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36 Articles found on Monday, 18 February 2008
SMSes of the Day : Monday
18-02-2008
* IT is time the Government saves people money by dropping the fuel levy that is paid to a few indecently rich individuals for doing absolutely nothing.* I SEE FNB profits are up 25% but I don't see
readPorn studio wants Google, Yahoo to protect kids from adult video
18-02-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - The world's leading adult film studio is calling on Internet giants Google and Yahoo to "erect stronger barriers" to keep children from viewing online pornography.Vivid Entertainment
readSA's 'Big Hole' getting bigger
18-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's "Big Hole" diamond mine, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world, is threatening to swallow a busy road as its sides slowly erode, its owners said on
readSA's 'Big Hole' getting bigger
18-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's "Big Hole" diamond mine, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world, is threatening to swallow a busy road as its sides slowly erode, its owners said on
readStandard Bank, ICBC on course
18-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on Friday confirmed that all of the regulatory and shareholder requirements for the transaction between them to
readBank Windhoek branches out to Luederitz
18-02-2008
KEETMANSHOOP - The Mayor of Luederitz, Emelia Amupewa, has called on financial institutions countrywide to make banking facilities readily accessible to rural communities for socio-economic
readCrisis dims mines' outlook
18-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - A power crisis in South Africa has clouded the outlook for miners and is likely to widen a global shortage of platinum by around 500 000 ounces this year, as well as cutting gold output
readFloods raise food fears
18-02-2008
NAMIBIA needs to brace for the possibility of "severe food shortages" in the wake of the floods in north-central Namibia, President Hifikepunye Pohamba warned in Windhoek on Friday.The President said
readLess widespread rain this week
18-02-2008
THE northwestern area of Namibia has the best chance of rain for most of this week, according to a forecast from the Weather Bureau's office at Hosea Kutako International Airport.Isolated to scattered
readThree more drownings
18-02-2008
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy, Silas Shalongo from Ohakapeke village in the Omusati Region, drowned on Thursday while looking for friends who were herding cattle.His body was found in an oshana on Friday.
readSwakop River rises in rare appearance
18-02-2008
FOR the first time in nearly two years, the Swakop River has managed to attract the attention of Swakopmund residents.Early on Friday morning, The Namibian was contacted by excited residents living at
readPohamba hopes for peace in Kenya
18-02-2008
THE political leaders in Kenya should resolve the current political and humanitarian crisis that erupted in the aftermath of national and presidential elections last December, President Hifikepunye
readPolitical parties kick off Eenhana campaigns
18-02-2008
SWAPO and the RDP launched their election campaigns in the Eenhana Constituency at Eenhana on Friday and Saturday respectively.Both parties introduced their candidates for the by-election to be held
readKameeta hits at BIG detractors
18-02-2008
THE second payout of the N$100 monthly basic income grant (BIG) to residents at Omitara on Friday was accompanied by strong words to naysayers by the BIG coalition's Bishop Zephania Kameeta.Kameeta,
readAIDS funding a source of concern
18-02-2008
THE Namibian Government needs to invest more in the overall response to HIV-AIDS if current programmes are to be sustained when donors withdraw.A report on the cost of HIV-AIDS to the State coffers
read'Nam hopes to build nuclear power station'
18-02-2008
WINDHOEK - Namibia hopes to construct a nuclear power station within ten years to ensure independent power supply in the face of a regional electricity crisis, a government official said Friday."We
readMass demo at Keetmans
18-02-2008
HUNDREDS of Keetmanshoop residents joined by spiritual leaders took to the streets on Friday to condemn the brutal murder of a 75-year-old woman at town.Feitjie Brand died of multiple injuries after
readFish factory worker guilty of murder
18-02-2008
A FORMER Luederitz fish processing plant employee accused of stabbing two co-workers in a knife attack in mid-2004 was convicted of murder and attempted murder in the High Court in Windhoek on
readAantu yaali ya lyatwa komatalaka
18-02-2008
O MULUMENTU gwoomvula 42 okwa si konima sho a pumwa kotalaka pOshikango mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Otaku popiwa kutya nakusa oye Paulus Augustus, Opolisi tayi lopota ngaaka mEtine lya zi ko.
