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55 Articles found on Tuesday, 9 January 2007
More NBC TV Channels Wanted
09-01-2007
AS much as I have been paying tax to our Namibian Government, I was also made to pay my NBC TV licence.I now wish that NBC would introduce different channels - NBC 1 NBC 2 or even NBC 3 - because we
readOutapi Hospital A Disgrace
09-01-2007
ALLOW me space in your esteemed newspaper.I would like to share my views regarding the unhygienic conditions prevailing at the Outapi District Hospital. I went to visit two of my relatives who were
readDo We Need An Electricity Board?
09-01-2007
CONCERNING the controversy about the pricing of electricity I would like to air some views on the need for a board to control our electricity tariffs and the reason for local authorities inflating
readSA's Sappi appoints CEO for Europe
09-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Sappi , the world's biggest maker of fine paper, said yesterday it had appointed Berry Wiersum as Chief Executive Officer of its European operations, replacing Wolfgang Pfarl, who will
readIndustry welcomes draft biofuel strategy
09-01-2007
THE South African biofuels industry yesterday welcomed government's approval of a draft biofuel strategy, to be fine-tuned in consultation with the industry."This is an enormously positive step for
readWorld growth encouraging, risks low
09-01-2007
BASEL - The world economy is on track for a fifth year of strong growth, little hampered by a limited slowdown in the United States, central bankers from the world's leading economies agreed
readBelarus reduces oil supply
09-01-2007
MOSCOW - Belarus said yesterday it had made a "reduction" in oil supplies to Poland and Germany, but denied cutting supplies altogether."We did not cut it off. We are working. But there has been a
readLilliput car heads for land of giant trucks
09-01-2007
DETROIT - So small it can fit into a parking space sideways, the tiny "Smart" car is making waves in the land of the giant pickup truck after proving a quirky hit in Europe.The "Smart fortwo" has been
readNokia Corporation rules the roost
09-01-2007
HELSINKI - Nokia Corporation sold 40 million smart phones in 2006 and more than 850 million people worldwide now use its mobile handsets, the Finnish company said yesterday.CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
readDiamond markets start on positive note
09-01-2007
ACCORDING to PolishedPrices, an independent news and price list provider to the diamond industry, diamond prices remained firm in quiet trading during the first week following the Christmas break.The
readTelkom in talks for Uganda stake
09-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's fixed-line phone company Telkom is in talks to buy a stake in Uganda Telecom - a deal that would give it a long-coveted presence outside its lacklustre home market.Telkom
readLibya, Tunisia plan oil refinery
09-01-2007
TRIPOLI - Libya and Tunisia are thinking of building an oil refinery and pipelines with the help of international investors as the North African neighbours step up economic cooperation, a Libyan
readOpec consulting over further oil price drop
09-01-2007
DUBAI - Opec producers, concerned about a steep drop in oil prices, are holding consultations on possible further action by the exporter group to stabilise oil markets, a senior Opec delegate said
readThe little bird that wouldn't go home
09-01-2007
THE female pennant-winged nightjar which travelled to the North with The Namibian's distribution lorry on December 18 was finally successfully released after three attempts.The bird was in a weakened
readElderly man given boot by wife
09-01-2007
SIMON KAKILI of Okankuzi village in the Oshikoto Region has complained to the village headman and traditional court that his wife and children have evicted him from their homestead.According to
readMissing teen
09-01-2007
POLICE in Windhoek are calling on the public's assistance in tracing Leewenllyn Andronius Pietersen, 16, who went missing on December 4 2006.Pietersen is light in complexion, speaks Afrikaans and was
readSSC not avid about Mulder reinstatement court order
09-01-2007
THE Social Security Commission is fighting a Windhoek District Labour Court order that it must reinstate former senior employee Gideon Mulder.Mulder, who was the SSC's Manager: Corporate Finance, was
readWhat a whopper of a souvenir!
