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36 Articles found on Friday, 30 April 2004
Political Perspective
30-04-2004
I DOUBT that I was the only person to reel in disbelief at the news recently that a certain Chief Executive Officer whose contract at a parastatal was not renewed, was suing his employers for
readWorrying Increase In Water Tariffs
30-04-2004
THE Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Nangolo Mbumba, this week announced a 12 per cent increase in the price of bulk water for this financial year.Explaining the Cabinet decision to approve
readThe Presidential Succession Issue
30-04-2004
I THINK its better to have a new President now while Dr. Sam is still alive.This is because he will help or guide his successor how to rule this country. Hausiku Micheal Sirongo Hausiku Micheal
readExclusive Independence Celebrations - II Responding to the letter posted on March 30, 2004: Exclusive Independence Celebrations
30-04-2004
DEAR fellow Namibians in Belvedere, Harare.Know that you are not alone in the Independence celebration exclusion. I am a Namibian living in New York. For the past years, the Namibian High commission
readWhere are the State ambulances?
30-04-2004
I wish to add my voice concerning state ambulances.When Mr UwuKhaeb of Otavi died on Easter Monday of that mamba bite, it was after having waited at the clinic for 5 hours for a State ambulance to
readDevelopment Bank of Namibia launched
30-04-2004
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) was officially launched by President Sam Nujoma in the capital yesterday.The President said the launch of the bank signalled "an important milestone in our
readChanges to Swapo poll list spark anger
30-04-2004
SOME Swapo supporters at Walvis Bay are furious about alterations made to the party list for the local authority elections at the harbour town.Swapo's Deputy Secretary General John Pandeni and
read10-year jail terms for Gobabis mob killing
30-04-2004
JUDGE President Peter Shivute yesterday sent a strong warning to people taking the law into their own hands by sending four men, convicted of a mob killing at Gobabis, to prison for 10 years each.The
readArmy cop runs amok
30-04-2004
NINETEEN army recruits at the Osona Military Base were assaulted and found themselves staring down the barrel of a gun when a Military Police corporal went on the rampage.Sources revealed to The
readSeven-year-old raped at Rundu
30-04-2004
AN 18-year-old youth has been arrested on rape charges after attacking a seven-year-old girl at Rundu on Monday, the Police reported yesterday.The incident occurred at about 16h00 at Old Cordon,
readAssailants aim for buttocks in Rundu shooting
30-04-2004
TWO men have been hospitalised at Rundu after being shot by two assailants in a house at the New Millennium suburb on Tuesday.David Sonhul Chin (34), a Chinese national, was wounded in the head,
readKeetmans aims for financial efficiency
30-04-2004
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality has recorded a N$1,5 million surplus for the 2003 financial year.Reverend Andreas Biwa, the Mayor, told close to 150 residents at a meeting this week that the
readDebate on corruption plays to empty benches
30-04-2004
CORRUPTION took centre stage with most opposition parliamentarians AWOL (absent without leave) as election fever began to take its toll on the National Assembly on Wednesday.Only two [three at some
readHigh Court sets new date for Rehoboth wife-killing case
30-04-2004
A REHOBOTH man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in November 2002, faces an almost three-month wait before his murder trial is scheduled to continue in the High Court in Windhoek.Acting Judge Kato
readGovt in talks with Saudi tycoon on WCCR stake
30-04-2004
GOVERNMENT has started negotiations with Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Abdulaziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia who is interested in acquiring shareholding in the loss-making State-owned Windhoek Country Club and
readWindhoek City Police still in limbo
30-04-2004
WINDHOEK Mayor Matheus Shikongo has apologised to residents for the delay in setting up the City Police.While not providing reasons for the delay, Shikongo pledged the Council's commitment to a
readMinister blocks appointment of proposed Agribank CEO
30-04-2004
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has rejected a Board decision to appoint Maureen Hinda as Chief Executive Officer of Agribank, and has given instructions that the post be
readLocal Govt owed N$400 000 in S&Ts
30-04-2004
THE Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing is owed more than N$400 000 in outstanding subsistence and travelling (S&T) allowances by its employees, its accounting officer said
