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44 Articles found on Thursday, 19 April 2007
Post-apartheid SA sings different tune at the UN
19-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - During apartheid rule in South Africa, the country's liberation movement used the United Nations as a key battleground to win support for its struggle for democracy and human rights.But
readCreation of KaZa park a daunting challenge
19-04-2007
A LOT of work lies ahead for the creation of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KaZa-TFCA), set to be largest cross-border conservation project in the world."This is not an overnight
readSA trade conditions still strong
19-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa continued to enjoy stable and strong trade conditions in March, unchanged from the previous month, a survey showed yesterday.The monthly trade conditions index compiled by
readSA trade conditions still strong
19-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa continued to enjoy stable and strong trade conditions in March, unchanged from the previous month, a survey showed yesterday.The monthly trade conditions index compiled by
readOil: fount of riches and source of problems
19-04-2007
LAGOS - Oil is both Nigeria's major revenue earner and the source of many of its economic, social and political woes, observers said as the country heads for presidential and legislative elections
readBurundi, Rwanda and DRC relaunch economic bloc
19-04-2007
BUJUMBURA - The Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi have relaunched a regional economic bloc that is seen as a key step in restoring peace and stability in the turbulent central African
readMore trouble befalls Wolfowitz
19-04-2007
WASHINGTON - The US Defence Department ordered a contractor to hire a World Bank employee and girlfriend of then-Pentagon No.2 Paul Wolfowitz in 2003 for work related to Iraq, the contractor said on
readSumptuous State House 'pro poor'
19-04-2007
THE construction of the new, multi-million dollar State House is pro-poor because it has created jobs through Namibian companies subcontracted for the project and because local products, such as
readCellphone spat lands two cops in hospital
19-04-2007
A POLICE officer is fighting for his life in the Windhoek State Hospital while his partner is recovering at Otjiwarongo after an incident on Sunday when the two were attacked by three suspects in a
readSmall fry won't cut it
19-04-2007
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) must start gunning for the 'big fish' if it is to make its mark in Namibia, the National Assembly has been told in no uncertain terms.Contributing to the debate on
readA Matter of Fact
19-04-2007
The Namibian would like to correct a mistake in yesterday's report on the latest fuel price increase.The new Windhoek pump prices were not correct. The correct new figures are N$6,36 for a litre of
readWitbooi of Gibeon made diplomat
19-04-2007
THE Regional Councillor for Gibeon, Solomon Witbooi, is Namibia's new High Commissioner to Zambia.President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday appointed the former teacher, who is a nephew of Chief Hendrik
readBishop's funeral on Saturday
19-04-2007
FORMER Anglican Bishop James Hamupanda Kauluma, who died on Monday morning in the MediClinic hospital, will be buried in the North this weekend.Bishop Nathaniel Ndahuma Nakwatumba, the Bishop of the
readLutherans move towards unity
19-04-2007
THE three Lutheran churches in Namibia want to speak with one voice and work together as a Lutheran family, Bishop Erich Hertel of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia said in Windhoek
readBohitile returns as MP
19-04-2007
THE vacancy left in the National Assembly by the resignation of Swapo Chief Whip Ben Amathila on Tuesday will be filled by former Deputy Finance Minister Clara Bohitile.The Speaker of Parliament,
readCellphone use costs jobs
19-04-2007
A NEW safety regulation at a local paint manufacturer and distributor has resulted in 11 employees losing their jobs there last week, and this situation on Monday prompted these former workers and
readEaster campaign still reaping rewards
19-04-2007
NOT a single person has died on Namibia's national roads since the end of the Easter weekend, Transport Minister Joel Kaapanda said yesterday.This is seen as proof of the success of the Xupifa
readOil blockage caused Kunene air crash
19-04-2007
A CATASTROPHIC engine failure as a result of a blockage in an oil supply line has been identified as the probable cause of the plane crash that claimed the life of experienced pilot Wolfgang Rapp at a
read'Accommodate all war vets'
19-04-2007
GOVERNMENT must seriously consider including former members of the South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) in the activities of the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs, several members of the opposition
readMore bad news for pet owners
19-04-2007
PET food manufacturer Royal Canin South Africa has added its top-of-the-range Royal Canin brand of dog and cat food to an earlier recall of the cheaper Vets Choice brand.The company released a
readRehoboth councillor faces theft charge
19-04-2007
A REHOBOTH farmer, Sara Scholtz, has laid a charge of theft against the Regional Councillor for Rehoboth Constituency, Theo Diergaardt, and a Town Council employee, Abba Beukes.Scholtz claims that the
read'Swapo ina sa'
19-04-2007
S WAPO oku na oshinakugwanithwa shokulela Namibia nawa nokugandja omukumo mpoka uumbanda tau holoka molwashoka okwaana egameno mongundu tayi pangele, otashi eta wo okwaana egameno moshilongo,
readOmpangu yOpombanda ye ya ishewe kOshakati
19-04-2007
