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21 Articles found on Friday, 6 February 2004
Happy returns, whatever your age
06-02-2004
My letter of query will be short and sweet.In your newspaper of Friday, 23 January 2004, four if not more congratulatory words went out to the Prime Minister, Mr Theo-Ben GurEirab,, on his birthday.
readWhat really happened in 1904
06-02-2004
It helps to have a look back.The Hereros at that time were cattle breeders who lived as nomads. They entered what is now Namibia from Angola and trekked south. They had no permanent settlements.
readA Matter of Fact
06-02-2004
NDAPANDULA Jafet (28), the village woman charged with murdering her brother by dismembering his hands and feet, was not acquitted of that charge, as reported in The Namibian on Wednesday.Magistrate
readJoseph Jimmy: freedom fighter and bridge builder
06-02-2004
ONE of the first staff members of independent Namibia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Obgeb Jimmy (52), died in the capital on February 2.Jimmy was the country's first High Commissioner to
readRisks rise along with river
06-02-2004
RUNDU - Residents in the Kavango Region have been alerted not to swim in the flooding Okavango River.Regional Councillor for the Rundu Rural Constituency, Herbert Shixwameni, issued the warning on
readBody found in Goreangab Dam
06-02-2004
THE body of an unidentified man was found floating in Windhoek's Goreangab Dam on Tuesday evening.The Wanaheda Police reported that the deceased man was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and white and
read4 children die in homestead blaze
06-02-2004
FOUR children died when the hut in which they were sleeping caught fire on Wednesday afternoon.Namibian Police Liaison Officer, Warrant Officer Samuel Hamukonda, told The Namibian yesterday that the
readGoogle Launches .na website
06-02-2004
INTERNET search engine Google has launched a 'Namibian' version of their famous www.google.com.When Namibian internet users access Google, they are automatically redirected to www.google.com.na. The
readRaped mentally ill girl pregnant
06-02-2004
A 12-year-old mentally retarded girl at Grootfontein has fallen pregnant after being raped by two men on December 31.The Grootfontein Police reported yesterday that they had arrested the two suspects
readWaterfront enthusiasts hold collective breath
06-02-2004
THE multi-million-dollar waterfront development planned for Henties Bay appears to have stalled.In July, the Town Council approved a recommendation for the N$87 million development in the valley. In
readFired Nantu official hits back
06-02-2004
ONE of the officials dismissed by the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu) in connection with a N$1,6 million fraud case in 2001 is suing the teachers' body for failure to pay settlement
readWater good enough to drink so don't raise a stink: City
06-02-2004
THE flow of sewer water at several points along Windhoek's rivers poses no threat to the City's water supplies, according to the Municipality.Angered by a media report that an overflow of sewage
readComputer theft compounds Katima's woes
06-02-2004
EMBATTLED Katima Mulilo Town Council is dealing with shortcomings to its computer system, after thieves stole equipment from its finance offices in the early hours of last Saturday.The motive for the
readSex claims surface in family shooting
06-02-2004
A FATHER who allegedly shot his 25-year-old daughter, Ndayambekwa Amon, in Windhoek's Otjomuise section last Friday, had allegedly tried to sleep with her on several occasions, according to the young
readBad smell shuts Otjinene school
06-02-2004
STUDENTS at an Otjinene school are boycotting classes because of the unbearable stench from toilets which have not been flushed for over a month because of a lack of water.The Gustav Kandjii Junior
readNudo feud threatens poll
06-02-2004
THE battle over control of one of Namibia's oldest political organisations, Nudo, moved to the High Court in Windhoek yesterday, where it played out before a packed courtroom of political comrades
readRappers: the new ad 'athletes'
06-02-2004
NEW YORK - Rapper Nelly, one of the performers on Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show in the US, isn't on Nike Inc's payroll.But some might say he should be after 'Air Force Ones', his 2002 hit song
readPlain old cell phones just fading away
06-02-2004
LOS ANGELES - As a fashion colour, grey is the new black, thin batteries are in and you're not in vogue if you don't have the latest ringtone.As the US wireless market grows, the cell phone is
readCell phone sales boom
06-02-2004
AMSTERDAM - Global sales of mobile phones exceeded even the most bullish expectations in 2003 and market researchers said this week the handset industry will enjoy an even better 2004 as new, fancy
readMyDoom: a taste of the future
06-02-2004
HELSINKI - E-mail viruses like MyDoom will be the weapon of choice for future corporate and political Web site attacks, with one worm able to threaten thousands of big sites at once, a top computer
readImminent threat, what imminent threat?
06-02-2004
WASHINGTON - In his first public defense of pre-war intelligence, CIA Director George Tenet said yesterday that US analysts never claimed before the war that Iraq posed an imminent threat.Tenet said
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