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96 Articles found on Monday, 22 September 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Death by karaoke!
22-09-2008
WILL mopane worms be the standard culinary fare in the year 2055? According to Biggie, all four-legged and feathered sources of protein have reached extinction and the housemates have to prepare their
readSMS of the Day : Monday
22-09-2008
Food For Thought * THE brutal killing of yet another vulnerable member of our society in our beautiful city reminded us all that crime in our country is just as real as in South Africa. SA has 20
readFinance charter out next month - Minister
22-09-2008
The Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, said the long-awaited Namibian Financial Services Charter will be launched early next month.Speaking at the inauguration of the Standard Insurance
readNamibia must diversify to grow, say foreign experts Growth is estimated at 4% - well below inflation
22-09-2008
NAMIBIA would need to rely less on mining and place more emphasis on diversifying its economy if the country is to grow, a meeting of international and local experts and officials heard last week.More
readNamibia must diversify to grow, say foreign experts Growth is estimated at 4% - well below inflation
22-09-2008
NAMIBIA would need to rely less on mining and place more emphasis on diversifying its economy if the country is to grow, a meeting of international and local experts and officials heard last week.More
readGermany gives seed capital for Namibia's first micro-finance banking institution
22-09-2008
THE German government has provided seed capital amounting to 2,3 million euro (N$26,2 million) to establish the first formal microfinance bank in Namibia.The new bank will be founded on the successful
readTito Mboweni sits tight as other central bankers pour out cash It's business as usual in South Africa, says governor
22-09-2008
A s major central banks pumped money into the world's banking system on Thursday last week, SA Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said the bank "has not been required to take any special action" to
readMbeki ousted, ANC split feared
22-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Supporters of deposed South African President Thabo Mbeki may split from the ruling African National Congress and contest elections as a breakaway party in 2009, South Africa's Sunday
readSwapo issues veiled threat to its leaders
22-09-2008
SWAPO PARTY Vice President Hage Geingob says the party will leave no stone unturned in getting rid of people who still "hibernate" in the hope of derailing goals set in the party's manifesto."The
readSA: How is Africa, rest of the world affected?
22-09-2008
FOREIGN policy will take a backseat to domestic issues in a Zuma-controlled government.The ANC has vowed to intensify its battle against poverty and high unemployment and grumbled about how much time
readRocky road ahead for SA
22-09-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa faces huge uncertainties over the imminent resignation of President Thabo Mbeki, with much riding on the ruling party's ability to manage a smooth transition, analysts said
readBig Brother Africa 3: Quirky SMSes
22-09-2008
A SELECTION of messages appearing on the BBA3 TV text strip: * UTI for president. Beats (Barack) Obama hands down.* MORRIS, Mr T wants his hairstyle back. * MORRIS, with dat hair u look like one of
readFoot-and-mouth disease contained
22-09-2008
STATE veterinarians were set to have completed the vaccination of 19 000 cattle in the Kavango Region by the weekend after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at the end of July in the Mukwe
readWalvis power plant given thumbs-up by Enviro Ministry
22-09-2008
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has given NamPower the green light to start building a 50 Megawatt diesel power station in Walvis Bay.An Environmental Clearance Certificate for the project was
