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45 Articles found on Thursday, 11 August 2005
Extinct' birds in comeback but no hope for dodo
11-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Scientists beware: don't count your extinct bird species because one of them may hatch.Several supposedly extinct birds have recently been "rediscovered", raising hopes that others not
readMobile phones boost for Kenyan small businesses
11-08-2005
NAIROBI - When handyman Alex Theuri puts down his wrenches after laying water-pipes in buildings, he picks up screwdrivers and pliers to install electric wiring elsewhere - but there's one tool he's
readNigeria urged to up fight against graft
11-08-2005
LAGOS - The chairman of Transparency International (TI), Peter Eigen, has urged Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to intensify his campaign against corruption in Africa's most populous country."If
readOld Mutual's H1 profit up 29%
11-08-2005
LONDON - Old Mutual remained tight-lipped yesterday on the likelihood of a multi-billion dollar deal for Sweden's Skandia as South Africa's largest insurer reported robust profits and a positive
readOil above US$63 ahead of US data
11-08-2005
LONDON - Oil climbed further above US$63 a barrel yesterday ahead of US stock figures that could push prices towards a new record high if the world's biggest consumer is seen to be drawing heavily on
readAbsa withdraws from Nigeria bank buyout
11-08-2005
LAGOS - South Africa's biggest retail lender Absa, a subsidiary of Britain's Barclays Plc, has withdrawn from acquisition talks with three small Nigerian banks, Nigeria's central bank said
readSA gold mine strike shows no sign of end
11-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Gold miners forged ahead with a national work stoppage in South Africa yesterday, declining fresh wage offers from employers trying to end the biggest strike in 18 years.The protest
readSanlam swallows African Life
11-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African insurer Sanlam said yesterday it agreed to buy smaller rival African Life for 2,4 billion rand to increase its African business and broaden its product offering.Sanlam,
readPM's advisor denies offering bribe
11-08-2005
MATTHEW Gowaseb, Special Advisor to the Office of the Prime Minister, yesterday joined the line of witnesses to testify in the High Court's inquiry into the Social Security Commission's investment of
readJosea gave church 'brothers' over N$1m
11-08-2005
THE caring and generous ways of Nico Josea - the man who through his company Namangol Investments received N$29,5 million from the N$30 million Avid Investments secured from the Social Security
readHow to blow half a million in a month
11-08-2005
IN a frenzied orgy of spending, the 24-year-old former Chief Executive Officer and Director of Namangol Investments, Heinrich Helm, blew half a million dollars in five weeks, paid to him by the
readKickback bombshell
11-08-2005
RALPH Blaauw, Otniel Podewiltz, "Kapia" and "Shiweda" received large cash payouts from Lazarus Kandara, the alleged rogue financial trader who is a kingpin in the scandal that has erupted around a
readSPYL presser
11-08-2005
AT a press conference late yesterday, the Swapo Party Youth League dismissed charges that former President Sam Nujoma was implicated in the Avid scandal.The full report will appear in tomorrow's
readMatter of Fact
11-08-2005
IN a report in yesterday's newspaper on the MPs' Asset Register, a technical error in the form of an auto-correcting word-processing programme occurred in the list of how MPs had financed their
readCommunity in North to benefit from water gift
11-08-2005
ONGWEDIVA - Old Mutual Namibia has donated N$10 000 for the provision of clean drinking water to the Egambo community in the Ohangwena Region.Revonia Kahivere of the company's Corporate Marketing
readMugabe road works progressing well
11-08-2005
THE extension of Windhoek's Robert Mugabe Avenue is on schedule and should be completed by November.The N$112-million project, aimed at easing the traffic flow from Katutura to the City Centre,
readManwu takes aim at RFA
11-08-2005
THE Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) has accused the Road Fund Administration (RFA) of depriving contract workers at the Noordoewer and Ariamsvlei border posts of proper employment
read'State must buy our mahangu'
11-08-2005
TWO northern communal farmers want Government to consider buying a yearly quota of mahangu (millet) from communal farmers, as it is does with commercial maize growers.The plea was made by the
readWalvis Bay restaurant robbed of N$100 000
11-08-2005
TWO armed robbers held a couple hostage at a Walvis Bay restaurant early yesterday morning and robbed them of an estimated N$100 000 in cash.Police reports say the armed men ransacked Raft Restaurant
readSystem to make cattle traceable
11-08-2005
ALL cattle in Namibia will get a unique number when a new livestock identification and traceability system takes full effect.According to Dr Frans Joubert, Chief Veterinary Officer for Animal Disease
readCymot labour dispute heads for the courts
11-08-2005
THE Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) plans to approach the Labour Court on behalf of workers dismissed by Cymot after a wildcat strike in May.Labour consultant Sacky Aipinge, who
readNSHR report notes rise in corruption
11-08-2005
CORRUPTION in Namibia has increased, with one in three Namibians experiencing corruption at State institutions, the National Society for Human Rights said, quoting a study by the Office of the
readNabta increases taxi and bus fares
11-08-2005
THE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) has increased taxi fares by nine per cent.With effect from Monday, August 15, taxi fares for short distances within towns will go up by 50 cents from
