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57 Articles found on Thursday, 25 November 2010
SA inflation up slightly, jury out on rates
25-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s targeted consumer inflation quickened slightly in October, suggesting that it may have bottomed and leaving analysts divided on the possibility of further monetary
readMake shared leadership work
25-11-2010
Having trouble finding the right person for that leadership role? Perhaps there isn’t one particular person with all the necessary capabilities, experiences, and interests. Consider spreading the
readOil search taken to ‘new level’
25-11-2010
OIL and gas hunters UNX Energy Corporation has managed to raised N$400 million which will position the company firmly in the local energy race, director and well-known businessman Knowlegde Katti has
readLocal designer scoops business prize
25-11-2010
ASPIRING local designer Cristina Amupolo has won the first prize in the Polytechnic of Namibia’s business plan competition for her business venture idea for Ikuutu Fashion Designers.Amupolo won the
readDBN boosts silk project in Omaheke
25-11-2010
LEONARDVILLE – Silk Worm Production has received N$55 000 from the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN)'s Innovation Fund to produce silk duvets.DBN’s chief operations officer Gottlieb Hinda said the
readSA urged to keep ‘flexible rates’
25-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) representative in Pretoria has urged South Africa to maintain a flexible exchange rate policy.IMF senior resident representative Alfredo Cuevas
readAfro-investment answer to global imbalances
25-11-2010
ADDIS ABABA – Investment by rich countries in African infrastructure could ultimately curb global economic imbalances and spur worldwide demand, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said in an
readBigger role for yuan, ruble
25-11-2010
SAINT PETERSBURG – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said the Chinese yuan would soon start trading in Russia as the countries seek to challenge the dollar and promote the use of national
readChina-Africa trade ties move beyond resources
25-11-2010
BEIJING/HONG KONG – Energy deals took centre stage during a southern African tour by China's leader-in-waiting, but the growing ties between China and Africa are quickly moving beyond the traditional
readAfrica in spotlight at climate conference
25-11-2010
THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa are partnering to highlight Africa’s voice at ‘COP 16’, the United Nations
readTigers go for a clean-up drive
25-11-2010
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is concerned that Namibia is becoming a ‘throw-away society’.“That is why I appreciate every effort by groups, the private sector and
readConservancies list their progress and challenges
25-11-2010
SOME traditional leaders need to be educated about how rural conservancies work, the chairperson of the Balyerwa conservancy in the Caprivi Region said yesterday.Oscar Munanzi said some traditional
readCowell ‘idolised’ at Emmys!
25-11-2010
British music impresario and prickly former ‘American Idol’ judge Simon Cowell received an honorary International Emmy award on Monday at the annual prizes for television produced outside the United
readKeeping up with Kim ...
25-11-2010
It was more than just a random sighting at an LA Lakers game, sources say. Celeb and reality star, Kim Kardashian, and Gabriel Aubry (pictured left) really are an item. A couple of days after cameras
readFirst witness in Bemba trial recalls rape
25-11-2010
The Hague – The first witness at the war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba took the stand on Tuesday, describing how beret-clad soldiers raped a young girl in a Central African Republic
readSomali violence kills 2 100
25-11-2010