readKameeta warns against tribalism
22-09-2008
NAMIBIANS should practise tolerance and live according to the principle of unity in diversity instead of "glorifying divisions", so that the "ugly things of the past" would not be repeated, Bishop
readSome musicians 'insensitive' to murder victim
22-09-2008
THE YT de Wet murder saga has taken a new twist after members of the public accused Namibian musicians of hypocrisy and ignorance, for what they termed a lack of sympathy for murder victim Elsé
readBallot papers to be counted at polling stations next year
22-09-2008
THE counting of ballot papers during elections will in future be done directly at the polling stations, a top electoral official said last week.Moses Ndjarakana, Director of Elections, said several
readBody parts case to High Court
22-09-2008
KENYAN nurse Kenneth Orina will be put on trial in the High Court on charges that he murdered his wife, dismembered her body and then disposed of her remains by leaving body parts at various places in
readFarm killer gets 32 years
22-09-2008
THE murder that Caprivi Region farmworker Alfred Simasiku Sezuni committed when he used an AK47 rifle to kill one of his employers was "hideous and premeditated", Sezuni was told before he was
readSwapo gears up for Omuthiya
22-09-2008
SWAPO Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana on Saturday called upon Omuthiya residents to turn out in big numbers for Friday's first local authority election at the new town.Addressing a Swapo
readStruggle children receive help
22-09-2008
THE pleas of hundreds of young people born in exile during the liberation struggle finally prompted a reaction from Government on Friday, with promises of support in the form of training, education
readRDP calls on Govt to resign, hold early elections
22-09-2008
GOVERNMENT should resign because there is 'political anarchy' in Namibia and President Hifikepunye Pohamba should dissolve Parliament to allow for new elections sooner than December 2009, an RDP
read'Tidha Ominista': Ewawa lyAagundjuka
22-09-2008
E wawa lyAagundjuka olya gandja elombwelo kOmupresidende a kale a tidha yaali yomOominista dhe opo a ulike kutya eimbilo ndyoka ha imbi aluhe kombinga yiilonga ya korapta nuulingingi otali zi lela
readOparka yiinamwenyo ya Kalahari moBotswana ya dhengwa komulilo
22-09-2008
G ABORONE - Oshitopolwa shoopelesenda dha konda po 80 shOparka yiiyamakuti ya Central Kalahari Game Reserve mu Botswana osha hanagulwa po kepya muule wiiwike iyali ya piti po, Epangelo lya Botswana
readAayonaguli yuuthemba womuntu naya katukilwe onkatu: ICTJ ta ti
22-09-2008
J OHANNESBURG - Ehangano egameni lyuuthemba womuntu lyopaigwana nenge International Centre for Transistional Justice (ICTJ) olya popi kutya etsokumweuvathano ndyoka lya ningwa pokati kOmupresiendede
readTses natango oku li momilema
22-09-2008
N ATANGO ondoolopamukunda ya Tses muumbugantu oyi li momilema konima sho NamPower a li a tete ko olusheno lwe mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zile ko, ano konima yoshiwike nomasiku yontumba lwaampoka.Olaata
readRed Cross a tameka etopolo lyiikulya mu Zimbabwe
22-09-2008
H ARARE - Ehangano lyOmahangano gOmushigakano Omutiligane nenge International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) olya popi kutya otali ka tameka okugandja iikulya kAazimbabwe omayuvi mboka ye na
readTses natango oku li momilema
22-09-2008
N ATANGO ondoolopamukunda ya Tses muumbugantu oyi li momilema konima sho NamPower a li a tete ko olusheno lwe mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zile ko, ano konima yoshiwike nomasiku yontumba lwaampoka.Olaata
readAfrika oye unene a dhengwa kOmalaria
22-09-2008
G ENEVA - Pamakonakono ga ningwa po, omukithi gwOmalaria ogwa dhipaga aantu ye li lwopomiliyuna yimwe muuyuni auhe.Ehangano li na sha nuundjolowele lyIigwahangano nenge World Health Organisation (WHO)
