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19-11-2008
readBoks delay squad
19-11-2008
LONDON – South Africa have delayed the announcement of their team to face England at Twickenham on Saturday by 48 hours because of injury doubts surrounding key players.Springboks coach Peter de
readHatton to shape up
19-11-2008
LONDON – Ricky Hatton has vowed to turn on the style on his return to Las Vegas on Saturday in what could be a prelude to a possible rematch with Floyd Mayweather, the only man to have beaten
readDrogba set to return
19-11-2008
JOHANNESBURG – Didier Drogba could return to action for Ivory Coast today when they face Israel in one of nine friendlies involving African national teams.The injury-plagued Chelsea striker is among
readFrank gives to athletes
19-11-2008
THE Frank Fredericks Foundation yesterday gave scholarships totalling N$30 000 to young athletes who performed well this year.The Chairman of the Foundation, Frank Fredericks, explained that the top
readSwazi goals galore
19-11-2008
MBABANE – A Swazi women football team’s ambitious target of scoring 150 goals this season inched closer at the weekend after walloping a rival team 33-0 – a rate of one goal nearly every three
readTjongarero challenged
19-11-2008
INCUMBENT Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) president Agnes Tjongarero is set to face one of her toughest challenges when the position she has occupied for over a decade will be up for grabs
readOmalugodhi mu DRC onkee taga pula komeho
19-11-2008
GOMA – Aakwiita ya DRC oyi idhenge ishewe mumwe nOorebele oshiwike shika, nonande Omuwiliki gwOorebele Ndjayi Laurent Nkunda okwa li popi kutya okwa hala ku tulwe po omatati, Iigwanahangano osho ya
readOshigongi oshinene sho RDP pOutapi mOmbalantu mOlyomakaya
19-11-2008
OPAATI yo RDP (Rally for Democracy and Progress) oya tseyitha kutya otayi ka kala nOshigongi shayo oshinene pOutapi mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati mOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda, gumwe gwomaawiliki
readOmbelewa yimwe yoshilongo shOndonga tayi tamekwa okutungwa
19-11-2008
OMBELEWA yimwe ombwanawa onene yOshilongo shOndonga otayi tamekwa okutungwa mOnalusheshete muuzilo wOndonga moshitopolwa shaShikoto, nOmukwaniilwa gwOndonga tatekulu Immanuel Kauluma Elifas okwa
readOmakwathelo gaantu otaga piyaganekwa kiita nokoondjila oombwiinayi mu DRC
19-11-2008
AANTU ya konda po 28 000 moshitopolwa shokuuzilo sha DRC itaya vulu okupewa omakwathelo komahangano omagandjimakwathelo, omolu iita nooondjila oombwiinayi okuya hoka ye li, Iigwanahangano osho ya
readOonkundana paufupi
19-11-2008
OVENDUKA – Oshigongi shokomumvo shOlaata yAaleli yopamuthivululwakalo shoka sha li mOvenduka oshiwike sha zi ko, osha hogolola elenga //Nu-Axa /Gaseb a ninge Omunashipundi gwopevi gwOlaata
readAatoolinkundana ya kwatwa po mu Sudan
19-11-2008
KHARTOUM – Opolisi mu Sudan mOmaandaha oya kwatwa po aatoolinkundana ya konda pomilongo hamano , sho ningi ehololomadhiladhilo ya geela Epangelo sho ta li indike iikundaneki uuthemba wokukundaneka ya
readKaura na Moongo ya hogolululwa
19-11-2008
OSHINGO shOngundumutima yo DTA sha li ko mehuliloshiwike osha hogolululwa Omupresidende gwopaati Katuutire Kaura nOmupevipresidende Philemon Moongo ya kale natango niipundi mbika.Ayehe oya hogolululwa
readPresident-elect Obama eyes ‘team of rivals’
19-11-2008
WASHINGTON – Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courage to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reaching out to Hillary Rodham
readInternational court to prosecute Congo’s Thomas Lubanga
19-11-2008
AMSTERDAM – The International Criminal Court cleared the way yesterday to begin its first trial in January, in the case of an alleged Congolese warlord charged with recruiting child soldiers and
readRebels withdraw from DRC town
19-11-2008
GOMA – Laurent Nkunda’s rebel group announced yesterday it was withdrawing fighters from around a strategic town in the Democratic Republic of Congo to boost a peace mission by the UN special
readOwner of Saudi tanker working for crew’s release
19-11-2008
DUBAI – Owners of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates grappled with how to respond yesterday, as navies patrolling the region said they would not intervene to stop or free the captured
readObama reaches out to Georgian leader
19-11-2008
TBILISI – US President-elect Barack Obama has called Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to assure Moscow’s outspoken foe of Washington’s continued support, the Georgian leader’s press service said
readCity threatens blind woman over unpaid 1-cent bill
19-11-2008
ATTLEBORO – A 74-year-old blind woman was shocked when her daughter found a letter from the city saying it would sieze her home untill she paid an overdue water bill.The amount? 1 cent. Eileen Wilbur
readZim court drops two charges against oppositon leader
19-11-2008
HARARE – A Zimbabwean court yesterday dropped two charges against the main opposition party’s general secretary Tendai Biti, but he still faces trial for treason, his lawyer said.“The charges dropped
readCholera threatens 1,4 million in Zim
19-11-2008
HARARE – Up to 1,4 million people in Zimbabwe are at risk of cholera, which has already claimed 73 lives, health experts said yesterday, as local doctors warned they lack the drugs to fight the
readJapan slides into recession
19-11-2008
TOKYO – Japan’s economy slid into a recession for the first time since 2001, the government said on Monday, as companies sharply cut back on spending in the third quarter amid the unfolding global
readOzzie firm angles to increase its African footprint
19-11-2008
Australian-listed mining junior Impact Minerals Limited says it is taking advantage of the current market turmoil to review a number of advanced mineral projects in Australia which offer the potential
readMoz business calls for code of conduct on social responsibility
