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15 Articles found on Tuesday, 16 November 2004
ABIL full-year profits rise
16-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest mass-market lender, African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL) yesterday posted a 15 per cent rise in headline earnings, boosted by a robust economy and increased
readHave you seen these men?
16-11-2004
THE Police have requested the help of the public in tracing the whereabouts of several people.* The Protected Resources Unit at Rundu is looking for Johannes Vaino (25), who is wanted in connection
readMurder and rape reported at Gobabis
16-11-2004
GOBABIS - The Police in the Omaheke Region have reported one case of murder and one case of rape.Omaheke Police spokesperson, Sergeant Michael Matengu, said Andreas Kamati (30) died after he was
readMaxuilili funds 'not missing'
16-11-2004
OSHAKATI - The Oshakati Town Council has denied that it has misappropriated the money donated by the late Swapo parliamentarian Nathaniel Maxuilili for the provision of clean drinking water to
readArson suspected in school blaze
16-11-2004
A FIRE at the Shalom Primary School in Otavi destroyed a classroom and everything in it on Saturday afternoon.The Police reported yesterday that the fire was extinguished before it could spread to
readNo-holds-barred contest over Legal Shield
16-11-2004
THE gloves came off in a High Court hearing over the future of legal costs insurance firm Legal Shield Namibia last week.Late on Friday afternoon, Acting Judge John Manyarara reserved judgement at
readPeacekeepers in Liberia will vote
16-11-2004
BALLOT papers for Namibia's presidential and general elections, sent to Liberia via Ivory Coast, disappeared at the Abidjan airport last week.The Electoral Commission had to call in State House to
readMock poll puts RP 2nd
16-11-2004
FOLLOWING a campaign largely based on religious principles, the Republican Party has been placed second in a mock election poll conducted by the Christian TV channel Trinity Broadcasting Network after
readVoting 'on track' at Opuwo,
16-11-2004
ELECTIONS officials were by midday yesterday confident that most of the people in Opuwo would have voted by the end of the day despite a computer glitch that delayed polling for more than an hour at
readThunderbolt injures three
16-11-2004
THREE people, queuing to vote, were struck by lightning at Omuthiya in the Oshikoto Region yesterday.Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Namibia Victor Tonchi said the three were rushed to the
readHeavy showers fall at Gobabis
16-11-2004
TWO commercial farms southeast of Gobabis received the highest rainfall reported in Namibia over the weekend.Weatherman Odilo Kgobetsi told The Namibian yesterday that one of the farms recorded 80
readMan in North dies after casting his vote
16-11-2004
A MAN died moments after casting his vote at the Amunganda polling station, near Ondangwa, yesterday morning.The Councillor for Ondangwa Constituency, Ismael Uugwanga, said the deceased was identified
read35 sheep shocked to death
16-11-2004
A MASSIVE bolt of lightning felled 35 sheep at a farm in the Gobabis district on Saturday afternoon."Some of my animals looked as if they had been pulled out of a fire half-cooked," Cynthia Hochobes
readSteady stream of voters in Namibia's north east
16-11-2004
PATIENTLY and slowly - in some places more slowly than others, but nonetheless in a steady stream - the people in Namibia's eastern most electoral districts flowed to the polling booths in their
readNamibians stare down poll hitches
16-11-2004
THOUSANDS of Namibians, some queuing since 04h00, grew increasingly frustrated with the slow pace of voting yesterday as election officials struggled to start up computers or failed to log in with the
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