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47 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 July 2007
Konare bemoans 'leadership crisis'
10-07-2007
DAKAR - Africa is suffering a crisis of leadership and its heads of state must show more mutual confidence and solidarity if they want to advance continental integration, the African Union's top
readAs Darfur peace mission stumbles, envoys criticised
10-07-2007
KHARTOUM - Joint UN-African Union efforts to stop violence in Darfur have stumbled amid rebel bickering and an upsurge in violence, and the mission's envoys are poised to miss an August deadline to
readRoad Safety not a game
10-07-2007
I WOULD like to bring to the attention of local schools, their principals and staff, what appears to be a total lack of understanding of safety when crossing over a road.Are the children not taught:
read'USA' Will Be Killed By Speed
10-07-2007
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to communicate my thoughts to our national leaders in Namibia on the formation of the African Government - United States of Africa (USA).Members of Parliament (MPs)
readWanting To Walk Tall In Keetmanshoop
10-07-2007
AS a child of Keetmanshoop who grew up in the streets of the southern town, I want to urge the Police to do something to curb the increasing crime at the town.We used to walk tall in the dusty streets
readSMS Responses
10-07-2007
* State House costs HOPE the Government will spend that money on its people and not on buildings.There are kids on streets and families living in plastic shelters. ALL that money being spent on a
readOn The Move
10-07-2007
Capricorn Asset Management has announced the appointment of Tertius Liebenberg as Managing Director as from 1 July 2007.Capricorn Asset Management is a 100 per cent Namibian owned investment
readZambia defends Chinese
10-07-2007
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has vowed to fight political opponents who try to limit or frustrate Chinese investments in the mineral-rich southern African nation, local media reported
readStrike halts most SA engineering work
10-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Some 260 000 workers went on strike at 9 000 South African metal and engineering firms yesterday, bringing most of the industry to a halt, a union said yesterday.Trade union Solidarity
readSME Expo hits Walvis Bay
10-07-2007
THE first ever Walvis Bay SME Expo is scheduled to take place later this month on July 27 and 28, with over 40 business operators expected to take part at the event."Entrepreneurs frequently complain
readUganda coffee earnings up 60% to US$24,32m
10-07-2007
KAMPALA - Uganda's coffee export earnings jumped 60 per cent in June to US$24,32 million compared with the same month last year, pushed by high prices and a 30,6 per cent rise in bags sold, the coffee
readIEA sees oil supply crunch looming
10-07-2007
LONDON - World oil demand will rise faster than expected to 2012 while production lags, leading to a supply crunch, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.In its Medium-Term Oil Market Report,
readHarry jailed for 2 years
10-07-2007
FORMER world champion boxer Harry Simon was set to spend his first night behind bars yesterday in connection with the deadly car crash in which three Belgian visitors to Namibia were killed at the
readRundu hospital death blamed on the Ministry of Works
10-07-2007
THE head of the Rundu State Hospital has washed his hands of the recent death of a baby after a power black-out."It is a disaster that is beyond our capacity and control," Dr Yuri Yangazov, chief
readKobi's extradition battle heads to High Court
10-07-2007
THE legality of the appointment of a Magistrate to deal with the United States of America's request to Namibia to extradite Israeli hi-tech industry pioneer Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander to the US is set to
readGerman tourist shot dead in cold blood
10-07-2007
A SIGHT-SEEING trip on the outskirts of Windhoek turned into a horror experience for a German tourist on Sunday afternoon - her husband was shot dead in front of her by robbers.By yesterday afternoon,
readInformation and communications bill picks up speed
10-07-2007
TODAY is the last day for the public and interested parties to submit comments on the new draft Information and Communications Bill published on the website of the Namibia Communications Commission
readMinistry told not to meddle in Trade Fair preparations
10-07-2007
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has been told to stop interfering in the preparations of businesses taking part in the Ondjiva Trade Fair that started yesterday in southern Angola.It is the second
readMPs lobby for 2010 soccer cup
10-07-2007
A DELEGATION of Namibian Parliamentarians has proposed to Germany to let the national soccer team do its training sessions for the 2010 world soccer cup in Namibia.The event will be hosted by
readEU gives grants of N$26,6 million
10-07-2007
THE first three of 18 grants in different sectors were paid out by the European Union last Friday.The emerging commercial farmers support programme received N$9,46 million from EU Ambassador Dr
readBaby dies in hut blaze
10-07-2007
ONE person was killed and seven injured when a Nissan double-cab overturned on the Okahao-Oshakati main road in the North on Saturday, the Police reported on Sunday.The injured were admitted to the
readMariental residents face rates increases
10-07-2007
RESIDENTS at Mariental will have to cough up between six and seven per cent more for basic services from next month.The Municipality has increased its electricity tariff by 7,2 per cent. Sanitation,
readCome clean on overtime payments, hospital told
10-07-2007
CLEANERS at the Katutura State hospital were up in arms yesterday over non-payment of overtime and travel allowances which they say are owed to them.The hospital's superintendent, Dr Colin Gariseb,
readACC arrests at Henties cause stir
10-07-2007
