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41 Articles found on Tuesday, 8 April 2008
In Brief Super dairy farm for Mariental
08-04-2008
NAMIBIA Dairies is hard at work to construct a large dairy farm with 1 500 milk cows near Mariental to secure the country's milk supply.Desmond van Jaarsveld, Managing Director of Namibia Dairies,
readCommunity forestry project in Omaheke
08-04-2008
RURAL people and communal farmers in the Omaheke Region can now derive an income from bush with the launch of a four-year community forest project in that region.Agriculture, Water and Forestry
readRising food prices to be curbed
08-04-2008
DEVELOPMENT ministers from the world's richest nations on Sunday called for action to confront soaring food prices worldwide, which they say hurt developing nations as well as donors' efforts to help
readSMSes of the Day : Tuesday
08-04-2008
* CAN SADC form an independent electoral body to protect the only power the electorate has in the political say of their country? What is currently happening in Zimbabwe is an embarrassment and shows
readEU presses Africa on trade deals
08-04-2008
CAPE TOWN - The European Union will increase pressure on some of the world's poorest countries to conclude new trade pacts, a British member of the European parliament said yesterday.The European
readUS winners, losers in hard times
08-04-2008
HOSPITALS, schools and the assembly line at an airplane factory look like pretty good places to be with a recession looming and unemployment rising.Construction workers, real estate agents and auto
readRegulator verdict on Eskom prices in June
08-04-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's energy regulator will make its decision on proposed power price increases by the state electricity firm Eskom on June 6, it said in a statement.The National Energy
readOil climbs more, Opec sees no shortage
08-04-2008
LONDON - Oil rose towards US$107 yesterday, continuing last week's late rally after Opec's secretary general reiterated the group saw little need to pump more oil.US light, sweet crude for May
readOil exploration drilling starts
08-04-2008
THE Russian company Sintezneftegaz Namibia has announced that it has started drilling the first oil exploration well in Kunene structure of Block 1711 situated offshore about 60 km from the coast and
readGlobal economy battling 'crisis of confidence'
08-04-2008
TOKYO - Prospects for the global economy are worsening more quickly than expected amid "a crisis of confidence," the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said
readUN urges Zim govt to release poll result
08-04-2008
HARARE - As fears mount that Zimbabwe might descend into post-election violence, the United Nations Secretary General yesterday called on Zimbabwe to release the results of the March 29 presidential
readMisa protest journalists' arrest in Zimbabwe
08-04-2008
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has called on the Zimbabwean government to withdraw the charges against two independent journalists arrested by that country's security forces on April
readMugabe should make way: Swapo MP
08-04-2008
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe should have opted for a graceful exit from office like former Namibian President Sam Nujoma did in 2005 and Festus Mogae of Botswana, who stepped down last week
readNew twist to '419' internet scam
08-04-2008
THE total lack of any Namibian laws governing the Internet and related online commerce has once again been highlighted after a local businessman became involved in an apparent attempt to fleece a
readUnam staff not gagged: Mbumba
08-04-2008
THE University of Namibia (Unam) did not prevent its staff from being leaders of political parties, and therefore did not 'gag' them as an opposition party had alleged, Education Minister Nangolo
read!Khara-Khoen chief finally installed
08-04-2008
THE chief of the !Khara-Khoen Nama sub-clan, Chief Frederick Hanse, was finally installed during a ceremony at the village of Amper-bo on Friday after long battle to gain Government recognition.The
read!Khara-Khoen chief finally installed
08-04-2008
THE chief of the !Khara-Khoen Nama sub-clan, Chief Frederick Hanse, was finally installed during a ceremony at the village of Amper-bo on Friday after long battle to gain Government recognition.The
readTwo fatal stabbings
08-04-2008
THE Police are conducting two murder and two inquest investigations after two fatal stabbings and two suspected suicides in central Namibia on Friday and Saturday.According to the Namibian Police's
readTwo fatal stabbings
08-04-2008
THE Police are conducting two murder and two inquest investigations after two fatal stabbings and two suspected suicides in central Namibia on Friday and Saturday.According to the Namibian Police's
readOpposition MPs can't get a word in
08-04-2008
THE stale budget debate in the National Assembly plunged to even lower levels on Thursday as Swapo MPs tried to derail the speeches of opposition members and Lands Minister Jerry Ekandjo jumped up
readNine arrests over stolen gambling machines
08-04-2008
THE Police in the North have arrested nine people in connection with the theft of two gambling machines that were recovered over the weekend.According to the Oshana Police commander, Deputy
