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49 Articles found on Wednesday, 13 August 2008
SMS of the Day : Wednesday
13-08-2008
* WHAT is it that the Namibian political leadership stands for? Or are they lacking principles or are they visionless? Are they elected to advance Namibia economically and its people or to divide,
readMaize, wheat prices UP
13-08-2008
INCREASES in the price of raw materials and transport costs have forced wholesalers and millers to increase the prices of maize meal and wheat flour.Bokomo Namibia's price increases on wheat and white
readCargo movement through Mombasa port speeds up
13-08-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya's government, under fire for long delays in moving goods through Mombasa port, has ordered the gateway to east and central Africa to stay open permanently.The crucial role of the port
readIndia says rich world must 'give' to restart failed Geneva trade talks
13-08-2008
NEW DELHI - India urged developed nations yesterday to return to the negotiating table to work out a new global trade deal - but only if they are willing to give and not just look for what they can
readOil falls on stronger dollar
13-08-2008
VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices extended their slide yesterday, falling to a 3-month low as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China weighed on investor sentiment.Prices, now down more
readMozambique to resume coal exports in 2010
13-08-2008
MAPUTO - Mozambique will resume coal exports in 2010 after reconstructing a 665 km railroad from the Moatize coal fields to the harbour in the central port city of Beira, a top official said
readLibya signs pipeline deal with Congo
13-08-2008
TRIPOLI - Libya Oil Holding Company, Tripoli's oil investment arm in Africa, has won a US$300 million deal in Democratic Republic of Congo to build oil infrastructure, its chief executive officer said
readUS finds deepening credit crisis
13-08-2008
WASHINGTON - More US banks are tightening lending standards on home mortgages and other consumer and business loans as a deepening credit crisis exerts a heavier toll on the economy.The Federal
readSA Treasury to help Eskom after Moody's cut
13-08-2008
THE South African national treasury is prepared to guarantee Eskom's existing debt if needed after Moody's Investors Service downgraded the parastatal's foreign currency credit rating by three
readSubprime losses mount on UBS
13-08-2008
ZURICH - Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS, yesterday set out plans to reorganise itself as it posted a second-quarter net loss and took a further writedown of N$5,1 billion on subprime-related
readQuestions over hostel appointments
13-08-2008
THE appointment of two women at the hostel of the Daweb Junior Secondary School at Maltahoehe has been questioned by some local people.One of the women is the wife of a teacher, who also serves on
read5 held in N$2,1-m coke bust
13-08-2008
FIVE Windhoek residents - including a 51-year-old South African Airways employee and a 50-year-old TransNamib electrician - have been charged with dealing in cocaine.Four of them were allegedly caught
readUnam defends standards, marks itself up
13-08-2008
THE University of Namibia (Unam) yesterday rejected claims that its academic standards are declining.Instead, Unam Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research Professor Osmund Mwandemele argued
readParents claim teacher beat child unconscious
13-08-2008
AN 11-year-old pupil from a Windhoek primary school ended up in hospital after his class teacher allegedly hit him on the head with a chalkboard duster.The incident happened at the Mandume Primary
readTsvangirai leaves marathon Zimbabwe crisis talks
13-08-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai met for a third day of power-sharing talks yesterday amid fears the negotiations could collapse because of
readNamWater's grand desalination plans
13-08-2008
NAMWATER wants to build a N$1,8 billion desalination plant at Mile 6 north of Swakopmund.The national water utility's CEO, Vaino Shivute, told The Namibian yesterday that seawater desalination has
readMaltahoehe villagers feel left out
13-08-2008
RESIDENTS of Maltahoehe feel they should have been consulted over oil exploration taking place near the southern village.Village Council chairperson Aermgarda /Gaweses says neither the Ministry of
readRegional councillor charged with poaching
13-08-2008
THE Swapo regional councillor for Otavi constituency, Bartholomeus Shangheta, is facing allegations of hunting illegally on a commercial farm in the Otavi area.Otavi Police Station Commander Petrus
readA school that the Tooth Fairy loves
13-08-2008
THERE is a little school in the heart of Katutura where the children have an excellent knowledge of dental hygiene and they brush their teeth every day after their daily snack under the supervision of
readVeld fires put out
13-08-2008
THE veld fire that had raged since early Sunday in the Gibeon Constituency was put out Monday night.It is suspected that the fire, which destroyed an estimated 10 000 hectares of grazing, started when
readWAD threatens to name and shame 'Johns'
13-08-2008
WOMEN'S Action for Development (WAD) Executive Director Veronica De Klerk has spoken out against high-ranking men in Windhoek who she claims are using the services of prostitutes.WAD last week
readCousin killer also guilty of robbery
13-08-2008
MURDER suspect Elias Nhinda-Tjiriange, who is accused of robbing, killing and finally setting alight his cousin in Windhoek near the end of 2004, was pronounced guilty yesterday on all five charges
readEhumokomeho mOshikandjohogololo sha Shakatiuzilo otali ende nawa lela, Kuushomwa ta ti
13-08-2008
POMUSIMBOTI K AANSELA gwOshikandjohogololo sha Shakatiuzilo omusamane Loth Kuushomwa ota ti kutya ehumokomeho mOshikandjohogololo she otali ende nawa nokwa pandula lela elongelokumwe pokati ke
readShigwana inamu yaka omahooli tamu kwatwa nokuya mondholongo; Kashihakumwa ta ti
13-08-2008
K OMANDA gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Komufala gwOpevi gwOpolisi Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa okwa ninga ekunkililo enene lya thinda moshigwana moka kutya nashi kale kokule nokuyaka omahooli
