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41 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 August 2007
Flirting and hooking up in the BBA house...
15-08-2007
THINGS are certainly heating up in the Big Brother house.Not only are tempers beginning to flare and conflicts starting to arise, but perhaps even more sizzling is the way couples seem to be forming.
readEuro area grows 2,5 per cent
15-08-2007
BRUSSELS - Lower industry output hurt European economic growth in the second quarter after a growth spurt earlier in the year, with the 13 nations that use the euro expanding by 2,5 per cent, the
readNearly 80 per cent of India lives on half dollar a day
15-08-2007
NEW DELHI - Seventy-seven per cent of Indians, about 836 million people, live on less than half a dollar a day in one of the world's hottest economies, a government report said.The state-run National
readSA 2007 growth outlook positive
15-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's economic outlook has improved despite rising inflation and a spate of strikes, the Bureau for Economic Research said yesterday, and raised its growth forecasts for
readKaunda to receive business award
15-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Zambia's founding leader Kenneth Kaunda is this month to be given a prestigious business award for his contribution to private sector growth in the region, a southern African business
readWTO sees goods trade growth slowing
15-08-2007
GENEVA - Growth in global trade in goods may slow to about six per cent in 2007 from eight per cent last year as the world economy stammers, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said in a report
readPeroni Nastro Azzurro to grace Nam shelves
15-08-2007
CASTLE Brewing Namibia (CBN) has revealed that it will launch Peroni Nastro Azzuro, the celebrated Italian premium beer, in Namibia, as the shift to premium brands continues to gain momentum.The
readSeals become trophies
15-08-2007
SEALS living along the Namibian coast are being internationally advertised to trophy hunters, although they are listed as an endangered species under an international convention.Seals are also not on
readGang rape cases sent to High Court
15-08-2007
THE troubles faced by four young men accused of gang-raping and murdering a young woman in Windhoek in May 2005 became even more serious this week.They were told that their case is now being sent to
readGuards' strike put on hold
15-08-2007
A PLANNED nationwide strike by security guards over poor wages was called off at the eleventh hour yesterday.It has been put on hold for now, union officials said. The Namibian Transport and Allied
readJet-setting regional official blows budget
15-08-2007
THE Karas Regional Council's Chief Regional Officer, Salmaan Jacobs, has exhausted his annual travel allowance in just two and a half months.Council budgeted N$850 000 for subsistence and travel
readMinister to light up Ompundja
15-08-2007
MINES and Energy Minister Errki Nghimtina will this morning officially switch on the power at Ompundja village in the Oshana Region.This is according to Loth Kuushomwa, the Councillor for the Oshakati
readMilitary attaches taken with Walvis and Swakop
15-08-2007
A GROUP of 15 military attaches who visited the coast last week were impressed with new developmentsat Swakopmund and Walvis Bay.The delegation, which formed part of the Association of Foreign
read56-year-old man commits suicide
15-08-2007
A 56-year-old Swakopmund resident allegedly committed suicide on Monday by hanging himself.Police reported that Roy Lewey's brother discovered his body hanging in a storeroom. * Three prisoners
readSwapo women attack NSHR
15-08-2007
THE Swapo Party Women's Council says the wounds of the liberation struggle, healed through Namibia's policy of national reconciliation, are being scratched open by the National Society for Human
readMore vocational schools needed: MP
15-08-2007
GOVERNMENT should establish vocational training schools in every region, said Councillor Henock Kankoshi when he contributed to the debate on the Vocational Education and Training Bill in the National
readElectronic IDs to be issued by 2010
15-08-2007
THE automation of national documents such as birth certificates, IDs and passports by 2010 is one of the objectives of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration.Top management and regional
readNo body found in Oshakati 'drowning'
15-08-2007
POLICE at Oshakati have still not recovered the body of a man who allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a bridge near the Oshakati Police station on Friday.Early yesterday morning, two Police
readJudiciary condemns attack on magistrate
15-08-2007
THE Magistrates' and Judges' Association of Namibia has condemned a recent petrol-bomb attack on the house of Magistrate Thomas Kanime at Ongwediva.The association called upon magistrates and judges
readZim coke dealers admit guilt
15-08-2007
TWO Zimbabwean nationals who were arrested in Windhoek almost five months ago for dealing in cocaine and cannabis are to be sentenced in the Windhoek Regional Court today.Privillage Zindere (26) and
readDa Silva sentencing countdown starts
15-08-2007
