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49 Articles found on Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Big Brother Africa: Your SMSes to us
27-11-2007
* THE Namibian and BBA: We love this page because it is interactive, and it welcomes us. You listen to us, and you respond. Politicians could learn a lot from the commitment of your (BBA) columnists
readBig Brother Africa: Down, imperialists, down!
27-11-2007
EISH people, I've been confined to the corner today! The forces of cultural imperialism think that we - BBA nation people - are 'defective'.S'true!! They're snapping at my heels like neocons who can't
readSMSes of the Day: Tuesday
27-11-2007
* CHANGE is inevitable in almost every aspect of life. Some changes are beyond one's control. Hence at times one can only manage change. Swapo supporters need to learn the art of change management,
readNorthern Rock confirms preference for Virgin bid
27-11-2007
LONDON - Northern Rock PLC will hold accelerated takeover discussions with a consortium led by Virgin Group, the battered mortgage lender said yesterday.Virgin, which proposes to re-brand Northern
readNorthern Rock confirms preference for Virgin bid
27-11-2007
LONDON - Northern Rock PLC will hold accelerated takeover discussions with a consortium led by Virgin Group, the battered mortgage lender said yesterday.Virgin, which proposes to re-brand Northern
readChina unhappy with EU's product safety call
27-11-2007
BEIJING - The top EU trade official told China yesterday its reputation was at risk after a series of product safety scandals and that it must do more to tackle the problem.The comments drew an icy
readOil climbs to near US$99, lifted by weather
27-11-2007
SINGAPORE - Oil rose to a near record high on Monday, as colder US weather and sustained weakness in the dollar drove prices once again toward the US$100 a barrel mark.US light, sweet crude for
readIndonesian local government shows way in cutting red tape
27-11-2007
SRAGEN - Indonesians joke that if a bureaucrat can complicate your life, why would he bother to make it simple? Day to day, Indonesians regularly bump up against bureaucracy and corruption when they
readWeak dollar a problem for world economy
27-11-2007
MADRID - The dollar's weakness is a problem for the world economy while the euro's strength reflects confidence in the European economy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in an
readDe Beers funds northern campus
27-11-2007
TSUMEB - The Chairman of De Beers, Nicky Oppenheimer, and the Minister of Mines and Energy, Erkki Nghimtina, officially opened the second campus of the Namibia Institute of Mining and Technology
readSMEs must be promoted: Nujoma
27-11-2007
FOUNDING President Sam Nujoma on Sunday called for concerted efforts to promote the development and growth of small and medium enterprises in order to create job opportunities for the Namibian
readWeatherly registers maiden profit
27-11-2007
WEATHERLY International yesterday announced its annual results, which showed a profit of US$12,4 million (N$84,32 million) amid other positive developments for the year ended June 30 2007.The
readPandeni drops out of race for top Swapo post
27-11-2007
SWAPO Deputy Secretary General John Pandeni has withdrawn from the race for the Secretary General position, making Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana the outright favourite.Pandeni's withdrawal is as a result of
readPurge targets 4 in Hardap
27-11-2007
SWAPO continues purging party members suspected of having links with Rally for Democracy and Progress.Two weeks ago, former Swapo stalwart Hidipo Hamutenya and others launched RDP. The launch came
readHear our plea, BWS urges Swapo
27-11-2007
BREAKING the Wall of Silence (BWS), which lobbies for the rights of people detained by Swapo before Independence, has called on the party's congress to address the long-standing issue of "serious and
readSix suspects on the run
27-11-2007
FARM massacre suspect Gavin Beukes, three Zimbabwean bank robbery suspects, and two murder suspects are on the run following an escape from Windhoek Central Prison early yesterday morning.Beukes, bank
readRain prospects look good
