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49 Articles found on Thursday, 15 May 2008
Madonna to build a girls' school in Malawi: lawyer
15-05-2008
LILONGWE - US pop diva Madonna plans to start building a multi-million-dollar girls' school in Malawi for underprivileged children this year, her local lawyer said yesterday."A task force of four
readSMS Of The Day : Thursday
15-05-2008
* FUEL prices dictate our economy to such an extent that low-income households will have no chance of survival. People living in towns for employment will have no other option than to put their houses
readSA correct to raise interest rates - IMF
15-05-2008
MAPUTO - South Africa had acted correctly in raising interest rates as it faced wider inflationary pressures beyond food and fuel costs, a top IMF official said yesterday.South Africa's central bank
readUrbanisation strain shows on African cities
15-05-2008
MAPUTO - Africa's cities are groaning under the impact of a rapid rise in population numbers as millions turn their backs on rural poverty each year in an often futile quest to improve their living
readIndia's green revolutionary schemeis back in spotlight
15-05-2008
NEW DELHI - Forty years after he helped rescue the world from growing famine and a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is once again agitating for
readIT training centre for SMEs
15-05-2008
THE City of Windhoek is to open an Information Technology (IT) Training Centre at the Oshetu Community Market, formerly Single Quarters, in Katutura.The IT Centre is part of a new administration and
readPoverty resists economic growth
15-05-2008
MAPUTO - The annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) opened in Mozambique yesterday with the organisation's head warning that rising growth rates are having little impact on poverty
readEskom's planned 60% tariff hike makes region shiver
15-05-2008
THE electricity supply crisis in southern Africa, caused by dwindling surplus capacity of South Africa's power utility Eskom over the past year, might cause even more headaches for consumers if Eskom
readCouple hacked with pangas in deadly attack
15-05-2008
A RUSSIAN couple found murdered at their smallholding near Okahandja on Tuesday were hacked to death with pangas.Post-mortem examinations were carried out on the remains of Russian couple Svetlana
readSwapo claims RDP pressed its buttons
15-05-2008
SWAPO yesterday blamed the Rally for Democracy and Progress for a near-violent standoff in Katutura on Saturday, claiming it had been a deliberate ploy to whip up public anger against Swapo.The RDP
readZimbabwe run-off set for August
15-05-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's presidential run-off poll is to be delayed by as much as 10 weeks, a government document obtained by AFP showed yesterday, in a move denounced by the opposition as an attempt to
readTsumeb mayor re-elected
15-05-2008
TSUMEB Mayor Engel Nawatiseb was re-elected last week.Other councillors who retained their positions are Linekela Shetekela, who was re-elected as the management committee chairperson, deputy
readTiboth back in mayor's chair
15-05-2008
THE former Mayor of Keetmanshoop, Simon Petrus Tiboth, reclaimed the mayoral chain when he was elected as the Town Council's chairperson during the annual mayoral election held yesterday.He will take
readOpera raises funds for CAN
15-05-2008
THE Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) and its sponsor, the First National Bank of Namibia (FNB), are presenting the opera 'Cinderella' at the National Theatre in Windhoek on June 20 and 21.The opera
readGrants not reaching needy children
15-05-2008
A NUMBER of Swapo MPs in the National Council claim that money paid to orphans from State grants is not reaching these children and is misused by their guardians.Barkias Namwandi, the councillor for
readNamPort faces graft charges
15-05-2008
MORE than 100 Namibian Port Authority (NamPort) workers marched to the entrance of their employer's headquarters at Walvis Bay yesterday to make allegations of unfair and corrupt practices.A bulky
readFeathers fly over gender violence
15-05-2008
SWAPO MPs in the National Council yesterday were at odds with each over the use of the term "gender".When Swapo's Dorothy Kabula said that gender-based violence was caused by women, her party
readFraming alleged in top cop trial
15-05-2008
THE question of whether Police Special Branch commander Neromba Lottie Uusiku was authorised to lend money from his department's operational funds to colleagues became a matter of contention yesterday
readPrincipal's removal call 'political'
15-05-2008
THE turf war between Swapo and the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) spilled over to a school when parents at an Okahao school demanded the removal of the principal.About 40 parents of children
readPrincipal's removal call 'political'
15-05-2008
THE turf war between Swapo and the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) spilled over to a school when parents at an Okahao school demanded the removal of the principal.About 40 parents of children
readElectricity from invader bush
15-05-2008
FINNISH experts say the production of electricity from wood in Namibia is possible on a larger scale and the end product could even fire the Van Eck power station outside Windhoek with some
readMinista Nickey Iyambo a talelapo Opolisi yomOshana
15-05-2008
M INISTA yEgameno nEpopilo lyOshigwana, Omundohotola Nickey Iyambo, oshiwike sha zile ko okwa li a talelepo Opolisi yomOshana moka a tsakanene na Komanda gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana Komufala
readTatekulu Andowa a ya moshipundi shevululuko
15-05-2008
O MUKATEKETE omukulukulu gwomOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma ya Anamulenge mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, Tatekulu Mondestus Andowa, meti 3 Mei 2008 okwa dhana oshituthilaleko she miilonga
read'Kandi shi shoka nde shi ningila': Konstantinus ta lombwele Ompangu
15-05-2008
