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36 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 February 2009
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25-02-2009
WHILE most people drink responsibly, those individuals who don’t apply self-control spoil what was supposed to be a good social occasion for everyone. – Chairperson of the Self-Regulating Alcohol
readNudo youth don’t want ECN observers at rallies
25-02-2009
THE intention of the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) to send observers to political rallies in future was not received favourably by the youth league of the National Unity and Democracy
readMagistrate’s dismissal holds up murder case
25-02-2009
THE sentencing of Johannes Gawab, convicted earlier this month of murdering his lover, was postponed in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court after presiding Regional Magistrate Hosea Noabeb was sacked
readFired NBC chief haunts Parliament
25-02-2009
THE ghost of the recently fired Director General of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), Bob Kandetu, haunted the first working day of Parliament yesterday. Johan de Waal of the DTA asked
readStruggle continues for ‘Struggle Children’
25-02-2009
THE ‘Children of the Liberation Struggle’ who last year held an 80-day protest in Windhoek before being whisked off to a Swapo farm outside the city, where they have been stationed for over three
readNurse’s shebeen shooting murder trial is postponed
25-02-2009
THE scheduled start of the trial of former Katutura State Hospital nurse Jekonia Hamukoto, who is accused of shooting dead three people in a shebeen in Windhoek in early 2007, had to be postponed to
readFirst session for MPs only half hour long
25-02-2009
THE first working day of the year for members of the National Assembly yesterday only lasted 30 minutes, much to the surprise of a dozen schoolchildren from Swakopmund who attended the session.As
readCourt hears confession on Poly killing
25-02-2009
“THAT is better.” This was the reaction of murder, rape and robbery suspect Erasmus Kondjashili when his co-accused, Armas Iipinge Ambambi, first told him that the Polytechnic of Namibia student they
readNamWater wakes up to crisis at Walvis Bay
25-02-2009
NAMWATER is working frantically to pipe water to Walvis Bay’s 70 000 residents.Yesterday, the utility was completing a 40-kilometre emergency pipeline from Swakopmund to Walvis Bay via Long Beach,
readBond star lends a helping hand
25-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Sir Roger Moore is drawing attention to a small, AIDS-devastated southern African country.Moore, known for playing James Bond and a Unicef goodwill ambassador since 1991, said in an
readNBA star Barkley pleads guilty to DUI charges
25-02-2009
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – Charles Barkley will serve time in jail after pleading guilty on Monday to charges of driving drunk.According to Scottsdale court records, the 45-year-old former NBA star pleaded
readMortician tale ‘Departures’ surprises with an Oscar
25-02-2009
LOS ANGELES/TOKYO – ‘Departures’, a Japanese movie about an out-of-work cellist who takes a job as an undertaker preparing corpses for cremation, was the surprise winner of the Oscar for best foreign
readEthiopia’s street kids turn to computers in language challenge
25-02-2009
ADDIS ABABA – In the shadow of Addis Ababa’s biggest Orthodox church, more than 100 street children cluster around gazing as Amharic script flashes on computer screens before them.Ethiopia, one of
readICC to rule on Bashir on March 4
25-02-2009
THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court said that it will rule next week on whether to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur.A
readZim court grants bail, but Bennett still in jail
25-02-2009
HARARE – A Zimbabwean judge yesterday granted bail to Roy Bennett, a prominent official in the new prime minister’s party, but ordered him held at least another week while prosecutors decide whether
readLeeches save victim’s hand
25-02-2009
SYDNEY – Surgeons who used leeches to reattach the severed hand of an Australian surfer mauled by a great white shark on Sydney’s Bondi Beach yesterday hailed the operation as a “minor miracle”.Glenn
readFighting kills at least 13 in Somali capital
25-02-2009
MOGADISHU – At least 13 people were killed and scores wounded yesterday in the Somali capital as Islamist rebels attacked police and African Union peacekeepers in the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu
readNorth Korea preparing satellite launch
25-02-2009
SEOUL – North Korea said yesterday it is preparing to shoot a satellite into orbit, its clearest reference yet to an impending launch that neighbours and the United States suspect will be a
