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55 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 October 2006
Big Health Risk
03-10-2006
ALLOW me to write something about the sanitation problem in Okahandja Park informal settlement in Windhoek.It is a pity that low-income households are neglected by both the Government and
readFounding Father's Blunder
03-10-2006
ALLOW me to comment on the Founding Father of the Namibian nation who is suing The Namibian for an amount of N$5 million.This sounds strange because suing the newspaper is not a priority. The Namibian
readHigh-risk Zone
03-10-2006
I HAVE been a resident of Kleine Kuppe for the last five years and there is something that I would like to bring to the attention of the City of Windhoek officials, the residents of Kleine Kuppe and
readAnton Lubowski Deserves Hero's Grave
03-10-2006
I WOULD like to support a certain Lisa who feels that Anton Lubowski's remains should be dug up from the Katutura cemetery and reburied in a dignified way at a decent place, which in this case is the
readGetting Away With Murder
03-10-2006
WHEN considering how criminals are treated in Namibia, it should come as no surprise that the killings are just escalating.The Namibian justice system has little or no effect on them. The protection
readUK group might buy Alex Forbes
03-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African financial services group Alexander Forbes is still in talks with a private equity consortium but no formal offer for the firm's outstanding shares had been received yet,
readUK group might buy Alex Forbes
03-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African financial services group Alexander Forbes is still in talks with a private equity consortium but no formal offer for the firm's outstanding shares had been received yet,
readSA manufacturing slows
03-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's manufacturing activity slowed in September but remained strong and should be supported by a weaker currency, according to the country's Purchasing Managers Index.The PMI
readGhana power shortages seen continuing to end-Nov
03-10-2006
ACCRA - Power shortages in Ghana, which have affected major mining companies in Africa's second biggest gold producer, will continue until the end of November, the Volta River Authority (VRA) said
readOil prices above US$63 after output cuts
03-10-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil prices climbed above US$63 in Asian trade yesterday after moves by Venezuela and Nigeria to cut output added to concerns that OPEC as a whole could trim production to defend the US$60
readThai businesses welcome new PM
03-10-2006
BANGKOK - Thai business leaders and investors yesterday welcomed their new premier amid hopes the military-backed leader will shore up confidence in an economy rocked by months of political crisis.The
readAfrica, India to explore undersea telecom cable
03-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Africa and India are due to explore merging two undersea telecoms cable projects, a forum of Indian and South African business leaders heard yesterday.African countries are seeking to
readInformal market for Khomasdal, extension of SME centre
03-10-2006
THE City of Windhoek is to develop a N$1,5 million informal market at the corner of Mahatma Gandhi and Hans-Dietrich Genscher streets in Khomasdal. The proposed informal market aims to provide
readAngloGold to issue shares to blacks
03-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, the world's third-biggest gold producer, said yesterday it planned to issue 5,24 million new shares, equal to 1,9 per cent of total shares, to distribute mainly
readA US fugitive, a Namibian brigadier and dollars galore
03-10-2006
JACOB 'Kobi' Alexander - the Israeli-born founder and former Chief Executive Officer of a major United States-based information technology company who was arrested in Windhoek last week - has brought
readWill he toe the line next time?
03-10-2006
A SHEBEEN patron at Otjiwarongo this weekend paid with a toe for not obeying Police instructions to call it a night at closing time.Frans Guim (23) was apparently part of a group that became violent
readNo decision yet on conjoined twins
03-10-2006
A DECISION on whether to separate the conjoined twins born at Oshakati last month can only be made in three months' time, a South African heart surgeon said yesterday.Dr Johann Rossouw from the Red
readLabour Bill back to the drawing board
03-10-2006
THE draft of a new Labour Bill, which has been roundly criticised, has been referred back to the legal drafters, The Namibian has learnt.A Labour Advisory Council meeting last week revealed numerous
readNamibia features in regional bid for world's top telescope
03-10-2006
PARIS - Australia and southern Africa have been shortlisted in the contest to host the world's mightiest telescope, a billion-dollar initiative gathering 17 countries, it was announced on
readThieves at Keetmans having 'a smashing time ...'
