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83 Articles found on Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: Curtain lifts on 'cowardheart'
24-09-2008
TK CAN go smoke himself! What a coward.What a bustard. What a wimp! The laziest, least interactive housemate gets nominated for eviction this week and, as Head of House, decides to replace himself
readSMS Of The Day : Wednesday
24-09-2008
* WE read and hear the GRN has received donations from certain European or American countries to help with poverty reduction.In most cases they come in figures of millions if not billions of dollars.
readPunish those responsible for financial crisis: Sarkozy
24-09-2008
NEW YORK - Those responsible for the global financial crisis should be punished, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday, calling for more world leaders to recognise the seriousness of the
readChavez woos China to replace US purchases
24-09-2008
B EIJING - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country is no longer the backyard of the US.He finds it more important to visit Beijing than New York, he said on his arrival in China's capital
readZuma seeks to reassure investors, but Cosatu turns up heat
24-09-2008
Cape Town - South Africa's president-in-waiting, Jacob Zuma, took pains yesterday to reassure investors that the country would remain on course as far as economic policy was concerned.But just hours
readSanlam welcomes Namibia's decision on pension fund investments
24-09-2008
A SENIOR manager at Sanlam South Africa's office has welcomed the Namibian Government's directive to pension funds and insurance companies to invest a small percentage of their funds in unlisted
readMarkets shrug off leadership change in SA
24-09-2008
News yesterday that ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe would replace Thabo Mbeki as South Africa's president made little impact on local financial markets, according to analysts, who said events
readManuel shocker: Markets flinch, Namibia affected
24-09-2008
IN A chaotic day marked by the mass resignation of senior ministers in South Africa, including long-serving Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, the financial markets saw another downward spiral.The
readShipwreck explorers in race against time
24-09-2008
TWO and a half weeks more - this is the only time a multinational team of archaeologists have left to salvage what they can from the site where the remains of a centuries-old shipwreck emerged from
readANC moves quickly to deal with Manuel fallout
24-09-2008
CAPE TOWN - The finance minister seen as the architect of South Africa's economic success reassured the nation that he would stay in office after sending markets reeling yesterday by announcing his
readJazz Encounter ticket give-away
24-09-2008
ONE lucky reader can win a pair of tickets to the Old Mutual Jazz Encounter, taking place this Saturday, September 27, at the WHS Vegkop Stadium from 18h00.The annual Old Mutual Jazz concert has
readBig Brother Africa: Quirky SMSes
24-09-2008
A SELECTION of messages from across Africa appearing on the BBA3 TV text strip after TK decided to replace himself with our girl, Lucille: * TK, how dare you, you vet gat.* TK you're a sissy. * A
readLuederitz waterfront road show kicks off
24-09-2008
A THREE-MEMBER delegation of the Luederitz Waterfront Development Company (LWDC) will be touring the Karas Region this week to get input from local communities on the second phase of the Waterfront
readPastor's call to bury guns
24-09-2008
SPIRITUAL leader Ngeno Nakamhela has requested local musicians planning to attend the funeral of their late colleague YT De Wet on Saturday to bring their guns along and bury them.Nakamhela, a pastor
readBodies in 1972 mass grave identified
24-09-2008
THE mystery surrounding one of several mass graves found near the Angolan border recently has been partly solved - it could be traced to the 1972 shooting of five Namibian murder suspects by South
readAviation problems are being sorted out
24-09-2008
THE public and the tourism industry should "remain calm while we are sorting out the deficiencies" in the civil aviation industry, Works and Transport Minister Helmut Angula said in Parliament
readPower restored at Tses
24-09-2008
NAMPOWER restored electricity supply to the village of Tses on Friday following the intervention of the Local Government Ministry.Tses, situated some 80 km north of Keetmanshoop, was plunged in
readSylvester admits massacre, implicates Shorty Erasmus
24-09-2008
