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49 Articles found on Thursday, 5 October 2006
Sewage becoming massive problem
05-10-2006
THE HAGUE - Untreated sewage pouring into the world's seas and oceans is polluting their water and coastlines and endangering the health and welfare of the people and animals that inhabit them,
readFarmworkers get conflict training with a difference
05-10-2006
AGRA Co-operative, in conjunction with the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), last week held a second training course for farmworkers to teach them about livestock management and how to resolve conflict
readRural Africa new frontier for mobile phone boom
05-10-2006
KGAUTSWANE - South African Lucy Mhlapo had noticed people in the nearby town chattering into tiny metal boxes pressed to their ears, but she never dreamed she'd use one of the devices herself.Then, in
readOil slides to US$58
05-10-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil slid to around US$58 a barrel yesterday, taking losses for the week to more than seven per cent and London Brent crude to its lowest this year, on forecasts of a further rise in
readHP spying creates journalist dilemma
05-10-2006
SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s intrusion into the private lives of 10 journalists has created an ethical dilemma for their bosses as they weigh whether well-connected reporters should be
readBiggest diamond goes to market
05-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in 13 years and the 15th largest in the world, went on sale in Antwerp yesterday after being uncovered in Lesotho in southern Africa, the owners
readAirbus plunges into crisis
05-10-2006
PARIS - Airbus, a beacon of European technology, is in crisis and a fog of uncertainty following admission of new delays to its A380 superjumbo airliner.The price of shares in Airbus parent company
readSA's Mboweni warns of inflation
05-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's structural imbalances, including a gaping current account deficit and strong credit demand, need to be tackled to curb inflation pressures, central bank chief Tito
readRedefine Leadership: Bishop Kameeta
05-10-2006
TODAY'S church and political leaders are more concerned with personal ambitions and positions than serving the masses, Bishop Zephania Kameeta says.Addressing a consultation on poverty and the mission
readGood deed boomerangs
05-10-2006
A SWAKOPMUND resident is facing charges of attempted murder and negligent handling of a firearm after apparently trying to save another man from an assault early on Saturday morning.The suspect
readOmafo 'safe from Northland City project'
05-10-2006
RESIDENTS of Omafo village in the Ohangwena Region are not affected by the planned construction of the Northland City shopping complex in the town of Helao Nafidi, according to the Chairperson of PLN
readAnother court ruling against TransNamib
05-10-2006
THE Windhoek District Labour Court on Monday ordered TransNamib to reinstate yet another one of the senior managers fired by the company in January last year.Moses Mbai was dismissed without a hearing
readJustice delayed, justice denied
05-10-2006
A KEY component of Namibia's criminal justice system, which is supposed to ensure that mistakes made in the country's Magistrate Courts are quickly detected and corrected by the High Court, does not
readWar vets get own Ministry
05-10-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has established a new Cabinet Ministry for war veterans, which is to be run by Dr Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, former Minister without Portfolio.Tjiriange is also Secretary
readFreezing weekend ahead
05-10-2006
TEMPERATURES are expected to drop significantly in southern Namibia from Sunday until Monday, a weather forecaster has predicted.But Olga Tjiueza of the Meteorological Office said normal summer
readCrime sweep leaves cells bursting at seams
05-10-2006
AFTER 60 days and a total of 363 arrests, the Police's Operation Black September ended this past weekend, leaving Police cells filled to the brim.All three Police stations in Windhoek were yesterday
readRamatex vote 'is on'
05-10-2006
RAMATEX workers are set to vote on Friday on whether to go on strike or not, communication between the Malaysian textile factory and the Namibian Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) reveals.In a
readNamibian camp best in Africa
05-10-2006
The Ngepi Camp situated in the west Caprivi was recently named Africa's Camp of the Year by South Africa's Getaway magazine.At an awards ceremony held in Johannesburg earlier this month, Ngepi owners
readShotgun stolen in hold-up
05-10-2006
FIVE men robbed two security guards of a shotgun at the Woermann Brock supermarket in Windhoek's Otjomuise area early on Sunday morning.Three of the five were apparently armed with pistols, the
readNo sweat, says Iceland
05-10-2006
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) has pledged to support the Karas Regional Council's initiative to set up a vocational training centre.During a briefing
readMore rural areas to get electricity
05-10-2006
THE European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted regional electricity distribution company Cenored N$18 million for rural electrification in the Otjozondjupa and Kunene regions.This grant is derived
readMan arrested for raping four-year-old girl
05-10-2006
GOBABIS - Police at Gobabis have arrested a 44-year-old man for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl at Otjinene last Saturday.The Police spokesperson in the Omaheke Region, Sergeant Michael Matengu,
readRegional tourism conference to bring investment
05-10-2006
NAMIBIA is presenting several tourism investment projects at a matchmaking conference which started in Windhoek on Tuesday.The meeting is connecting investors from Europe and tourism businesses from
readAuditor General unhappy with bookkeeping in GRN
05-10-2006
WEAK financial controls and wrong ledger entries continue to haunt Government ministries and State institutions, says Auditor General Junias Kandjeke.Audit reports of his office, which are being
readOtashi vulika pu Ramatex ya ninge ekanka
05-10-2006
E KALEKO lyoshogingi shoka sha li shi na okuningwa pokati ka Ramatex nehangano lyaaniilonga lya Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) otashi vulika li ete ekanka kaaniilonga mOfaabulika
