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53 Articles found on Monday, 6 August 2007
Central bank chief casts doubt over maize for ethanol
06-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank chief Tito Mboweni has questioned the wisdom of using maize as a source for ethanol, saying global trends have shown this would push up prices of the staple
readSwaziland sees seeds of recovery
06-08-2007
HLUTHI - Swaziland, one of Africa's poorest and most drought-hit countries, is a test ground for a biofuel crop which its champions believe can transform the farming sector and generate vital
readSA farmers battle Zim immigrants
06-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African police said Wednesday that farmers on the northern border should stop their vigilante campaign against Zimbabweans crossing illegally into the country.South Africa's Human
readZambia reports increase in Zimbabwean shoppers
06-08-2007
LUSAKA - Zambian immigration authorities are struggling to cope with a sudden upsurge in Zimbabweans crossing the border to shop for basic products as the economic crisis in their home country bites
readMonday's SMS responses
06-08-2007
Setting a national example * IT'S amazing that the President of Namibia is flying on a scheduled flight and not a private charter. What a way to save Government funds. Can other Government officials
readCell One signs major deal
06-08-2007
CELL One signed a massive financial agreement with Nedbank Capital, the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and Investec in Windhoek on Thursday.The long-term financing is split between DBN, which
readMalawi finance minister defies parliament
06-08-2007
LILONGWE - Malawi's finance minister vowed on Wednesday that he would go ahead with public spending without parliament's approval, in a deepening political standoff between the president and the
readFriday afternoon slackers cost firms
06-08-2007
LONDON - Employees who skip out of work early on a Friday cost British businesses more than 50 million pounds (N$720 million) a year, a UK employment law advisory firm said on Friday.Employersafe said
readAU plans African Investment Bank to fund development
06-08-2007
MAPUTO - The African Union (AU) plans to establish an investment bank in the next three years as part of an effort to raise an annual US$25 billion for development projects, an AU official said on
readMboweni rules Zim out of money union
06-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank Governor Tito Mboweni reiterated on Friday that it was "out of the question for now" for crisis-ridden Zimbabwe to join southern Africa's rand monetary
readPamodzi starts Africa's largest private equity fund
06-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African investment firm Pamodzi Investment Holdings has launched Africa's biggest private equity fund, the US$1,3 billion (N$9,1 billion) Pamodzi Resources Fund, it said on
readAPEC finance ministers urge action on climate change
06-08-2007
COOLUM - APEC finance ministers Friday said the world needs to "go beyond" the Kyoto Protocol to adequately address climate change and warned a rise in protectionist sentiment could threaten growth
readBiker killed
06-08-2007
A MOTORCYCLE accident claimed one life yesterday morning, when the rider lost control and hit the pavement in Hochland Road in Windhoek.He was thrown from the motorcycle and apparently died
readMan stabbed at Groot Aub
06-08-2007
A man was stabbed and killed in front of a Police officer at Groot Aub on Saturday.The Police were called to a bar to break up a fight. One of the men involved in the fight, 30-year-old William David
readNamibian troops to form part of SADC force
06-08-2007
THE Namibia Defence Force (NDF) will make soldiers available to serve in the standby force of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which will be inaugurated at the coming summit in
readNamPower to hand out free light bulbs
06-08-2007
NAMIBIANS will soon receive free light bulbs - to be distributed to urban households at the end of this month - in a nationwide campaign to save electricity.The campaign will kick off on August 29,
readPetrol bomb probe widens
06-08-2007
POLICE at Oshakati and Ongwediva have not yet made any arrest in connection with the petrol-bomb attack on the house of Ongwediva Magistrate Thomas Kanime last week."We are still investigating the
readNamibia seeks help to curb climate change
06-08-2007
AS an extremely arid country, Namibia is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and has a limited capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, a top Namibian diplomat has said.For this
readMilk shortages to continue
06-08-2007
SOUTH Africa's Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) says consumers will continue to experience milk shortages for a few more months.MPO Managing Director Etienne Terre'Blanche said in a press release
readCoD elections nullified Interim leaders to be appointed
06-08-2007
THE leadership elections of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) - held at Keetmanshoop in May - have been nullified because of irregularities.A new interim committee will start work in two days to guide
readNamibia in the House as BBA kicks off!
