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49 Articles found on Tuesday, 20 February 2007
Kameeta Should Mediate In Karas
20-02-2007
THE infighting within the Swapo camp in the Karas Region is a product of power hungriness and self-enrichment concerns.This senseless political fight has one main objective, which is to destroy
readBringing Sense Back Into Property Market
20-02-2007
ALLOW me space to air my concerns on the ever-escalating property market in Windhoek.Housing is no longer a basic need but rather a money-making business. Benefiting the most are those who can afford
readUnfinished Business
20-02-2007
TO our former and current Presidents, Ministers and other leaders.Please allow me to intervene and air my views and concerns about an article dated February 15 on 'Avid Millions written off' and to
readGastro-tourism takes off in Peru
20-02-2007
LIMA - Throughout their history of poverty and political turmoil, Peruvians have been fiercely proud of their elaborate, spicy food and new superstar chefs are now a magnet for culinary tourists.Lima
readAtlas Copco to buy GreenField
20-02-2007
STOCKHOLM - Atlas Copco AB, a Swedish maker of air compressors, said yesterday it agreed to buy Swiss rival GreenField for an undisclosed sum.GreenField reported revenue of 270 million Swedish kronor
readUraMin plans strategic review of assets
20-02-2007
LONDON - Africa-focused uranium miner UraMin Inc said it would carry out a strategic review of its assets because of recent consolidation in the sector, sending its shares up nine per cent
readAirbus could axe 12 000 jobs
20-02-2007
PARIS - Troubled European aircraft manufacturer Airbus could cut 10 000 to 12 000 jobs in a long-awaited restructuring plan to be announced soon, the French business press said.Speculation about the
readOil drops, but Nigeria checks fall
20-02-2007
TOKYO - Oil futures slipped yesterday in modest profit taking from a surge late last week on jitters over Nigerian output, but losses were checked by refinery outages and signs that Opec's supply cuts
readMugabe here next week
20-02-2007
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe is expected in Namibia for a two-day State visit next week.Well-placed Government sources confirmed yesterday that Mugabe would be in town on Wednesday and
readAngola jails activist
20-02-2007
INTERNATIONAL human rights and anti-corruption organisation Global Witness (GW) has demanded that the Angolan government immediately and unconditionally release Dr Sarah Wykes, held incommunicado in
readOshakati bomb blast remembered
20-02-2007
A MEMORIAL service was held yesterday at the site where close to 30 people, mainly nurses from the Oshakati State Hospital and bank staff, were killed or maimed when a massive bomb went off in the
readErongo Police chief in hot water
20-02-2007
THE top-ranking Police officer in the Erongo Region is facing a charge of theft after allegedly cashing in on a donation from a fishing company.Deputy Commissioner Andrew Iyambo made a brief
readNafau, Hangana sign wage agreement
20-02-2007
THE quality, quantity and size of fish landed will in future determine bonus payments to seagoing workers of Hangana Seafood in Walvis Bay.Hangana Seafood, subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List group
read5 caught harvesting valuable trees
20-02-2007
RUNDU - Five men were caught red-handed by forestry officials while they were illegally harvesting 72 trees with an estimated value of N$19 000 at Katope Community Forestry in the Kavango Region on
readOshana metropolis a premature idea
20-02-2007
THE idea of creating a metropolitan area incorporating Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa is premature, says Oshana Governor Klemens Kashuupulwa.He made the statement at the official opening of the
readNew Sossusvlei Lodge to open in May
20-02-2007
THE new lodge that Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is building in the Namib-Naukluft Park in south-western Namibia will be opened at the end of May."Seventy per cent of it is done," NWR Managing
readSouth eyes wave power
20-02-2007
THE Southern Electricity Company (SELCo), a subsidiary of the Resource Management Integration Group (REMIG), has applied for a licence to generate electricity using ocean waves off the southern
readHit-and-run at Oshivelo
20-02-2007
POLICE are looking for the driver of a vehicle that knocked down a nine-year-old boy in a hit-and-run incident outside Oshivelo on Friday.Wellington Uirab was crossing the road when he was hit. He
readGreen tower not all hot air
20-02-2007
CLIMATE CHANGE and the need for alternative energy sources in southern Africa have led experts to develop a new technology to produce electricity with a so-called green tower.The tower is more than
readManufacturing needs a shot in the arm
20-02-2007
THE Namibian economy needs a strategy to boost the local manufacturing sector, which is weak, faces operational constraints and high input costs like electricity, transport and port charges, a
readID cards for refugees at Osire camp
20-02-2007
GOVERNMENT and a UN agency have started registering all refugees and asylum seekers in Namibia to issue them with identification cards and to create an electronic database.The process kicked off at
readMore rainfall possible
20-02-2007
MOIST air from the tropics will continue to bring isolated thundershowers in several parts of the country, the Weather Bureau said yesterday.Weatherman Simon Dirkse said yesterday that rain was
readDrug bill debate continues in NC
20-02-2007
THE Ministry of Safety and Security came under fire in the National Council yet again yesterday as two more contributions were made to the debate on the Combating of the Abuse of Drugs Bill.As was the
readNo withdrawal of theft case against university duo
20-02-2007
A THEFT case against two former University of Namibia staff members accused of stealing computer equipment was yesterday postponed for a fifth time in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court.The possibility
readOmufekelelwa ekwatonkonga pu Dordabis a pewa ombooloha
20-02-2007
J OHANNES Arie (37), ngoka a li a kwatwa po pu Dordabis iiwike iayali ya piti po a lopotelwa ekwatonkonga lyokadhona okamwayinagona koomvula 14, okwa pewa ombooloha mOmpangu ya Mengestrata oshiwike
