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28 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 December 2004
African Union discusses increasing budget fivefold
08-12-2004
ADDIS ABABA - African Union foreign ministers began talks this week on increasing the organisations budget by as much as 500 per cent to fund peacekeeping missions and fight poverty across the
readOpec 'unlikely to cut its quotas'
08-12-2004
DUBAI - There is little prospect of Opec lowering its official production ceiling when it meets on Friday in Cairo, a senior Opec delegate said yesterday.Instead he foresaw a call for tighter
readSouth Africa's Nov net reserves up
08-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's net reserves leaped nearly 14 per cent to US$11.02 billion in November, official data showed yesterday, confirming that the central bank had stepped up buying foreign
readSA mining output down
08-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's mining production fell by 1,4 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the three months to October compared with the previous three months, official data showed
readZim tries to ease fuel crisis
08-12-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Petroleum Marketers' Association has opened tenders for the supply of petrol and diesel.The latest move comes as fuel queues snake through Harare's streets while motorists wait
readConsumer confidence flat
08-12-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Consumer confidence in South Africa was little changed in the fourth quarter as interest rates remained unchanged, an independent business index showed yesterday.The index compiled by
readBBC to slash 2 900 jobs
08-12-2004
LONDON - Britain's venerable public broadcaster, the BBC, plans one of the biggest shake-ups in its 82-year history by axing at least 10 per cent of its jobs and trimming 320 million pounds in costs,
readFree pet vaccinations at Swakop
08-12-2004
THE Municipality of Swakopmund will be offering free immunisation for dogs and cats from today to Monday.The venues for the sessions are: Today (Wednesday) at the Mondesa Municipal office from 08h00
readChristmas comes early
08-12-2004
ACKERMANS yesterday donated clothing and shoes value at more than N$300 000 to 12 charity organisations at the Wernhil Shopping Centre in Windhoek.Each year more and more welfare organisations in
readUS lends a helping hand
08-12-2004
THE Embassy of the United States of America has made N$375 000 available for 14 income-generating projects through its Self-Help Grant scheme.Speaking at the handing-over ceremony in Windhoek on
readThe night sky in December
08-12-2004
On December 21 we have the longest day and the shortest night of the year.This date is called the summer solstice and marks the beginning of the astronomical summer. Then the sun is directly over the
readOmaheke picks McLeod
08-12-2004
GOBABIS - Omaheke Regional Governor Laura McLeod was re-elected for another five-year term yesterday.In her acceptance speech after being sworn in as the Governor of the third Regional Council of the
readBoois the choice in Karas
08-12-2004
MEMBER of Parliament David Boois, who clinched the Berseba constituency regional seat, was sworn in as the new Karas Regional Governor yesterday.Swapo councillor Hilma Nikanor of the Keetmanshoop
readErongo Councillors sworn in
08-12-2004
THE newly elected members of the Erongo Regional Council were sworn in at Swakopmund yesterday.Regional Governor Samuel Nuuyoma said at the occasion that the fight against HIV-AIDS remained a priority
readShaningwa is new Khomas Governor
08-12-2004
WINDHOEK - The newly elected Khomas Regional Council yesterday chose Windhoek West councillor Sophia Shaningwa as Governor of the Khomas Region.Shaningwa replaces Swapo Deputy Secretary General John
readMind your manners at the coast
08-12-2004
THE Municipality of Walvis Bay has reminded holidaymakers of a new by-law that prohibits camping and driving on beaches within its jurisdiction.The by-law on the control of seashores, the sea and its
readAnother jailbreak
08-12-2004
ELEVEN suspects escaped from the Oshakati Police cells on Sunday night, the Police has reported.In a statement on Monday, the Namibian Police's Public Relations Department said the jailbreak occurred
readNew board for NamPower
08-12-2004
CABINET has appointed new members to the board of directors of power utility NamPower.The new members will take office from January 1 and will serve for three years. The board will be chaired by
readWhite males still dominate in management positions
08-12-2004
WHITE males remain in charge at most Namibian companies four years after the introduction of Affirmative Action (AA) in Namibia.While white males dominate in management positions, black women are
readThree-year-old robbery case deferred for trial
08-12-2004
THREE years after the event that landed them in the dock, and after no less than 19 appearances in court, the trial of two young men accused of a violent attack and aggravated robbery on a Windhoek
readSpanish captain pleads guilty
08-12-2004
A SPANISH fishing vessel captain who was arrested on charges of illegal fishing in Namibian waters almost six months ago pleaded guilty in the Regional Court at Luederitz yesterday.Captain Jorge
readRiruako makes last-ditch effort for reparations
08-12-2004
HERERO Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako and his people have approached the German government for an out-of-court settlement after the US Supreme Court refused to re-instate a lawsuit accusing two German
readPolice confirm war weapons find
08-12-2004
THE Namibian Police confirmed yesterday that a substantial arms cache had been found hidden on farms in the Oshivelo area in northern Namibia a week ago.With an investigation into the discovery still
readAngula resigns from Cabinet
08-12-2004
AGRICULTURE Minister Helmut Angula resigned from Government yesterday, saying it was "morally" wrong to stay on knowing he had lost the support of his comrades.Angula, Minister of Agriculture, Water
readECN admits ballot errors
08-12-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has admitted that "mistakes" by some of its officials contributed to the high number of rejected or spoilt ballot papers in the recently-held Presidential and
readMilitia scars Mozambique's era of peace
08-12-2004
BEIRA - Thirty armed men arrive at a police station and demand the release of two fugitives arrested over the assault of a government official.Outnumbered and outgunned, police free the offenders who
readHitch-hikers get grave shock
08-12-2004
HARARE - A group of late night Zimbabwean hitch-hikers had a shock when they were driven to a cemetery and forced to dig up a coffin at gunpoint.The three men in a truck who offered the 20
readInventor lets everyone 'stalk' by global link
08-12-2004
TORONTO - New Internet-based technology could soon turn regular computer users into armchair spies, a Canadian inventor said on Monday.Vincent Tao, an engineer at Toronto's York University, said he
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