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29 Articles found on Thursday, 15 April 2004
Most Nedcor investors take shares over cash
15-04-2004
JOHANNESBURG - More than 90 per cent of shareholders in Nedcor have chosen to take up bonus shares rather than a cash dividend for 2003, the South African banking group said yesterday.Shareholders
readTelenor buys GSM mobile phone license in Pakistan for US$291 million
15-04-2004
OSLO, - Norwegian telecommunications operator Telenor said yesterday it had won the auction in Islamabad for one of two new nationwide GSM licenses in Pakistan for mobile operation.Telenor's winning
readOil falls ahead of US inventory report
15-04-2004
LONDON - High-flying oil prices eased yesterday ahead of a US government report expected to show the world's largest consumer built crude and gasoline inventories last week.London Brent crude fell 27
readUS presses anti-dumping tariffs on China TVs
15-04-2004
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG - The United States will press on with moves to curb imports of television sets it says China is dumping on its market, a Chinese ministry said yesterday, as Vice President Dick
readUis residents still waiting for answers
15-04-2004
THE Uis community is still waiting for feedback from the Village Council on alleged irregularities and mismanagement, following two demonstrations held at the settlement recently.More than 100
readMalima backs AirNam bailout
15-04-2004
MINISTER of Environment and Tourism, Philemon Malima, has come out in support of the N$366 million Government bailout for Air Namibia proposed in the 2004-05 Budget.Speaking on the 2004-05
readSuspect accused of diddling Ministry goes missing
15-04-2004
THE Police are looking for a Swakopmund resident accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.Vipo Veii (30) disappeared from court in November. He has been charged with theft after allegedly
read7 die on Namibian roads over Easter
15-04-2004
ROAD accidents over the Easter weekend claimed seven lives.Five people died in a head-on collision between a car and a minibus 18 kilometres south of Otjiwarongo at around 14h10 on Friday. All of the
readMaxton to be buried on Saturday
15-04-2004
THE late Maxton Josef Mutongolume, who passed away in Windhoek last week, will be buried on Saturday.Mutongolume will become the fourth person to be buried at Heroes' Acre, following Lieutenant
readCouncillor puts hand in his pocket to help schools
15-04-2004
WALVIS BAY - The Councillor for the Walvis Bay Constituency, Hafeni Ndemula, yesterday donated N$4 000 from his salary to two local schools.The money was shared among the Duinesig Senior Primary
readNujoma movie logo launched
15-04-2004
THE Project Logo of the Film, 'Nujoma, Where Others Wavered', detailing President Sam Nujoma's autobiography, was officially launched by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila in Windhoek
readSlowing down AIDS' deadly harvest
15-04-2004
IT's a hot, depressing Friday afternoon at the Keetmanshoop State Hospital.Just as The Namibian arrives at the entrance, two women get off a bakkie loaded with people. One carries a small brown
readPohamba pushes anti-poverty plan
15-04-2004
ERADICATING poverty and creating more jobs should demand more attention from Government, Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba said in the National Assembly on
readRetrenched fishermen up in arms over two-year delay in payments
15-04-2004
MORE than 30 sea-going employees of two vessels at Walvis Bay have been struggling for 18 months to get money owed to them after being retrenched from Namibian Fishing Industries (Namfish) in October
readJudgement in double farm murder case postponed
15-04-2004
JUDGEMENT in the trial of two men charged with murdering two farmers in the Maltahoehe area in August 2001 has been postponed by two months.Andreas Haingura and Cornelius Hamunyela had been scheduled
readAbsence of PG's decision delays cemetery rape case for 4th time
15-04-2004
THE case against a former security guard accused of raping a woman in the Pionierspark Cemetery early last year has been delayed for the fourth time because the Prosecutor General's office has not yet
readDog gunned down at Swakop
15-04-2004
ANIMAL lovers at the coast are up in arms over a dog that was shot dead in the Vineta neighbourhood of Swakopmund on Friday.A Rottweiler belonging to the Ely family was shot twice by their next-door
readTaxi chaos scares ship passengers
15-04-2004
AN urgent meeting was called at Walvis Bay yesterday following alleged chaos that broke out at the harbour last Friday with the visit of an ultra-luxurious passenger liner.According to the tourist
readCMA commission meeting in Windhoek
15-04-2004
THE Common Monetary Area (CMA) Commission is meeting in Windhoek today.The CMA is a union of South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. Formerly known as the Rand Monetary Area (RMA), the CMA has
readCaprivi residents brace for 'second wave'
15-04-2004
THE concerns of the Regional Emergency Management Unit (REMU) over the flooding in the Caprivi have been compounded by fears that the area south of Ngoma could be hit next as large volumes of water
readJackson to visit
15-04-2004
POP star Michael Jackson is to visit Namibia at the weekend.It will be his third trip to the country. Although details about Jackson's visit were sketchy yesterday, State House confirmed that the
readUnam scam suspect flees
15-04-2004
ANGOLAN national, Jose Manuel Adriano, who was arrested in September last year on charges that he sold forged academic qualifications to fellow Angolans in Namibia, has escaped from Police
readPupkewitz invest in Unam football club
15-04-2004
THE Pupkewitz Holding Group on Monday gave another sponsorship to the University of Namibia's Football team in the form of playing kits.The team has been sponsored by the company since 2001 and has
readSix picked from Newspaper Cup for under 20 squad
15-04-2004
COACH of the under 20 football team Smithley Engelbrecht identified six players to be included in his squad, after The Namibian Newspaper Cup that was held at Oshakati over the Easter weekend.So far,
readWarriors to pull up socks after Shadow Team exposes weaknesses
15-04-2004
BRAVE Warriors coach Max Johnson says the national soccer team needs to improve in several areas after it was almost humiliated by The Namibian Shadow Team during an exhibition match at Oshakati on
readLittle hope for Arabs in Bush's plans for Iraq
15-04-2004
CAIRO, Egypt - Few Arabs appeared satisfied by U.S. President George W. Bush's defence of his Iraq policy: From a Baghdad housewife afraid to go outside saying Bush still lacks a workable vision and
readApplause and insults for Bush
15-04-2004
TAMPA, Florida - Robert T. Starks, a 60-year-old political science professor at Northeastern Illinois University, labelled President George W. Bush's answers to reporters' questions "vapid, confusing
readScientists say they have answers on snakes' origins
15-04-2004
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania - Using DNA evidence, two scientists think they have answered a long-standing question among scientists: Did snakes evolve from land-based lizards, or did they come from
readUnapologetic Bush lacks clear plan
15-04-2004
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush showed determination to stay the course in Iraq but offered no new insight into how he plans to convert the country to democracy, leading US dailies said
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