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49 Articles found on Thursday, 27 September 2007
North to welcome Meryl
27-09-2007
NAMIBIA'S popular Big Brother 2 housemate, Meryl, will be heading North this weekend at the invitation of Bennies Entertainment Park.Meryl is due to arrive there tomorrow. On Saturday morning, she
readFireworks in the house
27-09-2007
I TELL you colleagues, we're going to miss the remaining 'Untouchables' as they start to go out this Sunday.With them in the house, there's not a dull moment. Lerato and Bertha, what's Big Brother
readBig Brother Africa: Funny SMSes
27-09-2007
* Cleaning is not entertaining Ofunneka! * Biggie, Bertha needs medical attention ... a panic attack is no joke! * Lerato, I don't like the way you lick utensils while cooking. * I just love Lerato,
readAnother diamond factory set up
27-09-2007
A NEW diamond factory, Schachter-Namdar Namibia situated in Windhoek's Prosperita industrial area, was officially opened yesterday.Schachter-Namdar, an Israeli franchise, set up shop in Namibia in
readFood still the driving force behind inflation
27-09-2007
ALTHOUGH month-on-month inflation in Namibia has decreased from 0,9 per cent to 0,6 per cent and the year-on-year numbers have come down from 7,2 per cent to 6,8 per cent, food inflation will continue
readSecond SME expo kicks off in city
27-09-2007
THE second annual SME Expo co-hosted by Bank Windhoek and the Development Bank of Namibia started yesterday.It is aimed at providing a platform for small and medium enterprises to exhibit their
readNambRe pays dividends to Govt
27-09-2007
GOVERNMENT has received N$2 million in dividends from the Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation (NamibRe) for the year ending March this year.Receiving the cheque in Windhoek yesterday, Minister of
readPhone credit low? Africans go for 'beeping'
27-09-2007
KHARTOUM - If you are in Sudan it is a 'missed call'.In Ethiopia it is a 'miskin' or a 'pitiful' call. In other parts of Africa it is a case of 'flashing', 'beeping' or in French-speaking areas
readDonors pledge US$110m to help poor nations trade
27-09-2007
STOCKHOLM - A group of 22 countries pledged on Tuesday to provide US$110 million (N$770 million) in funding for measures to help some of the world's poorest countries take advantage of trade
readKey link road reopens in war-torn Angola
27-09-2007
LUANDA - A two-year bridge building project in Angola has reopened a vital road to a large area of the country's isolated eastern Moxico province, destroyed during a 27-year civil war, the UN said
readChina plans power plant in Ghana
27-09-2007
SHANGHAI - China's Shenzhen Energy Investment Co Ltd said yesterday it plans to team up with an Africa development fund set up by the Chinese government to build a 200-megawatt gas-fired plant in
readCops raid Bishop's house
27-09-2007
A POLICE posse raided the farmhouse of 81-year-old Bishop Peter Kalangula in the Mangetti area of the Oshikoto Region on Tuesday morning.Kalangula was the President of Christian Democratic Action for
readReward for arrest of 'Butcher' upped
27-09-2007
THE price on the head of the person responsible for butchering the late Sanna Garoës and Jacoba (Wilma) Olivier was increased to N$110 000 yesterday.A N$60 000 reward that had been on offer since
readNo tax on Katiti millions
27-09-2007
FORMER Walvis Bay CEO Augustinus Katiti was not taxed on his multi-million-dollar resignation package, according to an employees' tax deduction directive from the Directorate of Inland Revenue -
read150-minute Etosha splash to cost N$1,4m
27-09-2007
THE official party to celebrate the centenary of the Etosha National Park tomorrow will last only two-and-a-half hours, but will cost the nation N$1,4 million or N$9 333 a minute for the duration of
readTrain schedule changes
27-09-2007
TRANSNAMIB's train schedule from Windhoek to Ondangwa has changed, with effect from September 21.The train's new schedule is: Departure from Ondangwa at 14h00 on Sundays, 15h00 to 15h11 arrival at
readFarmers help out with vulture conservation
27-09-2007
IN an effort to make commercial farmers and their workers aware of the importance of vultures in the ecosystem, the organisation Vulture Namibia recently ringed and tagged 28 vulture chicks in on
