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58 Articles found on Thursday, 16 September 2010
Opec chief says oil prices ‘comfortable’
16-09-2010
VIENNA – Opec is “comfortable” with current oil prices and does not want to “rock the boat” as the world recovers from its worst recession in decades, the group’s secretary general has said, while
readWorld pays high price for overfishing
16-09-2010
VANCOUVER – Decades of overfishing have deprived the food industry of billions of dollars in revenue and the world of fish that could have helped feed undernourished countries, according to a series
readLast three months see cheaper houses
16-09-2010
THE FNB House Price Index came under pressure in May and June, loosing ground in both months, as the anticipated cyclical increase in low-cost housing materialised, Namene Kalili, Manager: Research
readDBN will welcome an SME bank
16-09-2010
GOVERNMENT plans to establish a bank that will cater for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) would not be competition for the existing Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), its Chief Executive Officer
readThis is what Cosatu says
16-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s largest trade union federation presented its strategy for boosting growth in Africa’s biggest economy on Tuesday.Cosatu helped President Jacob Zuma rise to power but 16
readANC, unions move to mend strained ties
16-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s ruling ANC and the most powerful labour union confederation Cosatu will try to repair their alliance, hurt by strikes and alleged government cronyism, at a meeting to be
readAfrica Business Briefs
16-09-2010
PetroSA, China in refinery talks CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA held “fruitful” talks with China’s oil group Sinopec as it sought potential investors in a new US$10 billion
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$1 000!!
16-09-2010
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
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
16-09-2010
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:* Biggy, thanx you are great. Kaone’s punishment
readMexico to host climate change meeting
16-09-2010
MEXICO’s city of Cancun will host this year’s 16thconference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).The gathering will be held from November 29 to December 10 2010.
readAfriCat North gets equipment from Cymot
16-09-2010
CYMOT and one of its main suppliers of green sport products, Campmor Outdoor, donated a mobile camp to AfriCat North, a project of the AfriCat Foundation, striving for the protection of lions in
readAfrica stands up against changing climate
16-09-2010
FEARING the impacts of climate change as a developing continent, a number of initiatives aimed at addressing this global challenge are springing up.Africa, amongst others is vulnerable to the effects
readRising rhino poaching in Africa a concern to Namibia
16-09-2010
INCREASING cases of rhino poaching in Africa is a big concern to Namibia, a senior conservation expert in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said this week.“It can blow to us anytime. It is a
readNew test gives one-hour TB diagnosis
16-09-2010
LONDON – Scientists have developed a new test which can diagnose tuberculosis in one hour, potentially helping to curb the spread of the disease, a health agency said in a study yesterday.The
readWant to live longer? Get a grip!
16-09-2010
LONDON – A firm handshake could be a sign of a longer life expectancy, according to British researchers.Scientists at the Medical Research Council found that elderly people who could still give a firm
readUS university experiments with social media blackout
16-09-2010
WASHINGTON – Students and teachers at a Pennsylvania university are banned from “tweeting,” updating their Facebook page, sending instant messages or visiting MySpace this week.Harrisburg University
readPakistani printers make fake Afghan voting cards
16-09-2010
PESHAWAR – Printers in this city near the Afghan border say they have produced thousands of fake voter registration cards at the request of Afghan politicians for use in that country’s parliamentary
readChile’s trapped miners receive 1 000 job offers
16-09-2010
SANTIAGO – Chile’s 33 trapped miners have something good to think about: their next jobs. Bulldozer driver, mechanic, electrician. And here’s a couple they might find particularly useful: “risk
readBill Gates receives Scouts’ Award
16-09-2010
SEATTLE – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Tuesday received the highest award that the Boy Scouts of America bestows on adults for distinguished service.Scout officials said he deserves the Silver
readJonathan election bid on Facebook
16-09-2010
LAGOS – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday declared his intention to run in January elections on social networking site Facebook, in an apparent bid to divert attention from a rally
