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49 Articles found on Thursday, 3 July 2008
SMS Of The Day : Thursday
03-07-2008
* IT is absolutely unacceptable. President [Hifikepunye[ Pohamba recently spoke at the conclusion of a Cabinet retreat at Swakopmund and promised action against Ministers who did not carry out their
readStarbucks closing 600 US stores
03-07-2008
SEATTLE - Starbucks Corp. said on Tuesday it will close 600 company-operated stores in the next year, up dramatically from its previous plan for 100 closures, a sign the coffee shop operator continues
readMandelson tensions flare as WTO talks loom
03-07-2008
BRUSSELS - With a major WTO meeting looming, EU trade chief Peter Mandelson has accused French President Nicolas Sarkozy of "undermining" the European Union's position in world trade talks.The very
readNorthern businesses call for protection against foreign rivals
03-07-2008
BUSINESS people in the North, under the leadership of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce in Industry (NCCI), have appealed to Government for protection against competition from foreign companies.Acting
readEnergy experts puzzled over oil price rally
03-07-2008
MADRID - As crude soared to a new record, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) declared that the world was in the grip of an "oil shock," and the president of OPEC acknowledged he could
readOmuthiya poll date set
03-07-2008
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has set September 26 as the new date for the Omuthiya local authority elections.Acting Director of Elections Moses Ndjarakana announced yesterday that
readFreezing cold set to grip Namibia
03-07-2008
TEMPERATURES will drop significantly in Namibia over the next few days and are expected to fall below zero in the South this weekend due to a cold front moving up, according to the Weather Bureau in
readCorruption case: No receipt for N$32 000 in cash
03-07-2008
SENIOR Ministry of Environment and Tourism official Sackey Namugongo had no receipt to issue when he received a cash payment of N$32 000 in his office for his "assistance" to a gambling house licence
readExtradition target Alexander wins - and also loses - in court
03-07-2008
ISRAELI-BORN businessman Jacob ('Kobi') scored a partial victory yesterday when Judge Collins Parker ruled in his favour and took Chief: Lower Courts in Namibia's Ministry of Justice, Petrus Unengu
readNew water purification plant for Aus settlement
03-07-2008
The Aus community in the South reached another milestone with the official opening of a water purification plant, built at a cost of between N$280 000 and N$300 000, on Friday.Funded by Namdeb,
readBig fight for Lesser Flamingo
03-07-2008
EVERY breeding site of the Lesser Flamingoes in Africa needs protection as there are very few them on the continent.This appeal was made yesterday by Charlie Paxton of the Shamvura Camp in the Kavango
readRare game on sale at auction
03-07-2008
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has started catching game in Waterberg Plateau Park and Etosha National Park to be put on auction this month.Dr Fanuel Demas, Director of Scientific Services,
readTaxi driver face assault charge
03-07-2008
AN alleged beating dished out against a 32-year old female passengers cost a 36-year old taxi driver from Windhoek two nights in jail and N$500 in bail this week.The man, identified as Marty
readMurder suspect back in court
03-07-2008
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD double murder suspect, Romeo Manelitto Schiefer, made another pre-trial appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's court yesterday.This would be the last time Schiefer appears in this
read24 Unam employees face retrenchment
03-07-2008
THE University of Namibia has given retrenchment notice to 24 staff members working in its kitchen and laundry after plans were announced to outsource these functions.Unam spokesperson Utaara Hoveka
readGovt must respond to business people's concerns
03-07-2008
Women's Action for Development (WAD) director, Veronica de Klerk, has urged government to respond to concerns from people in the retail business sector over an influx of foreigners they say are taking
readPG's office mulls B-1 City project decision
03-07-2008
