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51 Articles found on Thursday, 4 August 2005
Transfrontier Park at advanced stage
04-08-2005
THE proposed Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KaZa TFCA) will be the largest conservation area in Africa.The project involves five southern African states: Angola, Botswana, Namibia,
readNew climate pact no substitute for Kyoto
04-08-2005
NAIROBI - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has cautiously welcomed a new pact between the United States and five Asia-Pacific nations to curb greenhouse gases, but said it was no
readSenegal mulls 'green wall' to stop desert advance
04-08-2005
DAKAR - Senegal is pushing to plant a 'Great Green Wall' of trees stretching for nearly 7 000 km, from Dakar to Djibouti, to stop the relentless advance of the Sahara desert.Environment Minister Modou
readS&P upgrades SA's credit rating, mkts cheer
04-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Standard & Poor's upgraded South Africa's credit rating on Monday, giving a vote of confidence to the continent's largest economy which cheered domestic markets and raised hopes for
readLawSure enters legal insurance market
04-08-2005
A new legal insurance company, LawSure Ltd, has entered the local market, promising to be highly competitive in their products, service and overall business approach.LawSure Ltd is a wholly-owned
readZambian mines minister fired after strike
04-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa sacked his mines minister, Kaunda Lembalemba, in a government reshuffle yesterday after a damaging strike, riots and a bomb blast at the country's
readZambian mines minister fired after strike
04-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa sacked his mines minister, Kaunda Lembalemba, in a government reshuffle yesterday after a damaging strike, riots and a bomb blast at the country's
readSA farmers leave maize in fields
04-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African maize farmers are harvesting late, aiming to keep the crop in the fields as long as possible to avoid storage fees, the main milling group said on Wednesday.Chamber of
readCattle show on cards
04-08-2005
ONGWEDIVA - An annual cattle show of the Mangetti Farmers Association (MFA) will take place at its usual venue, Okapya, near Oshivelo in the Oshikoto Region this month.Chairperson of the MFA, Ismael
readOil prices could dent economic climate
04-08-2005
THE second quarter of the year was characterised by more positive news flow, slightly favourable energy prices - compared to the global conditions during the first quarter - and firm demand that
readJones brothers go on trial
04-08-2005
THE trial of the four people being prosecuted over the alleged kidnapping, robbing and murder of Windhoek businessman Gero Schaum started in the High Court in Windhoek this week, close to three and a
read171 kg dagga find leads to heavy sentences
04-08-2005
LARGE fines and heavy alternative jail sentences were imposed on a trio of dagga-dealing suspects in the Windhoek Regional Court this week, after they were convicted of having dealt in one of the
readApplication to dismiss Simon case rejected
04-08-2005
BAY AS expected, former world champion boxer Harry Simon's legal counsel yesterday morning applied for their client to be discharged after the State rested its case.Magistrate Gert Retief, however,
readPeople should take to the streets to protest corruption, says CoD
04-08-2005
THE opposition Congress of Democrats (CoD) yesterday expressed concern at a spate of corrupt activities that have made headlines, saying it was high time the public took to the streets to protest such
readReefton shares suspended on LSE
04-08-2005
REEFTON Mining NL, the junior Australian mining company that got slapped down last week by the Ministry of Mines and Energy for illegally trying to explore for uranium, had their shares suspended on
readOkahandja to start with a clean slate
04-08-2005
THE Okahandja Town Council was set on the path of reconciliation by a high-level Government delegation yesterday, with both council and municipal administrators instructed not to act outside their
readHeads to roll in food aid scandal
