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37 Articles found on Thursday, 14 June 2007
Park talk
14-06-2007
MEMBERS of the public are invited to attend the next Strengthening the Protected Area Network (SPAN) Park Talk, to be held at the FNCC in Windhoek on Monday, June 18.The guest speaker is Tobie
readSmall parks could cool big cities
14-06-2007
A LITTLE bit of greenery in urban areas can cool off the hotter and stickier summers that city residents face as a result of global warming, new research show.An additional 10 per cent more green
readCape Town - Africa's first green city?
14-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The drought-stricken municipality of South Africa's coastal city, Cape Town, is forging ahead with a plan to fight the effects of climate change, which could prove a blueprint for other
readTelecom launches BEE buying policy
14-06-2007
TELECOM Namibia has introduced a policy to procure goods and services from companies that adhere to certain criteria with regard to black economic empowerment such as shareholding and ownership of
readDe Beers challenged over exports
14-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - South African MPs are considering whether to call De Beers to give evidence to the financial watchdog committee on public accounts on how it came suddenly to export huge numbers of uncut
readNew energy law for W Cape on the cards
14-06-2007
ENERGY in the Western Cape is set to become cleaner and greener with the introduction of ground-breaking legislation that will kick-start the renewable energy industry throughout the province.The
readG8 business network fails to involve Africa
14-06-2007
DAKAR - A business network to tackle poverty and graft in Africa, launched amid fanfare at the Gleneagles G8 summit two years ago, is failing because it has not won the support of African firms, a
readAfrican economy growing, but slowly
14-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - The African economy faces being left further behind by the rest of the world despite registering impressive growth rates since the turn of the decade, a new report forecast yesterday.The
readCaprivi issue 'far from over'
14-06-2007
PROPER political dialogue is needed to resolve whether the Caprivi Region is part of Namibia or not, acquitted former Caprivi high treason suspect Vincent Siliye argued in Windhoek yesterday.Two weeks
readFruit merchant gets bail after corruption arrest
14-06-2007
THE man in charge of one of Namibia's largest importers and distributors of fresh produce, Shamil Dirk, was released on bail of N$100 000 after appearing in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on a charge
readBedroom politics gets MPs going...
14-06-2007
WHAT started as a parliamentary debate on the crisis in the education sector yesterday, made a pit stop at the turn-off to denial, swerved into the realms of the intimate, and finally crashed into the
readBrave girl's fight against bone cancer
14-06-2007
ODETTE Majiedt (18) is a bright young woman with sparkling eyes and a naughty little giggle.She has high hopes and dreams for the future, just like any other young adult her age, but Odette is
readUnion action halts Agribank retrenchments
14-06-2007
AGRIBANK'S restructuring was stopped this week after the Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) declared a dispute with the Office of the Labour Commissioner.Official notice of the dispute was
readSlain Mbanderu chief commemorated
14-06-2007
MEMBERS of the Ovambanderu communities this weekend will commemorate their slain Chief Kahimemua Nguvauva, who was court-martialled and executed by German colonial troops on June 11 1896 at Okahandja
readLet's get with the programme on guns, urges NGO group
14-06-2007
REPRESENTATIVES of civil society have called on Government to urgently review the Fire Arms Act of 1996 and to submit its views on the Arms Trade Treaty.The Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations
readYoungsters criticise Youth Bill
14-06-2007
YOUNG people from across the country gathered at the Parliament buildings on Tuesday to discuss the draft National Youth Service Bill currently up for debate.Various schools and youth organisations
readPolice close in on goat thieves
14-06-2007
A POLICE investigation into the theft of 149 goats from a farm at Aroab has resulted in the arrest of a Namibian resident in South Africa two weeks ago.Police recovered 77 of the stolen goats. The
readRobbers steal N$500 000
14-06-2007
HALF a million dollars was allegedly stolen from a house in Windhoek's Suiderhof suburb on Sunday night, the Police reported yesterday.The thieves gained entry by cutting through the roof of the
readWater rationing at Bethanie angers villagers
14-06-2007
