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28 Articles found on Monday, 9 January 2006
IMF to hold talks with Malawi on debt relief
09-01-2006
BLANTYRE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to hold talks with Malawi next month to assess whether the southern African country has met conditions for debt relief, a senior official said late
readRand near eight-month peak
09-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand was range-bound early on Friday, with traders predicting the unit would pause for breath ahead of key US jobs data after scaling an eight-month peak against the
readMicrosoft faces backlash after blocking Chinese blogger
09-01-2006
BEIJING - Microsoft was under the spotlight Friday over its blocking of a prominent Chinese Internet blogger, in the latest case of a major Western technology firm helping Beijing curtail free
readOil in focus as China minister visits Africa
09-01-2006
BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will travel this month to six African nations, including ones that provide China with oil and gas and have switched allegiance from self-ruled Taiwan to
readBP in gas deal with Libya
09-01-2006
LONDON - British energy giant BP has entered into negotiations with Libya over a multi-billion US dollar natural gas exploration and development agreement in the north African former pariah state, the
readVodafone extends closing date
09-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Britain's mobile phone giant Vodafone has extended the closing date of its offer for investment firm Venfin which holds 15 per cent of South African mobile group Vodacom, Venfin said
readSABMiller comes out tops
09-01-2006
GLOBAL investment bank Bear Stearns has maintained its "outperform" rating on SABMiller, saying in a research report that it still believes "It's Miller Time".The report, released late Thursday, came
readAcacia residents angry over broken promises
09-01-2006
TEN days short of two years.That's how long it took for houses in Windhoek's western Acacia Park area to fill up with floodwater for a second time, following the "freak incident" in 2004 which swept
readMinistry to investigate hostel food
09-01-2006
THE Ministry of Basic Education will launch an investigation into the alleged provision of sub-standard food and the rigging of catering contracts in State-run school hostels, its Permanent Secretary
readFlash f lood chaos
09-01-2006
HEAVY rains flooded many homes around Windhoek on Friday night, damaging property and leaving people stranded and homeless. What residents of Acacia, one of the worst-hit areas on the western
read'Govt dragging feet in grazing dispute'
09-01-2006
HUNDREDS of people in the Ukwangali tribal area staged a demonstration on December 15 to express their dissatisfaction with the Government's response to the grazing dispute in the Kavango.The
readThieves break into Outapi furniture shop
09-01-2006
THIEVES broke into the Furniture Mart shop at Outapi, and got away with more than N$9 000 worth of stock stored in the storeroom.The incident took place sometime around last Tuesday, and the Police
readDolam flood victims housed in Sam Nujoma stadium
09-01-2006
THE City of Windhoek has provided temporary shelter in the Sam Nujoma Stadium for 130 people whose houses were flooded in Katutura's Dolam location.Fourteen houses behind the football stadium were
readNBC names interim Director General
09-01-2006
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has a new boss, albeit only temporarily.The appointment of Stanley Simataa as the broadcaster's new Acting Director General was officially announced by NBC
readTwo in court over Goreangab murder
09-01-2006
TWO men appeared before the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday, charged with the murder of 34-year-old German national Ralph Kohnke.The two men, Da Costa Zuzee (35) and Joseph Nuna (29), remain in
readAayugi pu Khorab ya dhitikwa
09-01-2006
O NGESHEFA yedhina Khorab Safari Lodge ndjoka yi li konyala ookilometa ntano okuza mOtavi oya li ya tewa momasiku 29 ga Desemba 2005, Opolisi tayi lopota ngaaka molopota yiimbuluma.Otaku hokololwa
readOnkalo yomahooli oya fa ngaa nee tayi ya nawa
09-01-2006
O NKALO yompumbwe yomahooli ndjoka ya li ya holoka moshilongo omasiku ga zi ko, unene tuu moNooli yasho oyi li po tayi ya kuuwanawa ishewe sho twa kundana kutya poosasiona dhomahooli opwa etwa
readOmusita Mafuta ta kongwa shi na sha nuufuthi
09-01-2006
O POLISI otayi kongo Omusitagongalo oshidhukudhuku.Opolisi ya Namibia otayi indile koshigwana shi yi kwathele molukongo lwOmusita gumwe, ta kongwa shi na sha nuufuthi, negandjo lyoondokumende
readmOmusati omwa fa mu na omukithi gwombulwa
09-01-2006
N DOHOTOLA gwiinamwenyo moshitopolwa sha Musati Lewis Sibanda, okwa ningi eindilo kaakalimo yomoshitopolwa shika kutya inaya lya onyama yiimuna ya sa komikithi.Sibanda shika okwe shi popi konima sho
readAalimimapya mOnooli ya tameka okupulula
09-01-2006
O onaguwo hadhi gu mo piilonga ihe pokwenye odha pama, osho ya tameke neipyakidhilo lyopetameko lyomumvo ngaashi haye shi ningi shgito.Ngaashi naanaa yeshi kuga kwata nokuga dhika mevi, aalimapya
readOombaanga tadhi kongo aawiliki
09-01-2006
O OMBAANGA mbali dhopaipindi mu Namibia, First National Bank (FNB) na Nedbank Namibia odha tseyitha kutya natango otadhi kongo aakuluntuwiliki.Odha lombwelele The Namibian oshiwike sha zi ko kutya
readAalongi natango oye li metsitsiya lyoondjambi
09-01-2006
K ONYALA aalongisikola ye vulithe po 12 000 otaya ka tameka osikola oshiwike shika, yaa na ontseyo kombinga ya kutya otaya ka pewa egwedhelo lyoshimaliwa shithike peni, oshinima shoka shali sheya
readPompey sign Zimbabwe ace Mwaruwari
09-01-2006
LONDON - Portsmouth have paid a club transfer record fee of 4.1 million pounds to sign Zimbabwe international striker Benjani Mwaruwari from French club Auxerre, it was reported on Thursday.Pompey,
readHewitt to face qualifier Spadea Australian
09-01-2006
Lleyton Hewitt will open his Sydney International tennis title defence against American qualifier Vincent Spadea today.Top seed Hewitt, chasing an unprecedented fifth title in Sydney, was back on the
readMiddlesbrough held in FA Cup
09-01-2006
Premier League Middlesbrough were taken to a replay by Nuneaton Borough after a late penalty earned the minor league club a 1-1 draw in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday.European champions
readAfrican Nations Cup: The field is wide open
09-01-2006
FOOTBALL in Africa is in a state of clear shifting sands. Four of the five African nations which qualified for the World Cup in Germany, are first time qualifiers. So the upcoming African Nations Cup
readDRC: 'World's worst humanitarian crisis'
09-01-2006
DAKAR, Senegal - The war-ravaged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is suffering the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis, with 38 000 people dying each month mostly from easily treatable diseases,
readMbeki kicks off ANC campaign under pressure to deliver on promises
09-01-2006
CAPE TOWN - The African National Congress launched its campaign yesterday for local government elections, promising to do more to tackle poverty and corruption and make good on promises to improve the
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