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43 Articles found on Wednesday, 3 October 2007
BBA needs the kiss of life!
03-10-2007
IF you needed evidence of how dead the house can be and might continue to be until the end of the show, Monday night was a prime example.After the nominations were announced, Bertha and Kwaku (the
readSMSes of the Day : Wednesday
03-10-2007
* ABOUT free speech and insulted leaders. The old leaders always have the bad habit of being offended easily when truth is spoken. Why cry on their behalf? Better to cry for the people who, 17 years
readQuirky SMSes
03-10-2007
* BB let's make a nice surprise for the housemates - bring in Richard's wife just for two hours!! * Queen Lerato please run for Presidency! * Pumpkins are now left in the BB House. Blah ... blah ...
readAustralia cuts back on African refugees
03-10-2007
SYDNEY - Australia has slashed the number of African refugees admitted into the country, partly because many have problems settling into the community, the government said yesterday.Over the past two
readMulti-million-dollar shopping mall for Rundu
03-10-2007
CHINESE construction company Galaxy Shopping Mall CC has announced it will be developing a new, multi-million-dollar shopping mall at Rundu.Construction on the property started in July and completion
readSouth Korea signs South Africa coal deal
03-10-2007
SEOUL - At least two South Korean power companies have signed contracts for 1,25 million tonnes of South African coal in 2008 from more than one supplier, industry sources said yesterday.State-run
readUganda says floods won't hit growth forecast
03-10-2007
DAR ES SALAAM - Uganda will meet its seven per cent economic growth target for the 2007/08 financial year despite floods ravaging northern and eastern parts of the east African country, its finance
readLonrho buys control of Zim firms
03-10-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Investment firm Lonrho Plc has taken control of Zimbabwean telecoms firm Celsys and chemicals manufacturer Gardoserve by buying an 80 per cent stake in Blueberry International for
readDow soars to record as credit worries ease
03-10-2007
NEW YORK - US stocks surged on Monday, sending the Dow to a record close on the first day of the fourth quarter, as investors bet that Wall Street may have seen the worst of the credit squeeze after
readNujoma 'not at Omusati meeting'
03-10-2007
THE office of former President Sam Nujoma took exception to a sentence in a story that appeared on the front page of The Namibian on Monday, where it was said he had attended a meeting in the Omusati
readVon Trotha issue heats up debate in Parliament
03-10-2007
HERERO Chief Kuaima Riruako came under fire in Parliament yesterday over negative remarks about a visiting family from Germany, who are in Namibia to contribute to reconciliation.Members of the Von
readNujoma springs a surprise
03-10-2007
SWAPO President Sam Nujoma caught the party's Politburo offguard when he announced on Monday that he would vacate the presidency, party sources said yesterday.And at least one political analyst
readThreats made me confess: suspect
03-10-2007
"I WAS scared to death."So claimed child rape and murder suspect Lesley Kukame in the High Court in Windhoek this week, when he testified before Judge Kato van Niekerk in a bid to prevent evidence
readKatiti wanted N$4,4 million
03-10-2007
FORMER Walvis Bay CEO Augustinus Katiti, who has received a controversial N$2,8 million golden handshake, had negotiated other options with the Town Council - one of which would have entailed a N$4,4
readVon Trotha family arrives 'to reconcile'
03-10-2007
THE relatives of a German general - who a century ago issued orders to his colonial troops to exterminate the Herero tribe - say they have come to Namibia to reconcile and contribute to healing the
readHow elderly friendly is Windhoek?
03-10-2007
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the first Global Age-friendly Cities Guide, which is based on consultations with older people in 33 cities in 22 countries.The guide has identified the
readSimbra Championship at the Windhoek Show
03-10-2007
CATTLE lovers are invited to come and view the largest international Simbra cattle show today at the 2007 Windhoek Agricultural show.The Simbra International Championship is the highlight of this
readRural development should be run locally: Hakaye
03-10-2007
CONSTITUENCY Development Committees (CDCs) are better placed to come up with development projects and can best implement them, a Swapo MP in the National Council said yesterday.Therefore, Jhonny
readInsurance broker in court for fraud
03-10-2007
A 37-year-old insurance broker, Frederick Somseb, yesterday made his first appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate' s Court on a charge of fraud.The charge relates to deductions of premiums
readEx-councillor's house auctioned
03-10-2007
A FORMER local authority councillor's house at Aranos was sold on auction for N$5 000 yesterday because of an unpaid damages order of N$25 000 dating back to 1999.Edward Hochobeb, who previously
readOshakati street vendors removed
03-10-2007
A NUMBER of street vendors along Augustino Neto Street in Oshakati were removed by Police after they refused to vacate their stands.Last week, the vendors were ordered to move by Monday because of
readTruckers 'driving sex trade'
03-10-2007
TRUCK drivers at the Oshikango border post in northern Namibia have made the town a den of prostitution, a Swapo Member of Parliament told the National Council yesterday.Truck drivers, said Margaret
