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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 12 March 2008
SMSes of the Day : Wednesday
12-03-2008
* KREEF free for all so what! They are dying and will be eaten by birds if people don't take them or would the Ministry of Fisheries prefer to have the coastline stinking of rotting marine life? Let's
readWeak dollar helps US artists paint the world
12-03-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - In the coming weeks, San Francisco artists Charley Brown and Mark Evans will be rolling up hundreds of large paintings into tall tubes and shipping them to Dubai, where they will adorn
readNamport's N$1b expansion project underway
12-03-2008
IN order to remain competitive within southern Africa's seaborne trade and transport sector, Namibia's port authority, Namport, has embarked on a N$1 billion five-year Master (expansion) Plan.An
readKatwitwi industrial park to boost cross border trade
12-03-2008
KATWITWI - The completion of an industrial and business park at Katwitwi Border Post in the Kavango Region is not only expected to make the business environment with Angolan investors conducive, but
readMining companies brave Zim law
12-03-2008
HARARE - Two heavyweight foreign mining companies said on Monday they would press ahead with operations in Zimbabwe despite a nationalisation law that analysts warned could deepen an economic crisis
readE.Africa weathering crisis
12-03-2008
NAIROBI - The economies of Kenya's neighbours are beginning to return to normal, but some fallout from post-election violence will be felt throughout the year in a region also hit by high global
readEskom faces roads headache
12-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African utility Eskom, struggling to fix a severe power crisis, faces another headache in trucking urgently needed coal to power stations on crumbling and heavily used roads.Eskom
readEngela under siege
12-03-2008
A TOP-LEVEL delegation, including representatives of UN agencies, is scheduled to fly to the North today to assess the humanitarian situation at flood-stricken Engela, as well as surrounding
readFear and intimidation 'threaten free and fair elections at Eenhana'
12-03-2008
THE newly formed Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) has objected to the Eenhana by-election being held on March 28 because of alleged intimidation by Swapo against RDP members.The RDP registered a
readA braai for an alibi, witness claims
12-03-2008
"THOSE f***ing farmworkers!" Justus Christiaan ('Shorty') Erasmus seemed angry and agitated when he made this remark to a guest at his home in Windhoek on the afternoon of March 5 2005 - the day that
readStrong rains on way
12-03-2008
HEAVY rains, and at some places also hail, are expected over parts of Namibia from today and over the next couple of days.The northeastern half of Namibia - the parts of the country from the Kunene
readNamibians mark global Women's Day
12-03-2008
NAMIBIAN women marked International Women's Day in Windhoek on Saturday with music and speeches, and displayed works of art calling for an end to gender-based violence.Representatives from various
readNamibia's own Cardiac Unit coming
12-03-2008
NAMIBIA is set to open its own fully fledged Cardiac Unit in June this year, the Health Minister Richard Kamwi announced yesterday.Between 3 000 and 10 000 cardio cases are reported at the Windhoek
readHerero chiefs launch international appeal
12-03-2008
RESENTMENT and frustration are simmering among more than 40 unrecognised Herero chiefs, who have been waiting seven years for Government to recognise them after they won a partial court victory in
readWife arrested for husband's murder
12-03-2008
A 38-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with the murder of her husband following her arrest on Saturday.Jeanette Julius charged with murder and defeating the ends of justice was added as a
readCall for a consensus electoral body
12-03-2008
NAMIBIA needs to put in place an Electoral Commission, which is appointed or elected by Parliament.This call was made yesterday by a section of the divided Congress of Democrats (CoD), calling itself
readMakeshift bridge connects Engela
12-03-2008
THE Engela District Hospital has again been linked with the rest of the country through a makeshift pedestrian bridge after it was cut-off at the end of last week.The bridge, an idea of an Oshikango
readAapakistana ya tunga ontopa yopakathimbo pEngela
12-03-2008
A ANANGESHEFA yAapakistana mboka ye na oongeshefa dhawo pOshikango oya tunga okantopa kopakathimbo kombanda yOshana sha Ngela, shoka sha eta aantu yokolupadhi mboka taya yi nokuza kOshipangelo sha
readOmunaveta gwa Zuma okwa geela Epangelo
12-03-2008
J OHANNESBURG - Omunaveta gwa Jacob Zuma, Michael Hulley mOmaandaha goshiwike shika okwa tindi okukomenda kombinga yomapopyo kutya ota ka katukila Hahende gwEpangelo molwashoka aniwa okwa tindi
readAanafaalama mOshitopolwa sha Kunene ya pewa oontsezi
12-03-2008
O PUWO - Aanafaalama ye li yaheyali moshitopolwa sha Kunene oya mono uuwanawa mOproyeka yEpangelo yokugandja iimuna nenge tutye ombuto yiimuna kaanafaalama aashona opo yi gandje ombuto yi na ongushu
readOmukiina a yugwa N$73 000
12-03-2008
O MUKWASHIGWANA gwa Kiina okwa yugwa oshimaliwa shoondola/N$73 000 koomuma sha ningilwa mEpandaanda lya Viljoen momasikakano gokuumbangalantu wa Venduka lwopotunti 14h50 mEtitano lya zi ko.Walende
readEtulopevi lya Kanime ina li yuka: oongundu dhompilameno tadhi ti
12-03-2008
