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46 Articles found on Wednesday, 9 April 2008
SMSes of the Day : Wednesday
09-04-2008
* THE comments by Victor Tonchi (on Zimbabwe elections) are cause for concern to the Namibian electorate. Let us hope that he is not going to conduct our elections Mugabe style come 2009!* IT'S so sad
readJap robots could take 3,5 million jobs
09-04-2008
TOKYO - Robots could fill the jobs of 3,5 million people in grayingJapan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country's population shrinks.Japan faces a 16 per cent
readMTC profits up 1,8 per cent for 2007
09-04-2008
MOBILE telecommunications company MTC has netted a 1,8 per cent net profit increase for 2007, just N$8,8 million more than at the end of 2006, due to notable rises in certain costs like staff, sales,
readIndia pledges development projects for Africa
09-04-2008
NEW DELHI - India pledged yesterday to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in development projects in Africa in an attempt to bolster its presence on the continent, where economic rival China has
readAfrican inflation could cause 'tsunami'
09-04-2008
BRUSSELS - Soaring prices of basic foodstuffs could cause a "humanitarian tsunami" in Africa, EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel warned yesterday."A world food crisis is emerging, less visible
readVenezuela to take over top foreign cement companies
09-04-2008
CARACAS - Venezuela will take a majority stake in top foreign cement companies' assets in a renewed nationalisation drive, the government said on Monday, giving the first details of a plan announced
readSoros says: 'I told you so' and what to expect now
09-04-2008
WE are facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, George Soros writes in 'The New Paradigm for Financial Markets', a book rushed online this week.The culprit, he says, is a
readTurbulent economy in focus as G7 finance chiefs gather
09-04-2008
WASHINGTON - With the world economy threatened by a US housing meltdown, the dollar at historic lows and global imbalances chafing, global finance chiefs will feel the heat at a gathering that has
readReparations in kind the way forward
09-04-2008
DESCENDANTS of the victims of German colonial rule believe that reparations should be made, but in the form of development projects, livestock and wild game being brought back to areas formerly
readCabinet reshuffle Pohamba reshuffles Cabinet
09-04-2008
IN a long awaited Cabinet reshuffle, President Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday announced what he described as a "winning team", with security supremo Peter Tsheehama the most notable absentee in the
readLittle change in fish quotas
09-04-2008
CABINET has approved largely unchanged total allowable catches (TACs) for three fish species.The quota for hake will remain at 130 000 tonnes from May 1 until April 30 2009, and the quota for monkfish
readRift Valley Fever warning in flooded North
09-04-2008
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Namibia, already ravaged by the floods and outbreaks of cholera and malaria, might have to deal with an outbreak of deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF).A
readAfrica rapped as fears of bloodshed rise in Zimbabwe
09-04-2008
HARARE - African states must intervene in Zimbabwe to prevent widespread bloodshed, the opposition said yesterday, accusing President Robert Mugabe of trying to provoke violence as a pretext for a
readBird lovers act to conserve Namibia as global sanctuary
09-04-2008
WITH 1,8 million birds migrating over Namibia annually along the east Atlantic Flyway, of which 800 000 stay over in the coastal lagoons, wetlands, river mouths and islands, Namibia is increasingly
readOtjimbingwe school receives support
09-04-2008
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
readEven opposition serves the people
09-04-2008
THE parliamentary debate on the new Budget drew to a close on Thursday with a Swapo backbencher noting that opposition party politicians are part of democracy and have a right to exist.The only San
readReparations in kind the way forward
09-04-2008
DESCENDANTS of the victims of German colonial rule believe that reparations should be made, but in the form of development projects, livestock and wild game being brought back to areas formerly
readFormer University staff go on trial
09-04-2008
TWO years after being charged with the theft of computer equipment from the University of Namibia's campus, the trial of two former high-level employees got off the ground in the Windhoek Regional
readUranium mine's water plans under attack
09-04-2008
A DECISION by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry to allow a planned new uranium mine in an arid area southwest of Usakos to use large quantities of underground water is being challenged
readYatatu ya sa moshiponga oshinene shiihauto popepi nOtjiwarongo
09-04-2008
A ANTU yatatu oya si moshiponga shiihauto sha ningilwa popepi nOtjiwarongo ongulohi yOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya yaali yomaantu mboka, aapolisi. Okambesa oki idhenge mumwe mololi
readJulia Nepembe a fumvikwa nesimaneko poAkweenyanga
09-04-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwEwawa lyOomeme yoSwapo mOshitopolwa sha Shana meme Julia Nepembe ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila megumbo lyawo mOngwediva ongula yeti 26 Maalitsa 2008, okwa fumvikwa
readMugabe na thige po oshipundi: Oshilyo shoSwapo mOparliamende
09-04-2008
O MUPRESIDENDE gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe okwa li e na okwiikutha ko koshipundu pambili ngaashi naanaa sha ningilwa kOmupresidende omukulu gwa Namibia tatekulu Sam Nujoma nosho wo kOmupresidende gwa
readOmbaanga ya Venduka ya gandja omagano gOondola/N$100 000 kOonakuhepekwa komeya gefundja moNooli yoshilongo
09-04-2008
O MBAANGA ya tseyika nawa ya Venduka (Bank Windhoek) oya gandja omagano gOmakana gomeya gayela ge li 2500 gOoliitela 25 kehe limwe nosho wo omakende gomeya gayela ge li 10 000 goomililita 500 kehe
