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52 Articles found on Wednesday, 27 August 2008
SMS of the Day : Wednesday
27-08-2008
* CONGRATULATIONS to Kenya for showing the rest of Africa how it's done at the just concluded Olympic Games. Namibian athletes should get down to work and come home with at least a medal from the 2012
readSA workers challenge Woolworths
27-08-2008
THE SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers' Union (Saccawu) will march in Durban on Friday against the alleged anti-union stance of Woolworths."After the successful protest action supported by
readTruckers take to the streets as fuel costs rocket in Japan
27-08-2008
TOKYO - Thousands of truck drivers across Japan protested yesterday against rising fuel prices and warned they would add surcharges to cover spiralling costs.Trucks moved slowly along city streets in
readTelecom, Cell One gang up against MTC
27-08-2008
TELECOM Namibia and Cell One have ganged up against MTC over what they regard as exorbitant interconnection fees charged by MTC.They have appealed to the Namibia Communications Commission (NCC) to
readGovt grants 25-year uranium licence to Canada's Forsys
27-08-2008
THE Ministry of Mines and Energy has granted a uranium mining licence for the Valencia project near Usakos.It would be valid for 25 years, Canadian company Forsys Metals Corporation announced, as a
readPetroSA needs Chavez's signature
27-08-2008
VENEZUELA's President Hugo Chavez is expected to sign a bilateral energy agreement with South Africa next week, paving the way for state-owned oil company PetroSA to acquire an oil-producing asset in
readIndia will build world's cheapest car on disputed land
27-08-2008
KOLKATA - The government in India's eastern West Bengal state rejected yesterday a demand by farmers to return them disputed land acquired for making the world's cheapest car.Tata Motors, which is
readAir Namibia attendant busted with cocaine in SA
27-08-2008
A 27-YEAR-OLD crew member of Namibia's national airline is in Police custody in Cape Town, South Africa, after being arrested over the weekend with a stash of cocaine allegedly hidden in his
readDouble murderer Mikini gets a near-record 70½ year jail term
27-08-2008
IF convicted double killer Angeles Mikini serves out the full jail term that he received in the High Court in Windhoek on Monday, he would have to live to the age of more than 110 to be able to again
readFishing trawler runs aground
27-08-2008
THE fishing trawler Zeila ran aground 20 km north of Wlotzkasbaken in stormy seas yesterday morning.The 400-tonne trawler and another, larger trawler, Lara, were on their way to India after being
readArmed men 'were no threat to Obama'
27-08-2008
DENVER - US authorities were yesterday investigating whether three men arrested in Colorado with guns and drugs planned to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, but said they posed no
readConservation meeting in Etosha
27-08-2008
NAMIBIA will host this year's meeting of the organisation Leadership for Conservation in Africa (LCA), the chairperson of the Namibian chapter of LAC announced in Windhoek last week.Leon Jooste, who
readConservation meeting in Etosha
27-08-2008
NAMIBIA will host this year's meeting of the organisation Leadership for Conservation in Africa (LCA), the chairperson of the Namibian chapter of LAC announced in Windhoek last week.Leon Jooste, who
readMinistry defends trophy-hunting
27-08-2008
THE shooting of three elephant bulls in the Kunene Region will not put the desert-adapted elephant population at risk, says Environment Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.According to her, the elephant
readConstituency named after John Pandeni
27-08-2008
SWAPO has given instructions to the Khomas Regional Council to rename the Soweto constituency in Katutura to John Pandeni constituency.The party's information secretary, Jerry Ekandjo, told Khomas
readNdaitwah warns against tribalism
27-08-2008
THE Minister of Environment, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, warned against tribal and ethnic tendencies in her Heroes' Day speech at Warmbad in the South."Tribalism and ethnicity are starting to influence
readFour men caught with 'uranium'
27-08-2008
FOUR men were arrested at Gobabis last week for being in possession of four containers containing what is suspected to be uranium oxide, Police sources told The Namibian on Monday.Charles Kamahulu,
