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33 Articles found on Monday, 7 January 2008
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07-01-2008
* OFFICERS, be reminded that not everybody is educated in Namibia, so wherever you are, be it at clinics, hospitals, Police stations and any other office, try to understand other's situations. Being
readSouth Africa's Gautrain goes underground
07-01-2008
JOHANNESBURG - A rail project to link South Africa's political and commercial capitals, already the continent's biggest construction site, will reach new depths this week as tunnelling begins below
readChina's toy exports rocket despite recalls
07-01-2008
BEIJING - Exports of Chinese toys rocketed in the first 10 months of last year despite a wave of high-profile recalls of products made by the Asian nation, state media said Sunday.In the period from
readChina fights shoddy and unsafe products
07-01-2008
BEIJING - Last August, the Chinese government unleashed its most extensive campaign since the 2002-03 outbreak of SARS, the mysterious killer disease.The goal: to shore up China's battered reputation
readNSHR pursues Nujoma case
07-01-2008
THE National Society for Human Rights has added a second addendum to its original submission to the International Criminal Court after threats against it intensified.NSHR executive director Phil ya
readCells on fire but OK now
07-01-2008
MEMBERS of the private security company G4S had to be called to the Katutura Police station in Windhoek yesterday morning to quell unrest in the holding cells.Visitors to the station reported that
readNDMC is 'childish': Elections Director Kanime
07-01-2008
A RECENT statement by the Namibia Democratic Movement for Change - which claimed that the upcoming Rundu rural west by-election was tailored to favour the ruling Swapo party - is childish and
readPohamba, Nujoma, Geingob lash out at critics of Swapo
07-01-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba, Swapo Vice President Hage Geingob as well as former President Sam Nujoma were on the warpath against critics of the ruling party when they addressed a Swapo rally at
readCop's continued absence jeopardises rape case
07-01-2008
THE hearing of a bail application by Karl-Heinz Knierim, the German man accused of raping a woman after a night out in Windhoek's Otjomuise area in July last year, is set to continue in the Windhoek
readYoung man dies alone
07-01-2008
A 33-year-old man was found dead at his home in Windhoek's Pionierspark suburb on Tuesday afternoon.The body of Marius Hendrik Van Niekerk was found in the bathroom of his house in Van Aswegen Street
readTime for prayer
07-01-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged Namibians to pray for rain.Speaking at Outapi in the Omusati Region on Saturday, the President said he was concerned about the ongoing drought. He said
readClean slate for vehicle register
07-01-2008
CABINET has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Transport to grant relief to motorists who have accumulated huge penalties by failing to pay their car registration fees or de-registering
readTalk radio still a thorn in NBC's flesh
07-01-2008
THE Board of Directors of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has expressed concern about the public's abuse of some of the national broadcaster's radio stations.During its last meeting of
readUnitrans worker wins dismissal case
07-01-2008
THE Labour Court at Tsumeb has ordered Unitrans Namibia to reinstate an employee after an unsuccessful "constructive dismissal".Jimmy Simataa, a contract supervisor at the Tsumeb depot, took the
readMariental shebeen owners plan anti-licence demo
07-01-2008
ABOUT 130 shebeen owners at Mariental plan to hold a demonstration today in protest over a Police clampdown on illegal shebeens at the Oshiwana Penduka and Oshatwoa informal settlements before
readRDP members claim intimidation
07-01-2008
SOME members of the new political party Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) in the North claim that they are being intimidated by people - suspected to be Swapo members - tearing up their party
readPohamba and NSHR square off
07-01-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has accused the Director of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) of trying to rewrite the history of the country's liberation struggle by spreading lies about
