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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 September 2007
Big Brother Africa: Three up for eviction!
05-09-2007
MAUREEN, Richard and Meryl are up for eviction this week.Who nominated who and why: * Code nominated Meryl because he thinks she is a strong contender and Tatiana because she has a man waiting for her
readBigBrother Africa: Under cover in the house!
05-09-2007
OKAY people, all I can say in this opening statement is THE HEAT IS ON! If you spent most of your weekend watching the shenanigans in the Big Brother Africa 2 house, you would definitely agree with
readGlobal equities continue to ride high on profit wave
05-09-2007
THE main risk to the current unprecedented high levels of global profits would be a sharp slowdown in global economies - an event very unlikely to occur anytime soon, according to Eric Lonergan from
readUBS offers wealth management to SA
05-09-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Swiss bank UBS will open a wealth management advisory office in South Africa to expand its current operations in Africa's biggest economy, the group said on Monday.UBS said that from
readGerman public sector banks urged to merge
05-09-2007
FRANKFURT - German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck urged Germany's public-sector regional banks on Tuesday to speed up sector-wide consolidation in order to strengthen their global position and help
readDali Diamond sets eyes on Namibia
05-09-2007
Dali Diamond Co, an Antwerp-based diamond supplier, on Monday announced the opening of a diamond polishing plant in Namibia later this year.The US$2,7 million (N$19,44 million) investment includes
readTraders hope for better returns from OATF
05-09-2007
THE Ongwediva Trade Fair ended on Saturday, with exhibitors expressing mixed feelings about the success of their stalls.The Chairman of the Fair, Damian Egumbo, and Ongwediva Town Council spokesman
readSADC worried about slow development
05-09-2007
SADC has committed to embark on radical measures to strengthen infrastructure development and speed up the process of implementing its regional integration programme.At the 27th SADC Summit of Heads
readWBCG on trade mission to DRC
05-09-2007
THE Walvis Bay Corridor Group has decided to expand its business to central Africa and will lead a delegation to Lubumbashi towards the end of the month in a bid to boost trade volumes on its
readN$20 000 reward for info on vandals
05-09-2007
THE theft and vandalism of cables and other communication infrastructure has become so bad that Telecom Namibia is offering cash rewards of up to N$20 000 for information leading to the arrest and
readBishop Kameeta re-elected
05-09-2007
THE Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) held its 22nd Ordinary Synod session at Rehoboth last week.Dr Zephania Kameeta was unanimously re-elected as Bishop for a second
readJuvenile in rape case to be tested
05-09-2007
THE rape trial in the High Court at Keetmanshoop of a 17-year-old youth accused of raping a boy (5) and a girl (6) has been postponed pending the results of a second psychiatric observation.Defence
readCity man denies murdering friend
05-09-2007
A YOUNG Windhoek resident accused of killing a friend in the parking area of a shopping centre in the capital early this year pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the Windhoek Magistrate's
readRCC bid to recover B1 millions faces wait
05-09-2007
THE Roads Contractor Company's attempt to use legal steps to recover at least some of the money it has sunk into the stalled B1 City property development project in Windhoek has been postponed for a
readCrackdown on illegal fishing urged
05-09-2007
ILLEGAL fishing in the Okavango River is allegedly escalating and the Ministries of Fisheries and of Environment have been urged to apply strict control measures.These claims are contained in a
readCocaine-in-stomach trial set for early '08
05-09-2007
NAMIBIA'S first trial in which someone will be prosecuted on a charge of smuggling cocaine into the country inside his digestive system is scheduled to take place in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court in
readMeatco suspends slaughter City water cuts cost meat factory N$2,4 m
05-09-2007
WATER rationing in Windhoek caused by fire damage to one of NamWater's booster pump stations near the Von Bach Dam has forced the country's largest meat-processing plant, Meatco, to halt the
readGovt aids farmers
05-09-2007
FARMERS in communal and commercial farming areas will receive drought relief from Government in the form of subsidies to help reduce pressure on grazing.Communal farmers north of the veterinary cordon
readUnion says security guards will strike
05-09-2007
NAMIBIA'S security guards are set to go on a nationwide strike on Friday.The announcement was made yesterday after the conciliation board meeting between the guards' representatives and the Security
readSix new suspected meningitis cases in the North
05-09-2007
NINE people with suspected meningitis are reportedly being treated at the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital, The Namibian has learnt from reliable sourcesHealth authorities did not want to confirm or deny
readSerial bank heist suspect fools cops, escapes
05-09-2007
ONE of the suspected members of an alleged Zimbabwean gang of bank robbers that staged a series of hold-ups at Standard Bank branches in Namibia earlier this year has escaped from Police
readA Matter of Fact
05-09-2007
IN the story 'Aus couple fight off armed intruders, foil break-in' in yesterday's edition, it was inadvertently implied that the owners of Namib Garage opened fire first on thieves breaking into the
readA River of Hope for the homeless
05-09-2007
JEREMY van Wyk used to be homeless, a person who lived under a bridge and ate out of rubbish bins.In 2005, after he was raped and subsequently diagnosed as HIV positive, his world fell apart and he
