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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Namibian meat industry to launch free-range brand
02-09-2008
MEATCO will launch a new product brand name, Nature's Reserve, next week, coinciding with the 2009 World Meat Congress in Cape Town on September 9.Meatco says Nature's Reserve is an extension of the
readMeatco beefs up premiums for farmers
02-09-2008
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) will pay out an additional premium to cattle farmers due to exceptionally good prices received for Namibian meat products in Europe over the past
readRetailer creates jobs with green farming practices
02-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - SEVEN years ago, 54 subsistence farmers in the Umbumbulu district on the KwaZulu-Natal coast of South Africa were struggling to feed their families.They could barely pay their
readCleaning Up Your Yard
02-09-2008
Springtime is approaching and the outdoors is beginning to look amazing! The weather is warm, the air smells fresh, and you can start breaking out your spring wardrobe.Now that it's starting to be
readGlobal downturn affects all sectors of the real estate industry in South Africa
02-09-2008
The downturn in global property markets is now hitting South Africa where real estate agents report a significant slump.The first signs of an increase in failed property sales are emerging. This is
readResidential property still in doldrums
02-09-2008
Residential property in South Africa is still in the doldrums, Standard Bank said on Monday in its monthly residential property gauge.Standard Bank's median house price eased by 1,8 per cent
readChavez, Mbeki talk trade in SA
02-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Economy and trade will be on the agenda of talks today between President Thabo Mbeki and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during his first state visit to South Africa.The South African
readAussie firm angles for coal mining concession in Moz
02-09-2008
Project will create 1 500 permanent and 4 500 indirect jobs Maputo - The Australian mining company Riversdale last week announced that it had completed its Coal Project Mining Study, for an open-cast
readState urges SMEs to register as close corporations
02-09-2008
ONGWEDIVA - Deputy Director in the Ministry of Trade and Industry's Directorate of Commerce Tileinge Andimba has encouraged small and medium enterprises to register as close corporations instead of
readWorld Bank bankrolls 50% of first five-star hotel in Namibia
02-09-2008
UNITED Africa Group (UAG) has secured 50 per cent funding from International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the development of the first five-star hotel in Namibia at a cost of N$200 million.IFC is
readStandard Bank welcomes reprieve in credit growth in SA
02-09-2008
July saw a welcome reprieve in credit growth in South Africa, Standard Bank Group Economics said on Friday.However, in rand terms the build-up in credit lending against a backdrop of a slowing economy
readRecycling nuclear fuel is SA priority
02-09-2008
By Wendell Roelf Cape Town - South Africa was seeking commercial contracts with foreign companies to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, a senior government official said yesterday.The country plans to
readN$4m pension fund fraud case to High Court
02-09-2008
THE case in which eight people are charged with having run an allegedly crooked multi-million-dollar loan scheme with a local authorities pension fund administered by Alexander Forbes Financial
readBody found on railway
02-09-2008
THE body of a 26-year-old woman was found lying on the railway line behind Wernhil Park in Windhoek early yesterday morning.Relatives identified the deceased as Gaynore Louw. Her body was discovered
readOhangwena Governor claims trees in the name of Swapo
02-09-2008
ONGWEDIVA - Supporters of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) in the Ohangwena Region are accused of provocation for allegedly hoisting their party flags on trees where the ruling Swapo Party
read'Excommunicated' councillor joins RDP
02-09-2008
A FORMER Regional Councillor of the ruling Swapo Party, who was 'excommunicated' a month ago, joined the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) yesterday and will contest the upcoming by-election in
readKavango school results disappoint
02-09-2008
RUNDU - Deputy Finance Minister Tjekero Tweya has challenged everyone involved in education in the Kavango Region to do something about the poor academic performance in the region.Speaking during the
readOmusati Region wins Trade Fair
02-09-2008
THE Omusati Region was the overall winner of the Ongwediva Trade Fair over the weekend and received a trophy and certificate for its exhibits.The judge said the region impressed visitors and other
readEarthquake possibly caused mini-tsunami
02-09-2008