readNamdeb dismisses two for theft of 'glitter' gravel
03-10-2007
TWO Namdeb employees are fighting a decision by the mining company to fire them after they were recently found guilty of stealing about 60 kilograms of diamondiferous gravel from a mining site at
readMensah-Williams i ikwata onkalo yuumbwanda wuukadhona pu Aussenkehr
03-10-2007
A ANONA yaakadhona yamwe moshitopolwa sha Karas oye li moshiponga oshinene shokukwatwa komukithi gwoHIV-AIDS molwashoka oye li taya landitha omalutu gawo, Omunashipundi gwOlaata yOpashigwana osho a
readOshipotha sha NSHR ku ICC 'osha sa thilu'
03-10-2007
O SHIPOTHA shoka Ehangano lyopashigwana egameni lyuuthemba womuntu nenge tutye National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) lya fala kOmpangu yIikiliminola wOpaigwana lya hala ngoka a li nale
readAapolisi 62 mOshana ya pewa oombandi
03-10-2007
A APOLISI ayehe kumwe ye li omilongo hamano nayaali (62) yomOshitopolwa shOpolisi sha Shana, oya pewa Oombandi nOonkatu oompe miilonga yawo kOmukuluntu gwOpolisi moNamibia, Inspekta-Ndjayi Sebastian
readMeekulu Sipora Weyulu-Dan a ninga Elenga enene lyoshikandjo sha Haingu
03-10-2007
pOHAINGU M EE Ndatyooli Sipora Weyulu-Dan omasiku ga zi ko okwa ulikwa kOhamba yAukwanyama meekulu Martha Mwadinomho ya Kristian Nelumbu a ninge Elenga enene lyOshikandjo shUulenga shaHaingu
readAll Blacks will be all grey against France
03-10-2007
CARDIFF - The All Blacks will have to wear their change strip of grey in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against France after losing the coin toss to decide shirt colours for the match, according
readBoks warned against complacency
03-10-2007
MONTPELLIER - South Africa coach Jake White has warned his players not to even think about winning the World Cup despite getting what appears an easy path to the final.The Springboks are now odds-on
readCrunch time for Wallabies
03-10-2007
MARSEILLE - The Wallabies will know on Saturday whether they are on their stated way to becoming the best pack in world rugby when they take on England's mighty forwards in their World Cup
readNPL to probe BA Pirates match
03-10-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Premier League (NPL) is awaiting a report on the Black Africa / Orlando Pirates match played last week Friday at the Sam Nujoma Stadium.NPL League administrator Joshua //Hoebeb
readWalvis Bay wins Inter Municipal Games
03-10-2007
WINDHOEK - The Walvis Municipality won the Southern African Inter Municipal (SAIM) Games held at the coastal town recently.Walvis Bay Municipality emerged as the overall winner with gold medals for
readCivics scoop under-17 league title
03-10-2007
CIVICS I won the inaugural Khomas Under-17 League title when they beat Collin Benjamin Soccer Academy 2-1 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium at the weekend.In a match of fine technical skills on both sides,
readAvram faces tough Euro test
03-10-2007
PARIS - Chelsea's under-fire new manager Avram Grant will face his first European test tonight away to Valencia who are keen to avenge last season's quarter-final loss in the European Champions
readKallis dream comes true in Pakistan
03-10-2007
KARACHI - South African star Jacques Kallis said yesterday he had surpassed his boyhood dream of scoring 25 Test hundreds after his latest effort put his team in command in the first Test against
readIsaacs with Warriors
03-10-2007
BRAVE Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile has announced a squad of 29 players, including mercurial midfielder Heini Isaacs, ahead of the Fifa international friendly against Morocco in Casablanca on October
readBritney loses custody of her kids
03-10-2007
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears hit another personal low, being ordered to relinquish her children by a judge who had cited her drug-and-alcohol-fuelled lifestyle.Ex-husband Kevin Federline will take
readNew name for NWest municipality
03-10-2007
Johannesburg - The Southern District Municipality in the North West would be named after the former Zambian president Dr Kenneth Kaunda, the municipality said yesterday.The council passed a resolution
readAmish quietly remember shooting
03-10-2007
NICKEL MINES - Amish families sang hymns and prayed on Monday to mark the first anniversary of a massacre at a one-room schoolhouse that threw the rural, traditional-living community into chaos.State
readDiana inquest opens
03-10-2007
LONDON - An inquest into the death of Princess Diana opened yesterday, 10 years after she was killed in a Paris car crash, with her lover's father convinced that the British royal family ordered the
read'Myanmar Govt must be accountable'
03-10-2007
GENEVA - The top UN-human rights official yesterday told an emergency session of the world body that the government of Myanmar must be held to account for its 'shocking response' to peaceful
readNorth and South Korea meet
03-10-2007
SEOUL - North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il unexpectedly welcomed visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun, raising hopes for a summit aimed at ending half a century of hostility.Division
readBritain to cut Basra troops by 1 000
03-10-2007
BASRA - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday that 500 more soldiers would be home from the unpopular war in Iraq by the end of the year, fuelling speculation he may soon call a
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