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59 Articles found on Monday, 1 September 2008
EU legislators mull changes to CO2 curbs
01-09-2008
BRUSSELS - The European Union's main tool against global warming could be altered to lighten the impact on heavy industry and reduce the chances of the EU tightening its CO2 reduction goals, a
readEU to look into greed of cellular providers
01-09-2008
BRUSSELS, The European Commission may propose legislation to crack down on overcharging by cellphone service providers, the EU executive said last week.EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding was
readMozambique demands larger slice of gas quota from SA
01-09-2008
Maputo - The Mozambican authorities are negotiating to increase the amount of the country's own natural gas that will stay in Mozambique rather than be exported to South Africa.The natural gas is
readCell One ups the ante
01-09-2008
As the cellphone wars hot up, Cell One has opened its first mini-store at Eenhana to cater for the high demand of airtime, starter packs and postpaid deals.Leake Hangala, the director for business
readSmart tourism breathes life into desert town
01-09-2008
UIS, Namibia - Having lost their only income source when the Uis tin mine that was their lifeline shut down, a community in the Namibian desert is slowly being resurrected by locals using innovative
readNamcor eyes storage tanks
01-09-2008
NAMCOR, the Government-owned petroleum company, has put out a N$700 million tender for the construction of a fuel storage facility at Walvis Bay in the first half of next year.The open-ended tender
readSankwasa's contract not renewed
01-09-2008
THE Hardap Regional Council has decided not to renew its Chief Regional Officer's five-year term contract, which expires at the end of October.The decision was made at a council meeting on Thursday,
readSmallboy gets 30 years behind bars
01-09-2008
IF the death penalty still existed in Namibia, the 22-year-old Smallboy Hindjou - convicted of a murder and armed robbery that were carried out when he was 18 years old - would have been in serious
readTwo more elderly women evicted
01-09-2008
AT least two more Windhoek residents were to lose their homes last weekend because of outstanding municipal bills.This is despite recent talks between the City of Windhoek and the National Union of
readOshakati abattoir resumes slaughtering
01-09-2008
ONGWEDIVA - The Meatco Oshakati Abattoir resumed cattle slaughtering last week after closing down because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in the Mukwe Constituency of the Kavango
readSwanu has a 10-point plan
01-09-2008
THE Swanu opposition party has drafted a 10-point plan for solving Namibia's social and economic problems, which Swanu leaders see as a "socialist, transformationist revolutionary approach".Announcing
readNamibians mourn death of deputy Police chief
01-09-2008
THE Namibian Police Force are mourning the death of the Deputy Police chief, Major General Junias M'Lukeni, who passed away late Friday afternoon at a Windhoek hospital aged only 54.He would have
readNew party calls for an end to second-class Namibians
01-09-2008
TRIBALISM and factionalism in Namibia should stop and the ruling party should stop driving a wedge between the elite and second-class Namibians, the interim leader of the newly formed All People's
readFlight instructor's suspected killers sent to High Court
01-09-2008
AFTER more than two and a half years in custody, the two men accused of robbing and murdering a German flight instructor and then burning his body in Windhoek near the end of 2005 heard on Friday that
readInvestment group attacks Bank of Namibia's policy
01-09-2008
A BANK of Namibia decision not to increase the lending or repo rate to commercial banks for the past 10 months has come under fire from a local asset-managing company.It claims that deviating from
readNSHR demands info on missing
01-09-2008
A RIGHTS organisation has called on Government to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, as over 4 000 Namibians went missing between 1974
readLazarus a kondja netotongwe e te li dhipaga
01-09-2008
O MUMATI omugundjuka gwoomvula 25 gwomOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati Lazarus Inoshi Anguwo okwa mono epapa kaanahambo aakwawo sho e shi pondola okudhipaga etotongwe ndyoka lya li lye mu
readYa Ndakolo a yelitha etalelopo lye koNashikuvu
01-09-2008
N goloneya gwoshitopolwa sha Shikoto Penda ya Ndakolo okwa popi pamushangwa ta nyenyeta kombinga oshinyolwa shoka sha holokele moshifo shika meti 18 Aguste 2008 tashi popi kombinga yetalelopo lye
readOnkonga mehuliloshiwike lya zile ko
01-09-2008
O POLISi moshitopolwa sha Ohangwena oya ningile omukiintu gumwe gwoomvula 24 oshipotha konima sho okamatyona kamwe koomvula ka lopota kutya ka kwatwa koonkondo komukiintu nguka.Omakonakono gOpolisi
readSwitzerland a teta omakwatho ge ku Mozambique
01-09-2008
