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52 Articles found on Thursday, 7 May 2009
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07-05-2009
ACCORDING to Dr Yurij Yangasov from Rundu, snakebite incidents have since the beginning of the floods, gone up from around two per month to more than eight per week. – The Windhoek Rotary Club which
readJournalists urged to be environment educators
07-05-2009
THE media need to educate the public on what climate change is, what problems it will bring and how people should adapt to or reduce such problems, a University of Namibia academic said last week.Dr
readVanishing Blue Cranes baffle bird researchers
07-05-2009
THE drastic dwindling in Blue Crane numbers in the Etosha National Park and surrounds is puzzling researchers of the Namibia Crane Working Group.According to researchers Mike and Ann Scott, a recent
readErongo RED a burden to Swakop
07-05-2009
THE Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (Erongo RED) is considered a burden on Swakopmund’s municipality, according to the chair of the town’s Management Committee.In his budget speech at last
read‘Exorbitant’ rates raise hackles at Maltahöhe
07-05-2009
SKYROCKETING municipal tariffs at Maltahöhe have residents up in arms and refusing to pay.According to Nicolaas van den Heever, Chairman of the Maltahöhe Ratepayers’ Association, some Village Council
readAochamub in talks with NBC about top job
07-05-2009
THE Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is in talks with the preferred candidate to take over the reigns at the beleaguered national broadcaster.Albertus Aochamub confirmed to The Namibian on
readPresident to lead ‘great walk against corruption’
07-05-2009
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is to lead a ‘Great Walk against Corruption’ on May 28, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Women’s Action for Development (WAD) said in a joint media statement on
readWoof Tour throws spotlight on pounds
07-05-2009
OSCAR, a mutt who was adopted at the Grassy Park SPCA in Cape Town, South Africa, and his human companion, Joanne Lefson, are on a world tour to raise awareness for dog pounds. The five-month tour
readAlleged great granny and goat rapist in court
07-05-2009
A MAN accused of raping his great-grandmother and a goat appeared in the Oshakati Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.It is alleged that in the early hours of Friday, Stefanus Fillemon (30), from
readPoliceman accused of killing pedestrians
07-05-2009
A WINDHOEK Policeman allegedly caused the deaths of two pedestrians on the Western Bypass on Monday.Warrant Officer Holly Kavetu (29) was charged with two counts of culpable homicide as well as
readSuspect appears over triple murder at Outjo
07-05-2009
THE suspect accused of murdering three people – including two small children – in a deadly rampage at Outjo on Monday is set to remain in Police custody after making a first court appearance
read‘Herero’ cattle confiscated
07-05-2009
POLICE and veterinary officials have confiscated and quarantined cattle belonging to Herero-speaking families who invaded the protected Nyae-Nyae conservancy area near Tsumkwe after cutting a
readGovt evaluates flu response
07-05-2009
THE Namibian emergency team dealing with the H1N1 flu threat will meet today to assess their readiness and discuss the possible way forward.Dr Jack Vries, who heads the team, said they will also weigh
readEU believes China trade talks may speed economic recovery
07-05-2009
BRUSSELS - Trade talks between China and the European Union this week could help both economies recover from the current downturn by boosting exports and investment, the EU’s top trade official said
readSasol fined millions for price fixing
07-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South African petrochemicals group Sasol will pay a fine of N$188 million (US$22,70 million) for fixing prices in the fertiliser sector, the company and the South African competition
readSKW to plot BA downfall
07-05-2009
SPORT Klub Windhoek co-coaches Lucky Kakuva and Rolf Beiter, will have a massive task to disrupt the shrewd tactics of Black Africa coach Ali Akan when the two sides clash in an MTC Namibia Premier
readFirst US face transplant recipient meets the press
07-05-2009
WASHINGTON – When her husband shot her five years ago, Connie Culp was left without a nose, a palate or lower eyelids, but now she has revealed her new face.Culp’s was the world’s first near-total
