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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 February 2006
South Africa's Zuma fights for future in rape trial
15-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Once destined for the presidency, former deputy president Jacob Zuma went on trial for rape yesterday in a case that could bury the career of one of South Africa's most popular
readPresident-in-waiting who fell from grace
15-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's former deputy president Jacob Zuma was steadily working his way to the highest office when his career crashed under corruption and rape charges.The plain-spoken and
readHealers help mend broken hearts
15-02-2006
ENOOMBARBALI, Kenya - In Kenya's Maasailand, the war of love requires a weapon more potent than the chocolates or red roses that bombard sweethearts the world over on Valentine's Day.When hope fades
readSouth Africa set to unveil balanced budget today
15-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is set to unveil a range of corporate tax breaks in its 2006 budget today as the government works to sustain faster growth and job creation in the continent's biggest
readFostering commercial ties
15-02-2006
LOCAL businesses are ready to explore other markets and will continue looking for opportunities to get a slice of the international market, as was witnessed by the overwhelming response to the
readFisheries observers end strike
15-02-2006
FISHERIES observers at Walvis Bay and Luederitz returned to work yesterday after an agreement between the disputing parties ended an extended strike by 215 observers.The agreement was reached in
readMan charged with rape, murder of two-year-old
15-02-2006
A 30-year-old resident of a farm in the Grootfontein area appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of rape and murder in the wake of the death of his girlfriend's
readUis cyanide scare could have a serious aftermath
15-02-2006
THE owner of a night club at Uis that was allegedly burgled last Monday may soon find himself in hot water over his possession of about 10 kilograms of a poisonous chemical compound usually restricted
readGerman warships dock
15-02-2006
TWO warships and an auxiliary vessel from the German Navy, each towering some 35 metres above water, docked in the Walvis Bay harbour on Monday.The two frigates, Hamburg and Rheinland Pfalz, and the
readDolam families refuse to return to homes
15-02-2006
FLOOD victims in Katutura's Dolam location are still refusing to return to their homes, their legal advisers said on Monday.The City of Windhoek has finished cleaning the 14 homes that were flooded at
readRape case is referred
15-02-2006
THE trial of Peter Louw, a well-known resident of Swakopmund who is accused of rape, was referred to the Swakopmund Regional Court on Monday.Louw was arrested in March 2005. According to the Police
readTwo arrested in Swakop rape and murder case
15-02-2006
POLICE yesterday reported the arrest of two men in a rape and murder case which shocked residents of Swakopmund's Tamariskia township when it happened last year.On Sunday afternoon, Michael Tsowaseb
readRed is the colour ...
15-02-2006
MOST parliamentarians opted to dress down for the opening of Parliament in Windhoek yesterday.The women especially did not wear anything out of the ordinary for the occasion, as has been the case in
readCaution, wet tar
15-02-2006
KEETMANSHOOP - The Keetmanshoop Municipality has warned property owners in the town's central business district that road-upgrading work will start today.In a notice made available to Nampa, the
readActive at Oniiwe
15-02-2006
ONATHINGE - The Oniiwe Primary School near Onathinge in the Oshikoto Region has established a craft and technology project to get parents involved in the school's activities.Principal Abisai Heita
readMake laws count: President
15-02-2006
LAWMAKERS have to focus on passing legislation that will improve the socio-economic conditions of ordinary Namibians, laws that will give them jobs, improve the provision of services and reduce their
readA wee matter of theft: Catheters become catapults
15-02-2006
A PATIENT at the Oshakati State Hospital stole catheters and sold them to villagers who use them to make catapults.On Sunday, security guards at the northern health institution caught Heita Mwandingi
readFarm massacre case postponed again
15-02-2006
THE three men charged in connection with the massacre of eight people at a farm in the Kalkrand area in March last year face a further wait until early April before they might hear what the
readSA's MTN and Portugal Telecom vying for partnership with MTC
15-02-2006
NAMIBIA'S sole mobile telecommunications provider, MTC, has recommended to Cabinet that 34 per cent of its shareholding be sold to a foreign partner for strategic reasons.This would be either MTN of
readUunona wa dhitikwa
15-02-2006
