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57 Articles found on Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Another one bites the dust
28-10-2008
TK and his ugly brown jersey have left the BBA house. Yay! The Zambian wannabe rapper who fancied himself as something of a gangsta was voted out by an overwhelming majority of viewers.Eleven out of
readWorld grain demand to ride out recession
28-10-2008
LONDON - World demand for grain should prove resilient in the face of a global recession and a sharp drop in prices could curb plantings and cut supply, opening the door to a rebound in some
readNNFU bemoans slow progress of Green Scheme
28-10-2008
COMMUNAL farmers are waiting to participate in Government's much-touted Green Scheme, but progress is too slow, the Namibia National Farmers Union (NNFU) says."The Ministry of Agriculture has
readTsumkwe communities help growth of camelthorn trees
28-10-2008
COMMUNITY members of the N#a Jaqna Conservancy and Community Forest in the area west of Tsumkwe have joined forces with the Directorate of Forestry and its Community Forestry advisers to help natural
readSMS Of The Day : Tuesday
28-10-2008
* EVERY time you open The Namibian you get confronted by some or other "parliamentarian" uttering obscene statements about opposition members. Namibia is supposed to be a democratic country and our
readMarriages on the rocks in SA as debt spirals
28-10-2008
Marriages are in trouble in South Africa as economic woes place significant stresses on families.South Africa's debt counsellors are increasingly referring couples to marriage counselling too, as high
readBoosting development in the Asia-Pacific region through decent work
28-10-2008
Brussels - Trade union leaders gathering at the XIV Asia Pacific Labour Network Conference, taking place in Lima (Peru) on 27-28 of October, have called for a far-reaching reorientation of the
readThe next US president is going to be handcuffed
28-10-2008
This year's US presidential campaign has been notable for many things: its interminable length, its lack of substance and its sheer nastiness, to name just three.What has been notably absent is a
readOil falls below $63 as investors eye weak demand
28-10-2008
SINGAPORE - Oil prices fell to 17-month lows below $63 a barrel yesterday in Asia as investors brushed off oil cartel Opec's output cut, focusing instead on growing evidence of a severe global
readMinistry dishes out grants
28-10-2008
ONGWEDIVA - The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare granted N$75 717 to 12 income-generating projects situated in various constituencies of the Oshana Region at Ongwediva on Friday.Oshana
readExclude white women from equity policies, says South African analyst
28-10-2008
D urban - White women should not be part of employment equity policies and should not be classified as a designated group that made them eligible for affirmative action because apartheid policies had
readClinton speaks out on world starvation
28-10-2008
UNITED NATIONS - Former US president Bill Clinton told a United Nations gathering that the global food crisis shows "we all blew it, including me", by treating food crops "like colour TVs" instead of
readAfrica needs a louder voice - Benin
28-10-2008
Cotonou and Moscow - Poor African countries should be invited to an international summit on the global financial crisis next month, Benin's president said at the weekend.Finance ministers and central
readCrisis of global hunger is bigger than financial meltdown
28-10-2008
At a time when world attention is consumed by the financial crisis, a far more pressing crisis deserving greater attention should be brought to the forefront.This is the crisis of global hunger, which
readDBN launches microfinance framework
28-10-2008
The Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) on Wednesday night launched its Microfinance Support Framework - a funding mechanism aimed at providing capital loans to organisations which support development
readGovt bars media from ivory sale
28-10-2008
GOVERNMENT has banned all media from Namibia's one-off ivory auction today.The Ministry of Environment never made an official announcement about the international auction, which is held under the
readBusiness confidence doesn't equal jobs
28-10-2008
JOB prospects for the large reserve of jobless Namibians are not set to change for the remainder of the year, although major companies remain optimistic about the economy in the face of global
readTwo more days of lovely rain
28-10-2008
THUNDER, lightning and an extended night-time downpour brought the first substantial rains of the new rainy season to Windhoek on Sunday night.Areas of Windhoek came out on tops with the reporting of
readAfrican civil society hits back at uranium mining
28-10-2008
AFRICAN communities are gathering to take up the fight against international companies which are mining uranium on their land and their own governments, as they are driven off their land, suffer