readHorse mackerel captains appear in Walvis court
27-08-2008
THREE captains of horse mackerel vessels operated by Namsov Fishing at Walvis Bay made their first appearance in the Walvis Bay Regional Court on Monday on charges including fish dumping.Russian
readMini-tsunami off SA coast
27-08-2008
AN abnormally high tide was reported along South Africa's west coast on Thursday, according to South African news reports.Oceanographers in that country are investigating the cause of what was
readTransNamib workers to strike
27-08-2008
TRANSNAMIB employees have instructed their union to organise a strike after the new board refused to reinstate suspended CEO Titus Haimbili.Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union (Natau)
readPaladin set to expand uranium production at Langer Heinrich
27-08-2008
PALADIN Energy Ltd., the Australian producer of uranium in Africa, said an expansion of its mine in Namibia is due for completion at the end of the year, while a project in Malawi will start operating
readOmahangano gaRED gu uka koongodhi
27-08-2008
O NAKUYIWA yomahangano gEpangelo ngoka haga topola olusheno miitopolwa nenge tutye Regional Electricity Distributor (RED) oyi li moshiponga sho omalelo gopaitopolwa nenge gopaikandjo moshilongo ashihe
readOmuntu taku fekelwa a dhipagwa poSwakop osho nani a dhimbululwa
27-08-2008
O MULUMENTU gumwe ngoka a li iitsuwa a sa moondunes dha Swakopmund omasiku ga zi ko okwa dhimbululwa kutya oye Japhet Nangolo gwoomvula 30 gwopoSwakopmund mpoka.Omudhimba gwa Nangolo ogwa li gwi
readOmupresidende a ulika Aapanguli mOmpangu yoPombandambanda
27-08-2008
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ulike Aapanguli yatatu mboka taya kala haya longele mOmpangu yoPombandambanda moshilongo (Supreme Court).Aapanguli mbaka oya li ya ulikwa kOmupresidende
readMoyo gwa MDC a ningwa Omunashipundi omupe gwOparliamende mu Zim
27-08-2008
H ARARE - Omunashipundi gwongundu yompilameno mu Zimbabwe yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Lovemore Moyo mOmaandaha goshiwike shika okwa ulikwa a kale Omununashipundi gwegumbo lyOpashigwana mu
readKansela a pewa ombuta moshipotha shuudik-dik
27-08-2008
K ANSELA gwopashitopolwa ngoka e li Kansela gwoshikandjohogololo sha Tavi moshitopolwa sha Otjozondjupa, Bartholomeus Shangheta okwa pewa a fute ombuta yoondola/N$2 000 konima sho a li a ningilwa
readFaleni aanona ya ka kenkwe: Bwalya
27-08-2008
O MUKULUNTU gwOshipangelo shEpangelo pu Opuwo Peter Bwalya okwa ningi eindilo kaakalimo yomoshitopolwa sha Kunene kutya naya fale aanona yawo yaamati kOshipangelo ya ka kenkwe.Aavali moshitopolwa sha
readOondola Ethele dhiifundja dha monika poSwakop
27-08-2008
O shitayi shOmbaanga ya Windhoek poSwakopmund osha li sha shunitha omafo giimaliwa yiifundja yoondola/N$100 ku Muni gwondoolopa ndjoka - konima sho Muni a li a fala iimaliwa mbyoka kOmbaanga pamwe
readOhangwena to host street soccer
27-08-2008
THE sport and health programme sponsored by the Johnson & Johnson Company, under the auspices of Namibia Street Soccer, will host its first-ever regional tournament in the Ohangwena Region this
readNam not at volley champs
27-08-2008
NAMIBIA is not represented at the Africa Junior Volleyball Championship that started in Tunisia this week.Efforts by Nampa on Monday to find out why Namibia is not taking part in the championship
readNam not at volley champs
27-08-2008
NAMIBIA is not represented at the Africa Junior Volleyball Championship that started in Tunisia this week.Efforts by Nampa on Monday to find out why Namibia is not taking part in the championship
readNamibia goes for gold at Ball Games
27-08-2008
TEAM Namibia aims to clinch gold medals at the upcoming Confederation of Schools Sport Associations of Southern Africa (COSSASA) Ball Games to be held at Walvis Bay from August 28 to 30.Team Namibia
readNamibia goes for gold at Ball Games
27-08-2008
TEAM Namibia aims to clinch gold medals at the upcoming Confederation of Schools Sport Associations of Southern Africa (COSSASA) Ball Games to be held at Walvis Bay from August 28 to 30.Team Namibia
readHockey victorious in Botswana
27-08-2008
NAMIBIAN hockey teams took four of the seven trophies up for grabs during the annual SADC Hockey Tournament between Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana recently.The tournament was held in Gaborone,
readPhelps wants Bernard challenge
27-08-2008
