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26 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 May 2004
Oil prices near 13-year highs after Saudi attack
05-05-2004
LONDON - Oil prices here yesterday, flirting with levels last seen in 1990 in the run-up to the Gulf War amid worries about tight supplies and a gun attack at an oil facility in Saudi Arabia.Gunmen
readNictus acquires controlling stake in Futeni
05-05-2004
NAMIBIAN Harvest Investments (NHI) has sold its 65 per cent share in Futeni Collections for N$2,6 million to Corporate Guarantee and Insurance Company of Namibia Limited (CGI), a wholly owned
readNew generation takes over at M&Z
05-05-2004
METJE and Ziegler Limited (M&Z) has reclaimed its identity as a family business with major corporate reorganisation and control of the board assumed by descendants of Hermann Metje who founded the
readMan (60) jailed for sex with girl (14)
05-05-2004
SEX with a girl under the age of 16 remains a crime in Namibia, and is likely to lead to imprisonment - especially if it also involves a much older man.This was re-emphasised in the judgement and
readRip-off artists exploit land reform
05-05-2004
NAMIBIA is the latest country to become embroiled in the so-called '419-scam' or 'Nigerian advance fee fraud'.According to South African news reports, fraudsters are now impersonating white Namibian
readNamibia's aid appeal falls flat
05-05-2004
GENEVA - Donor governments have failed to come forward with any money to help more than 600 000 women and children in Namibia survive the combined effects of erratic weather, severe poverty and a
readUS to assign female envoy to Namibia
05-05-2004
THE next US Ambassador to Namibia is set to be a woman.The US State Department said on Monday that President George W Bush had announced his intention to nominate Joyce A Barr, of Washington, to be
readSlumbering security guard robbed of gun
05-05-2004
RUNDU - The Namibian Police here are investigating a case of theft after a security guard was robbed while on duty at the Rundu Agricultural Bank Branch on Saturday.According to the Police, the robber
readMinister's personal assistant electrocuted
05-05-2004
POLICE in the Oshikoto Region have reported the death of Martin Shalli Intamba after he was electrocuted while preparing a tent for the wedding party of Major General Martin Shalli in the Onyaanya
readVerdict still pending on Meob disaster
05-05-2004
THE Marine Court investigating the sinking of the MFV Meob Bay fishing vessel off Lüderitz in June 2002 has postponed concluding its enquiry by another three months.The tragedy resulted in the death
readRow over former Swapo-D house
05-05-2004
RIGHTS activist Phil ya Nangoloh has ordered the son of a colleague, Zen Asser Mnakapa, to vacate a house that once belonged to the now defunct Swapo-Democrats.Leopold Mnakapa told The Namibian that
readAt 21, triple rapist faces 35 years behind bars
05-05-2004
AT the age of 21, most people would expect to be standing at the threshold of some of the best years of their young adulthood.But not Jacob Domingo. One dark night in November 2002 he did something
readNamibia pledges armed support for Zimbabwe
05-05-2004
HARARE - Namibia is ready to help defend Zimbabwe militarily if it is attacked by "imperialists", President Sam Nujoma was reported as saying on Friday."We want to tell colonialists that we are ready
readNujoma urges youth 'to be on guard'
05-05-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has called on the youth to guard against the forces of neo-colonialism and imperialism and to emulate the patriotic deeds of those who died 26 years ago in Cassinga.About 3 500
readMay Day 'boycott' denied
05-05-2004
CONFUSION surrounds a May Day event held at Oniingo on Saturday after a number of Regional Councillors appeared to snub the event, and Foreign Minister Hidipo Hamutenya did not give the keynote
readFrom the Sidelines with Corry Ihuhua
05-05-2004
FOOTBALL spectators on Wednesday night (April 28) were left without anything to talk about when they got home after the Brave Warriors played one of their worst matches in years.The match comes close
readWarriors get financial boost
05-05-2004
CASTLE Brewing Namibia late last week gave an amount of N$325 000 to the country's national football team, to enable them to participate in a first round match of the Cosafa Castle Cup tournament in
readJantze, Mannetti, Tjikuzu out of Angola encounter
05-05-2004
THREE Namibian foreign-based players will not make the trip to Angola when the Brave Warriors face that country in a Cosafa Castle Cup match in Luanda this Sunday.The three are Santos experienced
readPoor and sick, Malawi set to go to the polls
05-05-2004
BLANTYRE - Ravaged by AIDS and parched by drought, Malawi will drag its withered body politic to the polls on May 18 for its third election since the return of democracy in 1994.A decade after the
readZim cops shut private schools
05-05-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe police prevented some private schools from opening for the new term yesterday, after President Robert Mugabe's government accused school authorities of sharply raising fees without
readMedia in firing line
05-05-2004
HARARE - The state-appointed media commission threatened on Monday to shut down an independent weekly newspaper for allegedly publishing without a government registration certificate.In a statement
readFloods ravage Kenya
05-05-2004
NAIROBI - At least six people have drowned and several thousands displaced by floods following torrential rains currently hitting Kenya, officials and press reports said yesterday."Two people have
readZim puts 'mercenaries' in leg irons after plot
05-05-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwean authorities have ordered 70 accused mercenaries to remain in leg irons around the clock after learning of a plot to spring them from jail, state lawyers said on Monday.The group
readIFP, ANC reach agreement
05-05-2004
CAPE TOWN - After weeks of negotiations with the African National Congress, the Inkatha Freedom Party has accepted three ministerial positions in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government.The IFP
readSharon holds consultations on amending Gaza plan
05-05-2004
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took his first steps yesterday towards amending a US-backed Gaza pullout plan that his Likud party rejected, holding consultations with cabinet
readTorture pics hurt US credibility
05-05-2004
WASHINGTON - Shocking photographs of Iraqi prisoners naked, hooded and humiliated, taken as trophies by United States forces holding them and shown via news outlets around the world, have damaged US
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