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54 Articles found on Thursday, 30 September 2010
South Africa to sign EPA by year-end
30-09-2010
SOUTH Africa will conclude its economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) by the end of the year, President Jacob Zuma has said. Zuma, who was speaking at an SA-EU Summit in
readO&L scoops best employer award
30-09-2010
OHLTHAVER & List (O&L) has secured the overall second place in the large business category of the 2010 Deloitte Best Company to Work For Survey in Southern Africa, outdone only by fast-food chain
readEnforce tougher banking rules, says Basel chief
30-09-2010
SINGAPORE – Proposed new banking rules designed to make the industry more resilient must be enforced rigorously, the chairman of the group that drafted the measures said yesterday.The so-called Basel
readFirstRand: Momentum split approved
30-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Investors in FirstRand have approved its insurance unit's merger with Metropolitan. More than 99 per cent of FirstRand’s shareholders approved the transaction at a meeting in
readEU proposes tougher budget rules
30-09-2010
BRUSSELS – The European Commission is proposing new penalties for countries that spend too much in the hope of preventing another government debt crisis like the one that forced an international
readWorld in a ‘currency war’
30-09-2010
SAO PAULO – The world is in an "international currency war" as governments manipulate their currencies to improve their export competitiveness, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega has
readWal-Mart bid may bring the crowds to African safari
30-09-2010
LAGOS/JOHANNESBURG – Wal-Mart's US$4-billion bid for South African retailer Massmart could be just the first step by global players jockeying for a strong position in the poor but fast-growing
read‘Wal-Mart not welcome,’ says Cosatu
30-09-2010
JOHANNESBURG – Executives of Massmart Holdings, the majority shareholder in Pupkewitz Megabuild in Namibia, have met with labour unions regarding the offer by global retail giant WalMart to purchase
readYou can win N$1 000!!
30-09-2010
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: Win an All Stars T-shirt!
30-09-2010
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
readKlein Karas gets a financial boost
30-09-2010
THE Klein Karas Cooperative earlier received a funding boost of N$275 000 through the Karas Community Development project of the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF).The funding is aimed at ensuring food
readHimbas fear dam will kill their past
30-09-2010
EPUPA FALLS, Namibia, Namibia's Himba, distinctive for smearing their bodies with red ochre, say a planned dam that will flood the valleys where they live, and their burial grounds, also threatens
readGym culture not working out for most of the French
30-09-2010
PARIS – The French may love to look good but few are willing to work up a sweat over it.Despite increasing awareness of the benefits of healthy eating and physical exercise, going to the gym in France
readEU takes legal action against France over Gypsies
30-09-2010
BRUSSELS – The European Union decided yesterday to launch legal action against France over its expulsions of Gypsies, or Roma, to poorer EU nations.The EU decision was only a partial one, however, and
readNorth Korean statues open wounds in Zim
30-09-2010
HARARE – The two North Korean-made statues were meant to honour a national hero but people were so offended because of Pyongyang’s links to a blood-soaked chapter of Zimbabwe’s history that one was
readUuministeli Woonakulwa aakulu nehungomwenyo
30-09-2010
MINISTA yoonakulwa aakulu, omundohotola Nickey Iyambo okwa ti epangelo olya kwata olule moku yakula oonakulwa aakulu.Okwa ti epangelo olya li lina oku tseya nkene sha pumbiwa okukwathela oonakulwa
readTaleliipo oshilongo sheni
30-09-2010
AANAMIBIA oyendji sigo oompaka ina ya mona efuta, ombuga nenge iithitukuti, ngaashi, oondjamba, nenge oompanda monkalamwenyo.Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo goMinista yOmudhingoloko, nuupashioni, Netumbo
readAaniilonga ya pewa iipambuliko mehangano lya Langer Heinrich
30-09-2010
AANIILONGA omathele 260 yomina yo uurana ya Langer Heinrich ota ya pewa iipambuliko omiliona 1,4 mbyoka yina ongushu yoodola oomiliona 39. Iipambuliko mbika oyo mehangano ndyoka olyo yina ya Langer
readAaRussia ita ya tungu we moKaiti
30-09-2010
