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52 Articles found on Thursday, 16 August 2007
Big Brother: Doll, it's all about voodoo!
16-08-2007
SO the backstabbing has started in the BBA house.This was bound to happen, given that there are 12 housemates from various backgrounds. True colours are slowly being nailed to the mast and it's
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
16-08-2007
* IT is time for labour unions and student organisations to concentrate all their effort on matters relevant to their constituencies. Workers' and students' problems are neglected for the sake of
readSalary increases for copper miners
16-08-2007
WORKERS at the copper mining and smelting operations of Weatherly International have received an eight per cent basic salary increase, the company announced yesterday.The increase will be backdated to
readUsakos wants part in mining
16-08-2007
USAKOS - A delegation from the Usakos Municipality is expected to pay a courtesy call on Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina today.The Chief Executive Officer of the local authority, Joseph
readNokia warns of battery overheating risks
16-08-2007
HELSINKI - The world's top cellphone maker, Nokia, said on Tuesday 46 million batteries used in its phones could overheat and the company would replace them for no cost to consumers.Nokia said the
readStandard Bank first-half profit up
16-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Standard Bank Group Ltd increased first-half normalised headline earnings per share by over 25 per cent yesterday but said conditions would be tougher in the remainder of
readInvestors fear Nigerian bank bubble
16-08-2007
LAGOS - Investors in Nigeria's burgeoning stock market are seeing danger signals that the recent rally is turning into a bubble.Concerns focus on banks, where share price growth has been spectacular
readUS judge presses US$54m suit over pants
16-08-2007
WASHINGTON - A US judge appealed his US$54 million (around N$399,6 million) lawsuit on Tuesday against the dry-cleaning shop that misplaced his trousers, shrugging off legal setbacks and international
readUK eases F&M curbs after negative tests
16-08-2007
LONDON - Britain said yesterday it would ease restrictions on livestock movements and was likely to stand down vaccination teams after initial tests for foot and mouth disease at a farm and theme park
readThe financial markets scare and Namibia
16-08-2007
THE recent sell-off in financial markets was part of the normalisation of credit spreads around the world, as too much money had been lent too cheaply and too easily to many people who could not
readLaw firm joins ICC fray
16-08-2007
A NAMIBIAN law firm has pledged N$20 000 to fight the case of former President Sam Nujoma and three others if a case lodged against them with the International Criminal Court materialises.The law firm
readCoke dealers get a sniff of lenience
16-08-2007
TWO Zimbabwean nationals who admitted this week that they had been caught dealing in cocaine and dagga in Windhoek almost five months ago were sentenced to a wholly-suspended jail term and a one-year
readTourist murder suspect in court again
16-08-2007
AS the Police continue their search for a second suspect for the murder of German tourist Johannes Fellinger (56), the first man caught in connection with the July 8 shooting made his second court
readPension fraud probe on cards
16-08-2007
A PROBE into the activities of all Namibian-based pension fund administrators may be on the cards.Representatives of the Namibian Financial Institutions Supervising Authority (Namfisa) have left for
readHealth policy for a safer workplace
16-08-2007
NAMIBIA'S national occupational health policy was launched on Friday in association with the World Health Organisation (WHO).WHO country representative Dr Custodia Mandlhate said employers should be
readAfrica to lose out: trade expert
16-08-2007
THE looming deadline for the signing of a new trade agreement between the European Union and developing countries by December this year is just four months away, but it is doubtful if the new deal
