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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Big Brother Africa: To be or not to B - Bertha or Lerato?
26-09-2007
OKAY people, the die's been cast.Either Bertha or Lerato will hit the road this Sunday and once again say hello to Harare or Jozi. As expected, the 'Big 5' - Offuneka, Richard, Tatiana, Maureen and
readBig Brother Africa: Funny SMSes
26-09-2007
* BERTHA must GO. If I want to watch snakes I'll switch to National Geographic.* Code, good luck. You are the loin of Africa. * IF there was a fight between Maureen and dead wood, dead wood would win
readWheat arrives in Zim to ease bread shortages
26-09-2007
HARARE - A consignment of at least 1 000 tonnes of wheat imported from Mozambique has been delivered to ease bread shortages in Zimbabwe, which is in the midst of an economic crisis, a state daily
readSA 07/08 maize area seen higher
26-09-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African farmers are expected to plant more maize during the impending 07/08 season, inspired by higher local maize prices, according to a Reuters survey.An informal poll of eight
readUK students 'least hard-working'
26-09-2007
LONDON - Research showing British students are the least hard-working in Europe rang "alarm bells" for the country's higher education policy, a leading think-tank warned yesterday.The workload and
readIMF says credit crunch to hit hardest in '08
26-09-2007
MADRID - Most of the impact of the global credit crunch will be felt in 2008 and the United States will be hardest hit, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said yesterday.World
readShopping heaven comes to Soweto
26-09-2007
SOWETO - Soweto, the vast township that was synonymous with neglect and revolt during apartheid, will become home to the largest shopping mall in the southern hemisphere this week when one of South
readWB eyes rate reduction for developing nations
26-09-2007
WASHINGTON - For the first time in almost a decade the World Bank is set to make meaningful cuts in the interest rates it charges China, Brazil, Mexico and other big developing countries, The Wall
readThighs, torso found
26-09-2007
THE remains of butchered victim Jacoba Olivier may be complete again after more human body parts were discovered at Grootfontein yesterday.Two human thighs and a torso were found at the Otjozondjupa
readMedia should help fight crime, urges Minister
26-09-2007
INFORMATION Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday called on the media and the Police to get together to discuss ways of rendering what could be Namibia's first serial killer ineffective.Speaking
readFive child rapes since weekend
26-09-2007
FIVE young girls between the ages of four and nine and a young woman were raped in Namibia over the weekend.At Grootfontein, a 28-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night after he allegedly raped a
readMariental nervously eyes the sky
26-09-2007
A CRUCIAL report on the future of Mariental is to be released next week, as the annual rainy season draws near and residents and businesses become jittery about the prospects of facing yet another
readPoly hosts major conference
26-09-2007
The Polytechnic of Namibia today hosts the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) Africon 2007 Conference.The IEEE is a forum that allows academics and professional engineers to
readCelebrating Namibian architecture
26-09-2007
OCTOBER 1 is World Day of Architecture, which is an initiative of the International Union of Architects (UIA) and is celebrated annually on the first Monday in October.The theme of this year's day is
readOx wagon makes another trek
26-09-2007
A CENTURY-OLD ox wagon was transported from Windhoek's Alte Feste Museum to the Owela Museum this week to form part of an exhibition marking the museum's centenary.The exhibition, titled 'From
readMan commits suicide
26-09-2007
A 41-year-old man, Alfred Alli from Mangetti Dune in the Tsumkwe area, allegedly committed suicide on Saturday by hanging himself from a tree with a piece of wire.* Natanael Mulangi (52) allegedly
readDay for old people
26-09-2007
ELDERLY people in the Ohangwena Region are invited to a day for old people at Ongenga village next Monday.According to the Principal Social Worker for the Ohangwena Health Region, Elina Niinkoti, 200
readPlans to revive Karas Development Trust
26-09-2007
PLANS are afoot to revive the Karas Development Trust (KDT), which has become dormant.The first steps were taken at a workshop held in collaboration with the Namaqua Diamond Fund Trust at Keetmanshoop
