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49 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 July 2008
SMSes Of The Day : Wednesday
16-07-2008
* VIVA women with courage! Welcome and salute [Liberian President] Ellen [Sirleaf Johnson], our role model and our hope for democracy and a fair peace! Aluta continua! * THIS is a message from a
readChina's June diesel imports soar to record
16-07-2008
BEIJING - China's June diesel imports soared to a record near one million tonnes and it turned a net importer of fuel for only the second month on record, as refiners rushed to take advantage of a big
readUncertain life for IndyMac investors
16-07-2008
GLENDALE, California - Bewildered and anxious investors queued up to withdraw savings from a branch of failed California-based bank IndyMac on Monday, ignoring assurances that their money would be
readCement factory to be opened at Karibib
16-07-2008
WINDHOEK - Karibib Portland Cement (KPC) is set to invest N$1,8 billion in a cement plant and a mine 12 kilometres northeast of Karibib.The investment includes the establishment of a mine, the
readWTO agriculture deal 'unfair' to EU farmers
16-07-2008
BRUSSELS - European farmers said Monday that an agricultural deal on the table at upcoming World Trade Organisation talks would cost them billions of euros (dollars) and at least a half-million
readOil steadies near US$145
16-07-2008
LONDON - Oil steadied near $145 a barrel yesterday as concern eased about disruption to supply in Brazil and after US oil firm Chevron resumed some production shut down in Nigeria.Oil workers in
readCereal prices to continue to rise
16-07-2008
KEETMANSHOOP - Cereal prices will continue to rise in the next few years due to increasing demand in China.Economist Martin Mwinga told an audience here on Friday that the rise in cereal prices is not
readNamdeb budgets N$750m to explore for new resources
16-07-2008
NAMDEB, the joint venture between De Beers and the Namibian Government, would spend N$750 million to explore for new diamond resources in the country.Hilifa Mbako, Namdeb's group external affairs
readRamatex fallout goes on
16-07-2008
MEDICAL tests on about 3 000 former Ramatex workers who stuck with the company until it folded this year confirm at least 46 cases in which working conditions at the textile factory resulted in
readChemists run out of flu tablets
16-07-2008
SOUTH Africa's recent tightening of controls over appetite suppressants and sinusitis medicines has left many a flu-ridden Namibian frustrated this past week as the new rules started to kick
readAn early spring forecast
16-07-2008
TEMPERATURES in the extreme southern parts of Namibia were expected to drop slightly last night as another cold front sets in, the Windhoek Weather Bureau said yesterday.Weather forecaster Olga
readShaduka charged with wife's murder
16-07-2008
TWO days after rushing his wife to a Windhoek clinic where she died of a gunshot wound to the back of her neck, former City of Windhoek Chief of Property, Lazarus Shaduka, yesterday made his first
readSADC tribunal to hear case of Zim farmers
16-07-2008
THE regional tribunal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will today hear the case of Zimbabwean farmer Michael Campbell and 77 other farmers who turned to the regional institution to
readSentence in farm murder case reduced by five years
16-07-2008
THE 15-year jail term that a young farmworker received in late 2001 for his role in the aftermath of the murder and robbery of an Okahandja area farm resident was cut on appeal to an effective ten
readCommunity policing bears fruit
16-07-2008
THROUGH good policing and a tipoff from the public, two suspected thieves were caught by the City Police.On Sunday night thieves broke into eight storage containers on a property at Brakwater. The
readNamPower pulls the plug on Tses village
16-07-2008
NAMPOWER yesterday pulled the plug on the village of Tses in the South because the Village Council has not paid its electricity bill for the past the four months.The electricity bill has now hit N$195
readNgatjizeko's murder case postponed
16-07-2008