03-10-2006
POLICE at Keetmanshoop have warned residents to be on guard after a string of burglaries at the town over the past two weeks.Karas Regional Commander Nicky Nampala says the Police believe the thieves
readCop in court over falsified gun licence
03-10-2006
A SENIOR Police officer appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court last week on charge of fraud or alternatively false representation to obtain a firearm licence.Warrant Officer Ipureni Simon
readSuicide in Police cell
03-10-2006
POLICE at Omitara in the Omaheke region were left with some explaining to do after a man arrested on Friday committed suicide in his cell.Petrus Rooinasie (28) was arrested on an assault charge on
readZimbabwe labour minister visits Namibia
03-10-2006
DESPITE the "extremely healthy" relationship that exists between Namibia and Zimbabwe, it's safe to say that Namibia won't be emulating its northern neighbour's handling of the war veterans' issue any
readIvory debate resumes this week
03-10-2006
ANIMAL rights groups continue to oppose requests by Namibia and two other southern African countries to be allowed to have a one-off ivory sale.One such group is the Survival Species Network (SSN). On
readCity refuses to come unplugged on power
03-10-2006
A MEETING between the Electricity Control Board (ECB) and the City of Windhoek, which has reportedly been overcharging residents and businesses for electricity since July, failed to produce any
readEviction looms for Oshakati debtors
03-10-2006
SIXTY homeowners in the Oshakati West section at Oshakati are likely to lose their houses this week after they failed to pay their debts to the Town Council.The 60 people are among 90 Oshakati
readMariental showers scorn on official response to floods
03-10-2006
THE Mariental Municipality says Government officials and NamWater are to blame for the misconception that the town is flood-prone, which led to the exclusion of areas downstream of the Hardap Dam and
readAakalimo yomOshakati ye li 60 otashi vulika ya kanithe omagumbo gawo
03-10-2006
A AKALIMO yOmOshakatiuninginino, ano mboka yomoondjugo oontokele, ye li 60 otashi vulika ya kanithe omagumbo gawo konima sho Elelo lya Shakati mOshigongi shalyo shomEtiyali lya zi ko lya tokola kutya
readNatango aadhipagi ya Reed inapu monika nando ogumwe
03-10-2006
O POLISI moshitopolwa sha Maheke oyi li molukongo olunene lwomudhipagi nenge tutye lwoonakudhipaga omukulukadhi gwoomvula 66 Anna Jacoba Reed pofaalama yi li popepi na Leonardville.Reed okwa li a
readMugabe ota yambidhidha Opolisi
03-10-2006
H ARARE - Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe ota yambidhidha elongitho lyoonkondo kOpolisi yoshilongo she okukwata moshipala omahololomadhiladhilo ngoka ehangano lyomahangano gaaniilonga mu
readOoholo odha nuka ko ku dhodhene
03-10-2006
O OHOLO ndhoka dha li dhu umbwa pethimbo lyeyugo kwahomatiwa nedhipago lya Alexandra Mooren poSwakopmund, odha nuka ko owala ku dhodhene - iikando yi vulithe pwiitatu.Ndhika odha li dha popiwa
readMwene gwomukunda ta kuthwa aniwa ehala lye
03-10-2006
M WENE gwomukunda Oshipala popepi nOntananga mOndonga, Elia Kandjulu gwoomvula 62 lwaampoka, okwe ya kOshifo shika ta nyenyeta kutya ota kuthwa ehala lye ku mwene gwomukunda Okambungu, ngoka gweegama
readOshikako dha Mugabe itashi ka lelepekwa
03-10-2006
H ARARE - Ongundu tayi pangelo mu Zimbabwe oya ekelahi omapopyo kutya oyi na edhiladhilo okuundulila omahogololo gOpaupresidende gomomumvo 2009 komumvo 2010.Ihe Oshitumikundaneki sha Zim Online osha
readHandura, a man with passion
03-10-2006
WINDHOEK - What started out as a way to pass time has today turned into a business for one Windhoek man who has made it his mission to teach others hockey.While some children start playing hockey
readWoods saunters to victory
03-10-2006
WATFORD - Tiger Woods won the WGC American Express Championship for the fifth time in seven attempts on Sunday, romping to victory by eight strokes at a stormy Grove course.A closing four-under-par 67
readGoju Ryu honour its students
03-10-2006
THE annual Black Belt Grading of Goju Ryu Karate was held last month with six students tested for Shodan (1st Dan Black Belt) and one tested for Sandan (3rd Dan Black Belt ) in front of a panel headed
readWho wins, who cares in cricket?