TWO Henties Bay councillors are crying foul after Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) officials arrested them on charges of alleged corruption last week.The two officials were yanked out of a workshop
readOshipotha sha Simon shokuninga a kolwa osha tegelela etokolo lyOmutamaneki-Ndjayi
10-07-2007
H ARRY Simon ota tsikile nokupwatauka omutse okuza pethimbo a dhitikilwe ta hingi a kolwa pehulilo lyomumvo 2006, sigo oompaka oshipotha she inashi tokolwa natango kOmutamaneki-Ndjayi kutya otashi
readAanaveta ya Alexander oya hala manga okutala nawa
10-07-2007
A ANAVETA ya Jacobs ('Kobi') Alexander oya kala ya hala manga okupala ondjila omanga iihokolola kombinga yeindilo lyokufala Alexander ku Amerika hoka ta pumbiwa inali tameka mOmpangu.Oshinima shika
readEgumbo epe lyEpangelo tali ka kotha oshimaliwa oshindji
10-07-2007
O SHIMALIWA shoka tashi longithwa mokutunga Egumbo lyEpangelo epe (New State House) otaku ka monika ashike kutya oshi thike peni, ngele egumbo ndika lya pu okutungwa.Shika osha hololwa mOparliamende
readUutoni a lukilwa Ombelewa yAalongisikola pOsikola yaKandjengedi
10-07-2007
M AYOLA gwOndoolopa ya Ngwediva Erastus Uutoni okwa pewa esimano enene kOmukuluntusikola gwosikola yaanona ya Kandjengedi meme Laina Shigwedha pamwe naaniilonga ye mwa kwatelwa Olaata yOsikola ndjoka
readA ningilwa oshipotha shokulala nokanona
10-07-2007
O MUNAMIMVO 29, Juergen Laube, okwa tulwa miipandeko moshipotha shekwatonkonga lyokanona komimvo 15.Oshiningwanima shika osha ningilwa poSwakopmund oshiwike sha zile ko. Moshipotha shotango, Juergen
readEpandaanda nali lukwe Presidende Street: Pohamba ta thaneke
10-07-2007
O MANGA Muni gwa Venduka ta lukulula omapandaanda tega lukile omapendafule mekondjelomanguluko mwakwatelwa wo nOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, omutse gwoshilongo ogwa gandja ethaneko lilwe kOlaata
readAazimbabwe oya pumbwa iikulya
10-07-2007
HARARE - Oofamili dhimwe miitopolwa yimwe yokomikunda mu Zimbabwe odha mana po iikulya naantu yamwe oya ningi omasiku kaye na shoka taya li, ehangano lya World Vision International (WVI) osho lya
readCricketer Van Rooi looks to England for career
10-07-2007
FORMER national team cricketer Burton van Rooi intends to carve a professional career in Europe, after he held talks with English Cricket Premiership side Barnt Green recently.The fast bowler already
readRecord 30 goals in match
10-07-2007
A RECORD 30 goals were scored in a single football match when Southern Stream First Division outfit Invincible walloped the Flying Eagles 26-4, in a match played at the Mariental Showgrounds on
readRhythmic gymnastics qualifiers on cards
10-07-2007
THE rhythmic qualifying competition of the Namibian Gymnastics Federation (NGF) will take place at the SKW Hall in Windhoek the coming weekend.First National Bank is supporting this event with 15,000
readRhythmic gymnastics qualifiers on cards
10-07-2007
THE rhythmic qualifying competition of the Namibian Gymnastics Federation (NGF) will take place at the SKW Hall in Windhoek the coming weekend.First National Bank is supporting this event with 15,000
readSports journalist dies in SA
10-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - An award-winning sports reporter for the South African Broadcasting Corporation has been killed in a car accident, officials said Sunday.The public broadcaster reported that veteran
readFederer targets Sampras record
10-07-2007
LONDON - Roger Federer wrapped up his fifth successive Wimbledon title and backed himself to pass Pete Sampras's record of seven All England Club titles and all-time mark of 14 Grand Slams.The world
readAussie weightlifters banned
10-07-2007
SYDNEY - An Australian weightlifter and a powerlifter have been banned for two years for doping offences, officials said yesterday, less than a month after weightlifting coach Sevdalin Marinov
readChoi captures biggest win of career
10-07-2007
BETHESDA - K.J. Choi captured the biggest victory of his career Sunday by winning the inaugural PGA National, the second time in five weeks the South Korean star won a tournament hosted by a
readAli beats Borovski
10-07-2007
NAMIBIA'S Commonwealth champion Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembe, kept his tools sharp by beating Vladimir Borovski on points over six rounds in Wigan, England Friday.Nuumbembe's manager, Chad Parker, yesterday
readSteegmans wins 2nd Tour stage
10-07-2007
GHENT - Belgian rider Geert Steegmans won the second stage of the Tour de France, a 168.5km run between Dunkirk in France yesterday.The Quick Step cyclist prevailed in a bunch sprint marred by a mass
readArgentina hit four, Mexico six to reach semi-finals
10-07-2007
AN exuberant Argentina routed Peru 4-0 while Mexico thrashed 10-man Paraguay 6-0 on Sunday to complete an extraordinary sequence of one-sided quarterfinals at the Copa America.On Saturday, Uruguay had
readSmelly feet police raid
10-07-2007
BERLIN - German police broke into a darkened apartment fearing they would find a dead body, after neighbours complained of a nasty smell seeping out onto the staircase.The shutters of the apartment
readWoman arrested over dry lawn
10-07-2007
OREM - A 70-year-old US woman was left bruised and bloody after a clash with police who came to arrest her because her lawn was dry and brown.Trouble flared when Utah pensioner Betty Perry, 70,
readBoy found hanging from line
10-07-2007
PRETORIA - A 10-year-old Pietermaritzburg boy was found hanging from a clothesline by his neck on Sunday, police said yesterday.Inspector Joey Jeevan said that a tenant on the property found him
readHamas returns stolen lion
10-07-2007
GAZA CITY - Even animals with large teeth and claws do not fare well in the volatile Gaza Strip.Yesterday, Hamas militiamen raiding the hideout of a notorious drug ring stumbled on a lion stolen at
readPlea made to Pakistan mosque to send out dead
10-07-2007
ISLAMABAD - Religious scholars gathered outside a besieged Pakistani mosque yesterday to beseech Islamist militants to send out dead and wounded along with women and children, a day after authorities
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