“I. Games”, the Judge heard. Yet another payment by cheque was similarly reflected in Dresselhaus Scrap’s general ledger as having been for “copper purchases”, with the name “Camm”

A MONEY and copper trail started emerging in the Telecom scrap copper fraud and corruption trial in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday. via The Namibian

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“We will repeat the warning three days before the date and again 24 hours before”

NAMPOWER has warned that forced load shedding and time-of-use tariffs for electricity usage at peak times are inevitable. via The Namibian

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SHORTLY after I started writing my column on a weekly basis, I had a fiery exchange with a politician arguing the case why they should communicate written views in the media. via The Namibian

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Controversial British property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten, accused of flouting foreign exchange laws and possessing pornography dismissed the charges on Monday as “a minor irritation”. “The charges are a …

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“The stadiums may have all the most wonderful generators in the world to broadcast the games, but will people come to South Africa to see them if they know they will be going back to hotels and guest houses with no power?”

‘We have to ask ourselves honestly if we can still do this’ SOUTH Africa might not be able to host the 2010 World Cup because of current power cuts. via The Daily Dispatch

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Headlines MDC reunites for 2008 campaign Audio Nelson Chamisa The two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change, have agreed to reunite and back a single election candidate against President Robert Mugabe.

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“We really want to have an answer now. We want to know who shot him, who gave the orders, and why this was done”

THE unpunished murder of prominent lawyer and Swapo member Anton Lubowski in the run-up to Namibia’s Independence election in 1989 is set to return to the agenda of South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority … via The Namibian

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“NamPower appeals to its customers and the public at large to reduce their electricity usage by about 20 percent to minimise load shedding”

NamPower has warned that forced power cuts and time-of-use tariffs for electricity usage at peak times are inevitable, the Namibian online newspaper reported on Wednesday. via Independent Online

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“Looking at the party manifestos, […] perhaps Namibians are even more extravagant than the Americans, in the sense that they are presented with nine parties to choose from, but their policies are not significantly different.”

THE plural, multiparty character of Namibia’s political system constitutionally established at Independence has contrasted since then with the lack of substantive political-ideological differences among the … via The Namibian

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Headlines Zimbabwe Election date set Zimbabwe is to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on 29 March, the government has announced.

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