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35 Articles found on Monday, 8 November 2004
Former cop arrested for murder of best friend
08-11-2004
THE Police at Oshakati have arrested former Police Sergeant Beatha Kapepo (56) of Oshakati in connection with the murder of her best friend, Albertina Mwaninga Hamunyela, last month.Hamunyela (54), a
read61 suspects stage jail break-out
08-11-2004
THE Wanaheda Police Station was the scene of a mass prison break-out on Friday, when 61 trail-awaiting detainees escaped from the station's holding cells.Eight of the escapees had been rearrested by
readTelecom scam widens
08-11-2004
A FORMER manager at Telecom Namibia has implicated several fellow top executives in intricate fraudulent and corrupt schemes said to have cost the parastatal millions of dollars.The Namibian
readOstrich farming going well
08-11-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The Karas Ostrich Company (KOC) has sold close to 3 000 day-old ostrich chicks to communal farmers since the project was reactivated last month.KOC is a subsidiary of the Karas
readShebeens condemn'garage' saloons
08-11-2004
RUNDU - The Regional Chairperson of the Kavango Branch of the Shebeen Association, Celestinus Shikerete, has condemned the ongoing illegal selling of liquor by unregistered businesses at the
readBook on firearms control launched
08-11-2004
WINDHOEK - The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has launched a book that examines the trade, use and control of firearms in nine Southern African Development Community (SADC) member
readRoad workers in South protest
08-11-2004
ROSH PINAH - Close to 200 workers employed by Namibia Roads and its sub-contractors staged a peaceful demonstration here on Wednesday.The workers upgrading the Aus-Rosh Pinah gravel road handed over
readNew report takes issue with opposition parties
08-11-2004
OPPOSITION parties criticise the ruling Swapo party's track record and offer some alternatives, but fail to explain how they intend to implement and fund such proposals.A report that compares the
readEmpowerment summit attracts few women
08-11-2004
A two-day conference called to encourage the participation of women in trade union-related issues failed to attract enough participants.The conference held at the head office of the Namibia Transport
readTake our candidate, please!
08-11-2004
THE President of the Republican Party (RP), Henk Mudge, has played down claims of internal feuding 10 days ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections.On Wednesday, the RP's regional
readWaste not, want not
08-11-2004
MORE water is wasted through leakage in urban centres every year than the Goreangab Dam holds at full capacity.Estimated losses at private houses and Government property amounts to 4,5 million cubic
readTaxi driver hijacked
08-11-2004
THE Katutura Police reported an armed robbery at the Dolom section in Katutura.Taxi driver Sarafina Ruwara was held at gunpoint by three customers, who then stole his car. Police spokesperson Warrant
readNDMC 'victim of venue colonisation'
08-11-2004
THE Namibia Democratic Movement for Change (NDMC) had to postpone its election rally in the Epako township at Gobabis on Saturday after Swapo took over its designated meeting place.According to NDMC
readRP taps into faith as it drives home political message
08-11-2004
MORE than a hint of evangelical fervour hung in the air as the Republican Party took its political crusade to the coast at the weekend.In a tent, set up just a few yards from the Roman Catholic
readPolitical temperature hits boiling point at Oshakati
08-11-2004
OSHAKATI was extremely hot on Saturday.The weather bureau had forecast a maximum temperature of 37 degrees Celsius for this part of Namibia, but it did not take into account the political temperature
readKaura rouses crowd at DTA's Okakarara base
08-11-2004
DTA leader and presidential candidate Katuutire Kaura received an enthusiastic reception when he took his election roadshow to a one-time heartland of support for his party on Saturday afternoon.A
readLiberation only benefiting wealthy few, says the RP
08-11-2004
THE Republican Party took its election campaign to the coast this weekend where it promised to treat all Namibians equally if it came to power.At a rally at Swakopmund on Saturday afternoon, party
readCoD beards the lion in its den
08-11-2004
THE opposition Congress of Democrats has destroyed the notion that northern Namibia is purely Swapo, the party's member of parliament, Abraham Ndumbu, declared on Saturday.
