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42 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Ancient fossil finds in Namibia
07-01-2009
SOUTHERN Namibia not only has interesting landscapes and wide open spaces, but bears hidden treasures millions of years old.It was only 19 years ago that sheep farmer Giel Steenkamp on farm Spitzkoppe
readBlood again in short supply
07-01-2009
THE Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia is urgently in need of blood and people are encouraged to donate blood at any of the following mobile clinics. On Wednesday people can donate in Rehoboth at
readPeace Corps volunteers sworn in
07-01-2009
THE US Ambassador to Namibia, Denise Mathieu, yesterday swore in 20 Peace Corps volunteers from the United States, who took their oaths of service at the National Institute for Educational Development
read2009 will not be easy: RDP
07-01-2009
THE campaigning for national and presidential elections at the end of this year will “not be easy in the current climate of political intolerance” for opposition parties, Rally for Democracy and
readPolice deny cover-up in Karas accident
07-01-2009
POLICE in the Karas Region have denied allegations that they covered up a drunk-driving incident involving an officer at Karasburg.The officer in question crashed his car into another vehicle at the
readNight burglars strike again
07-01-2009
THE latest victim in a series of computer thefts that have plagued the country recently is Old Mutual group economist Robin Sherbourne.Sherbourne yesterday lost a laptop computer containing much of
readTransNamib’s Haimbili still in limbo
07-01-2009
NO date has been set yet for the disciplinary hearing of suspended TransNamib CEO Titus Haimbili. The Namibian understands that lawyers for TransNamib and Haimbili are still negotiating on the date
readCriminals having a ball
07-01-2009
BURGLARS broke into a house in Windhoek’s Ludwigsdorf area on Saturday, stealing three hunting rifles, two 38. Special revolvers, and a CZ 9 mm pistol.The owner of the house on Kathy Street was said
readTwo nabbed for copper theft
07-01-2009
TWO suspected copper wire thieves – a security guard and a taxi driver – were arrested on Christmas Eve after a tip-off from the public as they tried to sell copper cables worth N$10 200.The suspects,
readGenerosity saves little girl’s leg
07-01-2009
ALMAZE Beukes (13), a little girl who was diagnosed with bone cancer in her right knee last year, is back from Cape Town and still has both her legs. This was made possible by the generous donations
readStandard Bank apologises for credit card confusion
07-01-2009
A LOCAL commercial bank has finally responded to problems experienced by its debit and credit card holders over the past two months.Since mid-November last year, Standard Bank cardholders have not
readVenus eyes top spot
07-01-2009
HONG KONG – Wimbledon champion Venus Williams is eyeing regaining the top spot in women’s tennis as she gears up for another tilt at the season’s opening Grand Slam, the Australian Open. Williams, who
readTevez to stake United claim in Cup
07-01-2009
DERBY - Carlos Tevez will be given another chance to prove he deserves a long-term deal at Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson prepares to throw him back into action in a League Cup
readBenitez eyes league prize
07-01-2009
LIVERPOOL - Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has told the Premier League leaders not to be distracted from their quest to win the English title by the hype surrounding their derby FA Cup tie with
readMohlala shot dead
07-01-2009
A South African official who blew the whistle on alleged corruption in the building of a stadium for the 2010 World Cup has been shot dead by unknown gunmen, an official statement said on Monday.Jimmy
readWilliams returns
07-01-2009
CARDIFF – Wales’ world player of the year Shane Williams will have recovered from a shoulder injury in time to play for his side Ospreys in their crucial European Cup match with French outfit
readACC nabs Health Ministry worker
07-01-2009
AN employee of the Ministry of Health is set to appear in court today after he allegedly solicited payments for jobs while also posing as an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officer.Nelius Becker,
readStriker Defoe heading back to Spurs
07-01-2009
LONDON – England international striker Jermain Defoe is set to leave Portsmouth and rejoin Harry Redknapp at Tottenham, the London club said yesterday.A fee has been agreed on what is thought to be a
readGermany, Austria are fistball youth champs
07-01-2009
AN exciting Under-18 Fistball Youth World Cup drew to a close on Sunday with Germany’s men and Austria’s women teams winning the respective categories.The final between Germany and Switzerland was
readGender testing on
07-01-2009
THE Confederation of African Football is set to introduce gender testing before the next African Women’s Championship in 2010. Equatorial Guinea hosted and won the last edition, but their victory was
readBA meet Arrows
07-01-2009
BLACK Africa and Eleven Arrows are expected to spice up the weekend when they clash in the final of the FNB Football Festival at the Khomasdal Stadium on Saturday.The two teams made their way to the
readSMSes for Wed 7 Jan 08
07-01-2009
* TO read all these complaints about pay hikes is a waste of time. The best thing for us civil servants to do is at the ballot box. Put a cross where promises are not made. Our money is deducted for
readNovanam factory strike continues
07-01-2009
A strike that started at the Novanam fish-processing factory at Lüderitz in early December, and which has kept close to 1 000 workers from their duties, was still going strong by yesterday.The strike
readPolice on trail of forgery gang
07-01-2009
THE arrest of a British citizen, operating a transport company from Walvis Bay, for displaying suspected counterfeit vehicle licence discs, has led to the Erongo Police probing a possible national
readBe a lifesaver!