readMswati okwa hala uuyuni u kwathe Zim
22-09-2008
H ARARE - Omukwaniilwa gwa Swaziland Mswati (omutitati) okwa kwatela komeho eindilo lya Afrika kutya iikwathelilongo nayi kwathele Zimbabwe a wape okweeta eliko lye kuuwanawa.Momaandaha goshiwike sha
readDimension Data win squash league
22-09-2008
DIMENSION Data Dodgers were the winners of the 2008 Squash Business League, followed by Trustco Mobile in second place and Road Signs in third.The winners were announced at a function on Thursday
readSpain beat USA in Davis Cup
22-09-2008
MADRID - Spain beat defending champions the USA to reach the Davis Cup final when world number one Rafael Nadal thrashed Andy Roddick in straight sets yesterday to give the home side an unbeatable 3-1
readVictory races in grand finale
22-09-2008
WINDHOEK - The final leg of the eighth Old Mutual Victory Races Series took place at the Jan Jonker Senior Secondary School in the capital on Saturday.In the men's category, Frans Hosea dominated from
readNamibia's junior team for Games named
22-09-2008
THE Namibian team which will compete at the Commonwealth Youth Games scheduled for Pune, India, from October 12 to 18 was named as follows: Dantango Gurirab (100m, 200m), Hardus Maritz (110m hurdles),
readPonting seeks right spirit in India
22-09-2008
SYDNEY - Australian captain Ricky Ponting said yesterday he was hopeful next month's four-Test cricket series with India will be played in the right spirit.The 15-man Australian squad left here late
readSharks top Currie Cup table
22-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Little has changed in this weekend's Premier Division Currie Cup matches and the five frontrunners in the Absa Currie Cup all still have everything to play for, albeit for different
readMTN8 final tickets to be refunded: organisers
22-09-2008
SOUTH AFRICA'S Premier Soccer League announced on Saturday that fans in possession of tickets for the postponed MTN8 final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs and can't make the re-scheduled
readSafina crushes Kuznetsova
22-09-2008
TOKYO - Fourth seed Dinara Safina overpowered fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-3 to win the Pan Pacific Open title yesterday.After recording her fourth tournament victory of 2008, this year's
readPirates are U/17 champs
22-09-2008
ORLANDO Pirates won the Khomas Under 17n Youth League when they ousted Ongete United 3-1 on penalties at the Khomasdal Stadium yesterday.Ongete drew first blood through Kingsley Ndjembela midway
readBruwer joins Ajax
22-09-2008
FORMER Brave Warriors and Civics goalkeeper Danzyl Bruwer signed a two-year deal with South African premiership side Ajax Cape Town at the weekend.According to his manager, Collin April, Bruwer has
readSparkling Arsenal in win
22-09-2008
LONDON - Arsenal turned on the style to beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 on Saturday and get an early-season taste of the top of the Premier League.They top the standings on 12 points, one ahead of
readHamilton ready for GP appeal
22-09-2008
PARIS - Lewis Hamilton will bid to extend his world championship lead today with the action coming amongst the suits of an FIA appeal tribunal rather than on the racing track.The British driver was
readSpeculation and sandwiches as OPEC burns night oil
22-09-2008
VIENNA - Most meetings of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are tagged "extraordinary", but some are more extraordinary than others.Five-star hotels are regularly transformed from
readShop punts PM as 'cool old dude'
22-09-2008
TOKYO - Being old is apparently no bar to finding favour with the young - at least in the world of Japanese politics.From US$6 bean buns to US$1 200 kimono belts, a souvenir shop in Tokyo is offering
readAngola's Unita keeps leader
22-09-2008