readAirport worker nabbed for diesel theft
27-09-2007
A NAMIBIA Airports Company (NAC) employee has been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 litres of diesel from his employer on Friday.Elton Katuo (28) was allegedly caught trying to sneak the fuel past
readBus and taxi operators defy Nabta
27-09-2007
BUS and taxi operators in the North have defied a decision by the national leadership of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) to suspend its National Secretary.Nabta President Magnus Nangombe
readVendors told to move
27-09-2007
A NUMBER of street vendors along Augustino Neto Street in Oshakati have been ordered to move their stands by Monday.Mayor Katrina Shimbulu said that the order was given after complaints from the
readCop acquitted on three charges
27-09-2007
SUSPENDED Police detective Michael Booysen's burdens became a little lighter yesterday when he was discharged on three of the seven charges that he has been facing in his trial in the Windhoek
readGovernment wants gun ban
27-09-2007
GOVERNMENT intends to impose a temporary moratorium on issuing firearm licences and to amend several sections of the law regulating the possession of arms.In a ministerial statement, Peter Tsheehama,
read'Confession' disputed in child rape, murder trial
27-09-2007
THE trial of former security guard - and now child rape and murder suspect - Lesley Kukame may have moved into a crucial phase yesterday with the start of a court contest about the admissibility of
readSedition charges against Ngurare
27-09-2007
POLICE have been asked to investigate charges of incitement to public violence, malicious damage to property, sedition and conspiracy against the Secretary of the Swapo Youth League, Elijah
readOmupresidende ta ka patulula etyapulo lyoshituthi shEtosha ngula
27-09-2007
N GULA mEtitano, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba ota ka egulula pambelewa oshituthi oshinene shokutyapula egwanitho lyoomvula ethele lyoshikunino shiiyamakuti sha Namibia sha simana shedhina Etosha
readAakaleke oya pandula komayambidhidho geni
27-09-2007
OSIKOLA ya Okaleke Combined School, yi li mOshikandjolongo sha Elim mOshikandjohogololo sha Etayi mOshitopolwa sha Musati, ndyoka ya li nOsumina okuza meti 3 sigo 5 Aguste nuumvo, otayi pandula
readOvanyasha va Anglicana va pandula Kansela Mandume Pohamba e shi e va popifa
27-09-2007
O VANYASHA vOngeleka ya Anglicana, ovo va li noshoongalele shavo mEongalo Oshandi mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena pexulilo lOmwedi wa dja ko, otava pandula neenghono Kansela wOshikandjohoolola
readSackey Namugongo ota ka pangulilwa iipotha 46 mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa
27-09-2007
O MUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmidhingoloko nOmatalelopo Sackey Namugongo na pangulilwe iipotha yi li 46 mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa mOvenduka shi na sha nelanditho lyoolisinisa dhomashina,
readAalumentu yi imangeleka
27-09-2007
O munamimvo 41, Alfred Alli a zile kOmangetti Dune moshitopolwa sha Tsumukwe okwi idhipaga aniwa mOlyomakaya ga zi ko - sho i imangeleke momuti nondhalate.*Natanael Mulangi gwomolukanda lwa Babilon
readOmatundji nolutu lwomuntu ya monika
27-09-2007
I INTIMBU yomudhimba gwa Jacoba Olivier otashi vulika yi igwanepo konima sho kwi itsuwa ishewe iintimbu yimwe pOshaanda mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika.Iintimbu yomatundji gaali nosho wo olutu lolwene oyi
readWorld Sport Briefs Weightlifting
27-09-2007
BANGKOK - China's Mu Shuangshuang yesterday broke a world record for the total lifted in the women's 75 kg category at the world weightlifting championships in Chiang Mai on Wednesday.The 23-year-old
readPortugal make their mark at WC
27-09-2007
PARIS - Portu gal have vowed to carry their encouraging performances at their first World Cup to new heights."A few weeks ago nobody would have believed we could have pulled off the results we did. We
readLima ban appeal flung out
27-09-2007
