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35 Articles found on Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Life & Times of Robert Mugabe
28-02-2007
ZIMBABWE'S President Robert Mugabe, who turned 83 last Wednesday arrived for a two day State visit in Namibia yesterday.Still appearing fit for his age and combative in the face of a crumbling
readZimbabwe: The disheartening daily battle to survive
28-02-2007
HARARE - Like many Zimbabweans, I frequently go to bed early because the power is cut off.The darkness in my bedroom shadows the mood in the country, where an economic crisis has pushed inflation to
readNaspers to raise US$750m for acquisitions
28-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Africa's biggest media firm Naspers plans to raise around US$750 million via a private placement to give it more muscle to expand into emerging markets, it said yesterday.Naspers, which
readBiggest retailer to expand in China
28-02-2007
BEIJING - Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, said yesterday it had bought 35 per cent of a 101-store hypermarket chain in China, in a dramatic bid to better reach the nation's increasingly
readMore tourists finding their way to SA
28-02-2007
SOUTH African tourism statistics for 2006 show a 14,5 per cent increase in tourism arrivals compared with 2005 figures, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said yesterday."What we have achieved
readSA growth quickens to 5,6%
28-02-2007
PRETORIA - South Africa's economy expanded by 5,6 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2006, on a seasonally adjusted and annualised basis, accelerating from a downwardly revised 4,5 per cent in the
readSwapo eyes purge in Hardap
28-02-2007
INFIGHTING in the Swapo regional leadership in the Hardap Region has deepened with a recommendation to the Politburo to suspend two key regional leaders.A party insider yesterday told The Namibian
readN$2,1 billion in aid for tourism from US
28-02-2007
THE US Government is willing to provide approximately US$300 million to Namibia for development projects for tourism, education, transport infrastructure and agriculture via its development agency
readHigh Court okayed San girls' sentence
28-02-2007
A SIX-MONTH sentence imposed on two San girls by a Magistrate at Grootfontein in December was reviewed and approved by the High Court, The Namibian has established.Records of the proceedings provided
readMPs desert Parliament to rush off to welcome Mugabe
28-02-2007
THE visit of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe brought yesterday's parliamentary session to a standstill after only one hour, when Cabinet Ministers quietly disappeared at the start of the tea break
readCoD youth leader suspended
28-02-2007
THE Secretary General of the youth wing of the Congress of Democrats, the Young Democrats (YD), has been suspended for a second time.The Deputy Secretary General of the Young Democrats, Mauritius
readHelao Nafidi Town Council still under fire
28-02-2007
DESPITE members of the Helao Nafidi community protesting last year to try and press Government to stop the Helao Nafidi Town Council from evicting villagers from their traditional homesteads without
readPolitician acquitted on damage charge
28-02-2007
THE Swapo district co-ordinator for the Berseba constituency, Willem Isaak, was found not guilty on a charge of malicious damage of property last week.Isaak, who is also Chairman of the Berseba
readPolice rearrest all five Warmbad escapees in Karas Region
28-02-2007
KEETMANSHOOP - All five trial-awaiting prisoners who escaped from Police holding cells in the Karas Region over the weekend were rearrested by Monday.Acting Regional Commander for Karas, Chief
readPoverty rate down, says new survey
28-02-2007
NAMIBIA'S population is now less poor than it was 12 years ago, according to the latest national household income survey.The good news is that the country's Gini coefficient has decreased from 0,7 to
readNujoma to study rocks in Zambia
28-02-2007
LUSAKA - Namibia's former president, 77-year-old Sam Nujoma, will be doing research on copper mines in Zambia towards a degree in geology that he took up after retiring, state-run radio said
readLast call for pensioners
28-02-2007
TODAY is the last day for the registration for people receiving pensions and State grants from the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.United
readWar vets cancel another march
28-02-2007
FEBRUARY 26, the day war veteran Alex Kamwi said would not pass without a mass demonstration of former Plan fighters through the streets of Windhoek, has silently come and gone.At a meeting in
