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30 Articles found on Monday, 11 October 2004
SA retailers urged to explore Africa Johannesburg
11-10-2004
South African retailers would have to increasingly look for growth outside South Africa if they did not want their margins eroded in an ever more competitive environment where "dog eats dog", Christo
readUN maintains ban on Liberian diamonds UNITED NATIONS
11-10-2004
The UN Security Council has decided to keep sanctions on Liberian diamonds and timber, while saying it wants to lift them soon."While recognising the need to lift the diamond and timber sanctions as
readWBCG probes ways to better transport network
11-10-2004
THE Walvis Bay Corridor Group is currently conducting a study with the help of TERA International Group in order to investigate ways of establishing the new transport network.On Friday TERA made
readLONDON - Oil falls as Nigeria strike threat eases
11-10-2004
Oil prices eased on Friday from record highs after oil unions in OPEC member Nigeria said a two-day wildcat strike would pass without any impact on exports.US light crude on Friday traded down 67
readEnron conspiracy likely in African barge case
11-10-2004
HOUSTON - The judge presiding over the fraud and conspiracy trial of four former Merrill Lynch & Co.executives and two former midlevel Enron Corp.executives ruled Thursday it was more likely than not
readSwapo leaders pooh-pooh talk of divisions
11-10-2004
SWAPO presidential candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba and Secretary General Ngarikutuke Tjiriange have denied that there are divisions within the party.At a national election workshop held in Windhoek on
readA Nobel Peace Prize first for African women!
11-10-2004
NAIROBI - Staff and directors of the Green Belt Movement founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai danced on Saturday to traditional songs to celebrate her win, as Maathai struggled to
read'Hostile witnesses' at root of treason trial media gag bid
11-10-2004
THE situation in the Caprivi Region cannot be classified as stable, the leader of the Namibian Police team investigating the Caprivi high treason case testified in the High Court at Grootfontein on
readNamibia denies using secret oil vouchers from Saddam
11-10-2004
THE Namibian Government has dismissed a report that last week claimed that it bought about seven million barrels of crude oil from Iraq, violating United Nations sanctions against that country at the
readMan held for Gobabis stabbing
11-10-2004
RONNIE Naobeb (24) was arrested after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Sesle Swartbooi (24), in the neck, chest and back with a knife last week, the Police report.Swartbooi died on the spot.
readFrench continue tradition of supporting health in North
11-10-2004
THE French government, through its embassy in Namibia, last week donated equipment worth N$476 000 to the Ministry of Health and Social Services.It includes 25 television sets and video recorders to
readThere are many ways to skin a cat: Goliath
11-10-2004
RETIRING from politics does not mean the end of the world, says outgoing Karas Regional Governor, Stephanus Goliath.In an interview with The Namibian, Goliath said he planned to contribute in other
readSwakop Mayor to head Alan
11-10-2004
The Mayor of Swakopmund, Rosina //Hoabes, was elected President of the Association for Local Authorities in Namibia (Alan) at its 54th congress held at the coast recently.//Hoabes took over the reigns
readRail volunteers dry up
11-10-2004
The construction of the Tsumeb-Oshikango railway line is slowing down because of a shortage of volunteers.The Minister of Works, Transport and Communications, Moses Amweelo, said this on Saturday when
readA mother's plea for help
11-10-2004
Lylli Pontu and her husband, Johannes Pontu, of Onandjokwe, are pleading for financial assistance to get medical treatment for their son.Naftali Pontu (13) has an enlarged liver and has suffered all
readBody recovered from sewerage dam in North
11-10-2004
THE Police at Oshakati have released the name of the man who drowned in a sewerage dam at the town last weekend.He was 44-year-old Johannes Valentin from the Oshikango informal settlement in Oshakati
readSwakop photographer commits suicide
11-10-2004
A well-known businessman and photographer of Swakopmund, Henning Schreiber, took his own life at his home on Saturday.The Police confirmed yesterday that Schreiber (47) shot himself in the head at
readTwo senior MPs quit CoD
11-10-2004
TWO senior Congress of Democrats (CoD) leaders have resigned, claiming that the procedures used to name candidates for the upcoming National Assembly elections were "undemocratic".On Thursday,
readSwanu says 'no' to party funding
11-10-2004
NAMIBIA'S oldest political party, Swanu of Namibia, says it will not accept Government funding for its political campaigns, even if voted into the new Parliament.A high-level Swanu delegation visited
readPresident exhorts Swapo faithful to back Pohamba
11-10-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has called on Swapo members to rally behind presidential candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba in next month's elections, describing him as "a fearless freedom fighter"."He is a true
readNine parties register for November polls
11-10-2004
NINE political parties will contest the general elections scheduled for November 15 and 16, while only seven of them will field candidates to stand for Namibia's presidency.The Congress of Democrats,
readCandidates for the Presidential race
11-10-2004
Candidates for the Presidential race: Garoeb, Justus (UDF) Kaura, Katuutire (DTA) Mudge, Henk (RP) Pohamba, Hifikepunye (Swapo) Pretorius, Kosie (MAG) Riruako, Kuaima (Nudo) Ulenga, Ben (CoD) Party
readSwapo promises jobs, farms and lower debt
11-10-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has announced plans to expropriate 192 farms belonging to foreign absentee landlords to speed up land reform over the next five years.The foreign-owned farms total more than 1,2
readTyson stuns Ali to take welterweight title
11-10-2004
BETUEL "Tyson" Ushona became Namibia's first welterweight title holder, after he stunned favoured Ali "Silent Assassin" Nuumbembe, winning by a split decision in an exciting ten-rounder at the
readSome key facts on Wangari Maathai
11-10-2004
Here are some facts on Wangari Maathai: * She was born in Nyeri, central Kenya in 1940.She holds a doctorate in biological sciences, and is the head of Veterinary Anatomy Department at the University
readWorld applauds Nobel winner
11-10-2004
NAIROBI - Environmentalists, conservationists and world leaders have hailed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, with Greenpeace describing it as overdue recognition
readFraud trial dogs South Africa's heir apparent
11-10-2004
DURBAN - The man widely tipped as South Africa's next leader, Deputy President Jacob Zuma, will be far from a court in Durban today as a trial starts that could determine his political future.Zuma,
readAfghan polls fair despite ink fiasco - monitors
11-10-2004
KABUL - Afghanistan's historic presidential vote, which was held with great enthusiasm but ended in turmoil after most candidates announced a boycott, was mostly fair, independent observers said
readBigley fled before killing
11-10-2004
LONDON - A British hostage beheaded in Iraq after three weeks in captivity briefly fled his kidnappers by car after British intelligence helped bribe two of the captors, a newspaper reported
readEgypt hotel bomb inquiry focuses on Bedouin smugglers
11-10-2004
TABA, Egypt - Egyptian police have rounded up some 15 Sinai Bedouin on suspicion they helped smuggle in the explosives used to kill at least 33 people at Red Sea resorts frequented by Israelis,
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