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34 Articles found on Tuesday, 2 November 2004
Diplomat's grandson appears in court
02-11-2004
THE grandson of a Namibian diplomat, accused of assaulting and attempting to rape a Pretoria advocate, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court yesterday.Bail was set at R50 000, but by late
readJustices Shivute, Damaseb to head judiciary
02-11-2004
HIGH Court Judge President Peter Shivute will be Namibia's fourth post-Independence Chief Justice from the beginning of December.The Judge President's appointment as Chief Justice was announced from
read'Boot them' Swapo supporters want Okahandja councillors out
02-11-2004
SWAPO supporters have registered a vote of no confidence in the party's four councillors on the Okahandja Town Council and yesterday moved to suspend them.
readThree takes lives on Saturday
02-11-2004
At Onanke village, at around 07h00 on Saturday a week ago, Lucas Kamenye (37) shot himself with a shotgun and died in his room, the Police reported in their crime bulletin.* Ernest Tjipitua (27)
readTourist robbed at camp
02-11-2004
On Wednesday last week, thieves climbed over a fence at the Khorixas rest camp, entered a caravan occupied by an Australian national and stole goods valued at more than N$21 000.The Police reported
readTourists robbed in Swakop
02-11-2004
TWO German tourists were robbed at gunpoint in Swakopmund in the early hours of Friday morning.According to the Police crime report, three people wearing balaclavas broke into the house at the corner
readWaiter found not guilty
02-11-2004
A FORMER waiter on the luxury tourist train, the Desert Express, was found not guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl by the Regional Court at Otjiwarongo on Thursday and was released.Trevor Pieterse
readPohamba reassures farmers
02-11-2004
GOVERNMENT has assured commercial farmers that there will be no arbitrary take over of farms but called on those with excessive land to let go of some of it to prevent expropriation.Addressing a
readUS Elections 2004 - Namibian Views
02-11-2004
Questions: Who do you want to win the American Presidential Elections and why? Do you think that Bush cares about the welfare of Africans? What do you fear more:terrorism or four more years of Bush?
readOvaherero remember genocide
02-11-2004
ONE hundred years and a month since the 'Extermination Order'', thousands of Ovaherero at the weekend returned to a remote spot in the Kalahari desert where German colonial military leader General
readMaternity wards left without water
02-11-2004
NEWBORN babies and their mothers in the Windhoek Central Hospital's maternity wards were without water for most of Sunday after pipes burst.Angry family members of those in the pre-natal and
readNWR not above law
02-11-2004
THERE is widespread concern among private tour operators that the new tourism regulations might not be applicable to Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR).With its monopoly in the national parks and at some
readDBC: the tomato factor
02-11-2004
THE main cause of the collapse of several Development Brigade Corporation (DBC) companies had little to do with lack of production, the Chairman of the interim Board of Directors appointed to wind up
readMay sanity prevail!
02-11-2004
TODAY, as many as 120 million Americans are expected to turn out to vote in an election that has in the past months dominated the media.The interest that the American elections generate bear testimony
readThe American way?
02-11-2004
THE United States of America today elects its leader for the next four years.The two leading contenders are incumbent President George W Bush and champion of the opposition Democratic Party, John F
readNigerian unions vote for general strike on Nov 16
02-11-2004
LAGOS - Nigerian unions decided on Sunday to hold an indefinite general strike on November 16 to protest against rising fuel prices in the world's eighth largest oil exporter.Originally expected to
readAre Allowances Taxable?
02-11-2004
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotzé the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.
readAfrica ready for investment, continent's leaders tell Asia
02-11-2004
TOKYO - African leaders pitched Monday for more trade and investment from Asia, saying they were pushing through economic and political reforms that will open up business opportunities in the
readUS$ holds above lows as election approaches
02-11-2004
LONDON - The dollar nudged up from a six-month low against the yen yesterday as investors sought bargains after its recent sell-off, but uncertainty about the outcome of the US presidential election
readAquarius receives BEE funding, to build third mine in S.Africa
02-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Aquarius Platinum will start building its third South African mine after receiving 860 million rand from a black-led group taking a 30 per cent stake in the firm's local operations,
readPublic and private sectors must jointly plan country's economy, says Pohamba
02-11-2004
THE Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Hifikepunye Pohamba has said much was expected from both the Government and the private sector for the country's economic growth.Pohamba who is
readWhy I want Bush to win
02-11-2004
MANY people see George W Bush as the embodiment of all that is bad about America - he is an ignorant southern hillbilly, a backward-thinking religious zealot, an unenlightened and offensive socially
readI gotta be me:Elections feature parade of the unusual
02-11-2004
NEW YORK - In democracy's annals, a noble thread of tradition links those ordinary Americans who have stepped forward from daily life to serve their fellow citizens and embody hopes of a brighter
readSouthern Sudan peace talks break for month
02-11-2004
NAIROBI - Peace talks to end Sudan's southern civil war are on hold until later this month, after the UN Security Council holds its regular meeting in Nairobi in a move to pressure both sides to sign
readFinland disputes US terror alert
02-11-2004
HELSINKI - A top Finnish police official yesterday rejected a warning from US authorities over the weekend that a terrorist attack could be imminent in the Nordic country or in other nations in the
readRuling party wins Botswana election
02-11-2004
GABORONE - Botswana's ruling party won a landslide victory in elections at the weekend, picking up the lion's share of parliament seats in the diamond-rich southern African country, results showed
read17 die as mortars hit hostel in northern Iraq
02-11-2004
TIKRIT - Seventeen Iraqis were killed and eight wounded on Sunday when two mortars slammed into a hostel used by workers at a local factory in the northern town of Tikrit, officials said yesterday.The
readIN BRIEF
02-11-2004
*TALKS - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signalled he was ready to open negotiations with a new Palestinian leadership, as Yasser Arafat's top lieutenants filled the void left by his medical
readEthnic riots in China
02-11-2004
BEIJING - China declared martial law in part of a central province after several people were killed and numerous houses set on fire in clashes between minority Muslims and ethnic Han Chinese,
readLeftist wins Uruguay poll
02-11-2004
MONTEVIDEO - Socialist Tabare Vazquez scored a historic victory late on Sunday in Uruguay's presidential voting as exit polls showed his coalition that includes former guerrilla fighters with more
readIsrael will not interfere in choice of Arafat successor
02-11-2004
JERUSALEM - Israel will not interfere in the selection of an eventual successor to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who is currently undergoing medical tests in France for a mystery illness, Israeli
readMilitants holding UN hostages set Friday deadline
02-11-2004
KABUL - Militants threatening to kill three foreign hostages in Afghanistan said they would give officials until Friday to meet their demands that the United Nations withdraw from the country and the
readZim strikes back at Botswana criticism
02-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe's state-controlled press has reacted angrily to criticism of President Robert Mugabe by a former Botswana cabinet minister.Patrick Balopi described Mugabe as "greedy" over the
readNext US president could be decided in the courts
02-11-2004
WASHINGTON - Barring a clear victory by either US President George W. Bush or his Democratic rival John Kerry, the stage is set for today's presidential election to be decided in court instead of at
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