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44 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Zimbabwe's rural dwellers brace for food shortages
10-04-2007
BIKITA - Winnie Mupunga normally produces 40 000 kilograms of the staple maize on her smallholding in south-western Zimbabwe but this year she does not expect to harvest even 500."This is all I have
readPolitics Of Power
10-04-2007
WE have had a lot of interesting discussion recently about the potential for nuclear energy in Namibia, which is good.However, I fear that this discussion is moot, in that, before we have time to come
readNeed For More Policy on MDCs
10-04-2007
THIS note follows the National Public Information Campaign of the RFA (Road Fund Administration) held at the Windhoek Country Club dated 03 April 2007.As a well-documented fact, heavy vehicle
readShame At Etosha And Sesriem
10-04-2007
ALL this money yet again invested and for what? Million and millions are being wasted to try and create something for which there is no need.Did Mr Clever in the executive suite do a needs analysis
readVat Penalties
10-04-2007
Lethal If Ignored In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young, discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.The Value-Added Tax Act provides for lethal penalties
readTelkom CEO quits amid investor, govt criticism
10-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The chief executive of South Africa's fixed-line phone firm Telkom has quit after 18 months in the job and a chorus of criticism from shareholders and the government, boosting the
readSAA to reduce meals, cabin crew
10-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African Airways will cut meal service on domestic flights and reduce cabin crew to lower costs at the cash-strapped state-owned airline, a South African newspaper reported on
readIMF says European economies solid
10-04-2007
PARIS - Europe's economies are growing solidly but governments must not forget the long-term challenges of raising growth potential and cutting high unemployment, IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato
readZim demands vehicle import duty in forex
10-04-2007
HARARE - Cash-strapped Zimbabwe is now forcing all motor-vehicle importers to pay their excise duty in foreign currency, the state-run Herald reported yesterday.Finance Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi
readGas powers meet to discuss cartel
10-04-2007
DOHA - Leading gas powers discussed yesterday the idea of transforming their benign grouping into an Opec-style cartel, but sought to reassure consumer nations that it was business as usual for
readBudget debate drags on in parliament
10-04-2007
WHAT has turned out to be a rather shallow Budget debate in the National Assembly gained some momentum ahead of the Easter weekend break, when parliamentarians virtually queued to deliver their
readRenovated Police mortuary at Oshakati reopens
10-04-2007
The Oshakati Police mortuary reopened on Thursday after extensive renovations.The plaque was unveiled by the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security, Gabes Shihepo with the Chief of Police, Inspector
readForestry officials crack down on tree thieves
10-04-2007
RUNDU - Forestry officials in the Kavango Region were hard at work with a law-enforcement campaign over the Easter long weekend in an attempt to curb illegal harvesting of trees.Rundu District
readThree found dead in City
10-04-2007
TWO dead bodies were found at the Ongulumbashe informal settlement in Windhoek on Friday - one an apparent suicide and the cause of death of the other still being determined.According to the Police,
readMysterious pigeon deaths
10-04-2007
A NUMBER of pigeons died mysteriously in the Omaruru area last month, but no disease was detected in the birds.The State Veterinarian at Omaruru, Dr Elvira Kleber, told The Namibian yesterday that
readLawyers pay tribute to a towering colleague
10-04-2007
VETERAN lawyer John Kirkpatrick, who died in Windhoek on Thursday last week, was a man of firm, uncompromising principles and a towering figure in the legal profession in Namibia over the last half of
readA revolting picture of decay and ruin
10-04-2007
A Government-owned house on the corner of Feld and Thorer Streets in Windhoek has been occupied by homeless people and allowed to fall into a state of ruin.According to the neighbours, the neglect of
readUN agency impressed with Nam BIG
10-04-2007
THE Basic Income Grant (Big) Coalition has received yet more encouragement - the United Nations Commission for Social Development last week recognised the idea as a good model for alleviating poverty
readRussians eye Epupa
10-04-2007
THE Russian government under Vladimir Putin wants to co-finance a controversial hydropower project on the Kunene River, which will flood large tracts of land used by the nomadic Ovahimba tribe in
readStruggling Inscon placed under curators' control
10-04-2007
THE directors of the Insurance Company of Namibia (Inscon) - most of whom are also shareholders in the company - have been accused of "continuous mismanagement" of the company, which the High Court
readSix die in Easter road accidents
10-04-2007
AT least six people died in road accidents across the country between Thursday and yesterday morning.During the same period last year, 23 deaths were reported on the country's national roads. In the
read2 skydivers fall to their death
10-04-2007
A SKYDIVING accident claimed the lives of two people at Swakopmund on Saturday.Performing a tandem jump, Henry Simon (33) of Swakopmund and 23-year old Chantelle Fourie, a visitor from South Africa,
readOshilyo shongundu yompilemeno mu Zimbabwe sha yahwa