readSMSes for Thu 07 Mar 09
07-05-2009
* IS Namibia for people from exile only, their parents are getting money and now they want jobs, what about us who fought inside? Our parents are dead too. – Ina Food For
readNam investment rules still worry IMF
07-05-2009
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Government to carefully rethink tighter domestic investment requirements, warning that Namibia simply doesn’t have the necessary opportunities to absorb
readZuma voted SA president
07-05-2009
CAPE TOWN – South Africa’s parliament chose Jacob Zuma as president yesterday and he immediately set boosting the economy and creating jobs as priorities.Zuma beat Mvume Dandala of the Congress of the
readGraft buster drops ‘some’ older cases
07-05-2009
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has had to drop a number of cases it was investigating, after the Attorney General advised that only cases that occurred after the Anti-Corruption Act became law
readNamibia spoils EU party
07-05-2009
RELUCTANCE on the part of Namibia to sign an interim economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU) will probably stop champagne corks from popping in Brussels today, where
readLocal Sport Briefs
07-05-2009
Wrestling NAMIBIAN wrestlers scooped three gold, five silver and four bronze medals at the South Africa Greco-Roman Championships held in Ermelo last weekend. The Namibia Wrestling Federation
readRadcliffe cautious about comeback
07-05-2009
LONDON – Paula Radcliffe has admitted her comeback from surgery to remove a bunion from her right foot might not come until after the World Championships in Berlin in August.The world record holder in
readButton chasing fourth win in five races
07-05-2009
LONDON – Despite three wins in the first four races of the season, Jenson Button will be battling the odds at the Spanish Grand Prix if he starts anywhere other than on pole position on Sunday.The
readArsenal fan hangs himself in Kenya
07-05-2009
NAIROBI – An Arsenal fan in football-mad Kenya hanged himself following his team’s 4-1 aggregate drubbing by arch-rivals Manchester United in the Champions League semi-final, police said
readQuick Edwards’s treble rocks England
07-05-2009
LONDON - Fidel Edwards took three wickets, including the prize scalp of Kevin Pietersen for nought, as West Indies fought back in the first Test against England at Lord’s yesterday.England, at tea on
readQuick Edwards’s treble rocks England
07-05-2009
LONDON - Fidel Edwards took three wickets, including the prize scalp of Kevin Pietersen for nought, as West Indies fought back in the first Test against England at Lord’s yesterday.England, at tea on
readFresh elections planned for athletics
07-05-2009
ATHLETICS Namibia is going back to the drawing board after the world governing body ordered it to hold fresh elections by June 20.The decision was announced by the director of the International
readProperty sales slump worldwide
07-05-2009
NEW YORK - Global sales of investment grade real estate plunged 73 per cent to US$47 billion in the first quarter from a year ago, or just one-sixth of the level two years ago, according to real
readEU believes China trade talks may speed economic recovery
07-05-2009
BRUSSELS - Trade talks between China and the European Union this week could help both economies recover from the current downturn by boosting exports and investment, the EU’s top trade official said
readSasol fined millions for price fixing
07-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG - South African petrochemicals group Sasol will pay a fine of N$188 million (US$22,70 million) for fixing prices in the fertiliser sector, the company and the South African competition
readTwenty-year struggle for TransNamib property over
07-05-2009
AFTER 20 years of trying, the Grootfontein Municipality finally has permission to put a massive piece of land owned by TransNamib in the centre of the town up for development.A memorandum of
readChina gives US$10m to Zimbabwe
07-05-2009
LUSAKA – China has given US$10 million to Zimbabwe, half of it directly into the state coffers, to help boost the country’s troubled economy, a Chinese government official said on Tuesday.“The
readUraMin proposes a new idea on desalination plant
07-05-2009
URANIUM producer UraMin-Areva Resources Namibia has proposed that Government drop plans to build a second desalination plant, and instead expand the plant currently being built by the company.The
