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68 Articles found on Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Big Brother Africa 3: A true Namibian beauty
30-09-2008
LUCILLE became the second housemate to be evicted from the BBA house and I think I can safely say that a large number of Namibian BBA fans are in mourning.Many people loved Lucille - not only out of a
readLPO and NAU congresses
30-09-2008
THE Livestock Producers' Organisation (LPO) will hold its annual congress in Windhoek next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday.The theme is 'Challenges of new economic realities for sustainable
readDrought feared in southern African region this year
30-09-2008
AT least six countries in Southern Africa could receive poor rainfall during the critical planting season starting next month, says an early forecast for the 2008-09 agricultural season.Lesotho,
readLand reform forum dormant
30-09-2008
A PROPOSAL by experts who compiled an action plan for Namibia's land reform, which included setting up a special forum, has never materialised but could finally become a reality in due course.The
readSMSes Of The Day : Tuesday
30-09-2008
* IT is a jungle out there. It is survival of the fittest. Those who dare to rise above mediocrity and beyond the use of racism as an excuse for failures are those who will survive in this world.*
readAfrica urges West to meet trade pledges
30-09-2008
WEALTHY countries need to fulfil their much-vaunted commitments to spend more on development aid to the world's poorest nations and to liberalise international trade rules, several African states told
readZimbabwe unveils Z$20 000-dollar notes
30-09-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank introduced Z$10 000- and Z$20 000 bank notes to ease a cash crunch in the country struggling to cope with the world's highest inflation rate.The central bank has
readIncrease in net outflows displays SA's vulnerability
30-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - A sharp increase in net outflows of foreign funds last week underscored South Africa's vulnerability to rising risks in financial markets globally.Leon Myburgh, the sub-Saharan Africa
readTelecom Namibia offers pre-paid 3G service
30-09-2008
TELECOM Namibia launched a wireless pre-paid 3G mobile high-speed data service at the end of last week.The package comes with free activation, 100 megabytes (MB) of free downloads with a usage tariff
readTraditional food sales pick up at show
30-09-2008
WINDHOEK - Business for traditional food sellers at the Windhoek Agricultural and Industrial Show has picked up since it opened on Friday.Speaking to Nampa yesterday, Pandulo Israel, one of the women
readNo trade officials at key Namibian embassies
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA has not yet sent any diplomats responsible for trade to key embassies abroad, and some posts have been vacant since 2002, Trade and Industry Minister Hage Geingob said in Parliament on
readGovt bails out TransNamib
30-09-2008
GOVERNMENT has approved the injection of N$14 million into the coffers of TransNamib after an illegal strike earlier this month left the transport company unable to pay workers' salaries.TransNamib
readGovt bails out TransNamib
30-09-2008
GOVERNMENT has approved the injection of N$14 million into the coffers of TransNamib after an illegal strike earlier this month left the transport company unable to pay workers' salaries.TransNamib
readChurches call for tough action against shebeens
30-09-2008
MEMBERS of various churches at Keetmanshoop, led by ELCRN Bishop Zephania Kameeta and local clergymen, yesterday took to the streets in protest against the mushrooming of shebeens at the town.Singing
readN$73 m to 'bank' Windhoek water
30-09-2008
THE Windhoek Municipality will recharge the city's aquifer over the next 14 years by pumping water into underground wells during good rainy seasons in order to 'bank' water supplies to be used during
readBig Brother Africa 3: Your Voices, Real Time Messages From U To Us:
30-09-2008
* JEAN thanks for comforting us but nee it is piercing ... my heart why TK has robbed us our game if he comes to our airport I will punch him before asking him why he did it. - Julie Nam - Thanks
readGrow it!