O ONGUNDU dhompilemeno dhopapolitika odhi na uumbanda kutya otashi vulika ekuthomiilonga pakathimbo lyOmukuluntu gwomahogololo Philemon Kanime li ka ete okuheena uuyuuki momahogololo ngaka.Metitano
readOmbotsotso dha teya megumbo lya Sioni mOngwediva
12-03-2008
O OMBOTSOTSO taku tiwa kutya odhi li ndatu lwaampoka, dha homata oondjembo, odhi iteyele megumbo lyOmunangeshefa a tseyika nawa tate Sioni Sheehama, mwene gwo Zionist Funeral Services mOngwediva
readOkolela ya ndwafuka ishewe mOnooli
12-03-2008
O KWA tseyithwa kutya omukithi gwokolela (cholera) ogwa ndwafuka momahala ngoka ga dhengwa kefundja moshitopolwa sha Engela mOnooli.Omuntu gumwe okwa si nokuli nale sha etwa komukithi ngoka hagu zi
readGebrselassie pulls out of Olympics
12-03-2008
BEIJING - China said yesterday it could guarantee clean air for the Olympic Games, a day after marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie said he would not compete in the race next August because of
readMy career is not in decline, says Federer
12-03-2008
NEW YORK - World number one Roger Federer dismissed suggestions his career was in decline and said he would use his recent defeats as motivation after recovering from an early-season virus.The Swiss
readZim withdraws from Four Nations Tournament
12-03-2008
Zimbabwe has pulled out of the forthcoming Under-17 Four Nations Soccer tournament billed for the coastal town of Walvis Bay from March 16 to 20.Speaking at a media briefing in the capital yesterday,
readPriest sent off for throwing shirt at referee
12-03-2008
ROME - A footballing priest has been sent off in a church tournament for throwing his shirt at the referee, Italian media reported on Sunday.The incident, reminiscent of Antonio Cassano's red card
readGolden Cheetahs are club champions
12-03-2008
Golden Cheetahs Athletics Club won the Coca Cola Top Ten Club Championships for the third year in a row on Saturday, March 10.Golden Cheetahs were comfortable winners with a total of 9 574 points,
readSevens quarter-finals tonight
12-03-2008
Namibia's top rugby clubs will battle it out in the quarter-finals of the Namibian Rugby Sevens competition which takes place at the Hage Geingob Stadium tonight.With pool matches completed in four
readGeorge puts pressure on Olympic sponsor over Darfur
12-03-2008
LONDON - George Clooney is putting pressure on an Olympic sponsor to speak out over China's foreign policy in Sudan.The Hollywood actor promotes Omega Watches, one of the global Olympic sponsors of
readEngland drops Wilkinson
12-03-2008
Coach Brian Ashton dropped England's 2003 World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson yesterday as he desperately sought to finish another disappointing Six Nations on a positive note against Ireland on
readFigge to be appointed NFA technical director
12-03-2008
A highly experienced German soccer instructor, Jochen Figge, will be appointed as the Namibia Football Association's new technical director within the next month.The NFA's spokesperson Beau Kauta made
readRepublicans want to impeach Spitzer
12-03-2008
NEW YORK - State Republicans threatened yesterday to impeach New York Governor Eliot Spitzer if he does not quit over a report linking him to a prostitute that has raised questions over whether he
readSADC observers arrive in Zim
12-03-2008
HARARE - The first team of election observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has arrived in Zimbabwe ahead of legislative and presidential polls on March 29, state media has
readZuma in bid to challenge SA graft trial
12-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - ANC leader Jacob Zuma launched a final bid in South Africa's highest court yesterday to prevent seized documents being used against him as evidence at a corruption trial that could stop
readEndeavour blasts off on longest space mission
12-03-2008
Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into orbit yesterday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve
readTwo suicide blasts in Lahore kill over 24
12-03-2008
LAHORE - Pakistan's security crisis deepened yesterday as massive suicide bombs tore through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, leaving at least 24 people dead and more than 200
readPanel proposes British oath of allegiance
12-03-2008
LONDON - British students should take an oath of allegiance and participate in citizenship ceremonies as a way to boost national pride, a government-commissioned review said yesterday.Afghanistan
readBrit's lawyer warns of spiraling costs in Federline battle
12-03-2008
LOS ANGELES - The divorce between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline and their battle for custody of their children has already cost the singer about a million dollars, her lawyer told a hearing on
readMadonna now a Hall of Famer
12-03-2008
NEW YORK - Madonna, pop music's quick-change artist, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who panned her for
readEven more sins - thanks to Vatican
12-03-2008
VATICAN CITY - Sinning has gone global, according to a Vatican official who has singled out genetic experiments, pollution and mind-damaging drugs as among today's new sins.After last year's 'Ten
readAt least 42 killed in Iraq
12-03-2008
BAGHDAD - At least 42 people were killed in violence across Iraq yesterday, including 14 mourners from one family when a roadside bomb hit a bus in a southern province, security officials said.Police
readSADC observers arrive in Zim
12-03-2008
HARARE - The first team of election observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has arrived in Zimbabwe ahead of legislative and presidential polls on March 29, state media has
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