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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Artists rally for violence-free elections in Sierra Leone
01-08-2007
FREETOWN - Musicians and other performers in Sierra Leone on Monday rallied against election-related violence at the start of a two-week nationwide campaign for political tolerance.Dubbed 'Artists for
readHope for peace flares in troubled Ivory Coast
01-08-2007
BOUAKE - A landmark visit by Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo to a former rebel capital has raised hopes for a new era in the west African nation's tortuous quest for peace, experts say, but
readSMS responses on issues of the day Wednesday
01-08-2007
Answers, please * I WANT to know who paid for the installation of electricity on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice's private farm please?!* ONDUNDA pension fund: The ACC must investigate
readBank rate seen going up again soon
01-08-2007
CONSUMERS should brace themselves for another bank rate hike, which could be the last for the year.Investment Solutions Namibia yesterday forecast that a further 50 basis points rise was most likely
readZambia copper output falls 15 per cent
01-08-2007
LUSAKA - Zambia's finished copper output for the six months to June declined 15 per cent to 229 102 tonnes compared with the first half of 2006, the central bank said on Tuesday.The Bank of Zambia
readZim issues higher bank note to fight inflation
01-08-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank will issue a higher denomination bank note today to cope with the hyperinflation ravaging the southern African country.President Robert Mugabe's government lopped
readConsortium speeds up cargo services on Kenyan and Ugandan railway lines
01-08-2007
NAIROBI - When Rift Valley Railways took over Africa's fabled Lunatic Express last year, fewer than half the locomotives worked.Workshops didn't have even the simplest tools. Trains regularly skidded
readLiberia restarts issuing diamond licences
01-08-2007
MONROVIA - Liberia's government began issuing licences to artisanal diamond miners and foreign companies on Monday for the first time since a gem-fuelled civil war tore the West African country
readTreason verdict: GUILTY
01-08-2007
ALL 10 men remaining charged in the second Caprivi treason trial were found guilty of high treason yesterday.History has been made with the verdict that Acting Judge John Manyarara handed down over
readNGO official held over missing funds
01-08-2007
A FORMER manager at Lironga Eparu, an organisation for people living with HIV and AIDS, is in Police custody after he was arrested in connection with the alleged theft of donor money.Peter Itayi, a
readWall of silence surrounds Katiti payout
01-08-2007
THE Walvis Bay Town Council still does not want to comment on the N$2,8 million payout to former CEO Augustinus Katiti, who resigned at short notice in March.Katiti is now a co-owner of Remax estate
readWe're as pure as the driven snow, say Ulenga group
01-08-2007
THE Congress of Democrats group led by Ben Ulenga yesterday declared itself "innocent" of alleged wrongdoing at a recent congress where a new leadership was controversially elected.The statement came
readNBC receives cash injection for conference
01-08-2007
UNESCO will provide the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) with financial, technical and administrative support to ensure that the 14th annual general meeting of the Southern Africa Broadcasting
readBusinesswomen get together
01-08-2007
A NAMIBIAN businesswomen's summit is being hosted in Windhoek for the first time from August 8 to 10.The theme will be 'Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Growth'. Women from across the country will
readKaras science fair a success
01-08-2007
YOUNG scientists from across the Karas Region mounted more than 80 displays at the Karas Regional Science Fair held last week at Keetmanshoop.The participants - primary and secondary school pupils
readPM to visit Kavango
01-08-2007
RUNDU - Prime Minister Nahas Angula is expected to visit the Kavango Region this week.The visit is aimed at raising funds for the Kandjimi Murangi Senior Secondary School. The premier was invited
readBank thanks the Police
01-08-2007
STANDARD Bank last week paid tribute to the Police officers responsible for arresting a gang of alleged bank robbers who have been wreaking havoc at many of the bank's branches since the beginning of
readLutheran Pastor Dama buried
01-08-2007
PASTOR Lukas Ixwaimwe Dama of the Elcin church at Onandjaba village in the Omusati Region has died at the age of 99.Pastor Dama was buried at Onandjaba on Saturday. He was born at Oshindungulu village
readSuspicious deaths
01-08-2007
OSHAKATI - Police in the Oshana Region are investigating three unnatural deaths that occurred in northern Namibia over the weekend.Constable Christina Fonsech at Oshakati says Police at Okatope in the
readKeetmans accident cripples resident
01-08-2007
AN accident at Keetmanshoop which cost one man the use of both his legs and his right arm recently landed a resident of that town behind bars.Police yesterday reported that a car driver hit a
readNWR's Mile 72 camp robbed
01-08-2007
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts' Mile 72 camp near Henties Bay has been robbed.The Manager, Charmaine Leaf, said about seven people were involved in the hold-up - all hooded and several armed with pistols.
