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51 Articles found on Monday, 20 October 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Munya's gone AWOL
20-10-2008
MUNYA'S gone missing guys! Word on the street is that he has bunked up with some buxom blondes in the Big Brother Finland house.No official word from Biggie as yet - all I know is, Saturday afternoon,
readSMS Of The Day : Monday
20-10-2008
* THIS unfortunately is the nature of politics in our country. Instead of telling voters that this is what they will do to improve their lives, they just say that don't vote for this or that party
readGovt wants to 'protect employees'
20-10-2008
The Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, says he would make a submission to Cabinet that would compel government and its agencies to put special specifications on tenders in
readSwiss govt bails out country's largest bank
20-10-2008
B ERN - Like Swiss chocolate, Swiss watches and Swiss knives, Swiss banking had a reputation for high standards and top quality.But Swiss banks have not been immune to the global financial crisis and
readNigeria asks for banking licence
20-10-2008
The Federal Government of Nigeria has appealed to the Namibian government to help its Platinum-Habib Bank get an operational licence to move into Namibia.Ambassador Bagudu Hirse, Nigeria's minister of
readSweden-Namibia relations: The ties that bind
20-10-2008
In an unprecedented yet understandable move, the Swedish government decided to close its embassy in Windhoek.While Namibian officials and government players have expressed surprise at this closure,
readFinancial tsunami hits China 6 000 workers laid off as toy maker closes
20-10-2008
BEIJING - A Chinese toy maker that exports to big US brands such as Mattel and Disney has shut down due to the financial crisis, leaving more than 6 000 people without work, state press reported on
readCash is king in global banking crisis SA unions back down on demand for 15% direct black ownership of banks
20-10-2008
The continuing turmoil in the US and UK banking sectors makes the demands by labour federation Cosatu and the SA Communist Party (SACP) for an increase in direct black ownership in local banks harder
readLabour relations hit all-time low in Karas
20-10-2008
Labour relations in the Karas Region have reached an all-time low, and serious intervention is needed from the political leadership at all levels before the situation deteriorates even
readSwapo crowd defies cops
20-10-2008
TEARGAS had to be used to disperse Swapo Party supporters intent on stopping an RDP rally from taking place at the 'One Nation Shitemba' informal settlement in Katutura on Saturday.A large contingent
readRally riot a sign of anarchy: NSHR
20-10-2008
THE National Society for Human Rights has condemned the "signs of anarchy" and breakdown of law and order which manifested itself near the 'One Nation' section of Windhoek's Katutura suburb on
readRegional Commander appeals for tolerance
20-10-2008
KHOMAS Regional Police Commander Samuel //Hoëbeb has called on leaders of political parties to educate their members on democracy and to adhere to the code of conduct during election campaigns.Swapo
readBig Brother Africa 3: Quirky SMSes
20-10-2008
A SELECTION of messages from across Africa appearing on the BBA3 text strip: * I'M exasperated by the exuberance of TK's pomposity.* TK tog, you don't know what reality is any more. * * MORRIS, the
readNamibians get to grips with albinism
20-10-2008
THIS week is Albinism Week, with October 21 being Namibian Albinism Day.In 2002 SINASRA (Support in Namibia of Albinism Sufferers Requiring Assistance) was founded by Stuart Super and some members of
readSeeing red over REDs
20-10-2008
THE management committee of the Association of Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) has called on Government to do away with regional electricity distributors (REDs), which it says are denying local
readGovernor grills labour officials in Karas Region
20-10-2008
KARAS Governor Dawid Boois has grilled labour inspectors in the region for allegedly failing to enforce the Labour Act."The labour inspectors lacks commitment and experience and as a result the
readLecturers take aim at Nantu
20-10-2008
LECTURERS at Namibia's four teachers' training colleges are furious with the Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) after the union told them that it doesn't have enough members at the colleges to
readAssault on murder victim recounted in trial of four
20-10-2008
ON the night of her death, murder victim Theresia Afrikaner was punched, kicked and slapped before she was dragged into the darkness, never to be seen alive again, witnesses in the trial of the four
readProtesters ignore eviction notice
20-10-2008
THE 'Children of the Liberation Struggle', who have been demonstrating outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs since early September, on Friday expected to be forcibly removed,
read'Everybody in Govt must be Swapo ...'
