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22 Articles found on Monday, 23 February 2004
EU to slash import tariffs
23-02-2004
THE European Union has said it plans to slash import tariffs for goods coming from developing countries by more than a third.Head of Delegation of the European Commission in Namibia, Ambassador
readEU to partly finance new sewage system for Luderitz
23-02-2004
THE European Commission will partly fund a new sewage project for Luderitz, head of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Immanuel Ngatjizeko, said last week.Ngatjizeko said the fast pace of
readFNB backs O&L
23-02-2004
Ohlthaver & List and First National Bank Holdings Thursday announced the signing of a business transaction, which took place on 17 October 2003 at the Ohlthaver & List Centre.O&L's Chairman and
readFighting AIDS at the workplace...
23-02-2004
The Namibia Business Coalition on Aids (NABCOA) last week held a workshop on developing integrated policies on HIV in the workplace for local business representatives.Jane Downs, a Durban
readKavango shebeens no longer profitable
23-02-2004
RUNDU - The Chairperson of the Shebeen Association branch in Kavango region Celestinus Shikerete Sunday here said shebeens are not profitable compared to the past seven years in the region.Speaking to
readWe all know that God is not white, says Buntu
23-02-2004
IT is only by speaking out against the wrongs that Europeans inflicted on Africans that these imbalances will be erased, says a South African-based Pan-Afrikanist.Amani Olubanjo Buntu advocated this
readNored, MUN sign recognition agreement
23-02-2004
THE Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) on Friday signed a recognition and procedural agreement at Ongwediva.The agreement allows Nored
readBiwa wins a third term
23-02-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - Andreas Biwa was re-elected as the Mayor of Keetmanshoop Mayor for a third time on Friday.Biwa is a member of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance-United Democratic Front (DTA-UDF)
readBig Brother Africa heart-throb joins Egoli
23-02-2004
NAMIBIAN Stefan Ludik of Big Brother Africa - which kept African nations glued to their screens in 2003 - can now be seen in living rooms across southern Africa.Stefan was recently cast in the role of
readCrocodile kills eight-year-old girl
23-02-2004
AN eight-year-old girl, Daphen Njahi Mwiya, was killed by a crocodile at Impalila island in the Caprivi Region on February 12.The Police reported at the end of last week that she was fetching water
readPrisoners help feed railway workers
23-02-2004
THE Ministry of Prisons and Correctional Services has donated food and money totalling N$181 744 to the Tsumeb-Oshikango Railway Project.The donation was handed over to the Minister of Works,
readSemi-urban households say they need drought aid
23-02-2004
CLOSE to 40 households in the Mandume-Mukwanambwa informal settlement to the east of Ongwediva in the Oshana Region say they are going hungry.Many of them are unemployed and do not have mahangu
readSFF at centre of new claims
23-02-2004
A 47-YEAR-OLD man was hospitalised after he was allegedly assaulted by members of the Special Field Force at Katima Mulilo last weekend - allegedly for using a Government vehicle after hours.Beatrice
readDoctors arrested for attack on colleague
23-02-2004
TWO newly qualified doctors were arrested on Friday for the attack on a colleague, Dr John Kamara, at the Windhoek Central Hospital premises in the early hours of Thursday morning.Until late Friday,
readSchoolgirl murder suspect loses second bid for bail
23-02-2004
A YOUNG man accused of murdering his girlfriend, Windhoek schoolgirl Ipula Akwenye (17), failed on Thursday to win bail at his second attempt.The bail application of the suspect, now 19 years old, was
readContradictions emerge in Govt's Caprivi testimony
23-02-2004
A KEY part of the official version of how five Caprivi high treason accused were brought from Zambia to Namibia in August 1999 is contradicted in Government documents filed in the High Court to defend
readHeavyweights compete for top City post
23-02-2004
TWO Permanent Secretaries are among a host of candidates vying to be Chief Executive Officer of the City of Windhoek.Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Niilo Taapopi's name features on a list of 27
readSan take farmers to court
23-02-2004
OVER a dozen members of the San community in the Omaheke Region are to sue Herero communal farmers who allegedly strung up two San members from a tree, using a car to pull the ropes, before releasing
readX-Team, Ramblers grab hockey titles
23-02-2004
WALVIS BAY-based X Team won the coveted Unam Indoor Hockey tournament in the men's Premier League for the first time, after they ousted favourites Unam 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out at DTS club on
readBin Laden 'cornered'
23-02-2004
LONDON - US and British special forces have cornered al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a mountainous area in northwest Pakistan, near the Afghanistan border, the Sunday Express newspaper reported at
readBush administration 'distorts science'
23-02-2004
WASHINGTON - Top scientists and environmentalists last week accused the Bush administration of suppressing and distorting scientific findings that run counter to its own policies.They backed a report
readRed Cross officials visit Saddam Hussein
23-02-2004
BAGHDAD - Jailed former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein wrote a letter to his family for the international Red Cross to deliver, officials said.The message was handed over to a two-member Red Cross
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