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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Big Brother Africa: Maureen walks the talk!
30-10-2007
HOW did it feel to step out of the BB house after three months of having very little contact with the outside world? Oh WOW! It was so crazy.I really did not know what to expect. It was shocking,
readSMSes of the Day : Tuesday
30-10-2007
* WHY I consider Ben Bamfuchile the best: Ever since he took over as the Brave Warriors' coach, the team has been and still is climbing the Fifa rankings. We are now on the 101 spot in the world and
readBig Brother Africa: Quirky SMSes from the BBA strip
30-10-2007
* I WOULD also have liked a man to win (BBA) this time. Unfortunately there is no man left in the house.* AFTER Saturday, Richard can only be described as a Richtard. * HYPOCRITES! When Lerato saved
readCatch A Wake-Up
30-10-2007
I HAD a good belly laugh at Trevor Manuel's (Finance Minister for South Africa) expense.He expressed annoyance at the fact that Western countries were plundering Africa's talent pool. His suggested
readComments On Small Stock Report Dispute
30-10-2007
THE Abattoir Association of Namibia (AAN) reacted vehemently to the draft report of a consultancy team of PriceWaterhouseCoopers on certain aspects of the Namibian Small Stock Marketing Scheme.Their
readTraffic Light Blues
30-10-2007
DRIVING to school every morning for 12 years and now to work I've experienced the steadily increasing traffic in our city: every year there are a few more cars on the road.Our roads are some of the
readIndia sets up panel on land reforms
30-10-2007
NEW DELHI - The Indian government said yesterday it would set up a special panel on land reforms after thousands of poor and landless people converged on the capital to press for land rights.An
readAfrica seeks to 'get connected' at Kigali meet
30-10-2007
KIGALI - African leaders and technology experts met yesterday in Rwanda to discuss plans to boost the continent's development by securing universal Internet access by 2012.Several heads of state
readAngola forecasts GDP growth of 16,2 per cent
30-10-2007
LUANDA - Angola's oil-based economy was forecast to expand by 16,2 per cent in 2008, with inflation expected steady at 10 per cent, the government said.The finance ministry said in a statement
readAfrica mobile firms to invest US$50b
30-10-2007
NAIROBI - Sub-Saharan Africa's GSM mobile industry plans to invest US$50 billion over five years to expand networks and upgrade services, an industry official said yesterday."That puts Africa probably
readFirst NDTC gems sale
30-10-2007
THREE weeks since it named its first 11 sightholders, the Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) yesterday conducted its first diamond sale to selected local diamond cutting and polishing companies.A
readEnforce HIV tests: Official
30-10-2007
THE present system of voluntary HIV-AIDS testing should be made compulsory in future since a rather low percentage of the population goes for testing, participants at a national planning conference
readUnam gives Govt bursary holders a welcome break
30-10-2007
WITH the year-end examinations starting next week, the University of Namibia (Unam) has decided to relax its stance on students studying on Government loans and bursaries, who until a week ago were
readMurder suspect shares strange visions with court
30-10-2007
IN the week before he killed a neighbour with a panga, murder suspect Vilho Nghidimbwasha saw strange sights - including people growing ever taller and levitating while their ears grew longer "like
readToivo has no plans to form new party
30-10-2007
VETERAN Swapo politician Andimba Toivo ya Toivo says he has no ambitions to launch a new political party or to be part of such a group.Toivo's name had recently been linked to others said to be
readHave you seen the light yet?
30-10-2007
THE 'See Watt you save' campaign kicked off in Windhoek yesterday.This is an initiative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Electricity Control Board and NamPower. The three organisations are
readWoman dies in childbirth
30-10-2007
A 35-year-old woman from a village near Outapi died during childbirth on Sunday.The woman, Maria Johannes, died at her home village of Omindamba in Uukolonkadhi, Police report. * An 18-year-old woman
readKombat mine resurfaces after years under water
30-10-2007
WEATHERLY International PLC says it has started production at the Kombat underground mine as scheduled.The AIM-listed integrated base metals producer, which took over the mine from Ongopolo, said it
readAir Nam increases flights
30-10-2007
AIR NAMIBIA has added more flights to its Ondangwa, Katima Mulilo, Maun, Victoria Falls and Frankfurt routes.The airline said this was necessitated by high demand. The increased frequencies of flights
readCity denies ignoring Cabinet order
30-10-2007
TODAY'S renaming of Windhoek's Krupp Street to Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Street is not "a decision to rename a street" but "to mark the implementation" of a council decision taken long before the Cabinet
readBitter fruit at farming project
30-10-2007
THE Naute Fruit Farms Project, a subsidiary of the Namibia Development Corporation, has been accused of inadequate financial controls by the Office of the Auditor General.In its audit report, the
readCourt leaves its stamp on post office robbery man
30-10-2007
THE only suspect prosecuted in connection with an alleged armed robbery at a NamPost branch at Windhoek's Maerua Mall shopping centre in January 2003 was convicted in the Windhoek Regional Court on
readMunyama ota ka pangulwa mu Novemba
30-10-2007
NGOKA a li nale Omukuluntuwiliki gwehangano etumumawi mombepo lya Namibia nenge tutye Namibian Broadcusting Corporation (NBC), Gerry Munyama ota ka pangulilwa iipotha yekengelelo, uulingili niifundja
readOonkonga ndatatu dha lopotwa kOpolisi
30-10-2007
