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31 Articles found on Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Naspers sells stake to BEE
27-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest media group, Naspers Ltd, has agreed to sell a 15 per cent stake in its lucrative pay-TV unit for 2,25 billion rand to black investors, the firm said on
readPioneer concerned about SA
27-09-2006
LONDON - European fund management firm Pioneer Investments said its holdings in South Africa, a large chunk of its emerging market portfolio, might prove vulnerable as the world's central banks raise
readInternet services resume in Zim
27-09-2006
HARARE -Internet services in Zimbabwe were restored after fixed telephone service provider TelOne paid its outstanding US$700 000 debt to Intelsat, a company spokesman said yesterday."We were bailed
readFuel oil cargo fails to offload in SA
27-09-2006
SINGAPORE - Western trader Mercuria has been forced to float a 50 000-tonne fuel oil cargo just off South Africa, after failing to get clearance to discharge the cargo into storage tanks there,
readVietnam can assist Namibian fisheries
27-09-2006
THE Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr Abraham Iyambo, said on Monday that the Namibian fisheries sector will benefit a lot from Vietnam's experience in fisheries and fish farming.Iyambo,
readIn Brief
27-09-2006
FirstRand in Moz talks JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's second-biggest banking group, FirstRand, is in talks with Mozambique's BDC bank and other parties over buying into the country's banking sector, a
readGoing, going, gone for N$8m
27-09-2006
GOVERNMENT has quietly coughed up N$8 million to expropriate two farms that it originally wanted to buy for only N$3,2 million.The adjoining farms of Okorusu and Marburg, situated about 50 kilometres
readNamibia's shameful week of sex attacks
27-09-2006
AT least nine men across the country were arrested on charges of rape this past week, while two more have reportedly evaded arrest for similar allegations.Nine young girls, a boy, and two women are
readNam drops on economic index
27-09-2006
NAMIBIA continues to slip on the global economic competitiveness index - this year it is placed at number 84 compared to last year's ranking of 79.This is revealed in the World Economic Forum (WEF)
readMisa, NSHR slam Nujoma lawsuit
27-09-2006
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) says former Namibian President Sam Nujoma's decision to sue The Namibian is considered an attempt to muzzle the media and to suppress public opinion.In a
readNamcol director resigns
27-09-2006
THE Namibian College of Open Learning is parting ways with its Director, Frances Ferreira.Chairperson of Namcol's Board of Governors, Dr Haaveshe Nekongo-Nielsen, announced yesterday that Ferreira had
readFinland supports grassroots initiative
27-09-2006
THE Embassy of Finland, through its Fund for Local Co-operation, has donated about N$393 000 to Women's Solidarity Namibia for its campaign against gender-based violence.Women's Solidarity Namibia
readPensioners in road accident
27-09-2006
OSHAKATI - Police at Okatope in the Oshikoto Region have opened a culpable homicide docket after an Isuzu bakkie overturned on the Onyulaye gravel road last week.Five of the 12 people in the bakkie
readTeenager fights back against rape attacker
27-09-2006
WINDHOEK - A 16-year-old girl escaped unharmed from an attempted rapist at Omusatigwanita village in the Ongandjera area last week.The Police reported that the teenager was allegedly grabbed by her
readCuba expands health presence
27-09-2006
WINDHOEK - Twenty new Cuban health professionals have arrived in Namibia to help alleviate the shortage of medical staff in the country.The professionals - three doctors, two pharmacists and 15 nurses
read'Unbelievable!' Union hits at apathy on TransNamib
27-09-2006
THE National Union of Namibian Workers says Government needs to rein in the top management at TransNamib.Addressing the Namibia Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) congress at Gobabis on Saturday,
readNo leads in farm murder
27-09-2006
POLICE in the Omaheke Region are hard at work trying to trace the killer or killers of 66-year-old Anna Jacoba Reed at a farm near Leonardville, south of Gobabis.Reed was murdered between Thursday
readBid for acquittal in beach murder trial
27-09-2006
TWO of the three men on trial in the High Court in Windhoek on charges that they were involved in a deadly robbery that claimed the life of a Swakopmund goldsmith two years ago informed the court
readACC investigates NBC radio manager
27-09-2006
AFTER three years on the job, a Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) regional station manager has suddenly come under suspicion for allegedly being awarded his position through corruption.Francis
read70-year queue for houses for poor
27-09-2006
NAMIBIA'S 72 898 shack dwellers may have to wait an average of 67,5 years for each of them to get a house at the current rate of construction, and especially if they are trying to settle in Windhoek,
readOpolisi ya Zambia oyi ikwata omakuyunguto moshilongo
27-09-2006
L USAKA - Onkundana okuzilila ko Lusaka sha Zambia otayi ti kutya Inspekta-Ndjayi gwOpolisi Aphraim Mateyo okwa popi kutya ota ka tindila oongundu dhopapolitika oopelemeta okuninga iigongi
readOndhila yOmupresidende ya gundila ko Cape Verde
27-09-2006
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ningi oowili dha konda 24 mu Afrika lyokuuninginino ta tala nkene e na okuya kegumbo konima sho yimwe yomooindjina ndatu dhondhila yawo yo Falcon 900 B Jet ya
readOmaulikilo pOdangwa ga etelela oshindji
27-09-2006
O MAULIKILO gOpaipindi ga Ndangwa ngoka ga li ko pehulilo lya Apilili nuumvo ga etelela iinima oyindji nuupyakadhi mElelo lya Ndangwa, mOkomitiye ndjoka ya li tayi longekidha Omaulikilo ngaka noshowo
readNujoma ta futitha The Namibian 5m
27-09-2006
O MUPRESIDENDE omukulu gwa Namibia ngoka wo e li Omupresidende gwoSwapo Sam Nujoma okwa hala okufutitha The Namibian oshimaliwa shoomiliyuna ntano (N$5 million), molwashoka ota popi ngeyi kutya oshifo
readRock & Rut honours riders
27-09-2006
THE 2006 MTC cross-country and downhill mountain bike series drew to a close earlier this month and a prize-giving ceremony was held at Itumba Boma.The prize-giving was attended by some of the best
readSquash Academy takes first title
27-09-2006
THE Legal Shield Wanderers Business Squash League recently came to an end and Squash Academy emerged as the champions.PriceWaterhouseCoopers took the second spot, while Itec was third in what was
readBarcelona hoping to hurdle Werder Bremen
27-09-2006
PARIS - Barcelona will look to continue their impressive start to their defence of their Champions League title when they face German club Werder Bremen tonight.Barcelona crushed Levski Sofia 5-0 in
readSparks fly at local boxing tourney
27-09-2006
YOUNG Namibian boxers from five different clubs exchanged thunderous blows at an exciting tournament held at the Ella Du Plessis High School at the weekend.The clubs that were involved were the Golden
readNotice Tommy's All Stars called
27-09-2006
THE Windhoek City All Stars, also known as 'Tommy Eleven', will hold a meeting and a training session at the UN Plaza, opposite KFC in Katutura, today.The players are expected to meet at 18h00. For
readBrave Warriors called to camp
27-09-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has called players to a Brave Warriors training camp which started this week to prepare for their African Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia on October 7 in
readWanderers win women's hockey title
27-09-2006
WANDERERS won the field hockey women's Premier League title for the first time in more than ten years, after thrashing their nearest rivals Windhoek Old Boys 7-0 on Monday night.Wanderers were in a
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