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47 Articles found on Monday, 28 April 2008
SMSes of the Day : Monday
28-04-2008
* IN response to Maria, why doesn't the Ministry of Finance zero rate food for VAT purposes at least for the time being, as well as zero rating any energy-saving devices.* I'M a Zimbabwean national
readRice price pinches diets in W.Africa
28-04-2008
DAKAR - Rice, the daily staple shared in family and communal food bowls across West Africa, risks becoming a luxury as rocketing price rises squeeze the pockets and stomachs of the region's
readWill the new IMF programme help or hurt Africa's chances of meeting poverty goals
28-04-2008
UNDER fire from both rich and poor countries for its strict policies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched a new programme, called a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) in 2005, as a
readPRISA Nam commits to communication industry
28-04-2008
THE Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa in Namibia, PRISA, Namibia kick-started the year with an Annual General Meeting that took place in Windhoek on the March 27 2008.The meeting was well
readWeatherly to reactivate Berg Aukas
28-04-2008
WINDHOEK - Weatherly Mining Namibia is planning to reactivate the Berg Aukas zinc mine in the Grootfontein District in the near future.The Berg Aukas mine, rich in zinc, lead and vanadium deposits,
readWB upbeat on Moz economy
28-04-2008
MAPUTO - Mozambique's target of eight per cent economic growth this year is realistic despite floods and cyclones which hit the country this year, a World Bank official said.The World Bank's
readChaos ensues as people rush for cheap phones
28-04-2008
SWAKOPMUND/ WINDHOEK - Chaos, drama, pushing and shoving were the order of the day as MTC Mobile Homes around the country opened for business early Friday morning.Responding to an advertisement by the
readZimbabwe at tipping point
28-04-2008
HARARE - Suspense mounted in Zimbabwe yesterday over the outcome of the presidential election more than a month after voting day, as lawyers applied for the release of some 200 jailed opposition
readChild recounts woman's last moments
28-04-2008
"SHE screamed, she was crying and she ran away."The late Annalise Gawanas did not make it to safety, though. Her boyfriend chased after her and threw a stone at her, it is claimed. She fell to the
readACC swoops on GRN vehicles
28-04-2008
A LARGE number of Government vehicles were impounded during a joint Namibian Police and City Police operation over the weekend.They were being used without proper authorisation. At least nine vehicles
read'Pool people' resettled on farm
28-04-2008
ABOUT 300 San people from the Okahandja district - including those who had lived at the Okahandja swimming pool for the past couple of years - have been resettled on the farm Uitkomst in the Hochfeld
readSeafood binge at Luederitz lobster festival
28-04-2008
THE southern coastal town of Luederitz was a hive of activity over the weekend as hundreds of people from all corners of the country gathered for the inaugural Luederitz Crayfish Festival on
readKeetmanshoop Chamber of Commerce takes on Government
28-04-2008
THE Keetmanshoop Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) says the Namibian Government's "shameful silence" over what is happening in neighbouring Zimbabwe has damaged investor confidence in the
readSocial grants reach over 90 000 children
28-04-2008
MORE than 90 126 orphans and vulnerable children now benefit from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare's social grant programme, Minister Marlene Mungunda told the National Assembly on
readMinistry concentrates on training health workers
28-04-2008
IF staff shortages in the health sector are not solved soon, Namibia will struggle to meet its Millennium Development Goals, Health Minister Richard Kamwi said at a graduation ceremony last week.The
readJustice lacks magistrates
28-04-2008
THE Ministry of Justice has started addressing the serious backlog of cases it had through expediting some cases, increasing the salaries of judges and legal officers and appointing more