readBig Brother Africa 3: Quirky SMSes
28-10-2008
A SELECTION of messages from across Africa appearing on the BBA3 text strip: * HI pipo, next guest [in the BBA house] - the Pope! * IF Morris was to become the president, the state of the nation
readBig Brother Africa 3: Exit the jersey, enter a 'chief maker'
28-10-2008
AS the jersey, accompanied by TK, did the sweater two-step out of the BBA3 house on Sunday, Big Brother threw a new housemate into the mix.The guest is Richard Fondom, an elderly wise man and 'chief
readBondelswarts celebrate their rich history
28-10-2008
A MEMORIAL stone in honour of the late Jacob Marengo, the leader of the Bondelswarts clan of the Nama people, was unveiled on Saturday at the Commonwealth cemetery at Warmbad.Hundreds of descendants
readStandoff at Association for the Deaf
28-10-2008
THE Namibian National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) is on a collision course after it dismissed the National Director, Martin Tjivera.Paul Nanyeni, one of the NNAD leaders, announced that they
read'Mysterious animals' kill goats
28-10-2008
OMATANDO - The community of Omatando village in the Oshana Region was caught by surprise after mysterious wild animals invaded a kraal of Dr Ben Mulongeni and killed five of his goats at the
readKatima-Linyanti tar road open
28-10-2008
THE Roads Authority on Friday celebrated the opening of a 10-km tarred section of the R125 road linking Katima Mulilo to Linyanti.It also served as the groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of
readN$6 000 reward out for dune vandals
28-10-2008
A REWARD of N$6 000 was posted last week for informa- tion leading to the arrest of the vandals responsible for destroy- ing several information boards and conservation barriers in the dune-belt area
readSacu burned by smuggling
28-10-2008
THE illicit trade in tobacco and cigarettes cost the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) N$1,5 billion in lost excise, tax and custom duties during the past fiscal year.Cigarette smuggling also
readCourt to have last word on murder trial assault claims
28-10-2008
A RULING that might yet determine the outcome of the trial of four men accused of kidnapping, gang-raping and murdering a young mother of two children in Windhoek in May 2005 is now in the hands of
readProtestors undeterred by rain, registration
28-10-2008
THE registration of the 'Children of the Liberation Struggle' formally started yesterday morning, but those picketing the headquarters of the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs have made it clear that they
readObooloha ya Shaduka ya ndopa mOmpangu yoPombanda
28-10-2008
O MUNANGESHEFA ngoka pethimbo ndika e li omufekelwa moshipotha shedhipago lyomukulukadhi gwe okwa ndopa oshikando oshititatu okuuvitha ko Ompangu opo a pewe obooloha ndjoka a kala a hala okuza sho a
readNujoma a nyenyetela ompilameno
28-10-2008
M OSOONDAHA, Swapo okwa nyenyetele ongundu yompilameno kombinga yomayambulepo ngoka inage shi enditha nawa muule woomvula omulongo nahetatu (18) dha zi ko moshikandjohogololo sha Tobias Hainyeko mu
readIBIS a gandja N$100 000 kOongudhi dha mboka taya lumnbu noHIV
28-10-2008
E HANGANO lya tseyika nawa IBIS, lya tamekele tali tungu Oosikola moNooli nolya kala tali kwathele wo Aalumbi nOmbuto yo HIV-AIDS, omasiku ga zi ko olya gandja omagano gondola/N$100,000 kOongundu
readOmukuluntu gwOpolisi ya Namibia a londodha oongundu dhopapolitika
28-10-2008
K AKUKUTU kOpolisi ya Namibia Inspekta-Ndjayi Sebastian Ndeitunga okwa londodha oongundu dhopapolitika kombinga yiikolokosha mbyoka hayi holoka pethimbo lyiigongi yoongundu dhawo.Ndeitunga okwa ningi
readOongundu tadhi ikwatha dhodhene meungaungo nomukithi gwo HIV-AIDS dha pewa omagano gOshimaliwa
28-10-2008
O ONGUNDU tadhi ikwathele dhodhene meungaungo nomukithi gwo HIV-AIDS, hadhi ithanwa Oosupport Group dhi li 12 dhomOshitopolwa sha Shana, mEtitano lya zi ko odha pewa adhihe kumwe okapandi kOodola dha
readRice is tops
28-10-2008
SYDNEY - Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice was named Australia's Swimmer of the Year at a function yesterday.Rice, 20, was Australia's outstanding swimmer at the Beijing Olympics last
readHackett quits swimming
28-10-2008
SYDNEY - Champion Australian swimmer Grant Hackett announced his retirement from the sport at Swimming Australia's swimmer of the year awards yesterday.Hackett, 28, had already declared this year's
readTonga beat Irish in W Cup
28-10-2008
SYDNEY - Tonga scored a try with just seven minutes left on the clock to kill off a passionate Ireland and win their opening rugby league World Cup game 22-20 at Parramatta Stadium yesterday.The
readGolfer lands in court
28-10-2008
SEOUL - A South Korean golfer has paid a heavy price for an embarrassing shot that landed his caddy in hospital.The golfer, identified by the country's Supreme Court only as "Jung", was fined 2