readTeenager dies in beach accident
07-01-2008
A 17-year-old South African girl died instantly on Wednesday last week when a homemade four-wheel-drive vehicle in which she was travelling at Long Beach near Walvis Bay overturned.Police said Izelle
readGovt failed on social services - Ulenga
07-01-2008
RUNDU - Congress of Democrats (CoD) President Ben Ulenga has accused the Swapo-led Government of completely abandoning its duties, especially in developing agricultural infrastructure and
readUuthemba womuntu wa kondema omapopyo gaNgoloneya Kayone
07-01-2008
E HANGANO egameni lyuuthemba womuntu lyopashigwana nenge tutye National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) olya kondema omapopyo ga Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Musati Sacky Kayone, kutya moshitopolwa
readOmpangu yoPombanda oya zimbuka omumvo gwa zi ko konima yokugandja omageelo ga kindja mekwatonkonga
07-01-2008
E PANGULO lya hugunina lyokomumvo 2007 mOmpangu yoPombanda, olya hulile megeelo lyakindja ndyoka lya pwa aalumentu yaali moshipotha shekwatonkonga, ekwatombambyona nosho wo onkambadhala yokudhipaga
readEfudho lyOkili oya ya zi ko oya li niimbuluma
07-01-2008
I IMBULUMA oya tsikile okulonda pombanda sigo opethimbo lyEfudho lyOkrismesa - moka mwa lopotwa iimbuluma ngaashi, omakwatonkonga, omadhipago nosho wo omaumbathano pokati kookalyamupombo
readAantu yaali ya tsilwa pomanwino
07-01-2008
O MUGUNDJUKA gwoomvula omilongo mbali nayimwe (21) okwa hulithile moshipangelo shEpangelo poKeetmanshoop mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zile ko konima sho a tsuwa pethimbo lyolugodhi ndoka lwa li mobaar
readAalandithi yomomapandaanda mOshakati ya tidhwa mo thilu mu Augustino Netto
07-01-2008
A ALANDITHI mEpandaanda lya Augustino Netto mOshakati, mboka oyendji yomuyo ye li oomeme, mEtitano lya zi ko oya tidhaatidhwa mo thiluthilu mepandaanda ndyoka koonkondo kOpolisi na Muni nokulombwelwa
readVogts could 'throw in the towel'
07-01-2008
NIGERIA'S German coach Berti Vogts has admitted that his Super Eagles' future is in doubt just two weeks before the start of the African Nations Cup.Vogts said delays in salary payments were making
readClubs set for African Nations Cup
07-01-2008
THE English Premier League is set for a mass exodus to Ghana with the African Cup of Nations just around the corner.Ghana hosts the 2008 tournament which runs from January 20 to February 10, with
readOldham dream of another giant-killing
07-01-2008
OLDHAM manager John Sheridan is looking forward to upsetting another established Premier League power after his League One side dumped in-form Everton out of the FA Cup.A left-foot strike in first
readAll down to last test between SA, Windies
07-01-2008
TWO battered and weary cricket teams will be making their way to Durban this week for the third and final Castle Lager test between South Africa and the West Indies at Kingsmead, starting on Thursday,
read'Dakar rally will survive'
07-01-2008
DAKAR Rally organisers insisted on Saturday that the marathon race, cancelled for the first time in its colourful 30-year history because of terrorist threats, will survive and return in 2009.But the
readPharaohs clobber Brave Warriors - 3 - 0 loss a cause for concern...
07-01-2008
NAMIBIA continued their disappointing form of late after they were crushed 3-0 by defending champions Egypt in an Africa Cup of Nations warm-up friendly in the southern town of Aswan in Egypt on
readSteely Clinton attacks Obama
07-01-2008
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire - Hillary Clinton launched a searing attack on surging rival Barack Obama, as polls showed yesterday he could inflict a second body blow to her White House hopes in the
readHow Shaik controlled Zuma for 10 years
07-01-2008
Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik ran almost every aspect of Jacob Zuma's financial affairs for almost a decade, according to a Sunday Times report yesterday.A 16-page KPMG report that forms the
readKenyans pray for peace
07-01-2008
NAIROBI - Kenyans across the political divide prayed for peace on Sunday while aid workers sought to bring relief to an estimated 250 000 refugees from post-election violence that has also killed
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