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35 Articles found on Monday, 26 July 2004
Mboweni gets 2nd term
26-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government extended central bank governor Tito Mboweni's contract for another five years on Friday, ending speculation about his future in one of the most influential
readDe Beers upbeat on gem sales prospects
26-07-2004
LONDON - South Africa's De Beers said last week that diamond sales were set to sparkle this year as consumers rediscover a taste for luxury after a soft patch caused by war in Iraq and the SARS
readRussian oil-to-metals giant expands into SA
26-07-2004
MOSCOW - Oil-to-metals giant Renova, controlled by Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, extended its global reach on Friday by setting up a company in South Africa to invest in mining projects.The
readNCCI welcomes signing of investment pact with China
26-07-2004
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has welcomed the signing of the Reciprocal Protection of Investments Agreement between the Government and that of the People's Republic of China
readReferee shoots coach dead
26-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - A South African football referee shot a coach dead and injured two players for questioning his decision to hand out a yellow card to one of their team members during a match, police
readToddler drowns in traditional brew
26-07-2004
A ONE-YEAR-OLD child drowned in a container of oshikundu (a traditional Oshiwambo drink) at Ondiikela village on Wednesday, the Police reported on Friday.The boy has been identified as Alfeus Simon. *
readTourists survive emergency landing
26-07-2004
FIVE Italian tourists and a Namibian pilot narrowly escaped death yesterday when their single engine aircraft crash-landed at Enkono village, near the Ondangwa Airport.The pilot reportedly had to make
readAG's office drives into trouble
26-07-2004
STATE House has denied intervening in tender procedures to allow the Office of the Attorney General to buy a vehicle costing more than half a million dollars.The proposed purchase caused a stir at the
readTraditional leaders to tackle HIV-AIDS
26-07-2004
THE Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin) AIDS Action, the Western Diocese and the King of Uukwaluudhi, Josia Shikongo Taapopi, will jointly host a one-day HIV-AIDS education conference for
readSwapo warned against disloyal elements
26-07-2004
OUTAPI - Hadino Hishongwa, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Training and Employment Creation on Saturday called on loyal Swapo Party members to reject elements that he alleged intended to destroy
readNamibia 'has a good name in Germany'
26-07-2004
NAMIBIA'S Ambassador to Germany, Hanno Rumpf, says Namibia has an unbelievably high standing in his host country.Germany was strongly supportive of developmental projects in Namibia, and this was
readNew approach mooted on national reconciliation
26-07-2004
A NAMIBIAN NGO has embarked on what it believes is an innovative way of promoting national reconciliation.The Forum for the Future (FFF) kicked off a series of workshops this weekend at which people
readFarm killing
26-07-2004
A 53-year-old man died on the spot from multiple injuries he sustained from a knife stabbing in the head and chest on the farm Okatjeru near Gobabis on Wednesday night, the Police reported on
readPolice report two drownings in the North
26-07-2004
THE body of a pensioner was found floating in a canal near Omuulukila village in the Ombalantu area on Thursday morning, the Police reported on Friday.The man has been identified as Erastus Hauwanga
readDRC to be flush with toilets soon
26-07-2004
RESIDENTS of Swakopmund's informal settlement area are still waiting for the upgrading of sanitation standards six months after the town council agreed to buy 500 non-flushing toilets for the
readNujoma invites Chinese investors
26-07-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has invited Shanghai entrepreneurs to invest and operate businesses in Namibia.Nujoma, who is on a 10-day official visit to China, extended the invitation during a meeting with
readNYL wants action on social ills
26-07-2004
THE Nudo Youth League (NYL) convened its first congress at the weekend with calls to Government to address the various socio-economic problems affecting young people in Namibia.The NYL listed these
readCase against record cocaine courier suspect postponed
26-07-2004
THE case against a young Angolan woman who faces a charge of dealing in cocaine after a record quantity of the drug was allegedly found in her luggage at the Hosea Kutako International Airport was
readBoyfriend accused of fatally stabbing partner
26-07-2004
POLICE at Ondangwa have arrested a young man who allegedly fatally stabbed his girlfriend, Aina Niita Shiimi (26), 22 times all over her body on Thursday afternoon.According to NamPol Liaison Officer
readPandeni vows to disprove critics
26-07-2004
THE Khomas Regional Council has shot down allegations by one of its employees that it is guilty of mismanagement and favouritism.Khomas Governor John Pandeni called a press conference on Friday to
readNSHR raises concern over judicial appointments
26-07-2004
THE National Society for Human Rights has called for greater transparency in the process through which judicial appointments are made in Namibia.In a lengthy press statement on Thursday, the human
readDamaseb to stay on until Congress
26-07-2004
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) President Petrus Damaseb has been asked to stay on as president of the controlling body until Congress at the end of August.An executive meeting held at Otjiwarongo
readAthletics Namibia seeks to raise funds for Christie
26-07-2004
ATHLETICS Namibia on Friday requested the Namibia National Olympic Committee to include 100 metre sprinter Christie van Wyk in the Namibian Olympic team, and offered to raise funds to send the athlete
readSwazi king gets go-ahead for wives' palaces
26-07-2004
MBABANE - Swaziland's King Mswati, 80 per cent of whose subjects are landless peasants, has pushed through plans to build five new palaces for some of his 11 wives a cost of more than US$4 million
read1 500 homing pigeons get lost in race
26-07-2004
STOCKHOLM - Organisers of a race for homing pigeons were still scratching their heads in wonder Thursday after about 1 500 of the birds, famous for their ability to find their way home, went missing
readSkunk dunk
26-07-2004
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Drug users and prostitutes are turning up their noses at the condemned buildings they once frequented in Richland County.Deputies here have begun using a chemical spray that makes
readMonkey apes humans
26-07-2004
JERUSALEM - A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only - aping humans - after a near death experience.Natasha, a five-year-old black macaque at the Safari Park near
readSA's top prosecutor to quit after row
26-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's top prosecutor has asked to resign after his corruption allegations against powerful Deputy President Jacob Zuma sparked a damaging political row within the ruling
readPope calls for end to killing in Sudan and Uganda
26-07-2004
CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy - Pope John Paul yesterday urged the international community to help put a stop to the bloody conflicts in Sudan and Uganda that have claimed thousands of lives and turned
readBin Laden 'elusive'
26-07-2004
WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda's leaders have faced increasingly aggressive Pakistani military operations in June and July, a senior CIA official said as the agency came under attack for failing to combat the
readCan the US yet imagine what al Qaeda might do?
26-07-2004
WASHINGTON - Creativity. Imagination. Thinking outside the box.The report from the September 11 commission makes abundantly clear that al Qaeda terrorists, tragically, had those abilities and the US
read'Australia won't bow to threats'
26-07-2004
MELBOURNE - Australia will not give in to threats of attack made by a group claiming to be the European wing of al Qaeda, but is taking the warning seriously, foreign minister Alexander Downer said
readIraq's embattled PM yet to show results
26-07-2004
RAMADI, Iraq - In the month since becoming interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi has armed himself with tough new powers and spoken of restoring the death penalty.He has also raised the possibility of
readIsraeli missile strike on Gaza
26-07-2004
GAZA - An Israeli helicopter fired missiles at the home of a suspected militant in Gaza yesterday, wounding at least four people and adding to tension in the territory at the heart of a Palestinian
readDenied aid, Darfur may relive agony of south Sudan
26-07-2004
NAIROBI - Brought to its knees by war, destitute southern Sudan offers a glimpse of Darfur's likely fate if the aid effort stalls or the outside world starts to forget about its plight.That's the
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