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33 Articles found on Monday, 5 January 2009
Dordabis’s Arie charged with another rape
05-01-2009
RESIDENTS of Dordabis east of Windhoek are livid after a trial-awaiting rape suspect was again arrested over the festive season, this time for allegedly raping a mute woman there.Johannes Arie, who
readMan arrested for rape of a corpse
05-01-2009
A MORTUARY worker at the Karasburg State Hospital was arrested just before Christmas for allegedly violating a human body.The man, Ivan Hendriks, was denied bail on a charge of rape. The woman, said
readWar On Gaza
05-01-2009
GAZA – Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants battled in Gaza yesterday after Israeli troops and tanks invaded the coastal enclave in the most serious fighting in the conflict in decades.More than
readHome Affairs Minister slammed for negligence in 14-year-old case
05-01-2009
A CASE that had its start in the High Court more than 14 years ago is heading back to that court after a split decision that was delivered in the Supreme Court in December.Even in the annals of
readReho Council worker nabbed for car abuse
05-01-2009
OFFICERS of Anti-Corruption Commission have arrested an employee of the Rehoboth Town Council, Menthel Menzy Links (29), after he was involved in a car accident.Links allegedly used the car without
readSA man breaks speeding record at 192 km/h
05-01-2009
A SOUTH African man was fined N$5 000 for clocking 192 km/h in a Ford Fiesta on the road between Usakos and Arandis on Thursday.Andrew Lock was caught in a speed trap halfway to Arandis. Police
readCholera under control, officials remain on alert
05-01-2009
GOVERNMENT says it has arrested the cholera outbreak in the northern Kunene Region, which has killed three people. Health Permanent Secretary Kahijoro Kahuure said no further deaths had been recorded
readSchool system is failing HIV-positive pupils
05-01-2009
THE educational needs of HIV-positive children in Namibia are not being met, and this may signal wider systemic problems in the education sector, says a recent Unesco study.According to the study,
readRecord New Year baby births
05-01-2009
TWENTY-one babies were born in Windhoek’s two State hospitals on New Year’s Day.The Katutura State Hospital recorded the highest number of 14 babies born on January 1. Acting Matron at Katutura
readCoast on alert for robber gangs
05-01-2009
TWO dangerous gangs of armed robbers are believed to be operating in the Erongo Region, the region’s police chief, Deputy Commissioner Festus Shilongo, warned yesterday.Shilongo said one of the gangs
readRoad deaths down over the last year
05-01-2009
AFTER a horrific start to the festive season, car accidents on the country’s national roads subsided over the last week, with no new deaths reported in the new year.The total number of people killed
readSA unions seek boost to unemployment benefits
05-01-2009
CAPE TOWN – The South African labour movement will propose that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) be made more adaptable so that retrenched workers are given benefits for at least a year.This
readForeign currency dominates in Zim
05-01-2009
THE economy in Zimbabwe is now virtually based on foreign exchange, a state daily newspaper said at the end of last week, with fewer goods and services available in the local dollar which is rapidly
readSome groups lower loss estimates in Madoff scandal
05-01-2009
NEW YORK - Some clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff are concluding that their losses weren’t as bad as originally thought.Three organisations that invested heavily with the Wall Street money
readBarack Obama’s team polishing economic stimulus measure
05-01-2009
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is putting the finishing touches on an economic recovery plan that could run from US$675 billion to US$775 billion.Briefings for top
readSA fuel price to drop 18%
05-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – South African petrol pump prices will fall by about 18 per cent next week to the lowest since March 2007 due to a drop in the international oil price, helping to ease inflation.A
readGold prices dip; energy prices rebound
05-01-2009
NEW YORK - Gold prices edged lower in light post-holiday trading Friday as the dollar showed some strength against other major currencies.Despite the slight dip, analysts were quick to note that the
