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27 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 July 2004
NCCI signs MoUs with Asian business delegation
07-07-2004
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) yesterday signed Agreements of Cooperation with the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) and the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and
readNamBrew, partners unveil N$3b SA company
07-07-2004
NAMIBIA Breweries, Diageo and Heineken have announced that their new joint venture company in South Africa will trade under the name of Brandhouse.The new company combines the sales, marketing and
readAIDS means shorter lives in southern Africa
07-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Around 4,8 million people, the most ever recorded in a single year, became infected with HIV in 2003, a UN agency said yesterday, warning that after Africa, the plum targets for AIDS
readThe Sad Cafe, where customers can cry
07-07-2004
HONG KONG - A bar where heartbroken people can come to cry while drowning their sorrows has opened in eastern China.The bar in Nanjing charges about N$37 an hour on top of drinks for customers to cry
readIpula case delayed for the15th time
07-07-2004
THE case in which a 19-year-old Windhoek resident is accused of murdering a 17-year-old Grade 10 student, Ipula Akwenye, in the capital early last year, was postponed for the fifteenth time
readOkakarara runs dry
07-07-2004
OKAKARARA in the Otjozondjupa Region is in dire straits after NamWater cut the town's supply of water over non-payment of debts."We cannot bath, we cannot cook, we cannot use our toilets. In a few
readAngula urges youth to be active in AIDS fight
07-07-2004
HIGHER Education Minister Nahas Angula has called on youth in the Karas Region to get more involved in HIV-AID prevention campaigns.Launching an HIV-AIDS Awareness Training Week at Keetmanshoop last
readSan leaders to discuss new Act
07-07-2004
GOBABIS - Over 20 Senior Chiefs and Traditional Councillors from the San community are expected to attend a workshop on the Community Courts Act on Thursday and Friday.Omaheke San Trust Paralegal
readWater woes at Ngwangwa
07-07-2004
RUNDU - Residents of Ngwangwa Informal Settlement area, some 10 kilometres southwest of Rundu, on Friday expressed concern over the lack of potable water at the settlement since Independence.Headman
readNew lodge opened at Roessmund
07-07-2004
THE first lodge situated at a golf course in Namibia was opened at the Roessmund Golf Course outside Swakopmund at the weekend.The lodge forms part of the 18-hole golf course, situated in the Namib,
readState accused of ignoring poor
07-07-2004
AN adult literacy teacher and her students have accused Government of not caring for the poor.Dressed in blue overalls with three of her students in tow, Elise Simon marched into the offices of The
readNavachab shrugs off claims on job offers
07-07-2004
THE Navachab Gold Mine at Karibib has dismissed claims by some former workers of its predecessor company that empty job offers had been made to about 280 ex-KMCC employees.They claimed to The Namibian
readNovaNam looses almost N$10m in 10-day strike
07-07-2004
ONE of Namibia's biggest fishing companies has sustained losses of N$9,5 million after a 10-day labour unrest.Fisheries Minister Abraham Iyambo was in Luderitz yesterday telling workers that an
readNamibia's cereal output projected to increase
07-07-2004
WITH the southern African region forecast to face critical food shortages during 2004-05, Namibia and Zimbabwe are the only countries expected to improve their cereal production during this period.The
readFarmers' killer gets 57-year jail term
07-07-2004
ANDREAS Haingura, the former farmworker convicted of killing his two employers - a father and his son - at a farm near Maltahoehe, was sentenced to an effective prison term of 57 years yesterday.The
readCaprivi flood victims to head home
07-07-2004
DISPLACED victims of the Caprivi floods want to return home after spending almost three months in resettlement camps.With the Zambezi River having dropped below the three-metre mark, many of the
readSwakop Valley riders triumphantat Omaruru
07-07-2004
THE Reitverein Omaruru Horse riding Club had its 50th anniversary and held its annual horse jumping and dressage tournament over the past weekend, and received entries of over 90.The categories
readNamibian cyclists pedal to success in Pietermaritzburg
07-07-2004
THE third leg of the South African Drifter Cup Series in Pietermaritzburg saw four Namibian cyclist taking part and producing the goods for their country.The Namibians drove down to participate in
readNam U17s aim to defeat Burundi
07-07-2004
THE Namibian Under 17 national football side is aiming to beat Burundi in the second leg of the African Junior Championships at the Independence Stadium this Saturday.The two teams drew one-all when
readAfghan polls to be split
07-07-2004
KABUL - Afghanistan's post-Taliban presidential elections can be held "on time" but not simultaneously with parliamentary polls, a presidential spokesman said yesterday.Much delayed by logistical
readBotswana hits out at rights group, media in Bushmen land claims case
07-07-2004
GHANZI - Botswana launched a stinging attack yesterday on the human rights group supporting San Bushmen in a land claim in the desert southern African country, calling it a "fund-raising
readAU alarm over Darfur
07-07-2004
ADDIS ABABA - The crisis in Darfur took centre stage yesterday as a major African Union (AU) summit opened here with UN chief Kofi Annan warning the catastrophe in western Sudan would worsen if no
readRoyals bury hatchet with Diana's family
07-07-2004
LONDON - Britain's House of Windsor buried the hatchet with the aristocratic family of Princess Diana yesterday, almost seven years after her brother savaged the royals in his funeral eulogy.Queen
readObasanjo to chair AU for one year
07-07-2004
ADDIS ABABA - President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria was yesterday elected to chair the African Union (AU) for a year, during the organisation's third summit in Addis Ababa, replacing Joaquim Chissano
readKerry picks Edwards as running mate
07-07-2004
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry announced yesterday that his former rival John Edwards, a charismatic senator with a strong support base in the South, will be
readBlair accepts Iraqi weapons may never be discovered
07-07-2004
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, in a significant change of stance, said yesterday he now accepts that weapons of mass destruction may never be found in Iraq."I have to accept that we
readWomen hardest hit by AIDS in Africa
07-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Women are the number one target of AIDS in Africa, facing a greater risk of infection than men and shouldering the burden that illness brings to their families, a UN AIDS report said
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