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49 Articles found on Thursday, 21 October 2010
Rate cuts pump millions into economy
21-10-2010
INTEREST rates at most banks will effectively drop by 75 basis points before the end of October, putting nearly N$16 million per month back into consumer pockets after the Bank of Namibia (BoN)
readOtjimbingwe killer gets 25 years in prison
21-10-2010
THE killing of a pregnant woman with whom he claimed to have had a romantic relationship saw Otjimbingwe resident Michael Uirab being jailed for an effective 25 years yesterday.“Women in Namibia are
readN$260m bailout for Namcor
21-10-2010
CABINET has approved a bailout strategy for Namcor which includes paying off debts of nearly N$260 million and giving it a cut of 7,6 cents per litre of the existing fuel levy to help fund the
readBring back my granddaughter
21-10-2010
Anjelika Kutamundu, who claims her granddaughter is Julia Naruses, showed frustration yesterday when she was not permitted to see the child at the Namibia Children’s Home.
readVedanta seeks BEE partner for Skorpion
21-10-2010
ANGLO American Plc will comply with recommendations from Namibian authorities that it use local investors in the divestment of its Skorpion Zinc Mine and Refinery to Indian metal giant Vedanta
readBig Brother Africa: Mixing It Up With Munya!
21-10-2010
His baby boy ‘Pjumayi’ had just been born when Zimbabwe’s Munya Chidzonga entered the house and was battling for his life in the incubator. Now, three months later, and without the $200 000 grand
readClimate change is with us: Walvis mayor
21-10-2010
THERE is growing evidence of the impacts of climate change on Namibia’s coastline, the mayor of Walvis Bay said this week.Uilika Nambahu said just recently, abnormally high tides and stormy seas
readSouthern China braces for deadly typhoon
21-10-2010
HONG KONG – Residents scrambled to stockpile food and authorities ordered ships to remain docked as southern China geared up yesterday for a typhoon that killed 20 people and wiped out crops in the
readAge cheats flushed out by new system
21-10-2010
FOLLOWING the introduction of a new registration system by the Namibia Premier League (NPL) this season, close to 40 players currently plying their trade in the country’s top football league have been
readNotable quotes
21-10-2010
We the workers did not vote for them (Cabinet) to clear the air, we voted for them to act. – NUNW secretary general Evilatus Kaaronda welcomed Govenment’s decision to freeze N$4 billion worth of loans
readSMSes for Thursday 21 October 2010
21-10-2010
SMSes Of The Day A proud day * CONGRATULATIONS to our own doctors who performed the open heart surgery successful on Tuesday. We are proud of you! *I WOULD just like to thank the Government, as
readRemittances to Africa edging up, lagging other regions
21-10-2010
NAIROBI – Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa will rise modestly this year despite a sluggish world economy, but its share of such monies trails those of other developing regions, a World Bank official
readStandard Bank offers Africa yuan bank accounts
21-10-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s Standard Bank is offering clients across the continent yuan bank accounts for trade with China, a sign of the Chinese currency’s emergence as a global commercial
readGovt to sell old state houses
21-10-2010
GOVERNMENT will soon embark upon a campaign of alienating old state-owned housing properties in all 13 regions. Jerry Ekandjo, Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing and Rural
readMobipay in search of workers’ money
21-10-2010
NAMIBIA’s first mobile payment company has teamed up with Labour Investments Holding (LIH) – the business arm of the National Union of Namibian Workers, (NUNW). The two companies signed an agreement
readNMA elects new leaders
21-10-2010
DIANA van Schalkwyk of Wildco Meat Processors has been elected as the new chairman of the Namibian Manufacturers’ Association (NMA).She replaces outgoing chairman Koos Ferreira, who will remain on the
readPupkewitz Toyota undergoes major facelift
21-10-2010
