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44 Articles found on Thursday, 9 October 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Stomping the yard!
09-10-2008
THIS week has the housemates' creative juices flowing again: Biggie has instructed them to embrace the inner rhythm that all Africans are blessed with. Using their bodies, objects within their
readSMSes Of The Day : Monday
09-10-2008
n MAGISTRATE [Thomas] Kanime may God bless you. Church rehabilitation is the perfect one for a human heart and soul. Let's repent Namibians! - Ndemufayo n IT would be appreciated if ACC provides
readFarmers have to adapt to new trends in output, says expert
09-10-2008
FARMERS who want to achieve the same level of today's profit margins in 10 years from now would have to increase input and investments by at least 30 per cent, while increased profits would require
readSan community to receive drought relief food
09-10-2008
GOBABIS - The Omaheke Regional Emergency Management Unit (Oremu) will soon distribute drought relief food to the San community in the region.The three-month programme will start during the course of
readFrance blames crisis on US failure over Lehman
09-10-2008
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde yesterday traced the start of the gobal financial meltdown to the US's "dramatic" decision not to save the Lehman Brothers bank. Lehman sought bankruptcy
readMozambique trade union wants labour tribunals, not mediation centres
09-10-2008
Maputo - Mozambique's largest trade union federation, the OTM, on Tuesday insisted on the need for the government to set up the long-awaited labour tribunals.Recently, the stress in official
readGlobal arms trade stymie efforts to reduce poverty
09-10-2008
Global commitments to reduce poverty and improve lives cannot be reached unless the international community makes urgent progress towards controlling the arms trade, according to a new report released
readGlobal banks are set to review monetary policies
09-10-2008
A t least two dozen central banks around the world are scheduled to meet this month, according to Bloomberg data. They will review monetary policy and adjust interest rates if necessary. The Bank of
read'Worst financial experience in history' as S&P 500 dives 17%
09-10-2008
The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 index has lost 17 per cent since the start of 2000 after sinking almost 10 per cent this month, total return data compiled by Bloomberg show. The decline would be the
readSpotlight on Africa during Service Exporter Network meeting
09-10-2008
All eyes will be on Africa when South Africa hosts the International Trade Centre's high-profile Service Exporter Network (SEN) annual meeting and conference from 12 - 15 November 2008 in
readSheep farmers and Govt stay deadlocked over exports
09-10-2008
THE deadlock between Government and sheep farmers in the commercial and communal sectors remains in place, although the Agriculture Ministry says the matter would be resolved amicably "very soon".
readBig day for birders
09-10-2008
THE Namibia Bird Club will hold a Big Birding Day on Sunday, October 19.Birders will meet on the B1 road to Okahandja, opposite Builders' Warehouse, at 07h00 and drive in a convoy to the farm Monte
readAir Namibia sets horizons on the Asian market
09-10-2008
AIR NAMIBIA has extended its representation in Asia by inking an agreement with the organisation Aviareps.The representation agreement on sales and marketing of Air Namibia with Aviareps, a German
readEyes on the future - have your vision tested
09-10-2008
TODAY is World Sight Day, which focuses global attention on the prevention of vision impairment and blindness. This year's theme - 'Eyes On The Future. Fighting Vision Impairment In Later Life' -
readSuspended foreman resigns
09-10-2008
A KEETMANSHOOP Town Council maintenance division foreman, who was suspended on Friday pending an investigation into alleged misuse of council equipment and labour, yesterday resigned with immediate
readNantu warns lecturers against strike
09-10-2008
THE Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) has called on lecturers at the country's four colleges of education not to go on strike, as negotiations on their demand for salary increases are
readInternational praise for Okavango River project
09-10-2008
NAMIBIA'S initiative on the wise use of the Okavango River Basin was praised at a recent training conference on International Water Resource Management (IWRM) in the Netherlands.Dorothy Wamunyima,
readKeetmans resident sues council
09-10-2008
A FAILURE by the Keetmanshoop Town Council to evict a fellow councillor, Basil Brown, from a plot awarded to a resident through a tender process will cost it thousands of dollars. A local law firm
readPrivate schools urged to give free tuition to 10% of students
09-10-2008
THE Ministry of Education is to change its funding formula to allocate money to the 13 regions according to the number of schoolchildren in each region. The change will take effect in April next
readVeterans' Ministry not for struggle children
09-10-2008
SEVERAL meetings and discussions by Government ministries, including that of Veterans' Affairs, have not convinced a group of some 80 youths to abandon their protest in front of the Ministry's
readChief Maharero dies in Botswana
09-10-2008
A DIRECT descendant of legendary Herero Chief Samuel Maharero, who led the 1904 uprising against German colonialism, Chief Johannes Kaumo Maharero, has died in Botswana. Announcing the news yesterday,
readYoung men jailed for Ariamsvlei gang rape
09-10-2008
