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32 Articles found on Thursday, 22 March 2007
MTC launches cellular walkie-talkie
22-03-2007
MOBILE Telecommunications (MTC) launched the Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) services with the Namibian Police and the City Police in Windhoek on Monday.The launch took place after a successful trial
readOil chief probed over alleged corruption
22-03-2007
PARIS - French oil group Total said yesterday that its chief executive faced judicial questioning over a gas contract signed in Iran in 1997.A Total spokesman told AFP that managing director
readNigeria lists 5 Asian groups for refinery sale
22-03-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria has shortlisted five Asian-led consortiums and three others for a majority stake in its 210 000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery complex, the privatisation agency said on
readMalawi, Zambia may rival SA as breadbasket
22-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Malawi and Zambia could in a few years rival South Africa as the regional breadbasket as their governments plough more money into farming.South Africa, which has dominated the region's
readCalling all Namibian woodworking companies
22-03-2007
LOCAL small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and established firms have been called on to take part in a regional woodworking workshop to take place in Johannesburg in September.The two-day event,
readCellular competition finally here
22-03-2007
NAMIBIA wants to see more investment in the communication sector to ensure the country does not lag behind in the fast pace of evolution in the digital age, Minister of Information and Broadcasting
readZimbabwe 'is a sinking Titanic'
22-03-2007
ZAMBIAN President Levy Mwanawasa has urged southern African countries to seize the moment and take a new approach on Zimbabwe, which he compared to a "sinking Titanic", as millions flee the turmoil in
readZambia and Namibia eye more trade
22-03-2007
NAMIBIA and Zambia have signed two agreements - one on political consultation between their foreign affairs ministries and another on the establishment of a dry port facility at Walvis Bay.Zambian
readFishing firms owe N$22,9 m
22-03-2007
ONLY a few fishing companies had paid their quota fees to the Ministry of Fisheries by December last year - N$22,9 million remains outstanding.The industry has suffered severe setbacks since 2004
readMan jailed for 15 years for 'pumpkin murder'
22-03-2007
ONE evening two years ago, Bert Kashunda, a resident of the Kavango Region, arrived home after an outing that had been spent drinking.He was hungry, and asked his mother for food. She offered him some
readHIV-AIDS research database set up
22-03-2007
INSTITUTIONS of higher learning in Namibia have created a special database of research documents with regard to HIV-AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, which is freely accessible via the
readGovt harmonises land valuation for AA and resettlement farmers
22-03-2007
GOVERNMENT will embark on a major shift in its valuation of farmland for resettlement and for previously disadvantaged Namibians, who can obtain preferential loans from AgriBank to buy commercial
readDate set for verdict in Nakale's trial
22-03-2007
FORMER Outapi Magistrate's Court Public Prosecutor Stanley Nakale and two of his erstwhile colleagues who are accused of conspiring to grant bail to a rape and incest suspect are scheduled to hear the
readKhorixas stock theft figures drastically lowered
22-03-2007
THE arrival of the Kunene Regional Police Commander at Khorixas earlier this week appears to have brought a sense of order to an ongoing drama involving the alleged theft of hundreds of head of
readIndependence Day at the coast
22-03-2007
POLITICIANS, ambassadors, soldiers and people from all walks of life gathered under a cloudy sky at Swakopmund yesterday to celebrate Namibia's 17th birthday.President Hifikepunye Pohamba was
readNSHR accused of 'agitating' tribalism
22-03-2007
GOVERNMENT has rebuked a human rights organisation for allegedly inciting tribalism on a land dispute between two tribes in the Caprivi Region."Government wants to caution the National Society for
readOpolisi ya dhenga omunadholongo mOshakati
22-03-2007
O MULUMENTU omugundjuka okwa li aniwa a dhengwa nayi kAapolisi mOshakati nelalakano oku mu thiminika "a popye oshili" kombinga yondjembo ndjoka ya kana.Aagameni naapopili yuuthemba womuntu
readOontamanana dhAambanderu mOmpangu
22-03-2007
O mananathano mElelo lyOpamuthigululwakalo lyAaherero yAambanderu, kombinga yEkotampango epe neshunomiilonga lyOmalenga 11 ngoka ga li ga tidhwa miilonga, okwa tegelelwa shi ka ye kOmpangu noshiwike
readEfundja moCaprivi 'oli li mokondolola'
22-03-2007
N ATANGO aantu moshitopolwa sha Caprivi otaya tutwa konyala esiku kehe nokufalwa komahala ngoka ga londa nando nee kwa lopotwa kutya omeya momulonga gwa Zambezi oga gwa pevi okuya poometa
readIihauto yAamerika ya dhengwa nomboma mu Afghanistan
22-03-2007
K ABUL - Omboma yomohauto oya topa popepi niihauti itatu ya li ya lambathana yOmbelewa yOmukalelipo gwa Amerika mu Kabul sha Afghanistan mOmaandaha nokweehameka aantu yamwe.Gumwe gwomwaamboka ya
readOmweelo gwokoongamba dha Namibia na S.A otagu ka pata
22-03-2007
N amibia na South Afrika oya uvathana opo ku patwe thilu thilu omweelo gwopokati kiilongo mbika iyali gwedhina Holweg/Noenieput, tashi ningwa pehulilo lyomwedhi nguka.Uuministeli wIikwameni nOmatembu
readGolden Cheetah wins Top Ten Championships
22-03-2007
Golden Cheetahs Athletics Club was the best performing club at the season-opening Coca Cola Top Ten Athletics Championships in Windhoek on March 16.Cheetahs won the club competition with a total of 8
readDream pairing: Woods and Federer to play in Miami
22-03-2007
MIAMI - Tiger Woods and Roger Federer go about their business in different ways.Federer carries his own bag but has someone pick up his balls. Woods has someone carry his bag but picks up his own
readPolice treating Woolmer's sudden death as suspicious
22-03-2007
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered at the World Cup, a team official said on Tuesday, as police in Jamaica confirmed they were treating the death as
readFlintoff's wife to join 'stupid bugger' in WI
22-03-2007
LONDON - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's wife Rachael and their two children will fly to the West Indies next week to be with the maligned cricketer at the World Cup, the Daily Mirror said
readBangladesh 'believes'!
22-03-2007
PORT OF SPAIN - Confidence was the key to Bangladesh's sensational start in the ongoing Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, according to coach Dav Whatmore.Habibul Bashar's Bangladeshis turned the
readSA, NZ, India, WI reach Super 8s
22-03-2007
BASSETERRE, St Kitts - Captain Graeme Smith just missed out his first World Cup century but still led South Africa to a seven-wicket win over Scotland and into the World Cup Super Eights on
readThe Hitman retains WBA title
22-03-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibian boxer Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental Lightweight title against Georgian-born challenger Beka Sadjaia at the Windhoek Country
readBotswana tightens border after Zimbabwe tension
22-03-2007
GABORONE - Botswana has tightened its border controls in response to political unrest in neighbouring Zimbabwe that it fears could lead to a renewed flood of illegal migration, a senior police
readIndonesians jailed for beheadings
22-03-2007
JAKARTA - Three Islamic militants were found guilty yesterday of beheading three Christian girls in central Indonesia and dumping their heads in nearby villages, judges said, handing down prison
readTechnician wipes out $38 billion fund info
22-03-2007
JUNEAU - Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work.Now imagine wiping out a disc drive containing an account worth $38 billion. A computer
readSoldiers' corpses dragged through streets
22-03-2007
MOGADISHU - Insurgents dragged the corpses of two soldiers through the streets of the Somali capital and set their bodies on fire yesterday after a fierce street battle killed at least seven people,
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