03-10-2006
NEW DELHI - With Australia and England concentrating on the Ashes and the rest nervously awaiting the World Cup next March, is anyone really interested in winning the Champions Trophy ? The
readSport Briefs
03-10-2006
TOKYO - Nine-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer says his season hinges on top performances at the four premier events in tennis, but the world number one plans to brings his A-game to the Japan Open
readZuma recalled by Bafana
03-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa have recalled former captain Sibusiso Zuma and winger Delron Buckley for Sunday's African Nations Cup qualifier against Zambia. Caretaker coach Pitso Mosimane has also
readCycle race takes care of welfare
03-10-2006
WHAT do the Ombili Foundation's water tower, N$70 000 worth of prostheses for landmine victims, an expensive saw for the Dagbreek School, Easter eggs for the Radio Wave project, 20 wheelchairs and new
readIn Brief
03-10-2006
TARGETS - Four former ministers should be prosecuted for their part in one of Kenya's biggest corruption scandals involving some $300 million, the country's anti-graft body said yesterday.It did not
readAnn Richards, the flamboyant, feisty ex-Governor of Texas
03-10-2006
AUSTIN, Texas - Former Governor Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 73. Richards was
readHilda Bernstein, anti-apartheid activist
03-10-2006
HILDA Bernstein, an anti-apartheid activist and author whose husband was tried for treason alongside Nelson Mandela, has died.She was 91. Bernstein died of heart failure at her home in Cape Town.
readMazisi Kunene, poet laureate
03-10-2006
MAZISI Kunene, the first poet laureate of a democratic South Africa whose works recorded the history of the Zulu nation, has died.He was 76. Kunene also played a leading role in the anti-apartheid
readFBI worries about an Osama-mobsters link
03-10-2006
THE FBI's top counter-terrorism official harbours lots of concerns: weapons of mass destruction, undetected homegrown terrorists and the possibility that old-fashioned mobsters will team up with al
readArmed man nabbed at No 10
03-10-2006
LONDON - An intruder armed with a knife was arrested after scaling a wall and getting into a secure area of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's London residence, police said yesterday.The man was
read50 bodies found across Baghdad
03-10-2006
BAGHDAD - At least 50 corpses were discovered scattered around Baghdad overnight, police said yesterday.The bodies all bore bullet wounds and are most likely the victims of the sectarian dirty war
readMan held for raping 71-yr-old
03-10-2006
DURBAN - A man accused of raping a 71-year-old woman was arrested by community members who heard the woman's screams for help near tubatuba in northern KwaZulu-Natal, police said on Monday.Police
read450 illegals intercepted
03-10-2006
ROME - The Italian coastguard have intercepted 450 would-be immigrants off the southern island of Lampedusa, hospitalising two women needing urgent medical attention, the ANSA news agency reported
readGeorgia to release Russian 'spies'
03-10-2006
TBILISI - Georgia was due to release four detained Russian military officers into the hands of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe yesterday, a spokesman for the Georgian president
readTyphoon death toll rises to 15
03-10-2006
DANANG - Disheartened residents returned to Vietnam's battered central coast yesterday to inspect damage wrought by Typhoon Xangsane as the country's death toll rose to 15, with one missing and nearly
readUS sex e-mail scandal deepens
03-10-2006
WASHINGTON - With Republican leaders scrambling to contain the political fallout from the latest Washington sex scandal mere weeks before congressional elections, the FBI is examining Republican
readBrazil's President Lula faces run-off
03-10-2006
SAO PAULO - Battered by a string of political scandals, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva squandered what seemed to be a sure first-round election victory and now must face a run-off vote
readSA and Indian leaders pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi
03-10-2006
DURBAN - Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh and South African president Thabo Mbeki paid tribute to the memory of Mohandas K Gandhi at ceremonies on Sunday timed to coincide with the 100th
readZambians tensely await poll results
03-10-2006
LUSAKA - Zambians awaited the final results of national elections yesterday after word that the incumbent had taken a commanding lead sparked rioting. There were no immediate reports of fresh unrest
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