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35 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 August 2006
'China can lift Africa from poverty'
16-08-2006
BEIJING - China could make a unique contribution to raising Africa from chronic poverty, a top United Nations adviser said in Beijing yesterday, rejecting claims that China's growing presence rankles
readPepsico boasts woman CEO, but gender equality is still elusive
16-08-2006
WASHINGTON - Indra Nooyi's nomination as beverages giant PepsiCo's CEO boosts women's presence at the top of the US corporate ladder, but gender equality is still a very long way off.At 50, Nooyi has
readInflation charges on
16-08-2006
INFLATION continues to rise as monthly inflation for July went up to 0,7 per cent, according to the latest data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics yesterday.The rate went up by 0,3
readLibya starts third oil licensing round
16-08-2006
TRIPOLI - Libya will kick off its third international oil licensing round this month, inviting foreign firms to inspect data on 41 offered blocks on August 24 and August 31 in Tripoli and London,
read50 cents a litre: The price we'll have to pay
16-08-2006
FUEL will go up by 50 cents a litre on Friday.It will be the fifth fuel price hike of the year and comes barely three weeks after the last increase. Last week, The Namibian's sources revealed that the
readBafana Bafana seeking redemption against Warriors
16-08-2006
BAFANA BAFANA jetted into Windhoek yesterday with high hopes of ending their goal-scoring famine when they face an upbeat Brave Warriors side in an international friendly match tonight.The South
readOnawa woman dies at a ripe old age
16-08-2006
A RESIDENT of Onawa village in the Omusati Region, Elizabeth Mukwahepo waShilongo Mofuka, died in her house at Onawa village on Sunday at the age of 120 years.According to one of her sons, Theofelus
readNamibia's dairy industry 'on the brink of collapse'
16-08-2006
THE dairy industry in Namibia is on the verge of total collapse - it could go under in less than 12 months if it does not receive protection from Government against cheaper dairy imports, local diary
readRegional maize output dips
16-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Maize production in the 14-member Southern African Development Community fell thisyear, but most countries will avoid food shortages."Thanks to improved access to inputs by farmers and
readN$27,9 m needed for Lebanese crisis, says Red Cross
16-08-2006
THE Namibian Red Cross Society has appealed to anyone who wants to donate money to the victims of the Lebanese conflict to do so through the international organisation's branches in Lebanon, Syria and
readResults will be 'litmus test' for SADC summit
16-08-2006
MASERU - Southern African leaders hope to boost regional economic integration and trade liberalisation at their annual summit this week, pushing to overcome a legacy of big promises undercut by slow
readMan dies in farm veld fire
16-08-2006
ONE man died and two others were seriously injured in the Karibib area on Monday, while trying to extinguish a veld fire at the farm Klein Okawayo.The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Josef
readCell operator No 2 'ready to roll'
16-08-2006
NAMIBIA'S second mobile phone company, PowerCom, yesterday sounded a message that it is ready to deliver the goods and provide customers with a choice of cellphone operators.PowerCom was handed its
readCars stolen from homes
16-08-2006
POLICE are investigating the theft of an Opel Astra from where it was parked at a house in Windhoek's Khomasdal suburb over the weekend.The car, registration number N48877W, is valued at N$180 000.
