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49 Articles found on Thursday, 15 November 2007
Big Brother Africa: In bed with Kwaku!
15-11-2007
I HAD the brother of all blasts at the BBA finale! Charlie, I fell for Kwaku, boy did I ever.Bertha and I did a Bible study together, me and Jeff connected, Richard fell into my arms and Ofunneka and
readBig Brother Africa: Your SMSes to us
15-11-2007
* BIG ups to Jean for the interview with our golden boy, Richard, as well as Tati.YEAH I am one of those Richiana-crazy fans. I just loved them. I cried, laughed and got angry with them. Sad love
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
15-11-2007
* IT'S only the registration, resigning of leaders and now there is a tense atmosphere in the country. What is really going on? Is there an election campaign going on, which some of us are not aware
readBread distributors, Cosatu weigh class action against Tiger Brands
15-11-2007
CAPE TOWN - Bread distributors and powerful trade union Cosatu are considering legal action against food and pharmaceuticals group Tiger Brands after the company admitted price fixing.Imraahn
readAfrican economies growing steadily
15-11-2007
MIDRAND, South Africa - Growth rates in sub-Saharan African economies are finally catching up with the rest of the world after lagging behind for the last three decades, a World Bank report released
readPohamba to attend US business summit at Cape
15-11-2007
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba left for South Africa yesterday to attend a business summit of African countries with the United States in Cape Town.Pohamba and his South African counterpart, President
readAfrican Personnel Services sets up pension fund
15-11-2007
LABOUR-HIRE company African Personnel Services (APS) has set up a pension fund for people it has employed for more than six months.Addressing a press briefing yesterday, APS Financial Manager Robert
readAirbus-Boeing trade dispute drags on
15-11-2007
GENEVA - The United States and Europe, embroiled in perhaps the biggest commercial dispute ever, may be unable to reach a settlement on government support for rival plane makers Boeing Co.and Airbus
readRDP roster leak probed
15-11-2007
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia yesterday held an urgent meeting to probe how the list of 700 Rally for Democracy and Progress members and sympathisers ended up in the wrong hands.Elections
readSecond suspect added to Munyama case
15-11-2007
A SECOND accused has been added to the fraud case currently hanging over the head of former Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Director General Gerry Munyama.Last Thursday, 42-year-old Theodor
readCabinet cuts fishing quotas
15-11-2007
CABINET has announced lower total allowable catches (TACs) for the new fishing season for horse mackerel and red crab after it was found that stocks had not bounced back as expected.Only 230 000
readKanime raps SPYL over the knuckles
15-11-2007
THE Swapo Youth League either does not understand the workings of the Electoral Commission or is out to dramatise events surrounding the registration of the new Rally for Democracy and Progress party,
read26-year-old man gets 17 years for rape
15-11-2007
RUNDU - A man, 26, was sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment on Tuesday after he was convicted of rape by Rundu Magistrate Ndlovu Bongani.The convict, Eino Siwombe Sitareni, in 2005 had sexual
readState-of-the-art dialysis centre opens in city
15-11-2007
WINDHOEK'S first private Kidney and Dialysis Centre was opened recently, offering patients with kidney failure 12 dialysis machines in comfortable surroundings.The centre was equipped with the latest
readHope Village offers refuge, care and dignity
15-11-2007
THE Hope Village under construction on the outskirts of Katutura will be operational from the middle of January.The Village will give refuge to people who are affected by and infected with HIV-AIDS -
readShops sell expired goods, claims Hakaye
15-11-2007
THE absence of health inspectors in rural areas and small towns in Namibia has led to some shops and pharmacies selling expired food and medicines, a Swapo MP in the National Council alleged
