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21 Articles found on Thursday, 11 March 2004
Alexander Forbes sells 30% of business to Namibian empowerment company
11-03-2004
INTERNATIONAL financial and risk services group Alexander Forbes yesterday announced the expansion of its black economic empowerment (BEE) footprint to Namibia through the sale of 30 per cent of its
readWinners in waiting
11-03-2004
TO mark World AIDS Day last year The Namibian, First National Bank and the Social Marketing Association collaborated on an essay competition.The names of the winners were announced on January 18 but
readMariental being wasted by illegal dumping
11-03-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The Town Clerk of Mariental has expressed concern about the amount of rubbish being dumped at the town.Paul Nghiwilepo told Nampa yesterday that recently the illegal dumping of waste
readHuman bones found in desert
11-03-2004
NAMIBIA Defence Force soldiers discovered human bones in the desert near the Rooikop Military Base outside Walvis Bay on Monday, the Police reported yesterday.The Walvis Bay Police said there was no
readGranny, six-year-old girl raped
11-03-2004
TWO rape incidents have been reported in the Ohangwena Region in the past week, the Police reported yesterday.At Okelemba village a woman (78) is believed to have been raped at about 01h00 last week
readWhite farmers' initiative provokes blacks: Nafwu
11-03-2004
A SUPPORT initiative launched by a group of white farmers at Mariental yesterday is a clear provocation to indigenous Namibians, says the Namibia Farmworkers' Union.Reacting to the launch of the
readGovt 'more or less happy' with latest US rights report
11-03-2004
GOVERNMENT has welcomed this year's United States Country Report on Human Rights for Namibia but feels that it still has shortcomings.The US annual rights report, issued during the last week of
readHeavy floods in North spoil education documents, files
11-03-2004
FLOODS resulting from heavy rainfall in the North over the past few days, especially at Ondangwa, Onandjokwe and Oniipa, have destroyed a number of vital education files in the Ohangwena and Oshikoto
readMPs back to old habits
11-03-2004
IN a sitting that lasted a little over half an hour, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Willem Konjore, twice stopped short of berating MPs for their seeming lack of interest in debating matters
readOtavi gets house in order
11-03-2004
THE embattled Otavi Town Council has avoided being disbanded.Government had warned that, if new office bearers were not elected by the end of this week, the Council would be dissolved. Immanuel
readOngombo West takes back fired farmhands
11-03-2004
THE owners of Ongombo West Farm have finally reinstated the six workers they fired in November.The Namibia Farm Workers' Union announced yesterday that the lawyers for Ongombo West informed its
readEx-cop Eimbeck vows not to be cowed by shots that killed his wife
11-03-2004
THE Police were still trying yesterday to trace whoever killed the wife of a former top officer in the Namibian Police on the northern outskirts of Windhoek on Tuesday afternoon.Shortly after 17h00 on
readUsakos stand-off ends in peace
11-03-2004
A STAND-OFF at Usakos over the multi-purpose community centre kindergarten at Hakhaseb was resolved on Tuesday night after a marathon meeting between representatives of the Town Council and the
readAffirmative action scheme to be out of mothballs soon
11-03-2004
THE moratorium on the Affirmative Action Loan scheme is expected to be lifted soon.This follows Cabinet's approval of a N$7 million outlay to pay arrears in interest owed by the Ministry of
readMaize farmers are smiling
11-03-2004
FARMERS in Namibia's maize triangle have reason to smile again.After last year's disastrous harvest, they are on course to bring in a bumper crop by the middle of this year. Blessed rain returned to
readGovt moves to guarantee Namdeb revenue
11-03-2004
GOVERNMENT has established a task force to review its confidential sales agreement with De Beers Centenary - its 50-50 partner in Namibia's diamond giant, Namdeb.Among others, the agreement, which is
readPeople doing clandestine things makes others very nervous: Mbumba
11-03-2004
NAMIBIA'S Information and Broadcasting Minister, Nangolo Mbumba, yesterday commented on the US-registered plane and mercenaries seized in Zimbabwe.Addressing the media on recent Cabinet resolutions,
readNamibian said to have flown 'mercenaries' seized in Zim
11-03-2004
ONE of the pilots of a plane seized in Zimbabwe on Sunday with suspected mercenaries aboard is said to be a Namibian who farms near the Windhoek International Airport.Hendrik Hamman has been
readAgnes gets ready for Athens
11-03-2004
NAMIBIA Mobile Telecommunication Limited (MTC) yesterday sponsored Namibia's 800 metre queen an amount of N$250 000, which will be used for her preparations ahead of the Olympic Games in August this
readNew basketball body put NBF through its hoops
11-03-2004
THE newly launched Namibia Basketball Association (NBA) is being seen as a duplicate of the existing Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF), until now the sole custodian of the game in this country.The
readSA's neighbours ponder post-apartheid giant
11-03-2004
LILANDA, Zambia - South Africa, which has emerged from apartheid isolation to become Africa's economic and diplomatic powerhouse, owes its new influence in part to women like Ruth Ngoma.Ngoma, sitting
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