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49 Articles found on Monday, 3 September 2007
Big Brother Africa: Weekend Watch, Truth or Dare
03-09-2007
THURSDAY was judgement day in the Big Brother Africa house.After waging 100 per cent of their week's supplies on their Afrodisiac task, Biggie delivered his judgement that ultimately the housemates
readSMS Of The Day : Monday
03-09-2007
* The reason why people would go to the extreme to defend their heroes is because the moment their heroes are proved to be villains, they themselves are proved to be fools.Food for thought * IT is
readBig Brother Africa: Funny SMSes
03-09-2007
* Maureen looks like she's been in a famine. Lerato looks like she caused the famine.* Is Bertha a hypocrite or a hippo crit? * Richard and Tati, Lerato and Max, Kwaku and Meryl, why not Jeff and the
readMoz unveils US$550m bio-fuels project
03-09-2007
MAPUTO - State-owned Mozambican Petroleum Co. (PETROMOC) on Thursday unveiled a US$550 million bio-fuels project aimed at easing an energy crunch in the fast-growing southern African nation.In an
readNigeria sees global oil player from restructuring
03-09-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria's state oil company will be transformed into a global player that will be listed abroad, tap international capital markets and buy global assets, a minister said on Thursday.The
readMugabe imposes tough new law on prices
03-09-2007
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe on Friday imposed a new law on Zimbabwean businesses banning them from raising wages to keep pace with the world's highest inflation.Companies that violate the law
readSkull sells for £50m
03-09-2007
LONDON - A diamond-encrusted platinum skull by artist Damien Hirst has been sold to an investment group for the asking price of 50 million pounds, a spokeswoman for Hirst's London gallery White Cube
readAngola keen to unload state-run firms
03-09-2007
LUANDA - Angola is planning to privatise many of its more than 250 state-owned firms, but there are fears that the process could be marked by cronyism and cement the oil-rich nation's reputation as
readSA petrol prices to fall
03-09-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African petrol pump prices will fall by 10 cents a litre, about 1,4 per cent, across all grades from September 5, the government said on Friday.A statement from the minerals and
readWFP eyes Zambia, Moz as food sources
03-09-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is increasingly turning to countries outside major food producer South Africa in search of cheaper sources of food, a spokesman said on
readGovt liable for child's rape
03-09-2007
THE actions of a teacher accused of raping a mentally handicapped girl on a weekend that she was supposed to be in the safety of a Government school hostel is set to cost Namibia's taxpayers more than
readKarakul pelt prices slump
03-09-2007
THE prices of Namibian karakul pelts auctioned in Denmark on Thursday dropped by 24 per cent compared to the April auction, Agra has announced."A total of 99,5 per cent of the 55 826 Swakara pelts on
readCouncillor under fire over land lease
03-09-2007
TENSION is brewing between the Keetmanshoop Municipality's tender board and councillor Basil Brown over a leasehold dispute.The row erupted after the tender board gave Brown until September 30 to
readHenties Mayor objects to CEO appointment
03-09-2007
THE re-election of Henties Bay CEO Pieter Gurirab has set the cat among the political pigeons, with the Mayor set to challenge the appointment this week.Gurirab was ensured a second five-year term
readDiabetes: One illness, two approaches
03-09-2007
CHENEY Viljoen (12) and Andre Kopp (13) are at first glance average teenagers, one living in Tsumeb and the other in Windhoek, but once you get to know them you notice that they are diabetics who have
readArt Triennale launched
03-09-2007
BANK Windhoek and the National Art Gallery of Namibia last week launched the Bank Windhoek Triennale, which will take place for the first time next year.The Triennale is part of the Bank Windhoek Arts
readThieves target jewellers
03-09-2007
ERNST Jewellers in Windhoek was broken into on Saturday, the Police reported yesterday.The thieves made off with jewellery worth N$300 000, after apparently breaking open the door with a tyre lever.
