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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Small livestock auction
03-06-2008
ABOUT 70 years ago, using the goats available to them, several goat breeders in the Eastern Cape of South Africa developed a true meat type goat, which they called Boerbok.In Afrikaans, Boerbok
readDairy workers to strike next week
03-06-2008
WORKERS at the Uvhungu-Vhungu dairy farm on the outskirts of Rundu are planning to go on strike next week to air their grievances about working conditions there.In a notification letter to the media
readGhana's budget stumbles over food and fuel hikes
03-06-2008
GHANA has become the latest country in West Africa to announce it is struggling to manage its national budget in the face of spiralling world prices for fuel and food.Newly released statistics from
readSMS of the Day : Tuesday
03-06-2008
* I WOULD like to thank the Anti-Corruption Commission for the action taken against the misuse of Government vehicles. My question is, what about those who bought Government houses and rent them to
readTaxation of housing allowances
03-06-2008
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.THE Income Tax Act has a specific section that provides for the
readZambia deepens residential power cuts
03-06-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia will increase power rationing to domestic consumers while supplies to mines will be allowed to continue, following a technical fault that has disrupted electricity imports from
readBiofuel land demand puts peasants at risk
03-06-2008
ROME - The rise of biofuels is not only adding to the global food price crisis but also poses a risk for peasants, pushed off their land to make way for energy crops, a report prepared for this week's
readAfDB sees 7,5% growth for Ethiopia
03-06-2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia will grow at 7,5 per cent in 2008 and 7,4 percent in 2009 on industry, agriculture and service sector expansion, a joint UN/African Development Bank (AfDB) statement said
readNaspers to sell its Internet unit MWeb
03-06-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African media group Naspers said yesterday it plans to auction its Internet service provider unit, MWeb, following interest from buyers.Naspers said MWeb's plans to invest in
readTrustco posts positive results
03-06-2008
TRUSTCO Group Holdings, a wholly owned Namibian conglomerate, last week announced bullish financial results with a strong revenue increase of 85 per cent, excluding insurance.Trustco, founded and run
readOil firms to divert more natural gas to Nigeria
03-06-2008
LAGOS - Foreign oil firms will divert a greater proportion of their natural gas output in Nigeria for domestic use over the coming years as the country tries to end a crippling power crisis, President
readMining industry turnover increases
03-06-2008
THE mining industry in Namibia saw a turnover of N$13,8 billion in 2007, compared to N$12,2 billion in 2006, which represents an increase of 13 per cent.The President of the Chamber of Mines, Otto
readEx-Namdeb employee convicted of gem theft
03-06-2008
A DEFENCE that a month ago bore fruit for a former Namdeb employee accused of stealing diamonds from the mining company failed to pay off with the same results yesterday for another ex-Namdeb staff
readUnam charges Swanu chiefs
03-06-2008
THE University of Namibia yesterday formally charged two academics because of their involvement in politics.Swanu president Usutuaije Maamberua and Swanu secretary general Dr Tangeni Iijambo received
readZambian student fatally stabbed in Friday crime-fest
03-06-2008
A ZAMBIAN student was murdered in Windhoek on Friday after coming to the aid of a friend whose cellphone was snatched during a church function in Katutura.According to the Police, the suspect, a
readOyster industry on its knees
03-06-2008
THE local oyster industry, which suffered 70 per cent stock losses during a devastating red tide a few months ago, was again hit by a major sulphur outbreak recently, driving the industry to its
readMTC threatens to pull plug on rugby
03-06-2008
MTC has ordered the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) to adhere to their sponsorship agreement or have their N$6 million contract terminated.Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) last week objected to the
readGrowth balance positive for Namibia
03-06-2008
SOUND macro-economic management and more mining promise stronger economic growth in 2008, according to a newly released review of the Namibian economy.The Africa Economic Outlook 2008 report, launched
readPolytech sets up land management institute
03-06-2008
THE Polytechnic of Namibia reached another milestone with the launch of a land management institute, which will serve as a regional centre of excellence for southern Africa, doing research,
readMinistry rapped over knuckles for delay in new teachers' salaries
03-06-2008
THE Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts has told the Ministry of Education to get its house in order.The committee hauled the Ministry over the coals because of delays in the payment
readMayor's head rolls
03-06-2008
THE unpredictability of Okahandja politics continued last week with the replacement of Mayor Paul Damaseb with his former deputy, Tonatha Shipena.Damaseb was removed on Thursday during the Okahandja
readSecond term for Kandjeke
03-06-2008
AUDITOR General Junias Etuna Kandjeke's long wait for the renewal of his five-year contract is likely to be over, as the National Assembly resumes business today.Kandjeke's first five-year term
readParliament reprimands Luederitz SOE
03-06-2008
THE Luederitz Waterfront company has been told that it should not declare a dividend to impress its shareholder - the Ministry of Finance - as a "public relations exercise" despite having made
readRussians to prospect for uranium at Spitzkoppe
03-06-2008
RUSSIA'S leading uranium-mining company, Atomredmetzoloto, a subsidiary of state nuclear power company Atomenergoprom, intends to start uranium prospecting near the Spitzkoppe mountains in Namibia in