readAapolisi 350 ya pita eilongo lyawo noya pewa oonzapo mEtitano
09-04-2008
A ALONGWAPOLISI ayehe kumwe ye li 350 mboka ya kala taya mono elongo lyUupolisi kOkapale ka Ndangwa muule wOomwedhi hamano dha zi ko, oya piti nokuningilwa oshituthipito shawo kOmukuluntu gwOpolisi
readUN okwa hala Zimbabwe a pitithe iizemo yomahogololo meendelelo
09-04-2008
H ARARE - Pethimbo ndika sho Aazimbabwe ye li muumbanda kutya otashi vulika moshilongo mu holoke omakuyunguto omanene kombinga yiizemo yomahogololo ngoka ga ningwa momasiku 29 Maalitsa mbyoka inayi
readMore Namibians could join PSL
09-04-2008
Five Namibians could find themselves in the South African Premier Soccer League next season if their current team wins the National First Division play-offs in a month's time.The five Namibians - Ivan
readU17 League to start
09-04-2008
The Khomas Under 17 Football League will kick off this weekend for the second successive season following the launch at the NFA's Soccer House in Katutura yesterday.Once again a total of 24 teams will
readCalling U15 cricket players
09-04-2008
The Namibia Cricket Board will hold trials to select a national Under 15 team to compete in the upcoming African Cricket Association Championships.Trials for Under 15 players who were born in Namibia
readElnatan win inaugural FNB Classic Clash
09-04-2008
The Windhoek Afrikaans Private School [WAP] travelled to Stampriet, about 60km east of Mariental, over the past weekend to play the formidable team of Elnatan Private School in the inaugural FNB
readSteyn speeds to top of bowling ranks
09-04-2008
Dale Steyn, spearhead of the Proteas test attack, has moved to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for test bowlers after another wonderful display of fast bowling in India that saw him claim eight
readEric Hoffmann on track for Olympics
09-04-2008
After two consecutive successful seasons with Team 3C Gruppe Lamonta on the European continental professional cycling circuit during 2006 and 2007, Namibian professional cyclist Erik Hoffmann has made
readAllies brimful of ideas
09-04-2008
The Namibia Rugby Union's new chief executive officer Keith Allies is excited about the task at hand and brimming with ideas to develop rugby in Namibia and at an international level.Allies, a
readRadcliffe more concerned about heat than pollution
09-04-2008
LONDON - World women's marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe has said she is more concerned about heat and humidity at the Beijing Olympics than the Chinese capital's pollution despite suffering from
readCapello's tax probe extended to family
09-04-2008
TURIN - An investigation into possible tax fraud by England manager Fabio Capello has been extended to his wife Laura Ghisi and two adult sons, Edoardo and Pier Filippo, prosecutors in Turin said
readNato soldier among 35 killed
09-04-2008
* KANDAHAR - At least 35 people, including 17 civilians and a Nato-led soldier, were killed yesterday in the latest violence to hit insurgency-hit Afghanistan, officials said.Two die in Pakistan
readEgypt votes in local election
09-04-2008
* CAIRO - Egyptians voted yesterday in a municipal poll boycotted by the main opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood, against a backdrop of violent popular discontent over skyrocketing food
read80s singer Rick Astley latest Web phenom
09-04-2008
It's been more than 20 years since Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' topped the Billboard Hot 100, but it is once again infiltrating the public consciousness thanks to the phenomenon known as
readMariah passes Elvis No 1 haul
09-04-2008
LOS ANGELES - Pop diva Mariah Carey has dethroned Elvis Presley after passing the 'King of Rock 'n' Roll' in total number of chart-toppers with her 18th No 1, according to Billboard magazine Carey's
readBritish Airways bans Naomi Campbell
09-04-2008
LONDON - Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been banned from flying with British Airways after she was escorted off a flight last week and arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer, media
readRock 'n' roll! Bob Dylan wins Pulitzer
09-04-2008
NEW YORK - Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall.Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought
readPulitzers underline the role of good journalism
09-04-2008
NEW YORK - The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes - the most in its history - including awards for its coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre and a series exposing shoddy treatment of
readPetraeus recommends troop pause
09-04-2008
WASHINGTON - The United States general commanding the Iraq war called yesterday for an open-ended suspension of US troop withdrawals this summer, asserting that an overly rapid withdrawal would
readPetraeus recommends troop pause
09-04-2008
WASHINGTON - The United States general commanding the Iraq war called yesterday for an open-ended suspension of US troop withdrawals this summer, asserting that an overly rapid withdrawal would
readProtests flare in Kenya as opposition halts talks
09-04-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya's opposition suspended talks with President Mwai Kibaki's party yesterday and police fired teargas to scatter opposition supporters protesting at deepening deadlock over a
readOver 400 children removed from polygamist sect compound
09-04-2008
ELDORADO - Texas state authorities have removed more than 400 children from the secluded, sprawling compound of a polygamist sect, amid allegations of widespread sexual and physical abuse.The tally
readIran installing 6 000 enrichment centrifuges
09-04-2008
TEHRAN - Iran has started to install 6 000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment facility, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday, an expansion of nuclear work the West fears is aimed at
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