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37 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Reality bites in the BBA house!
08-08-2007
WHAT'S up with Big and the no-meat regime? BBA watchers think there has to be some scheming behind the imposed 'alternative eating style'.And most of the housemates are tripping over the veggies-only
readWednesday SMS responses
08-08-2007
* WILL our society please de-stigmatise ex-offenders with criminal records who want to join the labour market. Some are rehabilitated parents who want to live meaningful lives. Give them a chance to
readCongo hopes to get ageing railways on track
08-08-2007
KANANGA - Unused passenger wagons disintegrate on the rails beside boxcars bearing the scars of daily derailments that plague Democratic Republic of Congo's decrepit and often deadly railway system.In
readOil steadies after slide
08-08-2007
LONDON - Oil steadied yesterday after the previous session's near five per cent slide, supported by a rebound in equity markets and expectations for a fifth weekly drop in US crude inventories.The
readDiamond miner Koidu to turn profit in Sierra Leone
08-08-2007
FREETOWN - Four years after starting operations, Sierra Leone's biggest diamond venture Koidu Holdings SA expects to turn its first profit in 2007.It marks a turnaround for the country's dilapidated
readKaras Youth Expo hailed as success
08-08-2007
YOUNG people from around the Karas Region gathered at Keetmanshoop for a two-day Karas Youth Expo to showcase their talents and entrepreneurial skills.The first Youth Expo in the region ended on
readModel waits months for phone line
08-08-2007
BERLIN - A fashion model who features in a high-profile advertising campaign for Deutsche Telekom has threatened to seek another provider after waiting three months for the company to install a new
readRates set to increase
08-08-2007
EAST LONDON - Above-target inflation meant that South Africa's interest rates were more likely to rise than fall, central bank Governor Tito Mboweni said yesterday.The central bank's Monetary Policy
readUlenga clings to power Opposing camps drift further apart
08-08-2007
TENSIONS between two rival factions of the CoD opposition party reached new heights yesterday, when one group made a U-turn and backtracked on a previous agreement that would have paved the way for a
readWidespread frost expected
08-08-2007
SUB-ZERO temperatures and frost are expected in southern, central and eastern Namibia this morning as a cold front from the southern tip of the continent extended its icy fingers to Namibia
readOmitara goes BIG
08-08-2007
THE small settlement of Otjivero at Omitara has been chosen as the test ground for the Basic Income Grant (BIG) Coalition's efforts to halt poverty in its tracks.After more than three years of trying
readMain treason trial set to soldier on in September
08-08-2007
AFTER 230 days in court, testimony from 127 prosecution witnesses, and a typed record running over more than 18 000 pages, the end is still not in sight for the main Caprivi high treason trial.The
readMissing rape suspects wanted
08-08-2007
ARREST warrants for rape suspects Bernard Rooi and Benjamin Swartbooi were issued after they failed to appear in the High Court at Keetmanshoop on Monday to stand trial.No explanations were brought
readSwakopmund's rodent patrol's days are numbered
08-08-2007
THE Swakopmund branch of the Cat Protection Society (CPS) suffered a blow recently when the Swakopmund Town Council decided to get rid of the largest of the town's five feral cat colonies.The colony
readStock thieves get 5 years
08-08-2007
TWO men have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the theft and slaughter of 18 goats at a farm near Omaruru last year.However, 15 years of the sentence were suspended for five years, meaning they
readGame loan scheme a reality
08-08-2007
TWENTY-FOUR farmers will be the first beneficiaries of the Wildlife Breeding Loan Scheme that Government introduced a few years ago.The scheme grew out of a recognition that there are emerging
readInfant's body found in Swakop dunes
08-08-2007
A WITVLEI resident died on Sunday after being hit in the chest with a brick.The incident happened at the Friendship Inn at Omataura, apparently during a quarrel between the deceased and the suspect. A
readSwakop's traffic chiefs set to face disciplinary action
08-08-2007
SWAKOPMUND'S traffic chief and his deputy, who were suspended in June, were ordered to return to work last week.They also face the prospect of disciplinary action. Traffic Chief Fanie Kruger and his
readFour in court over computer theft
08-08-2007
FOUR men allegedly caught red handed with stolen computers in Windhoek on Sunday morning appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.The four face charges of housebreaking and theft. It is