LUANDA - Angola's main opposition Unita has retained Isaias Samakuva as its leader despite the party's rout in the first peactime elections in the oil-rich southern African nation.The National Union
readFireworks blamed as 43 die in China nightclub blaze
22-09-2008
SHENZHEN - A fire and subsequent stampede at a club in southern China killed 43 people and left 88 injured, state media said yesterday, in the latest incident highlighting China's abysmal fire safety
readOlmert to resign
22-09-2008
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced his resignation yesterday, but the political uncertainty gripping Israel and casting a shadow over US-backed Middle East peace talks is far from
readNaples hails miracle as saint's blood liquifies
22-09-2008
NAPLES - Thousands of Neapolitans crowded into the city's cathedral on Friday to witness the miracle of Saint Gennaro - whose dried blood is said to liquefy twice a year, 17 centuries after his
readAl Qaeda suspected of Pakistan's Marriott bombing
22-09-2008
ISLAMABAD - The suicide truck bomb attack that killed at least 53 people at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's capital on Saturday evening bore the hallmarks of an al Qaeda operation, Pakistani
readJapan agric minister quits over rice
22-09-2008
TOKYO - Japan's agriculture minister resigned on Friday in a widening scandal over rice contaminated with mold and pesticide that was sold as food for thousands of people, including schoolchildren and
readDimension Data win squash league
22-09-2008
DIMENSION Data Dodgers were the winners of the 2008 Squash Business League, followed by Trustco Mobile in second place and Road Signs in third.The winners were announced at a function on Thursday
readSpain beat USA in Davis Cup
22-09-2008
MADRID – Spain beat defending champions the USA to reach the Davis Cup final when world number one Rafael Nadal thrashed Andy Roddick in straight sets yesterday to give the home side an unbeatable 3-1
readVictory races in grand finale
22-09-2008
WINDHOEK – The final leg of the eighth Old Mutual Victory Races Series took place at the Jan Jonker Senior Secondary School in the capital on Saturday.In the men’s category, Frans Hosea dominated from
readNamibia’s junior team for Games named
22-09-2008
THE Namibian team which will compete at the Commonwealth Youth Games scheduled for Pune, India, from October 12 to 18 was named as follows:Dantango Gurirab (100m, 200m), Hardus Maritz (110m hurdles),
readPonting seeks right spirit in India
22-09-2008
SYDNEY – Australian captain Ricky Ponting said yesterday he was hopeful next month’s four-Test cricket series with India will be played in the right spirit. The 15-man Australian squad left here late
readSharks top Currie Cup table
22-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG – Little has changed in this weekend’s Premier Division Currie Cup matches and the five frontrunners in the Absa Currie Cup all still have everything to play for, albeit for different
readMTN8 final tickets to be refunded: organisers
22-09-2008
SOUTH AFRICA’S Premier Soccer League announced on Saturday that fans in possession of tickets for the postponed MTN8 final between Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs and can’t make the re-scheduled
readSafina crushes Kuznetsova
22-09-2008
TOKYO – Fourth seed Dinara Safina overpowered fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1 6-3 to win the Pan Pacific Open title yesterday.After recording her fourth tournament victory of 2008, this year’s
readPirates are U/17 champs
22-09-2008
ORLANDO Pirates won the Khomas Under 17n Youth League when they ousted Ongete United 3-1 on penalties at the Khomasdal Stadium yesterday.Ongete drew first blood through Kingsley Ndjembela midway
readBruwer joins Ajax
22-09-2008
FORMER Brave Warriors and Civics goalkeeper Danzyl Bruwer signed a two-year deal with South African premiership side Ajax Cape Town at the weekend.According to his manager, Collin April, Bruwer has