OCEANOGRAPHERS believe that an undersea earthquake, followed by a mudslide, in the Atlantic caused the mini-tsunami that damaged factory buildings on the South African west coast recently.The South
readNC back in the house
02-09-2008
NATIONAL Council chairman Asser Kapere has called on retailers not to increase the prices of basic foods that Government has exempted from tax.Kapere said in the National Council yesterday that some
readNC back in the house
02-09-2008
NATIONAL Council chairman Asser Kapere has called on retailers not to increase the prices of basic foods that Government has exempted from tax.Kapere said in the National Council yesterday that some
readPolice case moves to the High Court
02-09-2008
THE case in which nine members of the Police's Serious Crime Unit and Special Branch at Keetmanshoop are accused of murdering a suspect, Makarius Iikali, has been transferred to the High Court in
readHuman trafficking and prostitution to surge in build-up to 2010 World Cup
02-09-2008
HUMAN trafficking of women and children from neighbouring countries into the South African sex trade will increase in the run-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, Zambian researcher Merab
readHuman trafficking and prostitution to surge in build-up to 2010 World Cup
02-09-2008
HUMAN trafficking of women and children from neighbouring countries into the South African sex trade will increase in the run-up to the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, Zambian researcher Merab
readNamibian jewellers have mixed feelings about Govt ekipa ban
02-09-2008
THE Jewellers Association of Namibia (Jassona) has welcomed Government's move to control trade in ivory amulets known as omakipa and other ivory products but says it should have given the industry
readCold front 'on the way out'
02-09-2008
THE CHILLY weather experienced in central and southern Namibia over the weekend was caused by a cold front that made landfall in the Cape on Friday.Olga Tjiueza of the Windhoek Weather Bureau said
readRDP member assaulted over T-shirt
02-09-2008
A MEMBER of the RDP opposition party was attacked recently for wearing a T-shirt carrying the logo and name of that party.Sophia Erkkie, aged 23 and enrolled at Namcol correspondence college, told a
readPensioners to march against evictions
02-09-2008
A GROUP of elderly people, whose inability to settle outstanding municipal bills is threatening their family homes, are expected to take to the streets this morning to protest against the Windhoek
readOnambala ya pewa eshina lyokwiindjipaleka kOmupilima
02-09-2008
O MUPILIMAMINISTA Nahas Angula a gandja eshina lyokwiindjipaleka oombapila kOsikola ya Nambala J SS moshikandjosikola sha Tsandi moshitopolwa sha Musati.Omupilima okwa li a yamukula keindilo
readOmupolisi omukuluntu ina katukilwa natango
02-09-2008
O POLISI otayi kwatakwata natango kombinga yokuningila Omupolisi omukuluntu ngoka a li a kwatwa nonyama yondjambameya netende lyondjamba pobloka yaanambelewa ye na sha niimuna po Mururani oshiwike sha
readKonyala aakulupe yaali ya kuthwe omagumbo ku Muni
02-09-2008
A AKALIMO yalwe yaali yomOvenduka oya li ye na okukanitha omagumbo gawo mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko omwiifuta ya Muni gwoshilando mbyoka yi li moongunga.Oshinima shika osha li shi na okuningwa nando
readOopaati dha Zim dha shuna kegumbo inadhi shaina sha
02-09-2008
H ARARE - Aakalelipo yongundu tayi pangele mu Zimbabwe yo Zanu-PF naamboka yompilameno yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) oya shuna kegumbo okuza ko South Afrika hoka ya li ye na oonkundathana
readGeingob a pandula omaulikilo ga Ngwediva ye ta tanga Uuministeli we
02-09-2008
O MINISTELI yIipindi nIikwafaabulika, Omundohotola Hage Geingob, pethimbo ta egulula pambelewa Omaulikilo gIipindi gokOmumvo ga Ngwediva m Ongwediva mOsoondaha yeti 24 Auguste 2008, okwa pupula
readOmusouth Afrika a kuthwa opelemeta
02-09-2008
M APUTO - Uuministeli wAaniilonga wa Zimbabwe owa kutha omuSouth Afrika gumwe ha longo mOhotela opelemeta ye yiilonga, molwashoka aniwa ina simaneka AaMozambique noku na uukwamuhoko.Claudine Moodley
readMugabe oye ta ka egulula omaulikilo gIipindi ga Ngwediva mo 2009: Uutoni
02-09-2008
P ETHIMBO ta taamba ko aayehe mbokanye yile kOshituthiegululo shOmaulikilo gIipindi gomomumvo 2008 mOngwediva kOministeli yIipindi nIikwafaabulika Omundohotola Hage geingob, Meya gwOndoolopa ya
readDjokovic survives thriller
02-09-2008
NEW YORK - Novak Djokovic illuminated New York's midnight hour with an electrifying performance on Sunday, surviving a 234-minute battle to reach the fourth round of the US Open.The Serbian third seed
readFlintoff finds fine form
02-09-2008
LONDON - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff believes his promotion to number five has boosted his form with the bat.Flintoff starred in Sunday's seven wicket win over South Africa in the fourth
readNam volunteer at Games
