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41 Articles found on Monday, 4 February 2008
SMSes of the Day : Monday
04-02-2008
* IT'S high time that taxpaying voters stand up and be counted. As voters we have the power of the ballot to determine our destiny. We must not sit back and allow those we have mandated to lead us,
readHoles in consumers' pockets deepen!
04-02-2008
NAMIBIA'S consumer price index accelerated further in December to 7,1 per cent from 6,9 per cent in November and 6,6 per cent in October.The biggest culprits in the rise were food and non alcoholic
readSA petrol price to rise
04-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African petrol pump prices will increase by 17 cents, or 2,3 per cent, to 7,64 rand per litre for all grades next Wednesday, the government said on Friday.A statement from the
readAmid skepticism, inflation rises to 24 470% in Zim
04-02-2008
HARARE - In the first announcement on official inflation for four months, Zimbabwe's central bank said annual inflation rose to 24 470 per cent, by far the highest in the world, but far short of
readSA mines make slow progress
04-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African mines made slow progress in bringing back production on Friday after the state power firm allowed them to make only limited increases to their electricity
readChinese farmers look for hope in rising prices
04-02-2008
SHOUGUANG - For most Chinese people, at least those living in cities, the recent surge in food prices has been decidedly unwelcome.But here at one of the country's biggest wholesale vegetable markets,
readBA reports profit up by 22 per cent
04-02-2008
LONDON - British Airways PLC posted a 22 per cent rise in nine-month net profit on Friday as demand for long-haul business class tickets outweighed rising fuel costs and slowing demand for
readAreva bids to build nuclear plants in SA
04-02-2008
PARIS - France's Areva has submitted a multi-billion dollar offer to develop and build nuclear power plants in South Africa after power utility Eskom invited international companies to submit
readMan killed at Swapo rally
04-02-2008
A SWAPO rally in the North on Saturday ended in death and bloodshed.A man was shot dead and a Policewoman was stabbed in the stomach at Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region. The man, who allegedly
readTourists robbed at gunpoint
04-02-2008
TOURISTS at Okonjima Lodge near Otjiwarongo were robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of Saturday morning.It is the latest in a series of similar incidents in the area, prompting concerns about the
readFears rise as flood waters from Angola pour in...
04-02-2008
OSHAKATI and surrounding villages are straining under the weight of spreading flood waters.In addition to heavy rains in the areas, flood waters (known as efundja) from southern Angola are penetrating
readOmuthiya residents 'paid out'
04-02-2008
LAND and property owners affected by Omuthiya being proclaimed a town have been compensated, Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi said on Saturday."Today it has cost the Oshikoto Regional
readVoting irregularities at Omuthiya
04-02-2008
VOTER registration at the newly proclaimed northern town of Omuthiya kicks off today for its first ever municipal elections, but irregularities are feared to have occurred during the appointment of
readCopper contract centre stage in corruption trial
04-02-2008
AN argument about whether a scrap copper sale contract with a non-variation clause could be amended or supplemented by a further oral agreement is turning into a central issue in the Telecom Namibia
readCopper contract centre stage in corruption trial
04-02-2008
AN argument about whether a scrap copper sale contract with a non-variation clause could be amended or supplemented by a further oral agreement is turning into a central issue in the Telecom Namibia
readAlleged knobkierie attack lands man in hospital
04-02-2008
A DEMONSTRATION by Rehoboth residents on Friday morning to protest the awarding of tenders turned violent that evening long after the demonstration had ended.A violent confrontation erupted between
readNepotism claims levelled against Rehoboth council
04-02-2008
THE Rehoboth town council and residents of the Block E settlement are at loggerheads again.A group of approximately 60, mostly young people, took to the streets on Friday morning to protest against
readBience re-elected at AU summit
04-02-2008
NAMIBIAN lawyer and former Ombudswoman Bience Gawanas was re-elected for another four-year term as the African Union's Commissioner for Social Affairs over the weekend.THE AU held its ordinary annual
readBrakwater cash heist 7 given chance to appeal
04-02-2008
SEVEN men convicted of having been involved in what was once the largest ever armed robbery in Namibia on Friday all received the green light to appeal to the Supreme Court against their convictions
readOnkonga pOmhedi
04-02-2008
O MUKIINTU gwoomimvo 21 gwomukunda Omhedi mUukwanyama okwa ningile omumumentu gwoomvula 26 oshipotha shekwato nkonga nosho wo edhengo nelalakano lyokweehameka kolutu.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya mbaka
readMuni gwEenhana na Muni gwa Harelbeke otaya longele kumwe
04-02-2008
