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49 Articles found on Thursday, 30 October 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Cry baby
30-10-2008
THIS week sees the remaining six housemates fill the role of parents to some pooping, puking and crying electronic babies.I wonder if Biggie is trying to send a message to the goat rider and the goat
readCity of Windhoek's vacancies online
30-10-2008
The City of Windhoek on Tuesday introduced an e-recruitment system, which is a human resources electronic system that will help its Human Resources Department to perform its recruitment function
readAfter milk, now China has egg on its face
30-10-2008
BEIJING - Chinese authorities said yesterday that they were investigating how eggs came to be contaminated with the same industrial chemical at the centre of a milk scandal that sickened thousands of
readSpain will hold African women conference in Windhoek next year
30-10-2008
WINDHOEK - The Spanish Agency for International Development Co-operation (SAIDC) in Namibia will hold its fourth annual women conference under the theme 'Women for a Better World' in the capital in
readMP slams waste and mismanagement at parastatals
30-10-2008
WINDHOEK - Monitor Action Group (MAG) MP Jurie Viljoen says poverty in Namibia could be eradicated if government had all the money which was stolen or lost due to mismanagement or invested in cripple
readKuwait ready to bail out troubled bank
30-10-2008
KUWAIT CITY - The Kuwaiti government is prepared to inject cash to buy into raising the capital of the Gulf Bank, troubled by losses in derivatives deals, if shareholders need, the finance minister
readUS Fed gears up for change in rates
30-10-2008
WASHINGTON - The worst financial crisis in 70 years has forced the Federal Reserve to employ all the weapons in its arsenal - including cutting interest rates to near historic lows - to keep the
readGlobal experts chart course to harness carbon financing for sustainable farming
30-10-2008
Rome - About 100 experts from five continents met this week to chart the way to harnessing a large new flow of funding - carbon finance - to agricultural development and to improving the lives of poor
readProtect migrants in slowdown, says UN
30-10-2008
MANILA - Protecting the rights and livelihoods of millions of migrant workers during the global slowdown will benefit economies, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday, while also warning
readN$14-m lifeline for TransNamib
30-10-2008
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has thrown a N$14 million lifeline to the financially troubled TransNamib.The latest bailout comes a month after a N$14,2 million Government rescue package for
readFuneral punch-up leads to charges
30-10-2008
A PASTOR was left with a bloodied face after an outraged colleague allegedly punched him at a church service.The incident was sparked by remarks made at a memorial service of a fellow ELCRN church
read17 arrested for currency trading
30-10-2008
POLICE in the Oshana and Ohangwena regions have arrested 17 foreign businesspeople, most of them Chinese, at Oshakati, Ondangwa, Ongwediva and Oshikango.Chief Inspector Golden Naanda told a press
readChinese shop owner admits forex offence
30-10-2008
AN Oshikango-based Chinese businessman is in danger of losing the equivalent of more than N$4,5 million to the State after he pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge that he had tried to illegally take
readBig Brother Africa 3 - SMSes & E-mails: From You To Us
30-10-2008
BIG Brother should call Sister Oprah Winfrey into the BBA house to do some counseling to the housemates, focusing on the subject of sexual promiscuity and its adverse impact on the African youth.We
readA Matter of Fact
30-10-2008
THE Namibian published a story on Thursday, October 23, on page 3 about Swapo holding a rally on the premises of Hand in Hand for Children, a German charity, without the permission of the
readRiding school rises from the ashes
30-10-2008
KARIN RASCH (50) has not had an easy life, yet she has taken the bit between her teeth and decided to pick herself up and start over again.Rasch suffers from brittle-bone disease, muscular atrophy and
readSwapo elders slam DTA's Kaura
30-10-2008
