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33 Articles found on Thursday, 19 August 2004
Standard Bank lifts first-half earnings
19-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest bank, Standard Bank, said yesterday first-half earnings rose 14,6 per cent, helped by solid growth at its core domestic banking operations as lending
readYukos sells off subsidiary to pay its tax bill
19-08-2004
MOSCOW - Yukos is in the process of selling a 56 per cent stake in a Siberian natural gas company to the Anglo-Russian joint venture TNK-BP in a bid to pay off its crushing tax bill, Western oil
readNamfish incurs more losses
19-08-2004
THE Namibia Fishing Industries Limited (Namfish) suffered poor results for the financial year ended April 30 2004, with the operating loss increasing to N$31 million compared to N$14 million of
readNamibia boosts oil exploration efforts, issues third licence
19-08-2004
THE Namibian Government has issued a petroleum reconnaissance licence to Hunt Overseas Oil Company, a US-based oil firm, for the right to explore possible oil reserves in the Lüderitz Basin.Hunt
readSwakop residents to tackle hookers
19-08-2004
RESIDENTS living close to Swakopmund's central business district will begin to patrol the streets at night, with help from members of the Namibian Police, in an effort to rid the CBD of the growing
readSlain woman takes her cats to the grave with her
19-08-2004
THE three cats of the 44-year-old German woman who was shot to death at Swakopmund on Friday were put to sleep yesterday.Alexandra Mooren, who brought her cats from Germany after she had decided to
read700 tons of chicken flying Namibia's way
19-08-2004
LOCAL suppliers of chicken appear to have averted a potential supply shortage in Namibia by securing imports from Brazil.One of the biggest local suppliers of chicken meat, Fish and Poultry World,
readFirm that built City's flawed new water plant in hot H2O
19-08-2004
WINDHOEK'S new Goreangab water reclamation plant is a dud, the City claims in a High Court case against the company contracted to build the plant at a cost of close to N$100 million.First the new
readShebeens proving a handful at Mariental
19-08-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The Mariental Municipality has expressed concern about the mushrooming of shebeens at the southern town.In an interview with Nampa yesterday, the Public Relations Manager of the
readPrison or fine for rapist
19-08-2004
GOBABIS - Daniel Kandovazu (45) has been sentenced to two years and 10 months' imprisonment or a fine of N$5 000 by the Magistrate's Court here after he was convicted of rape and assault with intent
readArdent anti-cancer campaigner dies
19-08-2004
A WELL-KNOWN campaigner against cancer, Sarie May, died in Windhoek on Saturday at the age of 86.She was the widow of Dr AB May, the first Mayor of Windhoek in an independent Namibia. Prime Minister
readMemorial for Mooren
19-08-2004
A MEMORIAL service for Alexandra Mooren will be held in the German Lutheran Church at Swakopmund at 16h00 tomorrow.Mooren was ruthlessly murdered on the beach while she was on her way to work on
readCoD women militate for Police action on violence
19-08-2004
THE women of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) have expressed reservations about the impact that legislation such as the Domestic Violence Act, Anti-rape Act as well as the Married Persons Equality Act
readSADC urges support system for land
19-08-2004
THE South African Development Community (SADC) has called for the fast-tracking of the establishment of a financial and technical support system to implement land reform in the region."We cannot run
readRevisiting the brutal past
19-08-2004
THE silence that greeted the 1904 genocide must be replaced by a global clamour, and a willingness to call what happened by its true name, speakers said at the start of a four-day conference this week
readUnam probes alleged fraud
19-08-2004
THE University of Namibia says an investigation into alleged fraudulent practices by a lecturer has reached an advanced stage.Unam Director of Communications and Marketing Edwin Ngutjiua Tjiramba said
readNamibia ready to intervene in Dafur
19-08-2004
NAMIBIA says it is ready to assist the United Nations or the African Union to apprehend the Janjaweed militias in Sudan and to restore lasting peace and security in Darfur.The Sudanese government has
readHAN, NCCI demand action on violent crime
19-08-2004
TWO organisations yesterday condemned the recent spate of brutal murders of women, saying violent crimes have a detrimental effect on all sectors of society.The Hospitality Association of Namibia
readCoastal Pirates to host top inline hockey event
19-08-2004
FIVE major inline hockey clubs from South Africa and Botswana will line up against the best Namibia has to offer, when the Coastal Pirates host their biggest-ever annual inline hockey tournament this
readChristie happy at Olympics
19-08-2004
NAMIBIAN sprinter Christie van Wyk expressed his gratitude towards the Namibian people and fans who constantly send him e-mails of encouragement.Van Wyk is due to step into the blocks in the 100 meter
readCivics players to join SA club
19-08-2004
THREE players from Civics are expected to join the Upington-based side, Louisville Pirates, when the newly-established Umvela Golden League in South Africa kicks off at the end of August.Civics and
readHistorians urge historic-site recognition for slave port on Congo River's mouth
19-08-2004
POINTE NOIRE - Historians are urging UN heritage-site status for the central African port of Loango, the continent's last landfall for an estimated 2 million people taken in the slave trade.Abutting
readPsychologist had patients on both sides of Jackson case
19-08-2004
SANTA MARIA, California - The psychologist who notified police of a 12-year-old boy's claims of being molested by pop singer Michael Jackson had patients on both sides of the case, a defence lawyer
readEU slaps down fishy German tale
19-08-2004
BRUSSELS - The European Commission yesterday dismissed as silly season nonsense a media report that German fishmongers were having to rename their fish in Latin because of new EU rules.The EU
readBurundi police 'tear gas' protestors
19-08-2004
BUJUMBURA - Police in Burundi's capital Bujumbura fired tear gas at crowds yesterday, protesting against the massacre of at least 160 Congolese Tutsis at a United Nations refugee camp in the west of
readMortar attack on Polish base
19-08-2004
WARSAW - A mortar bomb attack on Poland's main military base in Iraq wounded two people yesterday, the Polish army said from its base in Babylon."Six incoming mortar grenades hit the base, wounding
readArafat admits mistakes, urges change
19-08-2004
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat, who is under intense pressure to share power and reform his corrupt government, said in a rare admission yesterday that he has made mistakes, but did not say what
readPalestinians join hunger strike
19-08-2004
JERUSALEM - Hundreds more Palestinian prisoners were joining an open-ended hunger strike in Israeli jails yesterday as Palestinian leader announced he would also fast for the day in a show of
readDarfur rebels 'will attend'
19-08-2004
NDJAMENA - Two rebel movements fighting government troops and Arab militias in Sudan's western Darfur province confirmed yesterday in Chad that they will attend a new round of peace talks next week.
readUpholding rule of law emphasised
19-08-2004
WINDHOEK - The South African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State meeting in Mauritius ended with strong emphasis being placed on the need to strengthen young democracies, establish sound
readAU leader: Darfur crisis a test case for Africa
19-08-2004
GRANDE BAIE, Mauritius - Sudan's humanitarian crisis in Darfur has become a test case for Africa's ability to resolve its own problems, a senior African Union official said on Monday.Patrick
readAfrican leaders slam West on democracy
19-08-2004
GRANDE BAIE, Mauritius - Southern African leaders rounded on Western powers on Monday, backing Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and saying Africans were tired of preaching from countries who denied them
readShi'ite militia given hours to surrender
19-08-2004
NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq's defence minister gave Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf hours to surrender yesterday, warning that troops were preparing for a major assault to "teach them a lesson
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