M APUTO - Ngashi Sweden, Switzerland naye okwe shi koleke kutya ota ka shunitha pevi omakwathelo ge koshimaliwa shOmulekeneno gwEpanglo lya Mozambique molwashoka okwi ikwata iilonga yokoraputo.Sho
readTransNamib a koleka shili kutya okuli muupyakadhi woshimaliwa
01-09-2008
T ransNamib okwa koleke oshiwike sha zi ko kutya ota ningi oonkundathana nOombaanga opo a pewe oshimaliwa shokulongitha paengunga.Ehangano ndika lyondalasipota olya hiya wo ookahewa kalyo miilonga opo
readOpolisi ya South Afrika ya kwata ko uusekeleta woomiliyuna 5,84
01-09-2008
O POLISI ya Namibia nosho wo ndjoka ya South Afrika otayi konakona uusekeleta mboka taku fekelwa tau simokolelwa mu South Afrika okuza mu Namibia konima sho otalaka yimwe ya kwatwa nondumba
readYamwe otaya longitha nayi iimaliwa yomatonatelwahala
01-09-2008
I ILYO yimwe yOokomitiye dhOmatonatelwahala (conservancies) otayi longitha nayi iinewe yOoproyeka ndhika, Ominista yOmidhingoloko nOmatalelopo Netumbo Nand-Ndaitwah, osho a popi.Nandi-Naitwah shika
readOmangazine ompe yi na sha nuuntshitwe
01-09-2008
O MANGAZINE ompe ya Namibia tayi kala niinyolwa tayi popi kombinga yegameno lyuuntshitwe otayi ka tseyithwa pambelewa omwedhi tu uka.Brian Gamanya gwehagano lya First World Business Consultants
readOmupresidende Mugabe ota ka eta po Epangelo epe
01-09-2008
H ARARE - Onkundana okuzilila ku Harare sha Zimbabwe otayi ti kutya Omupresidende Robert Mugabe okwi ilongekidha okweeta po Epangelo epe moshilongo, kamu na iilyo yoongundu dhompilameno.Oongundu
readPercy calls it quits
01-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa fullback Percy Montgomery announced his retirement from international rugby on Saturday after the Springboks' resounding 53-8 victory over Australia in a Tri-Nations
readSpringboks rout Wallabies
01-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The sting from their worst ever rugby test defeat should be faded by the time the Wallabies land back in Australia.Unlike South Africa, executor of the biggest thrashing in Australia's
readPatel takes five
01-09-2008
LONDON - Left-arm spinner Samit Patel took five for 41 and scored 31 runs to lead England to a 126-run victory over South Africa in the third one-day international at the Oval on Friday.His all-round
readVan Persie fires for Gunners
01-09-2008
LONDON - Arsenal rediscovered their Premier League form on Saturday with a convincing 3-0 victory over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium.Portsmouth ended a run of six successive league defeats
readNamibian riders shine in endurance champs
01-09-2008
NAMIBIAN riders competing in the recent Namibia Endurance Ride Association's Annual African Championship at Walvis Bay ended tops in all three main categories among a record total of 185
readDawids into hot seat
01-09-2008
ORLANDO Pirates owner Hendrik Dawids has taken a giant step towards his quest for the Namibia Football Association (NFA) presidency, after ascending to the position of premiership chairman at the
readSA power to victory
01-09-2008
SOUTH Africa flexed its muscle at school level when it powered its way into first spot by winning the COSSASA Under-17 Ball Games at Walvis Bay over the weekend.Namibia was beaten into the last spot
readUnder-19 rugby in big win
01-09-2008
THE Namibian under-19 rugby side won the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Cup when they beat Zimbabwe 16-13 in the final match played in Tunis, Tunisia, on Saturday.The young team had a successful
readWarriors squad named
01-09-2008
THE technical committee of the Brave Warriors has announced that the following players have been selected for the 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier on September 6 at the Moi International
readChina quake kills 27, destroys 180 000 homes
01-09-2008
BEIJING - Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed Sunday to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble
readLike oil, speculators and water an uneasy mix
01-09-2008
CANBERRA - On the cracked grey clay of an ancient lake bed on the edge of Australia's outback, Guy Kingwill is at the frontier of a global rush to commercialise water.Despite a long-running drought,
readMan gets nut stuck around penis
01-09-2008
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged this week went embarrassingly wrong.The nut got stuck on his
readAmy too sick for concert
01-09-2008
LOS ANGELES - Here's a shocker: At the last minute, Amy Winehouse pulled out of a concert in Paris on Friday night because she was too sick to perform.The trouble-stricken Brit, who's been
readAniston to drop in on '30 Rock'
01-09-2008
LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Aniston will return home to NBC, the TV network where she became a breakout star on the hit sitcom 'Friends'.She's currently filming a guest appearance on the network's '30
readCondom lubricant popular acne cure
01-09-2008
PHNOM PENH - A condom lubricant designed for sex workers and gay men has become a popular acne cure among female Cambodians, women in the capital and local media said on Thursday.Number One Plus, a