09-01-2007
MOKUTI is the largest woodcarving of a giraffe ever made in Namibia and, as the name suggests, it was crafted for the Mokuti Lodge.The lodge wanted a four-metre-tall giraffe and it had to be finished
readTar from Rosh Pinah to Aus
09-01-2007
THE tarring of the gravel road between Aus and Rosh Pinah in the South is almost completed and the road has already been opened to traffic.The old 169-kilometre stretch of gravel road was one of the
readGaeb still waiting for verdict
09-01-2007
ALMOST seven months after the High Court heard an application by a senior manager to dismiss an appeal by TransNamib against his reinstatement, he is still awaiting the court verdict.The District
readBattle rages over control of shelter
09-01-2007
A CONFRONTATION that teetered on the brink of violence erupted at the Shalom shelter for vulnerable children yesterday, when the lost shepherd of the 'flock' returned to reclaim the reins at the
readRain brings relief to North
09-01-2007
ENCOURAGING showers were received in several parts of the North over the weekend, amidst fears of drought and poor harvests.In the Oshana Region, several oshanas are now filled with water and mahangu
readPoor rain prospects until weekend
09-01-2007
FARMERS waiting for more rain after a promising start to the rainy season will have to remain patient for the rest of the week - weather conditions are only expected to improve towards the
read5 arrested for stock theft at Khorixas
09-01-2007
OPUWO - The Police at Khorixas have arrested 36-year-old Kleopas Tjiunduwa on suspicion of being in possession of stolen livestock.Tjiunduwa was arrested after Police received a tip-off that he
readFrequent 'Open Line' caller Shapumba dies
09-01-2007
WELL-KNOWN Namibian historian and one of the regular callers to the NBC national radio call-in shows, Kaawete Shapumba Iilonga (63), has died in the Oshakati State Hospital.Shapumba, who went by the
readBotswana set to lease land at Walvis harbour
09-01-2007
A PIECE of land at Walvis Bay that belongs to NamPort is likely to be leased by the government of Botswana for the next 50 years.The Namibian Government agreed to the deal during Botswana President
readAangundjuka oya dhengwa koHIV mErongo
09-01-2007
SWAKOPMUND - Aagundjuka yomumvo dhi li pokati ko 20 no 24 okwa ndhindhilikwa oyo oyendji ya monika ombuto yoHIV moshitopolwa sha Erong.Omakonakono ngoka oga ningilwe poosenda dha New Start mu Kotba
readOkanona ka sile moshiponga shohauto ka dhimbululwa
09-01-2007
O KANONA koomvula omulongo okaSouth Afrika, hoka ka sile moshiponga shohauto pokati ka Grunau na Keetmanshoop oko Surelda Marilene van Schalkwyk.Okanona haka oka li mohauto naakuluntu yako, sho ohauto
readTu kwatheleini yakwetu, meme Nghifindaka ta ti
09-01-2007
M EME Victoria ya Nghifindaka gwomUupindi mOshakati ohela ngoka egumbo lye lya pipo thiluthilo niinima ye noyanona ye ayihe okupendukila Etitatu lyeti 3 Januali 2007, ota indile koshigwana shi mu
readKomimvo 8 ka lyatya kotalaka
09-01-2007
O KAMATYONA komimvo hetatu oka lyatwa keloli konima sho omuhingi a shunitha eloli lye monika nokwaatala nawa kutya konima okwa li okamatyona hoka.Oshiningwanima shika osha ningilwe mEtitatu lyoshiwike
readTatekulu Mutota e tu thiga po
09-01-2007
M WENE gwomukunda Olupumbu mUukwambi tatekulu Gideon Shimooshili Kamati Mutota okwa manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati omasiku ga zi ko konima yuuwehame nomepipi lyomimvo
readOuniversiti yUuindjinia otayi tungwa mOngwediva
09-01-2007
M EYA gwOndoolopa ya Ngwediva Erastus Uutoni okwa lombwela Oshigongi shAatoolinkunda shoka sha ningilwe mOngwediva pehulilo yomvula ya zi ko kutya Elelo lya Ngwediva oli na edhilaadhilo lya kola lela
readNUNW ota ka konakona omaulingilingi mOngopolo
09-01-2007
E HANGANO lyomahangano gaaniilonga mu Namibia/National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) otali ka konakona omapopyo kutya mOkampani ya Ongopolo Mining and Processing (OMP) omu na
readAapangi otaya ka ninga ekanka
09-01-2007
E HANGANO lyaapangi lyedhina Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) otali ti kutya ekanka lyopashigwana ndyoka tali ka ningwa kaapangi itali ka keelelwa ngele Epangelo inali gwanithwa po shoka aapangi ya
readSport Shorts
09-01-2007
Umaga bids farewell to French TOULON - Former All Blacks skipper Tana Umaga signed off on his 350 000-euro (455 000 dollars) spell with French club Toulon on Sunday claiming it was a job well
readSports and Doping Control
09-01-2007
This is the second part of a two-part series contributed by NNOC Secretary General Abner Axel Xoagub on the issue of doping in sports.What drugs are banned? THERE are many types of drugs that are
readHingis ends second best to Jankovic
09-01-2007
