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39 Articles found on Wednesday, 4 June 2008
SMS of the Day : Wednesday
04-06-2008
* I THINK cellphones should be banned from schools because children are using phones during school hours while they are supposed to concentrate on schoolwork! - Concerned learner Food for Thought *
readShell sees no oil shortages now
04-06-2008
KUALA LUMPUR - Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Jeroen van der Veer said on Monday he did not see any shortage of physical oil supplies, echoing the view of many Opec ministers who say the world
readTrans Hex ceases mining along coast
04-06-2008
SOUTH African diamond miner Trans Hex Group has stopped its deep-water operations off the Namibian coast after it became clear margins were going to decline.A year ago, CEO Llewellyn Delport said
readSARB again warns on rates
04-06-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's targeted inflation is not expected back in the three - six per cent band before the end of 2009, and there are significant upside risks to this forecast, central bank
readSummit blames trade barriers for high prices
04-06-2008
ROME - The United Nations urged a summit on the global food crisis yesterday to help stop the spread of starvation threatening nearly one billion people by lowering trade barriers and removing export
readReport says costly 2008 Olympics a boon
04-06-2008
SHANGHAI - At US$20 billion and counting, the Beijing Olympics may be the most costly games ever, but they will be a boon rather than a boondoggle for China's booming economy, ratings agency Standard
readFood price spike threatens 30 million
04-06-2008
ROME - Soaring world food prices are threatening 30 million Africans with hunger, World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said on Monday, urging a food crisis summit to act immediately to deliver aid to the
readFuel prices: Dark days ahead
04-06-2008
THERE is no light at the end of the tunnel as far as high fuel prices are concerned, Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina indicated in Parliament yesterday.Oil resources were on the decline,
read11 return in wake of xenophobic onset in SA
04-06-2008
ELEVEN Namibians who had lived in South Africa for the last few years yesterday returned home at Government cost, following the recent surge of violence against foreigners in various townships across
readIcy weather upon us
04-06-2008
THE temperature in the South was expected to reach freezing point last night, and sub-zero weather is forecast for the rest of the week.Weather forecaster Odillo Kgobetsi said yesterday that the mass
readACC takes nepotism suspects to task in court
04-06-2008
TWO officers of the Namibian Police made their first court appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court before Magistrate Elsie Schickerling yesterday.Warrant Officers Susanna Hamata and Alex Lazazi
readKiller cop gets 20-year jail term
04-06-2008
NAMIBIAN Police Drug Law Enforcement Unit member Dominic Mwilima, who has been convicted of murder in connection with the shooting of a young suspected dagga dealer at Katima Mulilo in August 2005,
readMoose on the loose in Scotland, wolves to follow
04-06-2008
ALLADALE, Scotland - The howl of a wolf echoes through the glen, lumbering bears fish in the lochs and moose amble through the pine forest - this is multi-millionaire Paul Lister's vision for his
readClimate change is injustice: Environment Minister
04-06-2008
IT is unfair that the problem of climate change is not of African making but the continent is the most affected by its predicted consequences.This was said by the new Minister of Environment and
readNamibia celebrates enviro day
04-06-2008
TOMORROW is World Environment Day and a number of events are lined up in Namibia this week.Namibia's theme for World Environment Day this year is 'Namibia and Climate Change: Local Action with a
readLeave the car at home
04-06-2008
ALL Swakopmunders are urged to use eco-friendly transport tomorrow, which is World Environment Day, in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions.According to Berdine Potgieter of the Swakopmund
readSwapo national leaders visit Karas
04-06-2008
THE SWAPO Party national leaders assigned to the Karas Region will visit the region this week to explore why some of the region's inhabitants seem to be marginalised and excluded from the country's
read'Big Sky' country has a big say
04-06-2008
MONTANANS woke to a sense of history yesterday as they headed for the polls in one of the last two contests in the Democratic primary season.The excitement in the state capital Helena was as tangible
readSwapo leaders in Ohangwena stir tribal tensions
04-06-2008
SWAPO leaders in the Ohangwena Region are continuing to sow seeds of ethnic division and tension, accusing traditional leaders in the region of having betrayed the liberation struggle in the
readMPs to debate xenophobia
04-06-2008
