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25 Articles found on Wednesday, 21 April 2004
JCC readies for 2004 Innovative Entrepreneurs Awards
21-04-2004
LAST year's JCC Innovative Entrepreneurs Awards (IEA) 2003 were much bigger than previous years as momentum picked up behind a national drive towards developing small, micro and medium enterprise in
readNamSea eyes profitability in 2004
21-04-2004
NAMIBIA Sea Products Limited (NamSea) was hard hit by operating costs during 2003, the company's recently-released annual report shows.Board Chairman, Ranga Haikali, said in the report that: "The
readNghimtina slams US war efforts
21-04-2004
FOR the second year in a row, Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina has used the budget debate to criticise the effect the US-led war on Iraq is having on peace and security in the world.Last year, the
readNew State House gets lion's share of President's budget
21-04-2004
FORTY per cent of the total budget allocated to the Office of the President for the 2004-05 financial year will be pumped into the ongoing construction of the controversial new State House.The N$77
readMachine breaks down, cancer patients suffer
21-04-2004
THE only machine in Namibia used to treat skin cancer and superficial lesions, which is at the AB May Cancer Care Centre in Windhoek, has broken down - again.As a result, cancer patients in need of
readThousands of stranded cattle wait for death as waters rise
21-04-2004
THOUSANDS of cattle stranded shoulder deep in floodwaters in eastern Caprivi are certain to drown as the Zambezi River continues to rise.Officials say that nothing can be done to save the animals. The
readTwo pedestrians hit by vehicles
21-04-2004
POLICE are investigating two cases of culpable homicide.Spokesperson Inspector Hannes !Naruseb told The Namibian that a vehicle rammed into the back of another vehicle some two kilometres outside
readTwo held over birth certificate scam
21-04-2004
ONGWEDIVA - Police in the Ohangwena Region on Friday arrested two men allegedly found in possession of two birth certificate books and a Civic Affairs stamp at the border town of Oshikango.Police
readNew housing policy urges Govt to help folk who help themselves
21-04-2004
EFFORTS by people trying to house themselves need to be formally recognised with "real support" from central Government, through the Ministry of Regional Local Government and Housing.This proposal is
readAnti-retroviral drugs make inroads at Keetmanshoop
21-04-2004
ONLY nine out of 139 people put on life-prolonging drugs have lost their lives since the introduction of anti-retroviral therapy at the Keetmanshoop Hospital.Principal medical officer at the
readUnam forgery hearing 'complex'
21-04-2004
THE University of Namibia (Unam) says it will take at least until the end of the month to finalise disciplinary hearings against students accused of forging qualifications to gain admission to the
readSurviving on hope, love and charity
21-04-2004
ROMANUS Adams is five years old but looks three.His sister Angeline is 20 months but can easily be mistaken for a tender 12 months. Both are the children of a bedridden Elizabeth Adams who is being
readFish dumping charges land Ukrainians in court
21-04-2004
THREE Ukrainian citizens in the employ of the Namsov fishing company at Walvis Bay have been charged with discarding waste at sea and bribery.They were arrested on March 30 and appeared in the
readCrowded field in local elections
21-04-2004
SEVEN political parties and nine residents' associations have registered to take part in Namibia's third post-Independence local authority elections next month.The Deputy Director of Elections,
readLegal aid delay knocks back beginning of Bakondja trial
21-04-2004
A DELAY in granting legal aid to armed robbery and kidnapping suspect Bakondja Katjiuongua - once Namibia's most wanted man during a three-month-long flight from the law - yesterday had the knock-on
readRumblings over NamPost acting chief executive
21-04-2004
DISSATISFACTION is rife among senior employees at NamPost after they discovered that the acting Chief Executive Officer, Johan Claasen, was not appointed by the full Board of Directors.The Namibian
readMTC gives a million to cricket
21-04-2004
THE Namibia Cricket Board (NCB) yesterday received N$1,1 million, its biggest sponsorship to date from Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC).The company which has been involved with the Board for
readCurse put on Prime Minister
21-04-2004
SYDNEY - Aborigines invoked an ancient curse on Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday by "pointing the bone" at the conservative politician to protest against his decision to scrap a top
readVietnam's ghost hovers over Iraq war
21-04-2004
LOS ANGELES - Senator Edward Kennedy needed only one word in a speech the other day to add fuel to a burning national debate: Vietnam.While Americans tried to shake off days of fierce guerrilla
readBush began Iraq war planning months after 9/11
21-04-2004
WASHINGTON - Within months of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, President George W. Bush was huddling secretly with advisers over Iraq war plans, according to a new book that may help fuel criticisms he was
readPalestinians launch rocket attacks
21-04-2004
JERUSALEM - Palestinians fired a barrage of homemade rockets and mortar shells at Gaza Strip settlements and towns inside Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi,
readUS seals Fallujah deal, Bush raps Spain over withdrawal
21-04-2004
BAGHDAD - The United States said on Monday it had sealed a deal to defuse a showdown with Iraqi fighters in the Sunni Muslim stronghold of Fallujah, as President George W. Bush criticised Spain for
readChiluba fraud case dropped
21-04-2004
LUSAKA - A Zambian court yesterday ordered the release of former president Frederick Chiluba on charges of stealing US$4 million in state funds after the prosecution dropped the case.The decision
readMillions vote in world's largest election
21-04-2004
NEW DELHI - India began the world's largest election yesterday, with the ruling Hindu nationalists hoping soaring economic growth will win them a new mandate from the 670 million eligible voters.Tens
readUS likely to lift sanctions against Libya this week
21-04-2004
LONDON - The United States will this week lift economic sanctions on Libya, opening the door for US companies to bid for oil contracts, a British newspaper reported yesterday.Citing US officials and
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