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35 Articles found on Tuesday, 17 August 2004
SME mentorship programme expanded
17-08-2004
NAMIBIA'S Rotary clubs have expanded the Voluntary Executive Mentorship (VEM) program with a USAID-funded project for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) development The program, developed in
readBoN not soft on inflation, says Old Mutual Namibia
17-08-2004
THE Bank of Namibia's decision of last week to reduce its repo rate by 25 basis points should not be interpreted that the central bank is going soft on inflation, according to Johannes !Gawaxab, Chief
readState of jobs in the Karas Region
17-08-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The labour force participation rate for the Karas Region is almost 74 per cent with hardly any differences in urban and rural areas according to the 2001 Population and Housing Census
readAlleged rape avengers face murder charge
17-08-2004
TWO women have been charged with murder after attacking an alleged rapist they caught in the act.Rauna Mukuve (37) and Annastansia Hamutenya (19) came across 18 year old Hamatwi Siworongo raping a
readAngolan refugees may be airlifted home
17-08-2004
THE repatriation of Angolan refugees from Namibia is likely to speed up in the coming weeks with authorities considering flying people back to their homeland.In anticipation of the heavy October rains
readNo bail for beach murder suspects
17-08-2004
THE three suspects in the murder case of a Swakopmund resident who was gunned down on the beach on Friday were not granted bail yesterday.Naftalie Kondja (25), also known as Katjiru Kandonganero,
readSwakop marches in silence
17-08-2004
THE murder of a Swakopmund resident on the beach on Friday morning united the coastal community yesterday morning, when about 500 people took part in a silent march to the Magistrate's Court.Residents
readFor Clarity
17-08-2004
BISHOP Liborius Nashenda of the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Windhoek has clarified that Father Hans-Peter Nagel has not been legally suspended from the church, but has been barred from
readIn with the new
17-08-2004
MISA-NAMIBIA, the country's branch of the regional media organisation, at the weekend elected new board members during a chaotic annual general meeting.The Misa-Namibia chapter elected radio expert
readVillagers in Kavango still in need of IDs
17-08-2004
RUNDU - The Regional Councillor for the Kapako Constituency, Frieda Siwombe, has expressed disappointment at the slow pace in issuing identity documents to villagers.She said residents in her
readKapia claim shot down
17-08-2004
THE Northern Regions Electricity Distributor (Nored) has shot down allegations by Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Secretary Paulus Kapia that the company is sabotaging President Sam Nujoma.Kapia made
readPolice probe two knife murders
17-08-2004
THE Katutura Police are looking for the person or persons who slit the throat of a 26-year-old man on Sunday night.Lukas Hendrik Orr died along Shanghai street in Khomasdal, the Police reported
readCop held for armed robbery
17-08-2004
A POLICE Constable from Ondangwa has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery case, NamPol's Liaison Officer for the Ohangwena Region, Warrant Officer Josua Shipateko, told The Namibian
readFood self-sufficiency still out of Namibia's reach
17-08-2004
NAMIBIA has not managed to become food self-sufficient during the last 10 years.Food self-sufficiency still out of Namibia's reach LINDSAY DENTLINGER NAMIBIA has not managed to become food
readTotemeyer quits
17-08-2004
DEPUTY Minister of Regional, Local Government and Housing, Gerhard Totemeyer, has resigned, citing health reasons.Public Relations Officer Frans Nghitila announced in a statement yesterday that
readNuuyoma condemns Swakop crime
17-08-2004
GOVERNOR of the Erongo Region Samuel Nuuyoma yesterday appealed for the assistance of the Swakopmund business community in clamping down on crime at the town.He urged citizens and visitors alike not
readRetrenched transport company employees await packages
17-08-2004
THE severance packages for about 78 employees retrenched by Cross Country Carriers last Thursday are yet to be finalised.Yesterday about 30 former employees of the company - took up employment with
readKatima residents feel pinch as Council tightens tap on debts
17-08-2004
