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53 Articles found on Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Youth say frustrated by long service
29-07-2008
ASMARA - God surveys the world one day, seeing the mountains, valleys, seas and all there is.Suddenly God stops and exclaims: "Why is Eritrea so green? I specifically made that country dry and
readIn Africa, Scrabble is a serious matter
29-07-2008
DAKAR, Senegal - To compete in the Scrabble competition, 32-year-old Elisee Poka spent five days in a bus traversing Africa's potholed roads.His competitors from France arrived by plane. To prepare
readSMS of the Day : Tuesday
29-07-2008
* AN SMS asked: 'We are about two million with around eight political parties. Why?'. Because The Republic of Namibia is established as a sovereign, secular, democratic and unitary State founded upon
readThai buffalos return to rural agriculture
29-07-2008
KING Bhumibol of Thailand has for years said buffaloes were integral to a sustainable agricultural policy and since eight years ago, Thai non-governmental organisations, with the UN Development
readCaprivi show kicks off this week
29-07-2008
OVER 40 exhibitors have registered to participate in the Caprivi agricultural show at Katima Mulilo, which starts on Thursday and lasts until Saturday.Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob is
readUS crisis spills to other areas
29-07-2008
WASHINGTON - The credit crisis stemming from the US housing slump has triggered a "negative feedback loop" in the global economy that poses risks for growth, the International Monetary Fund said
readNew system for animal disease control, reporting
29-07-2008
THE Ministry of Agriculture last week launched a modern method of animal disease reporting, which will enable ministerial field workers and extension offers to record data of outbreaks with digital
readSingapore Air profit drops on fuel cost
29-07-2008
SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines posted a 15 per cent drop in quarterly profit due to costlier jet fuel but still managed to beat market expectations despite uncertain times for the aviation
readChina and India blamed for spoiling Doha trade talks
29-07-2008
GENEVA - The United States slammed China and India yesterday, saying they were threatening seven years of work on a new global commerce pact and using some of the strongest language yet at a crucial
readTax Talk
29-07-2008
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers. THE Value-added Tax Act has now been amended to zero rate certain
readCold storage issues hinder growth of SA fruit exporters
29-07-2008
FRANSCHHOEK - South African fruit exporters are losing out because of inefficiencies in cold storage that also threaten plans to expand exports to Asia, a senior industry official said on Friday.South
readIndia's ERA to undertake US$1,8 billion Zambia power project
29-07-2008
LUSAKA - India's ERA Group plans a major thermal power project in Zambia, with investment of US$1,8 billion, to generate up to 1 200 megawatts of power in the long term, a senior company director said
readGovt looking for textile investors
29-07-2008
WINDHOEK - Namibia's garment and textile industry might soon be revived, with Government on the lookout for new investors after the closure in March of the Malaysian company Ramatex.Minister of Trade
readCommunications Bill in its final drafting stage
29-07-2008
THE Information and Communications Bill, which is in its final drafting stage before being presented to Cabinet and then to Parliament before becoming law, would address many concerns of the
read3 held for Dordabis attack
29-07-2008
THE Namibian Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a violent robbery in which a well-known farming couple in the Dordabis area were attacked in their home close to eight weeks ago.Two
readUS, Nam sign N$2,3b development deal
29-07-2008
NAMIBIA and a US development agency yesterday signed a five-year development assistance programme for education, tourism and agriculture worth US$304 million (N$3,2 billion).The deal was signed after
readAirNam probes fraud claim
29-07-2008
AIR Namibia has suspended a cabin crew member and launched a full-scale investigation into allegations of extortion on its July 11 flight to Luanda in Angola.Helois //Hoabeb, General Manager for
readTop stars remake 'Prisoner' at Swakop
29-07-2008
