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48 Articles found on Monday, 10 March 2008
Africa's lost tribe face poverty in India
10-03-2008
JAMBUR, India - It's a village like thousands in India - a few corner shops and dusty lanes dissecting small, mud-and-brick houses into haphazard rows on the edge of lush fields.What sets Jambur apart
readSMSes of the Day : Monday
10-03-2008
* I ABSOLUTELY agree with a reader's comment in your Friday edition. This Government can't even run a farm, never mind a hospital. How on earth is it going to run a nuclear power station? This country
readOil nears US$106 per barrel
10-03-2008
SINGAPORE - Oil held near $106 a barrel on Friday, within sight of a record high, helped by a tumbling US dollar that bolstered fund buying and by Opec's reluctance to pump extra crude.US light crude
readBulls for communal farmers in Kunene north region
10-03-2008
OPUWO - At least seven communal farmers in the Kunene Region benefited from a Government project that allocates quality bulls to small communal farmers in order to improve the quality of breeds in
readProsperity Health goes to Tanzania
10-03-2008
IN what Kobus Struwig, Managing Director of Prosperity Group describes as "an incredible business opportunity" and a "proudly Namibian initiative", the Prosperity Group has extended its service
readNo way to fix climate without private sector
10-03-2008
HELSINKI - The private sector must be encouraged to help developing countries combat climate change now, before it becomes too severe to handle, the head of the United Nations Development Programme
readSA confirms mines to get more power
10-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The South African government has confirmed it will let mines increase power consumption to 95 per cent from 90 per cent and the plan will be phased in over the next two weeks to avoid
readWomen still vulnerable
10-03-2008
GENEVA - Women are in the workplace like never before but they are still more vulnerable than men to unemployment and low-paid jobs, the International Labour Organisation said on Friday.In a report
readWindhoek City partners with Rundu Town
10-03-2008
RUNDU - The City of Windhoek and the Rundu Town Council signed a cooperation agreement relating to economic development on Thursday.The memorandum of cooperation signed by Rundu Mayor Gosbert Mandema
readNBL in big new venture
10-03-2008
NAMIBIA Breweries Limited (NBL), Diageo plc and Heineken International BV announced last week that they had reached an agreement to form a new joint venture for their combined beer and cider
readECN suspends Kanime
10-03-2008
THE turf war for the control of the newly proclaimed town of Omuthiya took another turn on Friday, when Elections Director Philemon Kanime and three other officials were suspended.Kanime, his deputy
readNuclear power bad option: Earthlife
10-03-2008
THE use of nuclear power is unsafe, dangerous and a bad option for Namibia, due to long-term radiation and unsolved problems regarding nuclear waste storage placing a heavy burden on future
readEngela cut off from rest of the country
10-03-2008
THE Engela bridge, south east of the Engela District hospital, has been washed away by a new wave of floodwaters, cutting off the district hospital from the rest of the country.The news was announced
readJosea SSC-Avid case postponed 'a last time'
10-03-2008
THE Police have at last wrapped up their investigation of the fraud case against Nico Josea, one of the main figures in the multi-million dollar Avid Investment Corporation scandal, Josea heard when
readDiescho resigns from NID
10-03-2008
POLITICAL analyst and motivational speaker Dr Joseph Diescho has resigned form the board of the Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID), the institution announced on Friday.Diescho had served on the NID
readThe Atlantic burps!
10-03-2008
SWAKOPMUND'S beaches became a display of various marine creatures - some seldom seen - due to a red tide that broke out over the weekend.Although the phenomenon is nothing new, it did attract a lot
readMPs hurl angry words across floor
10-03-2008
DEBATE on a motion that Government should allocate funds to political parties for every by-election erupted into a fracas in Parliament on Thursday despite the Speaker's warning to members last month
readECN suspends Kanime
10-03-2008
THE turf war for the control of the newly proclaimed town of Omuthiya took another turn on Friday, when Elections Director Philemon Kanime and three other officials were suspended.Kanime, his deputy
readNuclear power bad option: Earthlife
10-03-2008
THE use of nuclear power is unsafe, dangerous and a bad option for Namibia, due to long-term radiation and unsolved problems regarding nuclear waste storage placing a heavy burden on future
readJosea SSC-Avid case postponed 'a last time'
10-03-2008
THE Police have at last wrapped up their investigation of the fraud case against Nico Josea, one of the main figures in the multi-million dollar Avid Investment Corporation scandal, Josea heard when
readEngela cut off from rest of the country
10-03-2008
THE Engela bridge, south east of the Engela District hospital, has been washed away by a new wave of floodwaters, cutting off the district hospital from the rest of the country.The news was announced
readA&R says its birdseed is clean
10-03-2008
A&R PET Supplies has denied that it is selling birdseed containing pesticide residues.Through its lawyer, Stephen Kenny of Stephen F Kenny Legal Practitioners, A&R Pet Supplies said it had sent
readHardap sluices open again
10-03-2008
THE sluices of the Hardap Dam, 20 kilometres north of Mariental, were again opened on Saturday after heavy rains in its catchment area had increased the reservoir's level to 70,9 per cent.The sluices
readPolice chief worried about weapons, political violence
10-03-2008
THE Inspector General of Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, has called on all political party leaders to tell their members to refrain from violence and practice their political
readOkanona mOmpangu kuutsini noshingulu