BARELY a week since full water supply was restored to Katima Mulilo, residents are up in arms over the drastic measures being taken by the municipality to recover debts.The Katima Mulilo Town Council
readWHS and Walvis Bay High retain hockey titles
17-08-2004
BOTH Windhoek High School and Walvis Bay High School hockey teams were in uncompromising form on Saturday, as they both retained their titles during the National Champions League, which took place at
readLynching exhibit documents century of violence, elicits strong reactions
17-08-2004
Row after row of fading photographs showing black men whipped and hanging from trees by their necks made 14-year-old Shontori Clerk wish people would realise "we should no longer have racism existing
readUS cuisine queen dead at 91
17-08-2004
Julia Child, the grande dame of US television cooking shows whose operatic voice and irreverent attitude brought French haute cuisine into America's humble kitchens, died in her sleep at her
readVeteran star of British journalism falls silent
17-08-2004
LONDON - Star British columnist and broadcaster Bernard Levin, who entertained millions for decades with his witty and controversial ideas, died on Saturday a week ago aged 75.For decades he diverted
readCalifornia's first health guru dead at 89
17-08-2004
Gypsy Boots, a California fitness icon, author and health guru who paved the way for generations of beatniks, hippies and health-food junkies, has died.He was 89. Boots, born Robert Bootzin in San
readForever known as 'King Kong's' girl
17-08-2004
NEW YORK - Fay Wray, the shrieking blond beauty who earned fame as the frightened girl stalked by King Kong up the Empire State Building, died at age 96, a spokesman said on Monday.Born Vina Fay Wray
readBlazing bunny spreads fire at cricket club
17-08-2004
LONDON - A rabbit set alight by a bonfire at a British cricket club got its revenge when it ran burning into a hut and set it ablaze, destroying costly equipment, the club said on Friday.Members of
readAU to probe Tutsi killings as Burundi closes border
17-08-2004
BUJUMBURA - The African Union (AU) plans to send a team of investigators to Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo after more than 160 Tutsi Congolese refugees were massacred at a border camp in
readBush calls troops home
17-08-2004
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush's plan to call tens of thousands of US troops home from Europe and Asia could gain him election-year applause from military families, but won't ease the strain on
readDenial
17-08-2004
US citizen Jonathan Idema spoke in a court in Kabul, Afghanistan yesterday.Idema and two other American counterterrorism vigilantes accused of running a private jail in Afghanistan appeared in court
readJacko to church 'to see children'
17-08-2004
SANTA MARIA, California - Michael Jackson made a surprise visit to Los Angeles' pre-eminent black church a day before he was to face off in court against the man who has put him on trial - Santa
readVatican 'will mediate' in Iraq
17-08-2004
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is willing to act as a mediator in attempts to end fighting in the Iraqi city of Najaf between supporters of a dissident Muslim cleric and US and Iraqi troops, a top Vatican
readChavez declares recall victory, foes claim fraud
17-08-2004
Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, a populist who survived a coup two years ago, appeared yesterday to have weathered the latest challenge to what he calls his
readIsrael invites hunger strikers to the braai
17-08-2004
JERUSALEM, - Israel declared psychological war on hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners yesterday, saying it would barbecue meat outside their cells to try to break their will.The 1 500 inmates, seen
readUN: 'Sudan drags feet on Darfur'
17-08-2004
KHARTOUM - Sudan has furnished the United Nations with a list of safe areas for victims of the fighting in the war-ravaged western region of Darfur, but the UN remains unimpressed with the pace of
readDOCKED
17-08-2004
A Russian supply ship docked with the International Space Station on Saturday, delivering food and fuel to the two astronauts living there, mission control said. The unmanned Progress M-50, which
readDelegation to urge Iraq's Sadr to end Najaf fight
17-08-2004
BAGHDAD - Iraqis meeting to pick an interim national assembly agreed to send a delegation to the holy city of Najaf yesterday in an attempt to convince a radical Shi'ite cleric to end a bloody
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