PARLIAMENT is set to debate the current xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa and lessons that Namibia could learn, if a motion by DTA Parliamentarian McHenry Venaani is accepted."I move
readEU cuts farming subsidies to benefit Namibia, other countries
04-06-2008
THE 27 member states of the European Union (EU) will slash subsidies for domestic agricultural production as well as all export subsidies by 2013, which would benefit all developing countries,
readSwapo national leaders visit Karas
04-06-2008
THE SWAPO Party national leaders assigned to the Karas Region will visit the region this week to explore why some of the region's inhabitants seem to be marginalised and excluded from the country's
readVillagers plagued by elephants again
04-06-2008
RESIDENTS at Onanke village in the Oshikoto Region are complaining about a herd of elephants that have destroyed their crops.One of the villagers, Moses Thomas, told The Namibian that the elephants
readThird lawyer withdraws from child rape and murder trial
04-06-2008
A FORMERLY homeless young man who was living on the streets of Windhoek when he allegedly raped and murdered a 14-year-old boy almost four-and-a-half years ago appears set to remain without legal
readThird lawyer withdraws from child rape and murder trial
04-06-2008
A FORMERLY homeless young man who was living on the streets of Windhoek when he allegedly raped and murdered a 14-year-old boy almost four-and-a-half years ago appears set to remain without legal
readCabinet to address high food prices by next week
04-06-2008
THE Cabinet committee assigned to make recommendations on helping the poor survive the food crisis is expected to hand its report to President Hifikepunye Pohamba this week."The report is ready and it
readJohnson to return Sydney relay gold
04-06-2008
LONDON - Five-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson is to return the 4x400m relay gold he won at the Sydney Games in 2000 in the wake of former team-mate Antonio Pettigrew's admission he had been
readAlcohol and Sport
04-06-2008
Alcohol and sport do not mix well If you take your sport seriously, you need to wise up on the effects of alcohol.Alcohol slows down reaction times, increases body heat loss and reduces endurance. If
readLiberia in moment of silence
04-06-2008
MONROVIA - Liberia yesterday called for a moment of silence to commemorate nine people who suffocated to death in a crowded stadium before Liberia's weekend World Cup qualifying match against
readAsif arrested for drugs
04-06-2008
LAHORE - Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been arrested at Dubai airport on charges of possessing illegal drugs, cricket officials said yesterday.The 25-year-old Asif was seized while returning
readFinal four for Ivanovic at Open
04-06-2008
PARIS - Ana Ivanovic of Serbia moved within one match of her third Grand Slam final by defeating Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open quarter-finals yesterday.The 20-year-old
readWales called to stand tall
04-06-2008
CAPE TOWN - Veteran lock forward Ian Gough has called on his Wales teammates to raise their game for one final push after a long season ahead of facing South Africa in a two-Test series starting in
readVeteran Nauseb leaves Santos
04-06-2008
SEASONED Namibian international footballer Robert Nauseb has left South African premiership club Santos this week, after they did not agree on renewing his contract.Nauseb told The Namibian Sport from
readRugby match back on track
04-06-2008
NAMIBIAN rugby lovers will be expected to flock to the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in numbers after MTC and the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) resolved their differences over sponsorship rights
readNot invited to dinner!
04-06-2008
ROME - The Italian and UN hosts of a UN crisis summit on rising food prices excluded the leaders of Zimbabwe and Iran from the opening dinner on Monday night.Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is able
readZim's top MDC figure gets bail
04-06-2008
HARARE - The leader of a rebel faction of Zimbabwe's main opposition party was freed on bail yesterday after his arrest over a written attack on President Robert Mugabe ahead of an upcoming run-off
readObama and Clinton head to the finish line
04-06-2008
CHICAGO - Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton heaved toward the finish line in their exhausting Democratic presidential odyssey with Obama poised to claim victory and Clinton facing the prospects
readMbeki apologises to Nigeria for attacks
04-06-2008
CAPE TOWN - South African President Thabo Mbeki apologised to his Nigerian counterpart Umaru Yar'Adua yesterday for recent anti-immigrant attacks that strained ties between the regional giants.The two
readThree S Africans jailed in Zim
04-06-2008
HARARE - Three South Africans have each been jailed for six months by a court in Zimbabwe after being convicted of possessing broadcast equipment without authorisation, a state newspaper reported
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