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50 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Botha suspended for three Super 14 matches
15-04-2009
SYDNEY – Northern Bulls lock Bakkies Botha has been suspended for three Super 14 matches over an incident in the weekend game against the NSW Waratahs in Sydney, officials said yesterday.The Springbok
readCheers for Pietersen in IPL
15-04-2009
NEW DELHI – England star Kevin Pietersen will have a bunch of “naughty’ and “hottie” cheerleaders rooting from the sidelines when he makes his Indian Premier League debut on Saturday.Pietersen, bought
readSquash handicap makes champs, chumps in Swakop
15-04-2009
EASTER Saturday saw what is now a regular event on the Swakop squash scene, the Swakopmund squash club handicapped tournament, and the highly irregular event of David Rowett, Clinton Dewing an Ian
readMan U dominate PFA award nominations
15-04-2009
CHRISTIANO Ronaldo is on course for a hat-trick of PFA Player of the Year awards after being included in the nominations released yesterday.The Portuguese, who was voted World Footballer of the Year
readHolland beat Namibia
15-04-2009
NAMIBIA’S chances of qualifying for the 2011 World Cup receded on Monday when they lost by two wickets to the Netherlands in a thrilling match in Benoni, South Africa.Set a challenging target of 259
readSMSes for Wed 15 Apr 09
15-04-2009
* THUMBS up to the Omaruru Police Station for closing all shebeens on Easter Monday. You have really brought many changes. So keep it up! – Ue2 Food For Thought * REFERRING to the article in
readMwene gwomukunda Oshikulufitu a hulitha
15-04-2009
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila momukunda Oshikulufitu mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi ti kutya mwene gwomukunda ngoka Oshikulufitu, tatekulu Josef ya Tashiya, okwa mana oondjenda dhe
read3 ya kwatwa po shi na sha nedhipago pOmaruru
15-04-2009
AALUMENTU yatatu oya kwatwa po shi na sha nedhipago lyaakulupe yaali Jannie (80) na Toets (75) Kruger pofaalama yawo yedhina Parry pOmaruru momasiku 12 ga Maalitsa 2009.Omukuluntu gwOpolisi
readTatekulu Ndjadila e tu thiga po
15-04-2009
OMUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomOmbaye mOshitopolwa sha Rongo nomOngenga mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, tatekulu Kaupuwa Ndjadila okwa mana oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Kahandja mOlyomakaya ga zi ko konima
read9 ya tulwa kohake mu Sudan
15-04-2009
KHARTOUM – Epangelo lya Sudan mOmaandaha goshiwike shika olya tula kohake aalumentu ye li omugoyi, sho sha monika mo kutya oyo ya dhipaga Omukuluntuwiliki gwoshifokundaneki shimwe momumvo 2006.
readEkotampango nali simanekwe: RDP ti indile
15-04-2009
ONGUNDU yo RDP oya shangela omukanda kOmupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba moka tayi mu indile a gandje elombwelo koshigwana she, unene tuu kaaleli yo Swapo yamwe ngashi unene mboka yomOshitopolwa sha
readDiergaardt a pewa oshipundi molutu lwopaigwana
15-04-2009
OSHILYO shOparliamende ya Namibia, Theo Diergaardt, okwa hogololwa a kale Omupevipresidende gwEhangano lyIilyo yOparliamende muuyuni li na sha nomalukalwa (Global Parliamentarians on
readEhuliloshiwike lya faalela yatano
15-04-2009
AANTU ye li yatano oya si miiponga yiihauto pethimbo lyOpaasa, Opolisi osho ya lopota ngaaka.Aantu yaali oya si omanga yane ya li ya ehamekwa noonkondo, sho iihauto iyali yi idhenge omitse mumwe
readBrown back to girl-using behaviour
15-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – Chris Brown isn’t going to let something like his court arraignment get in the way of having a good time.The alleged girlfriend beater was not only seen hanging with a new gal-pal on
readLegendary music man found guilty of murder
15-04-2009
LOS ANGELES – Legendary US music producer Phil Spector was on Monday found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of an actress at his mansion in Los Angeles six years ago.Spector (69),
readIndia digs for votes with job plan: Will it work?