readWorld Sport Briefs
28-10-2008
Tennis Australia's former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has been cleared to resume training next month after undergoing hip surgery.Hewitt plans to resume playing in January with two lead-up events
readFederer set for Paris Masters
28-10-2008
PARIS - Roger Federer has confirmed he will compete in this week's Paris Masters Series tournament, erasing doubts over his participation.Federer won his hometown tournament in Basel for the third
readWounded Australia demand more
28-10-2008
NEW DELHI - Australia are looking for improved performances from their batting and bowling leaders in the third test starting tomorrow, the tourists needing to rebound quickly to avoid a first series
readEuro Football Wrap
28-10-2008
LONDON - Surprise team Hoffenheim went top of the Bundesliga with victory over Hamburg while Liverpool beat Chelsea to snatch the lead from them in England.Olympique Marseille missed the chance to go
readInter, Roma seek quick fix
28-10-2008
MILAN - Unhappy coaches Jose Mourinho and Luciano Spalletti will make changes for tomorrow's Serie A matches after Inter Milan's poor home form continued at the weekend and AS Roma suffered another
readDibaba weds Sihine
28-10-2008
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's double Olympic gold medallist Tirunesh Dibaba married her long-time fiancé and fellow athlete Sileshi Sihine in a colourful wedding ceremony witnessed by thousands of people
readTomahawks women win basketball title
28-10-2008
THE Tomahawks women's basketball side emulated their male counterparts by capturing the Khomas Basketball Association (KBA) title at the weekend.The Tomahawks side walked away as the champions for the
readFair opportunity for Pienaar
28-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Ruan Pienaar will be given a fair opportunity to establish himself in the No 10 Springbok jersey says the convener of the national rugby selectors, Peter Jooste.Pienaar was on Saturday
readRonaldo is best player
28-10-2008
HOOFDDORP - Cristiano Ronaldo has been voted player of the year by his fellow professionals at FIFPro.The international players' union, which has 57 500 members, announced yesterday that the
readBucs get Birds in Telkom KO quarters
28-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Probably the draw they never wanted at this stage but Orlando Pirates will nevertheless travel to Moroka Swallows for the quarterfinals of the Telkom Knockout following a draw conducted
readSA team to take on the world
28-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - More than 300 of the world's top adventure racers will line up for EcoMotion Pro, South America's longest running expedition race.This time around the event, now in its 6th year, will
readGunfire brings down US helicopter in Afghanistan
28-10-2008
KABUL - Insurgents shot down a US helicopter after exchanging fire with its crew in central Afghanistan yesterday, while a suicide bomber in the north killed two American soldiers inside a police
read1,5m children orphaned in SA
28-10-2008
PRETORIA - The number of orphaned children in South Africa is estimated at 1.5 million, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said yesterday.Although the country had done "incredibly well" to
readWorld's heaviest man marries in Mexico
28-10-2008
MONTERREY, Mexico - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot.Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico. Wearing a
readSA leaders in Harare to rescue Zimbabwe deal
28-10-2008
HARARE - Leaders of a Southern African bloc gathered yesterday in Zimbabwe to press President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition leader to break an impasse on forming a unity government.Mugabe's
readCandidates spar with 9 days to go
28-10-2008
WASHINGTON - Republican John McCain declared "I'm going to win it," dismissing polls showing him behind with little more than a week to go in the presidential race.A confident Democrat Barack Obama
readSearch continues for Jennifer Hudson's nephew
28-10-2008
CHICAGO - Investigators and community members pressed their search for Jennifer Hudson's missing nephew yesterday, hoping a $100,000 reward offered by the Oscar-winning actress for the 7-year-old's
readUS raid 'cold-blooded murder'
28-10-2008
BAGHDAD - Iraq said yesterday a deadly raid on Syria was targeting an area used by insurgents plotting attacks on its soil, as Damascus protested about what it branded a cold-blooded war crime by US
readSuspected US strike in Pakistan kills 20
28-10-2008
ISLAMABAD - Missiles from a suspected US drone aircraft killed up to 20 militants in a Pakistani region on the Afghan border yesterday, officials said, hours before Afghan and Pakistani tribal and
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