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February 2001
Nam troops to pull out,but only under UN plan - Monday, March 5, 2001
Govt's got a secret - Friday, March 2, 2001
Mines bedevil Omega - Friday, March 2, 2001
Nujoma clips wings of top officials - Friday, March 2, 2001
CoD to push call for mine probe - Friday, March 2, 2001
Wanted car dealer lands in SA jail - Friday, March 2, 2001
Hereros, Himba challenge Govt in court - Friday, March 2, 2001
Katima plunged in darkness - Friday, March 2, 2001
NA backs new Union - Friday, March 2, 2001
SADC ministers home in on 'labour enemies' - Friday, March 2, 2001
Policemen in court on payola charge - Friday, March 2, 2001
Four-year-old girl raped at Keetmans - Friday, March 2, 2001
Freak death - Friday, March 2, 2001
Unam puts brakes on new cars - Friday, March 2, 2001
Price increase for popular Swakopmund bungalows - Friday, March 2, 2001
Govt to enforce old SA laws on land - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Cash loans manager shot dead - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Cops swoop on CoD leaders in South - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Namco's fortunes take a dive - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Pension tender delay 'due to corruption' - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Hereros to march as legal challenge starts - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Young boy in room at time of shooting - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Municipal employees arrested at Keetmans - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Erongo takes up Nujoma's challenge - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Walvis anniversary marked - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Conservo 2001 tees off - Thursday, March 1, 2001
NBC wage talks re-open - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Armed robbers strike - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Police seek 4 juveniles - Thursday, March 1, 2001
Harry goes 'bump' in the night - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Shooting tragedy leaves 3 orphans at Swakop - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Tender can of worms 'unopened' - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Clean up capital, orders President - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Gurirab 'to lose post but remain CoD MP' - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Tender can of worms 'unopened' - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Shooting tragedy leaves 3 orphans at Swakop - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Defence defends DRC mine - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Govt official's dodgy tender deal in court - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Defence defends DRC mine - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Shooting tragedy leaves 3 orphans at Swakop - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Calls mount for probe into DRC mine - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Girl, 12, up for murder - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Gurirab 'to lose post but remain CoD MP' - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Mutorwa in Seychelles - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Skin lighteners trashed - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Pretorius a wanted man.... - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
North opts for status quo - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Govt tenders in doubt - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Massive crop failure anticipated - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Python victim uncoils his tale - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
'Oldest person' in Namibia dead - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Troubled TransNamib may shed workers - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Fleeing Angolans to be given safe refuge - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Cost slashers swing into action - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Ex-PS has date with court next month - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Leisure boat on the loose - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Nam mulls Angolan water plan - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Swakopmund-Walvis link road in spotlight - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Traffic offences in capital shoot up - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Cattle to be vaccinated - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Tuhadeleni honoured - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Visas now needed for trips to Finland - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Wheeler dealer vanishes - Monday, February 26, 2001
Investigate DRC mine, say parties - Monday, February 26, 2001
Worst forms of child labour 'absent' in Namibia - Monday, February 26, 2001
Brothers perish in car smash - Monday, February 26, 2001
Stone crushes two Rosh Pinah workers - Monday, February 26, 2001
Evidence in fridge murder case 'flimsy', says defence - Monday, February 26, 2001
Namibia adds voice to Moz flood appeal - Monday, February 26, 2001
Moves to extradite heist suspects underway - Monday, February 26, 2001
Nujoma outlines DRC hopes - Monday, February 26, 2001
Families beg to differ with NHE - Monday, February 26, 2001
Nanso attacks Ministry over lack of planning - Monday, February 26, 2001
Osire linked to Unita activities - Monday, February 26, 2001
Villagers attack woman - Monday, February 26, 2001
Crooks strike - Monday, February 26, 2001
Two former Swapo 'rebels' ponder legal action - Monday, February 26, 2001
Regional plan goes into overdrive - Friday, February 23, 2001
Govt fesses up on DRC gem mine - Friday, February 23, 2001
The Jesaya Nyamu story - Friday, February 23, 2001
Mariental abattoir under threat - Friday, February 23, 2001
