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44 Articles found on Monday, 21 April 2008
SMSes of the Day : Monday
21-04-2008
* THE last thing Zimbabwe needs right now is an arms shipment. I hope they do not get the idea to offload their deadly cargo at a Namibian port. - Roy* HOW can former President Sam Nujoma agree to
readAsia provides help to ease food inflation
21-04-2008
MANILA - The Asian Development Bank is willing to provide budgetary support to countries struggling with high food prices, its president, Haruhiko Kuroda, said on Friday.He told reporters that a
readKenya tourism earnings to fall 23%
21-04-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya's tourism earnings could fall 23 per cent to 50 billion shillings in 2008 after tourists spooked by post-election violence in the country stayed away, the Kenya Tourist Board said on
readA 'mere'billion dollars not enough for Russian rich list
21-04-2008
MOSCOW - One billion US dollars is no longer enough to gain entry to Russia's rich list.Ten billionaires failed to make Forbes magazine's annual list of the 100 richest Russians that is led by those
readCurrent interest rate cycle slows property demand
21-04-2008
THE property marketdoes not look good for anyone wishing to invest in it at the moment, due to the current surging prices, a leading economist has said.Speaking to journalists on the outlook for the
readRed-hot oil prices continue higher
21-04-2008
SINGAPORE - Soaring oil prices continued higher in Asia on Friday, trading above US$115 (N$885,50) on the back of a weakening US dollar that has helped drive a series of record highs, analysts
readAvid 7 charges revealed
21-04-2008
THE seven people facing prosecution in connection with their alleged involvement in the Avid Investment Corporation investment scandal in 2005 will be facing ten charges, including counts of fraud,
readKatima rape trial off after suspect's death
21-04-2008
THE High Court trial of a Caprivi Region resident accused of raping a Dutch visitor to Namibia almost three years ago will no longer take place.The rape charge that had been pending against Simon
readCourt rules in favour of uranium mine
21-04-2008
A BID by the owners of an Usakos area farm to prevent the company planning to develop the Valencia uranium mine from using large quantities of groundwater for the construction of the mine failed in
readViolence surges in Zimbabwe
21-04-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe resembles a war zone, with thousands of people displaced, hundreds injured and 10 killed by post-election violence, an opposition leader said yesterday as he appealed for
readOtjimbingwe school receives handy support
21-04-2008
THE Friedenheim Hostel at Otjimbingwe has received a donation of 100 new mattresses from Dr Peter von Seck and the Kulturverein Deutschland-Namibia (KV D-Nam).Dr von Seck farms on the farm
readThe Ramatex Dream
21-04-2008
IT is not only the cats at Ramatex that are in a terrible condition - the premises in general and the hostels in which the former Asian Ramatex workers were housed are in a filthy and chaotic state.It
readPolice budget not enough: Minister
21-04-2008
NEW Safety and Security Minister Nickey Iyambo has expressed concern about the high crime rate and overcrowded Police cells in the country.Motivating his Ministry's budget in the National Assembly,
readSwapo celebrates 48th anniversary
21-04-2008
SWAPO President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Saturday held out an olive branch to those who had left to join other political parties, most notably the new Rally for Democracy and Progress, but, in the same
readPolitical funding in spotlight
21-04-2008
WITH MPs asked to approve N$17 million of the Budget for the funding of political parties, opposition MP Tsudao Gurirab said last week he was concerned about the lack of detail on what this money
readBEE policy still in the making
21-04-2008
THE Government policy on black economic empowerment (BEE) is still not completed, although the process started a year ago and should have been completed last month.Another N$1,4 million was required
readGovt looks at performance in civil service
21-04-2008
GOVERNMENT is to set up the Namibia Institute of Public Administration and Management (Nipam) to help improve the performance of civil servants.It will cost N$24,2 million, Deputy Prime Minister
readNangof wants Govt to urge release of Zim results
21-04-2008
GOVERNMENT should act on Zimbabwe and urge its President, Robert Mugabe, to release the results of the presidential election held three weeks ago, a local civil society umbrella body has
readVoting machines are not legal yet
21-04-2008
ALTHOUGH the first consignment of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be purchased by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) this year, the ECN Act still needs to be revised before these
readUnder-qualified teachers to go
21-04-2008
UNDER-QUALIFIED teachers will be phased out of the education system, Education Minister Nangolo Mbumba said in Parliament on Friday.This was in line with the Education Act adopted a few years ago and
readAaniilonga yEpangelo otaya gwedhelwa
21-04-2008
A ANIILONGA yEpangelo kumwe ye li 84 000 lwaampoka, otaya ka mona egwedhelo lyoondjambi okutameka mu Apilili 1, 2009, Omupilimaminista gwOpevi Libertine Amathila osho a li a lombwele ngaaka Omutumba
readMoshitopolwa sha Kunene mwa lopotwa wo omukithi gwOkolela
21-04-2008
A ANTU ye li yatatu otaku fekelwa ya kwatwa komukithi gwOkolela moshitopolwa sha Kunene omanga omuntu gumwe a hulitha nale komukithi nguka oshiwike shika, Ominista yUundjolowele nOkalathano
readIilyo yOkabinete ompe ya Kenya ya ganithwa
