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35 Articles found on Monday, 25 February 2008
Britain urges World Bank reform to fight poverty
25-02-2008
MAKENI, Sierra Leone - Visiting squalid urban slums and giving vaccinations at a crowded rural clinic, Britain's aid minister called on Saturday for World Bank reform and a sharper international
readMugabe celebrates big birthday bash
25-02-2008
BEITBRIDGE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 84th birthday on Saturday at a rally aimed at boosting support before elections next month.The bash in the southern town of
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
25-02-2008
**-THE fact that the country is experiencing a shortage of nursing staff has resulted in some nurses developing a don't-care attitude. They are very much aware that they are in demand, so everybody
readRoad sector needs urgent financial rescue package
25-02-2008
NAMIBIA'S road infrastructure is faced with serious financial shortfalls, which require prompt action or the current situation could jeopardise the implementation of the country's NDP III and Vision
readNigeria accuses oil delta rebel leader of crimes
25-02-2008
ABUJA - Nigerian police accused a detained rebel leader from the oil-producing Niger Delta of killings, arms dealing, oil smuggling and other crimes on Thursday, raising the prospect of a trial that
readTelecom ready for power outages
25-02-2008
TELECOM Namibia last week said it was well equipped to deal with power shortages, as it had invested in equipment to offset the lurking problem. Telecom's Senior Manager for Corporate Communications,
readEskom wants tariff hike reviewed
25-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African state utility Eskom, which is battling a nationwide power crisis, wants the country's energy regulator to review a 14,2 per cent tariff hike it granted the power firm
readParly approves bank nationalisation
25-02-2008
LONDON - The nationalisation of Northern Rock is expected to be finalised on Friday after British lawmakers passed emergency legislation allowing troubled banks to be taken into public ownership.A
readOil firms' intransigence cost Namcor N$1,5 m
25-02-2008
NAMIBIAN oil companies were "very unreasonable" when they refused to accept the first consignment of petroleum products from Namcor's new supplier, Namcor Managing Director Samuel Beukes said on
readMeat contract was not a tender: ACC
25-02-2008
THE Ha-Na-He butchery at Omuthiya was not awarded a tender to supply meat to resorts in the Etosha National Park, the Director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) announced on Friday.According to
readHardap sluices opened
25-02-2008
LUQMAN CLOETE THE sluices of the Hardap Dam were opened on Saturday evening after continuous rains in its catchment area had increased the reservoir's level to 71,8 per cent .The Mariental Town
readClimb aboard RDP express: Hamutenya
25-02-2008
RDP interim President Hidipo Hamutenya on Saturday accused Swapo of disastrously failing Namibia's youth for 18 years, and vowed that his party will reverse and correct Swapo's mistakes within one
readKeetmans aviation academy grounded
25-02-2008
TRAINING at the Namibia Aviation Training Academy (NATA) at Keetmanshoop has ground to halt following the closure of the town's Engen depot, which had supplied aircraft fuel, almost a year ago.General
read3 killed in head-on crashes
25-02-2008
THREE people have been killed in two road collisions in which sedan cars crashed head-on into trucks in the Rehoboth and Usakos areas last week. Basil Raleigh Lewis (54) and Hester Catharina Lewis
readStock theft suspect wanted
25-02-2008
THE Namibian Police has appealed to the public to assist with the search for a suspect who is wanted on stock theft charges that originated in the Okahandja and Hochfeld areas last year.The 30-year
readTUN pleads for lasting solution to Grade 10
25-02-2008
THE Teachers' Union of Namibia (TUN) has called on the Namibian Government to keep Grade 10 failures out of schools, but only for this year. "For now, we propose that the status quo be maintained
readNew factory adds value to Namibian fish
25-02-2008
THE Spanish fishing company, Pereira Fishing, in which Namibians also hold shares, inaugurated its new multi-million-dollar cold storage and processing facility in Walvis Bay on Friday.The facility
readTwo RDP members stabbed
25-02-2008
TWO RDP members were stabbed at Okongo on Saturday in two separate incidents.According to an eyewitness, Swapo held a rally nearby and arguments started between RDP and Swapo members after a Swapo
readPatient raped in mental hospital
25-02-2008
THE Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the alleged rape of a patient in the State Psychiatric hospital in Windhoek on Tuesday. A 21-year-old mentally handicapped female patient
readAxe murderer on the loose
25-02-2008
A MAN who allegedly hacked another man to death with an axe on Thursday is still at large.Although the Police know who the alleged murderer is, they had been unable to arrest him until yesterday.
