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59 Articles found on Monday, 8 November 2010
Oil reaches 2-year high
08-11-2010
SINGAPORE – Oil rose to a two-year high on Friday, recovering almost half the territory lost from a mid-2008 record to the low at the deepest point of the recession.A new round of economic stimulus in
readOperators lured to prospective fields
08-11-2010
CAPE TOWN – Namibia has potentially huge undiscovered offshore oil and gas fields, but a lack of data is hampering investment into the southern African nation, a senior petroleum official said on
read‘World-class’ resources possible
08-11-2010
TOWER Resources (TRP) is another AIM-listed company seeking to up its exposure to offshore Namibia, which it hailed a “vast unexplored frontier area”.The group, headed up by chairman Peter Kingston,
readNam last frontier for exploration
08-11-2010
AIM-listed Chariot Oil & Gas has hailed Namibia “one of the last frontiers for oil and gas exploration”.The company, which on Friday said it was moving into an “exciting phase of its development
readLocal potential ignites investor expectations
08-11-2010
RISING demand for energy has left the world hungry for new oil discoveries and while Africa has long lured international oil producers, Namibia remains an untapped jewel.Until now. The Sub-Saharan
readBarack Obama’s stimulus package to hurt rand
08-11-2010
PRETORIA – South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Friday joined China, Brazil and Germany in criticising the latest economic stimulus measures of the US Federal Reserve, saying the move
readNamPower plans nine power stations for Lower Orange
08-11-2010
NAMIBIA’S national power utility says plans are moving ahead to construct a series of hydro-electric power stations along the Lower Orange River.NamPower managing director Paulinus Shilamba told IPS
readForgive but don’t Forget
08-11-2010
It is common wisdom that failure is inevitable, especially when innovating.If you want people to take risks and try new things, failure must be an option. But few organisations have actually created
readWeatherly spending US$12m to reopen mines
08-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Weatherly International would spend US$12 million on restarting and operating its Otjihase and Matchless mines, where production would resume in 2011.The Aim-listed company on Thursday
readBig Brother Africa: From You To Us!
08-11-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our Big Brother Africa e-mail address:* WE don’t care who gives Munya the money as long as he gets the 300 000. Leave the child alone. Don’t politicise things. – Eish, I
readNamibia misses out at Channel O awards
08-11-2010
THE masses have spoken. Music fans from across Africa, that is. And … ta-ra, ta-ra the shoes have it!Watched the best part of this year’s 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards, held in Sandton, Jo’burg,
readLet’s Get Buzzing!
08-11-2010
“Let’s get buzzZzzing.” This is the latest message award winning music artist Lazarus Shiimi aka Gazza is preaching to his fans. The ‘buzz’ is all about Gazza’s recently introduced social network,
readMuseveni offers ‘another rap’
08-11-2010
KAMPALA – Disc jockeys around Kampala are expecting scores of requests to hear Uganda’s new hit song when customers hit the bars and clubs this weekend.‘You Want Another Rap?’ by President Yoweri
readGuineans elect leader in first free election
08-11-2010
CONAKRY – Guineans used to decades of authoritarian rule went to the polls yesterday to elect a president in the West African state’s first free election since independence from France in 1958.The
readMissing turbine part key to A380 Quantas probe
08-11-2010
SYDNEY – Investigators of last week’s engine explosion on a Qantas superjumbo focused their search yesterday on a missing piece of turbine from the Rolls-Royce engine, and the airline said it hoped to
readNorway the best, Zimbabwe worst place to live – UN
08-11-2010
UNITED NATIONS – Oil-rich Norway remains the best country in the world to live in, while Zimbabwe, afflicted by economic crisis and AIDS, is the least desirable, according to an annual United Nations
readDo you hate waiting? Stand in line!