MOGADISHU – More than 2 100 civilians have been killed this year in violence between Islamist insurgents and pro-government forces in Somalia’s capital, the city’s main ambulance service said
readIndia district bans cell phones for unmarried women
25-11-2010
NEW DELHI – A local council in northern India has banned unmarried women from carrying mobile telephones to halt a series of illicit romances between partners from different castes, media reports said
readMember of pope’s ‘papal family’ dies, hit by car
25-11-2010
VATICAN CITY – A member of Pope Benedict XVI’s private “papal family” has died. The Vatican said Wednesday that Manuela Camagni, one of the four consecrated women who tend to the pope and care for
read‘National tragedy’ as 29 trapped miners die
25-11-2010
GREYMOUTH – A massive explosion deep inside a New Zealand coal mine yesterday erased hopes of rescuing 29 miners caught underground by a similar blast five days ago. The prime minister declared it a
readOpportunistic Campaigning At Odds With Consistent Service
25-11-2010
THE inauguration of a new (not totally finished) municipal fire station in Swakopmund, and the new (unfinished) Swakopmund municipal office complex; the “inauguration of the completion of the third
readA geelwa muufuthi
25-11-2010
OMUNIILONGA nale gwehangano lya Karibib Construction okwa pewa egeelo kompangu yoshitopolwa ya Kaiti mokuyaka uuwe wu li 93 inaawu hongwa wongushu yoodola 86 895 pomina ya Namdeb mu January
readOmbaanga yomapendulepo ya zimine omikuli kooprojeka 40
25-11-2010
OMBAANGA yomapendulepo ya Namibia[Development Bank of Namibia.] oya zimine omikuli dhili 40 dhomwaalu gwoodola oomiliona 60,17 uule woomwedhi ndatu okuza mu Juli sigo September nuumvo.Pahapu
readOmulandu kombinga yeteyo lyomakakata
25-11-2010
OKULONGA nokufula omakakata moNamibia okwa eta sigo oompoka kutya opwa pumbiwa omulandu gokufula nokulonga oshimeno shika hashilongithwa omiti opo aantu mboka ha ya longo nomakakata ya vule okumona
readEteyo lyomandjembele enene nawa nuumvo
25-11-2010
AALONGI yomandjembele komunkulo gwomulonga gwa Range oya tegelela eteyo enene lyomandjembele nuumvo noshowo iiyemo oyindji.Eteyo lyiiyimati mbika olya tamekele petameko lyomwedhi nguka.Pahapu
readEpopyo lyEkandjo lya eta omapulo ogendji
25-11-2010
EPOPYO nenge ethaneko lya Jerry Ekandjo , Ominista yiitopolwa, iilando nomagumbo, kutya oomeya dhiilando otadhi kala miilonga ethimbo alihe olya eta omapulo ogendji.Omunambelewa omukuluntu gwa
readEtilitho lyomboma poHosea Kutako ka li shi eidheulo
25-11-2010
OMUKALELIPO shilongo sha Ndowishi moNamibia okwa ti etilitho lyomboma pokapale kopaigwana ka Hosea Kutako oshiwike sha yi kalya li eidheulo lyegameno lya Ndowishi.“Kapwa li nando oshinima she idheulo
readEdhipago po Groot Aub
25-11-2010
OMUKALIMO gwopo Groot Aub, Lorreta Kruger okwa si omolwa sho a teka oombati hetatu noshowo sho a li ena ombinzi kuuluyi nokiitiyanathigo. Iishaho mbika okwe yi ningwa aniwa komuholike gwe ndele
readShanghala omunashipundi she opalekululo lyoompango
25-11-2010
OKOMMISSI ya Namibia yeopalekululo lyooveta oyi na omunashipundi omupe, gwethimbo alihe. Okommissi ndjika oya pewa omuwiliki omupe konima yomimvo hamano sho ya kala yaana omuwiliki.Omunawino mooveta,
readRDP ota yi kuthombinga mehogololo lyongula
25-11-2010
ONGUNDU yo Rally for Democracy and Progress[RDP] ota yi ka kuthombinga momahogololo giilando niitopolwa etitano nolyomakaya.Ndele natango ongundu ndjika pamwe naandjoka yo Republican Party odha
readNamdeb ta sindana oku keelela uufuthi wokawe
25-11-2010
OKUZA petameko lyomumvo nguka Namdeb okwe shi pondola oku galulako uuwe wookarata 256,9 wongushu yoodola oomiliona ndatu oshinkwnu ntano mboka wa li wa yakwa momahala gokumina.Omuwiliki gwoshikondo
readOomeya taya kala aaniilonga yiilando
25-11-2010
OOMEYA niilyo yongundu ompitithi mewiliko lyomalelo giilando ota ya ka ninga aaniilonga yethimbo alihe momalelo ngoka na ota ya kala nokufutwa kiilando mbyoka oku za omumvo taguya.Shika osha
readWin N$1 000 in cash!
