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117 Articles found on Thursday, 7 August 2008
E-waste concerns emerge in Ghana
07-08-2008
LAGOS - E-waste from European, US and Japanese manufacturers is contaminating the environment around the sites where it is dumped for recycling and disposal in Ghana, Greenpeace said in a statement
readMiners dig in to market's gains
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The JSE remained on the back foot at midday yesterday as the overall market was weighed by weaker mining stocks.Lower commodities prices - particularly gold and platinum - and a firmer
readOil holds near US$119 ahead of inventory data
07-08-2008
NEW YORK - Oil prices were little changed near US$119 a barrel yesterday ahead of a key government report on US energy stockpiles that could offer further proof of declining demand for petrol and
readThousands march in SA over price hikes
07-08-2008
PRETORIA - Thousands protested in South Africa on Wednesday as workers disrupted gold mining and other major industries in a national strike over price hikes rattling the continent's economic
readPlastic Packaging increases BEE share to 57,5%
07-08-2008
LOCAL financial company Stimulus Investments has acquired 25 per cent equity in Plastic Packaging and its related businesses, the company announced this week."As the only plastic bag manufacturer in
readForeign and local suitors line up to buy 75% stake in M&F
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Foreign and local companies had shown interest in buying Old Mutual's 75 per cent stake in JSE-listed short-term insurer Mutual & Federal (M&F), the international financial services
readOld Mutual shares tumble after US hit disappoints
07-08-2008
LONDON - Insurer Old Mutual has posted a bigger than expected hit from troubles at its US arm after markets deteriorated beyond its forecasts and warned that sales there could dip as a result in 2008,
readAngola sees double-digit growth
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Angola, sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest oil producer, expects to maintain double-digit economic growth next year and may launch its own stock exchange by early 2009, its deputy
readStock-theft girl out of jail at last
07-08-2008
A 16-year-old girl who was arrested on stock-theft charges in December has been released into the care of an aunt.The girl spent more than six months in the Ohangwena Police holding cells, between
readFilm fetes success of Namibian community initiative
07-08-2008
NAMIBIA'S desert lion population in the Kunene Region has made an impressive recovery from fewer than 30 cats in the late 1990s to almost 100 animals today, says the head of the desert lion
readMore havens not the answer
07-08-2008
GOVERNMENT is concerned about the mushrooming of children's homes and shelters without consulting the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare.The concern was raised by Gender and Child Welfare Deputy
readOmusati takes lead in getting to grips with climate change
07-08-2008
CONCERNED about the predicted negative impact that climate change will have on the environment, the Omusati Region has established a Climate Change Adaptation Committee.Paavo Amunyela, a member of the
readPolice motivation key to fighting crime: Pohamba
07-08-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says it would be unrealistic to expect the Police to fulfil their mandate if they were not provided with the means to do so."They should be adequately supplied with the
readExtra law for definition of heroes
07-08-2008