readTaliban extend cease-fire in Pakistani valley
25-02-2009
ISLAMABAD – Taliban militants extended a cease-fire yesterday in northwestern Pakistan’s Swat valley, granting more time for peace talks with the government that the United States worries could create
readFlorida nips fish pedicures in the bud
25-02-2009
TALLAHASSEE . – A trendy pedicure with fish that nibble dead skin from the feet has been nipped in the bud. The Florida Board of Cosmetology has banned the procedure, even before it was known to be
readZim teachers to end strike
25-02-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s teachers have agreed to end a strike that emptied classrooms for a year, after the government promised to review salaries and appealed for U$458 million (about N$4.6 billion) in
readSomerset West fires still raging
25-02-2009
CAPE TOWN - Raging fires in Somerset West are threatening three historic wine estates in the area, City of Cape Town Fire Management said yesterday.“The fires are currently burning on three farms and
readBlood on the Wires
25-02-2009
THERE is none so blind as they who will not see. Anyone “news aware” has to be blind not to note the increasing list of the “good and the great” being (allegedly) caught out or going belly-up. Madoff
readUBS deal with US seen dimming Swiss franc’s haven appeal
25-02-2009
NEW YORK – Switzerland’s landmark decision to allow UBS to pass client data to Washington will tarnish the Swiss franc’s safe-haven allure as the country’s prized bank secrecy laws come under
readMassive drop recorded in SA retail credit
25-02-2009
ENQUIRIES to credit bureaux in South Africa had declined by almost one third since the world-wide financial meltdown. Fred Steffers, managing director of Consumer Profile Bureau, South Africa’s most
readWTO chief warns against protectionism
25-02-2009
SEOUL – The World Trade Organisation chief on Monday called for collective discipline to stem the spread of protectionism during the global slump, citing ‘Buy American’ provisions in the US stimulus
readNedbank announces rate cuts effective today
25-02-2009
NEDBANK Namibia has become the latest bank to announce interest rate cuts after the Bank of Namibia reduced its repo rate by 100 basis points last week.In line with other commercial banks, Nedbank cut
readCredit crunch makes local business gloomy
25-02-2009
PERHAPS in more normal times a business confidence survey is not something you would get excited about. But in the current financial climate and the uncertainty that reigns in the market, it is
readHigh food prices fuel SA pre-election tension
25-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Delays by South African supermarkets in cutting food prices after a sharp fall in grain and fuel prices are angering labour unions and consumers in the run-up to April general elections
readLonmin cuts 5 500 jobs in SA
25-02-2009
CAPE TOWN – British mining group Lonmin announced yesterday up to 5 500 job cuts in South Africa, dealing a new blow to the continent’s biggest economy as it reported a contraction for the first time
readAIG in talks with American government
25-02-2009
NEW YORK – American International Group Inc, which was rescued twice last year by the US government, is in talks with authorities for more aid as it looks to post its largest-ever quarterly loss, a
readCrisis puts brakes on loans to world’s poor
25-02-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The global micro-credit industry has been hurt by the financial crisis but loan defaults by the world’s poor remain low and private equity money will still fuel growth, a micro-finance
readFight over sale of Gobabis house picking up steam
25-02-2009
EFFORTS are under way to challenge in the High Court the recent sale of a house at Gobabis to pay a bank debt that started with a wrangle over N$1 000.Aletta /Goago-ses’s house, worth N$280 000
readPS cracks down on Ministry joyriders
25-02-2009
THE Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sports and Culture, Dr Peingeondjabi Shipoh, is cracking the whip on joyriders after he received a N$14 million bill for fuel and
read7-year-old goat tussle drags on
25-02-2009
SEVEN years, two police Inspector Generals and two more legal representatives since losing two dozen of her goats to a Member of Parliament in controversial fashion, Windhoek-based pensioner Petrina
readReal ready to rock Santiago
25-02-2009
PARIS – Liverpool’s reputation for turning on the style in Europe will face the acid test tonight when they face on-form Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.On a night that will notably see
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