THE start of the defence's case in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre trial yesterday ended with one of the four suspects, Sylvester Beukes (23), once again placing the blame for the deaths of eight
readCase of hippo meat in Police bus still open
24-09-2008
AN investigation into a senior Police officer who was driving a bus in which hippo meat and an elephant foot was found at Mururani veterinary checkpoint last month has not yet been completed, a Police
readEvalo lyoSCM pOmungwelume
24-09-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwEhangano lyAailongi Aakriste, ano gwo SCM mUumbangalantu Johannes Amunyela okwa tseyitha kutya Ehangano lyawo ndika lyo SCM lya gwanitha oomvula omilongo ne (40) notali ka kala nee
readGumwe a pewa oomvula 16 konima yekumba moshipotha shokutsa nombele
24-09-2008
O SHIPOTHA shokutsa omuntu nombele shoka sha ningilwa mondoolopamukunda yokomunkulofuta pOmbaye mu Febuluali 2005, okwa petha Sakaria Shikambe oomvula 16 konima yekumba.Shikambe gwoomvula 25 oya li ta
readInamu ya pa omeya: Amukwiyu
24-09-2008
I NAMU ya pa omeya, inaya landa mo mOositola dheni na inamu landa mo moositola dhawo, Omuunganeki gwoSwapo mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto Armas Amukwiyu ta lombwele AakwaSwapo poshigongi shawo shoka sha li
readRDP tayi ka tunga omagumbo ge li 200 mOmuthiya: Nyamu ta ti
24-09-2008
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi sho RDP pOmuthiya mOlyomakaya geti 13 Septemba 2008, Jesaya Nyamu ngoka e li Amushanga-Nndjayi gwo RDP okwa ti ngele RDP okwa sindana momahogololo gUuleli wOndoolopa
readOolye taya yi na oolye taya thigala mongundu yo ANC?
24-09-2008
E KUTHO KO lyOmupresidende Thabo Mbeki koshipundi itashi kala oshinima oshipu okuungaunga nasho ngashi aayambidhidhi yamwe aanene yongundu yo African National Congress (ANC) taya ti.Oominista dhimwe
readOmupresidende gwOpevi gwoACN oye ta pingene po Mbeki koshipundi
24-09-2008
C APETOWN - Omupresidende gwOpevi gwongundu tayi pangele yoAfrican National Congress (ANC) oye ta ka ulikwa a ka ye pehala lyaMbeki sigo opethimbo ndyoka taku ka ningwa omahogololo moshilongo shoka
readRecords targeted at Luederitz Speed Challenge
24-09-2008
COMPETITORS at the Luederitz Speed Challenge are gearing up for more record attempts when they return to the Namibian shores at the end of the week, when the wind is expected to return.The competitors
readUushona to stage comeback
24-09-2008
NAMIBIAN welterweight champion Tyson Uushona makes his long-awaited comeback to the ring when he takes on Richard Hwata of Zimbabwe on Saturday evening at the A Shipena Secondary School.The fight will
readNew owners outline vision for City
24-09-2008
LONDON - Manchester City's chairman-designate Khaldoon Al Mubarak said yesterday the club's new owners plan to build a dynasty over the next 10 years, with manager Mark Hughes the key to sustained
readHansie movie on
24-09-2008
'HANSIE, A True Story', the much talked-about movie about the life of South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, will premiere in Windhoek tonight at Ster Kinekor, Maerua Mall.This movie premiere is
readAthletes demand tracksuits
24-09-2008
THE Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the COSSASA Ball Games is under attack after they failed to deliver tracksuits worth N$50 000 for Namibian athletes ahead of the games held at Walvis Bay late
readDeadline looms for sports awards
24-09-2008
SPORTS federations, associations and unions only have until Friday to submit their nominations for this year's sports awards slated for October 31.Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) acting chief
readSouth Africa: Ousting of the president shows changing political climate
24-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The outcry over the axing of South African President Thabo Mbeki has exposed leadership shortfalls and divisions within the ruling party, analysts said on Monday.Steven Friedman,
readTailor reveals Aso's smooth secret
24-09-2008
TOKYO - Japan's next prime minister, Taro Aso, is beset by problems from the sagging economy to food safety scares, but creased trousers need never be among them.Domestic media hungry for titbits of
readFlights cancelled indefinitely
24-09-2008
ISLAMABAD - British Airways has "indefinitely" cancelled all flights to the Pakistani capital Islamabad amid security concerns after the bombing of the Marriott hotel, the airline said on Tuesday.BA
readNine die in Finnish school shooting
24-09-2008
HELSINKI - A gunman opened fire yesterday at students at a vocational school for adults in western Finland, killing nine people before shooting himself, authorities said.Witnesses said panic broke out
readBoy dumped in street