readLet locals benefit from mineral resources
28-04-2008
SWAPO Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister Kazenambo Kazenambo has called on Government to seriously consider empowering more people in mineral-rich areas.Speaking in Parliament on Thursday,
readNamibia is lagging behind on sanitation
28-04-2008
ALTHOUGH Namibia is ahead in meeting its Millennium Development Goal on access to clean water, it is lagging far behind in providing adequate sanitation to its people.This was said by EU Ambassador
readThree children drown in Oshana
28-04-2008
THE Police at Oshakati report that two brothers, aged 10 and seven, drowned in a pond near Oshakati's Kandjengedi bridge on Friday afternoon.It is believed that the two boys had been fishing in the
readSecond gold mine in pipeline
28-04-2008
NAMIBIA could have a second opencast gold mine within the next 18 months.Motivating his Ministry's budget in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Mines Minister Erkki Nghimtina said the feasibility
readSwapo okwa nyokoma momahogololo gopashikandjohogololo po Rundu
28-04-2008
O NGUNDU yo Swapo oya yaka omawi momahogololo gopashikandjohogolo mo Rundu, ngoka ga li ga ningwa mu Januali nuumvo, Omwiliki gwongundu yo Republican Party (RP) Henk Mudge, osho a popi ngaaka.Mudge
readDenmark a lundulula oombelewa dhe mu Afghanistan na Algeria
28-04-2008
C OPENHANGEN - Denmark okwa fala oombelewa dhaakalelipo ye mu Algeria na Afghanistan komahala ga holekwa omolu omatilitho ngoka taga ningilwa aantu yawo kiilongo mbika iyali."Opwa li elunduluko
readOmeya ga thika mOkashana lwotango muule woomvula omulongo
28-04-2008
M OKASHANA, ehala enene etokele li li pokati koshikunino shiiyamakuti sha Etosha National Park, omu na omeya oshikando shotango muule woomvula omulongo dha zi ko.Omeya ngaka ga ningi Okashana ka fa
readEgumbo lya tate Josua Hangula mOnangama lya pya po thiluthilu
28-04-2008
E GUMBO enene lyongulu yomala gahamano lwaampoka lya tate Josua Hangula momukunda Onangama popepi nOngenga mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena olya pya po thiluthilu ongulohi yEtine lyeti 17 Apilili
readOpolisi ya yaha omufekelwa
28-04-2008
O POLISI pOkahao oya lopota ngeyi kutya oya li ya thiminikwa konkalo oku umba omuntu nenge tutye omufekelwa gumwe ngoka ya li tayi kambadhala oku dhithika, ashike okwa li ta fadhuka po omutenya
readOorebele mu Uganda dha kwata po aantu ye li 350
28-04-2008
E PANGELO lyOrepublika yUudemokoli ya Congo (DRC), Sudan na Central Africa Republic oge na okwiimanga kumwe opo ga mangulule aatu ya konda pomathele gatatu nomilongo ntano mboka ya kwatwa po ombamyona
readMvula naye a kwatha oonakukuthwa pomahala gawo kefundja
28-04-2008
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomOshakati Erastus Mvula Mnyaango, naye gumwe gwomaanangeshefa nenge aakwashigwana mboka ya kwathela noonkondo moshiponga shomeya gefundja ngoka ga adhele Uumbangalantu
readTutekula Children Organisation a pewa omakumbatha ku meme Pohamba
28-04-2008
U UNONA wuuthigwa ouhe kumwe wu li 160 wOmehangano lya Tutekula Children Organisation nosho wo uunona mboka wa mona iihuna wu li 44, nawo womEhangano tuu ndika, mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko owa mona
readMalaysia to lift immigration ban on Israeli duo in Chelsea squad
28-04-2008
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's government will allow Chelsea coach Avram Grant and defender Tal Ben Haim to enter the country for a preseason tour next year despite a policy of not issuing visas to
readBallack - United are starting to feel the heat
28-04-2008
LONDON - German international captain Michael Ballack believes Manchester United are showing signs of cracking up as the Premier League title race enters the final furlong.Ballack knows what it feels
readFourth Nadal win over Federer at Monte Carlo Masters in a row
28-04-2008
MONTE CARLO - Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 yesterday to win the Monte Carlo Masters for a fourth consecutive year.For a second straight year, the Spaniard did not drop a set. Nadal has now
