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48 Articles found on Thursday, 11 December 2008
Swakop triathlon sets new record
11-12-2008
THE Swakop Ultra Triathlon attracted over 100 competitors, the most ever, when it was staged at Swakopmund last weekend. At least 15 per cent of the competitors were from countries such as Germany,
readNamibia At Zone Six
11-12-2008
Disabled sports Namibia’s flag bearer, Martin Aloisius, on Tuesday scooped a gold medal in the athletic T12 division 100m finals of the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Under-20
readEngland to face India
11-12-2008
CHENNAI – England must put aside the terrorist disruption to its tour of India and focus on the game when the first test between the nations starts today, captain Kevin Pietersen said.England has
readBrazilians too hot for local talent
11-12-2008
THE Summer Salsa tournament started with a match between Brazil I and Cazadores II in which the local team went down 4-0 in a fun inline hockey tournament. A nervous local defence tried to keep their
readDrogba saves Chelsea
11-12-2008
PARIS – Returning striker Didier Drogba hit the winner in Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Romanian team CFR Cluj on Tuesday to see last season’s Champions League finalists safely through to the knockout
readCricketers excel
11-12-2008
THE Namibian under-13 cricket side won two of their three matches at the National Under-13 Cricket Tournament in Pretoria, South Africa, this week.In their first match, the youngsters beat Mpumalanga
readBoxing titles up for grabs
11-12-2008
LOCAL boxers will flex their muscles in an attempt to oust each when three national titles are up for grabs in a season-ending boxing bonanza at the Windhoek Country Club tonight.The main bout
readRegional police chiefs meet
11-12-2008
INADEQUACIES that hamper the criminal justice systems of many African countries were to receive attention this week during a two-day meeting of continental police chiefs in Windhoek.The two-day
readMiss Palm Beach called off
11-12-2008
MISS Palm Beach, one of the December holiday highlights at the coast, will not be held this year, breaking a tradition of about 30 years, mainly because of the development of the new Strand
readSMSes for 11 Thursday 08
11-12-2008
* THANK God, there is no crisis in Zimbabwe. No need for our Government to say or do anything. This non-crisis will just spread until there is no crisis in the whole region. So why worry. Food For
readChinese collared over $$
11-12-2008
TWO Chinese nationals were arrested at Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako airport last Thursday, after they were found in possession of an unauthorised amount of foreign currency. The Police reported that the
readMan jailed for four yours over child rape bid
11-12-2008
SETTING an example for how swiftly justice can still be dispensed by a Namibian court, the Outjo Magistrate’s Court has finalised the case of an Angolan national accused of trying to rape a
readKaribib furniture exhibited in Russia
11-12-2008
A KARIBIB furniture maker, Black Rhino, recently exhibited several of its products at an international trade fair held in the Russian capital, Moscow.Seva Miroshnikov and his wife Irina last year took
readMaintenance error crashes plane
11-12-2008
THE official investigation into an aeroplane crash that claimed the life of a Swiss visitor to Namibia in September ended late last week with a finding that the crash was the result of an error made
readAfrica’s largest national park to be in Namibia
11-12-2008
NAMIBIA will soon have the largest national park in Africa, and the eighth largest in the world – provisionally called the Namib Skeleton Coast National Park (NSCNP) – an area of about 108 000 square
readNDC set to be revamped
11-12-2008
THE financially troubled and virtually dormant Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) might finally receive a new lifeline – if a submission to Cabinet for interim funding and new equity partners is
readRDP man says he was kidnapped by relative
11-12-2008
A MEMBER of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) says he was kidnapped and locked up in a deserted farmhouse by a relative last weekend to prevent him from attending the party’s first
readFarm massacre kingpin adds new details to claims
11-12-2008
MORE than three and a half years after the murder of eight people at farm Kareeboomvloer in the Kalkrand area, self-proclaimed mass killer Sylvester Beukes is still coming up with new claims about the
readKuku GwaKondo okwa lya iipyu niitalala, Omupresidende Pohamba ta ti
11-12-2008
PETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi lyaalilasa pethimbo lyefumviko lya kuku Helvi Mpingana Kondombolo (GwaKondo) pEtunda mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, Omupresidende Hifikepunye
readOmushingithi gwomomapandaanda mOshakati a tsuwa nomukonda
11-12-2008
OPOLISI mOshakati, otayi konaakona oshipotha shi na sha netsuwo nombele, sho omulumentu omugundjuka ha shingithile iinima ye pOkagongo kAangandjela mOshakati, a tsuwa nayi nomukonda ongula yOsoondaha
readTatekulu Nujoma a pandula ayehe mboka ye ya tondokela moluhodhi lwawo
11-12-2008
OMUKOKOLIPRESIDENDE Sam Nujoma pethimbo ta popitha aalilasa pefumviko lya meme gwawo kuku Helvi Mpingana Kondombolo (GwaKondo) pEtunda mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati ongula yOlyomakaya ga zi
readOonkundana paufupi
11-12-2008
O VENDUKA- Omunambelewa omukuluntu gwOkampani ya Prowealth, Riaan Potgieter, okwi itsuwa a sa pegumbo lye ongula yOmaandaha. Opolisi oya popi kutya Potgieter okwa si koshilalo shoholo yimwe, ndjoka a
readRDP okwi ikwata onkalo mu Zim
11-12-2008
UUPYAKADHI weliko tali nana nondatu nuundjolowele tau shongola mu Zimbabwe oshinima sha etwa po kEpangelo lya Robert Mugabe, Omupresiende gwopaati yo Rally for Democracy and Progress Hidipo Hamutenya,
readEurope’s poor line up for food handouts
11-12-2008
LISBON - Maria de Assuncao Cunha and her two small boys come out of a hilltop church carrying a handout of rice, cereals, milk and cookies.“It helps a little bit, but it’s not enough by a long way,”
