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56 Articles found on Monday, 2 April 2007
SADC 'to pay dearly for dithering on Zimbabwe'
02-04-2007
HARARE - Analysts have warned that southern Africa could ultimately pay a high price for "soft peddling" on Zimbabwe's deteriorating political crisis as the Harare economy continues to blight the
readAfrica plots its own course on Zimbabwe
02-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Smiles and hugs marked Africa's crisis summit on Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe won vows of support from African leaders in the face of sharp criticism of his autocratic
readMan on fire
02-04-2007
SEOUL - A South Korean man set himself on fire yesterday outside a Seoul hotel where US and South Korean officials were holding talks inside on a free trade agreement, witnesses said."It was so
readBank warns of car rental scam
02-04-2007
FNB has announced that it has detected a new fraud scam, mainly targeting the car rental companies and the hospitality industry such as guesthouses, lodges and travel guides.Investigations found that
readAbsa funds low-cost housing
02-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Absa , South Africa's largest retail bank, has pledged 2,6 billion rand in loans to build low-cost houses in a provincial housing project by 2010, it said on Friday.Absa Group Chief
readSA fuel price jumps, adds to inflation worry
02-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's retail petrol prices will jump by around 11 per cent on Wednesday, potentially adding to inflationary pressures and weighing further on the country's ailing current
readNamcor gets new Managing Director
02-04-2007
THE National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor) has appointed Sam Beukes as its new Managing Director.The position became vacant following the death last June of Joe Mazeingo, who had served
readAgribank mulls smart partnerships
02-04-2007
THE Agribank of Namibia plans to court commercial banks in the country to co-finance capital intensive projects in agriculture and related industries, the bank's Chief Executive Officer, Leonard
readJewellers hold Annual General Meeting
02-04-2007
THE Jewellers' Association of Namibia (Jassona) held its 17th annual general meeting recently in Swakopmund, where members expressed satisfaction with the new diamond sales agreement between the
read'Strive harder for Vision 2030'
02-04-2007
MORE needs to be done if Namibia wants to achieve Vision 2030, which aims to see the country industrialised by that time.The Bank of Namibia (BoN) says the economy needs to grow at an average of
readNam builders ramp up pressure on Govt over Chinese firms
02-04-2007
CHINESE construction companies in Namibia are operating illegally, and "completely ignore" Namibian laws, an organisation representing the building industry alleges.The Construction Industries
readCourt asked to transfer ill treason suspect
02-04-2007
ONE of the 119 men facing charges in the main Caprivi high treason trial is so gravely ill that three doctors have recommended that he can no longer stand trial and should be sent to Katima Mulilo to
readTwo die in 'love-gone-wrong' shooting in Windhoek flat
02-04-2007
A 24-year-old woman was shot dead, allegedly by her boyfriend, in Windhoek on Saturday evening before the suspected killer turned his gun on himself and committed suicide, the Namibian Police reported
readSADC gives Mugabe licence to act at will
02-04-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has openly acknowledged an assault on Zimbabwe's opposition leader.The veteran president told supporters on Friday that he had not received one word of
readTeachers graduate
02-04-2007
MEMBER of Parliament Hansina Christiaans has urged teachers to promote indigenous languages in school.Speaking at the graduation ceremony of 21 in-service teachers, Christiaans said primary-school
readNo water for Works
02-04-2007
TAPS at the Works Ministry's regional office at Keetmanshoop have been dry for the past two weeks after the town's municipality suspended water supply over a huge municipal bill.The Namibian was
readMan arrested with diamonds
02-04-2007
A 39-year-old man from Oranjemund was arrested on Wednesday morning after allegedly being found in possession of 13 uncut diamonds.Police say they found the diamonds in a parcel wrapped in masking
readMedia 'must change gender stereotypes'
02-04-2007
IF violence is said to be a greater health threat than traffic accidents and malaria combined, and just as serious a cause of death and incapacity among women of reproductive age as cancer, then why
readNew rules for builders in pipeline
02-04-2007
THE Construction Industries Federation of Namibia (CIF) has called on everyone involved in the construction industry to familiarise themselves with the content of a recently gazetted agreement between
