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37 Articles found on Monday, 23 July 2007
SMS responses on issues of the day
23-07-2007
EDUCATION * We call on Nantu to investigate the agreement teachers enter into with the Institute of Open Learning. Among others, teachers are not allow to cancel their study agreement with IOL, while
readEskom says year net profit R3,4b
23-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings posted net profit of 3,4 billion rand for its 2006/07 financial year, the company said on Thursday.Eskom, the world's lowest-cost
readUrib to head STANLIB and Charter Life
23-07-2007
STANLIB Namibia and Charter Life Namibia have announced the launch of a new, significantly strengthened and combined business with the mission of securing strategic growth in Namibia's rapidly
read'New WTO formula good basis for deal'
23-07-2007
NEW DELHI - India believes a new formula proposed for a deal on agriculture and industry tariffs is a good basis for negotiations to resume in the stalled Doha round of global trade talks, a report
readSABC starts Africa channel amid furore
23-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's public broadcaster is launching an international news channel to compete with CNN and the BBC, joining the growing ranks of news outlets seeking to challenge media
readMinister commends Old Mutual investment in SME development
23-07-2007
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has welcomed Old Mutual's decision to invest part of the capital in its Namibian Unclaimed Shares Trust (UST) into supporting initiatives designed to
readWalvis Council faces lawsuit
23-07-2007
THE Walvis Bay Residents' Association (WBRA) says it will sue the Walvis Bay Town Council because of a golden handshake of nearly N$2,8 million paid to former CEO Augustinus Katiti when he
read'Unbearable' cell conditions raised in court
23-07-2007
THE grim conditions under which people are detained in the Windhoek Police station's holding cells were revealed in the High Court on Friday for a second time in less than two weeks.Eight days after
readRP slams ACC over Henties Bay 'corruption'
23-07-2007
THE President of the Republican Party (RP), Henk Mudge, has slammed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for the way it dealt with two Henties Bay councillors who were arrested on corruption charges
readHerero still want German reparations
23-07-2007
THE drive of the Herero people to demand reparations from the German government for atrocities committed against them during German colonial rule between 1904 and 1908 is continuing.This was made
readAirline compromises safety, service: crew
23-07-2007
CABIN crew of Air Namibia petitioned the Ministry of Works on Friday, saying the company was forcing them to work long hours, thus compromising the safety of passengers for the sake of financial
readSossus Dune Lodge ready for business
23-07-2007
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba on Saturday opened the new Sossus Dune Lodge of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) at Sesriem in the Namib-Naukluft Park.The multi-million-dollar facility, built in an
readMan gets 10 years over axe murder
23-07-2007
JAN Blokstaan (28) has been jailed for 10 years for beating to death his girlfriend with a pickaxe.He pleaded guilty to the murder charge. Blokstaan appeared calm when Regional Magistrate Hosea
readArrest warrant issued for house robbery suspect
23-07-2007
A WINDHOEK resident who is alleged to have been caught red-handed following a morning robbery at a house in Klein Windhoek early last year faces being re-arrested after failing to make a scheduled
readTwo prisoners stabbed in fight over tobacco
23-07-2007
TWO inmates sustained serious stab wounds while another was slightly injured in a knife fight with other inmates at the Keetmanshoop Police cells on Thursday night.The inmates who sustained serious
readVerdict date set for Naobeb
23-07-2007
THE murder trial of Gobabis resident Ronny Naobeb is scheduled to near its conclusion in the High Court in Windhoek on August 10, when a verdict is set to be delivered.Naobeb (27) is accused of
readKatutura shebeen robbed
23-07-2007
Three armed suspects entered a shebeen in Katutura early on Saturday morning and walked away with a jackpot machine after holding the occupants at gunpoint.Police reported yesterday that the gambling
readBusiness leader laid to rest
23-07-2007
THE Chairman of the northern branch of the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Phillip Amwele, was buried at Onguta on Saturday.Amwele died at the age of 51 in the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital
readWoman murdered
23-07-2007