THE Swapo Party Elders' Council says DTA president Katuutire Kaura's recent statements about deliberate implementation of ethnic dominance by one tribal grouping and the marginalisation of minority
readKalahari Sands workers claim discrimination
30-10-2008
PROTESTING workers at the Kalahari Sands Hotel and Casino in Windhoek yesterday caused a scene on the escalators leading to the hotel at the Gustav Voigts Centre as they delivered a petition to
readPolicy and law for tourism sector on cards
30-10-2008
GOVERNMENT is drafting a policy document that will form the basis for a law to regulate the tourism sector, Environment and Tourism Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah said yesterday.Opening the first
readDouble pension payments next month
30-10-2008
THE Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare has announced that all people receiving Basic State Grants will receive double payment of such grants during November.The double payment will cover the
readNo politics, we're businessmen
30-10-2008
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) this week denounced party-political activities that have apparently started to pop up within its structures.NCCI CEO Tarah Shaanika told The
readColleges to get pay rise
30-10-2008
THE Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) and the Office of the Prime Minister have signed an agreement in terms of which Government will raise the pay grades of college lecturers by one notch.The
readPresident applauds the opposition
30-10-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says the withdrawal of three opposition parties from the regional by-election to be held in Katutura on Friday was a "good decision" by the parties' leaders.He was
readParties urge poll boycott
30-10-2008
THE three opposition parties that have withdrawn from tomorrow's by-election in the Tobias Hainyeko constituency in Katutura want to call on voters to boycott it by abstaining from voting."We are
readFormer MTC employee admits credit card fraud
30-10-2008
A FORMER employee of cellphone company MTC is set to be sentenced on 26 counts of fraud, after admitting in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday that she used the credit card number of an Italian
readRukoro warns of impact of financial 'tsunami'
30-10-2008
THE Group CEO of FNB Namibia Holdings, Vekuii Rukoro, has warned that Namibia is not immune to the shock waves that the current global financial system is sending out.Imports are likely to be hit the
readMugabe na Tsvangirai itaya tsu kumwe mepangelo epe
30-10-2008
HARARE - Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe nomwiliki gwongundu yompilameno yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai oya li ya taalele omathiminiko omanene mEtiyali kutya naya
readAakiina ye li 8 ya kwatwa mokushendja US$
30-10-2008
OPOLISI moshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya tseyitha kutya oya kwata po aanangeshefa yAachina ye li yahetatu meti 27 Oktoba 2008 shi na sha neshendjo lyOodola dha Amerika mOodola dha Namibia inashi
readOndjila ya Katima na Linyanti ya patululwa kOmupresidende
30-10-2008
E HANGANO lyokutunga oondjila mu Namibia nenge tutye Road Authority olya dhana eegululo lyondjila yookilometa omulongo ndjoka ya za mondjila ya R125 - ya kwatakanitha Katima Mulilo na Linyanti.Ondjila
readNamibia a mona oshimaliwa oshindji momayego goondjamba
30-10-2008
E LANDITHO lyomayego goondjamba ndyoka Namibia a ningi ongula yEtiyali lyoshiwike shika olya zi oshimaliwa sha kondo pOondola oomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$13 million).Aalandi AaJapan yatatu nAaKiina
readOshinyanga sha Leo Shoopala sha egulukila ishewe iigongi
30-10-2008
O SHINYANGA oshinene shIigongi shopOombelewa dha Gavena yOshitopolwa sha Shana mOshakati sha Leo Shoopala shoka sha ningi esiku sha pata manga omolu etungululo newapalekululo lyasho, shapwa kulongwa
readOongundu dhimwe dhompilameno dhi ikutha mo mOmahogololo goshikandjo sha Tobias Hainyeko
30-10-2008
O ONGUNDU ndatu dhomoongundu ne ndhoka kwa li kwa tegelelwa tadhi ka kondjela oshipundi shuukansela moshikandjohogololo sha Tobias Hainyeko mu Katutura mOvenduka oshi ikutha mo momahogololo, tadhi
readOngeleka nOngendjo yOshinaagoga sha Mvula pOmaalala ya yapulwa kOmumbiishofi Shivute