readWhy it's so hard to swat a fly
01-09-2008
CHICAGO - The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter, US researchers said on Thursday.At the mere hint of a threat, the insects adjust their pre-flight stance to flee in the opposite
readAs Angola reaps oil wealth, majority remain ensnared in poverty
01-09-2008
LOBITO, Angola - On a recent Friday night, men in SUVs and others on mopeds line up outside one of the few petrol stations in Angola's port city of Lobito to fill up for the weekend.As car horns begin
readPalin electrifies Republican base
01-09-2008
ST PAUL, Minnesota - Sarah Palin did in one day what her new White House ticket mate John McCain had failed to do for 18 months - electrify the Republican Party's mighty social conservative
readRepublican VP pick gets up close and personal
01-09-2008
ST LOUIS, Missouri - Surprise Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin took a genteel approach in her first full day on the campaign trail on Saturday, avoiding all mention of her opponents as
readOlmert urges Abbas to reach peace deal
01-09-2008
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas failed yesterday to achieve a breakthrough in talks on a document to present to Washington before Olmert's party
readRussia seeks to avoid EU wrath over Georgia
01-09-2008
MOSCOW - Russia sought yesterday to ease tensions with the West ahead of a European Union emergency summit on the Georgia conflict as Britain pushed for a "root and branch" review of the bloc's
readZimbabwe parties return home with no sign of deal
01-09-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's rival parties returned home from talks in South Africa, officials said yesterday, with no sign of a power-sharing deal to resolve the country's bitter political crisis.Negotiating
readOxygen tank burst on Qantas flight
01-09-2008
CANBERRA - An oxygen tank exploded and blew a car-sized hole in a Qantas jet last month, air safety officials said on Friday, but investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out why.The Boeing
readGulf Coast residents flee ahead of Gustav
01-09-2008
NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Gustav charged across the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, residents fled New Orleans and the National Guard prepared to patrol evacuated neighbourhoods in a city still recovering
readPercy calls it quits
01-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa fullback Percy Montgomery announced his retirement from international rugby on Saturday after the Springboks' resounding 53-8 victory over Australia in a Tri-Nations match.
readSpringboks rout Wallabies
01-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The sting from their worst ever rugby test defeat should be faded by the time the Wallabies land back in Australia. Unlike South Africa, executor of the biggest thrashing in Australia's
readPatel takes five
01-09-2008
LONDON - Left-arm spinner Samit Patel took five for 41 and scored 31 runs to lead England to a 126-run victory over South Africa in the third one-day international at the Oval on Friday. His
readVan Persie fires for Gunners
01-09-2008
LONDON - Arsenal rediscovered their Premier League form on Saturday with a convincing 3-0 victory over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium. Portsmouth ended a run of six successive league defeats
readNamibian riders shine in endurance champs
01-09-2008
NAMIBIAN riders competing in the recent Namibia Endurance Ride Association's Annual African Championship at Walvis Bay ended tops in all three main categories among a record total of 185 participants.
readDawids into hot seat
01-09-2008
ORLANDO Pirates owner Hendrik Dawids has taken a giant step towards his quest for the Namibia Football Association (NFA) presidency, after ascending to the position of premiership chairman at the
readSA power to victory
01-09-2008
SOUTH Africa flexed its muscle at school level when it powered its way into first spot by winning the COSSASA Under-17 Ball Games at Walvis Bay over the weekend. Namibia was beaten into the last spot
readUnder-19 rugby in big win
01-09-2008
THE Namibian under-19 rugby side won the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Cup when they beat Zimbabwe 16-13 in the final match played in Tunis, Tunisia, on Saturday. The young team had a
readWarriors squad named
01-09-2008
THE technical committee of the Brave Warriors has announced that the following players have been selected for the 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier on September 6 at the Moi International
readLazarus a kondja netotongwe e te li dhipaga
01-09-2008
O MUMATI omugundjuka gwoomvula 25 gwomOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati Lazarus Inoshi Anguwo okwa mono epapa kaanahambo aakwawo sho e shi pondola okudhipaga etotongwe ndyoka lya li lye mu
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