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48 Articles found on Monday, 19 November 2007
Big Brother Africa: Richard's joined a monastery - NOT!
19-11-2007
RICHARD'S being as quiet as a monk who's taken a vow of silence, if the meagre press reports from the weekend are anything to go by! And no, Richard fans, that does not mean that he's entered an
readSMSes of the Day: Monday
19-11-2007
* I WAS visiting the North after 20 years and what I saw brought tears, pain and anger. Hungry children walking long distances to school, with no water or shoes. Shame on us! But we have a State House
readBig Brother Africa: Your SMSes to us
19-11-2007
* THANK you so much for keeping us updated on the latest on BBA, it means a lot. A shout-out to the crew that's making so much effort. I can't wait for the next gossip, especially on Richiana. They
readUS treasury chief backs east African integration
19-11-2007
ARUSHA - US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson on Thursday supported economic integration among five east African nations, saying it could attract investment.Paulson, on the first day of an African
readTrade between Namibia and Cuba low
19-11-2007
THE current low volume of trade between Namibia and Cuba has left much to be desired, both countries have noted.Currently, the two countries' trade rate is only at 0,4 per cent. Cuba exports sugar,
readMTN pragamatic as continues Telkom due diligence
19-11-2007
BARCELONA - South African mobile phone group MTN is running its slide rule over the fixed-line assets of top South African fixed-line operator Telkom but has yet to decide whether to make an
readOpec rules out oil output hike
19-11-2007
RIYADH - Opec ministers were set to turn to politics on Friday as they hammered out the agenda for a rare summit of the cartel this weekend, an oddity for an organisation that normally insists it has
readPower cuts for another seven years
19-11-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Power outages will continue to plague South Africa for up to seven years while the continent's largest economy seeks new methods of generation, electricity giant Eskom said on
readJapan in rare metal hunt with Bots
19-11-2007
TOKYO - Japan will launch satellite searches for rare metals with Botswana and South Africa in a global race to secure industrial resources, a minister said in an interview published on Thursday.Japan
readUS failing on Africa trade, investment
19-11-2007
CAPE TOWN - Namibia on Thursday criticised the United States for low levels of trade and non-oil investment in Africa, and urged changes to laws that offered subsidies to American farmers."It is
readRDP 'to make a fist of it'
19-11-2007
"I'M BACK. We are back.And we mean business", former Cabinet Minister Hidipo Hamutenya declared to cheers as he was introduced as the interim president of the new Rally for Democracy and Progress on
read'The Bible Code' being cracked in the Namib
19-11-2007
A MYSTERIOUS code that reveals the destiny of mankind and the end of the world will be cracked in the rocky valleys of the Namib's Moon Landscape within the next two weeks.This is where the adventure
readPolice, Defence 'blow' budgets
19-11-2007
THE Police department in the Ministry of Safety and Security overspent its budget by N$31,8 million - or 4,4 per cent - and the Ministry of Defence blew its budget by N$39 million - 3,2 per cent - in
readSwapo slams mystery members' 'list'
19-11-2007
SWAPO on Friday condemned the distribution of a fake list of supposed top members of the new party Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP).The ruling party's Deputy Secretary General, John Pandeni,
readCleaners protest at Unam
19-11-2007
A GROUP of 63 disgruntled employees of Susan Cleaning Services say they are being badly treated by their employer and her husband.The group protested at the gates of the Unam campus in Windhoek on
readSADC land tribunal hearing postponed
19-11-2007
A TRIBUNAL set up in Windhoek for the southern African region was to hear its very first case tomorrow about a farm expropriated in Zimbabwe, but the case was postponed because of delays in the
