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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Big Brother Africa: The forces are aligning!
31-10-2007
THE end is nigh! And no, I'm not a prophet crying in the wilderness after BBA's 'Saturday of shame': Big Brother's into the home stretch - it's time to vote for a winner.Yip peeps, you can now start
readBig Brother Africa: Your SMSes to us
31-10-2007
* I AM absolutely disgusted the way Richard behaved himself in the BB House on Saturday.His behaviour has been shocking right throughout the whole show.* IN abusing Ofunneka and Tatiana, Richard
readSMSes of the Day : Wednesday
31-10-2007
* HURRAY! Anybody should have acknowledged by now, that good governance is achieved by listening to the voices of the people and then try their utmost to answer to their plight. What are we voting for
readMvela buys 30 per cent of Johncom
31-10-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African investment firm Mvelaphanda Group Ltd has reached agreement with fund management group Allan Gray to buy up to 30 per cent of Johnnic Communications' (Johncom) media unit,
readSA sees budget surplus over next 3 years
31-10-2007
CAPE TOWN - South Africa will record a budget surplus for the next three years due to higher than expected tax revenues and would invest more to boost infrastructure, the National Treasury said
readEnterPrize winners honoured
31-10-2007
FOUR small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were honoured for their hard work during the first EnterPrize Awards Ceremony held in Windhoek yesterday.The event was organised and sponsored by Old
readEU, Central Africa trade talks drag on
31-10-2007
BRUSSELS - EU talks aimed at striking trade deals with Central African countries before the end of the year may drag on for several more weeks as the two sides set up a "task force" to plan the way
readFish firm uses 'closed period' effectively
31-10-2007
OCTOBER was a no-fishing month and the hake industry is sighing with relief as the moratorium on fishing comes to an end today.This was the second time that Government has imposed this closed period
readBody parts suspect caught
31-10-2007
THE Police yesterday arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a woman whose dismembered remains were found at Grootfontein about a month ago.An arrest was carried out at the town yesterday
readNamibia and SA 'tied together'
31-10-2007
NAMIBIA and South Africa have a shared history, having fought a 'titanic struggle' against apartheid, and their future is linked, South African President Thabo Mbeki said in the National Assembly
readLost keys delay exams at Omaruru high school
31-10-2007
MISPLACED keys to the safe containing the exam papers for Grade 10 English and Grade 12 Accounting led to a delay of up to three hours before pupils could write the tests at an Omaruru school on
readLast chance for State to wrap up Avid-SSC probe
31-10-2007
THE State was given one last chance yesterday to get its investigation of the fraud charge against Avid Investment Corporation scandal kingpin Nico Josea wrapped up by the time the case against Josea
readProgress on AA is slow to middling: EEC report
31-10-2007
MORE affirmative action reports were received during the latest period under review, the Employment Equity Commission notes in its just-released annual report.The report, tabled in the National
readPension paymasters take a break
31-10-2007
PEOPLE who receive basic State grants, pensions and disability grants will receive double payments in November.The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare says no pensions and grants will be paid out in
readYouth want to be involved in national matters
31-10-2007
THE youth wings of five political parties have called on the National Youth Council (NYC) to distribute the Vision 2030 documents to young people across the country.This call is contained in a
readToivo Street replaces Krupp Street
31-10-2007
THE City of Windhoek yesterday renamed Krupp Street in the Southern Industrial Area to Andimba Toivo ya Toivo Street.Mayor Matheus Shikongo said the renaming of the street after the former Minister of
readSuspect resisting arrest shot by Police
31-10-2007
Police at Oshakati say they were forced to shoot and wound a suspect in an assault case last Wednesday.The suspect, a 26-year-old man from Elimi village, had allegedly resisted arrest and started a
readMother gets five years for baby dumping
31-10-2007
VERONIKA Johannes (21) from Sky location at Oshakati, who dumped her baby in a pit latrine last Tuesday, was sentenced to five years in prison when she appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate's Court on
readAnimal welfare meeting in City
31-10-2007
THE World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Africa regional office based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, held a two-day workshop on dog population management in Windhoek this week.The
readHeadman believes climate change is real
31-10-2007
A VERY old traditional leader in the northwestern Kavango Region believes climate change is real.Chief Napenda Mbambangandu (109), the senior headman of Gove village, about 40 km from Rundu, says
readSuffocated by sand
31-10-2007
A 14-year-old boy at Oshingenge village in the Ohangwena Region died on Saturday after being suffocated by a heap of sand.Police report that the boy, Markus Shaanika, and five others had been digging
readTax dodger nabbed for bribery
31-10-2007
A WINDHOEK businesswoman was arrested and charged with bribery yesterday.Anti-Corruption Commission chief Paulus Noa said the arrest was made at a tourist lodge, where the suspect allegedly handed
readOn the agenda...
