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47 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 February 2007
Rio Tinto expanding exploration in Africa
07-02-2007
CAPE TOWN - Global miner Rio Tinto said on yesterday it was expanding its operations in Africa because of new opportunities in a number of countries, including Madagascar."We are clearly expanding our
readSmall Business Information Centre closes
07-02-2007
EMERGING businesspeople and small to medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) operators who have become accustomed to finding useful information and assistance from the Small Business Information Centre (SBIC)
readBP profits weaken despite record high oil prices
07-02-2007
LONDON - British energy giant BP said yesterday that net profits dipped in 2006, reflecting a decline in production and refining margins, despite record peaks for crude oil prices in the middle of the
readSA business confidence slips
07-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's business confidence dipped in January and could suffer irreparable damage from rampant crime, the South African Chamber of Business (SACOB) said yesterday.SACOB's
readSasol studies project in Australia
07-02-2007
SYDNEY - Chevron Corp., the second-largest oil and gas company in the United States, said yesterday it was teaming up with South Africa's Sasol Ltd. to study a possible gas-to-liquids project in
readOil pushes above US$59
07-02-2007
SEOUL - Oil prices recouped light losses yesterday, climbing above US$59 a barrel as the coldest weather of the US winter was expected to draw down distillate stocks.US crude oil futures gained to
readO&L Group aims for sustainable restructuring
07-02-2007
THE chairman of the Ohlthaver & List Group of Companies (O&L Group) has dispelled fears that one of the oldest business empires in the country is crumbling.Recently the group had been the focus of
readHu to sign deals in SA on tour
07-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in South Africa yesterday to sign more economic deals as part of his African tour, but there are concerns the trade agreements will only hurt the
readMVA Fund to help horror accident victims' families
07-02-2007
THE Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVAF) will help pay for the funerals of the nine people who died in a head-on collision near Oshakati on Friday.Helena Shikongo of the MVAF office at Ongwediva told
readName that hall ...
07-02-2007
GOVERNMENT has called on citizens to suggest names of cultural or historic significance for the eight halls of the new State House in Auasblick, Windhoek.A statement said yesterday that Cabinet had
readCopper thieves are crippling phone network
07-02-2007
A RECENT increase in the price of copper has had a severe effect on Telecom Namibia and its customers, as thieves steal to cash in on the market change.A number of rural settlements in the
read24 workers at Aranos meat plant fired
07-02-2007
AN abattoir in Aranos has fired 24 workers, allegedly because management could not work with them.The Natural Namibian Meat producer employs about 100 workers and the Namibia Food and Allied Workers
readPolitician in court for eleventh time
07-02-2007
THE Swapo district co-ordinator for the Berseba Constituency, Willem Isaak, has gone on trial on a charge of malicious damage to property.Yesterday was the 11th time Isaak has appeared in the
readFormer prosecutor back in court
07-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The case of former Outapi Prosecutor Stanley Nakale and two other court officials charged with fraud and forgery resumed in the High Court yesterday.At the time of the alleged offences,
readCops in court on assault charges
07-02-2007
SIXTEEN Namibian Police officers based at Keetmanshoop, Rosh Pinah and Luederitz, each charged with five counts of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, appeared in the Keetmanshoop
readCoD plans major revamp
07-02-2007
THE Congress of Democrats is to hold an extraordinary congress to elect new leaders in a revamp to ensure its survival in Namibian politics.The party leadership has come under attack recently from
readO&L reacts to Nafau petition
07-02-2007
THE Ohlthaver & List Group says it cannot guarantee job security to anybody within the group, including its subsidiary Windhoek Schlachterei.A restructuring exercise is under way at the butchery, with
readUnion declares dispute with Windhoek Schlachterei
07-02-2007
THE union representing workers at Windhoek Schlachterei has declared a dispute in terms of the Labour Act, its leader says.At a media briefing in Windhoek yesterday, Kiros Sackarias, General Secretary
readMagistrate's 'outburst' costs her N$35 000
07-02-2007
A CLAIMED angry and strong-worded verbal outburst against a suspect in court is set to cost a Windhoek Magistrate N$35 000.For a judicial officer, Magistrate Leah Shaanika apparently resorted to a
readChurches chip in on dagga
07-02-2007
RASTAFARIANS lobbying for the legalisation of dagga - 'holy smoke' to them - received a fair bit of opposition yesterday from church groups - an 'unholy practice' to them - on the second day of a
readNamibia's San uniquely powerless: New report
07-02-2007
EXISTING legislation has failed to address the land rights of Namibia's approximately 30 000 extremely marginalised San or Bushmen communities, a new report on land rights reveals.Land Boards and
readChina offers Namibia N$1,7 billion
07-02-2007
CHINA has offered Government one billion Namibian dollars as a concessional loan over a three-year period until 2010, plus another N$720 million as a credit line, The Namibian established
readCastro oku li nawa noku na uukolele
07-02-2007
H AVANA - Omupresidende gwa Cuba Fedel Castro okwa ulikwa kOtelevisi (TV) oshiwike sha zi ko e li mombepo ombwaanawa ta lombwele kuume Omupresidende gwa Venezuela kutya etando lye kalya li nando
readZuma a endwa nayi
07-02-2007
J OHANNESBURG - Ompito yOmupevipresidende gwongundu yo African National Congress (ANC) Jacob Zuma okuninga Omupresidende gwongundu ndjika, oya endwa nayi.Oshiwike sha zi ko, Okakomitiye kongundu yo
