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47 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Big Brother Africa: Competition winners
07-11-2007
Number 4 * Kuuva Elia Kongeli. PO Box 4601, Windhoek. Tel: 0812281174.* Simeon Petrus. PO Box 80005, Ongwediva. Tel: 081 289 1021.* Janet Haraes. Swakopmund. Tel: 0811 49 4082.* Leefa Shiikwa. PO Box
readBig Brother Africa: The moles have a dig!
07-11-2007
CONTRARY to popular opinion, the Moles - Ashanti and Victor, both successful models and actors based in South Africa - did not apply to be in the Big Brother Africa house.Although the two say their
readNamibia 'already feeling effects of climate change'
07-11-2007
HIS own observation has led Prime Minister Nahas Angula to conclude that climate change is real and its effects are already being felt in Namibia.Addressing a training workshop on managing climate
readThe A-Z of water saving
07-11-2007
A dripping tap could waste as much as 90 litres a week.Brushing your teeth with the tap running wastes almost 9 litres a minute. Rinse out from a tumbler instead. Cool water kept in the fridge means
readBig Brother Africa: Your SMSes to us
07-11-2007
* JEAN! You are WICKED!! Wickedly funny! Just love your BB columns. Intelligent and LOL witty. Don't worry about the bashers, they just don't get it! Charley, you should get the hundred thousand
readBig Brother Africa: Quirky SMSes from the BBA strip
07-11-2007
* Ofunneka will make dollars as a motivational speaker, Richard will make dollars as a film director and Tati will make dollars as a model and actress. Donate the (BBA prize) money to fight women
readSMSes of the Day : Wednesday
07-11-2007
* DOES land redistribution apply only to farm land? Was the war of liberation only for farms? I used to live in /khoa /khorob (today's Hochland Park) before I was herded to Katutura in 1959. I now
readSMSes of the Day : Wednesday
07-11-2007
* DOES land redistribution apply only to farm land? Was the war of liberation only for farms? I used to live in /khoa /khorob (today's Hochland Park) before I was herded to Katutura in 1959. I now
readCement crisis hampers Angola boom
07-11-2007
LUANDA - Angola's booming post-war construction industry is being hobbled by shortages of one of its most basic ingredients - cement."Sometimes we have to stop work for a month or two at a time
readBank warns of deposit-slip scam
07-11-2007
STANDARD Bank Namibia and DHL Namibia would like to bring to make the general public aware of the latest deposit-slip scam that has been circulating in the Namibia network, especially during the
read'Appropriate for SA to raise rates'
07-11-2007
PRETORIA - Tighter monetary policy in South Africa and other emerging market economies was "very appropriate" given the upside risks to inflation, a senior International Monetary Fund official said on
readGold rallies to record high
07-11-2007
SINGAPORE - Gold rallied to its highest in nearly three decades yesterday after crude oil jumped more than a dollar on supply concerns, and dealers said worries in the US credit market will also
readJamaican held for 19 months Detained without charge in Windhoek
07-11-2007
AN elderly man has been held at the Windhoek Central Prison since March last year without once having made an appearance in court.According to sources at the prison, Norman Escofrey allegedly tried to
readJob losses loom at Keetmans abattoir
07-11-2007
THERE is no guarantee that workers at Karas Abattoir and Tannery Processors (KAT) will have jobs after the New Year.KAT's majority shareholder, the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) last
readSuspect recalls beer, whiskey - but not shooting
07-11-2007
MURDER suspect Gert Hermanus ('Hansie') Losper cannot remember shooting dead his wife at Karibib in December 2004, it was claimed at the start of Losper's trial in the High Court in Windhoek this
readThe other side of the Mix Camp coin
07-11-2007
