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60 Articles found on Friday, 19 November 2010
Delay in Sacu pact costs jobs
19-11-2010
TEXTILE sector representatives in Malawi have alarmed the authorities as the delay in the Malawi-Mozambique-Tanzania-Zambia (MMTZ)-Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) trade pact has risked around 2
readSABMiller beats forecasts as emerging markets recover
19-11-2010
LONDON – SABMiller expects trading in most of its key emerging markets to steadily improve as the brewer of Miller Lite and Peroni beers beat forecasts yesterday with a 16 per cent rise in half-year
readCultivate your proactive brain
19-11-2010
Studies have shown that a good memory helps you better navigate the future. And in business, anticipating and negotiating future demands is an asset.A proactive brain uses details from past
readKavango cooking oil to hit local shops
19-11-2010
SHADIKONGORO – The registration of a barcode and design of a label for the locally produced cooking oil at the Shadikongoro irrigation project in the Kavango Region has been completed and the products
readAfrican Briefs
19-11-2010
Investec profit up JOHANNESBURG – Investec, South Africa’s fifth-largest bank, posted stronger first-half profit yesterday, helped by growth in asset management and showing that its move away from
readSA worried about eurozone crisis
19-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The fiscal developments and economic growth uncertainties of the eurozone, which is South Africa’s largest trading partner, are worrying, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has
read‘Bankrupt’ Ireland expects giant EU/IMF loan
19-11-2010
DUBLIN – Ireland’s central bank chief said yesterday he expected the country to receive tens of billions of euros in loans from European partners and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help
readNew SA vets’ bill to honour all soldiers
19-11-2010
CAPE TOWN – A bill that will honour veterans and ensure a “seamless” transition from active military service to civilian life has been approved by Cabinet and sent to Parliament for processing.Deputy
readNigeria frees 19 oil hostages
19-11-2010
PORT HARCOURT – Nigeria’s military freed 19 hostages in the country’s main oil region, including American, French, Indonesian and Canadian nationals, with no ransom paid, an official said
readEat and run – at top UK restaurants
19-11-2010
LONDON – An unemployed man has been charged with wining and dining at a series of London’s top restaurants, running up massive bills and then disappearing without paying, police said on
readForty Rolls Royce engines on A380s need to be replaced
19-11-2010
SYDNEY – Up to half of the Rolls-Royce engines of the type that disintegrated on an Airbus superjumbo this month may need to be replaced by the three carriers that use them, the Qantas chief executive
readSlack supervision blamed for Shanghai fire
19-11-2010
SHANGHAI – A Shanghai high-rise apartment fire that killed 53 people was completely avoidable, China’s top labour safety official said, blaming lax supervision and illegal work practices.Luo Lin, head
readEducation And The Failed Neo-Liberal Project
19-11-2010
I READ the article of Andrew Clegg (‘Time to get specific about education reform’, November 12) with great interest. Sounding almost exasperated, Clegg postulated that the education issue is simple.
readImagine There’s No Heaven
19-11-2010
THE letter from Prof. Paul Isaak (‘Mental slavery and religious-cultural dominance,’ November 12) shows yet again that the letters section of The Namibian is a main platform for serious democratic
readConcern About The ‘Language Of War’
19-11-2010
WE were extremely concerned about the article ‘RDP sleeps with the enemy’ (November 6). It seems to us that the levels of extreme intolerance and enmity have really gone up in this country.All this
readSecurity When Laws Are For All
19-11-2010
CONSIDER the following statements: “With law shall the land be built, with unlaw (read lawlessness) will it be laid waste.”“It should be possible for a woman to walk all the way from the Orange River
readChristian Challenge To ‘Complacency’
19-11-2010
ALLOW me to respond to the letter written by certain L. Shikongo in The Namibian of the November 2 2010. The Namibian is the platform where various views are expressed and I will continue to use that
readOn Playing The Blame Game
19-11-2010
WHEN I read the title on the front-page of Friday’s The Namibian, I expected interesting reading. But when I came to page 15 I was so disappointed about the boring stuff the good Professor was
readDelivery Is The Key In These Elections
19-11-2010
IF we are honest with ourselves, then we would acknowledge that most regions and local governments in Namibia have either failed to deliver or have had problematic delivery since the last regional and
readNamwandi’s Stay At Education Undermines Progressive Governance
19-11-2010
NAMIBIA is still in the learning process when it comes to governance. Leaders and citizens alike are still struggling with the excruciating demands of the modern and modernising democratic state. As a
readReflecting On Reflections Twenty Years Later
19-11-2010
SOCIAL and political critique and criticism are like pearls. They are not produced without an irritant. They come about as an attempt to deal with some very real and urgent problems facing a society.
readSwapo Government Or Government’s Swapo: What’s The Difference Anyway?
