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45 Articles found on Monday, 13 August 2007
BBA: Weekend Watch
13-08-2007
WHAT a weekend in the Big Brother Africa house! On Friday night, the jacuzzi was still being cleaned and the housemates had to find other ways of amusing themselves...Just as they thought Biggie had
readSMS Of The Day: Monday
13-08-2007
THOUGHT BBA 2 and Meryl have got us excited? Think again! The Phil ya Nangoloh, ICC, Nujoma show has got almost everybody in Namibia excited! Food for thought* WHEN will His Excellency the President
readSafaricom sees 9 million subscribers by March
13-08-2007
NAIROBI - Kenya's leading mobile phone firm expects profit this year to be in line with last year and is targeting nine million subscribers by the end of March from 7,3 million now, its head said on
readWorld needs more Opec oil, and quickly too
13-08-2007
LONDON - The need for more Opec oil is growing more urgent to avoid a worrying drop in global inventories faced with ever rising demand, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.The adviser to
readIllegal strike at Rosh Pinah over
13-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - An illegal strike at South Africa's Exxaro Resources Rosh Pinah zinc/lead mine in Namibia has ended, the firm said on Friday.The strike began on the night of July 29 at the underground
readZim cancels Telecel licence over shareholding
13-08-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's telecommunications regulatory authority has revoked a licence for private mobile phone operator Telecel Zimbabwe in a dispute over its shareholding structure.In a statement, the
readWebsite for all
13-08-2007
NAMIBIA Online Marketing Services cc last week announced that its local website - www.snip.com.na - is now accessible to the public.The new webpage offers for anyone to present their products and
readCongo peacekeepers helped smugglers
13-08-2007
KINSHASA - UN peacekeepers from Pakistan arranged armed escorts and provided food for illegal gold smugglers in eastern Congo but did not themselves trade weapons for gold, according to a UN report
readOmaheke Youth Expo on this wk
13-08-2007
GOBABIS - Omaheke Regional Youth Enterprises' Expo Committee held a meeting on Thursday to finalise preparations pertaining to the Omaheke Youth Expo.Speaking at the information-sharing meeting,
readWe will not waver: NSHR
13-08-2007
THE National Society for Human Rights - under attack from the Head of State, Government, Swapo and affiliate groups for its stand on missing people - has vowed to stand firm in the face of the
readDStv feels wrath of soccer fans
13-08-2007
THOUSANDS of Namibian football fans were left frustrated at the weekend after DStv failed to screen most of the English Premier League (EPL) matches on its SuperSport channels.Angry football fans on
readJustice system failed victim: Judge
13-08-2007
SESLEY Swartbooi - murdered at the age of 24 by her boyfriend at Gobabis almost three years ago - still may have been alive if Namibia's justice system was functioning properly.Swartbooi, a mother of
readRival CoD groups expel each other
13-08-2007
NAMIBIA'S main opposition party, the Congress of Democrats (CoD), is at sixes and sevens after two rival factions suspended and expelled each other yesterday after holding separate meetings over the
readKaras has great plans for tourism
13-08-2007
A PROJECT designed to contribute to sustainable development within the Karas Region and Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park and Conservation Area has been presented to Environment Minister Willem
readSRT celebrates 25 years
13-08-2007
IT took a chance meeting over a flat tyre in the middle of the Skeleton Coast Park to spark an idea that has given Namibia one of its most successful and sustainable environmental projects which turns
readNamdeb, union agree on wages
13-08-2007
NAMDEB and the Mineworkers' Union of Namibia last week signed a new wage agreement making way for a 10 per cent across-the-board increase for more than two thirds of the employees of the diamond
readMagistrate recuses himself from case
13-08-2007
OSHAKATI - Oshakati Magistrate Tomas Kanime has recused himself from a criminal case involving a Muslim family that owns the Northern Panel Beaters at Ongwediva.The recusal came at the request of the
readFamily shooting suspect to be tried in Regional Court
13-08-2007
ATTEMPTED murder suspect Michael Endjala heard on Friday that he is set to stand trial in the Windhoek Regional Court on four charges of attempted murder in connection with his alleged attempt to
readStudents get involved in ICC debate
13-08-2007
A GROUP of students at the University of Namibia on Friday accused the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) of disturbing peace at the institution through its actions to hold their Chancellor
readSecurity strike illegal, say employers
13-08-2007
THE Security Association of Namibia (SAN) says Natau and NASGWU are acting outside their collective bargaining agreement by threatening to take industrial action if their demands are not met.SAN
readTears flow in Keetmans gang-rape trial
13-08-2007
A RELATIVE of a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly gang-raped by two men - including a teenager who is related to her - testified in tears in the High Court at Keetmanshoop last week about the
readKaras drowning in booze
13-08-2007
UP to 47 per cent of people in the Karas region have drinking problems, meaning they drink more than six units of alcohol on one occasion.This was revealed in the Nationwide KAP Baseline Survey on
readGrave concerns
13-08-2007
