Archive
37 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Ministry of Education responds
30-01-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: MINISTER of Education please help our children
readSMSes of the Day : Wednesday
30-01-2008
* WELL done Brave Warriors, well done. By refusing to take a bribe you have not only made us proud but you have also demonstrated to our leaders, who in many instances are involved in scandalous
readDe Beers sees tough US market
30-01-2008
LONDON - De Beers' Diamond Trading Company sees a challenging US market this year due to the housing crisis, but its managing director says emerging markets will drive demand and rare stones will
readMoz could help SA's energy crisis
30-01-2008
THE present energy crisis in South Africa presents an important boon for Mozambique's energy sector, private media reported yesterday.Pascoal Bacela, Mozambique's national director for energy, told
readEskom asks for extra coal production
30-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - State utility Eskom has asked South Africa's coal producers to find an extra five million tonnes of coal during the next three months to ensure there is enough to avoid power cuts and
readMost South Africa mines still halted by electricity crisis
30-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The world's third-biggest gold producer said yesterday it had restarted production at one of its mines although a power shortage that has curbed output from South Africa's mining sector
read'Wrong approach on prepaid telecoms VAT'
30-01-2008
NAMIBIA could easily become one of the most expensive countries for telecommunication operations with the scrapping of the value added tax (VAT) exemption for prepaid telecommunication
readNBC crippled by strike
30-01-2008
NAMIBIAN Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) workers across the country went on strike yesterday with no indication on when the work stoppage will end.Employees declared a dispute last week after the
read'Forced circumcision' latest weapon in Kenya's ethnic strife
30-01-2008
NAIVASHA - Lying on a blood-stained stretcher, Caleb's face is convulsed in pain."The Kikuyus circumcised me by force," he says, moments before losing consciousness in the hospital's sweltering heat.
readCity dog 'gives birth to kitten'
30-01-2008
WHEN truck driver Silas Isaacs received a call from his family at home yesterday, the last thing he expected to hear was that his pregnant dog had just given birth ... apparently to a cat! But that's
readBrownouts 'around the corner'
30-01-2008
ELECTRICITY brownouts, or load shedding, in Namibia will only start in "three to four weeks" NamPower announced yesterday.It also said that everything is being done to minimise the fallout from South
readA Matter of Fact
30-01-2008
THE Ministry of Education has pointed out that its Minister Nangolo Mbumba did not run for the position of Secretary for Education in Swapo because he was already a Deputy Secretary General.The
readDamaras aim to strengthen unity
30-01-2008
THE word 'Gao', which refers to the Damara king, will be removed from the official title of the annual Damara Gaob Festival to make way for a more "inclusive and acceptable" title.The annual
readGerman parliamentarians seek bilateral co-operation
30-01-2008
A DELEGATION of German parliamentarians currently visiting Namibia has vowed to seek closer ties with their Namibian colleagues and to look into the possibility of establishing a bilateral friendship
read3 escape from cop cells
30-01-2008
THREE men escaped from the Okahao Police holding cells on Friday night.The Police reported that the three managed to hide themselves near their cell at meal time, broke the padlock of the kitchen door
readMan uses fishing net to commit suicide
30-01-2008
A 43-year-old Windhoek resident reportedly hanged himself with a piece of fishing net on Tuesday.Andreas Kamati's body was discovered at his home in Havana's Zambia Street. Police reported that the
readNam children still dying from preventable diseases
30-01-2008
MANY children in Namibia continue to die from curable and preventable diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, while maternal and infant mortality rates have increased.This is revealed in a Unicef
readZimbabwe power loan worthwhile: NamPower official
30-01-2008
A N$280 million loan NamPower gave Zimbabwe to overhaul a coal-fired power station in return for electricity, would indeed be paid back, a NamPower official insisted yesterday.The loan, which has
readPSUN slams declining education standards
30-01-2008
