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54 Articles found on Monday, 3 August 2009
Nigeria seeks approval for US$500m WB credit
03-08-2009
ABUJA - Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua is seeking Senate approval for a US$500 million concessional credit facility from the World Bank to help fund the 2009 budget, according to a letter to the
readOil jumps US$2 on economic optimism
03-08-2009
NEW YORK - Oil rose 3,75 per cent on Friday after data showed the US economy shrunk less than expected in the second quarter, raising hopes the recession was easing.US light crude traded up US$2,51 to
readNamibia joins fibre-optic connection with India
03-08-2009
CABINET has approved an agreement with Telecommunications Consultants India that will connect seven universities to over 50 learning centres and will allow all African government leaders to do
readNew ‘town’ at Hosea Kutako
03-08-2009
ABOUT 408 hectares of prime real estate next to Hosea Kutako International Airport has been earmarked for a “mixed-use development” – a combination of commercial and residential areas that will form a
readSouth African stocks at new 10-month high
03-08-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African stocks muscled to a fresh 10-month high on Friday after US economic data buoyed global equities but MTN trimmed gains amid uncertainty about merger talks with India’s
readCastro says Cuba to cut spending, communism secure
03-08-2009
HAVANA – Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a foundering
readIran hardliners accuse opposition of ‘treason’
03-08-2009
TEHRAN - Iranian hardliners accused opposition leaders of treason yesterday as defeated presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi said the authorities used “medieval torture” to force confessions
readCatholics head warns about e-mails/texting
03-08-2009
LONDON - The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales is concerned that excessive use of e-mails and mobile phone text messaging is creating shallow friendships and undermining community
readHunt for gay club shooter in Israel
03-08-2009
JERUSALEM – Hundreds of police officers scoured the streets of Tel Aviv yesterday in a manhunt for a gunman who shot and killed two people and wounded 11 others at a club for gay youth.The Tel Aviv
readTruck driver fined over death of Tsvangirai’s wife
03-08-2009
HARARE – An aid truck driver involved in an accident that killed the wife of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been fined 200 dollars (about N$1 500) over the incident, state media
readPlane with 16 on board disappears over Indonesia
03-08-2009
JAKARTA – A plane carrying 16 people disappeared yesterday over a jungle-clad and mountainous region in eastern Indonesia, authorities said.By nightfall, there was no trace of the Twin Otter plane,
readFilm ‘The Cove’ seeks to expose dolphin killings
03-08-2009
NEW YORK – A tense new film shows Japanese fishermen luring thousands of wild dolphins into a hidden secret cove in Japan where activists say they are captured for marine amusement parks or
readTwo new Mozart works presented in Austria
03-08-2009
SALZBURG, Austria – Mozart’s momentous legacy grew yesterday as researchers unveiled two piano pieces recently identified as childhood creations by the legendary composer.The works – an extensive
readDiescho a indila oshigwana sha Namibia shi idhidhimikilathane
03-08-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana mOshakati, unene sha li sha thikama maalongwantu, omasiku ga zi ko, Omuprofessore Joseph Diescho okwa indila koshigwana sha Namibia shi kale tashi idhidhimikilathana,
readAakulu yokontuntu ya Robben ya pewa evi
03-08-2009
AAKONDJELIMANGULUKO aakulu omi 60 mboka ya li lumbu omvimvo odhindji mondjedhililo kontuntu yaRobben popepi noKapa oya pewa evi lyawo yene kepangelo Metitatu oshiwike shayi.Aakondjelimanguluko mbaka
readOmulandu gwokunkondopeka aaluudhe pamahupilo natango ongula
03-08-2009
OMIMVO ntano konima shoEpangelo lya tokola okweetapo omulandu gwokunkondopeka aaluudhe pamahupilo(BEE) ontotwambapila yomulandu nguka onkene ya tegelela okuziminwa kaaleli yongundu tayi pangele
readOongundu dhOompilameno inadhi ka mona sha momahogololo
03-08-2009
PETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi shOswapo mOshakati, Olyomaka ga zi ko, Gavena gwa Hangwena omusamane Usko Nghaamwa okwa indile oshigwana shi ka hogolole Oswapo nOoperesenda ethele nasha ndele oongundu
readUnam turn on the style against Wanderers
03-08-2009