THE Pupkewitz Toyota dealership and workshop is being renovated. According to Etienne Steenkamp, the general manager of Pupkewitz Toyota, renovations are being done to improve many areas, especially
readCelebs, big donors push Africa’s war on malaria
21-10-2010
SESHEKE, Zambia – It had been a long and difficult journey, fully deserving of the marching band and choirs that greeted the convoy when it finally rolled into this village deep in the African
readPolice witnessed bribery: assault claimant
21-10-2010
AN Otjomuise woman, Utjitaye Kangunde (28), who allegedly miscarried after a fight with her cousin, has accused the Police of siding with the cousin and stalling the investigation.According to her,
readMugabe loyalists up in arms over BBA outcome
21-10-2010
THE office of President Robert Mugabe is reported to have demanded recordings of Big Brother Africa after Zimbabwean housemate Munya Chidzonga (24) failed to win the Pan-African reality show.Chidzonga
readAmkongo gets another five years at PSC
21-10-2010
THE current chairperson of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Eddy Amkongo, will serve another five years. His second term was endorsed by Parliament yesterday on the recommendation of President
readAlugodhi has left the building
21-10-2010
OKAHANDJA’S Regina Alugodhi has finally admitted defeat and agreed to vacate her office. Yesterday, Local Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo announced the departure of former Okahandja chief executive
readHeadman commits suicide
21-10-2010
THE 78-year-old headman of Oshikushashipya village in the Omusati Region, Gervatius Shikolonya, hanged himself from a tree at his homestead on Sunday morning.Police Commissioner Armas Shivute
readGIPF formally informed about freeze of scheme
21-10-2010
THE Government Institutions’ Pension Fund (GIPF) has finally received official communication from Government to freeze its unlisted investment scheme in the form of a Cabinet ‘action letter’.GIPF
readCurtis to talk about trees at NBRI
21-10-2010
ZOOLOGIST Barbara Curtis will give a talk on tree diversity in Namibia at the Namibia Botanic Research Institute (NBRI) in Windhoek tonight.For ten years, Curtis was the project leader of the Namibian
readDassie dung unlocks secrets of climate change
21-10-2010
HEAPS of dassie (rock hyrax) dung accumulated over millennia are proving a valuable tool in understanding climate change, according to a University of Cape Town researcher.So valuable, in fact, that
readBig Brother Africa: From You To Us
21-10-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our BBA e-mail address:THE difference between Uti and Munya was that Uti respected women and Africa. Munya dissed Africa and disrespected women. Munya also slept a lot. Uti
readBig Brother Africa: ‘I’m Gonna Rock Windhoek’
21-10-2010
TANZANIA’S Mwisho was probably the most cool, laidback guy in the Big Brother house. A keen advocate of books and reading, not to mention ‘the simple life’, his quirky one-liners and off-the-hook
readThird treason trial postponed to April
21-10-2010
THE third Caprivi high treason trial is scheduled to continue in the High Court at Oshakati in the second half of April next year.Four weeks after the start of the trial before Judge Marlene Tommasi,
readSwapo supporters form ratepayers’ association to contest Oshakati poll
21-10-2010
OSHAKATI – The co-ordinator of the Swapo Party in the Oshana Region, Erastus Uutoni, says his office has received reports that some supporters of the party want to stand as independent candidates in
readSwakop pig farmer’s sentence suspended
21-10-2010
CHRIS Grobler (59), who was charged with animal cruelty for the maltreatment of pigs at a Swakop River plot, received a suspended sentence yesterday on condition that he becomes “best friends with the
readNamibia’s international softball returns
21-10-2010
AFTER years in the international wilderness, Namibia's national men's softball team received “a boost in morale” from Sanlam Namibia Holdings ahead of their participation at the Zone Six regional
readGerman expert for Namibian basketball
21-10-2010
THE Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF), in conjunction with the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) and the German Basketball Federation (DBB), invited an expert from Germany to conduct