THE Police at Rehoboth are investigating a murder case after 36-year-old Fransiska Garises was stabbed to death there on Saturday.No arrest had been made by yesterday. * Police at Outapi have opened a
readN$176 million for bilateral water supply
23-07-2007
THE growing demand for water supply in north-central Namibia and southern Angola across the border has brought about a special project, which will see the installation of potable water infrastructure
readNatango Mugabe a hiwa koshigongi shaaleli ya EU na AU
23-07-2007
BERLIN - Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe oku li natango mokati kaahiwa koshigongi shaaleli yiilongo yAaEuropa noyaAfrika, nonande Britain niilongo yilwe yAaEurope oya hala Mugabe kaa ye ko
readZanu-PF ina hala oonkundana na MDC
23-07-2007
HARARE - Oonkambadhala ndhoka tadhi ningwa kOmupresidende gwa South Afrika nEpangelo lya Zimbabwe nelalakano okukutha oshilongo shika (Zimbabwe) muupyakadhi moka shi li, otashi vulika itadhi ka eta po
readMaperes Bar a patulula ishewe
23-07-2007
OOKASTOMA dhObaa ya simana yedhina Mapares Bar yi li molukanda lwa Greenwell Matongo odhi li dha nyanyukwa sho Obaa yawo ndjika - ndjoka ya li ya patwa omasiku omasiku ga zi ko - ya egululwa
readOonakuyaka Ooselula ya pewa omageelo kOmupanguli Kanime
23-07-2007
OMUPANGULI mOshakati Thomas Kanime, omasiku ga zi ko okwa gandja omageelo ga kwata miiti koonakuyaka aantu ooselefona dhawo noku ya kunkilila kutya inaya yaka po we ooselefona dhaantu, ye wo ta ningi
readNgoka a li a ekelahi okanona ke kokandjugo a holoka mOmpangu
23-07-2007
MEME omugundjuka gwoomvula 21 gwomokunda Olukonda mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, ngoka ongula onene yeti 5 Juli 2007 a monene okanona ke ndele te ke ka ekele kepoto lyokandjugo nokiitsuwa mo ke na
readOmatalelopo otaga eta eliko: Pohamba
23-07-2007
OSHIKONDO shomatalelopo mu Namibia osha simana nookondo keliko lyoshilongo, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba osho a popi mehuliloshiwike.Pohamba okwa ti omatalelopo otaga eta po oompito dhiilonga
readWarriors Supporters called
23-07-2007
ALL interested members of the public who wish to accompany the Brave Warriors to Botswana the coming weekend, should attend a meeting at Soccer House today at 18h00.Namibia is expected to play in the
readBester named best footballer
23-07-2007
ELEVEN Arrows midfielder Rudolf Bester was named as the Player of the Season when Namibia's football mother body held its annual awards on Saturday.Bester, who turned 24 on Thursday, received the
readNamibia beat SA
23-07-2007
NAMIBIA delivered a superb second half performance to beat the visiting South Africa Amateurs squad 42-34 on Saturday at a sparsely attended Hage Geingob stadium.Brian Witbooi scored Namibia's last
readJohannes fifth in 20-km road race
23-07-2007
LONG-DISTANCE runner Hilaria Johannes finished fifth in the women's 20-km road race at the All Africa Games on Friday.She could well have finished fourth, but took two wrong turns towards the end
readSamaria in silver win
23-07-2007
NAMIBIA won its first medals at the All Africa Games on Thursday, with Agnes Samaria winning silver in the women's 800m and Johannes 'Baluka' Simon bronze in the flyweight boxing category.Samaria was
readHopkins wins over Wright
23-07-2007
LAS VEGAS - Bernard Hopkins defeated Winky Wright by a unanimous points decision on Saturday to remain the universally recognised light-heavyweight world champion.One judge scored the bout 116-112,
readNo surprises in Boks WC squad
23-07-2007
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's national selectors have stayed true to their word and named a predictable and experienced squad of 30 players to feature at this year's World Cup tournament.National coach
readIndia elects first woman president
23-07-2007
NEW DELHI - India's first female president, Pratibha Patil, savoured her election win yesterday as supporters hailed the victory as a significant step forward for women in the South Asian nation.The
readSouth Korea to negotiate for its hostages
23-07-2007
SEOUL - South Korea scrambled yesterday to negotiate the release of 23 Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan as a purported deadline to swap them for imprisoned fighters loomed.A delegation
readKey HIV-AIDS forum opens in Sydney Michael Smith
23-07-2007
SYDNEY - The world's biggest scientific HIV-AIDS conference opened in Australia yesterday with experts calling for more funding for research and new findings which suggest male circumcision can reduce
readClinton pilots subsidised malaria drugs in Africa
23-07-2007
LONDON - Former US President Bill Clinton is launching a programme to make subsidised malaria drugs available in Tanzania in a test scheme that could serve as a blueprint for Africa as a whole.The
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