readUpgrade of Rundu-Elundu road starts
15-11-2007
KAPAKO - The upgrade of the Rundu-Elundu road was officially launched by President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Tuesday.The construction of the road is estimated to cost over N$800 million. The project will
readNigerian charged with cocaine smuggling
15-11-2007
A 27-year-old Nigerian man was arrested at Otjomuise in Windhoek yesterday, after police allegedly caught him in possession of 52 grams of cocaine.The value of the drug was estimated at N$28 600. The
readHold back tax bill until 2009, Mudge urges
15-11-2007
TWO amendments to the existing tax law should be held back until March 2009, a member of the opposition has urged Parliament.Henk Mudge of the Republican Party said one amendment provided for interest
readDiabetes threatens indigenous tribes
15-11-2007
TODAY the United Nations will for the first time mark World Diabetes Day and the disease is spreading, also among tribal people.A new report from the non-governmental organisation Survival
readGIPF ties up loose ends at KAT
15-11-2007
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF), which owns 95 per cent of Karas Abattoir and Tannery Processors (KAT), has offered KAT workers a one-off payment equal to their monthly wages to settle
read12 pupils suspended for 'sexual harassment'
15-11-2007
THE Ekulo Senior Secondary School near Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region expelled 12 senior pupils from the hostel last month because of complaints of sexual harassment.Principal Mwetuhange Hishekwa
readRussian ambassador's house burgled
15-11-2007
Goods worth N$70 000 were stolen from the home of the Russian ambassador to Namibia on Saturday morning.The thieves apparently stole one plasma television, three computers, a DVD player, two laptop
readNo quorum stalls Swapo defence debate
15-11-2007
SWAPO is pulling out all the stops to blow its own trumpet in Parliament after the resignation of one of its most prominent leaders, Hidipo Hamutenya.Members of Parliament belonging to the ruling
readSchool funds irk MPs
15-11-2007
SCHOOLS should only be allowed to raise fees for their development funds if they obtain written permission from the Education Ministry, a Member of Parliament has demanded.George Kaiyamu of Swapo, in
readMurder suspect was 'in a trance'
15-11-2007
"MOST of the time I was in a trance. I was not myself."This was what murder suspect Gert Hermanus ('Hansie') Losper told Judge Collins Parker in the High Court in Windhoek this week in connection with
readDaniel Ishitile a hulitha mOvenduka
15-11-2007
O MUKALIMO gwOvenduka okwali Daniel Shithigona Ishitile omonamati gwa nakusa Mateus Ambambi Ishitile ngoka a li omukalimo gwomOshaala mUukolonkadhi moshitopolwa sha Omusati okwa mana oondjenda dhe
readOoradio mbali dha patwa ishewe mu Somalia
15-11-2007
M OGADISHU - Aakwiita yEpangelo mu Somalia mEtiyali oya pata ooradio mbali e taya gana wo kutya otaya ka katukila onkatu ehangano limwe lyiikundakeki ya manguluka, mbyoka aniwa tayi ukitha onkalo
readAantu ye li 28 000 ya fadhuka po omakuyunguto omanene mu DRC
15-11-2007
K INSHASA - Aantu ya konda po 28 000 mboka ya li oya thigi po omagumbo gawo mOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC), mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika, oya thigi po ishewe ookamba moka ya li moshitopolwa sha
readEkwatonkonga nuufithi wiimuna muumbugantu
15-11-2007
O KAKADHONA koomvula omulongo nane (14) oka dhengwa nokukwatwa koonkondo polukanda lumwe po Karasburg ongulohi yEtitano lya zi ko.Omufekelwa moshiningwanima shika ina tseyika natango kwali. *Oonzi
readItuyeni Cycling Club ya pewa natango Ombasikela ku Cymot
15-11-2007
O CLUB yOombasikela ya tseyika nawa nedhina Ituyeni Cycling Club yomunangeshefa a tseyika nawa gwomOkahao nOvenduka tate Eddy Wilbald, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Man of Action Omaandaha ngaka ga zi ko
readOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Khomas otayi longo nuudhiginini
15-11-2007
O POLISI moshitopolwa sha Khomas oya popi ngeyi oshiwike shika kutya oya dhitike aantu ye li 440, oya kwata ko iilwitho yomaludhi ga yoolokathana kumwe yi li 615 omanga ya ngile aantu iipotha kumwe yi
