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39 Articles found on Thursday, 6 March 2008
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06-03-2008
* WHEN will we ever learn from others' mistakes? Sadly I am shocked to read about our leaders using hate speech when addressing the nation, if I am to believe what was reported in this newspaper about
readSA delays projects to save power
06-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African power utility Eskom will delay connections to all new construction projects for up to six months to enable the country's mining industry to operate at full power, Beeld
readZambia, China to sign free zone deal
06-03-2008
LUSAKA - Fifty Chinese companies plan to invest over US$800 million in a tax-free zone in Zambia within the next five years under an agreement to be signed shortly, Zambia's trade and commerce
readPower generation from waste heat
06-03-2008
CAPE TOWN - South African power utility Eskom has opened bids for companies to convert waste energy heat into electricity and an additional 3 500 MW may be produced this way, a senior government
readChina coal mine fire kills seventeen
06-03-2008
BEIJING - A fire at a coal mine in northeastern China killed 17 people yesterday, state media reported, in the latest deadly accident to strike the nation's mining industry.The fire broke out in the
readSA record number of tourists
06-03-2008
CAPE TOWN - Record numbers of tourists flocked to South Africa last year and visitor numbers are expected to reach 10 million in 2010 when the country hosts the soccer World Cup.Tourism minister
readFacebook keeps gaining momentum
06-03-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook said on Tuesday it had named Google Inc's global sales head, Sheryl Sandberg, as the social networking site's new chief operations officer, accelerating a decline in Google
readMicrosoft introduces new solutions
06-03-2008
MICROSOFT on Tuesday launched three new software programmes designed to allow the Government and big companies to manage their widespread computer networks.The launch of the solutions - Windows Server
readBudget: Saara's spending spree
06-03-2008
GOVERNMENT plans to go on an unprecedented spending spree in the coming three years.After two years of budget surpluses, Namibia's public finances will return to a budget deficit again in the 2008-09
readWalvis stuns with another golden handshake
06-03-2008
WALVIS Bay's former General Manager of Human Resources and Corporate Services, John Mukoya, who terminated his five-year contract with the municipality last year, received a payout equal to double his
readBudget: AirNam fuelled with more funds
06-03-2008
AIR NAMIBIA will again receive millions as a cash injection in the new financial year after having been generously helped with a whopping N$538,6 million last year.Last year's Budget document showed a
readBudget: Tax disappointment: economists
06-03-2008
TWO local economists have expressed disappointment with the lack of tax relief in yesterday's National Budget delivered by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila.Ernst and Young Tax Partner
readAngola's sable antelope survived decades of war
06-03-2008
ANGOLA still has herds of the rare giant sable antelope (Hippotragus niger varianien), an animal many people assumed had been wiped out in the country's 27-year civil war.The Giant Sable Conservation
readScoping the Sperrgebiet
06-03-2008
THE Sperrgebiet, an area of 2,6 million hectares stretching from Aus to Sendelingsdrift and Luederitz to Oranjemund, is the only arid biodiversity hotspot and this makes it a very special area.This
readStop 're-colonising' Africa, civil society tells EU
06-03-2008
NINE civil society organisations have called on the European Union and its Trade Commission to align its economic partnership proposals with Africa's economic integration plans."The time has come to
readResidents grill council
06-03-2008
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has been heavily criticised by the town's residents over the running of its affairs.At a community meeting on Tuesday, frustrated residents asked the council to "ship out
readNothing wrong with Farandol: Afroneft
06-03-2008
THE local oil majors must learn that Namcor is a reality and must get around the table with the parastatal to talk about a "comfortable co-existence", the Chairman of Afroneft, Ivor Ichikowitz, told
readBudget: Sin taxes UP!
