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26 Articles found on Thursday, 3 June 2004
MVA on road to recovery
03-06-2004
THE Motor Vehicle Fund of Namibia (MVA), currently experiencing financial sustainability, is aiming at developing a model fund that will focus more on accident victims and inherently counter deviants
readPublic sector, municipalities not complying with Affirmative Action, report
03-06-2004
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), yesterday held a breakfast presentation in Windhoek to declare results of its Affirmative Action Needs Assessment Study aimed at determining
readAfrican economic summit seeks light amid the gloom
03-06-2004
MAPUTO - African political and business leaders gathered in Mozambique for their annual summit yesterday amid fears the world's poorest continent is stumbling badly in the race for faster economic
readWorld Bank first for Namibia
03-06-2004
THE World Bank on Tuesday approved a US$7,1 million (about N$45m) grant for Namibia to scale up community-based ecosystem management for the benefit of rural people, biodiversity conservation and
readHippos find new home in Lake Liambezi
03-06-2004
A HERD of hippopotamuses have found their way to Lake Liambezi as water continues to stream into the lake via Muyako and from the south through the Chobe River following this year's floods in the
readSwapo urged to end boycott
03-06-2004
GOVERNMENT has written to Swapo expressing concern about the leadership vacuum at Usakos and Karibib following the ruling party's refusal to work with opposition groups on newly elected town
readGemstone shop at Opuwo
03-06-2004
A GEMSTONE shop has been opened at the newly-constructed multi-purpose shopping centre at Opuwo.Salesman Tjiyeya Herunga told Nampa that the shop will sell gemstones from the family's mine at
readSADC parliament gets nod
03-06-2004
PARLIAMENTARIANS from SADC member countries have agreed to a proposal that the SADC Parliamentary Forum be transformed into a fully-fledged SADC Parliament.This was announced by National Assembly
readThree suspects escape
03-06-2004
THREE trial-awaiting prisoners escaped from the Mariental Police cells on Monday night, and have yet to be re-arrested.According to the Police, Gert Fredericks (25) and Johannes Dirkse (34) both
readEnviro Day to focus on seas, oceans
03-06-2004
WORLD Environment Day will be marked in Namibia and the rest of the world on Saturday.This year's theme, 'Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive?', has particular significance for Namibia as a
readNamibia becoming cleaner by the year
03-06-2004
NAMIBIA is recycling at least 66 per cent of used metal cans since the Collect-A-Can company first began operating here 10 years ago.Since 1994, when just over 809 tons of metal cans were removed
readZimbabwe heaps praise on Swapo's transition effort
03-06-2004
ZIMBABWE and its ruling party plan to take a cue from Swapo's change of top leadership, that country's ambassador in Windhoek said on Tuesday.Stanislaus Chigwedere said Swapo "has shown good maturity
readObserver Editor stands by reader's letter
03-06-2004
THE Editor of the Windhoek Observer, Hannes Smith, says Swapo can forget about getting the source of a letter published in his newspaper last week.Smith said the letter that expressed the hope for
readNamibia seeks to commercialise Hoodia
03-06-2004
NAMIBIA has requested Cites to list the Carrion Flower (Hoodia) in Appendix II, to enable it to sell the natural resource.Plants and animal species classified in the United Nations on International
readExam paper leak suspect denies playing a key role
03-06-2004
A FORMER Augustineum Secondary School Principal, who is accused of having been the source of exam paper leaks that almost scuppered Namibia's Grade 12 examinations at the end of 2002, denied charges
readFarmers vow 'tooth and nail' fight against expropriation
03-06-2004
A DEFIANT group of commercial farmers whose land Government has identified for expropriation claim they are victims of immoral politicking and will fight it tooth and nail.Government served some 15
readCourt reserves judgement in Ongwediva Swapo case
03-06-2004
THE High Court yesterday extended an interim order preventing Swapo from arbitrarily replacing elected councillors at Ongwediva with people hand-picked by the ruling party's Politburo.Acting Judge
readUnder 19s to be chosen for Gothia Cup
03-06-2004
THE Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU) in conjuction with Namibia Beverages, will hold a regional tournament to ultimately select an under 19 football team that will play in the Gothia Cup in Sweden
readDialing divorce
03-06-2004
AMMAN - A Jordanian man has divorced his wife for a third, and final, time in three years, accusing her of ruining him financially because she spent hours talking on the phone, Petra news agency
readSurfer wins Miss Universe
03-06-2004
QUITO, Ecuador - Miss Australia Jennifer Hawkins, a 20-year-old choreographer and avid surfer, won the Miss Universe 2004 title in Ecuador on Tuesday over a field of beauty queens who strut across a
readEnron manipulated prices during brownouts: report
03-06-2004
WASHINGTON - Collapsed energy trader Enron manipulated electricity prices to its own advantage during California's 2001 energy crisis, tapes aired by CBS News on Tuesday reveal.The tapes have national
readChalabi turns on US
03-06-2004
WASHINGTON - Ahmad Chalabi, a former Iraqi exile who recently lost his standing as a special friend of the Bush administration, told Iran that the United States had broken the code of its intelligence
readSweeping powers for Obasanjo
03-06-2004
ABUJA - Nigerian lawmakers have approved sweeping security measures including powers of detention in the violence-torn state of Plateau, two weeks after President Olusegun Obasanjo declared a state of
readBush 'understands' Iraqi opposition
03-06-2004
PARIS - US.President George W. Bush said in a published interview that Iraqis fighting American troops aren't all terrorists and insists he can understand their distaste for occupation.In an interview
readIraq reels despite new government
03-06-2004
BAGHDAD - Another car bomb killed at least four Iraqis in Baghdad while renewed clashes between Shiite Muslim militiamen and US forces left eight dead, setting an ominous backdrop for the new Iraqi
readDRC ex-rebels claim control of Bukavu
03-06-2004
BUKAVU, DR Congo - The leader of a group of ex-rebels integrated into the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) new army said yesterday his men had taken control of the eastern town of Bukavu, where
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