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27 Articles found on Monday, 5 July 2004
Johncom cleared to buy 'The Sowetan'
05-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Johnnic Communications (Johncom) said on Friday South Africa's Competition Tribunal had cleared it to buy the owner of tabloid newspaper The Sowetan, a move it hopes will boost
readAn Oppenheimer is forever
05-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The great-grandson of the man who shaped the world's most powerful diamond company has taken one step closer to the throne by becoming the managing director of De Beers' operations in
readLibya buys first US assets since sanctions ended
05-07-2004
TRIPOLI - Libya's oil investment arm abroad, the Tam Oil Company, has made the first acquisition of a US company's assets by a Libyan company since Washington lifted some economic sanctions against
readAsian business delegation in Namibia
05-07-2004
AN 80-member strong delegation of entrepreneurs from Asia will be in the country for a four-day business mission as from today.The business delegation, with members from China, South Korea, Indonesia,
readNational Planning Commission and EC in N$24 million signing
05-07-2004
THE National Planning Commission (NPC) and the European Commission (EC) last week signed a financing agreement worth 3million euros (about N$24 million) for the Namibia Trade and Regional Integration
readParents urged to register orphans
05-07-2004
RUNDU - The Regional Councillor for Rundu Rural Constituency, Herbert Shixwameni, has called on parents - especially those looking after orphans - to ensure that they registered all orphans with the
readCrunch time for Councils
05-07-2004
REGIONAL Councils will have to become less dependent on State funding this financial year and will be expected to pay their own running costs from now on.Government has decided to only subsidise
readBusinessman urges Oshakati to come clean
05-07-2004
A BUSINESSMAN from Oshakati is up in arms over people who urinate and even defecate in the alley next to his business.Willie Brits, the Manager of Quality Products Hartliefs Butchery at Oshakati West,
read17 years for raping woman (61)
05-07-2004
VILHO Katangolo Mupenda (30) has been sentenced to 17 years in jail after Regional Magistrate Paulus Noa found him guilty of raping a 61-year-old woman at Osheendje village on March 3 last year The
readBWS wants Swapo to acknowledge detentions
05-07-2004
THE Namibian Government has been urged to "acknowledge" the disappearance of former Swapo detainees.A group of non-governmental organisations dealing with cases of missing people issued a statement
readNo money, no exams, no results
05-07-2004
THE Polytechnic of Namibia has announced that it will de-register an unspecified number of students because of bad debts.Polytechnic spokesperson Nangula Kauluma-!Gontes said on Friday that students
readDebt hits salaries of municipal workers
05-07-2004
THE pressure to pay for bulk water and power has resulted in municipal workers at Karibib not being paid.Mayor Frans !Aoxamub said yesterday that the situation was the result of trying to settle its
readRoar of reconciliation
05-07-2004
A SERVICE organisation has dropped a charge of assault against the newly elected Deputy Mayor of Swakopmund after the two parties agreed on Friday to resolve the issue.The President of Lions
readPower prices in North go up
05-07-2004
THE Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) has increased its electricity tariffs by 7,6 per cent.Public Relation Officer Frans Niikondo announced last week that the increase was effective
readNew Sunday paper a noble business initiative: Minister
05-07-2004
GOVERNMENT has voiced its support for the planned regional newspaper, the New Sunday Times but has denied that it will become a "propaganda mouthpiece" for the Namibian and Zimbabwean
readJudges reject bail appeal of 'baboon shooting' suspect
05-07-2004
OUTJO area farmer Pieter Hendrick Spangenberg, who faces a murder charge over shooting a man Spangenberg claims he mistook for a baboon, has failed with an appeal to the High Court to be released on
readNovanam workers suspended
05-07-2004
A UNION representing fisheries workers at Luderitz was on Friday trying frantically to reverse the suspension of at least 300 workers from the Novanam factory.According to Paulus Hango, President of
readEx-aide's claims on State funds rejected
05-07-2004
GOVERNMENT says it will not launch an investigation into former State House aide Isaac Kaulinge's claims of mismanagement of State funds - branding his allegations as "unfounded".Prime Minister
readPG to decide this week about fate of pirate-fishing suspect
05-07-2004
THE Spanish captain of a vessel that was caught allegedly fishing illegally in Namibian waters in mid-June was informed on Thursday that he is set to know more about his fate this week.Jorge Alonso
readUnam, Ramblers storm to victories
05-07-2004
UNAM Hoppers women and Ramblers men teams made clean sweeps in their second Field Hockey League matches by recording conviencing wins against the respective teams of Windhoek Old Boys Club at the Doc
readIsraeli nuke agency on web
05-07-2004
JERUSALEM - The world got its first official but unrevealing look inside Israel's top-secret Dimona nuclear complex yesterday, courtesy of a new Internet site launched by the country's Atomic Energy
readNo more talks with Zim opposition
05-07-2004
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe ruled out any new talks with Zimbabwe's opposition on the country's economic and political crisis, citing its alleged ties with Britain, the former colonial power, the
readKenya trouble ahead
05-07-2004
NAIROBI - More anti-government rallies, calling for constitutional reform, are planned in Kenya, officials said yesterday, a day after police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in two key
readGaddafi's daughter on Saddam's team
05-07-2004
Deposed dictator Saddam Hussein's first court appearance on Thursday, to hear charges of crimes against humanity, continued to reverberate across the country and region as his legal team said it had
readTwo centuries later, school opens in Argentina
05-07-2004
BUENOS AIRES - A school in Argentina's northern Jujuy province is set to open this week, nearly 200 years after a wealthy patron set aside funds for its construction.Manuel Belgrano, one of the
readRichard May, Milosevic judge, dies at 65
05-07-2004
PARIS - Sir Richard May, the British judge who presided over the first two years of the war crimes trial of the former Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, before falling ill early this year, died
readIslamic jihad yields to Nigerian politics
05-07-2004
SOKOTO - Firebrand Muslim preacher Hussain Yusuf Mabira attended the 200th anniversary celebration of Islamic holy war in Nigeria, and was sickened by the display.Thousands flocked to the northern
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