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43 Articles found on Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Big Brother Africa: Ofu's an 'ambassador'!
12-12-2007
LATEST news out of Nigeria is that BBA 2 housemate Ofunneka has been made an ambassador for a project called the 'Heart of Africa'.It follows a meeting with her country's Minister of Information. She
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12-12-2007
* RAMATEX took our country for a ride and our Government was not able to realise it at the time. Next will be the Chinese and the Government will still not learn its lesson, as it is the ratepayers'
readFinance ministers said falling short on climate
12-12-2007
JIMBARAN - Finance ministers meeting on the fringes of climate talks in Bali are not doing enough to find the money to fight global warming, Indonesia's president said yesterday.More than 10 finance
readCongo keeps riches under wraps
12-12-2007
GOMA - Democratic Republic of Congo has flirted with reviving its once-great uranium mining sector, but insists that for now it will keep its radioactive treasure trove underground for future
readConrad Black gets 6½ years in jail
12-12-2007
CHICAGO - A US judge sentenced former media mogul Conrad Black on Monday to six and a half years in prison for obstructing justice and defrauding shareholders in one-time newspaper publishing empire
readAfrica, Europe seem oceans apart on trade, human rights
12-12-2007
LISBON - Only a slim strip of sea separates Europe and Africa but the world's biggest economic bloc and its poor neighbour seem to be oceans apart over how to improve human rights and build trade
readJosea survives bankruptcy
12-12-2007
ONE of the main figures in the Avid Investment Corporation investment scam, Nico Josea, yesterday left the High Court singing the praises of the Lord after he won a major victory in his battle to
readExpert confident about oil reserves in Namibia
12-12-2007
GEOLOGICAL samples taken by Brazilian experts between Keetmanshoop and Koës have revealed small traces of oil and gas, and a first report on the finds will be submitted to the Namibian Government
readTeachers' fate to be decided next year
12-12-2007
ANY axing of unqualified and under-qualified teachers will be illegal and the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) will fight it tooth and nail.Nantu Secretary General Basilius Haingura told The
readHaimbili new TransNamib CEO
12-12-2007
TRANSNAMIB has a new Chief Executive Officer after Cabinet approved the appointment of Titus Haimbili.A Cabinet statement yesterday confirmed Haimbili's appointment to replace former CEO John
readTold you so: Kaaronda
12-12-2007
'TEXTBOOK' political analysts, especially black ones from the University of Namibia, are out to confuse the nation and have shown that they have no faith in their own leaders, the National Union of
readThieves strike in North
12-12-2007
TWO shops in the First National Bank complex at Outapi were broken into on Thursday night, with thieves making off with items valued at close to N$13 000.At Opuwo Fashion Wear, 11 pairs of shoes -
readTwo new vessels for Beluga Fishing
12-12-2007
A FISHING company based in Walvis Bay, Beluga Fishing, has invested N$70 million in two new vessels.The deep-sea hake vessel Etosha Pan and the monkfish vessel Jonas were inaugurated by Swapo Vice
readPower outages hit mining at Kombat
12-12-2007
FIVE power outages in the past week have brought the extraction of water from a mineshaft at Kombat to a halt, resulting in a review of costs and copper production, the mining company Weatherly
readYouth drowns in swimming pool
12-12-2007
THE first drowning at the coast this summer holiday was reported at Walvis Bay over the weekend.Cebron Kambidni (17) drowned in the town's municipal swimming pool at around lunchtime on Sunday. The St
readN$10 campaign for orphans
12-12-2007
THE Church Alliance for Orphans (Cafo) has launched a fundraising campaign in which people are asked to donate N$10 a month by means of debit orders.Cafo supports faith-based organisations working
readTeacher exodus at DHPS 'nothing to worry about ...'
