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45 Articles found on Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Uti has left the building....THE viewers have spoken.
07-10-2008
Sexy Nigerian model and actor Uti has left the building.
readBig Brother Africa 3: Uti has left the building....THE viewers have spoken.
07-10-2008
Sexy Nigerian model and actor Uti has left the building.
readHoodia promises good business for locals
07-10-2008
THE project manager of the Hoodia Growers' Association of Namibia (HOGRAN), Ulrike Kaderli, said business has been very good for her organisation, which aims to achieve commercial benefit for communal
readSMS Of The Day
07-10-2008
BIG problem in this country ...too much politics - too little government! - Edwin B Food For Thought n WE must try to respect our leaders.African people are well known for that. Our leaders are our
readIMF warns of global slowdown from crisis
07-10-2008
PARIS - The global financial crisis may have "extremely serious" consequences - including famines - in developing countries in Africa and Latin America, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said
readNam needs 500 experts for aquaculture
07-10-2008
* Fisheries and Marine Resources' Minister Abraham Iyambo says in order for the aquaculture industry to flourish in Namibia, at least 500 professionals in the field of fisheries and marine resources
readCommunal farmers benefit from livestock improvement programme
07-10-2008
THE Ministry of Agriculture is encouraging communal farmers to make use of its animal improvement programme, which was promoted at the annual Windhoek Agricultural and Industrial Show last week.The
readRelocated farmers to receive compensation
07-10-2008
SMALL-SCALE farmers who were relocated to make way for the development of a Green Scheme agricultural project in the Kapako Constituency of the Kavango Region will receive their long-awaited
readGiant property entrepreneurs sign South African deal
07-10-2008
PROPERTY entrepreneur Donald Trump is now looking to South Africa for his organisation's latest property developments.It will be his first venture on the African continent. His Trump Organisation has
readMajor interest in Kwazulu-Natal at Dubai Cityscape
07-10-2008
INVESTORS attending one of the world's largest business-to-business real estate investment and development exhibitions, currently taking place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 6 to 9 October
readThree catalysts should see equities beat cash in 2009
07-10-2008
Chris Freund, portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management, reflects on the long-term outlook for equities in the wake of the ongoing global credit and liquidity crisis Government and central bank
readWorkers disunited by 'thuggery'-Leading SA unions fragmented by drive for positions and patronage
07-10-2008
Cape Town - Political manipulation and a drive for positions, power and patronage are threatening the stability of at least two of South Africa's major trade unions.The SA Democratic Teachers' Union
readWorkers disunited by 'thuggery'-Leading SA unions fragmented by drive for positions and patronage
07-10-2008
Cape Town - Political manipulation and a drive for positions, power and patronage are threatening the stability of at least two of South Africa's major trade unions.The SA Democratic Teachers' Union
readAsian firms keep workers during slumps US employers tend to fire people
07-10-2008
MANILA - Asian employers are more likely to keep employees during an economic downturn than US companies, for whom layoffs are the top choice for coping with a slump, an international management
readScrap copper corruption trial postponed to '09
07-10-2008
A PLAN to launch a constitutional attack on two sections of Namibia's Criminal Procedure Act has interrupted the fraud and corruption trial of a former Telecom Namibia manager and two Windhoek
readKeetmans woman raped and murdered
07-10-2008
POLICE at Keetmanshoop have arrested 30-year-old Mariental resident Erwin Kock after he allegedly raped and strangled to death a 58-year-old woman in her house at Keetmanshoop during the early hours
readNam governance improves: Report
07-10-2008
NAMIBIA has improved its national performance but its ranking remained unchanged at sixth place in the latest report on African governance released by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.The index also showed
readHeadman Heitha dies
07-10-2008
THE spokesman of the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority in the Ohangwena Region, Michael Heitha, died at the Ongwediva Private Hospital on Wednesday after a long illness. Heitha, who was the senior
readJobless Omaruru youth empowered
07-10-2008
ONE hundred unemployed youth at Omaruru last week received certificates for graduating in various subjects that they learned over the past couple of months through Women's Action for Development
readWAD lashes out against witchdoctors
07-10-2008
THE Executive Director of Women's Action for Development (WAD), Veronica de Klerk, says the strong influence of harmful cultural practices is aggravating poverty in Namibia.Addressing a WAD field day
readMinistry saves the day for Namcol students
07-10-2008
ELEVEN part-time Grade 10 College of Open Learning (Namcol) students at Berseba village and surrounding areas will write their final exams following the intervention of the Education Ministry.The
readSenior citizens should not pay clinic fees: Kamwi
07-10-2008
RUNDU - Health and Social Services Minister Richard Kamwi says no senior citizens, orphans and vulnerable children should be charged user fees at State health facilities.Speaking during a fundraising
readAquaculture needs financial support
07-10-2008
