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37 Articles found on Thursday, 9 March 2006
Namibia's national parks get a World Bank boost
09-03-2006
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has received a US$8,2 million grant (about N$50 million) from the World Bank's Global Environment Facility (GEF) for its Strengthening of Protected Areas
readMyanmar foresters learn to 'dung it'
09-03-2006
YANGON - A US-based conservation group has trained Myanmar forestry staffers to conduct wild elephant population surveys by counting piles of elephant dung.Simon Hedges of the Wildlife Conservation
readSmall brains, long memories
09-03-2006
ALTHOUGH they have brains about the size of a grain of rice, hummingbirds have superb memories when it comes to food, according to research on Monday.No bird-brains, these tiny creatures that weigh
readScheme to boost solar power usage
09-03-2006
NAMIBIA is one of the world's best suited countries for the implementation of solar-energy technologies (SETs), yet the country has been unable to use this to its advantage for the benefit of the
readOpec set to maintain oil quota
09-03-2006
VIENNA - Opec was set to keep its oil output quota at a near 25-year high yesterday in a bid to keep the market well supplied while crude prices remain high because of tensions in key energy
readCentral bank head probed
09-03-2006
NAIROBI - The Kenya anti-corruption agency said on Tuesday it had investigated central bank governor Andrew Mullei over corruption allegations and forwarded its recommendations to the attorney
readSouth Africa may sell Telkom stake
09-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will consider selling its 37,7 per cent stake in fixed-line phone operator Telkom if it makes business sense, a key lawmaker was quoted as saying yesterday.Business Report
readNedbank agrees to sell stake in Mauritius bank
09-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group Nedbank has agreed to sell its 20,1 per cent stake in the State Bank of Mauritius for around US$50 million, the company said yesterday.Nedbank, South
readRotten food aid cover-up
09-03-2006
FOOD allocated to the food-for-work programme in the Karas Region was "forgotten" in a warehouse for close to four years and then quietly buried just more than a week ago. The Karas Regional Council,
readBank ordered to pay City over flawed water treatment plant
09-03-2006
THE latest chapter in a continuing High Court saga over the City of Windhoek's deeply troubled Goreangab Water Reclamation Plant was closed this week with an order that Standard Bank South Africa
readAffirmative Action law to get teeth
09-03-2006
STRICTER regulations are in the offing to make the Affirmative Action (Employment) Act more enforceable.Labour Minister Alpheus !Naruseb has lashed out at Namibian employers, saying many were not
readCrackdown on fishing 'free-for-all' in the North
09-03-2006
PEOPLE fishing at the Kandjengedi Bridge in Oshakati East have been ordered to stop immediately or face arrest.Regional Councillor Loth Kuushomwa told residents of the Kandjengedi informal
readWatch out for fake health inspectors
09-03-2006
RESIDENTS of Windhoek have been warned to be on the lookout for criminals pretending to be health inspectors from the Ministry of Health and Social Services.The imposters try to gain access to
readLand tax brings in millions
09-03-2006
GOVERNMENT raked in an impressive N$27,9 million through land tax on commercial farms last year, Lands Minister Jerry Ekandjo announced this week.Addressing the Ministry's top management at a
readFour in court over city hospital scam
09-03-2006
FOUR people accused of defrauding the Windhoek Central Hospital appeared briefly in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.Susan Mangani, Brian Collin Mootsang, Klementine Ganases and Collette
readNamPol goes on offensive
09-03-2006
SPECIAL Field Force (SFF) and National Defence Force (NDF) members involved in skirmishes with residents of Mariental's Aimablaagte township last week have laid counter-charges of assault against the
readNghiishililwa's fraud case postponed a second time
09-03-2006
THE case in which a former Deputy Inspector General of the Namibian Police and current law lecturer at the University of Namibia, Fritz Nghiishililwa, faces charges of fraud, forgery and uttering,
readAir Nam says it's on track to meet new international safety standards
09-03-2006
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a warning about Africa's poor aviation-safety record, saying it must improve or African airlines face being booted from the world
readRehoboth man stabbed to death
09-03-2006
POLICE are investigating the murder of a 28-year-old Rehoboth resident on Sunday.Passers-by on their way home from the Suidco Hotel found Donaward Zaahl lying in a pool of blood at around sunrise on
