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92 Articles found on Thursday, 2 October 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Party time with Lucille
02-10-2008
NAMIBIA's newest celebrity, Lucille, is back home.The pretty 21-year-old spent just over a month in the Big Brother house and during that time crept into the hearts of Namibians who have welcomed her
readMorning Walk at Avis Dam
02-10-2008
Date: Sunday, October 12; time: 07h00 Place: Parking area next to dam wall Did you know that a pair of African Fisheagles reside at Avis Dam? Do you know what a Rockrunner is? Did you ever realise the
readNamibia gets bio 'with-it'
02-10-2008
A NAMIBIAN nature conservation lecturer at the Polytechnic of Namibia will make a presentation at a five-day international congress in South Africa, seeking solutions to challenges in preserving
readA new battle for land
02-10-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says if Namibia does not protect its environment, its agricultural yields will drop and it will experience more severe floods and soil erosion.This was spelled out by the
readSMS Of The Day : Thursday
02-10-2008
* PLEASE politicians, before you open your mouth, think. We are tired of your irresponsible statements. - Kamati Food For Thought * I HOPE that the kids who abused the poor horse will get the same
readUS Senate urged to back revised bank rescue plan
02-10-2008
NEW YORK/BRUSSELS - The US Senate prepared to vote last night on a revised US$700 billion plan aimed at halting the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.European policymakers urged the US
readSasol fined for price-fixing
02-10-2008
BRUSSELS - The European Union imposed one of its highest ever cartel fines - accusing a "paraffin mafia" of fixing prices and markets for everyday household products like chewing gum, tyres and
readShrinking packages - the answer to rising prices
02-10-2008
PARIS - As families feel the pinch of rising prices, food manufacturers have taken to shrinking their products in a bid to keep sales afloat, a French study to be published today shows.Consumer
readLibyans savour joys of consumerism
02-10-2008
TRIPOLI - Libyans are shaking off decades of deprivation resulting from an iron-fisted socialist rule, international isolation and sanctions to savour the joys of their new market economy.Gone are the
readNew labour law 'coming' too soon
02-10-2008
THE implementation of the new Labour Act on November 1 will catch the economy unprepared, as the regulations and the code of conduct for labour relations, which must accompany the new legislation,
readEurope calls for global response to credit crisis
02-10-2008
BRUSSELS - Europe needs to "inject credibility" into its efforts to tackle the current financial crisis, the EU Commission president said yesterday, as a major US banking bailout hangs in the
readSA banks safe for now
02-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Banks in Africa's biggest economy, South Africa, have so far been sheltered from the US financial crisis but economists say they could still suffer the fallout if the turmoil
readCaprivi torture cases settled out of court
02-10-2008
THREE civil claims against Government in connection with the torture of people who were detained following separatist attacks that were carried out at Katima Mulilo on August 2 1999 were settled out
readUnion calls off airport workers' strike
02-10-2008
A STRIKE by workers at the Namibia Airports Company (NAC), which was scheduled to start tomorrow, was averted yesterday when the company and the Namibia Public Workers' Union (Napwu) reached an
readNam economy weathers global market storms
02-10-2008
THE Namibian economy is expected to grow at 3,9 per cent this year after having slowed to 3,6 per cent in 2007, although the Bank of Namibia has had to revise its optimistic forecast of a 4,7 per cent
readBig Brother Africa 3: From U To Us
02-10-2008
* SOMETIMES we don't appreciate what we have until it is put in context. I am not an ardent fan of reality TV but from the little I followed of BBA3 I think Lucille made us proud while in the house.*
readBig Brother Africa 3: True or false
02-10-2008
SEEMS we might have to dispatch Namibia's Anti-Corruption chief and a crack squad of graftbusters to the Big Brother Africa house.Hope you're on standby Mr Noa! Serious business is at hand. Claims
readGoodbye to Show fireworks
02-10-2008
THERE will be no fireworks display as part of the Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show this year or in the future.The fireworks were cancelled this year because of the construction of the third
readWhat is citizen journalism?
