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53 Articles found on Monday, 13 September 2010
Opec still influential at 50
13-09-2010
LONDON – Opec, marking its 50th anniversary tomorrow, remains a key influence on oil markets with non-Opec output set to fall and consumers burning fossil fuels despite higher demand for renewable
readBP evicted from ethical index
13-09-2010
LONDON/BOSTON – BP Plc will be evicted from the FTSE4Good ethical investment index following its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, index compiler FTSE said on Friday, as BP said it would delay its
readEskom may get more govt support
13-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s power utility Eskom said on Friday it may get an additional R150 billion in state support to pay for new power plants and ease an electricity supply shortfall.Financial
readDoomsday warnings of US economic apocalypse gain ground
13-09-2010
WASHINGTON – Economists peddling dire warnings that the world’s number one economy is on the brink of collapse, amid high rates of unemployment and a spiralling public deficit, are flourishing
readDutch to introduce bonus clawback bill
13-09-2010
AMSTERDAM – The caretaker Dutch government said it would propose a law to enable supervisory boards at a broad range of companies to claw back executives’ bonuses if the amounts are deemed
readFrance will penalise companies that pay women less
13-09-2010
PARIS – The French government said yesterday a planned pension reform would penalise companies which pay their female employees less than their male peers, as it steps up a campaign to defend the
readBrazil may be outgunned in fight to weaken currency
13-09-2010
SAO PAULO – Brazil is locked in a bitter struggle with investors over the value of its currency – a battle it is unlikely to win without major casualties.The government is increasingly desperate to
readBritish Catholics positive about pope’s visit
13-09-2010
LONDON – British Catholics are confident that this week’s visit by Pope Benedict XVI will help the church in Britain, but the sex abuse scandal has shaken their faith in him, a new BBC poll showed
readDeath toll in California gas blast rises to seven
13-09-2010
SAN BRUNO – The death toll from a huge gas pipeline explosion that set fire to dozens of homes in this California town has risen to seven as the search goes on for people still missing in the
readVodacom Mozambique in riots firing line
13-09-2010
MAPUTO – Vodacom Mozambique had violated Mozambicans’ rights if reports were true that the cellphone operator obeyed a government order to shut down SMSing services to clients, the Freedom of
readUganda’s Museveni picked to run for fourth term next year
13-09-2010
KAMPALA – Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party backed President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, as its candidate yesterday for next year’s presidential election.Already one
readPresident Zuma assures media on press freedoms
13-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – International news agencies alarmed by South African proposals that could see reporters jailed should not fear freedoms are under attack, the president said on Friday, adding that South
readAngolan radio presenter gunned down
13-09-2010
NEW YORK – Following the murder in Angola of Alberto Graves Chakussanga, a radio journalist with a station critical of the ruling MPLA government, authorities must conduct a thorough and transparent
readFifty two journalists killed up till August
13-09-2010
VIENNA – The International Press Institute says 52 journalists lost their lives in the first eight months of the year because of their jobs - four fewer than during the same period in 2009.Alison
readYou can win N$1 000!!
13-09-2010
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
readNot Strapped For Comment!