CABINET has endorsed guidelines on the conferment of honours upon national heroes and heroines, which will become law soon.The first prerequisite for burial at Heroes' Acre is "(that) political
readGrim facts about poverty in Karas
07-08-2008
ONE in three families lives below the poverty line in the Karas Region, while 18 per cent of the region's 15 570 households are poor.This was revealed in the region's poverty profile launched
readN$38 million pension perk for some MPs
07-08-2008
GOVERNMENT plans to pay out N$38 million in extra pension benefits to all 200 Members of Parliament who served between 1990 and 2004.Cabinet already knew the approximate amount in November last year
readEkandjo wants Mbanderu inaugurations put on hold
07-08-2008
LOCAL and Regional Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo sent letters to both factions of the divided Ovambanderu community yesterday, advising them to put on hold plans to install their respective chiefs
readSwakop children say 'no' to shebeen
07-08-2008
TWENTY-EIGHT children under 16 signed a petition to the Swakopmund Town Council objecting the opening of a shebeen in their neighbourhood in Mondesa.Swakopmund's CEO Eckart Demasius told The Namibian
readTwo suicides in North
07-08-2008
A 16-year-old villager from the Ohangwena Region, Tomas Nambaxu, is reported to have committed suicide on Saturday.His body was found hanging from a tree at Omevataahekele-Oshipya village, where he
readPrices of basic foods down, at last
07-08-2008
THE price of dried beans at Shoprite in the Windhoek city centre remained the same on Monday despite the removal of 15 per cent VAT on this item on Friday.The price tag on Lion sugar beans still read
readRobbery charge verdict awaited in murder, corpse-burning trial
07-08-2008
A WEEK after pleading guilty to four charges in connection with the murder of his cousin in Windhoek near the end of 2004, 28-year-old Elias Nhinda-Tjiriange is set to hear on Tuesday whether he has
readDamian Kapia a hulitha
07-08-2008
M WENE gwomukunda Ombwelefuma mUukwambi tate Damian Amwele Kapia okwa mana oondjenda dhe meti 31 Juli 2008, a manene megumbo lye mOmbwelefuma moka konima yuuwehame nomepipi lyomimvo 64.Kakele kokukala
readKansela Hendjala a tidhwa mo moSwapo
07-08-2008
K ANSELA gwoshikandjohogololo sha Tobis Hainyeko moshitopolwa sha Khomas, Erasmus 'Kaptein' Hendjala, okwa tidhwa mo mongundu yoSwapo, molwashoka aniwa "okwa longo iinima ya puka noonkondo
readOshitopitha sha dhipaga aantu omilongo mbali mu Somalia
07-08-2008
M OGADISHU - Oshitopitha osha dhipaga aantu ye li 20 mu Somalia mOsoondaha.Epangelo ota li ungaunga nomakuyunguto gopapolitika ngoka taga piyaganeke ombili moshilongo shoka. Katalekonawa gumwe Salah
readKamburona gwo
07-08-2008
DTA a ndjoina RDPR udolf Kamburona ngoka a li nale oshilyo shoDTA okwa ndjoina ongundu yoRally for Democratic Change (RDP), Amushanga-Ndjayi gwoRDP Jesaya Nyamu osho a li a tseyitha ngaaka pethimbo
readOndhila yoCessna 310 moshiponga
07-08-2008
A ANTU yatano oya paluthwa keso konima sho ya zi moshiponga shondhila shoka sha ningwa ongula yOmaandaha mOvenduka - aantu mbaka oya ningwa owala okakulu kelume.Oshiponga shika osha ningilwa owala
readEpukululo M ehokololo lya li mOshifo shika shohela, pepandja
07-08-2008
21 ndyoka lya li tali popi nokufatulula ethano lyOsipana yetanga lyokoompadhi yOsikola Omuhama mOshitopolwa sha Shana, omwa shangwa taku tiwa kutya Osipana ndjoka oya pewa omizalo dhetanga
readYe li 86 ya dhitikwa kuukolwe moshilando
07-08-2008
I IKONGA iinene mbyoka ya li ya ningwa mOvenduka nelalakano lyokukeelela aantu kaaya hinge ya kolwa mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko, oya li ya thigi aaniihauto ye li 86 konima yekumba, konima sho ya
readMOngwediva otamu tungwa Okapale kOmaudhano okanene, Uutoni ta ti