readUutoni to quit or turn pro after Olympics
21-10-2010
AMATEUR boxer Jafet Uutoni plans to quit the sport or “maybe” turn professional after the 2012 London Olympic Games. After losing his light-flyweight Commonwealth Games title to Paddy Barnes of
readFistball season ends in Swakopmund
21-10-2010
THE Namibian Fistball season will conclude this Saturday when the Swakopmund Fistball Club (SFC) hosts the National Cup competition. The successful World Club Championships hosted in Windhoek by the
readMadrid wins battle of former champs
21-10-2010
LONDON – Real Madrid passed an early test of its Champions League credentials under Jose Mourinho by defeating AC Milan, while Chelsea, Arsenal and Bayern Munich also notched up their third successive
readAakalimo muAmarika na Akutsima ya mona omeya omaanawa
21-10-2010
A AKALIMO yomu Amarika na Akutsima mboka ya kala ethimbo alihe lya zi ko taya nu omeya omalulu oye li ya pandula noonkondo Ndoishi na Namibia sho ya eta iidhinditho yomeya omalulu noku ga ninga
readmOshakati mwa totwa Ehangano lyAakwashigwana
21-10-2010
A AKWASHIGWANA yamwe yomOshakati mboka kaye uvitile nawa iilongayakulo yElelo lya Shakati omasiku ga zi ko oya tota po Ehangano lyawo tali ithanwa mOshiingilisa Oshakati Based Community Organization
readRuppel a etha uunashipundi wa GIPF
21-10-2010
O MUNASHIPUNDI shewilikongundu lya GIPF. Hartmut Ruppel okwa ethapo iilonga yuunashipundi woshiketha shoopenzela dhaaniilonga yomepangelo.Eethepo lye lyiilonga olya landula ketokolo lyokabinete opo
readTriple One Security a gandja omagano gooN$10,000 kOnkambadhala
21-10-2010
O KAMPANI yOosecurity yomOshakati mOshana yedhina Triple One Security, yomusamane Laurence Iipinge omasiku ga zi ko oya gandja omagano gooN$10,000 kOsikola Onkambadhala Combined School ndjoka tayi
readHecht a kwatelwa poMalinda
21-10-2010
O MUFEKELWA mekengelelo Joshua Hecht ngoka iyakele miikaha yopolisi okuza poshipangelo shopokati sha Venduka okwa katululwa. Hecht okwa li a fadhuka po okuza momake gopolisi moVenduka taku fekelwa a
readIilonga yokutanda aavu yomitima
21-10-2010
O SHITANDELO shokutanda aavu mboka ye na uuvu womutima osha egululilwa iilonga yasho pambelewa moVenduka.Oshitandelo shika sha tulilwe miilonga omimvo mbali dha piti oshina ngashingeyi ospana
readKaras Development Trust raises over N$300 000
21-10-2010
BUSINESSMEN, individuals and companies have pledged over N$300 000 to the newly established Hardap Regional Development Trust Fund at a dinner held at Mariental on Friday.Founding President Sam Nujoma
readAfghanistan annuls nearly a quarter of ballots
21-10-2010
KABUL – Afghanistan has thrown out nearly a quarter of ballots cast in last month’s parliamentary elections because of fraud, according to full preliminary results released yesterday.The findings,
readMan left engaged in toilet
21-10-2010
BEIJING – A Chinese man who got his arm stuck in a toilet pipe in an attempt to retrieve his dropped mobile phone was freed by rescuers, state television reported on Tuesday.When rescue workers
readFrench police break blockades
21-10-2010
PARIS - Police cleared protesters blockading French fuel depots yesterday as the government tried to limit the economic damage from prolonged strikes against its plan to raise the retirement age to
readUAE judge condemns domestic violence
21-10-2010
DUBAI – A senior Emirati judicial official says the UAE does not condone domestic abuse, renewing questions about the issue after the country’s highest court ruled that a man can beat his wife and
readUK court sentences Saudi prince to at least 20 years
21-10-2010
LONDON – A British court sentenced a Saudi prince to at least 20 years in prison yesterday for beating and strangling one of his servants at a swank British hotel. Justice David Bean sentenced Prince
readNew Age must wait after key staff quit
21-10-2010
JOHANNESBURG - The long-awaited print launch of The New Age did not take place yesterday as expected, coinciding with the sudden resignation of five key staff members.A statement issued on Tuesday
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