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33 Articles found on Monday, 26 February 2007
Senegal weighs a visionary, and some argue impractical, leader
26-02-2007
DAKAR, Senegal - The seaside highway, one of the Senegalese president's bold building initiatives, winds past the scruffy shop where a 62-year-old tailor and his two sons eke out a living sewing
readNedbank Group lists on local bourse
26-02-2007
NEDBANK Group listed on the Namibian Stock Exchange on Friday, making it the second banking group listed on the NSX after First National Bank Holdings (FNB).The Group announced that this move was
readNavy shoots to catch Chinese fishermen
26-02-2007
FREETOWN - When Beijing donated a long-range patrol boat to Sierra Leone's navy, little did it realise the vessel's first catch would be Chinese fishermen poaching off the West African coast.Navy
readBreakthrough needed in Doha round by July
26-02-2007
MANILA - The Doha Round of trade talks must reach a breakthrough by July or they will be stalled once again, World Trade Organisation director-general Pascal Lamy said in Manila on Friday.He said the
readGateway to rival Naspers with pan-African pay-TV
26-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - London-based Gateway Communications Plc plans to launch a low-cost African pay-TV satellite service to spur demand on the poorest continent and rival Naspers's MultiChoice.The company
readRussia eyes nuclear plant in Namibia
26-02-2007
WINDHOEK - Russia's Techsnabexport, Renova and Vneshtorgbank have established a joint venture to produce uranium in Namibia, the head of the Russian nuclear agency said on Friday."Our enterprises -
readEskom could pull plug on Namibia
26-02-2007
ELECTRICITY imports from South Africa could be cut whenever power shortages are experienced in that country from August onwards, according to Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina.Responding to
readStill no news on Avid, ODC investigations
26-02-2007
A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED announcement by the Prosecutor General on progress on investigations into the missing millions of the Social Security Commission (SSC) and Offshore Development Company (ODC) has
readOne woman making a difference
26-02-2007
WHEN her mother died in 2005 Elizabeth Hilger returned to Mavanze village about 12 km outside of Rundu for the memorial service.During that time she noticed that an unusually large number of children
readTeenager drowns in Zambezi River
26-02-2007
A 15-year-old girl who was swimming on her own in the Zambezi River drowned on Friday.The body of Mwananyambe Manyando was found at the river close to Nasisangani village in the Kalimbeza area,
read5 escape from cells
26-02-2007
THREE male suspects broke out of the Police cells at Keetmanshoop in the early hours of yesterday morning, but one of them was re-arrested by 04h00.Leon Jansen (28) was found some 30 kilometres south
readPG fears justice system collapse
26-02-2007
THE Office of the Prosecutor General will send two teams to the regions to help lower courts work off the backlog of cases.Each team will consist of four advocates and will be accompanied by a Deputy
readMass distance charges return in April
26-02-2007
THE controversial road charge system for the transport sector, which was halted last year after the industry sued the Government, will return soon, a Government official has announced.Speaking at a
readBema resurrection raises eyebrows
26-02-2007
MORE than a year after losing the education sector's blessing, the privately owned Bema College is raising eyebrows once again.This time it is the College's advertising of scholarships for students
readUukandhona uyali wAasan wa mangululwa
26-02-2007
O MPANGU yOpombanda oya gandja elombwelo kutya uunona uyali wuukwankala mboka wa tulwa mondholongo sho wa yaka iikulya nau mangululwe meendelelo, na ishewe nakuningwe mbala omakonakono moshinima
readAsino oye Amushanga gwElelo lyOndonga
26-02-2007
M OSHIFO shetu sheti 20 Febuluali 2007, pethano mu na Omukwaniilwa gwOndonga tatekulu Immanuel Kauluma Elifas, Oministeli Pandeni, Gavena ya Shana Klemens Kashuupulwa, Minista yOvevi Henock ya Kasita,
readOshakati, Ongwediva nOndangwa itadhi ka ya mumwe mbala
26-02-2007
