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39 Articles found on Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Tradition of scars fade as Nigeria modernises
28-03-2007
IBADAN - The wail of six-week-old Quari Babaola cut through the air like the blade that had just sliced through his chin.His mother Kafilat shuddered but kept a determined grip on the tiny limbs as a
readJapan unleashes new colossus with postal privatisation
28-03-2007
TOKYO - The privatisation of Japan's post office, which doubles as the world's biggest savings bank, was hailed around the globe as a watershed free-market reform that would streamline the world's
readSA begins maize imports after drought ravages crops
28-03-2007
CAPE TOWN - South Africa, generally a net exporter of maize, has started to import the staple grain because the worst drought in 15 years has devastated crops, John Purchase, the general manager of
readMade in China, Britain's MG roars again
28-03-2007
SHANGHAI - China's oldest carmaker breathed new life into Britain's MG with the first Chinese-made models of the historic brand rolling off a new multi-million dollar plant on Tuesday, the company
readNamPost declares N$4,5 million dividend
28-03-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia Post Limited (NamPost) handed over a dividend of N$4,5 million to the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications (MWTC) on Monday.Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Deputy
readThree jobs affected by changes at Swabou
28-03-2007
FNB Namibia has announced that 14 of the 17 staff members who were to be axed as a result of restructuring at Swabou Insurance have been redeployed within the FNB Group of companies.Following
readProposed Govt measures leave fish sector reeling
28-03-2007
EMPLOYERS and workers in the fishing industry are not in favour of a two-month closed fishing season, as proposed by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources.In his annual address to the
readVolunteer dies in freak accident
28-03-2007
A ZIP-WIRE accident on Monday claimed the life of a 32-year-old Raleigh International volunteer at a lodge outside Windhoek.Sally Whitcomb fell to her death at 09h30 at the Out of Nature lodge 30 km
readMassacre suspect 'knew about stolen items'
28-03-2007
THE Rehoboth area resident at whose house the Police found a hoard of items alleged to have been stolen from the Mariental district farm where eight people were killed two years ago, told a Policeman
readClaims of Police brutality at Rundu investigated
28-03-2007
NEW charges of Police brutality have been levelled against the Namibian Police's Special Field Force (SFF) unit, this time against three officers from a village near Rundu.Police spokesperson Chief
readOshakati car accident victim identified
28-03-2007
THE Police at Oshakati have identified the young man who died when his car overturned on the Ongwediva-Oshakati main road early on Saturday morning as Mundia Sampofu (18) from Oshakati East.Sampofu
readPS3 fever hits Namibia
28-03-2007
VIDEOGAME fanatics across Namibia and South Africa joined Europe, Australia and New Zealand in celebrating the arrival of Sony's next-generation games console, the PlayStation 3, on Friday.But while
read61 workers down tools at Rundu
28-03-2007
RUNDU - Sixty-one people working for the Chan Close Corporation (cc), a construction company, downed tools on Monday, claiming unfair labour practices and demanding a wage increase.At present,
readNSHR in nuke protests
28-03-2007
NAMIBIA should not allow nuclear power plants to be built in the country, and especially not by Russia because of that country's poor track record in that sector, a human rights group has
readMedia Barometer for 20 African countries
28-03-2007
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation yesterday signed an agreement to pave the way for a series of in-country self-assessment exercises on media freedom in
readFormer governor living free in Govt house
28-03-2007
THE Former Karas Governor, Stephanus Goliath, has apparently been living rent-free in a Government house at Keetmanshoop's Westdene residential area since 2004, The Namibian has established.Goliath
readDam levels take a dip
28-03-2007
WATER levels in Namibia's main dams are lower than at the same time last year, according to NamWater's latest dam bulletin.The Von Bach Dam is at 51,4 per cent of capacity, whereas it stood at 100,3
readYouth group in drive to legalise sex trade
28-03-2007
THE Chief Hosea Kutako Youth Forum (CHKYF), a Windhoek-based youth group, yesterday called for a national debate on legalising prostitution.The fact that the sex trade was regarded as illegal kept
readNew lease of life for Martin Luther
28-03-2007
ALTHOUGH not as visible from the road as it used to be, Swakopmund's famous Martin Luther landmark was given official status again yesterday.Four years after the ramshackle steam engine was taken away
readNew lease of life for Martin Luther
28-03-2007
ALTHOUGH not as visible from the road as it used to be, Swakopmund's famous Martin Luther landmark was given official status again yesterday.Four years after the ramshackle steam engine was taken away
