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41 Articles found on Tuesday, 5 August 2008
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05-08-2008
* SO students at Unam can now repeat a course for free because they failed to attend classes regularly or did not buy the prescribed textbook or study guide the previous semester, and failed. And then
readHundreds of US banks to become insolvent: Roubini
05-08-2008
NEW YORK - The United States is in the second inning of a recession that will last for at least 18 months and help kill off hundreds of banks, influential economist and New York University Professor
readOil prices mixed amid Iran, weather concerns
05-08-2008
LONDON - World oil prices were mixed yesterday amid fresh worries about Iran's disputed nuclear programme and a new storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, traders said.New York's main contract, light
readPlatinum falls as United States car demand seen slow
05-08-2008
LONDON - Platinum fell another five per cent to a new six-month low yesterday and could fall further in the short term as investors worry about the outlook for the car industry after monthly US car
readZim suspends export of basic goods
05-08-2008
HARARE - Economically ravaged Zimbabwe has suspended exports of basic commodities, state media said yesterday, amid a devastating meltdown and chronic food shortages."It is indeed true that the
readBrazil threatens court action on United States subsidies
05-08-2008
LONDON - Brazil is prepared to hit the United States with court action over its farm subsidies following the collapse of world trade talks, Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told the Financial Times
readResponsibility key to successful taxes - Gordhan
05-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - A successful tax administration depended on more than an effective system of tax collection, South Africa's tax commissioner Pravin Gordhan said yesterday.At a breakfast, arranged by
readSwapo faces onslaught
05-08-2008
EVERYTHING is hunky dory in Swapo, which is mole-free and "solidly united like a rock"; it's the media who are the culprits, who love to spread lies about what is going on inside the ruling party, its
readI gave him no reason to shoot me: Murder witness
05-08-2008
RECALLING the moment when she realised that her husband had been killed in a shooting that claimed two lives in Katutura in May last year, the first witness in the trial of double murder suspect
readParty veteran Hendjala booted
05-08-2008
THE ruling Swapo Party yesterday expelled a regional councillor from the Khomas Region with immediate effect, for alleged "serious misconduct and violation of the party constitution", but refused to
readLong distance rank for Gobabis
05-08-2008
GOBABIS - The Gobabis Municipality inaugurated a new taxi rank for long-distance taxis on Friday.The place was named after the late Benjamin 'Kutiva' Kangootui, one of the first black people to own a
readBecome a 'coastodian'
05-08-2008
AN awareness campaign on coastal conservation was launched at Walvis Bay on Thursday.The slogan of the 'Coastodian' campaign is 'Caring for the coast; caring for the future'. The name is a combination
readSwapo man, Nudo official go extra round at Leonardville
05-08-2008
LEONARDVILLE - A Swapo-Party mobiliser at the village of Leonardville has dismissed claims that he assaulted a Nudo Party Councillor on Thursday.Frederick 'Agies' Afrikaner counter-claimed that there
readShaduka's bail hearing ends
05-08-2008
MURDER suspect Lazarus Shaduka will have to wait until Thursday to hear whether his bail application was successful.Arguments from both Shaduka's defence team and the State were concluded yesterday,
readTough times make for more crimes, police chiefs told
05-08-2008
SOARING fuel and food prices are likely to increase crime in southern Africa, Namibia's Safety and Security Minister Dr Nickey Iyambo told a gathering of regional police chiefs in Windhoek
readRoessing Pension Fund surplus seekers march
05-08-2008
ABOUT 200 former and current Roessing Uranium workers, who want a cut of the mine's multimillion-dollar pension fund surplus, marched to the company's headquarters at Swakopmund yesterday and
readPre-paid power company's directors in court dust-up
05-08-2008
A SHAREHOLDER and the directors of a company that sells electricity on behalf of the City of Windhoek has turned to the High Court to gain access to the company's financial records after an
readKehe gumwe nUuthemba we: Uutoni ta ti
05-08-2008
K EHE gumwe mEpangelo lyoSwapo ota tyapula uuthemba oshowo Uudemokoli nEmanguluko lyokweenda no kupopya, kutya nee ota popi Epangelo nnayi nenge ongiini, ngashi Oongundu ndhoka dhUuthemba wOmuntu
readOmadhina goomwedhi mOshiwambo: Ontalelo yuundhindolilaka ku
05-08-2008
O SHITOPOLWA oshitiyali: Kombinga yoomwedhi iitya yoomwedhi opo yi li nonando twi ikumbu iihehelwatya.Ashike omalaka ogendji gAafrika moNamibia nopalwe ngo nda tsakaneka otaga longitha omadhina
readMbeki i indilwa a konakone eso lyomutoolinkundana
05-08-2008