readWorld Tourism Day to be held at Omuthiya
26-09-2007
THE World Tourism Organisation of the United Nations (UNWTO) has been celebrating World Tourism Day on September 27 since 1980 and Namibia is marking the occasion at the tiny settlement of Omuthiya,
readNaughty boy leaves family homeless
26-09-2007
A BOY'S disobedience led to his family's shack home in Swakopmund's DRC informal settlement burning down.The boy's mother had apparently reprimanded him several times about making a fire in the
readKAT abattoir to be sold, workers up in arms
26-09-2007
KARAS Abattoir and Tannery (KAT) workers yesterday demanded the immediate removal of the company's management.The abattoir is located some 20 kilometres south of Keetmanshoop. The workers claimed that
readNew jail terms for phone scam operators
26-09-2007
BARELY three weeks before they would have been eligible for parole after more than seven years in prison, two men accused of pulling off an international phone scam at Gobabis in mid-2000 were this
readForeign Affairs Minister to UN Assembly
26-09-2007
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Marco Hausiku is in New York, where he is representing Namibia at the annual General Assembly of the United Nations on behalf of President Hifikepunye Pohamba, who is not
readCop off the hook on corruption charges
26-09-2007
A NAMPOL traffic officer, Sergeant Piet van Staden (37), was found not guilty of corruption and forgery when he appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court last week.One of the charges related to
readOtjiwarongo hospital in dark
26-09-2007
THE Otjiwarongo State Hospital, the main referral hospital in the area, was without electricity for the second day running yesterday.Patients have to make do with candlelight and cold food, while the
readBan ta ka popya na Mugabe mwene
26-09-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Amushanga-Ndjayi gwIigwanahangano Ban Ki-Moon okwa popi kutya omaupyakadhi ngoka taga inyenge mu Zimbabwe ote ke ga kundathana nOmupresidende gwoshilongo shika Robert Mugabe ye
readPaulus okwa hala okupewa ehala lyuulithilo wiimuna moofaalama
26-09-2007
O MUNAFAALAMA gumwe ngoka a lombwele The Namibian mOvenduka kutya ota mono iihuna konima sho a tidhwa mo mofaalama moka a kala ha litha iimuna ye ota ti kutya ngashiingeyi ota mono iihuna
readOmupolisikonakoni a kwatwa po
26-09-2007
O MUPOLISI ha longo moshikondo oshikonakoni shiimbuluma iinene okwa kwatw apo nokuningilwa oshipotha shi na sha neiyako mokakuma lyOmuZimbabwe gumwe a lopotelwa eyugo lyOmbaanga.OmuZimbabwe nguka okwi
readMelber a tindilwa ovisa yokuya ku Zimbabwe
26-09-2007
H ENNING Melber, ngoka e li gumwe gwomaatseyinawa miikwapolitika mu Namibia a tseyika nawa, okwa li a tindilwa opelemeta yokuya ku Zimbabwe.Melber, ngoka ngashiingeyi e li O mukuluntuwiliki gwo dag
readOshituthi shOmithigululwakalo moUnam Northern Campus mOshakati
26-09-2007
O MUKULUNTU gwOshitayi sha Unam, mOshakati, mee Paulina Uugwanga okwa tseyitha kutya mehuliloshiwike twa thinda mOshitayi sha Unam moNooli mOshakati otamu ka kala Oshituthi shOmithigululwakalo moka
readOonakulwa taya ka ninga ekanka ngele inaya mona eyamukulo lya yela
26-09-2007
O ONAKULWA aakulu mboka ye uvite nayi, mboka ya kala nokupula ya futwe oshimaliwa oshinene aniwa sho ya kutha ombinga mekondjelomanguluko lyoshilongo, oya gandja esiku lya hugunina moka ye na okukala
readGymnasts enjoy coaching by international experts
26-09-2007
CHRISTOPHE Lambert, a member of the Technical Committee of the Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG), recently shared his expertise during a four-day gymnastics training camp held at Walvis
readDStv stages superb squash tournament
26-09-2007
THIS year's DStv Namibian Open Squash Tournament was regarded as one of the best squash tournaments ever to be held in Namibia.The matches were played at Klein Windhoek and Wanderers Squash Clubs and
readChabal streakers banned
26-09-2007
MONTPELLIER - Two rugby fans, who streaked during a World Cup match wearing just fake Sebastien Chabal-style beards and long wigs, were banned from sports grounds for three months yesterday."It was a
readAll Blacks aim to turn ranking into reality
26-09-2007
AIX-EN-PROVENCE - The New Zealand All Blacks know from bitter experience that a rating as the best team in the world is no guarantee of success at the World Cup.After disappointments at the last four