07-08-2008
MONGWEDIVA M EYA gwOndoolopa ya Ngwediva omusamane Erastus Uutoni okwa popya nokutseyitha kutya Elelo lya Ngwediva olya ninga nale etokolo mOngwediva mu tungwe Okapale okanene lela komaudhon gi ili
readNdjarakana a pewa Uukuluntu wOkomisi yOmahogololo
07-08-2008
O SHIKONDO shOmahogololo osha mona omuwiliki omupe, Moses Ndjarakana - ngoka omathimbo ga zi ko a kala Omuwiliki gwopakathimbo gwOshikondo shika.Ndjarakana okwa kala a kelela popoosa ndjika konima sho
readPietersen in for a rough ride
07-08-2008
LONDON - South Africa captain Graeme Smith made it plain yesterday that despite leading the series 2-0 the visitors weren't about to give new England captain Kevin Pietersen a free ride in the third
readPrimary schools in huge hockey turnout
07-08-2008
PEOPLE'S Primary, Gammams, St Barnabas and Bet-El Primary schools won the third edition of the Cash Converters Schools' Tournament held over the weekend in Windhoek.The annual Cash Converters Schools'
readGolfers swing for children
07-08-2008
THE first fund-raising Children in the Wilderness Golf Day took place last week at the Windhoek Golf and Country Club.The day saw 23 teams from the local business community competing in the days
readGolfers swing for children
07-08-2008
THE first fund-raising Children in the Wilderness Golf Day took place last week at the Windhoek Golf and Country Club.The day saw 23 teams from the local business community competing in the days
readNamibia's Olympic team stranded in Hong Kong
07-08-2008
WINDHOEK - Namibia's Olympic management team, which departed from Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday, is reportedly stranded in Hong Kong because of a typhoon preventing them from travelling
readTisan team is tops
07-08-2008
WINDHOEK - The Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (Tisan) did exceptionally well by coming top overall at the recently concluded Confederation of University and College Sports
readOlympic Games Briefs Swimming
07-08-2008
BEIJING - Twenty-four years on from her first Olympic gold medal, Dara Torres is ready to strike a blow for the over-40s against rivals around half her age.Torres, 41, will be the first US swimmer to
readIs Federer out of steam?
07-08-2008
BEIJING - Roger Federer will celebrate his 27th birthday by carrying Switzerland's flag at the Olympic opening ceremony.He has little else to cheer about right now. Win or lose in Beijing, Federer's
readDominance of local boxers on test
07-08-2008
THE dominance of Namibian boxers on home soil will once again be put under the spotlight when several of them square up in what could be huge battles against foreign pugilists in just over a
readWomen's football kicks off Games
07-08-2008
BEIJING - It may be two days until the official opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics but yesterday saw the first action of this year's Games, with the women's football tournament kicking off the
readRugby reaches boiling point
07-08-2008
THE under-19 rugby teams of Windhoek High School and Higher Technical School will revive their rivalry in what could be an epic showdown for the coveted Metropolitan Board Super League Trophy this
readChinese build great wall of silence
07-08-2008
BEIJING - China's gymnasts have built a wall of silence around them as they focus on obliterating the opposition when competition at the Olympics begins on Saturday.All-round favourite Yang Wei and
readLandlord rams Hummer into house
07-08-2008
NEWARK - Police have arrested a Newark area landlord who allegedly rammed his Hummer into a renter's house, claiming the tenants were behind on their rent.New Castle County Police spokesman Cpl.