04-08-2005
HEADS can be expected to roll for allowing tonnes of food aid to rot in a Katima Mulilo warehouse, while thousands of needy people suffered in the wake of last year's Caprivi floods.Cabinet on
readSearch widens for Avid-SSC N$30 million
04-08-2005
THE High Court yesterday beefed up the powers of the provisional liquidator put in charge of the affairs of three key figures in the N$30 million investment debacle involving the Social Security
readShell donates clean-up trailer to City
04-08-2005
SHELL Namibia on Tuesday donated an Oil Spill Response Trailer valued at N$170 000 to the City of Windhoek's Emergency Services.The manager of the Shell Depot, Leonard Hinterholtzer, handed the
readMangetti farmers to showcase cattle
04-08-2005
ONGWEDIVA - The annual Mangetti Farmers Association (MFA) will take place at Okapya, near Oshivelo in the Oshikoto Region this month.Chairperson of the MFA, Ismael Shailemo, said the show would take
readNo word on sacked Cymot workers
04-08-2005
"I CAN only communicate with the parties," was the terse comment from Labour Consultant Sacky Aipinge when asked about a decision taken after a hearing between legal representatives of Cymot and the
readNHE staff eagerly await new boss
04-08-2005
THE Ministry of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development this week remained mum on the announcement of a new boss to take over the reigns at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE)
readUnita oku na uumbanda kutya Epangelo otali ka laateka omahogololo
04-08-2005
LUANDA - Ongundu yompilamena ya Unita oya popi kutya oyi na uumbanda kutya Epangelo lyAangola otashi vulika li la laateke omahogololo ga simana - ngoka ogo taga ka kala gotango konima yiita moshilongo
readTobias a kuthwa miilonga pakathimbo ku Unam
04-08-2005
O UNIVESTI ya Namibia (Unam) oya kutha miilonga pakathimbo Omukuluntu gwOsenda hayi gandja ookoosa oofupi kaaungaungi niikwambelewa mEpangelo.Omugandjimulombo mu Unam Edwin Tjiramba okwa lombwele The
readOkapale ka Sam Nujoma ota ka patuluka oshiwike tu uka
04-08-2005
OKAPALE kuudhano wetanga lyokoompadhi ka Sam Nujoma Stadium mu Katutura, ota ka egululwa pambelewa momasiku 13 gomwedhi nguka, aanambelewa mu Muni gwa Venduka osho ya tseyitha oshiwike shika.Okapale
readKuku Hilda Aksel gwomOshipya ke wetike
04-08-2005
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya oya lopotelwa ekano lyomukalimo gwomomukunda Oshipya mUukwambi ngoka taku tiwa kutya okwa kana okuza meti 23 Juli nuumvo konima sho a zi megumbo lyawo pOmulongo
readOmalanditho omene gomOlyomakaya mOvenduka ogAanamibia ashike
04-08-2005
ETOKOLO lya Muni gwa Venduka kutya omalanditho giinima mepandaanda lya Post Street Mall mOlyomakaya kehe ogAanamibia ashike, olya thigi aalandithi yomomapandaanda yaakwiilonga nomahodhi.Nale,
readOmbili komeya ga kala taga pata, Uutoni
04-08-2005
ELELO lyondoolopa ya Ngwediva olya gandja ombili onene kaakalimo yalyo yomOngwediva omolu omeya ngoka ga kala taga pataapata mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko, unene tuu meti 29 neti 30 Auguste
readOndoolopa ya Shifo ya tulwa oometa dhomeya dhUukalata
04-08-2005
A AKALIMO yomOndoolopa ya Shifo moRuacana moshitopolwa sha Musati, mboka oyendji yomuyo omeya gawo ga kala ga tetwa ko noya kala kaye na omeya, ngashiingeyi oye shi ishewe okufudha sho Elelo lya
readAatiligane mu South Afrika oya tila etopolululo lyevi
04-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Onkundana okuzilila ko Johannesburg sha South Afrika otayi ti kutya aatiligane yoofalama dhopaipindi moshilongo shika oye na uumbanda kutya etokolo lyEpangelo okuungaunga noshinima
readEgumbo lya meme Justina Matheus mOshakati lya pya po
04-08-2005
E GUMBO lyomukalimo gwomOshikango mUupindi mOshakati meme Justina Matheus olya pya po thiluthilu komulilo oshiwike sha zi ko, niinima ye ayihe noyaanona oya pila mo thiluthilu.Otaku tiwa kutya
readEpangelo lya ekelahi oshipotha sha Morgan Tsvangirai
04-08-2005
HARARE - Onkundana okuzilila ku Harare sha Zimbabwe otayi ti kutya Epangelo olya ekelehi oshipotha shonkambadhala yokudhipaga Omupresidende Robert Mugabe shoka lya li lya ningile Morgan
readLazarus Kandara, ou li peni?