readOshiketha sha Musati sha gandja oobaasali
07-02-2007
pOUTAPI O SHIKETHA shiimaliwa yokukwathela aalongwa mboka ya pita nawa Ograde 12 ya ka tsikile nomailongo gawo shedhina Omusati Education and Training Trust (OETT), mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko osha
readOmupangi mOmpangu sho a yaha aantu
07-02-2007
O MUPANGI gwomoshipangelo shEpangelo sha Katutura ngoka ta tamanekelwa okuumba pamukalo gwa kaposi kayaalela nokuyaha aantu pOkangongosho kamwe pOsiingela okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwa
readWorld Football Shorts US duo seal Liverpool deal
07-02-2007
LIVERPOOL - American tycoons George Gillett and Tom Hicks yesterday sealed their 470 million pound takeover of Liverpool.The two are also National Hockey league team owners. The London Stock Exchange
readAmerican football attracts third-largest TV audience
07-02-2007
NEW YORK - The American football championship game between the Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears was watched by 93,2 million people on Sunday, the third-largest television audience in US history.It
readNFA in deal with Puma
07-02-2007
WINDHOEK - The lack of consistent playing gear for the Brave Warriors will be something of the past following a contractual agreement between Puma International and the Namibia Football Association
readF1 fears over team twinning
07-02-2007
PARIS - Where there's Formula One, there's trouble and the 2007 season is about to start with a new rift in the paddock.The latest split revolves around the Super Aguri and Toro Rosso teams who intend
readEngland vs Australia in cricket final
07-02-2007
SYDNEY - England beat New Zealand by 14 runs at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday to join Australia in the tri-series one-day international finals.Paul Collingwood smashed 106 and Andrew Strauss 55 as
readEuro hopefuls look for friendly boost
07-02-2007
PARIS - England, France, Germany and Spain will be looking to lay the groundwoark for next month's Euro 2008 qualifiers during tonight's series of international friendlies across Europe.Steve
readSA trash Nam in hockey
07-02-2007
SOUTH Africa thrashed Namibia 10-1 in their first indoor hockey test match in Durban on Monday evening.Namibia did well to contain the South Africans, holding them to a 4-1 lead at halftime, but the
readSharnowski confident of win
07-02-2007
CIVICS head coach Helmuth Scharnowski expects to sleep well a few hours after his team has clinched victory over Angolan side Petro Atletico at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday.Civics
readIn Brief
07-02-2007
Too tired to walk TOKYO - A Japanese man told police he stole a patrol car that had been left idling outside a post office in Gunma, north of Tokyo, because he was too tired to walk home.Police
readRyszard Kapuscinski, prominent writer
07-02-2007
RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI, a Polish writer and journalist who gained international acclaim for his books chronicling the unrest in Africa and the Middle East, has died.He was 74. Kapuscinski died following
readA tribute to the late SA High Commissioner to Namibia, Timothy Maseko
07-02-2007
A GREAT man has fallen.But he lived his life to the fullest. He has completed his race. He achieved all that he set out to achieve. But most importantly, he has left us a legacy, which will live on
readE Howard Hunt, Watergate figure
07-02-2007
HE served as a Navy and CIA officer, and helped orchestrate a coup in Guatemala and the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, but E Howard Hunt is best known as something he always said he wasn't: a Watergate
readPolitical theatre boom in London
07-02-2007
LONDON - A musical about a 1960s scandal involving a Cabinet minister, a showgirl and a top Soviet official is the latest drama using the London stage to expose politicians' foibles - often to comic
readJury out on al Qaeda presence in South Africa
07-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The Docrat cousins were leading a seemingly normal life in South Africa - one a cleric at a rural mosque, the other a dentist with a neighbourhood practice in the country's financial
readAstronaut in 'love kidnap plot' whilst wearing diapers
07-02-2007
ORLANDO - An astronaut drove 1 500 kilometres and donned a wig and trench coat to confront a woman she believed was her rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot, police said.She was arrested
readPig farmer says he was 'set up'
07-02-2007
NEW WESTMINISTER - A pig farmer accused of mass-murdering prostitutes and butchering their bodies told an undercover cop in a jail cell that he was "set up", a jury heard on Monday.A videotape of the
readKabila appoints new government
07-02-2007
KINSHASA - The new government in the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced on Monday, almost 12 weeks after President Joseph Kabila was declared the winner of bitterly contested and sometimes
readIran envoy 'abducted in Baghdad'
07-02-2007
AN Iranian diplomat has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Tehran has confirmed.Jalal Sharafi, the embassy's second secretary, was abducted from his car on Sunday in central
readRepublicans block Iraq war debate
07-02-2007
WASHINGTON - US Republicans on Monday blocked a Senate debate over a proposed resolution criticising President George W Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq in a setback for the majority
readFloods bring more misery to Jakarta amid disease fears
07-02-2007
JAKARTA - Overnight downpours sent storm waters coursing back into some low-lying areas of Indonesia's capital yesterday, as authorities warned of the threat of diseases and anger mounted at the
readUS 'friendly fire' video unearthed
07-02-2007
THE Sun newspaper says it has obtained the cockpit video at the centre of a row over the "friendly-fire" death of a British soldier in Iraq.An inquest into the death of Lance Corporal of Horse Matty
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