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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 7 March 2006
SA's 'Tsotsi' bags an Oscar
07-03-2006
LOS ANGELES - South Africa overflowed with joy and pride yesterday after 'Tsotsi', a raw but compassionate depiction of a brutal gangster in Soweto, became the country's first film to bag an
readBad Service For Locals?
07-03-2006
LET me start by saying that this is a letter about the most terrible service my wife and I have ever received from any business in Namibia, anywhere, for that matter.My wife phoned a certain lodge in
readNot Losing Hope In Warriors
07-03-2006
I FORWARD this letter to you for strong, positive encouragement for Namibia to pull through to qualify for the World Cup 2010.As a former player for one of national teams, I have never lost hope and
readHardap Not Up To Scratch
07-03-2006
ON February 25 I wanted to take up accommodation at Hardap Resort, coming from South Africa.The lady at the entrance gate could not inform me about the equipment in the small chalets, except that
readWhy Things Don't Work
07-03-2006
I AM referring to a letter that appeared in The Namibian newspaper of Friday, March 3 2006, in which Iita Dawid from Ongandjera spoke about the high failure rate in the northern schools.Firstly, I
readPower supply 'on brink'
07-03-2006
POWER utility NamPower yesterday warned that if Namibia could not meet the shortfall of the currently limited power imports from South Africa, it would be forced to introduce load-shedding -
readDefiance to the fore in second high treason trial
07-03-2006
A SHOW of defiance from the 12 men in the dock in the second Caprivi high treason trial signalled a stormy start for the main part of their trial yesterday.The 12 refused to plead to the charges
readHow to hang a portrait ...
07-03-2006
PARLIAMENT might be faced with passing a law which will stipulate the exact manner in which the portraits of the President and the founding President are to be hung in official Government
readSA cheers 'Tsotsi's' Oscar win
07-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans popped champagne corks and cheered their first Oscar win for a film - 'Tsotsi' - yesterday.Film buffs prepared a hero's welcome home for the cast and crew, and
readPolice probe Mariental brutality claims
07-03-2006
THE Police yesterday confirmed that they are investigating a number of assault charges at Mariental after about a dozen residents from the town's Aimablaagte township claimed to have fallen victim to
readBritish interest in Ongopolo
07-03-2006
WEATHERLY International PLC has entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Ongopolo Mining and Processing Limited, in which the British company is seeking a stake in the local copper
readCops' firearms stolen at Keetmanshoop
07-03-2006
POLICE at Keetmanshoop have arrested two trial-awaiting prisoners on charges of housebreaking and theft, Karas Regional Commander Josephat Abel confirmed.According to Abel, Michael Jossop (20) and
readFlood-ravaged town slowly back to normal
07-03-2006
THE Chief Executive Officer of Mariental, Paul Nghiwilepo, yesterday expressed satisfaction with the state of affairs at the town following last weekend's devastating flood."Things are taking
readNamibia selected for US aid for poor nations
07-03-2006
A DELEGATION from the United States was in Namibia, to meet Government officials and representatives of the private sector and civil society to discuss the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) for
readThree rapes at Aussenkehr
07-03-2006
THREE rape cases have been reported to the Aussenkehr Police in the space of six days.The first incident took place on February 25, when a 43-year-old woman was raped in the early morning hours.The
readBeware of fake money
07-03-2006
COUNTERFEIT money is being circulated in Namibia, with a number of fake Namibian hundred-dollar bills reported to the Police.A Swakopmund businessman last week alerted the coastal Police after
readStreet children learn on their own terms
07-03-2006
THEY are small, dirty and everybody tries to ignore their outstretched hands as they beg for money.They are an ever-increasing problem on the streets of towns and cities in Namibia.They are the street
readNamWater blamed for Walvis 'drought'
07-03-2006
THE Councillor for the Walvis Bay Urban constituency says Namibia's bulk water utility NamWater should hand over the management of water at the coast to the municipalities of Walvis Bay and
readEpangelo lya gandja oshimaliwa kOmalinda
07-03-2006
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa gandja elombwelo kutya naku moshiketha shEpangelo na mu ze oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omulongo, shi kwathele Aamalinda mboka omaugombop gawo nomaliko gawo
readEpangelo oli na oondjo doshimaliwa oshindji hOomiliyuna 36
07-03-2006
M ANGA Oomuni nOmalelo goondoolopa taga nana nondatu okugongele iimaliwa yawo kaakalimo yomondoolopa dhawo, Epangelo oli na oondjo dhoshimaliwa oshindji shOomuni nOlaata dhOmalelo
readOshikukuta mu Kenya sha geya
07-03-2006
J AMES Morris, Omukuluntuwiliki gwehangano egandji lyiikulya lyIigwanahangano/Wordl Food Programme (WFP) mOlyomakaya ga zi ko okwa popi kutya aagandjimakwathelo yopaigwana oye na okuninga po sha
readAapolisi ya Danger ya dhenga ania aantu pOmalinda
07-03-2006
A APOLISI yamwe yEtanga lya Danger/Special Field Force (SFF) niilyo yEtanga lyEameno, otaku popiwa kutya oya dhenge nokuthangagula aakwashigwana ye li omulongo molukanda lwa Aimblaagte pOmalinda
readEpangelo otali ka kutha ko oondjembo ndhoka kadhi na oombapila
07-03-2006
O POLISI ya Namibia itayi ka ongaonga nande okukutha aantu oondjembo oontshona ndhoka kadhi na oombapila.Namibia oku li shimwe shomiilonga mbyoka ya hala okukalekapo ekondololo lya kwita miiti
readOmupresidende a talela po omulonga gwa Shigambo
07-03-2006
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba mEtitano lya zi ko okwa talele po Oshigambo moshitopolwa sha Shikoto nokutala nkene efundja tali matuka momulonga gwa Shigambo noshowo oku gu tala nkene guudha
readCivics to face giants Mamosas
07-03-2006
CIVICS will be expected to go straight into training to prepare for a titanic encounter against Ivory Coast champions ASEC Mimosas this week, after their historic qualification to the second round of
readCivics FC supporters called
07-03-2006
THE Civics Supporters Club has requested all supporters of the team to turn up in numbers at the Hosea Kutako International Airport today before 14h30, to welcome the team upon their arrival from
readFootball Results Top Score 7-A-Side
07-03-2006
Played Friday, March 3Legal Shield 1-1 Neo Paints Capricorn Life 0-2 Friedels DTC 0-0 Southern Cross Swabou Life 2-2 Big Issue NamPower 0-0 NPC Alexander Forbes 0-0 Grand Namibia Wingoc 0-1 KFC
readBarca look to give Jose the blues
07-03-2006
LONDON - Barcelona are out to complete a revenge victory over Chelsea, holders Liverpool face elimination by Benfica and AC Milan tangle with Bayern Munich when Champions League action returns this
readLet the Games begin!
