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40 Articles found on Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Poor S Africans financially illiterate
06-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African banks have drawn nearly two million poor people into the banking net in the past two years but most of them remain financially illiterate and still prefer informal saving
readHarare most expensive city for expats
06-12-2006
SINGAPORE - Zimbabwe's capital Harare ranks as the world's most expensive city for expatriates due largely to the country's soaring inflation, and displacing Oslo and Tokyo from the top slots, a human
readBeira port exports hit 150 000 T
06-12-2006
MAPUTO - Exports through Mozambique's Beira port will hit 150 000 tonnes in 2006, an increase of 10 per cent over last year, and operators said they could easily double that growth if Zimbabwe's
readRichest Swiss people rival the economy
06-12-2006
ZURICH - The 300 richest people in Switzerland, including the Swedish founder of Ikea and a Russian metals and oil magnate, have racked up a combined fortune that now rivals the size of the Swiss
readEU says to push labour issues in Asia trade talks
06-12-2006
BRUSSELS - Europe will push to include labour standards in new bilateral trade deals it is planning to negotiate with Asian countries, European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson said yesterday.The
readNigeria changes bank system
06-12-2006
LAGOS - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has adopted a short-term interest rate as "operating target" of the new framework for monetary policy implementation in the country, the News Agency of
readSimon's driver loses appeal
06-12-2006
THE man who said he was driving former world champion boxer Harry Simon's vehicle when Simon and his entourage were involved in a first fatal car crash near Swakopmund in April 2001 has lost his
readMP wants more money spent on defence force
06-12-2006
IF the Namibian Defence Force is not strong, the country's sovereignty could be at risk, a Swapo MP in the National Council (NC) said yesterday."A strong Defence Force is a credible deterrent against
readSADC countries gear up against terrorism
06-12-2006
COUNTRIES in Southern Africa are preparing to beef up security and monitoring mechanisms to combat terrorist organisations and their suspected activities in general, and particularly for the Soccer
readOfficial lives it up on Council cash at crisis workshop
06-12-2006
A MONTH-LONG all-expenses-paid training workshop in Berlin and Bonn attended by Salmaan Jacobs, Chief Regional Officer of the Karas Region, has resulted in the Regional Council paying for N$49 020 in
readCall for help preceded murder rampage
06-12-2006
MINUTES before he went on a murderous shooting rampage, the head of Keetmanshoop Prison, Oscar Manze (39) tried to reach out for counselling.He talked to Detective Sergeant Helena Ashikoto, the Woman
readPresident pulled off road for Nujoma
06-12-2006
THE motorcades of President Hifikepunye Pohamba and former President Sam Nujoma nearly collided near Ongwediva on the main road between Ondangwa and Oshakati in the North yesterday morning.Police
readShowdown! Minister ignores Prime Minister, threatens nurses
06-12-2006
HEALTH Minister Dr Richard Kamwi yesterday vowed to take action against nurses who take part in today's mass demonstration despite a suggestion by Prime Minister Nahas Angula that he meet with the
readNBC TV amnesty extended to Dec 22
06-12-2006
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has extended the amnesty period granted to owners of unlicensed television sets.The amnesty, originally planned to run out at the end of last month, has
readGovt.rollsout anti-retroviral treatment
06-12-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed concern at Namibia being rated among the countries with the highest HIV-AIDS prevalence.Pohamba was addressing people during the commemoration of World AIDS
readHealth volunteers map road ahead
06-12-2006
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Health and Social Services is hosting a three-day national conference on volunteers.The gathering is aimed at working on the findings of the national rapid assessment on
readSuspects arrested for farm murder
06-12-2006
ALMOST three months after the death of 66-year-old Anna Jacoba Reed at a farm near Leonardville, Police in the Omaheke Region made their first arrests in this case on Sunday.Two men, 34-year-old
readHamunyela free on bail
06-12-2006
VILHO Hamunyela, the spokesperson for Oshiwambo-speaking farmers evicted from western Kavango, appeared in the Rundu Magistrate's Court yesterday and was granted bail of N$500.Hamunyela was charged
readRape, murder at church
06-12-2006
STAFF REPORTER A 36-year-old woman was apparently raped and murdered at the old NG Church building at Koës in the Karas Region on Sunday morning, the Police reported yesterday.Police said the body of
readOondjambi mu Cadilu dha gwedhwa
06-12-2006
A ANIILONGA mOkampani onkwati yoohi ya Cadilu Fishing pOmbaye oshiwike sha zi ko oya li menyanyu enene, sho oonkundathana ndhoka dha li pokati kOkampani yawo nehangano lyaaniilonga ekalelipo lyawo,
readGumwe a yaha omona nuutati