THE Bethanie Tax Payers Association (BTPA) has threatened to take unspecified action to pressure the Bethanie Village Council to lift water restrictions at the village.Rationing of water to the
readMan arrested after wife's death
14-06-2007
POLICE at Oshakati arrested a man at Uukwedhidhi village on Sunday evening in connection with the death of his wife, Enata Nekulu Uulumbu (37).Matheus Wilibald Ambunda (43) appeared in the Oshakati
readGovernment to tackle gender-based violence
14-06-2007
VIOLENCE against women and girls will be tackled head-on and the line ministry has set up a national database to determine the root causes of violence, a Government Minister says.This was spelled out
readEnviro ministers snared by elephant debate at CITES
14-06-2007
THE HAGUE - A fierce debate yesterday on whether to ban all cross-border trade in African ivory paralysed the UN body regulating wildlife trade and snared a sideline meeting of environmental
readOmukiintu a fikilwa mondunda komuholike pomukunda Uukwedhidhi mUukwambi
14-06-2007
PUUKWEDHIDHI O MUKALIMO gwomomukunda Uukwedhidhi popepi nUukwangula mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Enata Nekulu Uulumbu (37) okwa si eso li nyanyaleka noli limbilika sho a pile mondunda yawo
readOosikola mUuzilo wa Hangwena dha pewa olusheno lwetango
14-06-2007
pOKONGO O MAHALA gamwe muuzilo wOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mOshikandjohogololo sha Kongo, ngashi Oosikola nOosenda dhaakalimo yaahoka oga tulwa olusheno lwetango ndoka mEtine lya zi ko lwa li lwa ka
readACC okwa shoneka oshitopolwa sha Karas
14-06-2007
O KOMISI yokukondjitha Ekorapto nenge tutye Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) oya popi kutya oyi na uumbangi wa gwana okumanga nokudhitika aanambelewa yamwe aakuluntu mOlaata yoshitopolwa sha Karas shi
readAapangi oya hala Helen Nkandi-Shiimi a tidhwe
14-06-2007
O NGUNDU yaapangi oya li ya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo mOvenduka mEtiyali taya pula omukuluntu gwoshipangelo sha Windhoek Central Hospital Omundohotola Helen Nkandi-Shiimi a kuthwe miilonga.Otaya popi
readNamibian rugby drops in rankings
14-06-2007
NAMIBIA has dropped one position down to 24th on the world rankings, following their 24-16 loss to Georgia at the International Rugby Board's Nations Cup tournament last week.The defeat sees Namibia
readNRU guns for a million
14-06-2007
THE Namibia Rugby Union will need at least N$1 million to compensate national team players after their participation at the 2007 Rugby World Cup later this year, an official said yesterday.Namibia is
readThai world champ out of jail
14-06-2007
BANGKOK - Thai world boxing champ and convicted drugs dealer Siriporn Taweesuk walked out of jail in tears yesterday after securing early release for winning her title from behind bars.The
readRugby side for Uganda named
14-06-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) announced a 22-man squad for the away match of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Cup qualifier against Uganda on June 23.Most of the players called are
readIn Brief
14-06-2007
Israel elects new president JERUSALEM - Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres was elected yesterday as the country's president, earning him a national honour that crowns the political career of the
readJail term was a message from God: Paris Hilton
14-06-2007
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton believes her jail sentence was a message from God to change her party-loving lifestyle and become a positive role model for women who look up to her.In her first interview
readBritish princes reminisce
14-06-2007
NEW YORK - The sons of England's Princess Diana said in a television interview that they still think about their mother's death all the time.This August will mark the 10th anniversary of Diana's fatal
readChavez meets Castro on surprise visit to Cuba
14-06-2007
HAVANA - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez spent six hours talking with convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro after arriving on the Caribbean island on a surprise visit on Tuesday, Cuban media
readSomalia postpones conference
14-06-2007
MOGADISHU - Organisers of a national reconciliation conference in Somalia due to start today postponed it for one month in the second delay to long-awaited peace efforts in the chaotic Horn of Africa
readBlast hits key Iraq Shia shrine
14-06-2007
BAGHDAD - Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday, targeting a shrine bombed last year in an attack that sparked a wave of
readLabour show of force in SA strike
14-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Tens of thousands of South African union workers marched yesterday in sympathy with striking civil servants in a massive show of force over a wage dispute that has fuelled political
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