07-01-2009
The Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia is urgently in need of blood to replenish its blood bank after the festive season and all healthy people are encouraged to donate blood.Above: Nurse Mona
readEconomic Briefs
07-01-2009
Ethiopian rebels warn Petronas on exploration * NAIROBI – Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels warned Malaysia’s Petronas yesterday that they would not tolerate oil exploration in their remote eastern region,
readDon’t get caught by ‘phishing’
07-01-2009
THERE is currently a renewed bout of e-mails from fraudsters purporting to represent FNB trying to get access to confidential banking information, and FNB issued a warning late last year to e-mail
readFirm in milk scare files for bankruptcy
07-01-2009
BEIJING – The Chinese firm at the centre of a nationwide tainted milk crisis that sickened nearly 300 000 children and killed six has filed for bankruptcy. A bankruptcy judge in the city of
readWomen farmers in Africa toil to expand food security
07-01-2009
LONDON – Like many African women, Mazoe Gondwe is her family’s main food provider. Lately, she has struggled to farm her plot in Malawi due to unpredictable rains that are making her hard life even
readZimbabwe extends price controls
07-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG – The Zimbabwean government has extended the period for monitoring prices of basic goods and services to June 30 this year, the state-controlled Herald reported on Monday. This was so
readStorm clouds gather for world economy in 2009
07-01-2009
PARIS – If you thought 2008 was bad for the world economy, just wait for 2009. After a year when leading economies slid into recession, the forecasts paint an even grimmer picture for the 12 months
readAussie mine to harvest phosphate along Namibian coast
07-01-2009
AN Australian diamond mining company with offshore mining experience says it has found substantial reserves of phosphate along the Namibian coast, which would making dredging the ocean bed across
readSouth African mining industry task team tries to save jobs
07-01-2009
JOHANNESBURG - A document agreed to by a South African mining industry task team would help trade unions “put companies under pressure” and have the effect of saving some of the nearly 15 000 jobs
readMauritius at risk from abrupt global slowdown: IMF
07-01-2009
PORT LOUIS – Economic growth in Mauritius remains at significant risk from a sharp global slowdown with tourism, textiles and real estate the most exposed sectors, according to the International
readEconomic data grim, Toyota to halt Japan output
07-01-2009
LONDON – Dire economic data underlined the severity of recession in Europe on Tuesday, while Toyota Motor Corp said it would halt all production in Japan in response to plunging demand.With the global
readAbout 40 killed in strike on Gaza school
07-01-2009
GAZA – Israeli tank fire killed up to 40 Palestinians at a United Nations school in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical sources at two hospitals said. Two tank shells exploded outside the school,
readIsrael sets key condition for Gaza ceasefire
07-01-2009
JERUSALEM – Israel yesterday set a key condition for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, saying it would not agree to a truce unless it included provisions to prevent Hamas from rearming. “Preventing a
readFrench state television says adieu to ads
07-01-2009
PARIS – Millions of French television viewers tuned in on Monday evening to watch their favourite prime-time shows uninterrupted by ad breaks as President Nicolas Sarkozy’s controversial media reform
readIFP youth leader killed
07-01-2009
THE leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party’s Youth Brigade, Shadrack Dube, has been shot dead in KwaZulu-Natal, the party said on Monday.“Dube was shot with eight bullets by unknown assailants as he came
readArrests soon in Nelspruit murder
07-01-2009
MPUMALANGA police are hoping for a breakthrough soon in the Nelspruit murder of ANC councillor Jimmy Mohlala, a spokesman said on Tuesday.“We expect some arrests soon,” said Captain Leonard Hlathi.
readDRC rebels deny leadership change
07-01-2009
ONE of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) main rebel military chiefs denied late on Monday that Laurent Nkunda, head of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), had been
readIndicting president risks bloodshed: Sudan
07-01-2009
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s government accused Darfur rebels on Monday of planning to launch attacks if President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is indicted for war crimes and said that would bring a new round of
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