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48 Articles found on Monday, 16 August 2010
Zambia, Chinese firms to build US$1,5 bln power plant
16-08-2010
LUSAKA – Zambia, Africa’s largest copper producer, signed an agreement on Friday with two Chinese companies to build a 600 megawatts (MW) plant expected to cost US$1,5 billion, Finance Minister
readAfrica Business Briefs
16-08-2010
Eq. Guinea sees big oil boost MALABO – Equatorial Guinea expects oil production to jump by more than 100 000 barrels per day within two years as new offshore developments operated by Noble Energy
readOkorusu to supply iron ore to Ohorongo cement factory
16-08-2010
A LOCAL mining company will supply iron ore to the new Ohorongo cement factory near Otavi from next month onwards.The managing directors of Ohorongo and Okorusu signed a supply and delivery agreement
readThe colourful craft of social enterprise at the NCC
16-08-2010
THE Namibia Crafts Centre (NCC) in Windhoek is a vibrant tourist heaven packed with gifts and souvenirs such as baskets, printed fabrics, stationery, carved wooden animals and ostrich egg-shell
readOshinge: A manufacturing success story
16-08-2010
THROUGH sheer passion, courage and a will to succeed, local entrepreneur Takatu Shikongo went from braiding hair in her home to owning a hair and beauty products factory.Shikongo started her
readBaby bear with a sore head
16-08-2010
OCALA – A black bear cub in Florida affectionately known as “jarhead” can finally enjoy a good meal.A clear plastic container was removed from the six-month-old cub’s head after being stuck for at
readUN chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan
16-08-2010
ISLAMABAD – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors yesterday to speed up aid to Pakistan as the government warned of new waves of floods that have already disrupted lives of a tenth of
readPower cut leaves salon customer short
16-08-2010
BRUCE – A beauty salon owner in north Mississippi blamed an unexpected power cut for a customer’s partial baldness. Tessa Mingo, owner of People’s Choice Hair Salon in Bruce, told WTVA television that
readPolice evacuate Lourdes shrine after bomb warning
16-08-2010
PARIS – A telephoned bomb warning caused French police to evacuate the Catholic shrine of Lourdes where around 30 000 pilgrims had gathered yesterday.Bomb disposal experts were on the scene after the
readEight dead, twelve hurt at off-road race in US desert
16-08-2010
LOS ANGELES – An off-road truck plowed into a crowd and scattered “bodies everywhere” moments after sailing off a jump at a California race, killing eight people and injuring 12 others, authorities
readS Africa’s Democratic Alliance and Independent Democrats merge
16-08-2010
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s largest opposition party said on Saturday it would merge with a small party to better challenge the ruling African National Congress in the 2014 election.The Democratic
readOmalovu giifekela moNamibia
16-08-2010
AANAMIBIA ota ya landithwa omalovu gowhisky nobrandy ngoka ga indikwa okulandithwa moSouth Africa, oshoka naku ga longa okwa li a indikwa a tsikile oku ga longa koshilongo hoka.Omalovu ngaka geli
readOmunona ishewe a ekelwahi komunkulofuta
16-08-2010
OMASIKU ashike gatano ga piti po sho omukiintu omugundjuka a li a kwatwa po Hentiesbay sho aniwa a ekelehi omwana moshilambo shokandjugo. Omunona omukwawo okwa adhika a umbilwa mendoloma lyiiyagaya
readAyehe mo Caprivi oya pumbwa oondya
16-08-2010
AAKALIMO moshitopolwa sha Caprivi ashihe ota ya ka pumbwa ekwatho lyiikulya omumvo nguka aguhe, oshoka oyendji yomuyo iikunwa yawo oya yonuka po kefundja. Uuyelele mbuka owa gandjwa kugavena
readAVBOB a patulula oshitayi she mOkahao
16-08-2010
OSHITAYI shEhangano lyOmafumviko lya AVBOB shoka sha egulukile iilonga mOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati mu September omvula ya zi ko 2009, osha egululwa pambelewa meti 16 Juli nuumvo 2010
