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27 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 May 2004
SA concern over oil prices
19-05-2004
LONDON - High oil prices are starting to be a "cause of concern" given their possible impact on South Africa's inflation rate, central bank governor Tito Mboweni said yesterday.But Mboweni told
readTravel Expo a success
19-05-2004
AUGETTO GRAIG THE Holiday and Travel Expo,w which took place at the Windhoek Showgrounds last week, has been described as an overwhelming success.Elke Cosburn, one of the organisers, said over 7 100
readSasol in empowerment deal
19-05-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African synthetic fuels and chemicals firm, Sasol, said yesterday it had picked the country's fourth biggest coal producer Eyesizwe for a deal to help it meet black empowerment
readSwakop faces an election objection
19-05-2004
THE Swakopmund Residents Association (SRA) has lodged an objection with the Director of Elections over the alleged continuation of voting after the cut-off time at two polling stations at Mondesa on
readJudge Teek, partners lose out in fish spat
19-05-2004
A GROUP of shareholders in a fishing firm, including one of the country's most senior judges, who tried to get the High Court to boot a partner from their joint business, were yesterday ruled not to
readOrphans' tax scrapped
19-05-2004
GOVERNMENT has decided against introducing an orphans' tax to sustain its Orphan and Vulnerable Children's (OVC) Fund.Cabinet said in a statement yesterday that introducing such a levy would affect
readPensioners urged to get organised
19-05-2004
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) has urged pensioners who subscribe to its fund to set up an association to address their problems.At a meeting held at Oshakati last week, GIPF PR
readPolice ask for help over stabbing of woman
19-05-2004
POLICE have called on the public to come forward with any information that might help them track down the person who killed a 29-year-old woman in her home in Windhoek on Friday evening.Police
readNew MP says abuse of cars pushing up State expenditure
19-05-2004
A NEWLY sworn-in Swapo parliamentarian in the National Council, Penda ya Ndakolo, says the misuse of Government vehicles by civil servants has resulted in Ministries spending more than their budget
read200 houses at Henties electrified
19-05-2004
RESIDENTS of the Omdel suburb of Henties Bay celebrated last week when 200 low-cost houses were connected with pre-paid electricity meters for the first time.It was the culmination of a project that
readKuiseb Basin Committee ready to get its feet wet
19-05-2004
AFTER 30 months of hard work the Kuiseb Basin Management Committee (KBMC) was officially launched by Minister Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Helmut Angula, at the Gobabeb Training and
read'The future is about as bright as the sun can get'
19-05-2004
A PROJECT destined to change the face of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the country was officially launched recently.The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Capacity Building in Namibia
readWomen's share in local govt up
19-05-2004
WOMEN were, once again, winners in the Local Authority elections: their representation has increased by some two per cent - excluding the Grootfontein results.An initial study of the results revealed
readDTA far from finished: Venaani
19-05-2004
THE DTA of Namibia's dismal performance in last week's Local Authority elections does not signal its end, says the party's Secretary General, McHenry Venaani.Venaani told The Namibian in an interview
readTechnical arguments dominate Ramatex labour dispute trial
19-05-2004
MUCH remained unchanged in the drawn-out legal battle between the Ramatex Textile Factory, and more than 90 of its former employees, in the District Labour Court in Windhoek yesterday.Hearings were
readSecond suspect admits guilt over bank fraud
19-05-2004
A Johannesburg businessman this week owned up to his part in a fraud scheme in which Standard Bank Namibia was fleeced of close to half a million Namibia dollars about eight years ago.Judge Annel
readNamibia positive about Cites ruling on ivory
19-05-2004
A senior official in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has said Namibia has prepared a strong case to be presented to Cites later this year, requesting to be allowed to trade in ivory
readFlying bugs a hazard: doctor
19-05-2004
WASHINGTON - First there was the girl who fell off her bike fleeing a flying cicada.Then a boy trying to swat a cicada out of the air with a baseball bat instead hit his friend in the nose. The final
readClimate change gets a Hollywood makeover
19-05-2004
LONDON - It is just another digitally enhanced disaster movie, but campaigners hope 'The Day After Tomorrow', a climate change Armageddon blockbuster, will have a lasting special effect on respect for
readCod might be come extinct in 15 years: WWF
19-05-2004
GENEVA - Over exploitation could see the last reserves of cod, widely eaten in Europe, consumed within 15 years on current trends, the environmental group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said last week.By
readBeach bums told to butt out
19-05-2004
SYDNEY - Smokers on Sydney's Manly beach, one of Australia's most famous and picturesque stretches of sand, have had sand kicked in their face by local councillors who have banned lighting up.Manly
readChina, Zim discuss trade opportunities
19-05-2004
HARARE - A delegation from the Chinese ruling party was to meet with President Robert Mugabe yesterday as part of a visit to boost trade and economic co-operation, officials said.The eight-member
readUN refugee boss denies sex assault
19-05-2004
GENEVA - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers yesterday confirmed that a member of his staff had filed a complaint against him alleging sexual harassment, but denied the
readUS battles weight of history
19-05-2004
WASHINGTON - US forces bogged down around the central Iraqi town of Fallujah are battling far more than determined insurgents and the sweltering desert heat.They are fighting the weight of history,
readIsrael kills 13 Palestinians in big Gaza raid
19-05-2004
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinians yesterday in the biggest raid on the Gaza Strip for years as tanks and infantry thrust into a militant stronghold despite an international
readObasanjo declares state of emergency
19-05-2004
ABUJA - Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo moved yesterday to try to stem a rising tide of religious violence, declaring a state of emergency in a strife-storn central state and warning that
readGandhi hesitant on becoming India's prime minister
19-05-2004
NEW DELHI - Sonia Gandhi has shown reluctance to become India's prime minister, throwing the Congress party into "crisis," party leaders said yesterday."We have no official information. We only know
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