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51 Articles found on Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Big Brother Africa: Let them eat minnow!
02-10-2007
FORGET the 'Fast and the Furious'. We now have the Slow and the Spurious.The last human life form has left the BBA house. With the crowd outside baying for Bertha's blood, it was gung-ho Lerato who
readBig Brother Africa: L-Boogie dishes the dirt
02-10-2007
YOU can always count on Lerato to speak her mind.She was one of those characters who really evoked strong emotions, one way or the other. She stood up for herself and never backed down from a fight.
readSMSes of the Day : Tuesday
02-10-2007
* RIRUAKO'S threats: Does it come with age or what? It seems the older our leaders become, the more immature their comments! What difficult situation are we in after 103 years? Stop painting a bad
readAn Assessment of NWR Resorts
02-10-2007
NWR recently upgraded its resorts to coincide with the centenary celebrations of Etosha National Park.The upgrade is still underway but most of the accommodation has been completed. My wife and I have
readOutapi Women Are Oppressed
02-10-2007
I COME from Outapi, capital of the Omusati Region and heart of Owamboland.It is full of culture, tradition, and oppression. It is time more public attention is given to Outapi. Thanks to the courage
readTribute To Sizimbo
02-10-2007
FRANCIS Fani Sizimbo was laid to rest on the 7th of September 2007, after being ill.He was buried in Botswana's Dukwe refugee camp, where he was exiled as a Namibian refugee. Francis Sizimbo, a former
readRace for oil pumps up deadly Uganda-Congo tension
02-10-2007
KAMPALA - On the murky waters of Lake Albert, a deadly new race for energy resources is fanning tension in a region already scarred by genocide and a conflict known as "Africa's World War".Uganda and
readLiving it up on Cairo rooftops
02-10-2007
CAIRO - Like thousands of other people in Cairo, Ashraf Ali, 33, has lived his whole life on a downtown roof.Seven floors above the dirt and din of Cairo's streets, he enjoys a cool September breeze
readHeavy investment needed in agriculture
02-10-2007
AN investment of around N$886 million and much work, mainly in expansion and marketing, still needs to be done by both the Government and the private sector to unleash the potential of the
readNew IMF chief attacks nomination process
02-10-2007
PARIS - New IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn yesterday attacked the system for deciding the top jobs at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.Under a longstanding agreement, the United States
readOil eases towards US$81 per barrel
02-10-2007
LONDON - Oil slipped towards US$81 a barrel yesterday as investors took profits from near-record highs, but a weak dollar helped stem losses sparked by worries of an economic slowdown in top consumer
readNew ways to boost African trade
02-10-2007
DAR ES SALAAM - Africa is seeing its strongest economic growth since the 1970s, but this is largely driven by booming commodity prices and the continent needs targeted help to expand trade, a regional
readCrunch time for Swapo
02-10-2007
SPARKS were expected to fly last night at a Swapo Politburo emergency meeting - reportedly called to prevent a mass expulsion of senior party members ranking from senior Cabinet ministers to members
readHuman bones found in Karas
02-10-2007
POLICE in the Karas Region have opened an inquest docket after they found human bones believed to be those of a woman.Nampol's Deputy Commissioner Josephat Abel yesterday said the skeleton was
readBeleaguered Dirk family hit by fatal car accident
02-10-2007
A DEADLY car accident close to Namibia's southern border late on Sunday added to the series of misfortunes with which the family that owns one of Namibia's largest importers and distributors of fresh
read'Etosha not only pride and joy'
02-10-2007
GOVERNMENT has been urged to come up with a method of compensating communities living close to parks, whose properties are destroyed by wild animals.The call was made by Oshikoto Governor Penda ya
readStandoff at Shamvura Camp in Kavango
02-10-2007
THE SHAMVURA Camp in the Kavango Region has strongly dismissed allegations levelled against its manager, Mark Paxton, by some community members that he is a suspect in a murder investigation, acts
