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24 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 June 2004
Deputy Trade Minister urges local firms to forge international links
16-06-2004
AN advertising company, Virtual Marketing, said to be the first to offer clients in Namibia an integrated package, was launched at a breakfast meeting in Windhoek yesterday.According to management of
readIMF approves US$330m aid package for Zambia
16-06-2004
LUSAKA - The International Monetary Fund has approved a US$330 million three-year aid package for Zambia and the cash will start flowing immediately, IMF resident representative Joseph Kakoza said
readDeputy PG faces new charge of drunken driving
16-06-2004
A SENIOR staff member from the Office of the Prosecutor General, Deputy Prosecutor General Jackson Kuutondokwa, is again under investigation for alleged drunken driving - less than four months after
readCourt endorses Swapo's 'prerogative' to alter lists
16-06-2004
SUPPORTERS of political parties who become unhappy when their leaders make late changes to candidates lists or impose unelected people on them have no one else to blame but themselves.That appears to
readGravy train refurbished Furniture allowances for politicians
16-06-2004
NAMIBIA'S politicians awarded themselves hefty home furniture allowances last year, a secret Cabinet document leaked to The Namibian this week, reveals.The decision was taken in July last year despite
readHard road to an education
16-06-2004
TEN-YEAR-OLD Willemina Goses is attending school for the first time in her life.She was born physically handicapped and has to be pushed in a wheelchair to get to class. And due to years of not using
readYoungster nabbed with stolen NDF machine gun
16-06-2004
POLICE have uncovered a Namibia Defence Force heavy machine gun that disappeared from the Bagani Military Base in March, while soldiers were guarding the bridge connecting the Caprivi and Kavango
readSleepless nights over Swapo voting process
16-06-2004
THE man who kept President Sam Nujoma, along with everyone else, in suspense over the outcome of Swapo's special congress, was so worried himself that he did not sleep soundly for four days and
readTen-year prison term for Rundu wife-killer
16-06-2004
A RUNDU district resident who confessed that he beat his wife to death almost two years ago was sentenced to an effective jail term of ten years yesterday.Matheus Kampanza (25) was sentenced by
readTaapopi installed as new Windhoek CEO
16-06-2004
THE City of Windhoek's new Chief Executive Officer, Niilo Taapopi, was officially welcomed to the post at a special council meeting on Wednesday evening.His appointment became effective on June 7.
readCoD demands Nujoma apology over gay claims
16-06-2004
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) have asked President Sam Nujoma to retract his accusation that opposition party leader Ben Ulenga had engaged in homosexual activities, saying the statement has caused
readDelay in City Police 'Ministry's fault'
16-06-2004
THE delay in the establishment of the Windhoek Municipal Police has been laid squarely on the Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing.The new City Council at their first meeting on
readGovt promises more air traffic controllers
16-06-2004
GOVERNMENT has lashed out at the Namibian Air Traffic Controllers' Association (Namatca) who last week told the media that the country's air safety could be jeopardised because of poor working
readReward offered for city murder clues
16-06-2004
THE family of a young Windhoek woman who fell victim to an apparently motiveless murder in her home in Khomasdal a month ago, is now offering a N$10 000 reward for information that will result in the
readUnder 17 players called
16-06-2004
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has called up the following players who are expected to represent Namibia in a Confederation of African Football's Under 17 Championships preliminary match
readCollin wants change
16-06-2004
NAMIBIAN international Collin Benjamin told his German-based football club, Hamburg SV, that he had enough of wearing the number 8 jersey, claiming that the number hasn't been lucky for him.The club
readFootball lovers unhapy with NBC on football
16-06-2004
SOME members of the Namibian public are disappointment that the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), was not giving live coverage of the Euro 2004 soccer championship currently underway in
readCastle stops funding Friendship League
16-06-2004
THE Castle Lager Friendship League, a football development programme, will not take place this year after its main sponsors, Castle Brewing Namibia, pulled out.The tournament, which featured all of
readMuslim girl loses challenge to ban
16-06-2004
LONDON - A 15-year-old girl who was barred from wearing traditional Muslim dress at school yesterday lost her court fight to overturn the ban.Shabina Begum was sent home from Denbigh High School in
readBritain plans to introduce iris scans at five airports next year
16-06-2004
LONDON - The British government said yesterday it would introduce a pilot iris scanning system at the country's five busiest airports next year in a bid to increase security and speed immigration
readExplosions cut Iraqi oil exports
16-06-2004
BAGHDAD - Two explosions occurred on oil pipelines in southern Iraq, yesterday.The statement did not specify where and when the explosions took place. However, the company blamed loyalists of former
readIraqi car bomb kills 13
16-06-2004
BAGHDAD - A car bomb shattered a convoy of Westerners in Baghdad, killing at least 13 people, including three General Electric Co workers and two bodyguards.Crowds rejoiced over the attack, dancing
readEurope hard on Iran nukes
16-06-2004
VIENNA - Iran pressed the United Nations not to punish it for keeping nuclear secrets but diplomats at the UN atomic energy watchdog in Vienna proposed a new draft resolution yesterday that retained a
read70 trained in paper technology at Ongwediva
16-06-2004
ONGWEDIVA- SEVENTY trainees last week received certificates after completing a skills' training course in appropriate paper based technology, facilitated by the Ongwediva Sam Nujoma Multi-purpose
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