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44 Articles found on Thursday, 18 December 2008
Rape, robbery and drowning
18-12-2008
A ROBBERY that took place at the Khomasdal soccer stadium on Saturday morning cost a Windhoek resident two wristwatches, two gold rings, a wallet and two wheels of his car.According to the Police, the
readPregnant woman steals baby clothes
18-12-2008
GOBABIS – A pregnant woman, Linda Ismael (29), and her 31-year-old boyfriend, Muzengua Murorua, were on Monday convicted of stealing baby clothes for their unborn baby from Pep Stores.The stolen goods
readCattle rustlers strike
18-12-2008
A TOTAL of 106 head of cattle were allegedly stolen from Okapika village in the North and driven across the border to Angola on Sunday, the Police have reported.Sixty-five of them were later recovered
readHuman rights deteriorated in 2008: NSHR
18-12-2008
THE overall human rights and human security situation in Namibia has deteriorated remarkably over the past year, with all seven domains of human security gravely threatened, the National Society for
readSPYL takes on veteran Hishongwa
18-12-2008
THE Swapo Party Youth League has called the country’s High Commissioner to Botswana, Hadino Hishongwa, an “unrepentant tribalist” who is trying to play the role of a victim.The SPYL was responding to
readRains fill up dams
18-12-2008
THE good rains that have fallen in many parts of the country have led to significant inflows into some dams. In the Windhoek area, the Goreangab Dam stands at a whopping 100,5 per cent of full
readFine given in cocaine case
18-12-2008
A TANZANIAN national who was caught in Windhoek earlier this month with cocaine in his possession was sentenced to pay a fine of N$5 000 or serve a 15-month prison term after he admitted guilt in the
readSquatter shacks near Katutura torn down
18-12-2008
RESIDENTS of Havana Extension 6 in Katutura may be homeless for Christmas – their homes are being demolished because of their illegal occupation of the land.According to the group’s committee, City
readSouness rules out Rovers return
18-12-2008
LONDON - Graeme Souness has ruled himself out of returning for a second spell as manager of Blackburn Rovers after the struggling Premier League club sacked Paul Ince.The former Liverpool and Scotland
readLiga de Quito into final
18-12-2008
TOKYO – Ecuador’s Liga de Quito stormed into the final of the Club World Cup yesterday with a 2-0 defeat of Mexico’s Pachuca, setting up a potential clash with Manchester United.In persistent rain,
readKhomas Region produces best boxing team
18-12-2008
THE Khomas Region was crowned as the best boxing team at the Namibia Senior Boxing Championships held at A Shipena Secondary school at the weekend.The best boxer at the event was Mike Shonena from the
readDope probe opened on Mosley
18-12-2008
NEW YORK – The World Boxing Council is investigating former world champion Shane Mosley after reports his testimony to a BALCO grand jury includes a doping admission, the New York Daily News reported
readBolt, Phelps and Isinbayeva light up 2008
18-12-2008
LONDON – Usain Bolt on the track, Michael Phelps in the water and Yelena Isinbayeva through the air elevated three elemental Olympic sports into another realm at the Beijing Games, the highlight of
readRescue act by Katich
18-12-2008
PERTH - A great rescue-act by Simon Katich and a superb rearguard-action by Andrew Symonds powered Australia to 341/9 at stumps against South Africa in the first test at the WACA in Perth yesterday.
readTigers out to catch Stars
18-12-2008
TIGERS and African Stars will continue their long-time rivalry as they hope to outsmart each other for a first round head start in the MTC Namibia Premier League derby, set for the Khomasdal Stadium
readSMSes for Thurs 18 Dec 08
18-12-2008
* YOUR SMSes are indeed working. The pothole that caused the accident on the Kalkrand-Hoachanas road some two weeks ago and which was reported in your SMSes is now fixed. Thank you for still telling
readAakiintu aaishingithi otaya li mo nawa pOmbaye
18-12-2008
AAKIINTU aaishingithi,taku tengenekwa ye li 500 lwaampoka - oye li taya li mo nawa mobisinisa ndjika nonande eishingitho lyaakiintu oshinima shi indikwa mu Namibia.Otaku popiwa kutya ookastoma
readOmukiintu a yahwa komulumentu a li gwe nale
18-12-2008
OMULUMENTU gumwe okwa yaha okusa omukiintu a li gwe nale molukanda lwa Wanaheda mOvenduka mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika.Sho nee a ningi ngaaka, naye okwi itula wo oholo. Omukiintu nguka otaku popiwa kutya
readMoshitopolwa sha Shana omu na aanuulema ye li 7,248
18-12-2008
MOSHITOPOLWA sha Shana omu na aanuulema ye li 7,248, Ngavena gwoshitopolwa shika Klemens Kashuupulwa, osho a popi ngaaka.Kashuupulwa shika okwe shi popi moshipopiwa she sha li sha lelwa peha lye ku
readPwa totwa Okomitiye yokuungaunga nomahepeko gopokati kOokashikekookantu
18-12-2008
PETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi lyoomeme mEsiku lyOomeme ya Namibia nolyUuthemba wOmuntu mUuyuni mOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana meti 10 Desemba 2008, Omukulukadhi gwOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohama,
readPantomimes take a dig at recession gloom in UK
18-12-2008
HEREFORD, England– Boo! Hiss! The sneering villains and dimwit fairies of Britain’s traditional Christmas pantomimes are having a dig at the financial crisis this year, in a bid to laugh off the
readIndonesia’s new mining law puts brakes on foreign exploitation
18-12-2008
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s new mining law gives local governments greater control over the nation’s abundant natural resources, but industry experts warn it will likely discourage foreign investors already