Parastatals say donations for tombstones, personal - Friday, February 23, 2001
NDF dismisses reporton Caprivi missing - Friday, February 23, 2001
Armed robbery gets Henties fired up - Friday, February 23, 2001
Shebeen care taker assaulted - Friday, February 23, 2001
NDF nets huge haul of Unita weapons - Friday, February 23, 2001
Nujoma, Libya's Gadhafi to cement ties - Friday, February 23, 2001
Green grows the desert - Friday, February 23, 2001
Exploding population haunts city - Friday, February 23, 2001
NC in session - Friday, February 23, 2001
We hear you, says Health official - Friday, February 23, 2001
Jumbo terminated because of terrorism - Friday, February 23, 2001
Infamous murderer free after early release - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Two lose legs to landmines - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Defence swindle snowballs - Thursday, February 22, 2001
NHE cracks down on Goreangab defaulters - Thursday, February 22, 2001
NA takes a week's break - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Convoy accident leaves 13 injured - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Controversial Auto Toy dealer loses court battle - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Shikongo at helm again - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Night club murder suspect refused bail - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Man dies after bottle blow - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Khorixas case delayed - Thursday, February 22, 2001
City mulls closing Stubel Street - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Bus beefs on table - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Ebenhaeser's dreams given a reality boost - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Teen raped - Thursday, February 22, 2001
Slacker MPs taken to task - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Vulture population on verge of extinction - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Ecstasy trip turns into a downer - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Coastal restaurant goes up in smoke - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
SADC seeks to boost intra-regional trade in electricity - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
CSIB says defaulters will not have debts cancelled - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Rhino suspects back in court - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
PM rails against accusations of abuse - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Ground laid for gang rape case - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Unam to pester Govt on higher salaries for staff - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Four drownings in North - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Trucker survives highway face-off - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
Beware the 'domino effect' - Wednesday, February 21, 2001
18 missing in Caprivi - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Gurirab set to quit as CoD MP - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Draft Domestic Violence Bill enters final stretch - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
DTA accuses Prime Minister of 'abuse' - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Mutual cancels DBC employees' policies - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
CoD goes back on HIV pledge - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
MP's husband on fraud rap gets bail - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Man shoots girlfriend - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Bullets have final word - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
University 'winning' debt battle - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
AIDS home care turns fresh page with manual - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Kamho gets ninth term - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Azaliah move 'political' - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Disability census planned - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Ameps anniversary soon - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Auditions on for 2nd Windhoek Kunstefees - Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Sikunda tussle in court - Monday, February 19, 2001
Woman battered to death - Monday, February 19, 2001
Flamingo deaths at coast linked to underwater eruptions - Monday, February 19, 2001
Rhino suspects nabbed for dealing in horn - Monday, February 19, 2001
Govt to have its day in court on Omitara - Monday, February 19, 2001
Swapo raises thousands for Windhoek office - Monday, February 19, 2001
Minister 'ama(i)zed' - Monday, February 19, 2001
Angolan forces accused of stealing livestock - Monday, February 19, 2001
Cop in close shave with law - Monday, February 19, 2001
Hapless Hope 'interred at sea' - Monday, February 19, 2001
Ekandjo praises loyal cops - Monday, February 19, 2001
Body-in-fridge case nears end - Monday, February 19, 2001
"Unam bites the bullet .... - Monday, February 19, 2001
Springbok reward tripled - Monday, February 19, 2001
Secret pay hike for Govt elite gains life - Friday, February 16, 2001
Education crisis in North drags on - Friday, February 16, 2001
New way forward paved on HIV-AIDS and the military - Friday, February 16, 2001
Relief on way for starving San - Friday, February 16, 2001
Angolan journalist lands in cells - Friday, February 16, 2001
Suitcase murder suspect in court - Friday, February 16, 2001
Cost-cutting campaign to take centre stage in NA - Friday, February 16, 2001
The CoD dials 's' for snippy - Friday, February 16, 2001
Headless baby found - Friday, February 16, 2001
Woman (19) raped - Friday, February 16, 2001
Petrol stations warned not to pump up prices - Friday, February 16, 2001
Flying initiative in North - Friday, February 16, 2001
Snakes strike in North - Friday, February 16, 2001
