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20 Articles found on Monday, 21 June 2004
Zaamwani is elected new NCCI president
21-06-2004
INGE Zaamwani, managing director of Namdeb was at the weekend elected president of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) taking over the reigns of leadership from Dr Leake Hangala, who
readNAU rejects foreign pressure
21-06-2004
A MOTION by the Otjiwarongo Farmers' Association to call on the international community to put pressure on the Namibian Government to carry out the land reform programme "responsibly", was rejected by
readWalters is new Ombudsman
21-06-2004
FORMER Acting Prosecutor General John Walters has been appointed as Namibia's Ombudsman.The President's appointment of Walters as Ombudsman with effect from July 1 was announced from the chambers of
readAIDS treatment at State hospitals 'a lottery'
21-06-2004
NAMIBIA's biggest organisation of people living with HIV-AIDS, Lironga Eparu, has described health-care at State clinics and hospitals as "a lottery" and called it "unacceptable".The organisation
readComav clarifies
21-06-2004
THE private flying company Comav, has pointed out that it does not operate flights on behalf of Air Namibia.Commercial Manager at Comav, Frank Aldridge wrote to The Namibian saying an article in the
readNampa in the red by almost N$2m in 2003
21-06-2004
THE Namibian Press Agency (Nampa) operated at a loss of more than N$1,8 million during the last financial year.In its annual report for 2002-03, the Government-funded news agency attributes the loss
readGovt moves to eliminate veterinary cordon fence
21-06-2004
OPUWO - The Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Helmut Angula, says Government is moving towards removing the veterinary redline.Speaking at the official opening of the Ehomba
readMuniciapal debt a poverty trap
21-06-2004
OUT of desperation and fear that 'her future' might come back to haunt her, Susanna Nowases has torn a page of the alphabet from a magazine and stuck it on the hole-poked iron sheet wall of her
readNo meningitis 'outbreak' in capital
21-06-2004
HEALTH authorities have downplayed fears of a meningitis outbreak in Windhoek.Concerned parents called The Namibian at the end of last week raising fears that there might be an outbreak of meningitis
readTransNamib to expand rail transportation
21-06-2004
TRANSNAMIB has embarked on a four-year expansion and refurbishment programme of its existing 45 electric locomotives, which will provide Namibia with a modern fleet of trains and wagons.This was
readSpanish captain in court on illegal fishing charges
21-06-2004
THE Spanish captain of a fishing vessel that was allegedly caught fishing illegally in Namibian waters last Monday, appeared in the Luderitz Magistrate's Court on five charges on Friday.Jorge Alonso
readOsire refugees plan demo
21-06-2004
REFUGEES at Osire plan to hold a peaceful demonstration today during commemoration of World Refugee Day.The Chairman of the Association of Refugee Rights (ADR) MacGoddins Lushimba said on Friday that
readNorth Central Region take home N$50 000
21-06-2004
THE North Central region are the first winners of the inaugural Coca-Cola Under-19 Regional Football Challenge which concluded in the capital on Saturday.The winners took home N$50 000 after beating
readIndia, US set to join on space exploration
21-06-2004
BANGALORE - India and the United States start an ambitious chapter in space cooperation this week, marking a U-turn from a long estrangement linked to US sanctions against India's nuclear
readPope points at roots
21-06-2004
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul said yesterday Europe's Christian roots could not be forgotten, visibly upset at the EU's failure to mention Christianity in its newly-agreed constitution.Speaking in
readPart of Beirut off limits to US staff
21-06-2004
BEIRUT - The US embassy has put areas south of Beirut off-limits to its staff, after five people died in clashes last month between the Lebanese army and protesters in Hizbollah's stronghold in
read'No sign of fighters in house attacked by US'
21-06-2004
FALLUJAH - A senior officer of the US-backed Fallujah Brigade yesterday disputed US claims that an American air strike had hit a safe house of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network.The health
readZimbabwe backtracks on land grabbing
21-06-2004
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's government said it would honour ownership rights to land bought on the property market, backtracking on previous announcements it would nationalise all farmland, a
readEngraved heart captures British foundling project
21-06-2004
LONDON - The mother-of-pearl heart engraved with the letters "E+L" lies in the showcase under a letter begging the governors of London's Foundling Hospital to accept a baby the parents could not
readTrouble brewing in eastern DRC
21-06-2004
KINSHASA - Up to 10 000 government troops have flown to eastern Congo in the past week, raising fears of fresh fighting as Kinshasa struggles to stamp its authority on the lawless border region,
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