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33 Articles found on Thursday, 12 August 2004
Namfisa warns public against 'loan scam'
12-08-2004
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) has warned members of the public against engaging in loan-seeking ventures with a South African-based company that has been
readSoldier shoots colleague, turns gun on himself
12-08-2004
TWO Namibian Defence Force soldiers died after a shooting incident at the Divundu Army Base on Saturday morning.The Police Public Relations Department reported that Private Fillipus Haikali (37) shot
read'Love inferno' lands ace detective in court
12-08-2004
ONE of the country's top Police detectives, Detective Inspector Michael Booysen, arrested on charges related to the burning down of his girlfriend's flat at the Windhoek Central Hospital, appeared in
readGym boss films nude girls
12-08-2004
A PARTNER in the Genesis Gymnasium at Swakopmund has allegedly been filming women when they change in the gym's dressing room.Heinz Laube (29) was arrested yesterday morning and appeared in the
read'Current of Plenty' hits the screen
12-08-2004
THE abundance of life in the Atlantic Ocean's Benguela current is the focus of a new documentary produced by the Benguela Large Marine Ecosystem programme (BCLME).The 25-minute film, 'Current of
readFour rapes reported
12-08-2004
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested at Okankolo village near Okatope in connection with the rape of a nine-year-old girl.The incident occurred on Tuesday morning last week, the Police reported in
readMessenger of Court robbed
12-08-2004
A Messenger of the Court in Windhoek was robbed in front of his office on Monday morning.The Police reported in their crime bulletin that Manfred Hennes was held at gunpoint by three men and robbed of
readToddler, baby die in hut blaze
12-08-2004
TWO young children have died in a hut they were sleeping near Khorixas.Aldine Elsie Uiras (2) and two-month-old Alexandro Uirab died at around 07h45 on Monday. The Police also reported that two men
readMother of baby abandoned in bush arrested
12-08-2004
A WOMAN suspected of being the mother of a one-month-old baby girl who was abandoned in bushes at Onuno village near Oshikango in Ohangwena Region on August 3 was arrested last Thursday.The Police
readShoe gift lands soccer star in jail
12-08-2004
A PAIR of shoes given to the captain of the Big Issue soccer team that recently took part in the Homeless World Cup in Sweden landed him in jail last Thursday as an alleged suspect in a housebreaking
readGovernment releases national guidelines for child feeding
12-08-2004
GOVERNMENT has released a new policy that protects children whose mothers are HIV-positive or cannot breastfeed for other reasons.The National Policy on Infant and Young Child Feeding was developed to
readMeasures planned to end bycatch menace
12-08-2004
THE scale and nature of seabird, shark and turtle bycatches by Namibia's 45 longline vessels is unknown.A new study funded by the Benguela Large Marine Ecosystem Programme (BCLME) will address the
readCouncillors, traditional leaders shun show
12-08-2004
A DECISION by traditional leaders, councillors and agriculture extension officers to stay away from the Gibeon agriculture show held last weekend has angered the event's organisers.Chairperson of the
readProwin locks out workers
12-08-2004
TWENTY-NINE workers suspended at Prowin Distributors at Walvis Bay last Monday after handing a petition to management over alleged unfair labour practices are still sitting at home.According to
readGovt says it is not to blame for abuses by civil servants
12-08-2004
GOVERNMENT says it cannot be held responsible for human rights abuses committed by its officials and law enforcement agents.Without disputing a myriad of purported human rights abuses by State agents,
readAmathila calls for HIV tests before marriage
12-08-2004
OSHAKATI - Health and Social Services Minister Dr Libertina Amathila called on couples to undergo voluntary HIV counselling and testing before marriage to save lives from the HIV-AIDS
readCome clean or face a take-over, Oshana Governor tells councils
12-08-2004
THE Oshakati, Ongwediva and Ondangwa town councils have been told to maintain law and order and cleanliness in their towns or face their responsibilities being taken over by the Oshana Regional
readShooting was 'accident'
12-08-2004
THE armed response team accused of shooting a 12-year-old boy in Windhoek's Rocky Crest suburb on Sunday has said that the incident was an accident.Proforce Armed Response said they were transporting
readPolice appeal for help in forged certificates scam
12-08-2004
POLICE are appealing to eight people who received Grade 12 certificates during 2000 to assist the Commercial Crime Investigation unit in a fraud case.Several years ago a Basic Education Ministry
readPre-paid meters come to Omaruru - two years late
12-08-2004
PRE-PAID water meter company Water Master will finally install pre-paid metres in Omaruru, about two years after they were paid N$258 000.A shareholder and manager of Water Master, Johannes Jacobs
readMega bash planned for Ya Toivo's 80th birthday
12-08-2004
PRISONS Minister Andimba Toivo ya Toivo is to be honoured with a massive 80th birthday bash, where the public has been invited to revel in food, drinks and music while paying tribute to the country's
readNazi hatred still haunts Norway's war children
12-08-2004
OSLO - One day hailed as a superior race, the next shunned as retards and carriers of evil Nazi blood - the children of Norwegian mothers and German fathers did not join the national celebrations when
readCat causes chaos in cockpit
12-08-2004
BRUSSELS - A SN Brussels airliner made an emergency landing after an "agitated" passenger - a cat - got into the cockpit and attacked the co-pilot, the airline said.The Monday flight from Brussels to
readRise of evangelical churches turns Brazil into feverish market for Bibles
12-08-2004
SAO PAULO - The Bible Belt has moved south - all the way south of the equator to Brazil.A religious awakening in South America's biggest country over the past decade, the rapid advance of evangelical
readDelight, concern after endangered gorilla produces rare twins
12-08-2004
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - Glancing suspiciously in our direction, an endangered mountain gorilla turned her back to protect the rare treasure in her arms - the third-ever recorded set of twins born to
readBloodletting has Nigeria's oil industry reeling
12-08-2004
OMADINO - The sound of speedboats on the otherwise calm rain forest creek was enough to send villagers fleeing."They were afraid. They just ran away," said Gabriel Walter (42), the only resident of
readObasanjo accuses police of hiring guns to robbers
12-08-2004
LAGOS - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the police of hiring guns to armed robbers for economic gains, his office told AFP yesterday.Obasanjo was quoted as saying at the opening of a
readFriendly militias to combat terrorism
12-08-2004
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has urged Congress to authorise US$500 million for building a network of friendly militias around the world to purge terrorists from "ungoverned areas" - and warned Muslim
readChina quake injury toll climbs to 600
12-08-2004
BEIJING - Local hospitals were struggling to cope yesterday as rescuers continued to search for survivors following an earthquake in southwest China that killed at least three people and injured
readSept 11 suspect 'unaware of plot'
12-08-2004
HAMBURG - A key al Qaeda suspect in US custody has claimed that the only man convicted over the September 11 attacks was unaware of the plot, US authorities told a German court yesterday.Ernst-Rainer
readIraq's al-Sadr urges militia to keep fighting US troops
12-08-2004
NAJAF - A radical Shi'ite Muslim cleric urged his militia yesterday to keep fighting US forces in Iraq even if he is killed, raising the stakes in a bloody confrontation that shows no sign of
readRwanda, Uganda and Congo reject UN report on abuses
12-08-2004
KIGALI/KINSHASA - Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday rejected United Nations accusations that they backed ethnic militias involved in killing, raping and looting in Congo's
readNew violence deepens Darfur crisis
12-08-2004
KHARTOUM - Helicopter attacks, raids on refugee camps and rapes carried out by Sudanese forces and Arab militiamen have worsened an already desperate situation in Darfur, humanitarian and rights
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