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48 Articles found on Thursday, 21 August 2008
Climate change seminar for ACP countries
21-08-2008
A SEMINAR on the implications of global climate change for sustainable agricultural production in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in
readTake a closer look at that bird
21-08-2008
THE objective of bird ringing is to establish information about the movements and survival of birds.Birds are valuable indicators on the state of an environment and monitoring bird populations is
readSMS of the Day : Thursday
21-08-2008
* SWAPO and RDP should try to respect each other. Africa for Africans. We must respect ourselves.Food for Thought * IT'S a heavy irony that athletes from southern Africa are performing so poorly at
readDebt piles up for SA consumers
21-08-2008
SOUTH Africa needs 2 500 more debt counsellors to cope with the needs of more than 6 million indebted consumers, who are losing homes at the rate of 2 000 a month and 6 000 cars a month.At present
readDonors cut grants as corruption mounts in Mozambique
21-08-2008
MOZAMBIQUE'S Planning and Development Minister, Aiuba Cuereneia, says the government will use domestic revenue to cover the reduction in support for the state budget from Sweden, one of the country's
readNuyoma's salary 'at lower end of market'
21-08-2008
THE Board Chairman of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), Sven Thieme, is concerned that the Chief Executive Officer's salary package is at the lower end of the current market salaries for
readMeatco, banks roll out loans for raising cattle
21-08-2008
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) has started a funding project for communal and commercial farmers to help them rear their cattle for slaughter at local abattoirs to boost local throughput and
readSaudi Arabia embraces the future
21-08-2008
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - An hour's drive north of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast, 8 000 workers toil under the relentless summer sun building what Saudi Arabia hopes will be the key to its social and
readGoogle woos US politicians Google woos US politicians
21-08-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Google will be pampering bloggers and tutoring US policymakers at Democratic and Republican national conventions as Internet culture flexes growing political muscle.The Internet giant
readUN report lambastes Nam for hate speech
21-08-2008
THE United Nations has rapped the Namibian Government over the knuckles and demanded that hate speech against minority groups must stop.The UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
readElephant shot dead 'for braai' in front of tourists
21-08-2008
AN elephant was shot dead - allegedly for a local chief's "braaivleis party" - in front of several tourists in the Bwabwata Park in the Caprivi Region last week, causing many of the shocked visitors
readGovernment bans Ekipa sales
21-08-2008
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has placed a moratorium on the sale of carved ivory products with effect from September 1 as a measure to control trade in ivory amulets known as omakipa.The
readCommunity mourns murdered child
21-08-2008
COMMUNITY members and relatives of the late Adriana Jacobs, the four-year-old girl whose mutilated and decomposed body was discovered in a Windhoek riverbed earlier this month, yesterday marched
readLocal councillors get pay rise
21-08-2008
LOCAL AUTHORITY councillors countrywide are to receive a 15 per cent increase in their sitting allowances on September 1.This was announced by the Ministry of Local and Regional Government in a
readOshikoto Regional Council moves to Omuthiya
21-08-2008
THE Oshikoto Regional Council's head office has been moved from Tsumeb to Omuthiya.The new headquarters was inaugurated by President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Tuesday. The four-storey building was funded
readGovt supports circumcision as anti-HIV tool
21-08-2008
MALE circumcision should be regarded as part of a comprehensive package of HIV prevention interventions, says Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi.He made the call at the opening of a
readBorder posts need facelift: Governor
21-08-2008
THE Karas Governor, Dawid Boois, is calling for a facelift of buildings at southern border posts ahead of the 2010 soccer World Cup to be staged in South Africa.Boois said the border post buildings
readTransNamib workers threaten strike
21-08-2008
TRANSNAMIB'S board and workers have reached a stalemate, with a strike looming after the board refused to withdraw the suspension of CEO Titus Haimbili.The Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union
readGovt software contract dispute in court
21-08-2008
N$77 000 for 24 hours of work. This is what a computer software company supposed to be installing a human resources management system for the Office of the Prime Minister appears to have charged for
readSwapo uses Govt platform
21-08-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba raised eyebrows when he used the inauguration of the new Oshikoto Regional Council headquarters at Omuthiya on Tuesday to campaign for Swapo in the upcoming local
readEkenko lyaalumentu otali kwathele mekondjitho lyo HIV-AIDS, Kamwi ta ti
21-08-2008
E KENKO lyaalumentu oli na okutalika ko ong'onkambadhala yoomoonkambadhala dhilwe dhi na sha nokukondjitha etaandelo lyomukithi gwo HIV-AIDS mu Namibia, Ominista yUuhaku nOnkalonawa Richard Kamwi,
readOshikondo shOmakwatho gOpaveta sha laateka oshipotha shAaluusia
21-08-2008
E LAATO mokugandja aanaveta kaafekelwa yaagundjuka yaali mboka taya tamanekelwa oshipotha oshinene shokudhipaga aahokanathani yaali Aaluusia mboka ya dhipagelwe pOkahandja mu Mei - oshipotha shika
readOwa tseya kutya Kafidi a ya kOshikoto ye meme Nghipondoka tayi kOmusati?