15-04-2009
KORHAR, India – Ram Babu Manjhi is weak with hunger as he stumbles across a field to an irrigation ditch he’s been digging for a month in eastern India.Under a flagship jobs scheme launched by India’s
readCaught in the act
15-04-2009
OSLO – A Norwegian man faces a heavy fine and a driving ban after police caught him having sex with his girlfriend while speeding on the motorway, police said on Monday.The unnamed couple, a
readPassenger lands plane after pilot dies on the job
15-04-2009
TAMPA, Florida – Doug White and his family had just enjoyed a smooth takeoff and were ascending through the clouds when the pilot guiding their twin-engine plane tilted his head back and made a
readN Korea to restart nuclear reactor
15-04-2009
SEOUL – North Korea vowed yesterday to restart its nuclear reactor and to boycott international disarmament talks for good in retaliation for the UN Security Council’s condemnation of its rocket
read60% confident about SA’s future
15-04-2009
CAPE TOWN - Eleven per cent of South Africans are considering leaving the country, according to a survey published yesterday. The study conducted in February by TNS Research Surveys found that 15% of
readSomali pirates hijack 3 more
15-04-2009
MOMBASA – Undeterred by US and French hostage rescues that killed seven bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked three more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway that’s become the focal point of
readNamibian tourism industry still doing well
15-04-2009
DESPITE the international economic crisis, Namibia’s tourism sector is still doing well so far, according to the Managing Director of Gondwana Canon Park, Mannfred Goldbeck.Goldbeck said a decrease of
readAsian markets mixed as economic fears remain
15-04-2009
HONG KONG – Asian markets were mixed yesterday as US banking giant Goldman Sachs reported forecast-beating results, while airline Qantas announced big job cuts and Singapore said it was sinking deeper
readSADC central banks look into single payment system
15-04-2009
THE central banks of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are setting up systems that will ultimately result in a single payment and settlement system for the 15-state region, according
readPepsi suing Coke over Powerade
15-04-2009
MILWAUKEE - PepsiCo Inc. sued rival Coca-Cola Co. on Monday over ads for a new version of Coca-Cola’s sports drink Powerade, saying the campaign makes false claims that could hurt its Gatorade
readEconomists expect more rate relief from BoN today
15-04-2009
CHANCES are good that the Bank of Namibia (BoN) will kick-start another interest rate reduction this morning in an effort to stimulate the lagging economy and relieve the burden on consumers
readAngola to stop importing when new refinery opens
15-04-2009
LUANDA - Angola’s state oil company plans to stop importing refined crude within two years once its new refinery is up and running, state media reported Monday.Plans for a second refinery in the
readUS bankruptcies surge despite law
15-04-2009
RALEIGH, North Carolina - The number of US businesses and individuals declaring bankruptcy is rising with a vengeance amid the recession, despite a three-year-old federal law that made it much tougher
readMozambique ethanol project draws foreign investment
15-04-2009
MAPUTO - Foreign companies have invested about US$710 million in Mozambique to produce 440 million litres of ethanol a year from sugar cane, a government official said yesterday.Roberto Albino,
readRussia considers borrowing abroad
15-04-2009
MOSCOW - Russia may next year have to borrow money from international markets for the first time in a decade, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said yesterday, as the government seeks to conserve cash
readFinancial Crucifixion
15-04-2009
THE symbolism of Easter, following 40 days and nights of self-denial, represents the power of betrayal and martyrdom in political life; and Christ (JC) was certainly a radical political figure.
