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44 Articles found on Thursday, 7 June 2007
Tsumeb smelter capacity to double
07-06-2007
AIM-quoted mining group Weatherly International plc has announced its plans to double its smelting capacity following a keystone agreement to process copper concentrate through its Tsumeb copper
readFNB donates N$440 000 to SMEs
07-06-2007
FIRST National Bank on Tuesday donated N$440 000 to a local small and medium enterprise development organisation, SMEs Compete.The money will be used for skills development and training of SMEs. FNB
readUranium miners seek to cash in on soaring market
07-06-2007
LONDON - Mining firms are in a hurry to get the finance they need to start new uranium projects and take advantage of a booming world market, a London conference heard last week."That's the goal of
readMilk price goes up on July 1
07-06-2007
NAMIBIAN consumers can expect a seven to 10 per cent price increase on local dairy products from the first July.Namibia Dairies and the Dairy Producers' Association of Namibia (DPA) have announced a
readOld Mutual launches SME competition
07-06-2007
OLD Mutual Namibia in partnership with the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Namibian Broadcasting Corporation and SMEs Compete launched a competition for small firms called 'EnterPrize 2007'
readPope urges G8 summit to boost development aid
07-06-2007
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict yesterday appealed to leaders of the world's richest nations to stick to their promises to boost aid to the planet's poorest countries, particularly those in Africa.The
readRace on for undersea cable
07-06-2007
NAIROBI - Plans to lay an undersea fibre-optic cable off eastern Africa could be the beginning of the end of crackling long-distance calls, slow dial-up Internet connections and universities without
readApple iPhone launch set for June 29
07-06-2007
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple's new iPhone, a "smart" mobile phone offering music storage and Internet access, will be launched on June 29, according to television ads by the high-tech group.The iPhone, which
readRead my lips: There's no money, Minister tells vets
07-06-2007
THE United Nations (UN) never gave nor promised to give either Swapo or the Namibian Government any money at Independence.This was the point Veterans' Affairs Minister Ngarikutuke Tjiriange said he
readGem dealers' N$1m hanging by a thread
07-06-2007
TWO New York City-based diamond dealers caught in a diamond-dealing trap in Namibia late last year are in danger of losing the N$1 million that they paid to be released on bail.The money will be
readFarmworkers at odds with former Police General
07-06-2007
FARMWORKERS on an expropriated commercial farm near Otjiwarongo fear they will be evicted after allegedly receiving threats that they would be removed by lorry.The farm Marburg, together with farm
readThe ex-Plan fighters in their own words
07-06-2007
While the names Alex Kamwi and Ruusa Malulu often dominate talks surrounding the group of former Plan combatants pressing Government for money they say was promised to them at Independence, these two
readMan killed in attempt to save woman
07-06-2007
A young Swakopmund resident died tragically at the weekend while trying to rescue a teenage girl from a group of men who had been beating her.Twenty-two-year-old Ronald Shikodhi died at the corner of
readDismissed workers petition Aranos abattoir
07-06-2007
WINDHOEK - A group of 23 workers and members of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau), who were dismissed from the Aranos Abattoir in February, have handed over a petition to the
readTwo fugitives rearrested at Tses
07-06-2007
Two fugitives were rearrested at the village of Tses after they escaped from Police.Willibard Plaatjie (30) and Ulrich Awasman (22) were rearrested on Friday. Plaatjie faces a charge of assault with
readNew Bill tabled for vocational training
07-06-2007
GOVERNMENT is addressing the need for proper vocational training with a new bill tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday.The bill provides for the establishment of a national training authority and
readSwakopmund wants to be cleanest town in Namibia
07-06-2007
ACCORDING to a recent opinion poll run by a local radio station, Tsumeb is the cleanest town in Namibia, followed by Swakopmund.Swakopmunders don't like coming second. They launched two clean-up
read'Jossie' Kauandenge returns to politics
07-06-2007
POLITICAL party hopper of erstwhile DTA fame Joseph Kauandenge, who made a career change two years ago to become a singer, has returned to politics and landed himself a top post - that of secretary
readFinance Minister and Venaani cross swords
07-06-2007
THE view of some opposition Members of Parliament that the monthly allowances of recognised traditional chiefs should be increased elicited strong reaction from Finance Minister Saara
readCoastal councils see red over RED
07-06-2007
THE Electricity Control Board (ECB) is expected to come under fire today from Council representatives at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay over the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED), The
readPam Golding enters Mbok fray
07-06-2007
PAM Golding Properties has given an ultimatum to Tony Mbok of Dignity Housing initiative - shut up or face a High Court interdict.Lawyers Etzold-Duvenhage, representing Pam Golding Windhoek, said
readMann oku li natango mondholongo
07-06-2007
H ARARE - Omulumentu gwomwIingilisa Simon Mann, ngoka taku popiwa kutya oye a li omuwiliki gwongundu yaalandwakwiita mboka ya li ya kwatwa po mu Zimbabwe momumvo 2004, ya li aniwa ya hala okuya ku
