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24 Articles found on Thursday, 22 April 2004
Arandis power interruption
22-04-2004
ARANDIS - Residents of Arandis yesterday panicked over an electricity supply shortage that hit the town from 08h00 in the morning.The residents thought this short supply was the result of yet another
readNamPost denies deal with Genie marketing
22-04-2004
NAMPOST has denied reports that it had entered into a deal with Genie Marketing Concepts to execute a national project called 'Get Your Own P.O.Box'.On April 16 Genie Marketing Concepts issued a
readGlass factory planned for Rehoboth
22-04-2004
A feasibility study to establish a small-scale glass factory in Rehoboth was this week approved by Cabinet.Cabinet gave approval to the Ministry of Mines and Energy to go ahead with the study in
readRosy prospects for growth in southern Africa
22-04-2004
MBABANE - Central bank governors from the four-nation Common Monetary Area (CMA) see improved prospects for economic growth in southern Africa this year, a report said yesterday following a meeting in
readSA drug firms, govt seal price deal
22-04-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's pharmaceutical industry has hammered out a compromise with health ministry officials on a controversial plan to slash prices to consumers, an industry source said
readA taste for soup threatens sharks
22-04-2004
NAMIBIA'S tourism image could suffer irreparable damage internationally if a proposed shark fin drying plant outside Walvis Bay is allowed to go ahead.The highly lucrative shark fin trade could
readSimon accident case delayed yet again
22-04-2004
THE court case of former world champion boxer Harry Simon, who faces three charges of culpable homicide, will not take place in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court tomorrow.Simon was due to appear in
readWords of praise flow as Nujoma takes his leave
22-04-2004
OPPOSITION leaders had warm words of appreciation for President Sam Nujoma in the National Assembly yesterday afternoon when they posed questions to him following his farewell State of the Nation
readI pass on the torch, says father of the nation
22-04-2004
A SENSE of history and emotion hung in the air yesterday as President Sam Nujoma delivered his fourteenth and final State of the Nation address to both houses of Parliament.
readMake it Earth Day every day
22-04-2004
EARTH DAY will be celebrated worldwide and provides an opportunity to renew the fight to protect the environment every day.With the environment under siege, it is more important than ever for
readAIDS hurting education in Oshana
22-04-2004
OSHAKATI - Prolonged illness and death among teachers because of HIV-AIDS are the biggest challenges facing the Oshana Education Region, the region's Education Director, Dutte Shinyemba, said on
readAgronomic Board gets new member
22-04-2004
CABINET announced yesterday that it had approved the appointment of Anna Erasmus, representing consumers of controlled agronomic products, to the Agronomic Board of Namibia.Erastus replaces the late
readResidents sick and tired of armed robberies, car thefts
22-04-2004
ONGWEDIVA residents are up in arms over the recent escalation of armed robberies, burglaries and car thefts at the town.Several blatant crimes have incensed the community. A group of criminals
readPolytechnic expands knowledge resources
22-04-2004
KNOWLEDGE remains the only "missing link" in the jigsaw as Namibia pursues economic growth and prosperity, says Higher Education, Training and Employment Creation Minister Nahas Angula."We have all
readNudo says to go it alone
22-04-2004
THE National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) has ruled out the possibility of entering into an electoral pact with any party during the upcoming local authority elections.Nudo Secretary General
readThe Prime Minister's Office hopes to 'do more with less'
22-04-2004
CELEBRATIONS on a grand scale are on the cards for Namibia's 15th Independence anniversary in March next year.Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab told the National Assembly on Tuesday that his office
readPlenty of food in Zim, says New Era MD
22-04-2004
THE head of the Government bi-weekly newspaper, New Era, has commended Zimbabwe's new farmers saying Namibians had a lot to learn from them.Protasius Ndauendapo, who is heading a three-member
readCity to recharge aquifer
22-04-2004
THE pressing need to meet the demand for potable water as Windhoek's population grows has led the municipality to actively pursue recharging a natural aquifer, which runs into the Auas mountains from
readComing on strong against corruption
22-04-2004
ROOTING out corruption will remain at the forefront of Government's priorities, President Sam Nujoma pledged during his final State of the Nation address yesterday.Parliamentarians applauded as Nujoma
readWarriors face uphill battle against Angola
22-04-2004
THE Brave Warriors have to prepare themselves for an uphill battle as Angola called in the services of eight professional players this week, in an attempt to go past Namibia in the Cosafa Castle Cup
readWater activist rewarded
22-04-2004
A GHANAIAN lawyer and human rights campaigner has won recognition for his work to stop water being privatised.Rudolf Amenga-Etego, who is campaigning against a privatisation scheme being backed by the
readFallujah Sunni leaders call for revenge against US
22-04-2004
BAGHDAD - Sunni Muslim clerics who fled the bloody fighting in the Iraqi town of Fallujah urged insurgents to hold on to their weapons and vowed revenge against the United States at a gathering of
readIsrael's assassination of Arafat 'a matter of time'
22-04-2004
CAIRO - An Israeli attempt to assassinate Yasser Arafat is "only a matter of time", the Palestinian leader's national security adviser Jibril Rajoub said in an interview published here yesterday."An
read68 dead in southern Iraq attacks
22-04-2004
BASRA - Suicide bombers killed at least 68 people, some of them children, in co-ordinated strikes on four police stations that inflicted bloody chaos on Iraq's southern city of Basra yesterday,
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