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37 Articles found on Tuesday, 31 August 2004
Bad Print Quality
31-08-2004
AS usual I parted ways with my $2.00 as has become a norm to buy my copy of the people's newspaper Friday morning from the vendor who supplies me each day.Being male I would always start my paper from
readTake Responsibility, Don't Blame Whites
31-08-2004
IN response to the "Black Empowerment" and "Apartheid" issues raised in the August 27th edition: I'm getting fed-up with people beating the black empowerment and apartheid drum fifteen years after
readAre Only Black People Heroes?
31-08-2004
I AM a black Namibian and would like to know/hear more about the Heroes Acre.I have two questions to ask: The first question is: which heroes should be buried in the Heroes Acre? The 2nd question is:
readThe Value Of African Lives
31-08-2004
WITNESSING the carnage and unnecessary loss of lives in Darfur one cannot help but wonder if the life of an African citizen has any value at all.Whereas life is respected in other parts of the world,
readOn The Business Of Water
31-08-2004
ON the 23rd of this month I attended a three-hour public workshop organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Windhoek.The topic for discussion was: Water supply in Namibia and the concept of full
readHamutenya offers business advice
31-08-2004
ONGWEDIVA - A ruling party member of the National Assembly declared at the weekend that he was available and at the disposal of small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) who are seeking business
readOil edges up on Iraq exports woes
31-08-2004
LONDON - US oil prices rose yesterday as Iraq's oil exports continued at more than 30 per cent below normal after sabotage attacks on pipelines.U.S. light crude climbed 29 cents to US$43,47 (N$287) a
readSA rand holds weaker
31-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand was weaker yesterday as the dollar held gains against key currencies, with analysts predicting further easing if the unit breaks through 6,79/dollar level.At 0620
readAussie miner Gwalia faces bankruptcy
31-08-2004
SYDNEY - Australian miner Sons of Gwalia Ltd. said yesterday it was facing bankruptcy after discovering its mines might not have enough gold to pay back loans.The company, one of Australia's oldest
readSADC members seek to harmonise management of Zambezi water resources
31-08-2004
THE Zambezi Watercourse Commission agreement, a project meant to harness and harmonise the management and development of the water resources of the mighty Zambezi River, was signed recently by eight
readYouths in North die after drinking home brew
31-08-2004
POLICE at Outapi, in the Omusati Region, are probing the death of two brothers who lost their lives after drinking a traditional home brew, omalovu, on Thursday.Six other villagers were admitted to
readNearly N$400 000 feared stolen in city heist
31-08-2004
A SECURITY company employee was arrested in Windhoek yesterday after a cash-in-transit vehicle he was driving was reported stolen from a shopping centre in the city.The vehicle, belonging to
readCEO merry-go-round continues at Agribank
31-08-2004
THE Agribank Board has been ordered to appoint Deputy Minister of Lands Isak Katali as acting Chief Executive Officer of the parastatal, further prolonging the search for its main administrator.Katali
readSeppy, Slamming Tongues to perform in city this week
31-08-2004
IN The Weekender on Friday, August 27, a story on Seppy Slam incorrectly stated that he would perform in October.In fact the Bank Windhoek Arts Festival starts on Wednesday [tomorrow] with a
readKaribib power cut
31-08-2004
RESIDENTS at Karibib have been asked to take note that the town will be without electricity from 07h00 today.NamPower announced late yesterday that it would cut Karibib's power supply.