readDonkey does security detail on farm
30-04-2004
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - No one messes with Bonnie.The newest employee at the University of Rhode Island's Peckham Farm is a fuzzy brown donkey, and she appears to be taking her livestock-guarding
readMeat-eating duo booted from buffet
30-04-2004
SALT LAKE CITY - A couple on the Atkins Diet have a beef with a local restaurant after being booted from the buffet for eating too much meat.Isabelle Leota (29) and her husband Sui Amaama (26), both
readChef kills friend, cooks him
30-04-2004
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican cook killed his drinking buddy, cut up his body and boiled him in herbs, according to police who fear he may have been turning him into tamales.Prosecutors said on Wednesday
read'Trim Trolley' helps shoppers to burn up calories
30-04-2004
LONDON - A cart designed to help shoppers burn calories while trawling the aisles was unveiled by a British supermarket chain Tuesday.The 'Trim Trolley' allows the shopper to select different levels
readInsulting handbags selling like hot cakes
30-04-2004
SEATTLE - There is no doubt that sales are hot for handbags bearing an insult - in French - aimed at "our president."The question is: Which president? The bag's designer Tom Bihn never guessed that
readIranian police issue national alert over Internet addiction
30-04-2004
TEHRAN - Iran's youth has now been warned: the Internet can jeopardise your bodily well-being, make you lose your friends and turn you into an anti-social, faithless and mentally damaged
readGlittery gem phones lure Asia's elite
30-04-2004
SINGAPORE - For Asia's hip and swanky, carrying a mobile phone with a cracked screen and a tatty plastic cover is tantamount to a crime against fashion.Instead, a Prada ensemble with Gucci loafers or
readBritons go 'toothing' for hi-tech sex
30-04-2004
LONDON - Commuters take note - the respectable person sitting next to you on the train fumbling with their cell phone might be a "toother" looking for sex with a stranger."Toothing" is a new craze
readPlugged in: Why use words when you can say it in photos?
30-04-2004
NEW YORK - When mobile phones meld with instant photography, new ways of viewing everyday life emerge.As cameras become standard features on mobile phones, millions of users are rediscovering
readExpressing emotions by writing helps HIV patients
30-04-2004
NEW YORK - Writing about emotional topics appears to reduce stress in HIV-infected patients and may improve immune responses, according to researchers in New Zealand and the United States.Dr Kevin J
readGeared to go gaga over Google
30-04-2004
SEATTLE - If Google Inc opens its books in the next few days as many still expect, its rivals will be hoping to unravel one of Silicon Valley's most closely guarded secrets: how much it makes every
readMichael Jackson sex case enters second act
30-04-2004
LOS ANGELES - Superstar Michael Jackson, with a brand new lawyer at his side, will answer fresh charges of child molestation in a California court today, ahead of a trial on which, the singer says,
readN Korea agrees to fresh nuke talks
30-04-2004
SEOUL - North Korea yesterday agreed to attend talks in Beijing next month aimed at setting up a fresh round of six-nation negotiations on its nuclear weapons drive, but warned of a "hurdle"
readInkatha rejects new cabinet seats
30-04-2004
PRETORIA - South Africa's largest black opposition party yesterday refused to take the two seats it was offered in the country's new cabinet, raising new questions about political turbulence after
readChina warns foreigners of SARS
30-04-2004
BEIJING - Two suspected SARS patients in Beijing were confirmed as having the disease yesterday and one was in critical condition, China's Health Ministry said.Several countries have put up their
readSharon warns Likud of perils of rejecting Gaza pullout plan
30-04-2004
JERUSALEM - Scrambling to avert an embarrassing defeat, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned his divided Likud yesterday it would undermine him and wreck the party if it rejects his Gaza pullout
readEight US soldiers killed
30-04-2004
BAGHDAD - Eight US soldiers were killed and four wounded yesterday by a car bomb blast near Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, a military spokesman said."Today at 11h30, coalition forces were operating in
readUS rushes armour to Iraq, Fallujah siege rumbles on
30-04-2004
FALLUJAH - The United States is rushing tanks to Iraq, including the besieged city of Fallujah, where sporadic clashes yesterday followed President George W. Bush's promise to do whatever was needed
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