readNghihepa a kuthwa manga miilonga kElelo lya Shakati
13-08-2008
O MUNAMBELEWA Omukuluntupitithi mElelo lyOndoolopa ya Shakati John Nghihepa okwa kuthwa miilonga pakathimbo kElelo lya Shakati, sha ningilwe mEtitano lya zi ko.Ekutho lyomusamane Nghihepa miilonga
readOndando yomahooli ya ya pevi
13-08-2008
A ANAMIBIA otaya tameke okwiimemeha nena (mEtitatu) sho ondando yomahooli gopetololi ya shuna pevi noosenda omilongo ndatu.Shika osho oshikando shotango ondando yomahooli tayi shuna pevi nuumvo -
readUnam a pewa esiku lyahugunina
13-08-2008
O LAATA yOyunivesiti ya Namibia (Unam) oya pewa sigo omOmaandaha opo yi kale ya gandja efatululo lya yela kutya omolwashike ya gandja egwedhelo lyoondjamb dhaaniilonga mewilikongundu lya
readDance sport body making strides
13-08-2008
NAMIBIA Amateur Dance Sport Association (NADSA) president Hannelie Stein has congratulated her fellow board members on their exceptional work in assisting, developing and educating Namibians about
readAcademy improves game for youth
13-08-2008
PRO Tennis Academy held tournaments for mini-tennis and junior players (full court) with a total of 154 entries last weekend.The mini-tennis tournament saw 80 junior mini-tennis players participating
readMonty to win 100th cap
13-08-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's most capped player Percy Montgomery will celebrate his 100th Springbok cap against New Zealand in their Tri-Nations match on Saturday.Montgomery, 34, said it was a special
readWarriors Brendell, Baisako off to Switzerland
13-08-2008
NAMIBIA Premier League duo Brian Brendell from Civics and Oshikandela Ramblers defender Jeremia Baisako left for Switzerland on Monday to attend trials with Swiss Super League outfit FC
readJan Moehr high in netball title swoop
13-08-2008
THE Jan Moehr High School netball team is licking its wounds after being thumped 42-29 by the powerful Wennie du Plessis High School side in the semi-finals of the recently concluded Telecom Namibia
readNRU suspends CEO Allies
13-08-2008
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Rugby Union's (NRU) Chief Executive Officer Keith Allies has been suspended following Monday's disciplinary hearing by the union's executive at the Hage Geingob Stadium.NRU
readChina dance past S Africa
13-08-2008
BEIJING - China displayed patches of classical Asian hockey to run South Africa ragged in front of a boisterous home crowd in women's Olympic hockey yesterday.Combining fluid long passes with crafty
readSWIMMING
13-08-2008
Michael Phelps carved his name among the Olympic greats yesterday, smashing another world record in the pool to join Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis in an elite group on a record nine career golds.An
readRafa wins as Fed Ex coasts
13-08-2008
BEIJING - The top three seeds in the Olympics men's singles, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, all moved easily into the third round with convincing wins here on yesterday.The women's
readTearful Warren adds to US woes
13-08-2008
BEIJING - American world flyweight champion Rau'shee Warren left the Olympic boxing competition in tears after judging controversy surfaced for the first time yesterday.Warren, the first US boxer to
readFourteen die as Indian Kashmir land row boils
13-08-2008
SRINAGAR - Police shot dead at least 13 people in Indian Kashmir yesterday as Muslim protests against what they termed an economic blockade by Hindus over a land row began to morph into independence
readRise 'n' Shine: Gossip from the celeb frontline
13-08-2008
OUT of Los Angeles: * The first Britney Spears interview and photo shoot in two years will appear in OK!, and this time around no Zac Posen gowns were defecated on by dogs.* Looks like if you want to
read'Mummy' wraps up the opposition
13-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' triumphed at the international box office for a second consecutive weekend, earning an estimated US$56,1 million from 49 territories.The China-set
readBlondie, Queen Abba and Mandopop!
13-08-2008
BEIJING - Audiences are being treated to a somewhat eclectic mix of music to keep them entertained and pumped up on Olympic passion during the two weeks of sport.Played during breaks between
readAngelina to step into Tom's butt-kicking shoes
13-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Make that Edwina A Salt. The espionage thriller Edwin A Salt, originally intended as a vehicle for 'Mission: Impossible' hero Tom Cruise, is being rewritten for Angelina Jolie now that
readAncient big cat fossils found in South America
13-08-2008
CARACAS - Venezuela has found the first fossils of an extinct scimitar cat - of the sabre-toothed cat genus -- in South America, during oil prospecting activities southeast of Caracas,
readSA court rules against refugees
13-08-2008
PRETORIA - A Pretoria High Court judge yesterday dismissed an urgent application to keep temporary refugee shelters open for the time being.Judge Ephraim Makgoba said the government was not violating
readBlast rips through bus
13-08-2008
Peshawar - A roadside bomb ripped through a Pakistan air force bus in the northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, killing 13 people as fighting with Taliban militants raged nearby along the Afghan
readRussia orders halt to war, Georgia skeptical
13-08-2008
MOSCOW/TBILISI - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday but Tbilisi cast doubt on the announcement, saying Russian fighter jets had just bombed
readAngola collects weapons ahead of vote
13-08-2008
LUANDA - Angola has begun collecting soldiers' weapons normally kept at home to ensure stability ahead of the country's first elections since the end of a long civil war, state media reported on
readTribunal indicts Khmer Rouge jailer in Cambodia
13-08-2008
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's genocide tribunal formally indicted a former prison chief of the country's notorious Khmer Rouge yesterday, paving the way for a historic trial.The United Nations-assisted
readViolence in China's far west
13-08-2008
BEIJING - Three security officers were stabbed to death and another wounded in renewed violence in far northwest China's Xinjiang region yesterday, the fourth day of the Beijing Olympic Games, state
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