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40 Articles found on Thursday, 28 June 2007
Skilled Africans should return home to help with development
28-06-2007
BRUSSELS - The European Union wants to encourage skilled Africans to return home, saying their countries need them to develop their own economies, the European Commission said Wednesday.As part of a
readMugabe threatens nationalisation
28-06-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatened yesterday to seize mining firms and other companies if they persist with "dirty tricks" and keep raising prices in the face of rampant
readVukile to seek listing on NSX
28-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - JSE-listed property loan stock company Vukile said yesterday it was applying for a dual listing on the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) and planned to expand its property portfolio in the
readSA union rejects Implats wage offer
28-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG -- South Africa's biggest mineworkers' union has rejected an increased pay offer from Implats and declared a second dispute against the firm, a union official said yesterday.The company
readEU to sue Germany over law
28-06-2007
BRUSSELS - The European Commission decided yesterday to haul Germany before the European Union's highest court over a law seen as increasing Deutsche Telekom's grip on broadband Internet access.The
readUS banking heir acquitted of snooping on wife
28-06-2007
LONDON - A British court yesterday acquitted American banking heir Matthew Mellon of hiring a private detective to illegally snoop into the finances of his estranged wife.Mellon, 43, was cleared of
readCredit-poor Madagascans rush to microfinancing
28-06-2007
ANTANANARIVO - In Madagascar's impoverished capital, the establishment of three new microcredit banks this year alone confirms the huge interest for such lending programmes from small bank-shy
readHenties garden project gets big boost
28-06-2007
THE Tulongeni Community Gardening Project at Henties Bay received a N$100 000 boost from Namport yesterday.Namport's Managing Director, Sebbi Kankondi, said the money should go towards developing the
readTime 'not ripe' for united Africa
28-06-2007
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba will join other African heads of state in Accra, Ghana, this weekend for a meeting dubbed the 'grand debate' on the possible formation of a unitary African government,
readRape arrest
28-06-2007
A 17-year-old youth was arrested at Outapi last Wednesday and charged with the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl at a village there, the Police reported yesterday.The incident is said to have taken
readLive game auction attracts great interest
28-06-2007
OVER 100 wild animals will be auctioned off on a farm near Omaruru next week, among them the rare sable and roan antelope, and even waterbuck and tsessebe.Live game auctions are usually held in
readMore drilling for Kudu gas reserves
28-06-2007
A JAPANESE company has joined efforts to get the long-awaited development of the Kudu gas field off the Namibian coast on course by signing an agreement to drill two new wells in the Atlantic Ocean in
readNot guilty, Windhoek double family murder suspect claims
28-06-2007
A WINDHOEK resident accused of murdering his wife and her cousin, and further trying to kill the cousin's wife in a shooting incident in Katutura, pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and a
readSeal quota down for this season
28-06-2007
CABINET has approved an annual seal quota of 80 000 pups and 6 000 bulls for the new culling season, which starts on Sunday.The same quota will apply for 2008 and 2009. Last year's mass die-off of
readGovernment working on new laws for war vets
28-06-2007
GOVERNMENT is to introduce new legislation to provide for setting up an organisation for former war veterans.Minister of Veterans' Affairs, Dr Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, submitted a draft Veterans
readMurder shocks quiet suburb in Windhoek
28-06-2007
POLICE officers rushed to the normally quiet Eros suburb of Windhoek yesterday morning, where a 45-year-old man had allegedly been shot dead by his 20-year-old son.Louis Van Zyl was reportedly shot in
readNumber for 'B1 Butcher' info
28-06-2007
WINDHOEK, 209 4414: This is the number to call with information that could help the Police with their investigation of the discovery of dismembered female human remains that were found next to the
readFuel to go UP by 25 cents tomorrow
28-06-2007
PETROL prices will go up by 25 cents a litre tomorrow, the Ministry of Mines and Energy announced late yesterday.This applies to both unleaded and lead-replacement petrol. Diesel goes up by six cents
readAnimals die in freezing weather
28-06-2007
SUB-ZERO temperatures were recorded in southern, central and eastern Namibia yesterday morning, and the mercury was not expected to climb much by this morning.In the South, livestock losses were
readCalls for death penalty
28-06-2007
A LARGE group of people from Oshakati and nearby villages demanded stiffer sentences for murder at a demonstration in Oshakati yesterday.In a petition handed over to the Senior Magistrate of
