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25 Articles found on Monday, 19 January 2004
China sends railway experts as part of TransNamib project
19-01-2004
FOUR engineers from China arrived on Thursday to take charge of assembling locomotives and training staff at national railway operator TransNamib.TransNamib also announced they would be purchasing new
readEnron's Ken Lay denies wrongdoing
19-01-2004
HOUSTON - Ken Lay's lawyer offered a wide-ranging defense of the former Enron Chairperson on Thursday, laying blame for the financial scandal that brought down the energy giant on former financial
readSchroeder arrives in Africa
19-01-2004
GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is visiting Africa from January 18 to 24 and not during the second half of the year as reported in The Namibian on Wednesday.The German leader's first tour of the
readMan accuses wife of beating him
19-01-2004
A MAN at Akwanambue village near Okatope has charged his wife with assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.Naftal Andreas says his wife inflicted serious injuries to his head at around 03h00
readUnion rankled by land 'invader' tag
19-01-2004
THE Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu) says the media is to blame for claims that the union was planning to "invade" Ongombo West.General Secretary Alfred Angula maintained at a press conference on
readJudge President defends conduct of Teek hearing
19-01-2004
HIGH Court Judge President Peter Shivute says the case in which a Supreme Court justice is accused of using his 16-year-old daughter to conceal his part-ownership of a company was not heard in secret
readGovt appeals for help
19-01-2004
THE floods that wreaked havoc in the capital and pounded an enclosed housing complex was a test for the spirit of Windhoek residents, Information Minister Nangolo Mbumba said yesterday.Mbumba, on a
readVon Bach dam now 43% full
19-01-2004
THE level of the Von Bach Dam had reached 43,1 per cent by 16h00 yesterday, up from 28 per cent on Wednesday.Another dam in the central interior, Swakoppoort, was at 58,1 per cent of its capacity.
readMan survives brush with death in Klein Windhoek river
19-01-2004
FARAAZ Tayob was lucky to escape with his life on Friday evening when the car he was driving was swept away by the raging Klein Windhoek river.His brother, Muhammad Moosa, told The Namibian that Tayob
read'Never mind the flood ... let's party'
19-01-2004
ACCESS to Kippies nightclub in the south of Windhoek was blocked by waist-high river on Friday.But that didn't stop Mario and his friends deciding: "It might be raining out there but we're going to
read'Then the water came through the keyhole...'
19-01-2004
"WE blocked off everything but then the water started pouring in through the keyhole," said Hannelise Kendzia.Her house in Roland Street in Windhoek West sustained severe damage as the Gammams River
readNo known flood deaths
19-01-2004
BY late yesterday afternoon Police in Windhoek had not received any reports of deaths as a result of Friday night's floods in Windhoek.Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Christopher Munyika said it
read'Like the roar of the ocean'
19-01-2004
THE force of the Klein Windhoek River as it cascaded from the Avis Dam on Friday night sounded like the roar of the ocean, Avis resident Gert Keding said on Saturday.Ripping up metres of the Avis
readGrandmother tied herself, granddaughter to gate
19-01-2004
"HORRENDOUS. It was just horrendous".This is how Ali Slade (56) described her ordeal shortly after being rescued from her waterlogged house in Windhoek's Acacia area, together with her six-year-old
readAngry Arrebbusch floods homes
19-01-2004
AN UNEXPECTED guest banged on the door as they sat down for dinner.Christine Damases, the owner of the first house in Acacia in Windhoek's Dorado Park, asked her cousin Gregor Damaseb to see who was
readTales of despair
19-01-2004
DESTRUCTION and personal devastation greeted many curious onlookers on Saturday morning as residents of Windhoek's Acacia Park returned to their homes to pick up the pieces of their lives that weren't
readInsurance claims mount after floods
19-01-2004
THE costs of last week's flooding in Windhoek, which left some parts of the capital devastated, are mounting, with insurance assessors and a city official suggesting they would run into hundreds of
readSwapo stalwart dies
19-01-2004
SWAPO stalwart David Meroro died at the weekend.Meroro (87) was a founder member of the liberation movement at its inception in 1960. Meroro still had the honorary title, National Chairman of Swapo,
readCaprivi on flood alert
19-01-2004
THE Emergency Management Unit (EMU) has instructed the Caprivi Regional Council to carry out a flood-threat assessment in the region to prepare for a possible repeat of last year's floods.EMU Deputy
read631 diamonds stolen from mining vessels
19-01-2004
SIX hundred and thirty one unpolished diamonds have been stolen from De Beers Marine Namibia mining vessels off the Oranjemund coast.Two parcels containing the gems were found concealed under a seat
readDevastation
19-01-2004
THE water level just kept rising and rising.After Hannelise Kendzia had sealed what she thought were all the openings to their Windhoek West house, the water started pouring through the keyhole. A
readFrom the Sidelines with Corry Ihuhua
19-01-2004
FINALLY the NFA has acknowledged that it is time to go back to the drawing board to ensure future success in football.The decision of NFA President Petrus Damaseb and his executive to hold an indaba
readAli wins ... again
19-01-2004
BRITISH-based Namibian boxer, Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembe, scored what could well be his easiest victory in the paid ranks when he won his seventh professional fight on a first-round technical
readFormer Bok considered for Nam coaching job
19-01-2004
FORMER Springbok centre Dick Muir could soon be coaching the Namibian team in a caretaker capacity.Talks between Muir and the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) are expected to be finalised tomorrow. The NRU
readSuicide bomb kills 23 outside US headquarters in Baghdad
19-01-2004
BAGHDAD, Jan 18 (AFP) - A massive suicide truck bomb killed 23 people and wounded 95 in the deadliest attack yet on US headquarters in Iraq yesterday as people were waiting to enter the symbol of
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