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43 Articles found on Monday, 27 March 2006
UN courts company bosses to help refugees
27-03-2006
DADAAB, Kenya - One lives in a mud-and-stick hut with her family in arid east Kenya. The other has a bathroom of roughly the same size in Brussels.The young Ethiopian refugee may not have a lot in
readKey facts on migration from Africa
27-03-2006
MAURITANIA this month appealed for international help to stem a tide of African migrants trying to leave its shores for Europe.Scores of illegal immigrants try to reach the Spanish Canary Islands
readAnglo cedes control of AngloGold
27-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Anglo American, founded 89-years ago to mine gold, will cede control of its gold-mining subsidiary through a share sale of about US$1,35 billion.The world's second-biggest mining
readWernhil under construction again
27-03-2006
THE Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies has embarked on a N$115 million project called 'Wernhil Under Construction'.The project will be managed by Broll Namibia Property Management, the leasing agents
readPoor business climate hampers Malawi's progress
27-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Malawi's private sector has drawn attention to the country's poor business climate and called for government cooperation in creating an environment more conducive to business.The
readSA may build second nuclear power plant
27-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is studying a plan to build another nuclear power station in Western Cape Province to address electricity shortages.The southern parts of South Africa have been plagued
readCoronation to buy stake in Namibian Harvest
27-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Coronation Investment Management, a subsidiary of listed fund management group Coronation Fund Managers, has agreed to acquire a 47,14 per cent stake in Namibian Harvest Investments
readSA hit by black consumer boom
27-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has experienced exponential growth in the black middle class with a new study showing the birth of a powerful consumer market.According to the most comprehensive study to
readBHP Billiton says ready to drill off Namibian coast
27-03-2006
CAPE TOWN - BHP Billiton , the world's largest diversified resources company, has identified oil and gas opportunities off the South African and Namibian coastline and is keen to start drilling wells,
readPortugal Telecom gets the nod on MTC
27-03-2006
SOUTH AFRICAN cellphone giant MTN has lost its bid to buy 34 per cent shares in Namibia's sole mobile telecommunications provider, Mobile Telecommunications (MTC).MTN was one of the two companies
readTall person could have shot Kandara
27-03-2006
THE possibility that Lazarus Kandara could have died at the hands of someone other than himself could not be ruled out, the inquest into his death heard in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on
readBrakwater kingpins get stiff jail time
27-03-2006
SEVERE prison sentences were meted out on Friday to most of the seven men convicted in connection with a multimillion-dollar cash-in-transit heist near Brakwater close to Windhoek in November
readTrucker owners up in arms over new tariff
27-03-2006
TRUCK owners were fuming on Friday morning over a recent announcement by the Road Fund Administration (RFA) that a new Mass Distance Charge (MDC) must be paid annually by owners of heavy motor
read2nd Brakwater heist case postponed again
27-03-2006
THE case against five men accused of involvement in a record-setting cash-in-transit heist in the Brakwater area near Windhoek in the last days of 2004 has been postponed for a third time for the
readDon't idolise leaders, Bishop Kameeta warns
27-03-2006
IGNORANCE, blind loyalty and divine worship of elected leaders have no place in a democracy and are an abomination in a young democracy like Namibia's, Bishop Zephania Kameeta of the Evangelical
readRoad fatality
27-03-2006
A three-year-old girl died late on Saturday afternoon after being hit by a car in Windhoek's Greenwell Matongo area, the Police reported yesterday.Hope Hoeses was crossing the street with three other
readGovt investigation into hostel food nears end
27-03-2006
A MONTH-LONG probe by officials from three Ministries into allegations of tender rigging and the supply of sub-standard food to school hostels and hospitals is all but concluded, says Permanent
readA Matter of Fact
27-03-2006
IN the article 'Top cop faces theft charge' in Friday's The Namibian, we mistakenly reported the rank of the accused, Lotti Nelomba Uusiku, as Chief Inspector.He is a Commissioner. The error is
readDeputy PM to represent Namibia at disaster summit
27-03-2006
NAMIBIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amathila is attending the third International Early Warning conference in Germany this week.Close to 600 representatives of governments, parliaments and
readOmupolisi omukuluntu mOmpangu moshipotha shuufuthi wiimaliwa
27-03-2006
O MUPOLISI omukuluntu e na ombandi yuukomanda moshikondo showina okwi iyadha mokaketha mOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwa Venduka mEtine lya zi ko.Komufala gwOpolisi Lotti Nelomba Uusiku okwa taalela
readMeme gumwe mOnooli a dhipagwa nomakatana
27-03-2006
O SHININGWANIMA oshitilithi sha ningwa ishewe mOnooli omasiku ga zi ko, omukiintu gwoomvula 22 gwomomukunda Oshipumbushomugongo mUukwambi gwedhina Sevelia Kawiwi Alfeus, i itsuwa a sa a tetwa omunino