readNoteable Quotes
15-04-2009
WITH this type of teamwork between the Police and the people, hardcore criminals have nowhere to hide. – Erongo Police Chief Commissioner Festus Shilongo after the arrest of three men for the murder
readAnother contestant joins ‘Just Fabulous’
15-04-2009
AFTER the unfortunate departure of Milka Muzengua from the ‘Just Fabulous’ makeover competition – she could not get leave from her employer to finish the programme – new contestant Regina Handivele
readMonitoring aid for AIDS
15-04-2009
GOVERNMENT will start monitoring and evaluating programmes of the public sector to combat HIV-AIDS, Prime Minister Nahas Angula has announced.“My Office will launch such a monitoring exercise to
readNational Council resumes parliamentary session
15-04-2009
THE National Council resumed its session yesterday with the first reading of the Local Authorities Amendment Bill.The bill, introduced in the National Assembly last month by Local and Regional
readMedia guilty of causing African self-hate: Ithana
15-04-2009
MEDIA in African countries have an agenda to “always portray Africa in a bad light and to demonise African leaders whose views they don’t like,” Justice Minster Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana said in
readLegal loopholes make land too costly: Tjiriange
15-04-2009
VETERANS’ Affairs Minister Ngarikutuke Tjiriange has called for a national commission to be set up to look at Article 100 of the Constitution and its practical effects. The commission should review
readRDP Youth League demands evidence
15-04-2009
THE RDP Youth League has called upon the Swapo Party Youth League to give concrete evidence supporting their allegations that school principal Dineinge Sheya drove pupils to an RDP march at Eenhana on
readSouth Africans living in Nam to vote tomorrow
15-04-2009
WINDHOEK – Only 220 South Africans living in Namibia will cast their votes at the South African High Commission in Windhoek tomorrow.Acting South African High Commissioner Peter Coetzee confirmed to
read3 more armed hold-ups in city
15-04-2009
THE recent spate of taxi robberies that have plagued Windhoek continued over the Easter weekend with another incident reported on the Monte Cristo road in Katutura on Saturday.The Police reported that
readPohamba to deliver State of the Nation address today
15-04-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba will deliver his annual State of the Nation address in the National Assembly this afternoon. It is expected that the Head of State will speak about the effects of the
readLivestock test positive for Malta fever
15-04-2009
ANIMALS on a farm in the Hardap Region have tested positive for Malta fever, a bacterial disease that can spread to humans. The acting Chief Veterinarian, Dr Frans Joubert, yesterday said blood
read‘Struggle kids’ on the march again
15-04-2009
‘CHILDREN of the liberation struggle’, upset that they haven’t all been recruited into the Defence Force, plan to march on the Swapo headquarters in Katutura today.According to information gathered by
readSaara defends defence, Air Nam, Falcon and Founding Father
15-04-2009
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has come out strongly in defence of the Founding Father, former President Sam Nujoma, for whom Government will build a brand-new office block for about N$42
readHelalia wins Two Oceans
15-04-2009
NAMIBIA’S ace road runner Helalia Johannes beat a field of more than 6 000 athletes to win the Two Oceans Half Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday in a fast time of 1 hour 13 minutes and 34 seconds.
readGoing 2 divorce u...
15-04-2009
RIYADH – A Saudi man has divorced his wife by text message, a newspaper said on Thursday. The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no longer his spouse. He followed up with a
readOil prices bounce, mirroring stock markets
15-04-2009
LONDON - Oil prices rebounded yesterday, supported by rising global stock markets, upbeat results from US bank Goldman Sachs and hopes for a pick-up in world energy demand, analysts said.New York’s
readDeath ends Kakololo’s retrial before it can begin
15-04-2009
ARMED robbery suspect Tuhafeni Kakololo has a watertight excuse for missing the scheduled start of his trial in the Windhoek Regional Court yesterday: he is dead.Kakololo was supposed to go on trial
readOmaruru 3 denied bail
15-04-2009
THREE suspects yesterday appeared in the Omaruru Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Omaruru farming couple Jannie (80) and Toets (75) Kruger on March 12.Ebson Tumbireeko (28), Raphael
readTrade trip to Cuba raises eyebrows
15-04-2009
THE funding for a Namibian delegation to the Cuban International Trade Fair, led by Trade Minister Hage Geingob in November last year, has raised eyebrows both in political and Government circles.In
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