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24 Articles found on Friday, 23 January 2004
Will he be President?
23-01-2004
SO the President finally got to Pohamba! Must have if the Swapo Vice President and Lands Minister has now decided to run for the Presidency when it was an open secret that he really wanted to
readLessons From The 'Flood'
23-01-2004
COPIOUS rains that resulted in flooding in parts of Windhoek last weekend will cost the City an estimated N$5,6 million in repairs to damaged infrastructure, according to the Mayor and other
readZim banks may merge as central bank cracks whip
23-01-2004
HARARE- Zimbabwe's banks could be forced to merge while others might be swallowed up by bigger houses to survive new central bank capital requirements and a crackdown on speculative behaviour in the
readSA drought likely to push up maize prices
23-01-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Rainfall has been patchy for the South African maize crop, hit by drought during planting, with some areas still desperately needing moisture, an analyst said on Thursday.A poor maize
readEscapees in court in North
23-01-2004
TWO prisoners who escaped from Ondangwa Rehabilitation Centre last week made a brief appearance in the Ondangwa Magistrate's Court last Wednesday.The case of Anthony Kruger (34) and Nilton Kasanga
readTraditional courts set to lay down law in April
23-01-2004
OSHAKATI - Traditional courts will become operational in all 41 recognised traditional authorities in Namibia from April, according to Boas Mweendeleli, spokesperson for eight traditional authorities
readChildline offices robbed
23-01-2004
THIEVES stormed the Child Line Offices in Windhoek's Bismarck Street on Wednesday morning holding Manuel Alexandrino Joao (32) and two secretaries at gunpoint.The robbers got away on foot with two
readPower cuts in West and East
23-01-2004
NINE Namibian towns and their surrounding areas will be without electricity for up to 11 hours next week to allow NamPower to carry out maintenance work at two transmission stations.There will be a
readMinistry seeks flood info
23-01-2004
WINDHOEK'S flood lines are being investigated by the hydrology division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development.The aim is to determine the frequency of floods and flood lines as
readWeaver's Nest rebuilds
23-01-2004
ALL that remained of a pre-school in Hochland Park on Saturday morning was an abandoned puzzle box and the mangled iron of a playground and security fence.When the raging flood waters swept through
readRed Cross to aid of flood victims
23-01-2004
ELISABETH Drimindi's shack in Babilon was among those severely damaged during last Friday's thunderstorm."All my pots are gone. I have to go to my neighbours to make food for my family," she said on
readFarewell 'Comrade Chairman'
23-01-2004
COMRADE David Hosea Meroro (87), founder member and former National Chairman of the Swapo Party, passed away on January 18 in the Windhoek Central Hospital with his beloved wife, Hilja, and other
readA funeral fit for a hero
23-01-2004
ONE of Namibia's struggle heroes, David Meroro, who died aged 87, is to be buried at the Heroes' Acre on Saturday.Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Mocks Shivute,
readBetty the caregiver passes away
23-01-2004
BETTY Josephat from the Children's Future Creche in Katutura passed away last Thursday.Betty started the creche in the mid-1990s. Six years ago she started to feed and bathe elderly people every
readOops! There's a leopard in the ward
23-01-2004
IT'S not every day that you see a leopard being wheeled through the emergency doors at Windhoek's MediClinic.But last Friday, Ulf, a six-year old leopard from the Harnas Wildlife Foundation, had to
readUnam scam: aggrieved Angolans say 'not us'
23-01-2004
ABOUT 30 Angolans, among 174 students expelled from the University of Namibia (Unam) at the end of last year over a certificate scam, have demanded that the investigation be re-opened.The group claims
readMilitary equipment leaves for Liberia
23-01-2004
A SHIPLOAD of 800 tons of military equipment will be leaving the Walvis Bay harbour tomorrow to arrive eight days later in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.The equipment will be used by 900 Namibian
readFish workers angered by MD no-show
23-01-2004
THE Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) had to hand over a petition to the Governor of the Erongo Region yesterday as none of the managing directors of fishing companies turned up to receive
readFlurry of F-words lands suspect in jail
23-01-2004
A FURIOUS flood of f-word curses in the Otavi Magistrate's Court left a stock theft suspect with an 18-month prison term hangover this week.The curses were directed at Magistrate Andre le Roux on
readKunene flood warning still on
23-01-2004
A WARNING that the Kunene River west of Ruacana could flood if water from the weir of the Ruacana Hydro Power station is released remains in place.After the rate of flow was measured at 700 cubic
readMinistry probes land bribery charges
23-01-2004
THE Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Ministry has instituted a new probe into allegations that some of its officials in the Oshikoto Region took bribes in exchange for handing out land.A
readAgribank CEO defiant
23-01-2004
THE Chairman of Agribank has accused Government of interfering with the directors' duties as a CEO, whose contract has expired, continued to administer the company.Declaring today as the day for
readThe Samawa wish-list
23-01-2004
SAMAWA - Medicines and hospital equipment topped a wish-list presented yesterday by Iraqis in the southern town of Samawa to an advance team of Japanese soldiers deployed to aid reconstruction in the
read2 soldiers killed in attack, gunmen kill 4 women
23-01-2004
BAGHDAD - A barrage of mortar fire struck a US military encampment in central Iraq, killing two American soldiers and critically wounding a third, the military said yesterday.In separate incidents,
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