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40 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 July 2007
De Beers may spurn diamonds from Russia
25-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Diamond giant De Beers is likely to snub an opportunity to market more gems from Russia, a key producer, as it distances itself from its former role as cartel operator to focus on
readChad's boy soldiers hold out for a lost childhood
25-07-2007
N'DJAMENA - In an anonymous compound in Chad's capital N'Djamena, young boys clad in matching shirts play volleyball, shrieking and clapping with delight.A fight breaks out in an adrenaline-fuelled
readSA minister unhappy with De Beers
25-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's mining minister criticised a top official of diamond group De Beers on Friday for reportedly doubting the viability of boosting the local polishing industry.South Africa
readNamibia's horticulture faces limitations
25-07-2007
OIKANGO - The Oshana Regional Councillor for Ongwediva Constituency, Silverius Thikameni Ekandjo, says horticulture production is not yet fully developed in Namibia.Ekandjo said this on Monday when
readAssist SMEs with finance
25-07-2007
THE public and private sectors have to join forces to adopt new ways to streamline the accessibility of finance to upcoming entrepreneurs, Minister of Trade and Industry Immanuel Ngatjizeko has
readNampower acquires N$500 m
25-07-2007
RAND Merchant Bank last week successfully placed R500 million of 13-year corporate bonds for national power utility, Nampower.The issuance was oversubscribed at R820 million with bids from 18 market
readEcuador tries balancing oil and environment issues
25-07-2007
EL COCA - Under pressure to preserve the environment while at the same time easing the poverty of his people, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has come up with an unusual solution.Correa wants
readPresident urges urgent action on health sector
25-07-2007
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday told the Ministry of Health to act with urgency and do something about deteriorating levels of service at health institutions.Speaking at the launch of the
readSchoolboy stabbed to death
25-07-2007
A PUPIL at the Kos-mos High School in Khomasdal has died after being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver on Saturday night.Seventeen-year-old Duarte Hendrickse died in the private Medi-Clinic
readExpropriations target German land owners, High Court hears
25-07-2007
THE action taken by Government to expropriate four farms belonging to German nationals was discriminatory and specifically targeted at them, while proper procedures as stipulated by laws and the
readKobi wants travel restriction relaxed
25-07-2007
THE High Court is set to be asked tomorrow to lift Israeli-born extradition target Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander's confinement to the Windhoek district.Alexander (55), who is being targeted in an extradition
readNWR takes on critics
25-07-2007
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has called for an end to what it sees as unnecessary criticism of its operations by private tourism operators."Let's stop bad-mouthing. Stop unnecessary criticism," the
readCellphone theft draws hefty punishment
25-07-2007
MAGISTRATE Thomas Kanime issued a stern warning when he sentenced two young men for stealing cellphones recently.Pandeni Daniel Nghihepa (21) and Lukas Nambahu (30), both from Oshakati, were told by
readStabbing suspect pleads for acquittal
25-07-2007
A MAN accused of stabbing a Keetmanshoop resident to death is to hear on Tuesday whether his bid for acquittal has succeeded.Willem Swartbooi (51), who pleaded not guilty to a culpable homicide
readBotswana San turn to UN for support
25-07-2007
A HUMAN rights organisation acting on behalf the Kalahari San, or Bushmen, in Botswana has submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Committee about what it called the "failure" of the Botswana
readArmed robbers raid house
25-07-2007
A WANAHEDA resident was robbed at his home on Friday night, after three armed men broke into his house and stole his cellphone, a watch and a ring.No recovery or arrests have been made yet. * Three
readRural poverty reduction gets a major boost
25-07-2007
A FOUR-YEAR project aimed at reducing poverty in rural areas was launched in Windhoek yesterday morning.The project is a partnership between the Namibian Association of Community-Based Natural
readNew policy for tourism and wildlife concessions
25-07-2007
A NEW policy has been drafted to regulate the granting of tourism and trophy hunting concessions on State land, which includes game parks, protected and communal areas.Cabinet recently adopted the
readNgurare the front-runner for Swapo youth position
25-07-2007
ELIJAH Ngurare has emerged as the sole candidate for the Swapo Youth League's secretary position with barely a month left before the fourth congress of the party's youth wing.Ngurare's (36) name was
readLodge says it's not organising seal hunt trips
25-07-2007
THE Manager of Cape Cross Lodge, Leon Swanepoel, has denied a report in the South African Sunday newspaper Rapport, which alleged that the lodge was organising seal-hunt expeditions."The whole story