readBan a ya ku Sudan
05-09-2007
T URIN - Amushanga-Ndjayi gwIigwanahangano Ban Ki-moon okwa yi ku Sudan ohela a ka endelelithe etulo lyaakwiita yIigwanahangano moshitopolwa sha Darfur opo ku hulithwe po iita moshitopolwa shika."Onda
readOmulongisikola a kwatwa po shi na sha nekwatonkonga
05-09-2007
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya oya kwata po omulongiskola gwopOniimwandi mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana shi na sha nekwatonkonga lyokakadhona koomvula omulongonomugoyi, sha ningilwa aniwa
readUunona utano wa sa sho wa pile mondunda
05-09-2007
U UNONA auhe kumwe wu li utano womomukunda Onayena mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto owa si sho ondunda yawo moka wa li wa lala megumbo lya yinakulu ya yeke omulilo nokulangatapo oshiwike sha zi
readUuyuni otau kundathana embugapalo
05-09-2007
I ILONGO mbyoka yi li iilyo yehangano lyopaigwana li na sha nEkondjitho lyEmbugapalo nenge United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), mOmaandaha goshiwike shika oya tamekele
readNgoka i iyekele momeya pontopa ya Shakati a dhimbululwa
05-09-2007
O KAKADHONA hoka kiiyekelele momeya gopontopa yopuSikai nOpolisi mOshakati mEtitano lya zi ko kadhimbululwa kutya oko Aina Panduleni Iipinge koomvula 25 ka zile kEheke mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana
readYina yuunona une a pewa omimvo ne mokakuma
05-09-2007
O MUKIINTU gumwe okwa pewa egeelo lyoomvula ne konima yekumba moshipotha shekengelelo niifundja - sha ningilwa mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa mOvenduka oshiwike sha zi ko.Omunamimvo 40 Mylene Swanepoel okwa
readMeekulu Justina Mbwalala a fumvikwa kengathithi enene
05-09-2007
O MUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Oshihole mOnesi mUukolonkadhi mOshitopolwa sha Musati kuku Justina Ndakwafelwa Mbwalala, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina "Gwanghifi" ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe meti
readOloli ya Netcargo ya kwatwa ombambyona
05-09-2007
O LOLI yomitsalo ya Netcargo PTY/LTD ya Venduka osho ya kwatwa po ombambyona koombotsotso nokukutha mo iipakete yiilandithomwa e tadhi fadhuka po.Omukonakoni gwIimbuluma iinene gwomOpolisi ya Namibia
readFederer outclasses Lopez, Haas ousts Blake
05-09-2007
NEW YORK - Roger Federer responded to a stellar start by Feliciano Lopez with an even better finish to advance to the quarter-finals and a clash with old foe Andy Roddick at the US Open on
readNext Step world conference closing in
05-09-2007
ERWIN Handura, the local project manager of the Next Step Conference, said all is on track as Namibia prepares to host one of the world's biggest sport seminars.Handura updated the media yesterday
readAll Blacks happy with favourites tag
05-09-2007
MARSEILLE - New Zealand are determined to learn the lessons of the past and insist they are happy to be considered favourites for the World Cup, which kicks off on Friday.It is nothing new for the All
readTwo year ban for Thompson
05-09-2007
NAMIBIAN rugby player Roger Thompson has been banned for two years by the International Rugby Board, following a doping offence.The IRB issued a statement on Monday, saying that Thompson had been
readGift Leremi is no more
05-09-2007
MPHO 'Gift' Leremi is no more.It had been confirmed by the South African police that the 22-year-old Mamelodi Sundowns attacking midfielder died in a car crash near Alberton in Ekurhuleni on Monday
readIn Brief Suicide bombs kill
05-09-2007
24 ISLAMABAD - Suicide bombers attacked a city near the Pakistani capital, killing at least 24 people and injuring 66 others, authorities said.Osama delinked NEW YORK - Lawyers for the Saudi Binladin
readOpposition wins Jamaica poll
05-09-2007
MONTEGO BAY - The main opposition Jamaican Labour Party won a close election, ousting the Caribbean nation's first woman prime minister, according to preliminary results.But Prime Minister Portia
readPowerful Hurricane Felix nears landfall on Central American coast
05-09-2007
SAN PEDRO SULA - Hurricane Felix was about to make landfall and could reach Category 5 status before it slams into an area near the Honduras-Nicaragua border, forecasters said.Felix's top winds are
readLebanon says 222 militants killed
05-09-2007
BEIRUT - Lebanon's defence minister said yesterday the army killed at least 222 al Qaeda-inspired militants in a 15-week battle at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.The army finally took
readBan: Sudan's support 'crucial'
05-09-2007
KHARTOUM - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that time was critical and the Sudanese government's co-operation 'essential' to successfully deploying a new peacekeeping force
readBush considers troop strength in Iraq
05-09-2007
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - Flying away from the dusty war zone in Iraq to an Asia summit, US President George W Bush flirted with the idea that US troop strength could be reduced if security across Iraq
readDRC unrest claims sixty soldiers
05-09-2007
GOMA - At least 60 insurgent soldiers have been killed by the regular army in a fresh attack in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, says the government forces.The army said it used a
readAfghan blasts, gunbattle kill at least 15 people
05-09-2007
KABUL - Suicide attackers detonated two bombs in Afghanistan yesterday, killing three policemen, after a dozen militants were killed in an overnight battle, officials and the US military said.The
readAl-Qaeda militants arrested
05-09-2007
COPENHAGEN - Denmark's intelligence service arrested eight Islamic militants linked to leading al Qaeda figures in anti-terror raids in the Danish capital, the head of the agency said yesterday The
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