to Muslims must go beyond security – Obama
10-11-2010
JAKARTA – President Barack Obama said yesterday the United States must go beyond security issues as it seeks to improve relations with the Islamic world, as he visited Muslim-majority Indonesia.He
readSADC noombuto oompe
10-11-2010
ENDIKI lyokuunganeka omapekaapeko gopaunamapya nehumokomeho muumbugantu wAfrica ota li ka dhikwa po. Ndika olimwe lyomomatokolo goshigongi shesiku limwe shoominista dhuunamapya, sho dha li dha
readNamibia ta shi vulika ena omahooli mefuta
10-11-2010
NAMIBIA otashi vulika ena omahooli mefuta lye ngoka ga tegelelwa ashike okumonika. Shoka tashi piyaganeke ngaka giitsuwe ooshika kutya kapena uuyelele wa gwana mboka aapunguli taya vulu okulongitha
readAawiliki yiilando ya pula oonzo dhagwana
10-11-2010
EHANGANO lyaanambelewa yomalelo giilando mo Namibia[NALAO] oya indile holomende a gandje iimaliwa noshowo iipumbiwa yilwe oku pendula po omahupilo miilando negandjo lyomayakulo momahala ngoka
readAaniilonga 80 taya zi pokatomeno ka Brukkaros
10-11-2010
OKATOMENO konyama ka Brukkaros popepi noKaiti, oka thaneka oku kutha mo aaniilonga yooperesenda 40 omanga omumvo inaa gu pwako monkambadhala yo kushunitha pevi elongitho lyoshimaliwa.Ehangano lya
readEdhipago li nyanyaleka pondje ya Rehoboth
10-11-2010
ONZO dhopolisi odha hokolola edhipago neidhipago pofaalama popepi no Rehoboth ongo limwe li nyanyalitha. Omupolisi ngoka ta konakona oshiningwanima shoka okwa ti shika oshimwe shiiningwanima iiwinayi
readIikonga yOmahogololo na yi ningwe mombili nengungumano Pohamba a indile
10-11-2010
PETHIMBO ta popitha aakwaSwapo poHelao Nafidi mOhangwena molyomakaya geti 6 Novemba 2010, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, okwa indile aawiliki yoongundu dhopolotika iilyo naayambidhidhi yoongundu
readOshipotha shaa Ngombo
10-11-2010
OMATAMANEKO ga ningilwa aantu 18 mboka ya kwatelwe konima yokugwayela aniwa mofaalama kuumbangalantu waVenduka mu Juli omumvo gwayi osha kuthwa mo melandulathano lyiipotha mohofa ya mengestrata gwa
readOshigongi sha NUNW osha li sha pupyala mOlyomakaya
10-11-2010
ETOKOLO lyondundahangano yaaniilonga yaNamibia kaa yambidhidhe ehololomadhiladhilo lyetitatu olya talika kuyamwe ongo elyato lyaaniilonga komitse.Oshifo sho The Namibian osha tseyithilwa kutya
readAaniilonga ta ya mono iipambuliko mehumokomeho lya Sungate
10-11-2010
AANIILONGA oya tegelela okumona iipambuliko yooperesenda 25 moprojeka ya Sungate popepi nokapale kopaigwana ka Hosea Kutako. Iipambuliko mbika otayi tulwa miikaha yondundahangano yaaniilonga ya
readNamibia ta ende nawa pamahupilo
10-11-2010
OMUNAWINO momahupilo moshilongo okwa ti omahupilo goshilongo otaga ende hwepo, okuyeleka nonkalo yomahupilo muuyuni pethimbo ndika.Klaus Schade okwa lombwele Nampa moonkundathana kutya nonando
readNakusa Peter Nguvauva ina fumvikwa
10-11-2010
EINDILO lyeendelela kOmpangu yOpombanda olya imbi opo efumviko lya nakusa Peter Nguvauva ndyoka lya li lya thanekwa li ningwe pOkahandja li mwenekwe. Shika osha li sha ningwa etitano sha landula
readAhrens wins gold at African champs
10-11-2010
NAMIBIA’s top female shottist Gaby Ahrens added an African States Championships gold medal to her Commonwealth Games bronze over the weekend. Ahrens, who was recently crowned as Namibia’s Sportswoman
readContador faces UCI ban
10-11-2010
PARIS – Alberto Contador was facing the possibility of a two-year ban and losing this year’s Tour de France title after the UCI asked the Spanish federation on Monday to open proceedings against him
readFerguson ups the ante in Manchester derby
10-11-2010
MANCHESTER – Sir Alex Ferguson reckons the stakes have rarely been higher for a Manchester derby ahead of tonight’s match at Eastlands.Manchester City trail Ferguson’s second-placed Manchester United
readPakistan’s Haider seeks asylum
10-11-2010
LONDON – Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider plans to seek political asylum in Britain after fleeing the team amid alleged threats for defying a match-fixing conspiracy.Haider arrived in London on
readSMSes for Wednesday 10 November 2010
10-11-2010
* SURPRISE, surprise? No, the U-turn of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) president came as no surprise. The Namibian worker’s best enemy is the Namibian worker himself. Rest in peace,
readUnemployment woes worry Tsumeb youth
10-11-2010
TSUMEB is reported to be rising from the recent economic slump which affected the town badly after the closure of the Ongopolo and then Weatherly mine.The town was slowly turning into a ghost town