A GROUP of people, calling themselves the Emmarentia-Brakwater Residents' Committee, say the squatters at Mix Camp are making life difficult for them.The group, most of whom own land near the Mix
readEliminating the fear factor from epilepsy
07-11-2007
WHEN Else Eiseb was 12 she had her first seizure and at age 13 she was diagnosed with epilepsy.Today she is a mother of two small children and a successful businesswoman who has learned to live with
readBig Issue rewards top vendor
07-11-2007
STREET vendor and mother of four Elfrieda Hochobes has won this year's Big Issue and First National Bank (FNB) Vendor of the Year competition for the colourful beaded accessories she designs.Her prize
readUnam probes fraud
07-11-2007
AN EMPLOYEE of the University of Namibia (Unam) has been suspended because of allegations that she had tampered with student marks.She is alleged to have fixed the year marks of an unknown number of
readUnam probes fraud
07-11-2007
AN EMPLOYEE of the University of Namibia (Unam) has been suspended because of allegations that she had tampered with student marks.She is alleged to have fixed the year marks of an unknown number of
readTanzanian stowaways held at Walvis Bay
07-11-2007
TWO Tanzanian stowaways were arrested at Walvis Bay on Saturday, the Police reported yesterday.They were found hiding on board the vessel Asean Sea 01, which had arrived from Saldanha Bay in South
readNo rain today
07-11-2007
THERE will be little chance of rain in southern and central Namibia today, says the Windhoek Weather Bureau.Forecaster Olga Tjiueza said yesterday afternoon that the upper-air trough that brought good
readMemorial service for murder victim
07-11-2007
ABOUT 200 bereaved friends, colleagues and relatives gathered yesterday at the memorial service of the educator who was brutally murdered in her house in Keetmanshoop's Westdene residential area over
readInsurance industry catches flak
07-11-2007
ALLEGED racist remarks and allegations of self-enrichment at the cost of the poor majority dominated a public parliamentary hearing on the role of insurance companies in Namibia yesterday."Insurance
readSuspect's death ends triple murder trial
07-11-2007
THE case in which a Kavango Region resident was accused of murdering three people - including her mother-in-law and two small children - through arson almost five years ago made a final return to the
readOngeshefa yomashina ya yugwa pOmbaye
07-11-2007
O OKASTOMA hamano ndhoka dha li pongeshefa yimwe yomashina po Walvis Bay mOmaandaha odha ningi aayugi.Aalumentu mboka oya kala nokudhana omashina mongeshefa yedhina La Lainya mondoolopa ndjoka
readOtatu ungaunga nomaudhano mokati kaagundjuka
07-11-2007
O club yedhina Sun Shine Club yomOshakati mehuliloshiwike lyeti 28 Oktoba 2007 oya li ya longekidha po uudhano wethigathanopo mokumatuka iinano iile, nelalakano lyokutotha mo aagundjuka yomoNooli ya
readOmakuti ga gamenwa mOshitopolwa sha Kavango otaga ka tulwa iiyamakuti
07-11-2007
R UNDU - Iiyamakuti kumwe ayiehe yi i 75 otayi ka topolelwa omakuti gaali ga gamenwa moshitopolwa sha Kavango.Iinamwenyo mbika oya thikama po nee mooholongo dhi li 50 nuushumba u li 25 na otayi ka
readHOPE a pewa N$60 000 ku MTC
07-11-2007
O PROYEKA ndjoka hayi ungaunga nomukithi omudhipagi gwo HIV-AIDS mokati koshigwana, unene tuu shoka shomOmusati okuzilila moDAPP ya Namibia pOnambelela mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, mOlyomakaya
readEpukululo Moshifo shetu sheti
07-11-2007
26 Oktoba 2007, pehokololo li li pepandja eti 31 kohi yoshipalanyolo tashi ti "Aakatoolika yomOkakekete ya mona Ongeleka ompe" omwa popiwa Omudiakoni Josef Naunyango.Keshi Josef Naunyango, ihe oku na
readOngundu yoRDP oyi na iilyo yi li 700
07-11-2007
O NKUNDANA kombinga yopaati ompe yopapolitika ndjoka ya totwa po omasiku ngaka mu Namibia, oya taambiwako nomaiyuvo ga yoolokathana - ashike, onohokwe onene.Omanga oongundu dhopapolitika dha pata
readOpolisi mu Italy ya kwata po aawiliki yOomafia