readSPYL get on their high horse over demo
28-02-2007
SWAPO'S youth wing claims that "domesticated Africans" planted in Western-sponsored non-governmental organisations and civil societies have planned today's demonstration to protest against visiting
readD-day for 93 Schlachterei workers
28-02-2007
THE restructuring exercise at Windhoek Schlachterei will be completed today after a six-week process.Only 46 of the workers have reapplied for the 63 jobs in the new structure, while the possibility
readIimaliwa oyo ya li tayi popi moshipotha sha Nakale
28-02-2007
O MUNANGESHEFA ngoka a tindi okupopya kutya uunangeshefa we owa shike naanaa okwa holoka mOmpangu yOpombanda mOvenduka nokugandja uumbangi moshipotha sha Stanley Nakale ngoka a li nale Omutamaneki
readYatano yi iyaka mondholongo
28-02-2007
A ALUMENTU yatatu oyi iyaka mondholongo poKeetmanshoop pethimbo lyoowili dhongula mOsoondaha, ashike gumwe gwomuyo okwa tulululwa miipandeko lwopotundi onti 04h00 konima owala sho yi iyaka
readTobias Kuutumbeni a gandja Otiivii nomatanga kOsikola yaNengushe
28-02-2007
POKAKU O MUNANGESHEFA omugundjuka a tseyika nawa Tobias Ndilimeke Kuutumbeni mwene gwongeshefa ya tseyika nawa yi li muuninginino womweelo gwOkolindji ya Ngwediva yedhina Bush Bar and Topy's Workshop
readOndando yomahini ya gwedhelwa noosenda 50
28-02-2007
E HANGANO lyoongeshefa hadhi landitha iikwamahini mu Namibia olya konga po ondunge ndjoka kwa tegelelwa yi ke dhi kutha muupyakadhi moka dhi li pethimbo ndika.Oongeshefa ndhika odha gwedhele ondando
readCoach banned for abuse
28-02-2007
BUCHAREST - A Romanian coach has been banned for a year by his national federation for physically abusing a 15-year-old female gymnast, an official told Reuters yesterday."The (Romanian Gymnastics
readArsenal set for fresh Cup test
28-02-2007
BLACKBURN - Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal face a huge challenge as they try to avoid their second Cup upset in a week.Wenger takes his side to face Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup fifth round replay
readANNA needs money to host Nations Cup
28-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The successful hosting of the much-publicised Senior Netball African Cup of Nations (Afcon) depends on the availability of funds from the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC).All Namibia Netball
readOnline chess for Namibians
28-02-2007
THE Namibian Chess Federation, in conjunction with ICEIDA and VideoChess in Iceland, held an online Internet chess match last weekend.The participants were eight pupils from Iceland and eight from
readCircus tour for De La Hoya and Mayweather fight
28-02-2007
WASHINGTON - Oscar De La Hoya was clearly distracted, silently scanning the crowd while Floyd Mayweather hurled a flurry of insults his way."I'm the top dog in boxing!" Mayweather shouted, pointing at
readIn Brief * Wife's kidney sold for tractor
28-02-2007
ISLAMABAD - Police in central Pakistan have registered a criminal case against a farmer who allegedly sold his wife's kidney to purchase a tractor, a newspaper report said yesterday.The woman told
readMozambique struggles to recover
28-02-2007
MAPUTO - Flood-stricken Mozambique on Monday declared a national emergency over another calamity - tuberculosis.Health Minister Ivo Garrido, in an interview with Radio Mozambique, said public
readBritain allows radical cleric's deportation
28-02-2007
LONDON - A radical Islamic cleric suspected of close links to al Qaeda may be deported to Jordan despite the likelihood he would face a flawed trial there, a British court ruled on Monday.The case of
readMalawi's Vice President pleads not guilty in treason trial
28-02-2007
BLANTYRE - Malawi's Vice President Cassim Chilumpha and an accomplice Monday pleaded innocent to treason and conspiring to murder the president at the start of the trial in this southern African
readJesus tomb found, says filmmaker
28-02-2007
NEW YORK - The director of the movie 'Titanic' presented on Monday what he said was evidence the tomb of Jesus had been uncovered but scholars greeted the assertion with skepticism, some dismissing it
readCheney unhurt in Afghan blast
28-02-2007
BAGRAM AIRBASE - A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people yesterday in an attack on the main US military base in Afghanistan where Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting after an unannounced
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