readBoycott RDP businesses: Swapo
25-02-2008
FORMER Swapo members who joined the new opposition party Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) were traitors like Judas, who betrayed Jesus and misled people, President Hifikepunye Pohamba charged
readBeware of 'ghosts and whirlwinds': Ithana
25-02-2008
POLITICAL parties such as the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) are "whirlwinds and ghosts".This was said by Swapo Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana at a well-attended Swapo Party rally
readKwathela Opolisi u dhengwe okati koonyala n
25-02-2008
oN$15 000 O POLISI ya Namibia otayi ka gandja oshimaliwa shOondola/N$15 000 komuntu nguka te ke yi pa uuyelele kombinga yaantu mboka taya fekelelwa edhipago lyomukiintu ngoka a li ha longo pOngalashe
readOmuntu gulwe a ninga enyenyeto lyonyama: AC
25-02-2008
C O KOMISI yokukondjitha uulingilingi nekorapto mu Namibia nenge tutye Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) inayi tseyithila ehangano lyuuthemba womuntu nenge tutye National Society for Human Rights
readNakutsa omuholike gwe ota tokolwa nena mOmpangu yoPombanda
25-02-2008
"ONDE mu tsu molwashoka oye a tsu ndje tango."Ndika olyo efatululo lya pewa Ompangu yoPombanda mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko ku Johannes Amunyela gwoomvula 37 kombinga yetompelo ndyoka a longitha
readNashenda a kondema eteyo lyOngeleka
25-02-2008
O MUMBIISHOFI Omukuluntu gwOngeleki ya Katoolika ka Roma moNamibia Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda okwa kondema noonkondo eteyo lyOngeleka ya Katoolika ya Tshaaneko mUukwambi, ndjoka ya tewa
readBrave display by Gladiators
25-02-2008
Nigeria's Super Falcons showed why they are the African champions when they beat Namibia's Brave Gladiators 3-0 with a clinical display in an African Nations Cup qualifier on Friday.The Super Falcons
readKhomas U-17 Soccer league to start soon
25-02-2008
Organisers of the Khomas Under-17 Soccer League have invited all interested teams to register for the 2008 league from today until March 3. All teams that participated in the inaugural league in
readKhomas U-17 Soccer league to start soon
25-02-2008
Organisers of the Khomas Under-17 Soccer League have invited all interested teams to register for the 2008 league from today until March 3. All teams that participated in the inaugural league in
readTurkish troops and rebels clash in N Iraq
25-02-2008
Turkish troops and Kurdish PKK rebels fought close battles in northern Iraq yesterday that left scores dead on the fourth day of a major ground offensive Baghdad and Washington fear could further
readKenya's politicians remain divided
25-02-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya's rival politicians remain divided over the details of forming a government together to end the postelection crisis, government negotiators said yesterday.The officials said local
readIraqi bombers continue carnage
25-02-2008
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 40 people, police and medical officials told AFP. Venezuelan rescuers find
readDiana inquest probes murky world of espionage
25-02-2008
LONDON - British intelligence officers are facing unprecedented public scrutiny as they take the stand at the inquest into Princess Diana's death to deny claims that the security services killed her
readZim's frog and puppet
25-02-2008
BEITBRIDGE - President Robert Mugabe dismissed his two challengers in next month's Zimbabwean elections as a lightweight and a Western puppet on Saturday.At a rally to mark his 84th birthday and
readLights, cameras, action!
25-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - Will Meryl Streep's outfit match her talent? Will Diablo Cody actually refuse to wear those million-dollar, diamond-encrusted shoes? Will Katherine Heigl need to squint? The city was
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