OUTSTANDING forensic tests yesterday prevented the case of Natangwe Ngatjizeko, a 28-yearold Windhoek resident accused of murdering his mother at her home in Katutura in 2006, from proceeding in the
readMabuku dies in exile
16-07-2008
FORMER Caprivi Governor and former DTA National Council member John Mabuku has died.Mabuku, who was living in exile in Botswana, passed away on Sunday after a long illness. He fled to Botswana after
readNamibia aims for own power by 2013
16-07-2008
NAMIBIA will be able to generate enough power to meet local demand by the year 2013, NamPower Managing Director Paulinus Shilamba told Members of Parliament yesterday.Until then, though, the country
readAfrican countries should guard democracy: Liberian President
16-07-2008
AFRICAN states should guard the democratic processes in their countries and regions, because if they went in the wrong direction, the region would be affected, visiting Liberian President Ellen
readNamibian railways to go digital
16-07-2008
COMPLAINTS about the unreliability of TransNamib trains and the increasing number of accidents reported at railway crossings will hopefully be a thing of the past, given the parastatal's signing of a
readRundu residents hooked on eating fish
16-07-2008
RUNDU - A 24-ton fish container to cater for the increasing demand for fish at Rundu was delivered at the town on Saturday.The Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT) transported the
readYatatu ya sa moshiponga shi nyanyaleka
16-07-2008
A ALUMENTU yatatu, mwa kwatelwa wo omunangeshefa gumwe a tseyika nawa gwomOtjiwarongo oya pi nayi itaya dhimbululwa we nokuli, konima sho iihauto iyali yi idhenge omitse mumwe mondjila yopokati
readAakiina mOshana ya indilwa kOpolisi ya mbaange iimaliwa
16-07-2008
O SHINIMA sha simana nosha kala sha pumbiwa nani, osha ningwa ku Komanda gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Komufala gwOpevi Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa, sho mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, a longikidha oshigongi
readMboka ya dhenga iilyo yoRDP mOmpangu
16-07-2008
A ANTU yatatu mboka taku popiwa kutya oye li aayambidhidhi yoSwapo oya holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwaKatutura mOmaandaha konima niwa sho ya umbu ohauto yongundu yoRally for Democracy and Progress
readShaduka a holoka mOmpangu
16-07-2008
O masiku gaali konima sho a fala omukulukadhi gwe nosiputa koshipangelo sha Paramount Clinic po Eros mOvenduka lwopotundi onti 20h30 ongulohi yOsoondaha, Lazarus Shaduka ngoka a li nale omuniilonga
readNakudhipagitha aantu na dhitikwe: ICC tayi popi
16-07-2008
K HARTOUM - Oorebele mu Darfur (mu Sudan) odha nyanyukilwa eindilo lyOmweetipo gwiipotha mOmpangu yokupangula aantu mboka ya longa iikulumuna yopaigwana nenge tutye International Criminal Court kutya
readOombotsotso mbali dha yuga pOkatana nokuyaka po ohauto, dha kwatwa po kOpolisi
16-07-2008
OPOLISI mOshakati oya kwata po aalumentu aagundjuka yaali shi na sha neyugo lyOsitola yopOkatana nohauto kwahomatiwa omutenya gwOsoondaha ya zi ko.Komanda gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Komufala
readOshinima sha Rossing sha uka kOmpangu
16-07-2008
I ILYO yoshiketha shopenzela shedhina Rossing Pension Fund (RPF) oya hala okufala Omina ya Rossing Uranium kOmpangu opo yi ya pe iipambu yawo moshiketha shoka taku tengenekwa shi na oshimaliwa sha
readOshinima sha Rossing sha uka kOmpangu
16-07-2008
I ILYO yoshiketha shopenzela shedhina Rossing Pension Fund (RPF) oya hala okufala Omina ya Rossing Uranium kOmpangu opo yi ya pe iipambu yawo moshiketha shoka taku tengenekwa shi na oshimaliwa sha
readFirst pro golf swing at Oranjemund
16-07-2008
HRG Rennies Travel Namibia (RTN) held a successful golf day at Oranjemund on last Saturday.The competition format was a Fourball Stableford Alliance and 14 teams played representing Namdeb, Namzinc,
readNamibian boxers clinch medals in Mauritius
16-07-2008
WINDHOEK - Two of Namibia's boxers destined for the Olympic Games in China next month have won gold and silver medals recently.Not only did Mejandjae Desmond Kasuto win gold, he was also crowned best
readAgnes prepares well for Games
16-07-2008