AAPUNGULI yaa Russia mboka ya li ya thaneka okutunga ofabulika yoku longa oondhila pondje yoshilando sha Kaiti, ka ye na we ehalo oku shi ninga. Otaku tiwa ofablika ndjika yoomiliona odhindji oya li
readEtuntilo okuyanda eligalala
30-09-2010
UUMINISTELI wUundjolowele otawu ka tuntila aakalimo ayehe yomoVenduka petameko lyomwedhi taguya. Minista yUundjolowele, Richard Kamwi okwa ti etuntilo lyotango olya hulile etitano oshiwike sha yi
readOongeshefa ya Wal-Mart otashi vulika ta yi ya moNamibia
30-09-2010
YIMWE yomoongeshefa dhokulanditha iinima muuyuni, yedhina Wal-Mart Stores otashi vulika yi keye moNamibia mbala. Shika osha tegelelwa shiningwe ngele ongeshefa ndjika yoko America oye shipondola
readTweya a indile Namibia a longithe aantu ye
30-09-2010
OMINISTA yopevi yIipindi noofabulika, Tjekero Tweya okwa ti oshilongo osha pumbwa okulongitha aantu yasho shene ongo aanawino peha lyoku ikwatelela kaanawino aakwiilongo.Tweya sho a popi poshigongi
readSoyinka nongundu yopolitika
30-09-2010
NAKUPEWA epapa lya Nobel mokushanga omambo, omukwashigwana gwa Nigeria, Wole Soyinka okwa toto ongundu yopolitika komeho gomahogololo gopauperesidende ngoka ga tegelelwa moshilongo shoka.Soyinka okwa
readMTC ta longitha oonkondo dhombepo
30-09-2010
EHANGANO lyoongodhi dhopeke enene moshilongo ota li longitha oonkondo dhombepo okugandja olusheno kooshungo dhalyo dhomakwatathano moshilongo.MTC okwa dhike oshungo yimwe ndjoka ha yi longitha oonte
readOmukuluntusikola a tidhwa
30-09-2010
UUMINISTELI wElongo owa tidha omukuluntusikola moKavango sho aniwa a pe aanasikola yaakadhona omalovu nokulala nagumwe gwaambaka mo 2009. Inapa ningwa iihokolola.Michael Sovi ngoka sigo oshiwike sha
readJacques Burger: the new toughest guy in rugby?
30-09-2010
NAMIBIAN flanker Jacques Burger’s hang-em high, Wild West approach to the Rugby Football Union game makes him the most compelling loose forward in the Guinness Premiership, the top level of domestic
readGunners finally light up the night in Belgrade
30-09-2010
BELGRADE - Arsenal’s youngsters lit up a gloomy Belgrade night which threatened to be a complete blackout after floodlight failure in an eventually comfortable 3-1 win over 10-man Partizan with both
readUpgrade sport facilities: Mogane
30-09-2010
THE Namibia Sports Commission’s (NSC) chief administrator, Rusten Mogane, says the upgrading of local sport facilities is a necessity for Namibia to have significant representation at international
readSmear campaigns gather momentum for NFA congress
30-09-2010
THE hostility and alleged smear campaigns in the run-up to this weekend’s elective Namibia Football Association (NFA) congress are picking up a head of steam, as another war of words erupted between
readSMSes for Thursday 30 September 2010
30-09-2010
* THERE is a need for SADC Sports Ministers to raise funds to host an annual soccer competition for the top three teams from all member countries. This would improve the performances of clubs and
readIn Brief
30-09-2010
SA wants EU to lift Zimbabwe sanctions BRUSSELS – South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday told European parliamentarians that lifting sanctions against Zimbabwe would help the country work
readNegotiations to free children after Nigerian bus hijack
30-09-2010
LAGOS – Gunmen who hijacked a school bus and kidnapped 15 children in Nigeria have been negotiating with the owner of the school as police stepped up efforts yesterday to free the students,
readShortages for Nigerian flood victims
30-09-2010
SABONGARIN DOLE – Thousands of people from more than 30 flooded villages in northwestern Nigeria faced shortages of food and shelter yesterday, with fears building of disease outbreaks.Officials in
readThree dead in warthog crash
30-09-2010
A CRASH with a warthog late Saturday afternoon claimed the lives of three people between Otjiwarongo and Otavi.According to the crime investigation coordinator of the Otjozondjupa Region, Detective
readSwapo overhauls local councillors in Erongo
30-09-2010
SWAPO’S leadership at Henties Bay seems to have defied party instructions by nominating Paulus Imbamba on the local authority list despite him being convicted in court.Imbamba (number three on the
readSA defence sector aims for growth
30-09-2010
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s defence industry, a former world leader side-swiped by apartheid’s fall, is aiming for recovery with an eye on the crucial export market and local state spending.The
readRiruako wants answers on 1904 genocide motion
