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48 Articles found on Wednesday, 2 May 2007
ANC comes under pressure to tilt left
02-05-2007
If we say that the working class is the primary motive force of the revolution, then we must allow it to lead that revolution.- Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi JOHANNESBURG - There are signs
readLiberia approves US$1b Mittal iron deal
02-05-2007
MONROVIA - Liberia's Senate has approved a $1 billion iron ore mining deal signed with the world's largest steel producer, Arcelor Mittal, opening the way for the start of the project, the government
readSKorea, EU to begin free trade talks
02-05-2007
SEOUL - South Korea yesterday officially approved the start of free trade talks with the European Union, one month after forging a landmark deal with the United States to cut tariffs and other
readVenezuela to leave IMF, World Bank: Chavez
02-05-2007
CARACAS - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced on Monday his country's decision to pull out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, accusing them of exploiting small countries."I
readOne Africa launches news bulletins
02-05-2007
ONE Africa Television started with their first 30-minute local news bulletin last Friday, signalling the start of daily, local news from Mondays to Fridays at 19h30.News on One Bureau Chief Rene
read65 applications for uranium on hold
02-05-2007
WITH Namibia's uranium industry booming, 65 applications for uranium exploration licences are still awaiting approval after the Ministry of Mines and Energy stopped processing requests in October last
readWolfowitz says he's victim of 'smear campaign'
02-05-2007
WASHINGTON - World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz told an investigatory panel on Monday he was the victim of a "smear campaign" aimed at forcing him to resign, as he gained renewed support from
readGovt 'gagging the nation'
02-05-2007
A GOVERNMENT decision to control call-in programmes on national radio hits at the heart of democracy, is draconian and smacks of the tactics used by the former apartheid regime.This was spelled out in
readWalvis woman dies in house fire
02-05-2007
AN elderly woman, Susan Beukes (68), died on Monday after sustaining 95 per cent burns in a fire at her home at Rooibank near Walvis Bay.Her daughter, Rita, said she and her husband and son went to a
readFat Britons sent to hunt with San
02-05-2007
SYDNEY - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) recently filmed a television series in Namibia where eight obese Britons were sent to live with a San community.Sara Ramsden, the creative director
readMay Day, May Day, we have a problem
02-05-2007
NOT more than 200 people - many of them children - turned up at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek yesterday to mark May Day.The organisers of the event, an internationally recognised commemoration,
readEnd of Road Safety Week
02-05-2007
REPRESENTATIVES of the country's road-safety sector gathered at the Brakwater Weighbridge outside Windhoek on Sunday night to pay tribute to those who have died on the roads since the start of the
readMore pension pay-out points needed
02-05-2007
RUNDU - Residents of the Kavango Region have appealed to the central Government to increase pay points for pensioners in the region, especially at remote villages.They say pensioners, especially those
readAmbulance crisis in Karas Region
02-05-2007
THE Keetmanshoop State Hospital - the second biggest in the country - has been without an ambulance for three weeks.The local ambulance, which had more than 400 000 km on its odometer, was grounded
readSecurity guard gets 12 years for shooting
02-05-2007
OSHAKATI - A security guard was given a 12-year prison sentence on Monday after he was convicted of shooting and killing a customer at the Ehawalo bar at Onelao village in the Omusati Region.Eight of