04-08-2005
O MULUMENTU ngoka a talika kutya oye omutsse omunene moshinima shOondola oomilyuna omilongo ndatu dhOkampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC) shoka sha kanene mOkampani ya Avid Investments, ke
readDefence Force teams to compete in athletics champs
04-08-2005
THE Namibian Defence Force (NDF) left for Gaborone, Botswana yesterday to compete in the International Military Sport Council (CISM) for Eastern Southern Africa Liaison Officers Track and Field
readMen volleyball team third in Botswana
04-08-2005
THE national men's volleyball team ended third in the recent Zone Six Club Championships held in Gaborone, Botswana.The Namibian side lost their opening match by three sets to nil against host
readLocal Briefs
04-08-2005
*NAMIBIAN Defence Force's (NDF) golf team ended sixth overall in the International Military Sport Council (CISM) World Golf Championships held in Karachi, Pakistan from 25 to 31 July this year.This
readAfricans fail to win tougher ruling on defections
04-08-2005
HELSINKI - Athletics chiefs have turned down a plea from African countries to make it harder for athletes defecting to richer nations for financial gain.African countries had called for a six year
readNewcastle join United in Owen chase
04-08-2005
LONDON - Newcastle United have joined Manchester United in the chase for Michael Owen after the England striker was officially put up for sale by Real Madrid.The Spanish club want 16 million pounds -
readWoodcock, Kelleher fit for action
04-08-2005
All Blacks prop Tony Woodcock and scrumhalf Bryan Kelleher, who were both down with ailments earlier in the week, had a brisk run with the balance of their rugby team at DHS Old Boys yesterday
readBurger back as Boks make three changes for All Blacks
04-08-2005
CAPE TOWN - Flanker Schalk Burger has been recalled to South Africa's starting line-up for the Tri-nations test against New Zealand in Cape Town on Saturday.As well as promoting International Rugby
readZidane in shock return
04-08-2005
PARIS - French star Zinedine Zidane yesterday announced that he is coming out of international retirement to help his country's flagging World Cup campaign.The 33-year-old Real Madrid midfielder quit
readHitman in super shape for fight
04-08-2005
NAMIBIAN professional boxer, Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses is said to be in super shape and ready to take on his South African opponent, Jonie Simphiwe in a historic WBA Pan African lightweight world
readOldest dinosaur eggs yet held hapless babies
04-08-2005
WASHINGTON - Unhatched dinosaur eggs dating back 190 million years carried fully developed embryos that would have been born clumsy and helpless.Findings published in Friday's issue of the journal
readIn Brief
04-08-2005
* WARNED - The United States renewed its warning for Americans worldwide to be on guard against terrorist attacks by al Qaeda and other extremist groups.The US State Department renewed for six months
readSettlers seek to thwart Gaza pullout
04-08-2005
OFAKIM, Israel - Settler leaders instructed their followers to try to infiltrate the main settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip yesterday in a bid to disrupt Israel's pullout from the territory, due to
readAstronaut successfully repairs shuttle
04-08-2005
HOUSTON - Spacewalking astronaut Steve Robinson plucked a couple of loose fiber strips from Discovery's belly yesterday in an unprecedented repair to the shuttle's heat shield."I'm grasping it and I'm
readMore clashes in Sudan after death of Garang
04-08-2005
KHARTOUM - At least 20 people were reported killed overnight in the Sudanese capital as clashes between northerners and southerners extended to a third day yesterday after the death of former southern
readMauritanian army troops launch coup
04-08-2005
NOUAKCHOTT - Gunfire rang out near the presidency building in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott yesterday after soldiers surrounded state radio and blocked off streets in the city, a witness
read14 marines, reporter killed in Iraq
04-08-2005
BASRA - Fourteen US marines were killed in a rebel attack in western Iraq yesterday following the death of a US freelance journalist who was gunned down in a relatively calm part of the country.The
readZambia to deport suspected terrorist
04-08-2005
LUSAKA - A suspected militant arrested in Zambia and linked by media reports to the July 7 suicide bomb attacks in London will be deported to Britain, Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa said
readAir France jet crashes and explodes but all 309 aboard make 'miracle' escape
04-08-2005
TORONTO - An Air France A340 jet with 309 people aboard overshot the runway at Toronto international airport and burst into flames after plunging into a muddy ravine, but with flames licking around
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