readSparkling Arsenal in win
22-09-2008
LONDON – Arsenal turned on the style to beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 on Saturday and get an early-season taste of the top of the Premier League.They top the standings on 12 points, one ahead of
readHamilton ready for GP appeal
22-09-2008
PARIS – Lewis Hamilton will bid to extend his world championship lead today with the action coming amongst the suits of an FIA appeal tribunal rather than on the racing track.The British driver was
read‘Tidha Ominista’: Ewawa lyAagundjuka
22-09-2008
Ewawa lyAagundjuka olya gandja elombwelo kOmupresidende a kale a tidha yaali yomOominista dhe opo a ulike kutya eimbilo ndyoka ha imbi aluhe kombinga yiilonga ya korapta nuulingingi otali zi lela
readOparka yiinamwenyo ya Kalahari moBotswana ya dhengwa komulilo
22-09-2008
GABORONE – Oshitopolwa shoopelesenda dha konda po 80 shOparka yiiyamakuti ya Central Kalahari Game Reserve mu Botswana osha hanagulwa po kepya muule wiiwike iyali ya piti po, Epangelo lya Botswana
readAayonaguli yuuthemba womuntu naya katukilwe onkatu: ICTJ ta ti
22-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG – Ehangano egameni lyuuthemba womuntu lyopaigwana nenge International Centre for Transistional Justice (ICTJ) olya popi kutya etsokumweuvathano ndyoka lya ningwa pokati kOmupresiendede
readRed Cross a tameka etopolo lyiikulya mu Zimbabwe
22-09-2008
HARARE – Ehangano lyOmahangano gOmushigakano Omutiligane nenge International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) olya popi kutya otali ka tameka okugandja iikulya kAazimbabwe omayuvi mboka ye na
readTses natango oku li momilema
22-09-2008
NATANGO ondoolopamukunda ya Tses muumbugantu oyi li momilema konima sho NamPower a li a tete ko olusheno lwe mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zile ko, ano konima yoshiwike nomasiku yontumba lwaampoka. Olaata
readAfrika oye unene a dhengwa kOmalaria
22-09-2008
GENEVA – Pamakonakono ga ningwa po, omukithi gwOmalaria ogwa dhipaga aantu ye li lwopomiliyuna yimwe muuyuni auhe.Ehangano li na sha nuundjolowele lyIigwahangano nenge World Health Organisation (WHO)
readMswati okwa hala uuyuni u kwathe Zim
22-09-2008
HARARE – Omukwaniilwa gwa Swaziland Mswati (omutitati) okwa kwatela komeho eindilo lya Afrika kutya iikwathelilongo nayi kwathele Zimbabwe a wape okweeta eliko lye kuuwanawa.Momaandaha goshiwike sha
readSpeculation and sandwiches as OPEC burns night oil
22-09-2008
VIENNA – Most meetings of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are tagged “extraordinary”, but some are more extraordinary than others. Five-star hotels are regularly transformed from
readShop punts PM as ‘cool old dude’
22-09-2008
TOKYO – Being old is apparently no bar to finding favour with the young – at least in the world of Japanese politics.From US$6 bean buns to US$1 200 kimono belts, a souvenir shop in Tokyo is offering
readAngola’s Unita keeps leader
22-09-2008
LUANDA – Angola’s main opposition Unita has retained Isaias Samakuva as its leader despite the party’s rout in the first peactime elections in the oil-rich southern African nation. The National Union
readFireworks blamed as 43 die in China nightclub blaze
22-09-2008
SHENZHEN – A fire and subsequent stampede at a club in southern China killed 43 people and left 88 injured, state media said yesterday, in the latest incident highlighting China’s abysmal fire safety
readOlmert to resign
22-09-2008
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced his resignation yesterday, but the political uncertainty gripping Israel and casting a shadow over US-backed Middle East peace talks is far from over.
readNaples hails miracle as saint’s blood liquifies
22-09-2008
NAPLES – Thousands of Neapolitans crowded into the city’s cathedral on Friday to witness the miracle of Saint Gennaro – whose dried blood is said to liquefy twice a year, 17 centuries after his death.
