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47 Articles found on Monday, 19 December 2011
BoN expects economy to grow 4,2% in 2012
19-12-2011
NAMIBIA’S economy is expected to grow between 1,7 per cent and five per cent next year, depending on how hard the eurozone debt crisis will hit exports, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) said on Friday.Paul
readRoad crashes on the increase
19-12-2011
STATISTICS reveal that the number of road accidents in Namibia are slightly higher so far this festive season in comparison to the same period last year.The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund says 186
readLegal challenge for N$100 m tender
19-12-2011
A GOVERNMENT tender worth more than N$100 million which has been awarded under the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and Economic Growth (TIPEEG) is being challenged in the High Court in
readReturn to the dumpsite
19-12-2011
Around two months ago the City of Windhoek stopped destitute people from collecting food at the Kupferberg dumpsite. Projects were initiated to create jobs for them, but about 15 people were again
readTsumeb’s rubbish raises a stink
19-12-2011
RUBBISH clearing has reportedly placed the Tsumeb municipality in financial trouble, raising questions about why the operations were outsourced to a company that involved the mayor as well as the
readBurger lobbies for England tests
19-12-2011
SARACENS flanker Jacques Burger has called on England to arrange midweek fixtures against Namibia during their three-Test summer tour of South Africa next year.England are expected to travel with
readHundreds killed in Philippines typhoon
19-12-2011
CAGAYAN DE ORO – Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines yesterday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than
readNamibia not immune to eurozone crisis: BoN
19-12-2011
ALTHOUGH the escalating eurozone debt crisis is “taking place many geographical miles away from Namibia”, it has the potential to hurt the country’s export earnings and “give a gloomy picture to the
readJulius Malema ridicules Zuma as ‘shower man’
19-12-2011
JOHANNESBURG – Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema joined in songs that ridiculed President Jacob Zuma at the ANC’s Limpopo conference – labelling him the “shower man” in reference to
readTroops and protesters battle in central Cairo
19-12-2011
CAIRO – Military police battled demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday, the third day of clashes that have killed 10 people and injured hundreds, casting a shadow over the first free
readMunicipality, Elisenheim sign service agreement
19-12-2011
THE City of Windhoek and the Elisenheim Property Development Company (EPDC) last week signed an agreement to map out the maintenance of bulk services of the first phase of the property development
readCut your meetings in half
19-12-2011
BOSTON – Meetings hold such promise for moving your business forward but are rarely executed well, says Harvard Business Review. A few simple steps can start to make a difference.People often set
readSix global banks downgraded
19-12-2011
NEW YORK – Ratings firm Fitch has downgraded six major global banks, citing increased challenges in their business and the prospect of financial turmoil ahead.Fitch on Thursday lowered the long-term
readComprehensive eurozone deal ‘beyond reach’
19-12-2011
ROME/BERLIN – A comprehensive solution to the eurozone debt crisis is beyond the region’s reach, rating agency Fitch said, warning that six of its economies including Italy and Spain could be hit with
readUN sanctions lifted on Libya’s central bank
19-12-2011
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council lifted sanctions on Libya’s central bank and a subsidiary on Friday, clearing the way for tens of billions of dollars they hold overseas to be unfrozen to ease
readSouth Sudan to become IMF member in early 2012
19-12-2011
WASHINGTON – Newly independent South Sudan is expected to become a member of the International Monetary Fund in early 2012, the head of the IMF said on Friday after talks with President Salva
readZim suspends flights to SA over debts
19-12-2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s state-owned airline has suspended flights to neighbouring South Africa over fears its planes could be seized for outstanding debts, a senior airline official told state media.Air
readEtta James is ‘terminally ill’
19-12-2011
ETTA James, best known for her rendition of the ballad ‘At Last’, is terminally ill, her doctor told TMZ at the weekend. He asked fans to pray for the 73-year-old singer, who has been suffering from
readSinger Cesaria Evora dies
19-12-2011
Cesaria Evora (70), who started singing as a teenager in the bayside bars of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy Award in 2003 after she took her African islands music to stages across the world,
readDozens missing, feared dead in Russian oil rig accident
19-12-2011
VLADIVOSTOK – At least two people died and 51 were missing in freezing water after an oil rig in Russia’s Far Eastern Okhotsk Sea overturned yesterday in the country’s second major water accident
readObama signs key bill to fund federal government
19-12-2011
United States President Barack Obama has signed into law a spending bill, averting an impending shutdown of federal government services.The bill, worth nearly $1tn, was earlier passed by the Senate
readOver 200 drown as migrant boat sinks off Indonesia
19-12-2011
WATULIMO – More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat packed mostly with Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said
readUupomba po Tses kawuna omeya
19-12-2011
Omukunda gwa Tses, ngoka guli muumbungalantu wa Namibia oguli kaaguna omeya omasiku gatutu galandulathana ngeyi, konima sho o NamWater yali ya teteko omeya molwa oondjo dha adha poomiliona o N$2,8.O
readAanuuvu yOtiibii (TB) taya ka thingwa pomutenya
19-12-2011