readOmukulukadhi gwa Kandara oku li 'mefudho lyuuwehame
11-08-2005
O MULUKADHI gwa Lazarus Kandara ngoka taku popiwa a kutha ombinga onene moshinima shekano lyoshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu dha SSC ndhoka a li a gandja ku Avid edhi pungule, Christophine N
readNujoma a tumbulwa moshinima sha Avid
11-08-2005
Y AMWE oya fa ya lya nedhina lyomukuluntu. Okampani ya Avid Investements oya kwatakanithwa na SSC ku ngoka a li nale oshilyo shoSwapo mOmparliamende Ralph Blaauw ngoka wo a popi kutya Ewawa
readCymot na shune miilonga aaniilonga mboka a tidha, Aipinge osho a tokola
11-08-2005
O MUTSEYINAWA mokukandulapo omaupyakadhi pokati kaaniilonga naagandji yiilonga, Sacky Aipinge, okwa tokola kutya Okampani ya Cymot oyi na okushunitha miilonga aaniilonga 79 mboka ya tidhwa miilonga
readOmugandjimayele kOmuprima a li a hala okugandja ombumbo ku Kapofi
11-08-2005
OMUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu mOmbelewa yOmuprimaminista, Matthew Gowaseb, okwa li e ya kOmunashipundi gwEwilikongundu lyOkampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC) ngoka e li wo Amushanga gwOkabinete,
read8 ya sa sho ya pile moondunda
11-08-2005
A ANTU yahetatu oya si moshitopolwa sha Hangwena, sho ondunda moka ya li ya lala ya kwatwa komulilo mEtitano lya zi ko.Opolisi oya lopota kutya okakadhona koomvula hetatu, Linda Popyeni Nghishoono,
readYamwe ya fadhukapo omalugodhi omanene mu DRC
11-08-2005
N AIROBI - Aalumentu ya homata mOrepublika yUudemokoli ya Congo (DRC) - ya gama kEpangelo ye li 40 lwaampoka naakwashigwana ye li 100, oya ka konga uuholameno ku Ugunda - konima yomalugodhi ga kindja
readMboka taya fekelelwa uukulo ya holoka mOmpangu ya London
11-08-2005
L ONDON - Aafekelwa aanene yatatu moshinima shomboma ndjoka ya ndopa mu London momasiku 21 gaJuli 2005 oya holoka mOmpangu mOmaandaha goshiwike shika moshipotha shonkambadhala yokudhipaga aafaalelwa
readEhiyo lya simana nolyeendelela koshigwana shomOnooli
11-08-2005
NGASHI sha tseyithilwe nale mOshifo shika kutya mOnooli ya Namibia omwa totwa Ehangano lyAanamukithi gwOsuuka, Ehangano ndika otali tseyitha mpaka kutya omolu omatseyitho ga simana ge na sha
readKhomasdal Primary takes u-13 title
11-08-2005
KHOMASDAL Primary School scooped the annual Mandume Primary School seven-a-side soccer tournament.The Khomasdal boys defeated three-times champion Nau-Aib Primary School from Okahandja 1-0. Both teams
readKaras under-23 champs in Miss Malaika tournament
11-08-2005
DOMESTIC cup kings Black Africa had a tough run for their money during the Miss Malaika Soccer Bonanza clashes with the Karas under-23 side and two Keetmanshoop second-division teams last weekend.The
readVictory races this Saturday
11-08-2005
ONGWEDIVA - The first event of the three-series Old Mutual Victory Race 2005 will take place at Oshakati Independence Stadium in northern Namibia this Saturday.Old Mutual's Revonia Kahivere said over
readSA coach names Cosafa Cup squad
11-08-2005
BAFANA coach Stuart Baxter recalled yesterday the lessons he learnt about 'The Siege of Mafikeng' when he named his squad for the Cosafa Cup semi-final against Zambia at Mafikeng's Mmabatho Stadium on
readLife Fighters still fighting case
11-08-2005
LIFE Fighters will push ahead with their arbitration case against the Namibia Premier League (NPL), despite the reluctance of Tigers and the Namibia National Referees' Committee to serve as
readCatherine Woolley, author of children's books
11-08-2005
TRURO, Massachusetts - Catherine Woolley, who wrote 87 children's books under her name and the pen name Jane Thayer, has died at age 100.Woolley, who was so prolific that her publisher advised her to
readJohn H Johnson, founder of Ebony, Jet magazines
11-08-2005
CHICAGO - Publisher John H Johnson, whose Ebony and Jet magazines countered stereotypical coverage of blacks after World War II and turned him into one of the most influential black leaders in
readKenya admits losing war on graft, wants 'blood'
11-08-2005
NAIROBI - Singled out by Western powers for its tolerance of corruption, Kenya is losing the battle on graft and must "spill blood" soon, a member of President Mwai Kibaki's government said in
readChissano to mediate in Zim
11-08-2005
HARARE - Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano has been appointed the African Union's mediator for Zimbabwe, tasked with brokering talks between the ruling party and the opposition, a
readIn Brief
11-08-2005
* NUCLEAR - US President George W. Bush warily welcomed signs Iran was ready to resume talks with European powers on its atomic ambitions, saying he was "deeply suspicious" of Tehran's intentions.*
readFormer UN oil-for-food programme head could face charges for taking kickbacks
11-08-2005
NEW YORK - The former head of the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq could face charges after a UN-backed committee investigating the scandal-tainted programme said it had found enough
readUS Iraq casualties mount
11-08-2005
BAGHDAD - US casualties in Iraq mounted with the killing of four soldiers in an insurgent attack as Iraqi leaders yesterday thrashed out their differences ahead of an August 15 deadline for drafting
readEx Zim minister calls on Mugabe to quit
11-08-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's former information minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday called on President Robert Mugabe to step down, saying he had "lost grip" on reality for refusing to talk to the
readDefiant Iran resumes atomic work
11-08-2005
TEHRAN - Iran yesterday removed seals placed by the UN nuclear watchdog at a key atomic plant, allowing the facility to return to full capacity and raising the stakes in a standoff with the
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