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60 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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10-06-2008
* ANOTHER motorcyclist died because of the reckless and irresponsible taxis. Barely a month since Johan Kriel was killed by a taxi, traffic inspector Olaf Meyer from Swakopmund is killed by a taxi.
readRising food prices boost urban farmers
10-06-2008
JACQUES Biyiha came from the countryside to Yaounde, Cameroon, to seek his fortune 30 years ago when the country was in the midst of a construction boom.He continues to live there today, but he hasn't
readNCCI and NMA in agreement
10-06-2008
THE former president of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Inge Zaamwani-Kamwi, and the Chairman of the Namibian Manufacturers' Association (NMA), Koos Ferreira, last week signed an
readVan Jaarsveld appointed MD of NBL
10-06-2008
LOCAL brewing giant Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL), a member of the Ohlthaver & List Group, announced yesterday that Desmond van Jaarsveld, currently the Managing Director of Namibia Dairies, has
readLocals get a stake of Rosh Pinah
10-06-2008
DIVERSIFIED South African-based resources company Exxaro Resources, the Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation and Namibian empowerment company PE Minerals headed by Aaron Mushimba, yesterday announced that
readTelkom profit down, eyes new mobile entry
10-06-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African fixed-line operator Telkom posted a 4,4 per cent fall in its headline earnings per share, and said it aims to re-enter the mobile phone market by selling its interest in
readRundu road workers sign contracts
10-06-2008
KAPAKO - Employees of the multi-million-dollar Rundu-Nkurenkuru road project finally signed contracts with their employer China Henan for International Cooperation (CHICO) at Rundu on Friday.The
readSA power crisis threatens growth
10-06-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's power crisis poses a threat to economic growth and the government's efforts to reduce unemployment and poverty, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said yesterday."If
readMukwe farmers to hold mini-show
10-06-2008
THE Mukwe Farmers' Association (KMA) is hosting its fourth agricultural mini-show at Mukwe in the Kavango Region on Wednesday and Thursday.The KMA was formed in 2004 to unite local communal farmers.
readMukwe farmers to hold mini-show
10-06-2008
THE Mukwe Farmers' Association (KMA) is hosting its fourth agricultural mini-show at Mukwe in the Kavango Region on Wednesday and Thursday.The KMA was formed in 2004 to unite local communal farmers.
readMeatco worried about low slaughter cattle figures
10-06-2008
THE Namibia Meat Corporation (Meatco) is deeply worried about a decrease of cattle sent to its abattoirs in the past year, which not only meant lower output but also that the company was operating
readMeatco worried about low slaughter cattle figures
10-06-2008
THE Namibia Meat Corporation (Meatco) is deeply worried about a decrease of cattle sent to its abattoirs in the past year, which not only meant lower output but also that the company was operating
readMulti purpose facility at Windhoek showgrounds
10-06-2008
THE Agra/Bank Windhoek livestock show ring and multi-purpose facility were officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Nahas Angula at the Windhoek showgrounds during a cocktail function last week.This
readOECD official urges biofuel subsidies be scrapped
10-06-2008
BERLIN - An OECD agriculture official urged yesterday that biofuel subsidies be scrapped, saying this was the quickest way to fight rising food prices."I call urgently for reduced support for
readSafaricom surges 60 per cent in East Africa's biggest IPO
10-06-2008
NAIROBI - East Africa's biggest initial public offer debuted on Monday with shares in Kenya's Safaricom surging as much as 60 per cent to value the mobile phone company at more than US$4,5 billion.The
readCity icon to take last ride
10-06-2008
WINDHOEK'S famous Reiterdenkmal (rider monument) is about to take a final ride to make way for a new N$8 million Independence Memorial Museum.The Head of National Museums, Esther Moombolah-/Goagoses,
read'Kidnap victim' in court for perjury
10-06-2008
THE lie that last week saw Corlé Nolte con more than N$3 000 out of her family to stay out of jail, yesterday cost her a further N$2 000 when she handed herself over to the Police.Nolte yesterday
readAir Namibia feels fuel pinch but soldiers on
10-06-2008
AIR Namibia says it is feeling the pinch as oil prices continue to surge, with the intercontinental route to Frankfurt and London most severely affected."Though provisions for fuel price escalations
readClimate change a fallacy: South African professor
10-06-2008
MAN-MADE global warming is not real, a Professor from the University of Pretoria charged in Windhoek last week.Professor Will Alexander claimed that claims by environmentalists that climate change was
readTopnaar goes back to his roots
10-06-2008
A DONKEY cart in town is an unusual sight these days but with another rise in fuel prices that hit Namibian motorists yesterday and international crude oil prices peaking at US$139 a barrel over the
readBiofuel project not yet off the ground
10-06-2008
THE main shareholder in Kavango Bioenergy Ltd and Prime Investment Holdings has not invested N$3 billion to establish a jatropha biofuel project in the Kavango Region.Gustav de Waal told The Namibian