27-11-2007
NAMIBIA could expect good rainfall by Christmas, with average to above-average rainfall from January until April 2008, Windhoek weatherman Riaan van Zyl says.It might even rain until May 2008. Van Zyl
readMeatco helps communal farmers to raise weaners
27-11-2007
COMMUNAL and emerging commercial farmers will receive assistance in raising their cattle through a tailor-made farm feeding initiative in partnership with the Namibian National Farmers' Union (NNFU),
read24-year-old man stabbed to death
27-11-2007
A STABBING claimed the life of a 24-year-old man at a farm between Windhoek and Rehoboth on Saturday evening, the Police announced on Monday.Hermanus Tjihumba died in the Gocheganas area after he had
readN$25 million feedlot for Etunda scheme
27-11-2007
THE Etunda farm near Ruacana will receive a feedlot to feed young calves or weaners until they reach the right weight for slaughter.It will be the first feedlot in Namibia's northern communal area
readUgly words mar last day of MPs
27-11-2007
THE last sitting day of the National Assembly on Thursday was marred by an ugly outburst by a Cabinet Minister directed at a member of the opposition, dictating to him "not to mention the name of John
readFormer bank official sent to jail for theft
27-11-2007
A WARNING often issued by Namibia's courts - that people caught stealing from their employers run a very real risk of being sent to prison - was repeated once more in the Windhoek Regional Court on
readThieves strike at hospital
27-11-2007
THE Windhoek Central hospital has become the latest institution to be targeted by computer thieves.Two computers, two monitors and a keyboard were stolen from its X-ray department on Thursday. Police
readNambinga quits Parliament
27-11-2007
FORMER Deputy Prisons Minister Jeremiah Nambinga quietly resigned from Parliament at the end of last week, the Speaker of the National Assembly Theo-Ben Gurirab has confirmed."I was away on an
readDay of reckoning for mother who drowned three children
27-11-2007
TRIPLE child killer Saima Hangula wanted to save her children from what she felt was a hostile and lonely world when she drowned them in a well in northern Namibia last year, a clinical psychologist
readMore Swapo quitters in Ohangwena
27-11-2007
TWO Swapo district officers in the Ohangwena Region resigned from the party last week and joined the new Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP).According to the Ohangwena Swapo Regional Co-ordinator,
readThe tricky issue of political succession
27-11-2007
THE Swapo congress that starts in Windhoek this morning will be the most challenging in the party's history.Liberation hero Sam Nujoma, who has dominated post-Independence politics, is expected to
readThe tricky issue of political succession
27-11-2007
THE Swapo congress that starts in Windhoek this morning will be the most challenging in the party's history.Liberation hero Sam Nujoma, who has dominated post-Independence politics, is expected to
readOonakulwa aakulu ya tinda okuhogolola
27-11-2007
O KOMITIYE yi lilepo omauwanawa goonakulwa aakuluntu oya gana kutya itayi ka hogolola momahogololo ngoka tage ya ong'ofuto yepangelo sho lya ndopa aniwa okuganitha po shoka taya pula.Ongundu yaantu
readOondjembo oonene dhi inyenga mu DRC
27-11-2007
R UGARI - Omatopo goondjembo oonene ogi inyenge miikulundundu yimwe yomuumbugantu wa DRC, moka aakwiita yEpangelo ye li taya kondjitha Oorebele ndhoka tadhi piyaganeke onkalo moshilongo.Iigwanahangano
readSigo onena uupomba womeya inau patululwa
27-11-2007
S IGO onena uupomba womeya momikunda inau patululwa, nonande Epangelo lya gandja elombwelo ku NamWater kutya na patulule uupomba auhe womeya mboka wa li wa patwa sho aanamikunda oye na oongunga
readHelmut Angula a twa mOparliamende
27-11-2007
O MUKULUNTUWILIKI gwOkomisi yOmapendulopo gOpashigwana nenge National Planning Commission (NPC) Helmut Angula mEtitine lyoshiwike sha zi ko, okwa li a ganithilwa oshipundi she mOmutumba
readTakamitheni oombotsotso hadhi iyakele moshipangelo sha Shakati
27-11-2007
O ONAKUPANGWA yamwe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati oye yile kOshifo shika taya nyenyeta oombotsotso tadhi ya piyaganekele nokuyaka po iinima yawo mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati sho taya ka
