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41 Articles found on Monday, 6 November 2006
Zim hikes electricity tariffs
06-11-2006
HARARE - A Zimbabwe regulatory body hiked electricity tariffs by between 95 and 270 per cent yesterday in a bid to keep the national power utility ZESA Holdings afloat amid a worsening economic
readNo hope for trade talks: Lamy
06-11-2006
GENEVA - Global free trade talks risk total failure and their collapse would erode faith in the multilateral system on which international commerce depends, the head of the World Trade Organisation
readIMF impressed with Zambia
06-11-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia's economy is on track to grow by six per cent in the coming year as a result of a resurgence in mining and agriculture, according to the International Monetary Fund.In a statement
readBA profit falls due to terror alert
06-11-2006
LONDON - British Airways on Friday reported that its second-quarter net profit had fallen largely due to the cost of a terror alert in August.Net profit fell to 165 million pounds (around N$2,3
readOil steadies below US$58
06-11-2006
LONDON - Oil steadied on Friday after falling below US$58 as Nigerian crude output rose, adding to pressure from ample US fuel stocks and doubt over Opec's resolve in cutting supply.US light crude was
readChina and African intent on building relations
06-11-2006
BEIJING - The biggest diplomatic gathering ever hosted by China got under way Friday as leaders from more than 40 African nations began meeting here for three days of talks aimed at deepening trade
readCrunch time for parastatal official
06-11-2006
THE suspended General Manager of Human Resources at TransNamib, Jason Hamunyela, is expected to know his fate next week.Hamunyela was suspended with full pay almost a year ago on charges of private
readTjihumino wins case
06-11-2006
SENIOR Finance Ministry official Maru Tjihumino last week won a major victory against disciplinary charges that have been pending against him for the past year.The victory came Tjihumino's way in the
readKidnapped baby injured in getaway
06-11-2006
A WOMAN from Oshakati West, who is believed to have kidnapped a baby on Thursday, died when the car they were travelling in overturned at Onandjamba in the Omusati Region.A Police spokesman at
read16 held for gem theft
06-11-2006
SIXTEEN Namdeb employees were arrested last week after a syndicate of alleged diamond thieves was bust at the diamond enclave of Oranjemund.They are expected to appear in court this morning. Namdeb
readNamibia 'could do better' on budget transparency
06-11-2006
NAMIBIA has performed moderately well, says a survey which rates countries on how open their budget books are to their citizens.Namibia scored 51 per cent on the inaugural Open Budget Index 2006 - the
readMan killed in tribal clash All hell breaks loose at Aminuis ceremony
06-11-2006
A YOUNG man was shot dead at Aminuis in the Omaheke Region when two rival traditional authorities clashed over the swearing-in of a senior counsellor of the Maharero Traditional Authority on Friday.In
readChildren thank Angelina, Brad
06-11-2006
HOLLYWOOD superstar Angelina Jolie's campaign to promote equal access to education has yielded results in the dusty streets and shacks of Swakopmund's DRC settlement.Jolie donated U$15 000 (about
readReprieve on Labour Bill 2006
06-11-2006
THE tabling of draft legislation on a controversial new Labour Bill, which has far-reaching economic implications, has been postponed to next year.It was initially among legislation hastily introduced
readShaken Saddam sentenced to hang
06-11-2006
BAGHDAD - A shaken but defiant Saddam Hussein was sentenced to hang yesterday for crimes against humanity, sparking joy for Shi'ites he oppressed and resentment among his fellow Sunnis across Iraq's
readPresident urges self-reliance
06-11-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on Keetmanshoop residents to start income-generating activities to make their communities self-reliant."Today we are living in the era of competition for
readGood Samaritan murdered
06-11-2006
A MAN who was apparently trying to save three women from being raped was stabbed to death at a village in Okatope on Thursday.Eliaser Jonas (30) reportedly tried to intervene when four men tried to
readFour die on roads at coast
06-11-2006
TWO young children are among four people who were killed in car accidents on coastal roads this weekend.A four-year-old toddler and a six-month-old baby were the first fatalities. The minibus they
readKaras Governor in water dispute
06-11-2006
KARAS Governor Dawid Boois has apparently failed to pay the water bill for his Government house at Keetmanshoop's Westdene suburb since 2004.As a result, the water supply has been periodically
readAmathila has San projects in sights
06-11-2006
A BANK has agreed to sponsor donkey carts for children of marginalised San communities to take them to school, Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila told the National Assembly last week.Children
read'MDC okwa li a hala okudhipaga Mugabe'
06-11-2006
M UTARE - Epangulo lyomulumentu gumwe a li nale omukwiita muukwiita wEpangelo lyuukoloni lyAaingilisa mu Zimbabwe - a lopotelwa oshipotha shonkambadhala yokudhipaga Omupresidende Robert Mugabe, olya
