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56 Articles found on Thursday, 31 July 2008
SMS Of The day : Thursday
31-07-2008
* IT is nonsense about HIV in the Namibia Defence Force being caused by living away from loved ones. If you love someone you should be faithful and the Ministry of Health and Social Services gives
readZim slashes 10 zeros from currency
31-07-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe will slash 10 zeros from its currency from August 1, central bank Governor Gideon Gono said yesterday in another attempt to bring relief to consumers ravaged by hyperinflation.But
readValencia uranium mine appoints GM
31-07-2008
WINDHOEK - Toronto-based Forsys Metals has appointed Jimmie Wilde as General Manager of the Valencia Uranium Mine, located some 35 kilometres along the geological strike to the Roessing Uranium Mine,
readDBN issues N$100m credit line for SMEs
31-07-2008
MORE funds for loans will become available to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and especially to women after the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) made available N$50 million each to Bank Windhoek
readInvestors brace for emerging sovereign downgrades
31-07-2008
LONDON - Soaring inflation and slowing growth have hit the outlook for emerging sovereign credit ratings, and investors are bracing for a series of downgrades which could dent confidence in emerging
readMozambique plans new power station
31-07-2008
MAPUTO - Mozambique's major dam operator, Hydro-electric Cahora Bassa (HCB) is negotiating with the government to build a new power station that could increase power supplies to neighbours, its chief
readEskom wants comprehensive energy laws
31-07-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom wants new draft energy laws to ensure the country keeps set reserve stocks of coal and gas, not just of liquid fuels, a senior official said
readNCCI Rehoboth branch revived
31-07-2008
BUSINESSPEOPLE at Rehoboth revived the dormant local branch of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) last weekend, determined to breathe new life into the town's economy through
readPrudential forecasts flattening of world commodity prices
31-07-2008
PRUDENTIAL Portfolio Managers in Namibia has launched a Balanced Fund in response to demand from smaller Namibian pension funds.Gunton Cloete, MD of Prudential Namibia said at the launch that the fund
readLast desert elephants in firing line
31-07-2008
SERIOUS alarm has been raised over official plans to shoot three of Namibia's rare desert-adapted elephant bulls in the Kunene Region as trophies for big-game hunters, which conservationists fear
readDeadline for illegal grazing in Kavango
31-07-2008
LIVESTOCK found grazing illegally in western Kavango after August 16 will be impounded and be taken to Government holding pens.In addition, a daily levy will be charged. However, Government says it
readFarm victim still in hospital
31-07-2008
A WOMAN from Grootfontein is being treated in a Windhoek hospital after she sustained serious injuries during a night-time attack on her and her husband at their farm on Tuesday.Three robbers attacked
readNew bill to combat killer TB
31-07-2008
GOVERNMENT is working on a bill that will provide for the isolation of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) patients until they are cured.Health Minister Dr Richard Kamwi told The Namibian
readStorage dams hold up well
31-07-2008
NAMIBIA'S major dams are still showing some impressive readings with the Von Bach Dam standing at 95,5 per cent of full capacity, according to the weekly NamWater Dam Bulletin.Last season, the dam was
readHeita resigns as Oukwanyama spokesman
31-07-2008
ONGWEDIVA - The spokesman of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, Michael Heita, has resigned because of ill health.Speaking to Nampa from a Windhoek hospital on Monday, Heita said he had already bid
readStorage dams hold up well
31-07-2008
NAMIBIA'S major dams are still showing some impressive readings with the Von Bach Dam standing at 95,5 per cent of full capacity, according to the weekly NamWater Dam Bulletin.Last season, the dam was
readRam auctioned for N$16 000
31-07-2008
A KARAKUL ram fetched N$16 000 at an auction at Keetmanshoop yesterday.The ram was bought by Rossouw Strauss from the Ariamvlei district. Agra Karakul Manager Wessel Visser described the auction as
readGobabis shooting in court
31-07-2008
GOBABIS - An employee of the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court on Monday on a charge of murder.David Ankame (46) is accused of shooting dead
readConservation farming 'key to enviro goals'
31-07-2008
CONSERVATION farming, a system that enriches the soil, will form part of a 10-year programme aimed at reversing land degradation in Namibia.For the first five years, the Country Pilot Partnership for
readDot-na domain remains hot potato
31-07-2008
THE controversy surrounding Namibia's Internet domain name (.na) is not likely to die down soon, given the recent formation of a new Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.The Director
readConsumers want more tax-free foods
31-07-2008
A NEW consumer lobby group, the Namibian Consumers' Association (NCA), has welcomed Government's decision to scrap value-added tax on some foodstuffs but has called for more items to be added to the
readGovernor set to ease Caprivi tensions
31-07-2008
TWELVE men in the Caprivi Region, who were arrested this past weekend after a fist fight between Mafwe and Masubiya communities over the construction of a tribal office on disputed land, have been