PARIS - Brian Lima's appeal against a three-week ban at the Rugby World Cup was rejected yesterday, effectively bringing down the curtain on his playing days.The 35-year-old Samoan hardman had already
readLarkham's hopes of playing again at Cup
27-09-2007
MONTPELLIER - Injury-jinxed Wallaby flyhalf Stephen Larkham says he hopes to leave hospital on Wednesday still determined to play again at the World Cup.The 102-Test playmaker has played only once in
readChelsea line up Van Basten for Mourinho
27-09-2007
LONDON - Chelsea have reportedly offered Marco Van Basten the chance to become the long-term successor to Jose Mourinho.Director of Football Avram Grant was put in charge of the first team last week
readHamilton looks to keep up new record
27-09-2007
FUJI SPEEDWAY - Lewis Hamilton takes his slender drivers' championship lead to Japan hoping to continue his excellent record on tracks he had not raced on prior to his amazing Formula One rookie
readTorres treble makes a point to Rafa
27-09-2007
LONDON - Fernando Torres produced the perfect response to Rafa Benitez as the Liverpool forward hit a hat-trick in his side's 4-2 League Cup win against Reading on Tuesday.Benitez had been criticised
readUSA ready to rumble against Brazil
27-09-2007
HANGZHOU - A confident United States pit their wits against flamboyant Brazil for a place in the World Cup final today, with both sides predicting a physical and exciting game.The top-ranked US,
readUnder-20s gear up for Cosafa
27-09-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia is gearing up for the annual Cosafa under-20 soccer touth tournament slated for December in Mpumalanga, South Africa.National under-20 coach Bobby Samaria said the national trials
readMeroro to meet Nhundu
27-09-2007
NAMIBIAN middleweight boxer Vikapita Meroro will have the chance to extend his professional career to 10 wins when he takes on Zimbabwe's Edward Nhundu in an eight-rounder in Windhoek early next
readPirates, Civics on collision course
27-09-2007
ORLANDO Pirates will be looking at dethroning Civics as Namibia Premier League defending champions after they enlisted the services of top coach Shepherd Murape, while several prominent players have
readOrphan chimps of Freetown
27-09-2007
REGENT, Sierra Leone - They can leap playful somersaults or maul a human to death.Meet the chimpanzee, man's closest relative. Today, Philip, a powerful male, plays tricks to earn a juicy passion
readBurmese protestors defy warning
27-09-2007
YANGON - Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas into swollen crowds of demonstrators in Myanmar's biggest city yesterday, while hauling away defiant Buddhist monks into waiting trucks - the
readMcCanns remain cautious
27-09-2007
LONDON - The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann remain cautious about a photo of a blonde girl snapped in Morocco, wary of an 'emotional rollercoaster', their spokesperson said
readAfghan clashes kill 165 Taliban
27-09-2007
KABUL - Two battles killed more than 165 suspected Taliban fighters and one US-led coalition soldier in southern Afghanistan as President Hamid Karzai prepared to discuss his country's escalating
readIranian president says his country will ignore UN resolutions
27-09-2007
UNITED NATIONS - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders his country will defy any further UN Security Council resolutions imposed by 'arrogant powers' seeking to curb its nuclear
readBali bombers' final appeal fails
27-09-2007
Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected the final appeals of two Islamist militants convicted over the 2002 bomb attacks on the holiday island of Bali.Imam Samudra and Mukhlas, or Ali Gufron, sought to
readZim senate approves polls bill
27-09-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's senate has approved legislation for joint presidential and legislative elections next year after a compromise between the opposition and government on constitutional reforms.State
readDRC, Uganda clash claims 6
27-09-2007
Kinshasa - The Democratic Republic of Congo protested to Uganda on yesterday after six Congolese nationals were killed and five injured by Ugandan troops on Lake Albert, marking the border between the
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