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53 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 July 2008
Ministry of Education responds
30-07-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: * Why are teachers in the Ohangwena Region
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30-07-2008
* I THOUGHT this was a joke, but many people here in the North believe that the Founding President (Sam Nujoma) stopped the Avid High Court proceedings. This is due to an article in The Namibian that
readStandard Bank expands in Congo mining region
30-07-2008
LUBUMBASHI - Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank by assets, opened a full-service branch in Congo's mineral-rich Katanga region yesterday in a bid to expand business with mining firms and wealthy
readAfrican banana growers fear impact of WTO deal
30-07-2008
ABIDJAN - While banana growers in Latin America celebrate Sunday's global trade deal to cut European Union import tariffs, African farmers fear it could put them out of business.Ivory Coast, as well
readSA banks sound but bad loans on rise
30-07-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's banking system is sound and profitability strong although bad debts are rising as borrowing costs increase, a central bank report showed yesterday.Non-performing loans in
readMore red ink predicted in 2009 US budget
30-07-2008
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Monday projected the US budget deficit will soar to a record of nearly half a trillion dollars in fiscal 2009 as a housing-led economic slowdown cuts into
readLocal cellphone market could boom
30-07-2008
THE mobile phone market could potentially grow by N$15 million a month if the costs of phones, Sim cards and usage were reduced, an economic expert said yesterday.Dr Rigmar Osterkamp, principal
readFinn fund foul-up: No escape for Namaseb
30-07-2008
FORMER Namibian soccer supremo Immanuel ('Imms') Namaseb yesterday failed to get the High Court to overturn a N$1,18 million judgement against him because of the alleged misuse or misappropriation of
readForum wants interim govt in Zimbabwe
30-07-2008
THE best solution to the Zimbabwean crisis is not a government of national unity but setting up an interim authority for six months, says the Forum for the Future of Africa.The civil society
readMarenica uranium project may be up for grabs
30-07-2008
EFFECTIVE control of Australian uranium exploration junior West Australian Metals (WME) - which is developing the promising Marenica uranium deposit 60 km north of the Roessing mine - could soon fall
readHome gardens in the frontline against hunger
30-07-2008
THE Bridging School of the Hope Initiative Project has come a long way since it was started with a handful of children under a tree in 2003.The Hope Initiative started with a soup kitchen in the
readKaras Regional Council in catering row
30-07-2008
THE Karas Regional Council faces legal action after it allegedly cancelled a catering contract unilaterally.The law firm Rissik, Cox and Probart, on behalf of caterer Ruth Christiaans, is demanding
readRDP takes on Kamwi
30-07-2008
THE Rally for Democracy and Progress has launched a war of words against Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi, alleging that he was going on regular field trips which contributed very little to improving
readNamdeb salary talks stall for second time
30-07-2008
ANOTHER round of wage negotiations between Namdeb management and the Mineworkers' Union of Namibia (MUN) reached a stalemate on Friday.A week ago the company's negotiating team had walked out of the
readLLD picketers go home
30-07-2008
A MONTH after pitching tents in front of their former employer's offices in protest against their dismissal, employees of LLD Diamonds yesterday packed up and returned home.The National Union of
readMbanderu rift widens - 2 chiefs 'enthroned'
30-07-2008
THE rift among the deeply divided Ovambanderu community, who are engaged in a bitter succession battle after their Chief died early this year, widened again yesterday when a faction under Senior
readRehoboth marches against its municipal council
30-07-2008
COMMUNITY members at Rehoboth on Monday took to the streets in protest against alleged corruption and nepotism in the municipality.The group marched to the offices of the Rehoboth Town Council, where
readHousing 'free-for-all' at Gibeon under fire
30-07-2008
RETIRED teachers are living free of charge in Government houses at Gibeon in the South.A source, who did not want to be named, claims that three retired teachers and a hostel matron have been living