21-04-2008
N AIROBI - Iilyo yOkabinete yEpangelo epe lya Kenya moka mu na wo niilyo yongundu yompelameno, oya ganithilwa iilonga yawo mEtine lya zi ko na shika osha talika ko kutya otashi ka hulitha po
readNWR ota tungu okamba ompe mEtosha
21-04-2008
O KAMPANI ya Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) otayi tungu okakamba kaatalelipo okape moshikunino shiiyamakuti shopashigwana sha Etosha National Park.Okakamba haka ta ka kala haka ithanwa Onkoshi Camp,
readOmatala ga Shakati otaga lundululwa po mpoka ge li: Meya Shimbulu
21-04-2008
M EYA gwOondoolopa ya Shakati me Katrina Shimbulu okwa lombwela The Namibian oshiwike sha zi ko kutya Elelo lya Shakati lya thikama ngaa nee okukutha po okulundulula po omatala, tashi ningwa nokuli
readOtashi nana nawa lela: Aalikoli yomagungu moKunene taya popi
21-04-2008
O PUWO - Aalikoli yomagungu oyi ihanena nomikunda odhindji moshitopolwa sha Kunene, taya likolo omagungu nokwiikongela osheelelwa.Oshitumikundaneki sha Nampa omasiku ngaka osha li sha talelepo ookamba
readCalzaghe recovers to beat Hopkins
21-04-2008
LAS VEGAS - Britain's Joe Calzaghe recovered from a first-round knockdown to defeat Bernard Hopkins by split decision in a light heavy-weight bout in Las Vegas on Saturday.Calzaghe was awarded the
readManchester United leave it late
21-04-2008
LONDON - Carlos Tevez pounced late to earn Manchester United a 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday just when it looked like the Premier League title race had been blasted wide open.Roque Santa
readBrazilian Parreira to quit South Africa
21-04-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Brazilian World Cup winner Carlos Alberto Parreira will announce his resignation as coach of South Africa, soccer federation officials said yesterday.Parreira will meet with the
readAthletics team for African Champs
21-04-2008
Athletics Namibia (AN) has named the athletes who will compete at the forthcoming CAA Senior African Track and Field Championships, scheduled for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 28 April to 4 May.A media
readNamibia lose to Chile in Santiago
21-04-2008
Namibia crashed out of contention of winning the IRB Rugby Trophy when they were beaten 20-6 by host nation Chile on Saturday.It was their second successive defeat after they lost 28-26 to Romania on
readNamibia, Botswana U20s draw at home
21-04-2008
Namibia's national Under 20 soccer side gave a disappointing performance as they were held to a 1-all draw by Botswana in Windhoek on Friday night.Namibia took an early lead through a fine goal by
readTitle race wide open
21-04-2008
The race for the MTC Namibia Premier League title was thrown wide open again with some surprising results over the weekend.Orlando Pirates thrashed African Stars 6-0 to move up to third position on
readClashes kill 6 in Baghdad's Sadr City
21-04-2008
BAGHDAD - Clashes spread from the Sadr City district to another Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad yesterday as fighting left at least six people dead, including two children, officials said.Israel
readSandra Bullock, Jesse fine after car totalled
21-04-2008
GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts - Sandra Bullock and her husband were unhurt after a head-on crash with a drunken driver in Massachusetts, police said on Saturday.The actress and her husband, Jesse James of
readHeidi Klum, Nicky Hilton, Eve among 'Hot' revellers
21-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - German model Heidi Klum and socialite Nicky Hilton were among the beautiful people who turned out for Us Weekly magazine's Hot Hollywood party.The annual celebration of young Hollywood
readObama, Clinton crank up the pace
21-04-2008
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Saturday skipped across Pennsylvania by planes, trains and automobiles, in a breakneck three-day dash to their pivotal next nominating
readStop staring!
21-04-2008
An Italian man was given a suspended jail sentence for staring too intensely at a woman sitting in front of him on a train.A judge sentenced the man in his 30s, whose name was not revealed, to 10 days
readUS elections: Rivals in same comedy zone
21-04-2008
WASHINGTON - Democratic White House hopefuls turned into a crack comedy tag-team on Thursday when Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and former candidate John Edwards all appeared on a satirical news
readDog crosses desert, mountains to get home
21-04-2008
A dog that ran off during a road-trip rest stop apparently made her way nearly 128 kms across Nevada's high desert and two mountain ranges to return home a week later.Moon, a Siberian husky, was
readClashes in Somalia claim 81 lives
21-04-2008
MOGADISHU - Sporadic street fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamic fighters trying to bring down Somalia's shaky government has killed 81 people in the past two days, the head of a local human
readPope blesses ground zero in NYC
21-04-2008
NEW YORK - Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey yesterday by blessing the site of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade centre and pleading with God to
readKgalema Motlanthe to join SA cabinet
21-04-2008
JOHANNESBURG - President Thabo Mbeki is set to appoint ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to his cabinet next month after being ordered to do so by his party, the Sunday Times reported.Motlanthe
readRice in Baghdad to help isolate cleric Sadr
21-04-2008
BAGHDAD - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad yesterday to strengthen the Iraqi government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened an
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