readWomen arrested for murder
03-09-2007
THE Police at Ondangwa have arrested a 21-year-old woman on a murder charge after she allegedly dumped her newborn baby in the bush.According to Constable Jonas Matheus, the woman will appear in court
read3 rapes reported
03-09-2007
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 25-year-old man at Otjiwarongo last weekend, the Police reported yesterday.A suspect has been arrested. * Also at Otjiwarongo, a 26-year-old man was
readTeen (14) gang-raped
03-09-2007
SIX young men reportedly raped a 14-year-old girl at Okahandja last week.The suspects are said to be between 13 and 19 years of age. Five have been arrested, Police reported yesterday, while the sixth
readChild testifies on gang-rape
03-09-2007
AN 11-year-old girl last week recounted in the High Court at Keetmanshoop how two men - including a teenager who is related to her - had gang-raped her, stabbed her and forced her to drink alcohol
readFive children burn to death in North
03-09-2007
FIVE children burnt to death at Onayena village in the Oshikoto Region when the hut they were sleeping in caught fire on Friday night.A Police spokesman, Constable Jonas Slogan Matheus, says four of
readThree years on: 'Fake lawyer' charge dropped
03-09-2007
AFTER 13 court appearances over more than three years, Plan veterans' leader, private investigator and self-styled paralegal Alex Kamwi no longer has a charge of illegally practising as a legal
readVillagers not amused by pet burial
03-09-2007
OSHAKATI - An unidentified person who gave his pet dog a proper burial at the village of Onendongo last week caused consternation among villagers.The villagers spotted a new grave near the village and
readCall to ex-Plan fighters to help demine Angola
03-09-2007
A GERMAN landmine-clearing organisation, Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen e.V.(MgM) has launched an appeal to all former Plan combatants members who were stationed in Angola's Bengo Province to help
readStandard Bank a patulula mEenhana
03-09-2007
PEENHANA A AKALIMO yomEenhana noshowo mboka yomIikandjohogololo ngashi Omundaungilo, Okongo, Ondobe, nEengodi mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, oye uvite enyanyu enene sho ombaanga ya Standard ya egulula
readSouth Afrika ta popi kutya ota lundilwa kombinga yolopota ya Zim
03-09-2007
J OHANNESBURG - Epangelo lya South Afrika mEtitano lya zi ko, olya ekelehi omapopyo kutya poshigongi shehangano lyiilongo yaAfrika lyUumbugantu shoka sha li mu Lusaka omwedhi gwa zi ko, opwa li
readAakwiita ya Zimbabwe ya dhenga aantu pu Isigodini
03-09-2007
B ULAWAYO - Aakwiita yamwe ya Zimbabwe oya dhenga aanamikunda pu Isigodini, ye ya nine iikonene sho aakwiita ooyakwawo yaali ya li ya kikilisha naanamikunda yamwe mObaa.Aanamikunda oya lombwele
readOmuhingi gweshina a hulitha
03-09-2007
O MUHINGU gweshina lyokolutenda lya TransNamib okwa si mEtiyali omanga omukwathi gwe a ehamekwa sho eshina lya gu ko kolutenda pondje ya Venduka.Eshina olya li tali zi ku Aris lyu uka kOvenduka na
readOmutoolinkundana gwOmuZimbabwe a mangululwa
03-09-2007
H ARARE - Ompangu ya Mengestrata mu Harare oya mangulula omutoolinkundana Gift Phiri, ngoka a li a ningilwa oshipotha shokulonga iilonga ye yuutoolinkundana ke na epitikilo lyEpangelo.Mengestrata
readOmbila yombwa mOnendongo
03-09-2007
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya momukunda Onendongo muumbugantu wOshakati, omwa adhika ombila mwa fumvikwa ombwa nomushigakano gwa tulwa ko tagu ti, "vululukwa nombili, ou li momake nomawanawa
readOshiligalala oshi li mokondolola muumbangalantu
03-09-2007
O MUWILIKI gwUuhaku mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto Maria Kavezimbi, okwa tumbula ta ti omukithi gwOshiligalala gwa lopotwa omasiku ga zi ko mOnooli, unene tuu mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, inagu yaga kegonga
readWorld Sport Briefs Japan's Niida defends WBA title
03-09-2007
TOKYO - Japan's Yutaka Niida pounded out a unanimous-decision victory over Eriberto Gejon of the Philippines to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimum weight title on Saturday.The bout was