readEmvula rejects rumours of Walvis CEO job
02-10-2007
NAMIBIA'S Ambassador to Ethiopia, Wilfred Emvula, has dismissed rumours that is set to become the next CEO of the Walvis Bay Town Council.Emvula's denial follows rumours doing the rounds in municipal
readNamibia and Angola meet on defence
02-10-2007
DEFENCE and security officials of Namibia and Angola are expected to meet in southern Angola today to discuss cross-border crimes, the trafficking of goods, cattle rustling and vehicle theft.The 14th
readMan beaten up with brake drum
02-10-2007
A 19-year-old resident of Ongandjera is recovering in hospital after being beaten over the head with a brake drum on Friday afternoon.Police say the incident happened at the Okasati Workshop at
readMP worried about prostitution in the Karas Region
02-10-2007
SOME girls at Aussenkehr in the Karas Region are at risk of contracting HIV-AIDS because they engage in prostitution, the Deputy Chairperson of the National Council said yesterday.Margaret
readHishoono squeaks in as Elders Council SG
02-10-2007
THE long-serving Secretary General of the Swapo Elders Council, Kanana Hishoono, was re-elected on Sunday, winning by just two votes.The party's Elders Council held its fourth ordinary congress since
readAir pollution from Van Eck station 'OK'
02-10-2007
THE thick, black smoke rising from the coal-fired Van Eck power station in Windhoek for the past few weeks is no health risk, and within the acceptable limits of the World Health Organisation (WHO),
readGlass flies as landlord loses his cool
02-10-2007
FRICTION between a landowner and his tenants in Windhoek had neighbours staring in astonishment on Sunday night and yesterday afternoon, as both sides went to extreme measures to prove a point to one
readICC submission 'dead in the water'
02-10-2007
THERE is an overwhelming likelihood that the National Society for Human Rights' (NSHR) submission to the International criminal Court to hold former President Sam Nujoma accountable for missing people
readIikunino yiiyamakuti nayi kwatwe nawa
02-10-2007
poNAMUTONI I IKUNINO yiiyamakuti yopashigwana ngashi shoka sha Etosha National Park, oyi na okukwatwa nawa na omauwanwa ngoka haga zi mo okupitila momatalelopo oge na okupewa Aanamibia ayehe.Shika
readIiponga oyindji niinene yiihauto mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko mOshakati
02-10-2007
E HULILOSHIWIKE lya zi ko mOshakati omwa li iiponga oyindji lela yiihauto moka mu shimwe mwa sile omuntu noyendji yeehamekwa nokutaambelwa moshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati.mOndjila onene ya Mafo na
readKoomvula 12 ka ningila hekulu oshipotha
02-10-2007
O KAKADHONA kamwe komOmbaye koomvula 12, oka ningile hekulu oshipotha shekwatonkonga.Hekulu nguka oye wo aniwa e ka thikamena, pahokololo lyOpolisi, okakadhona haka okwa kala nokulala nako koonkondo
readRiruako a londodha ofamili ya Von Trotha
02-10-2007
E TALELOPO lyaakwanezimo yOndjayi yiita kwali (yokundowishi) ndjoka tayi ya okutalelapo Namibia - oya ningilwa omatilitho komuwiliki gwAaherero.Ofamili ndjika yaangoka a li nale Ondjayi yiita pethimbo
readDJ poRehoboth a pewa egeelo lyondholongo yoomvula 15
02-10-2007
O MUKWASHIGWANA gumwe gwopoRehoboth ngoka mepipi lyomimvo 36 e shi pondola oku kala he yuunona omugoyi, okwa pewa egeelo lyomimvo omulongo nantano konima yekumba konima sho a monika ondjo mOmpangu
readMboka taya yonagulilwa omaliko gawo kiiyamakuti naya futwe, Ya Ndakolo ta ti
02-10-2007
E PANGELO nali konge po omukalo gwokufuta aantu mboka ye li pooha niikunino yiiyamakuti, uuna omaliko gawo ga yonagulwapo kiiyamakuti.Eindilo ndika olya ningwa ku Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Shikoto
readOta ku ningwa onkambadhala okuyumudhapo ehangano lya
02-10-2007
KDT O TA KU ningwa oonkambadhala okuyumudhapo ehangano lya Karas Development Trus (KDT.Oonkambadhala dhotango okuninga ngaaka odha tokolwa poshigongiilonga, sha li sha ningwa paimangokumwe nehangano
readBotha injury sours Boks win over US
02-10-2007
MONTPELLIER - South Africa paid a high price for their 64-15 win over the United States on Sunday with prop BJ Botha almost certain to be ruled out of the rest of the World Cup after injuring his
readMinor nations light up the World Cup
02-10-2007
MONTPELLIER - A series of unexpected results during the pool stages have lit up the World Cup and given fresh heart to the minor nations.The 2007 tournament has proved a delightful advance on the
