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45 Articles found on Monday, 7 August 2006
Madonna turns attention to AIDS-stricken Malawi
07-08-2006
Malawi - The village headman here has never heard of Madonna, the pop star.But he knows Madonna the philanthropist. Madonna has announced plans to raise at least US$3 million (about N$21 million) for
readSouth African population growth slowing
07-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's population rate has slowed over the last five years mainly due to declining fertility levels and rising AIDS deaths, the national statistical chief said last
readCities hit by power crunch
07-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A cold snap and flash floods in parts of South Africa have put pressure on electricitysupplies and prompted calls from authorities for lower consumption.In the seat of government,
readMozambique must cut cost of doing business
07-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Mozambique's economic outlook is healthy but it must still cut the cost of doing business, improve revenue collection and reduce red tape, the International Monetary Fund said on
readAnglo to give US$5b
07-08-2006
LONDON - Anglo American Plc, the world's third-largest miner, will hand back an extra US$5 billion to investors after meeting forecasts with a 44 per cent rise in first-half earnings on Friday,
readZimbabwe FX move hailed
07-08-2006
BULAWAYO - A leading business official has said Zimbabwe's struggling industry looks set to recover after the central bank eased exchange controls to let exporters retain the bulk of their earnings in
readOtjiwarongo agric show ready to kick off
07-08-2006
CLOSE to 200 exhibitors are expected to participate in the upcoming Otjiwarongo Agricultural Show to be held at the beginning of next month.The annual event, organised by the Otjiwarongo Show Society
readOil sliding
07-08-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil prices continued to fall Friday as concerns eased that a tropical storm blowing through the Caribbean could damage oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.Light sweet crude for September
readFarmland shrinkage woes in China
07-08-2006
BEIJING - Farmland shrinkage largely due to China's rapid urbanisation is threatening China's grain production and could result in food shortages, the state media reported Friday. "The amount of land
readSingapore to welcome IMF with smiles, not Singlish
07-08-2006
SINGAPORE - Singapore, ever mindful of its image abroad, is about to face its toughest public relations test as foreign finance ministers, central bankers and company bigwigs fly in for the
readSecurity guard found dead
07-08-2006
A SECURITY guard was found dead in Windhoek early yesterday morning, only minutes after a female colleague had gone to report him to the Police for allegedly trying to rape her.Police yesterday
readCity launches incentive scheme
07-08-2006
THE City of Windhoek has announced five different lucky draws in a bid to get more clients to pay for their services on time.City spokesman Ndangi Katoma announced last week that residents and
readPresident rejects war vets' demands
07-08-2006
WAR VETERANS at the centre of pressuring Government for compensation yesterday held their fire on President Hifikepunye Pohamba's rejection of their demands.Spokesperson for the 'Committee for the
readNamibia on high alert for measles
07-08-2006
NAMIBIA'S health services are on full alert after a measles outbreak killed more than 25 children in central Angola and reportedly continues to spread.Under Secretary of Health Dr Norbert Forster
readANC to rein in fat-cat comrades
07-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The ANC is developing a new policy that will limit the number of empowerment deals its members and their spouses may make, The Sunday Times reported yesterday.The newspaper said new
readGovt set to introduce law on holding referendums
07-08-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has announced that draft legislation on the holding of referendums will be introduced soon and will be passed into law by 2008.Speaking at the launch of the Internet
readTrade unions at a crossroads
07-08-2006
NAMIBIA'S labour movement - especially the Swapo-affiliated NUNW - is at a political crossroads and risks losing its role as an agent of social change unless it can resolve its internal leadership
readDesalination plans revived to support mining needs
07-08-2006
THE coastal areas of the Erongo Region have enough water to supply towns and new mining activities for now, but a desalination plant will become necessary in the long run, a NamWater official has
readHangana invests to weather storm
07-08-2006
NAMIBIA'S fishing industry allows millions of dollars a year to slip through its fingers by basing exports largely on commodity products rather than retail products, Sven Thieme, Executive Chairman of
readRepeat rapist gets 21 years
07-08-2006
A SECOND conviction for rape that was added to the criminal record of a 50-year-old Karibib farmworker almost two weeks ago left him with a 21-year prison term on Friday.The sentence came Willem
readFreak accident at Aus
07-08-2006
A FREAK accident has claimed the life of a road worker at Aus, about 200 km south of Keetmanshoop in the Karas Region.Regional Police Commander Josephat Abel last week confirmed that Dawid Tiboth (65)
readScissors' stabbing
07-08-2006
POLICE at Oshakati are investigating a case of assault against a man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend during a quarrel on Saturday night.The Oshana Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner Josef
readSecurity guard gunned down outside Oshakati shop
07-08-2006