readWater shortages hit city hospital - again
08-11-2004
DOCTORS and nurses who live at the seven-storey medical residence at Windhoek Central Hospital were left without water "for the umpteenth time" this weekend.An irate doctor who contacted The Namibian
readGeingob to return next year
08-11-2004
FORMER Namibian Prime Minister Hage Geingob is coming back to live in Namibia, breaking a five-year contract with the Global Coalition for Africa barely two years after becoming its chief
readPost-election dollar risk may hurt Europe
08-11-2004
MIKE DOLAN WASHINGTON - The United States' dependence on foreign money to balance its books is set to increase during US President George W Bush's second term and experts warn of trans-Atlantic
readPressure mounts on Bush to pursue Mid-East peace
08-11-2004
WASHINGTON - Apart from President George W Bush's reassurances of unwavering support for Palestinian statehood, there is little his administration is set to do in the short term to try to break the
readNokia plans 40 new handset models
08-11-2004
HELSINKI, Finland - Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, plans to bring 40 new handsets to the market next year as it seeks to expand its already dominant market share amid increased
readSA's DRD considers buying rivals' mines
08-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's fourth-largest gold miner Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) may buy rival mine assets in the Carletonville area to encourage consolidation in the industry, its Chief Executive
readDisney World and union group reach contract deal
08-11-2004
ORLANDO, Florida - After months of negotiations, Walt Disney World and leaders of its largest union group have agreed to a tentative contract that will likely avert a strike at the theme park
readArthritis drug Celebrex safe: Pfizer
08-11-2004
NEW YORK - Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has reaffirmed its view that its arthritis drug Celebrex is safe, while a Canadian health official said the risk of cardiovascular problems cannot be ruled
readNews Corp talks up 'new era'
08-11-2004
SYDNEY - Rupert Murdoch said his US-bound media giant News Corp. is on the "cusp of a new and more prosperous era" last week as it reported a jump in earnings and rival mogul John Malone moved to
readSA writes down decade old Cahora Bassa loan
08-11-2004
CAPE TOWN - South Africa has written down a multi-million rand loan, dating back 35 years, to the operators of Mozambique's Cahora Bassa hydro-electric project, the department of minerals and energy
readAfghan govt in talks with kidnappers
08-11-2004
KABUL - Afghan officials held their first meeting with a militant group claiming to hold three foreign UN workers hostage yesterday, a spokesman for the group said."Today at noon a two-hour meeting
readBritish police probe train crash
08-11-2004
UFTON NERVET - Investigators combed the tangled wreckage of an express train in southern England yesterday, a day after it slammed into a car at a level crossing, killing six people and injuring more
readSA's ANC slams Cosatu's 'contempt' for Mugabe
08-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling African National Congress has slammed its powerful union ally for "showing contempt" toward Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe by planning a fact-finding mission
readArafat not getting better, Israel plans Gaza burial
08-11-2004
PARIS - Yasser Arafat lay critically ill with liver failure yesterday and his condition was not improving, a Palestinian official said, as Israel finalised plans to bury the Palestinian president in
read21 shot dead at Iraq police station
08-11-2004
RAMADI - Gunmen shot dead 21 policemen, execution style, in Iraq yesterday, one day after a scourge of car bombs and clashes against police and local government targets killed 36 people.The renewed
readThousands of South Africans protest tardy land reform
08-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Yelling "land for the poor", tens of thousands of protesters took to South Africa's streets on Saturday to demand a quicker handover of white-owned farms to landless blacks, organisers
readIvory Coast engulfed in violence
08-11-2004
ABIDJAN - The United Nations and France demanded yesterday that President Laurent Gbagbo end fighting in Ivory Coast after his forces killed nine French peacekeepers in a bombing raid on a rebel-held
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