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32 Articles found on Monday, 25 October 2004
Africa urges G8 to deliver pledged aid for growth
25-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Africa has urged the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised countries to deliver billions of dollars in aid they pledged under a plan to improve governance and growth on the world's poorest
readNicodemus on her plans during her reign.
25-10-2004
More efforts should be put in place to enhance and strengthen the recognition of up-coming young executive women in the economy of the country, Dr.Victoria Nicodemus said. Nicodemus who is the 2004
readGCC seeks observer status at IMF
25-10-2004
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Saturday sought observer status at meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), part of the
readAfrica plans new Congo River power generatorAfrica plans new Congo River power generator
25-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Five African states launched a project on Friday to put a new 3 500 MW power station on the mighty Congo River and run power lines through Angola and Namibia to head off looming
readDBC sold valuable tourmalines for next to nothingDBC sold valuable tourmalines for next to nothing
25-10-2004
THE Development Brigade Corporation sold tourmaline gemstones valued at between N$4 million and N$6 million for a mere N$1 500, the Presidential Commission of Inquiry heard on Friday.When the
readFour die in family slaying in OlympiaFour die in family slaying in Olympia
25-10-2004
A PENSIONER killed his wife, daughter, son-in-law and himself on Saturday in yet unexplained circumstances at a townhouse in one of Windhoek pricier suburbs, Olympia.Warrant Officer Christopher
readFraud claims rock Telecom
25-10-2004
TELECOM Namibia has suspended one of its top managers in connection with a web of suspected scams said to have cost the parastatal millions of dollars.The fraud is alleged to involve present and
readHave a ball for charity
25-10-2004
THE Association of Diplomatic Spouses (ADS) in Namibia will host a charity ball on November 6, in co-operation with Club Motors and BMW.Spouses of diplomats stationed in Namibia founded ADS 14 years
readDemo planned at Mariental
25-10-2004
CLOSE to 200 residents plan to stage a peaceful demonstration at the Mariental municipality on Tuesday.They are dissatisfied with what they claim is "undignified treatment" from some municipal
readSwapo sounds warning
25-10-2004
THE Secretary General of Swapo, Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, has warned party members who sow discord in the party that they will be expelled.Addressing Swapo supporters at Oshakati this weekend, Tjiriange
readParties target pensioners
25-10-2004
WINDHOEK - Opposition parties have their eye on the pensioner vote, promising to increase the monthly welfare grant for the elderly by at least N$150.With less than a month to go before polling day,
readNangof expresses concern about 'predatory' NGOs
25-10-2004
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Non-governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof) has expressed concern about some development partners and non-governmental organisations that use the plight of desperate citizens
read23 years for shotgun murder
25-10-2004
THE Outapi Regional Court has sentenced Ndeshipanda Gideon Kaambu (22) from Omaumba village in the Omusati region to an effective 23 years in jail for murder and attempted murder.Kaambu was convicted
readWine bottling plant set up at Keetmanshoop
25-10-2004
MANDY Investments, trading as Brukkaros Wholesale Liquor at Keetmanshoop, has invested N$1.8 million in what it says is the first wine bottling plant in the country.Marketing Manager, Willie Cilliers,
readGoat farmers getting 'raw deal'
25-10-2004
WINDHOEK - People who farm with small stock in the South are getting a raw deal from abattoirs, Swapo MP Frans Basson said in the National Council last week.Contributing to the debate on the Meatco
readFunding for transfrontier enviro project
25-10-2004
GOVERNMENT will contribute US$50 000 towards setting up a secretariat for the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area.The project, originally named the Okavango Upper-Zambezi International
readFounder of Namib Times dies
25-10-2004
THE founder and former editor of Namibia's second oldest newspaper, Paul Vincent, passed away at Walvis Bay last week at the age of 73.Vincent had been ill for a long time. Vincent, who started the
readCouncil candidates registered
25-10-2004
A FEW hundred candidates on Friday registered for the Regional Council elections that are to be held at the end of next month.However, the Electoral Commission of Namibia was unable to provide
readNudo candidates in registration fiasco
25-10-2004
WINDHOEK - The air was rife with tension at the Nudo office in Katutura on Friday when it emerged that four members of the party failed to register as candidates for the Regional Councils election
readNujoma lists Govt achievements
25-10-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma the statesman, and not Nujoma the political eliminator, was on display at a Swapo rally at Rundu in the Kavango Region town on Saturday.Nujoma was the star speaker at a
readOndonga stand firm on disputed village
25-10-2004
THE Ondonga Traditional Authority, under the Chairmanship of King Immanuel Kauluma Elifas, held an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss the Ondonga-Oukwanyama border issue and the installation of
readTreason trial court wants Legal Aid boss to explain
25-10-2004
THE High Court at Grootfontein remains in the dark over the appointment of a replacement for the defence counsel who ended his representation of nine treason suspects last week.The court is set to
readNew uranium mine planned for desert
25-10-2004
A PROPOSED uranium mine to be established on the border of Namibia's biggest park, the Namib Naukluft Park, will pump millions into the economy, says the developer of the project.John Borshoff, MD of
readGolden Bees expose Civics defence
25-10-2004
GOLDEN BEES exposed the weaknesses in the Civics defence, despite losing 3-1 in their Premiership match on Saturday, while Tigers grabbed a 2-0 win against Life Fighters.Golden Bees, put the Civics
readBots gears up for polls
25-10-2004
GABORONE - Africa's economic star Botswana is heading for elections this week that are set to be won by the party of President Festus Mogae, who has led a multi-front offensive on AIDS in the world's
readDarfur peace talks delayed
25-10-2004
ABUJA - The African Union has recommended a four-day postponement of peace talks over Sudan's Darfur region after a transport mix-up left delegates stranded across the continent.The AU-sponsored talks
readZambia govt says sorry to Kaunda for treason arrest
25-10-2004
LUSAKA - Zambia apologised on Saturday to its founding president Kenneth Kaunda for detaining him in 1997 on what officials have previously described as trumped-up treason charges.Kaunda was detained
readIn Brief
25-10-2004
*UNREST - Two Islamic Jihad militants died in an Israeli air raid at Khan Younes in the Gaza Strip overnight, hospital officials said.*SPACE - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft bringing back three
readJapan quakes kills 21
25-10-2004
TOKYO - At least 21 people were killed and some 940 injured in the powerful earthquakes that shook central Japan with an initial tremor measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, police said yesterday.Kohei
readBodies of 49 soldiers found shot dead
25-10-2004
BAQUBA - The bodies of 49 soldiers of Iraq's fledgling army have been found shot dead north-east of Baghdad, police and officials said yesterday.They said 37 bodies had been recovered on Saturday and
readSenegalese president disappointed by progress on Nepad
25-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said on Friday he was disappointed at the lack of progress with the New Partnership for African Development plan and wondered whether he will see
readSuicide bombers kill 20 Iraqi security personnel
25-10-2004
BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers killed 20 members of Iraq's fledgling security forces near a US marine base west of Baghdad and at a checkpoint north of the capital on Saturday in a spate of guerrilla
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