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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Tweya slams use of expats
29-09-2010
TRADE and Industry Deputy Minister Tjekero Tweya, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) and the Namibian Manufacturing Association (NMA) yesterday clashed over the skills shortage in the
readZim cellphone boom still can’t beat investor fears
29-09-2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe cellphone subscribers have increased four-fold since a unity government took office last year, but local firms say they battle to attract investors who worry the political truce
readIMF orders financial stability exams for 25 top economies
29-09-2010
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund has said it would require 25 major economies to undergo financial stability exams every five years in a bid to avert global financial crises.The IMF’s
readGold price rises on investment demand
29-09-2010
SYDNEY – AngloGold Ashanti, the world’s third-largest gold miner, yesterday forecast gold prices – already at record highs – could rise by between US$70 to US$100 an ounce annually over the next five
readWorld split on stimulus spending
29-09-2010
LONDON – Over half of the people in the some of the world’s biggest economies are opposed to their governments spending money in stimulus programmes, according to a BBC World Service poll published
readChasing the dots ... Fuelling The Robber Barons
29-09-2010
WHEN man realised catching aurochs needed a team effort, social groupings began. From these initial groups sprang leaders who through cruelty, intimidation, murder, bribery, intermarriage and peaceful
readBig Brother Africa: Win an All Stars T-shirt!
29-09-2010
MULTICHOICE Namibia and The Namibian have a great fan prize for a number of lucky winners.Over the next three weeks a number of BBA All Stars t-shirts will be up for grabs. This week four branded
readBig Brother Africa: Stay tuned
29-09-2010
Keep watching all the BBA action go down 24/7 on DStv Channel 198, or you can catch the daily highlights packages on M-Net Africa Channel 102. Remember this week viewers are voting to return two
readBig Brother Africa: You can win N$1 000!!
29-09-2010
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!
29-09-2010
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:* Haters can hate all they can, but the fact
readSudan sets conditions for south independence vote
29-09-2010
CAIRO – Sudan’s ruling party yesterday laid down a series of conditions for holding a crucial referendum on southern secession, including demarcating the borders and redeploying southern forces, that
readIn Brief
29-09-2010
Iran: No decision on stoning TEHRAN – Iran said yesterday that no final decision has yet been taken in the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery which has sparked an
readN Korea’s Kim makes son 4-star general
29-09-2010
SEOUL – North Korea’s Kim Jong Il made his elusive youngest son a four-star general in a major promotion seen yesterday as confirmation that he is slated to become the country’s next leader.The
readSchool bus hijackers in Nigeria demand ransom
29-09-2010
LAGOS – Gunmen who hijacked a school bus and kidnapped 15 children on board in Nigeria’s oil-rich south demanded a N$910 000 ransom for their release yesterday, a police spokesman said.It was thought
readOmapandela goongundu dhopolotika inaga pitikwa
29-09-2010
OMAPANDELA gOongundu dhOopolotika ngoka haga kala ga tulwa kiiketha yOonakusa pethimbo lyIituthi yOmafumviko mOongeleka, inaga zimininwa mo we mOongeleka dha ELCIN, Omusita gwEgongalo lya Eengolo
readOkwaa na iilonga okwa ya pombanda
29-09-2010
EPANGELO olya eta puuyelele omwaalu gwaantu mboka yaana iilonga moshilongo noshowo iitopolwa mbyoka yi na aantu oyendji yaana iilonga. Omiyalu dhaantu yaana iilonga moshilongo odhi li pooperesenda
readOspana ya Namibia kuudhano woCommonwealth
29-09-2010
ONGUNDU yotango yospan yaadhani naanambelewa oya yi ko India oku ka kuthombinga muudhano wiilyolongo yoCommonwealth mboka tawu tameke osoondaha ta yi ya.Aadhani mboka ya yi koshilando pangelo sha
readPeter Shivute a ninga kahewa kOsikola ya Lupaka
29-09-2010
OMUPANGULI Omukuluntukuluntu gwa Namibia, Chief Justice Peter Shivute, ngoka a za momudhingoloko gwa Lupaka mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati nokwa sikola wo Osikola ye yaanona pOlupaka , okwa
readMan U braced for Valencia test
29-09-2010
PARIS – Manchester United will be without Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney when they seek to kick-start their Champions League campaign at in-form Group C rivals Valencia tonight.Welsh veteran Giggs, 36,
readTeam Namibia Chef de Mission in New Delhi
29-09-2010
TEAM Namibia’s Chef de Mission Elize Pietersen arrived in New Delhi on Monday, ahead of the Commonwealth Games that begin on Sunday.Upon her arrival in India she issued a statement depicting hundreds
readErnie Els designs golf course in Namibia
29-09-2010
LEGENDARY South African professional golfer Ernie Els, is set to soon design a course at the Desert Star Motion Picture Resort on the Orange River.According to a statement by the resort,
readNamibians wrestle medals in SA
29-09-2010
NAMIBIA’s wrestlers returned home with 15 medals from the recent wrestling Regional Championship in held in Uitenhage, South Africa.The wrestlers collected six gold, six silver and three bronze
readFifa to pay shot Togo keeper
29-09-2010
PARIS - Sepp Blatter promised US$25 000 for the goalkeeper shot and badly injured in the terror attack on Togo’s team bus at the Africa Cup of Nations in January.Kodjovi Obilale says he received a