THE Oshakati Police are investigating a case in which a security guard was shot and killed while guarding the shop of a well-known businessman at Oshakati last week.The Police named the man as Paulus
readAanasikola ya ulikwa omunwe ku Nujoma
07-08-2006
A ANASIKOLA yamwe mOyunivesiti ya Namibia nosho wo yoPolytechnic ya Namibia oya zimo moshigongi pethimbo ya li taya popithwa kOmupresidende Omukulu gwa Namibia, He yOshigwana Omundohotola Sam Nujoma
readInda po nawa kuume ketu
07-08-2006
Omunangeshefa a tseyika nawa gomOkalongo, a kala e na ongeshefa pOmweelogwakasamane, tate Lukas Ndatila Hatuutala (Shetu) ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila mOshiponga shohauto mOkalongo moka
readCastro gwa Cuba ota ti okuli nawa
07-08-2006
HAVANA - Omupresidende gwa Cuba Fidel Castro okwa lombwele aantu ye kutya okuli monkalo yi li nawa konima yetando ndyoka lya tukula omapopyo kutya uuwehame we otashi vulika u ete pehulilo okulela kwe
readOsekuliti yOkakonkola ya yahwa nokusa mOshakati
07-08-2006
O POLISI mOshakati otayi konaakona oshipotha shedhipago moka Sekuliti gwOkampani yOkakonkola (Namibia Protection Services) a yahwa nokusa, sha ningilwa molukanda lwa Shoopala (Amunghambya) ongulohi
readAaopaleki mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati ya mona omapukululo nOonzapo
07-08-2006
NA MERIA IILEKA A AOPALEKI yomOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati omasiku ga zi ko oya monene omapukululo miilonga yokuwapaleka, ngoka ga li ga longekidhwa kEhangano lyedhina Kwico Namibia ndele taya
readEhangano lyOmukithi gwOsuuka lya egulula ombelewa mOngwediva
07-08-2006
E HANGANO lyOdeabete, ano lyOmukithi gwOsuuka, (Deabetic Association of Namibia-DAN), ndjoka lya totelwe po mOnooli yaNamibia omathimbo ga zi ko, lya egulula Ombelewa yalyo mOshitopolwa sha Shakati
readShigwana kotokela eshina lyokolutenda
07-08-2006
E SHINA olya thika, shigwana kala wa kotoka, Omunambelewa Omukuluntu gwa TransNamib tate John Shaetonhodi, ta kumagidha oshigwana ngawo ethimbo kehe.Tate Shaetonhodi, ota lombwele oshigwana mOradio,
readBoks look for silver lining
07-08-2006
South Africa coach Jake White said his side were more upset by their last-gasp 20-18 loss to Australia in Sydney on Saturday than the 49-0 drubbing at the hands of the Wallabies three weeks
readFive Fijian players banned
07-08-2006
SYDNEY - Five Fijian internationals have been banned from playing test rugby for the rest of the year following a drunken brawl in Japan.Semisi Naevo, Maleli Kunavore, Joeli Lotawa, Emosi Vucago and
readLandis case to USADA
07-08-2006
PARIS - The US Cycling Federation has referred Floyd Landis's doping case to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the organisation said.The federation said in a statement released late on
readMurali leaves Test evenly poised
07-08-2006
COLOMBO - Muttiah Muralitharan demolished South Africa's middle order with a four-wicket haul as Sri Lanka fought back strongly in the second Test after a rousing third day's play yesterday. The spin
readMarquez stops Mabuza
07-08-2006
LAKE TAHOE - Mexico's Rafael Marquez retained his International Boxing Federation bantamweight title here Saturday with a ninth-round technical knockout of South Africa's Silence Mabuza. The bout was
readEuropean Champs starts today
07-08-2006
GOTHENBURG - The European Athletics Championships gets under way today with a host of Olympic and world champions looking to add a continental title to their accolades. The week-long tournament has
readWanderers beat Unam to reach top
07-08-2006
WANDERERS beat Unam 48-5 to take over at the top of the Namibian Rugby Premier League log on Saturday.Wanderers already led 29-0 at halftime and by scoring more than four tries they added a bonus
readSundowns cruise to third win in Charity Cup
07-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday cruised to a third successive Telkom Charity Cup title after beating Bloemfontein Celtic 2-0 in a one-sided final at FNB Stadium.The 'Brazilians' had
readWeekend Football Briefs Carrick injured, out for weeks
07-08-2006
AMSTERDAM - Manchester United won the pre-season Amsterdam Tournament after beating Ajax 1-0 on Saturday but paid a heavy price.United's costly new signing, England midfielder Michael Carrick,
readIn Brief
07-08-2006
PROBLEMS - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government came under attack yesterday from leaders in her own party as the conservatives fell to a record low in opinion polls amid public anger over
readTen killed in deadliest rocket attack
07-08-2006
Ten people were killed yesterday in the deadliest rocket attack on Israel since it launched its war on Hezbollah 26 days ago, with no sign of a let-up in violence despite UN efforts to broker a
readUS troop reinforcements arrive in Baghdad
07-08-2006
US troop reinforcements have begun arriving in Baghdad to help Iraqi forces try to regain control of the capital's streets amid worsening sectarian violence that US generals fear is pushing the
readRegional DRC election results due from today
07-08-2006
KINSHASA - Presidential election results in the Democratic Republic of Congo will begin to be posted today in the country's 62 regional election centres, the independent electoral commission said.The
readSri Lanka troops intensify firing *
07-08-2006
Sri Lankan artillery pounded Tamil Tiger territory yesterday in a heavy and prolonged barrage hours after the rebels offered to give in on a key government demand but warned new attacks would spark
readUS soldier wounded
07-08-2006
A suspected suicide bomber blew up his small truck as a military convoy drove by outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar yesterday, wounding a US soldier, officials and eyewitnesses said.The
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