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47 Articles found on Monday, 28 January 2008
SMSes of the Day : Monday
28-01-2008
* DUDLEY, well done on Friday's cartoon. We need more of the two ladies with names T and S, Dieshofina and Hagerosa. We had a great laugh. Some more please.* WITH the power crisis comes an incredible
readZim in late bid to salvage farming season
28-01-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government is making frantic efforts to ensure the 2008 agriculture season is not a total disaster after shortages of fertiliser and floods hit crops, a government minister said on
readOil prices prompt a scramble for Africa
28-01-2008
DAKAR - High oil prices and the onslaught of resource nationalism from Russia to South America have sent Western majors delving ever deeper into the waters of the Gulf of Guinea, triggering a new
readAfDB to finance infrastructure SALY
28-01-2008
PORTUGAL - Sixty per cent of the African Development Bank's US$8,9 billion soft loan resources for 2008 to 2010 will go towards infrastructure projects on the continent.Last month, donor countries
readGates gives US$306m for African farming
28-01-2008
DAVOS - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is giving US$306 million to boost the yields and incomes of small farmers in Africa and other parts of the developing world, it said on Friday.Support for
readSA power crisis 'an emergency', mines shut down
28-01-2008
CAPE TOWN - The South African government labelled crippling electricity shortages a national emergency Friday, warning of price hikes and quotas to steady supply ahead of the 2010 football World
readGovt medical aid defrauded
28-01-2008
THE Ministry of Finance has laid fraud charges against at least four medical service providers who allegedly defrauded the Public Servants Medical Aid Scheme (Psemas) over the past two years.It also
readHeavy weather kills 5 in North
28-01-2008
LIGHTNING strikes killed five people - including a woman and her two daughters - in the Eenhana district on Thursday, the Namibian Police announced yesterday.An eight-year-old boy, Frans Paulus, was
readAttacked by snake in bed, in city
28-01-2008
WELL-KNOWN Namibian photographer, artist and writer Amy Schoeman narrowly escaped partial blindness and serious disfiguration when she was bitten in her face by a zebra snake in the early hours of
readNamibia asked to 'fix' match
28-01-2008
NAMIBIAN players say they were approached to fix their final group match at the Africa Cup of Nations.They say they were offered US$30 000 per player to throw their game against Guinea in Sekondi
readTraditional leaders unhappy with resettlement
28-01-2008
Traditional leaders in the South are not happy with the farm resettlement programme in the Hardap and Karas regions.At a gathering with the Karas and Hardap Governors on Thursday, the leaders
readChild killed by minibus
28-01-2008
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl died after being run over by a minibus at Oshakati on Tuesday.Charges of culpable homicide, reckless and negligent driving, and driving a motor vehicle without a valid driver's
readBiker killed in Windhoek crash
28-01-2008
A 24-year-old motorcyclist died in a collision with a car in Windhoek on Saturday.Stephan Fourie lost his life when his motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Sean McBride and Wika
readSuspect admits to Khomasdal stabbing, but denies murder
28-01-2008
A YOUNG Windhoek resident on Friday pleaded not guilty to a murder charge he faces in connection with the deadly stabbing of a 17-year-old youth outside a club in Khomasdal on Workers' Day in 2005.In
readChina to help pay for rail project
28-01-2008
NAMIBIA and China signed a grant agreement in Windhoek on Friday detailing the N$1 billion grant promised by that country a year ago during a visit of the Chinese head of state to Namibia."The N$1
readOvambanderu Chief laid to rest
28-01-2008
ABOUT 2 000 people attended the State funeral of the late Ovambanderu Chief Munjuku Nguvauva II at Okahandja on Saturday.The streets of Okahandja echoed with an 11-gun salute as the coffin was lowered
readMore rains forecast for north of Namibia this week
28-01-2008
CONTINUED rains can be expected over the northern areas of Namibia this week - but the rainfall chances for the central and southern areas look less promising.Weather forecaster Olga Tjiueza of the
readCoD court case delayed
28-01-2008
A FACTION of the opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD) on Friday filed a motion in the Windhoek High Court against two party members.T h e m o t i o n - number 44 on a list of over 70 motions
readSelf-regulation the answer: SA Media Ombudsman Thloloe
28-01-2008
AS talk of Government regulation of the Namibian media increases, the man responsible for keeping journalists in South Africa on the straight and narrow warns that such an approach could be dangerous
readNDMC warns Swapo
28-01-2008
"INTOLERANT" and "undemocratic" utterances by the youth wing of the ruling Swapo Party against the new opposition party Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) will eventually destroy Swapo, as it
readCemetery attacker's appeal thrown out
28-01-2008
AN appeal by a former security guard who is serving a 37-year prison term for raping and attempting to murder a woman at Windhoek's Pionierspark Cemetery five years ago ended in failure in the High
readOmufekelwa omutine a dhitikwa moshipotha sha Keetmanshoop
28-01-2008
O POLISI oya dhitike omufekelwa omutine mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko shi na sha noshipotha shuufuthi woshimaliwa shoondola/N$700 000 shoka taku hokololwa sha yakwa mu Muni gwa Keetmanshoop muule
readZambia a dhengwa kondhima olutiyali
28-01-2008
O LUSHENO mu Zamibia alihe olwa gu ko uule woowili 48 oshikando oshitiyali, nokukankameka iilonga mOomina dhongopolo, aakwanepangelo osho ya popi mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Aanambelewa mOomina oya
readOveta yAaniilonga otayi tulwa miilonga mu Mei nuumvo
28-01-2008
