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16 Articles found on Monday, 29 November 2004
New bank opens at Opuwo
29-11-2004
OPUWO -Bank Windhoek opened its new branch at Opuwo on Friday, with at least 60 clients making use of the bank on it first day.The bank only opened its doors to customers after lunchtime because of
readSan books launched
29-11-2004
WINDHOEK - The Working Group of Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (Wimsa) last week launched two books titled Voices of the San and Undiscovered or Overlooked.The Deputy Co-ordinator of Wimsa,
readNew building at Swakop 'not too high'
29-11-2004
THE Swakopmund Town Council has rejected an objection raised by a resident against the height of a new development.The planned Bella Mente four-storey apartment complex on Erf 128 in Tobias Hainyeko
read14 community forests proclaimed
29-11-2004
WINDHOEK - A new chapter in the country's forestry industry and community-based natural resources management was written on Thursday when 14 community forests were declared.Communities now have proper
readCabinet decisions
29-11-2004
AT its 32nd ordinary meeting on November 9, Cabinet took the following decisions: Namfisa board of appeal CABINET has approved three people to serve on the Namfisa Board of Appeal.They are Otniel
readBee sting robs The Namibian of a valued colleague
29-11-2004
A BEE sting claimed the life of an editorial staff member of The Namibian, Kobus Oosthuizen, late last week.The mood in the newspaper's editorial offices was markedly more subdued and pensive than
readRegional Councils remain an enigma to many
29-11-2004
WINDHOEK - Despite the fact that regional councils are an integral part of the Namibian system of government, Namibians - by and large - appear to have little understanding of the role they play.This
readGovt writes off N$4m pensioners' debt
29-11-2004
GOVERNMENT has decided to write off the N$4 million debt owed by pensioners and the destitute to the Build Together Programme.Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing Leon Jooste
read14 suspects escape from Katutura Police cells
29-11-2004
THREE weeks after 61 suspects escaped from the Wanaheda Police Station, another 14 trial-awaiting prisoners freed themselves from the Katutura holding cells at the weekend.Police spokesperson Hannes
readTragedy strikes Witbooi family
29-11-2004
ANOTHER accident struck the Witbooi family over the weekend when two close relatives of Deputy Prime Minister Hendrik Witbooi died in a car accident.Joel Pieterson (36) and Jakobus Pieterson (34) were
readNo tendered ballots in Regional elections
29-11-2004
NAMIBIANS head to the polling stations for the second time in two weeks today and tomorrow to elect people who will, on their behalf, review laws past by the National Assembly.While the Regional
readECN Has To Account
29-11-2004
THE discovery near Okahandja on Thursday of ballots from the National Assembly elections holds serious consequences for the electoral process and democracy in Namibia.It cuts to the heart of the
readCalls mount for election to be nullified
29-11-2004
OPPOSITION parties say ballot papers found near Okahandja provide sufficient evidence for the Electoral Commission of Namibia to nullify the just-held Presidential and National Assembly
readBallot mess grows
29-11-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibian (ECN) has failed, so far, to offer an explanation for National Assembly 2004 ballot papers found in a dry riverbed outside Okahandja.A man, aged about 30, came
readMadiba favourite among Africans
29-11-2004
CAPE TOWN - Former South African president Nelson Mandela is the most popular world player among the people of Africa, SABC radio news reported last week.According to a BBC-SABC-Markinor poll, which
readAIDS hits mine profits
29-11-2004
PRETORIA - AIDS is behind the reduced profits at 60 per cent of the country's mines, a South Africa Business Coalition HIV-AIDS survey has found.Conducted between July and September, the survey
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