readWomen protest as Shaduka requests bail
31-07-2008
THE Windhoek Magistrate's Court was the scene of loud protest yesterday as murder suspect Lazarus Shaduka's formal bail application got off the ground.The approximately 50 demonstrators who first
readThird farm attack suspect charged
31-07-2008
THE third suspect to be arrested in connection with a violent attack on a farming couple at Dordabis in early June protested his innocence when he made a first appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's
readLast desert elephants in firing line
31-07-2008
SERIOUS alarm has been raised over official plans to shoot three of Namibia's rare desert-adapted elephant bulls in the Kunene Region as trophies for big-game hunters, which conservationists fear
readOseko yOpombanda ya Ngha ya ninga ndhingi muudhano wa Kapuka
31-07-2008
U UDHANO woKapuka moka mwa li Oosikola tadhi tadhi kondjele epapa lyotango nomakopi, mboka wa dhanenwa pOkapale kaPonhofi mOhangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena meti 21 sigo ometi 22 Juni 2008, owa
readGumwe a yugwa ohauto ye
31-07-2008
O MULUMENTU gumwe okwa yugwa ohauto ye yoVolkswagen Polo ongulohi yEtitano lya zi ko pethimbo a gandja olefa kaalumentu yaali pokati kOkahandja nOtjiwarongo.Nakuyugwa nguka okwa lombwele Opolisi kutya
readAakundathani yAazimbabwe ya shuna kegumbo
31-07-2008
P RETORIA - Oonkundathana pokati kongundu tayi pangele mu Zimbabwe yo Zanu-PF naandjoka yo Movemenet for Democratic Change (MDC) dhi na sha nokweeta onkalonawa moshilongo shika odha shalakana mEtiyali
readOmagumbo goshali taga nyenyetwa poGibeon
31-07-2008
A ALONGISIKOLA aakulu nenge tutye ye li mopenzela oye li momagumbo gEpangelo oshali pokandoolopamukunda ka Gibeon muumbugantu woshilongo.Onzo yimwe yi shi okwiinekelwa, ndjoka inayi hala edhina lyayo
readOmulumentu a pila mokambashu
31-07-2008
O MULILO ngoka gwa fikepo okambashu kamwe poRosh Pinah mUumbugantu woshilongo ogwa etitha eso lyomulumentu gumwe ngoka ya li ya lala namukwawo mokambashu hoka pethimbo ndyoka.Otaku popiwa ngeyi kutya
readYakwetu tu popileni, osho ngaa hashi ningwa shoka?
31-07-2008
O OSEKURITI dhOkampani ya FALCON GROUP odhe yile kOshifo shika tadhi nyenyeta kutya ngele dha ehela oshimaliwa kOkampani yawo yo ye shi futile po okuza kondjambi yawo, ohaya gwedhelwa ko
readOshigongi sho RDP mOshomeya mOlyomakaya
31-07-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwoRDP mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto tate Ismael Shailemo okwa tseyitha kutya Ongundu yawo yo RDP otayi ka kala nOshigongi oshinene mOshomeya mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda, tashi ka tetekelwa
readImms ina henuka Finland mOmpangu
31-07-2008
N GOKA a li nale Omupresidende gwehangano lyomaudhano mu Namibia nenge tutye Namibian Football Association (NFA) Immanuel ('Imms') Namaseb okwa ndopa okuuvitha ko Ompangu yopOmbanda kutya nayi ekelehi
readKonjore blasts Warriors
31-07-2008
MINISTER of Sport Willem Konjore has taken a swipe at what he termed the unacceptable and unprofessional behaviour of the Brave Warriors after they bowed out of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup in
readJamu, Salome tops at NFA awards
31-07-2008
CIVICS midfielder Jamu Ngatjizeko scooped the Player of the Season award at the annual Namibia Football Association awards held in Windhoek on Tuesday.For women, Salome Ijambo got the Women Player of
readWarriors on the move
31-07-2008
THREE Brave Warriors players, Quinton Jacobs, George Hummel and Jamu Ngatjizeko, have signed contracts with South African Mvela Golden League outfit Jomo Cosmos, The Namibian Sport confirmed
readBest of squash at closed champs
31-07-2008
THE best in Namibian squash was on show at the DStv Supersport Namibian Closed at the Wanderers Squash Club.The best players from around the country flocked to Windhoek to challenge for the highest
readRicco admits to drug use
31-07-2008
ROME - Italian cyclist Ricardo Ricco admitted to using banned blood booster EPO when interviewed by the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) on Wednesday about his positive dope test on the Tour de
readRonaldo set for talks
31-07-2008
MADRID - Manchester United and Cristiano Ronaldo are to hold contract talks next week, Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said yesterday, adding he is still willing to splash out on the Portuguese
readTjipee misses out on Games
31-07-2008
TJIPEKAPORA Herunga's hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were dashed because of a lack of electronic timing equipment at the Zimbabwean national championships, held last
readBoxers worried about officials
31-07-2008
NAMIBIA'S three boxers for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games hailed the three-month training camp in Tunisia, but are worried about the absence of a Namibian boxing official at the Games that start in
readJohannes steps up to Olympics
31-07-2008
WINDHOEK - While some marathon runners go to every length and breadth, running in every other race to qualify for the Olympic Games, Namibian runner Helalia Johannes spent slightly over five hours on
readSudan confirms clashes with former rebels
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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'
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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
31-07-2008
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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