readOmunyanyo gwa RDP shilindi manga opolisi ya ti
16-08-2010
OPOLISI oya indike omunyanyo gwokuholola omadhiladhilo ngoka ongundu yo RDP ya li ya thaneka yi ninge ehuliloshiwike lya piti.Omunyanyo ogwa li gu na oku fala ombapila ye nyenyeto kombinga yiizemo
readYa undulathana moshigongi shelelo
16-08-2010
KONYALA olugodhi olutukuke pokati kaawiliki yaali yoshilando sha Kaiti metiyali oshiwike shayi.Oshiningwanima shika osha holoka kombinga yoompata dhi na sha nekuto miilonga lyomuniilonga melelo
readTaya pangula euliko lyoogavena monakuyiwa
16-08-2010
OONGUNDU dhoompilameno odha haluthwa ketokolo lyokabinete okulundulula ompango ndjoka ta yi ka pa omuperesidende gwoshilongo oonkondo opo a ulike oogavena dhiitopolwa ayihe 13 moshilongo.Amushanga
readEyomumwe lyomahupilo lya pumbiwa
16-08-2010
NAMIBIA ota ka mona omauwanawa ogendji moshitopolwa sha SADC ngele osha hengumukile mumwe nokulongitha oshimaliwa shimwe.Ngaka ogo omadhiladhilo ga gavena gwombaanga ya Namibia, Ipumbu Shiimi.Okwa ti
readOmufekelwa muufuthi a yahwa okusa
16-08-2010
OMULUMENTU gumwe ngoka ta ku fekelwa aadhikilila ta yaka iinima yaatalelipo okuza mosheenditho pehala lyomainyanyudho lya Gariganes Giant Playground okwa yahwa okusa kumwene gwehala ndyoka etiyali
readGwotango ta indile oompango dha yaga kegonga muka
16-08-2010
OMUKULUKADHI gwotango moshilongo, Penehupifo Pohamba okwa indile pu tulwe oompango dha kwata miiti opo ndhika dhi mbandameke mboka ya hala okulongela aakiintu nayalwe yaa na oonkondo iilonga
readA geelwa oomvula 15 mondholongo muufuthi wiimuna
16-08-2010
OMULUMENTU a monikondjo meyako lyoongombe 11 dhongushu yoodola 38 000 pomukunda Simbamba moKavango okwa pewa egeelo lyondholongo yomimvo 15.Kaavela Alfeus Shaunawa [30] okwa geelwa kompangu
readIipindi pokati kaNamibia na China pombanda ooperesenda 600
16-08-2010
IIPINDI pokati ka Namibia na China oya yi pombanda konyala nooperesenda 600 oomvula ntano dha piti po.Pahapu dhomukalelipo gwa China koNamibia, Wei Ruixing, omwaalu gwiipindi pokati kiilongo mbika
readFifa eyes World Cup changes
16-08-2010
FIFA president Sepp Blatter says the governing body is considering scrapping the draw at the World Cup by bringing in a penalty shootout after 90 minutes or even resurrecting the golden goal in extra
readBlackpool enjoy dream return, Chelsea cruise
16-08-2010
LONDON – Blackpool enjoyed a dream return to English football’s top flight when they thrashed Wigan Athletic 4-0 to illuminate the opening day of the Premier League season on Saturday.Champions
readAkan takes over Civics
16-08-2010
THE often controversial football coach Ali Akan has joined Civics Football Club as its head coach, the club announced on Friday. The club appointed the outspoken Akan in the place of Woody Jacobs, who
readNamibia’s World Champs dream over
16-08-2010
NAMIBIA fs dreams of qualifying for next year fs Inline Hockey World Championships went up in smoke when they lost their second qualifier 4-3 against South Africa on Saturday night.The result meant
readLiverpool receive takeover offers
16-08-2010
LONDON - Liverpool have received a number of takeover offers and will take time to examine them, the Premier League club’s managing director said yesterday after a media report suggested the sale
readOliver leads US London glory
16-08-2010
US athletes stole the show at the London Diamond League on Saturday, with hurdler David Oliver and 400m runners Jeremy Wariner and Allyson Felix claiming impressive victories. A day after Tyson Gay
readSMSes for Monday 16 August 2010
16-08-2010
* DO these people who dump babies and abort them know how people feel who are unable to conceive! Can’t they realise that their unwanted children can bring joy to the lives of others!! Please stop
readYou can win N$500!!
