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43 Articles found on Monday, 21 August 2006
Africa faces challenges in integration
21-08-2006
AFRICA still faces a number of challenges and needs to iron out several issues before economic integration can take place on the continent, says the Governor of the Bank of Namibia, Tom
readSADC expects GDP to increase by 6%
21-08-2006
MASERU - The 14-member Southern African Development Community expects to achieve an average increase in gross domestic product of six per cent this year, up from five per cent last year, an official
readZim hikes fuel price
21-08-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe has hiked the official price of fuel by more than 1 300 per cent but this is unlikely to ease shortages of a commodity that has been in short supply since 1999. Fuel shortages, a
readIs marine mining the wave of the future?
21-08-2006
LONDON - Record high metals prices have sent two firms scurrying into the ocean for copper and gold, but costs and environmental challenges may yet sink their plans.Big miners have failed to keep up
readHeatwave boosts Nestle sales
21-08-2006
ZURICH - Blistering summer heat has boosted Nestle's ice cream sales, the head of the group's ice cream unit told Reuters, and it is hoping a low-fat version will earn it a bigger slice of the
readIceland Fisheries Minister visits Namibia
21-08-2006
ICELAND'S Minister of Fisheries, Einar Gudfinnson, has arrived in Namibia on a four-day official visit.Gudfinnson is scheduled to be part of the fisheries and aquaculture workshop that starts tomorrow
read'Let's improve trade between Nam, Angola'
21-08-2006
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has called for a speedy implementation of the bilateral trade agreement between Namibia and Angola to improve trade between the two countries.The
readWar vets in the firing line
21-08-2006
SWAPO members in the Oshana Region took to the streets at Oshakati on Saturday to vehemently protest against a group of war veterans who are demanding financial and other compensation.In Windhoek, the
readChinese worker from Ramatex killed in robbery
21-08-2006
A 32-year-old Chinese citizen was killed in Windhoek's Otjomuise residential area on Friday night.Xu Xiaaya and her boyfriend, both employees of the Ramatex Textile Factory, were apparently on their
readSADC pledges to speed up economic integration
21-08-2006
MASERU - A 14-nation southern Africa summit closed late on Friday with a pledge to speed up regional economical integration, even as leaders expressed concern about crisis-plagued member-state
readKamwi group vows to fight on
21-08-2006
A GROUP of war veterans pressurising Government for payment to reward them for their service during the liberation struggle plan to form an association.They believe it will give them more
readCar theft on the rise in Windhoek
21-08-2006
TWO more Windhoek residents last week became victims of car theft, in what appears to be an increasing frequency of this crime in the capital.On Tuesday afternoon, a resident of Windhoek's Suiderhof
readLabour firm, union at loggerheads
21-08-2006
THE Namibian Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) has slammed labour hire company Africa Personnel Services (APS) for suspending a number of workers at Oshakati for allegedly staging an illegal
readDate set for trial on fatal knife attack at Katima
21-08-2006
A CAPRIVI Region resident who has already spent more than three years in custody while awaiting trial on a charge that he murdered his former girlfriend heard in the High Court in Windhoek last week
readUnion rejects KAT retrenchment offers
21-08-2006
THE Namibia Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) on Friday rejected voluntary retrenchment packages offered by the Karas Abattoir and Tannery (KAT) to about 72 employees.The job cuts scheduled for
readVeld fires still causing havoc
21-08-2006
VELD fires continue to destroy grazing for livestock and game in several parts of Namibia.Sten Labuschagne of the farm Mazuren told The Namibian yesterday that a small veld fire had broken out on the
readWoman hacked to death
21-08-2006
POLICE at Omaruru are searching for the boyfriend of 22-year-old Elizabeth Naobes, who was hacked to death with a panga on Friday.The Police reported yesterday that Naobes had been collecting firewood
readPanga suspect sent off for a check-up
21-08-2006
A COMMUNAL farmer from the Ondangwa district who is accused of a deadly panga attack that claimed the life of a man that he accused of having an affair with his wife was referred for psychiatric
readGreater independence for Auditor General on cards
21-08-2006
GOVERNMENT has authorised the Ministry of Finance to draft a new law to give the Office of the Auditor General more authority in compliance with international standards.Speaking at the close of a
readLast call for polio vaccination
21-08-2006
ROUND three of the mass polio vaccination campaign - which is only for children under the age of five - starts tomorrow morning.The health authorities are aiming to vaccinate over 330 000 children.
