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29 Articles found on Tuesday, 1 June 2004
The Old And New
01-06-2004
IT's heartening to see development shaping the face of Swakopmund while retaining its unique character: German architecture, the food and the general German ambience.It's good to preserve what is
readStaged Beheading?
01-06-2004
IN the light of the pictures of the beheading of Nic Berg which you ran on May 14, accompanied by a credulous story, and which understandably provoked some emotional reader response.I think you should
readLCA Thanks Supporters
01-06-2004
THE local authority election of 2004 is history.Unfortunately the LCA was not able to reach its anticipated results. Only 34,98 % of the registered voters in Windhoek participated in the election.
readPresident Is Unfair
01-06-2004
ALLOW me to express my view on the elections.As a non active Swapo member I find it very embarrassing and very unfair what happened to the former Foreign Minister Hamutenya. Although he was never my
readAfrica business summit to spur development
01-06-2004
JOHANNESBURG - African political and economic leaders convene in Mozambique this week to discuss harnessing business to power development, saying political gains continue to be undercut by poor
readVodacom to end Nigeria contract by June 6
01-06-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African cellular operator Vodacom will end its management contract with Econet Wireless Nigeria (EWN) by June 6, a source familiar with the case told Reuters yesterday.The source
readBusinesses welcome Pohamba election
01-06-2004
THE business community has called for stability and closer ties between government and the private sector, after Swapo elected Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba as the party's candidate in the
readNujoma's exit raises opponents' poll hopes
01-06-2004
WITH President Sam Nujoma not in the running, opposition parties appear to fancy that they stand a better chance in the November elections.Monitor Action Group (MAG) leader, Kosie Pretorius, yesterday
readSoccer star's suicide surfaces in fraud trial
01-06-2004
A FORMER civil servant who claims that he and a former member of Namibia's national soccer team defrauded Government of about N$108 000, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison.
readGovt mum on land plea
01-06-2004
GOVERNMENT has not yet responded to a formal request by commercial farmers that moves to expropriate their farms be postponed to the end of this month.In the meantime, Namibia Agricultural Union
readTwo new HIV-AIDS counselling, testing centres
01-06-2004
RUNDU - The Social Marketing Association (SMA) last week opened two New Start Centres for Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VTC) on HIV-AIDS, in the Andara and Nyangana Health Districts of the
readPolio vaccination drive 'a success'
01-06-2004
GOBABIS - Senior Health Programme Administrator in the Ministry of Health and Social Services, Reree Kaune, has described as successful a campaign conducted in the region because of an outbreak of
readResearch yields a ton of support
01-06-2004
THE Erongo House of Safety at Swakopmund on Friday received almost one ton of frozen fish from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources' two regional programmes.The Benguela Environment
readNational Council goes into recess
01-06-2004
THE National Council on Friday went into recess until the end of July.Before taking the break, the lawmakers reviewed 12 bills but only passed 10. They referred the remaining two to Parliamentary
readPoor worst hit by tobacco
01-06-2004
THE poorest people tend to smoke the most and bear most of the disease burden caused by tobacco, a recent study by the World Health Organisation indicates.As Namibia joined the rest of the world
readECN fails the law, unable to hold Otjinene by-election
01-06-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has failed to hold a by-election in the Otjinene Regional Constituency within the 90-day period prescribed by the Regional Councils Act of 1992.The law
readWoman stabbed at Luderitz
01-06-2004
A 28-year-old woman from Luderitz is reported to be in a stable condition in hospital after she was stabbed at least seven times, allegedly by her boyfriend.Alida Isacks was attacked at Agatha Park at
readI'm innocent, claims suspect in Brakwater heist case
01-06-2004
A DELUGE of words and an accompanying flood of explanations to back up his claims of innocence streamed from the mouth of last of the suspects accused of involvement in a N$5,3 million highway heist
readMafia suspect with Namibia business interests arrested
01-06-2004
ONE of Italy's most-wanted Mafia suspects, who has previously been living in Namibia, was captured in Venezuela and flown back to Italy under police guard on Saturday.Vito Bigione (52) is accused of a
readOngwediva residents to protest
01-06-2004
RESIDENTS at Ongwediva today plan to protest over a refusal by the Swapo Party head office to accept Councillors elected in the recent Local Authority Elections at the town.Those elected were Julia
readSwapo councillors finally take the oath at Karibib
01-06-2004
THE swearing in of members of the Karibib Town Council was finally completed yesterday, more than two weeks after the Local Authority election, when the outstanding three Swapo candidates took the
readHope on the horizon at Usakos
01-06-2004
THE appointment of office bearers to the Usakos Town Council is still in limbo more than two weeks after the Local Authority elections.The stalemate was prompted by Swapo's decision not to co-operate
readDanie not happy with inactivity of national side
01-06-2004
NAMIBIA'S rugby coach, Danie Vermeulen, yesterday expressed unhappiness at the lack of activity of the national team since February this year, saying that it affected their performance every time they
readMan rapes hen, kills himself
01-06-2004
LUSAKA - A 50-year-old Zambian man hanged himself after his wife found him having sex with a hen, police said on Friday.The woman caught him in the act when she rushed into their house to investigate
readTen arrested in Suu Kyi protests
01-06-2004
YANGON - Myanmar authorities arrested 10 democracy activists, including a young woman who staged a solo protest, calling for Aung San Suu Kyi to be freed on the first anniversary of her detention,
readRenegade troops advance in Congo
01-06-2004
BUKAVU - Congolese soldiers have retreated from positions at the airport near the eastern town of Bukavu after two hours of fighting with an advancing column of 1 000 renegade troops, the UN said
readAristide arrives in SA
01-06-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Former Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide was given a warm welcome yesterday as he arrived in South Africa to take up temporary asylum, three months after fleeing a popular revolt in
readAl Qaeda winning war against terror: analysts
01-06-2004
KUALA LUMPUR - The al Qaeda network is winning the global war on terror, while America's use of overwhelming force against Muslim extremists is creating a sea of hatred and is strategically flawed,
readDecision on new Iraq president delayed
01-06-2004
BAGHDAD - The US-dominated coalition and Governing Council put off choosing Iraq's new president yesterday amid sharp disagreement over the two contenders, as clashes continued in Kufa between
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