readTreason trial continues after appeal break
10-11-2010
THE main Caprivi high treason trial is back in progress, after a break of seven months due to an unsuccessful prosecution appeal to the Supreme Court.The trial resumed before Judge Elton Hoff in the
readSPCA takes on cruel new 'sport'
10-11-2010
THE Walvis Bay SPCA has confiscated three pit bull terriers that were allegedly used for dog fighting. The older dog is covered in scars, both old and new, and his ears were cut off, which was a clear
readMixed message for Telecom workers
10-11-2010
TELECOM’S managing director Frans Ndoroma yesterday sent out conflicting signals about whether or not job losses are on the cards as part of the company’s current restructuring.On the one hand, he
readH1N1 flu patients swamp Keetmanshoop clinics
10-11-2010
KEETMANSHOOP residents flocking to health facilities to seek treatment for the H1N1 flu are complaining that health officials take too long to attend to them.“The service is too slow. I have been
readFinland boosts renewable energy
10-11-2010
EACH of the 13 regions of Namibia will get an energy shop that will help make renewable energy more accessible in remote areas, said the Rector of the Polytechnic of Namibia.The energy shops will sell
readDollars in, forged notes out
10-11-2010
THE Police in the Ohangwena Region have arrested two people in connection with theft and fraud.One of the suspects, Flora Kubes (28), a receptionist at the Para Maila Lodge at Oshikango, appeared in
readBaby elephants rescued from mud
10-11-2010
TWO baby elephants struck it lucky when they got stuck in mud in a man-made waterhole in the Khaudum National Park in the Caprivi Region – a team of the Harnas Wildlife Foundation was in the area.The
readAussie company wins uranium licence case
10-11-2010
A NAMIBIAN metallurgist who sold two uranium prospecting licences to an Australian-owned company in 2005, and later agreed that he would no longer be paid anything for the licences, has been left
readAuditors warn about bank’s pension
10-11-2010
THE Standard Bank Namibia Retirement Fund is in a dispute with a local forensic investigating firm after the firm found that the bank’s retirement fund could have to pay out claims amounting to about
readAbortion ban risks women’s lives
10-11-2010
WHILE Namibia’s government is increasingly putting measures in place to curb the high number of pregnancy-related deaths, discussions around an antiquated pre-independence abortion law remain
readWelwitschias shape up for tour
10-11-2010
NAMIBIA’s Welwitschias are in “good condition” ahead of their European Tour the team’s coach Johan Diergaardt said. Diergaardt told the The Namibian Sport during an afternoon training session at the
readBad debts shrink as economy recovers
10-11-2010
OVERDUE loans at the commercial banks fell by N$1 billion from last Christmas to the end of June as lower interest rates and the general pick-up in the economy filter through to consumers.“The quality
readA new future for Cuba?
10-11-2010
HAVANA – Cuba in future will be a country that promotes foreign investment, expands the private sector and dutifully pays off its debts, according to a proposal revealed on Monday by the ruling
readThieves burn hands with stolen money
10-11-2010
A FLOOR manager and a security guard are allegedly part of a gang of five men arrested in connection with a burglary at Woermann Brock Hyper in Khomasdal.About N$7 300 of the stolen N$248 000 was
readSharp increase in traffic fines
10-11-2010
The cost of breaking the rules of the road in Namibia is set to raise sharply as soon as recommendations for an increase in admission-of-guilt fines for a range of traffic violations are approved.If
readAG to head GIPF audit
10-11-2010
AUDITOR General Junias Kandjeke was on Monday appointed to head the promised forensic audit into the Government Institutions Pension Fund’s Development Capital Portfolio (DCP) in which N$660 million
readDemo off
10-11-2010
THE civil servants’ demonstration planned for today was called off yesterday after extensive consultations between the organising committee and non-governmental organisations.At a late afternoon media
readNotable Quotes
10-11-2010
It’s no more a rumour, it’s an outbreak. It is not a bad outbreak. No fatalities were reported to date. – Primary healthcare supervisor Rauna Namukwambi confirming an outbreak of the H1N1 flu strain
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