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42 Articles found on Thursday, 30 August 2007
Baby, you ring my bell ...
30-08-2007
ON Friday, housemates were given an hour to create cellphone ringtones.For some it was an opportunity to vent their sexual frustrations, for others a time to showcase their creativity. And for one or
readRichard's wife calls it a day on her BBA blog
30-08-2007
WHILE the housemates are getting funky with a 1970s pseudo 'Lord of the Rings' task, the foxy mamas and papas of the house are involved in a Shaft-like game of conspiracy and sabotage.The house is
readRangeland management
30-08-2007
DYNAMICS in rangeland management in Namibia will be the topic at the 11th Namibia Rangeland Forum at the beginning of next month.Five case studies from different situations in communal and commercial
readEnergy efficiency can aid climate: UN
30-08-2007
VIENNA - Energy efficiency for power plants, buildings and cars is the easiest way to slow global warming in an investment shift set to cost hundreds of billions of dollars, the United Nations said on
readInvader bush set to fuel power plant
30-08-2007
A NEW way of combating bush encroachment and restoring Namibia's savannah landscapes will start next month when a N$14 million project to set up an independent power plant fed with invader bush will
readEnergy efficiency can aid climate: UN
30-08-2007
VIENNA - Energy efficiency for power plants, buildings and cars is the easiest way to slow global warming in an investment shift set to cost hundreds of billions of dollars, the United Nations said on
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
30-08-2007
* IT is very saddening to see how 93 children can live in such conditions (at the dumpsite at the Laurent Kabila Informal Settlement on the outskirts of Windhoek). I would like to ask The Namibian to
readGerman consumer morale wanes
30-08-2007
BERLIN - German consumer sentiment is likely to worsen in September due to households' concerns that market turmoil and higher food prices may hurt the economy and erode purchasing power, a survey
readFathers missing in fight to cut poverty
30-08-2007
NEW YORK - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday said that fighting poverty now requires enlisting fathers, explaining the last decade of progress stemmed mainly from putting mothers to
readMadagascar hopes for onshore oil
30-08-2007
PORT LOUIS - Madagascar may soon see the first signs of commercial viability for its onshore oil and gas reserves when a private firm completes its exploration in coming weeks, a presidential adviser
readSADC customs union unlikely
30-08-2007
CAPE TOWN - High inflation and budget deficits in southern Africa are likely to block any effort to form a customs union in the region by 2010, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said
readLikely diamond decline weighs on Bots rating
30-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Botswana's stable and positive local and foreign currency bond ratings reflect its continued external and fiscal account surpluses, Moody's Investors Service said yesterday.But the
readCheers to index-linked cocktails
30-08-2007
LONDON - A London bar is launching a series of index-linked vodka cocktails in a bid to promote Russian business in Britain.Potemkin, one of the capital's leading vodka bars, has named five cocktails
readMeningitis outbreak in North
30-08-2007
CASES of meningitis have been reported in some villages in the Eengodi constituency of the Oshikoto Region.One child has died already. As worries mounted yesterday about the disease spreading, health
readNSHR warns of 'plan' to return Nujoma to power
30-08-2007
THE National Society for Human Rights claims that a campaign to return former President Sam Nujoma to State House has moved into top gear and is being spearheaded by current Head of State, Hifikepunye
readRCC sues to recover B1 City mall project millions
30-08-2007
THE Roads Contractor Company is taking legal action against the company in charge of the deeply troubled B1 City shopping mall property development in a bid to recover some N$5,7 million the
readGovt urged to up efforts on women's issues
30-08-2007
A NAMIBIAN women's organisation has called on Government to put more effort into issues that affect women.There has been an increase in criminal activities around the country, in which women and girls
readTwo convicted for hunting warthog
30-08-2007
GOBABIS - Petrus Doeseb (28) and Albertus Hoxobeb (24) were convicted by the Gobabis Magistrate's Court on Tuesday on charges of illegal hunting.The State alleged that nature conversation officials
readEvicted farmers turn to Angola
30-08-2007
SOME cattle of Oshiwambo-speaking communal farmers who were evicted from western Kavango last year are now grazing in southern Angola's Cunene province.Ismael Shailemo, one of the farmers evicted from
readDrowned man's body surfaces
30-08-2007
EIGHT days after jumping into the Goreangab Dam to escape the wrath of an angry mob, the body of a young theft suspect surfaced yesterday.Police officers were called in yesterday, almost to the exact
readResidents can live with 'ugly' desalination plant
30-08-2007
THE only real drawback of the proposed desalination plant near Wlotzkasbaken - a first for Namibia - seems to be its visual impact on people driving between Henties Bay and Swakopmund.Otherwise, the