readElunduluko lyonkalo yombepo uupyakadhi kuuyuni auhe, Tickel ta ti
28-06-2007
E PUPYALO-LUNDULUKO lyonkalo yombepo muuyuni, ndyoka tali eta iikungulu niikukuta iidhigu, omaupyakadhi omanene noonkondo ga taalela uuyuni.Molwashoka okukalapo kwomuntu okwi ikwatelela koonzo
readOmukwiita a dhipaga yatatu mu Somalia
28-06-2007
M OGADISHU - Omukwiita gumwe gwOmusomalia okwa dhipaga aantu yatatu sho a umbu mongundu yaantu mboka ya li ya tegelela iikulya mOmaandaha.Aantu yatatu oya li ya ehamekwa nayi, sho omukwiita nguka a
readOotundi dhosikola otadhi tsikile ngula mEtitano nOmaandaha
28-06-2007
U UNONA wosikola nosho wo aalongisikola otaya dhimbuluthwa ngeyi kutya ngula mEtitano nOmaandaha, otaku ka kala ootundi, ano kaku na okafudho kowina ngaashi shi li mokaliindeli kosikola.Oshinima shika
readLikoro a hogolululilwa oshipundi moSwapo
28-06-2007
R UNDU - Onkundana okuzilila ko Rundu otayi ti kutya Vincent Likoro okwa hogolululwa a kale natango Omukwatakanithi gwOpaati yoSwapo moshitopolwa sha Kavango.Likoro okwa hogolululwa pOshigongi
readEkanka lyaaniilonga otashi vulila li hulepo mu SA
28-06-2007
C APE TOWN - Oshitayi shEhangano lyOmahangano gAaniilonga mu South Afrika mOkapa, osha popi kutya otashi ikutha mo mekanka lyopashigwana lyaaniilonga yEpangelo moshilongo shika, shoka tashi ulike
readGaddafi okwa hala Afrika a kale nEpangelo limwe
28-06-2007
C ONAKRY - Omuleli gwa Libya Muammar Gaddafi okwa ti ota ka kondja noonkondo adhihe opo Enenevi lyaAfrika li kale nEpangelo limwe.Gaddafi shika okwe shi popi mu Conakry sha Guinea oshiwike shika,
readAantu otaya kuthwa omapya gawo ga ningwe oondoolopa oompe mOnooli
28-06-2007
E TSEYITHO lyoondoolopa oompe moshitopolwa shOnooli yopokati, olya gumu nayi konyala aantu ye li 40 000, molwashoka oya taalela okukuthwa momapya gawo moka ya kala omimvo odhindji.Aantu mboka oya
readEichab wins Coke chess title
28-06-2007
NAMIBIAN chess champion Charles Eichab won the first Coca-Cola Open Chess tournament with an excellent score of 6/7 last weekend.Eichab lost to Werner Tjipueja in round two but kept his pose and
readSri Lanka set for big cricket win
28-06-2007
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka closed in on an innings victory in the first cricket Test after breaking Bangladesh's dour resistance with the bat yesterday.Bangladesh, trailing by 488 runs on the first innings,
readMuinjo for Fifa youth champs
28-06-2007
WINDHOEK - The Confederation of African Football (CAR) has recommended the Namibia Football Association (NFA) President, John Muinjo, to serve on Fifa's Under-17 World Youth Championship Organising
readAussies admit defeat in row over Bok squad
28-06-2007
SYDNEY - The Australian Rugby Union admitted defeat Wednesday in its row with South Africa over the Springboks' refusal to field a full-strength team in their remaining Tri-Nations Tests.Angry ARU
readHardap boys off to World Cup
28-06-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia's representatives at the under-12 Danone Nations Cup departed for France yesterday.The 14 boys from the Hardap Region won the ticket to represent the country when they beat the
readAlonso revved up to end Hamilton's run
28-06-2007
PARIS - Fernando Alonso has had the French Grand Prix on his mind ever since he tried and failed to find a way past McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton at Indianapolis.While 22-year-old rookie Hamilton
readWilliams, Roddick into third round
28-06-2007
WIMBLEDON - After another slow start, Serena Williams got her grass-court game back on track.The two-time champion came back from 4-2 down in the first set and beat Australia's Alicia Molik 7-6 (4),
readCoach angry about being left out
28-06-2007
A VOLUNTEER youth football coach says officials have deprived him of the opportunity to accompany the under-12 Hardap regional team.The youngsters left for France yesterday to compete in the Danone
readMbeki opens conference
28-06-2007
MIDRAND - South Africa's ruling ANC began a key policy conference yesterday, with President Thabo Mbeki acknowledging the twin scourges of poverty and unemployment had yet to be tamed.In his opening
readHealth workers jailed in Kazakh
28-06-2007
SHYMKENT - A Kazakh court jailed 17 health workers yesterday for infecting dozens of babies with HIV-AIDS but provoked outrage from parents for sparing four senior officials from incarceration.The 21
read5 convicted for insulting president in school essay
28-06-2007
BAMAKO - A court in Mali convicted five journalists and a teacher on Tuesday for insulting President Amadou Toumani Toure over a high school essay assignment on the sexual indiscretions of an
readWrestler strangles wife, kid, commits suicide
28-06-2007
ATLANTA - Professional wrestler Chris Benoit strangled his wife, suffocated his 7-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself by the pulley of a weightlifting machine,
readTony Blair resigns, Brown takes over
28-06-2007
LONDON - Tony Blair resigned as prime minister yesterday after a decade in power - heading for a new role in the Middle East while Treasury chief Gordon Brown succeeds him.Blair held a 25-minute
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