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24 Articles found on Wednesday, 10 March 2004
US Congress to sign Morocco trade pact
10-03-2004
WASHINGTON - US President George W. Bush gave Congress notice on Monday of his intention to sign a newly concluded free trade agreement with Morocco.Negotiators wrapped up the agreement last week
readOil rebounds as supply fears mount
10-03-2004
LONDON - Oil prices pushed higher yesterday, supported by low inventories in the United States ahead of the peak summer driving season with analysts predicting an across-the-board draw in US fuel
readSA urges African states to boost trade
10-03-2004
CAPE TOWN - Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin says there are great benefits to be had for African countries that open up their economies for more trade among themselves.Speaking in Cape Town at
readNWR suspends increase in day fees
10-03-2004
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has suspended its recently announced increase in day visitor fees following objections from the tourism industry.The suspension is with immediate effect. NWR spokesman
readMAG to vie for presidency
10-03-2004
MONITOR Action Group (MAG) is to field a presidential candidate for the first time since it was founded, MAG said in a recent statement.MAG leader Kosie Pretorius is expected to challenge the Swapo
readContinental puts up shutters
10-03-2004
THE landmark Continental Hotel in Windhoek has locked its doors and switched off the lights.There is no manager at the premises and the hotel owes over N$20 000 in pension, social security and union
readStolen Government property returned
10-03-2004
GOVERNMENT property has been seized by Police at Opuwo after they raided a number of homes in villages in the district.Over the weekend of February 27 to 29, almost 100 school chairs and 11 desks were
readFive child rapes reported
10-03-2004
THE rape of five children has been reported to the Police over the last week - the youngest just four years old.The Grootfontein Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for attacking a young girl at
readKhorixas battles to repair infrastructure after floods
10-03-2004
KHORIXAS is struggling to find the money to restore infrastructure which was damaged by torrential rains and flooding in January.The town has so far received only N$136 000 from the Ministry of
readConcerned farmers go on the offensive
10-03-2004
SOME members of Namibia's white farming community have begun to close ranks following Government's announcement that it will expropriate farms.Last week, panicked farmers hastily formed the Namibian
readUN says to continue funding AIDS NGOs
10-03-2004
THE United Nations has denied that it has agreed to a proposal not to give money to non-governmental organisations in southern Africa.UNAIDS Country Co-ordinator in Namibia, Salvator Niyonzima, said
readSYL's Kapia labels critics 'enemies of the State'
10-03-2004
THE Swapo Youth League (SYL) Central Committee claims that Judge Elton Hoff's ruling in the case of the 13 Caprivi treason suspects who were abducted was "unfair" and a "flagrant disregard of national
readGovt grants N$3m to political parties
10-03-2004
CABINET yesterday approved an allocation of N$3 million to be shared among the country's political parties.Opposition parties in particular have been in dire straits over the past few months after
readCaprivi 13 launch urgent High Court application for release
10-03-2004
ONE of the 13 Caprivi high treason accused whom the High Court discharged from the case over two weeks ago was told of his wife's death while he remained in custody some two days after the court had
read'Namibians among mercenaries' detained in Zimbabwe
10-03-2004
CLOSE to 20 Namibians are among a group of 64 suspected mercenaries who were arrested in Harare with "suspicious equipment", the Zimbabwe state media reported yesterday.The plane they were travelling
readUsakos stand-off haunts children
10-03-2004
THE seizure of the Hakhaseb multi-purpose community centre-kindergarten at Usakos on Monday has left many children and their family members traumatised.Usakos Municipal personnel, accompanied by armed
readRape case postponed
10-03-2004
THE court case of Deon Schlechter (47), assistant editor with Die Republikein newspaper, was last week postponed to June 29 after it was found that the case had been wrongly scheduled for a Saturday
readPupils persist with class boycott
10-03-2004
RUNDU - Grade 11 and 12 pupils at the Max Makushe Secondary School at Mukwe in the Kavango Region continued with class boycotts yesterday.A source at the school told Nampa that Grade Eight to 10
readInoo lengwa, Omuwa gwoye ina valwa; Omukwaniilwa gwa Ndonga
10-03-2004
PETHIMBO ta gandja omapandulo kEpangelo mEtitano lya zi ko, unene tuu kUuministeli wOmavi, Omatululo nOnzulonkalo sho ya tungu nokweegulula Etungo enene nolyopashinanena lela lyOombelewa dhEvi,
readEkandjo a nyana Uuministeli we
10-03-2004
OMINISTA yIikwameni omusamane Jerry Ekandjo okwa nyana aaniilonga mboka ihaya longo pambelewa mUuministeli we.Minista okwa li ta popi pethimbo lyeegululo lyoshigongiilonga shomasiku gahamano shi na
readOndhila yoondongelwa ya Amerika ya kwatwa po mu Zimbabwe
10-03-2004
HARARE - Epangelo lya Zimbabwe olya kwata po pangelo ondhila yimwe ya Amerika pOkapale koondhila kopaigwana mu Harare, Ominista yIikwameni ya Zimbabwe Kembo Mohadi, osho a popi.Otaku popiwa kutya
readMengo decides to keep coaching staff
10-03-2004
LIVERPOOL boss Oscar Mengo has given his coaching staff, except former coach Abdul Abrahams, another chance to try to train the club in winning ways after threatening to fire them all yesterday.Mengo
readOshakati Stadium heading for repairs
10-03-2004
REPAIR work on the Oshakati Independence Stadium will cost over N$90 000 after the seats were damaged and a wall at the newly constructed facility collapsed in January.The stadium, which was completed
readWomen urge unity to advance rights
10-03-2004
WASHINGTON - International Women's Day was marked across the world on Monday by denouncements of abuses against women and vibrant calls for gender equality.
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