readDriver killed in train crash
30-08-2007
A TRANSNAMIB train driver died on Tuesday night and his assistant was rushed to hospital after a freight train derailed and crashed just outside Windhoek.The train had been travelling from Aris in the
readStolen copper wire seized at Walvis Bay
30-08-2007
MORE than a tonne of stolen NamPower copper wire, which was destined for the scrap-metal trade at Walvis Bay, was intercepted by the Swakopmund Police on Tuesday.According to the Swakopmund Station
readNo dropping of charges against Namugongo
30-08-2007
AN attempt by corruption suspect Sackey Namugongo to get charges that have been pending against him for close to a year dropped has failed.Namugongo, who is a Deputy Director in the Ministry of
readEpangelo lya Sierra Leone oli ikwata omakuyunguto
30-08-2007
F REETOWN - Epangelo lya Sierra Leone otashi vulika li ninge etokolo kutya nakutseyithwe onkalo ya nyika oshiponga moshilongo dhoka, ngele omakuyunguto pokati koongundu dhopapolitika oga
readOshokoto yoSwapo mOlaata yOpashigwana ya popya kombinga yemanguluko
30-08-2007
O LAATA yOpashigwana nenge tutye National Council (NC) oya hala kuningwe oveta ndjoka tayi wilike iilonga yehangano lyuuthemba womuntu nenge tutye National Society of Human Rights (NSHR) nosho wo
readBrown ina hala aakwiita ya kuthwe mo mu Iraq
30-08-2007
L ONDON - Omuprimaminista gwa Britain Gordon Brown okwa ekelehi eindilo kutya napu tulwe elandulathano lya yela kutya uunake aakwiita yopaigwana taya ka za mo mu Iraq.Brown okwa ti Britain ota tsikile
readOmeya moondama oga shuna pevi
30-08-2007
P AKUYELEKANITHA naampoka ga li pethimbo ndika omumvo gwa zi ko, omeya moondama onene dha Namibia oga shuna pevi.Ondama ya Von Bach, moka omo hamu zi omeya ngoka haga longithwa koshitopolwa oshinene
readOkwaalandula oveta kwa pula Elelo lya Khomas oshimaliwa oshindji
30-08-2007
O TAKU popiwa iilonga yakorapta ya longwa mOlaata yoshitopolwa sha Khomas ya kotha oomiliyuna konima sho ina ku landulwa omilandu dhokolela.Oshinima shoka osha eta nee sigo opethimbo ndika sho Olaata
readLocal Sports Update Arandis Services race on
30-08-2007
THE annual Arandis 15-kilometre run and walk will be held on September 8, organiser Frank Slabbert announced.The entry fee will be N$15 per person and the race starts at the skateboard area. Entries
readWar dance for All Blacks
30-08-2007
WELLINGTON - The All Blacks pleaded with New Zealanders to "keep the faith" at an emotional farewell yesterday as they left for France intent on snapping a 20-year rugby World Cup drought.To the
readGulf between rich and poor
30-08-2007
SYDNEY - If picking the winner of this year's rugby World Cup seems a little tricky, try guessing the losers.It is an absolute cinch. Unlike the soccer and cricket World Cups, rugby's outsiders have
readFlintoff in for captaincy
30-08-2007
MANCHESTER - Andrew Flintoff could find himself leading England against India on his home ground today just months after being stripped of the vice-captaincy.England captain Paul Collingwood missed
readBasson passes on
30-08-2007
PATRICK Basson was not the best of strikers but he certainly was among the best during that time, scoring crucial goals when everybody least expected it.The pacey Basson played for Tigers and African
readCuban boxers out
30-08-2007
HAVANA - Cuban leader Fidel Castro has pulled the country's boxing team out of the world championship in Chicago in October to prevent boxers defecting.The Cuban boxing federation confirmed yesterday
readSharapova dazzles at Open
30-08-2007
NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova's dazzling play matched her eye-catching attire on Tuesday as the Russian opened the defence of her US Open crown in impeccably stylish fashion.Sporting a flaming red dress
readStriker McCarthy to join Bafana squad
30-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa star Benni McCarthy will end a 19-month international exile when he plays against Zambia in Cape Town next weekend.The Blackburn Rovers striker, second highest English
readWarriors to face Cosmos
30-08-2007
THE Brave Warriors will play a warm-up match against South Africa's Jomo Cosmos next Wednesday, before they depart to Ethiopia for their all-important African Nations Cup qualifier in that
readTaliban free three hostages
30-08-2007
QALA-E-KAZI - Taliban militants released three South Korean hostages yesterday, the first of 19 captives scheduled to be freed under a deal struck between the insurgents and the South Korean
readFires set forest damage record, ravage wildlife
30-08-2007
ATHENS - In six hot, windy days of uncontrolled blazes, Greece lost more of its rapidly dwindling forestland than in any single year on record.The massive fires, several still raging yesterday, have
readMandela statute unveiled
30-08-2007
LONDON - Nelson Mandela saluted the heroes of South Africa's struggle against apartheid yesterday at the unveiling of his statue at a ceremony in London recognising him as one of the greatest leaders
read'We'll die with Mugabe'
30-08-2007
HARARE - Thousands of hardline supporters of Robert Mugabe marched through the capital yesterday, denouncing the Zimbabwe president's Western critics and endorsing his controversial programme of farm
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