30-09-2008
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is using the 2008 Windhoek Agricultural and Industrial Show as a platform to educate people about various ways of growing their own food.Through a
readThousands screened for diabetes
30-09-2008
MORE than 3 000 people were screened for diabetes during the Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes campaign this month.Novo Nordisk, a South African-based company, is regarded as a world leader in diabetes
readDrimiopsis schools without water, power
30-09-2008
PEOPLE at Drimiopsis in the Omaheke Region have been without electricity since NamPower last Tuesday cut off the village's power supply due to non-payment.Because the village's water pumps need
readTourism in good shape - Minister
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA'S tourism industry last year contributed about N$7,2 billon to the country's GDP - an increase of 9,3 per cent from the previous financial year - and has also created about 77 000 jobs.Equally
readRoessing surplus seekers want help from LaRRI
30-09-2008
THE Forum of Concerned Members of the Roessing Pension Fund (RPF), who believe they have a claim to the fund's estimated N$650 million surplus, have turned to the Labour Resource and Research
readCourt hands down guilty verdict in child rape trial
30-09-2008
A NOORDOEWER resident who has been convicted of raping an eight-year-old girl in his house three years ago is scheduled to return to the dock in the High Court in Windhoek in late November for his
readEkandjo denies 'Satan' statement
30-09-2008
LOCAL Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo has denied calling Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) leader Hidipo Hamutenya "a Satan".Ekandjo also denied that the Swapo Party co-ordinator for the
readAir Nam agrees on pilots' pay
30-09-2008
AIR Namibia and the Namibia Airline Pilots' Association (Napa) yesterday made official the 12 per cent salary increase deal struck between the two parties late on Friday, which averted a potentially
readSt Matthew's Church faces gloomy end
30-09-2008
IF the small congregation of St Matthew's Anglican Church at Walvis Bay cannot come up with at least N$60 000, their church - the second oldest building in the harbour town - is doomed to fall
readAU na SADC oya hala Mbeki a tsikile nonkalo ya Zimbabwe
30-09-2008
J OHANNESBURG - Ehangano lyUukumwe wAafrika nehangano lyiilongo ya Afrika lyUumbugantu nenge tutye Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) oya hala Omupresidende gwa South Afrika Thabo Mbeki a
readOshipotha shOmupolisi Omukuluntu nonyama inashi pongololwa natango
30-09-2008
O MAKONAKONO kombinga yOmupolisi omukuluntu ngoka a li ta hingi Okambesa moka mwa li mwa adhika onyama yondjambameya nomakondo gondjamba pomweelo gwa Mururani omwedhi gwa zi ko ina ga pwa natango,
readOshipotha shOmupolisi Omukuluntu nonyama inashi pongololwa natango
30-09-2008
O MAKONAKONO kombinga yOmupolisi omukuluntu ngoka a li ta hingi Okambesa moka mwa li mwa adhika onyama yondjambameya nomakondo gondjamba pomweelo gwa Mururani omwedhi gwa zi ko ina ga pwa natango,
readZimbabwe shimwe shomiilongo mbyoka ya koraputa unene
30-09-2008
B ULAWAYO - Zimbabwe oku li shimwe shomiilongo mbyoka mu na iilonga ya koraputa unene muuyuni, ehangano lya Transparency International osho lya popi ngaaka molopota yalyo yonuumvo.Pamakonakono ngoka
readImbamba a monika ondjo moshipotha shokuhinga a kolwa
30-09-2008
N GOKA a li nale Mayola gwondoolopa ya Henties Bay, Paulus Imbamba, okwa monika ondjo mOmpangu ya Mengestrata poSwakopmund oshiwike sha zi ko moshipotha shokuhinga a kolwa, sho a ndopa okufuta shoka a
readEgeelo lyoomvula 17 moshipotha shonkonga lya kalekwa mOmpangu
30-09-2008
K ONIMA yokukala mondholongo konyala uule womumvo megeelo lyoomvula 17 ndhoka a li a pewa moshipotha shekwatonkonga, omugundjuka ngoka a li makeeninga gwiihauto poRundu okwa li a lombwelwa oshiwike
readJunior tennis stars battle it out at Pro Academy
30-09-2008
THE Pro Tennis Academy recently held a singles junior tennis tournament which attracted 48 entries.The tournament was open to any junior tennis player from under-10 to under-18. What impressed the
readLove in Bulls camp
30-09-2008
PRETORIA - Love is certainly in the air at Loftus Versfeld this season. While the Blue Bulls battle it out in their quest to take the Currie Cup, Cupid has been shooting his arrows at the rugby union