readNamibia supports China's policy of 'One China'
09-03-2006
THE Namibian Government has joined a number of other African countries and other states in condemning a move by Taiwanese leader Chen Shui-bian last week to "cease the function" of the National
readNamibian to head Misa
09-03-2006
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has announced the appointment of Kaitira Kandjii as its new Regional Director from April 1.Kandjii (43), a Namibian, was the head of Freedom of Expression
readAanangeshefa yAanamibia ya halika koAngola
09-03-2006
A ANANGESHEFA yAanamibia noyokiilongo yilwe oye na okukwathela metungululo lya Angola, molwashoka ngashiingeyi moshilongo shika omu na ombili, Aakwanepangelo yaali yAangola osho ya popi ngaaka omasiku
readOsitola ya tatekulu Jacob Vilho mUupindi ya pya po
09-03-2006
O SITOLA onene yatatekulu Jacob ya Vilho ndjoka ya kala mUupindi mOshakati ya pya po thiluthilu komulilo komatango gOsoondaha ndjika ya zi ko, taku tiwa kutya omulilo ogweetwa kogaasa.Ositola ndjoka
readOfilima 'Tsotsi' ya South Afrika ya sindana oshishani oshinene
09-03-2006
J OHANNESBURG - Onkundana okuzilila ku Johannesburg sha South Afrika otayi ti kutya ofilima yedhina 'Tsotsi' oya sindana oshishani pomathigathano gOofilima ndhingi muuyuni mu Hollywood mu Amerika
readFootball Fixtures MTC Cup
09-03-2006
Outstanding Second Round Matches Friday, March 10 19h00: SKW vs Tigers 21h00: Ramblers vs African Stars * Matches will be played at the Sam Nujoma Stadium * Matches will be played at the Sam
readDokkies injured as Wits gun for title
09-03-2006
FORMER Brave Warriors striker Dokkies Schmidt has been ruled out for the rest of the season after he suffered a neck injury while playing for the South African second-division side Bloemfontein Young
readSpanish armada sink British hopes
09-03-2006
PARIS - It was Spanish night in the Champions League on Tuesday as Barcelona won their grudge match with English Premiership champions Chelsea and Villarreal edged Scottish champions Rangers to both
readZim FA boss is jailed
09-03-2006
HARARE - Rafik Khan, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa), has started serving a two-year prison term for an offence committed 17 years ago.A conviction, for breaking into and
readYoung Van der Merwe wins endurance race at Okahandja
09-03-2006
THE Windhoek Endurance Riding Club held its club ride at the Okahandja Reit Klub last Saturday and 23 riders took part.During the day, there were five eliminations and withdrawals. The star of the
readPresident's XI prepares for Cosafa Castle Cup
09-03-2006
THE President's XI, from which a Brave Warriors side will be selected to compete in the Cosafa Castle Cup in July, was named yesterday and will head to Oshakati on Sunday for a training camp.Most of
readTriple bomb attacks kill 23 in Indian city
09-03-2006
LUCKNOW - Police in India yesterday shot dead a man suspected of links to triple bomb attacks that killed 23 people in Hinduism's holiest city and sparked a nationwide terror alert.Counter-terrorism
readEscalating violence keeps UN expansion plans in Iraq on hold
09-03-2006
UNITED NATIONS - UN hopes of stepping up its activities in Iraq are still on hold due to the violence across the country and the risk of UN staff becoming targets, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said
readAnnan unveils plans for sweeping overhaul of the United Nations
09-03-2006
UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Kofi Annan on Tuesday called for a drastic management reform to make the world body leaner, more effective and more accountable, sparking an outcry from staff concerned about
readZim discovers arms cache
09-03-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe security forces have found an arms cache in the eastern city of Mutare and uncovered a plot to destabilise the country involving opposition members and army officers, state
readIn Brief
09-03-2006
* NUCLEAR STANDOFF - North Korea will not return to nuclear disarmament talks despite having met with US officials to discuss allegations of illegal financial activities, a Pyongyang diplomat was
readAli Farka Toure, African bluesman
09-03-2006
BAMAKO - Malian blues singer and guitarist Ali Farka Toure, one of Africa's best loved musicians, died in his sleep at home on Tuesday after a long fight with bone cancer.He was in his late 60s.
readAlexander Fol, historian
09-03-2006
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Alexander Fol, an internationally renowned Bulgarian historian, died last week.He was 72.Fol was the founder and first director of the Institute of Thracian Studies with the
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