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34 Articles found on Friday, 11 June 2004
Political Perspective
11-06-2004
SO much for Swapo's show of unity! Clearly all is not well even though Swapo's president-designate, Hifikepunye Pohamba, was at pains to assure the world at a press conference recently that the ruling
readAll Hate Speech Must End
11-06-2004
FIGHTING talk, from whichever side of the political spectrum, can only negatively impact on our country's peace, security and future stability and should stop with immediate effect.It is for this
readOutcome Uncertain: Deconstructing The 2004 Swapo Extraordinary Congress
11-06-2004
MOST local commentators saw the recent Swapo Extraordinary Congress as a defining moment in our recent political life.Reasons advanced for this view, included among others: the nature of the contest
readGeingos Smells A Rat
11-06-2004
PLEASE allow me to air my views in your paper about the poison pen report of Tangeni Amupadhi of The Namibian on the issue of a man reportedly having gone missing from the Tsumeb Otavi farming area on
readIt's One Town
11-06-2004
ALLOW me space in your esteemed daily.There has been disturbing talk and often exaggerated comparision of two northern towns, Ongwediva and Oshakati. It is on record that Ongwediva is clean and
readWhy Vote For Swapo?
11-06-2004
THE judgement on Ongwediva is uncalled for.Our judges are still out of order and democracy is surely sinking. It no longer makes sense for anyone to stand in very long queues to elect Swapo because it
readNo Emergency Bank Clearance
11-06-2004
STANDARD Bank North I am writing this with tears in my eyes.On 3 May 2004 someone deposited money into my account. The depositor was from another bank (FNB), this means I had to wait 7 days. On 5 May
readTake Care With Job Ads
11-06-2004
ALLOW me to express myself in your daily newspaper.On 21 May 2004, page B6, there was an international job advertisement in The Namibian newspaper stating Genesis Corporarion, Now recruiting.
readNFSI Wants Proper Planning
11-06-2004
I WOULD appreciate it if you could publish this clarification on the report by Christof Maletsky in The Namibian of Thursday 3 June, under the heading "Farmers vow tooth and nail fight against
readRand softens against US$ ahead of MPC outcome
11-06-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand weakened in line with the euro against the dollar yesterday ahead of the outcome of the central bank's two-day monetary policy meeting which is expected to hold
readSME business forum starts at Gobabis
11-06-2004
A SMALL business forum aimed at empowering the local community with meaningful information on business development, started at Gobabis yesterday.The event also offers the local business community an
readZambia to grow maize all year round
11-06-2004
LUSAKA - Zambia planned to grow maize throughout the year in the country's vast wetlands and aimed to increase output by roughly 40 per cent to 2 million tons in the 2004/05 season, Mundia Sikatana,
readOpec cautious on prospects for drop in oil price
11-06-2004
JAKARTA - Opec president Purnomo Yusgiantoro expressed caution yesterday about prospects for an early fall in world oil prices."It was going down but there were incidents in Nigeria and Venezuela
readKenya offshore oil search encouraging
11-06-2004
NAIROBI - Promising early results from a fresh hunt for oil off Kenya have prompted exploration firm Woodside Energy to plan extensive further surveys, the company said yesterday.Woodside, a
readBEE partnership deal sealed
11-06-2004
INVESTMENT House Namibia (IHN), registered stockbrokers on the local bourse, have sold 10 per cent of shares to One Namibia Investment Holdings in line with the black economic empowerment process.The
readCold weather costs Aus farmers 200 animals
11-06-2004
MORE than 200 small livestock died on Monday morning at Aus after sudden rain and freezing conditions hit the southern parts of the country.Aus is known as one of the coldest settlements in Namibia.