readDays off for All Blacks
26-09-2007
AIX-EN-PROVENCE - The All Blacks are enjoying two days off from their punishing schedule to recharge batteries and return refreshed for the charge into the quarter-finals in a bid for World Cup
readSamoa play for World Cup pride
26-09-2007
ST ETIENNE - Samoa face the United States in a Pool A match today with both sides playing for World Cup pride after five losses from five games buried any hopes of either qualifying for the
readSpar sponsors half-marathon
26-09-2007
OSHAKATI - Joshua Bravo Angula, who co-ordinates the Oshakati Spar half-marathon, appeals to runners to register for the event before October 26.In an interview with Nampa this week, Angula pointed
readRecords at municipal games
26-09-2007
EVEN before the fifth Southern African Inter-Municipal Games (SAIMG) officially started in Walvis Bay on Monday, it already proved to be a record-breaker in many areas.According to the Chairman of the
readTalk of divorce hangs over Nou Camp
26-09-2007
BARCELONA - Talk of divorce hung heavy in the Spanish air Tuesday with Ronaldinho's forecast split from Barcelona filling the back pages.Fuelled by reports from London that Chelsea were preparing to
readTyson eager for world boxing title
26-09-2007
NAMIBIAN welterweight defending champion Tyson Ushona will be back in the ring this weekend, as he prepares to vie for the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) world title early next year.Ushona,
readChanges in league fees
26-09-2007
WINDHOEK - The delayed kick-off of the Premier League 2007/08 soccer season is now something of the past, following the official launch of the new season yesterday.The league, which was due early this
readNamibia aim for a win
26-09-2007
PARIS - Georgia and Namibia will have the chance to record their first win at a World Cup finals when they go head to head in a Pool D clash at Lens's Stade Felix Bollaert today.Kick-off is at 17h30.
readGuantanamo inmate loses appeal
26-09-2007
WASHINGTON - Siding with the Defence Department, a US military appeals court is overruling a judge who threw out terrorism charges against a Guantanamo Bay detainee.The US Court of Military Commission
readMarcel Marceau, master of mime
26-09-2007
PARIS - Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with artful gestures that spoke to young and old around the world, has died after 60 years on the stage.He was 84.
readTensions rise over Ivory Coast ID
26-09-2007
ABIDJAN - A controversial scheme to give identity papers to thousands of people in Ivory Coast and enable many of them to vote was relaunched yesterday, in a step forward for the war-divided country's
readFukuda is new Japan PM
26-09-2007
TOKYO - Japan's parliament elected political insider Yasuo Fukuda as prime minister yesterday, thrusting the veteran moderate into the job of battling a resurgent opposition and rebuilding the
readNew Zealand volcano erupts
26-09-2007
Wellington - New Zealand's Mount Ruapehu erupted without warning yesterday night, sending a lahar, or volcanic mudflow, down two sides of the mountain towards the North Island's main state highway and
readIran releases peace activist Ali Shakeri
26-09-2007
TEHRAN - Iran has released Iranian-American peace activist Ali Shakeri after he spent four months in a Tehran prison on charges he was trying to stir up a revolution, a judiciary spokesman said
readLiberian lawmakers reject bill to freeze Charles Taylor's assets
26-09-2007
MONROVIA - Liberian lawmakers voted unanimously to reject a bill that would have frozen assets and confiscated property belonging to former President Charles Taylor and his associates, a legislator
readMyanmar monks chant 'democracy' junta threatens
26-09-2007
YANGON - Chanting 'democracy, democracy', 10 000 monks marched through the heart of Myanmar's main city yesterday in defiance of a threat by the ruling generals to send in troops to end the biggest
readSomali govt split over jailing, sacking
26-09-2007
MOGADISHU - A spat over corruption allegations has sparked tension within Somalia's government, an administration already struggling to overcome clan rivalries, assert control and put down an
readAfrican Commission to hear Zim lawyer's torture case
26-09-2007
HARARE - The African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR) has agreed to hear a case in which the Zimbabwe government is accused of committing torture, a development that could see dozens of
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