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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Orascom talking to ‘anybody’ about selling
01-09-2010
CAIRO – Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom Telecom, sole owner of Leo Namibia, said his holding company Weather Investments was talking to Russian telecoms group Vimpelcom about a merger and was open
readBiofuel demand driving Africa “land grab”
01-09-2010
ABIDJAN – Biofuel demand is driving a new “land grab” in Africa, with at least five million hectares acquired by foreign firms to grow crops in 11 countries, a study by an environmental group has
readZuma tries dodging bullet on strike
01-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Striking South African state workers yesterday voted on an increased wage offer made by the government to try to end a nearly three-week-old strike.It followed late-night meetings
readAfrica Business Briefs
01-09-2010
SSA withstood external shocks JOHANNESBURG – The oil and food price shock of 2008 and the global financial and economic crisis of 2008 and 2009 had only a limited effect on the creditworthiness of
readChasing the dots ... Equality, the Unreal Ideal
01-09-2010
Du Pisanie (AdP) and Gurirab (TBG) in recent writings (The Namibian 25 Year Magazine, The Namibian, August 20 respectively) on justice, origin of thinking, affirmative action and BEE, colour and
readChina in global talent search for SOEs
01-09-2010
BEIJING – China’s government announced a global talent search to fill top posts at 12 major state-owned companies in its latest effort to turn huge but inefficient government enterprises into global
readYou can win N$1 000!!
01-09-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is another N$1 000. Just send an SMS to 45045. All you have to do is type in BB. It’s as simple as that! Each SMS costs
readFrom You To Us
01-09-2010
Messages sent by SMS or on our BBA e-mail address: * Pliz Jean, stop hating our boy Munya. You are always writing negative things about the guy. We like the Big Brother Africa so don’t be biased.
readNot Strapped For Comment!
01-09-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Munya you r whining. Love you … * All Chelsea
readTut-tut Tati!
01-09-2010
POOR Flirtyana (Tatiana) … whilst in one of her retreats in the kitchen with Yakahahaaa (Yacob), she mentioned she misses “Olivier” … yah, who dat? Her boyfriend.My boy Yakie (Yacob), in all his
readThe Blind Side, A Prequel!
01-09-2010
SJOE, Mwisho seems to have blind-sided just about everyone with his Head of House switch on Monday night!Now friend and foe alike are devouring ‘The Art of War’, as they try to decode the meaning of
readGreenpeace blocks Greenland drilling
01-09-2010
COPENHAGEN – Greenpeace forced a Scottish company to stop drilling off Greenland yesterday by having four activists climb onto an oil rig.The activists, having breached a 500-metre security
readWen says rote learning must go in Chinese schools
01-09-2010
BEIJING – Chinese schools have to get their students to be creative and think for themselves, Premier Wen Jiabao told officials, in reference to the rote-learning deeply ingrained in the national
readGerman bishops expand sex abuse guidelines
01-09-2010
BERLIN – Germany’s Roman Catholic church introduced new guidelines yesterday on handling reports of sexual abuse that require prosecutors to be informed of any suspected cases.The expanded guidelines
readNigerian government locks out snoozing employees
01-09-2010
ABUJA – Snoozing Nigerian federal employees who reported late to work have gotten a rude awakening.As part of a push to end tardiness, a number of federal offices in the nation’s capital Abuja locked
readCoalition for free speech launched in SA
01-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – A coalition has been launched to emphasise the importance of free speech to all sectors of society not just the media, the SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) announced yesterday.“The
readThousands flee south Sudan floods
01-09-2010
