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47 Articles found on Tuesday, 1 April 2008
SMSes of the Day : Tuesday
01-04-2008
* THE only way Government can fight TB is to eradicate poverty. Giving TB drugs to a hungry person does not solve the problem. The same applies to HIV-positive people - some of them cannot afford an
readMinistry of Education responds
01-04-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: * WHO is Minister of Education Nangolo Mbumba
readWTO rules against US, Canada in beef row
01-04-2008
THE World Trade Organisation has ruled against the United States and Canada in a row with the European Union over an EU ban on beef treated with growth hormones, a European official told AFP on
readPrepare for climate change: Amathila
01-04-2008
NAMIBIA has to work out strategic objectives to cope with climate change, Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila said in Parliament last Tuesday."We are now witnessing recurrent floods in Caprivi
readRural communities to link up regionally
01-04-2008
RURAL communities that are seeking best practices in natural resource management should partner with organisations in a regional basis to achieve sustainable development, protection of the environment
readCrocodile stolen from aquarium
01-04-2008
OSLO - A thief walked unnoticed out of a Norwegian aquarium carrying a crocodile at the weekend and now risks losing a finger or two, the head of the aquarium said yesterday."I think whoever did this
readTeams search flooded Tanzania mine for bodies or survivors
01-04-2008
MIRERANI - Rescuers searched for dozens of miners trapped by floods in a pit in northern Tanzania yesterday with little hope of finding survivors from the mining disaster.Only six bodies have been
readZambia cuts oil financing talks with Standard Bank
01-04-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia has ended talks with a unit of a South African bank after failing to agree conditions for a US$1,2 billion oil financing deal, Energy Minister Kenneth Konga said yesterday.Konga said
readSA to boost food output to fight inflation
01-04-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa plans to boost livestock and crop production by up to 15 per cent in the next two to five years and help tame soaring food inflation, a senior agriculture official said
readOil slides to US$105
01-04-2008
PERTH - Oil fell to US$105 a barrel yesterday, extending Friday's decline, after the restart of a crude pipeline system in Iraq eased fears of an extended exports disruption from the country's
readMulti-million power line commissioned
01-04-2008
KATIMA MULILO - A multi-million-dollar Victoria Falls-Katima Mulilo power line was commissioned on Friday by President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his Zambian counterpart, Levy Mwanawasa.Zambian power
readZim forces on high alert
01-04-2008
HARARE - The opposition claimed a wide lead yesterday in Zimbabwe's presidential and parliamentary balloting, but only a few official results were released, heightening fears that the government
readCholera cases hit 858 mark
01-04-2008
THE number of cholera cases reported in the Ohangwena Region has almost doubled - it has risen to 858, with 16 cases confirmed since February 23, regional Health Director Dr Naftali Hamata announced
readODC sues FNB over missing millions
01-04-2008
THE Offshore Development Company is trying to hold First National Bank of Namibia accountable for the loss of at least part of more than N$100 million that went missing in dodgy investment deals
readPrison Day focuses on rehabilitation
01-04-2008
PRISON officials based at the Hardap Maximum Security Prison joined their colleagues countrywide in celebrating Prison Day in style at Mariental on Thursday.In her message on the day, Hardap Governor
readTourists clean up Swakop River mouth
01-04-2008
A GROUP of tourists of various nationalities, calling themselves the Great Adventure People (GAP), spent their Monday afternoon cleaning the riverbed between the Swakop River mouth and the bridge.GAP
readSome coastal areas get their first share of this year's rain
01-04-2008
SWAKOPMUND, Walvis Bay, Henties Bay and Luederitz have at last enjoyed their first real share of Namibia's current rainy season.On Friday night, thunder and lightning - with only a few drops - were at
readBrits injured in desert accident
01-04-2008
SIX British visitors to Namibia were injured when the tour company vehicle they were travelling in overturned on the C14 road southeast of Walvis Bay on Thursday, the Police reported yesterday.A Land
readParliamentary access centres must wait
01-04-2008
BUREAUCRATIC red tape has hampered the establishment of information centres on the activities of the National Assembly in all 13 regions, as the Ministry of Information says it has never received a
readAnother red tide threat for seafood industry
01-04-2008
DEAD fish, shellfish and other marine animals are washing out again along the central coast, indicating the possibility of another major algae bloom that threatens to cause havoc in the seafood
readFind solution to Air Namibia: Riruako
01-04-2008
GOVERNMENT should sell off some shares in Air Namibia to a well-established airline that could carry out the national carrier's functions, Herero Chief Kuaima Riruako has proposed in the National
readCorruption on the increase
01-04-2008
CORRUPTION in Namibia is on the increase and the country's judicial system is slow in resolving cases involving corruption, a new study revealed.On the positive side, the print media have increased
readCaprivi braces for second flood wave
01-04-2008
WATER levels along the Zambezi River in the Caprivi Region have remained relatively constant while a second, lower flood wave is expected as the river slowly rises again."The flow levels in the
readGranny airborne after flood collapses B2
01-04-2008
A CLOUDBURST about 90 kilometres from Swakopmund caused a section of the B2 highway to collapse on Sunday evening.The heavy rain, which some motorists described as "like suddenly driving straight into