08-11-2010
LONDON – A nation renowned for the art of queuing may be losing its patience, a survey has shown, with the average British adult able to stand in line for only 10 minutes and 42 seconds before tempers
readCuba plane crash worst in 20 years
08-11-2010
GUASIMAL – Rescue workers on Friday pulled bodies from the charred wreckage of a state airliner that went down in rugged central Cuba, as desperate relatives gathered at the capital’s airport and
readIndonesian volcano sparks travel chaos
08-11-2010
MOUNT MERAPI – Indonesia’s most volatile volcano sparked transportation chaos yesterday, with several international airlines cancelling flights to the capital and neighbouring Malaysia airlifting out
readMost South Africans earn below N$50 000 a year
08-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – The vast majority of South African adults have an income below N$50 000 a year, the results of a study released yesterday revealed.“The bulk of the South African adult population still
readOominsta dhuunamapya moshigongi
08-11-2010
OOMINISTA dhuunamapya moshitopolwa sha SADC odha gongalele moVenduka etitano nokukundathana iipambele yuunamapya nuuniimuna moshitopolwa shika.Oshigongi shoka sha kundathana egameno lyoondya osha
readYa hala Kaaronda a tidhwa
08-11-2010
OONKAMBADHALA otashi vulika tadhi ningwa opo amushangandjayi gwondundahangano yaaniilonga ya Namibia, Evilastus Kaaronda a tulwe pevi nenge nokuli a tidhwe muuhamushanga noshowo mongundu
readTrafigura a landa po omaliko ga BP
08-11-2010
EHANGANO lya Trafigura etitatu enene lyiithikamena mokulanditha omahooli olya landa po omaliko ga BP moNamibia.Euvathano lyokulanda olya pitile mokwaako kwa Trafigura kwopaigwana kwedhina Puma Energy
readOmpangu ya ti nakusa Nguvauva na fumvikwe
08-11-2010
KONIMA yomwedhi gumwe gwa pitipo konima yeso lya Peter Nguvauva oshilyo shezimo lyAambanderu, shika otashi vulu okufumvikwa. Omupanguli Collins Parker oshiwike shayi okwa tokola kutya Nguvauva ota
readWAD ta ngambeke oshivu shelongitho lyoonkondo
08-11-2010
ONKAMBADHALA yataalela elongitho lyoonkondo tali ningilwa aakiintu naanona kaalumentu oya tulwa miilonga oshiwike sha yi moVenduka. Onkambadhala yedhina Men Action Against Violence [MAAV] oyo
readShifeta a hala omapekaapeko ga ningwa kombinga yuudhano
08-11-2010
OMINISTA yopevi Yaagundjuka , Iilonga yopashigwana , Omaudhano nOohedhi, oya indile okommissi yomaudhano ya Namibia yi ninge omapekaapeko ga kwata miiti okutala kutya omolwashike omalutu gamwe
readOshigongi shelunduluko lyombepo muMexico
08-11-2010
MINISTA yOmudhingoloko nOmapashiono okwa tegelela oshigongi kombinga yelunduluko lyo mbepo mo Mexico pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka shi etele uuyuni etegameno unene kombinga yoonkambadhala dhokukondjitha
readOsheeti sheso lya De Jager kashishiwike nonatango
08-11-2010
KONYALA omwedhi gumwe ogwa piti po ndele natango kape shiwike kutya nakusa Willie de Jager [72] ngoka aadhikile a sa pondje yoshilando sha Katima Mulilo okwa si koshike.Suwala ya De Jager , Nelda
readOolye ya landa omagumbo
08-11-2010
PAMAYALULO gOmbaanga yotango yopashigwana kombinga yomagumbo, opwa li einyengo lili pombanda melando lyomagumbo. FNB okwa ti aalandi yomagumbo oyendji oye li mongundu yaamboka ya hokana oyendji ya
readGaashi gepangelo taga yambidhidha
08-11-2010
AANIILONGA yomepangelo ota ya ka ambidhidhwa komahangano gaakwashigwana, mehololomadhiladhilo lya thanekwa okuningwa metitatu. Ehololomadhiladhilo ota li ningwa okuthiminika epangelo opo li katuke
readNapwu ita yambidhidha ehololomadhiladhilo
08-11-2010
OMUTIMANGUNDU pitithi gwehangano lyaaniilonga yomepangelo ogwa ti ehololomadhiladhilo ndyoka aniwa lya thanekwa li ningwe metitatu ota li ka eta etopoko, ka li na omaiyuvo na ota li hongakanitha
readSpringboks can defend World Cup, De Villiers
08-11-2010
DUBLIN – South Africa coach Peter de Villiers insisted his side could mount a successful defence of the World Cup with a game plan based on their traditional strengths after the Springboks beat
readSouth Africa’s World Cup chief seeks top Fifa post
08-11-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Danny Jordaan, the man responsible for organising the last World Cup, is now seeking to sit on the all-powerful Fifa committee that decides, among other things, where future World Cups
readMolinari fends off Westwood in HSBC Champions thriller
08-11-2010
SHANGHAI – Italy’s Francesco Molinari outlasted new world number one Lee Westwood of England yesterday to take the HSBC Champions title in Shanghai in a thrilling finale that went down to the last
readBasketball clinics held in three regions
08-11-2010
AROUND 120 participants took part in the three basketball clinics that German coach Peter Schey conducted for the Namibian Basketball Federation (NBF) in the Oshikoto, Oshana and Omaheke regions.The
readIvanovic wins Champions title
08-11-2010
BALI – Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic ended the season on a positive note by defeating Alisa Kleybanova 6-2 7-6 in the final of the Tournament of Champions in Bali yesterday.Ivanovic weathered some heavy
readAustralia beats Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in 3rd ODI
08-11-2010
BRISBANE – Australia snapped a run of seven straight losses in all forms of cricket when it beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the third and final limited-overs international yesterday.Sri Lanka