02-10-2008
CITIZEN journalism is journalism for citizens. This topic sparked many thought-provoking discussions at the 12th Highway Africa conference at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, in
readLands Minister visits Arovlei
02-10-2008
LANDS and Resettlement Minister Alpheus !Naruseb yesterday visited the Arovlei community south of Windhoek to acquaint himself with the residents' fears about their future on the land.The people,
readBusiness joins crime fight at Swakop
02-10-2008
SWAKOPMUND businessman Quinton Liebenberg and the Erongo Police are now working together to make Swakopmund's popular beach areas safer during the busy December holiday.Liebenberg said the plan is to
readOmuthiya councillors sworn in
02-10-2008
THE first seven town councillors of the new town of Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region were sworn in by Tsumeb Magistrate Petrus Pendapala Nangula on Tuesday afternoon.The councillors elected Hiskiel
readMariental farmer faces stock theft charge
02-10-2008
A WELL-KNOWN farmer in the Mariental district, Jacobus WA Nel, is facing a charge of stock theft.Nel was arrested on Friday and appeared in the Mariental Magistrate's Court the same day. He was
readAlleged car thief shot in the head
02-10-2008
A SUSPECTED thief who allegedly was caught red-handed while breaking into a car is in a critical condition after being shot in the head at Keetmanshoop in the early hours of yesterday.The Karas
readOmaheke Council mum on power cut
02-10-2008
THE Omaheke Chief Regional Officer, Balbina Pienaar, yesterday declined to comment on claims that the Regional Council was to blame for the power cut at Drimiopsis and Ben Hur settlements last
readElderly woman nabbed in dagga bust at coast
02-10-2008
THE Erongo Police arrested an elderly woman and confiscated 14,5 kg of dagga, with a street value of N$22 600, in two separate busts at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on Tuesday.The Erongo Police Chief,
readSwakopmund Police say robbery plans foiled
02-10-2008
POLICE at Swakopmund arrested two men on Monday for allegedly being in possession of unlicensed firearms."We have reason to believe that they were planning a lot of armed robberies at the coast,"
readPolice knew of 1972 mass grave: Minister
02-10-2008
THE Minister of Safety and Security yesterday launched a stinging attack on a human rights organisation and its executive, claiming they had misled the public about an allegedly unknown mass grave,
readOongeleki odha hala ooveta dha yaga kegonga tadhi ningilwa yuundingosho muumbugantu woshilongo
02-10-2008
I ILYO yoongeleki dha yoolokathana tayi kwatelwa komeho kOmumbiisofi gwOngeleki ya ELCRN Zephania Kameeta, oya li ya nyanyamo momapandaanda mOmaandaha poKeetmanshoop taya kondema eindjipalo
readOongeleki odha hala ooveta dha yaga kegonga tadhi ningilwa yuundingosho muumbugantu woshilongo
02-10-2008
I ILYO yoongeleki dha yoolokathana tayi kwatelwa komeho kOmumbiisofi gwOngeleki ya ELCRN Zephania Kameeta, oya li ya nyanyamo momapandaanda mOmaandaha poKeetmanshoop taya kondema eindjipalo
readDrimiopsis a shuninwa olusheno
02-10-2008
N AMPOWER okwa shu na ko olusheno pu Drimiopsis na Ben Hur (yi li moshitopolwa sha Maheke) mOmaandaha konima sho Ombelewa yElongo moshitopolwa shika ya uvaneke okufuta NamPower.NamPower okwa li a
readAambalantu taya longekidha emanya lyokombila yElenga enene lyawo Kaimbi Mundjele
02-10-2008
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi ti kutya oshigwana shaamoka, unene tuu shoka shOshikandjo shOpaulenga shoka sha li tashi pangelwa kElenga enene nakusa Petrus Kaimbi
readOokansela dha Muthiya dha ganithilwa
02-10-2008
O OKAANSELA dhOndoolopa ompe ya Muthiya, ano dhElelo epe lyOndoolopa ya Muthiya mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto dhi li heyali, ndhoka dha hogololelwe koshigwana shomOmuthiya mEtitano lyeti 26 Septemba 2008,
readOongundu dhopapolitika dhi li ntano otadhi ka kutha ombinga momahogololo po Tobias Hainyeko
02-10-2008
O ONGUNDU yoDTA, Congress of Democrats (CoD) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) itaya ka kala nookandidaate pethimbo lyomahogololo ngoka taga ka ningwa moshikandjohogololo sha Tobias Hainyeko
readElukululo lyOsikola ya Luvango tali dhimbulukiwa mEtitano
02-10-2008
E LUKULULO lyOsikola ya Luvango pOnawa mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, okuza medhina Oluvango Combined School nokuninga Dr Kleopas Dumeni Combined School, sha ningilwe meti 3 Oktoba omvula ya zi
readFootball Briefs
02-10-2008
WORLD Cup hosts South Africa arrested a run of five matches without a win when they beat Malawi 3-0 in a friendly international at Germiston in Johannesburg on Tuesday.An experimental side, made up of
readNamibian masters beat SA
02-10-2008
THE Namibia Masters Tentpegging team made history by becoming the first international team to beat the South African masters' team in a championship held in Pretoria last weekend.This was only the
readBurger confident
02-10-2008
NAMIBIA play Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup this weekend. It's Namibia's last qualifying match while Ireland has another against Kenya after this.Cricinfo spoke to the captain, Louis Burger.