readNujoma a nyana oonakuthigapo Swapo
27-11-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE gwoSwapo tatekulu Sam Nujoma okwa tamaneke mboka ya li nale iilyo yoSwapo nokwiikutha mo iiwike iyali ya zi ko, kutya "oye li aatondi yoshilongo", "mboka aluhe haya eta etopauko,"
readSport Shorts
27-11-2007
* NEW DELHI - India romped to a six-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first test yesterday, taking the lead in the three-match series.The hosts, chasing a target of 203, coasted to the win with six
readLocal swimmers in top form for 2007
27-11-2007
TOP performances and a number of national records were the order of the day at the Namibian Swimming Union gala hosted by Namib Swimming Academy (NSA) on Saturday.Outstanding results were achieved by
readBoxing champs go to Keetmanshoop
27-11-2007
THE southern town of Keetmanshoop is to host the 2007 Namibia Senior Boxing Championships slated for December 12-15.Kelly Nghixulifwa, President of the Namibia Amateur Boxing Federation (NABF),
readAfrica passes first big test
27-11-2007
DURBAN - Africa passed the first big test of its ability to stage the continent's first football World Cup finals with a successful preliminary draw that gets the campaign to reach the 2010 finals off
readCukaricki wants Bester
27-11-2007
BRAVE Warriors and Eleven Arrows midfielder Rudolph Bester is on the brink of signing for Serbian Superliga side FK ?ukari?ki Stankom, after having successfully completed trials for over a week in
readNamibia beat Argentina
27-11-2007
NAMIBIA recorded their second successive victory in the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 after beating Argentina by 178 runs at the United field Sunday.Namibia amassed a huge total of 344 for 6
readFires threaten stars' homes
27-11-2007
HOLLYWOOD stars including Britney Spears, Courtney Love and Sting have been placed on evacuation alert after raging wildfires broke out in Malibu, California, on Saturday.More than 10 000 residents
readOlder white women join Kenya's sex tourists
27-11-2007
MOMBASA - Bethan, 56, lives in southern England on the same street as best friend Allie, 64.They are on their first holiday to Kenya, a country they say is "just full of big young boys who like us
readWHO links Angola illness to salt
27-11-2007
The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes that contaminated salt may be behind the world's largest outbreak of bromide poisoning, in Angola.More than 400 victims have been identified, and the
readRiots break out in France, 21 policemen injured
27-11-2007
VILLIERS-LE-BEL - Rampaging youths assaulted a police station, set fire to cars and vandalised stores and a McDonald's restaurant in clashes in a rundown Paris suburb.Twenty-one police officers were
readIran calls upcoming Mideast peace conference a failure
27-11-2007
TEHRAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the upcoming Mideast peace conference in the US a failure yesterday, claiming it was meant to salvage America's reputation in the region
readSharif registers for Pakistan polls
27-11-2007
LAHORE - Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, fresh from a triumphant return from exile, registered Monday as a candidate for Pakistan's crucial elections.However, he maintained a threat to boycott the
readRebels, army fight in Chad
27-11-2007
N'DJAMENA - Rebels and government soldiers fought gunbattles in eastern Chad on Monday near the border with Sudan's Darfur region after two rebel groups ended a month-long ceasefire at the weekend, a
readPutin says US behind poll boycott
27-11-2007
ST PETERSBURG - President Vladimir Putin accused the United States yesterday of pushing the OSCE not to send observers to monitor Russian parliamentary elections next week.The organisation denied the
readChavez freezes Colombia ties
27-11-2007
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday that reconciliation is impossible with Colombia's president as the two leaders traded stern warnings in an escalating diplomatic crisis that
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