06-03-2008
Clear beer 7% (2007: - )2006: - ) Unfortified wine 7,3% (2007: 8,5%) (2006: 12,5%) Fortified wine 7,4% (2007: 10%) (2006: 10%) Sparkling wine 9,9% (2007: 10%) (2006: 25%) Alcoholic fruit beverages 7%
readDull budget, opposition says
06-03-2008
THE new Budget of N$22,4 billion which Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila tabled yesterday was dull, unexciting and just "more of the same", opposition parties said."There is nothing new,
readOmakuyunguto mu Kenya onkee taga tsikile
06-03-2008
N AIROBI - Omalugodhi omatalala gopaukwamuhoko oga faalele oomwenyo dhaantu y li 15 moshitopolwa sha Rift Valley mu Kenya, Opolisi osho ya lopota mOmaandaha goshiwike shika.Shika osha ningwa manga
readAanasikola ya tidhwa pakathimbo kiikolitha
06-03-2008
A ANONA yahamano yoGrade 8 oya tidha mo mosikola pakathimbo konima sho ya kwatwa taya nu iikolitha momatungo gOsikola yedhina PK De Villiers High mOmaandaha.The Namibian okwa tseyithilwa koonzo kutya
readGobabeb a dhengwa kombepo
06-03-2008
O SHIKUNGULU shi li mumwe nombepo onene oya fugula ko iipeleki komatungo gopOsenda yOmailongo ge na sha negameno lyuuntshitwe yedhina Gobabeb Research Training Centre mOsoondaha.Osenda ya Gobabeb oyi
readGobabeb a dhengwa kombepo
06-03-2008
O SHIKUNGULU shi li mumwe nombepo onene oya fugula ko iipeleki komatungo gopOsenda yOmailongo ge na sha negameno lyuuntshitwe yedhina Gobabeb Research Training Centre mOsoondaha.Osenda ya Gobabeb oyi
readNatango iinamwenyo yoludhi nduka omo yi li mu Angola
06-03-2008
K onima sho iita ya hulu mu Angola, Aangola oyendji kaya li we ye na einekelo kutya moshilongo shawo omu na tuu natango oludhi lwoohumba oonene.Melaka lyopaunongononi oshinamwenyo shika sha pumba,
readOtashi vulika efundja li etele aantu ondjala
06-03-2008
O MVULA onene ndjoka ya loko noonkondo ontayi tsikile nokuloka unene tuu mOnooli, oya yeula omapya nokuyonagula iimeno unene tuu moshitopolwa sha Musata nosha Shana.Ndhika odha popiwa kOmukonakoni
readExposure more important than ranking, coach says
06-03-2008
CHITTAGONG - South Africa coach Mickey Arthur says he would prefer to give young players exposure than regain top spot in the rankings by sweeping the upcoming one-day series against Bangladesh."It is
readArsenal send Milan packing as United, Barca progress
06-03-2008
BELGRADE - Arsenal sent holders Milan packing from the Champions League on Tuesday as the English Premier League leaders booked a quarter-final place with a 2-0 win at the San Siro.Manchester United
readSo near yet so far on day one for
06-03-2008
How in New Zealand Jamie How fell agonisingly short of his first century while New Zealand threw away a golden opportunity to seize control of the first test against England after the opening day in
readAmajita to arrive today
06-03-2008
Excitement for Saturday's The Namibian Challenge between Namibia U20 and their South African counterparts, Amajita is growing, as the Amajitas are scheduled to arrive in Windhoek this afternoon.The
readCoca Cola Top Ten Champs
06-03-2008
Top-class athletics can be expected when the annual Coca-Cola Top Ten Athletics Club competition takes place for the tenth consecutive year at Windhoek's Independence Stadium on Saturday.Event
readCalling up the Under 17s
06-03-2008
The following players have been called up for a training camp from March 7 - 16.This is in preparation for the Four Nations Tournament scheduled to take place at Walvis Bay from March 16 - 20. Players
readSKW, Ramblers replay on Sunday
06-03-2008
The Premier League match between Ramblers and Cymot SKW that was rained out last Sunday, will be replayed this Sunday, March 9.The Namibia Premier League yesterday confirmed that the match would be
readTech director to be appointed
06-03-2008
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) will appoint a new technical director to replace Seth Boois after consultations with the German Football Association this weekend.Boois recently resigned after
readRice urges peace talks
06-03-2008
JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will push Israelis and Palestinians to return to peace talks and stop violence in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.Correa visits Brazil as crisis escalates *
read'Idol' contestant's steamy past not seen as off key
06-03-2008
LOS ANGELES - David Hernandez's stripper past did not come back to haunt him on Tuesday night's 'American Idol'.Hernandez's three-year stint as a stripper was not even mentioned during the live
readMalawi plans new laws against fraudsters peddling AIDS 'cures'
06-03-2008
BLANTYRE - Malawi plans new laws to clamp down on charlatans who claim they can cure AIDS.Mary Shaba, a senior government aide, said on Tuesday that the new legislation, to be introduced later this
readClinton wins Ohio and Texas, McCain claims Republican mantle
06-03-2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrat Hillary Clinton racked up stunning primary victories over Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas, reinvigorating her White House hopes and setting the stage for an epic nominating
readCourt drops corruption cases against Bhutto widower
06-03-2008
ISLAMABAD - A court yesterday quashed corruption cases against the husband of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, a lawyer said, a move that could ease tensions between Pakistan's United
readOECD: World must act on climate change
06-03-2008
The world must respond to climate change and other environmental challenges now while the cost is low or else pay a stiffer price later for its indecision, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation
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