ACTORS Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen will be in Swakopmund shortly to star in the six-part ITV reinvention of the 1960s cult thriller 'The Prisoner'.The movie's publicist, Joy Sapieka, told The
readSABC Africa being pulled from DStv
29-07-2008
MULTICHOICE and the SABC have announced that the SABC Africa channel will no longer be available on the DStv bouquet.The move takes effect on Friday. MultiChoice said the SABC Africa channel was no
readNamibRand takes in five cheetahs
29-07-2008
WHEN cheetahs are introduced into new areas, it is important that the behaviour of individual cats is closely monitored to ensure their health and adaptation to their new environment, says cheetah
readEmerging farmers urged to join trophy hunting
29-07-2008
TROPHY hunting should not only be regarded as a specialised division of Namibia's tourism sector, but as an opportunity for communal and commercial farmers to diversify their operations and earn extra
readMan dies in shack fire
29-07-2008
A SHACK fire resulted in the death of a man at Rosh Pinah in the South early on Saturday morning, after a candle apparently fell over while he and a friend were sleeping.The deceased was identified as
readRanger arrested for abusing State property
29-07-2008
POLICE at Keetmanshoop yesterday arrested a senior ranger from the Ministry of Tourism and Environment for allegedly abusing Government property.They swooped on Joseph Isaaks at about 07h30 while he
readMurders, robberies mar weekend
29-07-2008
ITEMS with a total value of N$3 566 were stolen from the Kalahari Hotel at Koës on Sunday a week ago.Police reported that the burglars also broke into a car outside the hotel. One suspect has been
readLLD labour dispute used as 'political tool' in US
29-07-2008
AN international campaign calling for a boycott of all Lev Leviev businesses will not have any notable effect on the company's Namibian interests, Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) Namibia MD Kombadayedu
readLLD labour dispute used as 'political tool' in US
29-07-2008
AN international campaign calling for a boycott of all Lev Leviev businesses will not have any notable effect on the company's Namibian interests, Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) Namibia MD Kombadayedu
readKatima farm murder suspect found guilty
29-07-2008
A KATIMA Mulilo area farmworker, who made a trip to Zambia to get hold of an AK47 rifle that he then used to shoot dead the manager of the farm where he was employed, was convicted on a charge of
readOowili dhiilonga nadhi gwedhwe pu Wenela: Mwilima
29-07-2008
K ATIMA MULILO - Ngoloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Caprivi Leonard Mwilima okwa ningi eindilo kUuministeli wIimaliwa kutya nau gwedhe ko koowili dhiilonga pomweelo gwokoongamba pu Wenela.Omweelo nguka ogu
readOmuniimuna gwOmuzambia a pewa ondholongo moshipotha shonkonga
29-07-2008
O MUGUNDJUKA Omuzambia ngoka a kala ha longele moshitopolwa sha Caprivi ongomulithi gwiimuna okwa pewa egeelo lyondholongo yoomvula 15 konima yekumba konima sho a monika ondjo moshipotha
readEpangelo lya mona oomiliyuna mowili
29-07-2008
M UULE ashike wowili yimwe, Uuministeli wOmudhingoloko nOmatalelopo owa mono oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omulongo nomugoyi (N$19 million) melandithopo lyiiyamakuti lya ningwa mOvenduka ongula
readOonomola nomadhina goomwedhi gOshiwambo: Ontalelo yuundhindolilaka
29-07-2008
UNAM 1. Oshimbu sheyalulo mOshiwambo (Oshitopolwa shotango) A awambo oya kala nomayalulo gawo manga Aatumwa inaaye ya.Shika osha kolekwa kuLindstroem (Nakale kIinyolwa) (Sine anno) Nakale Kiinyolwa
readOmukulupe nuutekulu ya pila mondunda yawo yokulala momukunda Onanghulo
29-07-2008
O MUKULUPE gwoomvula 83 meekulu Fiina Shilongo gwomomukunda Onanghulo mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena nuutekulu we uyali oya si eso lyombaadhilila sho ondunda yawo moka ya li ya lala ya kwata
readAavenduka oye li ompinge nobooloha ya Lazarus Shanduka
29-07-2008
K onyala Aavenduka ye li lwopomilongo ntano lwaampoka oya li ya mOmapandaanda taya nyanya mo sigo okOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwa Venduka ye li ompinge neindilo lyobooloha ya Lazarus Shanduka ngoka ali
readMichael Heitha a etha po oshilonga shUupopiliko wElelo lyUukwanyama
29-07-2008
O MOLU onkalo ye yuukolele kayi li we nawa pethimbo ndika, Omupopiliko kwali gwElelo lyOpamuthigululwakalo lyUukwanyama Elenga tate Michael Heitha, ngoka pethimbo ndika e li mOshipangelo sha Paramount
readOshike sha dhipagitha Lubowski?