Namibia to sign on to Load Lines agreement - Friday, February 16, 2001
Prisons pow-wow - Friday, February 16, 2001
Tarring of Katutura roads 'on track' - Friday, February 16, 2001
For The Record - Friday, February 16, 2001
Man held over lunch-time rape attempt - Friday, February 16, 2001
Maize ban bites at Osire - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Nujoma's Mercs move to backfire - Thursday, February 15, 2001
SAA bewildered by Air Namibia claim - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Valentine's roses hit by Zim crisis - Thursday, February 15, 2001
It's strange who you meet in prison .... - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Students burn midnight oil at 'chaotic' Unam - Thursday, February 15, 2001
New tourism policy for Namibia in the pipeline - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Man fatally assaulted with stick - Thursday, February 15, 2001
New mayor for Keetmans - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Unam first-years given peptalk on AIDS home truths - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Enclave dispute resolved - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Constitution now in Braille - Thursday, February 15, 2001
For The Record - Thursday, February 15, 2001
Govt legal blunders come at high price - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Nujoma to host pow-wow on SADC Defence organ - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
'Oppressed' Karibib residents protest - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
A mouthful of Swapo - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Bandits attack village in north-east - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Welcome rains fall - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Serial escapee finally 'nailed' - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Another head 'rolls' at Keetmanshoop - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Killer takes own life - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Woman killed in accident - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Situation at schools 'unchanged' - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Road safety boost in North - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Youth leaders gather at coast to learn about co-operatives - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
Govt, UN cross swords over Osire camp move - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
San community vow to oppose refugee move - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Woman found with 'cocaine sandwich' - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
AIDS 'an intelligence issue' - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Govt 'committed to rule of law' - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Contempt verdict hailed - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
CoD presses Telecom's buttons - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Reward for killers of two Chinese now N$50 000 - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Dead baby found in the sea - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Four rapes at Kuisebmond - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Girl, 12, strangled - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
'Candy rape case' postponed - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Landscape workers 'don't like the view' - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Tourism Board to kick off in April - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Record number of birds counted at Walvis lagoon - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Your country needs you - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
NamPost wants to get that buzz - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Jerry found guilty - Monday, February 12, 2001
Ekandjo mum on court verdict - Monday, February 12, 2001
Leaders agree to act on security - Monday, February 12, 2001
Some long-distance taxi fares to go up - Monday, February 12, 2001
Minister defines 'citizens of peace' - Monday, February 12, 2001
Sikunda not upset with the Govt - Monday, February 12, 2001
Presidents discuss DRC peace - Monday, February 12, 2001
Communities in North 'going hungry' - Monday, February 12, 2001
Minister Iyambo Cabinet embargo on pension hotels queried - Monday, February 12, 2001
Iyambo defends fish empowerment plans - Monday, February 12, 2001
Poaching case to PG - Monday, February 12, 2001
No crime details available - Monday, February 12, 2001
Machete man pleads not guilty - Monday, February 12, 2001
Curtain falls on jointUS demining project - Monday, February 12, 2001
New initiative to champion Namibia's tourism industry - Monday, February 12, 2001
Fish policy rattles NSX - Friday, February 9, 2001
Protest pressure - Friday, February 9, 2001
Constitution, judiciary 'being raped' - Friday, February 9, 2001
NamWater dumps Ionics - Friday, February 9, 2001
Cabinet deals a blow to the hotel industry - Friday, February 9, 2001
Fish firms claim damages for cracked cans drama - Friday, February 9, 2001
Nujoma to act as mediator - Friday, February 9, 2001
Holy Communion hit by 'AIDS scare' - Friday, February 9, 2001
Windhoek Municipality to absorb water tariff hikes - Friday, February 9, 2001
'Brutal hunters' slaughter buck - Friday, February 9, 2001
KCR to stay off air for now - Friday, February 9, 2001
President strikes chord in North - Friday, February 9, 2001
PSs given muscle to root out rot ... - Friday, February 9, 2001
3 projects in balance - Friday, February 9, 2001
Caprivi calling - Friday, February 9, 2001
Top names in fish fight - Thursday, February 8, 2001
MUN presses for Ranga's removal - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Poverty 'no excuse' for murder, robbery - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Ministers 'miserable' over prospect of losing Mercs - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Stolen income tax refund cheques may be replaced - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Help at hand for crisis-hit 4 'Os' - Thursday, February 8, 2001
