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35 Articles found on Monday, 30 August 2004
SA upholds move to cut drug prices
30-08-2004
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's high court on Friday dismissed a challenge to the country's new drug pricing regulations, which are aimed at bringing down medicine prices in Africa's biggest drug
readSMEs to showcase wares at Otjiwarongo annual show
30-08-2004
SIX Otjiwarongo based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) owned by previously- disadvantaged Namibians will for the first time display their products at the north-central town's annual show from the
readPoor nations face debt woes as populations age, says IMF
30-08-2004
JACKSON HOLE - The problems that rich nations face in preparing for a surge of older citizens pale beside those of poorer countries that carry big debts, a senior International Monetary Fund official
readSenate approves claim on Shell
30-08-2004
LAGOS - Nigeria's Senate has passed a resolution asking Shell's Nigerian unit to pay a US$1,5 billion (N$9,9 billion) compensation to oilfield communities for environmental pollution, a Senate
readKenya shilling rises on bank intervention
30-08-2004
NAIROBI - The Kenya shilling rose sharply against the US dollar on Thursday after the central bank sold the greenback to reverse a rapid depreciation by the local currency, traders said.The shilling
readNyamu urges more support for Ongwediva trade fair
30-08-2004
THE Minister of Trade and Industry Jesaya Nyamu said at the weekend that exposure was the best form of gaining knowledge and experience.Nyamu who was speaking at the official opening of the 5th
readElectrifying Lindiwe takes Project Fame honours
30-08-2004
SHE was dubbed the African diva by fellow contestants and last night she proved why.In a close final, 25-year-old Zambian Lindiwe Allamu won M-Net's Project Fame at the Pyramid in Johannesburg. From
readFarewell to Fredericks the Great
30-08-2004
ATHENS - For a man who has given so much to athletics both on an off the track, Frank Fredericks deserved a more fitting farewell.The booing and chanting that delayed the start of the Olympic 200
readHerero headdresses light up mercenary hearing
30-08-2004
WOMEN wearing Herero attire ululated with joy at a maximum security prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Friday after their husbands were acquitted on firearms charges and of conspiring to overthrow the
readNored board faces legality challenge
30-08-2004
LAWYERS acting for the suspended Managing Director of Nored, the electricity company in northern Namibia, Martin Heita, are challenging the legality of the firm's board of directors.The lawyers argue
readFair offers 'gateway to many possibilities'
30-08-2004
ONGWEDIVA - The Ongwediva annual trade fair can serve as a showcase for the trading network among the business community, said Ongwediva Town Councillor Erastus Uutoni during the official opening of
readGurirab honoured
30-08-2004
PRIME Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab was on Thursday conferred with the Order of the Sun First Class by President Sam Nujoma for his "heroic deeds and bravery" in the service of Namibia and its people.He
readBroken conversations
30-08-2004
A VELD fire at Otavi brought down the telecommunications system on Thursday, cutting off the entire northern Namibia from any telephone or cell-phone connections for the entire day.Telecom's Sacky
readClothing store in CBD robbed in broad daylight
30-08-2004
FIVE men armed with pistols caused mayhem in a shop along Independence Avenue in the centre of Windhoek on Friday, when they robbed the clothing store in broad daylight.Soon after the robbery the men
readWeekend rape
30-08-2004
Police at Rehoboth arrested a 44-year-old man on Friday after he tried to rape a 79-year-old woman by sneaking into her room.The man was arrested after the granny screamed for help and people came to
readBoys die in bike crash
30-08-2004
A HEAD-ON collision between a motorcycle and a bakkie in Klein Windhoek on Tuesday evening has claimed two young lives.The Police announced in their daily crime bulletin on Friday that a case of
readDTA appeals to parties to unite
30-08-2004
THE opposition Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) this weekend sent out an SOS - a call to other opposition parties to unite in an effort to unseat Swapo in November.The beleaguered opposition group
readPermanent shrine for struggle heroes
30-08-2004