readAli to take on Kaefer
02-10-2008
NAMIBIA'S Pan-African welterweight champion Ali Nuumbembe will fight Daniel Kaefer of Germany in the main bout of a boxing bonanza to be held at the Windhoek Country Club on October 17.Boxing promoter
readPorterfield itching to beat Namibia
02-10-2008
LONDON - Ahead of Ireland's clash against Namibia - the Intercontinental Cup leaders - their captain, William Porterfield, has welcomed back a number of key players and is ready for the challenge of
readMan United, Gunners secure first wins
02-10-2008
BRUSSELS - Dimitar Berbatov's first two goals for Manchester United helped secure a 3-0 win over AaB Aalborg in Champions League Group E on Tuesday, while Juventus had to fight back for a 2-2 draw at
readClubs set to pay more to NFA
02-10-2008
PROTESTS, appeals and arbitration cases, which are rife in Namibian football, will cost teams more this season, according to the new rules of the Namibia Football Association (NFA).These new rules are
readCoaches go for pros
02-10-2008
BRAVE Warriors coaches have only included three locally based players for the insignificant 2010 World/African Nations Cup qualifying match against Zimbabwe in Windhoek on October 11.Orlando Pirates
readSuspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan
02-10-2008
ISLAMABAD - A missile strike by a suspected US drone killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, two Pakistani intelligence officials said yesterday US military
readChild porn sweep nets 121
02-10-2008
MADRID - Spanish police said yesterday they had arrested 121 people in nationwide raids as part of the biggest operation against Internet child pornography ever carried out in the country.Apart from
readChina milk scandal firm asked for cover-up help
02-10-2008
BEIJING - A Chinese company at the centre of the scare over tainted milk powder had asked for government help to cover up the extent of the problem, state media said yesterday in the newest
readZanu-PF rejects call for new Mbeki mediation
02-10-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's ruling party yesterday rejected an opposition call for ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki to intervene to salvage a power-sharing deal after the two sides failed to agree on a
readFootball Briefs
02-10-2008
* WORLD Cup hosts South Africa arrested a run of five matches without a win when they beat Malawi 3-0 in a friendly international at Germiston in Johannesburg on Tuesday. An experimental side, made
readNamibian masters beat SA
02-10-2008
THE Namibia Masters Tentpegging team made history by becoming the first international team to beat the South African masters’ team in a championship held in Pretoria last weekend.This was only the
readAli to take on Kaefer
02-10-2008
NAMIBIA’S Pan-African welterweight champion Ali Nuumbembe will fight Daniel Kaefer of Germany in the main bout of a boxing bonanza to be held at the Windhoek Country Club on October 17.Boxing promoter
readBurger confident
02-10-2008
NAMIBIA play Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup this weekend. It’s Namibia’s last qualifying match while Ireland has another against Kenya after this. Cricinfo spoke to the captain, Louis Burger.
