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17 Articles found on Monday, 6 December 2004
Sorry, says Telecom
06-12-2004
TELECOM NAMIBIA has apologised for a disruption in telephone, data and mobile services on Thursday.Fixed-line and mobile phone users in the Bagani, Omega, Kangola and Katima Mulilo areas were
readCops looking for fraud witnesses
06-12-2004
WINDHOEK - The Police are looking for Johannes Petrus Oscar Iyambo (20), who went missing on November 23 from Block E in Rehoboth.Iyambo is dark in complexion and has traditional cuts on both cheeks.
readNew executive at Unam
06-12-2004
THE University of Namibia (Unam) has announced the appointment of Professor Geoffrey Kiangi as Pro Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research, and Alois Fledersbacher as Registrar.The
readSwakopwood again
06-12-2004
SWAKOPMUND has been a movie hotspot once again.German filmmakers were in town for 10 days to shoot a movie for television called 'Endless Horizon'. They wrapped up shooting last week. The story is
readNamibRE declares first dividends
06-12-2004
WINDHOEK - The Namibia National Reinsurance company (NamibRE) on Friday paid dividends of N$600 000 to the Ministry of Finance.Handing over the cheque, Managing Director of NamibRE Anna Nakale said
readKanime shrugs off blame on turnout
06-12-2004
DIRECTOR of Elections Philemon Kanime yesterday washed his hands of responsibility for the voter turnout in the regional poll and said the political parties had let down his institution.Kanime said
readResentment fuels voter backlash
06-12-2004
THE erratic voter turnout in the Regional Council elections in the North seems to be the result of confusion about the role of regional councils and resentment over candidates "foisted on
readNamibia's AIDS statistics provide glimmer of hope
06-12-2004
NAMIBIA marked World AIDS Day last week with the news that the rate of HIV infection appears to have dropped slightly, from 22 per cent in 2002 to 19,8 per cent this year.These preliminary figures are
readThree nabbed with uranium
06-12-2004
THREE men were arrested at Swakopmund when they were found in possession of 21 kilograms of uranium powder and another five litres of uranium, the police reported.Police said the three suspects -
readChissano visits Nujoma
06-12-2004
OUTGOING Mozambican President Joachim Chissano is scheduled to arrive in Namibia today to bid farewell to President Sam Nujoma, who is also standing down.Chissano and his delegation will touch down in
readIUM again fails to pay staff salaries
06-12-2004
FINANCIAL problems have yet again resurfaced at the International University of Management (IUM) after the institution failed to pay the November salaries.The Namibian has further established that
readGurirab joins AIDS 'March for Hope'
06-12-2004
PRIME Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab gave the assurance on Saturday that the Namibian Government would consider making laws dealing with the different aspects of HIV-AIDS.Gurirab joined about 150
readCops, army mum on weapons find
06-12-2004
MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of guns, bombs, mortars and thousands rounds of ammunition near Oshivelo last week.Attempts by The Namibian to unearth details on the find, which was reported on the
readHuman stampede to hunt in Namibia's game parks
06-12-2004
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to sell off trophy hunting concessions on State land has been postponed until early next year because of the overwhelming response.An auction to award 18 concessions, the largest
readNepad: a lot of noise, too little action
06-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade summed up the achievements of Africa's economic recovery plan:"Nothing. Whenever I am asked what we have done, it is meetings, meetings.We need
readActor Barrymore 'one cool cat'
06-12-2004
LOS ANGELES - John Drew Barrymore, heir to an acting dynasty and absent father of movie star Drew Barrymore, had a colourful career that included repeated brushes with the law.He died last week Monday
readFinal chapter for top-selling author Hailey
06-12-2004
NASSAU - Top-selling British author Arthur Hailey, whose novels sold 170 million copies around the world, died in his sleep at his Bahamas home at the end of last week.He was 84. The author of several
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