readUupapa uupe woongombe
16-09-2010
ELANDITHO lyuupapa uupe mboka wu na okutulwa komakutsi goongombe owa tameke oku landithwa kuuministeli wuunamapya niimuna omwedhi nguka. Aanafaalama ota ya vulu okupula ko iimaliwa yawo omolwa uupapa
readTransNamib na Natau
16-09-2010
AANIILONGA newiliko lya TransNamib ina ya mana natango oonkundathana dhawo kombinga yoondjambi.Mboka ye li moonkundathana ina ya hala okupopya sha kombinga yaashika.Okwa li kwa inekeliwa kutya
readEpeya lya longo uushada moKavango nOkatyali
16-09-2010
OSHITOPOLWA shuunene wohektara 250 000 osha hanagulwa po komulilo moshitopolwa shaKavango okuza oshiwike sha yi.Omapeya oga li ga pi poNcuiba moNdiyona, momahala gamwe moshikandjohogololo sha Kahenge
readKawana a popi moshigongi shopashigwana
16-09-2010
OMINISTA mombelewa yomuperesidende nohande ndjayi, Albert Kawana okwa ti ongundu yo Swapo noshowo oKommissi yomahogololo ya Namibia ina ya monika ondjo kombinga yomapiyagano ngoka ta ku tiwa oga li
readIilyo omugoyi yompilameno ya tameke iilonga
16-09-2010
AATOTIMPANGO omugoyi yoongundu dhompilameno ndhoka dha kala nokutinda okuya koshigongi shopashigwana oya ganithilwa iilonga yawo metiyali. Mbaka oya kwatelamo omuwiliki gwo Rally for Democracy and
readOmufekelwa gwotango meyako lyiimaliwa natango ota kongwa
16-09-2010
OPOLISI onkene ta yi kongo omufekelwa gwotango mekano lyiimaliwa yoomiliona 6,4 mbyoka ya yakwa po omanga ya li ta yi falwa koombaanga dhokiilando yomoshitopolwa shErongo.Sigo oompaka omufekelwa
readOmbaanga yomahangano omashona ota yi ka kwathela
16-09-2010
EDHILADHILO lyepangelo okutotapo ombaanga yomahangano omashona nogopokati, olyo ewanawa, na ita li ka kala ando ethigathano kombaanga yomapendulepo ya Namibia, osho omukuluntu gwombaanga ndjoka David
readOkamati ka kwatwa po mekwatonkonga
16-09-2010
OPOLISI ya Ndangwa mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana, oya kwata po okamatyona koomvula omulongonantano (15), taku tiwa kutya aniwa oka kwata yinakulu koonkondo ongulohi yOsoondaha ya zi ko yeti 12
readAanona yatatu ya sa omeya yo yaali taya pile megumbo
16-09-2010
AANONA ya tatu yomomukunda Omhito- Ongobeyamwena mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya si omeya manga ya li taya yogo mokandama moka hamu zi omeya ngoka taga longithwa kaatungi yondjila onene
readOmbaanga yomapendulepo ta yi pula komeho
16-09-2010
IIMALIWA mbyoka ombaanga yomapendulepo ya Namibia ya gandja ongomikuli oya indjipala okuza poodola oomiliona 375 omumvo 2008 sigo opoodola oomiliona 721,3 omumvo gwayi. Shika osha endele pamwe neshuno
readNamibia’s paralympians get classified
16-09-2010
OVER 200 Namibian athletes with physical disabilities are undergoing classification for various track and field disciplines ahead of the National Paralympics Championships.The athletes, who suffer
readNamibia tests neighbours in squash
16-09-2010
THE Namibian Squash Association (NSA), backed by Trustco, will host an international test in Walvis Bay at the Buccaneers Squash Club, with teams from Zambia and Zimbabwe competing at the
readNamibia to host Botswana for badminton
16-09-2010
THE Badminton Federation of Namibia will host the annual international tournament against Botswana in Windhoek on Thursday.The games will see the two nations compete in junior, senior as well as
readFifa’s Valcke to grace Katutura Football Centre
16-09-2010
Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke will inaugurate the Katutura Football for Hope (FFH) centre next week. According to an NFA media release yesterday, the Fifa administrator Valcke, “will arrive in
readMusharraf urges leniency for Pakistan cricketer Amir in match fixing case
16-09-2010
HONG KONG – Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has urged leniency for suspended cricketer Mohammad Amir, who is fighting allegations of match-fixing, saying the 18-year-old may have acted
readMaradona heads cast vying for Portugal job
16-09-2010
LISBON – Diego Maradona is among a trio of Latin American coaches keen to replace sacked coach Carlos Queiroz and revive Portugal’s Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.The Portuguese Football Federation
readMessi lights up first night as Inter toil
16-09-2010
LONDON – The world’s best player Lionel Messi lit up the opening night of the Champions League for Barcelona while holders Inter Milan and Manchester United endured less than sparkling starts on
readSMSes for Thursday 16 September 2010
16-09-2010
* FOR transparency’s sake we voters want to know the criteria that political parties are using to select their candidates for the upcoming elections. We are tired of voting for people who cannot
readYoung Keetmans entrepreneur inspires
16-09-2010
“THE slogan ‘keep on walking, never give up’ has inspired me to become a successful entrepreneur.” This is how young Keetmanshoop resident, David Rhodes, an entrepreneur at age 32, tells how he had