readAl Qaeda suspected of Pakistan’s Marriott bombing
22-09-2008
ISLAMABAD – The suicide truck bomb attack that killed at least 53 people at the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan’s capital on Saturday evening bore the hallmarks of an al Qaeda operation, Pakistani
readJapan agric minister quits over rice
22-09-2008
TOKYO – Japan’s agriculture minister resigned on Friday in a widening scandal over rice contaminated with mold and pesticide that was sold as food for thousands of people, including schoolchildren and
readNamibia must diversify to grow, say foreign experts
22-09-2008
Growth is estimated at 4% – well below inflation NAMIBIA would need to rely less on mining and place more emphasis on diversifying its economy if the country is to grow, a meeting of international
readFinance charter out next month – Minister
22-09-2008
The Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, said the long-awaited Namibian Financial Services Charter will be launched early next month.Speaking at the inauguration of the Standard Insurance
readGermany gives seed capital for Namibia’s first micro-finance banking institution
22-09-2008
THE German government has provided seed capital amounting to 2,3 million euro (N$26,2 million) to establish the first formal microfinance bank in Namibia.The new bank will be founded on the successful
readTito Mboweni sits tight as other central bankers pour out cash
22-09-2008
It’s business as usual in South Africa, says governor As major central banks pumped money into the world’s banking system on Thursday last week, SA Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni said the bank
readBig Brother Africa 3: Quirky SMSes
22-09-2008
A SELECTION of messages appearing on the BBA3 TV text strip:* UTI for president. Beats (Barack) Obama hands down. * MORRIS, Mr T wants his hairstyle back. * MORRIS, with dat hair u look like one of
readFoot-and-mouth disease contained
22-09-2008
STATE veterinarians were set to have completed the vaccination of 19 000 cattle in the Kavango Region by the weekend after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at the end of July in the Mukwe
readWalvis power plant given thumbs-up by Enviro Ministry
22-09-2008
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has given NamPower the green light to start building a 50 Megawatt diesel power station in Walvis Bay.An Environmental Clearance Certificate for the project was
readKameeta warns against tribalism
22-09-2008
NAMIBIANS should practise tolerance and live according to the principle of unity in diversity instead of “glorifying divisions”, so that the “ugly things of the past” would not be repeated, Bishop
readSome musicians ‘insensitive’ to murder victim
22-09-2008
THE YT de Wet murder saga has taken a new twist after members of the public accused Namibian musicians of hypocrisy and ignorance, for what they termed a lack of sympathy for murder victim Elsé
readBallot papers to be counted at polling stations next year
22-09-2008
THE counting of ballot papers during elections will in future be done directly at the polling stations, a top electoral official said last week.Moses Ndjarakana, Director of Elections, said several
readBody parts case to High Court
22-09-2008
KENYAN nurse Kenneth Orina will be put on trial in the High Court on charges that he murdered his wife, dismembered her body and then disposed of her remains by leaving body parts at various places in
readFarm killer gets 32 years
22-09-2008
THE murder that Caprivi Region farmworker Alfred Simasiku Sezuni committed when he used an AK47 rifle to kill one of his employers was “hideous and premeditated”, Sezuni was told before he was
readSwapo gears up for Omuthiya
22-09-2008
SWAPO Secretary General Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana on Saturday called upon Omuthiya residents to turn out in big numbers for Friday’s first local authority election at the new town.Addressing a Swapo
readStruggle children receive help
22-09-2008
THE pleas of hundreds of young people born in exile during the liberation struggle finally prompted a reaction from Government on Friday, with promises of support in the form of training, education
readRDP calls on Govt to resign, hold early elections
22-09-2008
GOVERNMENT should resign because there is ‘political anarchy’ in Namibia and President Hifikepunye Pohamba should dissolve Parliament to allow for new elections sooner than December 2009, an RDP
readSwapo issues veiled threat to its leaders
22-09-2008
SWAPO PARTY Vice President Hage Geingob says the party will leave no stone unturned in getting rid of people who still “hibernate” in the hope of derailing goals set in the party’s manifesto.“The
readSA: How is Africa, rest of the world affected?
22-09-2008
FOREIGN policy will take a backseat to domestic issues in a Zuma-controlled government. The ANC has vowed to intensify its battle against poverty and high unemployment and grumbled about how much time
readRocky road ahead for SA
22-09-2008
CAPE TOWN – South Africa faces huge uncertainties over the imminent resignation of President Thabo Mbeki, with much riding on the ruling party’s ability to manage a smooth transition, analysts said
readMbeki ousted, ANC split feared
22-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG – Supporters of deposed South African President Thabo Mbeki may split from the ruling African National Congress and contest elections as a breakaway party in 2009, South Africa’s Sunday
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