O KAMATYONA koomvula 10 naakiintu yaali aagundjuka oya ningi iihakanwa yoonkonga mbyoka ya lopotwa kOpolisi ya Namibia mEtine lya zi ko.Ongundu yaalumentu po Tony Rust Race Track yi li kuuninginino
readElunduluko monkalo yombepo olyoshili, omukulupe Mbambangandu ta ti
30-10-2007
pu GOVE OMUWILIKI gwopamuthigululwakalo gumwe moshitopolwa sha Kavango okwa ti osho shili kutya onkalo yombepo oya lunduluka na shika otashi monikila miinima oyindji.Omukulupe Napenda Mbambangandu,
readYaheyali ya kanitha oomwenyo dhawo mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko
30-10-2007
A ANTU yaheyali oya dhipagwa paukiliminola, pamaidhipag nenge pamaso gaashi gopauntshitwe moshitopolwa sha Karas na Khomas mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko.Oshinima shika osha holoka puuyelele molopota
readOondingosho dhimwe, ohadhi landitha ookoondoma dhoshaliK
30-10-2007
ONYALA tata lyoondingosho dhomoSwakopmund ndhoka hadhi pewa ookoondoma okuza komahangano gaashi gopapangelo nelalakano okukondjitha ombuto yoHIV, ohaya landitha ookoondoma ndhoka koonakudhilongitha -
readOondjindikila odha eta onkalo odhigu mu Zim, Pohamba na Dos Santos taya ti
30-10-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE gwa Angola nogwa Namibia oya ninga eindilo ye li ukitha kiilongo yokwEeuropa nosho wo mbyoka yokuuninginino kutya nayi kuthe po oondjindikila ndhoka ya ningile Zimbabwe.Jose Eduardo Dos
readWenger talks up Arsenal's chances
30-10-2007
LIVERPOOL - Arsenal proved their Premier League title-winning credentials with their performance in Sunday's 1-1 draw at Liverpool, manager Arsene Wenger said.The Gunners came from behind to take a
readBoston beat Colorado for Series sweep
30-10-2007
DENVER - The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Sunday to win the World Series in their second four-game sweep of the Fall Classic in four years.Starter Jon Lester took the win, Jonathan
readHamburg close in on Bayern
30-10-2007
BERLIN - Bayern Munich had to settle for a goalless draw away to Borussia Dortmund on Sunday, leaving the way clear for Hamburg SV to cut their lead to four points with a 1-0 win at Duisburg.Bayern
readKashela to fight in Maputo
30-10-2007
DANNY-BOY Kashela (19) of Swakopmund will fight in his fifth professional bout in Maputo, Mozambique, on Saturday.The tough young boxer will be facing Mozambican boxer Antonio Parole in a junior
readSouth Africa win one-day series in Pakistan
30-10-2007
LAHORE - Pakistan lost their last six wickets for 20 runs as South Africa won the fifth and final one-day international by 14 runs yesterday to win the series 3-2.Pakistan were bowled out for 219 in
readKotze praises 'marvellous' bowlers
30-10-2007
BJORN Kotze, the Namibia captain, described the efforts of his fast bowlers as "marvellous" following their impressive eight-wicket win over Canada in the ICC Intercontinental Cup opener at Windhoek
readKiddie Sport opening
30-10-2007
The Kiddie Sport Demonstrations started at the National Tennis Stadium yesterday and will continue till Thursday.The Kiddie Sport programme is organised by veteran tennis player Amanda van Dyk and
readStrydom wins
30-10-2007
NAMIBIA'S Jurgens Strydom got off to a winning start in the first round of the ITF F1 Futures Tennis Tournament in Windhoek yesterday.Playing against the eighth-seeded Candy Idoko of Nigeria, Strydom
readMunihango misses Olympic trials
30-10-2007
TOBIAS Munihango lost before he ever set one foot in the ring.As the heavyweight hopefuls weighed in at the AIBA World Boxing Championships last week, Munihango sat cramped on an airplane - knocked
readCrumbling French churches spark unholy row
30-10-2007
VALANJOU, France - The village church and its steeple have dominated the skyline of rural France for centuries, surviving feuding warlords, foreign invasion and the upheavals of the French
readDust and promises fly on Kenya's poll trail
30-10-2007
ONGATA RONGAI, Kenya - A convoy of shiny, 4 x 4 vehicles roars into the pot-holed main street of a small town, kicking up dust and scattering people in their way.As traffic grinds to a forced halt,
readEve Labouisse, Curie's daughter
30-10-2007
NEW YORK - Eve Curie Labouisse, a journalist who wrote a best-selling biography of her mother, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, has died.She was 102. Labouisse died last week in her
readArgentina's first lady wins top job
30-10-2007
BUENOS AIRES - First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will become Argentina's first elected woman leader after easily winning a presidential vote that was largely a referendum on her husband's
readTurkish forces chase with rebels in southeast
30-10-2007
ANKARA - Government troops trapped a group of about 100 separatist Kurdish rebels in a rugged region close to Turkey's border with Iraq, after blocking all escape routes across the frontier, Turkey's
readIran accuses US
30-10-2007
WASHINGTON - UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said he had no evidence that Iran is building nuclear weapons and accused US leaders of adding 'fuel to the fire' with recent bellicose
readChad 'kidnapping' angers Sarkozy
30-10-2007
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned as illegal a bid by a French group to spirit more than 100 children out of Chad on the grounds that they were Darfur orphans in danger of being killed, his
readTearful Oprah begs forgiveness
30-10-2007
HENLEY-ON-KLIP - TV talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey had tears in her eyes as she asked parents to forgive her for alleged abuse at her girls' school here."I've disappointed you. I'm so sorry. I'm so
readSomali prime minister quits
30-10-2007
Baidoa - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi handed his resignation letter to the president yesterday, said a senior presidency official.A top aide to President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf said: "The
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