readRP cries foul over Nkurenkuru poll
28-03-2007
AN opposition party that won a seat in the first local authority election at the recently proclaimed town of Nkurenkuru last weekend says the overwhelming presence of ruling party members in
readRed Cross seeks N$10 m for flood-affected Caprivi
28-03-2007
THE International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has appealed to the international donor community to donate N$10 million to support the Red Cross Societies of Zambia and Namibia
readOmbaki yoIsuzu ya lyatwa kololi
28-03-2007
E LOLI enene olya mbotso ohauto yoIsuzu yombaki pondje ya Gobabis mEtiyali lya zi ko nokudhipaga omuhingi gwohauto ndjoka etayi thigi aafaalelwa yane ya ehamekwa.Pahokololo lyOnambelewa gwOpolisi,
readOmukulukadhi gwokOmuntele a adhika a lala mondjila a lyatwa kohauto nokusa, uutekulu wa hupa moshiponga
28-03-2007
O MUKULUKADHI gwoomvula 46 gwomomukunda Elayi mOmuntele mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto meme Theopolina Haka Petrus okwa si eso lyombaadhilila ongula yOmaandaha sho a lyatwa kohauto.Otaku tiwa kutya
readIilyolongo yaSADC otayi ka kundathana onkalo yomahepekathano mu Zimbabwe
28-03-2007
O KWA tegelelwa aawiliki moshitopolwa shomuumbugantu wa Afrika ya ka gongale mu Tanzania ngula mEtine opo ya ka kundathane kombinga yonkalo mu Zimbabwe moka iilyo yongundu yompilameno ya li ya dhengwa
readIinyengandunge ya longwa pOnalunike mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Oshikoto
28-03-2007
O NKUNDANA onkumithi ye tu zilile momukunda Onalunike mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, otayi ti kutya puundingosho womomukunda ngoka omutenya gwOsoondaha ya zi ko opwa pumwa okamati okagundjuka
readFans killed
28-03-2007
LAGOS - Three people were killed when angry fans went on the rampage during a Nigerian league game played at the weekend, officials have disclosed."Policemen attached to Enyimba shot dead three fans,"
readRecord frenzy at swim champs
28-03-2007
MELBOURNE - On-fire Americans Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol all smashed world records yesterday with Italy's Frederica Pellegrini also getting in on the act in a dynamic night of
readPietersen knocks Hussey off
28-03-2007
KINGSTON - England's Kevin Pietersen has replaced Australia's Michael Hussey on top of the one-day international batting rankings, the ICC announced on Monday.The 26-year-old Pietersen has scored 121
readProteas try to solve Murali mystery
28-03-2007
GEORGETOWN - South Africa skipper Graeme Smith has said his team are well-equipped to deal with Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in their World Cup Super Eights game here on Wednesday."He is
readPitch mystery for South Africa
28-03-2007
GEORGETOWN - South Africa and Sri Lanka will be entering new territory when they meet in a World Cup Super Eight match at the Guyana National Stadium today.The match is the first of any consequence to
readChaos in athletics sees no end yet
28-03-2007
NAMIBIAN athletics authorities are on the verge of another verbal bust-up after its congress planned for today was postponed.Athletics authorities decided to shift the congress to another date without
readAcne taunt death
28-03-2007
ACAPULCO - A 14-year-old boy was detained after allegedly killing a four-year-old girl because her father made fun of his acne, Mexican prosecutors said on Monday.Yurani Yuliec Garcia Organes was
readKenya hands al Qaeda suspect to US
28-03-2007
WASHINGTON - Kenya has handed over an al Qaeda suspect accused in two terror attacks in East Africa to US authorities who have moved him into the Guantanamo Bay military prison, officials said on
readGuilty plea from detainee David Hicks
28-03-2007
CANBERRA - Australia's foreign minister said yesterday he expects an Australian terrorist suspect will return home soon to serve a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty at a US military commission
readDRC's Bemba: 'I was victim of assassination attempt'
28-03-2007
KINSASHA - A failed presidential candidate that Congo's young government accuses of attempting an insurrection claimed on Monday that he was targeted in an assassination attempt, and this is what
readAnna Nicole died of a drug overdose
28-03-2007
DANIA BEACH - Anna Nicole Smith accidentally overdosed on at least nine prescription drugs - including a powerful sleep syrup she was known to drink right out of the bottle - after a miserable last
readFloods leave 1,4 m people hungry
28-03-2007
LUSAKA - More than 1,4 million Zambians need food after floods destroyed white maize crops and left thousands of people without homes, Vice President Rupiah Banda said.Banda told journalists from
readEfforts to secure the seized sailors may enter a different phase: Blair
28-03-2007
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday warned Iran that efforts to secure the release of 15 sailors would enter a 'different phase' if diplomatic efforts failed.Britain has sought to
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