readNamcor rejects newspaper report
10-06-2008
THE National Petroleum Corporation (Namcor) has refuted allegations that a Government investigation into a fuel import deal with a foreign company, which allegedly caused it million-dollar losses
readMUN threatens Skorpion
10-06-2008
HOT on the heels of a strike at Rosh Pinah, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) is once again at odds with the Skorpion Zinc mine management - threatening to withdraw its support for the mine's
readMVA tightens screws on fraud
10-06-2008
SEVERAL suspects have been arrested this year for allegedly trying to defraud the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund through fraudulent claims.The MVA's acting head of corporate affairs, Ruben Uupindi,
readNDF gets specialised condom
10-06-2008
THE Ministry of Defence, the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) and the United States Department of Defence, through the US President's Emergency Plan, have been collaborating to implement the Military
readFull Lake Oponona assures farmers of enough water
10-06-2008
CATTLE farmers in the Uuvudhiya farming area of the Oshana Region can rest assured that their livestock will have enough water until the end of the year, as Lake Oponona is full to the brim."Lake
readStolen bus tickets buy a trip to court
10-06-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission last week arrested a sales clerk at Namib Contract Haulage (NCH) on a charge of corruption.Sinovia Binga (29) was granted bail of N$1 000 after her first appearance in
readChild murder case goes back to pre-trial phase
10-06-2008
THE case in which former street child Deon Engelbrecht is accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old boy in Windhoek in 2003 is set to return to the stage it had reached in late 2006, when it was
read68 ya pewa oonzapo poDAPP
10-06-2008
A ANASIKOLA ye li 68 mboka ya manene Ookoosa dhawo pOsikola yUungomba ya DAPP pOnambelela omvula ya zi ko, oya pewa oonzapo dhawo omasiku ga zi ko pOsikola yawo kwali mpoka.Aanasikola mbaka oya mana
readOmahooli ga londa ishewe ohela
10-06-2008
O NDANDO yomahooli oya gwedhwa ishewe ohela mOmaandaha oshikando oshititano nuumvo moshilongo ashihe.Ominista yOomina nIikwankondo, Erkki Nghimutina, okwa tseyitha ngeyi pamushangwa oshiwike sha zi ko
readKaunda okwa hala Epangelo lyuukumwe mu Zimbabwe
10-06-2008
N GOKA a li nale Omupresidende gwa Zambia Kenneth Kaunda okwa popi kutya okwa hala mu Zimbabwe mu etwe Epangelo mu na oongundu adhihe nosho wo dhoka dhompilemano.Pethimbo ndika, moshilongo shika omu
readEhokololo lyekwatombambyona lya Corle Nolte, iifundja iitokele
10-06-2008
O MUKIINTU omugundjuka gwedhina corlé Nolte ngoka a li a popi oshiwike sha zi ko kutya okwa li a kwatwa po ombambyona kongundu yootsotsi ndhoka dha li dha pula opo ofamili ye yi fute oshimaliwa
readNCWM ya ninga Ontanda pOngha
10-06-2008
E HANGANO epe lyOomeme yOngeleka ya Katoolika moNamibia lyedhina Namibia Catholic Women Movement (NCWM), mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko olya li lya ningi Ontanda yawo yokomumvo moshitopolwa shomoNooli, ye
readDAPP a pandulwa nokutangwa kOmuwiliki gwElongo lyUungomba
10-06-2008
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oonakupewa Oonzapo dhawo poDAPP pOnambelela mOmbalantu omasiku ga zi ko, Omuwiliki gwElongo lyOpaungomba Ndjoze Siririka, ngoka Oshipopiwa she sha leshwa pehala lye kOmuwiliki
readOmahangano gAaniilonga ga ganda Oyunivesity
10-06-2008
O MAHANGANO gaali gAaniilonga otaga thiminike Oyunivesity ya Namibia (Unam) kutya na ethepo omatamaneko ngoka a ningila aaniilonga ye yaali molwashoka haya kutha ombinga miikwapolitika.Kuyele oshiwike
readOmahangano gAaniilonga ga ganda Oyunivesity
10-06-2008
O MAHANGANO gaali gAaniilonga otaga thiminike Oyunivesity ya Namibia (Unam) kutya na ethepo omatamaneko ngoka a ningila aaniilonga ye yaali molwashoka haya kutha ombinga miikwapolitika.Kuyele oshiwike
readElated Loew seeks to dampen German euphoria at Euro
10-06-2008
TENERO - Germany coach Joachim Loew enjoyed Sunday's 2-0 win against Poland as much as anyone but the coach was quick to point out the team's faults in a bid to dampen any early Euro 2008 euphoria."It
readGreece keen to show 2004 win was no fluke
10-06-2008
SALZBURG - Greece will be eager to prove their surprise 2004 triumph was no fluke when they launch their European Championship title defence against Sweden today.The Greeks, who sailed through
readWacca to sign with Spain's La Villa
10-06-2008
WINDHOEK - Senior national rugby team player, lock Wacca Kazombiaze is on the verge of signing a contract with Spanish premier league team, La Villa Rugby Club.In an interview with Nampa Monday,
readProfessional golfers coming to Namibia
10-06-2008
THE winner of the fifth edition of the MTC Namibian Professional Golf Association (NPGA) summer championship will pocket a cool N$158 000.The tournament will be held at the Windhoek Country and Golf
readYoung players expelled
10-06-2008
ADMINISTRATORS of the Khomas Under-17 Youth Football League flexed their muscle by expelling four players in an effort to preserve the image of the league and to secure the safety of the players, team
readGold medals galore for Namibia
10-06-2008
A GROUP of 47 students from Goju Ryu Karate Namibia represented Namibia at the IOGKF Africa Karate Championships in Stellenbosch, South Africa, at the end of last month.The Namibian Goju Ryu Karate
readEuro 2008 Briefs An apple juice a day...