10-03-2008
O MPANGU ya Mengestrata poKeetmanshoop oya kutha mo manga oshipotha shokanona okashona momusholondondo gwiihokolola omanga taku ningwa omakonakono gomutse - shika osha ningilwe nee mEtitatu lyoshiwike
readYakwetu otatu kongo ekwatho moshigwana: Walde ta indile
10-03-2008
O MUPRESIDENDE gwOpevi gwEhangano lyOmakishi moNamibia, omusamane Walde Kambambi ota indile koshigwana shi kwathele Ehangano lyOmakishi opo ya vule okwiikwathela moompumbwe odhindji ye dhi na mokati
readYo RDP inamu piyaganeka pegumbo lyandje: Shipiki
10-03-2008
O MUKALIMO ye wo omunangeshefa gwomOshoopala mOshakati tate Spikes Shipiki, ngoka pamwe naangegumbo lye ye li iilyo naayambidhidhi aanene yoSwapo ota ti kutya okwa geela nayi Omuunganeki gwoRDP
readOmukuluntu gwOmahogololo Kanime a tulwa pevi
10-03-2008
O MUKULUNTUWILIKI gwOkomisi yOmahogololo ya Namibia nenge Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) Philemon Kanime okwa kuthwa miilonga pakathimbo.Oonzo dhomauyelele dhi shi okwiinekelwa odha yakele ko
readOmanyala otaga ulike kaafekelwa medhipago lya Rohe pofaalama
10-03-2008
O MANYALA ngoka ga monika po momakonakono goshipotha shedhipago pofaalama yimwe poDordabis konyala pwa piti ngashiingeyi oomvula ntano lwaampoka, otaga tsu kumwe nogaafekelwa yaali moshipotha shika,
readRamatex a pata omiyelo dhe mu Namibia
10-03-2008
O FAABULIKA yoonguwo ya Ramatex mOvenduka oya pata ombaadhilila.Okuza mesiku limwe okuya mekwawo, aaniilonga konyala ye li 3 000 mboka ya li ya kutwa mofaabulika ndjika oyi iyadha yaana iilonga.
readHunter sprints to Argus win in Cape Town
10-03-2008
CAPE TOWN - The powerful Team Barloworld completed a notable double in Cape Town yesterday when they got sprinter Robert Hunter to the finish line at Green Point Stadium to win the Argus race in
readCazadores keen to start winning
10-03-2008
Cazadores Inline Hockey club hope to finally move out of the shadow of Coastal Pirates from Swakopmund this season.Pirates have dominated the inline hockey club scene in Namibia for the past decade,
readHaye beats Maccarinelli, unifies title
10-03-2008
LONDON - David Haye beat Enzo Maccarinelli inside two rounds in London early yesterday to win their world cruiserweight unification fight.The 27-year-old Londoner, the WBC and WBA champion, caught WBO
readChelsea and Man Utd suffer shock FA Cup defeats
10-03-2008
LONDON - Holders Chelsea and Premier League champions Manchester United were bundled out of the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday in one of the most dramatic days in the competition's recent
readSA's Amajita win
10-03-2008
The Namibian Challenge South Africa's Amajita beat Namibia 2-1 to win the The Namibian Challenge at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday afternoon.About 6 000 people turned up for the match and they
readEngland falls apart
10-03-2008
Kyle Mills ripped the top off England's batting order and Chris Martin took two wickets in an over to bowl England out for 110 and give New Zealand a 189-run victory on the final day of the first test
readMugabe signs new black ownership law
10-03-2008
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe signed into law new regulations forcing foreign- and white-owned businesses to hand over 51-per cent control of their operations to blacks, the official media reported
readEmotional Chan buries dad
10-03-2008
CANBERRA - Hong Kong action film star Jackie Chan returned to his Australian roots on Saturday to bury his father alongside his mother almost six years after she died in Australia's capital.Chan's
readModel who went missing was lost, say prosecutors
10-03-2008
BRUSSELS - Somali-born model and human rights campaigner Waris Dirie, found alive after being missing for two days in Brussels, was simply lost in the city, prosecutors said on Saturday."She said that
readSinging Tibetan nuns reunite to challenge China
10-03-2008
LONDON - It has been a remarkable journey for the 'singing nuns' of Drapchi prison, four of whom are in Britain to raise awareness of the Tibetan plight, just as the world's attention is turning to
readTop US 'mental athlete'
10-03-2008
NEW YORK - A 31-year-old software engineer recalled the correct order of an entire deck of playing cards in 2 minutes and 27 seconds on Saturday to take the title of having the best memory in the
readChavez finds Castro happy in retirement
10-03-2008
HAVANA - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited his friend and mentor Fidel Castro on Saturday for the first since the 81-year-old retired as Cuba's leader and said he found him happy and flowing
readSpeaker now a Democrat
10-03-2008
Nearly two years after taking control of Congress, the Democrats have claimed another prize by capturing former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert's seat - a development that Republicans say is not a
readNew elections for Serbia?
10-03-2008
BELGRADE - Serbia's president is expected to call early parliamentary elections this week following the collapse of the coalition government over Kosovo's independence and the Balkan country's future
readObama wins in Wyoming
10-03-2008
CASPER - As expected, Senator Barack Obama captured the Wyoming Democratic caucuses on Saturday, following major setbacks in the bellwether state of Ohio as well as Texas.Obama is in a close,
readCameroon cuts prices after riots
10-03-2008
YAOUNDE - Cameroon's President, Paul Biya, has raised state salaries by 15 per cent and suspended customs duties on basic foodstuffs like fish, rice and cooking oil to ease discontent over high prices
readNo end to Kenya violence
10-03-2008
NAIROBI - Eight people have been killed in separate attacks in western and central Kenya, government officials said on Friday, underlining the difficulty of reversing Kenya's cycle of postelection
readSerbian police stop reservists
10-03-2008
KURSUMLIJA - Serbian police have stopped hundreds of ex-army reservists from going to the border with Kosovo.Former Serb fighters from the Kosovo war planned to remove a border sign saying "Republic
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