readGeingob visits Emirates
05-01-2009
ECONOMIC Minister Sultan bin Saeed Al-Mansouri of the United Arab Emirates received the Namibian Minister of Trade and Industry, Hage Geingob, last week,They discussed bilateral relations between the
read2008 good for uranium
05-01-2009
NAMIBIA’S uranium production hit record levels in 2008 and should do so again this year as the country’s third uranium producer could come on stream in 2010 if all goes to plan. It will be known as
readFour killed as quake strikes Papua
05-01-2009
JAKARTA – A series of powerful earthquakes off the northern coast of West Papua, Indonesia, early yesterday killed four people, injured several others and flattened buildings, officials and local
readDefiant Myanmar junta marks independence day
05-01-2009
MYANMAR marked the 61st anniversary of its independence yesterday with pomp and defiance, as the military junta called on citizens to support 2010 elections derided as a sham by democracy
readTop Zimbabwean rights activist poisoned in custody: media
05-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwean rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko, who is to appear in court Monday on charges of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, is being poisoned and tortured in custody, the
readGhana gears up for second power handover in 10 years
05-01-2009
FOR the second time in a decade, one elected leader prepares to hand over power to the opposition following a peaceful presidential poll.Opposition candidate John Atta-Mills on Saturday narrowly won
readOmukuluntu gwEtanga lyomomabda lya Zim a yahwa
05-01-2009
HARARE – Omukuluntu gwEtanga lyOmombanda lya Zimbabwe noku li wo kuume kOmupresidende Robert Mugaba okwa yahwa nokweehamekwa moshiningwanima shonkambadhala yokuumba ko Epangelo pehulilo lyomwedhi gwa
readOmugundjuka gwoomvula 24 a kwatwa po shi na sha neso lya Lameck Shidolo
05-01-2009
OPOLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya tseyitha kutya omugundjuka gwoomvula 23, Lameck Shidolo gwomomukunda Ongonga mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ina vula we okuthika momumvo omupe nguka 2009,
readMeme gwoomvula 26 a fumvika okahanona ke nomwenyo
05-01-2009
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Omatwadiva mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, twa yi nayo mefudho lyOkrisimesa pehulilo lyomvula ya zi ko, otayi ti kutya meme omugundjuka gwoomvula 26
readAanangeshefa moshitopolwa sha mOshana ya pandula Opolisi yawo
05-01-2009
AANAGESHEFA moshitopolwa sha Shana oya pandula noonkondo Opolisi yawo yomoshitopolwa sha Shana sho ya longa nawa muule womvula ya zi ko.Ong’olupandu, aanangeshefa moshitopolwa shika oya gandja Ekopi
readSMSes for Mon 5 Jan 09
05-01-2009
* PAY Jackpot. How is it possible that political office bearers are given such generous salary increases? What about our underpaid and overworked teachers, nurses and police members? – Tobias.Food for
readPietersen, Moores in rift
05-01-2009
LONDON – England looked like having to decide between keeping Kevin Pietersen as captain or Peter Moores as coach after the star batsman called for an end to the duo’s “unhealthy” relationship.The
readDeath threats for want-away Defoe
05-01-2009
PORTSMOUTH – England striker Jermain Defoe has received threats from Portsmouth fans angry at his apparent desire to return to Tottenham barely a year after his arrival at Fratton Park.“Some of the
readMurray keen for Austalian Open
05-01-2009
ABU DHABI – Andy Murray is confident he can deliver another devastating hammer blow to world number one Rafael Nadal should the two meet again at the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of
readMitsubishi struggle in Dakar dustbowl
05-01-2009
SANTA ROSA – Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi’s hopes of an eighth successive Dakar Rally victory were clogged up by Argentine dust on Saturday as the 2009 race got underway.Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah,
readHitman hits the big time
05-01-2009
NAMIBIA’S prolific boxer Paulus ‘The Hitman’ Moses landed the biggest title of his life when he emphatically captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight world title against Japan’s Yusuke
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