SENTENCES totalling 60 years' imprisonment were yesterday handed to two young men who convicted of gang-raping a woman at Ariamsvlei in the Karas Region near the end of 2004.Crimes that they committed
readBig cat was a 'problem' for some
09-10-2008
WHAT was probably the largest leopard in Namibia was shot because it was a 'problem animal', the professional hunter who led the hunt of the big cat said yesterday. The 82-kilogram leopard was shot
readNamibia at Channel O Awards
09-10-2008
NAMIBIA will have four representatives at tonight's Channel O Music Awards in Johannesburg.Gal Level, Lady May, The Dogg and Sunny Boy will be holding Namibia's flag high against some of the
readSwakop estate agent shoots wife, himself
09-10-2008
SWAKOPMUND estate agent Gerhard Hoon (35) of Welwitschia Estates yesterday shot his wife Muzelle (30) at their home before turning the gun on himself. Both are in a critical condition at the Cottage
readMCA Compact: Benefits to tourism
09-10-2008
ONCE Parliament has ratified the Millennium Challenge Account agreement with the US government, Namibia's tourism sector stands to gain from a grant totalling US$67 million. Here is how that money
readSwakop estate agent shoots wife, himself
09-10-2008
SWAKOPMUND estate agent Gerhard Hoon (35) of Welwitschia Estates yesterday shot his wife Muzelle (30) at their home before turning the gun on himself. Both are in a critical condition at the Cottage
readMinister asks NA to ratify US deal
09-10-2008
THE National Assembly will debate the US development package for Namibia two weeks from now after Works and Transport Minister Helmut Angula tabled a motion yesterday, asking the House to ratify the
readMinister asks NA to ratify US deal
09-10-2008
THE National Assembly will debate the US development package for Namibia two weeks from now after Works and Transport Minister Helmut Angula tabled a motion yesterday, asking the House to ratify the
readNo trade-off on Etosha: Govt
09-10-2008
NAMIBIA and the United States yesterday said that the document that sparked controversy over lodge concessions in Etosha National Park had been leaked before the details had been finalised.At a joint
readRussia starts troop pullback
09-10-2008
KARALETI - Russian troops started pulling back from a buffer zone outside Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region yesterday, two months after a brief war that fuelled tension between Moscow and the
readEx-minister says ANC close to split
09-10-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota said yesterday the ruling ANC was close to a split but stopped short of announcing a breakaway party."It seems that we are serving
readMetropolitan a gandja N$1000 kOsikola Enoleu
09-10-2008
E HANGANO ekwashilipaleki lya tseyika nawa lyedhina Metropolitan olya gandja omagano gOodola dha Namibia eyovi limwe (N$1000) kOsikola Enoleu tayi adhika momukunda Enoleu mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha
readOkambishi ka piyaganeka ompangu mOshakati
09-10-2008
O SHINIMA oshikumithi, shiyolitha sho sha pumba osha ningwa muyimwe yomoongulu dhOompangulilo dhOomangestrata mOshakati Omaandaha goshiwike shika.Manga ngaa Omupanguli ngeno ta kala omutumba
readIiyamakuti mOkavango ya tungilwa oondama omatemba gokuninwa
09-10-2008
O ONDAMA mbali nomatemba gaali gomeya giiyamakuti oga tungwa momagamenwahala gaali moshitopolwa sha Kavango mu June nuumvo.Oondama nomatemba ngaka oya tungwa megamenwahala lya Muduva Nyangana na
readOveta yi na sha nomahogololo gOmalelo goondoolopa nayi lundululwe, Auala ta ti
09-10-2008
OSWALD SHIVUTE O MUKALIMO gwomOmuthiya mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto tate Nangolo ya Auala ngoka ta ti okwa ndjoina Swapo momumvo 1966 manga e na oomvula 18, ota ti Oveta yOmalelo gOondoolopa oya
readGolf Open by Coke
09-10-2008
THE Namibia Amateur Golf Union (NAGU) and Namibia Beverages will host the Coca-Cola Windhoek Golf Open at the Windhoek Golf and Country Club this weekend. The event is sponsored by Namibia Beverages
readCycle Classic nets 1 000 entries
09-10-2008
ORGANISERS of the annual The Namibian Model Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic have received an overwhelming 1 000 entries already, it was announced yesterday.The event, which attracted close to 1 500 cyclists
readSaintfiet wants to win
09-10-2008
BRAVE Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet is confident that his players will get away with a win in their last 2010 World/African Nations Cup qualifier at the Independence Stadium on Saturday.Kick off is at
readUnity talks at risk of collapse, says Zanu-PF
09-10-2008
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's party says the opposition is putting Zimbabwe's troubled power-sharing talks at risk by speaking publicly about the negotiations.Suicide bomber kills 9 in Baqouba *
readChips are it for cactus crooks
09-10-2008
TUCSON - Anyone thinking of stealing a saguaro cactus from the Arizona desert could soon be hauling off more than just a giant plant.US National Park Service officials plan to imbed microchips in
readWorld's mammals at risk
09-10-2008
BARCELONA - Half the world's mammals are declining in population and more than a third probably face extinction, says the latest Red List - the most respected inventory of biodiversity.A
readPenguins jet off to South Atlantic
09-10-2008
SAO PAULO - More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home,
readDying man scrawled 'HELP'
09-10-2008
SYDNEY - An Australian man found dead in the outback scrawled the word "HELP" in the dirt as he lay on the ground dying of thirst, police said yesterday. An outback cattleman found the man's body on
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