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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 5 February 2008
In Niger, ethnic jokes keep tensions down
05-02-2008
NIAMEY - In Niger, a centuries-old custom that allows people to make jokes at the expense of their "cousins" from other tribes, far from exacerbating ethnic tensions, actually has a calming effect on
readSMSes of the Day : Tuesday
05-02-2008
* OUR Government rejected calls to increase the old age pensions, citing as the reason a lack of funds. Similarly the Government declined Basic Income Grant proposals by like-minded leaders, citing
readU$180m soil quality programme for Africa
05-02-2008
THE Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) announced a U$180 million five-year programme to restore the fertility of grossly depleted soils in sub-Saharan Africa.Agra regards soil depletion
readBotswana border fence to be inspected
05-02-2008
THE outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in western Botswana has forced Namibia to to critically review the border fence, of which 21 kilometres has been destroyed, between the two countries.The
readTsumeb takes over Ondundu
05-02-2008
A FARMING project which was started five years ago and which has developed successfully, will now be placed under the municipality of Tsumeb.The Ondundu Community Development Trust was formed in
readGoogle criticises Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Yahoo
05-02-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. raised the spectre of Microsoft Corp using its proposed US$42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc to gain illegal control over the Internet, underscoring the online search
read'Green collar' jobs seen as prosperous
05-02-2008
When 1 800 workers lost their jobs after a Maytag appliance factory and headquarters closed last year in the small town of Newton, Iowa, a wind turbine blade company saw opportunity - an available,
readInternet failure hits Cairo to Colombo
05-02-2008
CAIRO - Damage to undersea internet cables hit businesses across the Middle East and South Asia on Thursday, including the vital call-centre industry, prompting calls for people to limit their
readPower cuts raise food security fears
05-02-2008
BLOEMFONTEIN - Free State farmers were on Thursday asked by Eskom to cut their power consumption by 10 per cent, mainly during the "red periods" of between 6pm and 7pm every day."This is with
readEffects of gold price price on consumers
05-02-2008
IN Namibia there are two deciding factors when it comes to how much one gram of pure gold costs: First, gold is globally traded in US dollars.Since 2001 the gold price has slowly increased from a
readWeatherly sells non-core slag dumps
05-02-2008
WEATHERLY International yesterday announced that it had sold off its blast furnace and slag dumps to Emerging Metals Limited (EML) for a total consideration worth around £5,7 million, payable in two
readWeatherly sells non-core slag dumps
05-02-2008
WEATHERLY International yesterday announced that it had sold off its blast furnace and slag dumps to Emerging Metals Limited (EML) for a total consideration worth around £5,7 million, payable in two
readRundu to establish industrial park
05-02-2008
RUNDU - The Rundu Town Council plans to establish an industrial park at the town as of this year.The town council has availed about 243 000 square metres of land for the industrial park. Rundu Town
readO&L Group looks into the future
05-02-2008
RIDING on the back of a positive performance during the financial year 2006/7, the O&L Group recently held a two-day summit meeting to develop its strategic plan for 2010 and beyond.The event brought
readBody parts suspect in court
05-02-2008
THE murder case against Kenyan nurse Kenneth Bunge Orina, who is accused of butchering his wife at Grootfontein last year, was yesterday postponed again for further investigation.Orina (35) appeared
readWindhoek reduces water supply
05-02-2008
WINDHOEK'S water supply will be reduced for the whole of February because of maintenance work being carried out at the Goreangab water reclamation plan.Residents are urged to use water sparingly. In
readPresident visits flood victims
05-02-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba announced yesterday that the havoc caused by floods that have engulfed the town of Oshakati and its surroundings would be discussed at a Cabinet meeting today.The
readCops quiz elderly artists over art
05-02-2008
TWO Swakopmund artists - both pensioners - were whisked off for questioning by the Police yesterday for sketching the State House building at Swakopmund.Glenda Gerhardt and Freya Rust were sitting at
readSparks fly at City Council meeting
05-02-2008
THE first monthly meeting of the Windhoek City Council last Wednesday kicked off with an angry exchange of words between a councillor and the Deputy Mayor, with the latter threatening that she would
readLabour awareness campaign
05-02-2008
THE Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare will conduct awareness campaigns in all northern regions this month to alert Namibians that they are entitled to several social benefits provided by the
readNNFU calls for better drought relief
05-02-2008
COMMMUNAL farmers have not been benefiting much from Government support regarding the prevailing drought and efforts were needed to support them, a farmers' organisation said.According to the Namibia
readKeetmanshoop council CEO quits
05-02-2008
MONTHS of speculation about Keetmanshoop Town Council Chief Executive Officer's future was ended last week when Council endorsed his resignation at its extra-ordinary meeting last Wednesday.Shangadi
readFather in court over son's death
05-02-2008
A 69-year-old man accused of shooting dead his son on Saturday at the village of Tses, in the South, appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on a charge of murder yesterday.Jacobus Guido
readECN probes appointment of Omuthiya election officers
05-02-2008
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia says it is investigating claims about irregularities in the appointment of election officials for the Omuthiya local council elections scheduled for end of this
readOndando yomahooli otayi londo ngula mu South Afrika
