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24 Articles found on Monday, 5 April 2004
Sanlam sheds 10% shares to BEE company
05-04-2004
UBUNTU-BOTHO Investments, a broad-based empowerment consortium led by South African businessman Patrice Motsepe, has acquired an initial 10 per cent equity holding in Sanlam.At a general meeting of
readExport levy on livestock no April fools joke
05-04-2004
THE Minister of Finance introduced the export levy on livestock exported from Namibia by Notice in the Government Gazette (No. 3181, dated 1 April 2004) on April 1 2004.Some first thought this was an
readBusinesses urged to consider setting up winery in the South
05-04-2004
THE Managing Director (MD) of Aussenkehr Farms, Dusan Vasiljevic, has called on Namibian business people to investigate the possibility of a winery or juice plant in the South.Vasiljevic said their
readNamPower helps Caprivi
05-04-2004
NAMPOWER says it has activated its diesel power station at Katima Mulilo to help the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) with its power supply in the region.Corporate Communications
readAdministrative bungling holds up housing at Karasburg
05-04-2004
THE Town Council of Karasburg has suspended its low-cost housing programme because it started off on the wrong foot, Town Clerk Franciskus Witbooi has told The Namibian.Residents of the town have long
readMP hits at gap between 'haves' and 'have-nots'
05-04-2004
CONGRESS of Democrats National Assembly member Linus Chata last week claimed that it was "shameful and scandalous" that the Budget for 2004-05 did nothing to narrow the gap between the "haves" and
readCuca shop row claims young life
05-04-2004
AN 18-year-old man died in the Omusati Region early yesterday after he was stabbed with a knife during a quarrel at a cuca shop, the Namibian Police reported yesterday.Petrus Komeni died at about
readNamibia's meat processing industry facing a crunch
05-04-2004
THE financially unstable Mariental Abattoir which falls under the Farmers' Meat Market is in the process of retrenching up to 50 of its 146 employees.Its director of operations, Thomas Horn, announced
read2 rape cases reported
05-04-2004
TWO rapes, involving three women, were reported to the Police in eastern Namibia at the weekend.Police spokesperson Warrant Office Christopher Munyika told The Namibian yesterday that the first
readAir Namibia's Boeing joins international safety club
05-04-2004
AIR Namibia's flagship aircraft, the Boeing 747-400 Combi, has been fitted with a new cockpit door in line with new international aviation regulations aimed at improving the safety of passengers.Most
readJudgement day set for Karibib farm murder trial
05-04-2004
MAY 28 will be judgement day for the three men charged with the murder of a farmer, and a serious assault on his wife, in the Karibib district two years ago.The three suspects heard on Thursday, after
read'New' treason accused face a longer wait to hear their fate
05-04-2004
TWELVE men accused of involvement in an alleged plan to forcibly secede the Caprivi Region were told on Friday that they can expect greater clarity on the prosecution against them in three weeks.The
readRwandan refugees not ready to return home
05-04-2004
A NUMBER of Rwandans who have sought refuge in Namibia are reluctant to return home, claiming it is not safe.A group of the refugees interviewed by The Namibian on Friday claimed they feared they
readOpposition parties hail Nujoma's decision
05-04-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma's decision not to seek a fourth presidential term has been welcomed as "good for democracy".Approached for comment yesterday, leader of the official opposition, the DTA-UDF
readIt's official. No fourth term, vows President
05-04-2004
IN what will go down in history as a landmark decision, the Central Committee of the ruling party, Swapo, has ended the controversial debate about a fourth term for President Sam Nujoma, instead
readUnder 20s in goalless draw with Botswana
05-04-2004
NAMIBIA'S under 20 football side on Friday played to a goalless draw with Botswana in a Confederation of African Football (Caf) Youth Championships match at the Kuisebmund Stadium at Walvis Bay.The
readJuniors shine at Frank's race
05-04-2004
NAMIBIA'S junior track and field athletes set the Independence stadium alight Saturday during the annual Frank Fredericks Invitational meeting, attended by a record number of over 2000 spectators.One
readPraise for hoax doctor
05-04-2004
STOCKHOLM - A Norwegian medical student posed as a qualified doctor for two years in a small Swedish town and got top marks from senior doctors and his patients after the case was uncovered."We have
readDogs to get own loo
05-04-2004
AMSTERDAM - Dutch dog owners can soon throw away their pooper-scoopers and plastic bags and instead walk their furry creatures to their very own toilet.The developer of a new "doggy toilet," a small
readChina grapples with rural resentment
05-04-2004
YUJIANG COUNTY - Freshly tilled rice paddies seem to lap up against every building and every road in Yujiang.The fields are dotted with farmers leading water buffalo through the mud and fog. This is
readMartin Luther King Jr's sister recalls how he foresaw his own death
05-04-2004
ATLANTA - Christine King Farris clearly remembers a sermon that her brother, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, gave soon before his assassination 36 years ago."It was very touching and piercing to
readRape, AIDS, hunger stalk the Congo despite peace
05-04-2004
KIGALI - Girls as young as 12 and grandmothers as old as 70 are among the thousands of women raped with impunity by marauding fighters in war-ravaged eastern Congo despite a year-old peace deal,
readMyanmar opposition demands Aung San Suu Kyi's release
05-04-2004
YANGON - Myanmar's military government must release opposition party leaders, including Aung San Suu Kyi, before the party can consider joining a convention drafting a new constitution, an opposition
readAt least 20 killed near Najaf as coalition fights Iraqi protesters
05-04-2004
KUFA - Spanish-led troops and Iraqi police fired on protesters and clashed with armed Shi'ite militiamen near Najaf yesterday, leaving at least 20 people dead and more than 100 wounded, witnesses and
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