19-11-2010
FROM last year to 2012, the taxpayer will pay N$156 million towards financing of political parties.Yet, there is no law compelling the parties to account for how they spend the money. At the moment
readRDP na RP
19-11-2010
OONGUNDU dhoompilameno odhindji odhuu kwamuhoko nenge odha piyagana. Ishewe ndjoka yo RDP oyi li mondjugo nomutondi nale molupe lwongundu yo Republican Party.Ndhika oohapu dha popilwe komupevi
readOmukuluntu gwa Namcor a tumwa kegumbo
19-11-2010
EKONAKONO lyomuule kombinga yootendela, ekuto miilonga, ookondalaka noshowo ehutuko lyehangano osho etompelo lya tumitha omukuluntuwiliki gwehangano ndika Sam Beukes kegumbo, ta pewa ondjambi ye
readA pewa oomvula 15 konima yekumba
19-11-2010
EDHIPAGO lya ningwa molwa oodola mbali olya falitha nakupogola kondholongo oomvula 15 oshiwike [shika] [shayi]. Duran Xoa-Eiseb [28] okwa pewa egeelo ndyoka konima yepangulo lye mompangu
readDhoompilameno kadhina einekelo moECN
19-11-2010
OONGUNDU omugoyi dhoompilameno odha ti kadhikna einekelo mOkommissi yomahogololo ya Namibia[ECN].Ndhika odho All People’s Party, [APP], Congress of Democrats[CoD], Democratic Party of Namibia[DPN]
readTrafigura na Sonangol ooyene yooBP muka
19-11-2010
EHANGANO lyiikwankondo lya Puma olya longele kumwe nehangano lyomahooli lyepangelo lyAngola okulanda po omaliko agehe ga BP moNamibia, noshowo mo Botswana. Shika osha kolekwa kehangano yina ya Puma
readOmusita a kwata onkonga ti indile
19-11-2010
OMUSITA Abner Dourob okwa li ta galikana manga ta kwata omunona gwomimvo 16 koonkondo nokwa ti Amen konima sho a mana shoka a longo. Mbuka uumbangi wa gandjwa kuna ku ningilwa omuyonena nguka, sho a
readACC a teya iilonga yuumbudhi metanga lyegameno
19-11-2010
OKOMMISSI yokukondjitha iilonga yiimbuluma nuulingilingi oya teya po iilonga yuulingilingi mUuministeli wegameno, mboka wa kanithitha konyala oodola 700 000 guuministeli mbuka. Okommissi metitano lya
readOmuhingi gwedhagadhaga a si
19-11-2010
OMWIILONGI mokuhinga edhagadhaga okwa si sho oshituki she sha gumo mombanda eta shi idhenge pevi popepi nOkahandja metiyali. Christopher Pape okwa si sho ondhila ndjika yi ndwangula pevi. Okwa thigako
readAmushanga gwa Informante a thigi po iilonga
19-11-2010
AMUSHANGA gwoshifo sho Informante shoka hashi nyanyangidhwa lumwe moshiwike okwa thigi po iilonga poshikundaneki shoka. Max Hamata okwa thigi po iilonga konima yehokololo ndyoka lya holokele moshifo
readIimaliwa ya Namibia oyi li nawa BoN a ti
19-11-2010
OMBAANGA ya Namibia oya endulula kutya iimaliwa ya Namibia oyi li nawa na ka ya li ya kwatelwa mo mwaambyoka ya nyanyangidhwa pa puko kehangano lya South Africa lyokunyanyangidha iimaliwa.Ehangano lya
readPanduleni a gandja omagano
19-11-2010
OPROJEKA ya tseyika mOniipa mOshikoto yedhina Panduleni Blocks, yi li mewiliko lya, Fiina Mhata, omukulukadhi gwa, Petrus Mhata, mEtine oshiwike sha zi ko oya gandja omagano kokinde ya Niipa noshowo
readGebrselassie to run Tokyo Marathon in February
19-11-2010
ADDIS ABABA – Haile Gebrselassie will run the Tokyo Marathon in his first race since coming out of his short-lived retirement.The Ethiopian great says on Twitter that he has no more pain in his knee
readOshana regional football league elects leaders
19-11-2010
THE Oshana regional football league on Wednesday evening elected new members to fill four posts in the executive committee left vacant since the previous season.The coordinator of the Namibia Football
readInjured Habana out, Mvovo in for Springboks
19-11-2010
SPRINGBOK wing Bryan Habana has broken his hand in training and is on his way back home in yet another setback for the team just days before its Test against Scotland.Habana fractured a bone in his
readAseb wins it for Civics
19-11-2010
CIVICS midfielder Lindon Aseb ended Tiger’s revival as he grabbed the winning goal for his side in a Namibia Premier League match on Wednesday.Aseb’s second-half strike sees Civics jump from bottom
readFifa bans, fines two executive committee members
19-11-2010
ZURICH – Two Fifa executive committee members were banned and fined yesterday, one for bribery, over allegations they had offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World
readPriotti arrives ‘for business’
19-11-2010
ARGENTINA’s Sergio Omar Priotti, The Hitman’s opponent, is expected to arrive in Namibia today ahead of their eagerly anticipated WBO lightweight non-title bout next week.Priotti will be accompanied
readArsenal eye top spot as Gallas returns in derby
19-11-2010
LONDON – Arsenal can snatch top spot in the Premier League, at least for a few hours, if they beat Tottenham Hotspur in tomorrow’s north London derby where William Gallas’s return to his old club adds
readPortugal stun Spain, Argentina edge Brazil
19-11-2010
LONDON – World champions Spain suffered their worst defeat in 47 years as Portugal hammered their neighbours 4-0 in a Lisbon friendly arranged to promote the countries’ joint World Cup bid on
