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24 Articles found on Friday, 22 October 2004
20 farmers wait for axe to fall
22-10-2004
AROUND 20 commercial farmers have been given notice that Government intends to expropriate their land despite a request from the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) that the criteria be clarified.In an
readNamibia to sign pact on joint power project
22-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The energy ministers of Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Namibia and South Africa will sign an agreement about a joint power project today.The project, known as
readNam diplomat's grandson arrested in SA
22-10-2004
NAMIBIA has to decide whether to lift the diplomatic immunity of the grandson of one of its diplomats, who is accused of attempted rape, housebreaking and robbery in South Africa.Twenty-year-old Zondi
readNew labour law will cost Govt millions, says NEF
22-10-2004
THE Namibian Employers' Federation (NEF) estimates that Government could lose as much as N$600 million a year in revenue once the new Labour Bill becomes law.It says that two controversial provisions,
readCattle thieves should be made suffer, says MP
22-10-2004
A SWAPO MP from Omusati Region wants heavy punishment imposed on cattle thieves as a deterrent.She says she regards cattle as among the precious possessions of people. "Livestock, especially to us
readCoD homes in on land
22-10-2004
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) is promising to immediately implement a comprehensive land reform process if it is voted into power in next month's elections.The party's election manifesto says 14
readThe no-campaign campaign
22-10-2004
KOSIE Pretorius and his Monitor Action Group (MAG) have maintained pole position as the eccentrics of Namibian political parties.Although the elections are less than a month away, the party and its
readAnalyst says Swapo certain to retain two-thirds majority
22-10-2004
A LOCAL political commentator has backed the ruling Swapo party to retain or even add to its current two-thirds parliamentary majority in the November polls."Swapo is still the dominant party and it
readWomen's power on voters' roll
22-10-2004
WOMEN outnumber men by 45 000 voters, according to statistics from the voters' register, which also reveals an increased interest by the youth.Nearly 512 000 of the 978 000 registered voters are
readPolice probe job scams
22-10-2004
POLICE say investigations are continuing into several cases of dubious job offers which have seen numerous unemployed Namibians, desperate for work, parted from the little cash they have.Spokesperson
readWitchcraft, mafia style ...laugh at your peril
22-10-2004
CAN witchcraft be classified as organised crime? This question by Luederitz Urban constituency councillor, Fluksman Samuehls, provoked considerable laughter in the National Council yesterday."Yes, if
readRamatex in spotlight as City Council probes rash outbreak
22-10-2004
INCREASING rates of skin infections among workers of the Ramatex Textile Factory have been brought to the attention of the Windhoek Municipality for investigation.The infection control unit of the
readStrydom: a figure of trust, wisdom and decency
22-10-2004
IN former Chief Justice Johan Strydom, Namibia's judiciary had - and has now lost - not only a widely respected jurist, but an unassumingly exemplary human being.In court, the retired Justice Strydom
readA MacGyver for the Third World
22-10-2004
AN engineer who is uninterested in advancing technologies is, to put it mildly, a rarity.So rare, in fact, that the MacArthur Foundation awarded one such engineer with US$500 000. Mechanical engineer
read'Chavs' Are Sexing Up English Language
22-10-2004
LONDON - Last year it was 'sexing up', in 1993 Britons were 'having it large' and in 1980 it was all about 'power dressing'.Now 'Chavs' is set to be the next buzzword, according to a new book, which
readKerry and Bush rock the Web
22-10-2004
WASHINGTON - Voters unable to decide between the presidential contenders on their political merits now have another criterion -- their musical tastes.The website Bluebeat.com is holding an online
readHassan's husband hopes for fast release
22-10-2004
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi husband of kidnapped aid chief Margaret Hassan said yesterday he was cautiously optimistic the British-Irish woman would be released quickly given her long years of service to the
readMilosevic defence at 'a dead end'
22-10-2004
THE HAGUE - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's defence case has reached a dead end because he will not allow lawyers to represent him at his war crimes trial, his court-assigned counsel
readPrince Harry in nightclub scuffle with photographer
22-10-2004
LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry was hit in the face with a camera during a scuffle with photographers as he left a London nightclub in the early hours of yesterday, royal aides said.A photographer's
readSudan complains of UN harassment
22-10-2004
KHARTOUM - Sudan charged yesterday that it is being harassed by the United Nations over the Darfur crisis because the world body is powerless to change the situation in Iraq or the Palestinian
readBritain agrees to US call to move Iraq troops
22-10-2004
ROBERT MACPHERSON LONDON - With the insurgency in Iraq showing no signs of abating as election day nears, Britain agreed yesterday to a US request to redeploy 850 crack troops to a volatile area to
readTyphoon kills 62 in Japan
22-10-2004
TOKYO - Japan's deadliest typhoon in more than two decades killed at least 62 people, media said yesterday as rescuers searched frantically for 27 still missing in floods and landslides.Many people
readMugabe pardons apartheid spy
22-10-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has freed on medical grounds a jailed South Africa apartheid spy, incarcerated for 15 years, daily papers said yesterday.Reon Schutte, 43, had been serving
readNearly 150 feared dead in China mine gas explosion
22-10-2004
BEIJING - An underground gas explosion ripped through a mine in central China killing at least 56 workers and leaving nearly 100 missing in one of the worst mining disasters in recent memory,
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