19-11-2008
Maputo – The Mozambican Confederation of Business Associations (CTA) has called for a code of conduct and other norms to regulate the relationship between private companies in terms of their social
readFrench investments set to grow in Mozambique
19-11-2008
Maputo – The volume of French investment in Mozambique is set to grow significantly in the next few years, with the approval of new projects to be implemented in the country, said the outgoing French
readSA hosts indaba to smoke out illegal tobacco markets
19-11-2008
JOHANNESBURG – The illicit global tobacco trade was on the agenda on Monday as more than 150 countries met in South Africa to discuss an international protocol to eliminate the illegal cross-border
readCosatu sets up panel of economists to develop new policy
19-11-2008
Johannesburg – Cosatu has assembled a panel of economists to develop alternative economic policies as part of a project called Walking Through the Open Doors.The trade union federation said the
readInstitutional ‘phallacies’, Ivy League
19-11-2008
The financial crisis is fantastic – for the environment. The consumer rebellion has outwitted the suits! Even the European Union allows “bent bananas” and in the US, a state-owned motor industry. And
readCultural tourism takes off
19-11-2008
A two-day inception workshop will take place today and tomorrow to launch a joint programme on sustainable cultural tourism in the country between Namibia and the United Nations (UN).The launch comes
readGlobal wheat producers move on stem rust disease
19-11-2008
Rome and New Delhi – Representatives of major wheat producing countries have called for urgent co-ordinated action to prevent and control the wheat stem rust disease strain Ug99, the Food and
readAntwerp hosts crisis meeting on diamonds
19-11-2008
In India 800 000 jobs are at stake ANTWERP – More ads, less gems: Top producers crafted emergency plans on Monday to make sure that diamonds remain a girl’s best friend this Christmas, despite the
readBig Brother Africa 3: Is Malawi going to clean up?
19-11-2008
An extract from the article, ‘Why Hazel Should Win’, by Tashi Tagg on her TVSA blog. You can check out the full article, as well as other BBA- and TV-related articles, at http://www.tvsa.co.za/“The
readBig Brother Africa 3: E-mails – From You To Us
19-11-2008
IF Hazel wins BBA3 on November 23, then she owes her win to Tawana. This will be the greatest irony of BBA3. Why? Tawana played the bad girl who outraged Africa through her thirst for sex with the
readBig Brother Africa 3: Hazel’s got Africa cooking!
19-11-2008
WEIRD, I woke up between three and four yesterday morning thinking about Morris! Can you believe it? I can’t! Guess I’m certifiable now!! Eish , pipo. Don’t know why. But in those early dawn hours
readGerman museum to return skulls
19-11-2008
BERLIN – A German medical museum is working to return the skulls of nine Namibians beheaded in uprisings against German colonial forces between 1904 and 1908.It will also return the skulls of 18
readChief /Gâseb does not acknowledge appointment by King Justus //Garoëb
19-11-2008
A LETTER to the former Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing and Rural Development, Nickey Iyambo, from Damara King Justus //Garoëb regarding the recognition of eight “duly elected”
readUlenga leaves Parliament to prepare CoD for elections
19-11-2008
THE recently re-elected president of the main opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD), Ben Ulenga, will resign as Member of Parliament in order to prepare the party for next year’s national
read‘Koos Kombuis’ in Walvis cell
19-11-2008
AFRIKAANS musician André le Roux du Toit, aka ‘Koos Kombuis’, spent some time behind bars at the Narraville Police station in Walvis Bay last week.He was arrested at the Walvis Bay airport for
readCampsites bring hope to Puros
19-11-2008
PEOPLE living at Puros in the Kunene Region stand to earn more income following the launch of campsites by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) to
readKoevoet bases to be renovated
19-11-2008
TWO former Koevoet bases at Oshakati, now accommodating members of the Special Field Force and the Police Reserve Unit, are to be renovated.This was announced by Safety and Security Minister Nickey
readMVA sues paralysed accident victim
19-11-2008
A YOUNG lawyer who was left paralysed after a road accident in which his neck was broken six and a half years ago is now being sued by the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, which wants him to pay back the
readFatal kicking case to Regional Court
19-11-2008
A 26-YEAR-OLD Windhoek resident who is accused of murdering a friend by kicking him to death in a shopping centre parking area in the city early last year heard on Friday last week that his case would
readPupils suspended over porn DVD
19-11-2008
EIGHT seventh-graders at Swakop-mund were suspended this month for watching and distributing pornographic material.According to the school principal, one of the children brought a “hardcore porn DVD”
readNearly a third of Namibians poor
19-11-2008
ALMOST a third – 28 per cent – of Namibian households are now classified as poor, with 13 per cent labelled as severely poor, according to the latest review of poverty and inequality in the country
readCourt cracks down on ‘struggle children’
19-11-2008
THE High Court yesterday issued an eviction order against the ‘children of the liberation struggle’ who for the last two months have camped outside the premises of the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs in
readNA approves US grant
19-11-2008
FOLLOWING weeks of controversy, the National Assembly yesterday approved a N$3 billion development aid grant from the US government, known as the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact, with a
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