readPorterfield itching to beat Namibia
02-10-2008
LONDON – Ahead of Ireland’s clash against Namibia – the Intercontinental Cup leaders – their captain, William Porterfield, has welcomed back a number of key players and is ready for the challenge of
readMan United, Gunners secure first wins
02-10-2008
BRUSSELS – Dimitar Berbatov’s first two goals for Manchester United helped secure a 3-0 win over AaB Aalborg in Champions League Group E on Tuesday, while Juventus had to fight back for a 2-2 draw at
readClubs set to pay more to NFA
02-10-2008
PROTESTS, appeals and arbitration cases, which are rife in Namibian football, will cost teams more this season, according to the new rules of the Namibia Football Association (NFA).These new rules are
readCoaches go for pros
02-10-2008
BRAVE Warriors coaches have only included three locally based players for the insignificant 2010 World/African Nations Cup qualifying match against Zimbabwe in Windhoek on October 11.Orlando Pirates
readOongeleki odha hala ooveta dha yaga kegonga tadhi ningilwa yuundingosho muumbugantu woshilongo
02-10-2008
IILYO yoongeleki dha yoolokathana tayi kwatelwa komeho kOmumbiisofi gwOngeleki ya ELCRN Zephania Kameeta, oya li ya nyanyamo momapandaanda mOmaandaha poKeetmanshoop taya kondema eindjipalo
readDrimiopsis a shuninwa olusheno
02-10-2008
NAMPOWER okwa shu na ko olusheno pu Drimiopsis na Ben Hur (yi li moshitopolwa sha Maheke) mOmaandaha konima sho Ombelewa yElongo moshitopolwa shika ya uvaneke okufuta NamPower.NamPower okwa li a kutha
readAambalantu taya longekidha emanya lyokombila yElenga enene lyawo Kaimbi Mundjele
02-10-2008
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi ti kutya oshigwana shaamoka, unene tuu shoka shOshikandjo shOpaulenga shoka sha li tashi pangelwa kElenga enene nakusa Petrus Kaimbi
readOokansela dha Muthiya dha ganithilwa
02-10-2008
OOKAANSELA dhOndoolopa ompe ya Muthiya, ano dhElelo epe lyOndoolopa ya Muthiya mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto dhi li heyali, ndhoka dha hogololelwe koshigwana shomOmuthiya mEtitano lyeti 26 Septemba 2008,
readOongundu dhopapolitika dhi li ntano otadhi ka kutha ombinga momahogololo po Tobias Hainyeko
02-10-2008
OONGUNDU yoDTA, Congress of Democrats (CoD) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) itaya ka kala nookandidaate pethimbo lyomahogololo ngoka taga ka ningwa moshikandjohogololo sha Tobias Hainyeko
readElukululo lyOsikola ya Luvango tali dhimbulukiwa mEtitano
02-10-2008
ELUKULULO lyOsikola ya Luvango pOnawa mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, okuza medhina Oluvango Combined School nokuninga Dr Kleopas Dumeni Combined School, sha ningilwe meti 3 Oktoba omvula ya zi ko
readInternational Briefs
02-10-2008
Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan * ISLAMABAD – A missile strike by a suspected US drone killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, two Pakistani
readChild porn sweep nets 121
02-10-2008
MADRID – Spanish police said yesterday they had arrested 121 people in nationwide raids as part of the biggest operation against Internet child pornography ever carried out in the country.Apart from
readChina milk scandal firm asked for cover-up help
02-10-2008
BEIJING – A Chinese company at the centre of the scare over tainted milk powder had asked for government help to cover up the extent of the problem, state media said yesterday in the newest
readZanu-PF rejects call for new Mbeki mediation
02-10-2008
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s ruling party yesterday rejected an opposition call for ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki to intervene to salvage a power-sharing deal after the two sides failed to agree on a
readMorning Walk at Avis Dam
02-10-2008
Date: Sunday, October 12; time: 07h00 Place: Parking area next to dam wallDid you know that a pair of African Fisheagles reside at Avis Dam? Do you know what a Rockrunner is? Did you ever realise
readNamibia gets bio ‘with-it’
02-10-2008
A NAMIBIAN nature conservation lecturer at the Polytechnic of Namibia will make a presentation at a five-day international congress in South Africa, seeking solutions to challenges in preserving
readA new battle for land
02-10-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says if Namibia does not protect its environment, its agricultural yields will drop and it will experience more severe floods and soil erosion.This was spelled out by the
readOil prices to drop to US$80-95: Chavez
02-10-2008
MANAOS, Brazil – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said Tuesday he expected oil prices to stabilise between US$80 and US$95 per barrel.“We hope that the price of crude oil will stabilise at 80, 90 or
readSasol fined for price-fixing
02-10-2008
BRUSSELS – The European Union imposed one of its highest ever cartel fines – accusing a “paraffin mafia” of fixing prices and markets for everyday household products like chewing gum, tyres and
readUS Senate urged to back revised bank rescue plan
02-10-2008
NEW YORK/BRUSSELS - The US Senate prepared to vote last night on a revised US$700 billion plan aimed at halting the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.European policymakers urged the US
readShrinking packages – the answer to rising prices