06-12-2006
O KAMATYONA kamwe komimvo 13 konyala ka dhipagwe ku he pofaalama yimwe moshitopolwa sha Musati konima sho ka yahwa ku he nuutati wa nangongo.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya omusamane nguka okwa geye
readKabila okwa hala aantu ye ya dhiminathanepo
06-12-2006
K INSHASA - Omupresiendende gwa DRC ngoka opo a hogololwa paundemokoli, Joseph Kabila, mEtitano lya zi ko okwa ningi eindilo kaakalimo yomoshitopolwa sha North Kivu ya dhiminathanepo.Oorebele
readAapangi moshilongo otaya maashinga nena
06-12-2006
N ONANDO Oministeli yUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa Omundohotola Richard Kamwi a li ngeno ta kondjo a tompe aapangi, unene mboka yomOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati kutya inaya kutha ombinga
readMenindjela gwa kwalukehe Hamunyela gwa TransNamib a tidhwa miilonga
06-12-2006
O LAATA yehangano lyondalasipota mu Namibia nenge tutye ya TransNamib oya tidha miilonga Menindjela gwaKwalukehe gwiinima yopantu, Jason Hamunyela ngoka a kala a kuthwa miilonga pakathimbo uule
readUnited and Lille in same boat
06-12-2006
PARIS - As far as football reputations go, a world of difference exists between Manchester United and French side Lille.But United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will have to forget past glories and current
readWindies one-dayer abandoned
06-12-2006
RAWALPINDI - The first one-day international between Pakistan and West Indies was abandoned due to torrential rain yesterday.Umpires Daryl Harper and Aleem Dar called off the match after an
readBoks slam display of old South African flag
06-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Springbok team management have condemned the number of old South African flags that were on view during their tour of Ireland and England and upon their return home yesterday.The old
readAussies stun England in Ashes
06-12-2006
ADELAIDE - Australia dealt England a potentially fatal Ashes blow with an astonishing come-from-behind last day victory in the second cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.In a dramatic
readBritish and Irish tour was learning curve: Ralepelle
06-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Chiliboy Ralepelle, who became the first black captain of South Africa's rugby side when he led them against the World XV in a non-test fixture on Sunday, said the Springboks' tour to
readGymnasts succeed at African Champs
06-12-2006
NAMIBIAN gymnasts who competed at the recent African Gymnastics Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, delivered excellent performances in their various categories.Namibia was represented by a
readSports daily
06-12-2006
Volleyball prepares for Swaziland The Namibian Volleyball Federation has announced that national teams will compete at the Zone six Club Championships scheduled for Manzini, Swaziland, from the
readAkhtar, Asif bans lifted
06-12-2006
RAWALPINDI - An appeals tribunal appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has exonerated fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif of doping offences and lifted their long-term bans.Akhtar had
readIn Brief
06-12-2006
* SWORN IN - South African President Thabo Mbeki is to attend his counterpart Joseph Kabila's inauguration in Kinshasa today after he won the Democratic Republic of Congo's election, the foreign
readNasa plans permanent base on Moon
06-12-2006
WASHINGTON - Nasa may be going to the same old moon with a ship that looks a lot like a 1960s Apollo capsule, but the space agency said it is going to do something dramatically different this time:
readLibya detains Gaddafi critic
06-12-2006
NEW YORK - Libya detained an outspoken critic of the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi a month ago and he had not been heard from since, said the United States-based Human Rights Watch on Monday.The
readMozambique's ex-leader named UN envoy to Uganda conflict
06-12-2006
KAMPALA - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has named Mozambique's former president Joaquim Chissano as his envoy to the help resolve an insurgency in northern Uganda, officials said yesterday.Annan
readArroyo tours mud-stricken villages
06-12-2006
PHILIPPINES - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ordered stepped-up recovery efforts Tuesday as she consoled some of the families of the estimated 1 000 people who died in mudslides set loose by a
readPinochet recovering from heart attack
06-12-2006
SANTIAGO - Doctors said former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, recovering yesterday from a weekend heart attack, is no longer in immediate danger but still at risk of medical complications."Things
readAmbassador John Bolton resigns UN post
06-12-2006
UNITED NATIONS - When US Ambassador John Bolton took over the presidency of the UN Security Council in February, he started meetings promptly at 10 am even if some seats were empty and kept a list of
readNo bullets in Fiji's coup
06-12-2006
SUVA - Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years was played out in a quiet suburban backstreet yesterday rather than the corridors of power, accompanied by hymn singing instead of the sound of gunfire.After
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