UNAM replaced Wanderers at the top of the Field Hockey Men’s Premier League log after a resounding 4-1 victory on Saturday.First-half goals by Heini Swartbooi and Erastus Kashungu gave Unam a 2-0 lead
readNFA to invite top African countries
03-08-2009
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) will invite top countries that qualify for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Angola to make use of Namibia’s sports facilities, and engage Namibia
read4 Namibians in African team
03-08-2009
FOUR players from the Namibian U/14 girls’ soccer team have been selected to an African Youth XI at the Norway Cup soccer tournament in Oslo.Emma Naris and Anuschka Meyer from A I Steenkamp School,
readAkan stays with Black Africa
03-08-2009
Ali Akan will remain as Black Africa’s coach after signing a one-year contract with the club, Black Africa chairman Boni Paulino announced yesterday.Paulino added that Black Africa’s pre-season
readSouth African Currie Cup results
03-08-2009
Lions 19 Griquas 23.Scorers: Lions - Try: Alwyn Hollenbach; Conversion: Herkie Kruger; Penalties: Kruger (4). Griquas - Tries: Naas Olivier, Barry Geel; Conversions: Olivier (2); Penalties: Olivier
readRichter beats Pieters to win ITF Junior title
03-08-2009
SEBASTIAN Richter of Germany continued his giant-killing run when he beat South Africa’s Hernus Pieters 6-4, 6-3 in the Boys’ U/18 singles final at the ITF South and Central African Junior Tennis
readRecord-breaking Steyn leads Springboks to victory
03-08-2009
DURBAN – Flyhalf Morne Steyn scored all of South Africa’s points in a 31-19 victory over New Zealand at King’s Park on Saturday, the most by one player in a Tri-Nations match.Steyn’s haul came from
readFlintoff and Prior give England the edge
03-08-2009
BIRMINGHAM – A breezy sixth-wicket partnership of 89 between Andrew Flintoff and Matt Prior lifted England to 316 for seven at tea on the fourth day of the third Ashes test yesterday.Flintoff
readPhelps reels in Cavic to stay butterfly king
03-08-2009
ROME – Michael Phelps used his powerful shoulders to perfection to overhaul big rival Milorad Cavic and steal back his 100 metres butterfly world record in an enthralling final at the world
readSMS For Mon 03 Aug 09
03-08-2009
Don’t throw food away * AS a youth I am begging my fellow Namibians not to throw away food or leftovers; instead put it in ice-cream containers and give it to someone along the road and you will be
readOngombo squatters evicted, leaders arrested
03-08-2009
MORE than 20 people who have been squatting in front of the privately owned Ongombo East farm for about a month are scheduled to appear in court in Windhoek today. The 22 //Naosan /Aes committee
readStrongest quake in Namibian history shakes Erongo
03-08-2009
AN earthquake measuring 5,6 on the Richter scale shook the Erongo Region at 09h15 on Friday, with tremors felt as far afield as Windhoek. It was the strongest recorded earthquake in Namibian history,
readProwealth payout stopped
03-08-2009
THE former wife of the founder of the Prowealth group of companies, Riaan Potgieter, will have to make do, for now, without millions of Namibia dollars she stands to receive from insurance policies on
readNoteable Quotes
03-08-2009
SOME people are saying it is a spy bill, so it needs public scrutiny. – Swapo MP Hafeni Ndemula on why the National Council is referring the Communications Bill to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
readUnam turn on the style against Wanderers
03-08-2009
UNAM replaced Wanderers at the top of the Field Hockey Men’s Premier League log after a resounding 4-1 victory on Saturday. First-half goals by Heini Swartbooi and Erastus Kashungu gave Unam a 2-0
readNigeria ignored the warnings
03-08-2009
MAIDUGURI – Nigerian authorities ignored dozens of warnings about a violent Islamist sect until it attacked police stations and government buildings last week in a bloodbath that killed more than 700
readZimbabwe re-introduces foreign exchange bureaux
03-08-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s central bank has allowed foreign exchange bureaux to resume full operations as part of reforms aimed at reviving the battered economy, the bank said on Friday. In a mid-year
readRape, suicide, accidents the ‘order of the day’
03-08-2009
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region are searching for a known suspect who is alleged to have raped a seven-year-old girl at Okalyafengwa village on Sunday a week ago, the Police reported at the end of last
readHuman rights ‘are to protect people’s dignity’
03-08-2009
A COUNTRY that protects the fundamental rights of its citizens by laws and a constitution is one of the most important cornerstones in protecting the dignity and security of individuals, one of South
