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40 Articles found on Wednesday, 14 May 2008
SMS of the Day : Wednesday
14-05-2008
* FUEL price hikes: Please investigate what percentages of the fuel price go to the oil company and to the Government. Or is this one of the best-kept secrets in RSA and Namibia? Food for thought *
readAs prices soar, Zim hopes for end of turmoil
14-05-2008
HARARE - Before Zimbabwe's disputed elections in March, two billion Zimbabwe dollars could get you a room in a five-star hotel.Today, Gabriel Matope hopes it will buy him two litres of cooking oil -
readUS Supreme Court lets apartheid claims proceed
14-05-2008
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for lawsuits to go forward by apartheid victims seeking damages exceeding US$400 billion from more than 50 major corporations.With four
readAbsa gets nod from BoN
14-05-2008
BANK of Namibia (BoN) Assistant Governor Ipumbu Shiimi has announced the issuance of a provisional banking licence to the ABSA Group Ltd.This provisional banking licence is valid for a six-month
readStolen phones to be blacklisted
14-05-2008
STAKEHOLDERS in the mobile telecoms industry have established a co-operation agreement to blacklist all phones that are reported as stolen.The agreement between Cell One and MTC is aimed at ensuring
readKaribib to become Namibia's chicken capital
14-05-2008
BY March next year, Karibib could be Namibia's main chicken producer: one of the biggest poultry suppliers in southern Africa, Ross Africa, intends to develop a N$150 million hatchery and abattoir
readAfrican ministers meet on food crisis
14-05-2008
JOHANNESBURG - African finance ministers will today seek ways to maintain momentum in economic growth, and thrash out strategies to tackle surging food prices threatening to drive up
readCops on alert at Skorpion
14-05-2008
POLICE reinforcements were called in at the Skorpion Zinc Mine in the South yesterday, when striking workers defied a lawyers' agreement to allow contract workers to perform duties during a strike.The
readCholera shuts Kunene school
14-05-2008
GOVERNMENT has temporarily closed the Okanguati Combined School near Opuwo for an indefinite period after two teachers and a pupil contracted cholera."The school and hostel are a sorry state of
read'I don't know why I killed her'
14-05-2008
THE four-year-old son of murdered teacher Wilhelmine Nangula Amukwaya Tshafa is still telling people about his mother's dying moments, which he witnessed when security guard turned robber Bonifatius
readZim violence nearing 'crisis levels'
14-05-2008
HARARE - Police confronted diplomats seeking to investigate allegations of torture yesterday, halting their convoy at a roadblock on the edge of the capital.One officer threatened to hit the US
readRuacana turbine upgrade still on despite rising costs
14-05-2008
THE cost to install a fourth turbine at the Ruacana hydropower station on the Kunene River has increased by N$50 million in barely five months - from N$350 to N$400 million.According to John Kaimu,
read'Namlish will be our downfall'
14-05-2008
TEACHERS' proficiency in English has been identified as the major contributing factor to poor school performance in the northern regions, especially Oshana.A stakeholder conference on education in
readRoads pose a perennial headache
14-05-2008
AREAS that were cleared by Community Development Committees in the Oshikoto Region for the construction of roads have again been encroached by bush, Swapo MP in the National Council Henock Kankoshi
readTrial of former top policemen starts
14-05-2008
THE trial of two senior Police officers charged with stealing money from the force in May 2006 finally got underway in the Windhoek Regional Court in Katutura yesterday.Both the former commanding
read27 years jail sentence for fatal beating
14-05-2008
A FORMER NamWater employee who was accused of beating his girlfriend to death on a gravel farm road east of Okahandja in August 2003 received an effective prison term of 27 years yesterday after being
readCouncillor calls for food subsidies
14-05-2008
A SWAPO councillor in the National Council has called on Government to introduce food subsidies to mitigate the high food prices.Henock ya Kasita, who is also the Deputy Minister of Lands, said the
readKonyala 18 ya sa koshikungulu muuninginino wa Amerika
14-05-2008
O KLAHOMA CITY - Konyala aantu ye li 18 oya dhipagwa kOshikungulu oshinene shoka sha dhenga Missouri na Oklahoma mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, aanambelewa yaahoka taya popi ngaaka.Iikungulu omulongo niiyali
readAalandithi momapandaanda mOkahao
14-05-2008
O TWA tameke oku landitha posheelo shoshipangelo tatu kuthwa po tatu yi pokalunga pomweelo gwoshipangelo oshinene, tatu ya pokamumwe taku tiwa natu hedheko e tatu ya pokamulunga ke li posheelo
readSwakopmund a mona Mayola omupe
14-05-2008
G ERMINA Ndapua Shitaleni omasiku ga zi ko okwa hogololwa a kale Mayola gwondoolopa ya Swakopmund nomunashipundi gwOlaata yElelo lyondoolopa ndjika.Shitaleni okwa pingenapo Rosina //Hoabes, ngoka a li
