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21 Articles found on Wednesday, 15 December 2004
Hungry season looms for region
15-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Southern African countries need to step up food imports to stop hunger spreading early next year as 2004 harvests are exhausted and prices rise, famine monitor FEWS NET said
readRand trends firmer
15-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand inched firmer yesterday, despite an up tick in the dollar, and analysts saw the unit strengthen below 5,70/dollar during the week if US current account deficit data
readOil prices hold their gains
15-12-2004
SINGAPORE - Oil prices extended gains above US$41 a barrel yesterday on forecasts of colder temperatures in the US Northeast, a supply cut by top Opec producer Saudi Arabia and disruptions to Iraqi
readInflation in Zim slows to 149,3%
15-12-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe's inflation rate slowed to 149,3 per cent in the year to November, compared to 209 per cent in October, figures from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) showed yesterday.It was the
readWine woes
15-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Dry weather and a possible heat wave will limit South Africa's 2005 wine grape harvest, likely making it some 1,7 per cent smaller than the 2004 crop, an industry body said
readCrime prevention:
15-12-2004
Some general tips ...* Never walk alone after dark * Never carry a lot of money or jewellery with you * Never talk to strangers * Always lock your doors, even when you are at home * Be sure you
readSend an SOS
15-12-2004
THE emergency rescue operation International SOS in the Erongo Region will again run its West Coast Safety Initiative this year to help make the region the preferred safe holiday destination.The
readNew shopping centre opened at Ondangwa
15-12-2004
OSHANA Governor Clemens Kashuupulwa has called on people employed by shops in the newly opened Olunkono Centre in Ondangwa not to steal from their employers.Kashuupulwa said theft by shop staff was
readNamibia told prisons need hi-tech security
15-12-2004
WINDHOEK - A visiting Spanish prisons expert, Jordi Benegas, has recommended that the Ministry of Prisons and Correctional Services be provided with modern equipment to reduce the number of
readHereford Taxi Rank closes
15-12-2004
TAXIS, long-distance commuters and hawkers will use the Hereford Taxi Rank near the new soccer stadium in Katutura for the last time today.As from tomorrow, they will be expected to operate from a
readHavana, Okahandja Park squatters to be relocated
15-12-2004
PLANS to relocate residents from informal settlements of Okahandja Park and Havana, to Otjomuise Extension Eight and Nine, are among the top items on the City of Windhoek's 2005 agenda.Windhoek Public
readNYC official quits, cites victimisation
15-12-2004
A long-standing leader of the National Youth Council, Maleachi Ilonga, has resigned, citing differences with the head of the youth organisation.Ilonga, head of the networking desk until last week,
read'Sex abuse becoming chronic'
15-12-2004
NAMIBIA must investigate ways of imposing the harshest sentences possible on men who have sex with toddlers, says Women's Affairs and Child Welfare Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah."I want our courts
readLast chance for commercial farmers
15-12-2004
RELUCTANCE by some commercial farmers to furnish the Ministry of Lands with their mailing addresses remains the only obstacle in the implementation of the land tax, according to a senior Government
readShack dwellers demand power
15-12-2004
WOMEN from the DRC informal settlement at Swakopmund yesterday carried burning candles in a peaceful protest march to the Municipality in memory of the mother and two toddlers who died on Saturday
readGuns auction jumps the gun
15-12-2004
THE advertising of the public auction of plots for a coastal development at Guns just north of Walvis Bay has been questioned, as the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has not yet issued a clearance
readCourt raps Police chief over knuckles for cop's transfer
15-12-2004
THE Inspector-General of the Namibian Police's decision to transfer a long-serving Police Inspector from Windhoek to Gobabis on two working days' notice two years ago was declared invalid and
readRunaway salt truck kills man
15-12-2004
A RUNAWAY truck carrying four people and 34 tons of table salt screamed through the streets of Usakos on Monday at high speed before it burst into the old station building, cutting it into two.The
readAnother top RA manager axed
15-12-2004
THE Roads Authority's board of directors yesterday fired the General Manager of the parastatal in a move that completes the beheading of the organisation following the dismissal of three most senior
readBarden Motors shuts
15-12-2004
THE curtains have come down on what was to be a flagship of Namibia's industrialisation.Barden International, the company that brought the Chevrolet and Michael Jackson to independent Namibia,
readPeople of Huambograpple with trauma of Angola war
15-12-2004
HUAMBO - Luciano Chitembo is happy.He has just got a job in Huambo's only functioning hotel. "I was a soldier. After the conflict I was unemployed," said Chitembo, standing at the door of the
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