24-09-2008
NEW YORK - A New York City mother wants to know why her first-grade son was left to wander the streets alone after being dropped off by a school bus driver at the end of the line.School officials say
readEmbattled Brown uses crisis to defend leadership
24-09-2008
MANCHESTER, - Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought yesterday to quell critics in his governing Labour Party by pledging to provide a "rock of stability" in the current global financial crisis.In what
readPushy pig
24-09-2008
SYDNEY - A pig the size of a Shetland pony has trapped an Australian woman in her village home, the national broadcaster reported yesterday.Caroline Hayes, 63, has tried leave her house in Uki in
readKidnapped tourists 'in good health'
24-09-2008
CAIRO - Nineteen tourists and Egyptians kidnapped in the Sahara desert have been located in good health in Sudan but no rescue attempt will be made if there is a risk of harm, Egyptian and Sudanese
readPakistan says 60 suspected militants killed
24-09-2008
KHAR - Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery have killed more than 60 insurgents in Pakistan's northwest tribal regions in offensives aimed at denying al Qaeda and Taliban
readUnited Nations chief calls for 'global leadership'
24-09-2008
UNITED NATIONS - UN chief Ban Ki-moon yesterday stressed the need for "global leadership" as he pressed world leaders not to pursue narrow national interests in the face of hard economic times."I see
readMilk scandal spreads to Asia
24-09-2008
HONG KONG - Countries across Asia slapped bans on Chinese dairy products yesterday as worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health check-ups amid a widening health scare over tainted
readRecords targeted at Lüderitz Speed Challenge
24-09-2008
COMPETITORS at the Lüderitz Speed Challenge are gearing up for more record attempts when they return to the Namibian shores at the end of the week, when the wind is expected to return.The competitors
readSport Briefs
24-09-2008
Football Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho will be out of action for up to four weeks after suffering knee ligament damage during Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United, the London club said on
readUushona to stage comeback
24-09-2008
NAMIBIAN welterweight champion Tyson Uushona makes his long-awaited comeback to the ring when he takes on Richard Hwata of Zimbabwe on Saturday evening at the A Shipena Secondary School.The fight will
readNew owners outline vision for City
24-09-2008
LONDON – Manchester City’s chairman-designate Khaldoon Al Mubarak said yesterday the club’s new owners plan to build a dynasty over the next 10 years, with manager Mark Hughes the key to sustained
readHansie movie on
24-09-2008
‘HANSIE, A True Story’, the much talked-about movie about the life of South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, will premiere in Windhoek tonight at Ster Kinekor, Maerua Mall.This movie premiere is
readAthletes demand tracksuits
24-09-2008
THE Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the COSSASA Ball Games is under attack after they failed to deliver tracksuits worth N$50 000 for Namibian athletes ahead of the games held at Walvis Bay late
readDeadline looms for sports awards
24-09-2008
SPORTS federations, associations and unions only have until Friday to submit their nominations for this year’s sports awards slated for October 31.Namibia Sports Commission (NSC) acting chief
readEvalo lyoSCM pOmungwelume
24-09-2008
OMUUNGANEKI gwEhangano lyAailongi Aakriste, ano gwo SCM mUumbangalantu Johannes Amunyela okwa tseyitha kutya Ehangano lyawo ndika lyo SCM lya gwanitha oomvula omilongo ne (40) notali ka kala nee
readGumwe a pewa oomvula 16 konima yekumba moshipotha shokutsa nombele
24-09-2008
OSHIPOTHA shokutsa omuntu nombele shoka sha ningilwa mondoolopamukunda yokomunkulofuta pOmbaye mu Febuluali 2005, okwa petha Sakaria Shikambe oomvula 16 konima yekumba. Shikambe gwoomvula 25 oya li ta
readInamu ya pa omeya: Amukwiyu
24-09-2008
INAMU ya pa omeya, inaya landa mo mOositola dheni na inamu landa mo moositola dhawo, Omuunganeki gwoSwapo mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto Armas Amukwiyu ta lombwele AakwaSwapo poshigongi shawo shoka sha li
readRDP tayi ka tunga omagumbo ge li 200 mOmuthiya: Nyamu ta ti
24-09-2008
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi sho RDP pOmuthiya mOlyomakaya geti 13 Septemba 2008, Jesaya Nyamu ngoka e li Amushanga-Nndjayi gwo RDP okwa ti ngele RDP okwa sindana momahogololo gUuleli wOndoolopa
readOolye taya yi na oolye taya thigala mongundu yo ANC?