THE latest Grade 10 and 12 results "regrettably tell the same old sad story of gloom and doom", the Public Service Union of Namibia said yesterday.In a hard-hitting statement, PSUN Secretary General
readTelecom copper scam trial starts with not guilty pleas
30-01-2008
THE long-pending High Court trial of former senior Telecom Namibia manager James Camm and businessmen Heinz Dresselhaus and Ettienne Weakley started in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, with all
readOkanona ka lyatwa
30-01-2008
O KAKADHONA koomvula ne oka si konima sho ka lyatwa kokambesa mOshakati mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Omuhingi gwokambesa hoka okwa ningilwa oshipotha shokuhinga nuuhasha, okuhinga omanga kee na
readChina ota ka kwathela Namibia
30-01-2008
N AMIBIA na China mEtitano lya zi ko oya shaina etsokumweuvathano li na sha noshimaliwa shOondola obiliona yimwe shoka China a uvaneke kutya ota ka pa Namibia.Euvaneko ndika China okwa li e li ningi
readOmalunduluko omanene moSwapo
30-01-2008
Y AALI yomiilyo iikuluntu mongundu tayi pangele yoSwapo oya kanitha iipundi mewiliko lyongundu ndjika.Moshinima shoka sha halutha oyendji meni nosho wo pondje yongundu ndjika, meme Netumbo
readMu Zimbabwe otaya ka hogolola mu Maalitsa 29
30-01-2008
H ARARE - Omupresidende Robert Mugabe mEtitano lya zi ko okwa tseyitha kutya omahogololo gopashigwana otaga ka ningwa momasiku 29 ga Maalitsa nuumvo.Nande ongaaka, oongundu dhompilameno kadhi uvitile
readMan United pitted against Arsenal
30-01-2008
ENGLISH Premier League giants Manchester United and Arsenal will face-off in the last 16 of the FA Cup following the fifth round draw made on Monday.United currently top the Premier League on goal
readGhana will win '08 Afcon title - Pantsil
30-01-2008
GHANA defender John Pantsil has promised fans that the Black Stars will go all the way and win the MTN African Cup of Nations.The hosts are bidding to win the competition for the fifth time and have
readTwo in world's top two for Proteas
30-01-2008
SOUTH Africa batsman Jacques Kallis and fast bowler Dale Steyn are ranked No 2 in their respective categories in the latest LG ICC test-cricket rankings.Kallis retains his position as the world's
readHarbhajan racial charges dropped
30-01-2008
INDIA'S troubled tour of Australia will proceed as planned after the International Cricket Council (ICC) cleared spinner Harbhajan Singh of racial abuse at an appeal yesterday.There were fears the
readNamibia draws final Afcon game
30-01-2008
THE Brave Warriors kept their promise of finishing their 2008 Africa Cup of Nations campaign on a high by dishing out a very inspiring 1-1 draw against Guinea in their final Group A encounter at
readMissile kills 10 in NW Pakistan
30-01-2008
BANNU - A missile strike on a house in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border killed 10 suspected militants, four of them foreigners, security officials said yesterday.Bomb blast at
readKylie says far from finished
30-01-2008
LOS ANGELES - Breast cancer sidelined her for two years, but pop singer Kylie Minogue is back with a vengeance with a new album, an upcoming tour and the belief that after 20 years at the top, she
readJudge turns a deaf ear to Foxy Brown's travel plea
30-01-2008
NEW YORK - A judge has denied Foxy Brown's request to get out of jail early so she can go to California for an ear examination and for repair of an electronic ear implant.State Supreme Court Justice
readJudge turns a deaf ear to Foxy Brown's travel plea
30-01-2008
NEW YORK - A judge has denied Foxy Brown's request to get out of jail early so she can go to California for an ear examination and for repair of an electronic ear implant.State Supreme Court Justice
readNZ anti-apartheid leader rejects SA nomination
30-01-2008
WELLINGTON - A veteran New Zealand anti-apartheid campaigner has rejected a nomination for a prestigious South African award for foreigners, saying he is dismayed over conditions in the country, local
readOpposition lawmaker killed in Nairobi
30-01-2008
NAIROBI - Gunmen killed an opposition lawmaker in Nairobi yesterday, triggering a new flare-up of the ethnic fighting that has gripped Kenya since last month's disputed presidential election.Groups of
readUN police inch way back to Darfur refugee camps
30-01-2008
ABOU SHOUK, Sudan - Two refugee mothers handed their babies to a United Nations police officer and squeezed in for a picture.Nearby, other officers helped women fill jugs of water. The friendly scenes
readChina weather kills 25
30-01-2008
SHANGHAI - Unusually severe winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland yesterday amid the country's worst power crisis, with one mountain road accident blamed on snow killing 25
read