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49 Articles found on Thursday, 24 January 2008
Let's preserve our wetlands
24-01-2008
ON February 2, nations around the world will commemorate World Wetlands Day under the theme 'Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People'.The theme emphasises the connection between well-managed wetlands and
readLake Oponona's importance in spotlight
24-01-2008
IT is the largest water body in the Cuvelai Drainage Basin and receives floodwater twice every three years.This is Lake Oponona, one of Namibia's lakes of critical importance to local populations
readBusiness calls for crisis leadership
24-01-2008
DAVOS - Business leaders called for more leadership to head off an economic downturn yesterday, with some saying an emergency US interest rate cut may have been over hasty and could fuel a new market
readZim threatens banks over cash crisis
24-01-2008
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's government has ordered banks to end a banknote shortage or risk being closed, state media reported yesterday.Banknotes have joined the long list of basic commodities
readKombat operations suspended
24-01-2008
WEATHERLY International has suspended mining operations at its Kombat Mine due to a series of power cuts which have impacted negatively on the mine's operations, which will see overall copper
readUranium co lists on NSX
24-01-2008
DEEP Yellow Limited, an Australian uranium exploration company, yesterday dual listed on the Development Capital Board of the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX).Deep Yellow is exposed to the Namibian
readBlue chips turn negative
24-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's blue chip index fell more than two percent on Wednesday, echoing moves in foreign markets as fears about a possible recession in the United States resurfaced.By 1337 GMT
readPower woes halt Konkola mine
24-01-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia's largest copper producer, Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), majority-owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, has suspended operations due to flooding caused by recurring power
readBread price increases spark outrage in SA
24-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Sharp increases in the price of bread has sparked outrage in South Africa, with labour unions and others arguing that the rising cost of the staple food could force millions of people
readNedbank confident on targets, 2008 tougher
24-01-2008
DAVOS - South Africa's Nedbank Group is set to hit key 2007 targets but expects a tougher year ahead, though ongoing strength in corporate banking will help offset slower retail growth.Chief Executive
readWorld Bank, AfDB raise alarm over Kenya
24-01-2008
TUNIS - The World Bank and African Development Bank, acting to "raise an alarm" over the turmoil in Kenya, said on Tuesday they may have to adjust lending programmes there if unrest persists following
readWorld Bank, AfDB raise alarm over Kenya
24-01-2008
TUNIS - The World Bank and African Development Bank, acting to "raise an alarm" over the turmoil in Kenya, said on Tuesday they may have to adjust lending programmes there if unrest persists following
readWorld Bank, AfDB raise alarm over Kenya
24-01-2008
TUNIS - The World Bank and African Development Bank, acting to "raise an alarm" over the turmoil in Kenya, said on Tuesday they may have to adjust lending programmes there if unrest persists following
readKatiti payout 'a bargain'
24-01-2008
THE Walvis Bay Town Council is now disputing the Walvis Bay Ratepayers' Association's (WBRA) authority to challenge it over former Walvis Bay CEO Augustinus Katiti's multi-million-dollar resignation
readWave power offers hope
24-01-2008
AMID a looming electricity shortage, plans to build a wave-power station off the southern coast are in full swing.Addressing the Keetmanshoop Town Council yesterday, an advisor to Australian renewable
read4th suspect added to Keetmans fraud case
24-01-2008
POLICE at Keetmanshoop arrested a fourth suspect on Tuesday in connection with the theft of more than N$700 000 at the Keetmanshoop Municipality over a period of seven months last year.Ingrid Coleman
readLabour Act to be enforced by May
24-01-2008
GOVERNMENT plans to implement the newly gazetted Labour Act by May - and in one go, not in several stages - it announced yesterday."There are many preparations necessary which could only start once
readAmnesty for car licences
24-01-2008
MOTORISTS with outstanding vehicle licence fees and penalties for late payment will have them written off come February 1.The Roads Authority (RA) announced yesterday that the amnesty would be between
readX-rays for diamond workers are safe, Namdeb says
24-01-2008
NAMDEB workers are worried about the low-dose X-ray detection system installed at the mine, claiming that X-rays have been associated with an increased risk of cancer, particularly leukaemia.The unit
readDesperate schools pitch tents for classrooms
24-01-2008
TENTS will be set up at certain schools in Windhoek from Monday to provide classroom space for hundreds of Grade 1 and 8 pupils who could not be enrolled at the start of the school year.Two new
readNaruseb hits back at employers
24-01-2008
CRITICISM by the Namibian Employers Federation (NEF) against the newly gazetted labour law - which grants more leave days to employees, bans labour hire and allows farmworkers to live at their
readPanelbeaters at each other's throats again
24-01-2008
A WINDHOEK panelbeater's insistence that he should work on a vehicle that was referred to a competing company has added to tension that has been brewing2 in the panelbeating industry since last
readQuick stop in Caprivi treason trial
24-01-2008
THE main Caprivi high treason trial, which resumed in the High Court in Windhoek this week, petered out yesterday with a request from the prosecution to have their latest witness declared hostile.The
readRDP gets under SPYL's skin, NBC rapped over coverage
24-01-2008
THE Swapo Youth League has passed 'a vote of no confidence' in the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and called on Government to get rid of the broadcaster's management.SPYL Secretary Elijah
readOngundulwiimbo ya Nyanyukweni ya pititha oka
24-01-2008