06-08-2007
ONE continent, 12 contestants, one house, 98 days.At stake: US$100 000. The moment reality show fans across Africa have been waiting for finally arrived last night. Big Brother Africa 2 has hit the
readComputer theft ring cracked
06-08-2007
FOUR suspected computer thieves were arrested just before sunrise yesterday.Members of the City Police and private security company G4S apprehended them in Windhoek's southern industrial area.
readNSHR fears for Ya Nangoloh's safety
06-08-2007
THE National Society for Human Rights has called on the Inspector General of the Namibian Police to provide security for its Executive Director, Phil ya Nangoloh.The NSHR said Swapo's statement last
readCheetah-friendly farmers get awards
06-08-2007
THREE Namibian farmers have been recognised for their efforts in adapting farming methods to reduce conflict with cheetahs and other predators.Leon Cloete, a Rehoboth farmer, and Piet and Christine
readCocaine smuggler loses appeal
06-08-2007
AN Angolan national convicted of drug dealing and possession has lost an appeal against his 10-year jail term, of which one year was suspended.Pampi Miquel (38) had appealed against a sentence imposed
read4 to be charged in record ecstasy case, PG decides
06-08-2007
THE four people charged in Namibia's largest ecstasy-dealing case to date heard on Friday that the Prosecutor General has decided to continue with the prosecution against all of them in the Windhoek
read'Bikespotting' fails as Ewan rides through Namibia
06-08-2007
SCOTTISH film actor Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman slipped under the radar last week as they zoomed through Namibia unnoticed by the local media.McGregor, Boorman and their support team
readDeadlock at Rosh Pinah
06-08-2007
THE strike at the Exarro Rosh Pinah zinc and lead mine in the South yesterday entered its second week as management and union representatives failed to reach agreement on a dispute over a sacked union
readAantu 3 ya dhitikwa nuuwe inau tetwa
06-08-2007
A ALUMENTU yatatu mboka taya tamanekelwa okukala nuumanya wondilo wu li 25 oya holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata poKeetmanshoop ongula yEtine lya zi ko.Otaku popiwa nee kutya aalumentu mboka oyo nee Paul
readYa hamano ya ongotela kondjala mu Zim
06-08-2007
M ASVINGO - Aakiintu ye li yahamano oya ongotele pevi kondjala pethimbo Omupresidende Robert Mugabe a li ta popitha oshigongi shopaati yawo koongenge dhondoolopa ya Mazavingo mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi
readNatango inapu kwatwa omuntu shi na sha nOomboma dhomahooli mOngwediva
06-08-2007
K EPULO, Opolisi mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya natango inapu kwatwa omuntu nenge aantu shi na sha neponokelo lyegumbo lyOmupanguli Thomas Kanime noomboma dhomahooli ongula onene yEtitatu lya zi ko
readKomimvo ntano ka kwatwa onkonga
06-08-2007
O KANONA komimvo ntano oka kwatwa onkonga pOnakaheke mOngandjera mOnooli ya Namibia mEtiyali lya zi ko.Opolisi oya li ya lopota mEtine lya zi ko kutya otayi kongo omupambele gwokanona hoka shi na sha
readKomimvo ntano ka kwatwa onkonga
06-08-2007
O KANONA komimvo ntano oka kwatwa onkonga pOnakaheke mOngandjera mOnooli ya Namibia mEtiyali lya zi ko.Opolisi oya li ya lopota mEtine lya zi ko kutya otayi kongo omupambele gwokanona hoka shi na sha
readYe li 65 ya sa mu Darfur
06-08-2007
K HARTOUM - Aantu ye lu 65 oya dhipagwa omasiku ngaka sho omalugodhi gopaukwamuhoko ga tameke ishewe moshitopolwa sha Darfur mu Sudan, omuleli gumwe gwopamuthigululwakalo osho a popi ngaaka oshiwike
readWFP okwa hala Aazim ya kwathwe niikulya
06-08-2007
J OHANNESBURG - Ehangano egandji lyiikulya lyIigwanahangano nenge tutye World Food Programme (WFP) mEtitatu lya zi ko olya ningi eindilo kiikwathelilongo yi gandje oshimaliwa shOondola dha Amerika
readTatekulu Ekandjo a hulitha oshiwike sha zi ko
06-08-2007
O MUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Omatando namba tuu popepi nOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana tatekulu Simon Kafula Ekandjo okwa mana oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo mOshakati ongulohi yEtitatu lya zi
readNani katu na we onakuyiwa muunafaalama wiimuna yetu: Omusamane Shailemo ta ti
06-08-2007
