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44 Articles found on Thursday, 24 April 2008
BBA 3 Countdown!
24-04-2008
ONLY seven more days to go if you plan to apply to be on Big Brother Africa 3! The popular reality television show is due to hit a small screen near you on August 24.Entry forms can be collected from
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
24-04-2008
* I AM extremely proud of our trade unions and all other organisations concerned for the stance they have taken regarding the ship carrying arms for Zimbabwe. Don't let the Chinese arms dealers sully
readPoor decisions created global food crisis
24-04-2008
PARIS - Poor policy decisions over the past two decades have combined to create the current food crisis and resources must now be focused on the 2008 harvest, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture
readNigeria protests BA maltreatment
24-04-2008
LAGOS - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered an investigation into an alleged maltreatment of Nigerian passengers aboard a British Airways flight, his office said yesterday.The president
readJatropha harvest expected soon
24-04-2008
SHADIKONGORO - The first harvest of jatropha seeds in the Kavango Region is expected sometime this year.Jatropha seeds have a high oil content and can be used to produce bio-diesel, cosmetics or
readConcern mounts as oil price nears US$120
24-04-2008
SINGAPORE - International concern mounted as world oil prices edged closer to US$120 a barrel yesterday and the world's top producer called for calm.Analysts said a weakening US dollar, supply worries
readFormer UN boss Kofi Annan warns of 'hunger disasters'
24-04-2008
GENEVA - Climate change is aggravating the global food crisis and many poor countries could be facing the start of major hunger disasters, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on
readThueringer Hof in new ownership
24-04-2008
THE United Africa Group (UAG) and Namib Sun Hotels group (NSH) yesterday announced the sale of a Windhoek landmark, the Thueringer Hof hotel, to the Protea Hotels Group Namibia."After lengthy
readShip of shame sails for Angola
24-04-2008
CALLS for an international arms embargo against Zimbabwe are gaining momentum amidst reports that the Chinese ship carrying weapons destined for Zimbabwe is stranded in international waters off the
readPenis theft panic hits Kinshasa
24-04-2008
KINSHASA - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged
readGranny on trial after boy beaten to death
24-04-2008
PERHAPS it was hunger that drove Michael Olugodhi to take four dried fish from his grandmother's house on November 6 2004 - but that will never be known for sure.Olugodhi is not around to tell what
readUp close and personal: Getting down with lappet-faced vultures
24-04-2008
EACH of us has probably at some stage heard or read about the ringing of birds for the purpose of research.How different, however, to experience it at first hand. When Peter and Marilyn Bridgeford
readCity meter readers to work overtime
24-04-2008
THE Windhoek Municipality has started a three-month project to read all water and electricity meters in the city after residents complained that estimates made every second month were inaccurate and
readGobabeb looks at ecological restoration
24-04-2008
THE Gobabeb Training and Research Centre (GTRC) plans to establish an ecological restoration unit.This was announced by a junior researcher at Gobabeb, Taimi Kapalanga, during a presentation in
readBoy mugged, assaulted
24-04-2008
A WINDHOEK teenager was mugged and assaulted on his way home from a friend's house on Tuesday, highlighting yet again the increasing danger of walking or cycling in the city, especially in the area
readNoordoewer villagers and councillors at odds
24-04-2008
THE Karasburg Constituency Councillor, Paulus Ephraim, has rejected claims of corruption and authoritarianism levelled against him by Noordoewer villagers."The allegations are politically motivated
readPolice wound fleeing suspect
24-04-2008
POLICE at Okahao have reported that they were forced to fire at a suspect who fled when they tried to arrest him on Monday afternoon.The 32-year-old man is wanted in various cases of robbery,
readWildcat strike at Roessing mine
24-04-2008
ABOUT 200 of the 1 300 workers at Roessing Uranium went on strike yesterday over unresolved salary issues raised during the 2008 salary negotiations.The Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) handed over
readRDP wants to go to court over Omuthiya
24-04-2008
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress is considering approaching the courts after the Electoral Commission of Namibia scrapped one of its candidates for the Omuthiya local authority election off the
readRundu by-election rigged: Mudge
24-04-2008
SWAPO rigged the Rundu regional byelection in January for the vacant seat of Herbert Shixwameni, who resigned from Swapo and joined the new opposition party All People's Party (APP), Henk Mudge,
readTatekulu Kantewa a hulithila mOshipangelo sha Nandjokwe
24-04-2008
O MUNIILONGA omukulu gwa CDM/Namdeb nokwa li wo gumwe gwomAakuluntu yElelogongalo mOngeleka ya Elcin pOniipa tatekulu Fillipus Nangolo Kantewa gwomomukunda Okambonde popepi nOniipa mOndonga
readAanyasha ya gongala nokutyapula oshiwike shawo mOshakati
24-04-2008
E NGATHITHI enene lyaanyasha ya Namibia olya gongala mOshakati moshitopolwa sha Shana moka ye li taya tyapula oshiwike shawo shoka sha tamekele Omaandaha ga zi ko geti 21 Apilili notashi hulu
readIilongitho yimwe ya kana mu Muni gwa Shomeya
24-04-2008
E LELO lyondoolopa ya Shomeya otali konakona ekano lyiilongitho "ya simana noonkondo" mbyoka ya kana mOombelewa dha Muni oomwedhi dha zi ko.Mayola gwa Shomeya Engel Nawatiseb okwa lombwele
readNamibia okwa tegelela osheendo dha WHO
24-04-2008
E HANGANO li na sha nuundjolowele mUuyuni nenge tutye World Health Organisation (WHO) okwa tegelelwa li ka tume osheendo ku Namibia lwopehulilo lyomumvo nguka.Osheendo shika okwa tegelelwa nee shi ka
readWilbard Ashipala ta ti okwa hepekwa nayi kOpolisi ya Kalongo
24-04-2008
O MULUMENTU omugundjuka, omuhingi gwotekisa gwedhina Wilbard Ashipala gwomOshikuku mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati, okwe yile kOshifo shika ta nyenyeta noonkondo, ta ti kutya okwa hepekwa kOpolisi
readZamibia a indila iilyo ya SADC yaapitike osikepa yiilwitho okuya ku Zimbabwe
24-04-2008
L USAKA - Omunashipundi gwaSADC, Omupresidende Levy Mwanawasa okwa ndjoina ewi lyomahangano gopashigwana moshitopolwa nokwiindila iilongo ya SADC kutya inayi pitika nando osikepa ya Kiina ndjoka ya
readPollock receives ODI trophy
24-04-2008
Shaun Pollock officially received the ICC ODI trophy for the Reliance Mobile world's No 1 ranked team on behalf of Proteas Standard Bank ODI squad captain Graeme Smith and Cricket South Africa at a
readBridge too far for Liverpool?
