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30 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 April 2004
We Can't Slow Down
07-04-2004
PLEASE allow me some space in your paper to air some views on the Budget that was presented recently by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa Amadhila.I am certain that the budget is a conservative one,
readWhy Assassinations Don't Work
07-04-2004
ALLOW me some space please, to remind some of your readers that before they write about any conflict around the globe and the people involved in it, to do some research first on particular matters and
readThere's a simple way to cut overspending!
07-04-2004
I WOULD like to suggest an easy and effective method of preventing over-spending by government Ministries and Parastatals.It would simply involve deducting from the salary of the Minister/Head of
readAn Ignorant City of Windhoek
07-04-2004
RECENT implementation of the closure of unlicensed sheebeens and other backyard businesses by the city of Windhoek is misguided and uncalled for.It's an undisputable fact that sheebeens and other
readIntensive Care For Soccer
07-04-2004
NAMIBIAN soccer is in such state that we need to place it in hospital.And if placed in hospital, the best treatment it would get is in the intensive care unit.... Pelo Karibib Pelo Karibib
readPolish farmers hope for brighter future in EU
07-04-2004
MILEWO - Wieslaw Kaczynski, a dairy farmer from northeast Poland, has just returned from a crash course on how to make the most of European Union subsidies.He still has fears on how EU entry will
readMetje Behnsen building changes hands
07-04-2004
THE Metje Behnsen high-rise building along Independence Avenue in Windhoek has been sold, Axel Behnsen of Metje & Ziegler confirmed yesterday.The building is situated in the heart of Windhoek's
readSA petrol price hiked by 22%
07-04-2004
PRETORIA - The retail price of petrol is to rise by 22 cents a litre from midnight, the Minerals and Energy Department said yesterday.The wholesale price of diesel with a 0,3 per cent sulphur content
readAbsa to sell 10% stake to BEE group
07-04-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group Absa will sell off 10 per cent of the company to a black empowerment consortium by issuing preference shares for R146,3 million cash, the firm said
readOpuwo to do own post-mortems soon
07-04-2004
OPUWO - The Chief Inspector of the Kunene Police, Elias Mutota, says a newly constructed Police mortuary at Opuwo will help the Police in their work.In the past corpses have had to be transported to
readSingle Quarters in line to get a new name
07-04-2004
THE Windhoek City Council has approved a proposal to re-name the Katutura Single Quarters.The application to change the name Katutura Single Quarters to 'Oshetu Community' (an Oshiwambo word for Our
readAnnual Reports approved
07-04-2004
CABINET announced last week that it had approved the Annual Reports of the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (AgriBank) and the Namibia Ports Authority for the financial year ended March 31 2003.The
readCorpse found hanging from tree
07-04-2004
A DECOMPOSED body was found hanging from a tree on the farm Elizabeth Hill near Okahandja on Saturday afternoon, the Police reported yesterday.The deceased has not yet been identified, and an inquest
readZim land experts to help expropriation process
07-04-2004
ZIMBABWE has seconded six land "experts" to Namibia, as Government's planned expropriation of commercial farms begins to gather momentum.The land evaluators from Zimbabwe, whose own land reform
readLabour study slams water charges as 'new Apartheid'
07-04-2004
AN in-depth study of privatised water services in Namibia says that while prepaid water systems are being marketed as the solution to bad debts and water conservation, they are in fact worsening the
readN$5,3m heist case accused leaves trail of spilled beans
07-04-2004
CLOSE to three weeks in the witness stand, from where he offered various prosecution-appreciated snippets of information on his co-accused, yesterday came to an end for one of the South African
readSwapo members at Ongwediva cry foul
07-04-2004
THE selection of seven Swapo candidates for Local Authority elections at Ongwediva was declared null and void at a Swapo meeting on Monday, which was attended by Minister of Labour Marco Hausiku.The
readSwapo MPs goad opposition over absence from the NA
07-04-2004
THE poor attendance of opposition members in the National Assembly in recent weeks came under the spotlight in the National Assembly yesterday.After a recess, only six opposition members - two from
readClearer targets needed on land
07-04-2004
GOVERNMENT'S land reform programme is so slow that it will take another 40 years before half of the commercial land is in the hands of landless black Namibians, according to a study by the Institute
readDrought aid theft case takes new turn
07-04-2004
A FOURTH man appeared in the Rundu Magistrate's Court on Monday in connection with the theft of hundreds of bags of maize meal destined for the drought relief programme.Linus Negumbo was arrested on
readCaprivi watches and waits as Zambezi rises and falls
07-04-2004
THE flood situation in the Caprivi is likely to continue for at least another three weeks, with the possibility of it worsening in the eastern floodplains.Deputy Director of Hydrology in the Ministry
readCaprivi floods 'to get worse'
07-04-2004
RISING water levels in the Caprivi Region have claimed another four lives, Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab told the National Assembly yesterday.At the same time, Gurirab warned that the worst of the
readSA Premier League side coach scouting for Namibian talent
07-04-2004
FORMER Namibian Under-20 coach, Anteneh Eshete, who was recently appointed as the head coach of South African Premier League side Dynamos, is scouting for Namibian players to join the team.Eshete, who
readReel winner
07-04-2004
A MOVIE by Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim about the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera won the Grand Jury Award at the seventh-annual Full Frame Documentary Festival in the US.'The
readThe Los Angeles Times wins five Pulitzer Prizes
07-04-2004
NEW YORK - The Los Angeles Times on Monday won five Pulitzer Prizes, journalism's top award, for its coverage of last year's California wildfires, a series on Wal-Mart's economic role, offbeat car
readSA debates traditional chiefs
07-04-2004
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's traditional leaders, once scorned as "servants" of the apartheid regime, have since had their powers legalised, but the chiefs say the government wants to take away control
readFloods kill at least 31 in Mexico
07-04-2004
PIEDRAS NEGRAS - Raging flood waters killed at least 31 people on Monday when they crashed through a normally arid town in northern Mexico close to the US border.The surprise flood caused by unusually
readUnita urges Dos Santos to 'respect human rights'
07-04-2004
LUANDA - Ex-fighters from Angola's former Unita rebel movement have urged President Eduardo dos Santos to respect past accords and their rights, two years after the end of a long civil war in the
readBush compared to Nixon
07-04-2004
WASHINGTON - Influential Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy on Monday compared President George W. Bush to disgraced former Republican president Richard Nixon and the war in Iraq with the Vietnam
readUS considers reinforcements for Iraq
07-04-2004
BAGHDAD - The US military has begun considering possible reinforcements in Iraq, as the US-led coalition announced that radical Shi'ite leader Moqtada Sadr, blamed for inciting violence last weekend,
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