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41 Articles found on Wednesday, 13 February 2008
SMSes of the Day : Wednesday
13-02-2008
* GRADE 10 dropouts can be accommodated at the empty Ramatex premises in Windhoek. This place is partly funded with taxpayers' money. - Jacques * I THINK the RDP and Swapo should learn to co-exist. I
readUS brushes off Chavez threat
13-02-2008
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday brushed off a new threat by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to cut oil deliveries to his northern neighbour."This is something that he has said before," US
readIndia welcomes new world trade texts, but sees problems
13-02-2008
NEW DELHI - New negotiating texts could enable regional powers to push forward global trade talks in the coming weeks but a lot of hard work still lies ahead, Indian Trade Minister Kamal Nath said
readCell C sees outstanding growth
13-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African cellphone operator Cell C expects full-year core profit to rise by over 30 per cent as a turn-around plan pays off, its chief financial officer said yesterday.Newly
readMicrosoft renews bid despite Yahoo rejection
13-02-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's rejection Monday of Microsoft's buyout offer sets the stage for the US software giant to up the ante or attempt a coup by ousting the Internet firm's board of directors.Yahoo's
readDBN progressing well
13-02-2008
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), through its lending and investment operations, has so far positively impacted on nearly 4 500 jobs, of which 1 168 are new, 2 234 are existing jobs and 1 055 are
readDe Beers sees challenging 2008 for diamond sector
13-02-2008
TEL AVIV - De Beers, the world's top diamond producer, said on Monday that 2008 looks to be a "challenging" year for the industry due to a slowdown in the global economy that could dampen demand for
readGovt U-turn on Grade 10
13-02-2008
THE hopes of around 16 000 pupils who failed Grade 10 of returning to formal education have been dashed - the Ministry of Education has dropped a bombshell by making a U-turn on an earlier decision to
readHardap Dam is going with the flow
13-02-2008
THE HARDAP Dam near Mariental received significant inflows over the past weekend because of heavy rains in its catchment area.The Mariental Municipality's Chief Executive Officer, Paul Nghiwilepo,
readUnam staff to strike
13-02-2008
STAFF at Namibia's main university yesterday voted overwhelmingly to embark on a strike until they get what they want - increased wages and transport allowances.Only four per cent of Unam's staff at
readWet weather expected to continue
13-02-2008
MOST of Namibia can expect to receive more rain for the rest of this week, according to the latest weather forecast from the Meteorological Service.The wet weather that has left most of Namibia
readTeddies for needy Swakop kids
13-02-2008
NEEDY children in Swakopmund last week received hand-knitted teddy bears from an international non-profit organisation, the Mother Bear Project, as a message of hope and love from the international
readMan run over by two trains
13-02-2008
THE dismembered body of an unknown man, who had been run over by two trains, was found on the railway line near Swakopmund yesterday morning.It is not clear how the accident happened, or whether the
readMore local fish for Namibians
13-02-2008
THE local fishing industry has kept its word in assisting the Government to supply fish to all the regions of Namibia through the Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT).During a meeting
readHold-up at Ondangwa
13-02-2008
POLICE in the Oshana Region arrested three men in connection with an armed robbery at a Chinese shop at Ondangwa yesterday.A fourth suspect is still at large. NamPol Deputy Commissioner Ndahangwapo
readMore women required to shape Africa's future
13-02-2008
AFRICA needs more women to work in regional and continental forums to help shape the continent's development and future, since its 53 countries face diverse challenges, says the re-elected
readMan in court over pensioner's murder
13-02-2008
A MAN accused of beating to death and raping an elderly woman appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court yesterday.Elton Christiaan (28), charged with murder, robbery with aggravating
readAward-winning housing project residents unhappy
13-02-2008
ABOUT 1 000 families living at the award-winning Tutaleni low-cost housing project at Walvis Bay are crying foul.They claim they have been deprived of ownership of their houses because of an allegedly
readSwapo boots two councillors
13-02-2008
THE Mayor of Helao Nafidi in the Ohangwena Region, Medusalem Handjaba, and Councillor Hilimemwene Hauliondjaba were expelled from Swapo and dismissed from the Town Council on January 23.This was
readChief accuses Swapo of tricks
13-02-2008
A FEMALE chief of the nomadic Ovahimba tribe in Kaokoland is accusing Government and the ruling Swapo party of dirty tricks and intrigue to rob her of her chieftaincy, which she inherited after her
readEx-manager sues TransNamib
13-02-2008
