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47 Articles found on Monday, 12 May 2008
SMS Of The Day : Monday
12-05-2008
* CITY of Windhoek, since you leased the site to Ramatex for next to nothing, you can do the same for the SPCA.Food For Thought * TWO million people and the largest percentage of them are poor. What's
readWade threatens to bring FAO to justice
12-05-2008
DAKAR - Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade threatened to take legal action against the Food and Agriculture Organisation for funneling money away from Africans in need, in his latest attack on the UN
readA guide to the Walvis Bay Corridors
12-05-2008
THE Walvis Bay Corridor Group launched their first special publication 'A Guide to the Walvis Bay Corridors' on Thursday in Windhoek.The publication highlights the key elements that make up the
readNigeria suspends rice import duties
12-05-2008
LAGOS - Nigeria has suspended custom duties on rice for the next six months to boost massive importation by the private sector to curb spiralling prices, its farm minister said on Wednesday.The
readOil at a record US$126 per barrel
12-05-2008
LONDON - Oil prices bounded to nearly US$126 (N$957,60) a barrel on Friday, hitting global stock markets along with worries about the financial sector following losses at the world's largest insurer,
readSARB says focus is on inflation
12-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank is focused on combating inflation, with the exchange rate and reserves no longer central policy issues, Deputy Governor Xolile Guma said on Friday.The
readPilchard TAC remains at 15 000
12-05-2008
CABINET has resolved to keep the total allowable catch (TAC) for pilchards at 15 000 tonnes, the same as last year.A new survey to estimate the total biomass of pilchards in Namibian waters conducted
read25-year prison term for shebeen shooter
12-05-2008
A FEW minutes of anger, and the decision to use a pistol to vent that rage, on Friday left 25-year-old Collen Swartbooi with the prospect of spending the next 25 years of his life in prison.Swartbooi
readPilchard TAC remains at 15 000
12-05-2008
CABINET has resolved to keep the total allowable catch (TAC) for pilchards at 15 000 tonnes, the same as last year.A new survey to estimate the total biomass of pilchards in Namibian waters conducted
readPilchard TAC remains at 15 000
12-05-2008
CABINET has resolved to keep the total allowable catch (TAC) for pilchards at 15 000 tonnes, the same as last year.A new survey to estimate the total biomass of pilchards in Namibian waters conducted
readChef sentenced to 30 years for murder
12-05-2008
HOTEL chef Vaino Iihuhwa, who last week admitted in the High Court in Windhoek that he murdered a woman who taunted him with gossip questioning the paternity of a baby his wife was expecting, was
readLucky escape for five after air crash in city
12-05-2008
FIVE occupants of a light aeroplane had a close brush with death when their aircraft crashlanded shortly after taking off from Eros Airport in Windhoek on Friday morning.The Cessna 210 aircraft,
readProduction at Skorpion Zinc halted by strike
12-05-2008
PRODUCTION at the Skorpion Zinc Mine, a subsidiary of Anglo American, in the South came to a standstill when workers downed tools at midnight on Friday after the union and management failed to reached
readHeavy fine for man caught with diamonds
12-05-2008
FORMER Namdeb employee John Leon Beukes, who was convicted in the High Court in Windhoek last week on a charge of illegal possession of diamonds worth some N$657 000, was fined N$100 000 and given a
readSwapo stops RDP rally, cops step in
12-05-2008
POLICE had to intervene to avert potential violence between Swapo and Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) supporters in Katutura on Saturday.Tensions flared when Swapo prevented a planned RDP
readGovt takes over ancient shipwreck
12-05-2008
THE Namibian Government has taken over responsibility for the excavation of the 500-year old shipwreck found at Oranjemund last month after the Office of the President was approached in this regard by
readChinese arms ship returns with lethal cargo
12-05-2008
THE International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has described as "laughable" claims by a senior Zimbabwean government official that the arms shipment carried by a Chinese ship had made its way
readJoyride turns into horror
12-05-2008
FIVE young people died when the Honda sedan in which they were travelling collided with a Ford bakkie on the Gochas-Mariental gravel road yesterday at around 02h00.Police identified the victims as
readA Matter of Fact
12-05-2008
THE name of the Mayor of Rehoboth was incorrectly given as Alfred Dax instead of George Dax in Friday's story headlined 'Church leaders tackle council over shebeens'.We regret the error.