readWindhoek schools full for 2011
16-09-2010
LATE riser parents of prospective grade ones and eights, especially in Windhoek, might be in for a surprise: most of the capital’s schools are already bursting at the seams.Upon enquiry, the Minister
readThird Neumann murder suspect arrested in North
16-09-2010
EIGHT months after the slaying of Thilo Neumann at his smallholding along the Swakop River, a third suspect has been arrested. David David (25) was arrested in Ohangwena (Eenhana) last Thursday before
readSwapo dumps Tsumeb mayor
16-09-2010
SWAPO primaries continue to provide for surprises, as candidates for the contentious regional and local authority election are being named.The Tsumeb local authority primaries are the latest to show
readSanlam Music awards surrounded by uncertainty
16-09-2010
Uncertainty surrounds the future of the Sanlam NBC Music Awards after news about the withdrawal of Sanlam from the annual event was spreading like a wildfire in the capital city recently.It is an open
readOtjiwarongo marches in protest
16-09-2010
OTJIWARONGO community members on Tuesday marched across town to demonstrate their anger at a long list of problems which they claim the municipality continues to ignore. The demonstration, attended
readOmaruru’s single quarters to be turned into a NamPol unit
16-09-2010
THE former single quarters in Omaruru’s Ozondje township will be turned into a satellite unit for NamPol.According to Ephraim Katatenja of the Omaruru Municipality’s Administration and Public
readOkakarara Trade Fair a resounding success
16-09-2010
The Okakarara Trade Fair turned out to be a great success according to the organisers of the event that attracted close to 25 000 visitors this year. “We had an overwhelming attendance,” beamed Roger
readJosea scores win in bankruptcy battle
16-09-2010
ONE of the main figures in the Avid Investment Corporation investment scandal, Nico Josea, won his bankruptcy battle in the Supreme Court this week.The win that Josea scored in an appeal judgement
readGovt to act on unemployment
16-09-2010
LABOUR Minister Immanuel Ngatjizeko will table the new Employment Creation Commission Bill in Parliament next Tuesday, which will support Government efforts to curb the very high unemployment rate in
readAngolans admit cocaine charges
16-09-2010
TWO Angolan drug mules are set to be sentenced in the Windhoek Regional Court later this month, following their admission that they were guilty of dealing in cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of
readAnnual Cycle Classic on track
16-09-2010
PREPARATIONS for the annual The Namibian Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Classic are on track organisers said yesterday.The fun cycle race takes off on October 9 in Windhoek and is open to anyone with a bicycle and
readDropping inflation bodes well for rate relief
16-09-2010
ENCOURAGED by the latest inflation figures, which show annual inflation dropping from 4,6 per cent in July to 3,6 per cent in August, local economists believe Namibians might be in for some rate
readBig Brother Africa: The Fast And The Furious!
16-09-2010
EISH BBA peoples, what’s going on in this season of Big Brother Africa? Seems like almost all of the housemates either have some serious issues or they need to go for anger-management counselling.From
readClinton: Israel, Palestinians serious about peace talks
16-09-2010
JERUSALEM – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said yesterday Israeli and Palestinian leaders are “getting down to business” on core issues of renewed peace talks, but gave no sign they are
readNoa wants law on conflict of interest
16-09-2010
NAMIBIA needs laws to compel senior civil servants to register their assets and business interests, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Director, Paulus Noa, said on Tuesday.Noa also called for
readStoffels murder case postponed again
16-09-2010
THE man accused of raping and murdering schoolgirl Magdalena Stoffels in Windhoek seven weeks ago now wants to apply for legal aid.Making his third appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in
readCabinet moves on GIPF
16-09-2010
CABINET grilled trustees of the Government Institutions Pensions Fund (GIPF) for more than four hours on Tuesday and will resume its discussion on the controversial Development Capital Portfolio (DCP)
readHelping hands
16-09-2010
Katarina Swarts and Derrick van Wyk, serving the children of the Okahandja Park Informal Settlement. Swarts stays in the Okahandja Park Informal Settlement and in 2007 she saw the growing need of the
readNotable Quotes
16-09-2010
I have no doubt that the Namibian nation will harshly judge those who are spreading such allegations which have the potential to set this country on fire – Albert Kawana, Presidential Affairs Minister
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