readSA's Van Dyk's second wheelchair win
28-04-2008
SEOUL - South Africa's leading wheelchair athlete, Ernst van Dyk added a win in yesterdays Seoul Marathon to his ever increasing list of victories, when he totally outsmarted Australian world champion
readIndia's Harbhajan suspended over slapping
28-04-2008
NEW DELHI - The Indian board suspended spinner Harbhajan Singh on Saturday pending a disciplinary hearing into a slapping incident involving compatriot Shanthakumaran Sreesanth in an Indian Premier
readDeportivo Alaves midfielder Khabeb fined
28-04-2008
Southern Stream First Division outfit Deportivo Alaves' midfielder Lidmey Khabeb has been found guilty by the Organising Committee of the Namibia Football Association (NFA)/Mobile Telecommunications
readAhly see Stars as South African minnows triumph
28-04-2008
ATTERIDGEVILLE - Edward Williams scored in stoppage time to give minnows Platinum Stars of South Africa a shock 2-1 win over mighty Al-Ahly of Egypt in the African Champions League on Saturday.The
readNamibia beat Lesotho 4-0
28-04-2008
Namibia gave a polished performance to beat Lesotho 4-0 in their African U17 qualifier at the Khomasdal Stadium on Friday night.Namibia held a comfortable lead after beating Lesotho 5-0 in the first
readSKW, Stars through to Cup semis
28-04-2008
Cymot SKW and African Stars progressed to the semi-finals of the MTC NFA Cup on Saturday after beating Black Africa on penalties and Hotspurs 2-1 in Mariental respectively.Black Africa seemed to be
readBrunner retains Hunters Cycling Race title
28-04-2008
Benjamin Brunner from the Fysal Cycling Club at Oshakati on Saturday won the Distell Namibia sponsored Hunters Cycling Race for the second year in the row.It was a race of 60km between Oshakati town
readRamblers and Civics also through to the semis
28-04-2008
Ramblers and Civics joined Cymot SKW and African Stars in the semi-finals of the MTC NFA Cup on Sunday after beating Tigers and Fedics United respectively in Mariental.Ramblers won 2 - 0 and Civics 1
read3 Ugandan journos held
28-04-2008
KAMPALA - Three Ugandan journalists were arrested on Saturday on suspicion of sedition after writing articles accusing the country's army of corruption and covering up atrocities, their lawyer said.No
readCasablanca mattress factory fire kills 55
28-04-2008
CASABLANCA - A fire roared through a mattress factory in a poor section of Casablanca, killing up to 55 workers and injuring at least 12 others.A rescue chief said firefighters arrived hours late and
readMiley Cyrus, America's billion-dollar girl sensation
28-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - Fifteen-year-old Miley Cyrus stars in a wildly popular Disney television series, sings to packed concert halls and last week announced the billion-dollar publication of her "memoirs."She
readPregnancy, stoner comedies a hit at box office
28-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - A pair of new comedies aimed at distinctly different audiences took the top two spots at the weekend box office in North America, with Tina Fey's 'Baby Mama' leading the charge.According
read85 000+ want to be Paris' bff
28-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - More than 85 000 people want to be Paris Hilton's best friend.The 27-year-old is using the Internet to cast potential friends for her new reality show, 'Paris Hilton's My New BFF'. The
readHard path ahead to solve Moldova separatism
28-04-2008
TIRASPOL, Moldova - When the president of Moldova sat down with the leader of the separatist Transdniestria region, many hoped for a breakthrough in one of the former Soviet Union's seemingly endless
readMan tries to set himself alight during Seoul torch relay
28-04-2008
SEOUL - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay yesterday in Seoul, where thousands of police guarded the flame from protesters blasting China's treatment
readNo nutz!
28-04-2008
Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.Republican Senator Cary Baker, a gun shop owner
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