readMan killed in shootout with Police
19-11-2007
A SUSPECT was shot and killed by members of the Police's Serious Crime Unit after he allegedly fired at them in an attempt to resist arrest at Ombili location in Windhoek on Thursday.Police
readOmaruru cops don't have licence to kill
19-11-2007
OMARURU'S Police chief has denied giving officers at the town permission to shoot all dogs caught without a leash outside their owners' property, as was reported in a community newspaper last
readTax regime 'totally unfair', Minister says
19-11-2007
THE tax slapped on pension payouts was unfair and to the disadvantage of pensioners, who paid premiums for their retirement for many years, a Cabinet Minster has said."The taxation regime we have here
readTruck driver saves 3 from burning car
19-11-2007
A TRUCK driver rescued two children and a woman after a car crash that killed the children's mother, aunt and nephew near Keetmanshoop on Saturday.The trucker dragged the three from the wreck just
readFour families lose everything in Katutura shack fire
19-11-2007
FOUR shacks with 11 rooms burned down in the Okuryangava informal settlement in Katutura on Saturday morning.Four families lost all their belongings in the fire and only escaped with the clothes on
readRecord robbery case sent to High Court
19-11-2007
THE six men charged in connection with a record-setting armed robbery in the Brakwater area north of Windhoek near the end of 2004 were informed on Friday that they are to be put on trial in the High
readChinese traveller charged over cash stash in luggage
19-11-2007
A CHINESE national, who was arrested at Hosea Kutako International Airport on Wednesday after the equivalent of more than N$3,5 million in cash was found in his luggage, had to pay N$400 000 to be
readIna shi puka okuganena uukwashilyo woSwapo: Mensah-Williams
19-11-2007
E FOLO Margaret Mensah-Williams, ngoka e li oshilyo shongundo yoSwapo mOlaata yOpashigwana, oshiwike shika okwa popi kutya kapu na epuko lyasha ngele ongundu yawo oya hala iilyo yayo ayihe yi ninge
readOngundulwiimbo ya Nyanyukeni ya sindana ekopi lya MMW pOkatope
19-11-2007
ONGUNDULWIIMBO yedhina Nyanyukweni, yimwe yomoongundulwiimbo dhi li kohi yewiliko lyehangano lya Muambo Musical Works (MMW), oya sindana po ekopi potanda yoondjimbo dha MMW dhokomumvo, ya li sha
readNakufekelelwa eyako lyoondola dha Amerika 157 000 a tindilwa obooloha
19-11-2007
O MUKWASHIGWANA gumwe mOvenduka ngoka a li a nyangula aanangeshefa yaali oshako yuudha oondola dha Amerika dhi li omayovi ethele nomilongo ntano nagaheyali (US$157 000) - sha ningilwa
readOndjila ya Rundu nElundu otayi tulwa nee oteya
19-11-2007
I ILONGA yokutula oteya ondjila ndjoka ya za po Rundu yu uka kElunda oya tulwa miilonga pambelewa kOmupresiende gwOshilongo tatekulu Hifikepunya Pohamba mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Iilonga mbika
readYamwe taya landitha iinima ya kwisha mOositola: Hakaye
19-11-2007
J HONY Hakaye, ngoka e li oshiloyo shongundu yoSwapo mOlaata yOpashigwana, okwa li a popi oshiwike sha zi ko pethimbo lyomutumba gwawo kutya oositola nooaputeka dhimwe momikunda nomuundoolopa uushona
readNoguchi wins Tokyo race
19-11-2007
TOKYO - Japan's Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi won the Tokyo international women's marathon yesterday after an injury-hit two-year break, issuing a warning to Paula Radcliffe ahead of the Beijing
readSteyn destroys Black Caps as SA win
19-11-2007
CENTURION - Dale Steyn claimed his second successive ten-wicket haul as South Africa crushed New Zealand by an innings and 59 runs on the third day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at
readNamibia in draw against Easterns
19-11-2007
THE three-day SAA Challenge match between Namibia and Easterns ended in a draw in Benoni on Saturday when rain put an end to play.Namibia dismissed Easterns for 267 runs in their second innings,
readEngland thrown lifeline
19-11-2007
PARIS - Italy, Spain and France secured their Euro 2008 passages on Saturday but there was heartbreak for Scotland while England's slim hopes received a major boost from Israel.After last month's
readWarriors lose against Tunisia
19-11-2007