readMan killed by elephant
12-05-2008
A MAN was killed by an elephant during a standoff between a herd of elephants and villagers at Omuntele in the North on Thursday.Thirteen elephants, including three calves, escaped from the Etosha
readSPCA okwa hala okuya momatungo ga Ramatex mOvenduka
12-05-2008
E HANGANO lyokugamena iinamwenyo yomomagumbo ndyoka li na oombelewa dhalyo oonene mOvenduka lyedhina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) olya popi kutya oli na ehalo lyokulanda po
readAantu yatano yi iyaka mokakuma
12-05-2008
A ALUMENTU yatano oyi iyaka mokakuma kOpolisi mOshakati uusiku weti 3 ga Mei.Opolisi oya lopota kutya aalumentu mbaka oya tete iitenda yomoombuli dhuundunda wawo noshinima kashi shiwike na oya
readOorebele mu DRC onkee tadhi tula aanona miita
12-05-2008
K INSHASA - Oongundu dhaantu ya homata moshitopolwa shi na omakuyunguto mOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC), odhi ipwililikila euvaneko ndyoka dha ningi kutya otadhi ka sitopa okutula aanona miita
readOmahogololo gopOmuthiya oge li moshiponga oshinene
12-05-2008
O MAHOGOLOLO gopOmuthiya ga kalekwa ishewe konima sho kwa ningwa omatilitho kutya Oshikondo shomahogololo mu Namibia nenge tutye Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) otashi falwa kOmpangu .Ekaleko
readAaniilonga ya Scorpion mekanka
12-05-2008
A ANIILONGA mOmina ya Scorpion Zinc Mine yi li moshitopolwa sha Karas oya yi mekanka mEtitano lya zi ko, konima sho Ewilikongundu lyOmina yawo lya tindi okugwedhela oondjambi dhawo noshimaliwa
readOmuniilonga mOhotela a pewa
12-05-2008
30 mokakuma moshipotha sha Itembu O muniilonga omukuluntu mOkombitha yOhotela Vaino Iihuhwa ngoka a zimine oshiwike sha zi ko mOmpangu yoPombanda mOvenduka kutya oye shili a dhipaga omukiintu gumwe
readAgnes Samaria still on track for Beijing Olympics
12-05-2008
AGNES Samaria has expressed satisfaction with her performances at the African Athletics Championships and said she was still on track for qualifying for the Olympic Games in Beijing.Samaria won two
readMassa in Turkish hat-trick
12-05-2008
ISTANBUL - Ferrari's Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix from pole position for the third year in a row yesterday after tyre concerns slowed Lewis Hamilton's challenge.The Brazilian took the
readChiefs edge out Pirates in derby
12-05-2008
MBABATHO - A solitary goal was enough to see Kaizer Chiefs emerge victorious over Orlando Pirates in the Soweto derby at the Mafikeng Stadium on Saturday afternoon.It was a tight game played at a fast
readTails up for Birds and Fedics
12-05-2008
BLUE Waters gave themselves a push in a bid to avoid the relegation axe after they surprisingly beat Eleven Arrows 3-1 in a derby match at Walvis Bay on Saturday, while Fedics United downed fellow
readNPL re-schedules Stars vs BA match
12-05-2008
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) on Friday announced that the match between African Stars and Black Africa will be re-scheduled at a venue to be determined by the league.The match did not take place
readMan United are champions!
12-05-2008
LONDON - Manchester United clinched their 17th English championship yesterday by beating Wigan 2-0 in a nail-biting finale to the most thrilling Premier League title battle in years.Pushed to the wire
readSuburbs beat Jaguars
12-05-2008
WESTERN Suburbs stayed at the top of the MTC Premier Rugby league after beating Jaguars 25-13 in at the Augustineum High Schools Sports Field on Saturday.But it was not a very convincing display
readSuper 14 rugby nears climax
12-05-2008
WELLINGTON - The Canterbury Crusaders wrapped up top spot going into the Super 14 play-offs but the battle for the remaining three berths stayed wide open after the pen-ultimate round over the
readBradley shatters Witter dreams
12-05-2008
NOTTINGHAM - Timothy Bradley sent Junior Witter to the canvas before triumphing by a split points decision to win the WBC light-welterweight title at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham on
readNongqayi retains title
12-05-2008
SIMPIWO Nongqayi had to come back from a knockdown to beat Argentina's Julio Ler and retain his WBF super flyweight belt in Johannesburg on Friday night.The South African won by unanimous points
readFoxy pleads guilty in Blackberry case
12-05-2008
NEW YORK - Less than a month after being released from prison, US rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty on Thursday to menacing a woman with her BlackBerry phone and avoided another possible prison
readLindsay skips killer of a movie
12-05-2008
LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan passed up a role in a movie about convicted killer Charles Manson in order to accept two other offers, including a guest star turn on the TV comedy 'Ugly Betty', her
readDMX arrested for drugs, animal abuse
12-05-2008
PHOENIX - Rap star DMX was arrested on Friday on suspicion of drug possession and animal cruelty after two searches of his home allegedly turned up weapons, drugs, dog carcasses and abused pit
readTina Turner unveils first concert tour in 8 years
12-05-2008
LOS ANGELES - Soul legend Tina Turner on Friday unveiled plans to tour for the first time in eight years after her friend and film icon Sophia Loren told her it was time to hit the road again.Turner
readMyanmar: Heartbreak and shattered lives
12-05-2008
KYUNGYANGON SOUTH, Myanmar - As the cyclone raged around him, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm and clutched his newborn son with the other.He watched as the boy died in his arm, and then saw
readSudan severs relations with Chad
12-05-2008
CAIRO - President Omar al-Bashir appeared on state television yesterday and announced he had cut relations with neighbouring Chad, accusing them of supporting rebels that had just attacked the
readAt least 18 die in southern US tornadoes
12-05-2008
OKALAHOMA CITY - At least 18 people were killed on Saturday in Missouri and Oklahoma after tornadoes swept through the area, authorities in the two states said.There were at least 12 storm-related
readHunt on for poisoned medicine victims
12-05-2008
PANAMA CITY - Panamanian investigators asked health authorities on Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6 000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in
readTragedy in Myanmar worsens
12-05-2008
YANGON- Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis headed out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in search of food, water and medicine, but aid workers said yesterday that thousands will die if emergency
readSigns of normalcy inSadr City
12-05-2008
BAGHDAD - Militants were withdrawing from the streets and shops were reopening in Baghdad's Sadr City on the first day of a cease-fire between Shiite extremists and US-backed Iraqi forces following
readAbandoned Chilean pets to get food
12-05-2008
SANTIAGO - Help is on the way for hundreds of household pets left behind in the wake of a volcano eruption in southern Chile, an animal welfare group said on Saturday.The Coalition for Ethical Control
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