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59 Articles found on Tuesday, 6 March 2007
At 50, Ghana enjoys stability, but not the prosperity it should
06-03-2007
ACCRA - The first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence, Ghana is invariably hailed as a high achiever, but analysts say that whilst the country has indeed fared better than some of its
readNigerian diamonds movie differs with Hollywood
06-03-2007
OUAGADOUGOU - Nigerian director Newton Aduaka, whose movie on blood diamonds and child soldiers won the Golden Stallion at Africa's biggest filmfest in Burkina Faso this weekend, won't be drawn too
readSPCA Launches Urgent Appeal
06-03-2007
AS most people know, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a non-profit animal charity solely dependent on the goodwill of the public at large and the corporate sector.The Windhoek
readIn The Dark
06-03-2007
DID you know? The stories about investors in the derelict power station of Hwangwe change every year, depending on the country Mugabe visits or thinks he is close to.First it was the Libyans, then the
readCounting The Cost Of Mugabe's Visit
06-03-2007
FOLLOWING Robert Mugabe's four-day state visit to Namibia last week one cannot help but imagine that there must be a cost to count by Namibia.From a layperson's perspective I note with concern the
readIt's All About Content
06-03-2007
I WOULD like to give my opinion on the service provided by the NBC television department.I am sure that there are a lot of other Namibians that will agree with me that the NBC programme schedule
readKicking Up Dust
06-03-2007
I REFER to a recent front-page article about the expropriation of the farms Wyoming and Kansas in the Nina area.The Ministry of Lands must be dumb or can't read English or some dishonest person opens
readNamibian Gun Laws Scary
06-03-2007
I AM a Namibian-born Canadian who reads your paper first thing in the morning every day and have been doing this for the past 14 years now.When I read the article on the guns registered in a country
readOil slides
06-03-2007
SYDNEY - Oil prices fell more than one per cent to below US$61 yesterday after mounting losses in Asian stock markets stoked concerns over economic growth, prompting investors to pull back from
readGlaxo pipeline dented as drugs dropped
06-03-2007
LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's claim to have one of the best new drug pipelines in the industry has suffered a setback with the loss of a number of experimental medicines in mid-stage clinical
readFire cuts off network
06-03-2007
LILONGWE - A fire at Celtel Malawi, a unit of Kuwaiti cellphone operator MTC, has destroyed part of the company's network, cutting off its 200 000 subscribers, the company said yesterday.A senior
readChinese shares close lower
06-03-2007
SHANGHAI - Chinese share prices fell 1,63 per cent amid volatile trade yesterday after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's eight per cent economic growth target set for 2007 failed to boost the market,
readNew board of NDTC announced
06-03-2007
THE inaugural board of directors of the newly established Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) has been announced, with the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication,
readZim shelves plans to resume EU beef exports
06-03-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe has shelved plans to resume beef exports to the European Union after Brussels introduced stringent pre-export requirements, an official said yesterday."One of the major problems we
readShut Zambia mine to start copper processing soon
06-03-2007
KABWE - A South African company plans to produce up to 12 000 tonnes of copper per year at a closed Zambia zinc mine after buying the abandoned unit, a senior industry official said yesterday.Silver
readSasol lifts headline earnings by 7 per cent
06-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Sasol, the world's biggest maker of fuels from coal, posted a seven per cent rise in first-half headline earnings per share and said it hopes to conclude the delayed sale
readOngwediva private hospital up and running
06-03-2007
THE new Ongwediva Medi Park hospital is now fully operational and the demand for its services is high, says the hospital's Managing Director, Dr Tshali Iithete.The construction of the private hospital
readNam against Zim sanctions
06-03-2007
NAMIBIA supports Zimbabwe's call for the lifting of sanctions against that country, saying such measures are "harsh" and have caused "socio-economic hardships to the people of Zimbabwe"."The two
readGovt to spend N$6,3 billion on development
06-03-2007
GOVERNMENT will roll out billions of dollars over the next three years for nearly 900 development projects to accelerate development in the country.This is the largest amount ever allocated for this
readGeingob calls for basic income grant
06-03-2007
FORMER Prime Minister Hage Geingob has called on Government to implement a basic income grant (BIG) in Namibia, as advocated by the Council of Churches for the past two years.Speaking during debate in
