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29 Articles found on Tuesday, 21 December 2004
Communal areas 'need to join capitalist world'
21-12-2004
THE economy of the former Owamboland will only change for the better if certain conditions are met, Higher Education and Employment Creation Minister Nahas Angula said last week.These requirements, he
readSouth African court sets aside drug pricing rules
21-12-2004
BLOEMFONTEIN - South Africa's appeals court yesterday set aside new medicine pricing rules aimed at cutting drug costs in Africa's largest market, pending an appeal by pharmacists who say they are
readSA gets confidence boost
21-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's leading composite business cycle indicator rose again in October, the central bank said yesterday, suggesting sustained strong economic growth for at least the next six
readOils prices ease
21-12-2004
OIL prices fell on profit taking yesterday following Friday's meteoric gains which took US oil futures back up over 46 dollars a barrel, traders said.New York's main oil contract, light sweet crude
readFirstRand BEE deal okayed
21-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group FirstRand said yesterday funding had been secured for a black economic empowerment deal expected to be implemented in the first quarter of 2005.The deal,
readGeneral tips from Police
21-12-2004
What to do when involved in an accident:* Stop the vehicle immediately * Ascertain the nature and extend of injuries or damage * Render assistance to injured person(s) as far as you are capable *
readParking lot out of bounds this New Year's
21-12-2004
WINDHOEK - The public New Year's Eve celebrations will be held at the Windhoek Show Grounds and not on the Gustav Voigts parking lot as in the past.The City's Acting Traffic Officer, Adam Eiseb, said
readUS volunteers sworn in
21-12-2004
THE US government continues to assist Namibia's efforts in meeting its needs for a trained and qualified workforce.On Friday, 53 new US Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in by US Ambassador Joyce Barr
readVisitors to Avis Dam to pay security levy
21-12-2004
VISITORS to Avis Dam on the outskirts of Windhoek will have to pay a levy towards the security of the area from January.Greenspace, which took over the security of the dam early this year, has
readCampsites in Caprivi and at Mile 14 shut
21-12-2004
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has announced that the Khaudum and Sikereti camping sites in the Caprivi Region have been closed with immediate effect.The Ministry of Environment and Tourism decided to
readEmergency services at coast gear up for holiday carnage
21-12-2004
EMERGENCY rescue services have been expanded and strengthened for the annual influx of thousands of holidaymakers to the coast for the festive season.International SOS in Erongo will again run its
readDisabled remain marginalised
21-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and governments in the region have been urged to devise new measures to assist the disabled.A new report,
readTo the rescue
21-12-2004
After The Namibian published a photograph of a boerboel mother and her four puppies last week, the SPCA has been overwhelmed with phone calls from people wanting to adopt the dogs.Seven other pups
readBody found
21-12-2004
THE body of an unidentified woman was found floating in the Kavango River near the Simasitu River lodge on Wednesday, the Police reported in their crime bulletin.She is estimated to be between 19 and
readErongo roads claim first holiday victim
21-12-2004
THE first fatality of the holiday season in the Erongo Region occurred on Sunday afternoon.A family from Boksburg in South Africa were on their way to Windhoek. They travelled in a double-cab bakkie
readPolice shoot prison escapee
21-12-2004
THE Otjiwarongo Police shot and killed a trial-awaiting prisoner on Thursday after he and three others escaped from Police custody.According the Police crime bulletin, the men were chased by the
readManagement school in 'a spot of financial bother'
21-12-2004
THE Chairman of the International University of Management (IUM), David Namwandi, has attempted to play down suggestions that the institution is in a financial bind.Two weeks ago, The Namibian
readLawyer fighting for professional life
21-12-2004
AN Oshakati-based lawyer, Slysken Makando, took a fight for his professional survival to the High Court in Windhoek on Friday with an urgent application to stop a move by the Law Society of Namibia to
readGuns just too expensive
21-12-2004
ONLY 11 plots were sold at the much-advertised auction for the new coastal development called Namib Eco Village at Guns just north of Walvis Bay yesterday.The auction was criticised last week, as the
readRamatex to clean up act
21-12-2004
CHANGES to the tune of N$12 million are to be made to the state-of-the-art recycling plant at the Ramatex Textile Factory to put a stop to the pollution of the City's water sources.It follows growing
readSunday, bloody Sunday
21-12-2004
NAJAF - Iraqi Shi'ite leaders braced yesterday for greater violence but vowed to push ahead with elections in January after twin car bombs claimed the lives of 66 people in the pilgrimage cities of
readRenegade troops gain ground in the east of DRC
21-12-2004
KINSHASA - Renegade soldiers have gained ground in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, taking control of two more villages during clashes with government troops, United Nations officials said
readPure poison used on politician
21-12-2004
LONDON - Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with pure TCDD, one of the most toxic chemicals, the scientist analysing his blood said.The tests, confirmed by three separate
readCops halt Lusaka demonstration
21-12-2004
LUSAKA - Zambian police detained dozens of protesters yesterday at a banned demonstration to demand a new constitution before the country holds its next elections in 2006.A Reuters correspondent saw
readBrenda died after smoking crack
21-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The inquest into the cause of South African pop diva Brenda Fassie's death earlier this year was finalised in the Randburg Magistrate's Court last week, Afrikaans newspaper Beeld
readInfant cut from mother's womb
21-12-2004
MELVERN, Kansas - A woman charged with killing an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb was showing the child off to people at a cafe and to her pastor hours before she was arrested,
readThe World In Brief
21-12-2004
* REVENGE - Hamas chief Mahmud Zahar threatened yesterday to avenge a deadly weekend raid in the movement's Gaza stronghold with attacks inside Israel and poured cold water on calls for a
readAfrican drums give rhythm to corporate training
21-12-2004
PARIS - African drums, for centuries a means of communicating a birth to a nearby village, celebrating a wedding or part of the grieving ritual at funerals, have found a new role - corporate
readBeads and blessings
21-12-2004
WHEN celebrities like soccer ace David Beckham and pop star Britney Spears start draping themselves in rosaries, you know that prayer beads have acquired a new cachet.
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