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30 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 January 2006
11 years on, apartheid battles still rage in SA
03-01-2006
NIEU BETHESDA - For the white South Africans who trickled to this valley idyll in the Karoo desert, an oasis of willow trees and picket fences, the village of Nieu Bethesda promised a good
readSharp Questions For Police
03-01-2006
I WAS driving to my workshop in Nickel Str.Prosperita at about 18h30 on Monday, December 19 2005, when I was stopped by uniformed police officers.They had stationed themselves on the road east next
readRequest For More Languages
03-01-2006
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to air my view.Why does The Namibian only have an Oshiwambo section while Namibia has different indigenous languages.I am sure that many Namibians would like to read
readA Devastating Impact
03-01-2006
ISN't it devastating for the country to hear that more than 26 000 learners will be out on the streets? I think the wait is long overdue for the GRN to sit down and revise the system (by means of a
readHyundai aims for 15 per cent rise
03-01-2006
SEOUL - Hyundai Motor Corporation, South Korea's top car maker, said yesterday it aimed to sell 15 per cent more vehicles in 2006 than in 2005 because of greater demand at home and abroad.Hyundai,
readLoans for men with time on their hands
03-01-2006
NAIROBI - Micro-credit facilities for men could emerge as a powerful tool to check the alarming increase in cases of violence against women in Kenya.Experts say that with easy access to small loans
readODC faces liquidation
03-01-2006
THE Offshore Development Company (ODC) is facing liquidation at the hands of a disgruntled investor for being unable to repay over N$7 million it invested on behalf of Mauritian-Namibian information
readSerious fuel shortage hits the North
03-01-2006
MOST fuel stations in the North have run dry leaving many people in the region with no transport to return to their work places after the holiday break.Yesterday, scores of people who live and work in
readDrug courier swallows 177 cocaine tubes
03-01-2006
BLANTYRE - A Tanzanian national who fell ill aboard an Air Malawi flight and was subsequently pronounced dead upon admission to a clinic in the commercial capital, Blantyre, had swallowed 177 tubes
readNam farmers pray for rain in 2006
03-01-2006
FARMERS all around Namibia are casting their eyes to the skies and eagerly awaiting the rains.As Raimar von Hase, president of the Namibian Agricultural Union, explained recently, the rains are
readPart-time Grade 10 students do better
03-01-2006
PART-TIME Grade 10 students who wrote last year's exams have recorded the highest percentage of graded entries so far for the Junior Secondary Certificate examinations.Of all those who sat for one or
readYear-end violence costs a life
03-01-2006
A 20-year-old man is being held in custody at Tses after having slashed open the stomach of a 22-year old man at Berseba on December 31.The victim was rushed to the Keetmanshoop State Hospital.
readParty-mood crime suspects escape from cells, steal N$6 000 worth of booze, food
03-01-2006
FOUR crime suspects, who not willing to miss out of the New Year celebrations, escaped from the Karasburg Police cells on December 29 only to return a while later with stolen booze and drinks valued
readCereal deficit to prevail
03-01-2006
NAMIBIA will experience a cereal shortage of around 158 400 tons because of the late onset of productive rains and reduced areas under cultivation in most parts of the country.The latest Namibia
readAaSouth Afrika mOmpangu shi na sha neyugo
03-01-2006
O POLISI ya Namibia oya kwata po aalumentu yaali taku fekelwa kutya yamwe yomwaamboka ya yugu okabisinisa kamwe kokugandja omikuli mOvenduka okuyele omwedhi gwa zi ko.Yamwe yatatu oya li ya kwatwa po
readGumwe a yahelwa pohango
03-01-2006
O HANGO yimwe ya li pOhangwena pehulilo lyomumvo gwa zi ko, opwa li pwa ningwa oshinima oshinene sho omukashigwana gumwe a li a hilwa po nokufalwa kondholongo.Hofni Hakoala (gwomimvo 44), okwa li
readIna mu fundja we kutya aantu oya liwa, Nghidinua
03-01-2006
PONAMUTAYI O MINISTA yIikwameni meme Rosalia Nghidinua okwa ti omaitaalo kutya "omuntu iha si ina liwa" oga puka na otaga taandelitha ashike omukithi gwo HIV-AIDS moshigwana.Nghidinua okwa ti ngele
readOkwaapo kwomahooli kwa eta omukundu
03-01-2006
A ANIIHAUTO mo Namibia, unene tuu moNooli, pethimbo lyOkili nOkakondamumvo, oya kala ye li muupyakadhi uunene womahooli ngoka ga kala taga pu mo mootenga pIisasiona yOmanwethelo gomahooli.MoNooli
readArsenal's Wenger blasts African Nations Cup
03-01-2006
Arsene Wenger is unhappy about losing key players Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue to the African Cup of Nations this month.The players are due to join their squads on January 6, but Wenger is hoping he
readAfrican Cup Of Nations
03-01-2006
In 2004 Tunisia won their first African Nations Cup Trophy with a convincing 2-1 victory over Morocco in a first-ever all-Maghreb final.The 2006 qualifying tournament for the first time in history
readHingis Comeback
03-01-2006
Martina Hingis made her competitive return to tennis at a WTA tournament on the Gold Coast on New Year's Day.Last year, 25-year-old Hingis announced she planned to return to the professional circuit
readSouth Africa Eyeing Big Total Against Australia
03-01-2006
SYDNEY - South Africa need to build on their promising start to the final test against Australia if they were serious about winning the match and squaring the series, Proteas coach Mickey Arthur
readTennis Hits At The Coast
03-01-2006
The W&B Junior Tennis Tournament was held in Swakopmund on December 19 & 20 last year, the first where registered players can earn ranking points for the new 2006 season as recognised by the Namibia
readYemen army besieges Italian hostage hideout
03-01-2006
SANAA - Yemeni armed forces yesterday besieged the tribal area where five Italians are being held captive as negotiations continued to seek their peaceful release."Army and security forces are now
readMilitary camp attacked in Ivory Coast
03-01-2006
ABIDJAN - A major military base to the west of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan came under attack from unknown forces using heavy weapons early yesterday, military sources said.The attack on an
readBush ushers in New Year with visit to injured troops
03-01-2006
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - President George W Bush marked the start of 2006 by visiting injured US troops in his homestate of Texas on Sunday, as he ushers in the New Year with a less ambitious political
readEarthquake shakes South Atlantic
03-01-2006
WASHINGTON - A major earthquake measuring magnitude 7.3 shook a remote area of the South Atlantic yesterday but was unlikely to have caused a tsunami, the US Geological Survey said.USGS geophysicist
readFloods in famine-hit Malawi leave 1 000 without homes
03-01-2006
BLANTYRE - Floods in Malawi have displaced at least 1 000 people and destroyed a much-needed maize crop in one of the areas worst hit by famine in the small southern African country, government
readWildfires force evacuations in Texas
03-01-2006
WASHINGTON - Wildfires that have killed at least four people raged across the southern US states of Texas and Oklahoma on Sunday, forcing people to flee their homes.Parts of Oklahoma City were being
readUS to press anew on UN reforms
03-01-2006
WASHINGTON - Washington's envoy to the United Nations said in an interview published yesterday he planned to press forward in the new year with an effort to restructure the management of the world
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