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33 Articles found on Thursday, 9 August 2007
New threats for white farmers in Zimbabwe
09-08-2007
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's government has warned it will arrest white Zimbabwean farmers resisting evictions from new land targeted for black farmers, state media reported yesterday.Critics
readLiberia's tough law to lock away rapists
09-08-2007
MONROVIA - Under an old foam mattress in one of this city's slums, Niome David keeps a dark memento - the underwear her 9-year-old daughter was wearing the night she was raped.The mother refuses to
readDesperate Housemates
09-08-2007
IS Big trying to turn BBA into Desperate Housemates? Are Maxwell and Lerato going to get it on? Is Meryl too sexy for her t-shirt? Which guy really packs it? Where's Maureen? The gossip is HOT!
readNew species of bat, frogs found in Congo forests
09-08-2007
NEW YORK - Six new species, including a bat and two frogs, have been discovered in Democratic Republic of the Congo in an eastern area off limits to scientists for decades because of violence, a
readBEE needs teeth to bite
09-08-2007
Cape Town - The South African government has been urged to beef up its performance in achieving broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE). The Presidential Black Business Working Group meeting
readOil major Total makes new Congo discovery
09-08-2007
PARIS - French oil major Total said yesterday it had made its fourth oil discovery in a block off the shores of the Republic of Congo, where Total is the country's leading hydrocarbons producer.The
readLuederitz residents lose battle against noisy Stepps Inn Nightclub
09-08-2007
LUDERITZ residents living near the Stepps Inn Nightclub were dealt a blow when the Karas Liquor Board rejected their petition to have the club's liquor licence revoked or to have its trading hours
readWoman most affected by HIV-AIDS:ICW
09-08-2007
MANY more women than men in Namibia are living with HIV-AIDS, Caroline Thomas of the International Community of Women living with HIV-AIDS (ICW) said at the Sister Namibia press briefing on Monday.
readTeen held for rape of girl (6)
09-08-2007
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy is being held in custody at Outapi after he allegedly raped a six-year-old girl at a village there, the Police reported yesterday. The suspect made his first court appearance on
readWomen MPs reach out to society
09-08-2007
PEOPLE'S understanding of laws on the protection of women and children in Namibia, and their suggestions on implementing such legislation, are important elements in ensuring that these laws are
readCops search for firebug
09-08-2007
HAMWEYI - About 70 000 hectares of land have been destroyed by veld fires in the Kavango Region.The veld fires, believed to have been started deliberately or negligently, occurred between Mile 20 and
readNamibia embarks on climate change control
09-08-2007
NAMIBIA is to set up two special offices to implement obligations related to climate change control under the Kyoto Protocol. Namibia acceded to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change in July 2003. To
readRecord set straight on CoD's Govt cheque
09-08-2007
ALLEGATIONS by CoD leader Ben Ulenga that party member and fellow parliamentarian Nora Schimming-Chase was unauthorised to receive a Government cheque for the party were refuted by the National
readCoD audit panel throws in towel
09-08-2007
BRIGITTE WEIDLICH AN independent panel that nullified controversial CoD elections held at Keetmanshoop three months ago, and was to institute an interim committee on Tuesday night, has dissolved.The
readSwapo Youth threaten 'war'
09-08-2007
THE Swapo Youth League wants the head of the National Society for Human Rights to be charged with violating national reconciliation because of a submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
readRosh Pinah strike called off
09-08-2007
AN 18-day strike which disrupted production at the Exarro Rosh Pinah zinc and lead mine in the South was called off yesterday after union and management reached agreement on a dispute over a sacked
read'Shepherd' arrested for fondling flock
09-08-2007
THE Oshakati Police have arrested a man who claimed he was a bishop from South Africa on a charge of indecent assault. Oshana Police Liaison Officer Constable Jonas Slogan Matheus confirmed that
readCard fraud syndicate bust
09-08-2007
AN international syndicate allegedly making fraudulent credit and debit card transactions have been found to be doing the rounds in Namibia.Six people - two Namibians, two Sri Lankans, a Singaporean
readLong jail terms for 'traitors'
09-08-2007
THE 10 men convicted in the second Caprivi high treason trial will pay a severe price for their involvement in a plot to secede the Caprivi Region from Namibia: a combined 314 years of imprisonment.
readKanime a indilwa kaaye komeho nepangulo lyAakwaPetterson
09-08-2007
HAHENDE Frieda Kishi gwEhangano lyAapopiliko yOpaveta lya Kishi, okwa indila Omupanguli Thomas Kanime i ikuthe mo manga moshipotha shoka a kala ta pangula sha Fayzel Petterson (24), Zogger Petterson
readOshigambo High sha ninga egongelo lyoshimaliwa shokunawapeka osikola
09-08-2007
O SIKOLA onkulunkulu yOngeleki ya Elcin noya simana yedhina Oshigambo High moshitopolwa sha Oshikoto oya kulupa noonkondo, neindilo olya ningwa moshigwana ashihe sha Namibia opo shi kwathele
readCyclist Hoffmann in fantastic form
09-08-2007
NAMIBIAN star cyclist Erik Hoffmann has shown his continued excellent form with podium finishes in his last two major events in Europe. His first win was in the Große Reblandtour and got
readIceland pumps thousands into African chess champs
09-08-2007
THE Embassy of Finland yesterday made one of the biggest contributions towards chess by donating N$80 000 that will go towards the hosting of the African Individual Chess Championships early next
readDutch populist calls for Koran ban
09-08-2007
AMSTERDAM - Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders has called for the Koran to be banned in the Netherlands, branding it a "fascist book" in the vein of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' which
readBanks extend terms to attract poor customers
09-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Longer repayment periods on unsecured personal loans had enhanced the affordability of debt for consumers, FirstRand's chief executive said last week. In recent years, banks have
readFrench company enters Namibian uranium sector
09-08-2007
THE race for worldwide uranium resources has reached new heights with a French state-owned enterprise taking over the British-based company UraMin for a staggering US$2,5 billion or approximately
readBees hunt for landmines
09-08-2007
ZAGREB - Swarms of honey bees buzz over Croatian meadows in an experimental hunt for explosives, making them new recruits in authorities' efforts to clear away thousands of potentially deadly
readGeorgia offers proof of Russia attack
09-08-2007
TBILISI - Georgia said yesterday it has proof that Russian jets violated its airspace and released a missile that landed near a house.Russia has denied the claim. Georgia's Foreign Ministry issued a
readHuge cross erected
09-08-2007
A GIANT cross commemorating the victims of Stalinist purges in the 1930s has been erected at a ceremony near Moscow. The wooden cross - 12,5m high and 7,6m wide- was placed in Butovo, at the site of
readUS raid kills 30 Iraq 'militants'
09-08-2007
BAGHDAD - US and Iraqi forces have killed 30 militants in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the US military has said.They said most had died in an air strike following a raid in the Shia district of Sadr
readAfrican, Asian leaders make pledges
09-08-2007
LANGKAWI - African, Asian and Caribbean leaders pledged on Tuesday to provide millions of people with wider access to education, land and loans in some of the world's poorest nations.Government and
readSudan has no choice but to accept troops: US
09-08-2007
WASHINGTON - Sudan will have to accept non-African troops in a UN -authorised peacekeeping force for Darfur or face the prospect of new United Nations sanctions, a senior US official said.Although
readAfghanistan police kill four militants
09-08-2007
GHAZNI - Taliban militants clashed with police in the same district where 23 South Koreans were abducted by Afghan insurgents, police said yesterday.Four militants were killed and six wounded. The
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