readCraven competes well at world champs
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA'S Dan Craven finished 51st in the Elite Men's Time Trial event at the Cycling World Championships in Varese, Italy, late last week.Craven completed the 43,7-km event in a time of 57 minutes
readRampant Kudus storm past United
30-09-2008
UNITED slumped to another defeat when they were beaten 25-15 by Kudus on their home field on Saturday.It has been a disappointing season for the once mighty United who have now dropped to seventh
readBeauties nail Queens
30-09-2008
OKAHANDJA Beauties won the Women's National Football Championships after beating Rehoboth Queens 4-0 in the final on Sunday.Beauties, representing the Khomas Region, had by far the most possession and
readMore golf tournaments needed
30-09-2008
MARIENTAL - Namibia's first black professional golfer, Joe Nawanga, says more competitive golf tournaments are needed if the country's golfers are to be competitive at regional and international
readBenjamin Academy moves up
30-09-2008
THE Collin Benjamin Soccer Academy (CBSA) has secured a place in the Khomas Second Division after winning the round-robin trials held between three aspiring teams at the Wanaheda field on Sunday.The
readFerrari to bounce back after error
30-09-2008
SINGAPORE - Ferrari have vowed to bounce back after a disastrous Singapore Grand Prix saw Felipe Massa lose ground on Lewis Hamilton in the title race and Kimi Raikkonen crash out of contention."A
readTigers agree to go commercial
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA'S oldest football club, Tigers, aims to position itself to get fully commercialised, after the club members unanimously agreed to the idea at its annual general meeting held at the
readBanyana in for a shock
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA has named a strong under-21 women's football squad for what could be a historic international friendly against South Africa's Banyana Banyana in Windhoek on Saturday.The South Africans can
readZimbabwe unity government by week's end - Mugabe
30-09-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said yesterday he expected a unity government to be formed by the end of this week, ending an impasse with the opposition over cabinet posts."We discussed
readFive killed in northern Lebanon explosion
30-09-2008
TRIPOLI - A car bomb exploded yesterday near a military bus carrying troops going to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, Lebanese security officials said.US
readBush confident bailout bill will stabilise economy
30-09-2008
WASHINGTON - Key supporters of a Wall Street bailout package prodded lawmakers to approve the plan hours ahead of a difficult House vote yesterday, with President Bush saying it is needed to "keep the
readDouble trouble for role-swapping twins
30-09-2008
ROME - An Italian woman who worked as a part-time judge as well as a lawyer was substituted by her identical twin sister in court so she would not lose out on legal fees when she had two simultaneous
readEgypt desert hostages freed after 10-day ordeal
30-09-2008
CAIRO - A group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides who were kidnapped by armed bandits in a remote desert 10 days ago have been freed unharmed and half the kidnappers killed, officials
readFour to contest Zambia's vote
30-09-2008
LUSAKA - Zambia's presidential elections will be contested by four candidates, including acting President Rupiah Banda, the country's chief justice announced on Saturday.Ernest Sakala, who is the
readJunior tennis stars battle it out at Pro Academy
30-09-2008
THE Pro Tennis Academy recently held a singles junior tennis tournament which attracted 48 entries.The tournament was open to any junior tennis player from under-10 to under-18. What impressed
readLove in Bulls camp
30-09-2008
PRETORIA – Love is certainly in the air at Loftus Versfeld this season.While the Blue Bulls battle it out in their quest to take the Currie Cup, Cupid has been shooting his arrows at the rugby union
readCraven competes well at world champs
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA’S Dan Craven finished 51st in the Elite Men’s Time Trial event at the Cycling World Championships in Varese, Italy, late last week.Craven completed the 43,7-km event in a time of 57 minutes 40
readRampant Kudus storm past United
30-09-2008