O KAMATYONA koomumvula ka meme Wilhelmine Nangula Amukwaya Tshafa, natango ota ka hokololele aantu nkene yina a dhipagwa ku Sekuliti Bonifatius Konstantinus ngoka e mu yaha nomushasho montulo popepi
readOpolisi oya ithanwa yi ka kalekapo elandulathano pOmina yaSkorpion
15-05-2008
O POLISI oya li ya ithanwa opo yi kwathele mokutonatela onkalo pOmina ya Skorpion Zinc Mine konima sho aaniilonga mboka ye li mekanka ya yonagula euvathano lyoohahende ndyoka tali popi kutya
readBank ploughs back to cricket
15-05-2008
STANDARD Bank Namibia renewed its commitment to the development of cricket in Namibia when it made a grant of N$100 000 as well as cricket equipment to the Namibian Cricket Board in Windhoek
readBrave Warriors supporters called
15-05-2008
THE chairman of the Brave Warriors Supporters' Club, Kayele Kambombo, is calling on all national team fans to meet at the NFA's Soccer House today at 18h00.He said the meeting is in view of Saturday's
readAthletes prepare for Games
15-05-2008
TWO long-distance runners were yesterday the first to receive their share of the N$1 million allocation by the Namibia National Olympic Committee to prepare for the Olympic Games in August.The NNOC
readWorld Sport Briefs
15-05-2008
Flintoff aiming for SA return LONDON - Injury-hit England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is looking to return to international cricket against South Africa in July.Just when it looked as if Flintoff
readInspired gymnasts return from SA
15-05-2008
NAMIBIAN artistic gymnasts recently competed against South Africa and Wales at the SA WAG International in Durban, South Africa.Ramona Beukes, Kimberly-Ann van Zyl and Chloè Hansen participated
readChinese team donates
15-05-2008
JAKARTA - The Chinese squad defending their Thomas and Uber Cup titles in the Indonesian capital have donated money to victims of the earthquake that has devastated Sichuan province.Thomas Cup team
readBoxing tourney in city
15-05-2008
THE Golden Boxing Club through the Khomas Amateur Boxing sub-federation will be staging the first boxing developmental tournament in the Khomas Region for 2008.The tournament will be from tomorrow
readMountain biking, duathlon in capital
15-05-2008
THE second MTC Cross-Country Mountain Bike Race will be held on Saturday.The race starts at 14h00 and registration starts at 13h00 at the start line, which will be south of the storage yard of the
readFewer players and more fun is recipe for Lions
15-05-2008
LONDON - The 2009 British and Irish Lions will travel to South Africa with around 35 players and limited support staff as coach Ian McGeechan bids to instil his ethos that everyone has a real chance
readMyanmar tightens access to victims
15-05-2008
YANGON - Myanmar tightened access to its cyclone disaster zone yesterday, turning back foreigners and ignoring pleas to accept outside experts who could save countless lives before time runs out.A top
readAlbert Hofmann, 'father of LSD'
15-05-2008
GENEVA - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious "problem child", has died.He was 102. Hofmann died earlier this month at his home in
readStudent, 19, elected mayor in United States
15-05-2008
MUSKOGEE - A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor on Tuesday of Muskogee, a city of 38 000 in the northeastern part of the state.With all precincts reporting, John
readGaza rocket hits mall in S Israel
15-05-2008
JERUSALEM - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in a shopping centre in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon yesterday, wounding at least 14 people, rescue officials said.Iraqi leader takes
readAppalachian Mountain high for Clinton
15-05-2008
NEW YORK - Hillary Rodham Clinton soundly thumped rival Barack Obama in West Virginia on Tuesday just as the Illinois senator - ahead in the popular vote and among pledged delegates - was beginning to
readRescuers at quake epicentre
15-05-2008
HANWANG - Rescuers arrived for the first time at the epicentre of China's massive earthquake, scouring flattened mountain villages for thousands of victims and distributing air-dropped supplies to
readAustrian police find slain family
15-05-2008
VIENNA - Investigators discovered the bodies of five people yesterday after a man turned up at a Vienna police station and calmly explained that he had killed his family to spare them the shame of his
readFormer Liberian president testifies against Charles Taylor
15-05-2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Libyan authorities trained Charles Taylor's rebel force in the 1980s before it violently overthrew Liberia's government, the man who succeeded him as Liberia's president
readSolar bra closer to the heart
15-05-2008
TOKYO - Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra that can generate enough electric energy to charge a mobile phone or an iPod.Lingerie maker
readBlack college's first white valedictorian
15-05-2008
ATLANTA - From his first day at Morehouse College - the country's only institution of higher learning dedicated to the education of black men - Joshua Packwood has been a standout.His popularity got
readHorses abandoned in US as feed prices rise
15-05-2008
SALMON, Idaho - In the classic Hollywood western, a cowboy portrayed by John Wayne gallops across the sagebrush steppe and rocky ridges of the American West with only his horse for a companion.What
readIt's OK to believe in aliens, says Vatican
15-05-2008
VATICAN CITY - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published on Tuesday.The Reverend Jose Gabriel
readRapper Remy Ma gets eight years for shooting friend
15-05-2008
NEW YORK - Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and wounding an acquaintance after discovering money was missing from her purse after a night
readJackson's 'Thriller' among planet's cultural treasures
15-05-2008
WASHINGTON - The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance.Twenty-five
readDottie Rambo, a gospel great
15-05-2008
SPRINGFIELD - Joyce 'Dottie' Rambo, an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early on Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment.She was 74. Seven other people on
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