SYDNEY - Martina Hingis says she will head to Melbourne feeling fresher for next week's Australian Open after being dumped out of the Sydney International by in-form Jelena Jankovic in the first round
readTribute to football ace Ricardo Mannetti
09-01-2007
ALLOW me the opportunity in your esteemed daily to give my final salute to a living legend and a football monument by the name of Ricardo Giovanni Mannetti, better known as 'Bucksy'.Bucksy cut his
readArsenal seek 2nd Liverpool cup win
09-01-2007
LONDON - Arsenal will look to complete a rare Anfield cup double tonight when they face Liverpool in a League Cup quarter-final three days after winning there in the third round of the FA
readFans threaten 2010 boycott
09-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Crime-weary South Africans will threaten to boycott the World Cup if government does not address their concerns urgently.That's the word from organisers of protest marches which will
readSainz wins second Dakar stage
09-01-2007
PORTIMAO - Spaniard Carlos Sainz, driving a Volkswagen, won the second stage of the Dakar Rally on Sunday.Sainz clocked 59 minutes 26 seconds in the 67 km timed section in the Algarve region with
readNFA on intensive youth development drive
09-01-2007
A WELCOME turnaround is expected in local football after the Namibia Football Association (NFA) announced an intensive national youth development programme for both men and women's football.Speaking
read'New stem cell source' discovered
09-01-2007
US scientists say they have discovered a new source of stem cells that could one day repair damaged human organs.Researchers successfully extracted the cells from the fluid that fills the womb in
readInquest hearings into Diana's death begin
09-01-2007
LONDON - The long-awaited British inquest into Princess Diana's death in a 1997 car crash in Paris were due to resume yesterday with two days of preliminary hearings at London's historic Royal Courts
readEurope lays out plan to tackle energy dilemma
09-01-2007
An energy crunch that chokes fuel supplies, dims the lights at homes and workplaces, and ravages Western economies may no longer be the stuff of 1970s history books.It could be a vision of the near
readCoal: a cheaper, cleaner 21st century fuel?
09-01-2007
NEW YORK - When railroads ruled, it was the sweating firemen shovelling coal into the furnace who kept the engines running.Now, nearly two centuries after Stephenson's 'Rocket' steam locomotive helped
readPro-Malay affirmative action stokes tension
09-01-2007
KUALA LUMPUR - University professor Azly Rahman has benefited from Malaysia's affirmative action policy which favours ethnic Malays in education, jobs and business.But he thinks it's time the
readIn Brief
09-01-2007
Ageless love LAGOS - Samuel Akinbode Sadela, Nigeria's oldest preacher at 107, said he derived his strength from God after marrying a 30-year woman."The Lord is my strength. I am very strong and
readSomali president arrives in Mogadishu - source
09-01-2007
MOGADISHU - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf entered the capital Mogadishu yesterday for the first time since taking office in late 2004, a government source said.If confirmed, Yusuf's arrival would
readMorocco journalists facing trial
09-01-2007
A court case that has provoked international debate over the issue of press freedom is to open in Morocco.Nichane magazine's editor and one of its reporters are accused of defaming Islam and damaging
readArrested judge out on bail
09-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Confusion reigned at the Randburg magistrate's court yesterday when a Pretoria High Court judge arrested for drunken driving failed to appear at the court.After waiting outside the
readDisgruntled police officers quit
09-01-2007
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has said more than 10 per cent of the country's police officers will quit within the first quarter of the year, disgruntled over poor salaries
readDemocrats warn Bush about Iraq plans
09-01-2007
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is cautioning US President George W Bush to think twice before proposing a troop increase in Iraq, suggesting the new Democratic-controlled Congress could deny
readSaddam trial resumes
09-01-2007
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's trial for the killing of 180 000 Kurds in the 1980s resumed yesterday with the late dictator's seat empty, nine days after he went to the gallows.The court's first order of
readGenocide trial for Rwanda prefect
09-01-2007
THE trial of a former Rwandan official accused of being a main perpetrator of the genocide is due to begin at the UN war crimes tribunal in Tanzania.Colonel Tharcisse Renzaho, former prefect of the
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