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33 Articles found on Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Soapies and shortages
18-04-2006
CAPE TOWN - If Cape residents cut down on their daily soap opera favourites, there may be fewer electricity blackouts during the winter months.Cape residents may have to gives serious consideration in
readAfrican scientists in search of biotech answer to hunger
18-04-2006
KANSAS CITY - As he pores over plant tissue and petri dishes in a laboratory in Johnston, Iowa, Luke Mehlo is half a world away from his home in South Africa.Although the cornfields of Iowa bear
readBeef up fight against AIDS: Red Cross
18-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The international Red Cross has urged southern African governments to beef up their fight against HIV-AIDS and launched an appeal for US$290 million (about N$1,8 billion) to scale up
readTax Talk - Ring fencing - is it really necessary?
18-04-2006
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze, the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young, discusses some topical tax issues for our readers. The Minister of Finance indicated in her recent budget speech that
readOil market seen balanced for rest of '06
18-04-2006
DUBAI - World oil markets are expected to remain well balanced for the remainder of 2006 and there are enough crude supplies to meet any unexpected shortage in the market or hike in demand, a senior
readChad extends deadline for frozen oil funds release
18-04-2006
N'DJAMENA - Chad has pushed back until the end of April a deadline for halting oil production in a dispute with World Bank over frozen Chadian oil royalties, the government said yesterday. Chad had
read'Unfair trial' appeal finding ends jail stint
18-04-2006
A FORMER security company employee who has spent the past three and a half years serving a nine-year jail term on theft charges heard last week that his conviction and sentence were being set aside
readJones brothers' appeal bid starts on foul note
18-04-2006
A FOUL-MOUTHED torrent of verbal abuse directed at a High Court Judge last week marked the return of brothers Chris and Ian Jones to the court where they were sentenced to a total of 111 years of
readOngwediva Spar suspends 30 workers
18-04-2006
ABOUT 30 workers at the Ongwediva Continental Spar were suspended on Thursday after staging what the shop described as an illegal strike. The spokesperson for the workers, John Nangolo, maintains
read5 arrested for school burglary
18-04-2006
THE Police at Omungwelume in the Ohangwena Region have arrested five young men after a break-in at the Eengedjo Senior Secondary School on Sunday night. The five are suspected of stealing a
readTanzanian president calls for strong SADC support in DRC vote
18-04-2006
TANZANIAN President Jakaya Kikwete has called for strong regional support for forthcoming polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying the bloc had to "plan responses and actions for its
readRailway workers unhappy over contract termination
18-04-2006
ABOUT 73 labourers working on the Northern Railway Extension Project are up in arms after they were told last week that their nine-month work contracts had been terminated after only six months.
readMogae to open Oshakati Town Council Offices
18-04-2006
THE Oshakati Town Council has announced that President Festus Mogae of Botswana, who is currently visiting Namibia, will officially open the Council's Civic Centre tomorrow morning.
readBicycles to help children in need RUNDU
18-04-2006
The Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN) in Namibia last week donated 10 bicycles to projects for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) at Ndama and Mavanze villages in the Kavango Region. Speaking at
readFirst aid could make difference
18-04-2006
WHEN correct first-aid measures are applied within minutes of a medical emergency at home, at work or on the road, it could mean the difference between life and death, says the International SOS
readPersonalities clash at Hardap Regional Council
18-04-2006
RELATIONS within the Hardap Regional Council seem to have worsened following last Monday night's special ordinary meeting, which aimed to make sense of what is regarded as a misunderstanding in some
readJolie, Pitt 'want baby born in Namibia
18-04-2006
' CELEBRITIES Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt plan to have their baby in Namibia and even give it a local name, according to the Governor of the Erongo Region, Samuel Nuuyoma.Nuuyoma had breakfast on
readResident arrested over fire at house
18-04-2006
A WINDHOEK resident was arrested on Saturday evening after he allegedly set fire to his own home and fled the scene.Andrew Louw, who earlier this month laid criminal charges against his wife and a
readNamibians gear for second petrol price increase this year
18-04-2006
THE Ministry of Mines and Energy has announced that a fuel price increase - the second within three months - will come into effect a minute after midnight tonight.Unleaded petrol (95 octane) and
readEaster roads claim 17
18-04-2006
At least 17 people died on the country's roads over the Easter weekend. The biggest loss of life occurred on the main road between Usakos and Karibib - 11 people, aged between nine and 52, died in a
readEaster roads claim 17
18-04-2006
AT least 17 people died on the country's roads over the Easter weekend. The biggest loss of life occurred on the main road between Usakos and Karibib - 11 people, aged between nine and 52, died in a
readAaniilonga mboka taya yala olutenda ya geela eteyo lyeuvathano
18-04-2006
A ANIILONGA ayehe kumwe ye li 73 lwaampoka mboka haya longo kolutenda, taya yala olutenda, oye li ya geela aahona yawo yOkampani yOkutunga Oondjila nyedhina Grinaker noonkondo sho aniwa ya teya
readOutapi wa panga uukahewa na Yinchuan sha China
18-04-2006
E LELO lyondoolopa yAutapi mOshitopolwa sha Musati mewiliko lya Meya gwOndoolopa ndjoka tate Matheus Ndeshitila nomunambelewa gwalyo Omukuluntupitithi Oswin Namakalu, olya panga uukahewa nOndoolopa
readHardap are Newspaper Cup champs
18-04-2006
THE Hardap Region won the sixth edition of The Namibian Newspaper Cup in a screamer of a final at the Kuisebmond Stadium at Walvis Bay yesterday, ousting rivals Karas 4-3 on penalties after the match
readIn Brief
18-04-2006
* ZIM CRISIS - Zimbabwe celebrates 26 years of independence from Britain with a shadow of seven years' economic woes hanging over its freedom day. Over the last six years the country of around 13
read'Gulf Arab states will oppose US strike on Iran'
18-04-2006
OMAR HASAN KUWAIT CITY - Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said yesterday he was sure the Islamic republic's Gulf neighbours would not support any US assault on his country
readEgyptian Christian protesters teargassed
18-04-2006
ALEXANDRIA - Police fired teargas at crowds of Christians throwing stones and brandishing long knives in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Sunday, the third day of strife triggered by the killing of
readSudan and Chad tension mounts
18-04-2006
N'DJAMENA - Tensions between Chad and Sudan rose further at the weekend following a rebel attack that observers say could yet lead to the fall of Chadian President Idriss Déby and plunge the country
readOver 167 000 people displaced in DR Congo in five months: UN
18-04-2006
LUBUMBASHI - More than 167 000 people have fled fighting between the army and militias in Katanga province in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo since mid-November, the UN said as
readMillions of Christians around the world celebrate Easter
18-04-2006
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI voiced growing concern over Iran's nuclear drive, the Darfur tragedy and other conflicts in his first Easter message on Sunday, as Christians worldwide celebrated
readZuma trial to end but fears of AIDS impact linger on
18-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Witnesses are expected to wrap up testimony in South Africa's highest profile rape trial today as experts voice concern over the impact of evidence given by the accused himself -
readHoly Land's Christians caught in midst of conflict
18-04-2006
BETHLEHEM, West Bank - A 76-year-old Greek Orthodox monk is beaten up by villagers, his carefully tended olive trees are uprooted and his isolated West Bank monastery is defaced with graffiti
readEx-CEO facing felony charges starts ministry to feed African children, and offer mortgages
18-04-2006
JAY REEVES BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Ordained as a minister and acquitted in a US$2,7 billion (about N$16,8 billion) fraud case, a fired health care company chief executive says he is done with the
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