readRDP ta ti ota ningilwa omatilitho
15-11-2007
O KWA kala nokutaandelithwa aniwa omatilitho nomambandameko gaaniilonga yEpangelo nosho wo aaniilonga yalwe mboka haya longele iikondo nenge oonkampani dhEpangelo sho taya yambidhidha nenge ye uvite
readFederer bounces back
15-11-2007
SHANGHAI - World number one Roger Federer got his Masters Cup campaign back on track by eliminating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets yesterday.The triple Masters Cup champion, shocked in
readLock Victor Matfield out of UK tour
15-11-2007
PARIS - Star South African lock forward Victor Matfield has ruled himself out of the Springboks' tour to the United Kingdom this month.The World Cup-winning second row has cited fatigue and having to
readNamibia in stiff Easterns test
15-11-2007
NAMIBIA will start as the underdogs when they take on Easterns in a three-day SAA Challenge match in Benoni, South Africa, starting today.Namibia were comprehensively beaten at home by Griqualand West
readAbedi Pele in Namibia today
15-11-2007
WINDHOEK - Abedi Pele, the greatest soccer star of Africa, will arrive in Namibia today accompanying the African Nations Cup trophy.Namibia is set to compete at the African Nations Cup in Ghana,
readBattered New Zealand up against it
15-11-2007
CENTURION - New Zealand's struggling cricketers will be trying to defy the odds when they meet South Africa in the second and final Test at Centurion Park tomorrow.After suffering a record 358-run
readFirst division teams get paid
15-11-2007
THE Northern Stream First Division will kick off with their first matches for the 2007/2008 season this weekend, after the teams received their start-up capital yesterday.Although the Southern Stream
readACC probes Barry Rukoro
15-11-2007
WINDHOEK - The Acting Secretary of the Namibia Football Association (NFA), Barry Rukoro, is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for the manner in which he acquired his matric
readKhaiseb nets for AK
15-11-2007
A SOLITARY goal by former Ramblers striker Costa Khaiseb moved FC AK to the summit of the Inland Stream First Division with 13 points from six matches after beating Pretoria University 1-0 last
readVries denies rift at Pirates
15-11-2007
ORLANDO Pirates chairman Mabos Vries yesterday denied that there is a rift growing between the club's supporters and its new owner, Hendrik Dawids.It is alleged that some supporters have little
readChad schoolchildren stage anti-French protest
15-11-2007
N'DJAMENA - Hundreds of Chadian schoolchildren shouting anti-French slogans demonstrated in the capital N'Djamena yesterday to protest against an attempt by a French group to fly children out of the
readGeorgia NATO membership in limbo
15-11-2007
BRUSSELS - Georgia has severely damaged its chances of winning a promise of Nato membership at a summit next April with a crackdown on protests that has shocked even its supporters in the West,
readSharif says he can work with Bhutto
15-11-2007
ISLAMABAD - Exiled former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said yesterday he was ready to work with another former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto, against the military rule of President Pervez
readDanish Pm re-elected
15-11-2007
COPENHAGEN - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen faced tough talks yesterday on whether to expand the government bloc after winning re-election for a third term.Results from Tuesday's election
readScotland seeks independence
15-11-2007
LONDON - Scotland will be an independent country in the next 10 years, the country's nationalist first minister has said, setting out for the first time his timetable for separation from the rest of
readUnited Nations envoy cautiously upbeat about progress on Myanmar
15-11-2007
UNITED NATIONS - A UN envoy said he was making progress in nudging Myanmar's military junta toward meaningful dialogue with the pro-democracy opposition and urged the Security Council to give his
readFrance strike
15-11-2007
PARIS - France was plunged into travel chaos yesterday for the second time in a month as striking transport workers halted trains and buses in their face-off with President Nicolas Sarkozy over
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