read‘Traffickers’ fined, Somali woman still behind bars
11-12-2008
SOMALI citizen Numei Eli and her two children will probably have to spend Christmas in a jail cell at the Hosea Kutako Airport.Eli will remain in detention until at least February 5, it was ordered
readShangheta suspended, MPs reprimanded
11-12-2008
IN what is seen as a significant milestone in the fight against corruption, the National Council has suspended one of its members for poaching, and reprimanded three others for not disclosing their
readZim cholera toll soars
11-12-2008
HARARE - The death toll from Zimbabwe’s cholera epidemic soared to nearly 750, the United Nations said yesterday, as rights groups denounced President Robert Mugabe over a wave of abductions of rights
read‘Che’ movie wins praise
11-12-2008
HAVANA – Cubans have applauded an American director’s new movie on Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara for its accurate portrayal of his role in Cuba’s revolution.They packed into two cinemas at the weekend to see
readSwapo, ANC back Mugabe
11-12-2008
INTERNATIONAL efforts to force Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe out of office were blunted on Tuesday when the Swapo Party and the African National Congress called for further mediation despite the
readBull storms Dhaka mall
11-12-2008
DHAKA – A bull bought for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival charged through a posh shopping mall in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Monday, causing panic and damaging several shops.No one was hurt in
readUS Special Forces mistakenly kill 6 Afghan police
11-12-2008
KABUL – United States Special Forces killed six Afghan police and wounded 13 early yesterday in a case of mistaken identity by both sides after the police fired on the Americans during an operation
readCancer to be world’s top killer by 2010: WHO
11-12-2008
ATLANTA – Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world’s top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts said
readAhtisaari urges Mideast focus for Obama
11-12-2008
OSLO – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari yesterday urged United States President-elect Barack Obama to delve into solving the Middle East conflict in his first year in office, calling it a
readPassengers bypass pirates
11-12-2008
HODEIDA - A cruise ship headed for the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden docked in Yemen yesterday to let off hundreds of passengers so they could bypass the dangerous waters by plane before rejoining the
readCT taxi protest turns ugly
11-12-2008
CAPE TOWN - A man and a woman burnt to death while another person was shot and wounded in the head in separate incidents involving minibus taxis in the Western Cape, police said yesterday.Captain Joe
read37 feared dead in Cameroon accident
11-12-2008
YAOUNDE – Government officials and witnesses say at least three dozen people are missing and feared dead after a weekend ferryboat accident off the coast of Cameroon. Survivor Emmanuel Akimbo said
readIllinois governor arrested over sale of Obama’s senate seat
11-12-2008
CHICAGO - The governor of Illinois was arrested on charges of conspiring to sell an appointment to president-elect Barack Obama’s recently vacated US Senate seat in what prosecutors called “a
readGreece faces street battles and a general strike
11-12-2008
ATHENS - Protesters hurled fire bombs and pavement slabs at police in new battles yesterday as a general strike gripped Greece, but initial tests showed a schoolboy’s death that sparked nationwide
readRio Tinto announces 14 000 job cuts as metal boom deflates
11-12-2008
RIO TINTO, one of the world’s biggest mining companies and the main shareholder in Rössing Uranium in Namibia, has announced plans to cut 14 000 jobs and scale back its spending plans by US$5bn as the
readGovernment urges women to fish
11-12-2008
ONGWEDIVA – The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Abraham Iyambo, on Tuesday called on women in the country who have dam or water bodies in their areas, to contact the ministry to be
readSA union predicts job cuts of 310 000
11-12-2008
JOHANNESBURG – An estimated 310 000 workers stand to lose their jobs in widespread retrenchments, which began in July and are expected to continue until next June, according to the mainly white trade
readJust under 1 billion people are hungry
11-12-2008
Sub-Saharan African has made some progress in reducing starvationROME - Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary
readCouncil brings development to Tses
11-12-2008
KEETMANSHOOP - The village council of Tses has succeeded in bringing development to the impoverished southern village during 2008 in various spheres despite some stiff challenges.The Tses village
readRealpolitik, Realeconomiks
11-12-2008
REALPOLITIK is “the subordination of principle and honour to intelligent calculation of the interests of the state”. Realeconomiks, a similar definition? Both fit current times although the term
readInnovation is key to development, says Alweendo
11-12-2008
Bank donates N$500 000 to PolytechnicI NNOVATION is the major driving force of economic development worldwide, the Governor of the Bank of Namibia, Tom Alweendo, said this week. Alweedo was
readEast Asian economies better oiled to tackle crisis, says World Bank
11-12-2008
TOKYO – East Asian economies are far better prepared to tackle the latest financial turmoil than they were during their own crisis a decade earlier, but they nonetheless face growing dangers as the
readUS Congress blames top executives for market meltdown
11-12-2008
WASHINGTON – Three months after the government seized control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, US legislators blamed former top executives at the companies for fuelling the financial
readBig Brother Africa 3: Munya’s expensive Klub Monako binge
11-12-2008
SEEMS nobody really cared about the cover charge for Munya’s Big Brother Africa eviction party at Klub Monako in Harare’s leafy Chisipite suburb last week as the place was packed to the brim.Munya
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