readClassy equitation at Nubiamis
29-09-2010
THE Namibian Equitation Championships were recently held at the Nubiamis Horse Riding Stables in Windhoek. Fourteen riders competed in three classes for the championship title. The riders were
readSMSes for Wednesday 29 September 2010
29-09-2010
* THANK you ELCIN church leaders for not allowing party flags on coffins. I wish other church leaders would do the same. They don’t realise how much this can help with freedom of association. Mourners
readWalvis youths to be sentenced today
29-09-2010
TWO young men from Walvis Bay who went on a murder, rape and robbery spree close to two years ago will hear their fate in the High Court in Windhoek this morning.Judge Elton Hoff yesterday convicted
readVeterans’ Ministry takes on counselling for war vets
29-09-2010
VETERANS’ Affairs Minister Dr Nickey Iyambo said Government waited too long before taking up the initiative to address the plight of war veterans. He said Government should have known and seen the
readMore vaccinations against meningitis
29-09-2010
THE Health Ministry will expand its meningitis vaccination campaign to the rest of Windhoek early next month, Minister Richard Kamwi said yesterday.The first vaccination campaign ended on Friday in
readTsumeb fire claims home and pharmacy
29-09-2010
THE Tsumeb pharmacy and a house located on the second storey of the same building were destroyed by a fire late on Monday night.The fire’s origin is unconfirmed but a community member said yesterday
readThe elite are buying sex: Shixwameni
29-09-2010
PROSTITUTION was illegal in Namibia yet there was a market for it and prominent members of society were “buying sex”, a member of the opposition said in Parliament yesterday.“If need be, I can
readNampost ‘penalises’ all post box owners
29-09-2010
Every Namibian who owns a postbox was penalized N$11,70 when they renewed their postbox rentals for the coming year 2010/2011.The Namibian learned that post box owners had to pay this ‘penalty’, even
readNamibians urged to discover own country
29-09-2010
SOME Namibians have not yet seen the ocean, desert or wild animals such as elephant or rhinos in real life, Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said over the weekend.Addressing
readNam employees share in Langer Heinrich’s wealth
29-09-2010
TWO hundred and sixty employees of Langer Heinrich Uranium (LHU) received 1,4 million shares worth about N$39 million in Paladin Energy Limited, the holding company of LHU.The first transfer of the
readIs there power in Europe’s unions?
29-09-2010
OVIEDO, Spain/MODENA, Italy – Union power runs deep in the northern Spanish province of Asturias. A series of strikes against right-wing dictator General Francisco Franco in the 1960s made the area a
readFire causes destruction at Otjiwarongo, Mangetti
29-09-2010
TEN shacks were destroyed by a fire in the Tsaraxa-Aibes informal settlement at Otjiwarongo on Monday morning. According to witness accounts, the fire began in one of the homes and quickly spread to
readAngolan cocaine couriers jailed for 5 years
29-09-2010
A FIVE-YEAR prison term is the lot of three Angolan cocaine couriers who were caught smuggling drugs into Namibia in their intestines last year.The three drug mules had swallowed the cocaine during
readSKW eye stuttering champs
29-09-2010
CYMOT SKW are looking to bounce back from their nightmare start to the season when they take on defending league champions African Stars tonight.SKW suffered a 3-0 mauling against Black Africa on
readIsrael halts Gaza-bound boat without violence
29-09-2010
ASHDOD – Israeli naval forces yesterday intercepted a catamaran carrying nine Jewish activists toward the Gaza Strip, encountering no resistance as they took control of the sailboat and escorted it to
readWal-Mart heading for Namibia?
29-09-2010
ONE of the world’s biggest retailers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, has bid to buy Massmart Holdings, the South African retailer which recently bought the majority share in Pupkewitz Megabuild in
readBig Brother Africa: Boys And Their Fights!
29-09-2010
COMBINE a steaming jacuzzi and a potent concoction of punch, throw four young adult men into the mix and hey ho, multiple fights breed like mosquitoes, and the F word is thrown around like it’s some
readHeadmaster fired for sex with schoolgirl
29-09-2010
THE Ministry of Education last week dismissed a Kavango school principal for allegedly giving a schoolgirl alcohol and then having sex with her in 2009. No criminal charge was ever registered.Michael
readPohamba, Kaaronda meet on GIPF today
29-09-2010
LEADERS of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) today have a face-to-face meeting with President Hifikepunye Pohamba to personally voice their unhappiness with the millions the Government
readSplit threatens NUNW family
29-09-2010
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has been rocked by another controversy, with at least one union in the federation threatening to withhold its monthly dues.Just as the union federation
readBow and arrow show
29-09-2010
Henry Cwi Ngani and Rabby !Amace Nani entertain children of St Barnabas Primary School who visited the Windhoek Show yesterday.
readNotable Quotes
29-09-2010
THIS is a disease, we must stop it immediately. – Founding President Sam Nujoma said that parents are not at home to look after their children anymore as it has been in the past and are at cuca shops
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