02-09-2008
BEIJING - Volunteer Sam Shaanika was unique among the thousands of Chinese volunteers at the Olympic Games - he's from the African country of Namibia.About 1,5 million volunteers worked around Beijing
readASEC, Mazembe open up semis
02-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - ASEC Abidjan and TP Mazembe Englebert won their first games in the group phase of the African Champions League on Sunday to open up the race for semi-final places.Ivory Coast's ASEC
readNo increase by NFC in football sponsorship
02-09-2008
THE Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) will not increase its annual sponsorship amount of N$8 million for domestic football, despite the escalating costs and calls by the football bosses to increase
readBrazilian rider Pessoa's horse tests positive
02-09-2008
PARIS - Rufus, the mount of former Olympic champion Rodrigo Pessoa at the Beijing Games, has tested postive for a banned substance, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) said yesterday.The
readBrazilians to light up league
02-09-2008
THREE Brazilian players are ready to set the domestic premiership alight when they turn out for their new club, Orlando Pirates, this season.The trio arrived in Namibia at the end of last week and
readRentzke lands contract with Benfica Lisbon
02-09-2008
BENFICA Lisbon has signed up Namibian rugby player Leeroy Rentzke on a two-year contract.Benfica Lisbon is currently the biggest club in the world, according to the 2008 Guinness World Book of Records
readIndia struggles to cope with flood catastrophe
02-09-2008
MADHEPURA - India battled yesterday to reach at least half a million people stranded by floods without food or drinking water, as the military poured fresh troops into the country's devastated
readJolie says she would like to try acting in a French film
02-09-2008
BERLIN - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said she would relish the chance to act in a European film and may even be ready to take a French-speaking part in a few years, in an interview with a German
readRussian support for separatists could cause ripples
02-09-2008
LONDON - Russia's conflict with Georgia and recognition of its small breakaway territories as independent states may have broad repercussions for separatist movements in the former Soviet sphere and
read'Enabling aid' turns peasants into export farmers
02-09-2008
DJILAKH - Less than a year ago, the land around this small Senegalese village was parched bush pasture, studded with thick-trunked, knobbly baobab trees.But over the last six months, ground pockmarked
readAung Suu Kyi 'has lost weight
02-09-2008
YANGON - Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has lost weight and continues to shun food deliveries, her lawyer said yesterday but declined to confirm if she is on a hunger
readUS says 220 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
02-09-2008
KABUL - United States-led coalition and Afghan troops killed more than 220 suspected Taliban militants in strikes in southern Afghanistan last week, the US military said yesterday, the biggest
readPolice to shame jaywalkers on TV
02-09-2008
SHANGHAI - Shanghai police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules, local media reported on Thursday.Offending
readS Leone president's aide quits over pay hike move
02-09-2008
FREETOWN - A senior aide to Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has resigned amid a public outcry over a request made to parliament to increase the president's salary tenfold in one of the
readUS hands over former Iraqi insurgent flashpoint
02-09-2008
RAMADI - The United States military handed over Iraq's western Anbar province to Iraqi security forces yesterday, less than two years after the region was all but lost to a Sunni Arab insurgency."We
readTwenty die in SA fires and storms
02-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Dozens of fires fanned by gale force winds left at least 20 people dead over the weekend and destroyed thousands of hectares of veld, officials said yesterday.Working on Fire (WoF) said
readJapanese prime minister resigns
02-09-2008
TOKYO - Japan's chronically unpopular prime minister suddenly announced his resignation after less than a year in office yesterday, throwing the world's second-largest economy into political
readGaddafi hails full US ties
02-09-2008
BENGHAZI - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said his regime's long estrangement from the United States was finally over as he marked the 39th anniversary yesterday of his overthrow of the Western-backed
readGustav slams Louisiana coastline west of New Orleans
02-09-2008
NEW ORLEANS - A weakened Hurricane Gustav crashed into the flood-prone but nearly deserted coast of Louisiana yesterday, making landfall west of New Orleans as a Category 2 storm.Water was splashing
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