readCity seizes squatter plot, shacks will go
08-08-2007
ABOUT 20 households living illegally in shacks next to the Otjomuise Three residential area in Windhoek are to be moved soon: the City of Windhoek has decided to step in and take action against the
readAafekelwa yi iyaka mondholongo poKatima Mulilo
08-08-2007
A ANANDHOLONGO ye li omulongo nagumwe oyi iyaka mondholongo pondholongo yOpolisi poKatima Mulilo mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Aniwa aalumentu mboka oyali ya thiminike omweelo gwondholongo yawo noku
readNUNW a ulika wo Ya Nangoloh omutanganwe
08-08-2007
E HANGANO lyomahangano gaaniilonga mu Namibia nenge National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) olya pula Epangelo li talulule omakwatathano galyo niilongo yopondje mbyoka hayi gandja omakwatho
readNamPower ta ka gandja uumbiyena woshali koshigwana
08-08-2007
A ANAMIBIA otaya ka pewa mbala uumbiyena wolusheno oshali unene tuu momalukanda gomoondoolopa - tashi ka tameka lwopehulilo lyomwedhi nguka, pethimbo lyiikonga mbyoka tayi ka ningwa nelalakano
readOngeleki ya Christian Fellowship Church ya gandwa kOpolisi mOshakati
08-08-2007
O POLISI mOshakati oya ulike omunwe Ongeleki ya Christian Fellowship Church noku yi kunkilila kutya inayi kala we nuunona waantu wu li kohi yoomvula 16 nenge kohi yoomvula 18 aavali wawo kaye shi
readOpolisi moNooli ya kwata po omuntu shi na sha nedhipago lyOmupashiyoni
08-08-2007
O POLISI mOnooli Oya kwata po omuntu shi na sha nedhipago lyOmutalelipo Omundoishi ngoka a dhipagelwe nondjembo popepi nOtjimbingwe muuninginino-mbangalantu wa Venduka kuyele omwedhi gwa zi ko.Komanda
readNFA gives 1 000 balls to primary schools
08-08-2007
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) will distribute over 1 000 soccer balls to 130 primary schools countrywide as part of its plan to popularise the game in the country.NFA acting Secretary General
readOshakati to host biggest fun day
08-08-2007
AT least 1 500 runners and walkers are expected to compete at the first Style/Beaver Canoe Fun Day which is planned for Oshakati on September 29, organiser Quinton-Steele Botes said yesterday.The
readWoods targets Southern Hills
08-08-2007
TULSA - Tiger Woods goes into this week's PGA Championship as red-hot favourite to win the title for a fourth time, although lovers of golfing trivia might prefer a different outcome.Should a
readBenfica tackles the NFA
08-08-2007
BENFICA owner Kanu Amadhila says he is going to appeal against the verdict of the Namibia Football Association's (NFA) Disciplinary Committee acquitting Mighty Gunners coach Dawid Snewe on charges of
readTaliban weighs hostages' fate
08-08-2007
KABUL - Taliban leaders are deciding what to do with 21 Korean hostages after Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US President George Bush ruled out making any concessions to free them, one of the
readSwazi king promises democracy
08-08-2007
LANGKAWI - Swaziland's King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, said yesterday that he was working to ensure democracy and reduce rampant poverty in his agriculture-dependent country, despite
readFloods kill 17 in central Nigeria
08-08-2007
KANO - At least 17 people were killed on Monday in flooding in central Nigeria's Plateau state while more than 200 houses were washed away, said local officials.Mohammed Abubakar, chairperson of Wase
readLiberian coup: Arms cache found
08-08-2007
MONROVIA - Liberian authorities investigating a possible coup plot have discovered a large cache of new AK-47 ammunition in a town on the main road to Ivory Coast, said police on Monday.Police
readRussia 'drops missile'
08-08-2007
TBILISI - Georgia accused Russia of 'undisguised aggression' yesterday, saying two Russian fighter jets intruded on its airspace and fired a missile that landed just metres from a house.Russia denied
readMozambican authorities seize tainted toothpaste
08-08-2007
MAPUTO - Mozambican authorities have seized thousands of boxes of counterfeit toothpaste which they fear may contain a potentially deadly chemical.State radio said on Sunday that the health ministry
read'Release 5 of our people'
08-08-2007
LONDON - Britain has asked the United States to release five British residents from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Foreign Office said yesterday, Foreign Secretary David Miliband
readAbbas sounds optimistic note after Olmert talks
08-08-2007
RAMALLAH - President Mahmoud Abbas promised Palestinians yesterday their lives would improve as a result of his talks this week with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert."Many issues which affect the
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