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47 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 August 2006
Lest We Forget What They Sacrificed For
30-08-2006
ON August 26 1966, the first shots were fired in the struggle for Namibia's freedom.In the ensuing decades, many sons and daughters of Namibia were to lose their lives, or beloved family members.
readGoogle, Microsoft in software war
30-08-2006
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet giant Google Inc. Monday took the software battle deeper into Microsoft's territory with a new package of online services for small-business users.Google said it would offer
readWine & spirit maker Distell profit up
30-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest wine and spirit maker Distell reported an 8,3 per cent rise in annual headline earnings per share yesterday and predicted growth this year, but at a slower pace.
readAsian workers missing out on stellar growth
30-08-2006
BUSAN - Asian workers are missing out on the region's stellar growth, facing longer hours and lower pay than elsewhere and this imbalance has to be addressed, the UN Labour agency said
readEU shuts boot imports probe
30-08-2006
BRUSSELS - The European Union said yesterday it had dropped a probe into imports of Chinese and Indian safety boots as it struggles to gather support for tariffs in a separate dispute over below-cost
readBP under investigation
30-08-2006
NEW YORK - Federal investigators are examining whether BP Plc manipulated crude oil and unleaded gasoline markets, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal yesterday that cited lawyers and
readUS urges China to step up to WTO plate
30-08-2006
BEIJING - The United States has asked Beijing to help rescue deadlocked WTO trade talks, the top US trade official said yesterday, courting China as a potential ally whose economy has soared due to
readGreen challenges SSC
30-08-2006
THE Social Security Commission's former General Manager: Finance and Administration, Avril Green, is taking the company to the Labour Court to challenge his dismissal.In March, an internal
readStop Press
30-08-2006
THE Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) Listings Committee has given Trustco Group Holdings the green light to list on the NSX.Trustco MD Quinton van Rooyen was informed at 18h45 yesterday by John Mandy,
readPolice drive evicted farmers from Kavango
30-08-2006
THE Police have started driving Oshiwambo-speaking cattle herders and their cattle from west Kavango towards the border of the former Owambo area, a spokesman for the farmers has told The
readTreason witnesses kept 'like prisoners'
30-08-2006
A GROUP of men from the Caprivi Region - State witnesses in the Caprivi high treason trial - have been quietly kept at two guesthouses in Windhoek for four months.They are not allowed to move around
readNational parks talk tonight
30-08-2006
THE Executive Director of the Namibia Nature Foundation (NNF), Dr Chris Brown, will this evening make a presentation on national and private parks in Namibia.The talk will be held at the
readAngolan car race ends in tragedy
30-08-2006
THE annual Huila 200-kilometre race in Angola's south-western city of Lubango ended in tragedy when one of the drivers lost control of his car, killing three spectators - two adults and one child -
readGrants from US help to keep children in school
30-08-2006
THE US government on Monday donated nearly N$1,3 million to schools to help orphans and vulnerable children continue their studies.The money will be provided as grants to communities and schools which
readCasual workers at Coke plant get another chance
30-08-2006
AROUND 20 people, who just a week ago faced being fired over a labour incident at Namibia Beverages' Coca-Cola bottling plant at Oshakati, have been given another chance following negotiations between
readCites decision due next month
30-08-2006
NAMIBIA will hear next month if it has met requirements set by the Convention of International Trade on Endangered Species (Cites) to conduct a one-off ivory sale.At a Cites Conference of Parties held
readCoD denies involvement in revival of secessionist parties
30-08-2006
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) has distanced itself from the revival of the UDP and Canu parties in the Caprivi Region, as well as from the organisers of these parties.CoD President Ben Ulenga said
readPolio drops did not kill baby: Health Ministry
30-08-2006
THE Ministry of Health has denied that the death of a toddler at Grootfontein last week had anything to do with the polio vaccine he received the day before.Health Under Secretary Dr Norbert Forster
readHopes of salvaging trawler fade
30-08-2006
NEITHER wind and tides nor human effort have so far been able to budge the fishing trawler Kolmanskop from the place just south of Swakopmund where it ran aground on August 15.According to Willie
readSlot-machine win sparks jealous rage
30-08-2006
A QUARREL over N$20 won from a slot machine almost cost a 33-year-old man from the Omusati Region his life on Saturday.Linekela Hauwanga was rushed to the Oshakati State hospital after a fellow patron
readSouthern villages still in dark
30-08-2006
RESIDENTS of several villages in the South remained without electricity for a second day yesterday after NamPower refused to budge on its decision to reconnect them until they have settled their
readOkanona okaNamibia ka yakulwa po kekuthikuthi
30-08-2006
O KAMATYONA okaNamibia koomvula (13), Gabes Natangwe Hampanga Shaama, oka lapelwa mefuta kekuthikuthi manga ka li ta ka yugo pamwe nuumatyona uukwawo mo Cape Town.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi Craig
readAantu yalwe yaali ya hulitha ishewe mondjila ya Kalkrand
30-08-2006
O NDJILA yopokati ka Kalkrand na Rehoboth ya dhipaga ishewe aantu yaali mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko, omanga omidhimba dhaantu yaali mboka ya sile moshipnga shotango dha li ishewe moshiponga pethimbo
readOonkundathana mekutho miilonga lyaaniilonga ya KAT lya tameka
30-08-2006
