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42 Articles found on Wednesday, 23 April 2008
SMSes of the Day : Wednesday
23-04-2008
* THE Chinese ship carrying arms for impoverished and embattled Zimbabwe left the port of Durban without its cargo being offloaded, thanks to the visionary and caring people of South Africa who
readProjects get financial boost
23-04-2008
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has doled out N$145,8 million for new projects approved for financing between December and last month.DBN Chief Executive Officer David Nuyoma yesterday announced
readSummit develops plan to tackle rising food prices
23-04-2008
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday hosted a summit of policymakers and experts, including the head of the UN food agency, to kickstart a plan to tackle rising food prices
read'Oil's big issue is investment'
23-04-2008
ROME - The world has enough oil to fuel future economic growth, but the energy industry is facing a big challenge to ensure investment is enough to meet future demand, Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali
readExploding Africa IT growth seen
23-04-2008
LONDON - Computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co sees Africa as one of its fastest-growing markets, it said on Tuesday, expecting the world's poorest continent to rival India for IT outsourcing within a
readSADC conference on poverty a success: Pohamba
23-04-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba described the just-ended Southern African Development Community (SADC) International Conference on Poverty and Development (ICPD) as a success, saying that a common
read'Sensitive' equipment vanishes
23-04-2008
OTJIWARONGO - The Town Council of Tsumeb is investigating the disappearance of 'sensitive' equipment from the municipality.Tsumeb Mayor Engel Nawatiseb told Nampa that 'sensitive municipal equipment',
readShip of shame missing
23-04-2008
NAMIBIAN and international civil society and union pressure have forced the Chinese ship carrying a controversial cargo of arms intended for Zimbabwe not to apply for docking at the Walvis Bay
readFarm massacre trial postponed
23-04-2008
THE Kareeboomvloer farm massacre trial is set to continue again from June 17, after its latest postponement in the High Court in Windhoek last week.The trial, in which four men are accused of having
readZambia urges SADC to bar Zim weapons vessel
23-04-2008
LUSAKA - SADC Chairman and Zambian president, Levy Mwanawasa has joined civil society voices in the region and urged southern African states to bar a Chinese ship carrying arms to landlocked Zimbabwe
readMinister launches Youth Week at Oshakati
23-04-2008
THE first National Youth Week was launched by the Deputy Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, Pohamba Shifeta, at Oshakati on Monday.Youth Week will end on Sunday, and is being
readEtosha Pan has water for first time in decade
23-04-2008
WINDHOEK - The massive salty pan of the Etosha National Park is filled with water for the first time in a decade, attracting thousands of bird species, including flamingos.The floods that hit the
readCell One switched off by Telecom's 'switcheroo'
23-04-2008
THE second cellular operator, Cell One, which celebrated its first anniversary last month, has refused to pay its N$60 million licence fee to the Namibia Communications Commission.This is contained in
readGoodbye, summer rain...
23-04-2008
AS a very good rainy season draws to an end, the water levels of Namibia's main storage dams are impressive.Odillo Kgobetsi of the Windhoek Weather Bureau told The Namibian yesterday that the rainy
readNamibia to get another shot at polio-free status
23-04-2008
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to send a delegation to Namibia later this year to look at whether to declare the country polio free.This was announced yesterday by Health Minister
read17-year prison sentence in Okahandja rape trial
23-04-2008
A FORMER farmworker accused of breaking into a house at Okahandja and raping his employer's wife in late 2005 has been convicted as charged in the Windhoek Regional Court and sentenced to an effective
readOmathigathano gOombasikela mOshakati
23-04-2008
O MUWILIKI gwEhangano lyOombasikela mOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Man of Action, ota tseyitha kutya mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda ge ti 26 Apilili 2008 mOshakati otamu ka kala
readOomeme ya ka kutha ombinga momaulikilo ko Zimbabwe
23-04-2008
O MUKULUKADHI gwOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, meme Penehupifo Pohamba, palongelokumwe nUuministeli wIinima yOomeme nAanona, okwa kathele aakiintu yaanangeshefa Aanamibia ye li omugoyi, ya ka
readPenda a hulithila mOshipangelo she mOshakati
23-04-2008
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 37 kwali Martin Pendapala ya Aktofel ya Abraham, a tseyika nawa nedhina Penda, okwa manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati pehulilo lyOmwedhi gwa zi ko.Penda,
readGandja uuyelele u pewe N$30 000
23-04-2008
O POLISI oya tseyitha ngeyi kutya otayi ka gandja oshimaliwa shoondola omayovi omilongo ndatu (N$30 000) komuntu kehe ngoka ta ka gandja uuyelele tau mangitha ongundu yaalumentu mbokanya yugu Ositola
readYomupilima ya tewa
23-04-2008
A AFUTHI oya ponokele Ombelewa yOmupilima pOmatungo gOparliamende mOvenduka etaya ya ka mo iinima ongulohi yEtitano lya zi ko.Otaku popiwa ngeyi kutya aafuthi mboka oya yaka mo iinima yongushu
