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33 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 August 2004
Banks should respect clients, says NCCI
18-08-2004
ONGWEDIVA - Chairperson of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) in the north-central regions, Philip Amwele, has called on commercial banks to always show respect to clients.Amwele made
readOshakati open market funds dry up
18-08-2004
OSHAKATI - Property Manager of the Oshakati town council, Ores Shilunga, has said the construction of the new open market at the town would only continue once funds became available.Shilunga told
readNAMENCO deploys oil tanker
18-08-2004
NAMIBIA Energy Corporation (NAMENCO), an indigenous-owned petro-chemical resources company majoring in the physical trading and movement of petroleum products yesterday announced the deployment of its
readExchange rate not reflective of local economic conditions
18-08-2004
THE recent strengthening of the local dollar against the US dollar - opening trade yesterday at 6,56 against the greenback - does not necessarily reflect the local economic conditions, but global
readOil prices pull back from record highs
18-08-2004
SINGAPORE - Crude oil prices eased off record highs yesterday after Venezuela's president triumphed in a poll that could have unseated him and hit supply there, but market watchers said further rises
readSARB says not trying to manage forex rate
18-08-2004
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's central bank moved yesterday to dispel speculation that last week's unexpected interest rate cut had been aimed at weakening the rand, repeating that low inflation had made
readDonkey cart beats out Porsche
18-08-2004
LISBON - A donkey cart beat a Porsche in a race held in a northern Portuguese city over the weekend to see which mode of transportation could best handle car congestion.The cart, pulled by a
readGurirab urges dialogue with Germany on Herero killings
18-08-2004
PRIME Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab yesterday encouraged Government to seize the moment and enter into dialogue with the German government on the Herero genocide committed a century ago."The ball is now
readKatima Mayor convicted of assault
18-08-2004
WHILE Katima Mulilo was lurching from one financial and management crisis to the next last year, there was one particularly heated meeting between the elected and appointed officials responsible for
readAirports fires top officials
18-08-2004
FOUR Namibia Airports Company (NAC) officials, who have been on suspension for over a year, have been fired after numerous attempts to haul them before a disciplinary hearing failed, The Namibian has
readLicence your dogs
18-08-2004
THE Municipality at Walvis Bay has reminded residents that, under the Municipal Dog Tax Ordinance, it is an offence to keep unlicensed dogs.Municipal officials are conducting dog licence inspections
readAlleged hijackers released
18-08-2004
GOBABIS - The Gobabis Magistrate's Court has withdrawn charges of attempted armed robbery and hijacking against three suspects.Magistrate Helen Namushinga acquitted Kametundu Katjirua (27), Oswald
readNamibian youth face numerous obstacles
18-08-2004
ONDANGWA - Namibia's youth are faced with numerous problems such as a high unemployment rate, poverty and a high HIV-AIDS infection rate."Therefore any programmes focused on the youth is a step in
readTwo robberies
18-08-2004
A 36-year-old man, Johannes Vries, was held at gunpoint by two men on Saturday night at his home in Elizabeth Street, Khomasdal, the Police reported yesterday.They stole a television, video recorder,
readOkatyali hooked on fish farming
18-08-2004
ONGWEDIVA - The Regional Councillor for the Okatyali Constituency in Oshana, Joseph Mupetami, says some members of his community have shown an interest in fish farming.In an interview with Nampa,
readNHE suggests levy to deal with housing shortage
18-08-2004
A TOP housing official has called on Government to introduce a housing provision levy of N$50 per employee and employer to deal with the challenges Namibia faces in the housing delivery sector by the
readThree charged in mob violence case in North
18-08-2004
FIVE of the eight people arrested by the Police in connection with a mob attack on Lukas Ndahomenwa (Kududa) on August 8 have been released.The other three have been charged with assaulting
readSuspect guilty of killing brother in hose pipe beating
18-08-2004
THE fatal beating of his 16-year-old brother at their Omusati Region home village almost two years ago earned murder suspect Eliakim Nashapi his second conviction for murder on Friday.The bail on
readElderly woman stabbed to death
18-08-2004
A 54-year-old woman was found dead in her bedroom at Okahandja last Thursday.Katrina Tsamases had suffered a stab wound in the back. The suspect, a 47-year-old man, has not yet been arrested. * On
readSuspected rapist still at large in Omusati
18-08-2004
OUTAPI - Police in the Omusati Region have reported that a suspect linked to the rape of a minor girl at Omuthitu Gwenkete village in the Ombalantu traditional district last week is still at
readConcern over farm attacks
18-08-2004
THE Namibia Agricultural Union has expressed concern over recent attacks on farmers.In a brief statement, NAU said an elderly couple, Tick and Eve Knouwds of the farm Marlo in the Stampriet district,
readKosie will run for the presidency
18-08-2004
KOSIE Pretorius's Monitor Action Group has confirmed that the veteran politician and lone ranger in the National Assembly will stand for the presidency in the November elections.Though Pretorius said
read69 and still going strong
18-08-2004
SWAPO'S presidential candidate in the November elections, veteran party member and Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba today celebrates his 69th birthday.Pohamba was a founding member of Swapo in
readJoshua Doore shuts doors in Namibia
18-08-2004
PROMINENT furniture retailer Joshua Doore yesterday notified staff that it was about to close down its operations in Namibia.Anxious staff called The Namibian throughout yesterday after a group of
readNA convenes for final sitting
18-08-2004
THE National Assembly resumed its final session of the year yesterday afternoon.
readSwanu advised to rethink TAC court challenge
18-08-2004
ONE of Namibia's oldest political parties, Swanu, was sent back to the drawing board this week in connection with its bid to question the constitutionality of the Traditional Authorities Act (TAC) in
readWHS and Walvis Bay High retain hockey titles
18-08-2004
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
readSetback for Sri Lanka monks over conversions
18-08-2004
COLOMBO - A campaign by Sri Lankan Buddhist monks to outlaw religious conversions suffered a setback yesterday after the supreme court ruled that their proposed bill must be reworked if it is to reach
readHepatitis hits Sudan's Darfur
18-08-2004
GENEVA - The UN's health body raised alarm yesterday over a jump in deadly cases of hepatitis E in Sudan's Darfur region and another agency said a new wave of refugees had fled to neighbouring Chad to
readUK charges eight terrorism suspects with murder plot
18-08-2004
LONDON - Britain charged eight men yesterday with conspiracy to murder and other terrorism charges, some of them relating to plans of US buildings that could have been used to organise attacks.The
readBurkina arrests 14 for female circumcision
18-08-2004
OUAGADOUGOU - Police in Burkina Faso have arrested 14 people for carrying out female genital mutilation on girls aged between two and 10 years, a campaign group in the West African country said
readSA soldiers probed for theft, rape
18-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African police have arrested five border soldiers accused of robbing Zimbabweans and are probing reports women were raped and forced to swim back home in the crocodile infested
readWar over peace in Iraq
18-08-2004
NAJAF - Heavy fighting shook the historic heart of Najaf yesterday as delegates from a key national conference arrived on a mission to coax Shiite militia leader Moqtada Sadr into abandoning his
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