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44 Articles found on Thursday, 18 January 2007
Inscon lays off workers
18-01-2007
INSURANCE Company of Namibia Limited (Inscon) has become a casualty of the natural disasters which befell the country last year, leading to the insurer having to retrench a number of its staff.As a
readReliance to build African telecoms cable
18-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - India's Reliance Telecommunications plans to build a submarine cable around the east of Africa that could help slash Internet costs and rival the continent's own much-delayed plans for
readTelephone service disruption in Erongo
18-01-2007
TELECOM Namibia has announced that upgrading of the Walvis Bay exchange will affect fixed-line operations in the Erongo Region on Saturday morning from midnight until 06h00.During these six hours,
readRussia scraps export quotas on diamonds
18-01-2007
MOSCOW - Russia has cancelled export quotas for diamonds and precious metals in a move that will slash bureaucracy for Russian producers, the finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday."The
readWTO boss urges Africa not to push on trade talks
18-01-2007
ADDIS ABABA - World Trade Organisation Secretary-General Pascal Lamy warned African trade ministers on Tuesday against pushing too hard in trade negotiations because the failure of the talks would
readPoor energy access obstructs Africa growth
18-01-2007
NEW DELHI - Nigerian oil minister Edmund Daukoru said on Tuesday poor access to energy was the biggest obstacle to Africa's development, citing the lack of capital and infrastructure.The Opec producer
readHospital locks out nurses
18-01-2007
THE Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) yesterday described a threat of "grave consequences" made by Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi to nurses as a "daydream" as the relationship between the two parties
readPolio outbreak in Angola
18-01-2007
NAMIBIA'S health authorities are on high alert following an outbreak of polio in Angola.The virus - the same strain that killed 27 people in Namibia last year - was detected on January 7 in the Cunene
readIMF warns against legislation to halt capital outflow
18-01-2007
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Namibia against introducing legislation to stem capital flight, mainly to South African financial markets.Namibia, while endowed with significant
readMan runs riot, burns down 2 houses, torches car, incinerates luckless pig
18-01-2007
TWO brick houses were torched at Omeege village near Oshakati on Tuesday morning after a man allegedly set his own house on fire before moving on to one belonging to his elder brother.A pig and a car
readTraining 'you can bank on'
18-01-2007
BANK Windhoek on Tuesday announced the names of the 22 students who will attend the Candidate Bankers Training course this year.It is the 11th year that the bank is offering the course and it received
read3 in court on ivory charges
18-01-2007
WINDHOEK - A case involving a Chinese citizen, Wang Huai Bin, and two Namibians, John Sibolile and Kenneth Nawa, who are charged with the possession of controlled game products, has been postponed to
readFatal knifing
18-01-2007
A 27-year-old woman, Lavinia Lazarus, was stabbed in the chest with a knife and died on the spot in Windhoek this past weekend.The Police reported that the suspect fled and is still at large.
readTriangles become hot property
18-01-2007
THE prices of reflective warning triangles seem to have skyrocketed since an amendment of the Traffic Act made it compulsory for all motor vehicles to carry these road signs.The prices of triangles
readKohnke murder case postponed again
18-01-2007
THE two men accused of murdering German national Ralph Kohnke - Da Costa Domingo Zuzee (35) and Joseph Wasuka Nunda (29) - made a brief appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.Their
readNo cellphones in class
18-01-2007
SWAKOPMUND -The Principal of the West Side High School, Joan Meyer, told pupils at the beginning of the school year that they are not allowed to bring cellphones to schools.Meyer said pupils who
readA red what?
18-01-2007
THE Namibia Red Cross Society this week joined its international affiliates in officially recognising a new emblem, the 'red crystal', as its third official symbol.The red crystal joins the famous red
readSchools bursting at the seams
18-01-2007
SCHOOLS opened all over the country yesterday and all schools are filled to capacity.The Dr Frans Aupa Indongo Primary School in Windhoek's Babylon informal settlement has eight grade 1 classes. The
readBacklog with SA visas
18-01-2007
THE South African High Commission in Windhoek has warned people who need visas or permits to visit South Africa that they should apply for them well in advance.The Commission says it is experiencing a
readMan in court for allegedly stealing 94 gems
18-01-2007
POLICE at Oranjemund on Tuesday arrested an employee of KMC Contractors, Lazarus Iyambo (37), for the alleged illegal possession of 94 diamonds, weighing 70,7 carats.Police Regional Commissioner
readBring it on, Mayor tells the ECB
18-01-2007
WINDHOEK Mayor Matheus Shikongo says the municipality is not overcharging residents and that electricity tariffs were "correctly increased" by eight per cent in the middle of last year."It is not true
readMurder suspect makes mental state an issue
18-01-2007
MURDER suspect Manuel Alberto da Silva is persisting with a claim that he was temporarily insane on the evening when he allegedly murdered his girlfriend in Windhoek three years ago, the High Court
readDTA wants Govt to tell nation why it ignored court order for 5 years