07-11-2007
P ALERMO - Salvatero Lo Piccolo, ngoka Ompangu ya Mengstrata yi na eitaalo ndika kutya oye omuwiliko omupe gwOomafia dhehangano lyOomafia lyedhina Sicilian Mafia, okwa kwatwa po mOmaandaha kOpolisi
readWarriors to face Egypt, Senegal
07-11-2007
THE Brave Warriors will test themselves against two of Africa's football powerhouses in the form of Egypt and Senegal days before the start of the African Nations Cup in Ghana early next year.The
readWorld Sport Briefs Blatter singles out England for 2018
07-11-2007
KUALA LUMPUR - Fifa president Sepp Blatter yesterday singled out England as a potential World Cup 2018 host but said other countries from Asia, Europe and the Americas also had a good chance."England
readLofty-Eaton is best NWF wrestler
07-11-2007
THE Namibia Wrestling Federation (NWF) crowned Martin Lofty-Eaton as its top wrestler for 2007 at the weekend.The federation held a year-end function for its top wrestlers and categories included the
readBlatter on foreign domination
07-11-2007
KUALA LUMPUR - Fifa president Sepp Blatter is working with the European Union on plans to reduce the number of overseas players dominating teams in leagues across Europe.Speaking to reporters in the
readEx-Bok skipper Skinstad retires
07-11-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African rugby captain Bob Skinstad announced his retirement yesterday, ending a short-lived comeback which saw him land a World Cup winners' medal with the Springboks last
readUnited look for early entry
07-11-2007
LONDON - Everything is coming together nicely for Manchester United and they could secure Champions League progress with two games to spare by beating Dynamo Kiev in Group F tonight.Kiev, without a
readWarriors Supporters called for Ghana trip
07-11-2007
THE Brave Warriors Supporters' Club will launch its 'Ghana Here We Come' campaign at the Safari Court Hotel today.It starts at 11h00 in the Kuiseb Room, number 2. The public is invited to attend the
readNamibia to host Olympic qualifiers
07-11-2007
NAMIBIA will host the second and final African boxing qualifying competition for the 2008 Olympic Games in March 2008.This was said by the Namibian Amateur Boxing Federation president Kelly
read'Paparazzi won't be compelled to appear'
07-11-2007
LONDON - French authorities have reaffirmed that they will not compel paparazzi photographers to appear at the British inquest into the death of Princess Diana, the coroner said
readFrench 'bandits' to face trial in Chad
07-11-2007
PARIS - Chad intends to try 10 Europeans accused of abducting 103 African children, despite an appeal from French President Nicolas Sarkozy to hear the case in France, Chadian Interior Minister Ahmat
readSurgery begins on girl born with four arms and four legs
07-11-2007
BANGALORE - Doctors began operating yesterday on a two-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs in an extensive surgery that they hope will leave the girl with a normal body, a hospital
readNew court reverses anti-Musharraf ruling
07-11-2007
ISLAMABAD - Judges picked by President Pervez Musharraf to replace a mostly hostile Supreme Court bench began reversing predecessors' decisions yesterday by striking down an order declaring the
readEgyptian man to lose tongue for flirting
07-11-2007
CAIRO - A young bedouin in Egypt's Sinai peninsula has been sentenced to have his tongue cut out or hand over more camels after he made 'naughty' remarks to a shepherdess, say reports.A tent-based
read37 arrested for gay sex party
07-11-2007
Kuala Lumpur - Police in Malaysia, where sodomy is a crime, broke up a gay sex party and arrested 37 men, including a Briton and a Chinese national, a senior official said yesterday.Police, acting on
readHistoric Saudi visit to Vatican
07-11-2007
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time yesterday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to
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