readKoeberg back to 50% power supply
30-07-2008
THE acute power shortage caused by the shut-down of two units at South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power plant over the weekend has been resolved to some extent, a NamPower official said
readNgoka a dhipaga mukwawo mondoolopa yokunkulofuta a pewa 14 konima yekumba
30-07-2008
O MUNIILONGA gumwe ngoka a li a ta tamanekelwa oshipotha shedhipago sho a yaha omuniilonga omukwawo iikando itano konima yoontamanana ndhoka dha etwa kembale, okwa pewa egeelo lyondholongo yoomvula
readOmunambelewa omukuluntu mEpangelo a dhitikwa kelongitho nayi lyeliko lyEpangelo
30-07-2008
OPOLISI ya Namibia poKeetmanshoop oya dhitike omuniilonga omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmidhingoloko nOmatalelopo konima aniwa sho a longitha nayi omaliko gEpangelo.Opolisi oya dhitike Joseph Isaaks
readIigongi iinene yoSwapo mOshakati nopOnamutai mOshitopolwa sha Shana
30-07-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwoSwapo mOshitopolwa sha Shana omusamane Erastus Uutoni, ngoka wo e li Mayola gwOndoolopa ya Ngwediva, okwa tseyitha kutya mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda otaku ka kala oshigongi oshinene
readIimbuluma mehuliloshiwike
30-07-2008
I INIMA yongushu yoondola/N$3 566 oya yakwa moKalahari Hotela poKoes mOsoondaha yimwe pwa piti ngashiingeyi oshiwike.Opolisi oya lopota ngeyi kutya aafuthi mbaka oya li wo ya teya ohauto yimwe ndjoka
readOontauki mu South Afrika otadhi shunithwa hoka dha zile
30-07-2008
J OHANNESBURG - Omatoloko gahamano gOpolisi oga thiki pokamba yoontauki yi li pooha dhopate pu R28 pondje ya Randfotein omutenya gwOmaandaha na Aapolisi oya li ya lombwele oontauki dhaakiintu naanona
readOhauto ya yakwa pOshikango osho ya monika
30-07-2008
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya tseyitha kutya ohauto ndjoka ya yakelwe mOshikango meti 21 Juli 2008 ya monika noya pewa nale nokuli mwene gwayo.Omupopiliko gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena
read3 ya dhitikwa moshipotha sheponokelo pofaalama yimwe popepi na Dordabis
30-07-2008
O POLISI ya Namibia oya dhitike aafekelwa yatatu shi na sha nehepeko nosho wo eyugo ndyoka lya ningilwa aanafaalama ya tseyika nawa (aahokanathani) poDordabis pwa pita iiwike ihetatu
readMVA a popitha aalongwa yomOseko ya GT kombinga yIiponga yiihauto
30-07-2008
EHANGANO lya tseyika nawa lyokukelela nokuungaunga niiponga yomOondjila, yedhina Motor Vehicle Accident (Fund) (MVA), mEtitano lya zi ko olya li noshigongi oshinene mOseko yOpombanda ya Gabriel
readOlympic Games Notes Beijing airport safe
30-07-2008
BEIJING - Beijing's capital airport will be safe for heads of state and athletes arriving here for the Olympic Games, a top official said yesterday, despite concerns about a possible terrorist
readOkatana crowned Build It champs
30-07-2008
ONGWEDIVA - The under-13 boys from Okatana School near Oshakati were crowned champions of the second edition of the Build It football competition that took place at Okandjengedhi School last
readOlympic brochure unveiled
30-07-2008
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee unveiled the official Namibian Olympic Team Brochure at its headquarters in Windhoek last week.The brochure highlights Namibia's participation at past Olympics
readCraven in dominant form
30-07-2008
NAMIBIAN cyclist Dan Craven continued his good form of late when he came third in the 175-km Inda Grand Prix in Caravate, Italy, on Sunday.After his FidiBC.com team mate Jaro Marycz helped him to win
readFerguson praises SA
30-07-2008
SOUTH Africa's preparations to host the 2010 World Cup finals were given major thumbs up by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson.Ferguson was speaking after the Red Devils had massacred Kaizer
readBoois pushes for 2010 preparations
30-07-2008
KEETMANSHOOP - The Governor of Karas Region, David Boois, has urged Government and all other stakeholders to position themselves strategically in order to benefit from the Fifa 2010 World Cup to be
readHarmison left out of England team
30-07-2008
BIRMINGHAM - Fast bowler Steve Harmison's return to the England team was put on hold Tuesday when he was left out of the starting eleven for the third Test against South Africa starting at Edgbaston
readGold bigger than NBA
30-07-2008
MACAU - Kobe Bryant yesterday said winning Olympic gold was more important than the NBA title, as he bids to polish his legacy by returning Team USA to world basketball supremacy.The triple NBA
readArgentina in for another gold
30-07-2008