THE High Court trial of Manuel Alberto da Silva, who was last week convicted of murder for shooting his girlfriend to death in Windhoek on New Year's Eve 2003, is scheduled to end on Tuesday next
readWomen want harsher treatment of murderers
15-08-2007
CLOSE to 50 women yesterday staged a demonstration at Keetmanshoop in protest against the recent murders of women and children.The women, most of them clad in black, waved placards condemning the
readOolamba otadhi egululwa nena
15-08-2007
O MINISTA yOomina nIikwankondo tate Erkki Nghimtina, ongula yonena ota ka tsa egulula egandjo lyolusheno lwopaprograma yegandjo lyolusheno komahala gokomikunda pOmpundja mUukwambi.Omukunda nguka ogu
readOmufekelwa monkambadhala yedhipago lyofamili ye otayi kOmpangu yOpashitopolwa
15-08-2007
N AKUFEKELELWA onkambadhala yedhipago Michael Endjala, okwa pulakene mEtitano lya zi ko kutya oshipotha she osha lundululilwa kOmpangu yOpashitopolwa - hoka ta ka taalela iipotha ine yonkambadhala
readOmawendo gopaukumwe omape mOshakati: Shimbulu ta ti
15-08-2007
M EYA gwondoolopa ya Shakati me Katrina Shimbulu okwa tseyitha kutya mOshakati otamu ka kala ashike omawendo gamwe, ngoka taga ka kala komukunda Othingo muuninginino wOshakati.Pethimbo ndika mOshakati
readOmunatexi a yugwa omutenya gwaankala mOvenduka
15-08-2007
A ALUMENTU yane oya yugu omuhingi gwotaxi sha ningilwa pOshakati Service mu Katutura mOvenduka mOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Oye mu yugu nee ombistoli ye, oondola/N$250 koomuma nosho wo oselula ye omutenya
readEhangano lyAapanguli lya yamukula keponokelo lyOmupanguli Kanime
15-08-2007
K ATU na esiku limwe tuka tile nenge tuka tilithwe kutya nee okulye, Aapanguli moNamibia taya ti ngaaka momushangwa gwawo ngoka ya pititha Omaandaha goshiwike shika, taya kondema nonyanya eponokelo
readTevez to start as Man U seek win
15-08-2007
LONDON - Manchester United are looking to Carlos Tevez to kick-start their English Premier League title defence as Chelsea seek to keep their winning ways in tonight's second round of matches.United
readNBC goes for one EPL match
15-08-2007
Having secured the rights from the English Premier League (EPL) to broadcast its elite soccer league, the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is only in a position to broadcast one live game per
readSimon receives his medal
15-08-2007
JOHANNES 'Baluka' Simon finally received his All-Africa Games bronze medal in Windhoek on Monday.Simon reached the semi-finals of the flyweight category at the All-Africa Games in Algeria, before
readPublic meeting
15-08-2007
MURORUA and Associates Legal Practitioners yesterday issued a notice calling on DStv subscribers to attend a meeting on the English Premier League (EPL) fiasco on SuperSport.The meeting is scheduled
readDStv also in hot water in Zim
15-08-2007
CONTINENTAL broadcaster Multichoice Africa, through its pay-per-view brand, DStv, has shut out subscribers outside South Africa from viewing the majority of games involving English Premiership
readNo chief executive for NFA yet
15-08-2007
THE appointment of a new chief executive officer for the Namibia Football Association (NFA) is likely to be announced by the end of next month.NFA spokesman Beau Kauta yesterday confirmed that the
readOnly two games for Liverpool fans
15-08-2007
LIVERPOOL fans who subscribe to DStv in Namibia will only be able to see their favourite English Premier League team in action on SuperSport twice between this weekend and November 25.The next
readNamibia ready for Boks
15-08-2007
THE Namibian rugby side will do themselves a huge favour if they can put up a formidable performance against the Springboks today, in view of the tough assignments awaiting them at the World Cup in
readThaksin to be arrested
15-08-2007
BANGKOK - Thailand's Supreme Court issued arrest warrants for exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife on corruption charges yesterday.The nine-judge panel ordered him to be produced in
readPakistan celebrates 60 years
15-08-2007
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan celebrated 60 years of independence from British rule with flag-raising ceremonies and fireworks but political troubles for a pro-US president and fears of militant violence
readSierra Leone awaits results poll
15-08-2007
FREETOWN -The president of Sierra Leone called yesterday for citizens to wait calmly for results of the country's weekend election - admonishing supporters of rival candidates for using unofficial
readZimbabwe in the spotlight at Southern Africa summit
15-08-2007
LUSAKA - The crisis in Zimbabwe will dominate the agenda at a regional gathering of Southern African leaders here this week, but analysts see little chance of a significant shift in policy towards
readIndian mum kills daughter for wanting school
15-08-2007
NEW DELHI - A 12-year-old Indian girl was beaten and then hanged by her mother for demanding she be sent to school, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported yesterday.The girl was beaten unconscious
readManto warns Sunday Times
15-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Legal action will be taken if the Sunday Times does not return medical documents belonging to Health Minister Manto Tshabala-Msimangr, her spokesperson said yesterday.Sibani Mngadi said
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