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20 Articles found on Monday, 14 June 2004
Limited access to loans still a hindrance to SMEs
14-06-2004
A three-day business forum held in Gobabis for the small-to-medium enterprises (SME) sector ended on high note with local entrepreneurs exhibiting their trade wares.The forum organised by Joint
readNam seeks more access to EU markets
14-06-2004
LOCAL business leaders, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry and parliamentarians Fluksman Samuehls and Erasmus Hendjala, met with a United Kingdom (UK) parliamentary committee visiting
readAir Namibia house deal raises stink
14-06-2004
AIR NAMIBIA sold a house to its Chief Executive at a loss, in a deal that has been described as not being in the interest of the cash-strapped airline.But both Air Namibia Managing Director Gernot
readCommission to put spotlight on DBC and Amcom
14-06-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has appointed a commission of inquiry into the Development Brigade Corporation (DBC) and Amcom, a move that was anticipated before the Swapo Congress and seen as a witch-hunt
readExhausted Joneses back in jail
14-06-2004
MURDER, kidnapping and armed robbery suspects Ian and Chris Jones are back behind bars.The two brothers, who triggered an intense Police manhunt when they escaped from holding cells at the Windhoek
readFarm, domestic workers getting raw deal in Karas
14-06-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The Namibia Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) branch at Keetmanshoop has expressed concern over the way domestic and farm workers are treated in the Karas Region.Nafau Organiser at
readNujoma lays first rails
14-06-2004
TSUMEB - President Sam Nujoma, accompanied by Works, Transport and Communication Minister Moses Amweelo, laid the first rails of the Tsumeb-Oshikango railway project on Thursday.Hundreds of people
readIFAW opposes trade in ivory
14-06-2004
THE International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has opposed Namibia's application to Cites to be allowed to trade in ivory.Namibia has submitted its proposal to the Convention on International Trade
readGovt rubbishes Amnesty report
14-06-2004
A NAMIBIAN Government spokesperson has dismissed Amnesty International's latest yearly report on Namibia as "the usual garbage" and lacking in substance.Mocks Shivute, Permanent Secretary in the
readBlaze kills three at Engela
14-06-2004
THREE people have died in a blaze at their home at Engela in the Ohangwena Region.A brief Police report said Lucia Hauwanga (87), Natalia Ndeulikosha Haleinge (10) and Rauna Yoleni Hailonga (30) died
readOngombo West owner willing to give up farm
14-06-2004
HILDE Wiese, owner of Ongombo West, has informed the Government that she was willing to part with her land after the Ministry of Lands showed interest in her farm.Andreas Wiese, son of the Hilde,
readSwapo has led country 'to economic and social destruction', says CoD
14-06-2004
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) set the tone for this election year, calling President Sam Nujoma a "political trickster" and Swapo "circus magicians" whom it promised to "expose" as a "political
readNafwu to hit back at defiant farmers
14-06-2004
THE Namibia Farmworkers' Union says it is consulting fellow unionists in a bid to lay charges of incitement against a group of white farmers who vowed last week to fight the expropriation of
readTigers netball teams in good form
14-06-2004
TIGERS Netball Club had a field day on the netball courts Saturday when both their First and Second Division teams caused major upsets in the Khomas Netball Region League (KNRL).Tigers' first team
readVan Wyk is new NPL chairman
14-06-2004
FORMER Black Africa Team Manager Anton van Wyk was elected as the new chairman of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) at an Extra Ordinary meeting at Walvis Bay on Saturday, replacing interim chairman
readEU elections raise the Turkish issue
14-06-2004
PARIS - From Sweden to Slovakia, Europeans in 19 countries chose from candidates for the EU parliament yesterday, wrapping up the bloc's first election since its historic expansion eastward in May.Six
readCoup fails in Congo
14-06-2004
KINSHASA - The shaky peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the vast central African country emerging from a war that left 2,5 million dead, looked even more fragile Friday after a failed
readJewish settlers look into compensation package
14-06-2004
JERUSALEM - Dozens of Israeli settlers have asked Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office for details of compensation for leaving their homes voluntarily under a government evacuation plan, political
readRay Charles remembered as an innovator
14-06-2004
BEVERLY HILLS, California - Ray Charles is being remembered as a musical innovator who blended genres of music to create a new style.Charles died on Thursday of acute liver disease at age 73. Ray
readBomber kills 12 in Baghdad
14-06-2004
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew up his car as police tried to stop it hurtling toward a heavily guarded US base in Baghdad yesterdayy, killing at least 12 Iraqis.A US military spokesman said 12 Iraqis
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