20-10-2008
PERSONAL assistants to Cabinet Ministers should be members of the Swapo Party and the same should apply for the directors of State-owned enterprises, a Swapo youth leader advocated
readSwapo set to pull Etosha document from the NA
20-10-2008
SWAPO has decided to withdraw the controversial document on the Millennium Challenge Account from Parliament.The document was supposed to be discussed on Thursday this week but Friday's meeting
readLucille a talela po He yOshigwana
20-10-2008
N goka e li Big Brother III Lucille Noabes okwa li a tsakanene na ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwa Namibia tatekulu Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko nelalakano lyokumu pa omagano ga
readMbeki a shuna ku Zim a ka tsikile noonkundathana
20-10-2008
H ARARE - Ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwa South Afrika Thabo Mbeki okwa tamekulula oonkundathana dhe nongundu tayi pangele mu Zimbabwe yo Zanu-PF nongundu yompilameno yo Movement for Democratic
readOomiliyuna 21,6 dhetungo epe lyombelewa ya tatekulu Nujoma
20-10-2008
E PANGELO otali ka tunga ombelewa yondilo ompe yOmupresidende Omukulu gwa Namibia tatekulu Sam Nujoma koshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo mbali nayimwe oshinkwanu hamano (N$21,6 million).Manga
readOkanona ka sa komalovu
20-10-2008
O kamatyona koomvula ndatu Salomon Sheefeni oka si sho aniwa ka nu oshikumwa shopamuthigululwakalo pomukunda Okaape Keendoma, Opolisi osho ya lopota.*Opolisi oya tseyitha wo kutya Nuukwawo Andreas
readMugabe otashi vulika a ka gandje iipundi ya simana ku MDC
20-10-2008
H ARARE - Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe otashi vulika a ka gandje Ooministri dhimwe dha simana kongundu yompilamena opo ka piyaganeke etsokumweuvathano li na sha nokweeta po Epangelo
readGurirab a sindana po opoosa onene mu IPU
20-10-2008
O MUNASHIPUNDI gwOmutumba gwOpashigwana Theo-Ben Gurirab okwa hogololelwa opoosa onene yopaigwana sha ningilwa mu Switzeland mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Gurirab okwa hogololwa a ninge Omupresidende
readAckermans-Oshikango a gandja omagano giikutu kOothigwa pOdibo
20-10-2008
POSHIKANGO O NGESHEFA ya tseyika nawa yedhina Ackermans yopOshikango mEtitatu lya zi ko oya gandja omagano giikutu koothigwa noshowo kaanona mboka ya mona iihuna yomEhangano Omwene Tumenge, tali
readGoabab okwa tidhwa nani
20-10-2008
O MULUMENTU ngoka a li e na opoosa onene muuhamushanga wOparliamende ina kuthwa owala miilonga paakathimbo, ashike okwa tidhwa miilonga, The Namibian osho a tseyithilwa ngaaka konzo yi shi
readTaya nyenyetele oonakufutitha mu Muni gwa Shakati
20-10-2008
Y AMWE yomaakalimo yomOshakati otaya nyenyeta kutya aanambelewa mboka haya longo pOmbelewa mpoka hapu futile aantu iilongayakulo ya Muni gwa Shakati, ngashi okufuta omeya nosho tuu, itaya yakula aantu
readSport Briefs
20-10-2008
Cricket Shakib Al Hasan hit a maiden half-century after taking seven wickets to guide Bangladesh to 184 for eight and a lead of 258 over New Zealand at the close on the third day of the first test
readTough Hopkins upset Pavlik
20-10-2008
ATLANTIC CITY - Former world champion Bernard Hopkins upset middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik with a unanimous decision in their 12-round, non-title fight on Saturday.There were no knockdowns but the
readChelsea hit five as 'Big Four' win
20-10-2008
LONDON - Chelsea romped to a 5-0 win at Middlesbrough, Manchester United thumped West Bromwich Albion 4-0 and Liverpool and Arsenal produced stirring fightbacks to claim home wins over Wigan Athletic
readHamilton wins Chinese Grand Prix
20-10-2008
SHANGHAI - Britain's Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday but was denied the world championship by title rival Felipe Massa, who finished second.McLaren's Hamilton led throughout for a
readWanderers meet Suburbs in final
20-10-2008
WANDERERS and Western Suburbs will contest the MTC Premier league rugby final after winning their semi-final matches on Saturday.Wanderers scored an emphatic 27-11 victory against defending champions