07-03-2006
SYDNEY - A colonial relic or a nostalgic trip down memory lane? Take your pick; the jury is still out and in no rush to deliver a verdict.No one really quite knows what to make of the Commonwealth
readSwimming champs ends in a splash
07-03-2006
THE annual Swabou Life Namibia National Swimming Championships held over the weekend ended on a high note for all swimmers coming from as far a field as Swakopmund, Tsumeb and Oranjemund.With
readUnam beat Falcons in dull match
07-03-2006
UNAM Rugby Club scored a converted try and two penalties to beat Reho Falcons 13-3 in a Premier League match at the Unam stadium on Saturday, which both teams would quickly want to forget.Handling
readCricket team named
07-03-2006
THE Namibia Cricket Board yesterday announced that the following cricket players will represent Namibia in matches against Nepal in Windhoek from March 23 -26.The teams will play in a four-day game
readMountain bikers brave high temperatures
07-03-2006
JACQUES Rossouw took top honours in the fifth annual Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Mountain Bike Challenge on Sunday when he crossed the finish line in an overall time of two hours and 11 minutes.Ellane
readJacob Zuma pleads not guilty to rape
07-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's most explosive rape trial resumed yesterday with former deputy president Jacob Zuma saying he had consensual sex with an HIV-positive woman but the alleged victim
readJacob Zuma pleads not guilty to rape
07-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's most explosive rape trial resumed yesterday with former deputy president Jacob Zuma saying he had consensual sex with an HIV-positive woman but the alleged victim
readIran wants to avoid showdown
07-03-2006
VIENNA - Iran said on Sunday, only hours before the UN atomic watchdog was set to clear the way for possible UN sanctions, that it was open to compromise on its nuclear programme but girding for
readRebels kill 13 Iraqis as US accused of rights abuse
07-03-2006
BAGHDAD - At least 13 people were killed yesterday in a series of bombings and shootings across Iraq as US-led coalition forces were accused of widespread human rights abuses in the strife-torn
readControversial election in Benin
07-03-2006
COTONOU - The impoverished west African nation of Benin was counting votes Monday after the first round of its presidential election dragged on late into the night under the shadow of fraud
readIsrael's Kadima split over more West Bank pullouts
07-03-2006
JERUSALEM - Major divisions emerged yesterday within Israel's ruling Kadima party over plans for a new round of unilateral pullouts from settlements in the occupied West Bank after this month's
readGeorge T Davis, global lawyer, from Nuremberg to Philippines
07-03-2006
HONOLULU - George T Davis, a San Francisco lawyer whose storied career took him from the post-World War II Nuremberg trials to the Philippines, has died at 98.Davis died last month of heart failure
readRozeanu, table tennis legend from Romania
07-03-2006
BUCHAREST - Angelica Rozeanu (84), the Romanian-born table tennis great who won the title of world champion six times in a row, has died.Rozeanu died at her daughter's home in Israel after being
readZarra, Spanish soccer great
07-03-2006
MADRID - Telmo Zarraonandia, a storied Spain and Athletic Bilbao goalscorer of the 1940s and 1950s known simply as Zarra, has died.He was 85. Zarra scored 38 goals in the 1950-51 season to set a
read50 years later, Stalin's legacy chequered
07-03-2006
MOSCOW - Fifty years ago, Yuri Fidelgolts was living in forced exile on the Kazakh steppe, the last stop on a decade-long conveyer of punishment including a frigid Siberian prison camp where a guard
read'Crash' skids to top honours
07-03-2006
HOLLYWOOD - The unflinching racial drama 'Crash' pulled off a stunning upset at Sunday's 78th annual Academy Awards by swooping in to steal the best picture Oscar from the firm favourite 'Brokeback
readAcademy Award winners
07-03-2006
Best Picture: 'Crash' (Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman) Best Actress in a Leading Role: Reese Witherspoon for 'Walk the Line' Best Actor in a Leading Role: Philip Seymour Hoffman for 'Capote' Best
readOscar quips come fast and furious
07-03-2006
LOS ANGELES - The Academy Awards show on Sunday was a mix of political, humour and slapstick, thanks in large part to new host Jon Stewart.Here are some of the memorable quotes from the ceremony and
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