readNPL LOG STANDING
08-11-2010
P W D L GF GA PTSRamblers 7 5 2
readHarry Simon still pulls a crowd
08-11-2010
THOUSANDS of Harry ‘Onkugo’ Simon fans turned up to watch the former ‘Terminator’ in action during an exhibition fight at the Kuisebmond Stadium in Walvis Bay on Friday evening.Namibia’s first world
readSMSes for Monday 8 November 2010
08-11-2010
* TO be respected by your teacher and to respect in turn is right but it shouldn’t be looked upon as a bonus, it should be the norm! No child’s an angel but as a teacher your personal likes or
readTubby Tobi is finalist for pet slimmers
08-11-2010
WHO ever said that ‘losers’ are not winners?‘Tubby Tobi’ the dachshund lost 35 per cent of his body weight (from 11,75 kg to 7,8 kg) since January this year, and is now one of seven pets in line to
readSwakop sand miners ‘doing their own thing’
08-11-2010
CONCERN is mounting over the “uncontrolled” sand mining taking place in the Swakop River, which many feel is creating dangerous conditions as well as causing severe environmental damage.What makes
readRustlers leave carnage in their wake
08-11-2010
A SYNDICATE of between 10 and 15 men are slaughtering cattle along the road between Okahandja and Karibib. Volker Thieme, who farms 40 km outside of Okahandja, has lost seven pregnant cows to the
readPlea expected in Reho ‘cigarette murder’ case
08-11-2010
THE five Rehoboth men accused of killing a neighbour over a cigarette are expected to plead to a murder charge on Wednesday.Piet Cloete, his sons Johan and Albert, the sons’ cousin, Charlton Forbes,
readPanga murder, suicide on Reho farm
08-11-2010
THE close-knit farming community of Rehoboth reeled with shock the past week after a panga murder and suicide on one of the farms.On their way home to Diergaardt’s Aub, some 35 km southwest of
readNurse denies triple murder charges
08-11-2010
FORMER Katutura State Hospital nurse Jeckonia Hamukoto was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing when he killed three people in a shebeen shooting in Windhoek in early 2007, a witness
readMurdered toddler buried
08-11-2010
A HUGE crowd of Keetmanshoop residents and community leaders on Saturday attended the funeral of Queen Dausab, who was raped and murdered on October 24.Dausab captured the hearts of the Keetmanshoop
readIyambo considers ‘education police’
08-11-2010
THE Minister of Education, Abraham Iyambo, last week admitted that “the majority of our children are on the streets”.In order to salvage the sector, he is considering instituting “education police” to
readHalf of Swakop River pigs may be destroyed
08-11-2010
DEPENDING on a court order due today, State veterinarian Simone Klebba may have to destroy about 100 of the 200 pigs on the Richtenhoven Pig Farm along the Swakop River because of their poor
readDriver killed in train crash identified
08-11-2010
THE man who died when his bakkie was crushed by a passenger train near Rehoboth early last week morning has been identified as Jonathan Ockhuizen.TransNamib spokesperson Ailly Hangula-Paulino has
readCheetah expert wins Lowell Thomas award
08-11-2010
NAMIBIA'S foremost cheetah researcher, Dr Laurie Marker, was presented with the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award at the Explorers Club annual dinner held in New York City recently.Marker, the founder
readRamblers heap more misery on Eleven Arrows
08-11-2010
RAMBLERS’ Sydney Urikhob piled further misery on Eleven Arrows as his second-half strike dropped the coastal side to second-from-bottom on Namibia Premier League (NPL) log on Saturday.The young
readDoing business in Nam remains tough
08-11-2010
NAMIBIA has become a worse place to conduct business in over the past four years, consistently sliding down the global ladder measuring the extent to which red tape ties the hands of
readKenyan cop kills 10 in shooting spree
08-11-2010
NAIROBI – A Kenyan provincial police officer shot 10 people dead at several bars in a small town northeast of Nairobi before surrendering, a police spokesman said yesterday.“He went from one bar to
readOvambanderu burial back on hold
08-11-2010
ANOTHER urgent court application about the burial of a leading member of Namibia’s deeply divided Ovambanderu community, the later Peter Nguvauva, on Friday stopped plans for Nguvauva’s funeral at
readHobatere’s ‘Old Boy’ killed
08-11-2010
THE death of a second collared lion within the last five months has shocked the Namibian tourism and conservation community. The killing of the black-maned lion, logged as XPL-20, but affectionately
readShooting survivor guilty of car theft
08-11-2010
THE sole survivor of a shooting incident in which two suspected car thieves died in a hail of Police bullets in Windhoek in May 2007 was found guilty of motor vehicle theft on Friday.The shooting on
readKaaronda out in the cold
08-11-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) central executive committee (CEC) has censured its secretary general, Evilastus Kaaronda, by disassociating the federation from the planned mass demo by
readNotable Quotes
08-11-2010
Action cannot be called premature after government failed for three years to act. – CCN secretary general Maria Kapere leading a group of NGO’s who support a planned demonstration of civil servants
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