JUBA – Floods in south Sudan have forced more than 50 000 people from their homes, health officials said yesterday, warning that the situation could worsen.Flood waters began rising earlier this month
readIn Brief
01-09-2010
5 US troops killed in latest Afghan violence KABUL - Five US troops were killed by roadside bombs and insurgent fire in southern and eastern Afghanistan yesterday, the latest casualties in a
readShocked Slovaks search for answers
01-09-2010
BRATISLAVA - Conflicts with his Roma neighbours were a likely motive behind a shooting rampage in which a gunman killed seven people in Bratislava before turning the gun on himself, police said
readLagos tries to regulate moto-taxis
01-09-2010
LAGOS - Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos is trying to bring order to hundreds of thousands of chaotic motorcycle taxis, banning them from major roads and from carrying pregnant women or riding on the
readAaRusia ya hala okulanda Orascom
01-09-2010
OMUYAMBA gomwEegipiti gwehangano lyoongodhi, Naguib Sawiris ,oku li moonkundathana opo a landithepo iipambuliko yehangano lye lyaOrascom Telecom, ndyoka olyo yina ya Leo mu Namibia.Ehangano ndika
readEfundja lya tegelelwa mo Caprivi 2011
01-09-2010
OSHITOPOLWA sha SADC osha tegelela omvula yi li nawa noshowo omvula yi li pombanda methimbo lyomuloka gwa taalelwa okuza mu Kotoba sigo Maalitsa 2011.Ndika olyo etengeneko lyaanawino miinima yomiloka
readShaduka a ethwa sho a futu
01-09-2010
OMUNANGESHEFA Lazarus Shaduka, ngoka omasiku ngak a kala ta pangulilwa edhipago lyomukulukadhi gwe – okwa ethwa sho a futu oshimaliwa shOondolaN$ 27 000 shoka a pulwa a fute nenge a kale mondholongo
readAaniilonga yaa li pampango
01-09-2010
ESHUNOMIILONGA lyaaniilonga mElelo lya Keetamsnhoop omathimbo ga piti nonando mboka ya li taya nyenyetelwa kElelo lyondoolopa ndjika, ota ku tiwa kutya kashi li paveta yOmalelo goondoolopa yomumvo
readKazenambo a kwatwa po okathimbo muNdowishi
01-09-2010
OPOLISI pokapale koondhila ka Munich oya li ya kwata Ominista yAagundjuka, Omaudhano nOmithigululwakalo, Kazenambo Kazenambo, uule wootundi dhontumba Osoondaha.Ekwatopo lye olya landula sho
readNam low on passion at stellar games
01-09-2010
NAMIBIAN athletes fared poorly at the recent inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore, prompting the Head of Mission, Ndelipulwa Hamutumwa, to call for a change in attitude from the athletes.Hamutumwa
readMascherano prepared for bench time at Barca
01-09-2010
MADRID - Competing with three world champions for a place in the Barcelona midfield did not deter Javier Mascherano from sealing his move from Liverpool to Barcelona on Monday.The Argentina midfielder
readSelected Football Transfers
01-09-2010
Paul Konchesky [Fulham – Liver Pool] Robinho [Manchester City – AC Milan] Zlatan Ibrahimovic [Barcelona – AC Milan] Loan Hatem Ben Arfa [Marseille - Newcastle] LoanRaul Meireles [Porto - Liverpool]
readNamibia unbeaten after day two
01-09-2010
NAMIBIA, along with Uganda and Kenya, remained unbeaten after day two, at the ICC Africa U19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers.Namibia’s young cricketers comprehensively beat neighbours Zambia at the
readPakistan players called to talks over ‘fix’ claims
01-09-2010
TAUNTON, England - Three Pakistan cricket players, named in an alleged betting scam, have been summoned from training in southwest England, to meet top officials in London, the team manager said
readFederer, Venus Williams, Roddick win at US Open
01-09-2010
NEW YORK - The trick shot that was the highlight of Roger Federer’s first-round win at the US Open was most definitely real.The five-time US Open champion was up at the net Monday night when
readKambatuku attacks NPL’s Doëseb
01-09-2010
OTJOZONDJUPA regional football chairperson Roger Kambatuku does not appreciate NFA Vice-Presidential candidate, and Namibia Premier League (NPL) Chairman, Johnny Jonson Doëseb, meddling in his
readSMSes for Wednesday 1 September 2010
01-09-2010
* NABTA please place suggestion boxes with ready-made cards at long distance bus terminals. We the commuting public want to report bad drivers. Or else create a toll free hotline which we can call.