readJapan's females are longest living in world
07-08-2008
TOKYO - Japanese girls born last year can expect to live until they are 86 years old, which would make them the longest survivors in the world, a report from the country's health ministry showed.Boys
readPresident detained in Mauritania coup
07-08-2008
NOUAKCHOTT - Troops overthrew Mauritania's president in a military coup yesterday after he tried to sack senior army officers accused of being behind a political crisis destabilising the
readTropical storm hits Hong Kong
07-08-2008
HONG KONG - Airline flights and other transport services were suspended and offices and businesses closed in Hong Kong yesterday as tropical storm Kammuri battered the territory.Cathay Pacific Airways
readAge of consent may be raised
07-08-2008
CAPE TOWN - There is a possibility that the Constitutional Court may increase the age of consent at which children may agree to sex, from 16 to 18.This is only seven months after the Sexual Offences
readMugabe amnesty looks likely
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe would have amnesty from prosecution and a ceremonial role in government under a draft settlement to resolve the country's crisis, a newspaper reported
readRare 111-year-old reptile to become a father
07-08-2008
WELLINGTON - A rare 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to the age of the dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years after regaining an interest in sex.Henry the
readTorch feted in Tiananmen
07-08-2008
BEIJING - Euphoric Chinese crowds chanting "Go Olympics, Go Beijing" cheered the Olympic flame through Tiananmen Square yesterday at the end of its troubled global relay.Foreign protesters tried to
readUS convicts Bin Laden's driver
07-08-2008
GUANTANAMO BAY - A jury of US military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's driver on charges of providing material support for terrorism yesterday but acquitted him on charges of providing material
read'It's like a little ball that has little dots'
07-08-2008
MEXICO CITY - Keren Dunaway was five when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus - and so did she.Now the 12-year-old is one of the most prominent AIDS activists
read'CSI's' new prime suspect
07-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Laurence Fishburne is in talks to replace William Petersen as the star of CBS' veteran crime drama 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'.The search for a new lead has been shrouded in
readAfrican ex-leaders to press politicians over AIDS
07-08-2008
MEXICO CITY - Former leaders of African countries ravaged by AIDS are launching a regional campaign to put pressure on politicians who they say have not done enough to combat the virus.Former
readDr Dre about to uncork brands
07-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Hip-hop mogul Dr Dre's cognac and vodka brands will hit liquor stores in the next 60 days, according to celebrity booze marketer Drinks America Holdings Ltd.The products are the fruits
readVote for Paris! Hilton 'enters' election race with spoof ad
07-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton threw her hat into the US presidential race on Tuesday, declaring her desire to campaign against "that wrinkly white-haired guy" and vowing to paint the White House pink if
readMcCain hails Obama as 'a celebrity'
07-08-2008
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain isn't letting Paris Hilton distract him from his new line of attack - that Barack Obama is more of a celebrity than a leader.McCain yesterday
readFilm fetes success of Namibian community initiative
07-08-2008
NAMIBIA'S desert lion population in the Kunene Region has made an impressive recovery from fewer than 30 cats in the late 1990s to almost 100 animals today, says the head of the desert lion
readOmusati takes lead in getting to grips with climate change
07-08-2008
CONCERNED about the predicted negative impact that climate change will have on the environment, the Omusati Region has established a Climate Change Adaptation Committee. Paavo Amunyela, a member
readMore havens not the answer
07-08-2008
GOVERNMENT is concerned about the mushrooming of children's homes and shelters without consulting the Ministry of Gender and Child Welfare. The concern was raised by Gender and Child Welfare Deputy
readPolice motivation key to fighting crime: Pohamba
07-08-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says it would be unrealistic to expect the Police to fulfil their mandate if they were not provided with the means to do so. "They should be adequately supplied
readExtra law for definition of heroes
07-08-2008
CABINET has endorsed guidelines on the conferment of honours upon national heroes and heroines, which will become law soon. The first prerequisite for burial at Heroes' Acre is "(that) political
readGrim facts about poverty in Karas
07-08-2008
ONE in three families lives below the poverty line in the Karas Region, while 18 per cent of the region's 15 570 households are poor. This was revealed in the region's poverty profile launched
readEkandjo wants Mbanderu inaugurations put on hold
07-08-2008
LOCAL and Regional Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo sent letters to both factions of the divided Ovambanderu community yesterday, advising them to put on hold plans to install their respective chiefs