readMeekulu Anne Bohmcker ngoka a hupa moshiponga oshinene mondjila yo B2
01-04-2008
O SHIKOGO oshinene shoka sha loko konyala ookilometa 90 lwaampoka okuza poSwakopmund, osha etitha ontopa yimwe mondjila onene yoB2 ndjoka yu uka koSwapmund yi teke po komeya ongulohi yOsoondaha.Omvula
readOonakusila miiponga yiihauto po Arandis ya tumbulwa komadhina
01-04-2008
A ANTU yatatu mboka ya sila miiponga yiitahuto pokati ka Arandis na Usakos mEtitano lya zi ko, ya tumbulwa komadhina kOpolisi.Aniwa aantu mboka oyo nee Pierre Jansen van Rensburg gwoomvula 40
readOkapuka ka thiga oyendji yaa na we iilya momapya gawo
01-04-2008
A ANAMAPYA oyendji muumbangalantu oya thigwa pomutenya kokapuka hoka kiiteyele momapya gawo muule wethimbo lya zi ko.Mwene gwomukunda Olungalunga popepi nOkapya mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana Jack
readOshigwana otashi vulu okukondjitha omukithi gwoTB
01-04-2008
O MINISTA yUundjolowele nOnkalonawa Richard Kamwi okwa indile oshigwana shi kondjithe omukithi gwoTB nosho wo gwoHIV-AIDS sha mana mo.Pethimbo ta popitha oshigwana mesiku lyoTB mUuyuni pOmalinda
readAantu yatatu ya sa ishewe omeya mOnooli
01-04-2008
A ANTU yatatu oya si omeya mOnooli ya Namibia muule woshiwike sha zi ko, mwakwatelwa omukulupe gwoomvula 65 nuunona uyali kamwe okomimvo hamano omanga okakwawo komimvo ntano, Opolisi ya Namibia tayi
readUumatyona uyali wa endwa aniwa konima mokakuma
01-04-2008
U UMATYONA uyali otau popi ngeyi kutya owa kwatwa aniwa koonkondo komulumentu gumwe omanga wu li mondholongo yOpolisi poRundu - sha ningilwe muule wiiwike iyali ya zi ko.Uumatyona mbuka uumwayinathana
readRoma hopeful for United clash despite Totti loss
01-04-2008
ROME - AS Roma will be without injured captain Francesco Totti when they take on Manchester United in tonight's Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Stadio Olimpico.The Serie A club said on
readDerby win is perfect Euro tonic, says Benitez
01-04-2008
LIVERPOOL - Rafa Benitez claimed Liverpool secured the perfect confidence-booster ahead of tomorrow's Champions League clash against Arsenal by sending Merseyside neighbours Everton to a 1-0 defeat at
readVision Consulting promotes squash
01-04-2008
ANDRE de Jager and Adri Lambert won the senior men's and women's titles at the Visions Consulting Squash Tournament which was recently hosted by the Wanderers Squash Club in Windhoek.In the men's
readNam Paralympics team scoops 26 medals at SA Champs
01-04-2008
WINDHOEK - A Namibian Invitational Paralympics team of 12 athletes scooped 18 gold medals, five silver and three bronze during the South African National Paralympics Championships held in Stellenbosch
readCoastal teams crash out of MTC NFA Cup
01-04-2008
THERE was lots of drama in the MTC NFA Cup competition in Walvis Bay over the weekend as both coastal teams Blue Waters and Eleven Arrows crashed out of the tournament.Blue Waters lost 1-0 to Khomas
readWilliams appointed head coach
01-04-2008
JOHN Williams of South Africa has been appointed as the new head coach of the Namibian rugby team.The president of the Namibia Rugby Union Dirk Conradie made the announcement on Friday, saying that
read'21' hits jackpot at the box office
01-04-2008
THE new gambling drama '21' played a winning hand at the weekend box office in North America, earning an estimated US$23,7 million in its first round, distributor Columbia Pictures said on Sunday.The
readLohan to portray cult girl in Manson movie
01-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - US actress Lindsay Lohan is to portray one of the cult followers loyal to convicted murderer Charles Manson, in a new movie called 'Manson Girls', US media report.E! News said it had
readIsrael to build new homes in West Bank
01-04-2008
* JERUSALEM - Israel announced plans yesterday for 1 400 new homes on land the Palestinians claim for a future state - just hours after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended a peacekeeping
readStones film set for release
01-04-2008
NEW YORK - Director Martin Scorsese won't say the Rolling Stones are like the underworld characters in many of his movies, but he admits the band's music evokes memories of the rough, mob-tinged
readCamels line up for Gulf beauty contest
01-04-2008
More than 10 000 camels from across the Gulf will be competing for millions of dollars in prize money at a beauty pageant for the "ship of the desert" in Abu Dhabi next week.The contest is part of a
readMore muslims than Catholics
01-04-2008
VATICAN CITY - Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said on Sunday."For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have
readIdriss Deby pardons French aid workers
01-04-2008
NDAJEMENA - Chad's President Idriss Deby yesterday granted an official pardon for six French aid workers jailed in December for abducting children from the landlocked central African country, Chad
readChina steps up attacks on Dalai Lama
01-04-2008
BEIJING - China stepped up attacks against the Dalai Lama yesterday as authorities apprehended suspects in four deadly arson cases stemming from anti-government riots that engulfed the Tibetan capital
readA rattlesnake in your favourite tipple?
01-04-2008
A Texas man is facing charges for selling liquor without a licence after he was found peddling bottles of vodka containing dead baby rattlesnakes.Bob Popplewell, who runs 'Bayou Bob's Brazos River
readMusharraf swears in Pakistan cabinet
01-04-2008
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in 24 members of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's cabinet yesterday, six weeks after opposition parties won a general election.There is strong
readRenewed attacks on Baghdad's Green Zone
01-04-2008
BAGHDAD - The fortified Green Zone in Iraq's capital came under mortar or rocket attack again yesterday, despite the call a day before from a radical Shiite cleric for his fighters to stand down.A key
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