readUnam, students differ over hostels
01-08-2007
A SHOWDOWN is brewing between the University of Namibia's students and management over hostel accommodation.Students who have not yet paid their semester hostel fee of N$4 050 have been refused
readWildcat strike at Rosh Pinah
01-08-2007
ABOUT 200 workers who have gone on a wildcat strike in protest against the sacking of a union leader have disrupted production at the Exxaro Rosh Pinah zinc and lead mine in the South.Strikers have
readKhomas supports 'president' Nujoma
01-08-2007
THE 83 Swapo delegates of the Khomas Region have 'unanimously nominated' former Head of State Sam Nujoma as their only candidate for the position of Swapo president to be elected at the party's
readTjiriange corpse burning and robbery case to High Court
01-08-2007
THE case of a Windhoek resident accused of murdering his cousin by shooting him several times before he drove around with the victim's body in the boot of a car and eventually set the body on fire in
readOmaulikilo gIipindi pOngwediva otaga tameke 24 Aguste
01-08-2007
O MAULIKILO gIikwaipindi gokOmumvo ga Ngwediva nuumvo okwa tseyithwa taga ka kala ko okuza eti 24 Aguste sigo eti 1 Septemba 2007 mOngwediva nokwa tegelelwa ku kathike aauliki yiikwaipindi yawo ye li
readIizemo yokongresa yoCoD ya ekelwahi
01-08-2007
I IZEMO yomahogololo gewiliko lyongundu yompilameno yoCongress of Democrats (CoD) ngoka ga li ga ningwa poKeetmanshoop mu Mei nuumvo oya ekelwahi kokangundu hoka ka li taka ningi omakonakono moshinima
readOmusita Dama a fumvikwa pOnandjaba mOkalongo
01-08-2007
O MUSITA omukulukulu gwa Elcin, a li moshipundi shevululuko, tatekulu Lukas Ixwaimwe Dama gwomOnandjaba mOkalongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo mOshakati meti 19
readOohamushanga ye li 10 ya lundululwa
01-08-2007
O MUPILIMA gwa Namibia Nahas Angula okwa topitha omboma onene mOmaandaha goshiwike shika sho a tseyitha kutya Oohamushanga aakuluntu ye li omulongo oya lundululwa nelalakano okunawapeka onkalo
readSouth African Breweries to end Cosafa deal
01-08-2007
WINDHOEK - South African Breweries 11-year sponsorship of the prestigious Cosafa Castle Cup regional football tournament will end this year after the final of the current tournament in
readPoor show for Warriors in Cosafa
01-08-2007
THE record of the Brave Warriors in the Cosafa Castle Cup has since 2003 been hopeless, with knockouts already in the first match.The Namibian's sports reporter CORRY IHUHUA was in Gaborone, Botswana
readBrazil officially presents 2014 World Cup bid
01-08-2007
ZURICH - Brazil, the only candidate bidding to host the 2014 World Cup, on Tuesday officially presented its bid at the headquarters of world football's governing body Fifa in Zurich."We represent 180
readAlex's Chelsea switch on hold
01-08-2007
LONDON - Chelsea face a nervous wait to see if Brazil defender Alex will be given a work permit after he was unable to link up with his new club.Alex had flown into London to join Jose Mourinho's
readIndia complete rare win in England
01-08-2007
NOTTINGHAM - India beat England by seven wickets to win the second Test on the fifth and final day at Trent Bridge yesterday and so go 1-0 up in the three-match series.Resuming on 10 without loss,
readSunshine Tour back in Windhoek
01-08-2007
THE president of the Namibia Professional Golf Association (NPGA), Adri Basson, has announced that the Sunshine Tour, which is sponsored by MTC in Namibia, will be held from October 18 to 20 at the
readNigerian MPs on hunger strike
01-08-2007
LAGOS - Members of southern Nigerian Bayelsa state assembly have gone on hunger strike to protest the abduction of the mother of the assembly's president a week ago, said reports yesterday.The
readSpain's Canary Islands on fire
01-08-2007
MADRID - Firefighters worked yesterday to extinguish a four-day-old forest fire on Spain's Canary island of Gran Canaria, helped by water-dropping aircraft.Meanwhile, the number of people evacuated
readBritish army to leave N Ireland
01-08-2007
DUBLIN - Ireland welcomed yesterday the end of Britain's nearly four-decade long military operation in Northern Ireland, saying it was another big step towards normality in the British
readCondoleezza Rice, Robert Gates arrive in Egypt to persuade Arabs
01-08-2007
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Egypt yesterday with promises of weapons for allies in the Middle East, saying it would help
readAfghans recover body of hostage
01-08-2007
ARZOO - Afghan authorities yesterday recovered the body of a second South Korean shot dead by Taliban kidnappers who threatened to kill more of the 21 hostages if Kabul does not free rebel prisoners
readGordon Brown urges renewed efforts on reducing global poverty
01-08-2007
UNITED NATIONS - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved to build new international alliances for a fight against global poverty Tuesday, using a United Nations speech to press nations, businesses
readGordon Brown urges renewed efforts on reducing global poverty
01-08-2007
UNITED NATIONS - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown moved to build new international alliances for a fight against global poverty Tuesday, using a United Nations speech to press nations, businesses
readAquafina water is tap water
01-08-2007
NEW YORK - The label on Aquafina water bottles will soon be changed to spell out that the drink comes from the same source as tap water, the brand's owner PepsiCo said on Friday.A group called
readChina dam tested
01-08-2007
BEIJING - Flood waters are putting China's massive Three Gorges Dam to the test and raising water levels on its longest river, the Yangtze, after weeks of floods nationwide killed about 700 people,
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