readOmiyonena nomainingonayi gomomagumbo ga kundathanwa mOnooli omasiku ga zi ko
06-11-2006
O SHIGONGI shokomumvo shi na sha nuunamiti nEpango shoka hashi ningwa kehe omvula mOshakati kOondohotola, shonuumvo osha ningilwe meti 26 Oktoba 2006 mOshakati tuu moka, sha ningilwa mOhotela ya
readAaniilonga ya APS moCocaCola mOshakati taya nyenyeta
06-11-2006
A ANIILONGA haya longo moCoca Cola mOshakati pakuto lyEhangano ndjoka ha li kutu aaniilonga yokulongithwa pakathimbo lya APS otaya nyenyeta kutya otaya longithwa ya fa aapika kEhangano ndjoka li li
readEtosha otali ka gwanitha oomvula 100 mu Maalitsa
06-11-2006
O MAILONGEKIDHO gokudhana oshituthi shegwanitho lyoomvula 100 dhOshikunino shIiyamakuti sha Etosha National Park, oga tameka.Momasiku 22 ga Maalitsa 2007 Etosha otali ka gwanitha oomvula 100. Epangelo
readTeams in warm-up friendlies
06-11-2006
WITH the 2006/07 football season due to start on November 11, several teams sharpened up their preparations with some final friendly matches in Windhoek over the weekend.On Friday night, SKW beat
readNine-year-old shooter is 2006 Radio Kosmos Icon
06-11-2006
WINDHOEK - Nine-year-old shooter Jacques Malan was crowned the Radio Kosmos Sports Icon for 2006 at a function on Saturday.Malan was voted the best by Radio Kosmos 94.1 listeners in a phone-in and
readMan United crush Portsmouth to stay top
06-11-2006
LONDON - Manchester United celebrated 20 years under Alex Ferguson's command with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Portsmouth to stay top of the Premier League on Saturday.The points were effectively in
readGermany assists NFA
06-11-2006
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Football Association (NFA) on Friday received sport equipment worth N$33 000 from the German embassy.Speaking at the handover, German Ambassador Arne Freiherr von Kittlitz said
readMayweather outclasses Baldomir in title fight
06-11-2006
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather Jr.outclassed Carlos Baldomir to win the World Boxing Council welterweight championship on Saturday.Two of the three judges gave Mayweather all 12 rounds, and the third
readWales, Wallabies in draw
06-11-2006
CARDIFF - Wales and Australia fought out a dramatic 29-29 draw at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday as a see-saw match ended in the first tie between the two countries in 24 meetings.The match,
readTaiwan finish top of Group A in world volleyball championships
06-11-2006
TOKYO - Taiwan continued their winning streak to beat Costa Rica for their fifth straight victory to finish top of Group A at the women's world volleyball championships yesterday.The Taiwanese women
readIn Brief
06-11-2006
DIAMOND JUBILEE - President George W Bush gave his wife, Laura, the timeless gift of jewellery - a triple strand, amber-colored citrine necklace - for her 60th birthday on Saturday.The first couple
readThe sky falls on Kanye's head ...
06-11-2006
RAP STAR Kanye West was named Best Hip Hop artist, but still came off as a sore loser at the MTV Europe Music Awards.West apparently was so disappointed at not winning for Best Video that he crashed
readOcean fish, seafood could collapse by 2048: study
06-11-2006
THE world's fish and seafood populations will collapse by 2048 if current trends in habitat destruction and overfishing continue, resulting in less food for humans, researchers said at the end of last
readSchabir verdict today
06-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A former adviser to South Africa's sacked Deputy President Jacob Zuma faces a verdict today in his appeal against a graft conviction, a ruling analysts say might make or break Zuma's
read99-year leases for black farmers
06-11-2006
HARARE - The Zimbabwean government would issue 99-year land leases to black farmers, resettled under a fast -track land reform scheme, reported a state-run daily on Saturday."The first 99-year leases
readChurch dismisses top pastor in US
06-11-2006
DENVER - A powerful US religious leader at the centre of gay sex and drugs allegations was dismissed from his church on Saturday after an internal investigation found he was guilty of sexual
readChina and Africa sign new trade deals
06-11-2006
BEIJING - China and Africa yesterday signed trade deals worth US$1,9 billion on the final day of a historic summit that saw the Asian giant deepen economic and political ties with the resource-rich
readLibya HIV-AIDS case: D-Day looms
06-11-2006
TRIPOLI - The verdict in the retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor previously sentenced to death for allegedly infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV-AIDS will be
read'Nazi 'master-race' children meet
06-11-2006
WERNIGERODE - The children of a Nazi programme aimed at creating an "Aryan elite" met publicly in Germany on Saturday in an effort to banish the spectre that has haunted many of them since their
readNo ruling class in America: Clinton
06-11-2006
POMPANO BEACH - Former President Bill Clinton called on Democrats to rid the United States of "the most special interest-dominated government in my lifetime."He was among big political figures who
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