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37 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 August 2004
Pillar To Post
03-08-2004
EVER had trouble trying to find the right person in a large organisation and be sent from pillar to post? I had a chuckle this week, looking for some telephone numbers for the City of Windhoek in the
readTime To Forget The Past And Get On With The Future
03-08-2004
THANK you for allowing me space in your well-read newspaper although it receives critical comments from the ruling party members.Keep it up because you did not start your paper after independence but
readPastors And The Poor
03-08-2004
I HAVE a serious problem with the way our pastors and elders of the Lutheran Churches are treating the family members during the burial time of our loved ones.Firstly they will check if whether the
readGood Language Necessary For Success In The IT Age
03-08-2004
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to comment on information technology and the knowledge economy, which some citizens are so excited about without realizing that the very same technology coupled with
readAngola to resume crackdown on suspected diamond traffickers
03-08-2004
LUANDA - Angolan police plan to resume a crackdown on suspected diamond and other traffickers that led to the expulsion of some 120 000 Congolese and 35 000 west Africans, a senior police official
readUS investment firm Brandes ups Volkswagen stake to 10,7 per cent
03-08-2004
FRANKFURT - US-based asset manager Brandes Investment Partners LLC has increased its voting stake in Volkswagen to 10,65 per cent, becoming the German carmaker's second-biggest investor, Volkswagen
readWorld Bank gives Tanzania US$150m to fight poverty
03-08-2004
DAR ES SALAAM - The World Bank said yesterday that it had given Tanzania a total of US$150 million (N$900 million) in both a loan and a grant to support the east African country's budget and help
readOil hits fresh record high near US$44
03-08-2004
LONDON - US oil prices struck a new record peak yesterday, climbing close to US$44 (N$264) a barrel after the United States raised its security alert to high for a possible al Qaeda attack on a top
readZambia exports maize to Zim
03-08-2004
LUSAKA - Zambia's state Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has exported 28 000 tonnes of white maize to Zimbabwe and will soon export an additional 54 400 tonnes to southern African countries, a senior
readBots extends Jwaneng diamond licence
03-08-2004
GABORONE - Botswana has extended to the end of the year a 25-year licence for its Jwaneng diamond mine, which is operated by a joint-venture between De Beers and the government, a senior official said
readNigeria trade mission in Namibia
03-08-2004
A Nigerian delegation comprising 23 members and two cabinet ministers is in the country on a five-day mission to promote cassava and other Nigerian products.The trade mission is led by the Nigerian
readWork on Namibia, Zambia power line to commence this month
03-08-2004
CONSTRUCTION work on the US$12 million (about N$72 million) joint power transmission line between Katima Mulilo and the Victoria Falls, in Zambia, will start within the next three weeks.The project,
readSwapo agrees to take up Deputy Mayor posts at Usakos, Karibib
03-08-2004
SWAPO Councillors at Karibib and Usakos have finally agreed to take up the position of Deputy Mayor at both towns.This followed an intervention by the Minister of Regional and Local Government and
readPregnant woman raped
03-08-2004
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by the Grootfontein Police in connection with the rape of a 26-year-old pregnant women, the Police reported yesterday.He was one of two suspects who allegedly raped
readMaritime Court reserves ruling on MFV Meob Bay sea disaster
03-08-2004
A MARINE Court of Enquiry into Namibia's deadliest sea disaster, the sinking of the the MFV Meob Bay in June 2002, reserved its judgement at the weekend on the question whether the doomed vessel's
readDe Beers Marine employee nabbed in diamond bust
03-08-2004
AN employee of De Beers Marine Namibia was released on bail of N$25 000 yesterday after appearing in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on diamond theft charges, the Police reported yesterday.Amos
readD-Day looms at Katima
03-08-2004
THE Katima Mulilo Town Council has been given an ultimatum by bulk water supplier NamWater:make a pre-payment for water or go without.Corporate Communications Manager Johannes Shigweda told The
readNamibia faces surge in organised crime
03-08-2004
THE face of crime in Namibia is changing - shifting from being typically violent crime by individuals to an upsurge in transnational organised crime.The Police revealed yesterday that over the past
readMotor fund on the skids
03-08-2004
