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32 Articles found on Monday, 7 June 2004
New SanFuture offers clients tailor-made risk cover solution
07-06-2004
SANLAM Namibia last week launched the new, enhanced SanFuture, which it says, offers clients flexible life protection and savings benefits.This approach is said to enable clients to choose the risk
readNamibia to boost small-stock processing
07-06-2004
NAMIBIA is aiming at increasing its local sheep slaughtering capacity and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development has approved certain measures pertaining to the import and export of
readTeam Namibia founding sponsors named
07-06-2004
SIX companies that will officially carry the title of founding sponsors for the Team Namibia campaign have been named after successful bidding on the Team Namibia website that closed late Friday
readTelecom donates phones to rail project
07-06-2004
ONIINGO - Telecom Namibia on Friday donated six mobile public telephone booths to the Tsumeb-Oshikango railway project.The company's Managing Director, Frans Ndoroma, handed the booths over to Works,
readA Matter of Fact
07-06-2004
A REPORT in The Namibian on Friday, 'NamGem, MUN Agree to 8% wage increase', stated that negotiations had concentrated on a cash package for the workers, and had included changes to benefits such as
readRehoboth man arrested at Opuwo
07-06-2004
OPUWO - A 38-year-old man has appeared before Opuwo Magistrate Leopold Hangalo on a charge of being in possession of dagga.Hendrick Skrywer was arrested on May 30. Skrywer, who is originally from
readCircumcision criticised
07-06-2004
RUNDU - Callers to the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) Rukavango Radio Service's call-in programme have condemned the circumcision that resulted in the death of 12-year-old twins.Ten day ago,
readArmed robbery by uniformed men near Rundu fuels fear
07-06-2004
RUNDU - Uniformed gunmen on Monday robbed a shop at Nyondo village, 90 km east of Rundu, sparking fear among the community that banditry activities had returned to their area.Nyondo village is in the
readUsakos theft suspects released
07-06-2004
A SWAPO councillor at Usakos and five other people arrested on Monday in connection with the theft of computers at a school were all released on Wednesday without being charged.Police said on Thursday
readNew media organisation suspends Zim
07-06-2004
SOUTHERN Africa's media bosses have suspended Zimbabwe from an organisation that is yet to be officially established by the region's editors.The council of the Southern African Editors' Forum (SAEF),
readOut with the old
07-06-2004
A little-noticed reminder of the Windhoek of long bygone days has had to make way for a new development in one of the city's oldest streets, Garten Street, over the past week.With building work
readTsumeb mob violence case gets settled out of court
07-06-2004
A N$1,2 million claim against the Minister of Home Affairs over two violent protest marches, during which mobs descended on a Tsumeb business in November 2001, was settled out of court on Friday.Judge
readParty list shenanigans could hurt Swapo
07-06-2004
SWAPO could face a backlash from its supporters in the national elections in November after imposing unpopular councillors on residents of a number of towns across the country.Several members,
readTwo armed robberies reported in capital
07-06-2004
TWO armed robberies were reported in Windhoek on Friday.Inspector Hannes !Naruseb of the Police Public Relations Department said yesterday that Wally Mouton and his family were held at gunpoint by
readPay up or no exams, says Polytechnic
07-06-2004
AN unspecified number of students at the Polytechnic of Namibia will not be sitting for their exams after they failed to pay tuition and hostel fees.The president of the Student Representative Council
readOsire in uproar over paraffin ration cut
07-06-2004
FOUR people were arrested on Thursday as refugees at Osire refugee camp tried to boycott the late arrival of paraffin by more than two months.The refugees said the lack of paraffin had put their lives
readClimate change a threat to Nam's coastal ecosystem
07-06-2004
CLIMATE change could result in a significant reduction in the productivity of the marine ecosystem off the Namibian coast.The commemoration of World Environment Day in Windhoek on Saturday morning
readDrought period officially over
07-06-2004
THE six-month drought food relief programme officially ended last week but officials say the Regional Emergency Management Units will continue to deliver supplies to registered beneficiaries over the
readSuspect escaped 'because I wanted to go to jail'
07-06-2004
A SUSPECT being held at the Walvis Bay Police cells says the "unbearable" conditions there compelled him to escape so that he could be sent to jail instead.Steven Visagie (31), charged with extortion,
readOver 9 000 remain displaced in Caprivi
07-06-2004
RELOCATION centres for Caprivi flood victims are now accommodating more than 9 000 people.With the Zambezi River still more than four metres deep, it will be several weeks before they are able to
readCostly Boeing 'all but gone'
07-06-2004
AIR NAMIBIA'S flagship aircraft, the Boeing 747-400 Combi, is set to fly its last commercial flight for the national carrier on Wednesday next week."The aircraft is gone, there is no doubt about it,"
readSA A-side runs over Invitational side
07-06-2004
THE South African A rugby side took their chances aggressively to emerge as 55-23 victors over a plucky Namibian Invitational team at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on Saturday.Half-time score was 17-
readLarcenous, rose-munching moose makes off with family's bicycle
07-06-2004
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The massive moose didn't take it for a joyride, but she did run off with Bjoern and Monica Helamb's bicycle, the couple said last week.The married couple were ready for the moose,
readVenus to put on celestial spectacular
07-06-2004
LONDON - More than three centuries ago on a cold afternoon in the tiny English village of Much Hoole, a British astronomer witnessed for the first time an event that would not happen again for more
readClinton kicks off promotional tour for memoirs
07-06-2004
CHICAGO - Former President Bill Clinton made the first of many public appearances to plug his forthcoming autobiography at a publishing trade show in Chicago late on Thursday.The former president was
readLate Princess Diana's mother dies in Scotland
07-06-2004
LONDON - Frances Shand Kydd, who had a tempestuous relationship with her famous daughter, the late Princess Diana, died on Thursday at her home in Scotland, her family said.Shand Kydd (68) was
readWorld remembers Reagan's role in dismantling communism
07-06-2004
LOS ANGELES - Ronald Reagan's enemies and friends agreed he changed the world.The popular, infectiously optimistic late president devoted most of his energies to destroying Soviet communism - but
readCar bomb causes deaths, injuries at US-run base
07-06-2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded yesterday near the gate to a US-run base north of Baghdad, killing at least three civilians and injuring five people, including two US soldiers, the military
readZimbabwe school board penniless ahead of finals
07-06-2004
HARARE - A board that administers schools' final examinations in Zimbabwe has run out of funds to conduct this year's final tests, a state weekly paper reported yesterday.
readAid workers in Sudan freed
07-06-2004
NAIROBI - Rebels in Sudan's troubled western region of Darfur yesterday freed 16 aid workers they had abducted three days earlier, the UN said, condemning their detention."We are relieved to report
readGermany meets war enemies at Normandy in peace
07-06-2004
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder paid an historic visit to Normandy yesterday, joining Germany's erstwhile enemies for the first time in a tribute to those killed on both sides of the pivotal World War
readMore trouble in Congo
07-06-2004
BUKAVU, Congo - A renegade leader withdrew from a strategic eastern Congolese city yesterday, four days after seizing Bukavu from government troops.General Laurent Nkunda, whose forces captured Bukavu
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