13-09-2010
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:* Is Munya related to Caster-se-munya? * Mwisho
readOmuniilonga mootendela a kwatwa
13-09-2010
OMUWILIKI gwopevi muuministeli Wiilonga niiyenditho ena sha nootendela okwa holokele mOmpangu metine oshiwike shayi metamaneko lyokutaamba oombumbo. Omutamanekwa okwa li aniwa a kambadhala okutaamba
readOmufekelwa muufuthi wokawe a holoka mOmpangu
13-09-2010
OMUFEKELWA oye awike ngoka sigo oompaka a kwatwa kopolisi moshinima shekano lyokawe kongushu yoodola oomiliona 19 okwa holoka mOmpangu ya mengestrata pOkahandja metitano.Uuwe wongushu ndjoka owa yakwa
readOmukuli gwoomiliona 20 guudha omapuko
13-09-2010
EHANGANO lyokutonatela omahangano giimaliwa moNamibia,[Namfisa] olya pulile pu ningwe ekonakono lyomuule mehangano lyokuhika iipa lyokOmaheke, Omaheke Tannery and Leather Processing konima sho ndika
readNational Youth Service ye li 503 ya pita pOndangwa
13-09-2010
AANYASHA ayehe kumwe 503 mboka ya taambelelwe mEhangano lyIilonga yAanyasha lya Namibia, lya tseyika nawa mOshiinglisa National Youth Service (NYS) noya kala taya mono omadhewo gawo mOkapale koondhila
readNangof a hala eyamukulo ko GIPF
13-09-2010
OMAHANGANO gaakwashigwana oga landula ondundahangano yaaniilonga yopashigwana ya Namibia NUNW mokwiindila pu dhikwe okakommissi kopauperesidende kokukonakona ekano lyiimaliwa oomiliona okuza
readOmulumentu gwomoArandis moshipotha shekwato koonkondo
13-09-2010
OMUKIINTU omugundjuka okwa lili mOmpangu yOpombanda ya Venduka metine omanga ta hokolola oshiningwanima moka ta ti okwa kwatwa koonkondo mokati komumvo 2007.“Onda li ndu uvite nayi, ndu uvite oluhodhi
readNegonga a pe omalelo giilando ombedhi
13-09-2010
AMUSHANGA omukuluntu muuMinisteli womalelo Giitopolwa, niilando, Erastus Negonga okwa gandja ombedhi komalelo giilando mbyoka ya ningi omasiku omalusheno gayo taga tetwako ku Nampower.Negonga okwa ti
readOmuniilonga mo NBC a kwatwa po
13-09-2010
OPOLISI mOshakati otayi konakona oshingwanima shonkambadhala yedhipago, sho omuniilonga gwehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Nambia[NBC] a umbu osheenditho moka aniwa mwa li omukulukadhi gwe.Pahapu
readNew date set for Karas Region football AGM
13-09-2010
THE annual general meeting (AGM), to elect a new Karas Region Football leadership, has been re-scheduled for October 16, at Rosh Pinah.Yesterday Karas Football Region Chairman, Harry Jahs, told The
readNam cricket team to face Uganda
13-09-2010
NAMIBIA will host Uganda in their third ICC Inter-Continental Shield Cup match in Windhoek between September 18-21.Uganda was supposed to host the match but all this changed following the bomb blasts
readRehoboth, Wanderers to meet in rugby final
13-09-2010
Rehoboth and Wanderers will contest the final of the MTC Rugby Premier League after they won their semifinal matches in contrasting styles on Saturday.The defending champions Rehoboth were pushed all
readNamibia selects Judo athletes for Maputo
13-09-2010
THE Namibia Judo Federation (NJF) on Saturday selected six of the country’s best Judo athletes to compete at the Zone Six Kurash scheduled for Maputo, Mozambique from September 17 to 18.NJF president
readFootball results
13-09-2010
Friday, September 10 Gernman Bundesliga TSG Hoffenheim 2 - 0 Schalke 04Portuguese Super Liga Guimaraes 2 - 1 Benfica Saturday, September 11 German
readEverton fightback stuns United, Chelsea stays top
13-09-2010
LONDON - Manchester United conceded two stoppage-time goals to draw 3-3 at Everton, while Chelsea maintained the perfect start to its title defense by beating West Ham 3-1 in the Premier League on
readKlitschko retains heavyweight titles
13-09-2010
FRANKFURT - Wladimir Klitschko knocked out Samuel Peter in the tenth round to retain his heavyweight titles in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday night.The IBF, WBO and IBO champion was always in control
readBolt to be a footballer
13-09-2010
SPRINT king Usain Bolt has revealed that he wants to pursue a second sporting career as a footballer.The 24-year-old first wants to set a 100m record of 9.4 seconds - a time he says will “probably
readKim Clijsters wins again as Roger Federer’s run ends
13-09-2010
NEW YORK - It was all too easy for Kim Clijsters at the US Open on Saturday. And all too hard for Roger Federer.Clijsters won her third women’s singles title with ridiculous speed, thrashing her
readSMSes for Monday 13 September 2010
13-09-2010
* I CONSIDERED myself a good driver with 15 years’ experience of accident-free driving, but last week I almost caused a head-on collision because the oncoming vehicle had the same colour as the road
readWorkers make their demands