readTourist dies in accident near Walvis Bay
02-05-2007
A HOLIDAY to the coast ended in tragedy for four South African visitors when the Pajero they were travelling in overturned about 70 km outside Walvis Bay on the C14 road to Solitaire on Monday,
readDebt collection lags at Eenhana
02-05-2007
RESIDENTS of Eenhana owed the town council N$1,9 million for municipal services in the financial year that ended in June 2005.This was N$200 000 more than the previous year, according to the council's
readEx-prosecutor gets second date in June
02-05-2007
THE first week of June had double significance for former Outapi Magistrate's Court Public Prosecutor Stanley Nakale on Monday - the last stage of his second High Court trial was postponed to a date
readMisa takes issue with uranium firm
02-05-2007
THE Media Institute of South Africa (Misa) has expressed concern about the apparent intolerance of media activities by a uranium exploration company operating in Namibia.According Misa Namibia's
readPromising gold find at Otavi
02-05-2007
A CANADIAN mining company, Teal Exploration & Mining, will undertake a pre-feasibility study following promising preliminary finds of gold south-east of Otavi.The company has identified a 1,3 million
readNAU to spearhead forum on land reform
02-05-2007
GOVERNMENT has given the green light to a move aimed at breathing new life into Namibia's land reform process - the setting up of a Land Mediation Forum.The National Agricultural Union (NAU)
readWoolies turns to natural Namibian beef
02-05-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Woolworths is unable to get South African beef for its new free-range beef offering, as there is no organised grouping that can comply with the retailer's standards.The company is now
readSekuliti a pewa oomvula 12 mokakuma
02-05-2007
O MULUMENTU omugundjuka gwoomvula 33 gwomomukunda Ontananga mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, Andreas Iilonga ngoka a kala ta pangulwa noshipotha shedhipago, Omaandaha ngaka ga zi k okwa monika ondjo
readAatoolinkundana mu Zim oya hala oondjambi dhi li hwepo
02-05-2007
H ARARE - Ehangano enene lyaniilonga miikundaneki mu Zimbabwe mOmaandaha goshiwike shika olya ningi eindilo kaatoolinkundana ya indile aaniilonga yawo ye ya fute oondjambi dhi li nawa.Ehangano ndika
readSwapo a hogolola aawiliki ye poRundu
02-05-2007
R UNDU - Ookandidaate dhopaati yoSwapo ndhoka dha li momahogololo gopashikandjohogololo sha Rundu Rural East moshitopolwa sha Kavango, odhihe odha hogololululwa pwaa na aakondjithi.Oshigongi
readTuhafeni a monika ondjo moshipotha shekwatonkonga, ashike okwa ningi omunelago inaya kondholongo
02-05-2007
OMULUMENTU omugundjuka gwoomvula 21 gwomomukunda Omatunda popepi nOmundaungilo mUukwanyama, ngoka a kwatelwe po meti 9 Septemba 2002 taku tiwa kutya okwa lala koonkondo okakadhona koomvula hetatu
readOmunadiplomaate e ga dhengwa koonkoshi
02-05-2007
S YDNEY - Omunadiplomaate gumwe omugundjuka OmuAustralia okwa tsuwa omayego koonkoshi poshikunino shimwe shiiyamakuti mu Zimbabwe, ihe okwa hupu sho omumati gwe a tilitha nokufadhukithapo oonkoshi
readOmukulupe a tsuwa
02-05-2007
O MUKULUPE (70) nosho wo gulwe gwomimvo 47, oya tsuwa noombele polukanda lwedhina Epako poGobabis uusiku wEtitatu lya zi ko.Polopota yiimbuluma yOpolisi mOsoondaha ya zi ko, nakutsa aakiintu mboka
readSaima ota tokolwa mOmaandaha tage ya mOshakati
02-05-2007
M EME Saima Nghiholemote Hangula gwoomvula 30 gwokomukunda Eexwa popepi nOhehonge mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ngoka meti 17 Apilili 2007 a monikile ondjo kOmpangu yOpombanda ya Shakati
readAC Milan counting on San Siro factor
02-05-2007
MILAN - AC Milan believe the San Siro crowd can roar them to the Champions League final as they look to overturn a 3-2 deficit against Manchester United here tonight.United edged the first leg of a
readI'M THE CHAMPION ...