02-10-2008
PARIS – As families feel the pinch of rising prices, food manufacturers have taken to shrinking their products in a bid to keep sales afloat, a French study to be published today shows.Consumer
readLibyans savour joys of consumerism
02-10-2008
TRIPOLI – Libyans are shaking off decades of deprivation resulting from an iron-fisted socialist rule, international isolation and sanctions to savour the joys of their new market economy.Gone are the
readNew labour law ‘coming’ too soon
02-10-2008
THE implementation of the new Labour Act on November 1 will catch the economy unprepared, as the regulations and the code of conduct for labour relations, which must accompany the new legislation,
readEurope calls for global response to credit crisis
02-10-2008
BRUSSELS – Europe needs to “inject credibility” into its efforts to tackle the current financial crisis, the EU Commission president said yesterday, as a major US banking bailout hangs in the
readSA banks safe for now
02-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Banks in Africa’s biggest economy, South Africa, have so far been sheltered from the US financial crisis but economists say they could still suffer the fallout if the turmoil
readBig Brother Africa 3: From U To Us
02-10-2008
* SOMETIMES we don’t appreciate what we have until it is put in context. I am not an ardent fan of reality TV but from the little I followed of BBA3 I think Lucille made us proud while in the house.*
readBig Brother Africa 3: True or false
02-10-2008
SEEMS we might have to dispatch Namibia's Anti-Corruption chief and a crack squad of graftbusters to the Big Brother Africa house.Hope you're on standby Mr Noa! Serious business is at hand. Claims
readGoodbye to Show fireworks
02-10-2008
THERE will be no fireworks display as part of the Windhoek Industrial and Agricultural Show this year or in the future. The fireworks were cancelled this year because of the construction of the third
readWhat is citizen journalism?
02-10-2008
CITIZEN journalism is journalism for citizens. This topic sparked many thought-provoking discussions at the 12th Highway Africa conference at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, in
readLands Minister visits Arovlei
02-10-2008
LANDS and Resettlement Minister Alpheus !Naruseb yesterday visited the Arovlei community south of Windhoek to acquaint himself with the residents’ fears about their future on the land.The people,
readBusiness joins crime fight at Swakop
02-10-2008
SWAKOPMUND businessman Quinton Liebenberg and the Erongo Police are now working together to make Swakopmund’s popular beach areas safer during the busy December holiday.Liebenberg said the plan is to
readOmuthiya councillors sworn in
02-10-2008
THE first seven town councillors of the new town of Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region were sworn in by Tsumeb Magistrate Petrus Pendapala Nangula on Tuesday afternoon. The councillors elected Hiskiel
readMariental farmer faces stock theft charge
02-10-2008
A WELL-KNOWN farmer in the Mariental district, Jacobus WA Nel, is facing a charge of stock theft. Nel was arrested on Friday and appeared in the Mariental Magistrate’s Court the same day. He was
readAlleged car thief shot in the head
02-10-2008
A SUSPECTED thief who allegedly was caught red-handed while breaking into a car is in a critical condition after being shot in the head at Keetmanshoop in the early hours of yesterday.The Karas
readOmaheke Council mum on power cut
02-10-2008
THE Omaheke Chief Regional Officer, Balbina Pienaar, yesterday declined to comment on claims that the Regional Council was to blame for the power cut at Drimiopsis and Ben Hur settlements last
readElderly woman nabbed in dagga bust at coast
02-10-2008
THE Erongo Police arrested an elderly woman and confiscated 14,5 kg of dagga, with a street value of N$22 600, in two separate busts at Swakopmund and Walvis Bay on Tuesday.The Erongo Police Chief,
readSwakopmund Police say robbery plans foiled
02-10-2008
POLICE at Swakopmund arrested two men on Monday for allegedly being in possession of unlicensed firearms.“We have reason to believe that they were planning a lot of armed robberies at the coast,”
readPolice knew of 1972 mass grave: Minister
02-10-2008
THE Minister of Safety and Security yesterday launched a stinging attack on a human rights organisation and its executive, claiming they had misled the public about an allegedly unknown mass grave,
readUnion calls off airport workers’ strike
02-10-2008
A STRIKE by workers at the Namibia Airports Company (NAC), which was scheduled to start tomorrow, was averted yesterday when the company and the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (Napwu) reached an
readNam economy weathers global market storms
02-10-2008
THE Namibian economy is expected to grow at 3,9 per cent this year after having slowed to 3,6 per cent in 2007, although the Bank of Namibia has had to revise its optimistic forecast of a 4,7 per cent
readCaprivi torture cases settled out of court
02-10-2008
THREE civil claims against Government in connection with the torture of people who were detained following separatist attacks that were carried out at Katima Mulilo on August 2 1999 were settled out
read