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37 Articles found on Thursday, 15 March 2007
Women entrepreneurs urged to form strategic ventures
15-03-2007
NAMIBIAN women have been urged to form strategic alliances locally, regionally and internationally to overcome barriers in business entrepreneurship.This was said on Tuesday by Dr Sharon Freeman, a
readCrude oil prices stable
15-03-2007
LONDON - Oil prices stabilised yesterday amid fresh turmoil on global equity markets and ahead of the weekly update on energy stockpiles in the United States.Traders also kept an eye on developments
readTrade workshop in Omaheke region
15-03-2007
GOBABIS - The Ministry of Trade and Industry is planning to hold an idea generation workshop with the business communities in the Omaheke Region towards the end of this month.The Ministry's Regional
readIndia says not bound by any deadline for completing Doha round
15-03-2007
NEW DELHI - India says it rejects any deadline for completing the Doha Round of global trade liberalisation talks and sees no breakthrough unless rich nations address the livelihood concerns of
readCBN stops distributing Amstel
15-03-2007
CASTLE Brewing Namibia (CBN) has announced that it has ceased marketing and distributing the popular premier beer, Amstel Lager in Namibia.This follows Heineken's termination of SABMiller's
readChinese inflation 'relatively high'
15-03-2007
BEIJING - Inflation in China has been "relatively high" in recent months, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said, according to state media yesterday.The central bank is also analysing loan data for
readShell says no plans to leave Nigeria
15-03-2007
LAGOS - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell said yesterday it has no plans to leave Nigeria's oil-rich but volatile Niger Delta despite incessant attacks on its facilities and personnel by militants."Shell is
readSwapo refuses to condemn Mugabe govt's rights abuses
15-03-2007
SWAPO parliamentarians in the National Assembly yesterday refused to even listen to an opposition motion on rights violations in Zimbabwe.A state-sanctioned crackdown in that country left at least
readBudget: No need to tighten your seatbelt predict experts
15-03-2007
ECONOMIC experts do not expect any major surprises when the national Budget is tabled in the National Assembly in Windhoek today.However, it is widely expected that Finance Minister Saara
readMassacre victim set on fire alive
15-03-2007
THIS was the cruel and gruesome fate that farm massacre victim Hilma Engelbrecht suffered: seven or eight months pregnant, she was shot in the chest or abdomen and burned - alive.Testimony giving an
readMugabe unrepentant
15-03-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's government yesterday warned that the opposition would pay "a heavy price" for what it called a campaign of violence to oust it from power.In a statement
readFurncity outlets close down
15-03-2007
ELLERINES Holdings Limited has started closing some of its Furncity furniture shops in the country, barely two months after it closed another in the Windhoek city centre and promised not to shut down
readPolitician's company exploits workers: union
15-03-2007
THE Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Natau) has accused Njangula Security Services, a company operating in the Hardap and Karas regions, of abusing its workers.Njangula Security Services
read12-year-old finds mum's murdered body
15-03-2007
A TWELVE-year-old girl on Tuesday discovered her dead mother's body lying on the kitchen floor in Walvis Bay when she returned home from school.The girl said she noticed something was wrong when she
readEmbassies say unaware of 'double pension receivers'
15-03-2007
ALTHOUGH Government suspects that some Namibians receive a state pension not only from Namibia but also from South Africa, the relevant diplomatic mission is unaware of such cases.Labour Minister
readBurglars ransack missionary house
15-03-2007
A Finnish missionary has learned in Namibia that criminals do not discriminate between rich and poor when selecting a target.Marja Rosilo has been working in Swakopmund for two months now,
readStolen livestock still not returned
15-03-2007
MORE than two months after nine men were arrested in connection with the theft of more than 7 000 head of livestock at Khorixas, none of the animals have been returned to their rightful
readNo sir, you are not the President!