THE Office of the Prosecutor-General has confirmed receipt the docket compiled by the Anti-Corruption Commission on its investigation into the failed B-1 City project, built with Road Contractor
readGovernment tightens screws on parastatal investments
03-07-2008
BOARD members of parastatals will be held fully accountable for investment decisions they make when an amendment to the act governing these institutions becomes law.It comes in the wake of millions of
readRegina Alugodhi a shuna miilonga
03-07-2008
M ETIYALI olya li esiku lyotango lyoshikako oshipe mombelewa shOmukuluntuwiliki gwondoolopa ya Okahandja Regina Alugodhi ngoka oshigwana shomOkahandja pamwe nookansela dhe dhimwe ya li ya hala okumu
readTatekulu Nekunya ota fumvikwa mOlyomakaya
03-07-2008
O MUKULUPE a tseyika nawa tatekulu Petrus Shetuuka Nekunya gwomukunda Oikango mOmbalantu moshitopolwa sha Musati ngoka a hulithile moshipangelo shOpashitopolwa mUutapi mOmbalantu momasiku 26 Juni 2008
readOokampani oonkwati dhoohi dha gumwa unene komahooli
03-07-2008
I ILONGA moshikondo oshikwati shoohi sha Namibia otayi shongola kombinga yondando yomahooli ndjoka ya londa na otashi vulika Ookampani dhimwe dhi ka pate.Ronnie Coppen, e li Omukuluntuwiliki
readGeingob a indilwa a tale neho etiligane aanangeshefa yaakwiilongo
03-07-2008
O NGUNDU onene yaanangeshefa yokoNooli mOlyomakaya ga zi ko oya ningile oshigongi shopaulumompumbwe nOministeli yIipindi nIikwafaabulika Omundohotola Hage Geingob shi na sha nethindilokongudhi
readUuministeli wi ilongekidhila omapeya
03-07-2008
N ELALAKANO okusindana mekondjitho lyomapeya ngoka haga hanagulapo omahala omanene guunapelo, Uuministeli wUunamapya, Omeya nOmakuti, owi ikalekela oshimaliwa oshindji shokulongitha mekondjitho
readNORED naye a londeka ondando yolusheno lwe okuza Omaandaha
03-07-2008
N GASHI naanaa ondando yolusheno ya ya pombanda mOshilandopangelo sha Namibia mOvenduka, na NORED muumbangalantu okwa londeka wo naye ondando yolusheno lwe nooperesenda 13,2 okuza Omaandaha ga zi ko
readMuni gwa Kaiti moongunga dhoshimaliwa oshindji
03-07-2008
O OMVULA mbali dha piti po, Elelo lyondoolopa ya Keetmanshoop olya yi moongunga dhOondola oomiliyuna mbali oshinkwanu ne (N$2,4 million) omolu ewiliko lyiilonga lya nkundipala.Olopota yi na sha
read'Kandi na ondjo': Namugongo ta ti
03-07-2008
O SHIPOTHA shomunambelewa omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmidhingoloko nOmatalelopo, Sackey Namugongo, osha tameke nuudhigu mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa mOvenduka mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika moka Namugongo a yindi
readTeam Namibia performs in the US
03-07-2008
THE Namibian junior inline hockey team beat their Swiss counterparts 5-2 in their second match at the FIRS Junior Men's World Championships in Philadelphia on Monday, after suffering a 8-2 loss to
readEight Chinese drug cheats banned
03-07-2008
BEIJING - Eight Chinese athletes have been banned after being testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs during a crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics, state press reported yesterday Two of
readSanlam backs hockey development
03-07-2008
THE Hockey School of Excellence (HSE) will host a hockey tournament at the Rundu Sports Stadium in the Kavango Region on July 12.The event will also see coaching courses being offered prior from July
readExcelsior gymnasts in great start to season
03-07-2008
EXCELSIOR'S Annual Club Championships took place last weekend and a high standard of gymnastics was the order of the day.In the Women's Artistic Gymnastics, section Marquerite Pickering scored a 9.60
readTour chief says cheats on way out
03-07-2008
BREST - Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme is convinced this year's race can take place without the numerous drug-tainted scandals that have left the event fighting for its credibility.The 95th
readNew Warriors coach fired by former club
03-07-2008
BELGIAN national Tom Saintfiet, who was confirmed as the new coach for the Brave Warriors this week, was initially fired by his former club in Finland in March this year.According to a Finnish
readSocial League teams called
03-07-2008
SOCIAL League football teams are all invited to attend an urgent meeting scheduled at the Natau Hall, opposite the train station at 18h00 tonight.All teams involved in the league should have a