PEOPLE from across Namibia and from neighbouring Angola gathered at Omugulugombashe in the North on Thursday to commemorate the day on which the first shots were fired in Namibia's liberation struggle
readSwapo youth leaders to appear before DC
30-08-2004
TWO suspended top leaders of the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) in the Omaheke Region are due to appear before a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday, The Namibian has established.The Namibian is in
readNujoma escort car kills pedestrian
30-08-2004
POLICE at Oshakati are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a female pedestrian was hit and killed by a Presidential escort vehicle at Oneshila on the Oshakati-Ongwediva main road.The
readGerman Social Democrats reject calls for Herero reparations
30-08-2004
GERMANY'S Social Democratic Party (SPD) says it fully supports the apology recently delivered by Minister Heidi Wieczorek-Zeul to the Herero people, but has dismissed demands for
readBail bid stumble for Chinese 'crime kingpin' suspect
30-08-2004
A BID to get a bail application off the ground for a Chinese man, facing allegations of being a central figure in organised crime in Namibia's Chinese community, stumbled to a halt in the Windhoek
readFrom the Sidelines with Corry Ihuhua
30-08-2004
EVEN if Frank Fredericks reckons that he has not yet retired from running, the legendary Namibian will still remain one of the greatest athletes that has ever emerged from the African
readJust look who has a real potty mouth...
30-08-2004
AMSTERDAM - The citizens of Amsterdam may now take counsel of talking toilets that expound on the perils of smoking or the futility of war and berate them on hygiene and cleanliness.The first such
readSexually frustrated Chinese chimp takes up smoking
30-08-2004
BEIJING - Sexual frustration has turned a Chinese chimpanzee from a mild-mannered simian into a problem primate who smokes cigarettes and spits at visitors, the Xinhua news agency said
readWheels of hope get Indian villagers on Internet
30-08-2004
BITHOOR - For 12-year-old Anju Sharma, hope for a better life arrives in her poor farming village three days a week on a bicycle rickshaw that carries a computer with a high-speed, wireless Internet
readGuatemalans face up to racist history
30-08-2004
GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan Indians make up more than half of Guatemala's population but wealthy schoolgirl Maria Jose Soto knows only one - her maid.Soto (17) visited a new exhibition in Guatemala City
readScientists say risk of water wars is rising
30-08-2004
STOCKHOLM - The risk of wars being fought over water is rising because of explosive global population growth and widespread complacency, scientists said on Friday."We have had oil wars," said
readAfghan school blast kills at least 10
30-08-2004
KABUL - At least nine children and one adult were killed when a blast ripped through a school in the southeastern Afghan province of Paktia, a US military spokesperson said yesterday.While the cause
readKenyan minister dies during Deutsche Welle interview
30-08-2004
NAIROBI - Kenya's tourism and wildlife minister Emmanuel Karisa Maitha has died of a heart attack during a press interview in Germany, reports said on Friday.After Maitha collapsed during an interview
readFierce clashes in northern Iraq
30-08-2004
MOSUL - Insurgents armed with rocket propelled grenades fought fierce clashes with US soldiers in northern Iraq yesterday that wounded more than 30 Iraqi civilians caught in the crossfire, police and
readMilosevic to launch defence
30-08-2004
AMSTERDAM - Slobodan Milosevic is set to launch his much-delayed defence tomorrow as judges grapple with how to make sure the landmark war crimes trial of the former Yugoslav president is completed
readIsraelis fear fallout from Pentagon spy probe
30-08-2004
JERUSALEM - Israel's image in the United States may be tarnished and relations with its main ally suffer even if suspicions a Pentagon analyst gave secrets to the Jewish state prove false, Israeli
readSudan dismisses UN ultimatum
30-08-2004
ABUJA - Sudan's government has defiantly dismissed a United Nations deadline for it to disarm its proxy militia in the Darfur region, insisting it would resolve the conflict there through ongoing
readMugabe accuses Blair and Bush govts of trying to topple him
30-08-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe vowed yesterday he would never retreat in the face of what he called US and British government attempts to oust him.In a speech to thousands of mourners at
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