THE Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) fund faces an accumulation of operational losses, administrative losses and an "actuarial deficit" of nearly N$520 million, driven by inadequate funding and fraud.In
readPupils sing the blues
03-08-2004
OTJINENE - Six pupils travelling in the Augustineum Secondary School's minibus sustained minor injuries when the vehicle overturned on Friday night.The accident happened near Okatuapaka Farm on the
readMiss Palm Beach given 'last chance' at Mole
03-08-2004
THE venue for one of the most popular events staged during the Christmas holiday at the coast, Miss Palm Beach, will remain at the Mole this year.Permission was granted to the Junior Town Council by
readGovt paper goes daily
03-08-2004
GOVERNMENT'S bi-weekly New Era newspaper went daily yesterday amid questions about its financial viability and the possible burden on the taxpayer.The Chief Executive Officer of the New Era
readDRC layout plan nixed
03-08-2004
THE Townships Board has now twice rejected plans for the layout of Swakopmund's informal settlement area, the DRC.In a letter to Council, Erastus Negonga, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
readHyena's future no laughing matter
03-08-2004
THE Commercial Bank of Namibia, through its Go Green Fund, is supporting the Brown Hyena Research Project at Luederitz.The brown hyena is one of Africa's large carnivores. They occur in Angola,
readRising from the ashes
03-08-2004
WORK on the Woermann Brock Supermarket in Swakopmund's town centre has started after it was destroyed by fire on June 11.It took more than two hours to bring the blaze, which started when the door of
readLand in Kavango allocated for Green Scheme
03-08-2004
A PIECE of land in the Kavango Region, formerly used by the Development Brigade Corporation (DBC) and the Ministry of Defence, will be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture for use by the Green
readUlenga accuses Swapo of 'undemocratic' tendencies
03-08-2004
CONGRESS of Democrats President Ben Ulenga ran the risk of evoking shades of Fidel Castro when he delivered his opening statement to the second national congress of the party on Saturday.Ulenga
readMan gets 20 years for rape of girl aged four
03-08-2004
ONGWEDIVA - A 19-year-old man from Omena-Etegameno village in the Ondonga traditional district was sent to prison for 20 years after the regional court at Ondangwa convicted him on a charge of rape on
readNC back in business
03-08-2004
AFTER six weeks in recess the National Council resumed business for a few minutes yesterday.Most of the seats in the chamber were empty and the House adjourned until today. The NC is expected to begin
readVintage nuclear particles collect in Japanese bay
03-08-2004
TOKYO - Radioactive plutonium particles from US nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific some 50 years ago have been detected for the first time in Japanese waters, researchers said yesterday.The
readThree rape suspects necklaced in South Africa
03-08-2004
Three men were necklaced in Jeffreys Bay in the Cape Province on Sunday night by a group of people who accused them of raping a young girl, Eastern Cape police said yesterday.The three men were at a
readDrug sniffer dog ODs
03-08-2004
LONDON - A police sniffer dog died of a suspected overdose while out hunting for drugs, British police said yesterday.Todd, a seven-year-old Springer spaniel, had been looking for drugs in a field and
readFlorida chicken hunter quits
03-08-2004
KEY WEST, Florida - The man hired to rid this resort city of its prolific and unabashed chickens quit his post, saying city leaders were not committed to the cause.In January, Key West officials
readPolice patrols in Washington, New York
03-08-2004
WASHINGTON - New York and Washington police were conducting extra patrols yesterday around major financial institutions following "alarming" intelligence of an al Qaeda plot to use car bombs to attack
readSudan's army calls UN resolution 'declaration of war'
03-08-2004
KHARTOUM - Sudan's army has vowed to fight any foreign military intervention in Darfur, even after the government reluctantly accepted a UN demand to end the killing and atrocities in the troubled
readSupermarket fire kills at least 300 in Paraguay
03-08-2004
At least 300 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a deadly fire raced through a shopping centre on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital early Sunday, police said.Security personnel
readMuslim leaders condemn al Qaeda church bombs
03-08-2004
BAGHDAD - Iraq's government blamed al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi yesterday for a series of church bombings that killed at least 11 people, saying the aim was to spark religious strife and drive
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