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40 Articles found on Monday, 26 March 2007
Kalahari San banned from using water
26-03-2007
THE Botswana government has prohibited the Kalahari Bushmen from pumping water from a borehole in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, says the London-based human rights group Survival International.A
readChina sees textile exports up
26-03-2007
BEIJING - China's textile exports will rise more than 15 per cent in 2007, enjoying strong growth despite quotas imposed by Western trade partners, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday,
readFew cheers as Jacques Chirac leaves EU stage
26-03-2007
BERLIN - When French President Jacques Chirac said goodbye to the European Union yesterday, many of his allies might have been forgiven for saying good riddance.Chirac steps down as president in May
readTelkom buys 75% of Nigerian firm
26-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African fixed-line operator Telkom said on Thursday it had acquired a 75 per cent stake in Nigerian private telecommunications operator Multi-links for US$280 million.Multi-links
readIMF urges further depreciation in US$
26-03-2007
BERLIN - The International Monetary Fund will say further depreciation by the US dollar is needed to help correct global imbalances in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), Germany's Sueddeutsche
readSouth Africa running out of milk
26-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Consumers should brace themselves for milk shortages throughout the winter season, the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO) said on Thursday.MPO spokesperson Bertus de Jongh said the
readThe lights are out all over oil-rich Nigeria
26-03-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria is rich in oil but short of energy, and at night the lights are out and darkness reigns for most of the 140 million inhabitants.Hundreds of small and medium-scale businesses are being
readSan to get land near Etosha
26-03-2007
GOVERNMENT will buy two farms near the Etosha National Park to develop them into conservancies for the minority Hai//om clan of the San people, Environment and Tourism Minister Willem Konjore has
readGovt holds its line on fish measures, urges industry to help find solutions
26-03-2007
MEASURES aimed at preserving Namibia's fish stocks are to stay in place for now, Minister of Fisheries and Marines Resources, Dr Abraham Iyambo, said on Friday.The measures were implemented last
readMystery deepens in Woolmer's murder
26-03-2007
KINGSTON - One week after the strangling death of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer, Jamaican police reported no arrests or conclusive leads, and stressed that team members were not under suspicion
readPetrol price relief for Namibian consumers
26-03-2007
FUEL prices will once again go down just after midnight tonight, making this the second petrol price cut of the year.The first cut of the year was in January, while there was no price change in
readSecurity boss denies accusations
26-03-2007
AFTER being accused of unfair labour practices by a number of his employees two weeks ago, HAMS Security owner Andries De Jager this week issued a lengthy statement defending his company's way of
readSME sector needs loans to flourish
26-03-2007
NAMIBIA is neglecting small firms and entrepreneurs, who are battling to obtain loans for expansion or setting up new businesses, an opposition Parliamentarian criticised.McHenry Venaani of the DTA
readFight against TB gets wheels
26-03-2007
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has acquired 53 vehicles that will help to deliver medical services to people suffering from tuberculosis and AIDS.The vehicles were bought with funding from
readGays and lesbians left out of AIDS policy: LAC
26-03-2007
THE National Policy on HIV-AIDS that was adopted in Parliament recently is a good document, a human rights lawyer says, but gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual people were left out."Once again, we
readSADC FTA 'a reality next year'
26-03-2007
AS southern African countries swiftly move towards deeper regional economic integration, N$1,4 billion has been made available by the European Union to support regional economic integration of the
readFormer Unam hostels boss wins reprieve
26-03-2007
A THEFT charge that derailed the career of the University of Namibia's former Head of Accommodation, Martino Olivier, a year ago was withdrawn in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday.The charge
readForeigners held in drug bust
26-03-2007
POLICE say they nabbed two Zimbabwean nationals with 6,21 kg of dagga and 110 grams of cocaine, with a combined value of N$118 500, in a sting operation on Thursday.The woman is reportedly a known
readConstruction industry to come under the hammer
26-03-2007
GOVERNMENT is preparing to deal "head-on" with "fly-by-night" subcontractors in the construction industry, Labour Minister Alpheus !Naruseb told the seventh national congress of the Metal and Allied
readPortuguese protest consulate closure
26-03-2007
ABOUT 100 Portuguese people, many wearing traditional dress, demonstrated in front of the recently closed Portuguese consulate in Namibia on Saturday afternoon.Portugal closed its Windhoek consulate
