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43 Articles found on Thursday, 6 September 2007
Big Brother Africa: Goodbye, Gentle Giant
06-09-2007
HE spent 28 days in the Big Brother Africa house, survived one possible eviction and did it without sacrificing his values.Sooner or later though, his non-participation was bound to get him noticed
readBig Brother Africa: Time to get voting and keep Meryl in the game
06-09-2007
SOME love her and some love to hate her! Our girl Meryl has caused no shortage of controversy in the BBA house.If she is not dancing, kissing the boys, displaying her remarkably flexible limbs or
readClimate change sucks life from rare leech
06-09-2007
OSLO - A rare European leech seems to be headed towards extinction as global warming dries out the Austrian forest home of the tiny bloodsucker, scientists said yesterday.Researchers at German and
readTake climate change seriously: Pope
06-09-2007
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict yesterday made another strong appeal for the protection of the environment, saying issues such as climate change had become gravely important for the entire human race.The
readFocus on Namibia's wetlands
06-09-2007
WETLANDS are important to the survival of people and other species, and in Namibia, wetlands can be divided into five groups.Coastal lagoons and beaches such as the Walvis Bay Lagoon and Sandwich
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
06-09-2007
* 'CATCH the train. Be on time' reads the advertisement on page 6 of yesterday's The Namibian. What happened to truth in advertising? * DID you know that a dog is a human being's best friend and
readTata to introduce ultra-cheap car
06-09-2007
NEW DELHI - Indian carmaker Tata Motors is on track to begin selling an ultra-cheap small car next year, a top executive said yesterday.Managing Director Ravi Kant, however, acknowledged that higher
read'Accidental' banker reveals unvarnished views
06-09-2007
LONDON - A year after lifting the lid on the insular world of investment banking in a book that threatened to make him a pariah in his own industry, Jonathan Knee remains uninhibited about saying out
readLess buoyant world economic outlook
06-09-2007
PARIS - The OECD lowered yesterday its growth projection for the economies of the G7 group of rich countries and said the outlook was "clearly less buoyant" because of financial market instability.In
readAdebanji leaves Nam Breweries
06-09-2007
THE Managing Director of Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), Olusegun Adebanji, has resigned from his position with immediate effect after two and a half years at the helm.A statement from NBL said
readZimbabwe running out of bread
06-09-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe could soon face bread shortages after the country's major producer said it was left with only two days of supplies, a state-run newspaper reported yesterday.Lemmy Chikomo, operations
readApec leaders to urge conclusion of trade talks
06-09-2007
SYDNEY - Asia-Pacific leaders will issue a formal appeal to trading nations to urgently conclude faltering global trade talks to avert a "disaster" for the world economy, a senior Japanese official
readLast-ditch bid to avert strike
06-09-2007
GOVERNMENT is involved in a bid to avert a pending national strike planned by security guards from tomorrow.As part of the last-ditch attempt, Minister Alpheus !Naruseb yesterday brought the two
readMayor's drunk-driving case postponed
06-09-2007
HENTIES Bay Mayor Paulus Imbamba, who faces charges of drunken and reckless driving, failure to ascertain damages and to report an accident, as well as driving without a driver's licence, will have to
readPlea date set for main figure in SSC fraud case
06-09-2007
THE steadily snowballing case of the now more than 60 people accused of having been involved in a fraud scheme that may have cost the Social Security Commission hundreds of thousands of dollars were
readConfirmed meningitis cases up to 13
06-09-2007
THIRTEEN cases of meningitis in the North have been reported to his office, the Under Secretary of Health and Social Services, Dr Norbert Forster, says Forster said the situation was under control and
readBlood Pressure: Know your numbers, pharmacists advise
06-09-2007
Pharmacy Week is being celebrated at pharmacies throughout the country this week, with the theme 'Blood Pressure: Know your numbers'.This is the sixth time that Pharmacy Week is being celebrated,
readNew inspection system for Labour Ministry
06-09-2007
LABOUR Minister Alpheus Naruseb recently launched a new electronic record system to be used by labour inspectors.The Ministry also received computer equipment worth N$200 000 from the International
readNabta infighting continues
06-09-2007
THE recent appointment by the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) of two officials for the Oshana Region was "illegal and against Nabta's constitution", a former Nabta national leader alleged
readDeputy Finance Minister in car crash
06-09-2007
A CAR belonging to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Tjekero Tweya, collided with another car and hit a pedestrian who was standing next to the road between Grootfontein and Kombat over the weekend.The
readWFP donates food for Osire refugees
06-09-2007
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun delivering food supplies to 6 000 refugees and asylum seekers at the Osire camp after receiving US$380 000 (N$2,7 million) from the UN's Central
readFarmworker gets 15 years for rape
06-09-2007
