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44 Articles found on Monday, 27 September 2010
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27-09-2010
AU asks for al-Bashir trial delay NEW YORK - The African Union asked the UN Security Council in a letter circulated on Friday to delay for a year the prosecution of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir
readMalema accused of sexism
27-09-2010
Johannesburg - The ANC Women’s League has labelled youth league leader Julius Malema’s past criticism of opposition leader Helen Zille sexist, Rapport newspaper reported yesterday.“And the sayings
readNobel laureate launches political party in Nigeria
27-09-2010
LAGOS - Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka launched a new political party on Saturday in Nigeria ahead of upcoming presidential elections, saying he wanted to take aim at corruption and give hope to young
readPrice volatility is ‘major threat’ to food security
27-09-2010
ROME – Delegates at a special UN meeting about high food prices Friday blamed the hikes on speculation, futures markets dealings and national responses to crop failure, but stopped short of blaming
read‘Suicide’ to peg rand to dollar
27-09-2010
DURBAN – Pegging the rand to the dollar would be "national suicide", Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel said at the ANC's national general council (NGC) in Durban on Friday.“To ask that you peg
readAfrica Business Briefs
27-09-2010
ANC to study greater state mining control DURBAN – South Africa’s ruling ANC agreed to explore greater state control of the mining sector, but made no shift in economic policy at one of the party’s
readFishing still in stormy waters
27-09-2010
NAMIBIA’S fishing sector continues to swim against the tide with landings remaining weak, the latest statistics from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources show.Total fish landings remained
readYou can win N$1 000!!
27-09-2010
YOU can win with Big Brother Africa and The Namibian! Up for grabs this week is another N$1 000. Just send an SMS to 45045. All you have to do is type in BB. It’s as simple as that! Each SMS costs
readKeep watching!
27-09-2010
Keep watching all the Big Brother action go down 24/7 on DStv Channel 198. Also catch the daily highlights shows on M-Net Africa, Channel 102 daily at 18h30. And don’t forget the nominations show
readBig Brother Africa: Not Strapped For Comment!
27-09-2010
A selection of some of the weird and wonderful messages, warts and all, from the SMS ticker tape running across the bottom of the BBA All Stars Screen:* Malawi, how is Mzamo? Code
readMiliband launches quest to return Labour to power
27-09-2010
MANCHESTER – Newly-elected Labour leader Ed Miliband went straight into the British opposition’s annual conference yesterday facing a huge task to rebuild a party demoralised by losing power.Miliband
readFirst capsule to rescue trapped miners arrives
27-09-2010
SAN JOSE MINE – The first of three rescue capsules specially built to lift out 33 miners trapped since early August arrived at the mine on Saturday.Two back-up rescue devices constructed at Chile’s
readAl Qaeda hostages ‘alive’ in Mali: source
27-09-2010
BAMAKO – Five French hostages kidnapped with a Togolese and a Madagascan by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb 10 days ago “are alive” in Mali, a Malian source close to the matter said yesterday.“The
readElongo lya pewa iilongitho
27-09-2010
UUMINISTELI wIimaliwa nOmbaanga yUuyuni oya shaina euvathano lyomukuli gwoodola dhAmerica oomiliona 7,5 oshiwike shayi.Iimaliwa mbika oya nuninwa okukoleka elongo unene oshimpungu shedhina Eyopaleko
readEkondjitho lyoshiligalala lya andjaganekwa moKhomas
27-09-2010
OPWA li pwa tegelelwa kutya aantu mboka ya tuntilwa omolwa uuvu woshiligalala sigo ometitano oye na okukala omayovi 172 000 unene tuu mboka aakalimo yomoKatutura kokene noshowo omalukanda giipeleki
readUulithilo muumbugantu wa Musati nOshana wa fikwa po komulilo
27-09-2010
OMULILO gwa geya noonkondo gwa fika po omaulithilo gomuumbugantu wOshitopolwa sha Shana, unene tuu mOshikandjohogololo shUuvudhiya mUukwambi noshowo muumbugantu wOshitopolwa sha Musati, unene tuu
readTa ya longele kumwe moKunene
27-09-2010
OONGUNDU yo DTA no UDF odha shaina euvathano lyokulongelakumwe opo dhikale natango tadhi kwatele komeho oshitopolwa sha Kunene, melelo lyopashitopolwa. Sigo oompaka oongundu ndhika mbali odho tadhi
readNapwu na Poly kundathana
27-09-2010
OMUKULUNTU gwenongelo lya Polytechnic ya Namibia, omundohotola Tjama Tjivikua ota ti opwa yiwa nawa komeho moonkundathana dho ku yalula ehangano lyaaniilonga yepangelo lya Namibia Napwu ongo olyo
readMunyama a tegelela egeelo metine
27-09-2010
OMUKULUNTU nale gwo NBC okwa tegelelwa okupewa egeelo, kOmpangu yopombanda ya Venduka metine tuuka.Omupanguli Kato van Niekerk okwa lombwele Munyama kutya ote ke mu pa egeelo lye metine.Munyama okwa
readMeekulu Priskila Tuhadeleni a hulitha
27-09-2010
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila mEndola mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya meekulu Priskila Tuhadeleni okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati mEtine
readOmatala omape ga Shakati taga tungwa
27-09-2010
ETUNGO lyomatala omape ga Shakati, ndyoka lya kala ethimbo ele tali popiwa ashike mokana lyo itali yi miilonga, osho nee kwa tokolwa kElelo lya Shakati kutya nali ye miilonga, niilonga yokutunga
readKlazinga seals Namibia series win
27-09-2010
A late assault from Louis Klazinga, including a brace of sixes in the final over, helped Namibia snatch an unlikely one-wicket victory in the second limited-overs game against Uganda at the Wanderers