readAccused former senior Unam staff members deny theft
26-03-2007
A FORMER Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Namibia and the ex-head of the university's computer centre on Friday pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing 12 computers from the institution a
readThe Who's Who of Namibia's gem industry
26-03-2007
NAMIBIA'S list of licensed diamond buyers and cutters include the likes of former National Youth Council acting Secretary General Ralph Blaauw, Telecom Namibia CEO Frans JP Ndoroma, Windhoek Mayor
readA dhipagwa nomupini
26-03-2007
O otamanana odha hulile moshiponga oshinene pokati kaakokele yaali konima sho gumwe gwomaalumentu mboka a dhengwa nomupini gwetemo mOlyomakaya ga zile ko.Oontamanana ndhika odha li aniwa pokati ka
readAawiliki yAandamara ya pewa uusama
26-03-2007
O NGUNDU yo South West Africa Poeple's Democratic United Front (Swapduf) oya ningi eindilo kaawiliki ayehe yAandamara mu Namibia ya kondjithe Ndowishi a fute Aandamara omolu omauwinayi ngoka e ya
readTate Kalambuka e tu thiga po
26-03-2007
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Ofaitumbo mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tate David Ashipala Haikonda, a tseyika nawa nedhina tate Kalambuka, okwa manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo
readEtosha lya gwanitha oomvula 100
26-03-2007
O SHIKUNINO shopashigwana shiiyamakuti sha Namibia sha simana sha Etosha National Park, osha gwanitha oomvula ethele mEtine lya zi ko.Ongulohi yEtine lya zi ko, Ominista yEgameno lyUuntshitwe
readOshipotha sha Mulder otashi tamekulula
26-03-2007
N goka ali nale Menindjela gwIiniwe mu Social Security Commission (SSC), Gideon Mulder na SSC oya shuna ketameko lyoshipotha shawo shoka ya kala nokukwandjangela nasho uule woomwedhi dha zi ko, konima
readPrison riot goes unnoticed
26-03-2007
BASSETERRE - A prison riot near Warner Park passed unnoticed by the bumper crowd of 80 000 that watched Australia beat South Africa in a Cricket World Cup match on Saturday.International Cricket
readCricket fan commits suicide
26-03-2007
KOLKATA - A cricket fan committed suicide while another died of a heart attack in India after watching their national team's crushing defeat to Sri Lanka in the World Cup match in the Caribbean,
readHayden shines, Pakistan fly home
26-03-2007
BASSETERRE - Australian Matthew Hayden hit the fastest century in World Cup history on Saturday as a match between cricket's super powers finally drew some attention from the hunt for coach Bob
readParreira elated after win
26-03-2007
NDJAMENA - World Cup winning coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says he was both relieved and elated with a victorious start to his new career in charge of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa.Parreira led
readMaradona plans to lose weight
26-03-2007
BUENOS AIRES - Diego Maradona is smoking too many cigars, putting on weight and is planning a trip to Switzerland to get himself back into shape, his doctor said on Saturday.The former Argentina
readHenry leads Aussies to gold
26-03-2007
MELBOURNE - Jodie Henry rolled back the years to anchor Australia to victory in the women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay at the world championships on Sunday.Amanda Weir had given the United States a
readBrumbies upset sends Blues top
26-03-2007
WELLINGTON - The Auckland Blues were reinstalled as Super 14 leaders at the weekend after the ACT Brumbies defied the odds and inflicted the first defeat of the year on the Coastal Sharks.The shock
readNamibia beat Angolan boxers in friendly
26-03-2007
NAMIBIA scooped seven gold and Angola four gold medals in the International Friendly Boxing tournament between the two countries' amateur boxers staged in Oshakati on Saturday evening.The event was
readRamblers, Tigers, City, Stars keep momentum
26-03-2007
EXPERIENCE came in handy when Tigers midfielder Page Ananias sweetly struck a screamer to score a goal that ignited his team to beat rivals Black Africa 2-0 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Friday
readIn Brief
26-03-2007
Decapitated boy found on train JOHANNESBURG - A Soweto teenager has died in an apparent attempt to 'surf' trains, Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson Malcolm Midgley said yesterday.Midgley
readEarthquake in central Japan kills one, hurts over 170
26-03-2007
NOTO PENINSULA- A strong earthquake killed one person and injured more than 170 in Japan yesterday, demolishing houses, buckling roads, triggering landslides and cutting off water supplies to
readBritain in dark over seized sailors
26-03-2007
LONDON - British officials do not know where Iran is holding 15 sailors and marines captured in the Persian Gulf, and requests for access to them have been denied, the Foreign Office said yesterday as
readUN slaps new sanctions on Iran
26-03-2007
NEW YORK - The UN security council voted unanimously on Saturday to tighten sanctions on Iran but without the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had wanted to defend his country's refusal
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