30-10-2008
POMAALALA O NGELEKA, ano etungo lyOngeleka yOshinaagoga sha Mvula mEgongalo enene lya Euvathano-Elcin mOmaalala mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana, ndyoka tali wilikwa kOmusita Omuwiliki me Magdalena
readOonkambadhala dhokukutha miilonga omunashipundi gwaNBC otadhi tsikile
30-10-2008
O LAATA yehangano lyokutuma omawi mombepo lya Namibia nenge tutye Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) oya ningi epopilo kutya Omunashipundi gwayo Ponhele ya France na tidhwe miilonga.Oonzo dhishi
readBaby Warriors goes for Cosafa
30-10-2008
THE Namibian under-17 football side will replace their senior counterparts for this year's Metropolitan Under-20 Cosafa Cup in Kimberly, South Africa, from the end of November.Under-17 team manager
readMaradona is Argentina coach
30-10-2008
BUENOS AIRES - Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona capped a remarkable comeback from a near fatal heart attack four years ago to being named coach of the national side here on Tuesday.Maradona,
readUnder-17s must win: Amaning
30-10-2008
THE Namibian under-17 football team manager, Jakes Amaning, says his side must beat Malawi in their upcoming second-round home leg of the African Youth Championships in Windhoek on November 8.The Baby
readAnika does not rule out a comeback
30-10-2008
SUZHOU - World number two Annika Sorenstam said yesterday she doesn't rule out a comeback if she feels the urge despite deciding to call it quits at the end of the season.The 38-year-olds, described
readNZ Test ends in draw
30-10-2008
DHAKA - Bangladesh fought hard to stave off an embarrassing defeat against some quality New Zealand bowling as the second Test finally ended in a draw on the fifth and final day yesterday.New Zealand
readBig golf show draws closer
30-10-2008
TOP Namibian professional golfers are currently sweating it out to perfect their swings and polish their shots to be on target for the prestigious MTC Namibian Professional Golf Association (NPGA)
readBig golf show draws closer
30-10-2008
TOP Namibian professional golfers are currently sweating it out to perfect their swings and polish their shots to be on target for the prestigious MTC Namibian Professional Golf Association (NPGA)
readBig test for cricketers
30-10-2008
NAMIBIAN cricketers face their biggest test when they take on Ireland in the ICC Intercontinental Cup final starting in Port Elizabeth today.Victory will certainly raise the profile of Namibian
read19 dead in Somalia suicide bombings
30-10-2008
MOGADISHU - A spokesman for a breakaway republic in northern Somalia says at least 19 people have died in three suicide attacks.Ismail Adani says officials are still counting the bodies after
readUN chief urges Mugabe to resolve Zim's crisis
30-10-2008
HARARE - The political crisis in Zimbabwe has lasted far too long and President Robert Mugabe must resolve the power-sharing impasse, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.Also
readObama leads, ties in crucial states
30-10-2008
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama now leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied with John McCain in two other Republican red states, according to new AP-GfK battleground
readNKorea's Kim suffers 'serious' setback
30-10-2008
SEOUL - South Korean intelligence indicates that ailing North Korean leader Kim Jong Il suffered a serious health setback and has been hospitalised, a newspaper reported yesterday.The report in the
readStrong earthquake strikes Pakistan
30-10-2008
QUETTA - A strong earthquake struck before dawn in southwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 150 people, injuring scores more and leaving an estimated 15 000 homeless, officials said.The death
readTensions ahead of Zambian election
30-10-2008
LUSAKA - Zambian police went on high alert for fear of violence surrounding the presidential election, as a retired diplomat and a fiery populist geared up for their final campaign rallies
readCongo rebels advance on Goma, UN force stretched
30-10-2008
KILIMANYOKA - Rebel forces advanced on Congo's eastern provincial capital of Goma on Wednesday, threatening to overwhelm government troops and a 17 000-strong UN force deployed to halt a return to
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