readAakaiti ya ninga ehololomadhiladhilo
20-02-2007
A AKALIMO yamwe mondoolopa ya Keetmanshoop oya li ya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo, taya indile ku ningwe omakonakono kombinga yeso lyokamatyona hoka ka si sho ka kwata oongodhi dholusheno molukanda lwa
readGoraseb ota thigi po Opolisi
20-02-2007
GUMWE gwomAanambelewapolisi aakuluntu mOpolisi ya Namibia Inspekta omukuluntu Hieronymus Goraseb, ota thigi po iilonga mbika mu Maalitsa.Oonzo dhomauyelele odha yakeleko The Namibian kutya Goraseb
readOmahilathano mo Swapo onkee taga tsikile
20-02-2007
O MAHILATHANO mongundu yoSwapo onkee taga pula komeho, nonande opaati ndjika otayi ka ninga Okongresa pehulilo lyomumvo nguka.Uusiku wEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, Obrancha yo Swapo moshitopolwa sha
readAaniilonga mElelondoolopa lyaNdangwa ya kuleni nawa
20-02-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba moshipopiwa she sheegululo lyOombelewa dhElelo lyOndangwa, shoka sha leshwa pehala lye kOminista yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo nEhumithokomeho lyoKomikunda tate
readDarrell Hair rejects England Cricket Board offer
20-02-2007
LONDON - Darrell Hair, who was banned from officiating at Test matches in November, said he will not take up an offer from the English cricket authorities to be placed on their reserve list for the
readBryant leads West to huge win
20-02-2007
LAS VEGAS - Kobe Bryant scored 31 points to capture his second MVP award and lead the West to a 153-132 victory over the East in the NBA All-Star game on Sunday.The West had a 20-point lead by
readFederer equals Connors' streak
20-02-2007
LONDON - Roger Federer equalled Jimmy Connors' 30-year-old record of 160 consecutive weeks as world number one when the new rankings were released yesterday.The Swiss, whose streak began on February 2
readAustralia's collapse leaves Cup wide open: Fleming
20-02-2007
MELBOURNE - Australia's recent slump in one-day form means the World Cup is wide open, said New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming.The world champions' five-wicket defeat in Auckland on Sunday was the
readChampions League on the roll
20-02-2007
LONDON - British hopes of Champions League glory come up against harsh realities this week when Liverpool visit holders Barcelona and Celtic host AC Milan in the last 16.The ties form part of a
readPirates on shaky ground
20-02-2007
ORLANDO Pirates find themselves in a precarious position on the MTC Namibia Premier League (NPL) table as they are now 11 points adrift from log leaders Civics, after a disappointing loss to rivals
readIndia's industry zones irk IMF, Maoists and farmers
20-02-2007
NEW DELHI - From the IMF to Maoist rebels, from Hindu nationalists to the country's own finance minister, India's mad dash to revitalise industry through Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has generated an
readChina in rural banking drive to stimulate jobs
20-02-2007
ZHUOZHOU - Zhang Yulong and his brothers thought they'd be rolling in cash if they'd been able to borrow from a bank to finance a string of business ideas.Instead, the farmers-turned-entrepreneurs
readStressed Singaporeans crack down on thieving monkeys
20-02-2007
SINGAPORE - With monitor lizards, snakes, and bats prowling their parks, residents of tropical Singapore are no strangers to the occasional animal ambush.But it's not the iguanas or squirrels that
readGaltee Merci, 'hero' father of 100 000
20-02-2007
DUBLIN - Ireland's most prolific bull, which is thought to have fathered at least 100 000 daughters and countless sons and boosted the country's milk output, has died, the National Cattle Breeding
readEdmund Arnold, design legend
20-02-2007
EDMUND ARNOLD, a typographer and educator who transformed the look of American newspapers, died on February 2.He was 93. During his long career in journalism, he became known as the 'Father of Modern
readRobert Adler, 'remote man'
20-02-2007
BOISE, Idaho - Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died.Adler, who won an Emmy Award along with fellow engineer Eugene Polley for the
readSex in the fast lane halts traffic
20-02-2007
JERUSALEM - Israeli police investigating why a car was blocking traffic in the fast lane of a major highway on Sunday found a couple inside having sex.A police spokesman said the female driver and her
readBaghdad bombings persist
20-02-2007
BAGHDAD - A string of bombings killed at least 15 people yesterday in the Baghdad area, a day after a massive car bomb attack in a Shi'ite area market delivered the first major blow to the US-led
readIndia on full alert after blasts
20-02-2007
NEW DELHI - Indian security forces went on their highest security alert and paramilitary troops were posted at railway stations after 66 people died in blasts aboard a train to Pakistan, officials
read1 700 Burundi troops head for Somalia
20-02-2007
BUJUMBURA - Burundi will send some 1 700 troops to Somalia as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission to stabilise the chaotic Horn of Africa nation, the army said on Sunday, adding that an
readRuling party takes lead in Lesotho vote count
20-02-2007
MASERU - The ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy began pulling ahead of its rivals yesterday as counting continued after weekend general elections in southern Africa's mountain kingdom, organisers
readGuinea relaxes curfew
20-02-2007
CONAKRY-The head of Guinea's military relaxed a nationwide curfew, suggesting the government believes the threat of violence following last week's deadly rioting and protests has subsided.The move may
readDiana inquest ruling challenged
20-02-2007
LONDON - Two British judges were asked yesterday to permit a review of the decision not to appoint a jury for the inquests into the deaths of Princess Diana and her friend Dodi Fayed.The legal appeal
readRice holds key Middle East talks
20-02-2007
JERUSALEM - US and Israeli dissatisfaction with a Palestinian power-sharing deal clouded talks yesterday among US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian
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