readTwo suicides in North
07-08-2008
A 16-year-old villager from the Ohangwena Region, Tomas Nambaxu, is reported to have committed suicide on Saturday. His body was found hanging from a tree at Omevataahekele-Oshipya village, where he
readSwakop children say 'no' to shebeen
07-08-2008
TWENTY-EIGHT children under 16 signed a petition to the Swakopmund Town Council objecting the opening of a shebeen in their neighbourhood in Mondesa. Swakopmund's CEO Eckart Demasius told The
readPrices of basic foods down, at last
07-08-2008
THE price of dried beans at Shoprite in the Windhoek city centre remained the same on Monday despite the removal of 15 per cent VAT on this item on Friday. The price tag on Lion sugar beans still read
readStock-theft girl out of jail at last
07-08-2008
A 16-year-old girl who was arrested on stock-theft charges in December has been released into the care of an aunt. The girl spent more than six months in the Ohangwena Police holding cells, between
readRobbery charge verdict awaited in murder, corpse-burning trial
07-08-2008
A WEEK after pleading guilty to four charges in connection with the murder of his cousin in Windhoek near the end of 2004, 28-year-old Elias Nhinda-Tjiriange is set to hear on Tuesday whether he has
readMiners dig in to market's gains *
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The JSE remained on the back foot at midday yesterday as the overall market was weighed by weaker mining stocks. Lower commodities prices - particularly gold and platinum - and a firmer
readPlastic Packaging increases BEE share to 57,5%
07-08-2008
LOCAL financial company Stimulus Investments has acquired 25 per cent equity in Plastic Packaging and its related businesses, the company announced this week. "As the only plastic bag
readOld Mutual shares tumble after US hit disappoints
07-08-2008
LONDON - Insurer Old Mutual has posted a bigger than expected hit from troubles at its US arm after markets deteriorated beyond its forecasts and warned that sales there could dip as a result in 2008,
readForeign and local suitors line up to buy 75% stake in M&F
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Foreign and local companies had shown interest in buying Old Mutual's 75 per cent stake in JSE-listed short-term insurer Mutual & Federal (M&F), the international financial services
readAngola sees double-digit growth
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Angola, sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest oil producer, expects to maintain double-digit economic growth next year and may launch its own stock exchange by early 2009, its deputy
readN$38 million pension perk for some MPs
07-08-2008
GOVERNMENT plans to pay out N$38 million in extra pension benefits to all 200 Members of Parliament who served between 1990 and 2004. Cabinet already knew the approximate amount in November last year
readUS convicts Bin Laden's driver
07-08-2008
GUANTANAMO BAY - A jury of US military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's driver on charges of providing material support for terrorism yesterday but acquitted him on charges of providing material
read'It's like a little ball that has little dots'
07-08-2008
MEXICO CITY - Keren Dunaway was five when her parents used drawings to explain to her that they both had the HIV virus - and so did she. Now the 12-year-old is one of the most prominent AIDS activists
read'CSI's' new prime suspect
07-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Laurence Fishburne is in talks to replace William Petersen as the star of CBS' veteran crime drama 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'. The search for a new lead has been shrouded in
readAfrican ex-leaders to press politicians over AIDS
07-08-2008
MEXICO CITY - Former leaders of African countries ravaged by AIDS are launching a regional campaign to put pressure on politicians who they say have not done enough to combat the virus. Former
readDr Dre about to uncork brands
07-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Hip-hop mogul Dr Dre's cognac and vodka brands will hit liquor stores in the next 60 days, according to celebrity booze marketer Drinks America Holdings Ltd. The products are the fruits
readMcCain hails Obama as 'a celebrity'
07-08-2008
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain isn't letting Paris Hilton distract him from his new line of attack - that Barack Obama is more of a celebrity than a leader. McCain
readVote for Paris! Hilton 'enters' election race with spoof ad
07-08-2008
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton threw her hat into the US presidential race on Tuesday, declaring her desire to campaign against "that wrinkly white-haired guy" and vowing to paint the White House pink if
readLandlord rams Hummer into house
07-08-2008
NEWARK - Police have arrested a Newark area landlord who allegedly rammed his Hummer into a renter's house, claiming the tenants were behind on their rent. New Castle County Police spokesman Cpl.
readPresident detained in Mauritania coup
07-08-2008
NOUAKCHOTT - Troops overthrew Mauritania's president in a military coup yesterday after he tried to sack senior army officers accused of being behind a political crisis destabilising the country.
