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25 Articles found on Monday, 28 June 2004
De Beers agrees diamond deal with Central Africa
28-06-2004
BANGUI - Diamond producer De Beers has signed an agreement with the Central African Republic to explore for diamonds in the east of the country, state officials and the company said on Friday.A De
readAfricans welcome US trade legislation approval
28-06-2004
WASHINGTON - Sub-Saharan African nations expressed relief at the weekend at the approval of US trade legislation they said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the continent's textile and
readNew NCCI leadership aims at skills shortage
28-06-2004
THE newly-elected National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) president Inge Zaamwani held a press conference to announce resolutions passed at the organisation's 2004 Annual General Meeting held
readThree nabbed for N$80 000 petrol fraud
28-06-2004
THREE men were arrested at Katima Mulilo on Thursday for using a Government petrol card to buy fuel worth more than N$80 000.Suspects Stanley Libanda (26), Lister Mukamba (35) and Lovemore Chikusi
readNored MD suspended
28-06-2004
NORED, the company that sells electricity in the northern towns of Namibia, has confirmed the suspension of its Managing Director but has declined to address suggestions that the decision was linked
readHereros slam Bundestag resolution
28-06-2004
A RECENT resolution passed by the German Parliament [Bundestag] on the 1904 genocide has drawn sharp condemnation from Namibia's ethnic Hereros.The Herero Chiefs' Secretariat in Windhoek has lashed
readGermans protest on Namibia
28-06-2004
BERLIN - Human rights campaigners demonstrated in Berlin on Friday against the German government's refusal to apologise for the massacre of Herero tribesmen in its former colony Namibia a century
readCoD slams SELCo political donations
28-06-2004
DONATIONS to the tune of N$ 28 0000 to four political parties in Keetmanshoop have landed the Southern Electricity Company (SELCo) in hot water yet again.In the past, residents of Keetmanshoop and
readNudo Youth League to choose leaders
28-06-2004
THE National Unity Democratic Organisation Organisation's (Nudo) Youth League will hold its first congress on July 16 in Windhoek.Nudo Youth League's interim Secretary General, Abia Uhongora, said
readOldest hospital needs revamp
28-06-2004
A WELL-KNOWN church activist and former schoolteacher, Selma Shejavali, has called for donations to rebuild two wards of the oldest hospital in northern Namibia.Shejavali said the Onandjokwe Lutheran
readCops probe Walvis Bay murder
28-06-2004
POLICE at Walvis Bay are investigating a case of attempted murder after Willibard Shipile (24) was shot in the left upper leg by an unknown suspect.Police spokesperson, Sergeant Joseph Munyika, said
readUnion blames factory floor murder on labour relations
28-06-2004
ONE of the trade unions in the fishing industry has alleged that poor labour relations have led to one worker killing another with a knife on the production floor of the Novanam factory at Luderitz on
readTriple child rape appeal dismissed
28-06-2004
TWO High Court Judges have put their stamp of approval on the 25-year prison sentence and triple conviction for the rape of three young girls that an Otjiwarongo resident received some 19 months
readControversial N$7 500 SSC pen becomes a hot potato
28-06-2004
A PRICEY pen that the Social Security Commission (SSC) bought three years ago to "sign important documents" has apparently become too hot to handle.The Mont Blanc pen and pencil set, bought for N$7
readI'll do what it takes to clear my name: Hinda
28-06-2004
A WINDHOEK advocate, Gerson Hinda, has criticised what he said was the "selective" leaking of the Social Security Commission's (SSC) report of the Presidential inquiry.Hinda said on Friday that an
readRelatives of dead pupil want principal ousted
28-06-2004
RELATIVES of Olivia Mondjila Matheus (17), who died last week after she jumped off a moving vehicle driven by her school principal, held a peaceful demonstration at Endola on Friday to demand that the
readNDF Corporal accused of violence gets bail
28-06-2004
A Namibian Defence Force Corporal accused of assaulting nineteen recruits at the Osona Military Base in April has been released on bail.Corporal Charles Ngeama, a Military Police officer, had been in
readWatershed case set for July 29
28-06-2004
THE High Court will on July 29 hear the first part of a historic case in which destitute residents of Windhoek's Goreangab want the State to be compelled to provide free water and sanitation to poor
readKaribib averts power crisis
28-06-2004
KARIBIB managed to avoid a power crisis at the weekend after power utility NamPower had threatened to cut supply for the N$1,6 million that the council owes.The town council managed to raise N$50 000
readDevelopment Bank of Namibia ready to fulfil mandate
28-06-2004
THE Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) has spent recent months putting in place the bank's institutional framework, which includes its lending system and human resources structure.This was said by DBN
readConradie back in NRU hot seat
28-06-2004
DIRK Conradie has been re-elected as President of the Namibia Rugby Union on Saturday but he will have to be content with sharing the presidency with James Camm.In what seems like a compromise
readBlue Waters are league champs
28-06-2004
BLUE WATERS ended their emphatic run in domestic football on a high note as they comfortably beat XI Arrows 3-1 to scoop the 2004 Namibia Premier League title at Walvis Bay on Saturday.The coastal
readMattie Stepanek, poet and muscular dystrophy advocate, dies at 13
28-06-2004
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland - Mattie Stepanek, the child poet whose inspirational verse made him a best-selling writer and a prominent voice for muscular dystrophy sufferers, died of a rare form of the
readAIDS efforts 'not nearly enough'
28-06-2004
WASHINGTON - More than 20 years into the AIDS epidemic, with billions being spent on prevention, research and treatment, the world has not even begun to make a dent on the deadly virus, top experts
readSwaziland stumbles in much-awaited bid to reform
28-06-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Swaziland is set to adopt a new constitution next month after three decades of monarchist rule but critics say the charter will only strengthen King Mswati III's hold on power in the
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