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31 Articles found on Monday, 1 March 2004
Israeli businessmen eye Botswana gems
01-03-2004
A group of Israeli businessmen were in Botswana last week exploring investment opportunities in the diamond industry.The team was interested in value-adding investments in the areas of diamond cutting
readSacu, US close to finalising FTA negotiations
01-03-2004
CONSIDERABLE progress was made at the fourth round of meetings between the five countries of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) and the US on an historic free trade agreement (FTA) held at
readUS faces EU sanctions
01-03-2004
WASHINGTON - European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy said that time had run out for the United States to change its tax law and Europe would today begin imposing up to US$4 billion in trade sanctions
readSA petrol price to increase on Wed
01-03-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The retail price of 93 octane leaded, 93 octane unleaded, 95 unleaded and 97 octane leaded and unleaded petrol is to increase by 9 cents a litre (c/l) on Wednesday after increasing by
readKehemu cuca shop robbed
01-03-2004
RUNDU - The Namibian Police here are investigating a case of armed robbery after masked men raided a shebeen in the Kehemu Informal Settlement on Saturday night.Police Community Affairs Sergeant,
readFarm evictees receive donations
01-03-2004
SIX families evicted from a farm last year received a donation of N$8 000 on Friday.The Iikuti Trade and Investment Holding donated the money through the Ministry of Labour. The company also donated
readCuca shop offender must pay cow fine
01-03-2004
A VILLAGER has been ordered to pay one cow, or N$600, by the Ombalantu Traditional Authority because her cuca shop was open during working hours.Meme Nakavilu Amukuhu from Oshimengula village in the
readTempers flare at meeting on coastal developments
01-03-2004
A PUBLIC meeting last week on two development proposals affecting prime stretches of beach just north of Walvis Bay has confirmed deep divisions within the coastal community.Afterwards, some opponents
readRP skips Tsumeb to 'consolidate'
01-03-2004
THE Republican Party (RP) will not contest the Tsumeb by-election on March 30.The party says it will rather focus on setting up more party structures countrywide ahead of the national elections. In a
readMoyo's visit 'just a happy coincidence'
01-03-2004
GOVERNMENT'S announcement on Wednesday that it plans to expropriate commercial farms and the arrival of the Zimbabwean Minister of State for Information, Jonathan Moyo on the same day was purely
readOtavi Council workers in limbo
01-03-2004
ABOUT 50 employees of the Otavi Town Council are set to down tools if they do not receive their February salaries today.They should have been paid last Wednesday. The Council was unable to form a
readHigh Court makes history with Caprivi 13 ruling
01-03-2004
THE ruling with which Judge Elton Hoff discharged 13 Caprivi high treason accused in the High Court at Grootfontein last Monday, has been one of the most polarising court decisions Namibia has seen in
readTarget farms with problems:NUNW
01-03-2004
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) has welcomed Government's decision to speed up land reform and urged that all farms with a record of poor labour relations be targeted first.NUNW Acting
readMotor Vehicle Accident Fund still in the red
01-03-2004
THE Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) has no money.It has, for the past several years, relied heavily on loans to stay afloat and to pay rising claims from people involved in car crashes. Auditor
readExpropriation turning into retaliation: NAU
01-03-2004
THE Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) says that eight farms revealed as the first targets of expropriation shows that the exercise is more retaliatory than genuine. The farms were named in the Swapo
readThree slain in Kleine Kuppe
01-03-2004