SYDNEY - Defending champions Argentina, likely to field two of world football's most exciting and in-demand youngsters, loom as the team to beat again at the Beijing Olympics.Twenty-year-old prodigies
readUefa makes 250 million euros profit from Euro '08
30-07-2008
ZURICH - Euro 2008, co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland, generated a net profit of 250 million euros (US$393,7 million) for Uefa, European soccer's governing body said yesterday.Uefa said the money
readHelalia wins 15km race in Windhoek
30-07-2008
WINDHOEK - Beijing 2008 Olympics-bound long distance runner Helalia Johannes on Saturday successfully defended her PriceWaterhouseCoopers' 15-km title race, sailing to victory in 52 minutes, and
readUnruly players to face music
30-07-2008
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) will take steps against unnamed Brave Warriors players after they apparently sprayed powder from a fire extinguisher onto a large section of a Witbank hotel
readSudan confirms clashes with former rebels
30-07-2008
KHARTOUM - Sudan's army confirmed yesterday that police clashed at the weekend with former Darfur rebels, killing four of them, but said it was the government forces that had come under attack.Over 2
readMan blows up flat spraying for bugs
30-07-2008
NEW YORK - A New Jersey man trying to exterminate insects in his apartment blew it up instead, the New York Daily News has reported.Isias Vidal Maceda was unhurt in the incident, but 80 per cent of
readSarkozy unfazed by wife's nude pics
30-07-2008
PARIS - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modelling days.Au contraire. Bruni-Sarkozy told Vanity Fair
readWinehouse in and out of hospital because of medication 'reaction'
30-07-2008
LONDON - Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse was discharged from hospital yesterday after spending a night under doctors' care because of a reaction to medication, its spokeswoman
readChurch shooting victims still serious
30-07-2008
KNOXVILLE - Three people wounded in a fatal shotgun rampage at a Unitarian church were in serious condition yesterday, a day after a candlelight vigil tried to comfort congregation members and others
readPolice defuse bombs found in western Indian city
30-07-2008
AMEDABAD - Police defused several unexploded bombs in the western Indian city of Surat, one of the world's biggest diamond-polishing centres, yesterday, three days after a series of blasts in the same
readEx-Oprah school matron pleads not guilty in SA
30-07-2008
SEBOKENG - A former dormitory matron charged with abuse at United States talk show host Oprah Winfrey's girls academy in South Africa yesterday pleaded not guilty.Virginia Mokgobo, 27, arrested in
readBaghdad Shi'ite pilgrimage peaceful
30-07-2008
BAGHDAD - A major pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites to a Baghdad shrine passed peacefully yesterday, a day after three female suicide bombers killed 35 people among crowds of
readZim negotiators fly home as crisis talks break up
30-07-2008
PRETORIA - Talks in South Africa on Zimbabwe's political crisis broke up yesterday with no power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and his bitter rival Morgan Tsvangirai in sight.As
readRussian submarines reach bottom of world's deepest freshwater body
30-07-2008
MOSCOW - Two small, manned submarines reached the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world's deepest freshwater lake, yesterday, Russian news reports said.The 'Mir-1' and 'Mir-2' submersibles descended 1 680
readBoys forced to have sex - study
30-07-2008
LONDON - Two out of five male South African pupils say they have been raped, according to a study suggesting sexual abuse of boys is endemic in the country's schools.The survey published in BioMed
read'No chance' against French first lady
30-07-2008
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife Sarah conceded in an interview on Monday that she "didn't stand a chance" in the glamour stakes when French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visited
readNewsmen the target in Russia's Ingushetia
30-07-2008
MOSCOW - Groups of masked men abduct and beat reporters and rights activists with impunity in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, the Committee to Protect Journalists said yesterday.The New York-based
readLufthansa passengers start to feel strike pinch
30-07-2008
BERLIN - Passengers felt the impact yesterday as German flag carrier Lufthansa cancelled 70 flights on the second day of an open-ended strike, while Berlin warned of the potential economic blow of the
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