readGumwe i ikutha omwenyo mokakuma
05-10-2006
O POLISI pOmitara moshitopolwa sha Maheke oya li ya thigwa momalimbililo, konima sho omulumentu gumwe a kwatwa po mEtitano lya zi ko i idhipagele mOkakuma.Petrus Rooinasie (28) okwa li a kwatwa
readOpolisi ya lulilwa kOmaimangeleko mOmusati; Kashihakumwa ta ti
05-10-2006
O MAIMANGELEKO gaantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati oshinima sha ninga shesiku kehe nOpolisi mOmusati moka otayi indile kAaleli yomOshitopolwa yomIikondo yi ili noyi ili ya kaatumbile uupyakadhi mbuka
readEsiku lyUukambelindunge mOngwediva
05-10-2006
U UMINISTELI wUuhaku nIilonga yOnkalonawa owa tseyitha kutya metyi 10 Oktoba 2006 mOngwediva otamu ka kala esiku enene lyekondjitho lyuukambelindunge naayihe hayi vulu okweetwa po kuukambelindunge
readElelosikola lyOsikola Omunyele lya ekelahi omapopyo ga Hendrina
05-10-2006
E LELOSIKOLA lyOsikola Omunyele mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati olya gandja uuyelele walyo kOshifo shika kutya Omukuluntusikola gwosikola ndjoka Omunyele, shi valelwe a tidhe uunona wa meme
readJacob Kobi Alexander a pewa ombooloha
05-10-2006
O MULUMENTU omunangeshefa OmwAamerika Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander, ngoka ta kongwa mu Amerika shi na sha nuulunga okwa pewa ombooloha mEiyali lyoshiwike shika mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mu Katutura, konima
readTop-class tennis billed for Windhoek
05-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Namibia's top men's tennis player, Jurgens Strydom, will compete in the MTC/International Tennis Federation (ITF) Men's Futures Tennis Tournament from Saturday until October 14 in
readVolleyball set for Rehoboth
05-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Rehoboth will be the setting for this year's Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) Club Championships which take place on Friday and Saturday.It will be the first time in the history of
readSpotlight to fall on local athletics
05-10-2006
WINDHOEK - An International Association of Athletic Federation (IAAF) official is expected in the country on October 10 to investigate the 'unconstitutional take-over' of athletics affairs by the
readSouth Africa's 'brave cricket' to be put to test
05-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa go to the Champions Trophy in India as the world's second-ranked one-day international team, determined to play the "brave cricket" pledged by coach Mickey Arthur.The
readHeini signs with Soendergyscke
05-10-2006
WINDHOEK - Civics midfield sensation Heini Isaacks has signed a one-season contract with Denmark's First Division side Soendergyscke.Isaaks, who jetted in this week from Denmark, said that his
readTough job ahead for Young Warriors
05-10-2006
THE national under-23 side have an epic assignment against rivals South Africa in a 2008 Olympic Games qualifier this Sunday, but most importantly, the Young Warriors need to shake off the tag of
readIn Brief
05-10-2006
KILLED - At least 13 people have died and dozens have been injured in a series of bomb blasts in a busy area in the south of the Iraqi capital.About 75 people were reported injured when three
readCatholic priests accused in US$8 million church theft
05-10-2006
MIAMI - Two Roman Catholic priests allegedly misappropriated more than US$8 million from their church and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on real estate, travel, rare coins and girlfriends,
readGene work wins Nobel
05-10-2006
STOCKHOLM - Roger Kornberg of the United States won the 2006 Nobel Chemistry Prize yesterday for exploring a key process of life called gene transcription, taking further Nobel prize-winning work done
readBig Bang theory takes Physics prize
05-10-2006
STOCKHOLM - US scientists John C Mather and George F Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Physics Prize for their work on the Big Bang theory on the origin of the universe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
readUnited Nations to consider deep sea trawling ban
05-10-2006
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations needs to stop the destruction of deep sea ecosystems by banning fishermen from trawling nets on the ocean floor, Australia, New Zealand and Palau, joined by actress
readPorn probe at 'Camp David'
05-10-2006
PRETORIA - Police will investigate whether 20 pornographic DVDs confiscated at Camp David, an exclusive men's club in Pretoria, contained child pornography, spokesperson Inspector Katlego Mogale said
readMan suffocates under big wife
05-10-2006
KUALA LUMPUR - An elderly Malaysian man suffering from heart problems and strokes suffocated after his wife, who was almost twice his weight, slipped and fell on him while trying to lift him, news
readItalian prosecutors to question Turkish airplane hijacker
05-10-2006
BRINDISI - Turkish officials gave assurances yesterday that all necessary security measures would be taken during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey next month, after an unarmed Turkish army deserter
readPresident Bush 'disgusted' at sex scandal
05-10-2006
WASHINGTON - The Republican leader in the House of Representatives, speaker Dennis Hastert, faced calls from some conservatives for his own resignation for failing to take action promptly in the
readUganda chases LRA rebels despite peace talks
05-10-2006
GULU - The Ugandan army said yesterday it had resumed an offensive against Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in northern Uganda, complicating peace talks aimed at ending one of Africa's most vicious
readGunman may have planned sex assault on girls
05-10-2006
NICKEL MINES - The man who stormed an Amish school and killed five girls had confessed to his wife he molested two girls 20 years ago, and police said he may have planned to sexually abuse his 10
readZambians back to work as Mwanawasa sworn in
05-10-2006
LUSAKA - Zambians returned to work on Tuesday as fears of political violence subsided, and President Levy Mwanawasa began a new term on a conciliatory note after a bruising election that threatened
readNorth Korea threatens nuclear test
05-10-2006
TOKYO - North Korea's neighbours rushed yesterday to forge a common front following Pyongyang's threat of a nuclear test, announcing a series of summits over the next week to coordinate policy and
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