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28 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 October 2004
Zambia power starts plant overhaul
12-10-2004
LUSAKA - Zambian power utility Zesco has started rehabilitating two power stations in the first phase of a US$230 million rehabilitation project designed to produce a big jump in capacity by 2009, a
readWB to boost mining investment
12-10-2004
WASHINGTON - The World Bank will increase its investment in mining projects in developing countries, with plans to get involved at an earlier stage to ensure better practices and less corruption, the
readSA still world's fourth diamond producer
12-10-2004
CAPE TOWN - South Africa maintained its position last year as the world's fourth-largest diamond producer, with an output of about 13 million carats, valued at R7,8 billion, says the SA Diamond
readOil boils above US$53 per barrel
12-10-2004
SINGAPORE - Oil prices stayed on the boil above US$53 (N$349,80) a barrel yesterday, bolstered by persistent anxiety over Opec member Nigeria and the nearly month-long loss of a quarter of US Gulf of
readOil boils above US$53 per barrel
12-10-2004
SINGAPORE - Oil prices stayed on the boil above US$53 (N$349,80) a barrel yesterday, bolstered by persistent anxiety over Opec member Nigeria and the nearly month-long loss of a quarter of US Gulf of
readCites rejects ivory bid
12-10-2004
NAMIBIA has lost its controversial bid to export a yearly quota of 2000 kilograms of ivory.The country's proposal was rejected last night at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
read3 Swakop cops arrested for fraud
12-10-2004
THE Station commander of the Swakopmund Police Station and two of his officers were arrested last week and have appeared in court on a charge of fraud.Chief Inspector Bernhard !Uirab (41), Constable
readDBC staff looked the other way because of fear of the 'big guns'
12-10-2004
THE Development Brigade Corporation (DBC) went into an unfavourable joint venture with the Malaysian Construction Ventures Overseas (MCVO), which cost the Namibian Government close to N$100 million,
readSouthern African stamp issue NAMPOST
12-10-2004
Southern African stamp issue NAMPOST will host the launch of the first joint Southern African Postal Operators (SAPOA) stamp issue in Windhoek.The stamp series will be launched by Namibia's Minister
readNEW LIFE
12-10-2004
THE recently renovated Kabelmesse historical building at Swakopmund was inaugurated by Minister John Mutorwa of Basic Education, Sport and Culture last week.The building, which was built in 1901,
readRosh Pinah initiates pre-primary school
12-10-2004
A PRE-PRIMARY school, constructed at a cost of N$2,8 million by the Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation and the Skorpion Zinc mine, was inaugurated at the fast-growing Rosh Pinah settlement last week.Speaking
readRP plans to release manifesto this week
12-10-2004
THE election manifesto of the Republican Party (RP) will be available towards the end of the week.The RP's Chief Executive Officer, Jackie Visagie, could not confirm yesterday on which day the
readAmerican NGO finances Odibo lab
12-10-2004
ODIBO - An American non-governmental organisation, Southern Africa Volunteers Enterprise (SAVE), is funding the construction of a computer laboratory at St Mary's Odibo High School in the Ohangwena
readTeen claims stepdad raped her
12-10-2004
A 15-year-old girl alerted Police to sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her stepfather at Arandis last month.She reported that the suspect had been raping her since she was six years
readTragic endings for under 10s
12-10-2004
THREE-YEAR-OLD Milka Immanuel died on the way to hospital last week after being run over by a reversing car.The incident took place at the Maggy Garden Pre-primary school at Ongwediva. Wilhelm
readInsight into Cites
12-10-2004
WHILE Namibia is a signatory and active member of Cites, not all citizens know how the convention operates.The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), protects and controls
readDivided views on black rhino vote
12-10-2004
THERE has been a mixed response to the decision by Cites to lift the global ban on hunting the black rhino.Last week, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, meeting in Bangkok,
readCites imposes trade controls on African diet plant
12-10-2004
BANGKOK - A United Nations conference approved on Friday a proposal by African countries to control trade in a rare plant sought hungrily by drug companies for its appetite-suppressing properties.
read62 rural women given self-defence tips
12-10-2004
SIXTY-TWO women from remote areas in the Omusati, Omaheke, Kunene, Erongo, Otjozondjupa and Hardap regions are attending a two-day self-defence workshop in the capital.The aim of the workshop is to
readGovt withdraws Katima council lifeline
12-10-2004
GOVERNMENT has decided to withdraw its assistance to the Katima Mulilo Town Council, satisfied that the town's financial position has improved."The Katima Mulilo Town Council is now back on track with
readDubious SWATF payout scheme takes another knock
12-10-2004
ABOUT 200 former South West Africa Territory Force members have had their hopes of receiving pension payouts from the South African government dashed.Raphael Mwilima Mudabeti, who was co-ordinating
readNam on 'brink of food crisis'
12-10-2004
NAMIBIA is on the brink of a food crisis that can only be averted through proper management of the Land Reform policy, a visiting land expert warned yesterday.Professor Herman van Schalkwyk from the
readIsrael rejects army advice to halt Gaza offensive
12-10-2004
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has snubbed the advice of his army chiefs and ordered the continuation of a massive military offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, media reports said
readIraq Shi'ite militia begin disarming
12-10-2004
BAGHDAD - Radical cleric Moqtada Sadr's Shi'ite militia handed in a few weapons yesterday at the start of a deal with the Iraqi government to end months of violence, while insurgents killed two US
readSuperman in a wheelchair
12-10-2004
WASHINGTON - Christopher Reeve earned fame playing Superman in the movies, then became a real-life hero confined to a wheelchair after a riding accident transformed his life nine years ago.An actor,
readDNA pioneer dead at 88
12-10-2004
LONDON - Maurice Wilkins, who won a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work on DNA but remained forever in the shadows of his peers, died last week Tuesday, aged 88.Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for
readCount delay in Afghan poll
12-10-2004
KABUL - Afghan officials delayed counting ballots yesterday after the historic presidential election to deal with complaints of fraud, but several candidates appeared to be pulling back from an
readStruggle to return DRC refugees to their homes
12-10-2004
BUJUMBURA, Burundi - More than 1 000 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) refugees were still stuck on Saturday night in a strip of no man's land between their country and neighbouring Burundi, despite
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