02-05-2007
Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning the final of the Barcelona Open on Sunday in Barcelona.Nadal defeated Argentinian Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-4. Nadal wins Barcelona title * Simon Cambers
readTerry discusses future manager's role with Chelsea
02-05-2007
LONDON - Chelsea captain John Terry has revealed he has held discussions with the club about becoming the team's manager at the end of a new, nine-year deal.The England captain said last month he was
readFIFA sticks to 2010 contingency plan
02-05-2007
LONDON - England and Australia are among the countries on FIFA's list of contingency options to host the 2010 World Cup should South Africa fail to meet organisational deadlines, FIFA president Sepp
readNew UEFA trends should help eastern clubs improve
02-05-2007
BELGRADE - A combination of recent UEFA decisions aimed at reinvigorating Europe's soccer scene should help clubs from the continent's East close the glaring gap on their stronger and wealthier rivals
readOwen hopeful of England return
02-05-2007
LONDON - Michael Owen capped his first team return to Newcastle United by admitting he would "jump at the chance" of returning to the England set-up.Owen ended his "long and lonely" spell on the
readHummel red-carded as Swallows wins
02-05-2007
Namibia's stand-in captain and Moroka Swallows defender, George Hummel, was red carded for elbowing an opponent in a Castle Premiership encounter against relegation-haunted Maritzburg United, played
readGreat coaches behind teams
02-05-2007
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Defending champions Australia and their World Cup final opponents Sri Lanka have inspirational coaches to thank for their progress to Saturday's showdown in Barbados.Australians
readIn Brief
02-05-2007
Japan launches 'baby hatch' TOKYO - Japan's first 'baby hatch', where parents can drop off unwanted infants anonymously, was installed at a hospital in southern Japan yesterday, despite opposition
readMogul, rebel team up in commercial space venture
02-05-2007
LOS ANGELES - One is a secretive aviation legend who made history by designing the first private manned rocket to reach space.The other is a publicity-savvy entrepreneur shooting to take his famous
readCarl von Weizsaecker, Nazi nuclear scientist, pacifist
02-05-2007
CARL Friedrich von Weizsaecker, a physicist who researched atomic weapons for the Nazis and became a philosophy professor who espoused pacifism after World War II, died on Saturday, his family
readIvica Racan, ex-Prime Minister of Croatia
02-05-2007
CROATIA'S former prime minister Ivica Racan, who allowed the first free elections in 1990 and set his country on the road to European Union membership, died of cancer on Sunday aged 63.Racan died in
readThe art of 'Kremlinology'
02-05-2007
RIYADH - In Soviet Russia, it was called 'Kremlinology'.The intricate and ultimately futile analysis of an opaque ruling system dominated by ageing men in suits, who made a career out of giving little
readTurkey court convenes over presidential vote
02-05-2007
ANKARA - Turkey's top court convened yesterday to rule on disputed presidential elections that sparked a political crisis between the Islamist-rooted government and the army over the country's secular
readDurban name-change sparks chaos
02-05-2007
DURBAN - Shoppers fled and shop-owners hurriedly lowered their shutters as several hundred stick- and knobkerrie-wielding protesters ran down Durban's five-lane Broad street yesterday.While police
readBlair endorses Brown as next leader
02-05-2007
EDINBURGH - Tony Blair endorsed long-standing finance minister Gordon Brown as Britain's next leader yesterday and said he would announce next week when he was stepping aside as prime minister.Ten
readLen Pen tells voters to snub Sarkozy, Royal
02-05-2007
PARIS - French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen told his millions of supporters yesterday to abstain in this weekend's presidential vote, saying neither Segolene Royal nor Nicolas Sarkozy were
readAl Qaeda leader in Iraq 'killed'
02-05-2007
BAGHDAD - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq was killed yesterday in a fight between insurgents north of Baghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman said, but US military officials appeared to cast doubt on
readOlmert defies calls to resign
02-05-2007
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced an onslaught of calls for his resignation yesterday and a Cabinet minister disillusioned by his leadership quit, following a government panel's harsh
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