readCIC and labour unions save 93 jobs
02-04-2007
THE local subsidiary of a South African wholesaler and union leaders have found a solution to retain the jobs of 91 workers who faced imminent retrenchment.Workers blocked an entrance gate at
readBack to business at Ehafo
02-04-2007
AS Ehafo workers returned to work on Friday for the first time since Government took over the reins there at the beginning of last month, the future of the organisation for disabled people remained in
readStabbings claim two lives in the North: Police
02-04-2007
TWO late-night stabbings hundreds of kilometres apart claimed two lives in Namibia on Saturday evening, the Namibian Police announced yesterday.In the far northern Ohangwena Region, a stabbing at
readMan shot dead after car theft
02-04-2007
TWO alleged car thieves came to a sticky end in Windhoek over the past weekend, with the one shot dead after a car chase near the Police roadblock on the road to Okahandja, and the other hospitalised
readNew electricity bill tabled
02-04-2007
MINES and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina tabled a new Electricity Bill in Parliament on Thursday, giving broader powers to the regulatory body, the Electricity Control Board (ECB), to accommodate
readNurses' union claims intimidation
02-04-2007
THE Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) claims its members are being intimidated and blacklisted.The union claims that some of its members at the Oshakati State Hospital were in effect fired because they
readOkukelwa nako oha ku kwatha, UN ta ti
02-04-2007
E HANGANO lyIigwanahangano li na sha nuundjolowele muuyuni lya World Health Organisation naandyoka lyIigwanahangano li na sha nekondjitho lyombuto yo HIV-AIDS lya UNAIDS, oga popi kutya okukelwa nako
readAamati ya Bemba ya gandja iilwitho
02-04-2007
K INSHASA - Aakwiita ya konda pomathele gaali mboka ya li ya landula Jean Pierre-Bemba, ngoka a li a dhengwa mo momahogololo gOpaupresidende ngoka ga ningwa mu DRC omumvo gwa z iko, oya gandja
readOmaimangeleko mOmusati ga kundathanwa
02-04-2007
O SHIGONGIILONGA oshinene nosha simana sha li tashi kukundathana omaimangeleko mOshitopolwa sha Musati osha ningilwe pOutapi mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati moka mEtine nEtitano lyoswike sha zi ko,
readAaniilonga omilongo hamano nagumwe po Rundu ya egeka iilongitho nokumwena
02-04-2007
R UNDU - Onkundana twa yakula okuza koRundu oshiwike sha zi ko otayi kutya aaniilonga ye li 61 haya longele Okampani yokutunga yAakiina yedhina Chan Close Corporation, oya yi mekanka mOmaandaha
readEkopi lyoThe Namibian otali tameke mEtitano ndika poKeetmanshoop
02-04-2007
T HE Namibian okwa tseyitha pambelewa mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko kutya ota gandja oshimaliwa shoondola/N$660 000, shoka tashi ka longithwa muudhano wEkopi lyoThe Namibian Newspaper Cup ndyoka tali
readMbeki a ningwa omuhangukununi mu Zim
02-04-2007
D AR ES SALAAM - Aawiliki yiilongo ya Afrika lyUumbugantu oya hogolola Omupresidende gwa South Afrika Thabo Mbeki, oye a ninge omuhangukununi pokati kEpangelo lya Zimbabwe noongundu dhompilameno.Mbeki
readFilipino Sisnorio dies after Bangkok bout
02-04-2007
BANGKOK - Filipino boxer Lito Sisnorio has died after sustaining serious head injuries during a bout against former WBC flyweight champion Chatchai Sasakul in Bangkok, hospital officials said
readWilliams fights back to win fourth Miami title
02-04-2007
MIAMI - Serena Williams fought off two match points on her way to an epic 0-6 7-5 6-3 comeback win over world number one Justine Henin to claim her fourth Sony Ericsson Open title yesterday."It's just
readFerdinand reckons Ronaldo is Europe's best
02-04-2007
LONDON - Rio Ferdinand believes his Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to be crowned Europe's best player after a majestic season with the Premiership leaders.Ronaldo's imperious
readRonaldinho wants to stay with Barca
02-04-2007
MADRID - Ronaldinho intends to remain with Barcelona."The rapport with the fans is perfect. I want to stay and they make me feel I should," the Brazil forward told the Catalan TV3 station late
readPhelps nets seventh gold, fourth world record
02-04-2007
MELBOURNE - Michael Phelps of the United States broke his own world record in the men's 400 metres individual medley final to collect his seventh gold medal at the world championships
readLast-gasp Kalou goal keeps Chelsea title hopes alive
02-04-2007
LONDON - Striker Salomon Kalou headed a stoppage-time goal to give Chelsea a dramatic 1-0 victory at Watford on Saturday that cut Manchester United's lead back to six points and kept the Premier
readVerbatim
02-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Who's saying what at the 2007 cricket World Cup: * I know they had a machinery breakdown which didn't help things.But I went and spoke to the umpires at one stage and they said the ground
readBye, bye Bob ...