readSubsistence fishing could be profitable in Mozambique, say analysts
18-12-2008
Maputo– The fish farming practised as a subsistence activity by small Mozambican producers could be transformed into a profitable household business, according to a team of consultants from
readRössing to reduce contractors for next year
18-12-2008
SWAKOPMUND – Rössing Uranium has indicated that it will use less contractors in 2009 as a result of revised capital and expenditure budgets.The general manager for corporate services at Rössing
readStreet vendors resist eviction
18-12-2008
OSHIKANGO street vendors, who have been ordered by the Helao Nafidi Town Council to stop trading along the town’s main street, marched to the Helao Nafidi Town Council offices on Tuesday.They appealed
readTechnology gets 50 cars suspended
18-12-2008
NATIS MOBILE, the pilot project that equips Police officers with laptops connected to the NaTIS database via a wireless Internet connection, is already bearing fruit. More than 50 unregistered cars
read15-year prison term for man convicted of raping nieces
18-12-2008
THE trial of a man accused of raping two of his sister’s daughters in early 2003 has ended with him being sent to prison for 15 years.The man was 24 years old when he was arrested in late January 2003
readPolice nab City official
18-12-2008
POLICE have swooped on the head of the City of Windhoek’s human resources department in connection with a theft case dating back to 2004.Heritha Sepiso was arrested on Tuesday afternoon over municipal
readHomeless
18-12-2008
Inhabitants of Havana Extension 6 surround one of the eight shacks that they allege were demolished by the City Police yesterday morning. The squatters were allegedly occupying the land illegally.See
readWorld Briefs
18-12-2008
Islamists not main focus of Paris probe * PARIS – Islamic militants are not the main focus of a French police investigation into the mysterious planting of dynamite in a Paris department store, the
read2008: From bizarre baby names to Brit, ‘Brangelina’
18-12-2008
LOS ANGELES – Bitter divorces, eccentrically named babies and a tragic death dominated the celebrity headlines in 2008 as Britney Spears began her long road to recovery after hitting rock-bottom.When
readTime names Obama ‘Person of the Year’
18-12-2008
TIME magazine has given its annual Person of the Year award to US President-elect Barack Obama.Obama was awarded the title “for having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour”,
readPirates seize four ships in Gulf of Aden
18-12-2008
NAIROBI – Somali pirates seized four ships in the Gulf of Aden on the same day the United Nations Security Council authorised countries to pursue the gunmen on land.A Kenyan maritime group said
readBush shoe-thrower brought before Iraqi judge
18-12-2008
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi journalist who became a star in the Arab world when he hurled his shoes at visiting US President George W. Bush and called him a dog, appeared before a judge yesterday, his brother
readIraqi jailed for Glasgow and London bomb plots
18-12-2008
LONDON – An Iraqi doctor was jailed for 32 years yesterday for trying to blow up car bombs in central London and at a packed Scottish airport a day later.Bilal Abdulla, 29, was convicted on Tuesday of
readFake Qantas engineer jailed in Sydney
18-12-2008
SYDNEY – An Australian man who faked being a Qantas engineer for 10 months, during which time he checked 30 aircraft leaving Sydney, was sentenced by a court to at least two years in jail yesterday, a
readBrown in Iraq ahead of troop withdrawal
18-12-2008
BAGHDAD – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Baghdad yesterday, a day after the Iraqi cabinet drafted a law paving the way for British forces to withdraw more than six years after the
readPantomimes take a dig at recession gloom in UK
18-12-2008
HEREFORD, England– Boo! Hiss! The sneering villains and dimwit fairies of Britain’s traditional Christmas pantomimes are having a dig at the financial crisis this year, in a bid to laugh off the
readEU wants to ban 20% of pesticides
18-12-2008
The EU plans to save its citizens from a hypothetical threat by banning a fifth of pesticides, creating a real threat to crop yields, food prices and the poor – especially in Africa.The UK’s Pesticide
readIndonesia’s new mining law puts brakes on foreign exploitation
18-12-2008
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s new mining law gives local governments greater control over the nation’s abundant natural resources, but industry experts warn it will likely discourage foreign investors already
readSubsistence fishing could be profitable in Mozambique, say analysts
18-12-2008
Maputo – The fish farming practised as a subsistence activity by small Mozambican producers could be transformed into a profitable household business, according to a team of consultants from
readMadoff fraud scam hits big banks
18-12-2008
Washington – Europe’s biggest bank, HSBC, joined a list of top names in world finance admitting huge potential losses on Monday in a suspected pyramid fraud scam run by ex-Wall Street heavyweight
readRössing to reduce contractors for next year
18-12-2008
SWAKOPMUND – Rössing Uranium has indicated that it will use less contractors in 2009 as a result of revised capital and expenditure budgets.The general manager for corporate services at Rössing
readSA’s new party backs Manuel’s policies, but favours non-racial means tests
18-12-2008
Bloemfontein – Leaders of the Congress of the People (Cope) emerged from the party’s four-day conference on Tuesday emphasising that they backed the stringent fiscal policies espoused by finance
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