10-04-2007
H ARARE - Onkundana okuzilila ku Harare sha Zimbabwe otayi ti kutya omulumentu gumwe e li omuwiliki mongundu yompilemeno yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) oku li mOshipangelo e li monkalo
readOkila yomidhimba yOpolisi mOshakati ya egululwa
10-04-2007
O KILA yomidhimba yOpolisi ya Shakati ndjoka ya kala uule hanga woomvula mbali itayi longo molwashoka oya li tayi tungululwa nokuwapalekululwa osho ya pu okutungululwa nokuwapalekululwa noya egululwa
readAaZim taya kongo uuhupilo mu Nam
10-04-2007
W INDHOEK - Omulumentu gwomuZimbabwe Cuthbert Ngoro (gwoomvula 27) oku li gumwe gwomAaZimbabwe mboka taya kambadhala okumona omboloto mu Namibia, pakulanditha kehe shoka ta vulu.Mepandaanda ndika mu
readAavali yamwe mu India otaya landitha po aanona yawo
10-04-2007
N EW DELHI - Aasimokoli mu India oye li taya landitha po aanona koshimaliwa shi vulithe nopwaashoka omuntu ha landa oshinamwenyo na oyendji yomaanona mbaka ohaya ka hulila miilonga yokulanditha
readEpangelo lya Zim onkee inali hala omahololomadhiladhilo
10-04-2007
H ARARE - Epangelo lya Zimbabwe mEtitatu lya zi ko olya indjipaleka oopatolola dhOpolisi nokweetapo oopropaganda nelalakano okukelela aaniilonga kaaya ninge ekanka lyopashigwana moshilongo
readCrusaders still the team to beat in Super 14
10-04-2007
BRISBANE - Defending Super 14 champions the Canterbury Crusaders showed they are still the team to beat as they demolished the Perth-based Western Force 53-0 in the latest round of the competition.The
readTiger fails to pocket a win
10-04-2007
AUGUSTA, Georgia - Tiger Woods may look back on the 2007 Masters as the one the got away, but it was not on Sunday that the damage was done, he insists.Instead, Woods was left bemoaning the
readLeft takes power!
10-04-2007
GEORGETOWN - Left is proving to be just right at the World Cup.Bowlers are finding it difficult to keep their reputation intact against teams having a left-handed power-hitter at the top of the order
readAustralia tops one-day rankings again
10-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Australia's seven-wicket World Cup Super 8s victory over England on Sunday has put them back on top of the one-day international world rankings.Before the weekend's action in the
readWest Indies desperate for win after surprise SA loss
10-04-2007
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada - Seemingly down and out after three straight losses, World Cup host West Indies has been thrown a lifeline by lowly Bangladesh's shock victory over South Africa.Brian Lara's team
readArsenal held to 0-0 draw at Newcastle in Premier League
10-04-2007
LONDON - Arsenal stretched its winless streak to four games yesterday after being held to a 0-0 draw at Newcastle in the Premier League.Arsenal, which had lost its previous three games, lost for the
readGovernor congratulates team
10-04-2007
OSHANA Governor Klemens Kashuupulwa has congratulated the Oshana regional under-20 football team on winning the Namibian Newspaper Cup at Keetmanshoop yesterday."Thank you boys for a job well done,"
readOshana take Newspaper Cup
10-04-2007
OSHANA became the first northern region to scoop the popular Namibian Newspaper Cup when they sneaked in a late goal for a 2-1 win over Khomas at the Keetmanshoop Showgrounds yesterday.The winner came
readIn Brief
10-04-2007
Pakistani clerics want minister sacked for hug ISLAMABAD - The chief of a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital has issued a decree calling on the government to sack a woman minister after a
readNew government in Ivory Coast
10-04-2007
ABIDJAN - The Ivory Coast on Saturday announced a new transitional government that brings together former rebels and allies of the president in a bid to reunite the country.The government also said
readGovt 'broke promise' on Yengeni
10-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Withholding information on fraudster Tony Yengeni's parole conditions amounted to a breach of a promise made by Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour to the public of South
readTeen ran escort service on Net
10-04-2007
HILLSIDE (Illinois) - A teenager once arrested alongside her mother in a prostitution case has been accused of running an escort service out of her suburban Chicago home using the popular website
readSomalia 'becoming another Iraq'
10-04-2007
ASMARA - Somali deputy prime minister Hussein Aidid has demanded the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from the country to allow the people to decide their future."Ethiopian troops must leave from Somali
readBritish sailor 'feared rape, death'
10-04-2007
LONDON - The female British sailor captured and held by Iran said in an interview published yesterday that her captors stripped her to her panties, lied to her and threatened she might never see her
readObasanjo puts security forces on high alert ahead of elections
10-04-2007
LAGOS - President Olusegun Obasanjo said he had put security forces on high alert before Nigeria's crucial elections, and threatened to 'clamp down heavily' on anyone threatening to undermine the
readZim people will revolt: Catholic Bishops
10-04-2007
HARARE - Roman Catholic bishops marked Easter with an unprecedented message to President Robert Mugabe to end oppression and leave office through democratic reform or face a mass revolt."The
readIraqis in anti-US protest
10-04-2007
NAJAF - Fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's call for a big anti-US protest yesterday was answered by thousands of Iraqis who flocked to the southern holy city of Najaf.Sadr, who blames the US-led
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