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41 Articles found on Thursday, 31 January 2008
SMSes of the Day : Thursday
31-01-2008
* EVERY morning we write the electricity readings on a spreadsheet.For some time now we have switched on the geyser for half-an-hour in the morning. The water is still hot enough in the evening and
readFord to invest R1,5b in SA
31-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Ford Motor Co will invest 1,5 billion rand to expand its South African operations for the production of the company's next-generation pickup truck and Puma diesel engine, it said
readFrench police deal blow to Microsoft
31-01-2008
PARIS - The French paramilitary police force said yesterday it is ditching Microsoft for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest administrations in the world to make the break.The
readCadbury targets Ghana in US$87m cocoa initiative
31-01-2008
ACCRA - Cadbury Schweppes promised on Monday to invest 44 million pounds over the next decade to support high-quality sustainable cocoa output in Ghana and also in India, Indonesia and the
readJapan sets up intellectual property fund for Africa
31-01-2008
TOKYO - Japan said on Tuesday it was setting up a fund to help African countries enhance protection of intellectual property rights, calling it key to boosting the continent's economic potential.Japan
readSA mines roar back to life, power woes linger
31-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG- South Africa's mines roared back to life yesterday after a power crisis crippled the key industry for five days, but concern lingered over output and earnings losses and more power
readNBC caves in to demands
31-01-2008
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) yesterday agreed to pay striking employees a six per cent salary increase they were promised last year, as well as a nine per cent back payment outstanding
readKeetmans Deputy Sheriff in brush with the law
31-01-2008
In just under a year, Keetmanshoop Deputy Sheriff, Pieter van Heerden, again found himself on the wrong side of the law when he was arrested on Sunday on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping,
readPayments come to light in scrap copper fraud trial
31-01-2008
A MONEY and copper trail started emerging in the Telecom scrap copper fraud and corruption trial in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Cheques of scrap dealers Dresselhaus Scrap CC that ended up
read'We need to invest more in children'
31-01-2008
THE Old Mutual Foundation has donated stationery and school uniforms to the Dolam Children's Home in Katutura.The home currently cares for 18 orphans and vulnerable children from the ages of five
readCancer Apple '08 Project launched
31-01-2008
The eighth Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project was launched in Windhoek yesterday with the theme "Eat Healthy.Live Healthy. Prevent Cancer". Over N$3 million has been raised for the Cancer Association
readThe humble bike provides hope
31-01-2008
THE Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN Namibia) was started in 2005 to provide bicycles for HIV-AIDS homebased care volunteers who often need to cover long distances in their areas.These
readPep Stores break-in backfires
31-01-2008
THE Police have reported that a man suspected of trying to break into Pep Stores in Katutura was shot in the thigh while trying to flee from a security guard at midday on Tuesday.The 28-year-old man
readNWR to build tented camp in Etosha park
31-01-2008
THE heavily Government subsidised parastatal Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has called for proposals to design and build a tourism lodge in the Etosha National Park within five months from now.This
readAfrican Editors condemn Kenyan violence
31-01-2008
THE African Editor's Forum (TAEF), of which the Namibian Editor's Forum (NEF) is a constituent member, has called on the African Union to confirm its position of freedom of the media and in particular
readNHE and retrenched workers 'ready to deal'
31-01-2008
AN almost two-year long battle between the National Housing Enterprises (NHE) and a group of retrenched employees returned to the labour courts this week.The four managers and seven workers have
readWalvis Council challenged on 'invalid' rates and taxes
31-01-2008
A WALVIS Bay businessman, Gerhard Roessler, the Walvis Bay Ratepayers' Association and two other businessmen have applied to the Namibian High Court to scrap decisions by the Walvis Bay Town Council
readOloona ya Zim ombwaanawa ku Namibia: NamPower ta popi
31-01-2008
O LOONA yoondola oomiliyuna omathele gaali nomilongo hetatu (N$280 million) ndjoka NamPower a gandja kOshitaasi sholusheno mu Zimbabwe - moka wo NamPower ta ka kala ha landa olusheno okuza ku Zimbabwe
readVatuva a ekelahi omapopyo kutya okwa ndjina RDP
31-01-2008
T ATEKULU Sylvanus Vatuva ngoka a li nale Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Shana ina ndjoina ongundu ompe yopapolitika yedhina Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), ngashi sha li sha popiwa poshigongi
readGumwe i idhipaga nonete yoohi
31-01-2008
O MUKALIMO gumwe gwomOvenduka, taku hokololwa gwoomvula 43 okwi imangeleke nositiki yonete yokukwata oohi mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Omudhimba gwa Andreas Kamati ogwa li gwi itsuwa pegumbo lye li
readAaniilonga ya NBC ya ninga ekanka
