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45 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Ministry of Education responds
05-03-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: * Please Minister of Education answer my SMS
readSMSes of the Day : Wednesday
05-03-2008
* I HOPE that political parties and leaders in Namibia will realise that there is no party or leader who is more important than this nation. Any leader or party elected to govern is given the
readSwakopmund's finances are healthy
05-03-2008
THE Swakopmund Municipality is in sound financial condition, according to the latest report of the Auditor General.The municipality showed a profit of about N$27,5 million for the 2007 financial year,
readNigerian economy grows 7,64 per cent
05-03-2008
LAGOS - Nigeria's economy grew 7,64 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2007 versus 6,1 per cent in the preceding quarter, driven by the non-oil sector, the central bank said yesterday.The
readSA to unveil mine power plan
05-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa looks set today to announce ways to ease the impact of job losses in the mining industry, which faces electricity rationing due to a power crisis, a Chamber of Mines
readStandard Bank has US$2b boost as ICBC deal closes
05-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Standard Bank has received a 16 billion rand boost to its capital base after completion of a deal in which China's biggest lender ICBC took a 20 per cent stake, it said
readSA trade negotiators play hardball with EU
05-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - EU trade chief Peter Mandelson dangled a carrot in front of SA's negotiators at the weekend, hinting at greater access to European markets in exchange for SA returning to the
readZim sees lower food output
05-03-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's food output this season could fall short of expectations due to lack of fertiliser and heavy rains, and imports may be needed to meet domestic needs, a report showed on
readFlood emergency declared
05-03-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday declared the floods in northern and northeastern Namibia an emergency."Thus, the necessary interventions must be put into operation to face this emergency," a
readAlmost 1 000 rapes a year reported
05-03-2008
A TOTAL of 1 904 rape cases were reported to the Police countrywide during the past two years, says Commissioner of Police Trephine Kamati.Addressing a meeting at Oshakati on Friday, Kamati said that
readFarm massacre trial makes shaky return
05-03-2008
THE third anniversary of the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre will pass today with the trial of the four men being prosecuted in connection with the eightfold slayings at the farm once again in limbo
readFight to save Daniela's life could benefit other children
05-03-2008
TEN-YEAR-OLD Daniela von Leibzig is at first glance a normal little girl who likes to play with her sister.It is only when talking to those close to her that one hears about her wait for a liver
readNGOs called off Anti-EPA demonstration
05-03-2008
A DEMONSTRATION planned for lunchtime yesterday against an economic partnership agreement (EPA) between Namibia and the European Union was called off, apparently because "members of four civil
readSchool kids 'smuggled' onto Omuthiya voters' roll
05-03-2008
ALLEGATIONS made by a human rights organisation that school children near Omuthiya had to tell their principal whether they would vote for Swapo have been denied by the school.According to the
readBirdseed recalled amid poison scare
05-03-2008
A NUMBER of birdseed mixes have been removed from Namibian shops after wild and pet birds fed with them died in Windhoek in recent weeks, Government officials have confirmed.But the manager of the
readDTA's Venaani out of leadership race
05-03-2008
A RISING young politician from the DTA opposition party will not vie for any leadership post later this year when the party's new central committee will be elected."My decision is based against the
readPupils suspended over drinking
05-03-2008
SIX eighth-graders have been suspended from the PK De Villiers High School at Keetmanshoop after they were allegedly caught drinking alcohol on the school premises on Monday.The Namibian has
readSandstorm rips Gobabeb apart
05-03-2008
A STORM, with winds reaching over 100 km/h, ripped through the Gobabeb Training and Research Centre about 80 km east of Walvis Bay on Sunday, causing damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of
readTatekulu Immanuel Nashikaku a hulithila mOvenduka
05-03-2008
O MUNAFAALAMA a tseyika nawa gwopOshivelo nOnyaanya mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto tatekulu Immanuel Nashikaku, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Mindamba Kapiye, okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo
readOmvula ya yona Eteyo lyoodate
05-03-2008
E TEYO lyiiyimati mbyoka hayi itahanwa Date mbyoka hayi longwa kehangano lyedhina Namibia Development Project (NDC), olya gwa pevi noopelesenda omilongo hamano (60%) - sha etwa komvula onene ndjoka ya
readOmugundjuka a pewa oomvula ne komima yekumba kuufuthi
05-03-2008
O MUGUNDJUKA gumwe ngoka a li nale omuniilonga mOmbaanga ya Standard Bank Namibia ngoka a zimine okuyaka oshimaliwa shi vulithe poondola/N$93 000 mOmbaanga ndjika, okwa pewa egeelo lyoomvula ne konima
readKwa kwatwa omufekelwa medhipago lya Benazir Bhutto
05-03-2008
I SLAMABAD - Opolisi ya Pakistan oya lopota oshiwike sha zi ko kutya oya kwata po omuntu taku fekelwa e na ekwatathano nongundu yiilonga yuukulo yo al Qaeda, shi na sha nedhipago lyaangoka a li nale
readOmusita Johannes Kalenga a hulithila mOkahao
05-03-2008
O MUSITA a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Etilyasa mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati tatekulu Johannes Kalenga okwa manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo shEpangelo sha Kahao meti 29 Februali 2008 konima