S HO ta popitha oshigwana pethimbo lyeegululo lyOombelewa dhElelo lyaNdangwa mEtitano lya zi ko kOminista yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, Omagumbo nEhumithokomeho lyokomikunda John Pandeni, Gavena
readKautondokwa a dhengwa kOpolisi ke na ondjo yasha
26-02-2007
O MUGUNDJUKA gwomOutapi mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati Thomas Kautondokwa Andjamba gwoomvula 24 okwa geela nayi iilyo yimwe yomOpolisi pOutapi sho ye mu dhenge ke na ondjo yasha noku mu ehameka
readMozambique a dhengwa koshikungulu sha kindja
26-02-2007
M APUTO - Onkundana okuzilila ku Maputo sha Mozambique otayi ti kutya oshikungulu oshidhigu shi li mumwe nombepo tayi matuka ookilometa 230 mowili, osha dhenge noonkondo oshilongo shika mEtine
readOshigwana ta kamitha oombotsotso otadhi yaka ko omamanya koombila
26-02-2007
O OMBOTSOTSO ngashiingeyi odha taalela ishewe nomomamanya gokoombila dhoonakusa momawendo getweni moka noshigwana otashi indilwa shi kale hashi konaakona koombila dhoonakusa yasho hoka kwa tulwa
readBlues and Hurricanes in wins
26-02-2007
SYDNEY - New Zealand sides Auckland Blues and Wellington Hurricanes supplanted South African rivals from the leading two positions at the top of rugby's Super 14 table with contrasting victories this
readIreland beat England
26-02-2007
LONDON - Ireland romped to a record 43-13 victory over England on Saturday, and Italy beat Scotland 37-17 to capture its first away victory in the Six Nations.Girvan Dempsey, David Wallace, Shane
readX-Team leading men's indoor hockey league
26-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The X-Team from Walvis Bay made good of their trip to the capital by winning one and drawing another match in the Tafel Lager Indoor Hockey League on Saturday.X-Team thrashed Ramblers 10-3
readRonaldo boosts United's title charge
26-02-2007
LONDON - Cristiano Ronaldo's late winner put Manchester United in complete control of the Premiership title race as his side snatched a 2-1 victory at Fulham on Saturday.Sir Alex Ferguson's side are
readBA blast Blue Waters in MTC Cup first round
26-02-2007
BLACK Africa demolished Blue Waters 5-3 to advance to the second round of the MTC NFA Cup, while SKW hammered first-division side Zambezi United 7-2 in matches played at Mariental on Saturday.Blue
readShigwedha captures Roessing title
26-02-2007
NAMIBIA Defence Force (NDF) member Simon Shigwedha capitalised on the absence of serious title contenders to capture the 2007 Roessing Namibia Marathon championships at Swakopmund on
readIn Brief Coup accused not guilty
26-02-2007
PRETORIA - The eight men accused of involvement in an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea were found not guilty in the Pretoria regional court on Friday.All charges against Raymond Stanley Archer,
readMugabe celebrates 83rd birthday
26-02-2007
GWERU - Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe lavishly celebrated his 83rd birthday Saturday, with a warning to his opponents planning protests against a proposed extension to his rule."Misguided
readBritish activist 'spy' case faces long delay in Angola
26-02-2007
LUANDA - A British rights activist who faces charges of spying after being arrested on a fact-finding mission to northern Angola may have to wait months for her case to be resolved, her lawyer said on
read14 vie for Senegal presidency
26-02-2007
DAKAR - President Abdoulaye Wade sought to win five more years in office yesterday, facing off against 14 challengers as voting began in an election to decide who will lead one of Africa's most stable
readSA Revenue Service zooms in on Zuma
26-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The SA Revenue Service has served ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma with a summons after he apparently failed to submit his tax return, the Sunday Independent reported yesterday.According
readIran launches space missile - state TV
26-02-2007
TEHRAN - Iran has launched a missile capable of reaching space, Iran's state television Web site reported yesterday, quoting an Iranian aerospace official."Iran has successfully launched its first
readCyclone sparks more flooding in Mozambique
26-02-2007
BEIRA - Heavy rains from a cyclone sparked more flooding in Mozambique yesterday, worsening a humanitarian crisis that has already killed 45 people and forced 140 000 from their homes.The Buzi river
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