Aanuuvu yethike po 600 mboka yena otiibii (TB) otaya ka thigwa pomutenya pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka sho Penduka Namibia, ano ehangano ndyono halisile aavu mbaka oshimpwiyu, tali ka pata omiyelo lyadho
readIizemo yaanasikola tayipiti mu Desemba 23
19-12-2011
Iizemo yaanasikola ayehe mboka yeli mondndo 10 no 12 yondondo yopombanda, ano Higher Level, otayi ka pita moshiwike muka, mu Desemba 23, omupopili moMinisteli yeputudho at ngeyi. Toivo Mvula okwati
readOpoosa mo Tses yalamenekwa
19-12-2011
Eyakulo lyopaupoosa mo Tses olyali lya lamenekwa mesiku etitatu lyiilamba uunambo molwasho olusheno lwali lwa tetwako kelelo-mukunda ndyoka hayi gandja olusheno mo Tses. Ombelewa yopoosa oyili metungo
readBrave Warriors primed for Nations Cup
19-12-2011
THE Brave Warriors are ready for the Africa Cup of Nations should they be declared part of the tournament, coach Bernhard Kaanjuka said yesterday. Kaanjuka told The Namibian Sport that while the
readHamutenya joins Scottish giants
19-12-2011
NINETEEN–YEAR-OLD Namibian Miguel Hamutenya signed a professional contract with Scottish football giants Glasgow Rangers on Friday.Hamutenya, who was part of the Bolton Wanderers Academy programme
readNamibia in innings defeat to Griquas
19-12-2011
GRIQUALAND West crushed Namibia by an innings and 54 runs in their CSA Three-day Challenge match in Kimberley on Saturday.Namibia could only add 28 runs to their overnight score of 130/6 as they were
readSmith praises SA bowling display
19-12-2011
CENTURION – Vernon Philander earned praise from captain Graeme Smith after his 10-wicket match haul helped South Africa thrash Sri Lanka by an innings and 81 runs in the first test on Saturday.Sri
readBallardini wins Desert Dash
19-12-2011
NOT only did three of the five winners’ trophies at this year’s FNB Desert Dash 340km, 24-hour mountain bike challenge go to international riders, but Italian rider Emiliano Ballardini was also
readFootball results
19-12-2011
Saturday, December 17 English Premier League Wigan 1 - 1 Chelsea Wolves 1 - 2 Stoke Blackburn 1 - 2 West Brom Everton 1 - 1 Norwich Fulham 2 - 0 Bolton Newcastle 0 - 0 Swansea German Bundesliga
readSteve Hansen is new All Blacks coach
19-12-2011
WELLINGTON – Steve Hansen was named the new head coach of the All Blacks on Friday, filling the spot vacated by Graham Henry after he led the squad to victory at the Rugby World Cup in October.Hansen,
readDortmund, Schalke stay on Bayern’s heels
19-12-2011
BERLIN – Champions Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 maintained their pursuit of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday with demolitions of Freiburg and Werder Bremen respectively that left them
readFrom The Twittersphere
19-12-2011
DECEMBER is wedding month in particularly the North, and seems to be followed by parties and after-parties and after-after-parties. Some of the cultural buzz has spilled over onto Twitter!
readTechnical hitch blocks bank salaries
19-12-2011
A TECHNICAL problem with a new electronic payroll system has been cited as the reason why NedBank Namibia struggled to pay its staff last week.NedBank normally pays its employees’ salaries on the 20th
readSuiderhof evictions executed
19-12-2011
DESPITE attempts by the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) to intervene in the eviction of female soldiers from the Suiderhof military base in Windhoek, evictions were in full swing on Friday. With nowhere
readStill no bail for N$75m fraud suspect Majiedt
19-12-2011
ESMERELDA Majiedt’s hopes of being reunited with her family for Christmas were shattered in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.Majiedt (46) responded emotionally when Judge Kato van Niekerk
readSMSes for Monday 19 December 2011
19-12-2011
SMS Of The Day *WHAT’S wrong with parents? How can you allow your children to sit on the roof of your car or in the boot with their legs dangling out? Don’t you as an adult realise how dangerous
readNCCI claims corruption in TIPEEG projects
19-12-2011
THE northern branch of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has alleged favouritism and nepotism in the awarding of tenders under the Targeted Intervention Programme for Employment and
readNamibia unsure about World Court's credibility
19-12-2011
THE Namibian government has said it is committed to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in appropriate cases, but expressed misgivings over what it sees as the biased stance of the
readGovernment denies losing millions
19-12-2011
THE MINISTRY of Mines and Energy has denied that the Namibian Government has lost revenue due to the transferring of oil from one ship to another in Namibian territorial waters.The Namibian reported
readDesign error freezes cooldrinks supply
19-12-2011
A SHORTAGE of Coca-Cola and other soft drinks produced by Namibia Beverages is inevitable, as production is limited to between 50 per cent and 70 per cent of full capacity due to a design error in a
readDagga suspects in Keetmans court
19-12-2011
TWO Keetmanshoop residents who were arrested for allegedly possessing dagga with an estimated street value of N$315 000 were refused bail at their first appearance in the local Magistrate's Court.
readConnie Zondagh: Storyteller of Stampriet
19-12-2011
CONNIE Zondagh is not only one of the oldest residents of Stampriet, but arguably also the most famous ‘export’ of the small southern village some 60 kilometres from Mariental in the Hardap Region. He
readCabinet approves N$150m for rail rehab
19-12-2011
THE Namibian Cabinet last week approved N$150 million emergency spending to repair railway lines, paving the way for the contract to be given to a company linked to close friends of top officials in
readNotable Quotes
19-12-2011
THE effect of this is that holders of such permits are conducting offshore bunkering operations in an illegal, unregulated and unreported manner and consequently posing oil pollution risks. – Works
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