10-06-2008
* GENEVA - A beer will cost more in Geneva than in Zurich during the Euro.The official lager, which has a monopoly in all the stadia and public viewing zones, left it to the cantons to decide on the
readKimi left unhappy
10-06-2008
MONTREAL - Kimi Raikkonen admitted his frustration on Sunday night after Lewis Hamilton shunted him out of the Canadian Grand Prix.Raikkonen was stopped before a pit lane red light in Montreal when
readChess aimed at schools
10-06-2008
ICEIDA, the Icelandic International Development Agency, has handed over 500 chess instruction manuals valued at N$50 000 to the Namibia Chess Federation to assist with the development of chess in
readRonaldo to stay
10-06-2008
LONDON - Rio Ferdinand is confident Cristiano Ronaldo will still be a Manchester United player next season.Ronaldo has hinted he would like to join Real Madrid after Euro 2008 if the Spanish champions
readWorld Sport Briefs Football
10-06-2008
LAGOS - Nigeria defender Obinna Nwaneri lost cash and several valuables when his hotel room in Freetown was burgled at the weekend, officials disclosed on Monday.Nigeria Football Association (NFA)
readAbsences hit Russian hopes
10-06-2008
NEUSTIFT - Russia's chances of upsetting highly-fancied Spain in their Euro 2008 opener today will be undermined by the absence of playmaker Andrei Arshavin and striker Pavel Pogrebnyak.Arshavin is
read23 Ukranian miners found alive
10-06-2008
YENAKIYEVO - Twenty-three miners were found alive yesterday in a Ukrainian coal mine, more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, a rescue official said.Stranded
readR. Kelly's lawyers to revive defence
10-06-2008
CHICAGO - R. Kelly's attorney guided his electric scooter down a hallway outside the courtroom where his client is on trial for child pornography, exclaiming as he sped past several reporters, "In the
readAlanis Morissette continues to channel her anger
10-06-2008
NEW YORK - Alanis Morissette is not the person Rob Thomas thought she was.Matchbox Twenty and its lead singer once saw her as a Zen-like soul, Morissette told Newsweek in its latest issue. "He kept
readAlicia's troubled times leads to big successes
10-06-2008
LOS ANGELES - R&B singer Alicia Keys is enjoying a successful worldwide tour, a chart-topping album and will act in an upcoming movie, but it might not have happened, she said, were it not for a near
read'Obama-mania' hits Africa, but could he deliver?
10-06-2008
NAIROBI - In Kenya, they name babies after him and quaff 'Senator' brand beer in his honour.Global TV networks camp outside his grandmother's rural home. In Uganda, a town has renamed a street 'Obama
readAus surgeons remove 16 steel washers from Down Under
10-06-2008
An Australian man was operated on in Hornsby Hospital in Berowra on Sunday where surgeons removed 16 stainless steel washers from "down under," The Daily Telegraph reports.Berowra Fire Rescue officers
readKennedy due home after surgery
10-06-2008
BOSTON - Senator Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of America's most famous political dynasty, was due to return home to Massachusetts yesterday after surgery for a malignant brain tumour in North
readEthiopia's drought affecting older children and adults
10-06-2008
SHASHAMANE - Like so many other victims of Ethiopia's hunger crisis, Usheto Beriso weighs just half what he should.He is always cold and swaddled in a blanket. His limbs are stick-thin. But Usheto is
readTokyo killer posted attack details online
10-06-2008
TOKYO - A disturbed young car worker who killed seven people on a stabbing frenzy in downtown Tokyo on Sunday had posted dozens of warnings of what he was going to do on Internet bulletin boards,
readTokyo killer posted attack details online
10-06-2008
TOKYO - A disturbed young car worker who killed seven people on a stabbing frenzy in downtown Tokyo on Sunday had posted dozens of warnings of what he was going to do on Internet bulletin boards,
read'Drastic improvements' needed in Zimbabwe before run-off
10-06-2008
JOHANNESBURG - With just three weeks to go before a presidential run-off, the African Union and Zimbabwe's neighbours must push longtime Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe to end political violence in
readMore tornadoes rip through US Midwest
10-06-2008
DETROIT - Large swaths of three Midwest states were declared disaster areas as days of vicious storms and flooding forced rescuers into boats and residents to flee flooded communities.The death toll
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