O ONKUNDATHANA oshipala noshipala pokati kEwiliko lyOfaabulika yonyama noyiipa yoompo ya Karas Abattoir and Tannery (KAT) nehangano lyaaniilonga lya Namibia Workerts Union (Nafau) kombinga yosheetwapo
readGumwe a pewa oomvula 15 medhipago
30-08-2006
O MUKALIMO gumwe gwomokandoolopamukunda ka Leonardville, ngoka a longitha oombele mbali mokutsa nokudhipaga omulumentu gwomimvo 19 momumvo 2004, okwa monika ondjo mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa pu Gobabis
readOombashu otadhi shunitha pevi ekondjitho lyiimbuluma moshilongo
30-08-2006
O POLISI otayi shi enditha nawa mekondjitho lyuukilimional mOvenduka, ihe Oombashu otadhi tsikile nokukala oomvugo dhuukiliminola.Shika osha popiwa kOpolisi yOpashigwana naandjoka ya Muni gwa Venduka
readMwene gwoloondji a ponkelwa koombudhi
30-08-2006
M WENE gwoloondji yedhina Vingerklip yi li pokati kOutjo na Khorixas, Ingrid Techow ota ti po hwepo moshipangelo mOvenduka konima sho a ponokelwa kaayugi yaali pegumbo lye ongulohi yEtitano lya zi
readNamPower a teta ko olusheno lwe muundoolopamukunda muumbugantu
30-08-2006
O MALELO goondoolopamukunda muumbugantu oga kala gaa na olusheno mOmaandaha shoka sha thiminike iipangelo yi fale omidhimba kiipangelo yopopepi omanga uukilinika wa kala nuudhigu okugandja omakwatho
readNamibian juniors at World Champs
30-08-2006
Two of Namibia's top juniors cyclists, Heletje van Staden and Jan Hendrik Verdoes managed to complete their respective races at the World Junior Cross Country Mountain Bike Championships in New
readAll Blacks make 10 changes
30-08-2006
SUN CITY - New Zealand coach Graham Henry announced 10 changes to the All Black team for Saturday's Tri-Nations test against South Africa in Rustenburg.Flyhalf Daniel Carter and openside flank Richie
readPakistan seeks ICC advice over Inzamam
30-08-2006
KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is to seek advice from the International Cricket Council (ICC) over whether to select captain Inzamam-ul-Haq for the Champions Trophy, a senior official said
readNamibia beat Jomo Cosmos
30-08-2006
NAMIBIA beat Jomo Cosmos 2-0 in a friendly match in Johannesburg yesterday.It was a much better performance by the Brave Warriors after they lost 5-0 to Mamelodi Sundowns last Friday. The Brave
readCoastal Pirates get the inline loot
30-08-2006
SWAKOPMUND'S Coastal Pirates held off determined challenges from Windhoek and Otjiwarongo clubs last weekend to underline their dominance of Namibian inline hockey, in the final tournament of the 2006
readNamibian u-23s ready for SA
30-08-2006
NAMIBIA'S under-23 football team is confident of doing well against South Africa, after a good performance in a Four Nations tournament in Luanda, Angola, over the weekend.Namibia was called up at the
readAfrican league round-up
30-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A round-up of league action from around Africa at the weekend and on Monday: ANGOLA - Primeiro Agosto extended their lead at the top of the GiraBola to 12 points with a 2-1 win over
readFortune, McCarthy withdraw from Nations Cup qualifier
30-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - England-based pair Quinton Fortune and Benni McCarthy have withdrawn from the South African squad for Saturday's African Nations Cup qualifier against Congo, officials said
readAgassi survives marathon, Roddick on fire
30-08-2006
NEW YORK - Andre Agassi's retirement will have to wait a little longer after the eight-times grand slam winner battled to a 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-2 victory over Romania's Andrei Pavel in the US Open first
readIn Brief
30-08-2006
TSUNAMI FEARS - A magnitude 6,4 undersea earthquake struck Indonesia's Moluccas islands yesterday and there was a possibility of a tsunami, an official at the meteorological agency said.* 'DEBATE ME
readHrishikesh Mukherjee, Bollywood director
30-08-2006
KOLKATA, India - Bollywood filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee, who stood apart with his touching stories about India's teeming middle class, has died of kidney failure.Mukherjee (83), who started his
readVladimir Tretchikoff, artist
30-08-2006
CAPE TOWN - Vladimir Tretchikoff, a painter whose popular prints earned him the nickname "the king of kitsch", has died.He was 93. Tretchikoff had been in frail health for years. Tretchikoff's most
readOnly women need apply ...
30-08-2006
MOSCOW - Russia is to create its first women-only traffic police unit because commanders believe they are less corrupt than men, a newspaper reported on Monday.The male-dominated traffic police
readPeople don't dare to die ...
30-08-2006
TIRANA - Tirana residents are trying to put off dying until the government and city officials end their row over space shortages in the Albanian capital's graveyards.Tirana municipality has shut down
readIslamic nations among most corrupt, says Malaysian PM
30-08-2006
KUALA LUMPUR - Islamic nations are ranked as among the world's most-corrupt and the fight to tackle the scourge could be tough due to poverty and poor governance, Malaysia's prime minister said on
readCase against JonBenet suspect dropped, case remains open
30-08-2006
BOULDER, Colorado - The sudden decision to drop the case against John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey snuffed out yet another lead in the enduring mystery of who killed the six-year-old
readWild Weather Ernesto dumps Cuba for Florida
30-08-2006
HAVANA - Tropical Storm Ernesto was moving towards south Florida yesterday - the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina - after soaking Cuba with heavy rain.Florida residents lined up for supplies
readIraqi govt, militia agree to time out
30-08-2006
BAGHDAD - Government forces agreed to a truce yesterday with Shi'ite militia fighters after violent clashes south of Baghdad, as Iraq reeled from a three-day bout of bloodshed in cities across the
readUganda military truce starts
30-08-2006
KAMPALA - A truce that could spell the end of one of Africa's longest and most brutal wars came into effect yesterday, Uganda's military said.Under the pact signed on Saturday at peace talks in
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