THE Brave Warriors lost 2-0 against Tunisia in their international friendly football match in Tunis on Friday.The halftime score was 0-all. It was Namibia's third warm-up match in two months as the
readFederer hopes Shanghai win will erase scandals
19-11-2007
SHANGHAI - Masters Cup champion Roger Federer yesterday said he hoped the successful tournament had boosted tennis after it was hit by betting, drug and poison scandals.The world number one claimed
readLoeb takes Rally of Ireland
19-11-2007
MULLAGHMORE - France's Sebastien Loeb, in a Citroen C4, won the Rally of Ireland, the penultimate leg of the 16-race world championship, yesterday.The triple world champion's victory enabled him to
readUS win Nelson Mandela Challenge
19-11-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa fell to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the US in the Nelson Mandela Challenge played at Ellis Park on Saturday.The visiting Americans secured their first victory on African
readBA, Ramblers into FNB Cup final
19-11-2007
BLACK Africa will meet Ramblers in the final of the FNB Cup on December 1, after both teams won their semi-finals clashes at the Independence Stadium on Saturday.First up, Black Africa were made to
readMurape stops training Pirates
19-11-2007
ORLANDO Pirates coach Shepherd Murape is on the brink of leaving Orlando Pirates, if the club's executive committee does not meet the demands set by new owner Hendrik Dawids.Pirates held a marathon
readAsia's authors battle for recognition
19-11-2007
HONG KONG - Asia's literary scene must overcome the obstacles of short-sighted publishers and a dearth of translators if it wants to exploit the promising shoots of growth.That's the message from both
readAfrican human traffic is catalyst for child abuse
19-11-2007
DAKAR - Akissi was not even 10 when she was sent abroad from Togo to work as a domestic servant for a woman who beat her and twice forced chilli peppers into her vagina to punish her.Now 15 and
readSergio del Valle Jimenez, rebel
19-11-2007
HAVANA - Sergio del Valle Jimenez, a doctor in Fidel Castro's rebel army in the late 1950s and army chief of staff during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, has died, state media reported on Friday.He was
readMartha Kostyra, mother and mentor of Martha Stewart
19-11-2007
MARTHA Kostyra, whose daughter Martha Stewart credits her with teaching her many domestic tricks and techniques, has died at a hospital near her home in Weston.She was 93. Stewart announced her
readQueen celebrates 60 years of marriage
19-11-2007
LONDON - Celebrations kicked off yesterday to mark the diamond wedding anniversary of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, who married 60 years ago this week.Queen Elizabeth - the first
readStriking Hollywood writers, studios to resume talks
19-11-2007
LOS ANGELES - Striking US screenwriters and major film and TV studios agreed on Friday to resume formal contract talks on November 26 as the most serious Hollywood labour confrontation in 20 years
readInsurgents attack Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu
19-11-2007
MOGADISHU - Islamist rebels firing grenades attacked Ugandan peacekeepers early on Saturday in Mogadishu and briefly entered their base, but a spokesman for the African Union force said it suffered no
readPanel warns of global warming consequences
19-11-2007
VALENCIA - A Nobel-winning UN panel of scientists issued a stark vision of human hardship and vanishing species in a world growing increasingly hot, prompting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to
readUS urges Musharraf to end emergency rule
19-11-2007
ISLAMABAD - US envoy John Negroponte said yesterday he had urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule, warning it was 'not compatible's with free and fair elections due by early
readNearly 2 000 people dead in Cyclone Sidr
19-11-2007
CHITTGONG - A storm is brewing between Bangladesh meteorologists and the country's sailors in the aftermath of super cyclone Sidr over whether earlier warnings could have prevented more deaths.Nearly
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