readEscaped Joneses' trail goes cold
11-06-2004
FUGITIVE brothers Chris and Ian Jones remained on the run from the Police for a third successive day yesterday.It was as if the two brothers and the stolen vehicle in which they fled Windhoek on
readDisunity takes Witvlei abattoir to the edge
11-06-2004
DISAGREEMENT between directors of the !Uri!Khubis Abattoir at Witvlei is hampering efforts to revive the black economic empowerment entity as it teeters on the brink of liquidation, The Namibian has
readFishy job offer hooks Namibians
11-06-2004
NAMIBIANS desperate for jobs have fallen prey to a reported scam which promises jobs in Norway, Alaska, Iceland and Greenland.An agency, Unique Jobs, recently placed advertisements in Namibian
readWAD doing its brilliant best in Omusati
11-06-2004
MEMBERS of the Omahenene Women's Action for Development Training Centre were on Monday praised for their "remarkable achievements" by WAD Executive Director Veronica de Klerk.De Klerk was speaking at
read'Home brew' case hanging
11-06-2004
POLICE are still waiting for the results of a laboratory analysis of a home brew that claimed the lives of seven revellers at Grootfontein last month.Warrant Officer Christopher Munyika of Police
readWinter brings malaria under control
11-06-2004
THE serious malaria situation experienced in the northern regions that has killed more than 550 people so far this year is under control, according to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.The
read2 Namdeb employees nabbed with diamonds
11-06-2004
TWO Namdeb employees were arrested at Oranjemund on Friday last week after being found in possession of diamonds, the Police reported in their daily crime bulletin yesterday.Wicklief Elia (48) was
readGovernor ignores demo by disabled
11-06-2004
CLOSE to 50 disabled people marched to the Keetmanshoop Regional Council office yesterday but were disappointed when Karas Regional Governor Stephanus Goliath failed to receive them in person.
readYoung mother accused of trying to hang her baby
11-06-2004
A 19-year-old woman appeared in the Eenhana Magistrate's Court on Monday accused of trying to kill her five-month-old baby through hanging on three occasions.The Police reported yesterday that
readRP slams Gobabis farmers' meeting as 'unfortunate'
11-06-2004
THE Republican Party has described Wednesday's meeting of commercial farmers at Gobabis as "an unfortunate event".In a statement yesterday, its president Henk Mudge said the discussions could damage
read6 on trial for cop murder, robbery
11-06-2004
THE murder and armed robbery trial of a gang accused of killing an off-duty Police officer during a hold-up at a gambling house and bar in Windhoek started in the High Court this week.More than two
readNamibia's hunt for alternative energy sources becomes dire
11-06-2004
NAMIBIA'S need to find an alternative source of power is becoming more urgent than ever.Six years since the last studies were done, power utility company NamPower has just awarded a contract for an
readBritney blows a knee
11-06-2004
LOS ANGELES - Pop princess Britney Spears underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in New York on Wednesday after injuring herself during a late-night video shoot, according to her record label.Spears (22)
readSoft hands for violent offenders
11-06-2004
MONTERREY, Mexico - Inmates at a jail in Ciudad Juarez on the US border, where more than 300 women have been murdered over the past decade, are enjoying aromatherapy and piped classical music as part
readJuicy laptop secrets for sale by public auction
11-06-2004
LONDON - Laptops containing sensitive financial details and all manner of corporate secrets can be snapped up at auctions for a pittance, a security firm revealed on Wednesday.Stockholm-based Pointsec
readWhat's the buzz at G8? Electric carts
11-06-2004
SEA ISLAND, Georgia - In the land of the mighty gas-guzzling vehicle, leaders at a Group of Eight summit are whizzing around in electric carts.First Lady Laura Bush used hers to pick up her Canadian
readTale of sex, murder, God and SMS grips Sweden
11-06-2004
UPPSALA - A nanny, a clergyman, mobile phone messages from God and murder are the keys to a complicated crime which has captivated Sweden since the start of the year.A trial in Uppsala, north of
readSic Transit Ronald Reagan
11-06-2004
JOHN F Kennedy had to wait until he was dead to have New York City's Idlewild Airport named after him, but they renamed Washington's National Airport after Ronald Reagan even before he died.Now that
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