25-11-2010
You don’t have to go 12 rounds to stand a chance of scoring a cash KO with The Namibian! N$1 000 in cash is up for grabs ahead of the international Lightweight clash between ‘The Hitman’ and Sergio
readPlayers call for hockey racism probe
25-11-2010
FORMER national hockey players Kamburee Karamata and Irene Handura have called on the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) to investigate the selection process of the country’s senior women's hockey
readTop goal scorers battle intensifies
25-11-2010
THE battle for the top goalscorer award of the MTC Premiership is heating up as five players are now jointly in front on four goals each, following round nine of the competition last weekend.SKW
readSpain’s beef producers deny Contador claims
25-11-2010
MADRID - Spain’s beef producers are stepping up defense of their product after cyclist Alberto Contador blamed contaminated meat for his positive doping test at the Tour de France.The Basque Health
readWindhoek open judo championships held
25-11-2010
THE Namibian Judo Federation hosted the Windhoek Open Judo Championships at the Jan Mohr Secondary School on Saturday. The year-ending judo competition was attended by 63 junior and senior judo
readFederer warns rivals he’s on form for title
25-11-2010
LONDON - Roger Federer has warned his rivals at the ATP World Tour Finals that he is coming into a rich vein of form at just the right time for another title charge.Federer has made a blistering start
readSMSes for Thursday 25 November 2010
25-11-2010
* BROTHER killing sister! Young girl’s throat slit! SOS to all stakeholders. Please help! I am numb. * READING just the front page of The Namibian of 23 November. What a sick nation we are! Food
readSwapo ‘failing’ to meet people’s basic needs
25-11-2010
MICHAEL Goreseb, member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Central Committee, told a weekend rally at Swakopmund that Swapo was unable to meet the basic needs of Namibians.“Political parties are not
readSwakop residents condemn NBC
25-11-2010
THE Swakopmund Residents’ Association (SRA) has strongly objected to the NBC’s “inability to offer independent media coverage” to all political parties, organisations and associations participating in
readShebeen shooting verdict date set
25-11-2010
FORMER Katutura State Hospital nurse Jeckonia Hamukoto is facing a wait of three months before he will hear the verdict in his triple murder trial in the High Court in Windhoek.After hearing arguments
readRed tape hamstrings grape farming sector
25-11-2010
PLANS to expand grape production in Namibia are being hampered by Government delays in allocating land to potential investors, says an expert in the grape industry, Andre Vermaak.Vermaak manages
readRDP lawyers rule out poll challenge
25-11-2010
ALL indications are that the plans of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), to stop tomorrow’s elections, will remain nothing more than a threat.RDP lawyer Tobie Louw yesterday said: “The
readCourt to rule again on Ovambanderu burial
25-11-2010
THE legal tug of war over the burial of a senior member of Namibia’s Ovambanderu community, the late Peter Nguvauva, returned to the High Court in Windhoek for another round of arguments
readNumbers don’t count, says DPN
25-11-2010
THE Keetmanshoop Urban Constituency candidate of the Democratic Party of Namibia (DPN), Frans Basson, says numbers at political rallies don’t really matter as long those attending get the message and
readMissing record frees rape suspect from jail
25-11-2010
A SWAKOPMUND resident who was sentenced to a 15-year jail term for rape almost seven years ago has regained his freedom thanks to a missing court record.Because the record of his case in the
readHate speech by Swapo shows it fears opposition: All People’s Party
25-11-2010
CALLING some sectors of the political opposition “Satan” and “enemy” 20 years after Independence is bad for Namibia’s democracy and shows that the ruling Swapo party fears the opposition, the leader
readBig dagga bust in Walvis
25-11-2010
ONE hundred and forty-one parcels of dagga, worth about N$70 000, were confiscated by the Erongo Police at Kuisebmond on Monday.“Thanks to a tip-off from an alert member of the public, we managed to
readCreativity and ‘me time’ for the Daisies
25-11-2010
THE Dinsdag Daisies are a group of about 10 women who have been gathering once a week on Tuesdays for the past three years to paint.It all started when the women attended art classes presented by Suna
readReturn of ‘The Hitman’
25-11-2010
PAULUS ‘The Hitman’ Moses will be aiming to redeem himself and justify the adoration he enjoys from the multitude of his loyal supporters when he steps into the ring against Argentina’s Sergio Priotti
readSanta not expected at most businesses
25-11-2010
BUSINESSES in Namibia don’t expect a Christmas boom this year, the latest business climate survey has showed.According to the IJG Business Confidence Survey released by the Institute of Public Policy
readUS aircraft carrier heads for Korean waters
25-11-2010
INCHEON – A United States aircraft carrier group set off for Korean waters yesterday, a day after North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island, in a move likely to enrage Pyongyang and
read42 election laptops vanish
25-11-2010
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is worried about the disappearance of 42 laptop computers on the eve of the regional and local authority elections.The mysterious disappearance of the laptops
readOhorongo-AfriSam merger crumbles
25-11-2010
THE Namibia Competition Commission (NCC) has shot down a proposed merger between cement giant AfriSam and local producer Ohorongo, saying it is potentially anti-competitive and could distort the
readAlexander to forfeit US$54m
25-11-2010
JACOB ‘Kobi’ Alexander, the former chairman and CEO of voicemail software maker Comverse Technology Inc. who fled to Namibia in 2006 to avoid prosecution over stock option backdating, has agreed to
readExtra ballots ‘not a risk’
25-11-2010
DESPITE having printed more than 500 000 extra ballot papers for tomorrow’s regional and local government elections, there will be no tendered ballots.Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN)
readNotable Quotes
25-11-2010
I don’t know. It is just an idea. Suppose it’s a young man who says he wants to get married, but doesn’t even have a girlfriend. That is where we are at the moment. – Regional and Local Government
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