readNamibia trash WP
20-10-2008
NAMIBIA got their SAA Challenge campaign off to a great start after crushing Western Province by 301 runs on Saturday.Set an unlikely victory target of 447 runs, WP crumbled against some great bowling
readBoxer in hospital
20-10-2008
A British boxer, Gilbert Eastman, was in hospital yesterday morning after being stopped in the eighth round of a light middleweight bout in London.Details of his conditions were unknown but promoter
readAli too classy for Kaefer
20-10-2008
GREAT hand speed and a wealth of experience from Namibia's welterweight boxer Ali Nuumbembe proved to be a handful for Germany's Daniel Kaefer, whom he thoroughly tormented and finally dispatched with
readTaliban kill around 30 after stopping bus
20-10-2008
KANDAHAR - Taliban militants stopped a bus travelling on Afghanistan's main highway through a wild and dangerous part of the country's south, captured some 50 people on board and slaughtered around 30
readMcCain, Obama trade jokes, not jabs
20-10-2008
NEW YORK - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama swapped self-deprecating jokes instead of campaign jabs on Thursday night, the Republican saying he had replaced his team of senior
readMcCain, Obama trade jokes, not jabs
20-10-2008
NEW YORK - Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama swapped self-deprecating jokes instead of campaign jabs on Thursday night, the Republican saying he had replaced his team of senior
readIt's Palin v Palin in comedy TV double-take
20-10-2008
NEW YORK - It was Sarah Palin versus Sarah Palin on Saturday in a bizarre comedy double-take that saw the Republican vice presidential candidate join her own television mimic.Hit NBC comedy show
readBrown 'bounce' as Labour wins ground
20-10-2008
LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour party has won back ground from the main opposition Conservatives, thanks to his handling of the economic crisis, a poll showed yesterday.Brown has cut
readTerror Lekota announces new party
20-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's former defence minister has said a breakaway party will be formed, a local radio station reported yesterday, splitting the ruling ANC and challenging its years of
readSong 'Stayin' Alive' lives up to name
20-10-2008
CHICAGO - 'Stayin' Alive' might be more true to its name than the Bee Gees ever could have guessed: At 103 beats per minute, the old disco song has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a
readSarkozy pushes for Africa, South America on Security Council
20-10-2008
QUEBEC CITY - How can the world's woes be solved without a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for an African nation, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday at a summit of
readColin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president
20-10-2008
WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president yesterday, describing the Illinois senator as a "transformational figure."Powell said both Obama and
readZim parties far away from deal
20-10-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's rival parties are still far away from implementing a power-sharing deal, the opposition MDC said yesterday, as some regional leaders prepared to hold a summit aimed at breaking the
readCar wash sex lands man in jail
20-10-2008
THOMAS TOWNSHIP - Police say a Michigan man has been arrested after "receiving sexual favours from a vacuum" at a car wash.The Saginaw reports the 29-year-old Swan Creek Township man was arrested on
readBush to host world leaders at economic summit
20-10-2008
CAMP DAVID - President Bush, looking for answers to an global economic emergency with just three months left in office, will host an international summit to discuss ways to fix the world financial
readWilliam and Harry rally for charity
20-10-2008
PORT EDWARD - British princes William and Harry set off on Saturday on a gruelling 1 610-km motorcycle rally in South Africa to raise money for charity.The pair joked that they had a wager on which
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