readGovt Garage cleans up nicely
06-03-2007
A GROUP of MPs yesterday inspected the head office of the Government Garage, only to find the filing system "in good order".Officials had apparently done their utmost to present a neat and tidy office
readKey ruling in peeping Tom case today
06-03-2007
A FORMER gym boss on trial at Swakopmund for allegedly filming female clients in the changing rooms will know his fate today.After a brief appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court yesterday,
readNew Labour Bill set to be tabled today
06-03-2007
LABOUR and Social Welfare Minister Alfeus Naruseb is expected to table the long-awaited Labour Bill in Parliament today.The tabling was originally expected towards the end of last year. The 1992
readFarm chamber of horrors
06-03-2007
A FETUS, its tiny arms folded across its chest, its little legs pulled up in the characteristic pose that unborn babies take in the womb - still recognisable despite the burns it had suffered - lying
readGrenade kills two children
06-03-2007
TWO boys died on Wednesday evening after a group of children found a hand grenade at the Omulunga Open market at Grootfontein.According to Police information, 14-year-old Gustav Cleophas Kazandu
readNBC suspends personnel manager
06-03-2007
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation's Human Resource Manager, Teophilus Karipi, has been suspended.Karipi was ordered to vacate his office yesterday by NBC Director General Bob Kandetu, who handed
readThere's no fury like a woman scornedÂ…
06-03-2007
AN angry employee of Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) yesterday dumped furniture, home appliances and clothes in front of NWR's Windhoek offices, demanding to see Managing Director Tobie Aupindi.Ingrid
readMinister takes undisciplined cops to task
06-03-2007
UNPROFESSIONAL conduct by Police officers cost the Ministry of Safety and Security more than N$1,6 million dollars in civil claims last year, Minister Peter Tsheehama has revealed.During his annual
readFake war vet registration forms
06-03-2007
OSHAKATI - Some Government officials in the Omusati Region are distributing registration forms for war veterans during working hours, allegedly using Government facilities.This was said by Veterans'
readJudge delays treason discharge ruling
06-03-2007
A KEY ruling in the second Caprivi high treason trial, which was scheduled to be delivered in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, has been postponed by a week.Acting Judge John Manyarara was
readJudge delays treason discharge ruling
06-03-2007
A KEY ruling in the second Caprivi high treason trial, which was scheduled to be delivered in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, has been postponed by a week.Acting Judge John Manyarara was
readEhangano lyAapangi
06-03-2007
lya tokola oku kaleka ekanka lyawo ndyoka ya li ya dhiladhila E hangano lyaapangi mu Namibia lyedhina Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) olya kelaka manga ekanka lyalyo ndyoka lyali li na okuninga
readNakuyaha pokandingosho aantu okwa hala obooloha
06-03-2007
O MUPANGI mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Katutura ngoka ta tamanekelwa okudhipaga aantu yatatu pokandingosho kamwe pOsiingela omwedhi gwa zi ko, mEtitano lya zi ko okwa indile Mengestara gwa Venduka opo
readOshiketha shaShikoto sha gandja oshimaliwa shokwiilongitha
06-03-2007
PONDANGWA A ANASIKOLA yaali Theopolina Kanime gwokIino popepi na Elim mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati na Wellem Amutenya gwokwIihongoyamvula mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto oya ningi aanelago sho
readDiescho a yamukula Kashuupulwa
06-03-2007
O MUTSEYINAWA mIikwapolitika Omundohotola Joseph Diescho okwa ninga eindilo kElelo lyOshitopolwa sha Shana li mu pe ombili.Ngele nee aniwa shika inali shi ninga, Dieacho ote ke li futitha oshimaliwa
readProteas rearing to go
06-03-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Determined to live up to their new status as the world's top-ranked team, South Africa will be aiming to put World Cup debutants Ireland firmly in their place.Injury scares to all-rounder
readLara believes in Windies chances
06-03-2007
MONTEGO BAY - West Indies captain Brian Lara believes his team have what it takes to go all the way in what he is sure will be a tightly contested World Cup."It is going to be very close and very
readEls and Goosen tip big future for Haig
06-03-2007
PHUKET - Major champions Ernie Els and Retief Goosen are predicting a big future for young compatriot Anton Haig, who upstaged them to win the Johnnie Walker Classic.His victory Sunday propelled the
readAl Ahli make quiet start
06-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Egypt's Al Ahli made a quiet start to their African Champions League defence with a goalless draw in Zimbabwe in their second round, first leg encounter on Sunday.They found the back of
readRossi eager to return to the top
06-03-2007