readAalumentu yatano mOmpangu shi na sha uufuthi woondjembo
14-05-2008
A ALUMENTU yatano mboka taya tamanekelwa okuteya uupungulilo woondholongo mOvenduka nokuyaka mo ondumba yiilwitho omwedhi gwa zi ko, oya pewa obooloha yoondola/N$10 000 mu kehe.Obooloha ndjika oya li
readNORED ke uvite nawa kiikwamalusheno ye tayi yakwa po moRundu
14-05-2008
OKAMPANI yokugandja olusheno koshigwana shokoNooli, ya tseyika nawa nedhina NORED oyi li yi uvite nayi omolwiikwamalusheno yayo tayi yakwa po kookalyamupombo moRundu mOkavango.Ndhika odha popiwa
readOmahooli otaga londo natango
14-05-2008
O NDANDO yomahooli otayi gwedhwa ishewe mEtine - omahooli gopetololi otaga ka londa noosenda 44 omanga omahooli gondiisela taga londo noosenda 80 shoka tashi ulike kutya omahooli gondiisela otaga ka
readMWEB to host golf day
14-05-2008
WINDHOEK - MWEB Namibia will be hosting the MWEB Classic Golf Day on May 31.The format selected for players will be a individual stableford. With N$ 15 000 worth of prizes up for grabs, golfers are
readNamibia's dance sport affiliates to world body
14-05-2008
THE Namibia Amateur DanceSport Association (NADSA) was chosen to station the head office of the Southern African DanceSport Federation (SADSF) in Windhoek after a recent Annual General Meeting by the
readEichab in third Icelandic chess win
14-05-2008
THE most successful chess player in Namibia, Charles Eichab, the 2007 national champion did it again when he won the third Namibian, Icelandic International Chess Tournament recently.Eichab only
readHockey's Schickerling attacks
14-05-2008
City of Windhoek for lack of artificial turf THE president of the Namibia Hockey Union, Jesse Schickerling has launched a stinging attack on the Windhoek Municipality for not investing in an
readRonaldo tells Real he is happy
14-05-2008
MACHESTER - Cristiano Ronaldo has denied reports that he would consider a move to Real Madrid by insisting Manchester United is the perfect club for him.Real are keen to take Ronaldo to the Bernabeu
readNFA chief executive expected in a month
14-05-2008
THE chief executive officer of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) will be appointed within the next month and a half, according to the body's president, John Muinjo.The position has been vacant
readStars unhappy with NPL
14-05-2008
AFRICAN Stars yesterday accused the Namibia Premier League (NPL) of acting as both prosecutor and judge by ignoring an earlier protest following an abandoned match against Black Africa last
read150 rebels killed in Afghan operation
14-05-2008
KANDAHAR - International and Afghan troops forged ahead with an offensive against the Taliban near the Pakistan border yesterday, with a governor insisting 150 rebels had been killed in the past
readMusician Young gets a new honour
14-05-2008
LOS ANGELES - Iconic singer and songwriter Neil Young has had an honour bestowed upon him that is not received by many musicians - his own spider.An East Carolina University biologist, Jason Bond,
readBrazil heartthrob to play hardman Castro in movie
14-05-2008
SAO PAULO - In his latest film, Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro portrays a man who is very much in the news himself these days - Cuban President Raul Castro.And though the similarities between the
readSex is back in London!
14-05-2008
LONDON - The 'Sex and the City' stars lit up a summer evening in London's Leicester Square for the world premiere of the cinematic sequel to their New York adventures, delighting fans with glamorous -
readChina faces wave of disasters
14-05-2008
BEIJING - China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Summer Olympics, but the Year of the Rat has brought a wave of disasters, both man-made and
readClinton takes her cue from the people, not the establishment
14-05-2008
CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Democrat Barack Obama looked headed for a defeat against Hillary Clinton in yesterday's West Virginia primary.The former first lady was on course for a handy win in one of
readMost cyclone victims await relief - UN
14-05-2008
YANGON - The United Nations said yesterday that only a tiny portion of international relief is reaching Myanmar's cyclone victims, amid fears that the country's military regime is hoarding
readAt least 44 dead in Bangladesh ferry accident
14-05-2008
DHAKA - Bangladesh authorities abandoned recovery operations yesterday following a ferry accident which saw at least 44 people confirmed dead.The ferry capsized with nearly 150 passengers on board on
read2 000 tourists missing in China
14-05-2008
CHENDU - Thirty-seven tourists were killed when their coach was buried by a landslide after a catastrophic earthquake hit China and another 2 000 are unaccounted for, state media said yesterday.Blast
readStaggering devastation after China's earthquake
14-05-2008
BEIJING - China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or -buried under the rubble of broken communities yesterday, triggering a desperate nationwide relief
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