readSPYL a kutha mo Amushanga gwe gwOmauyelele
18-02-2008
E WAWA lyAagundjuka moSwapo olya kutha mo Amushanga gwalyo gwOmauyelele, Charles Siyauya, mopoosa ndjika, shoka tashi ti nee Oyunivesit ya Namibia (Unam) oyi na wo okuthiminika Swanu yi kuthe mo
readInamu tula omapandela gopapolitika kiiyenditho yopashigwana: Nabta tali ti
18-02-2008
E HANGANO lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia nenge tutyeNamibia Bus and Taxis Association (Nabta) olya holola euvonayi kombinga yooyene naahingi yOombesa nOotaxi mboka haya tula omapandela goongundu
readMeme Uilika a fumvikwa kengathithi lyaalilasa mOshakati
18-02-2008
O MULONGISIKOLA omukulukulu mosikola yaanona mOshakati, ndjoka ya tseyika nawa kwali, Osikola ya tate Ngolo, meme Uilika Naukalemo Haikali, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo shEpangelo sha
readHa-Na-He ina pogola sha: ACC ta ti
18-02-2008
K APU na oveta ya taagulukwa megandjo lyokondalaka kOshilahite shoka shi li mwene gwoshidhipagelo sha Ha-Na-He pOmuthiya okugandja onyama komahala gokulala aatalelipo gOkampani ya Namibia Wildlife
readToo soon to tell for Ronaldo: doctors
18-02-2008
MILAN - It is too soon too tell whether AC Milan striker Ronaldo will be able to resume his playing career after having knee surgery, doctors said on Friday."It is too early to make a statement about
readNamibia win big at ICC awards
18-02-2008
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Development Programme has announced the regional winners of the 2007 Annual Awards of which Namibia and Bermuda came out victorious.A media release by the ICC
readGauteng crush Namibia in SAA Challenge
18-02-2008
Gauteng crushed Namibia by an innings and 103 runs in the SAA Challenge match in Johannesburg over the weekend.Namibia were under pressure from the start when Gauteng built up a huge total of 422 for
readSA teams make strong Super 14 start
18-02-2008
South Africa's World Cup winner Bryan Habana picked up where he left off last season to help the Bulls make a successful start to the defence of their Super 14 title.Habana, who was named as the IRB's
readFA join critics of EPL plan
18-02-2008
LONDON - The Football Association (FA), the national governing body for the sport in England, on Friday became the latest organisation to criticise plans by the English Premier League (EPL) to play
readPowell to run against drug cheats?
18-02-2008
SYDNEY - World 100-metre record holder Asafa Powell says he is convinced he will race against drug cheats at this year's Beijing Olympics, reports said yesterday.Amid claims by the former head of the
readIipinge wins 10km Ladies Race
18-02-2008
Helena Iipinge won the 19th annual Joseph & Snyman 10km Ladies Race in a time of 38 minutes 15 seconds on Saturday.The race was held for the 19th consecutive year and took place in perfect conditions,
readSenior Palestinian killed
18-02-2008
GAZA - A senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement was among at least five people killed and 40 wounded in an explosion in the Gaza Strip late on Friday, a group spokesman and local
readUniversity shooter bright, erratic
18-02-2008
The gunman who shot dead five people at a university has been identified as an "outstanding" graduate student with no history of trouble but signs of erratic behaviour in the past two weeks.Officials
readKenya rejects US pressure
18-02-2008
NAIROBI - The Kenyan government yesterday issued a veiled warning to the United States not to put "a gun to anybody's head", on the eve of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to push for a
readSerbia angry over loss of 'historic heartland'
18-02-2008
BELGRADE - Serbia braced yesterday for a nationalist backlash after Kosovo's independence declaration with most Serbs furious about Western support for the secession of its medieval heartland.Serbian
readZim candidates sign on
18-02-2008
HARARE - The three candidates in Zimbabwe's presidential elections formally submitted their nomination papers on Friday at a special court in the capital Harare.Papers for President Robert Mugabe were
readBush calls for Congress to renew Pepfar
18-02-2008
President Bush yesterday said Congress should renew his global AIDS programme and preserve a requirement that steers money into abstinence efforts."We don't want people guessing on the continent of
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