readWarriors slide down Fifa ranks
03-07-2008
THE Brave Warriors' sub-standard form in the ongoing 2010 World Cup qualifiers has negatively impacted on its ranking according to the latest International Federation of Football Associations' (Fifa)
readEgyptian police injured in border clash
03-07-2008
RAFAH - Palestinians clashed with Egyptian police at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip yesterday when some of the Palestinians tried to force their way across, witnesses
readPregnant Jolie's star treatment
03-07-2008
NICE, France - She arrived by helicopter and has a whole floor of the hospital to herself.Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's stay in a French clinic where she is due to give birth to twins will be no
readMadonna and Ritchie 'not divorcing'
03-07-2008
LONDON - US pop star Madonna and her husband, British film maker Guy Ritchie, are not planning to divorce, her spokeswoman said on Tuesday, denying media speculation that their marriage is
readHaysbert: Prez role on '24' may have helped Obama
03-07-2008
LOS ANGELES - Dennis Haysbert likes to believe his portrayal as the first African-American US president on Fox's '24' may have helped pave the way for Barack Obama."If anything, my portrayal of David
readNader sets the cat among pigeons on 'white guilt'
03-07-2008
CHICAGO - Barack Obama has tried to shrug off Ralph Nader's claim that the Democratic candidate is trying to "talk white" and has failed to challenge the power structure to appeal to "white
readObama's success proves affirmative action no longer needed, some say
03-07-2008
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's political success might claim an unintended victim: affirmative action, a much-debated policy that he supports.Already weakened by several court rulings and state
readIndian truckers strike over fuel prices and high taxes
03-07-2008
MUMBAI - Millions of Indian truckers went on strike yesterday parking their vehicles to protest high taxes and rising fuel bills, union leaders said, but talks to discuss ways to end the stoppage were
readHyundai workers strike over US beef imports to SKorea
03-07-2008
SEOUL - Tens of thousands of South Korean auto workers went on strike yesterday to oppose resumed US beef imports and the pro-business policies of new President Lee Myung-bak, joining anti-government
readTokyo talks agree on project to boost Palestinian economy
03-07-2008
TOKYO - Japan and Middle Eastern leaders yesterday agreed on a project to bring thousands of badly needed jobs to the West Bank, voicing hope it would lay the groundwork for a Palestinian
readDriver rams bulldozer into bus killing two
03-07-2008
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian bulldozer operator went on a deadly rampage on a busy Jerusalem street yesterday, plowing into a string of vehicles and pedestrians, killing at least two people and wounding
readWitnesses say 20 people killed in Somalia clashes
03-07-2008
MOGADISHU - Insurgents battled troops allied to Somalia's government in some of the worst fighting in this lawless country in weeks, killing at least 20 people, witnesses said yesterday.The fighting
readZambian leader in semi-coma, but still alive
03-07-2008
SHARM EL-SHEIK -The head of the Egyptian hospital that treated Zambia's president says he was in a semi-coma but "still alive" when evacuated to Paris from Egypt.Saeed Abdel Fattah Essa says the
readFrance's Sarkozy under fire on handling of army and TV
03-07-2008
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy's handling of two major French institutions, the army and the public television, faced attacks yesterday, which raised questions about his abrasive leadership
readWorst floods in a century
03-07-2008
BEIJING - Heavy rain has flooded most streets in the southwestern Chinese tourist city of Kunming and forced the closure of its airport after water submerged the runway and part of the terminal, state
readUS Navy won't let Iran shut Gulf
03-07-2008
ABU DHABI - The United States will not allow Iran to block the Gulf, which carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region, and would defend its ships in the waterway, the US Navy's Fifth
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