ROME - Swimming sensation Michael Phelps said in an interview published yesterday that he may challenge French Olympic champion Alain Bernard in the 100m freestyle at next year's World
readSport Briefs
27-08-2008
FOOTBALL Czech striker Milan Baros is to join Galatasaray after the Turkish club and Olympique Lyon agreed the move for an undisclosed fee, the seven-times French champions said on their website
readFears over Kimi's engine
27-08-2008
LONDON - Ferrari had concerns about Kimi Raikkonen's engine before it failed in Sunday's European Grand Prix and dealt a major blow to the Formula One world champion's title hopes.The Italian team
readNadal, Dementieva battle on
27-08-2008
NEW YORK - Beijing gold medallists Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva shook off their Olympic hangovers on Monday to stumble into the second round of the US Open.As the newly crowned world number one,
readLeague kick-off in September
27-08-2008
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) has announced that the league will start on September 12.A media statement issued by NPL media officer Meke Namindo on Monday states that the league will be launched
readNCB announces team for Bermuda
27-08-2008
THE Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) announced a team to play Bermuda in a qualifier of the International Cricket Council (ICC) match from September 3 to 6 in Bermuda.The team departs on Saturday and
readEuro defeat won't affect transfer plans: Rafa
27-08-2008
LIVERPOOL - Rafa Benitez insists his spending plans will not be affected should Liverpool crash out of the Champions League in today's qualifying tie against Standard Liege.Benitez's side go into the
read90 civilians dead in US-led strikes: UN
27-08-2008
KABUL - A United Nations team has found "convincing evidence" that 90 civilians, including 60 children, were killed in US-led air strikes last week, the body's representative in Afghanistan said
readDems face twin task in wooing party 'hold-outs'
27-08-2008
DENVER - Meet Cindy Lerner and Leeann Ormsbee, the two faces of Barack Obama's struggle to win over Hillary Rodham Clinton's most fervent supporters - a task that could determine whether he becomes
readCuba surfers ride the waves on donated boards
27-08-2008
HAVANA - Not long ago, Cuban surfers made surfboards by moulding insulation foam from refrigerators with a cheese grater.Now they ride the waves on second-hand surfboards donated by surfers in other
readCivil rights crusader, a life remembered
27-08-2008
STEPHANIE Tubbs Jones came on my radar in 1990 when, as a relatively young and little-known Cuyahoga County Judge, she mounted a progressive challenge to a conservative Republican justice on the Ohio
readRushdie receives libel apology
27-08-2008
LONDON - Author Salman Rushdie received an apology in court yesterday from a former policeman who libelled him in a book about his time in hiding under a fatwa threat.Rushdie said Ron Evans, an
readStephanie Tubbs Jones, a force of nature
27-08-2008
SEVERAL days after the unexpected death of Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who was her campaign's national co-chairwoman, Senator Hillary Clinton said she's still having a hard time coping with the loss of a
readTributes pour in for Masilela
27-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota has expressed condolences to the family of Secretary of Defence, January Masilela, who died in a car crash at the weekend.Lekota and a
readNuns on catwalk no more
27-08-2008
ROME - An Italian priest who had planned an online "pageant" for nuns has suspended the project, saying he was misinterpreted and had no intention of putting sisters on a beauty catwalk."My superiors
readMugabe jeered at parliament opening
27-08-2008
HARARE - Opposition parliamentarians jeered and booed Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as he reopened parliament yesterday in spite of their protests, but he said he was still hopeful of a
readMichelle shows husband Obama's personal side
27-08-2008
DENVER - Michelle Obama declared "I love this country" on Monday as she sought to reassure the nation that she and her husband Barack share Americans' bedrock values and belief in a dream of a better
readRussia recognises new rebel regions
27-08-2008
MOSCOW - Russia yesterday formally recognised the Georgian rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states in a new challenge which angered the Western powers.President Dmitry
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