B ULAWAYO - Ehangano lyiikundaneki lyopaigwana lyedhina International Press Institute (IPI) olya ningi eindilo kOmupresidende gwa South Afrika Thabo Mbeki okwa indilwa kutya na kwathele mokumona kutya
readAaswapo ya paathana uusama moCC
05-08-2008
O MUTSE gwoshilongo ngoka wo e li Omupresidende gwoSwapo, Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa li a ponokelwa nomalaka pethimbo lyoCentral Committee (CC) mOvenduka mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko - sha etwa
readAagundjuka muuyuni oyo unene haya mono iiponga miiponga yiihauto: Boois ta ti
05-08-2008
MONGWEDIVA O MAKONAAKONO ga ningwa po ge na sha niiponga yiihauto muuyuni oga eta puuyelele kutya aagundjuka oyo naanaa ye li iihakanwa unene miiponga yiihauto muuyuni.Ndhika odha tseyithwa
readOtb hosts successful football tournament for youth
05-08-2008
THE annual Otb Sport seven-a-side youth tournament was held in Windhoek over the weekend, with at least 700 youngsters competing from a host of schools and clubs.Over N$40 000 in prize money was
readWorld Sport Briefs Rugby
05-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The three World Cup winners released from South Africa's squad for Saturday's test against Argentina were left out so they could get valuable playing time at their clubs, coach Peter de
readStars join gold rush at 'Fifth Grand Slam'
05-08-2008
BEIJING - The Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open.And this year, a fifth Grand Slam: the Beijing Olympics. With the sport's biggest names lining up for a shot at gold, the
readNBA stars have something to prove
05-08-2008
WASHINGTON - National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Kobe Bryant, who sparked the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA Finals, smiled when asked about his summer plans following the
readBolt to serve for sprint classic
05-08-2008
BEIJING - The confirmation that world record holder Usain Bolt will be running in the Olympic 100 metres has elevated the blue-ribbon event of the athletics programme to even more mouth-watering
readTeams paid out their dues
05-08-2008
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) yesterday confirmed that it had paid out the money due to all clubs for the past season on Friday.League winners Orlando Pirates received their cheque of N$500 000 for
readNPL wants own awards
05-08-2008
THE Chairman of the Namibia Premier League (NPL), Peter van Wyk, says the league intends to have its own awards ceremony after expressing unhappiness about the NFA awards held in Windhoek earlier last
readAU says Bashir warrant pouring 'oil on fire'
05-08-2008
KHARTOUM - The African Union said yesterday a move by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide and war crimes in Darfur was pouring "oil
readKenya charges 3 in al Qaeda escape
05-08-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya charged three people yesterday with helping a top al Qaeda operative escape over the weekend, nearly 10 years after two United States embassy blasts he is accused of planning put the
readSixteen Chinese police die in attack
05-08-2008
BEIJING - Two men rammed a truck into a group of jogging policemen and tossed explosives, killing 16 officers yesterday in an attack in a restive province of western China just days before the Beijing
readIndia orders inquiry into temple stampede
05-08-2008
CHANDIGARH - Indian authorities ordered an investigation yesterday into possible organisational lapses that led to a stampede outside a mountaintop Hindu temple in northern India, killing at least 145
readFritzl may face slavery charges
05-08-2008
VIENNA - The Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her may be charged with slavery, a prosecutor said yesterday.St Poelten prosecutor Gerhard
readChair-sniffing politician quits
05-08-2008
SYDNEY - An Australian politician who once sniffed the chair a female staffer had been sitting on stepped down as leader of his party yesterday, saying he wanted an end to "cheap personality-based
readHelicopters to attempt rescue of climber on K-2
05-08-2008
ISLAMABAD - Helicopters flew to the world's second-highest mountain yesterday to try to rescue an Italian climber stranded after an avalanche at more than 8 750 metres left at least nine mountaineers
readOlympic torch arrives in earthquake disaster zone
05-08-2008
MIANYANG - The Olympic flame was carried around the track of a stadium yesterday that just weeks ago housed thousands of Chinese earthquake victims, in celebrations marking the final stages of the
readPolling starts for Angolan elections
05-08-2008
LUANDA - Campaigning for Angola's first parliamentary elections since the end of a nearly three-decade civil war officially begins today, with concerns already being raised that the vote will not be
readZuma seeks dismissal of graft case
05-08-2008
PIETERMARITZBURG - Jacob Zuma, leader of South Africa's ruling ANC, appeared in court yesterday to push for the dismissal of a corruption case that could stop him becoming president next year.Over 1
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