12-12-2007
PARENTS with children at the Deutsche Hoehere Privatschule (DHPS) in Windhoek have been assured that the departure of 17 teachers will not affect schooling there.The school's board chairman, Jurgen
readThree Tanzanians stowaways found
12-12-2007
THREE Tanzanian nationals were detained at the Walvis Bay harbour last week after they were found hiding in the storerooms of a vessel en route to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.The Police said the
readSwakopmunders fed up with beach parties
12-12-2007
AFTER a long debate between Swakopmund councillors at the last ordinary Town Council meeting of the year, it was agreed that the recreational paddock on the town's north beach will be closed for
readEpendafule mOkatope, Maimbo, a hulitha
12-12-2007
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Okatope mOndonga mOshikandjohogololo sha Nyaanya mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, otayi ti kutya Ependafule lyoSwapo, nakulwa omukulu tatekulu Eliaser Ndapopiwa, a tseyika
readBasson a thiga po Swapo
12-12-2007
O SHILYO shOkomitiye ompitithi yoSwapo moshitopolwa sha Hardap Botha Basson, okwa thigi po ongundu yoSwapo omasiku ga zi ko e ta ndjoina opaati ompe yedhina Rally for Democracy and Progress
readShangadi i ikutha miilonga pOkaiti
12-12-2007
O MUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu gwa Muni poKeetmanshoop Jeremiah Shangadi okwa thigi po iilonga ye konima sho i idhenge mumwe na Carl Christiaans, ngoka e li omupopiliko gwaakwashigwana mondoolopa
readOkanona konyala ki idhipage mokakuma
12-12-2007
O KANONA hoka kwa talika kutya oko okashonashona ka pewa egeelo lyondholongo mu Namibia pethimbo ndika, oke li metonatelo lyopaunamiti pondholongo ya Hardap konima sho ka kambadhala okwiidhipaga
readOmukalimo gumwe gwomOmundaungilo a tetagulwa nomakatana
12-12-2007
O POLISI yomOhangwena oya kwata po omulumentu gwoomvula 38 gwedhina Levi Ndafelai konima sho aniwa a tetagula omukulukadhi gwe Laurentia Ndatoolewe Nangolo gwoomvula 39 nomakatana noku mu ehameka
readEales backs Deans as new coach
12-12-2007
SYDNEY - Former Australian captain John Eales has backed Robbie Deans to take over as coach of the Wallabies, despite widespread opposition to a New Zealander getting the top job.Eales, who led the
readIOC delays decision on Jones medals
12-12-2007
LAUSANNE - The International Olympic Committee delayed a decision to reallocate medals won by Marion Jones at the 2000 Games because more athletes may be involved in the BALCO doping affair, an IOC
readHunt for England coach on
12-12-2007
LONDON - Jose Mourinho's decision to turn his back on the job of England manager after talks with the Football Association has left Italy's Fabio Capello as the new favourite to replace Steve
readSwimmers in SA medal haul
12-12-2007
TEN Namibian swimmers left a deep impression at the Northern Tigers Provincial Swimming Championships held in Pretoria, South Africa, last weekend.The competition took place at the Hillcrest Swimming
readKeep under-17 tournament clean: Rukoro
12-12-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Football Association has called upon Council of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) members to ensure that the regional under-17 tournament does not become a haven
readLast-day battle for remaining berths
12-12-2007
PARIS - It's crunch time in the Champions League on tonight as four teams attempt to secure the two remaining tickets into the knockout stage of Europe's top club competition.With Spanish giants
readUnder-17s on the sidelines
12-12-2007
NAMIBIA'S under-17 side will now find themselves in the stands after they failed to secure a place in the semi-finals of the Cosafa Under-17 championships currently underway in Windhoek.Namibia beat
readBrave Warriors off to Germany
12-12-2007
THE Brave Warriors will be without six potential players who may be included in the last group of 23 when the team is set to depart for Germany for a ten-day training camp today.The Namibia Football
readPolice grill Boje over match-fixing scam
12-12-2007
NEW DELHI - Indian police yesterday began questioning South African cricketer Nicky Boje about a major match-fixing scandal in 2000, police Crime Branch officers said.The 34-year-old was escorted in a
readDozens die in Algerian bombings
12-12-2007
ALGIERS - Two car bomb attacks, one of which targeted offices of the UN refugee agency, killed at least 45 people in the Algerian capital yesterday, authorities said.The civil protection agency said
readIsraeli tanks push deep into Gaza
12-12-2007
KHAN YOUNIS - Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed by attack aircraft moved into the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, killing four militants in the widest operation in the territory since Islamic Hamas
readKabila cancels Vatican visit
12-12-2007
Goma - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila cancelled a Vatican visit on Monday, said diplomats, as clashes between rebel and government forces resumed in his country's restive
readCamilla and the curse of the unbroken bottle
12-12-2007
London - For the superstitious and seafarers it is a bad omen.When the woman who could become Britain's next queen officially named a new luxury cruise liner, the champagne bottle did not smash. As a
readPutin should be PM - Medevdev
12-12-2007
MOSCOW - Dmitry Medvedev, named by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, said yesterday that he wanted Putin to become prime minister in a future government after next year's
read'No Country for Old Men' stakes early claim in the Oscar race
12-12-2007
NEW YORK - Powerful crime thriller 'No Country for Old Men' staked an early claim for possible Oscar success after scooping several prizes in the National Board of Review awards announced on
readParty drugs a hit with wealthy in Singapore
12-12-2007
SINGAPORE - It is Friday night.Ling, a bank analyst in Armani heels, pops a small, blue pill into her mouth and dances to the thumping beat. Later she heads to a house party with her friends where
read'Light my fire': Sudan's sex and beauty secret
12-12-2007
KHARTOUM - When the punishing Sudanese heat cools in late afternoon, Hiba Jiha strips naked, wraps herself in a blanket and sits on top of a burning hole in the ground to smoke her skin to silky
readArgentina gets a female president
12-12-2007
BUENOS AIRES - Cristina Fernandez was sworn on Monday as Argentina's first elected female president, completing a rare husband-wife transfer of power as she promised to keep the nation's economic
readCanoeist wife remanded in custody
12-12-2007
HARTLEPOOL - The wife of a man accused of faking his own death in an insurance scam was ordered yesterday to remain in jail on charges of illegally obtaining tens of thousands of pounds
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