readOmagumbo gamwe ga teka po komeya pOpuwo
27-03-2006
O PUWO - Onkundana okuzilila kOpuwo moshitopolwa sha Kunene otayi ti kutya omagumbo gaali oga teka po komeya gefundja molukanda lwa Katutura pu Opuwo.Omeya ngaka oga nuka aniwa momulonga gwa Katutura
readYa dhana evalo lya Namibia lyomimvo 16 mOngwediva
27-03-2006
NGASHI lya dhanwa mIitopolwa ayihe ya Namibia nAangwediva wo nayo oya dhana evalo lya Namibia meti 21 Maalitsa 2006, sho a gwanitha omimvo omulongonah amano a manguluka.Omupopi omunene mOngwediva okwa
readOnesi ya dhengwa komvula
27-03-2006
ONESI - Opate yevi ndjoka ya pita mEpalela nosho wo ndjoka yu uka kOlupaka moshitopolwa sha Musati, oya teka po nayi komvula onene ndjoka ya loko mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Kansela
readOngwediva yimwe yomoondoolopa dha dhengambanda moNamibia, Ekandjo ta ti
27-03-2006
O NDOOLOPA ya Ngwediva oyo yimwe yomoondoolopa ndhoka dha dhengambanda mo Namibia, unene tuu ndhoka dhi li kuumbangalantu womusinda omutiligane, mokutala patungo dhalyo lyopashinanena noshowo
readOndjila ya Shakati-Omungwelume itayi tulwa oteya
27-03-2006
E ENHANA - Okampani ya Road Authority (RA) kayi na oshimaliwa shokutula oteya kondjila yongalama yi na uule wookilometa 36 yopokati ka Shakati na Mungwelume momumvo 2006/2007.Shika osha popiwa
readFootball Results
27-03-2006
MTC Namibia Premier League Played Sunday, March 26 Chief Santos 0-2 Black Africa Oshakati City 2-2 African Stars Ramblers 2-2 Blue Waters Touch & Go 1-2 Orlando Pirates Tigers 3-1
readCivics in command, Santos suffer
27-03-2006
A CONVERTED penalty from defender Donelly Nel and a sheer strike from midfielder Brian Brendell gave Civics a further lead in the hunt for the league title after they ousted Orlando Pirates 2-1 in an
readNam in control over Nepal
27-03-2006
NAMIBIA had a firm grip on their ICC Intercontinental qualifying match against Nepal yesterday, after declaring at 238 on the last day of their second innings at Wanderers, but rain stopped
readMighty fall at C'wealth Games' wacky races
27-03-2006
MELBOURNE - Farce and controversy dogged the final night of Commonwealth Games athletics on Saturday as medal hopes vanished in a fog of disqualifications and dropped batons.The majority of the 80
readSouthern Spears beat Namibia
27-03-2006
A NAMIBIAN invitational side fought back from a halftime deficit of 31-3 to score five tries in the second half before going down 57-31 to the Southern Spears at the Hage Geingob Stadium on
readProteas collapse after Kallis century
27-03-2006
DURBAN - South Africa collapsed against the second new ball as Australia took a first-innings lead of 102 runs on the third day of the second Test against Australia at Kingsmead yesterday.Fast bowler
readUutoni strikes gold
27-03-2006
JAFET Uutoni on Saturday became the first Namibian boxer to land a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games since the country's participation started in 1994.The only two boxers to have scooped medals at
readWatershed poll to redraw Mideast contours
27-03-2006
JERUSALEM - Israelis vote tomorrow in a pivotal poll likely to usher in an unprecedented drive to fix the Jewish state's final borders in a political landscape that has changed beyond
readIraqis race to form unity govt amid violence
27-03-2006
BAGHDAD - Iraqi politicians were scheduled to meet yesterday to discuss the formation of a national unity government amid mounting pressure from the United States to stem the country's rising
read60 dead in Somali clashes
27-03-2006
MOGADISHU - The United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative for Somalia appealed for a ceasefire on Friday as thousands continue to flee the capital Mogadishu as heavy fighting between
readNigeria to extradite Charles Taylor
27-03-2006
LAGOS - Nigeria will transfer former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is living in exile in Nigeria and has been indicted for war crimes, to Liberian custody, the Nigerian government said on
readFighting breaks out between Congolese militia and army
27-03-2006
KINSHASA - Fighting has broken out between the army and local militia in Ituri in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesperson said on Friday."Two stations held by our
readWill we be warned when next tsunami comes: UN summit
27-03-2006
BERLIN - Experts from 140 nations meet in Germany from today to see how far the world has come with early warning systems in the 15 months since the devastating Asian tsunami.The UN's Third
readNations fall short on environment
27-03-2006
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Governments worldwide have failed to honour their commitments to a fund to protect the environment, environmentalists at a UN-sponsored conference said Thursday.When the
readPio Leyva, Cuban singer
27-03-2006
HAVANA - Pio Leyva, a singer and composer in the Buena Vista Social Club band of veteran Cuban musicians, died on Thursday of a heart attack.Leyva, who won a bongo contest at the age of six and made
readLeon Daniel, a top war journalist
27-03-2006
NEW YORK - Leon Daniel, who spent nearly four decades reporting on wars, the US civil rights movement and other domestic and foreign news for United Press International and retired in 1993 as its
readOleg Cassini, fashion designer
27-03-2006
NEW YORK - Oleg Cassini (92), who created a fashion powerhouse and helped make Jacqueline Kennedy America's most glamorous first lady, has died in New York.Born in Paris in April 1913 to an Italian
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