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23 Articles found on Monday, 29 March 2004
N$50m Ausspann Plaza to take shape
29-03-2004
THE N$50 million new office complex for Windhoek, the Ausspann Plaza, will provide an additional 5 532 square meters in office space in the Ausspannplatz area.The Plaza is situated next to the Angolan
readKalahari Sands takes road to the top
29-03-2004
THE Kalahari Sands Hotel and Casino in Windhoek has appointed a new general manager.John Airey at the weekend took the opportunity to share his game plan and introduce the casino's new coin-less
readParmalat to slash workforce
29-03-2004
MILAN - Parmalat will slash almost half its workforce as it sells or liquidates units in 20 countries in an effort to keep the insolvent food group afloat, a plan unveiled on Friday showed.At a first
readNamGem sparkle fades, employees on strike
29-03-2004
SEVENTY workers at NamGem, Namibia's flagship diamond cutting and polishing factory at Okahandja, have bee on strike since Wednesday protesting the company's restructuring exercise.Ailly
readMupewa School's stamp missing
29-03-2004
THE Acting Principal of the Mupewa Junior Primary School near Oshikuku, in Omusati Region, has reported that the school's stamp went missing on March 23.Anyone who has seen the stamp, or who has seen
readNo 'no man's land': Amweelo
29-03-2004
MINISTER of Works, Transport and Communication, Moses Amweelo, has denied that a strip of land on the Namibian side of the bridge over the Zambezi River is regarded as 'no man's land'.Amweelo was
readPrincess Juliana mourned
29-03-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has expressed sympathy on behalf of Namibia and its people ove the death of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands who died on March 20, a month before her 95th birthday.The
readTaking the health fight to homes
29-03-2004
THE Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) has donated 1 500 home-based care kits to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.The kits will be used by caregivers who provide home-based care
readGirl (4) raped at Ruacana
29-03-2004
A YOUNG child was raped last weekend, the Police reported at the end of last week.The four-year-old girl was sexually molested by an unnamed man in a mahangu field at Okonyota village near Ruacana
readCourt hears of car that disgorged a million N$
29-03-2004
A SPLIT in the ranks of the eight remaining men charged with Namibia's biggest armed robbery to date broadened last week.Evidence of the split emerged in the High Court in Windhoek the week before
readFather accused of fatally stabbing son
29-03-2004
A 51-year-old man is facing murder charges after allegedly killing his son.Police Spokesperson Warrant Officer Christopher Munyika said yesterday that 30-year-old Simon Simana died on the spot at
readPoor cellular service attributed to growth
29-03-2004
MOBILE Telecommunications Company (MTC) has attributed the poor quality of cellphone reception to the rapid growth in the number of subscribers.MTC Managing Director, Bengt Strenge, said on Friday
readLand, politics and reform: new book adds to debate
29-03-2004
A NEW book of essays on land reform in Namibia and southern Africa was launched by the National Institute for Democracy (NDI) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Windhoek on Friday.In the
readTwo ex-Tigers players die in accident
29-03-2004
TWO people died instantly when a Toyota Hilux left the road and overturned along the Windhoek-Rehoboth road yesterday.The Police identified the two as former United Africa Tigers player 34-year-old
readProof of Main Budget will be in additional spending plans
29-03-2004
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila will need real results rather than ambitious plans of reining in Government spending to prove that she means business with clamping down on Namibia's Budget
readOtavi's life as a town to end in May
29-03-2004
FOLLOWING years of poor financial management, the Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing has finally decided to downgrade the status of Otavi from town to village.Deputy Minister
readRising floods threaten Katima area
29-03-2004
THE rising Zambezi River is starting to threaten lodges, agricultural projects and settlements along its banks near Katima Mulilo.On Friday, the river, as measured at the town, reached a height of
readCoup attempt in DRC
29-03-2004
KINSHASA - Government forces defeated what diplomats called a coup attempt against President Joseph Kabila yesterday, battling attackers at military installations and television headquarters in the
readWaitress applicants videotaped naked
29-03-2004
LOS ANGELES - At least 82 women were secretly videotaped naked or partly undressed while applying for jobs at a Los Angeles-area Hooters restaurant and changing into the chain's distinctive uniform,
readVillage all shook up over Presley roots
29-03-2004
LONDON - Elvis fans have a new shrine to their hero - a remote Scottish hamlet named this week as the ancestral home of the king of rock 'n' roll.After six years' research, writer Allan Morrison says
readChrist movie moves man to confess murder
29-03-2004
HOUSTON - A repentant Texas man went to police after seeing Mel Gibson's controversial film 'The Passion of Christ' and confessed to murdering a 19-year-old woman who was pregnant with his child,
readKenya plans massive relocation of 400 elephants
29-03-2004
NAIROBI - Kenya plans to move 400 elephants away from a reserve where jumbos are breaking down fences and trampling crops in its biggest animal relocation exercise, wildlife officials said on
readGenocide orphans fend for themselves in Rwanda
29-03-2004
BUGESERA, Rwanda - On April 7 1994, seven-year-old Janine Umuhoza woke up before dawn, prepared her breakfast, bid her parents farewell and set off as usual for her half-hour walk to school in the
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