LONDON - Valentino Rossi is fired up for the MotoGP season starting in Qatar on Saturday and confident that American Nicky Hayden's reign as champion will be short-lived.The charismatic Italian,
readHuge task for Barca against Reds
06-03-2007
LONDON - Liverpool will start favourites to end Barcelona's precarious hold on Europe's glittering club prize when the sides meet at Anfield on Tuesday in the pick of this week's Champions League
readNewspaper Cup goes to Keetmanshoop
06-03-2007
THE 2007 edition of The Namibian Newspaper Cup will be held in Keetmanshoop, the organisers announced at the weekend.The tournament, which targets under-20 players from all 13 regions of the country,
readArrows to dig deep in Cup
06-03-2007
ELEVEN Arrows will once again be forced to dig deep in their attempts to reach the MTC NFA Cup semi-finals, after being drawn against Ramblers in the quarter-finals of the competition, slated for the
readAngelo Mercurio, mob informant
06-03-2007
A MEMBER of the New England Mafia who helped the FBI bug a mob induction ceremony for the first time, leading to the prosecution of dozens of people, has died.Angelo 'Sonny' Mercurio tipped off
readPascal Yoadimnadji, Chad's PM
06-03-2007
PARIS - Pascal Yoadimnadji, the Chadian prime minister named to the post by the country's powerful president, has died at a Paris hospital following a brain haemorrhage.He was 56. Yoadimnadji, who was
readThomas Eagleton, former VP candidate
06-03-2007
WASHINGTON - Former US senator Thomas Eagleton, who was dropped as George McGovern's presidential running mate in 1972 after he admitted having undergone shock treatment for depression, died on
readCherokees expel descendants of slaves
06-03-2007
WASHINGTON - Native American Cherokees voted to expel descendants of black slaves from their tribe in a special election that has prompted charges of racism, according to returns made public early
readArthur M Schlesinger, influential liberal
06-03-2007
NEW YORK - Arthur M Schlesinger Jr, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and "court philosopher" of the Kennedy administration who remained a proud liberal even as others dared not use the word, has
readIraq condemns illegal police raid
06-03-2007
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government opened a probe yesterday into a British-Iraqi raid on a police intelligence headquarters in southern Iraq that captured an alleged death squad leader and found 30 prisoners
readPuppies stolen at gunpoint returned to owners
06-03-2007
LOS ANGELES - Four purebred Yorkshire terriers stolen at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery more than a week ago were returned to their owners after a man turned himself in to police.Three
readFat toddlers 'risk early puberty'
06-03-2007
GIRLS who are overweight at the age of three risk reaching puberty as early as nine years old, a US study suggests.The research, published in the journal Pediatrics, adds to mounting evidence
readSAS ready to rescue kidnapped Britons
06-03-2007
LONDON- Britain has prepared a crack Special Air Service (SAS) team to rescue five Britons feared kidnapped in Ethiopia, if diplomatic efforts to release them fail, press reports said yesterday.Some
readShaik family 'want to negotiate'
06-03-2007
DURBAN - The family of convicted Durban businessman Schabir Shaik has been "lobbying" Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour in an attempt to "negotiate a deal" reducing his imprisonment term,
read'Killing Fields': Crunch time for Pol Pot's top henchmen
06-03-2007
PHNOM PENH - Cambodian and international judges sitting on the Khmer Rouge tribunal hold crunch talks this week to salvage the trial of Pol Pot's top surviving henchmen for the atrocities of the
readJapan won't apologise for WW2 sex slaves - PM
06-03-2007
TOKYO - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday that Japan would not apologise again for forcing women, mostly Asian, to act as wartime sex slaves for its soldiers even if US lawmakers adopt a
readLondon Judge set to decide witnesses for Diana inquest
06-03-2007
LONDON - The judge investigating Princess Diana's death looked set yesterday to decide who would be witnesses at the inquest, raising the extraordinary possibility of the British royal family being
readLuxuries for China's cadres questioned
06-03-2007
BEIJING - Premier Wen Jiabao warned China's communist cadres yesterday that their lavish spending and luxurious lifestyles would not be tolerated, as he unveiled another raft of measures to curb
readVatican and Vietnam discuss ties
06-03-2007
A DELEGATION from the Vatican has arrived in Vietnam for the latest round of negotiations on establishing diplomatic ties between the two sides.The visit comes shortly after the detention of a
readClinton, Obama vie for US black voters
06-03-2007
SELMA, ALABAMA - US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took to separate church pulpits on Sunday, using a civil rights commemoration to battle for support among the
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