FORMER TransNamib Human Resources General Manager Jason Hamunyela is suing the transport parastatal for unfair dismissal.Hamunyela was dismissed in December 2006 after spending a year on fully paid
readOmupresidende Kibaki na Odinga ya tameka ishewe oonkundathana
13-02-2008
A AKUNDATHANI yOmupresidende gwa Kenya Mwai Kibaki nOmuwiliki gwongundu yompilemeno mu Kenya gwedhina Raila Odinga, oya tamukulula oonkundathana mOmaandaha na oku niwe einekelo ndika kutya
readOmwiimbi gwombaatha pOntananga a hulitha
13-02-2008
O MWIIMBI gwewi lyombaatha kamana mEgongalo lya Elcin pOntananga ngoka ha imbi mehanagno lya Mu'ambo Musical Works (MMW), Samuel-Ndaadhi Nakambuyu (a tseyika nawa noshilukadhina 'Usakos-Karibib,' okwa
readNaigambo a sindana N$100 000 mokumatuka iinano iile
13-02-2008
O MUMATUKI gwiinano iile gwa Namibia Beata Naigambo okwa sindana muudhano wokumatuka iinano iile wali wa longekidhwa kOmbaanga ya Nedbank mu South Afrika wedhina Nedbank South African Marathon
readAagundjuka naakulupe ya sa omeya mOnooli
13-02-2008
O KWA lopotwa aantu yane ya si omeya mOnooli yoshilongo muule woshiwike sha zi ko.Okanona komvula omulongo ka zile pOkahandja oka si omeya momulamba gumwe ongula yOsoondaha ya zi ko. Otaku hokololwa
readOondando yomahooli tayi londo mEtitano
13-02-2008
O NDANDO yomahooli otayi ka londekwa oshikando shotango nuumvo - tashi ka ningwa mEtitano lyoshiwike shika sho omahooli gondiisela taga ka londa noosenda 32 moliitela, omanga ngoka gopetololi taga ka
readRyder comes up trumps as NZ beats England
13-02-2008
HAMILTON - Jesse Ryder, criticised only days ago as "too fat" to play professional sport, hit an immaculate maiden half century as New Zealand beat England by 10 wickets yesterday in the second
readNamibian wrestling on a roll
13-02-2008
The Namibia Wrestling Federation faces yet another year of great wrestling.The committee that will be responsible for wrestling for the year 2008 is as follows: Willem Jacobs (Honorary President),
readNSC heads to visit regions
13-02-2008
The lack of adequate sport facilities and proper introduction of sport codes countrywide have prompted the Namibia Sport Commission (NSC)'s commissioners to visit the 13 political regions from January
readOmina Supplies sponsors hockey
13-02-2008
Omina Supplies renewed its sponsorship of hockey in Namibia yesterday when they announced a N$25 000 sponsorship for the 2008 Indoor Season.At the same occasion which took place at the Namibia Sport
readCricket: More technology inevitable, says top umpire
13-02-2008
SYDNEY, - Leading cricket umpire Simon Taufel said Tuesday that greater use of technology to help match officials was inevitable following a series of recent controversies.Taufel said it was just a
readSport Commission establishes new body
13-02-2008
A new body to advise the Namibia Sport Commission on policies and to forge closer cooperation with national sport codes was established over the weekend.The Namibia Sport Commission Council was
readTwin car bombs target Sunnis
13-02-2008
BAGHDAD - Twin car bombs targeted a meeting of Sunni tribal leaders, killing as many as 22 people in the latest attack against United States allies who have turned against al-Qaeda in Iraq.Pakistani
readSex DVD scandal mesmerises Greek nation
13-02-2008
ATHENS - As Greek scandals go, it started as a trivial but titillating tale - a ministry official jumps from his balcony after being blackmailed by an angry lover.Many Greeks yawned. Few suspected
readUpcoming Dolly Parton tour is a bust
13-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - Country-singer Dolly Parton has postponed an upcoming US tour because of a back injury - and she reckons her legendary bust size might have something to do with it.Parton (62) said in a
readBritney's father sought to fire manager over car
13-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' father sought to fire her business manager because he circumvented court orders by providing the pop star with a car after she was released from a psychiatric ward,
readIraq launches hunt for kidnapped journalists
13-02-2008
BASRA - Security forces have launched a search for a British journalist and his Iraqi translator working for US television network CBS who were kidnapped in the port city of Basra, an official said
readNqakula tells parliament Scorpions crime unit to go
13-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's elite Scorpions crimefighting unit will be dissolved, the security minister said yesterday, in a blow to President Thabo Mbeki, who had defended the FBI-style
readAus troops land to help East Timor
13-02-2008
DILI - Australian troops began arriving in East Timor yesterday to help enforce a state of emergency after the tiny nation's president was critically wounded in a double assassination attempt and
readPentagon seeks penalty for alleged 9/11 planner
13-02-2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Monday charged the alleged planner of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and five others with murder and conspiracy and asked that they be executed if
readPolice arrest plotters targeting Prophet cartoonists
13-02-2008
Danish police said yesterday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked a deadly uproar in the Muslim
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