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24 Articles found on Tuesday, 27 January 2004
Tourist rape accused not TransNamib employee
27-01-2004
A 21-year-old man accused of raping a Japanese tourist on the Desert Express luxury train was not an employee of TransNamib Holdings as indicated in a recent report in The Namibian.Pieterse was
readPolice seek public's help
27-01-2004
THE Windhoek Police's commercial crime investigation unit has called for public help in tracing a witness Abraham Namwandi is required to testify in the Windhoek Regional Court from February 9 to
readRelief fund set up for Acacia residents
27-01-2004
A COMMITTEE representing residents of Acacia, where homes were flooded on January 16, has established a relief fund to assist those affected.Anyone is welcome to contribute by making a deposit in the
readOshikango cops seize bikes
27-01-2004
OSHAKATI - Police at Oshikango have confiscated a large number of bicycles from their owners, the Police spokesperson for the region said last week.Joshua Shipateko said the bicycles were confiscated
readSoftware workshop
27-01-2004
NAMIBIA is scheduled to host the African Free and Open Source Software developers' workshop from March 15 to 29.According to ITWeb, the workshop will feature discussions and hands-on work on different
readIndia and Namibia to co-operate
27-01-2004
NAMIBIA and India are negotiating the possibility of co-operation in terms of developing academic institutions.This emerged last week when the new Indian High Commissioner to Namibia, Yogendra Kumar,
readMan held for farm stabbing
27-01-2004
BRIDGET Gaingos (45) died instantly on Friday after she was stabbed in the chest at Farm Jansen in the Omaruru area, the Police reported on Sunday.A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged with
readYoung woman kills herself
27-01-2004
RUNDU - The Namibian Police have opened an inquest docket after a 22-year-old woman at Cundu village in the Rundu Rural Constituency of the Kavango Region committed suicide last Tuesday.According to
readOshakati gives a continental
27-01-2004
A FIFTH set of traffic lights has been installed at the northern hub town of Oshakati.The lights have been put up at the Continental No 1 shopping centre junction along Oshakati's main road. Oshakati
readBirthday tragedy victim named
27-01-2004
WINDHOEK Police have identified the 23-year-old man who shot himself on his birthday in the capital's Auasblick area on Friday as Victor Iishuna.He shot himself in the head after overturning his
readCops 'can't help' after man dies in custody
27-01-2004
THE Police have declined to pay for the funeral of a man who died in custody on January 5.The family of Josef Kandjimba (49), who was being held on a rape charge, claim that he died because the Police
read3 men on poison charge
27-01-2004
THREE men have appeared in court on charges of attempted murder after poison was allegedly placed in a customer's beer at a bar at Omafo in the Ohangwena Region.The main accused, David Shiingidwa
readPolitician faces a charge of indecent assault
27-01-2004
POLICE on Friday arrested a Swapo politician in the Oshikoto Region on a charge of indecent assault.He is accused of indecently assaulting a woman last Tuesday in the Oshikoto Region offices at
readHigh Court cancels out Magistrate's interference
27-01-2004
MORE than nine years after his arrest for allegedly driving a Police vehicle while under the influence of liquor, and four and a half years after he was found guilty and sent to prison for a year, a
readMan (76) faces goat charges
27-01-2004
A 76-year-old man appeared in the Outapi Magistrate's Court yesterday on charges of stock theft.Christian Katololi was arrested along the Namibian-Angolan border on Thursday after being found in
readGrade 12 results out on Friday
27-01-2004
THE Ministry of Basic Education is expected to release the long-awaited results of last year's International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams for Grade 12 students on
readKhomas schools full
27-01-2004
THE Ministry of Basic Education has requested Grade 8 students from other regions whose names appear on the Khomas waiting list to seek school places in their home areas.The Director of Education in
readFlood alert for Windhoek
27-01-2004
IN the wake of the devastation that followed the heavy rains which fell in the capital recently, the Windhoek Municipality has issued a flood alert.The Municipality has warned residents that it was
readGovernment to assess Caprivi aid
27-01-2004
GOVERNMENT will decide this week on whether it will assist Caprivi Region residents who face the possibility of yet another flood threat.Although not a threat to lives and infrastructure at this
readOvaherero seek return of chief's remains
27-01-2004
THE remains of one of the veterans of the Herero-German war, Chief Michel Tjiseseta, who fled to South Africa in the early 1900s, could return to Namibia if his people get their way.For nearly three
readHangana to cut back
27-01-2004
HANGANA Seafood is to cut its workforce by almost a quarter - 199 employees will be retrenched as part of a restructuring exercise to be implemented at the end of the month.Hangana has a workforce of
read'Return of the King' runs rings around rivals
27-01-2004
BEVERLY HILLS - Middle Earth ruled the annual Golden Globes on Sunday, with the fantasy film 'Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' winning four awards including the coveted best picture
readThousands 'turn backs' on Saddam
27-01-2004
MOSUL - More than 1 000 former army and secret service officials linked to the Baath party of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein queued up yesterday to denounce the organisation and pledge to serve
readUN to decide on Iraq, three US soldiers missing
27-01-2004
BAGHDAD - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he may decide as early as this week on sending a mission to help a US handover of power to Iraqis, while US forces searched for three missing military
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