readSouth Africa dominates African States Bowls tourney
02-10-2007
SOUTH Africa dominated the African States Bowls tournament that finished in Windhoek at the end of last week.South Africa won the men's and women's overall titles as well as several other gold medals
readTobias carves future for Namibian pro boxers
02-10-2007
WINDHOEK - He grew up wanting to be a soccer player or a karate kid due to the many Bruce Lee films that he had seen, but it was the boxing bug that bit Edundja-born Nestor Tobias.He has since
readNgwenya burns off Habana
02-10-2007
MONTPELLIER - American radiology student Takudzwa Ngwenya can expect an upsurge in interest from European clubs after he exposed Springbok speedster Bryan Habana for pace with a sensational try at the
readRhythmic gymnasts off to SA Champs
02-10-2007
WINDHOEK - A 28-member team of the Namibian Gymnastics Federation (NGF) will take part in the South African National Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics from Wednesday to Saturday in Pretoria this
readSKW are volleyball champs
02-10-2007
SKW's men's side and DTS's women won the Namibia National Volleyball Club Championships at the SKW Hall in Windhoek on Sunday.In the women's final, DTS beat Elegance in four sets to lift the trophy.
readFedics fail in first league tie
02-10-2007
KEETMANSHOOP-based Fedics United's first Premier League tie got off to a bad start when they lost 3-1 to Ramblers at the Keetmanshoop Showgrounds on Saturday.Fedics' lanky striker, Lotten 'Ras'
readWomen's teams fail to pitch
02-10-2007
SIX teams of the Khomas Women's Football League (KWFL) failed to pitch for their season-opening matches at Rehoboth at the weekend, with the exception of Poly Babes and Rehoboth Queens who honoured
readAnderson PS keeps title
02-10-2007
ONGWEDIVA - The Ongwediva-based Charles Anderson Primary School (PS) successfully defended their Santam under-15 Regional Football Cup during the competition's finals held at Ongwediva over the
readIita, Helaria, dominate Victory races
02-10-2007
REINHOLD Iita and Helaria Johannes retained their Old Mutual Victory Races titles when they won the senior men and women's categories in Windhoek on Saturday.Iita, one of the country's most prolific
readMichael Evans, star on popular soapie
02-10-2007
BRITISH-BORN actor Michael Evans, who wooed Audrey Hepburn on Broadway in 'Gigi' and was the best friend to a billionaire on the soap opera 'The Young and the Restless', has died.He was 87. From 1980
readMilan Jelic, President of Bosnian Serb republic
02-10-2007
MILAN JELIC, president of Bosnia's Serb Republic, died of a heart attack on Sunday after less than a year on the job, the prime minister said.He was 51. Jelic suffered a heart attack while watching a
readKenya polls: 'No to violence'
02-10-2007
NAIROBI - Two dozen foreign embassies in Kenya called yesterday for 'zero tolerance' on campaign violence as elections loom in the east African nation where national votes seldom pass without
readTaliban executes two 'US spies'
02-10-2007
Kandahar - Taliban militants hanged a teenager found with a five-dollar note and separately beheaded a villager after accusing both of spying for US forces, Afghan officials said yesterday.The rebels
readIsrael frees dozens of jailed Palestinian prisoners
02-10-2007
Beitunya - Israel freed dozens of jailed Palestinians yesterday to try to bolster support for President Mahmoud Abbas against his Islamist rival Hamas ahead of a US-sponsored conference on Palestinian
read1 000+ missing in Myanmar
02-10-2007
Bangkok - With protests quashed and many monasteries empty, fears are growing for those who have disappeared into Myanmar's grim prisons in recent days as rights groups say more than 1 000 are
readThai coup general quits position
02-10-2007
THE general who has headed the military council which has effectively run Thailand since a bloodless coup last year has stepped down from his post.General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who helped depose
readVolcano erupts off Yemen
02-10-2007
SANAA - At least eight Yemeni soldiers were killed in a volcanic eruption on an island off the country's Red Sea Coast, the government said yesterday.The volcano erupted late on Sunday, spewing lava
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