readBody finally recovered under 'suicide bridge'
16-08-2007
POLICE have recovered the body of a young man who allegedly committed suicide on Friday evening by jumping off a bridge near the Oshakati Police station.The body surfaced under the bridge yesterday
readPower brings joy to Ompundja
16-08-2007
OMPUNDJA residents were overjoyed yesterday when Mines and Energy Erkki Nghimtina officially switched on the power at their village.When he arrived there accompanied by Oshana Governor Clemens
readNC debates Labour Act
16-08-2007
FARMWORKERS' working conditions have not improved because most farm owners do not respect the laws of the land, according to National Council member Barakias Namwandi.Namwandi was speaking during
readCulling cause of seal population explosion, says 'Seal Whisperer'
16-08-2007
OVER 70 years of seal culling along the Namibian coast has led to unnatural population growth of the Cape Fur Seal, with far too many female seals having pups each year, a South African organisation
readAnother magistrate targeted by criminals
16-08-2007
VANDALS smashed the window of a Windhoek magistrate's car in the Freedom Land section of Katutura on Tuesday night.It was the second attack on a magistrate's property this month - on August 1 petrol
read35 years for fatal knife attack
16-08-2007
THE murder that Gobabis resident Ronny Naobeb committed when he stabbed his girlfriend to death almost three years ago was "cowardly, callous and cold-blooded", Naobeb was told before he was sent to
readSalary increases for copper miners
16-08-2007
WORKERS at the copper mining and smelting operations of Weatherly International have received an eight per cent basic salary increase, the company announced yesterday.The increase will be backdated to
readA hala okutoolithwa ko koondokumende
16-08-2007
O MUKALIMO gwomoWanaheda mOvenduka gwedhina Nadalulilwa Nikanor ota ti natango oondokumende dhe ndhoka a kuthilwe koombotsotso omasiku ga zi ko, inedhi mona, nota indile nesimaneko enene moshigwana
readMengestrata gumwe mOvenduka a tatulilwa ohauto ye omakende
16-08-2007
M ANGESTRATA gumwe gwomOvenduka (moFreedom Land) Tuyenikelao Haikango mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko naye okwa li oshihakanwa shaayoniyombili, sho ya ponokele ohauto ye noshilongitho kashi shiwike
readOshipotha shonkonga pangenga mOmpangu yOpombanda
16-08-2007
O SHIPOTHA shaalumentu yane mboka taya tamanekelwa oshipotha shokukwata onkonga omukiintu gumwe omugundjuka pangenga mOvenduka, mu Mei 2005, osha talika neho etiligane oshiwike sha zi ko.Oyali nokuli
readHelen Shiimbi na Leopard Amwele taya wilike NABTA mOshana
16-08-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE gwEhangano lyOombesa nUutekisa moNamibia (NABTA) Magnus Nangombe okwa tseyitha mOmaandaha kutya Ehangano lyOombesa nUutekisa olya ulika Efolo Helen Shiimbi a kale manga Omunashipundi
readOshipotha sha Kobi shokufalwa ko US sha tsilikwa sigo Septemba
16-08-2007
O shipotha shoshipuna Jacob ('Kobi') Alexander ngoka a halika ku Amerika opo a pangulilwe iipotha mbyoka ta tamanekelwa olya undulilwa ishewe komeho mOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwa Venduka mOmaandaha
readGwoomvula 56 i idhipaga
16-08-2007
O MUNAMIMVO 56 ngoka a kala omukalimo gwomoSwakopmund okwi idhipaga mOmaandaha sho aniwa i imangeleke.Opolisi oya lopota ngeyi kutya Roy Lewey okwa adhika ku mukwayinamati a endjelela konima sho i
readMuni gwaShakati a tunga omawendo gaayehe pOthingo
16-08-2007
M UNI gwaShakati okwa tunga omawendo omape pomukunda Othingo mUukwambi, gumwe gwomomikunda ndhoka dhi li meni lyoongamba dhondoolopa ndjika.Omunambelewakondololi gwiinima yi na sha nuundjolowele mu
readWorld Sports Briefs
16-08-2007
Trinidad set to face Jones in January MIAMI - Felix Trinidad will end a two-year retirement to fight Roy Jones next January, fight promoter Don King announced, in a match-up of former champions trying
readNo money for Warriors
16-08-2007
THE Brave Warriors will not play a scheduled friendly match against Angola next Wednesday due to a shortage of money.The match should have formed part of the Fifa international friendly calendar.