readSMSes for Friday 19 November 2010
19-11-2010
* I AM so confused which party to vote for. Yes issues are identified but none have come up with solutions. Yes the masses on the ground also see them and the masses want to hear what they will do
readStudent pilot had aneurysm
19-11-2010
THE German student pilot who crash-landed near Okahandja on Tuesday died as a result of an aneurysm and “multiple injuries”.It is suspected that Henner Christoph Pape (39) crashed the gyrocopter as a
readSecond guilty verdict over Joubert murder
19-11-2010
THE second suspect on trial over the murder of South African four-wheel drive trail mapmaker Jan Joubert in a remote part of the Omaheke Region in June 2006 was convicted on three charges
readRosh Pinah strangling suspects arrested
19-11-2010
TWO male relatives of Thobeka Loretta Somi (35), who was strangled to death in her own house at Rosh Pinah on Tuesday night, have been arrested in connection with the murder.Somi’s brother, son and
readMetals Namibia not worried about ruling
19-11-2010
LEGAL counsel for Metals Australia and Metals Namibia has described the ‘notice of irregularity’ filed by a Namibian lawyer in an attempt to have a Supreme Court judgement reviewed as “wholly
readHeavy sentence for diamond theft
19-11-2010
A FORMER Karibib Construction employee has been sentenced in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court for stealing 93 unpolished diamonds worth N$86 895 from Namdeb during January 2007.Lazarus Kefas Iyambo
readErongo RED proposes Walvis Bay sells its shares
19-11-2010
THE board of directors of Erongo RED is proposing that the Walvis Bay municipality should offer its shares in Erongo RED to the remaining shareholders.Erongo RED sent out a press release yesterday,
readECN, opposition relations at knife point
19-11-2010
NUDO yesterday distanced itself from the vote of no confidence in the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN).Although the party attended the meeting with the ECN on Tuesday, its administrative
readDRC’s service solutions might be just too expensive
19-11-2010
THE residents of the Democratic Resettlement Community (DRC) in Swakopmund say their pleas for basic municipal services are being ignored, and so conditions are just deteriorating.Sewage and refuse
readCatholic Hospital ushers in medical future
19-11-2010
FOR THE past 103 years, the hospital on the ‘Roman hill’ in the centre of Windhoek has provided physical and spiritual healthcare to Namibians.Today, the Roman Catholic Hospital, which opened as a
readRamblers to face rejuvenated champions
19-11-2010
RAMBLERS coach Christy Guruseb believes his young side can bounce back from their first league defeat and maintain their lead at the summit of the log when they take on defending champions African
readWorld recovery slows as US lags
19-11-2010
PARIS – The global economic recovery is shifting down a gear as the US economy rebounds less quickly than expected and growth in emerging countries moderates, the OECD said yesterday.In its
readHK woman has bird flu
19-11-2010
HONG KONG – Hong Kong scrambled yesterday to contain any outbreak of bird flu after recording its first human case of the illness since 2003, a 59-year-old woman now in a serious condition in
readNo central announcement of coming election results
19-11-2010
THE final results of next week’s regional and local elections will not be announced at a results centre in Windhoek, but individually at each verification centre in the constituencies, the Electoral
readBurned Rundu boy could lose arm too
19-11-2010
HENDRIK Haikali, the nine-year-old boy who suffered third-degree burns after an electricity pole fell on him, could lose his left arm today as his condition continues to worsen. Haikali already had
readRainy week ends
19-11-2010
IN a last show of might, heavy rains thundered down on many parts of Namibia yesterday, delivering what meteorologists believe could be the last rains for the central and southern areas this month.The
readBomb scare at Hosea Kutako
19-11-2010
BIG drama unfolded at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Wednesday morning when a suspicious looking device was discovered by the Police at the airport outside Windhoek.The Police said the
readNotable Quotes
19-11-2010
Misa continues to monitor the matter and is gravely concerned about alleged threats to Hamata’s safety and that of his staff and family. – A statement by the Media Institute of southern Africa (Misa)
readPolitical Perspective
19-11-2010
ELECTIONS are coming up next week and quite honestly, things are in a mess. The situation has not been helped by the fact that the long-awaited High Court pronouncement on the national elections held
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