readNUNW osho a gandja uusama kEpangelo moshinima sha Ramatex
21-08-2006
E HANGANO lyomahangano gaaniilonga mu Namibia lyopashigwana/National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW0 olta popi kutya Epangelo otali ningi iigongi ya fa yi na sha kohi nAawiliki yOkampani ya Ramatex
readRiruako ota tamaneke kutya Aandowishi oya gandja ombumbo kAaherero
21-08-2006
E LENGA enene lyAaherero Chief Kuaima Riruako okwa tamaneke Andowishi kutya oya gandja oombumbo kaaleli yamwe yAaherero nelalakano okupiyaganeka omulandu gwepulo lyoofuto.Riuako okwa lombwele The
readOmililo dhepeya dha geya ishewe mOnooli
21-08-2006
O SHIGWANA shomomaulithilo muuninginino nomuumbugantu wOshitopolwa shoka sha kala hashi ithanwa Owambo kwali, oshiwike shika osha kala tashi kugu nokulila tashi kongo ekwatho lyokudhima omililo
readEpangelo na NUNW ya kuutumba
21-08-2006
E PANGELO mEtine lya zi ko olya lombwele omahangano ge li moonkudathana kombinga yoshinima sha Ramatex kutya inaga patelwa pondje moonkundathana dhi na sha nokutokola onakuyiwa yOkampani ndjika
readNam a fuula uuyuni mekondjitho lyomukithi gwo HIV-AIDS
21-08-2006
N AMIBIA mEtine lya zi ko okwa li a tothwa mo ong'oshilongo shoka sha longa nawa megandjo lyoopela dhokushunithapevi ekoko lyombuto yo HIV ndjoka hayi eta omukithi gwo AIDS.Amushanga gwOpevi
readAalongisikola yAanamibia ya mana eyilongo lyawo ko Zim
21-08-2006
A ANAMIBIA ye li 83 ya li taya ilongo uulongisikola mo Technical Teachers College mu Belvedere mo Zimbabwe, oya mana omayilongo gawo mOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Eyilongo lyawo olya li kohi yetsokumweuvathano
readBoxer Hitman proves his worth
21-08-2006
PAULUS 'The Hitman' Moses became the new WBA Intercontinental Lightweight champion through a unanimous decision after a highly charged encounter against Romania's Mihaita Mutu on Saturday.Moses is
readZambia into Cosafa final
21-08-2006
SUBSTITUTE Given Singuluma pounced on a loose ball to secure a place for Zambia in the Cosafa Castle Cup final with a 1-0 win over Botswana on Saturday.Singuluma profited from Botswana's failure to
readBrave Warriors improve ranking
21-08-2006
A jump of 30 places up the Fifa/Coca-Cola World Ranking has sharply reversed a slow but steady slide downwards for Namibia.The Brave Warriors slipped almost 100 places from the high of 68 they reached
readArgentina unbeaten at world basketball champs
21-08-2006
SAPPORO - Reigning Olympic champion Argentina and 2004 Athens runner-up Italy took very different paths to remaining unbeaten at the World Basketball Championships Sunday but both had impressive
readPowell record brings curtain down on stadium
21-08-2006
ZURICH - A world-record-equalling performance by Jamaican 100-metres runner Asafa Powell brought a fitting end to Zurich's Letzigrund stadium ahead of the ground's planned demolition next week.The
readAll Blacks seal Tri-Nations title
21-08-2006
AUCKLAND - Lock Chris Jack and centre Luke McAlister scored late tries to give New Zealand a 34-27 victory over Australia on Saturday, sealing the All Blacks' seventh Tri-Nations title.The win ensured
readTuqiri suspended until Nov
21-08-2006
WELLINGTON - Australia winger Lote Tuqiri was suspended from rugby until Nov.2 after being found guilty on Sunday of a dangerous tackle on New Zealand captain Richie McCaw in the Tri-Nations test on
readEcuador volcano poised for new explosion, warning defied
21-08-2006
BILBAO-In normal times, Luis Egas would have risen before dawn to tend livestock or fields of potatoes and onions.But as the sun rose Saturday, all he could do was survey his village, laid waste by a
readHedgpeth, advocate of sea life
21-08-2006
JOEL W HEDGPETH (94), a marine biologist and an environmental advocate who became an early voice for the rich diversity of plants and animals living along California's coastline, died on July 28 in
readAlfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan dictator
21-08-2006
BRASILIA, Brazil - Alfredo Stroessner, the canny anti-communist general who ruled Paraguay for decades with a blend of force, guile and patronage before his ouster in 1989, died in exile on
readSouth African Minister at centre of policy row
21-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Thabo Mbeki was urged to axe his health minister yesterday after she took a beating over the government's AIDS policies at a global conference on the
readFocus in AIDS war swings back to prevention, helping women
21-08-2006
TORONTO - Like generals locked in strategic debate about how to prosecute a war where no end is in sight, campaigners in the global AIDS pandemic broadly divide into two camps.On one side, there are
readKabila poll score dips further
21-08-2006
WINDHOEK - Incumbent Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's score has dipped further below the 50 per cent needed to avoid a run-off election.According to a report on the News24
readMassive Shiite rally disrupted in Baghdad
21-08-2006
BAGHDAD - Snipers firing from rooftops and a cemetery killed at least 17 people in a series of attacks yesterday on a Shiite religious procession in Baghdad attended by hundreds of thousands of
readUN warns Lebanon truce may unravel, urges restraint
21-08-2006
BEIRUT - The United Nations said yesterday the week-old truce between Israel and Hezbollah could easily collapse, a day after it condemned an Israeli raid on the guerrillas in Lebanon as a
readJonBenet suspect departs Thailand for US
21-08-2006
BANGKOK - The suspect in the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, who sought treatment at a sex-change clinic during his stay in Thailand, departed for the United States yesterday to face charges in the killing
readGreek Orthodox icon stolen
21-08-2006
ATHENS - Greek police believe professional antique traffickers are behind the theft of a 700-year-old icon of the Virgin Mary stolen from a monastery in southern Greece, a police source said
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