29-07-2008
O MUKWASWAPO gwedhina Anton Lubowski okwa dhipagwa mu Septemba 12, 1989 molwashoka okwa li e li pokuholola puuyelele omaumbangi gomadhipago gaantu oyendji mboka ya dhipagwa pethimbo lyepangelo
readOlympic Games Notes Beijing police detain 26
29-07-2008
BEIJING -Police in Beijing have detained 26 people for touting Olympic tickets at up to 10 times their face value, state media reported yesterday.Police, some in plainclothes, detained the touters
readHotspurs poised to hot up premiership
29-07-2008
HOTSPURS Football Club were arguably the best team among the two first divisions of Namibian football last season after winning the Southern Stream First Division, and they are poised to hot up things
readBanks donates to athletes
29-07-2008
WINDHOEK - Nedbank Namibia on Saturday donated N$25 000 to the 10 athletes that will represent Namibia at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games set to start in less than two weeks' time in China.The money
readPool battle for supremacy tight
29-07-2008
SINGAPORE - China and Japan might be Asia's traditional swimming powers but their glory could be usurped at the Olympics by South Korean sensation Park Tae-Hwan.Park, then 17, burst onto the scene at
readTanzania sends eight
29-07-2008
DAR ES SALAAM - Commonwealth marathon champion Samson Ramadhan will head an eight-member Tanzanian athletics squad to next month's Beijing Olympics, the national Olympic Committee (TOC) announced
readCurious Beijingers urged to 'don't ask'
29-07-2008
BEIJING - Avoid questions about income. Steer clear of religion and politics.And please, don't ask foreigners visiting for the Beijing Olympics about their sex life. These are just some of the
readNFA to give big at awards
29-07-2008
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) will spend just over N$170 000 on prize money for the various award winners when it hosts its annual prize-giving event in Windhoek tonight.The biggest chunk of
readIndia carries out raids after bombings
29-07-2008
AHMEDABAD - Anti-terror squads have carried out raids in the search for leads into the deadly synchronised bombings that killed at least 49 people in western India over the weekend, police said
read16 die in Angolan truck collision
29-07-2008
LUANDA - An Angolan military truck has collided with a commuter vehicle, killing 16 people including two infants in Kwando Kubango province, south of Luanda.Kenya 'liable' for missing people * NAIROBI
readLeonardo DiCaprio eyes 'Twilight' remake
29-07-2008
LOS ANGELES - Leonardo DiCaprio is eyeing a big-screen remake of cult television series 'The Twilight Zone', it was reported on Friday.According to The Hollywood Reporter, DiCaprio's production
read'My marriage is fine'
29-07-2008
SAN DIEGO - Film director Guy Ritchie broke his silence on Friday over rumours that his marriage to Madonna is on the rocks, telling People magazine it was "fine"."My marriage is fine as far as I'm
readPM calls for unity as Istanbul bombs toll rises
29-07-2008
ISTANBUL - The death toll in two bomb blasts in Istanbul rose to 17 yesterday in an attack that sharply increased tension as Turkey's top court began deliberating on whether to ban the governing
read'Dark Knight' flies to new heights
29-07-2008
LOS ANGELES - 'The Dark Knight' continues to obliterate box office records, crossing the US$300 million mark in just 10 days.The epic Batman saga grossed US$75,6 million in its second weekend in
readBeijing choking on pollution
29-07-2008
BEIJING - Olympic host city Beijing was shrouded in haze yesterday 11 days before the Games begin, raising anxieties about whether it can deliver the clean skies promised for the world's top
readMan shoots two in Tennessee church
29-07-2008
KNOXVILLE - Authorities were investigating why an apparent stranger entered a church in Tennessee and opened fire during a children's performance of 'Annie', killing two, including a man witnesses
readStripping an art?
29-07-2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa doesn't have any all-nude strip clubs - but it does have performing arts centres where women dance naked.However, the loophole in the state's public indecent exposure law that
readTabloid reunites politician with bike
29-07-2008
LONDON - British opposition leader David Cameron has been reunited with his stolen bicycle thanks to a tabloid newspaper and a supporter of the rival Labour Party, the paper reported Sunday.The
readPolice trucks arrive for refugees in SA
29-07-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Six police armoured trucks arrived at the R28 roadside refugees' camp outside Randfontein yesterday afternoon, and police were requesting women and children to line up and board
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