PONDANGWA O SHA yela kutya nani tseni ongaanafaalama ya Mangetti nosho tuu, mOshitopolwa shoka hashi ithanwa Owambo kwali, katu na we onakuyiwa muunafaalama wiimuna, oshoka Epangelo olya ekelahi
readUnited wins Community Shield
06-08-2007
MANCHESTER United beat Chelsea 3-0 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the Community Shield at the new Wembley Stadium yesterday.United veteran and captain Ryan Giggs opened the scoring for his side
readCeltic in Charity Cup win
06-08-2007
BLOEMFONTEIN Celtic beat Orlando Pirates 4-3 on penalties to win the 2007 Telkom Charity Cup title in front of a capacity crowd at the Mmabatho Stadium in North West Province on Saturday
readHamilton victorious at Hungarian GP
06-08-2007
BUDAPEST - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won his third Formula One race of the year at the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday, beating Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and BMW-Sauber's Nick Heidfeld.Defending F1
readGay, Wariner turn on heat at London GP
06-08-2007
LONDON - Tyson Gay warmed up for the athletics World Championships with a comfortable win in the 100 metres at the London Grand Prix on Friday, while Jeremy Wariner had to work for his victory in the
readEngland in record win over Wales
06-08-2007
TWICKENHAM - Nick Easter scored three tries Saturday as England's pack dominated Wales in a record 62-5 win in a rugby World Cup warm-up.Easter became the first England No. 8 to score a hat trick of
readCheetahs win at the Shark Tank
06-08-2007
THE battle for top of the log lived up to expectations when the Vodacom Free State Cheetahs outplayed the Sharks 42-22 (halftime 16-22) to remain unbeaten in the Absa Currie Cup in torrid weather
readFalcons are premiership champs
06-08-2007
REHO Falcons won the MTC Rugby Premier League title when they beat Western Suburbs 18-9 in the final at Windhoek's Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on Saturday.The match was not much of a spectacle and was
readGeorge Tabori, legendary playwright
06-08-2007
HUNGARIAN-BORN playwright and director George Tabori, a legend in Germany's post-war theatre world whose avant-garde works confronted anti-Semitism, has died.Tabori (93), who as recently as three
readMohammad Zahir Shah, last king of Afghanistan
06-08-2007
AFGHANISTAN'S last king, a symbol of unity who oversaw four decades of peace before a 1973 palace coup ousted him and war shattered his country, has died.He was 92. Mohammad Zahir Shah's demise ended
readUS soldier sentenced to 110 years in prison
06-08-2007
FORT CAMPBELL - A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family was sentenced to 110 years in prison.The sentence handed down on Saturday was part of a plea
readMugabe approves law monitoring Internet, phones
06-08-2007
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has approved a law that will give the government sweeping powers to monitor the Internet and mobile and fixed telephones in a country where the independent press has
read'Britain can contain foot-and-mouth'
06-08-2007
LONDON - Hopes rose yesterday that a potentially disastrous foot-and-mouth outbreak in Britain could be contained, as scientists grew increasingly suspicious that the disease came from a high-security
readTensions high for Lebanese polls
06-08-2007
BIKFAYA - Army and police patrols stood guard yesterday as thousands of Lebanese went to polling stations to vote in a key election to replace two assassinated lawmakers in this politically torn
read200 held at 'Satanic' rock concert in Iran
06-08-2007
TEHRAN - Iranian police detained more than 200 people and seized alcohol and drugs in a raid on a 'Satanic' underground rock concert, media in the conservative Islamic state reported on Saturday.Iran,
readTaliban on Korean officials
06-08-2007
KANDAHAR - Face-to-face talks between the Taliban and South Korean officials over the fate of 21 hostages will not happen unless the officials travel to Taliban territory or the UN guarantees the
read100 killed Congo accident
06-08-2007
KINSHASA - The government rushed a planeload of medical aid to survivors of a train wreck that killed about 100 people in southern Congo, officials said on Friday.Deputy Health Minister Ferdinand Ntua
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