30-09-2010
WITH just a few days to go before the anniversary of the extermination order issued by an erstwhile German colonial general against the Ovaherero people in October 1904, their present chief has raised
readPresident shocked by booze, drug abuse
30-09-2010
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is “disturbed by the rate of alcohol and drug abuse in our society” and has called for urgent collective action to fight these evils.Speaking at the launch of the ‘Light
readNudo candidate dispute in court
30-09-2010
DISUNITY and an alleged lack of democracy and organisation in the Aminuis branch of the National Unity Democratic Organisation of Namibia landed Nudo supporters on opposing sides in a case in the High
readNo bail for rape suspect
30-09-2010
RAPE suspect Jack Coetzee, who is accused of fathering three children with a young woman that he allegedly raped since she was nine years old, heard yesterday that he will not be released on bail
readSanlam pulls out of music awards
30-09-2010
SANLAM Namibia has withdrawn from the Sanlam-NBC Music Awards, ending a seven-year partnership with the national broadcaster.Evans Simataa, Sanlam’s general manager for public and corporate affairs,
readKaras Region welcomes envisaged ‘movie town’
30-09-2010
KARAS Region inhabitants have welcomed the envisaged U$120 million film and tourism facilities that Desert Star Studios plan to set up at the farm Komsberg along the Orange River.However, people who
readKazenambo wants prostitution legalised
30-09-2010
PROSTITUTION should be made legal, as this would add to the economy and was generating jobs and earning an income for some, a Cabinet Minister demanded yesterday.“Prostitution or sex work is practised
readImalwa chosen to lead prosecutors
30-09-2010
NAMIBIA’S Prosecutor General, Martha Imalwa, has been elected as president of the Africa Prosecutors Association.Imalwa was elected as president of the organisation, through which the prosecuting
readIsaacs, Kanalelo to hold Brave Warriors reins
30-09-2010
THE Brave Warriors assistant coaches, Ronnie Kanalelo and Brian Isaacs, will temporarily fill departing Tom Saintfiet’s void until the Namibia Football Association (NFA) appoints a new coach.The pair
readStill terror threat in Europe
30-09-2010
LONDON – European security officials said yesterday a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that sites in Pakistan – where the threat was
readBig Brother Africa: Stars Rally The Vote For Meryl!
30-09-2010
BIG Brother Africa All Stars is inevitably nearing its end. With only four people left in the main house – Uti, Munya, Mwisho and Kaone – viewers across Africa this week have the opportunity to vote
readBanks must rethink SME financing
30-09-2010
“BANKS need to get back to basics and focus on making money through financial intermediation rather than through transaction fees.”This was one of many comments – in this case by independent
readSME workers ‘locked into poverty’
30-09-2010
NAMIBIA’S formal sector shed nearly 70 000 jobs between 1997 and 2008, while, at the same time, between 240 000 and 300 000 new job seekers flooded the labour market.Referring to the country’s “huge
read25 years for Walvis murder and rape
30-09-2010
“WE are just glad that he got what he deserved. We are hoping that we can now go on with our lives.”So said Tries Jordaan, the sister of the murdered Walvis Bay resident Lester Jordaan (24),
readWitvlei ‘hides’ bank account
30-09-2010
THE Witvlei Village Council tried to convince the Auditor General (AG) that it didn’t have a bank account except for petty cash of N$39 by the end of June 1999 when, in fact, the council did have a
readLIGHTING A CANDLE
30-09-2010
President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday launched the ‘Light a Candle for Namibia’ campaign at the Inner City Lutheran Church in Windhoek West. On the right is Reverend Ngeno Nakamhela, the chairperson
readNotable Quotes
30-09-2010
IF need be, I can identify some of you [buying sex]. – Ignatius Shixwameni, president of the All People’s Party (APP) said prostitution was illegal in Namibia yet there was a market for it and
readSTOP PRESS: Former NBC chief gets 7 years
30-09-2010
FORMER Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) director general Gerry Munyama (54) was sent to prison for seven years this morning.Munyama was found guilty of fraud and forgery by the High Court of
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