UNITED slumped to another defeat when they were beaten 25-15 by Kudus on their home field on Saturday.It has been a disappointing season for the once mighty United who have now dropped to seventh
readBeauties nail Queens
30-09-2008
OKAHANDJA Beauties won the Women’s National Football Championships after beating Rehoboth Queens 4-0 in the final on Sunday.Beauties, representing the Khomas Region, had by far the most possession and
readBenjamin Academy moves up
30-09-2008
THE Collin Benjamin Soccer Academy (CBSA) has secured a place in the Khomas Second Division after winning the round-robin trials held between three aspiring teams at the Wanaheda field on Sunday.The
readFerrari to bounce back after error
30-09-2008
SINGAPORE – Ferrari have vowed to bounce back after a disastrous Singapore Grand Prix saw Felipe Massa lose ground on Lewis Hamilton in the title race and Kimi Raikkonen crash out of contention.“A
readTigers agree to go commercial
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA’S oldest football club, Tigers, aims to position itself to get fully commercialised, after the club members unanimously agreed to the idea at its annual general meeting held at the
readBanyana in for a shock
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA has named a strong under-21 women’s football squad for what could be a historic international friendly against South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in Windhoek on Saturday.The South Africans can
readThousands screened for diabetes
30-09-2008
MORE than 3 000 people were screened for diabetes during the Novo Nordisk Changing Diabetes campaign this month. Novo Nordisk, a South African-based company, is regarded as a world leader in diabetes
readGrow it!
30-09-2008
THE Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is using the 2008 Windhoek Agricultural and Industrial Show as a platform to educate people about various ways of growing their own food.Through a
readDrimiopsis schools without water, power
30-09-2008
PEOPLE at Drimiopsis in the Omaheke Region have been without electricity since NamPower last Tuesday cut off the village’s power supply due to non-payment.Because the village’s water pumps need
readTourism in good shape – Minister
30-09-2008
NAMIBIA’S tourism industry last year contributed about N$7,2 billon to the country’s GDP – an increase of 9,3 per cent from the previous financial year – and has also created about 77 000 jobs.Equally
readRössing surplus seekers want help from LaRRI
30-09-2008
THE Forum of Concerned Members of the Rössing Pension Fund (RPF), who believe they have a claim to the fund’s estimated N$650 million surplus, have turned to the Labour Resource and Research Institute
readCourt hands down guilty verdict in child rape trial
30-09-2008
A NOORDOEWER resident who has been convicted of raping an eight-year-old girl in his house three years ago is scheduled to return to the dock in the High Court in Windhoek in late November for his
readEkandjo denies ‘Satan’ statement
30-09-2008
LOCAL Government Minister Jerry Ekandjo has denied calling Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) leader Hidipo Hamutenya “a Satan”.Ekandjo also denied that the Swapo Party co-ordinator for the
readAir Nam agrees on pilots’ pay
30-09-2008
AIR Namibia and the Namibia Airline Pilots’ Association (Napa) yesterday made official the 12 per cent salary increase deal struck between the two parties late on Friday, which averted a potentially
readSt Matthew’s Church faces gloomy end
30-09-2008
IF the small congregation of St Matthew’s Anglican Church at Walvis Bay cannot come up with at least N$60 000, their church – the second oldest building in the harbour town – is doomed to fall
readChurches call for tough action against shebeens
30-09-2008
MEMBERS of various churches at Keetmanshoop, led by ELCRN Bishop Zephania Kameeta and local clergymen, yesterday took to the streets in protest against the mushrooming of shebeens at the town. Singing
readN$73 m to ‘bank’ Windhoek water
30-09-2008
THE Windhoek Municipality will recharge the city’s aquifer over the next 14 years by pumping water into underground wells during good rainy seasons in order to ‘bank’ water supplies to be used during
readGovt bails out TransNami
30-09-2008
GOVERNMENT has approved the injection of N$14 million into the coffers of TransNamib after an illegal strike earlier this month left the transport company unable to pay workers’ salaries.TransNamib
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