readJapan's females are longest living in world
07-08-2008
TOKYO - Japanese girls born last year can expect to live until they are 86 years old, which would make them the longest survivors in the world, a report from the country's health ministry showed. Boys
readAge of consent may be raised
07-08-2008
CAPE TOWN - There is a possibility that the Constitutional Court may increase the age of consent at which children may agree to sex, from 16 to 18. This is only seven months after the Sexual Offences
readTropical storm hits Hong Kong
07-08-2008
HONG KONG - Airline flights and other transport services were suspended and offices and businesses closed in Hong Kong yesterday as tropical storm Kammuri battered the territory. Cathay Pacific
readMugabe amnesty looks likely
07-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe would have amnesty from prosecution and a ceremonial role in government under a draft settlement to resolve the country's crisis, a newspaper reported
readRare 111-year-old reptile to become a father
07-08-2008
WELLINGTON - A rare 111-year-old New Zealand reptile with links to the age of the dinosaurs is to become a father for the first time in at least 38 years after regaining an interest in sex. Henry the
readTorch feted in Tiananmen
07-08-2008
BEIJING - Euphoric Chinese crowds chanting "Go Olympics, Go Beijing" cheered the Olympic flame through Tiananmen Square yesterday at the end of its troubled global relay. Foreign protesters tried to
readPrimary schools in huge hockey turnout
07-08-2008
PEOPLE'S Primary, Gammams, St Barnabas and Bet-El Primary schools won the third edition of the Cash Converters Schools' Tournament held over the weekend in Windhoek. The annual Cash Converters
readPietersen in for a rough ride
07-08-2008
LONDON - South Africa captain Graeme Smith made it plain yesterday that despite leading the series 2-0 the visitors weren't about to give new England captain Kevin Pietersen a free ride in the third
readGolfers swing for children
07-08-2008
THE first fund-raising Children in the Wilderness Golf Day took place last week at the Windhoek Golf and Country Club. The day saw 23 teams from the local business community competing in the days
readTisan team is tops
07-08-2008
WINDHOEK - The Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (Tisan) did exceptionally well by coming top overall at the recently concluded Confederation of University and College Sports
readNamibia's Olympic team stranded in Hong Kong
07-08-2008
WINDHOEK - Namibia's Olympic management team, which departed from Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday, is reportedly stranded in Hong Kong because of a typhoon preventing them from travelling
readOlympic Games Briefs Swimming
07-08-2008
BEIJING - Twenty-four years on from her first Olympic gold medal, Dara Torres is ready to strike a blow for the over-40s against rivals around half her age. Torres, 41, will be the first US swimmer to
readIs Federer out of steam?
07-08-2008
BEIJING - Roger Federer will celebrate his 27th birthday by carrying Switzerland's flag at the Olympic opening ceremony. He has little else to cheer about right now. Win or lose in Beijing,
readChinese build great wall of silence
07-08-2008
BEIJING - China's gymnasts have built a wall of silence around them as they focus on obliterating the opposition when competition at the Olympics begins on Saturday. All-round favourite Yang Wei and
readRugby reaches boiling point
07-08-2008
THE under-19 rugby teams of Windhoek High School and Higher Technical School will revive their rivalry in what could be an epic showdown for the coveted Metropolitan Board Super League Trophy this
read"Ku ngame, oshinima shika osha shuna komumvo 2004, mpoka
07-08-2008
Swapo a li e na ookandidaate ndatu momahogololo gOpaupresidende, mboka gumwe gwomuyo a li Ominista onkulu yIikwapondje Hidipo Hamutenya, ngoka a li a tidhwa kOmupresidende omukulu Sam Nujona mu Mei
readThousands march in SA over price hikes
07-08-2008
PRETORIA - Thousands protested in South Africa on Wednesday as workers disrupted gold mining and other major industries in a national strike over price hikes rattling the continent's economic