24-09-2008
EKUTHO KO lyOmupresidende Thabo Mbeki koshipundi itashi kala oshinima oshipu okuungaunga nasho ngashi aayambidhidhi yamwe aanene yongundu yo African National Congress (ANC) taya ti.Oominista dhimwe
readOmupresidende gwOpevi gwoACN oye ta pingene po Mbeki koshipundi
24-09-2008
CAPETOWN – Omupresidende gwOpevi gwongundu tayi pangele yoAfrican National Congress (ANC) oye ta ka ulikwa a ka ye pehala lyaMbeki sigo opethimbo ndyoka taku ka ningwa omahogololo moshilongo shoka
readSouth Africa: Ousting of the president shows changing political climate
24-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG – The outcry over the axing of South African President Thabo Mbeki has exposed leadership shortfalls and divisions within the ruling party, analysts said on Monday.Steven Friedman,
readTailor reveals Aso’s smooth secret
24-09-2008
TOKYO – Japan’s next prime minister, Taro Aso, is beset by problems from the sagging economy to food safety scares, but creased trousers need never be among them.Domestic media hungry for titbits of
readFlights cancelled indefinitely
24-09-2008
ISLAMABAD – British Airways has “indefinitely” cancelled all flights to the Pakistani capital Islamabad amid security concerns after the bombing of the Marriott hotel, the airline said on Tuesday.BA
readNine die in Finnish school shooting
24-09-2008
HELSINKI – A gunman opened fire yesterday at students at a vocational school for adults in western Finland, killing nine people before shooting himself, authorities said.Witnesses said panic broke
readBoy dumped in street
24-09-2008
NEW YORK – A New York City mother wants to know why her first-grade son was left to wander the streets alone after being dropped off by a school bus driver at the end of the line.School officials say
readEmbattled Brown uses crisis to defend leadership
24-09-2008
MANCHESTER, – Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought yesterday to quell critics in his governing Labour Party by pledging to provide a “rock of stability” in the current global financial crisis.In what
readPushy pig
24-09-2008
SYDNEY – A pig the size of a Shetland pony has trapped an Australian woman in her village home, the national broadcaster reported yesterday.Caroline Hayes, 63, has tried leave her house in Uki in
readKidnapped tourists ‘in good health’
24-09-2008
CAIRO – Nineteen tourists and Egyptians kidnapped in the Sahara desert have been located in good health in Sudan but no rescue attempt will be made if there is a risk of harm, Egyptian and Sudanese
readPakistan says 60 suspected militants killed
24-09-2008
KHAR – Security forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery have killed more than 60 insurgents in Pakistan’s northwest tribal regions in offensives aimed at denying al Qaeda and Taliban
readUnited Nations chief calls for ‘global leadership’
24-09-2008
UNITED NATIONS – UN chief Ban Ki-moon yesterday stressed the need for “global leadership” as he pressed world leaders not to pursue narrow national interests in the face of hard economic times.“I see
readMilk scandal spreads to Asia
24-09-2008
HONG KONG – Countries across Asia slapped bans on Chinese dairy products yesterday as worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health check-ups amid a widening health scare over tainted
readPunish those responsible for financial crisis: Sarkozy
24-09-2008
NEW YORK – Those responsible for the global financial crisis should be punished, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday, calling for more world leaders to recognise the seriousness of the
readChavez woos China to replace US purchases
24-09-2008
BEIJING – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country is no longer the backyard of the US. He finds it more important to visit Beijing than New York, he said on his arrival in China’s capital