readThe more women in seats in parliament, the more lip
25-07-2007
DISSATISFIED with the amount of female participation in parliamentary debates? A recent study by the NGO Gender Links suggests that this, across the entire southern Africa, is linked to the small
readNakudhipaga Omundohotola a pewa 36 mokakuma mOmpangu yOpombanda
25-07-2007
J OSEF Naseb okwa pewa omimvo 36 konima yekumba mOmaandaha goshiwike shika moshipotha shokudhipaga Omundohotola gwokOshomeya nosho wo okuumba omuniilonga omukwawo pofaalama yimwe moshitopolwa sha
readEfundja enene otali tsikile nokudhenga unene Britain
25-07-2007
L ONDON - Omvula yoshikungulu oshinene oya tsikile nokudhenga iitopolwa iinene ya Britain nokutsikila nehanagulo moshilongo shoka mOmaandaha - shoka sha eta omeya gefundja ga kale nokulonda pombanda
readAantu yamwe otaya ka yapukila kOmina yomakala mu Mozambique
25-07-2007
M APUTO - Okampani yokuBrazil yedhina Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) oyi na edhiladhilo okulongitha oshimaliwa shOondola dha Amerika omilongo ndatu (US$30 million) okutembutha aanamikunda ye li 1
readAakiina oya fa aniwa taya landitha oombuku
25-07-2007
B EIJING - Aakwanepangelo mu China oya ekelahi kokule omapopyo kutya oololi dhu udha oombuku dhi na omwenyo dha kuthwa aniwa metale lya kungululwapo muuzilo wa China, odha ka landithwa po kOomarketa
readAaherero onkee ya hala okufutwa
25-07-2007
S IGO onena Aaherero oye li taya ningi oonkambadhala ya hala ya futwe kEpangelo lya Ndowishi, omolu omadhipago ga nyanyaleka ngoka ga ningilwa Aahehero kAandowishi pethimbo Namibia a li muukoloni
readTony Blair a thika mu Israel moka a ka ninga oonkundathana
25-07-2007
J ERUSALEM - Ngoka a li nale Omuprima gwa Britain Tony Blair okwa yo molweendo nometalelopo lye lyotango kUuzilo wOpokati (Middle East ongomuunganeki nomweendithi gwoonkundathana omupe mokweeta ombili
readBotes out for Cosafa Cup
25-07-2007
THE Brave Warriors attack this weekend will be led by African Stars' young striker Gerson Katjatenja in the absence of international striker Henrico Botes, caretaker coach Ronnie Kanalelo said
readBiltongboere is out says NRU chief
25-07-2007
THE Namibia Rugby Union's chief executive officer, Christo Alexander, has condemned the use of the nickname 'Biltongboere' for the national rugby team, saying it is racist and does not reflect the
readBig Issue team to World Cup tournament
25-07-2007
THE Big Issue Namibia football team will compete in its fourth Homeless World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark, which starts this weekend.The competition runs until early August and will see more than 50
readMannie wins MTB cycling Champs
25-07-2007
MANNIE Heymans won the 2007 Windhoek Consulting Engineers (WCE) National Mountain Bike Championship in the capital on Sunday.Heymans, riding in the elite men's category with an injured thumb, won the
readPlayers asked to study
25-07-2007
LOCAL footballers have been challenged to set new academic targets for themselves, Deputy Education Minister, Dr Becky Ndjoze-Ojo said at the Namibia Football Awards on Saturday night.In her address,
readNice guy Mourinho wants to keep out of trouble
25-07-2007
LONDON - Jose Mourinho insists he will keep out of trouble this season as he tries to charm his way back into the affections of the English public.Mourinho's penchant for outspoken assessments of
readClimate change causes global floods
25-07-2007
BRIESKOW-FINKENHEERD - Fisherman Peter Schneider knows the floods come each year and says they are good for business - but few other people see any benefit as experts warn of more high water to
readBritain battles to hold devastating floods
25-07-2007
GLOUCESTER - Emergency workers battled to hold back overflowing rivers after Britain's worst floods in 60 years engulfed villages and town streets and cut off fresh water supplies to hundreds of
readItaly tries to curb murderous driving habits
25-07-2007
ROME - A gruesome spate of deadly road accidents this summer may finally destroy the Italians' belief that their agility at the wheel compensates for a cavalier attitude to safety and their reactions
readChina claims a first with cloned rabbit
25-07-2007
BEIJING - China has produced the world's first cloned rabbit using a biological process that takes cells from a fetus, state media said yesterday.The female rabbit, which weighed 60 grammes at birth
readDemocrats clash on YouTube debate
25-07-2007
CHARLESTON - US voters challenged Democratic presidential hopefuls on Iraq, the military draft and the candidates' own place in what many regard as a broken political system in an Internet debate
readLibya medics freed
25-07-2007
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday that neither the European Union nor France paid money to Libya for the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to
readZimbabwe debates nationalisation
25-07-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's parliament opens a new session this week to debate radical plans to nationalise foreign firms and a law empowering the house to name President Robert Mugabe's likely successor
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