readAmbitious plan to fight AIDS
16-08-2006
NAMIBIA has submitted "an ambitious yet practical plan" to the Global Fund to turn the HIV-AIDS tide in the country within the next five years.The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria recently
readBig shocks in Windhoek valuation roll
16-08-2006
SOME property owners in Windhoek might be in for a shock when inspecting the new provisional property roll, which has been open for scrutiny since Monday.The values of some properties have doubled and
readWasting of public funds 'a crime'
16-08-2006
PARLIAMENTARIANS need more clout when it comes to monitoring the public sector and its financial resources, Prime Minister Nahas Angula has said.Opening the third annual conference of the Southern
readNictus group gains two car franchises
16-08-2006
THE Nictus Group of Companies will effectively increase its share of the General Motors (GM) pie in Namibia today, with its acquisition of two GM franchises from Metje and Ziegler (M&Z) Limited.Nictus
readCaprivi indunas want bail
16-08-2006
TWO elderly former State witnesses in the main Caprivi high treason trial who have been in Police custody for two weeks on a charge of attempting to defeat or obstruct the course of justice both told
readMercury plummets, cold bites
16-08-2006
NAMIBIANS in several towns woke up to chilly weather yesterday, which the Windhoek Weather Bureau said was a spillover from a cold front passing over the Northern Cape and Western Cape in South
readCecilia ta pandula sho a mona elongo
16-08-2006
M EME omugundjuka gwoomvula 29 gwomomukunda Omaadi popepi nOhaingu mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena meme Cecilia Paulus oku li ta pandula Kalunga ke sho e mu pe elongo, ano uunona utatu pethimbo
readAakokele yoSwapo yi ikaleka kokule nomayindilo goonakulwa aakulu
16-08-2006
E WAWA lyAakokele moSwapo (Swapo Elders Council) olyi ikaleke kokule nomayindilo ngoka ga ningwa kOkakomitiye ta ka popi kutya oke lile po uuwanawa woonakulu yoSwapo, hoka ka hala oonakulwa aakulu ya
readNgashiingeyi Aanamibia otaya vulu okulongitha uupale woondhila wa Britain
16-08-2006
U UMINISTELI wIikwapondje owa kutha po nokukaleka osheetwapo shawo shomasiku gatatu moma wa li wa indile nokugandja omayele kaapashiyoni Aanamibia kutya inaya longitha we manga oondhila ndhoka hadhi
readOhamba yAukwanyama otai ka talela po Eudaneko
16-08-2006
O NGHUNDANA ye tu dilila mOmbelewa yElenga enene la Eudaneko tatekulu George Nelulu mEtomba, oo e li yo vali Omunashipundi wElelo lOpaumufiululwakalo lAukwanyama, otai ti kutya Ohamba yAukwanyama
readWar against Bafana: Botes
16-08-2006
BRAVE Warriors captain Henrico Botes says his side does not consider tonight's tie against Bafana Bafana as a friendly match, but an all-out war in which Namibia must come out tops."Despite it being
readRacing awards court case backfires
16-08-2006
AN attempt by the father of a promising young racing driver, Bazill van Rhyn, to force the Namibia Motor Sports Federation to crown his son as Namibia's national go-kart champion for 2005 has
readPhonak disbands after Landis scandal
16-08-2006
ZURICH - The Phonak cycling team will disband at the end of the year, team owner Andy Rihs announced yesterday, ten days after team leader Floyd Landis was sacked because of the Tour de France doping
readIita and Johannes record wins at Victory Races
16-08-2006
THE Old Mutual 2006 Oshakati 21-km race started off with a bang on Saturday when Reinhold Iita was able to gain a meagre 10 seconds win over Luketz Swartbooi in a time of 1 hour, 6 minutes and 35
readFirst tests for new wave of coaches in friendlies
16-08-2006
LONDON - A host of new international coaches will get a first look at their charges in action this week with Italy, Germany, England and Russia among the teams beginning new eras with international
readYasuo Takei, the richest man in Japan
16-08-2006
TOKYO - Japan's richest man, Yasuo Takei, who rose to fame as founder of consumer credit company Takefuji Corporation but retired in shame after a wiretapping scandal, has died.He was 76. Takei (76)
readRobert McCullough, leader of 1961 civil rights sit-in in US
16-08-2006
ROCK HILL, South Carolina - Robert McCullough, who led a group of black students in a landmark 1961 civil rights protest, choosing to serve jail time on a chain gang for the crime of sitting at a
read'AIDS has become a black disease'
16-08-2006
BROWN TORONTO - It is time for the African-American community "to face the fact that AIDS has become a black disease" and find ways to defeat it, said the chairman of the National Association for the
readMilitants kill 6 police in western Afghanistan
16-08-2006
KABUL - Militants fatally shot a local police chief and five other officers in an ambush on a desert road in western Afghanistan yesterday, while US and Afghan forces killed an al-Qaida suspect in the
readIsrael begins Lebanon pull out
16-08-2006
JERUSALEM - Israel has begun thinning out its troops in southern Lebanon and plans to hand over the first of its captured positions to the Lebanese army today, the army said.The military hopes to
readRev Bernard T Pagano, priest mistaken for 'bandit'
16-08-2006
THE Reverend Bernard T Pagano, a maverick Roman Catholic priest who was charged and then cleared in a string of armed robberies committed by a man known as the Gentleman Bandit, has died.He was 81.
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