readEto'o needs surgery
03-09-2007
MADRID - Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o is to undergo surgery on the thigh injury he picked up during the week.The operation will take place on Saturday morning, the club said on its
readStoner scorches to win in San Marino
03-09-2007
MISANO - Ducati rider Casey Stoner claimed his third consecutive Moto GP victory when he finished ahead of fellow Australian Chris Vermeulen in San Marino yesterday.American John Hopkins, on a Suzuki,
readLagat claims double, US top table
03-09-2007
OSAKA - Bernard Lagat Sunday made history by becoming the first man to win both the 5 000m and 1 500m world titles, as Jeremy Wariner and Allyson Felix added more gold to their bulging
readAgnes 8th in 1 500m final
03-09-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia's track star, Agnes Samaria, improved her own 1 500m record when she finished eighth in the final of the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan yesterday.Her previous 1 500m
readTeenager stuns Sharapova at Open
03-09-2007
NEW YORK - The US Open lost one of its top attractions when holder Maria Sharapova was beaten 6-4 1-6 6-2 by Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round on Saturday.Sharapova lost only two
readNamibia rule supreme in hockey
03-09-2007
A NAMIBIAN Invitation team beat Botswana's senior men's side 2-0 to take an early lead at the SADC Hockey Champions Tournament in Windhoek on Saturday.The annual test series between Namibia and
readRed hot Liverpool demolish Derby
03-09-2007
LONDON - Liverpool brandished their credentials as potential Premiership champions with a 6-0 demolition of Derby on Saturday as champions Manchester United continued to recover from their slow start
readDiana: Raw feelings linger on...
03-09-2007
LONDON - Princess Diana is at rest, but the passions that swirled around her tempestuous marriage to Prince Charles are still evident.The religious service on Friday, exactly 10 years after her death
readHarry remembers 'best mother in the world'
03-09-2007
LONDON - It was not the vision of Princess Diana gliding across a ballroom nor that of the compassionate royal consoling AIDS victims that her son remembered.Rather, it was an image of Diana at her
readUS senator quits after sex scandal
03-09-2007
WASHINGTON - Republican US Senator Larry Craig, who represented the western state of Idaho for 27 years on Capitol Hill, announced that he was resigning following his arrest for allegedly soliciting
readUN chief Ban Ki-moon heads to Sudan
03-09-2007
TURIN - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon heads to Sudan today to press for speedy deployment of a 26 000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur and a quick start to new peace talks to end the four-year
read'Save the planet before it's too late'
03-09-2007
LORETO - Pope Benedict, leading the Catholic Church's first 'eco-friendly' youth rally, yesterday told up to half a million people that world leaders must make courageous decisions to save the planet
read20 killed militants in Lebanon
03-09-2007
NAHR AL-BARED - At least 20 militants and two Lebanese soldiers were killed in a battle yesterday when fighters from the Fatah al-Islam group tried to flee a Palestinian refugee camp, a security
readRamaphosa joins succession race
03-09-2007
Johannesburg - Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has joined the African National Congress (ANC) presidential succession race, reported the Sunday Times.The ANC's OR Tambo district in the Eastern Cape
read'State of war' in eastern Congo
03-09-2007
A dissident Congolese army officer says there is a state of war between the government and his forces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Speaking to the BBC, General Laurent Nkunda, a
readHostages freed and sorry
03-09-2007
ANYANG- Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban captors returned home to loved ones' tearful embraces yesterday, expressing sorrow for the two in their group who were killed in Afghanistan and
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