05-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Onkundana okuzilila ko Johannesburg sha South Afrika otayi ti ngeyi kutya ondando yomahooli otayi gwedhelwa ngula noosenda 17 moliitela - shoka tashi ulike kutya omahooli gopetololi
readOmupresidende a talelapo oonakudhengwa kefundja
05-02-2008
O NDOOLOPA ya Shakati yoyene oyi li noya kandukidhwa kiishana na shika osho eta omagumbo gamwe ga ye momeya konima sho omvula onene ya loko mOnooli omasiku omashona ga piti po, Omupresidende
readAapashiyoni ya yugwa komulungu gwondjembo
05-02-2008
A APASHIYONI oya yugwa komulungu gwondjembo sha ningilwa poLodge ya Okonjima popepi nOtjiwarongo pethimbo lyoowili dhongula mOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Shika osho oshiningwanima sha hugunina mokati
readNgoka ta fekelelwa etetagulo lyomukiintu mOmpangu
05-02-2008
O SHIPOTHA shOmupangi gwOmukenya Kenneth Bunge Orina ngoka ta tamanekelwa edhipago netetagulo lyomukulukadhi gwe poGrootfontein konyala pwa piti oomwedhi ne netata lwaampoka, osha undulilwa komeho
readAayugi poBrackwater ya pewa ompito yokutalululitha omageelo gawo
05-02-2008
A ALUMENTU yaheyali mboka ya monika ondjo moshipotha sheyugo kwa homatiwa shoka taku popiwa kutya olyo eyugo lyoshimaliwa oshinene tashi yugwa mu Namibia pethimbo, oya pewa uuthemba mEtitano lya zi ko
readIvory Coast hit five to reach semis
05-02-2008
IVORY Coast overwhelmed Guinea in the closing stages to triumph 5-0 in the MTN Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final in Sekondi on Sunday and equal the record winning margin for the tournament.The
readGhana into semi-finals
05-02-2008
STRIKER Junior Agogo sent ten-man Ghana into the MTN Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals when his late goal gave the hosts a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in Accra on Sunday.An exhausted Agogo battled in the
readUnam thrash Windhoek Old Boys to go top
05-02-2008
Defending champions Unam shot to the top of the log after thrashing Windhoek Old Boys 9-2 in an Indoor Hockey Men's Premier league match on Saturday.Before the match there had been some speculation
readPollock, Gibbs star as SA sweep series
05-02-2008
HERSCHELLE Gibbs and Shaun Pollock turned South Africa's eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the fifth MTN ODI in Johannesburg on Sunday into an unforgettable epic.Pollock's last hurrah as an
readWork to do for SA teams
05-02-2008
WITH just under two weeks remaining before the Super 14 openers, the consensus of those who have seen the South African sides in action in the warm-up phase is that there is a lot of sharpening still
readBoxing, Sport Commission to sort out differences
05-02-2008
NAMIBIA'S hosting of the second African Olympic Boxing qualifying tournament is on hold pending negotiations between the Namibia Amateur Boxing Federation (NABF) and the Namibia Sport Commission
readSri Lanka bus blast kills 12
05-02-2008
COLOMBO - At least a dozen people were killed in a suspected Tamil Tiger bomb attack on a civilian bus in north-east Sri Lanka yesterday, the military said.Suicide bombers from Gaza Strip * GAZA CITY
readNasa beams Beatles tune 'Across the Universe'...
05-02-2008
WASHINGTON - The Beatles were yesterday set to become radio stars in a whole new way.Nasa yesterday broadcast the Beatles' song 'Across the Universe' across the galaxy to Polaris, the North Star. This
readLil Wayne taking his time
05-02-2008
LIL Wayne's 'Tha Carter III' has been delayed numerous times in the past six months, but in his first interview since his recent arrest on felony drugs and weapons charges in Arizona, the rapper
readMargaret Truman, 'presidential daughter'
05-02-2008
CHICAGO - Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former US President Harry S Truman who was known for her mystery novels and singing career, died last Tuesday after a brief illness, the Truman
readZhang Hanzhi, Chairman Mao's English tutor
05-02-2008
BEIJING - Zhang Hanzhi, an elegant Chinese diplomat who was Mao Zedong's English tutor and US President Richard Nixon's interpreter during his historic 1972 trip to China, has died.She was 72. Zhang
readBoyle, ex-AP bureau chief
05-02-2008
NEW YORK - Samuel J Boyle, who in two decades as chief of The Associated Press' New York City bureau oversaw the news organisation's coverage of high-profile events from elections and gangster trials
readFrench refused to test if Di's driver was drunk
05-02-2008
LONDON - The parents of chauffeur Henri Paul said yesteray that French authorities rejected their requests for independent blood tests to determine whether their son was drunk when he drove Princess
readZim reclaims seized farms
05-02-2008
Harare - The government of Zimbabwe says it has taken back 1 449 of the farms it seized from their white owners and gave to wealthy black would-be farmers after it discovered the land was either empty
readThousands flee Chad capital, fresh rebel attack feared
05-02-2008
N'DJAMENA - Thousands of civilians fled Chad's capital N'Djamena yesterday after rebel forces pulled back from a two-day assault, but the rebels said they would attack again to try to topple President
readKenya lawman says first lady assaulted him
05-02-2008
NAIROBI - A Kenyan legislator yesterday accused President Mwai Kibaki's wife, Lucy, of assaulting him at the official State House residence three weeks ago and said he planned to sue her.The
readUN council backs Chad's govt against rebels
05-02-2008
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council yesterday urged the international community to support the government of Chad against armed rebels intent on toppling the central African country's
readZambia may release water from Kariba
05-02-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia braced for more rain and started evacuating people from the banks of three major rivers after heavy flooding last month and said it may open the spillway of its massive Kariba Dam to
readRamphosa bows out of crisis talks
05-02-2008
NAIROBI - A bid by South Africa's top apartheid-era negotiator to help broker crisis talks in Kenya failed yesterday after the government accused him of being biased in favour of the opposition.Cyril
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