NAMIBIAN middle-distance runner Agnes Samaria set a new Namibian record of 4 minutes, 05,43 seconds in the 1 500-metre race at the Athens Grand Prix in Greece on Sunday.She said it was a tough race
readRunner Naigambo struck by flu
16-07-2008
WINDHOEK - One of Namibia's two marathon runners' training programme for the Summer Olympic Games in China next month has been interrupted by flu and an iron deficiency.A visibly sick Beata Naigambo
readPakistan suspend Asif
16-07-2008
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board yesterday suspended fast bowler Mohammad Asif from all competition until an inquiry is completed by India, where he tested positive for a banned substance."We have
readItaly's Ricco eyes hat-trick
16-07-2008
PAU - With two stage wins under his belt in a Tour de France he was not scheduled to enter, Riccardo Ricco should be satisfied.But the Italian said yesterday he was hungry for more and has set his
readVolleyball squads announced
16-07-2008
NAMIBIA Volleyball Federation (NVF) national team coaches have called up men's and women's teams after holding national trials in Windhoek last weekend.The two national team coaches, Joel Matheus
readCafu to ref at Cosafa
16-07-2008
TOP Namibian football referee Matthew 'Cafu' Katjimune will officiate at the forthcoming Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup billed for Mpumalanga, South Africa, from Saturday until August 3.National Referees
readIsaacs blasts sport reporters
16-07-2008
BRAVE Warriors team manager Tim Isaacs yesterday accused sports writers of stirring up an unnecessary storm ahead of the team's crucial matches.He said the local media were in the habit of writing
readVenezuelan takes the crown
16-07-2008
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Miss Venezuela took the crown and Miss USA took a tumble before up to one billion television viewers at the Miss Universe pageant held in Vietnam on Monday.Venezuela's Dayana
readTwenty rebels killed in Afghan battles
16-07-2008
KABUL - More than 20 Taliban-linked rebels were killed in separate clashes, one of them in an area of northeastern Afghanistan where nine US soldiers were killed at the weekend, the defence ministry
readWoman dies in quake on Greek island
16-07-2008
ATHENS - A strong earthquake struck the Greek island of Rhodes early yesterday, killing a woman who slipped trying to flee her home, local authorities said.No major damage was reported to any of the
readJesse Helms, 'Senator No'
16-07-2008
RALEIGH, N.C. - Former Senator Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles
readIraq suicide bombers kill 28 army recruits
16-07-2008
BAQOUBA - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowd of army recruits yesterday in an Iraqi province where devastating attacks persist despite security improvements in the rest of the
readHitler assailant to escape fine
16-07-2008
BERLIN - A former Berlin police officer who tore off the head of an Adolf Hitler waxwork at a new museum in the German capital will probably not have to pay for damages because he is destitute, a
readS Africa slams 'unacceptable' US criticism in Zimbabwe row
16-07-2008
PRETORIA - South Africa yesterday labelled as "unacceptable" suggestions by a US ambassador at the United Nations that President Thabo Mbeki was "out of touch" regarding Zimbabwe's political
readMwanawasa's fitness 'a worry'
16-07-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia's main opposition yesterday called for a medical investigation to determine whether President Levy Mwanawasa was capable of ruling the country after suffering a stroke.Michael Sata,
readUN ups security in Sudan
16-07-2008
KHARTOUM - The United Nations urged hundreds of staff to stay at home yesterday as crowds of Sudanese gathered to protest against war crimes charges levelled against their president by an
readKiller drivers face 14 years in jail
16-07-2008
LONDON - Motorists who kill people by driving dangerously face up to 14 years in jail under new sentencing guidelines issued yesterday.Those who cause death when distracted by a mobile phone -
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