readNew flag for Police
03-08-2009
THE Namibian Police will get a new flag, which will be inaugurated on Police Day in November. The current Namibian Police flag was approved by Cabinet in 1991. Since then the line Ministry has
readCabinet approves white paper on housing
03-08-2009
CABINET approved a new policy document for the housing sector. According to a press release on the latest Cabinet resolutions, the review of the National Housing Policy started in 2003 and in October
readNBC Chat shows continue unchanged
03-08-2009
THE national broadcaster NBC will continue monitoring and evaluating the content of its phone-in programmes, it was announced by Cabinet on Friday. The NBC made drastic, and controversial, changes
readGrootfontein man in court for copper wire theft
03-08-2009
A GROOTFONTEIN resident appeared in that town’s magistrate’s court last week charged with the illegal possession of 2 250 kilograms of stolen copper wire.The copper allegedly found in the possession
readPastor killed in Katutura robbery
03-08-2009
PASTOR Jerrow Tsamaseb (38) was shot dead in a riverbed in Katutura this weekend after he pursued a robber. The Police reported yesterday that Tsamaseb and a family member had just entered their
readBackdated prison terms for 2 acquitted in murder trial
03-08-2009
THE two men convicted of assaulting murder victim Theresia Afrikaner on the night that she was killed in mid-May 2005 received jail terms of three and five years respectively at the end of their trial
readPregnancy, HIV add to flu risk
03-08-2009
RESEARCH published last week has shown that pregnant women and HIV-infected people are more prone to contracting the H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as ‘swine flu’.The research, published in the
readInconsiderate mockery of death
03-08-2009
With the death of Michael Jackson still fresh in our minds, it’s probably natural that some people would try finding something worth joking about in his death. Of late, the following message has
readOld Location Films Launched
03-08-2009
A young film maker, Perivi Katjavivi, launched his film company Old Location Films last week at Studio 77. He also used the opportunity to raise funds for his upcoming film ‘Love is...’ As a young
readAngelique’s Favourite Meals
03-08-2009
Angelique Leff is one of Namibia’s best known chef’s. Currently working as a Chef Trainer for Wilderness Safari’s, Angelique is also the vice president of the Namibian Chef’s Association. Here are a
readLatoya The Classy Dresser
03-08-2009
Latoya Wemmert is a young woman who loves to look classy. The 20-year-old devoted follower of fashion admits that clothes to her is like an addiction and that she buys clothes whenever she sees
readGazza Off To World Athletics Champs
03-08-2009
Kwaito superstar Gazza received an opportunity of a lifetime after he was invited to perform during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany on August 13, 2009.The invitation, explained
readSharon At The Warehouse
03-08-2009
Whilst the rest of Windhoek is dormant and quiet and preparing for a hectic week on a Sunday evening, one corner - generally referred to as the Old Breweries - remains full of life. The Bank Windhoek
readD-Naff Releases The Untold Truth
03-08-2009
D-Naff has done it again, the talented Namibian gospel star just released his fourth album. The Windhoek-based rapper proved once again that he is also a consistent recording artist by dropping the
readExperience Dance! Dance on Two Continents
03-08-2009
Last year ten Namibian dancers joined their German counterparts in Berlin to produce breathtaking shows that were sold out. p.art.ners has now brought together the Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO)
read‘Conscious, Simple’ Design at NAGN
03-08-2009
Fascinating furniture is on display at the National Art Gallery of Namibia (NAGN) from July 7 to August 7. Using very simple material, the artists, all hailing from Germany, employ very interesting
read‘Twak!’ returns with less oomph
03-08-2009
The first time I saw ‘Twak! of the Nation’, the theatrical satire that pokes fun at Namibian personalities and our national broadcaster, I thought it was such a brilliant piece that I wasn’t surprised
readThe Scene
03-08-2009
FRIDAY CLUB THRILLER K-Connections Band from Windhoek presents 'Langaram Dance' at Club Thriller this Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25 from 20H00. Entrance fee is N$10. For more information
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