readWelcome gesture
31-08-2004
THE Novel motor company has donated a Land Rover to the Harnas Wildlife Foundation.It will be used for the Medical Outreach Project of the San community at Epukiro. Another use will be rescuing
readInitiative of hope
31-08-2004
TWICE a week about 13 children from the Okahandja Park informal settlement are transported to the Children's Hope Initiative Project (CHP) in town where they receive informal education.These children
readAnd the show went on
31-08-2004
ABOUT 3 500 people flocked to Keetmanshoop's Industrial and Agriculture Show 2004, the second biggest in the country, when it opened its doors to the public on Wednesday.The three-day show, which was
readShortage of doctors takes centre stage
31-08-2004
THERE is a severe shortage of qualified medical doctors in Namibia, says the Director of Medical Services in the Erongo Region, Lizzy Lottering.Speaking at the opening of the 26th Namibian Medical
readNamibian Police follow up on more violent incidents
31-08-2004
POLICE are investigating a string of violent incidents, including two murders and three rapes, which have been reported last week.A 33-year-old man has been taken into custody at Du Plessis in the
readMother, child reported missing
31-08-2004
A 23-year-old mother, Lichain Penqii Zaaruka, and her baby, Ngatugandj Nadian Zaaruka (4), went missing in Windhoek on Saturday, the Police have reported.According to the Police Public Relations and
readSwakop Council moves to restore jetty
31-08-2004
THE process of renovating the Swakopmund jetty was set in motion last week when Council resolved to call for tenders for the repair of the first half of this famous landmark.The ageing jetty has been
readThe DTA is here to stay, says Venaani
31-08-2004
THE DTA has dismissed suggestions that it is headed for a demise.The opposition party's Secretary General, McHenry Venaani, said yesterday that a report in The Namibian suggesting that the defection
read'Arrogant' criminals rob Chelsea Fashions
31-08-2004
ROBBERS who stole thousands of dollars from a shop on Independence Avenue in the centre of Windhoek in broad daylight on Friday strolled out of the store in a leisurely fashion with their ill-gotten
readAnother film being shot at various locations in Namibia
31-08-2004
IT'S action time again in the sand dunes at the central coast where yet another movie is being made by an Academy Award nominee filmmaker.Work on the feature film 'The Trail', which is co-written and
readJustice system needs some serious work, says PG
31-08-2004
WIDESPREAD concerns over Namibia's often snail-paced criminal justice system are shared in one important office at least:that of Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa.In an interview with The Namibian last
readAnother key member of Bob Green's gang dies
31-08-2004
AN empty place in the dock in the Windhoek Regional Court silently spoke volumes about history repeating itself yesterday.The empty space was where robbery suspect Petrus Mutukuta - a former Policeman
readEshete quits at Dynamos
31-08-2004
FORMER Civics and African Stars coach, Anteneh Eshete, resigned as coach of South African Premier League side Dynamos last week, but refused to give reasons for quitting.Eshete confirmed to the The
readNam cricketers look to ICC Trophy
31-08-2004
NAMIBIA'S senior cricket side intends to prepare itself well for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Trophy billed for Ireland early next year, with matches starting next month.Namibia will be
readMan held after headless ride
31-08-2004
ATLANTA - A Georgia man who drove home with a friend's headless body after a truck accident then went to bed while the remains dangled out the window faces charges including vehicular homicide and
readFlood kills 35
31-08-2004
MANILA, Philippines Vast areas of the northern Philippines remained under water as the death toll from a week of heavy monsoon rains rose to 35, disaster relief officials said yesterday.At least six
readBear breaks out of Berlin zoo
31-08-2004
BERLIN - An Andean spectacled bear escaped from its enclosure in Berlin zoo and roamed around a children's playground - the second breakout since June, when a gorilla leapt over its fence, the zoo's
readIraq hostage crisis unites France on law
31-08-2004
PARIS - French critics and defenders of a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law yesterday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two French journalists hostage
readBush-bashing in New York
31-08-2004
NEW YORK - They carried fake flag-draped coffins and fly swatters with US president George W Bush's image.They chanted slogans like "Four more months" and "No more years." They accused the White House
readNigerian troops leave for Darfur
31-08-2004
ABUJA - Nigerian troops left for Sudan's Darfur province yesetrday as part of an African Union force mandated for the conflict-torn region, military officials said.A company of around 150 troops left
readSA 'mercs' questioned on return
31-08-2004
CAPE TOWN - Less than 48 hours after returning home, two South Africans acquitted by a Zimbabwe court of weapons charges related to an alleged coup plot in Equatorial Guinea were being questioned by
readAfghan capital tense after bombing
31-08-2004
KABUL - A heavy security clampdown was enforced yesterday in the Afghan capital after the bombing of a US firm left at least nine people dead, including three Americans, and raised new fears about
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