CD komaimbilo O nkundana yetu ziliole moshilandopangelo otayi ti kutya yimwe yomoongundulwiimbo dhoondjimbo dhopambepo yi li mewiliko lyehangano lya Muámbo Musical Works (MMW) oya longo nuudhiginini
readEfaulo lya Mengestrata lya laateka oshipotha shokawe
24-01-2008
O KUFAULA kwa Mengestrata mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa poKeetmanshoop Hosea Noabeb oshiwike shika iikando iyali, okwa laateke epangulo lyoshipotha shuufuthi wokawe - moka aaniilonga aakulu yatatu ya Namdeb
readWAD a ningila aaniilonga ye yatatu oshipotha shuufuthi
24-01-2008
A ANIILONGA yatatu mboka ya li haya longele mehangano lyedhina Women's Action for Development (WAD) oya li ya dhitikwa nokutulwa miipandeko mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko poRehoboth nokuningilwa oshipotha
readAakwaswapo oya ninga nayi iilyo yo RDP: Ya Nangoloh
24-01-2008
EHANGANO egameni lyUuthemba wOmuntu lyOpashigwana nenge National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) otali ti kutya AakwaSwapo oya li ya ponokela iilyo yongundu yo Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP)
readAanamibia ya londodhwa kombinga yondhime; olusheno nalu kwatwe nawa
24-01-2008
N AMPOWER okwa londodha ngeyi kutya ondhime pwaa na ompito yilwe kombinga omanga ombinga onkwawo tayi longitha olusheno, (ano okupaathana omalufo pakulongitha olusheno) oyo owala ompito tayi ka kala
readZambia put three past Sudan
24-01-2008
ZAMBIA scored a comfortable 3-0 win over a spirited Sudan in a Group C battle of the outsiders in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations at the Baba Yara Stadium on Tuesday.The Chipolopolo, as the Zambian
readChampions Egypt crush Cameroon 4-2
24-01-2008
DEFENDING champions Egypt got off to a superb start at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday with a convincing 4-2 victory over Cameroon in Kumasi.This Group C encounter pitched two countries who
readRed-hot Sharapova must win
24-01-2008
RUSSIA'S Maria Sharapova may be in the form of her life heading into Thursday's Australian Open semi-final but her former mentor believes third seed Jelena Jankovic could spring an upset.Florida-based
readFederer reaches semis
24-01-2008
ROGER Federer took his place in the Australian Open semi-finals after fending off the challenge of American James Blake 7-5 7-6 6-4 in Melbourne yesterday.The Swiss top seed never needed to hit top
readClubs to get call-up cash
24-01-2008
CLUBS with players on international duty will be paid around 130m GB Pounds in compensation over the next six years by governing bodies Fifa and Uefa.The ground-breaking agreement was announced in a
readBrave Warriors promise an improved display vs Ghana
24-01-2008
IF the promise of an improved performance made by Namibia's team manager Tim Isaacs is anything to go by, then local fans can look forward to a humdinger of a match when the Brave Warriors engage host
readEight Iraqi soldiers killed
24-01-2008
BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire on an Iraqi army checkpoint in central Baghdad yesterday, killing eight soldiers and wounding two, police said.The drive-by shooting occurred about 11h00 in the Bab
readWhy are poor children heavy?
24-01-2008
NEW research discounts a common theory on why poor children are more likely to be overweight than children from wealthier families.Iowa State University researchers say their analysis shows that a
readProtein works as a hunger buster
24-01-2008
CHICAGO - Diets high in protein may be the best way to keep hunger in check, US researchers said last week in a study that offers insight into how diets work.They found that protein does the best job
readChild mortality toll dips below 10 million: Unicef
24-01-2008
GENEVA - Nearly 9,7 million children die each year before their fifth birthday from diseases from pneumonia to malaria, but simple affordable measures could save more lives, the UN Children's Fund
readCouple sues over kiss
24-01-2008
BEIJING - An incensed Chinese couple, videotaped hugging and kissing on a subway platform, plan to sue the subway's operator after the video was uploaded to Youtube and other Web sites, attracting
readNot dead yet, man wakes at his wake
24-01-2008
SANTIAGO - An 81-year old man in the small Chilean village of Angol shocked his grieving relatives by waking up in his coffin at his own wake, local media said on Sunday.When Feliberto Carrasco's
readWoman searching for her father finds it's her boss!
24-01-2008
A VIETNAMESE woman searching for her father worked at his home in Taiwan for seven months without realising who he was before the relationship came to light, her father and police said Tuesday.Tran
readMissing cat pops out of bag
24-01-2008
THE last time cat-owner Kelly Levy saw her tiger-striped feline was before she took her husband to the airport.The 24-year-old came back to her house late Friday to find the bottom step, where Gracie
readValentino bids adieu to fashion with final collection
24-01-2008
PARIS - Celebrities, socialites and fashion editors prepared to bid adieu to Italian designer Valentino, the king of the red carpet, who showed his final collection yesterday after 45 years in
readWinehouse seen inhaling from pipe
24-01-2008
A VIDEO of Amy Winehouse shows the Grammy-nominated singer smoking ... something.In grainy footage obtained by British tabloid The Sun, Winehouse (24) is seen inhaling fumes from some sort of pipe
readHeath Ledger, 'Brokeback' star, dead at 28
24-01-2008
NEW YORK - Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated toward dark, brooding roles that defied his leading-man looks, was found dead in a Manhattan apartment, facedown at the foot of
readZambian army mobilised to help in flood crisis
24-01-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia has mobilised its army to clear drainage systems in major cities amid fears torrential rains and flooding may lead to outbreaks of cholera and other deadly diseases, a government
readKenyan marathon runner killed by arrow
24-01-2008
NAIROBI, Kenya - A Kenyan marathon runner was fatally shot with an arrow, the second international athlete to die as Kenya struggles with an explosion of postelection chaos, a sports official and
readPalestinians blow up border and flood into Egypt
24-01-2008
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip yesterday through a border wall blown up by militants and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply due to
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