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26 Articles found on Friday, 12 November 2004
A Matter of Fact
12-11-2004
IN an article in The Namibian ........ yesterday, 'Government assets sold for peanuts', Okapana Holdings could not pay the Namibian Development Corporation (NDC) N$1,2 million for the Katima Hardware
readNDF man loses life in car accident
12-11-2004
OUTAPI - A member of the Namibia Defence Force, Immanuel Cornelius (51), died in car accident on the gravel road between Ruacana and Opuwo on Saturday.The Police reported that Cornelius was stationed
readWorkers protest at Naute Dam
12-11-2004
LUQMAN CLOETE at KEETMANSHOOP CLOSE to 100 seasonal and permanent workers of Carstens Boerdery at the Naute Dam outside Keetmanshoop staged a demonstration on Wednesday.Shop steward Gabriel
readKapenda in Bible-thumping mood
12-11-2004
THE President of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Risto Kapenda, has vowed the labour movement's support to Swapo in next week's National Assembly and Presidential elections. "NUNW
readGurirab unveils MDG report
12-11-2004
WINDHOEK - Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab launched the 2004 Millennium Development Goals report on Wednesday.The National Planning Commission, in conjunction with the United Nations Development
readDiplomat tipped for Agribank top post
12-11-2004
NAMIBIA'S ambassador to the United States, Leonard Iipumbu, is to be appointed Agribank chief executive officer, sources said yesterday.The Namibian has learnt that the Minister of Finance, Saara
readElection observers deployed
12-11-2004
WINDHOEK - Members of the SADC Parliamentary Forum election observation mission were deployed to the far corners of Namibia on Tuesday The observers were sent out in pairs to the Caprivi, Kavango,
readPohamba makes good with business people
12-11-2004
LANDS Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba on Wednesday honoured his promise to speak to business leaders after giving Sanlam the cold shoulder during the heated race for Swapo's nomination of a presidential
readThe man in the Swapo mirror
12-11-2004
IT has been difficult to secure a date with Hifikepunye Pohamba on the campaign trail; perhaps this is a confirmation of the message he has sent out during the past several weeks. "Eshi nda hoololwa
readHitting the trail with Kaura
12-11-2004
"PEOPLE waited for too long for change," DTA presidential candidate Katuutire Kaura said during a blitz tour of the Erongo Region last week.He was doing a house-to-house, public and street campaign,
readMudge crusades at coast
12-11-2004
IT's a damp, windy Saturday morning when the leader of the Republican Party Henk Mudge hits the campaign trail at Swakopmund.Ever the optimist, Mudge and the small group who comprise his campaign
readTrouble in Ivory Coast affects Namibian voters
12-11-2004
NAMIBIAN peacekeepers in Liberia might not be able to vote because of the unrest in the neighbouring Ivory Coast.Elections Director Phillemon Kanime told a gathering of Namibian and international
readGovt prints double amount of ballots
12-11-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia has taken delivery of the ballot papers for the upcoming presidential and general elections.The 3,6 million papers - 1,8 million for each election - were printed
readBEE fuel wrangle treads water over 'urgency'
12-11-2004
A High Court case in which a Namibian black economic empowerment company is taking South African fuel giant Sasol to court over a contract to ship fuel to Namibia ran aground in arguments over its
readPidico ghost walks again
12-11-2004
PIDICO, the Government's spectacular failure in an attempt at rapid economic growth in the early 1990s, may have returned to haunt the authorities.The High Court this week heard argument in a case
read'Not enough time to audit voters' roll'
12-11-2004
WITH less than 72 hours to go before one of Namibia's most important elections, political parties and civil organisations were still scrambling yesterday to get their hands on copies of the voters'
read'Mafia-type deals' characterised sale of Amcom assets: official
12-11-2004
MYSTERIOUS transactions and kickbacks, coupled with back-stabbing, intimidation and harassment, were the order of the day as the sale of Amcom assets turned into "Mafia-type deals".These wide-spread
readNamibians mourn Arafat
12-11-2004
AN inspiration to the oppressed all over the world...This is how many Namibians will remember Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died early yesterday in a French military hospital outside Paris at
readWhy It Is Important To Vote
12-11-2004
PRESIDENTIAL and national elections will be held on Monday and Tuesday of next week, and all eligible voters in this country should ensure that they cast their ballots for the party of their choice.
readPolitical Perspective
12-11-2004
OKAY, so our elections next week haven't exactly been preceded by the same amount of nail-biting excitement, drama and controversy as those in the US for example.But it's relatively easy to figure out
readEritrea gets US$20,3m for education
12-11-2004
TUNIS - The African Development Fund, the African Development Bank's (AfDB) soft lending arm, has lent Eritrea US$20,38 million (N$126,4 million) to finance an education scheme, AfDB said
readEuro-area experts cut growth forecasts
12-11-2004
FRANKFURT - A regular survey of professional economic forecasters conducted by the European Central Bank showed that they have downgraded their growth forecasts for the eurozone economy for both 2005
readHarmony confirms Gold Fields loses high court case
12-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Harmony confirmed yesterday that the High Court dismissed a lawsuit by Gold Fields Ltds seeking to halt a hostile takeover bid by Harmony. "The South African High Court
readNedcor projects lower earnings
12-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group Nedcor reiterated yesterday that it expected lower full-year earnings per share but said net interest income in the three months to end-September
readWTO confirms ruling on web gambling ban
12-11-2004
WASHINGTON - Antigua and Barbuda beat long odds on Wednesday as the World Trade Organisation confirmed a ruling that a ban in the United States on Internet gambling violates global trading rules.The
readNuns with guns stir up financial world
12-11-2004
RUESCHLIKON, Switzerland - After the nuns with guns portrayed by the environmental group Greenpeace, investment fund managers, bankers and the world's second largest reinsurer are turning into the new
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