18-01-2007
THE DTA of Namibia yesterday took Government to task for refusing to implement a court order issued more than five years ago.In December 2001, the High Court ordered the Ministry of Local Government
readA dhana Okrisimesa nevalo lye pamwe noluvalo naatekulu
18-01-2007
PONGENGA O MUKALIMO gwomOngenga mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Josua Paulus Ndjadila mu Desemba omvula ya zi ko okwa gwanitha omimvo omilongohetatu nambali (82) nometi 16 Desemba 2006
readAayugi ya dhenga tatekulu gwomimvo 81
18-01-2007
O MULUPE gwomusamane gwomimvo 81 okwa taambelwa moshipangelo pOtavi konima sho a dhengwa nongola pethimbo lyeyugo mOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya aalumentu yaali ya zala nawa
readOmukwiita gumwe sa omeya mOshakati
18-01-2007
O MUKWIITA gumwe okwa si mOsoondaha sho a gwile metale hali ithanwa etale lya Mbango, li li popepi nolukanda Evululuko mOshakati manga a li ta yulu oohi.Omugandjimulombo gwOpolisi moshitopolwa sha
readOoR100 dhiifundja moKunene
18-01-2007
O PUWO - Komanda gwOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Kunene Omupevi-Commissioner Festus Shilongo okwa londodha oshigwana moshitopolwa shoka opo shi kotokele iimaliwa ya South Afrika yiifundja mbyoka yi li
readEkanka lyaapangi otali ka yamukulwa meendelelelo
18-01-2007
PENGELA E PANGELO itali ka etha aavu ya se okupitila mekanka ndyoka ehangano lyAapangi mu Namibia/Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) li na edhililadhilo okuninga, Ominista yUundjolowele nOnkalonawa Richard
readOmufekelwa moshipotha shokutendako Caprivi okwa hala Aapresidende mokaketha
18-01-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE Omukulu Sam Nujoma, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, Omupresidende Omukulu gwaZamibia Kenneth Kaunda nosho wo Michake Muyongo ngoka pethimbo ndika e li muupongekwa naya ithanwe opo
readVaughan to miss next match
18-01-2007
SYDNEY - A hamstring tear has forced England captain Michael Vaughan out of Friday's one-day international against Australia in Brisbane and threatens to prematurely end his tour.England officials are
readFrance to boycott European Cup
18-01-2007
PARIS - French clubs will boycott next season's European club competitions including the elite Heineken Cup over a conflict involving England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premiership sides, the
readFisichella gives new Renault his seal of approval
18-01-2007
LONDON - Italian Giancarlo Fisichella has given his seal of approval to the car Renault hope will bring them a third Formula One championship in a row this season."The car is very impressive visually
readDong set for United debut
18-01-2007
LONDON - Manchester United's China striker Dong Fangzhuo has been given a British work permit and is clear to make his competitive debut for the Premier League leaders, the club said yesterday.United
readFootballer Hansen benefits from NNOC
18-01-2007
WINDHOEK - National women's football team player Rozanti Hansen has been awarded a scholarship by the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) to pursue a course in sports management and coaching in
readKelly Asser quits Tigers
18-01-2007
LONG serving chairman Kelly Asser yesterday announced his immediate resignation from Tigers Football Club.Kelly Asser said he decided to go due to personal reasons and could also not provide The
readRoddick set for Safin collision
18-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Andy Roddick and Marat Safin, travelling down distinctly different roads yesterday, headed for an explosive third-round collision at the Australian Open.The American sixth seed came out
readSacked Gaweseb hears fate Jan 27
18-01-2007
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) is expected to decide on the future of its ousted secretary general Alpheus Gaweseb in just over a week.The decision will be made on January 27 by the NFA
readIn Brief
18-01-2007
Somali government lifts broadcast ban MOGADISHU - Somalia's transitional government lifted a broadcast ban on Tuesday, said the government spokesman, a day after it had ordered three Somali radio
readIndia's King Khan to be 'immortalised'
18-01-2007
NEW DELHI - Bollywood heart-throb Shah Rukh Khan will become the third Indian actor to be "immortalised in wax" at London's Madame Tussauds."Madame Tussauds London is delighted to confirm that
readWhat's behind the name 'Bond, James Bond'?
18-01-2007
PARIS - The world's largest-grossing longest-surviving spy hero James Bond is under the microscope at a highbrow academic symposium in Paris analysing what makes 007 tick.With more than four billion
readUS doctors plan womb transplant
18-01-2007
A TEAM of doctors in New York say they are planning to perform the first womb transplant in the US.The procedure would potentially allow women who have had their wombs damaged or removed to develop a
readIsraeli military chief resigns
18-01-2007
JERUSALEM - Israel's military chief quit early yesterday over the failures of the war on Hezbollah in a second blow to the unpopular government after a graft probe was launched against Prime Minister
readFidel Castro statement a 'lie'
18-01-2007
MADRID - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in "very grave" condition after three failed operations and complications from the intestinal infection diverticulitis, a Spanish newspaper has reported.A
readObama's tough sell
18-01-2007
WASHINGTON - US political darling Barack Obama has received enthusiastic support for a possible 2008 presidential bid - except from fellow African-Americans, a group many had believed would be among
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