20 Articles found on Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Barber fined in police biting case

03-12-2008

BOBIGNY – France’s former heptathlon and long jump world champion Eunice Barber was fined 5 000 euros (6 300 dollars) yesterday for resisting arrest and biting a police officer.A court near Paris

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Player threatened Sharapova

03-12-2008

MADISON – A former US university gridiron player was charged on Monday with threatening Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, as well as his former coach.Leonard Taylor, a defensive back for the

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NRU announce under-20 training group

03-12-2008

THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) has announced a squad of 40 under-20 players after trials at the weekend.The players will be gathering for a training camp scheduled for January 5 at the Hage Geingob

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Johnson stung by record: Bolt

03-12-2008

KINGSTON – Jamaica’s treble Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt believes his world record-setting triumph in the 200m in Beijing must have stung previous world record-holder Michael Johnson more than

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Boks in ‘physical’ pool

03-12-2008

LONDON – South Africa coach Peter de Villiers said the world champions had been drawn in a “very physical pool” for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand after being put in a group with Wales and Fiji.“It

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Bank injects cash into race

03-12-2008

FIRST National Bank sponsored the FNB Desert Dash, an endurance cycling competition, to the tune of N$105 000 yesterday.The event kicks off on December 12 at 15h00 from the Windhoek Country Club and

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Ronaldo is the best

03-12-2008

PARIS – Cristiano Ronaldo’s huge potential was apparent from the day of his Manchester United debut on August 16 2003, when a bewitching 30-minute cameo in a 4-0 win over Bolton Wanderers left pundits

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De la Hoya set for Las Vegas showdown

03-12-2008

LOS ANGELES – Oscar de la Hoya saw a statue of his likeness unveiled in front of Staples Center arena Monday, while Manny Pacquiao kept a relatively low profile as both boxers prepared to head to Las

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Cricket gears for World Cup

03-12-2008

THE Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) has announced a squad of 26 players to prepare for matches against other nations in an attempt to qualify for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, to be held in four

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SMSes for Wednesday 3 Dec 08

03-12-2008

* WHAT is the significance of the SADC Tribunal and of SADC for that matter, if its rulings can be rejected or ignored at will?Food For Thought * FELLOW Namibians, let’s unite. As to the youth, we

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Oproyeka yi na sha nelongithonawa lyiishana ya Cuvelai

03-12-2008

OPROYEKA ya simana yi na sha nelongithonawa lyomeya noozo dhilwe dhomiishana ya Cuvelai, oya tulwa miilonga pambelewa mOnooli ohela.Ngele taku popiwa iishana ya Cuvelai, otaku popiwa iishana mbyoka yi

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APP a kaleka Okongresa ye

03-12-2008

OPAATI yo All People’s Party (APP) oya kaleka Okongresa yawo yotango, ndjoka kwa li kwa thanekwa yi kale ko meghuliloshiwike ndika twa thinda.Amunashipundi gwokathimbo gwa APP Ignatius Shixuameni okwa

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Omunambelewa omukuluntu ga Otavi a kwatwa po

03-12-2008

OKOMISI yekondjitho lyiilonga yOkoraputo/Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) mOmaandaha oya kwata po Omunambelewa omukuluntu gwondoolopa Tavi, a lopotelwa eyakopo lyiimaliwa moshiketha sha Build Together

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Iipwililikeni omahindo goongundu dhompilamena, Iivula-Ithana ta ti

03-12-2008

ONGUNDU tayi pangele yo Swapo oya ningi eindilo kiilyo yawo kutya naya ipwililike omahindo nomauwinayi galwe, ngoka taya ningilwa koongundu dhompilamena nokomahangano galwe inaga tumbulwa.Eindilo

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Oshigwana shomOshana sha dhimbulukila Esiku lyo AIDS mUuyuni pOmpundja

03-12-2008

ENGATHITHI enene lyoshigwana shomOshitopolwa sha Shana, unene tuu shoka shomoshikandjohogololo sha Shakatiuzilo ohela osha l i sha gongala pOmpundja mOshikandjohogololo shoka sha Shakatiuzilo

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Economic Briefs

03-12-2008

SA mining unions call for halt to new lay-offs Trade unions in the mining industry this week demanded that a moratorium be placed on planned retrenchments in the sector. About 11 900 jobs in the gold,

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The mantra of the big guns and the cries of the back streets

03-12-2008

“Too big to fail”. This is the latest mantra in the financial and political vocabulary. It travels alongside “socialising the cost” – a code for bailing out mates with their corporate jets. Equally

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Consumer debt affects health

03-12-2008

A consumer’s physical health can be adversely affected by high levels of debt, South African debt counsellors said yesterday.“Doctors say that debt stress sees the body react with a ‘fight-or-flight’

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Price transparency for Nam’s telecoms sector

03-12-2008

The Namibian Education and Policy Research Unit (Nepru) says that MTC is reacting to competition through short-term price reductions.In its most recent report on the telecommunications sector, the

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Price transparency for Nam’s telecoms sector

03-12-2008

The Namibian Education and Policy Research Unit (Nepru) says that MTC is reacting to competition through short-term price reductions.In its most recent report on the telecommunications sector, the

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