THE Mayor of Oshakati, Katrina Shimbulu, has announced a Town Council decision not to allow new burials in the town's existing four cemeteries.At the moment there is the Oshakati Town Council
readKhomas farmer denies wild allegations
13-08-2007
TWO women working on a farm just outside Windhoek had tempers flaring on Friday morning, when they charged that their employer had beaten them and taken liberties with their pay.Labour inspectors and
readOosekuliti odha hala okuninga ekanka ngele kapu na euvathano megwelelo lyOondjambi dhawo
13-08-2007
O OSEKURITI adhihe moNamibia odha tokola okuninga ekanka ngele itapu holoka euvathano meindilo lyegwedhelo lyOondjambi dhawo ngashi sha uvathanenwe omathimbo ga zi ko.Edhilaadhilo ndyoka lya li po
read'Otatu ka popila Nujoma': Pohamba
13-08-2007
E PANGELO itali ka thiga nando emanya lya londa kekwawo mokupopila Omupresidende gwoSwapo tatekulu Sam Nujoma kombinga yoshipotha shomahepeko gaantu shoka tashi konakonwa ngashiingeyi kOmpangu
read'Onda kuthwa oondokumende dhandje' Ndalulilwa ta ti
13-08-2007
O MUKALIMO gwomoWanaheda mOvenduka gwedhina Nadalulilwa Nikanor ota indile nesimaneko moshigwana opo shi mu kwathe mokukonga ko koondokumende dhe ndhoka a kuthwa koombotsotso omasiku ga zi ko
readEwawa lyaagundjuka mo Swapo nalyo lya kondema Ya Nangoloh
13-08-2007
E WAWA lyAagundjuka mo Swapo nenge tutye Swapo Youth League olya hala Omukuluntuwiliki gwehangano egameni lyuuthemba womuntu lyopashigwana nenge tutye National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), a
readNdohotola Shikongo a hulitha
13-08-2007
O MUNDOHOTOLA gwa kwalukehe a tseyika nawa, unene tuu mOnooli - a li e na Okapangelo ke kopaumwene pOndangwa, tate Ireneus ya Ronginus Shikongo (46) okwa hulitha meti: 7 lyomwedhi nguka.Ndohotola
readOkamatyona ka dhitikwa moshipotha shonkonga yokanona komimvo 6
13-08-2007
O KAMATYONA komimvo omulongo nahamano (16) oka kwatwa po kOpolisi pOutapi konima aniwa ka kwata koonkondo okanona komimvo hamano pomukunda gwopopepi hoka, Opolisi tayi lopota ngaaka mEtitatu
readEkanka lyaaniilonga po Rosh Pinah lya hula
13-08-2007
E KANKA lyomasiku 18 ndyoka lya ningwa kaaniilonga pOmina ya Axarro Rosh Pinah olya hulu mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, konima sho Ewilikongundu lyOmina nehangano lyaaniilonga ya adha
readMorocco, North Korea take gold in marathons
13-08-2007
BANGKOK - Morocco and North Korea added their names to the gold medal list for the first time at these World University Games as their athletes dominated the half-marathons on Saturday.Mohamed Fadil
readFrance beat England in rugby warm-up
13-08-2007
LONDON - England coach Brian Ashton said his side had wasted a golden chance of beating France in the World Cup warm-up match here at Twickenham on Saturday.Sebastien Chabal scored a 70th minute try
readSouth African wins ITF Junior tennis
13-08-2007
WINDHOEK - Grant Ive of South Africa won the boys' under-18 singles title at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Circuit Tournament in Windhoek on Friday after beating Zimbabwe's Mbonisi
readArsenal in late win over Fulham
13-08-2007
LONDON - Arsenal scored two goals in the last seven minutes to beat Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League yesterday and make up for an embarrassing blunder by goalkeeper Jens Lehmann.Chelsea also conceded
readNaule retains title in style
13-08-2007
NAMIBIA'S Jason 'Taks' Naule successfully defended his WBA Pan-African junior welterweight title when he emphatically ousted South Africa's Pius 'Dida' Dibheko with a technical knockout on Saturday
readWorld Sport Briefs
13-08-2007
Al Ahli win third straight Egypt Super Cup African champions Al Ahli added another trophy to a host of recent triumphs with a penalty-shootout victory over Ismaili in the Egypt Super Cup in Cairo on
read2 sick hostages to be freed
13-08-2007
GHAZNI - A Taliban spokesman reiterated yesterday that the militants will soon free two sick, female South Korean hostages but said the timing of the release hasn't yet been decided.The international
readZambia smashes adoption scam
13-08-2007
LUSAKA - The Zambian government has smashed a scam in which children under the age of 10 are adopted and flown out of Zambia without following proper procedures.Community and Social Welfare Minister,
readGirl dies during circumcision
13-08-2007
CAIRO - A 13-year-old Egyptian girl died during a circumcision operation, the second such case reported over the past two months, local media said on Saturday.The doctor involved has been referred to
readSierra Leone holds polls
13-08-2007
FREETOWN - Ballot-counting was under way yesterday in Sierra Leone's first presidential election since UN peacekeepers withdrew two years ago - a vote seen as a test of the country's transition to
readLandslides kill four
13-08-2007
NAIROBI - Landslides have killed at least four people and destroyed several homes in western Kenya, a local television station said on Saturday.NTV, quoting villagers at the scene in Kuvasali village,
readGandhi's hand looms over India's surging economy
13-08-2007
NEW DELHI - When Tata Steel bought an Anglo-Dutch competitor this year for US$12 billion, the newspaper headline 'Empire Strikes Back' symbolised how far India's economy had come in the 60 years since
readTwo arrested over journo killings
13-08-2007
MOGADISHU - Somalia's military have arrested two men over the killings of two prominent Somali journalists, the interim government said yesterday.Gunmen shot dead HornAfrik journalist Mahad Ahmed Elmi
readLet's unite
13-08-2007
KABUL- Afghanistan and Pakistan have been mired in the rise of militancy, extremism and radicalism while the rest of the world races forward with economic development, Pakistani President General
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