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32 Articles found on Thursday, 13 May 2004
Standard Bank voted Africa's best
13-05-2004
STANDARD Bank has been chosen as the Best Bank in sub-Saharan Africa in the Euromoney magazine's prestigious annual Awards for Excellence.The bank also won top honours in four sub-categories of the
readKuwait voices support for Opec
13-05-2004
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's oil minister said yesterday his country would back any output hike by Opec members in order to cool soaring oil prices and stabilise the market."I think all Opec members are
readEU offers to stop farm export subsidies
13-05-2004
THE European Union (EU) has offered to eliminate its agricultural export subsidies and soften its demands for controversial new trade rules in an attempt to revive progress in the Doha world trade
readSA banks seek delay to money law compliance
13-05-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's banks have asked for an extension to a June 30 deadline for new money laundering controls requiring them to verify the identities of all their clients, officials and
readNamibia seeks exception to international ivory trade ban
13-05-2004
GENEVA - Namibia has requested permission to loosen a global ban on ivory sales, Japan wants to ease restrictions on trade in whales, and Australia is seeking protection for the great white shark, a
readWorkers 'living in hope'
13-05-2004
THE six Ongombo West workers who have lived in a riverbed near the farm since December told The Namibian last week that they were hoping for action after a statement by President Sam Nujoma on May
readLand seizure begins
13-05-2004
GOVERNMENT has issued its first notice of expropriation.The Namibian yesterday obtained a letter by Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Hifikepunye Pohamba, inviting the owner of the
readBush fire culprits to face music
13-05-2004
RUNDU - The Regional Forestry Officer for the Kavango Region, Jonas Mwiikingi, has warned that anyone found causing veld fires will be prosecuted.Mwiikingi told Nampa that the Forestry Act prohibits
readAfrican groups criticise US over GMO food aid
13-05-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Namibia is among some 60 African farm campaigners who have criticised the United States for what they said was relentless pressure on Sudan and Angola to accept gene-altered food aid to
readTroubles at Tses
13-05-2004
SWAPO members at Tses staged a demonstration on Monday to protest against the procedures followed by the Village Council to recruit a new village secretary for the settlement.The local Swapo branch,
readResearch vessel hones in on Namibian phenomenon
13-05-2004
THE first four months of research on the region's marine environment, conducted from the German vessel, the Alexander von Humboldt, has proved successful and resulted in some new discoveries.The
readTwo town councillors in North pass away
13-05-2004
TOWN Councillor Maria Awene from Ongwediva died in a Windhoek hospital on Sunday.She was transferred to the capital from the Oshakati State Hospital at the weekend, the Ongwediva Town Council's Chief
readA to Z guide to voting
13-05-2004
TOMORROW will be the first time that many Namibians will vote.To be able to cast your vote tomorrow you have to be registered and your name must appear on the voters' roll. To vote, you need to: * Be
readDirectorate appeals for orderly polling
13-05-2004
DIRECTOR of Elections, Phillemon Kanime, has urged political parties and associations taking part in tomorrow's Local Authority elections to abide by the Code of Conduct that they have signed.The Code
readLet the voting begin
13-05-2004
THE stage is set for tomorrow's polls which some believe will yield the most dramatic results since 1989.Polling stations are scheduled to open at 07h00, with the first results expected to be released
read14-year-old dies after overturning car
13-05-2004
A 14-year-old girl died instantly after overturning a car on the Tses-Keetmanshoop Road on May 3.Rachel Richter was about seven kilometres from Tses when she lost control of the vehicle.
readNew party says it will provide alternative to divisive politics
13-05-2004
EVENTS in recent years in Caprivi, notably the 1999 secessionist attack, have left the region so badly divided that development in the area has stagnated, says a residents' association contesting
read'Let fishermen vote'
13-05-2004
MORE than 1 000 fishermen and diamond marine workers from Luderitz may not be able to vote in tomorrow's Local Authority elections.Luderitz Regional Councillor Fluksman Samuehl told The Namibian
readBurger murder trial to continue in June
13-05-2004
THE murder trial of a former Windhoek vehicle dealership supervisor, Sean Burger, who last week admitted that he stabbed a female friend to death in the capital, has been postponed until next
readLiverpool, SKW to join
13-05-2004
LIVERPOOL Football Club Managing Director Oscar Mengo yesterday said talks between his club and SKW Sport Club to melt as one body, are at an advance stage and an announcement will be made soon.Mengo
readSimon might fight in four to six months
13-05-2004
NAMIBIA'S former World Boxing Organisation (WBO middleweight champion Harry Simon, is expected to step into the ring within four to six months, his manager said yesterday.Simon has been out of action
readAngolan opposition leaves election commission
13-05-2004
LUANDA - Angolan opposition parties said yesterday they would no longer take part in a commission tasked with preparing elections to protest President Jose Eduardo dos Santos' refusal to set a date
readVenus in rare show
13-05-2004
LONDON - Europe, the Middle East and much of Asia and Africa will offer prime viewing next month for an astronomical event that has not occurred for 122 years - the transit of the planet Venus across
readZim awards 300% pay hikes
13-05-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government has increased the salaries of its 140 000 workers by 300 per cent, half of the workers' original demands, a cabinet minister and union officials announced yesterday."We
readBlair sees no 'systematic abuse' of prisoners
13-05-2004
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted yesterday there is no evidence of "systematic abuse" of Iraqi prisoners by British troops in Iraq, as the furore over photographs depicting the
read7 Dead in Glasgow blast
13-05-2004
GLASGOW - Rescue crews doggedly kept up their search yesterday for more survivors of a powerful blast at a plastics factory in Scotland's largest city Glasgow that left seven people dead.Strathclyde
readGermany says Rumsfeld must go
13-05-2004
BERLIN - Leaders of Germany's ruling coalition called for the resignation of US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday, warning the West would be held collectively accountable for the abuse of
readWorld reels in horror over beheading
13-05-2004
LONDON - World leaders reeled in horror and revulsion on yesterday over the beheading of a US hostage whose blood-chilling execution by his masked captors was shown on a website video.The White House
readTeam Namibia seeks financial backers
13-05-2004
TEAM Namibia on Tuesday kicked off the race for companies to be founder sponsors of the section 21 company aiming to brand Namibian products, goods and services as high quality.Six companies are
readPoliceman arrested driving in fishnet tights
13-05-2004
PARIS - A French policeman faces trial in a police court for driving under the influence after he was stopped at the wheel of his car drunk and wearing only a pair of fishnet tights, a prosecutor
readEnglish hooligan film stirs controversy pre-Euro 2004
13-05-2004
LONDON - A hard-hitting new film about English soccer hooligans is due out this week amid accusations it glorifies violence at the worst possible time ahead of next month's European championship in
readBiotech foods keep coming despite Monsanto setback
13-05-2004
KANSAS CITY - Move over Roundup Ready wheat. Here comes the biotech banana.
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