readPomayalululo giizemo yomahogololo mu Zim opwa li uulingilingi
23-04-2008
H ARARE - Omutaleli gumwe gwomahogololo OmuSouth Afrika, a li mongundu yaataleli yomayalululo giizemo mu Zimbabwe, okwa ti omayalululo ngaka inaga ningwa pauyuuki.Okomisi yOmahogololo ya Zimbabwe oya
readOshipotha nashi tsilikwe: Tjiriange
23-04-2008
O MUKWASHIGWANA gwomOvenduka ngoka ta tamanekelwa okuyuga nosho wo okudhipaga omukwayinagona omanga inemu tomomeka omudhimba gwe omulilo pwa piti ngashiingeyi oomvula ndatu lwaampoka, okwa sindana
readOshakati wins Score youth festival
23-04-2008
The town of Oshakati's soccer team scooped the first place of the Sports Coaches Outreach (Score) 'Kicking AIDS Out' youth sports festival that took place at Gobabis in the Omaheke Region over the
readTristan McDonald wins OTB Swim
23-04-2008
Tristan McDonald once again proved that he is Namibia's top long-distance swimmer when he won the annual OTB Sport Open Water Swim at the Oanob Dam on Sunday.McDonald completed the mile event in an
readBrave Gladiators kick off training for Cosafa
23-04-2008
The Namibian national women's football team, the 'Brave Gladiators', kicked off their preparations on Monday for the Confederation of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) Women's
readPink ball makes debut at Lords
23-04-2008
Members at the traditional home of cricket were treated to the sight of a fluorescent pink ball being smashed across the outfield when the MCC beat Scotland in a one-day match at Lord's on Monday.The
readTruter wins veterans' title at MTC Cross Country
23-04-2008
The strongest competition in the MTC Mountain Bike Cross-Country race held in Windhoek over the weekend was amongst the veteran men with a field of 16 riders, where Johnny Truter took the honors.Ian
readSKW Youth tourney a hit
23-04-2008
A total of 48 teams converged on the SKW premises last weekend to compete in 78 games to determine the winner in each of the U/8, U/9, U/11, U/13, U/15 and U/17 categories.Guided by the excellent
readMalinga fight postponed
23-04-2008
Vusi Malinga's quest for a world title challenge has suffered a minor setback after his World Boxing Ciminator against Thailand's Veeraphol Nakhonluang in Bongkok on May 1 was postponed for four
readWanderers win cricket final
23-04-2008
Wanderers beat their arch-enemies United by 42 runs to win the MTC Cricket Premier League title on Saturday.Wanderers batted first and scored 267 for 6 wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Opening
readOlympic qualifying standards to remain
23-04-2008
The secretary general of the Namibia Olympic Committee, Abner Xoagub, has reiterated that athletes who qualified for the Olympic Games last year need to do so again this year.Namibian middle-distance
read10 ways YOU can improve the health of our Earth
23-04-2008
THE scientific and political arguments surrounding the health of our planet can make the whole topic seem beyond the grasp of the individual.How fast is the climate changing? Exactly what effect do
read'Terminator' sequel set for filming
23-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - Moon Bloodgood, who starred in NBC's short-lived series 'Journeyman', is in final negotiations for the female lead in the fourth instalment of the 'Terminator' movie series.She will join
readDisney on green ground with nature film label
23-04-2008
BURBANK, California - Bambi will soon have lots of new friends at the Walt Disney Company.The entertainment giant on Monday announced the launch of a new film label, Disneynature, dedicated to
readWilliam lands chopper in his girlfriend's garden
23-04-2008
LONDON - Prince William landed a Royal Air Force helicopter in the garden of his girlfriend Kate Middleton's family home but the Defence Ministry defended his actions, saying he achieved essential
readUganda rebels kidnap 350 people
23-04-2008
Congo, Sudan and Central African Republic must join forces to free more than 350 people kidnapped in recent weeks by Ugandan rebels, an international human rights group said yesterday.Peace talks
readSA honours mother of white student killed in waning days of apartheid
23-04-2008
PRETORIA - An American woman was honoured in South Africa yesterday for her work promoting racial harmony after her daughter was attacked and killed in a township in the waning days of apartheid.Linda
readMan steals frozen sperm
23-04-2008
NEW DELHI - Police in India have arrested a man for stealing more than 100 sperm samples from a laboratory in the western state of Maharashtra, a news report said yesterday.Police told the Times of
readPriest on party-balloons flight goes missing
23-04-2008
SAO PAULO - A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons was missing on Monday off the southern coast of Brazil.Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats were
readClinton and Obama duke it out in Pennsylvania
23-04-2008
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton sought a win to keep her White House hopes alive yesterday as Pennsylvania Democrats went to the polls to choose between her and Barack Obama in their presidential
readChina condemns Paris honour for Dalai Lama
23-04-2008
BEIJING - China yersterday condemned Paris city councillors for honouring Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying the decision hurt relations as France seeks to mend ties frayed by protests
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