readJP Karuaihe Trust dinner launched
01-09-2010
THE annual JP Karuaihe Trust Fund Gala and Dinner Awards will take place on September 21, it was announced at a press conference yesterday.Founding President Sam Nujoma will be the keynote speaker at
readThree deny taxi driver murder
01-09-2010
ONE of the three men accused of robbing and murdering a taxi driver at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek four months ago claimed in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court this week that one of his
readOngwediva marks 10 years of growth
01-09-2010
THE 10th Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) kicked off on Friday on a high note, with more than 550 confirmed exhibitors clamouring to show off their business colours.At the official opening of the
readOngombe Farmers should unite: Mutorwa
01-09-2010
THE dispute between two rival factions of the Ongombe Farmers’ Association (OFA) over the use of an auction kraal at Okamatapati, must be resolved, and they must unite to form one single leadership,
readOjove: A Northern staple
01-09-2010
THE generous marula tree provides a household staple to most homes in the northern region, where the marula oil – or ojove, as it is known locally – is as crucial to any respectable kitchen as salt
readFuel hiccup at Oshakati service stations
01-09-2010
The fuel shortage which has plagued the north since last week became a full-blown crisis yesterday when fuel stations reported they had completely run out of 95 and 93 octane fuel.According to local
readState closes case in family murder trial
01-09-2010
THE prosecution yesterday closed its case in the murder trial of a 70-year-old Tses resident accused of shooting and killing his son.With the start of his trial in the Keetmanshoop Regional Court on
readDestination Oshakati State Hospital
01-09-2010
SERVING at least half of the Namibian population, the five-year upgrade and renovation project of the Oshakati State Hospital, is critical to five regions in Namibia.Dr Shannon Kakungulu, the Medical
readThe Namibian, the daily bread of the North
01-09-2010
Deputy Mayor Skinny Hilundwa said, in a speech at the 25th birthday celebration of The Namibian in Oshakati yesterday, that he remembers the day, 25 years ago, when he saw the first edition of The
readFather expresses anger with service at hospital
01-09-2010
IMMANUEL Simon of Swakopmund was fuming yesterday after an emergency transfer to Windhoek for his newborn baby girl was delayed for three hours. The problem, hospital staff told him, was: “There were
readNNOC blames poor athletes on inept administrators
01-09-2010
INCOMPETENT sports administrators are robbing the country of it’s future stars, said the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) Secretary General Abner Xoagub, following the poor showing of
readNamPower moves on Orange River projects
01-09-2010
NAMPOWER has called for consultants to assist it with aspects related to the proposed development of the 100-megawatts run-of-river Lower Orange Hydroelectrical Power Scheme (Loheps), Engineering News
readFierce hurricane heads toward US
01-09-2010
SAN JUAN - Powerful Hurricane Earl barrelled toward the US East Coast yesterday, amid warnings it could cause catastrophic damage after dumping heavy rain and wind on Caribbean islands.Packing fierce
readChild rape bail hearing delayed
01-09-2010
THE bail application of Windhoek resident Jack Coetzee, who is accused of fathering three children with a girl he allegedly raped since she was nine years old, was postponed until late September
readManager on the run, millions missing at Rundu bank
01-09-2010
THE former manager of Standard Bank Namibia’s Rundu branch has been on the run from the Police since last month after allegedly swindling the bank out of millions of dollars.A Police spokesperson,
readNUNW congress ready to go
01-09-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) secretary general yesterday held a meeting with affiliated industrial unions’ general secretaries to iron out the contentious issue of this coming
readSUNSET IN OSHAKATI
01-09-2010
Oshakati residents and those living in surrounding villages walk home as the sun sets over the oshanas in Oshakati.
readNotable Quotes
01-09-2010
IT is detention in the style of Germany’s Nazi days. – Youth, Sport and Culture Minister told The Namibian angrily, after Police at Germany’s Munich airport detained him for several hours alleging he
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