President jets out for African Union summit - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Police deny arresting an elderly separatist suspect - Thursday, February 8, 2001
CoD on the attack - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Frenchman goes free - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Racial slurs traded over the garden fence - Thursday, February 8, 2001
Nujoma draws the line - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Nujoma's initiatives 'too late' - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Govt OKs affiliation-free Public Service Charter - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Sleeping woman raped - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Govt moves on Omitara eviction - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
KCR still off the air - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
NSHR appeals for clemency for family - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Soldier shoots himself - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
New Walvis Municipal CEO in a plea for transparency - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
UNHCR to act on Dukwe complaints - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Refugees at Osire in direneed of medical facilities - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Unam recovers over half of student debt - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Fatal knifing - Wednesday, February 7, 2001
New detainee drama - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Toddler raped at coast - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Witvlei farm murder blamed on poverty - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Kabila 'making the right moves' - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
DBC's financial woes continue to mount - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Cabinet to decide on Nujoma's Mercs directive - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Cops probe Keetmans claims - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Africa's public services urged to be adaptable - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Man robbed - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Police name five fugitives - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
'If you want lousy, we'll give you lousy' - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
PSUN riled by Govt plan to employ Swapo loyalists - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Church leaders urged to educate men on violence - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Your country wants to count you - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
For The Record - Tuesday, February 6, 2001
Teek targets media - Monday, February 5, 2001
Govt to appeal ruling on ex-inmate - Monday, February 5, 2001
Nujoma vows action on illegal fencing - Monday, February 5, 2001
Govt wins reinsurance company case - Monday, February 5, 2001
Contempt ruling due Friday - Monday, February 5, 2001
Emergency Fund to be used for education crisis - Monday, February 5, 2001
Prime plots at Swakop to gounder hammer in December - Monday, February 5, 2001
Don't budge, Omitara settlers told - Monday, February 5, 2001
Weekend rape spree - Monday, February 5, 2001
Cigarette costs youth his life - Monday, February 5, 2001
Six escape from Police cells - Monday, February 5, 2001
Teacher commits suicide - Monday, February 5, 2001
Govt given a pat on the back - Monday, February 5, 2001
Swakop pupil cuts it with crystal project - Monday, February 5, 2001
Discriminatory laws challenged in court - Friday, February 2, 2001
Jerry's contempt case back in court - Friday, February 2, 2001
Girlfriend stabbed, battered with rock - Friday, February 2, 2001
Ben's 'love affair' with the telephone a costly business - Friday, February 2, 2001
Coastal towns told they run a risk of missing the boat on desalination - Friday, February 2, 2001
Ministry to probe Khorixas scam - Friday, February 2, 2001
NBC plays down resignations - Friday, February 2, 2001
Nine-year-old girl raped - Friday, February 2, 2001
Water prices to be hiked again - Friday, February 2, 2001
Residents' complaints pileup on City Council's desk - Friday, February 2, 2001
City appoints guards to combat squatting - Friday, February 2, 2001
Karibib poultry plant on course - Friday, February 2, 2001
Cops hunt hold-up suspects - Friday, February 2, 2001
Caprivi treason suspect seeks asylum in Canada - Friday, February 2, 2001
Scam rocks Khorixas - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Sikunda case returns to court - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Still no pay for DBC workers - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Date set for Caprivi extradition hearings - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Stiff law to hit roadside erections - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Grenade kills seven-year-old - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Slain twins remembered - Thursday, February 1, 2001
CoD says Swapo has failed Caprivi - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Reprieve for NBC journalists - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Photographer found guilty - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Darkness, snakes plague residents - Thursday, February 1, 2001
La Dee Das club given green light - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Court delays youth case - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Airport opens new-look facilities - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Kutako Airport upgrade in full swing - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Sasu gets more wind from front - Thursday, February 1, 2001
Police seek witnesses - Thursday, February 1, 2001