15-03-2007
SWAKOPMUND - The owner of the State House Bar at the coast has been asked to change the name of his bar.The Liquor Licence Board in the Erongo Region yesterday approved Sylvester Mutilifa's
readKazenambo provides the NA with a reality TV moment
15-03-2007
A WAR of words erupted between two Swapo MPs in the National Assembly on Tuesday after a Minister gave a younger colleague a dressing down for verbally "undressing" senior officials in the
readPohamba consults church leaders
15-03-2007
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday met with a delegation from the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) for at State House.The delegation included a host of religious leaders affiliated under the
readNantu tells Govt it cannot just boot out teachers
15-03-2007
GOVERNMENT and the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) are heading for a showdown over the planned firing of unqualified and under-qualified teachers.Government had no right to kick out 2 165
readShatimwene na Moses inaya monika ondjo moshipotha shetilitho
15-03-2007
I ILYO iyali iikulu mOngunduwiliki yedhina Namibia National Constructors Association (NANCA) Erastus Kalola Shatimwene na Moses Thomas, mbyoka ya kwatelwe pometi 22 Juni 2005 taku tiwa kutya meti 15
readGumwe a dhipaga omusamane gwe Ondangwa
15-03-2007
O muniilonga omukulu gwomoKapia Optics, mOndangwa nomOshakati, Darell Adams (37) a zike koRehoboth okwa si eso lyombaadhilila sho aniwa a tsuwa nombele komukulukadhi gwe megumbo lyawo mOndangwa
readTsvangirai a dhengwa nayi
15-03-2007
H ARARE - Onkundana okuzilila ku Harare sha Zimbabwe otayi ti kutya omuwiliki gwongundu yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai okwa li a dhengwa nayi kAapolisi mokakuma na okwa li a
readNamibia a mwena komadhengo mu Zim
15-03-2007
S IGO onena Epangelo lya Namibia inali tya sha kombinga yekwatopo nedhengo lyaantu yoongundu dhompilameno mu Zimbabwe omasiku ngaka.Ihe South Afrika na Zambia oya tya ko sha koshinima shika omanga
readNavarro banned
15-03-2007
GENEVA - Valencia defender David Navarro was on Wednesday banned for seven months by UEFA for his part in the mass brawl during last week's Champions League tie against Inter Milan.Navarro, who
readLingashi, Herunga champions in squash doubles
15-03-2007
THE Supatronix doubles squash tournament was held in Walvis Bay recently, with the Buccaneers Squash Club and WASRA playing host to it.John Lingashi and and Nelson Herunga, who won the tournament,
readZim, Ireland eye the edge
15-03-2007
KINGSTON - Under-strength Zimbabwe and debutants Ireland may look like a lightweight contest in a World Cup group which also includes mighty West Indies and Pakistan.But both need a win on Thursday if
readSmith shines in West Indies win
15-03-2007
KINGSTON - West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Smith dominated with bat and ball to ensure the World Cup hosts opened the competition with a 54-run victory over Group D rivals Pakistan at Sabina Park on
readBielefeld go for Middendorp
15-03-2007
BERLIN - Relegation-threatened Arminia Bielefeld turned to their 'coach of the century' Ernst Middendorp yesterday in an attempt to keep them in the Bundesliga.The second-from-bottom side are only a
read'Hitman' ready for Sadjaia
15-03-2007
PAULUS 'The Hitman' Moses has declared himself ready and raring to go for next Tuesday's fight when he will defend his WBA Intercontinental lightweight title against Beka Sadjaia of Georgia.The title
readInzaman hits out at his batsmen
15-03-2007
KINGSTON - Inzamam-ul-Haq blamed his experienced batsmen for Pakistan's demoralising opening World Cup 54-run defeat to West Indies.Inzamam feels his batsmen will need to come good in the remaining
readLiberia to arrest ex-president
15-03-2007
MONROVIA - Liberian authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the post-war transitional government president, Gyude Bryant, who has been indicted for corruption, a spokesperson said on
readAnti-Bush protests turn violent
15-03-2007
MEXICO CITY - Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the US embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday to protest the visit of US President George W Bush, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars
readSomali presidential palace attacked
15-03-2007
MOGADISHU - At least eight people were killed during a mortar bomb attack on Somalia's presidential palace, hospital officials said yesterday.The strike on Tuesday came hours after President Abdullahi
readEthiopia hostages to return to UK
15-03-2007
ADDIS ABABA - Five Europeans freed 12 days after being kidnapped in remote northern Ethiopia were resting and receiving medical checks in neighbouring Eritrea yesterday before flying out to be
readTsvangirai 'has cracked skull'
15-03-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader suffered a suspected skull fracture, brain injury and internal bleeding, doctors reported yesterday, after what his lawyers said were savage beatings while
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