readOmukulupe a kwatwa po shi na sha neso lyomukulukadhi gwe
07-06-2007
O MUKULUPE gwoomvula 80 gwomomukunda Onekaku popepi nOngulayanetanga mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Fillemon Shaumbwa okwa kwatwa po kOpolisi shi na sha neso lyomukulukadhi gwe.Otaku
readTate Tileinge a talela po Ohamba yUukwanyama
07-06-2007
O MUNAFAALAMA a tseyika nawa tate Tileinge Hapulile gwomuuzilo wOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto, meti 19 Mei nuumvo 2007 okwa li a kutha aanegumbo lye noshowo ookuume ke yamwe nokwa yi a katalela po
readElunduluko lyonkalo yombepo otali ka eta uupyakadhi
07-06-2007
P AMAKONAKONO ga ningwa, efuta lya Namibia okwa tegelela li ka ye pombanda okuza poosendimeta 30 sigo 100 oku ka thika momumvo 2100.Shika otashi ka etwa nee kelunduluko yonkalo yompembo. Shika otashi
readMinista Nghidinwa a ninga kahewa kOsikola yAanona ya Muntele
07-06-2007
O MINISTA yIinima yOmeni lyOshilongo nEkondololo lyomainyengo gokOongamba dhoshilongo meme Rosalia Nghidinwa meti 24 Mei 2007 okwa li a talelepo Osikola yAanona ya Muntele mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha
readAaniilonga mu SA otaya nyengwa aniwa mombete
07-06-2007
J OHANNESBURG - Aaniilonga mu South Afrika mboka sigo onena ye li mekanka, ngashiingeyi oya eta po ishewe enyenyeto epe.Monoroe Mkalipi, ngoka e li Omunashipundi gwopashitopolwa gwehangano
readIilyo yUukomitiye wuupomba womeya nayi futwe: Kankoshi
07-06-2007
O SHILYO shongundu yo Swapo mOlaata yOpashigwana Henock Kankoshi okwa ti iilyo yUukomitiye wuupomba womeya momikunda oyi na okukala hayi futwa molwashoka, oya pewa iinakugwanithwa kUuministeli wOmeya
readMugabe a lombwelwa a hulithe po omahepeko gaanankundana
07-06-2007
C APE TOWN - Ehangano lyIikundaneki mUuyuni nenge World Association of Newspapers (WAN) mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika olya ningi eindilo kOmupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe kutya Epangelo lye nali
readWHS hockey girls in record 14th win
07-06-2007
WINDHOEK High School's (WHS) girls' first hockey team won the annual Kom-En-Haal secondary schools tournament for a record 14th time at the Doc Jubber Field last Saturday.The girls' tournament was
readFistball goes into third round
07-06-2007
THE third round of the national fistball league will take place at the SKW Field in Olympia this weekend.The matches will start at 08h30. In the National A league, the top game will be between the
readWhite rings the changes
07-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Springbok coach Jake White has made 13 changes to his team to take on Samoa in a one-off Test at Ellis Park on Saturday.The Springboks go into the clash having beaten England 2-0 on
readSerbian aces looking to upset
07-06-2007
PARIS - High-flying Serbs Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic will be looking to upset the world's top two women's tennis players in today's French Open semi-finals to set up an unprecedented all-Serbian
readWarriors meet Agosto
07-06-2007
THE Brave Warriors will engage Angolan league champions Premeiro De Agosto in a warm-up match at the Independence Stadium tomorrow.Kick-off is at 19h00. The Angolan side, which arrived in the country
readBamfuchile wants discipline
07-06-2007
BRAVE Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile says he will not tolerate indiscipline from players as long as he is in charge of the national team.Bamfuchile issued the warning at a media briefing yesterday,
readIn Brief
07-06-2007
Pope attacked VATICAN CITY - Papal bodyguards had to overcome an apparently deranged German man, who jumped a barricade and tried to board Pope Benedict XVI's open white jeep as it carried the pontiff
readKenyan police battle slum-dwellers, head found
07-06-2007
NAIROBI - Kenyan police used whips and teargas to battle slum-dwellers yesterday in a crackdown on the Mungiki criminal gang blamed for the latest macabre discovery of a severed and skinned head,
readSuspect 'NY airport plot' surrenders
07-06-2007
PORT-OF-SPAIN - A fourth suspect in an alleged plot to attack New York's John F Kennedy Airport surrendered in Trinidad as some US authorities raised concerns about the potential for a Caribbean
readUN praises SA AIDS plan as minister boycotts meeting
07-06-2007
DURBAN - South Africa's new AIDS plan was on Tuesday lauded by the chief of the UN's HIV-AIDS agency, who said the country was now well placed to lead Africa into a new phase in responding to the
readScooter Libby sentenced to 21?2 years
07-06-2007
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff was sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation - the probe that showed a White House
readNYC man sues over erection
07-06-2007
NEW YORK - A man has sued the maker of the health drink Boost Plus, claiming the vitamin-enriched beverage gave him an erection that would not subside and caused him to be hospitalised.The lawsuit
readCanada denies visa to Winnie Mandela
07-06-2007
TORONTO - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, was denied a visa and will not be allowed to enter Canada, organisers of a gala fundraiser said
readShutdown threat for services
07-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - Strikers will ensure a complete shutdown by Friday of all government services for which they work, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) said
readCastro mum about his return to power
07-06-2007
HAVANA - A healthy-looking Fidel Castro hinted that his recovery was still incomplete in his first interview in 10 months, as the Cuban leader left unanswered the big question of his return to
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