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45 Articles found on Monday, 11 February 2008
Ministry of Education responds
11-02-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: THE Ministry of Education should give the newly
readSMSes of the Day : Monday
11-02-2008
* GOVERNMENT, keep your hands off the media. We do not need a Goebbels regime. Who is going to monitor your propaganda on the NBC?* IT'S well and good for the minister to tell us nurses to "work or
readNigeria adopts new gas policy to favour domestic users
11-02-2008
ABUJA - Energy-rich Nigeria has approved a new policy requiring gas producers to direct a part of their output to the domestic market, rather than exporting it, a presidential statement said
readNo more begging for food aid
11-02-2008
BLANTYRE - Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Friday vowed he would never again "kneel down" for food aid with the southern African nation expecting a third maize bumper harvest in 2008."I will
readTobacco could kill more than 1 billion this century
11-02-2008
NEW YORK - Tobacco use could kill more than one billion people around the world this century unless governments and civil society act to reverse the epidemic, according to a World Health Organisation
readAnti-impotence pill could boost high-flying pilots
11-02-2008
JERUSALEM - A drug used to treat impotence could help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude, the Israeli military's official magazine reported in its latest issue.It said a retired general
readSadness, self focus, impair ability to spend wisely
11-02-2008
BOSTON - If you're sad and shopping, watch your wallet: A new US study shows people's spending judgement goes out the window when they're down, especially if they're a bit self-absorbed.Study
readDe Beers rough diamond sales dip
11-02-2008
LONDON - De Beers, the world's top diamond producer, posted a 3,7 per cent fall in natural rough diamond sales in 2007 to US$5,92 billion due to tighter supplies.Jewellery demand in 2007 was healthy,
readWTO urged not to lower aim for deal
11-02-2008
BRUSSELS - European trade chief Peter Mandelson on Thursday urged mediators in global trade talks not to dilute further their compromise proposals on how to unlock the negotiations.The chairmen of the
readMbeki dismisses economy fears amid power crisis
11-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday dismissed fears of a collapse in the continent's strongest economy while apologising for a power crisis that threatens to clip growth
readWater, water everywhere
11-02-2008
FROM the far north to the deep south of Namibia, rains drenched most of the country over the past weekend.With parts of northern Namibia already under floodwaters, a further major downpour measuring
read4x4 swept away by raging river
11-02-2008
A 37-year-old man drowned while trying to cross a river at the farm Ozongombo near Kalkfeld north of Omaruru on Thursday evening.Stephanus Gertze was crossing the river a Land Cruiser vehicle, which
readThousands hit by northern floods
11-02-2008
* Over 5 000 pupils and 270 teachers affected * 841 flood victims sheltered in Oshakati * 44 primary schools stopped classes n 37 other schools affected * 30 clinics inaccessible * 2 000 cattle dead *
readOmbalantu floods
11-02-2008
MANY homesteads in the Ombalantu traditional area of the Omusati Region are under water and many owners fear that their homes will be washed away if the flood does not recede soon.According to Outapi
readTeen trauma
11-02-2008
TWO boys from Omusimboti village in the Oshana Region are in a serious condition in the Oshakati State Hospital.The youngsters claim they ate poisoned sweets. According to Police spokesman Sergeant
readRiruako quits NA
11-02-2008
HERERO Chief Kuaima Riruako has resigned from the National Assembly with effect from the start of this month.It is the second time he has quit in four years. In September 2003, Chief Riruako quit
readJail threat against reporter dropped
11-02-2008
WINDHOEK Mayor Matheus Shikongo and the legal team representing him in a defamation case against the weekly tabloid Informante on Friday stepped back from a threat that they would ask that Informante
readSPYL drops its Info Secretary
11-02-2008
THE Swapo Youth League has withdrawn its secretary for information, Charles Siyauya, from active leadership, paving the way for the University of Namibia to force Swanu to do the same with its
readPresident extols ruling party's glorious record
11-02-2008
"THE history of our party is a glorious history.There is no political party in Namibia which has such a glorious history as the Swapo Party," President Hifikepunye Pohamba told a packed Kuisebmond
readOmaruru and Kuiseb rivers flowing
11-02-2008
The Kuiseb River reached a height of 1,5 metres in its first significant flow for the rainy season.Gobabeb's Research Centre Manager, Albertus Visser, told The Namibian yesterday that heavy downpours
readPensioner killed in her home
11-02-2008
AN elderly woman died of multiple injuries after being attacked by man at her house in Keetmanshoop's Tseiblaagte residential area early yesterday morning.A 26-year-old suspect was arrested in
readNSHR questions EC's impartiality
11-02-2008
THE National Society for Human Rights says it is not surprised that the Electoral Commission of Namibia found nothing wrong with alleged irregularities during the appointment of election officials for
readInaku lopotwa omikithi hadhi zi momeya mOnooli: Dr Hamata
11-02-2008
N ANDO mOnooli mwa kala nokulokwa omvula onene ndjoka ya etele nokuli yamwe yomaakalimo omagumbo gawo ga kungululwe komeya gefuandja omanga gamwe ga yeulwa, osha fa shi li ngeyi kutya ayihe oyi li
readOomuni mOnooli naya gandje omahala ga gwana koongeshefa: Kapya ta ti
11-02-2008
O MUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lyAanangeshefa mu Namibia nenge National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) mOnooli, okwa ti Oomuni yoondoolola dhomOnooli naya kale haya gandja omahala goongeshefa ge
readOmukithi gwoTB uupyakadhi uunene moshilongo: Kamwi ta ti
11-02-2008
O MINISTA yUuhaku nOnkalonawa Omundohotola Richard Kamwi okwa tseyitha ngeyi kutya omukithi gwoTB ogwa ninga uupyakadhi uunene wopashigwana mu Namibia.Sho nee omulandu gwuuhaku moshilongo tagu ndopa
readUumati uyali wokOmusimboti wa lya uuzigo omasiku ga zi ko
11-02-2008
U UMATI uyali wokomukunda Omusimboti mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana, owa taambelwa moshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati omutenya gwohela taku tiwa kutya owa lya oshinima shi na uuzigo.Omupopiliko
readInapu longwa epuko lya sha mekuto lyaanambelewa yomahogololo pOmuthiya: Tonchi
11-02-2008
K APU NA nande okanima kamwe ka puka ka ningwa ku mboka ya li ya kutu aanambelewa mboka ya li yu ungaunga nomaishangitho gaakalimo yomondoolopa ya Muthiya, mboka ye na oku ka thutha ombinga
readOmbalantu oyi li kohi yefundja lya zi mo Angola oshiwike sha zi ko
11-02-2008
pOHAMUYALA O SHITOPOLWA oshinene sha Mbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati oshi li kohi yomeya, sho efundja enenenene, li ihulwa mo nalenale moNamibia, unene tuu mUumbangalantu, li iteyele mOmbalantu
readBid to sack SA coach blocked
11-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The turmoil at the top of South African cricket deepened yesterday when the board's chief executive overruled a move to sack coach Mickey Arthur as a selector in a row over racial
readMinistry calls on sports bodies to toe the line
11-02-2008
The Ministry of Youth, National Service Sport and Culture has issued a strongly worded statement calling on sport bodies to submit development programmes and to follow the Namibia Sport Commission's
readCricket against Free State washed out Both Namibia
11-02-2008
SAA Challenge and SAA Cup cricket matches against Free State were washed out after the heavy rains in the capital over the weekend.Only one day of the scheduled three days in the SAA Challenge
readCity honour United then dent their title hopes
11-02-2008
MANCHESTER - Manchester City honoured the memory of Manchester United's tragic 1958 Busby Babes before showing no regard for their arch-rivals' current title ambitions with an unexpected 2-1 win at an
readCraven wins Nedbank Challenge on BEN bike
11-02-2008
Dan Craven won the Nedbank Cycle Challenge for the second year in a row with a brilliant performance in rainy conditions yesterday.Craven, who was riding for the Omaruru team, won the 75km event in a
readCivics gain ground
11-02-2008
Defending champions Civics gained ground on the leaders in the MTC Namibia Premier League after an emphatic 3-1 victory against Ramblers on Friday evening.The victory sees Civics moving up to fourth
readAretha Franklin gets R.O.Y.A.L. treatment
11-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin added another jewel to her illustrious musical crown on Friday night when she was honoured at the annual MusiCares dinner, a Grammy-related event that
readKing of Pop's zombies still thrill 25 years on
11-02-2008
PARIS - The zombies are a quarter century old, but the years have been kind.The best-selling album of all time, Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', is to be re-released this week, 25 years after first
readRun-away hearse
11-02-2008
A hearse overturned when the horses pulling it to a south London cemetery stampeded, dragging the carriage and coffin past appalled relatives and sending floral tributes flying."It was dreadful," a
readObama breathing down Clinton's neck
11-02-2008
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has won three more states in the battle for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.The Illinois senator won in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington state, all with a
readSA Pres fights for the Scorpions
11-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - An intense battle over the future of the Scorpions is raging between the government and the ANC, the Sunday Times reported.The party's parliamentary caucus was setting up a heavyweight
readMbeki vows to end power crisis
11-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - South African President Thabo Mbeki pledged on Friday quickly to overcome a power crisis that has damaged Africa's biggest economy and raised questions over whether it can host the 2010
readMyanmar's junta sets timetable for polls
11-02-2008
YANGON - Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear yesterday if detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to
readMugabe facing a mutiny?
11-02-2008
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who only days ago looked assured of re-election next month as a result of splits in the opposition, now has to contend with a growing mutiny within his own
read65 journalists killed in 2007
11-02-2008
UNITED NATIONS - At least 65 journalists were killed around the world because of their work last year, the highest figure for 13 years, and nearly half of them died in Iraq, a leading media watchdog
readFire victims buried in Germany
11-02-2008
LUDWIGSHAFEN - Yesterday relatives mourned at the coffins of nine Turkish people killed in a fire at Ludwigshafen in Germany on February 3.Police have yet to determine what caused the fire, which
readBritney's dad given more powers
11-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - A Superior Court commissioner has given Britney Spears' father the power to fire the singer's business manager, according to documents released.Commissioner Reva Goetz also ordered
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