31-10-2007
SOUTH African President Thabo Mbeki is accompanied to Namibia by six Cabinet Ministers, among them Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin, and the
read2 Dordabis farm murder suspects deny guilt
31-10-2007
TWO men accused of robbing and murdering a Dordabis area farmer more than five years ago both pleaded not guilty when their trial finally started in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday.Moses Uirab
readOmbelewa yUuthemba wOmuntu ya kondema omatilitho koSwapo
31-10-2007
O MBELEWA yUuthemba wOmuntu moNamibia oya kondema noonkondo omathiminikotilitho, ya ti, taga ningwa kAawiliki yoSwapo mIitopolwa ngashi mwaashoka sha Musati noshowo sha Hangwena.Pamushangwa gwEhangano
readYa Toivo ke na opulanda yokutotapo opaati ompe
31-10-2007
O MUNAPOLITIKA omukuluntu gwongundu yo Swapo tatekulu Andimba Toivo ya Toivo okwa ti ye ke na opulanda yokutota po ongundu ompe yopapolitika nenge okukala e na ekwatathano nongundu yatya ngaaka.Edhina
readMeme gumwe a li a ekelahi okanona ke kokandjugo a pewa oomvula 5 mondholongo
31-10-2007
M EME omugundjuka gwoomvula 21 Veronika ya Johannes gwomolukanda lwa Skai mOshakati ashike okwa zile kOkafitu ka Sisiya kOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, ngoka a li a ekelahi okahanona ke kokandjugo
readAantu naya konakonwe HIV paveta
31-10-2007
O MUKALO ngoka tagu longithwa pethimbo gwokwiikonakonitha paiyambo kombinga yombuto yoHIV-AIDS, nagu kuthwe po e ta pu tulwa kutya omuntu kehe ni ikonakonithe molwashoka omwaalu owala omushona tagu
readWorld Cup rotation policy ended
31-10-2007
ZURICH - FIFA's executive committee has voted unanimously to end its policy of rotating the hosting of World Cups through its six continental confederations.Confirming the decision on Monday, FIFA
readSouth Africa confirm Jake White's exit
31-10-2007
SOUTH Africa have announced that Jake White will not stay as Springboks coach despite leading them to victory in the World Cup final against England.SA Rugby have drawn up a shortlist of four possible
readGolf Championship tees off at Swakop
31-10-2007
THE fourth Biennial Africa Amateur Golf Team Championship (AAGTC) teed off at the Rossmund Golf Club in Swakopmund yesterday.The Namibian team, which has ended in the top five since the inception of
readBrazil to host 2014 World Cup
31-10-2007
ZURICH - Brazil, the only bidding country, were named as the host nation of the 2014 World Cup finals by world soccer's governing body FIFA yesterday.They become the fifth country to host two World
readAkan guides FC AK to victory
31-10-2007
FORMER Orlando Pirates coach Ali Akan has made a good start at his South African Inland Stream First Division side FC AK.Despite losing one match to pace setters Dynamos, AK still boast a formidable
readNamibians eliminated at Futures tournament
31-10-2007
Two Namibian players were eliminated in the first round of the ITF Futures Tennis tournament in Windhoek yesterday.Henco Serdyn lost 6-2, 6-3 to the top-seeded Matteo Volante of Italy, while Johan
readAll set for FNB Cup semi-finals
31-10-2007
THE draw for the FNB Cup semi-finals was made in Windhoek yesterday, pitting Black Africa against Eleven Arrows and Ramblers against Cymot SKW.The semi-finals are scheduled to take place at
readLine-up for Mandela bash
31-10-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The Nelson Mandela Foundation has announced the line-up for this year's 46664 AIDS benefit concert to be held in Johannesburg, with stars such as Annie Lennox and Peter Gabriel to
readPutin calls for 'constructive' political rivalries
31-10-2007
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin, visiting a monument to victims of Josef Stalin's purges, called yesterday for political rivalries to remain "constructive" as Russia heads into a national
readAIDS virus invaded the US from Haiti in 1969: Study
31-10-2007
WASHINGTON - The AIDS virus invaded the United States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the world in a tragic epidemic,
readImmunity promised to Blackwater guards
31-10-2007
JORDAN WASHINGTON - A State Department promise of immunity to Blackwater USA bodyguards could make prosecution of last month's shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians impossible, The Associated Press
readRussia's 'chessboard' killer sentenced to life in prison
31-10-2007
MOSCOW - A former grocery store clerk who imagined he was 'almost God' as he methodically hunted and sought to kill one person for every space on a chessboard has been sentenced to life in prison for
readCancer boosts Olmert's ratings
31-10-2007
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his turbulent administration got a shot in the arm with rising approval ratings yesterday as his office projected business as usual after his cancer
readPresident launches debut album
31-10-2007
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has found a new use for his presidential pen, composing an album of 10 heartfelt songs for release across the nation this week.My Longing for
readExplosion near Musharraf's office
31-10-2007
RAWALPINDI - Police blocked a suicide bomber who blew himself up near the office of President General Pervez Musharraf, killing seven people, officials said.The blast will likely feed fears for the
readCharges filed in Chad child row
31-10-2007
ABECHE - Chad's authorities brought abduction and fraud charges yesterday against nine French and seven Spanish nationals it accused of illegally trying to fly 103 African children to Europe.A Chadian
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