readKapere a pewa oshipundi shUuhamushanga-Ndjayi wa NYC
03-06-2008
M ANDELA Kapere okwa hogololwa kapu na ngoka e li ompinge nasho, a kale Amushanga-Ndjayi gwOlaata yAagundjuka yOpashigwana nenge tutye National Youth Council (NYC).Kapere okwa li a hogololwa
readAanafaalama oya hala oku boikota uutomeno
03-06-2008
A ANAFAALAMA haya faalama noonzi, mboka ya tegelela Epangelo li kuthe po oshimaliwa shoka hashi futilwa elanditho lyoonzi dhi na omwenyo ku South Afrika, oya hala okuboikota uutomeno
readOmunuumbangi a popila Omukuluntusikola kwali poConcordia
03-06-2008
O mulongisikola gumwe pOsikola ya Concordia College okwa gandja uumbangi mEtitano lya zi ko mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa kutya oya li na Ben Awoseb ongulohi yesiku ndyoka taku popiwa a kwata koonkondo
readOmahangu nago ga ya momalandithilo paveta nopambelewa
03-06-2008
O NKUNDANA ombwanawa kaalimi yomahangu oyo ndjoka kutya omahangu nago ga ya nee momalandithilo gOpaveta konima sho elanditho lyawo lyOpaveta lya tulwa mOkaseta kEpangelo hoka ka shainwa kOministeli
readOmunandiplomaate gwa SA na shunithwe kegumbo: SPYL ta indile
03-06-2008
E WAWA lyAagundjuka moSwapo nenge tutye Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) olya shangele kEpangelo tali indile kutya Omunandiplomaate gwa South Afrika na shunithwe kegumbo mokati komaponokelo
readOshipotha shaanambelewa yOparliamende sha falwa kOmpangu yoPombanda
03-06-2008
A MUSHANGA gwOparliamende Nama Goabab nosho wo omunambelewa omukuluntu moshikondo shomayalulo Abraham George otaya ka pangulilwa iipotha itatu mOmpangu yoPombanda shi na sha nekorapto lyokuthitha
readCricketer MacGill steps away
03-06-2008
ST JOHN'S - One of Stuart MacGill's biggest regrets about his decision to retire from international cricket at the end of the second Test against West Indies is that he believes his Australia
readEuro 2008 Shorts
03-06-2008
VIENNA - Briefs for Euro 2008 finals which are being co-hosted by Austria and Switzerland and run from June 7-29: * Euro priest Euro 2008 has its designated beer, its signature T-shirts and now its
readSmith to play at Lords
03-06-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Proteas coach Mickey Arthur is confident captain Graeme Smith will be fit for the first Test against England starting at Lords in London on July 10.Arthur was commenting on media
readMorigami denies match-fixing
03-06-2008
TOKYO - Japanese tennis star Akiko Morigami has apologised and denied match-fixing after suggesting she and doubles partner Aiko Nakamura were asked to deliberately lose at the French Open.Morigami
readProtests, drugs, and guns on list of visitor don'ts
03-06-2008
BEIJING - Foreigners coming to Beijing for the Olympics were warned yesterday that street protests were banned along with drunkenness, pornography, drugs and guns.In a lengthy list of "dos and
readBolt keep Olympic campaign light
03-06-2008
PARIS - Jamaica's new 100 metres world record holder Usain Bolt will only race twice between the Jamaican Olympic trials at the end of June and the Olympics itself his agent told AFP yesterday.The
readJudoka in motion
03-06-2008
MORE than 40 Judoka, including several black belts participated in the second national Judo training session of the year at the weekend.The three-hour exercise was divided into three units, with the
readSharapova knocked out in Paris
03-06-2008
PARIS - World number one Maria Sharapova was knocked out 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 by fellow Russian Dinara Safina in the fourth round of the French Open yesterday.The Australian Open champion, who was hoping to
readMourinho named as new Inter Milan coach
03-06-2008
ROME - Jose Mourinho was yesterday named as the new coach of Inter Milan, the Italian club announced.The 45-year-old Portuguese former Chelsea manager signed a three-year contract. Inter did not
readWarriors need to improve
03-06-2008
THE Brave Warriors will be required to throw in an improved performance when they meet tougher opponents Zimbabwe, despite their 2-1 victory over Kenya in a World Cup qualifier in Windhoek at the
readBrain tumour surgery for Ted Kennedy
03-06-2008
DURHAM - Senator Edward M Kennedy was set to undergo surgery yesterday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumour and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office
read'Confident' China rules out post-quake epidemics
03-06-2008
YONGAN - China said yesterday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the earthquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary
readDos Santos to approve election
03-06-2008
LUANDA - President Jose Eduardo dos Santos should give final approval this week to Angola's first legislative polls since a 27-year civil war, widely seen as a litmus test for his own re-election
readBlast outside Danish embassy in Pakistan
03-06-2008
ISLAMABAD - A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital yesterday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.The blast echoed
readAIDS drugs reach 3 million people in developing world
03-06-2008
LONDON - Nearly three million people in the developing world now get AIDS drugs - 1 million more than a year ago - but two-thirds of those in need still lack access to treatment, the World Health
readA bit on the cheeky side in green and blue!
03-06-2008
ARVADA - Police in a Colorado town are searching for two robbers whose masks showed plenty of fashion sense but little modesty: women's thong underwear.A surveillance video released this week by
readBritain criticises Mugabe's presence at Rome summit
03-06-2008
ROME - Britain criticised Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday for attending this week's global food summit in Rome, saying he was responsible for food shortages in his own country.The leader
readTension as refugees march to Parliament
03-06-2008
CAPE TOWN - There were a few tense moments yesterday when a crowd of several hundred refugees marched to Parliament to air their grievances over the recent xenophobic violence.After being addressed
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