31-01-2008
A ANIILONGA mehangano etumimawimombepo lya Namibia nenge tutye Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) oya yi mekanka mEtiyali konyala moshilongo ashihe, ashike inaya popya kutya ekanka ndika otali ka
readEagles take revenge on media
31-01-2008
After enduring some harsh criticism following two poor results against Ivory Coast and Mali, the Super Eagles are taking their own pound of flesh from the Nigerian media by refusing to grant
readAngola to avoid 'cosy draw'
31-01-2008
ANGOLA coach Luis Oliveira Goncalves said his team will avoid the temptation to play for a draw against Tunisia (19h00) tonight when a point apiece will send both through to the MTN Africa Cup of
readOscar gives up on Beijing Olympics
31-01-2008
DOUBLE amputee Oscar Pistorius has given up on competing at this year's Beijing Olympics but is appealing a ruling banning him from able-bodied competition."We have appealed and we are busy setting
readAussie media slams decision
31-01-2008
THE Indian cricket board (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) have come under attack from sections of the Australian media after India spinner Harbhajan Singh was cleared of racially
readBoeta decides to quit Proteas
31-01-2008
SOUTH African batsman Boeta Dippenaar has decided to end his international cricket career.Dippenaar's national contract expires at the end of April. He will not be available for the Proteas after
readArsenal earn top spot with victory
31-01-2008
ARSENAL beat Newcastle United 3-0 for the second time in four days on Tuesday to edge ahead of Manchester United in the Premier League title race.Goals from Emmanuel Adebayor, Mathieu Flamini and Cesc
readNext stop Dubai for Woods Express
31-01-2008
EUROPE'S top players get the chance to try and stop Tiger Woods at the Dubai Desert Classic this week after the PGA Tour's biggest hitters all failed in the task.The incomparable Woods, who launched
readMalik excels in record match
31-01-2008
MOHAMMAD Yousuf's brilliant century and Shoaib Malik's all-round contribution helped Pakistan overwhelm Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the fourth one-day international yesterday.Captain Malik grabbed
readSpringbok coach to visit Windhoek as Bulls get their big guns back...
31-01-2008
THE Springbok candidates in the Super 14 teams of the Bulls and the Lions will be watched by the most important pair of rugby eyes in South Africa when they play in Windhoek on Saturday, starting at
readMissing Pakistani soldiers found
31-01-2008
KOHAT - Bodies of 13 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers kidnapped by militants last week have been found in an abandoned vehicle, officials and police in northwest Pakistan said yesterday.Court backs
readSnipes flooded govt with 'kooky' mail
31-01-2008
OCALA, Florida - Rather than file tax returns on an estimated US$38 million in income, actor Wesley Snipes flooded the US tax agency with correspondence that his lawyer admitted on Tuesday was
readRyan Seacrest on 'Sexy' list
31-01-2008
NEW YORK - Victoria's Secret executives and designers voted, and they think Ryan Seacrest has the sexiest smile.The 'American Idol' host is on the lingerie company's 2008 'What Is Sexy?' list - along
readFamous and obscure brought together in one project
31-01-2008
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Stagecoach Mary Fields was a gun-toting, hard drinking, cigar smoking frontiers woman who gambled, brawled and reputedly even killed a man.Well into her 60s, she dependably
readImage managers step in against online thugs
31-01-2008
WASHINGTON - A new breed of image manager is emerging in the United States to take on the masked and hooded cyber mobs who, bolstered by anonymity and weak laws, launch damaging attacks on other web
readIraqis mock US soldiers and themselves on You Tube
31-01-2008
BAGHDAD - US soldiers are lampooned, policemen are shown as buffoons and Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is irreverently cheered by penguins.Iraqis are turning more and more to You Tube to express
readAustralian PM to open parliament with apology to Aborigines
31-01-2008
SYDNEY - Australia's newly elected Labour government on Wednesday said it would formally apologise to the so-called "stolen generation" of Aborigines as the first item of business of the new
readMoz smuggling ring
31-01-2008
MAPUTO - Mozambican police have detained a a suspected human trafficker after discovering 40 children packed into trucks in inhumane conditions along the African country's main highway, an official
readKenyan police ordered 'shoot to kill'
31-01-2008
NAIROBI - Kenyan police have been given orders to shoot to kill in a bid to stem weeks of violence, a police commander said yesterday, a day after Kofi Annan launched crisis talks between feuding
read'Prepare for worst' - Aung San Suu Kyi
31-01-2008
YANGON - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is frustrated at a lack of talks on political reform with the ruling military junta since last year's bloody crackdown on dissent, her
readAbbas tells Hamas in Gaza crisis talks to end 'coup'
31-01-2008
CAIRO - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday rejected demands by Hamas for control of the Gaza border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza".Hamas, which seized control of Gaza
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