24-04-2008
LIVERPOOL - Liverpool will have to score their first goal against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge since Rafa Benitez became manager in 2004 if they are to reach this year's Champions League final in
readSantana confirmed as SA coach
24-04-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Brazilian Joel Santana was confirmed yesterday as the new coach of 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa.A South Africa Football Association statement said the 59-year-old Flamengo coach
readAkan gunning for glory
24-04-2008
Former Orlando Pirates coach Ali Akan has steered AK FC to the play-offs for a spot in the South African Premier Soccer League.In only his first season with AK FC, they comfortably won the Inland
readGariseb to accompany Olympic boxers
24-04-2008
The Namibia Boxing Federation (NBF) has appointed Mistake Gariseb as coach of the three Namibian boxers who qualified for the Olympic Games later this year.In an interview with Nampa on Tuesday, NBF
readEthiopia predict medal haul at African champs
24-04-2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia have forecasted a clean sweep for their distance runners at next week's African Athletics Championships.More than 2,000 athletes from 43 nations will compete in Addis Ababa at
readReferees crisis hits second division
24-04-2008
A lack of referees in the Khomas Second Division has raised questions about the credibility of its results, since unqualified spectators often have to stand in for the referees.Last weekend, a referee
readTop fighters join Vuyani Bungu's gym
24-04-2008
Scores of top East London boxers, including a South African champion, have joined Vuyani Bungu's new gymnasium.Bungu, who holds the record for the most world title defences by a South African, ended
readUS commander hopes al-Sadr will stop
24-04-2008
BAGHDAD - The No 2 United States commander in Iraq expressed hope yesterday that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr would use his influence to stop his followers from attacking US and Iraqi forces
readCruise's son to star in Will Smith's film
24-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - Tom Cruise's 13-year-old son Connor is set to follow in his father's footsteps, making his film debut in the upcoming Will Smith drama 'Seven Pounds', People magazine reported on
readNew twist in Potter star's search for love
24-04-2008
SYDNEY - Actor Daniel Radcliffe's search for a mystery Australian girl he met at an awards party has taken a twist worthy of his alter-ego Harry Potter.Two young Australian women have come forward,
readClinton scores key win in 'Keystone' state
24-04-2008
PHILADELPHIA - New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton confounded her critics and the punditocracy to reel off a better-than-expected double-digit victory over Senator Barack Obama in Tuesday's
readDenmark evacuates embassies
24-04-2008
COPENHAGEN - Denmark has moved staff from its embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan to secret safe locations because of an imminent threat, Foreign Ministry officials said yesterday."There was a change
readIsrael braces for US spy case fallout
24-04-2008
Israel was tightlipped yesterday over the arrest in the United States of an 84-year-old American suspected of providing it with United States military secrets in the 1980s, a new case that has opened
readBalloons found in ocean from priest's try at flight record
24-04-2008
Rescuers reached a cluster of brightly coloured party balloons floating in the ocean off Brazil's coast on Tuesday but did not find the Roman Catholic priest who had been using them in a bid to set a
readIran agrees to talk about alleged nuclear programme
24-04-2008
The United Nations nuclear monitoring agency yesterday announced what it called a "milestone" agreement with Iran that aims to provide answers about allegations that Tehran tried to develop nuclear
readSpider plague closes Australian hospital
24-04-2008
A tiny Australian hospital is closing temporarily because of an infestation of poisonous spiders.The Baralaba Multi Purpose Health Service will close for 24 hours starting today so officials can
readIsrael ready to give back Golan Heights
24-04-2008
BEIRUT - Two independent Syrian publications reported yesterday that Israel has passed a message to Damascus through Turkey's prime minister that it is prepared to return the Golan Heights to Syria in
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