readOshitopitha sha dhipaga aantu omilongo mbali mu Somalia
07-08-2008
M OGADISHU - Oshitopitha osha dhipaga aantu ye li 20 mu Somalia mOsoondaha. Epangelo ota li ungaunga nomakuyunguto gopapolitika ngoka taga piyaganeke ombili moshilongo shoka. Katalekonawa gumwe
readKamburona gwoDTA a ndjoina
07-08-2008
RDPR udolf Kamburona ngoka a li nale oshilyo shoDTA okwa ndjoina ongundu yoRally for Democratic Change (RDP), Amushanga-Ndjayi gwoRDP Jesaya Nyamu osho a li a tseyitha ngaaka pethimbo lyoshigongi
readOndhila yoCessna 310 moshiponga
07-08-2008
A ANTU yatano oya paluthwa keso konima sho ya zi moshiponga shondhila shoka sha ningwa ongula yOmaandaha mOvenduka - aantu mbaka oya ningwa owala okakulu kelume. Oshiponga shika osha ningilwa owala
readEpukululo M ehokololo lya li mOshifo shika shohela, pepandja 21 ndyoka lya li tali popi nokufatulula ethano ly
07-08-2008
Osipana yetanga lyokoompadhi yOsikola Omuhama mOshitopolwa sha Shana, omwa shangwa taku tiwa kutya Osipana ndjoka oya pewa omizalo dhetanga lyokoompadhi kOngeshefa yomusamane Sakaria Kadhikwa yedhina
readMushroom project to bring cash
07-08-2008
THE Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, John Mutorwa, has appealed to residents of the Hardap Region to take the lead in mushroom production. Mutorwa was speaking at last week's inauguration
readHyenas cause havoc in quarantine camp
07-08-2008
HYENAS have been causing trouble at the Omatambo Mauwe quarantine camp near Oshakati in the past month, killing at least 15 cattle, resulting in losses of thousands of Namibian dollars, according to
readTrophy hunting workshop for farmers
07-08-2008
THE Namibia Professional Hunting Association (Napha) and the Emerging Commercial Farmers' Support Programme will host a workshop on trophy hunting as a lucrative form of land utilisation this month.
readE-waste concerns emerge in Ghana
07-08-2008
LAGOS - E-waste from European, US and Japanese manufacturers is contaminating the environment around the sites where it is dumped for recycling and disposal in Ghana, Greenpeace said in a statement
readOops they did it again...
07-08-2008
THE Namibia Football Association has done it again. They have broken our hearts. In what was supposed to be the biggest and most glamorous night of the year on the local football calendar,
readThabo Mbeki's Compromised Legacy
07-08-2008
ACCORDING to the theory of evolution, the initial structure of life, the cell, has in it the capacity to recompose infinitely until it creates the most complex human beings. Using this theory as an
readNigeria's Sick Man Democracy
07-08-2008
HOW sick is Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua? In May, he admitted during a live television broadcast that he suffers from a kidney ailment, but sought to quell rumours that he was terminally ill by
readWhere Are the Global Leaders?
07-08-2008
THE G-8 Summit in Japan earlier this month was a painful demonstration of the pitiful state of global cooperation. The world is in deepening crisis. Food prices are soaring. Oil prices
readPolitical Perspective
07-08-2008
I AM personally quite horrified by the tendency in our country generally to celebrate mediocrity. It is against this background that it comes as no surprise to learn that lecturers are taken to task
readNFA And Warriors - Time To Shape Up
07-08-2008
WE must agree with the Minister of Sport, Willem Konjore, who, at the occasion of the annual Namibia Football Association (NFA) Awards this week, took issue with the unacceptable behaviour of the
readOil holds near US$119 ahead of inventory data
07-08-2008
NEW YORK - Oil prices were little changed near US$119 a barrel yesterday ahead of a key government report on US energy stockpiles that could offer further proof of declining demand for petrol and
readOil holds near US$119 ahead of inventory data
07-08-2008
NEW YORK - Oil prices were little changed near US$119 a barrel yesterday ahead of a key government report on US energy stockpiles that could offer further proof of declining demand for petrol and
read