16-08-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is another N$500. Just send an SMS to 45045. All you have to do is type in BB. It’s as simple as that! Each SMS costs
readNot Strapped For Comment!
16-08-2010
A selection of some of the messages from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* This show is made interesting by da fact dat we support different
readBooty shakers and pole dancers
16-08-2010
IT was one sexy weekend in the Big Brother Africa All Stars house with an assortment of sexy, strappy bikinis, teeny-tiny-tight dresses, towering stilettos and a ‘stripper pole’ announcing the
readTaint of war-crimes trial won’t stick to Campbell
16-08-2010
NEW YORK - Naomi Campbell’s swagger is what powers her runway strut, and it’s unlikely another few uncomfortable days of attention over her testimony in the Charles Taylor war-crimes trial will change
readSmall group of RDP marches to Supreme Court
16-08-2010
ABOUT 60 members and supporters of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and the Republican Party (RP) defied a Police ban on Saturday which prohibited all demonstrations until this week Friday
readSix parties to co-operate, RDP out
16-08-2010
SIX opposition parties have agreed to co-operate in the regional and municipal elections on November 26 and 27 this year and they will field one common candidate per constituency.The secretary general
readPetrol surprise
16-08-2010
NAMIBIANS will get their second fuel price breather for the year when the petrol and diesel prices drop by ten cents a litre on Wednesday.Mines and Energy Minister Isak Katali on Friday confirmed that
readNamPol resort to community policing
16-08-2010
ONLY 12 000 Police officers have the task of taking care of an estimated two million Namibians.This means that every member of the Namibian Police is charged with the safety of close to 170 citizens.
readMatricide trial to continue May ‘11
16-08-2010
A FURTHER wait of nine months in custody is in store for murder suspect Natangwe Ipinge Ngatjizeko before his trial is scheduled to continue in the High Court in Windhoek.Ngatjizeko, who is accused of
readCouncillor Titus faces assault charges
16-08-2010
THE DTA representative in the Keetmanshoop Town Council, Moses Titus, faces an assault charge stemming from an alleged fight between him and the town’s mayor Arnold Losper at last week’s council
read‘Alternative’ SADC summit on the sidelines
16-08-2010
WHILE SADC heads of state and government meet in Windhoek this week, civil society organisations from the region are also holding a two-day meeting in Windhoek called ‘The SADC People’s Summit’.The
readNamibia Rugby Union on the right track, says IRB
16-08-2010
RUGBY administration in the country has improved and is on the right track, according to the International Rugby Board (IRB) Regional General Manager for Africa, Cliffie Booysen, who was in the
readBad marks for RSA mining companies in southern Africa
16-08-2010
SOUTH African mining companies do not have a good record of corporate social responsibility and environmental protection, either at home or in southern Africa, a new book released on Friday
readAsia remembers WWII
16-08-2010
TOKYO – Asia paused yesterday to remember Japan’s surrender to the allied forces which ended World War II 65 years ago, as the Japanese prime minister apologised for wreaking suffering on the region
readKiller cop jailed for fifty years
16-08-2010
A POLICE constable convicted of murdering two women, and also raping one of them, at Sesfontein in February 2005 was sentenced to an effective 50 years’ imprisonment at the end of his trial in the
readPolice break up RDP demo
16-08-2010
POLICE at Keetmanshoop on Saturday cancelled a march by Rally for Progress and Democracy (RDP) supporters amid strong opposition. At first the local RDP leadership vowed to continue with the protest,
readJoblessness a national tragedy
16-08-2010
NAMIBIA’S latest labour survey, which Government has failed to release for nearly a year and which shows that 15 per cent of the population have to take care of the remaining 85 per cent, has been
readNotable Quotes
16-08-2010
THE legislature could not have intended for the courts to usurp the State’s function to discipline its staff unless it falls within the framework of the criminal law. – Judge Marlene Tommasi on why
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