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38 Articles found on Thursday, 12 July 2007
Global warming is real, says Henschel
12-07-2007
CLIMATE change is real and people have to learn how to live with it, says the Executive Director of the Namib Desert-based Gobabeb Training and Research Centre (GTRC).In a brief interview at
readCows that burp less can help with climate fight
12-07-2007
LONDON - Manners aside, getting cows to burp less can help reduce global warming.Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse
readMinistry honours exceptional servants of the environment
12-07-2007
RETIRED conservationist Jan Tsumib, has been recognised for his long service at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET).Because of his passion and love for wildlife, Tsumib has worked for the
readSMS Responses: Wednesday
12-07-2007
Hospital woes * MAYBE we should frame and hang pictures of the new State House and the Chinese locomotives above the beds occupied by the sick in our hospitals. It will probably give meaning to the
readAngola lifts BA ban
12-07-2007
LONDON - Angola has lifted a nine-day ban on British Airways imposed in retaliation for a decision to prevent the African nation's flagship carrier from flying to London, a BA official said
readIMF searches for relevance
12-07-2007
WASHINGTON - As the International Monetary Fund set in motion its search for a new chief, analysts said the multilateral organisation is struggling for credibility and needs a fresh perspective.On
readZimbabwe tightens price controls amid panic buying
12-07-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe has imposed tight profit margins for businesses, stepping up a price rollback programme that has led to empty store shelves, long petrol queues and renewed fears of a total economic
readDBN lends N$34m to SMEs
12-07-2007
STATE-OWNED Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has announced positive annual results for last year, with the bank having extended N$33,92 million worth of loans to the ever growing small and medium
readKeetmans youths urged to develop skills
12-07-2007
KEETMANSHOOP - Many new job opportunities could be created for entrepreneurs should the Namibia De Beers (Namdeb) mining company scale down its operations due to a decline in diamonds.Therefore, the
readVukile lists on NSX
12-07-2007
THE JSE-listed property loan stock company Vukile was yesterday also listed in the real estate sector of the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) with the code VKL (JSE code: VKE).Speaking at a ceremony to
readHead and legs found
12-07-2007
A HUMAN head, two lower legs and two partly mutilated feet were discovered on farmland close to the road between Windhoek and the Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday.The B1 Butcher - the
readFire destroys single mother's house
12-07-2007
A MOTHER of seven, Fatima Mathias (36), pictured left, is in a desperate situation after her house in the Oneshila informal settlement in Oshakati East and all her belongings were destroyed by fire on
readTensions mount over baby's death
12-07-2007
THE Ministry of Health says the recent death of a baby at the Rundu State Hospital was not caused by a power blackout, much to the unhappiness of the affected family.Health Permanent Secretary Dr
readWernhil Park undergoes an extreme makeover
12-07-2007
WINDHOEK'S Wernhil Park Shopping Centre has been completely revamped: it's new image is upmarket, modern and in line with the hip and happening outside world.Built more than 15 years ago, the centre,
readPrepared for disaster!
12-07-2007
Every second year a full-scale simulated air disaster exercise is held either at the Hosea Kutako International Airport or at Eros Airport in Windhoek.The exercise, which is in line with the
readMagistrate up for drunken driving
12-07-2007
A SENIOR Magistrate presiding over the Regional Courts in the Hardap and Karas Regions was in the dock in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court this week after being arrested for alleged drunken
readMan shoots wife, then himself
12-07-2007
NDIYONA - A 42-year-old man fatally shot his wife with a gun before turning it on himself in the Kavango Region on Monday.The incident took place at Shipando village, some 110 km east of Rundu in the
readNWR owes N$12,5 m in VAT payments
12-07-2007
A GOVERNMENT tourism enterprise, which owed some N$80 million a year ago and was bailed out by Government with N$180 million for a 'turnaround strategy', still has a debt of N$12,5 million for Value
readMine employees want share of N$450 m pension surplus
12-07-2007
FORMER employees of Rossing Uranium are challenging the mine's pension fund to pay out an accumulated surplus in excess of N$450 million.They say it is morally, legally and rightfully theirs, as
readGovernment, civil society take aim at gun violence
12-07-2007