read'Voice of the Nation' falls silent
08-04-2008
A POWER failure in the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation's (NBC) current affairs department left viewers and listeners to the broadcaster's radio and television services without their early morning
readHH is a hypocrite: Swapo
08-04-2008
SWAPO has accused opposition leader Hidipo Hamutenya of hypocrisy, saying he was the driving force behind the company that prints ballot papers but cried foul when his party lost the recent
readSupreme Court hears appeal on rape of disabled hostel child
08-04-2008
A landmark judgement, in which the High Court last year ordered the Minister of Education to pay more than N$100 000 to a mentally handicapped child and her guardian because of an incident in which
readOmwiihupuli a dhipaga aantu 12
08-04-2008
C OLOMBO - Omwiihupilu gumwe okwa topitha omboma peegululo lyuudhano wokumatuka iinano iile pondje ya Colombo (sha Sri Lanka), shoka sha faalele wo Ominista yimwe naakwashigwana ye li 11 nokweehameka
read9 ya kwatwa po kOpolisi shi na sha nuufuthi mOshakati nomoElim
08-04-2008
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya oya kwata po aalumentu ye li omugoyi, Aangola yane nAanamibia yatano shi na sha neyakopo lyOmadjekepota niinima iikwawo yilwe omasiku ga zi ko moNooli.Pethimbo ta
readOshipotha sha Orina shedhipago sha kalekwa ishewe poGrootfontein
08-04-2008
O MUPANGI gwOmukenya gwedhina Kenneth Orina ngoka ta fekelelwa edhipago lyokulukadhi gwe noku mu tetagula miintimbu poGrootfontein mu Septemba omumvo gwa zi ko nokushalakanithila iintimbu yomudhimba
readOkolela ya londa pombanda mOnooli, nomalaria iihuna yowala: Negonga ta ti
08-04-2008
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi shAatoolinkundana kombinga yomeya gEfundja moNooli mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, Erastus Negonga ngoka e li Amushanga Omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa
readEleven Arrows locally owned
08-04-2008
Despite their 5-3 defeat (in penalties) against Black Africa at Walvis Bay on Sunday a week ago, Eleven Arrows was a "winner" by becoming one of the first local teams to point the way to professional
readWOB and DTS play to thrilling hockey draw
08-04-2008
Windhoek Old Boys and DTS played to a thrilling 4-all draw in their Omina Supplies Men's Premier League hockey match on Friday evening.Although not much weighed on the outcome of the match, since
readWomen's soccer tourney in May
08-04-2008
Soccer fans can look forward seeing some of the best women players in action next month.Beauty Eagles Women's Football Club is inviting all women's teams to a tournament in Outjo on May 3 and 4. Prize
readEnglish assault on Champs League picks up speed
08-04-2008
LONDON - The English Premier League is odds-on to provide three of the four Champions League semi-finalists for the second successive season this week, with Barcelona on course to complete the
readOkahandja Beauties win Khomas League
08-04-2008
Okahandja Beauties won the Khomas Women's Football League title for the second year in a row after thrashing their opponents over the weekend.On Saturday Beauties beat Unam Bokkies 10-0 and on Sunday
readDecision on Ullrich expected soon
08-04-2008
BERLIN - A decision on the fraud case against disgraced former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is expected in the next week, it was revealed yesterday.Prosecutors in Bonn have been investigating the
readNuumbembe to fight for Pan African welterweight title
08-04-2008
Ali Nuumbembe will challenge South Africa's Welcome Ntshingila for the WBA Pan African welterweight title, while Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses will fight an as yet unknown opponent in Japan next
readIsraeli, Palestinian leaders meet again
08-04-2008
JERUSALEM - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resumed face-to-face negotiations yesterday, trying to push forward peace efforts after nearly two months marred
readAl-Sadr calls for dialogue in Iraq
08-04-2008
BAGHDAD - Aides to Muqtada al-Sadr yesterday called for dialogue to resolve a violent standoff with the Iraqi government, saying that the radical Shiite cleric would disband his militia if senior
readReckless driving and pursuing paparazzi killed Princess Di
08-04-2008
LONDON - A coroner's jury ruled yesterday that Princess Diana and boyfriend Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed through the reckless actions of their driver and the paparazzi in 1997.The jury had been
readJapan's 'geisha guys' the latest accessory
08-04-2008
TOKYO - At first glance, the man and woman at the nightclub look like any other couple on a date.He flirts and pours champagne. She looks at him and laughs. This isn't a date, though. It's
readTeens rampage through Aus school
08-04-2008
SYDNEY - Five teenagers brandishing baseball bats and machetes rampaged through a school in Sydney yesterday, smashing windows, terrorising students and hitting a teacher over the head, police
readTroubled journey for Oly flame
08-04-2008
PARIS - Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times yesterday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and
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