13-09-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers’ recent congress lived up to its promise of going back to the basics, as workers debated bread and butter issues, affecting their everyday lives.After the
readSwapo gears up for primaries
13-09-2010
TEMPERS are expected to flair up in the next week as the ruling Swapo Party kicks off its district conferences today. The conferences will decide who the Swapo candidates will be for all the local and
readOshakati Premier Electric celebrates 10th anniversay
13-09-2010
THE Oshakati electricity distributor, Oshakati Premier Electric (OPE), celebrated its tenth birthday in style last Friday. It was established in 2000 to provide electricity to Oshakati.The ceremony,
readNYS recruits complete basic training
13-09-2010
Just more than 500 young men and women, from the National Youth Service, who received their three month training under the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, completed their civic
readNumerous challenges for land reform
13-09-2010
GOVERNMENT faces challenges to implementing land reform such as poor and old farm infrastructure on land bought for resettlement, low production due to a lack of skills and knowledge among
readNBC cameraman charged with attempted murder
13-09-2010
The Police at Oshakati are investigating two charges of attempted murder and one charge of damage to property, after an NBC cameraman allegedly fired shots at a vehicle in which his wife was a
readMCA begins second round of school upgrades
13-09-2010
THE contractors selected to begin construction and renovation work at 13 schools in the north, with a total budget of approximately US$15 million (N$ 109 million), will be announced by the Millennium
readLandmark sterilisation trial to continue in January 2011
13-09-2010
THE landmark case in which three women are suing Government for millions of Namibia dollars after they were allegedly sterilised by State-employed medical doctors without their proper consent will
readDeadly law needs review
13-09-2010
THE SILENT epidemic of life-threatening abortions in Namibia is growing rapidly as young women struggle to exercise a personal choice in a hostile legal environment.The Namibia Planned Parenthood
readCastro says he was misinterpreted by US journalist on Cuban economy
13-09-2010
HAVANA - Fidel Castro said Friday his comments about the Cuban economic model no longer working were misinterpreted by a visiting American journalist - taking back an admission that caused a stir
readHercules stun Barcelona, Mourinho wins at home
13-09-2010
MADRID - Champions Barcelona suffered a humiliating 2-0 home defeat to Hercules on Saturday when Nelson Valdez struck twice to give the tiny promoted club a shock La Liga victory at a stunned Nou Camp
readIMF warns of debt menace as recovery slows
13-09-2010
WASHINGTON – High levels of international debt and a still shaky financial sector threaten to derail the global economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Friday.Amid concerns
readNewborn baby found in Manila airport garbage bag
13-09-2010
MANILA – Authorities at Manila’s airport found a newborn baby in a garbage bag that was apparently unloaded from an airplane that landed yestreday from the Middle East, officials said.Security
readPimps, prostitutes and one MASSIVE fight
13-09-2010
JUST when you think the All Star’s look set to have a nice, quiet weekend lounging around the house, things change as quickly as you can say BOOM, BAM, SLAM. Out come the mud slingers, unleashing a
readGIPF loan recipient manager ‘absconded’ without paying a cent
13-09-2010
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) for nearly a year had virtually no security for the N$16 million loan they gave to Namibia Plastics and Liquid Foods (NPLF), Namibian Financial
readGem theft suspect gets N$100 000 bail
13-09-2010
NamGem production manager Erez Ben Shushan was released on bail of N$ 100 000 late Thursday afternoon in the Okahandja Magistrate’s Court.Shushan is the only person arrested so far in connection with
read‘Fraud’ funds remain frozen
13-09-2010
THE bank account of the close corporation that ran the Scratch-a-Million scratch card competition in Namibia will remain frozen, following a judgement that was given in the High Court in Windhoek last
readCuddly companions
13-09-2010
The Hope Village Aids Orphanage in Katutura has received a Toddler House from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The house will accommodate 24 toddlers who were previously housed in the ‘baby house’. This means
readNotable Quotes
13-09-2010
Government has a social and moral obligation to publicly (transparently) investigate and institute punitive measures against culprits without any delay in order to prevent similar activities in
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