02-04-2007
LAHORE - Pakistani players and dignitaries yesterday attended a sombre memorial service for cricket coach Bob Woolmer, whose mysterious murder at the World Cup was one of the darkest episodes in
readBA, Arrows out of MTC Cup
02-04-2007
PREMIERSHIP outfits Black Africa and Eleven Arrows found their way out of the NFA MTC Cup after defeats in quarter-final matches played at the Oshakati Independence Stadium on Saturday.Black Africa
readMcGrath sets a Cup record, England just beat the Irish
02-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Glenn McGrath set a World Cup record as Australia brushed aside Bangladesh by 10 wickets on Saturday.Paceman McGrath, in the twilight of his career at age 37, captured three wickets and
readIn Brief
02-04-2007
* Zuma's arms case ruling todayJudge Phillip Levensohn will today hand down his decision over whether he will authorise a letter requesting authorities in Mauritius to hand over documentation
readOfficials bar rabbi's matzo bus
02-04-2007
SPRING VALLEY - A rabbi's school bus retrofitted into an oven to bake matzos for Passover may be out of business.Deputy building inspector Manny Carmona sent a letter on Friday forbidding Rabbi Aaron
readUS pop stars reverse an old pattern, wooing fans in Spanish
02-04-2007
MIAMI - Few in the crowd seemed to recognise Grammy-winning rapper and producer Wyclef Jean as he leaped onto stage before the sold-out arena.Then Colombian mega-star Shakira shimmied onto the floor,
readChocolate Jesus cancelled
02-04-2007
NEW YORK - A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was cancelled on Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Catholics
readNo ordinary monk
02-04-2007
MAHA GHOSANANDA, a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated monk who rebuilt Buddhism in Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, has died.The Cambodian monk, believed to be in his late 70s, lived in exile
read'El Guayabero', Cuban music legend
02-04-2007
HAVANA - Cuban musician Faustino Oramas, adored for his saucy ballads and one of the last remaining stars behind the acclaimed Buena Vista Social Club CD, died on Tuesday at the age of 95, Cuban state
readJapan set for divorce rate boom
02-04-2007
New pension laws coming into effect in Japan could lead to an explosion in divorces, some experts are warning.The rules will make it easier for wives to claim up to half their husband's pension once
readPope celebrates Palm Sunday
02-04-2007
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI opened the Roman Catholic Church's most solemn week by urging young people during his Palm Sunday Mass to live pure, innocent lives.This year, Holy Week also includes
readSpanish police arrest two ETA men
02-04-2007
MADRID - Spanish police arrested two men in northeastern Spain on suspicion of belonging to armed Basque separatist group ETA, the Interior Ministry said yesterday in a statement.Unai Lamariano and
readDeath toll at 7 as 38 000 flee floods
02-04-2007
BUENOS AIRES - Rising rivers in three rain-soaked Argentine provinces have forced some 38 000 people to flee their homes as police on Saturday reported seven deaths from the flooding.Civil defence
readCalifornian homes evacuated
02-04-2007
HESPERIA - Residents of more than 30 homes were ordered to evacuate on Saturday as a wildfire burned out of control in hills and canyons in the town of Hesperia east of Los Angeles, authorities
read9 Zim opposition officials abducted
02-04-2007
HARARE - Nine Zimbabwean opposition activists have been abducted from hospital, apparently by state security agents aided by prison officials, their lawyer claimed yesterday.The opposition members
readBig honour for Gordimer
02-04-2007
JOHANESBURG - South African novelist and Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, whose work addresses the struggle against apartheid, received France's Legion of Honour on Saturday at a ceremony in her home
readFighting resumes in Mogadishu, peacekeeper killed: Red Cross
02-04-2007
MOGADISHU - Mortar bombs crashed into central Mogadishu yesterday and Uganda said it had lost its first peacekeeper there as battles pitting Ethiopian and Somali troops against Islamist insurgents
readIran waits for new British stance
02-04-2007
TEHRAN - Iran ignored growing international pressure yesterday to release 15 British sailors and marines, saying London should change its behaviour over the nine-day-old stand-off.Iran captured the 15
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