NAMIBIA is irreversibly committed to building an aquaculture industry, since future world fish production will come mainly from this sector, says Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Abraham
readBig Brother Africa 3: Quirky SMSes
07-10-2008
A SELECTION of messages from across Africa appearing on the BBA3 text strip: * IF Tawana doesn't win, at least she'll walk out with a masters degree in BJs. * MUNYA'S clothes and shoes are way too
readExtradition target Koch dies
07-10-2008
THE man at the centre of a marathon extradition battle involving the German government, multimillion-dollar fraud charges, and a four-year stint in prison before he ultimately scored a victory in
readWe will not budge: War 'vets'
07-10-2008
ABOUT 180 of the initial 300 children (now adults) of war veterans who have been camping outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs say they will not move until their demands are
readSwapo zooms in on Etosha controversy
07-10-2008
CLAIMS by the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) that Etosha National Park has been sold to Americans as part of the US government's donor funding through the Millennium Challenge Account will top the
readOmupopiliko gwElelo lyUukwanyama Michael Heita a hulitha
07-10-2008
O MUPOPILIKO gwElelo lyUukwanyama tate Michael Heita, ngoka wo a kala mwene gwomukunda Efinde muuzilo wOkongo mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shOpaumwene
readShigwana kotokela Oondohotola noonganga dhiifundja tadhi piyaganeke oshigwana
07-10-2008
O POLISI moNooli oya tseyitha kutya oshigwana sha Namibia, unene tuu shoka shomoNooli, oshi li tashi lili omolu omahepeko tage shi ningilwa kOondohotola nOonganga dhiifundja,unene tuu ndhoka
readKunzle gets fitness thumbs-up
07-10-2008
SWAKOPMUND rider Michelle Kunzle's hopes to be the first Namibian to participate at the FEI World Champion Challenge in Santiago, Chile, in November will be realised after she fully recovered from a
readBulls and Sharks set for showdown
07-10-2008
PRETORIA - The elimination of Western Province from the Absa Currie Cup race at the weekend has made it a near certainty that the final on October 25 will be an appetising Durban re-run of last year's
readRugby hots up
07-10-2008
THE winners of the MTC Premier Rugby League will take home N$55 000, according to figures revealed by the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) yesterday.The runners-up will pocket N$40 000, while the third- and
read9 killed in Mpuma plane crash
07-10-2008
* BARBERTON Nine people including a pilot were killed after an aircraft crashed and exploded in Mpumalanga on Sunday afternoon.72 dead is Kyrgyzstan quake * BISHKEK – Rescuers raced to reach
read'Alternative Nobels' for journalist, activists
07-10-2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A US journalist, a Swiss-born doctor and activists from India and Somalia have been named as this year's winners of the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the "alternative
readDissidents tipped for 60th Peace Prize
07-10-2008
OSLO - Dissidents fighting for rights in China, Russia and other countries are among those tipped by experts and bookmakers to win the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize in the 60th anniversary of the Universal
readI am hurting, says Tutu
07-10-2008
CAPE TOWN - Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said yesterday he was "hurting" about the conditions that led to him to say he would not vote were an election held today."I value my vote very
readZim parties fail to meet
07-10-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's opposition renewed a call yesterday for regional mediators to help break an impasse over a fragile power-sharing deal, denying it planned new talks later in the day with President
readForty-two face trial over French 'Angolagate'
07-10-2008
'PARIS - Forty-two people including the son of late French president Francois Mitterrand and dozens of businessmen, politicians and public figures went on trial yesterday over a vast "arms-to-Angola"
readForty-two face trial over French 'Angolagate'
07-10-2008
'PARIS - Forty-two people including the son of late French president Francois Mitterrand and dozens of businessmen, politicians and public figures went on trial yesterday over a vast "arms-to-Angola"
readForty-two face trial over French 'Angolagate'
07-10-2008
'PARIS - Forty-two people including the son of late French president Francois Mitterrand and dozens of businessmen, politicians and public figures went on trial yesterday over a vast "arms-to-Angola"
readAIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize
07-10-2008
STOCKHOLM - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology yesterday.Luc
readAfrica improving
07-10-2008
ADDIS ABABA - Governance has improved in almost two-thirds of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an index published yesterday.The 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance said 31 of
readPanic grips world stock markets
07-10-2008
LONDON -World stock markets plummeted yesterday, striking four-year lows, as panic-stricken investors doubted whether a Wall Street bailout package would stem the global financial crisis. London,
readPik Botha says Machel crash probe should be re-opened
07-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The investigation into the plane crash of former Mozambican president Samora Machel should be re-opened, said former apartheid-era foreign affairs minister Pik Botha in a documentary
readGlobal unions on the financial crisis
07-10-2008
Brussels - With the spreading financial crisis likely to take centre stage at the upcoming annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington next weekend, the
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