THREE people were shot dead "execution style" by alleged robbers in Windhoek's Kleine Kuppe suburb on Friday evening.Mario de Souza, his wife Magda, friend Koos Stoop and a family member, Anja Britz,
readYaali ya kwatwa ombambyona
01-03-2004
AAHOKANATHANI yaali oya kwatwa po ombambyona ongulohi yEtiyali lya zi ko polukanda lwa Klein Kuppe mOvenduka, Opolisi tayi lopota ngaaka mEtine lyoshishiwike shoka.Oya li nduno ya ulikwa ondjembo
readNgashiingeyi aalumentu 13 oya lopotelwa uufuthi
01-03-2004
AALUMENTU ye li 13 (ya li taya pangulilwa oshipotha shekengeleleo enene) - mboka Ompangu yOpombanda pOshaanda ya popi kutya naya mangululwe, oya lombwele aanavetakalelipo yawo kutya ngashiingeyi oye
readEhangano epe lyoombasikela mOnooli
01-03-2004
NGOKA a li gumwe gwomaatotipo yEhangano lya tseyika nawa lyOombasikela mOnooli lyedhina Tuyeni Cycling Club Barnabas Kalipi gwomOshakati, omasiku ngaka okwa tseyithila The Namibian kutya mOclub ndjoka
readOmahangno giimaliwa kwatheleni aanangeshefa aashona; Atshipara ta ti
01-03-2004
PETHIMBO ta popitha Aakuluntu, Aaniilonga nAakalelipo yOkampani Onkwashilipaleki yIinima ya tseyika nawa nedhina Santam, Meya gwa Shakati Engelbert Atshipara okwa ningi ekunkililo enene e li ukitha
readAalandithi yomomapandaanda ga Ngwediva otaya ti oshinima natango kashi li nawa
01-03-2004
AASHINGITHIA yomomapandaanda mOndoolopa ya Ngwediva mboka omasiku ga zile ko ya lombwelelwe kutya inaya shingithila we momapandaanda, ihe naya ye kOmatala ga Ngwediva oko ya kashingithile, nokuza
readNgungumaneni, NAU ta lombwele iilyo ye
01-03-2004
EHANGANO lyaanafaalama yopaipindi nenge/Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), olya lombwela iilyo yalyo kutya inaya yamukula nayi ketseyitho lyEpangelo kutya otali ka kutha po oofaalama dhopaipindi,
readNgungumaneni, NAU ta lombwele iilyo ye
01-03-2004
EHANGANO lyaanafaalama yopaipindi nenge/Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU), olya lombwela iilyo yalyo kutya inaya yamukula nayi ketseyitho lyEpangelo kutya otali ka kutha po oofaalama dhopaipindi,
readAantu ye li 49 ya sa mu Nigeria
01-03-2004
JOS - Aantu ye li 49 oya si sho ya ponokelwa kongenga yaalumentu ya homata mokandoolopa kamwe okashona mu Nigeria moshitopolwa sha Plateau, Omukuluntu gwOpolisi moshitopolwa shika, Innocent Ilozuoke,
readBlue Waters, Stars bundled out of NFA Cup
01-03-2004
PREMIER League giants Hangana Seafood Blue Waters and African Stars were the first casualties to bow out of the second round of the Tafel Lager NFA Cup played at Mariental on Saturday.Blue Waters
readNeighbour reported for loud sex
01-03-2004
BERLIN - A German woman took her male neighbour to court for noise pollution after he repeatedly kept her awake through half the night and had at least one four-hour sex session, a court spokeswoman
readAt the Razzies, it's a Bennifer sweep
01-03-2004
LOS ANGELES - And the Razzie goes to: 'Gigli', 'Gigli' and, oh yes, 'Gigli'.Plus another three for good measure. In a virtual sweep of the awards that "honour" the worst of the very worst in Hollywood
readThree Wise Men may have been neither wise nor men
01-03-2004
LONDON - The Three Wise Men who followed the star to Bethlehem bearing gifts for the baby Jesus may not have been all that wise -- or even men.The traditional infant Nativity play scene could be in
readSecret report links climate change to catastrophe
01-03-2004
LONDON - A secret report prepared by the Pentagon warns that climate change may lead to global catastrophe costing millions of lives and is a far greater threat than terrorism.The report was ordered
readWAD's Okakarara centre thriving
01-03-2004
SEVEN years ago, Women's Action for Development (WAD) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung started a training centre at Okakarara with a handful of Otjozondjupa Women's Voice (WV) members.Today, more than
readDebt drives Omaheke to install water meters
01-03-2004
THE Omaheke Regional Council has decided to install water and electricity meters for all consumers, including Government institutions, businesses and farms, in a bid to improve its revenue collection
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