readDonatha saves a life
16-08-2007
WINDHOEK - A little known but highly commendable deed by local sports medic Donatha Gawanab has won her praise from one of Namibia's highest sports bodies and has in all likelihood secured her funding
readNNOC to pronounce itself on air pollution in China
16-08-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) is awaiting a report from the country's Chef de Mission, Joane Smith, on air pollution in China before taking a decision on the matter.NNOC
readRoddick rolls while Murray bounces
16-08-2007
CINCINNATI - Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced without difficulty Tuesday while Britain's Andy Murray was drummed out with ease at the 2,2-million-dollar ATP Cincinnati Masters.Third seed
readFederer not worried about lack of coach
16-08-2007
CINCINNATI - Methodical Roger Federer is considering whether he even wants to bother with finding a coach.Since parting with Tony Roche this spring, the world number one from Switzerland has continued
readTiger Woods to design golf course
16-08-2007
ASHEVILLE - Tiger Woods will design his first US golf course at The Cliffs planned community in the western North Carolina mountains, the world's number one golfer announced here Tuesday.Two days
readHenin gets thrills on court
16-08-2007
TORONTO - World number one Justine Henin says she is getting enough thrills on the court this season that there has been no need to jump out of planes to get her adrenalin fix.Back in action for the
readBudhia accuses coach of torture
16-08-2007
NEW DELHI - The coach of India's five-year-old marathon runner, Budhia Singh, was arrested Monday after the wonder boy accused him of torture, reports said.Coach Biranchi Das was taken into custody
readRepeat monkey zoo escapee recaptured
16-08-2007
TUPELO, Mississippi - A monkey that freed himself two weeks ago from a Mississippi zoo has escaped again, zoo officials said.Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo Manager Kirk Nemecheck and other employees
readPriest transfer leads to hunger strike
16-08-2007
MADRID - Members of a Spanish village parish have gone on hunger strike in protest at the transfer of their much-loved priest to another church.Eighteen members of a parish in Albunol in the southern
readHusband arrests wife
16-08-2007
ELKO, Nevada - This might make for a tense time at home.An off-duty sheriff's deputy was pulled over and charged with driving under the influence - by her husband. Charlotte Moore, 36, a jail deputy
readYone Minagawa, oldest person
16-08-2007
TOKYO - Yone Minagawa, a candy-loving great-great grandmother who became the world's oldest person earlier this year, has died at a nursing home in south-western Japan, an official said on Tuesday.She
read100s flee volcano in Ethiopia
16-08-2007
Addis Ababa - A volcano in northeastern Ethiopia's Afar region erupted during the weekend, leaving two people missing and forcing hundreds to flee, said reports yesterday.The Ethiopia News Agency
readKenyan journos protest
16-08-2007
NAIROBI - Hundreds of journalists wearing black gags marched silently through Kenya's capital yesterday to protest a proposed law that would allow courts to compel reporters to reveal their
readOpposition leads in Sierra Leone polls
16-08-2007
FREETOWN - The main opposition candidate was leading in Sierra Leone's presidential race on Tuesday as the first substantial results were released.With about 19 per cent of the vote counted, Ernest
read65 Zimbabweans barred from summit
16-08-2007
LUSAKA - Zambia barred 65 Zimbabweans at a border post on Tuesday because it suspected they planned to protest against President Robert Mugabe at a regional summit, an umbrella group for
readSA warned on World Cup child sex tourism
16-08-2007
CAPE TOWN - South Africa risks becoming a magnet for paedophiles when it hosts the 2010 soccer World Cup as rising child sex tourism blights Africa's top travel spots, activists said on Tuesday.Every
readMedi-Clinic lays theft charge against newspaper
16-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Cape Town Medi-Clinic has laid a charge of theft at the Cape Town police station in connection with missing medical records belonging to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang.Western
readIndia celebrates 60 years
16-08-2007
NEW DELHI - India celebrated six decades as an independent nation yesterday, as the prime minister warned against over-confidence from the rising power's booming economy.In a speech from the ramparts
readSix Italians shot in Germany
16-08-2007
DUISBURG - Six Italian men were shot dead in the northwestern German city of Duisburg early yesterday in an execution-style killing apparently linked to a mafia turf war.The shootings took place close
readDeadly Iraq sect attacks kill 200
16-08-2007
BAGHDAD - Rescuers dug through the muddy wreckage of collapsed clay houses in northwest Iraq yesterday, uncovering at least 200 bodies from suicide truck bombings the US military blamed on al
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