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43 Articles found on Thursday, 26 July 2007
Enviro group strives to teach Namibia's young
26-07-2007
AN environmental group is running environmental education projects aimed at helping people understand the importance of preserving Mother Nature.These projects of the Namibian Environment and Wildlife
readCoast needs urgent protection
26-07-2007
THE Coastal Environmental Trust of Namibia feels that the coast between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund is in need of urgent protection from any further development.The limited rocky coastline in this area
readSMS responses on issues of the day
26-07-2007
Thanks* I WANT to congratulate Councillor Amutenya Ndahafa for the work he has done for the people in our Uuvudhiya constituency. Keep up the good work. You are a good leader.* I MUST congratulate The
readDrought, disease, poverty hitting southern Africa
26-07-2007
UNITED NATIONS - Drought, AIDS and chronic poverty in the landlocked southern African states of Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe are putting hundreds of thousands at risk of hunger, a UN official said
readFNB launches Moz operations
26-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - First National Bank, a unit of South Africa's second biggest banking group, FirstRand, said on Tuesday it had launched its Mozambican operation, FNB Mozambique.The launch follows parent
readSwitching from cocoa to rubber
26-07-2007
ABENGOUROU - Angry at graft and disorder in Ivory Coast's cocoa sector, farmer Anini Kouakou spoke out on national television earlier this year against corrupt officials he says are siphoning off
readEU faces pressure to ban mercury from mouths
26-07-2007
LONDON - Mercury is a known poison that can damage the nervous system, so why is it still being used to fill cavities in peoples' teeth? The European Union is grappling with this issue as it faces
readZim to import maize from Tanzania
26-07-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe is to import 200 000 tonnes of the staple maize from Tanzania to avert widespread food shortages following a poor harvest, state television reported."We have got maize which will be
readCriminal delays mar case
26-07-2007
ALMOST five years and 24 court appearances after their arrest, two men accused of robbing and murdering an elderly goldsmith at Okahandja were sent back yesterday to where their case started back in
readCold front coming
26-07-2007
NAMIBIANS who have got used to balmy weather the last two weeks are warned not to pack away the winter woollies too soon.According to the Windhoek Weather Bureau, another cold front is on the way.
readStabbing at school raises fears among teachers
26-07-2007
"A SIGN of a sick society."This was how the National Teachers' Union (Nantu) yesterday described the murder of a 17-year-old boy in Windhoek's Khomasdal suburb over the weekend. Duarte Hendrickse, a
readNodding children puzzle teachers
26-07-2007
CHILDREN and teachers at the Okalunga Primary School near Oshigambo in the Oshikoto Region are convinced that supernatural powers are at work in the school - girls lose concentration and start nodding
readWoman arrested for murder
26-07-2007
A 30-year-old woman was arrested for the murder of a man in Katima Mulilo on Friday night.The 30-year-old victim was allegedly assaulted with a stick and died on the scene. The incident is said to
readCommunications bill neglects broadcasting, say critics
26-07-2007
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula says the Information Communications Bill is not designed to fulfil the expectations of only one institution, but the sector as a whole.Addressing the opening of a workshop
readMiners discuss new EU import law
26-07-2007
A SKILLS shortage and the European Union's new law on mineral imports are some of the major challenges faced by the local mining industry.This was said by the General Manager of the Chamber of Mines
read6 years for steak-knife stabbing that ended an abusive marriage
26-07-2007
A WINDHOEK mother of seven schoolchildren was sentenced to a six-year prison term yesterday after she was convicted of murder for stabbing her husband to death in April 2004.For the family of the late
readHospital hurting
26-07-2007
A SEWAGE pipe that burst at the Windhoek Central Hospital on Tuesday is not making it any easier for the Ministry of Health and Social Services to hold its head up amid streams of complaints from not
readNamfisa sets a deadline for pension surplus distribution
26-07-2007
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) has requested the trustees of the Roessing Pension Fund (RPF) to sort out the issue of a N$450 million surplus in the fund before the
readGovt stands its ground on farm expropriations
26-07-2007
THE processes to expropriate the farms of three German nationals were not flawed as charged by their legal representatives, the High Court was told yesterday during the second day of a landmark court
readNgurare oye ayeke okandidaate yoshipundi shUuhamushanga mEwawa lyoSPYL
26-07-2007
E LIJAH Ngurare oye awike okandiindaate yOpoosa yUuhamushanga mEwawa lyAagundjuka moSwapo na okuhogololwa kwe otaku ka ziminwa pOkongresa yEwawa lyAagundjuka moSwapo nenge Swapo Party Youth League
readGumwe a sindana oshipotha shoku futitha Opolisi
26-07-2007
U UMINISTELI wEgameno lyOshigwana owa pewa elombwelo mOmpangu kutya nau fute omulumentu ngoka ta popi kutya okwa li a tulwa mondholongo papuko mokufekelwa kutya okwa yaka aniwa ootokena dhomashina