readZuma seeks to reassure investors, but Cosatu turns up heat
24-09-2008
Cape Town – South Africa’s president-in-waiting, Jacob Zuma, took pains yesterday to reassure investors that the country would remain on course as far as economic policy was concerned.Cosatu said it
readSanlam welcomes Namibia’s decision on pension fund investments
24-09-2008
A SENIOR manager at Sanlam South Africa’s office has welcomed the Namibian Government’s directive to pension funds and insurance companies to invest a small percentage of their funds in unlisted
readMarkets shrug off leadership change in SA
24-09-2008
News yesterday that ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe would replace Thabo Mbeki as South Africa’s president made little impact on local financial markets, according to analysts, who said events
readJazz Encounter ticket give-away
24-09-2008
ONE lucky reader can win a pair of tickets to the Old Mutual Jazz Encounter, taking place this Saturday, September 27, at the WHS Vegkop Stadium from 18h00. The annual Old Mutual Jazz concert has
readBig Brother Africa: Quirky SMSes
24-09-2008
A SELECTION of messages from across Africa appearing on the BBA3 TV text strip after TK decided to replace himself with our girl, Lucille:* TK, how dare you, you vet gat . * TK you’re a sissy. * A
readLüderitz waterfront road show kicks off
24-09-2008
A THREE-MEMBER delegation of the Lüderitz Waterfront Development Company (LWDC) will be touring the Karas Region this week to get input from local communities on the second phase of the Waterfront
readPastor’s call to bury guns
24-09-2008
SPIRITUAL leader Ngeno Nakamhela has requested local musicians planning to attend the funeral of their late colleague YT De Wet on Saturday to bring their guns along and bury them.Nakamhela, a pastor
readBodies in 1972 mass grave identified
24-09-2008
THE mystery surrounding one of several mass graves found near the Angolan border recently has been partly solved – it could be traced to the 1972 shooting of five Namibian murder suspects by South
readAviation problems are being sorted out
24-09-2008
THE public and the tourism industry should “remain calm while we are sorting out the deficiencies” in the civil aviation industry, Works and Transport Minister Helmut Angula said in Parliament
readPower restored at Tses
24-09-2008
NAMPOWER restored electricity supply to the village of Tses on Friday following the intervention of the Local Government Ministry.Tses, situated some 80 km north of Keetmanshoop, was plunged in
readSylvester admits massacre, implicates Shorty Erasmus
24-09-2008
THE start of the defence’s case in the Kareeboomvloer farm massacre trial yesterday ended with one of the four suspects, Sylvester Beukes (23), once again placing the blame for the deaths of eight
readCase of hippo meat in Police bus still open
24-09-2008
AN investigation into a senior Police officer who was driving a bus in which hippo meat and an elephant foot was found at Mururani veterinary checkpoint last month has not yet been completed, a Police
readShipwreck explorers in race against time
24-09-2008
TWO and a half weeks more – this is the only time a multinational team of archaeologists have left to salvage what they can from the site where the remains of a centuries-old shipwreck emerged from
readANC moves quickly to deal with Manuel fallout
24-09-2008
CAPE TOWN – The finance minister seen as the architect of South Africa’s economic success reassured the nation that he would stay in office after sending markets reeling yesterday by announcing his
readManuel shocker: Markets flinch, Namibia affected
24-09-2008
IN A chaotic day marked by the mass resignation of senior ministers in South Africa, including long-serving Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, the financial markets saw another downward spiral.The
read