readNahas Angula inagurates football for hope centre
27-09-2010
WINDHOEK – Prime Minister Nahas Angula and Fifa Secretary General, Jerome Valcke, officially inaugurated the Katutura Football for Hope Centre on Saturday, urging its administrators to utilise the
readMan City halt Chelsea charge
27-09-2010
LONDON – Leaders Chelsea failed their first serious test of the Premier League season on Saturday when a Carlos Tevez goal gave Manchester City a 1-0 home win over the champions who were unstoppable
readAfrican Stars toil as Ramblers impress in first league round
27-09-2010
NAMIBIA Premier League (NPL) defending champions African Stars laboured to a 2-2 draw at home to Blue Waters, while Ramblers racked up a 3-0 victory over newcomers Blue Boys on Saturday.The champions,
readBanned players can still appeal to courts
27-09-2010
LONDON - Any player banned for life under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code can still attempt to have the sanction overturned by a civil court, according to a leading
readBoxer’s bed collapses at Delhi Games village
27-09-2010
NEW DELHI - Indian organisers faced more embarrassment yesterday as a boxer’s bed collapsed when he sat on it after moving into his accommodation at the Commonwealth Games athletes’ village.Organisers
readSMSes for Monday 27 September 2010
27-09-2010
* AND the leader said: “You are all too stupid and cannot be trusted to elect your own leaders so I will arbitrarily impose rulers in each region”. And it was so, and the people thanked the leader
readVeterans on veterans board
27-09-2010
THE Minister of Veterans Affairs, Dr Nicky Iyambo, has appointed two members of the Namibia National Liberation Veterans Association to serve on the Veterans Board.The Ministry’s Public Liaison
readVeld fires rage in Omusati, Oshana
27-09-2010
VELD fires fanned by strong winds are raging in the southern and southwestern parts of the Omusati and Oshana region, especially in the Uuvudhiya and Okahao constituencies.The regional councillor for
readPastor found guilty of losing church money in scam
27-09-2010
THE disciplinary committee that charged a Katutura pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCRN) found him guilty of misappropriation of funds.Church sources said the committee found
readKarasburg incumbent councillors axed
27-09-2010
ALL incumbent Karasburg town councillors were defeated in the Swapo Party primary held there on Tuesday. They are Mathew Mumbala (mayor), Josephine Kapiye, Aloysius Hamuyela and Julius Kalopa
readCPP programme makes great strides
27-09-2010
AN initiative aimed at achieving sustainable land use in Namibia, through innovative ways, has so far funded six young Namibians to do research on natural resources and land management.This was said
readEkandjo inaugurates Bethanie community hall and SME stalls
27-09-2010
THE Minister of Local Government, Jerry Ekandjo, inaugurated a community hall and Small and Medium Enterprise stalls at Bethanie village in the South on Saturday.The community hall was built in three
readZifa grant the Saint’s wishes
27-09-2010
TOM Saintfiet reportedly finally got his wish to coach the Zimbabwe Warriors after officially being confirmed as the man for the job on Saturday.Saintfiet's appointment comes after the Zimbabwe
readActivists set sail for Gaza from Cyprus
27-09-2010
FAMAGUSTA – A boat carrying Jewish activists from Israel, Germany, the United States and Britain set sail yesterday for Gaza, hoping to breach Israel’s blockade there and deliver aid.Richard Kuper, an
readBig Brother Africa: Meryl And Mwisho’s Big Phat Engagement Party!
27-09-2010
LIGHTS, cameras, tanzanite! Cue in byatches, bitterness and betrayal. Add sceptical relatives, ugly sisters and even a fairy godmother. And voila, you have love and lamentations in the time of
readBig Brother Africa: Meryl And Mwisho’s Big Phat Engagement Party!
27-09-2010
LIGHTS, cameras, tanzanite! Cue in byatches, bitterness and betrayal. Add sceptical relatives, ugly sisters and even a fairy godmother. And voila, you have love and lamentations in the time of
readConstruction industry slams illegal practices
27-09-2010
THE newly elected president of the Construction Industries Federation of Namibia (CIF), Karl Heinz Schulz, has slammed companies that appear to defy Namibian labour laws, thus expressing the
readSurgical gloves at body parts scene
27-09-2010
TWO used surgical gloves that lay at the scene where a severed human head and two forearms were picked up next to a Grootfontein street three years ago could become one of the focal points in the
readPoverty forces children to work
27-09-2010
AT THE age of 14, Wesley Awareb* has been forced to drop out of school and work because he cannot afford school fees or the extras needed to gain an education.Since June 2010, Wesley has “helped” a
readLabour inspections on farms targeting child labour
27-09-2010
WINDHOEK – Labour inspectors, social workers, education officials and the Police were to start follow-up inspections from Saturday at farms countrywide to rescue child labourers.Labour and Social
read20 years for shock baby rape
27-09-2010
A TROUBLED youth reached a new low point in the High Court at Oshakati on Friday, when a young man who admitted that he raped a three-month-old baby in the Tsumeb area in early 2006 was sent to prison
readNotable Quotes
27-09-2010
HE probably danced the money away in nightclubs. – Stat advocate Ed Marondedze called for a direct imprisonment of former NBC Director General, Gerry Munyama. Judge Van Niekerk told Marondedze that he
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