M UNI gwondoolopa ya Eenhana na Muni gwondoolopa ya Harelbeke mu Belgium omasiku ga zi ko oya shaina etsokumweuvathano mokulongelakumwe, moka Muni gwa Harelbeke u uvaneke okukwathela ngoka gwa Muni
readAyihe oyi li nawa mu NBC
04-02-2008
I INIMA konyala ayihe oya li yi li nawa mehangano etumimawimombepo lya Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) okuza mEtine sigo omEtitano moka ya li ya tegelela okuninga etokolo ngele otaya shuna
readProject Hope a gandja iimaliwa yokwiilongitha kaagundjuka yane
04-02-2008
A AGUNDJUKA yane mboka ye li omitse dhoofamili mEtitetu lya zi ko, oya li ya pewa 'oombaasali' nenge tutye iimaliwa yomwiilongitha kehangano lyedhina Projet Hope Namibia opo ye ki ilongele omaungomba
readOmvula ya dhipaga okanona pOshuundje mOnooli
04-02-2008
O KUNIWE eitaalo ndika kutya omuntu gumwe okwa si sha etwa komvula onene ndjoka ya kala tayi loko nokupoolela mOnooli yoshilongo oshiwike sha zi ko, omanga wo taku popiwa kutya omukunda gumwe ogu li
readOngundu yoRDP ongeshefa: Ya Ndakolo ta ti
04-02-2008
pOMUTHIYA O KANGUNDU opo ka totwa ko Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), okangundu kaantu aaniifundja, aantu ya pota naafuthi, Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Shikoto Penda Ya Ndokolo osho a popi
readA yahwa kOpolisi poshigongi shoSwapo
04-02-2008
O MULUMENTU gumwe okwa yahwa okusa kOpolisi konima sho a tsu Omupolisi gwomukiintu poshigongi sho Swapo pOmuthiya mOlyomakaya, mpoka Omupolisi nguka a li na yakwawo ya li ye ya okukalekapo oveta
readFootball Results
04-02-2008
Barclays Premier LeagueSaturday:Liverpool 3-0 SunderlandBirmingham 1-1 Derby CountyBlackburn Rovers 0-0 EvertonPortsmouth 1-1 ChelseaReading 0-2 Bolton WanderersTottenham Hotspur 1-1 Manchester
readParreira pleased despite exit
04-02-2008
BAFANA Bafana coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has declared his side's 2008 Africa Cup of Nations campaign a success, despite their exit from the tournament in the first round.Addressing the media
readAngola to spike Egypt's title defence
04-02-2008
MANCHESTER United's new recruit Manucho and surprise-package Angola face five-time defending champions Egypt in an intriguing African Nations Cup quarter-final in Kumasi, Ghana, tonight.Angola have
readWoods wins as Ernie sinks on 18
04-02-2008
DUBAI - Tiger Woods gave another remarkable display to win the Dubai Desert Classic title yesterday, his seventh victory in eight tournament appearances.The world number one started the day four shots
readHamilton subjected to racist abuse
04-02-2008
FORMULA One driver Lewis Hamilton suffered racist abuse from Spanish fans during testing at the Montmelo circuit in Barcelona, Spanish media reported yesterday.Reports in a number of papers said the
readGunners go tops in EPL
04-02-2008
ARSENAL opened up a two point gap at the top of the English Premier League on Saturday as Manchester United were forced to snatch a stoppage time equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw at Tottenham.Dimitar
readBulls declaw the Lions
04-02-2008
THE Blue Bulls defeated their bitter rivals Lions 28-14 in their historic warm-up friendly played in front of a capacity crowd at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday.It was the first time
readChina mine blast kills 9
04-02-2008
BEIJING - An explosion killed nine people at a coal mine in northern China, state media reported yesterday, just as the government ordered scores of pits to stay open to alleviate the country's
readMajor progress reported in writers' talks
04-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's striking writers and its major studios made "significant progress" in recent talks aimed at ending their labour dispute, a source briefed on the discussions said on Saturday,
readBrit's dad put in charge of his daughter's affairs
04-02-2008
LOS ANGELES - Throughout the course of Britney Spears' months-long emotional tailspin, one universal question has lingered with each spectacular turn: Why doesn't her family take drastic measures to
readFighting rages in Chad's capital
04-02-2008
N'DJAMENA - Fighting raged for the second day yesterday in the Chadian capital after rebels intent on toppling President Idriss Deby battled their way into the city and surrounded his palace and
readZim unity talks collapse
04-02-2008
HARARE - A Zimbabwe opposition bid to present a united challenge to President Robert Mugabe in elections next month collapsed yesterday with the breakdown of re-unification talks between two major
readKenyan gangs clash ahead of talks
04-02-2008
CHEBILAT - Gangs of youths from rival ethnic groups armed with clubs, bows and machetes clashed in Kenya's Rift Valley yesterday, shouting war cries, firing salvos of arrows and pelting each other
readMyanmar remembers with 'Rambo' screening
04-02-2008
SINGAPORE - Hundreds of Myanmar residents in Singapore gathered yesterday for a unique tribute to victims of last September's crackdown in their homeland - a screening of the new "Rambo" movie.In the
readIraq vows to 'crush terrorists' after 99 die
04-02-2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister vowed on Saturday that attacks by two female bombers which killed 99 people in Baghdad would not derail improved security, but angry residents demanded the government
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