readNCCI promotes IUM business programme
07-05-2009
A MEMORANDUM of understanding was signed yesterday between the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) and the International University of Management (IUM).In it, the NCCI pledges to promote
readOld Mutual backs plan to hold on to Nedbank
07-05-2009
ANNUAL savings realised through synergies between Old Mutual, Mutual & Federal (M&F) and Nedbank have reached more than N$1 billion.This is according to a statement by Old Mutual, in what has been
readPrivate equity remains active despite crisis
07-05-2009
JOHANNESBURG - Private equity investors are continuing to invest in South Africa despite a global credit crunch, with the manufacturing and construction sectors favoured, a key industry player said on
readCanada threatens WTO challenge of EU seal ban
07-05-2009
OTTAWA - Canada announced Tuesday it would seek to overturn a European Union ban on products derived from seals at the World Trade Organisation if Canada is not exempted from the prohibition.Canada,
readPolice return gems worn by Rihanna
07-05-2009
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles police have agreed to return the US$1,4 million worth of jewellery that pop star Rihanna was wearing the night her R&B singer boyfriend Chris Brown is accused of assaulting
readDesigner Pierre Cardin hospitalised
07-05-2009
PARIS – Fashion designer Pierre Cardin has been hospitalised after fainting and falling earlier this week.A spokesman for the Cardin fashion house says the designer was taken Tuesday by helicopter to
readBerlusconi fears fallout over not so minor claims
07-05-2009
ROME – A combative talk show appearance by a Silvio Berlusconi to reject his estranged wife’s charges of “frequenting minors” suggests the Italian leader fears political fallout from their public row,
readMagistrate frees Zim rights activist
07-05-2009
HARARE – Zimbabwean rights activist Jestina Mukoko and 14 other people were ordered freed on bail yesterday after the president and the prime minister forced a magistrate to reverse the previous day’s
readSomali pirates seize German ship, 10 crew
07-05-2009
NAIROBI – Somali pirates hijacked a German cargo ship carrying 10 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, the latest seizure by high-seas bandits who are holding hundreds of merchant mariners hostage,
readNkunda may await trial in ‘neutral’ country
07-05-2009
KIGALI – Congo’s warlord Laurent Nkunda may be transferred from Rwanda to a third neutral country while the two African nations resolve outstanding legal issues regarding his fate, officials in the
readFlu virus kills Texan, Sweden reports first case
07-05-2009
GENEVA – New H1N1 flu cases across Europe and a second US death kept health officials on alert on yesterday despite signs Mexico’s epidemic had passed its peak.Sweden joined the list of affected
readUS Afghan strikes kill 100, ‘mostly civilians’
07-05-2009
herat – Police in Afghanistan said yesterday that US-led air strikes against insurgents had killed 100 people, most of them civilians, in one of the deadliest such attacks in nearly eight years.The US
readOpolisi ya Hangwena ya ya nEkopi lya Janeel
07-05-2009
OSIPANA yEtanga lyokOompadhi yOpolisi yomoshitopolwa sha Hangwena oyo ya sindana po Ekopi lyUudhano wEtanga lyokOompadhi mboka wa li wa longekidhwa kOkampani ya tseyika nawa yo Cash Loan yedhina
readYane ya kwatwa po mu Mozambique
07-05-2009
MAPUTO – Aakwiilongo yane oya kwatwa po mu Mozambique sho aniwa ya li ya hala okutula ookemikala mondama yoonkondo dholusheno, Opolisi ya Mozambique osho ya tseyitha ngaaka.Omugandjim ulombo
readAatoolinkundana ya kutha ko oongaku
07-05-2009
AATOOLINKUNDANA yAanamibia mboka haya kundaneke kombing yegameno lyomundhingoloko, egameno lyuuntshitwe nuunamapya, oshiwike sha zi ko oya li ya toto po ehanganop lyawo.Aatoolinkundana mboka ye li
read3 ya dhipaga pOutjo
07-05-2009
OMULUMENTU gumwe gwoomvula 39 okwa kwata po kOpolisi shi na sha nefikilo mondunda lyuunona uyali nedhipago lyomukiintu gumwe, sha ningwa koongulasha dhOmaandaha goshiwike shika.Omugandjimulombo
readGumwe a kwatonkonga yinakulululwa
07-05-2009
OPOLISI yomoshitopolwa sha Shana oya kwata po omulumentu omugundjuka gwoomvula 30 gwomomukunda Eefadoukadona popepi nOngwediva moshitopolwa sha Shana shi na sha nekwatonkonga lya yinakulululwa
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