21-08-2008
O NKUNDANA twa mona po otayi ti kutya Omuwiliki gwElongo kOshitopolwa sha Musati, tate Lameck Kafidi, okwa lundululilwa kOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, ye meme Ester Anna Nghipondoka, ngoka a kala Omuwiliki
readO KONDALAKA yiilonga yOmunambelewapitithi
21-08-2008
mOlaata yoshitopolwa sha Karas, Salmaan Jacobs, itayi ka ningululwa sho tayi ka kwisha mu Novemba.Onzo yi shi okwiinekelwa oya yakele ko The Namibian kutya Olaata oya ningi etokolo moshinima shika
readOseko yOpombanda ya Gabriel Taapopi otayi dhana evalo lyayo lyoomvula 20
21-08-2008
O SEKO yOpombanda ya Gabriel Taapopi mehuliloshiwike lyeti 29 sigo 30 Aguste 2008, otayi ka ndhana evalo lyayo lyoomvula 20 notaku indilwa aalongwa aakulu ayehe ya longwa mOseko ndjika, yee ya
readOnyama yondjambameya nekondo lyondjamba ya adhika mohauyo yOpolisi
21-08-2008
O POLISI ya Namibia inayi kwata po nande omuntu nenge yi patulule oshipotha sho onyama yiiyamakuti ya adhika mOkambesa kOpolisi pomweelo gwa Mururani moshitopolwa sha Kavango mOsoondaha.Omutonateli
readHanekom wins club champs
21-08-2008
NAMIBIAN golfer Francois Hanekom won the annual Nedbank Club Championships held at the Windhoek Golf and Country Club last weekend.Hanekom, who was the defending champion, retained his title with ease
readBank to host tenth golf day for welfare
21-08-2008
BANK Windhoek will host its tenth golf day in aid of welfare on September 19 at the Windhoek Golf Club.The aim of the Bank Windhoek Golf Day is to raise funds for welfare organisations in Namibia.
readKenya replaces Namibia in ICC Cup standings
21-08-2008
KENYA replaced Namibia at the top of the ICC Intercontinental Cup table after thrashing the Dutch team by an innings in Amstelveen, The Netherlands.Kenya now top the log with 96 points from six
readTop guns to swing it
21-08-2008
TOP professional golfers will descend on the Windhoek Country and Golf Club when Namibia's most prestigious golf championship, the MTC PGA, gets into swing in early November.Yesterday, the president
readNhlapo gives BMX rare exposure
21-08-2008
BEIJING - South Africa's Sifiso Nhlapo, the only African competing in BMX cycling at the Beijing Games, could give the new sport at the Olympics rare exposure back home.In a country that is dominated
readBritain, Ireland impress in boxing
21-08-2008
BEIJING - Britain and Ireland continued their impressive showing in the Olympic boxing competition in Beijing yesterday as James DeGale and Darren Sutherland qualified for the middleweight
readBriefs from the Games
21-08-2008
* ATHLETICS Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the men's 200 metres gold medal at the Olympics yesterday to complete the sprint double in a new world record time of 19.31 seconds.* TABLE TENNIS China's women
readDo or die for Agnes at Olympics
21-08-2008
BEIJING - It is do or die for Namibia's Agnes Samaria when she steps on the track for the 1 500 metres semi-final race in Beijing today.The race will take place at around 12h00 Namibian time. Going
readFive from US held as China ups scrutiny
21-08-2008
BEIJING - Five American blogger-activists and a foreign artist have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics,
readMcCain takes 5-point lead over Obama: poll
21-08-2008
WASHINGTON - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the United States presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy,
readTwin car bombings in Algeria kill 54
21-08-2008
ALGIERS - Twin car bombings rocked a hotel and military headquarters in the Algerian town of Bouira yesterday, killing 11 people after a suicide bombing in a neighbouring region killed 43, official
readSarkozy's Afghan policy questioned
21-08-2008
PARIS - As the the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed near Kabul were being flown home yesterday, politicians and commentators in Paris questioned why France got itself involved in the Afghan
readPoland, US sign deal on missile shield
21-08-2008
WARSAW - The United States and Poland signed a deal yesterday to station elements of a United States missile defence shield on Polish soil, a move certain to aggravate Russia-Western tensions over
read'Boobs on bikes' parade
21-08-2008
WELLINGTON - A New Zealand court has allowed a parade of topless porn stars on motor bikes to proceed on the main street of the country's biggest city, local media said on Tuesday.Auckland City
readUS tracking citizens' border crossings: report
21-08-2008
WASHINGTON - The United States government has been using its border checkpoints to collect information on citizens that will be stored for 15 years, raising concern among privacy advocates, the
readRussian trucks trickle out of Georgia
21-08-2008
VERKHNY ZARAMAG - Russian military trucks crossed from Georgia back into Russia yesterday but there was no sign of the large-scale, rapid pullout demanded by the West.A Reuters correspondent near the
readMugabe to open new Zimbabwe parliament Tuesday: official
21-08-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will on Tuesday open the new parliament, an official said, despite opposition warnings that this would jeopardise power-sharing talks following controversial
read147 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport
21-08-2008
MADRID - A Spanish emergency rescue official says there are only 26 survivors after an airliner with 173 people aboard crashed on takeoff from Madrid's airport.The official with the SAMUR municipal
readBrazil celebrates silky Bossa Nova music
21-08-2008
RIO DE JANEIRO - Bossa Nova, Brazil's unique mix of jazz and samba, celebrates 50 years this month with shows by one of the genre's pioneers, Joao Gilberto, who brought 'The Girl from Ipanema' to the
readBritish stage operas to hit Japan
21-08-2008
TOKYO - Sony Corporation plans to use its latest high-definition video technology to show operas staged in England in cinemas in Japan, the electronics giant yesterday.Sony will in November bring to a
readBaghdad statues being pieced together again
21-08-2008
BAGHDAD - Sheherazade has recovered her arm and Abu Nuwas will soon be clutching his wine goblet again - statues damaged during the US-led invasion are being restored to their former glory across
readThai police to deport Glitter
21-08-2008
BANGKOK - Thai police brushed aside Gary Glitter's claims of ear and heart problems yesterday, saying the shamed British glam rocker would be put on the first available plane to London whether he
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