E PANGELO olya dhiladhila okutula miilonga Oveta ompe yaaniilonga ndjoka opo ya shainwa nokutulwa moGazette omathimbo ga zi ko - Oveta ndjika otayi ka tulwa miilonga palumwe mu Mei, epangelo tali
readOonakulwa Aakulu ya ningulula oopulanda dhawo konima yokutsakanena nOmupresidende Pohamba
28-01-2008
O SHIGONGI shoka sha li pokati kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba nongundu yiilyo yehangano lyoonakulwa aakulu ongulohi yEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, osha hulile menyanyu, sho iilyo yehangano ndika
readNamibia ota ka talulula oshipotha shedhipago lya hahende Lubowski
28-01-2008
O shipotha shedhipgo lya Hahende a simana pashiyakela ngoka wo a li oshilyo shoSwapo Anton Lubowski otali talululwa ishewe kOmbelewa yOmutamaneki-Ndjayi gwaNamibia, oomvula dhi vulithe pomulongo
readCAF warns doping cheats
28-01-2008
THE head of the Confederation of African Football's Doping Committee in Tamale, Ghana, has revealed that it will be calling players at random towards the end of every match to undergo routine drug
readCameroon bounce back
28-01-2008
FOUR-TIME African champions Cameroon got their 2008 Africa Cup of Nations campaign back on course after a comfortable 5-1 trouncing of Zambia in a Group C tie as their star striker Samuel Eto'o
readGunners ground Magpies
28-01-2008
EMMAMUEL Adebayor ensured his tortuous week ended on a high as his brace earned Arsenal a 3-0 FA Cup win over Newcastle on Saturday.The Togo striker began this fourth round tie under the darkest of
readSharapova wins first Aussie title
28-01-2008
FIFTH seed Maria Sharapova sealed her third grand slam title and first Australian Open with a comfortable 7-5 6-3 victory over Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the final in Melbourne on Saturday.Sharapova,
readDjokovic wins first grand slam title
28-01-2008
THIRD seed Novak Djokovic overcame a leg injury to win his first grand slam title with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 victory over unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Australian Open final
readDjokovic wins first grand slam title
28-01-2008
THIRD seed Novak Djokovic overcame a leg injury to win his first grand slam title with a 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 victory over unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the Australian Open final
readAus, India hopes on history
28-01-2008
AUSTRALIA and India are both hoping history will repeat itself and allow them to conjure a win out of nothing on the last day of the fourth and final test.The match was evenly poised at the end of the
readRonaldo ends Spurs's FA Cup quest
28-01-2008
CRISTIANO Ronaldo's personal goal spree this season continued as he scored twice to help overturn an early deficit as Manchester United beat Premier League rivals Tottenham 3-1 to advance into the
readNamibia promise to play for pride against Guinea
28-01-2008
NAMIBIA have promised to lift their game even more when they engage Guinea in their final Group A qualifying match of the 26th edition of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Sekondi, Ghana,
readNamibia to host COSSASA Games
28-01-2008
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU) will host this year's edition of the Confederation of Schools Sport Association of Southern Africa (COSSASA) Under-17 Ball Games at Walvis Bay during
readIvory Coast trounce Benin
28-01-2008
SUPERSTAR Didier Drogba scored the opening goal as Ivory Coast overwhelmed Benin 4-1 last Friday in a 2008 MTN African Nations Cup Group B match.Yaya Toure, Abdelkader Keita and Aruna Dindane were
readNine die in Turkish train crash
28-01-2008
ANKARA - A passenger train derailed in central Turkey yesterday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, railway authorities said.They said two cars rolled over when the train from
readBusta gets probation
28-01-2008
NEW YORK - Grammy-nominated rapper Busta Rhymes pleaded guilty on Wednesday to assault, two driving infractions and weapons possession, avoiding a trial and the yearlong prison sentence recommended by
readBreaking down the Britney bucks
28-01-2008
LOS ANGELES - Say what you will about Britney Spears, she's a valuable commodity as far as the nation's economy is concerned.According to Portfolio magazine, the troubled pop princess puts anywhere
readPakistan troops battle militants
28-01-2008
KOHAT - Pakistani troops, backed by helicopter gunships, are battling pro-Taliban militants to recapture a key road tunnel leading to the volatile tribal belt on the Afghan border, the military said
readPakistan troops battle militants
28-01-2008
KOHAT - Pakistani troops, backed by helicopter gunships, are battling pro-Taliban militants to recapture a key road tunnel leading to the volatile tribal belt on the Afghan border, the military said
readZim goes to the polls March 29
28-01-2008
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has set national elections for March 29, according to a presidential proclamation issued on Friday that angered the opposition, which had called for the vote to be put
readObama and Clinton off to next White House fights
28-01-2008
COLUMBIA - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton looked yesterday toward the next battles in a bruising White House race after Obama rolled to a huge win in a bitterly contested South Carolina
readAnnan meets Odinga as fighting continues
28-01-2008
NAIVASHA - Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley yesterday as former United Nations chief Kofi Annan met opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis
readEgypt vows to control Gaza border
28-01-2008
RAMALLAH - Egypt vowed to take control of its breached border with the Gaza Strip yesterday and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's government said it had agreed with Cairo to run the crossing,
readPolice quiz Paris bank trader
28-01-2008
PARIS - The junior trader blamed for causing a $7 billion loss at French bank Societe Generale faced a second day of questioning yesterday by finance police, who said he was cooperating with their
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