readOombapila dhomahogololo pOmuthiya dha eta omapulo omanene moshigwana
05-03-2008
E LUNDULUKO lyoshikaha shoka sha lundulula omasiku ge falo lyoombapila dhomahogololo gopOmuthiya dhi li 2 500 li kale lya faathana naandyoka lyuumbapila wondandothaneko yokunyanyangidha oombapila
readBeckham's Shanghai hospital visit sparks chaos
05-03-2008
Football star David Beckham visited young leukaemia patients at a Shanghai hospital yesterday, causing a wave of chaos which forced police to seal off several of the hospital's entrances.Hundreds of
readIndia claim one-day series in thrilling second final
05-03-2008
BRISBANE - Sachin Tendulkar led India to the triangular one-day cricket title when they beat Australia in a thrilling second final yesterday.The tourists made 258-9 in their 50 overs then restricted
readArie Schans appointed Brave Warriors coach
05-03-2008
Arie Schans, who acted as the Brave Warriors caretaker coach in Ghana, has been officially appointed as their new head coach.The PRO of the NFA Beau Kauta said yesterday that Schans had officially
readControversial Japanese ref to escape axe
05-03-2008
TOKYO - A Japanese referee whose bizarre performance triggered chaos after last weekend's J-League curtain raiser looks likely to escape the axe.Masaaki Iemoto, who was struck off the J-League's list
readBritain denies Brown wants blanket ban on Zimbabwe
05-03-2008
LONDON - The British government has no plans for a blanket ban on sportsmen from Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said yesterday, rebuffing a report from the BBC.The spokesman said
readNew soccer exchange
05-03-2008
With the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa only two years away, more opportunities are opening up as international companies and role players start focusing on the region.One such initiative is
readAndrew Symonds floors streaker at the Gabba
05-03-2008
SYDNEY - Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds flattened a streaker who ran on to the field during yesterday's second tri-series final against India at the Gabba in Brisbane.The naked man came off
readSports Briefs Liverpool not for sale
05-03-2008
LIVERPOOL - Liverpool co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr have rejected Dubai International Capital's bid for the Premier League club, The Associated Press has learned.The 400 million pound
readNam's U20s raring to go
05-03-2008
The Namibian Under 20 soccer squad is hard at work preparing for Saturday's The Namibian Challenge against their South African counterparts, the "Amajita."The match, which has been sponsored by The
readNo let up in Gaza fighting
05-03-2008
GAZA - Israel's air force killed two Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, one of them a rocket squad member who had launched a salvo across the border, militant and medical sources said.China's
readSchool fights to revive native Canadian language
05-03-2008
OHSWEKEN, Ontario - In a grey, shed-like building on the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in southern Ontario, Esenogwas Jacobs is getting her kindergarten students ready to head home for the
readJLo, Marc Antony name their newly born twins
05-03-2008
NEW YORK - Singer Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony have reportedly named their newborn twins Max and Emme.Lopez' manager, Simon Fields, confirmed the babies' names to People magazine on
readWidow to produce Bob Marley film
05-03-2008
NEW YORK - Rita Marley is executive producing the first-ever biopic of her late husband Bob Marley, and if she has it her way, the reggae icon's daughter-in-law R&B singer Lauryn Hill will portray her
readSerbians in a bid for Bosnia-style division in Kosovo
05-03-2008
PRISTINA - The West has said it won't allow another dysfunctional Bosnia in the Balkans.But that might be precisely what it gets in Kosovo. Torn apart in the 1992-5 conflict over the breakup of
readLiving goddess retires early
05-03-2008
KATMANDU - An 11-year-old girl revered as a living goddess in Nepal has retired early less than a year after she sparked controversy by breaking tradition and travelling overseas, officials said on
readPopular Catholic saint exhumed 40 years on
05-03-2008
ROME - The body of the mystic monk Padre Pio, one of the Roman Catholic world's most revered saints who died 40 years ago, has been exhumed to be prepared for display to his many devotees.The body of
readNo Mugabe backlash - Makoni
05-03-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni says there will be no backlash against veteran President Robert Mugabe if he topples him at this month's general election.Makoni said:
readKenyan politicians thrash out reforms amid fresh violence
05-03-2008
NAIROBI - Fresh tribal violence claims at least 15 lives in Kenya's Rift Valley region, police said on Monday, while political rivals discussed their new deal to share power and tackle root causes of
readOver 100 held for protesting prices
05-03-2008
Ouagadougou - A government spokesperson said that 184 people had been arrested in Burkina Faso after violent demonstrations over the spiralling cost of basic goods.Phillipe Sawadogo told reporters on
readDay of reckoning for Clinton, Obama
05-03-2008
Barack Obama sought a knockout against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as voting began yesterday in crucial contests in Texas and Ohio, where the former first lady desperately needs a win to salvage her
readRice tries to revive Israeli Palestinian peace talks
05-03-2008
RAMALLAH - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israel and the Palestinians yesterday to resume US-sponsored peace talks suspended over Israel's offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza
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