A 42-year-old herdsman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by the High Court at Keetmanshoop for the knife-point rape of a teenage girl.When his trial started last week, Fritz Kooper admitted
readFire rages through camp at Omauni
06-09-2007
A VELD fire that has been burning in the Omauni Quarantine Camp in the east of the Ohangwena Region has destroyed grazing in nine of the facility's 11 camps.According to the Governor of Ohangwena,
readRape trial in South nears end
06-09-2007
THE High Court at Keetmanshoop yesterday heard the final arguments before judgement in the trial of two men accused of raping and assaulting a 28-year-old Keetmanshoop resident following a drinking
readSADC to invest N$45 billion in electricity 'to meet needs'
06-09-2007
THE Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) has embarked on a N$45 billion effort boost the region's electricity generation by an additional 6 700 Megawatt to meet the increasing need for power.The
readElangeko lya Shiimbi na Amwele kali li paveta: Nakathingo ta ti
06-09-2007
E LANGENO lya Helen Shiimbi na Leopold Amwele ong'aanambelewakalelipo yehangano lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia/Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) moshitopolwa sha Shana, oshi li pondje
readEyugo okwa homatiwa mOmbaye
06-09-2007
A ANIILONGA pongeshefa yedhina Lucus Night Club komunkulofuta kOmbaye oya ulikwa oondjembo kaalumentu yane ya homata mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko.Aafuthi mboka oya fadhuka po aniwa noshimaliwa koomuna
readOmumbiisofi Kameeta a hogololulwa
06-09-2007
O NGELEKI Onkwaevangeli Paluuteli mOrepublika ya Namibia nenge tutye Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) oya ningile oshigongi shayo oshinene oshiti 22 poRehoboth oshiwike
readmOnandjokwe mwe ya ishewe yahamano ye na omukithi gwoshiligalala
06-09-2007
N GASHIINGEYI mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe omu na aantu ye li omugoyi taya pangwa omukithi gwoshiligalala, konima sho mwe ya ishewe yahamano omasiku ngaka nokugwe dha mbeyaka yatatu ya kala mo.Ndhika
readMVA ta tungu Ombelewa mondoolopa ya Ngwediva
06-09-2007
E HANGANO, li na sha neungaungo lyiiponga yomoondjila lya tseyika nawa nedhina, Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA-F) otali tungitha Oombelewa dhalyo mOngwediva muule wethimbo twa thinda.Shika oshe ya
readMeatco a kaleka edhipago lyiimuna
06-09-2007
E SHUNITHO pevi lyomeya mOvenduka shoka sha etwa kopomba ya NamWater ndjoka itayi pombo we nawa konima sho ya ehamekwa komulilo popepi nOndama ya Von Bach olya thiminike Okampani yonyama ya Meatco, yi
readSerena blames blunders
06-09-2007
NEW YORK - Ungracious in lopsided defeat, a grumpy Serena Williams humiliated herself with terse words Tuesday after Justine Henin humbled her on the court in a US Open quarter-final.Giving no credit
readGoju Ryu excels in South Africa
06-09-2007
A group of 56 students from Goju Ryu Karate Namibia represented Namibia at the recent IOGKF Africa Karate Championships held in Stellenbosch, South Africa The Namibian Goju Ryu team almost doubled
readSurfers show off at Speed Week in Walvis Bay
06-09-2007
THE beach near Walvis Bay was once again a hive of activity on Tuesday as riders rigged all sail sizes from 5m² right up to 7.8m² in anticipation of the varying weather conditions.The wind jacked up
readNadal ousted by Ferrer, Henin dumps Serena
06-09-2007
NEW YORK - Second seed Rafael Nadal wilted under the strain of a fearless forehand by David Ferrer and top seed Justine Henin maintained her recent grand slam mastery over Serena Williams in a wild
readNamibia face challenge at World Cup
06-09-2007
THE lowest-ranked team at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Namibia head to the tournament starting tomorrow in France on a hiding to nothing.The southern Africans were 25th in the International Rugby Board
readRussian mayor bans phrase 'I don't know'
06-09-2007
MOSCOW - The mayor of a Siberian oil town has ordered his bureaucrats to stop using expressions such as 'I don't know' and 'I can't.' Or look for another job.Alexander Kuzmin, the 33-year-old mayor of
readSarkozy, Madiba share gifts
06-09-2007
PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented Nelson Mandela with original photographs taken in 1952 of one of the first anti-apartheid protests led by the African National Congress, during a
readUN chief promises renewed push for negotiations in visit to Darfur
06-09-2007
EL FASHER - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon promised to step up efforts to end the four-year-old conflict on his first visit to Darfur yesterday and urged the world to be more sympathetic to the
readVarsity too basic, says 9-year-old
06-09-2007
HONG KONG - The first day at university is daunting for most new undergraduates, but for nine-year-old maths prodigy March Boedihardjo it was just simply much too easy."It was too basic. I already
readMother Teresa remembered
06-09-2007
CALCUTTA - Roman Catholic Masses, candle processions and interfaith prayer yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa, who dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the
readGeneral hints at Iraq troops cuts
06-09-2007
The most senior US commander in Iraq has hinted that he may recommend a reduction in US troop numbers to avoid placing a strain on the army.General David Petraeus told US television there were limits
readThree held over German terror plots
06-09-2007
BERLIN - German authorities said yesterday they had arrested three suspected Islamic terrorists for plotting attacks on Frankfurt International Airport, one of Europe's busiest, along with Ramstein
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