AS a Police search for the murderers of German tourist Johannes Fellinger (56) continued for a third day yesterday, the Minister of Environment and Tourism and the Namibia Non-governmental
readRuling party holds CC meeting
12-07-2007
THE ruling Swapo Party will hold its central committee meeting in Windhoek tonight to discuss preparations for its five-yearly ordinary congress, scheduled to take place at the end of this year.The
readSwapo official dares comrades to submit to a lie detector test
12-07-2007
A SWAPO Party politician in the Hardap Region, Theo Diergaardt, through his lawyer, has strongly denied allegations of tape-recording a clandestine meeting, where some regional leaders plotted to give
readOshipotha sha Mulder na SSC otashi tamekulula
12-07-2007
N goka ali nale Menindjela gwIiniwe mu Social Security Commission (SSC), Gideon Mulder na SSC oya shuna ketameko lyoshipotha shawo shoka ya kala nokukwandjangela nasho uule woomwedhi dha zi ko konima
readMartha Nghilukilwa a mona elongo moshipangelo sha Ngela
12-07-2007
M EME Martha Nghilukilwa (27) gwomomukunda Onuno mUukwanyama mOshikandjohogololo sha Hangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, oku li a pandula Kalunga ke sho meti 5 Juli 2007 e mu pe uunona utatu oshita,
readOonakudhipaga omupashiyoni Omundowishi kaye wetike natango
12-07-2007
K ONIMA yomasiku gatatu sho omupashiyoni gwOmundowishi a yahwa okusa mondjila onene ya Daan Viljoen pondje ya Venduka, Opolisi sigo ohela inayi dhitika natango omuntu shi na sha nedhipago
readOshipangelo sha Windhoek Central sha kaleka omatando omanene egehe
12-07-2007
E PANGELO olya fala omatando agehe kiitandelo yilwe moshilandopangelo sigo otaku monika ekandulepo lyomukundu kombinga yuupyakadhi wolusheno moshipangelo oshinene sha Windhoek Central, Amushanga
readEino, Monika na Amoomo ya fumvikwa mOngwediva
12-07-2007
J OSEF Amoomo Eino gwoomvula 46, gwomElyambala mOngwediva ngoka meti 4 Juli 2007, a si moshiponga shohauto pamwenomukulukadhi gwe meme Monika Kashile-Eino gwoomvula 47 nokanonamati kawo koomvula
readBotes joins Silver Stars
12-07-2007
NAMIBIAN international Henrico Botes, will turn out for Silver Stars next season after impressing Stars' coach Owen Da Gama last season.Botes signed a three-year deal from his premiership club Moroka
readNFA chief to be named in August
12-07-2007
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) president John Muinjo yesterday confirmed that a total of nine applications has been received for the position of the body's chief executive officer, but the
readProfits made at World Cup
12-07-2007
NEW DELHI - Profits from this year's World Cup will wipe out the financial deficit of the host West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), tournament organisers said.The March-April event, staged in the
readGalaxy ready Beckham
12-07-2007
LOS ANGELES - The waiting is almost over for the Los Angeles Galaxy with their biggest signing, England midfielder David Beckham, scheduled to arrive in the world's entertainment capital this
readBrazil reaches final
12-07-2007
MARACAIBO - Brazil advanced to the final of the Copa America on Tuesday with a dynamic 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Uruguay.With the sides locked at 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, the game went
readPelous determined
12-07-2007
INJURY - plagued former France captain Fabien Pelous said Tuesday that he was determined to have his final word as a player for France, competing in his third consecutive World Cup in September,
readSpringboks name Muller as new captain
12-07-2007
CHRISTCHURCH - Lock Johann Muller became South Africa's fourth captain in four matches when he was named to lead the Springboks against the All Blacks in the Tri-Nations rugby Test here Saturday.The
readBritish divorcee marries Omar bin Laden
12-07-2007
LONDON - A British divorcee has married one of the sons of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, British media and colleagues said yesterday.Jane Felix-Browne, a 51-year-old grandmother from Moulton,
read10 Philippine marines beheaded: Army
12-07-2007
MANILA - Philippine troops recovered the bodies of 14 marines, some beheaded, who had clashed with Muslim insurgents while searching for a kidnapped Italian priest, a marine spokesman said
readDeath sentence upheld for Libya medics
12-07-2007
TRIPOLI - Libya's Supreme Court yesterday upheld death sentences on six foreign medics for infecting Libyan children with HIV, a ruling that paves the way for moves by Muammar Gaddafi's government to
readCommandos clear Red Mosque of all militants
12-07-2007
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani commandos cleared the warren-like Red Mosque complex of all die-hard defenders yesterday, ending a fierce eight-day siege and street battles which left more than 80 dead."The
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