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28 Articles found on Wednesday, 9 June 2004
Political Perspective
09-06-2004
SO the Swapo Extraordinary Congress, which was eagerly awaited by a majority of Namibians, came and went, leaving an almost anti-climatic aftermath.The Congress was preceded by strong indications that
readBusinesswomen conference launched
09-06-2004
THE fifth Northern Economist Businesswomen Conference to be held in Ongwediva in August, was launched at a function in Windhoek yesterday.The aim of the conference is to create opportunities for women
readG8 to host African leaders at special lunch
09-06-2004
ECONOMIC development, disease and security will be the focus of discussions tomorrow at a special working luncheon for South African president Thabo Mbeki and five other African leaders at the Group
readMultimedia business conference underway
09-06-2004
A TWO-DAY International Multimedia Conference of Future Business and Administration in Africa, started in Windhoek today.The meeting will target "the real sustainable actions to support African
readDeadline nears for Africa SMME Awards
09-06-2004
SMALL, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) owners who are still interested to enter for the Africa SMME Awards have less than one month to compile their entries before the cut-off date of July 1.The
readFishing industry launched online
09-06-2004
A NAMIBIAN based website dedicated specifically to the country's second largest industry, the fishing and aquaculture sector, was launched at Walvis Bay last week.The website, officially launched by
readCops to comb Geingob farm for missing man
09-06-2004
TSUMEB Police have been waiting for the "dry season" before searching the farm of former Prime Minister Hage Geingob, and its surrounds, for a pensioner who disappeared there more than a year
readAir traffic controllers 'dangerously overworked'
09-06-2004
FAILURE to address the working conditions of the country's air traffic controllers and to upgrade avionics systems could soon jeopardise Namibia's air safety.The Namibian Air Traffic Controllers'
readJones brothers dodge bullets
09-06-2004
THE focus of the Police manhunt for sibling murder suspects Ian and Chris Jones shifted south yesterday, following a shooting incident with the brothers at Keetmanshoop on Monday night.By late
readThe Night Sky in June
09-06-2004
IN the early evening sky, just after sunset, we can observe the constellation Big Dipper, also known as the Plough or Great Bear, lying as a scoop on the Northern horizon.It is one of the oldest known
readCommunity to construct Uukwiyu-Okatyali road
09-06-2004
OKATYALI - The construction of the six kilometre Uukwiyu-Okatyali gravel road will be done entirely by the local community, the Minister of Works, Transport and Communications said at the
readFrench sponsor new kindergarten at RC Mission
09-06-2004
A NEW Kindergarten co-financed by the French government has been built at the Iilyateko Roman Catholic Church Mission in the Uukwaluudhi district in the Omusati Region.It was officially opened by
readWindhoek man killed in accident
09-06-2004
POLICE at Okahandja have opened a case of culpable homicide after a car carrying five people overturned on a gravel road at the town on Friday.The Police in Windhoek reported that the driver,
readPolice in North probe suicide at Outapi
09-06-2004
ONGWEDIVA - Police at Outapi in the Omusati Region have opened an inquest docket after a 47-year-old man allegedly committed suicide at Ohambada village on Friday.Police spokesperson for the region,
readCross-border Police co-operation nets 21
09-06-2004
THE Police chief of the Karas Region has applauded his South African counterparts for a job well done after they staged two successful operations in which 21 people were arrested.Speaking during the
readKamho family dispute throws spotlight on race law remnant
09-06-2004
THE continued existence of a 76-year-old law that the High Court declared unconstitutional last year has landed the children and wife of a former Swakopmund Mayor in a court dispute over his estate.An
readSuffering the big freeze
09-06-2004
"I need to have you next to me."This line from soulman Luther Vandross's romantic song must be on the lips of many Windhoek lovers as the big chill descends on the capital. Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje
readEndemol stops producing NBC programmes
09-06-2004
WORLD-RENOWNED Dutch television production company, Endemol, have withdrawn as producers of the new popular programmes aired by the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC).Endemol had been producing
readNA off to inauspicious start
09-06-2004
THE start of this year's second session of the National Assembly lasted only until tea time yesterday, with the House seeming to settle into its old ways, unable to form a quorum after the break.
readSwapo congress tensions spill over into the NYC
09-06-2004
THE Head of the National Youth Council's (NYC) Health and Youth Welfare Desk, Sacky Amenya, has been suspended and three members of the organisation's Board of Trustees are under investigation, The
readAgribank to hunt again for a CEO
09-06-2004
THE board of Agribank has caved in to the demands of Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila that they reverse the appointment of a chief executive officer and re-advertise the post.Chairman of
readUnam and Ramblers retain indoor hockey titles
09-06-2004
UNAM and Ramblers retained their premier league titles for four consecutive years as the Tafel Lager Indoor League ended in the capital recently.The league started on February 2. In the men's premier
readBassingthwaighte, Van Staden excel in mountain bike race
09-06-2004
THE second Tuhafeni Mountain Biking last Saturday saw Marc Bassingthwaighte en Heletje van Staden taking honours in their respective categories in the event held at Omaruru.The two riders outclassed
readInline hockey players preparing for 2005
09-06-2004
THE Namibian Inline Hockey Association is busy with preparations to get on course for the World Championship in 2005.This first trials took place at the DHPS Inline Hockey Rink in Windhoek last
readNauseb denies acquiring SA citizenship
09-06-2004
AJAX Cape Town and Brave Warriors midfielder Robert Nauseb yesterday denied reports that he had acquired South African citizenship.In a report published by South African football magazine, Kick Off,
readA great holiday in India - it rained every day
09-06-2004
BOMBAY - From the parched deserts across the Arabian Sea, wealthy travellers come to India's west coast every year to enjoy the rain.Romanticised by Bollywood films and slick advertising, the Indian
readThe jelly beans legacy
09-06-2004
NEW YORK - Among the plethora of Ronald Reagan statuettes, books, movies and speeches on sale on Monday perhaps, perhaps none conveys his outlook more than blue jelly beans.The 40th US president, who
readTowering he wasn't
09-06-2004
HE was a "truly great American", a "towering figure" of our age.And so on and so forth from Lady Thatcher, Michael Howard, George W and all who scurried to bury Ronald Reagan in an oleaginous ocean of
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