U UMATYONA uyali komimvo 15 nokakwawo komimvo 17 owa dhitikwa pOtjiwarongo oshiwike sha zi ko shi na sha noshipotha shonkonga.Otaya tamanekelwa ekwato konga lyokakadhona komimvo 15. Oshiningwanima
readAaniilonga ya FAO otaya ti omaindilo gawo oga tulwa kohi yemate
15-02-2006
O SHIKONDO oshikwati shoohi sigo onena osha taalelwa kuupyakadhi wAatonateli yOmakwato gOohi ye li 200, mboka ye li natango mekanka pOmbaye nopOliindili - ya hala oondjambi dhawo dhi gwedhelwe.Konima
readEpangelo lya falwa kOmpangu opo li fute ekuthoko lyevi
15-02-2006
M WENE gwoofaalama mbali moshitopolwa sha Otjiwarongo ndhoka dha kuthwa ko kEpangelo okuya pehulilo lyomumvo gwa zi ko, okwa pula ekwatho kOmpangu yOpombanda mOmaandaha opo Epangelo li mu fute
readEindilo lyooyene yOombashu pOliindili lya ekelwahi
15-02-2006
E WILIKONGUNDU li na sha nelanditho lyomalovu moshitopolwa sha Karas/Karas Liquor Board olya ekelahi eindilo lyehangano lyOombashu mOliindili/Luderitz Shebeen Assocaition kutya naya lelepeke ethimbo
readEthigathano lyOondoongi pEtunda
15-02-2006
O MUHOLI gwomaudhano moNamibia, omumbokisi omukulu gwa Namibia tate Eddy Wilibald Man of Action gwomOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati nosho wo mOvenduka, okwa tseyitha kutya meti 25 Maalitsa
readJohan Venter is new national rugby coach
15-02-2006
THE Namibia Rugby Union has announced that Johan Venter will now be the coach of the national side and will be required to take the side through the qualifying rounds leading to the 2007 Rugby World
readNFA calls locally based players to camp
15-02-2006
THE Namibia Football Association will hold a six-day training camp for the senior national team, which will be known as the President's XI, with the aim of preparing them for upcoming international
readTop horse-riding trainers in Namibia
15-02-2006
THE Gymkhana Club Windhoek has announced that Simone Seegers and Dirk Hambloch from Germany will now be part of the Horse-Riding Development Programme of the Gymkhana Club Windhoek.Seegers started
readLively Lions face Birds in supreme encounter
15-02-2006
A chaotically conducted MTC Cup draw yesterday produced a titanic fixture that will see coastal giants Blue Waters taking on Cup kings Black Africa at Keetmanshoop's showgrounds at the end of this
readLog Standings Football
15-02-2006
English FA Premiership Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Chelsea 26 21 3 2 52 16 36 66 Man United 26 16 6 4 52 27 25 54 Liverpool 25 14 6 5 31 17 14 48 Tottenham 26 12 9 5 35 22 13 45 Arsenal 25 12
readFreddie Laker, 'the father of low-cost air travel'
15-02-2006
LONDON - Sir Freddie Laker, who died on Thursday aged 83, was a pioneer of the skies, whose dislike of over-regulation and overpricing laid the foundations for the modern-day boom in low-cost air
readVoodoo priests at risk as bird flu hits Africa
15-02-2006
COTONOU, Benin - Priests who tear out the throats of live chickens in ritual sacrifices to Voodoo gods may risk contracting bird flu after the deadly virus reached Africa.Voodoo priests in Benin,
readNicholas Shackleton, geologist and expert on climate change
15-02-2006
LONDON - Nicholas Shackleton, a geologist whose work on ancient climate change helped scientists understand global warming, has died at the age of 68.Cambridge University announced that Shackleton
readSaddam, co-defendants on hunger strike
15-02-2006
BAGHDAD - Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein yesterday told the court trying him on charges of crimes against humanity that he and his co-defendants have launched a hunger strike."We have been on a
readKenyans applaud graft resignations
15-02-2006
NAIROBI - Corruption-weary Kenyans yesterday welcomed the resignation of two ministers accused of graft links, and wondered who else would join a growing list of political casualties from financial
readDamning report says Katrina response a 'national failure'
15-02-2006
WASHINGTON - The US administration led a "national failure" in its response to Hurricane Katrina, while millions of dollars were lost to fraud after the disaster, Congress charges in an upcoming
readZuma rape trial postponed to March 6
15-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A South African judge yesterday adjourned until March 6 the rape trial of former deputy president Jacob Zuma to allow the defence more time to prepare its case.Judge Ezra Goldstein of
readIn Brief
15-02-2006
* NUKE ROW - A defiant Iran confirmed it had resumed limited uranium enrichment despite a mounting international crisis over its controversial nuclear activities."The work has resumed (at the Natanz
readDemonstrations mar Haiti vote count
15-02-2006
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Rene Preval, 63, was expected to appeal for calm in Haiti yesterday following protests over a vote count that put him short of the 50 per cent he needs to be elected president in the
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