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28 Articles found on Thursday, 8 July 2004
SES holds information workshops in Namibia
08-07-2004
A Senior Expert Service (SES) project co-ordinator for Africa, Beate Jantzen, is in the country to hold workshops raising awareness about her organisation and how local business people, mainly those
readArab Bank denies funding terrorists
08-07-2004
AMMAN - The Arab Bank, a pillar of Jordan's economy, strongly denied yesterday US press reports suggesting it facilitated the flow of funds from Saudi Arabia to Palestinian "terrorists" or their
readOil, diamonds fuel growth in Angola
08-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Stanbic Bank said yesterday that surging crude prices would push oil-rich Angola's economic growth higher than it originally forecast.It said it had revised its real
readDMC to be Namibia's diamond valuator
08-07-2004
DMC Namibia, a diamond consulting firm, was appointed as Namibia's diamond valuator by the Government on June 30, 2004.The company will hold the position for five years as of January 1, 2005. DMC
readNyamu appeals for more investments
08-07-2004
TRADE and Industry Minister Jesaya Nyamu on Tuesday urged Asian businesses to consider investing in the sectors in which the Namibian Government was promoting projects of national importance.He said
readAgriculture, manufacturing sectors highlight concerns ahead of SADC-EU talks
08-07-2004
THE Namibia Agricultural Trade Forum (ATF) and the Namibian Manufacturers' Association have highlighted their concerns ahead of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and a group of SADC
readEU committed to land reform
08-07-2004
THE European Commission says it wants to avoid making the same mistake in Namibia as it did in Zimbabwe where the land reform process got out of hand, partly due to the refusal by some of its member
readBots highest court reserves judgement in extradition of 13 treason suspects
08-07-2004
LEGAL proceedings aimed at having another 13 Caprivi high treason suspects extradited from Botswana to be put on trial in Namibia reached the end of the line in Botswana's judicial system yesterday.A
readIrate cop shoots taxi driver
08-07-2004
ROAD RAGE allegedly got the better of a Policeman in Windhoek yesterday morning when he shot a taxi driver in the head with his service pistol.The incident occurred at around seven o'clock in front of
readVehicle fees to go up by 90% over five years
08-07-2004
CAR and truck fees are to increase by 90 per cent over the next five years to raise funds needed to to keep Namibia's road network in a good condition.Vehicle owners are likely to feel the pinch
readWalvis court jails burglar for six years
08-07-2004
A MAN from Walvis Bay was sentenced to six years in prison by the Regional Court on Monday for stealing goods valued at N$7 000.Magistrate Gert Retief found Paulus Shindambi (29) guilty of
readMinor pregnant after being raped
08-07-2004
WINDHOEK - The parents of a 16-year-old girl who fell pregnant after she was allegedly raped in February 2004 laid a case of rape with the Keetmanshoop Police on Tuesday.The Police reported yesterday
readNational HIV-AIDS Code launched
08-07-2004
THE Ministry of Labour yesterday launched the National Code on HIV-AIDS and Employment.Speaking on behalf of her Minister, Deputy Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa underlined that the "HIV-AIDS pandemic has
readSADC chief in the country
08-07-2004
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Prega Ramsamy is in Namibia to attend the launch of the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations.Ramsamy paid a
readVAT exemption Bill proves vexatious
08-07-2004
A CLAUSE on importing devices for disabled persons at a zero rate stalled the passing in the National Assembly on Tuesday of a Bill to exempt certain categories from paying Value Added Tax.The Bill
readLaboratories plan to meet challenges of HIV-AIDS
08-07-2004
IN light of Government intentions to put 25 000 patients on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) over the next five years, the National Institute of Pathology has launched a plan to improve its HIV-AIDS
readWalvis harbour blast claims second casualty
08-07-2004
A second man has died following an explosion on a ship in the Walvis Bay harbour on Sunday.Timoteus Amadjila succumbed to his burn wounds at the Roman Catholic Hospital in the early hours of yesterday
readOngwediva CEO dies
08-07-2004
THE Chief Executive Officer of Ongwediva Town, Auguste Taanyanda, died in the Rhino Park Private Hospital in Windhoek at around 06h00 yesterday.The Mayor of Ongwediva, Erastus Uutoni, said yesterday
readNandi-Ndaitwah draws line on men who want teen brides
08-07-2004
MINISTER of Women Affairs and Child Welfare Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah yesterday issued a stern warning to men who want to marry girls under the legal age of 18, saying they would encounter stiff
readAA loan debate strikes racial tone
08-07-2004
EMOTIONS ran high and tempers flared in the National Assembly on Tuesday as Monitor Action Group leader Kosie Pretorius claimed that the Affirmative Action Loan Scheme for emerging farmers was
readUnited Stars poised to bounce back
08-07-2004
AFTER clinching the Far North East Nationwide First Division, Rundu-based United Stars are confident that they will win promotion to football's elite Namibia Premier League (NPL) next season.The
readOuseb's future in limbo
08-07-2004
THE future of Namibian international footballer, Mohammed Ouseb, hangs in the balance as his name does not feature on the transfer deals being negotiated by South African club, Mamelodi Sundowns,
readBritain to up security spending
08-07-2004
LONDON - The British government said yesterday it will significantly increase its security budget to tackle terrorists in Britain and abroad.Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, said the demands
readBird flu in Asia confirmed
08-07-2004
BANGKOK - The strain of bird flu that killed 24 people in Southeast Asia early this year has erupted again in Thailand and China, but authorities in both countries said yesterday the outbreaks were
readEx-Kuwaiti ambassador calls Kerry "catastrophic" for Middle East
08-07-2004
KUWAIT CITY - It would be "catastrophic" for the Middle East if Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry was elected to the White House, a former Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington said in comments
readStreet fights in Baghdad
08-07-2004
BAGHDAD - Insurgents battled US troops and Iraqi security forces in central Baghdad yesterday as the interim government signed into effect a new security law giving itself wider powers to combat
readMugabe steps up crackdown on dissent, critics charge
08-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's government continues to step up its crackdown on dissent, using new repressive laws and state-sponsored violence to create a pervasive atmosphere of terror, critics said
readGalway pub defies 'cancer police'
08-07-2004
DUBLIN - Fibber Magee's has become the first pub in Ireland to openly defy the country's new smoking ban, allowing customers to light up in a last-ditch attempt to stay in business.The city centre pub
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