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28 Articles found on Thursday, 23 December 2004
GENDER SCORECARD 2004
23-12-2004
2004 marked the first celebration of Namibian Women's Day on 10 December, causing some men to complain because there is no Namibian Men's Day.Get with the picture, guys - there is no need for a men's
readAn Undeniable Disappointment
23-12-2004
THERE appear to be attempts to play down the disappointing countrywide Grade 10 full-time results announced by the Directorate of National Examinations and Assessment this week.It cannot be denied
readZimbabwe seeks capital infusion
23-12-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe on Tuesday appealed to local private and foreign investors to help fund some US$4 billion in infrastructure projects starting next year, saying it did not have the money to go it
readMicrosoft loses out
23-12-2004
BRUSSELS - The European Commission yesterday welcomed a European Union court order rejecting Microsoft Corp's appeal to suspend EU sanctions saying it upheld the effectiveness of EU antitrust
readInflation in SA on up
23-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's targeted inflation rate accelerated in the year to November, racing past market expectations, but analysts still remained divided over the interest rate outlook.The CPIX
read14 escape from Keetmans holding cells
23-12-2004
FOURTEEN trial-awaiting prisoners escaped from the Keetmanshoop holding cells on Monday after they overpowered the Police officer on duty.Police Chief Inspector Nicky Nampala told The Namibian that
readOukwanyama headman dies
23-12-2004
ONGWEDIVA - The Oukwanyama Traditional Authority has lost one of its key leaders in a car accident that occurred at Omafo village in the Ohangwena Region on Monday.The authority's spokesperson,
read2004 The Year in Review
23-12-2004
JANUARY * The plight of many single parents is set to get easier in 2004 as the new Maintenance Act has become law.* A Namibian company accused of selling fake AIDS medicines in West Africa has no
readKilled by crocodile
23-12-2004
THE Rundu Police have opened an inquest into the death of a 12-year-old boy believed to have been attacked by a crocodile.Petrus Kambinda was last seen swimming in the river with friends near Kambumbu
readSupreme Court settles law on termination vs dismissal
23-12-2004
A HIGH COURT judgement that last year gave an interpretation to the Labour Act that would give greater legal protection to dismissed workers, has been confirmed on appeal by the Supreme Court.As often
readFarmers dreaming of wet Christmas
23-12-2004
CHANCES of a wet Christmas are very slim, as the country is experiencing a high pressure system characterised by dry air, the Windhoek Weather Bureau says.Weatherman Simon Dirkse told The Namibian
readNTN cash flow problems 'not new'
23-12-2004
THE National Theatre of Namibia (NTN) is nearly N$1 million in the red, amid reports that N$200 000 in loans and repayments have exchanged hands between the non-profit company and its General
readOshakati lawyer adrift in fight to save practice
23-12-2004
AN urgent High Court application in which Oshakati-based lawyer Slysken Makando was trying to save his law firm from effectively being closed down by the Law Society of Namibia was postponed to an
readMan shot, hidden in vehicle
23-12-2004
THE body of a 24-year-old man has been discovered in the bushes at Okahandja Park.The Police Public Relations division reports that Willieheikie Hafino was shot and the body concealed in the boot of
readECN appeals poll paper judgement
23-12-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia is appealing against the High Court ruling that last week gave two opposition parties access to a host of documentation on last month's National Assembly en
readTransNamib sacks financial 'mastermind'
23-12-2004
ONE of TransNamib Holdings' senior managers, who refused to distance himself from allegations of nepotism levelled against the transport parastatal's Chief Executive Officer, has been dismissed with
readAnnan says not quitting
23-12-2004
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Tuesday that he had no intention of stepping down over allegations of corruption in the Iraqi oil-for-food programme.At a year-end
readNamibia 'just the patsy' in shady oil deals
23-12-2004
NAMIBIA was used by two Kenyan nationals to obtain secret oil vouchers from deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to bypass United Nations sanctions and enter into shady oil deals.The Millennium Trading
read2005 EU fish quotas cut to save depleted species
23-12-2004
BRUSSELS - The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005 national fish catches on Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut fishing grounds in favour of more limits on the time trawlers can hunt for depleted species
readBare bellies press president's buttons
23-12-2004
JAKARTA - Extremist violence and corruption are key problems facing Indonesia's new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono -- but so, it seems, are women's belly buttons.For the second time in as many
readKeeper of freedom flame dies
23-12-2004
GUWAHATI, India - A poor man in eastern India who fed a flame of hay for over five decades to mark the 1947 independence of India from the British died in his thatched hut on Tuesday, relatives
readLatest Harry Potter book topping demand list
23-12-2004
LONDON - The latest instalment in the Harry Potter series won't hit stores for more than six months but it has already topped at least one bookseller's most wanted list and is racking up thousands of
readThe World In Brief
23-12-2004
* FREEDOM FETED - French President Jacques Chirac yesterday hailed the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, and vowed his country would continue to fight "terrorism". Christian
readDisasters in 2004 killed 21 000 people
23-12-2004
GENEVA - Natural and manmade disasters this year claimed more than 21 000 lives worldwide and economic losses of US$105 billion, Swiss Reinsurance Co. said last week.Property insurance companies face
readBush says he won't 'negotiate with himself'
23-12-2004
WASHINGTON - In Washington, there are plenty of ways to say "no comment", but US President George W Bush offered his own formulation, after he refused to "negotiate with myself in public".Bush used
readImpotence pill stick-up
23-12-2004
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Six pistol-toting Brazilian men appeared to have more than cash on their minds when they robbed a drug store in Rio de Janeiro."They specifically demanded that we give them
readSix years later, cops find PM's stolen car
23-12-2004
TIRANA, Albania - Albanian police have recovered a luxury limousine owned by Prime Minister Fatos Nano that was stolen at gun-point six years ago.Local media said police arrested the car's current
readOff the ball
23-12-2004
KUALA LUMPUR - The star striker of a Malaysian state soccer team has been sacked for failing to turn up for his own wedding.He called off the ceremony in a cell phone text message to his fiancee.
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