O MAPNGU yOpombanda ye ya ishewe kOshakati, ngashi omvula ya zi ko nokwa tegelelwa mu kapangulwe iipotha iinene ngashi mbyoka yomaso, yomakwatonkonga noyomayako kwahomatiwa.Ompangu ndjika yOpombanda
readOmukiintu a zimina kutya oye a sitha uunona we omeya
19-04-2007
O MUKIINTU omugundjuka ngoka ta tamanekelwa edhipago lyuunona we utatu pumukunda gumwe moshitopolowa sha Eenhana omumvo gwa zi ko, okwa zimine ondjo mOmpangu yOpombanda mOshakati mEtiyali lyoshiwike
readOmbapila ndjoka ya li tayi popiwa ya thigwa po ku nakusa Anna Kuwa kayi wetike
19-04-2007
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya sigo oompaka inayi mona ombapila ndjoka kwali taku popiwa ya thigwa po ku nakusa Anna Kuwa-Ashikoto ngoka a adhikile i imangeleka megumbo moka a li ha kala
readVeronika ta ti okwa tindilwa aniwa Openzela yAanuulema
19-04-2007
O MUGUNDJUKA omunuulema gwokooko kokolumoho gwoomvula 27 lwaampoka gwomEenhana noha kala wo kOhakafiya mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena nomOshakati, Veronika Shapange, okwe yile kOshifo shika
readOpolisi yi idhenga mumwe naahololimadhiladhilo mu Uganda
19-04-2007
K AMPALA - Opolisi mu Uganda oya li ya longitha Ootearhasa nomapaya okuhalakanitha aahololimadhiladhilo yoongundu dhompilameno ya li yu uvitile nayi ekwatopo lyaanapolitika yali molwashoka aniwa oya
readIishiindalongo ya Zimbabwe inayi ninga po sha shomupondo, Omumbiisofi Ncube ta ti
19-04-2007
L ONDON - Omumbiisofi omukuluntu gwOngeleki ya Katoolika ka Roma mu Zimbabwe, Pius Ncube okwa ti osha thika momakutsi ge kutya otashi vulika a ka kanithe omwenyo gwe ngele okwa tsikile nokugandja
readWe let fans down, says Vaughan
19-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - England captain Michael Vaughan admitted that his humiliated team had let thousands of fans down after crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday.England, who have never won the world
readPakistan has new committee
19-04-2007
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Cricket Board has named a new three-member committee to select a national team following the country's recent shock exit from the World Cup, officials said yesterday.Former
readWindies to rescue reputation
19-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Battered and bruised West Indies take on Bangladesh in their penultimate World Cup match today hoping to rescue their tarnished reputation.Brian Lara's men saw their slender chances of
readThe late Reuben Beukes Chess champ dies in accident
19-04-2007
THE identity of a young man who died on Tuesday after his car crashed into a pillar on the Western Bypass on the road between Okahandja and Windhoek has been released.He was 22-year-old Windhoek
readHungarian PM stunned by Uefa's 2012 decision
19-04-2007
BUDAPEST - Uefa's shock decision to choose Poland and Ukraine as joint organisers of the 2012 European championships was met with disappointment in Hungary yesterday.Italy, known for its stellar
readRooney strikes, United six points clear
19-04-2007
LONDON - Wayne Rooney steered Manchester United to a 2-0 victory over Sheffield United that sent them six points clear at the top of the Premier League on Tuesday.Rooney's side were looking to keep
readAbedi Pele to fight ban
19-04-2007
ACCRA - Triple African Footballer of the Year Abedi Pele said he would appeal against a one-year suspension handed to him last week in a match fixing case.The former European Cup winner was among
readHansa Cup final set for Oshakati
19-04-2007
FOOTBALL fans in Oshakati will have the opportunity to witness the final stage of the Hansa Pilsener Cup when Onambula United and Eleven Brothers will lock horns at the Independence Stadium for the
readIn Brief
19-04-2007
MDC 'trying to create anarchy' HARARE - The Zimbabwean opposition is trying to create a state of anarchy, veteran President Robert Mugabe said in an independence day speech yesterday."We have observed
readAfrica warned on climate change
19-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - African governments must act fast to prevent drought in the continent due to climate changes, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said on Tuesday.A draft report
readZambia editors locked in newsroom in pay dispute
19-04-2007
LUSAKA - Journalists at the state-owned Times of Zambia newspaper last Thursday locked editors in the newsroom following a strike arising from a pay dispute, sources and a union official said last
read'Bad'blood deaths inquiry opens
19-04-2007
LONDON - A public inquiry started yesterday into the deaths of hundreds of patients infected by contaminated blood in what has been called the NHS's 'worst treatment disaster'.Labour peer Lord Archer
readIraq a 'university of terror'
19-04-2007
DUBAI - The head of an al Qaeda-linked group in Iraq said the country had become a 'university of terrorism', producing highly qualified warriors, since the 2003 US-led invasion.In an audio recording
read4 charged with murder after deaths in Ugandan protest
19-04-2007
KAMPALA - A Ugandan court on Tuesday charged four people with the murder of three people during a protest that turned violent last week.A demonstration in the capital, Kampala, last Thursday against
readUniversity 'warned about gunman'
19-04-2007
A PROFESSOR who taught a student whose gun rampage at Virginia Tech left 32 people dead says she warned university officials about his behaviour.Lucinda Roy said she became concerned after Cho
readArmy battles gunmen
19-04-2007
ABUJA - Troops in northern Nigeria battled gunmen blamed for a deadly attack a day earlier on a police station, with gunfire erupting around dawn yesterday and witnesses reporting casualties.The
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