readPohamba a indila Kamwi a ninge po sha meendelelo miikondo yopauhaku
26-07-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika, okwa lombwele Uuministeli wUundjolowele nOnkalonawa kutya nau kale wa longa meendelelo nokuwapaleka omayakulo ngoka itaga ende we nawa
readYe li 150 moshitopolwa sha Shikoto otaya ka mona ko ishewe, Dr Dume ta ti
26-07-2007
poNANDJOKWE O NGUNDU onene noya kola yOondohotola dhomeho, tayi wilikwa kOmundohotola gwa Namibia a pyokoka nawa mokupanga nokutanda omeho, Dr Helena Dume, Omaandaha ga zi ko oyi iteyele mOshipangelo
readOkanona ka tsuwa okusa
26-07-2007
O KAMATYONA kamwe kopOsikola ya Kosmos High School mu Khomadal mOvenduka oka si ongulohi yolyOmakaya ga zi ko konima sho ka tsuwa nosukulufu momutse ku mukwawo.Duarte Hendrickse gwomimvo omulongo
readAalumentu ya kenkwa oye li megameno ko
26-07-2007
HIVE HANGANO lyedhina Southern African HIV Clinicians Society olya nyanyukilwa uuyelele mboka wa monika po kutya ngele omulumentu okwa kelwa, shika ohashi shunitha pevi ompito yokukwatwa komukithi gwo
readOodemoni dhi iteyela mosikola yaanona ya Okalunga mOndonga
26-07-2007
E longo pOsikola yaanona ya Okalunga Primary popepi nOshigambo mOndonga, itali ende we nawa okuza omwedhi gwa zi ko sho lya tameke okupiyaganekwa kOodemoni, aanona yaampoka, unene tuu aakadhona ohaya
readFifa notices women's football in Namibia
26-07-2007
THE football governing body Fifa has identified the Namibia Women's Football development project as one of the most viable and practical ones in the game, a top official told The Namibian Sport this
readYoung netballers off to SA
26-07-2007
THE Namibia School Sports Union's (NSSU) under-16 netball team left for Clanwilliam, South Africa yesterday to compete against provincial sides in that country.The 12-strong squad will compete against
readKazakh cycling boss unhappy
26-07-2007
ALMATY - A top official with Kazakhstan's cycling federation yesterday accused the Tour de France of bias in the treatment of Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov and his Astana team in a doping
readBotes relishing Stars prospects
26-07-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibian striker Henrico Botes, who joined 2006 Telkom Knock-out champions Silver Stars from Moroka Swallows, has set his sights on leading his new side to greater heights.Botes is
readNFA congratulates Fedics on promotion
26-07-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has congratulated Fedics Football Club from Keetmanshoop on their elevation to the Namibia Premier League.NFA acting secretary general Barry Rukoro
readShifeta happy with medals
26-07-2007
WINDHOEK - The Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Pohamba Shifeta expressed satisfaction with the Namibian contingent for bringing home one silver and two bronze medals
readBoxing official probed
26-07-2007
THE boxing official who is under investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly altering boxers' ages is also being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for alleged
readAlex accuses agents in Heinze row
26-07-2007
LONDON - Sir Alex Ferguson has accused agents of causing Gabriel Heinze to consider quitting Manchester United for a move to Liverpool.Heinze's proposed transfer has turned ugly because Ferguson
readJose dismayed by poor results
26-07-2007
MTC managing director José Antonio Ferreira has expressed dismay at the poor showing of many Namibian sport teams on the international scene."The corporate world cannot continue to invest into a
readSuspension
26-07-2007
BAGHDAD - Iraq's largest Sunni Arab bloc suspended its membership in the Shi'ite-dominated government and threatened to leave it altogether, a move that would force the Cabinet to limp along with a
readArab League extends 'hand of peace'
26-07-2007
JERUSALEM - The foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan began a historic visit to Israel yesterday to formally present an Arab peace plan, saying they were extending 'a hand of peace' on behalf of the
readBritish tabloid journalists arrested
26-07-2007
LONDON - Two journalists working for a British tabloid newspaper were arrested on Tuesday after trying to plant a fake bomb on a train, the newspaper said.The Daily Mirror said the men were caught by
readMySpace.com bars 29 000 sex offenders
26-07-2007
RALEIGH - MySpace.com has found more than 29 000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Website - more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago,
readBritish flooding moves downstream forcing evacuations in Oxford
26-07-2007
OXFORD - Rising flood waters drove dozens of people out of their homes in Oxford yesterday as the surge from Britain's worst floods in 60 years continued its slow progress down the Thames
readEthiopia evicts Red Cross
26-07-2007
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian authorities have ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross to pull out of the volatile Ogaden region for allegedly interfering in political issues, say
readAfricans say they are better off: NY Times
26-07-2007
WASHINGTON - A plurality of Africans polled in 10 sub-Saharan countries say they are better off than they were five years ago, but a majority see corrupt political leaders as a big problem, The New
readBulgaria in payback for Libya
26-07-2007
SOFIA - Bulgaria may write off Libya's foreign debt to the country as part of humanitarian aid measures, the Bulgarian prime minister said yesterday.Cancelling the US$54 million debt would not be
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