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28 Articles found on Thursday, 7 October 2004
ADS sets pace in modern directory and yellow pages publishing
07-10-2004
AFRICAN Directory Services (ADS), formerly trading as AIM Publications, has proven itself as a leader in modern telephone directory and yellow pages publishing by commissioning an integrated directory
readWB bidding starts at 30 US cents on eBay
07-10-2004
WASHINGTON - Not much sells for 30 cents (N$1,95) in 2004.But for a fleeting moment, any bidder on eBay could have had the World Bank for that paltry sum. Activists put the global lender of last
readProfile: Creating impressions that last a lifetime
07-10-2004
A wedding day is a very special day for any person.It is the day that one gets to make vows to a beloved partner meant to last a lifetime. That is the sole reason why both women and men will do their
readN$10m facelift for Thueringer Hof
07-10-2004
THE Ohlthaver and List Group (O&L) and its subsidiary Namib Sun Hotels Group (NSH) yesterday announced plans to refurbish the Thueringer Hof Hotel situated in Windhoek's centre business district.The
readNigeria, Angola oil targets in danger
07-10-2004
CAPE TOWN - Nigeria and Angola must speed up expansion plans if they are to meet targets of doubling oil output and grow Africa's share and influence of the global industry, an ExxonMobil executive
readAgricultural experts meet to fight food crisis threatening Africa
07-10-2004
LILONGWE - Africa can feed itself if it tackles hunger strategically, an African Union official said on Tuesday at a meeting of international agriculture experts."The potential for development in
readCommunity acts to save forests
07-10-2004
FOREST fires are a common occurrence at this time of the year, when bushes and grass are dry and weather conditions contribute to fires raging out of control.Up to 90 per cent of bush fires are caused
readNew pool bigger, faster and safer
07-10-2004
THE new recreational complex being built in Olympia, Windhoek, will be completed at the end of this year.Situated between Tennis, Frankie Fredericks and Sean McBride streets, it will cover 65 000
readPollution at the coast reaches alarming level
07-10-2004
POLLUTION on land and at sea has become a matter of great concern for various stakeholders at the coast.The Namibian reported last year that the volumes of rubbish dumped at sea off the central coast
readHoe attack lands man in hospital
07-10-2004
TWO cases of attempted murder in Namibia's north eastern regions feature in the Police's latest crime report.At the Sikanduko compound in Rundu, Johannes Festus (46), is alleged to have attacked
readAroab residents stranded
07-10-2004
CLOSE to 2 000 inhabitants of Aroab, 170 kilometres south-east of Keetmanshoop, have been grappling with a transport crisis since TransNamib stopped its passenger transport service between the village
readSystem 'creating more street children than professionals'
07-10-2004
THE President of the Namibia National Teacher's Union (Nantu) says the education system is creating more street children than professionals.Ndapewa Nghipandulwa said at the celebration of World
readNo independent to run for president
07-10-2004
POLITICAL parties have until tomorrow morning to submit the names of their presidential and parliamentary candidates to the Electoral Commission of Namibia.Director of Elections Phillemon Kanime told
readSA probes suspected mercenary death
07-10-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is investigating the death of one of its nationals among 68 suspected mercenaries convicted in Zimbabwe last month, the foreign ministry said yesterday.Ngave Jarukemo
readRA Board can be fired on 'sufficient whim'
07-10-2004
THE Minister of Works has officially been given the green light to sack board members of the Roads Authority who do not perform.The National Assembly yesterday passed the Roads Authority Amendment
readFurious teachers threaten legal action against Govt
07-10-2004
THE Namibia National Teacher's Union (Nantu) is threatening to take Government to court unless a circular is rescinded which requires all teachers to seek approval before engaging in further
readOpposition takes issue with 'blank cheque' for President
07-10-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma's total pay package proved a bone of contention in the National Assembly yesterday, with opposition parties wanting to know how much the Head of State earned before they approved
readNamfisa has 'major issue' with Legal Shield
07-10-2004
NAMFISA yesterday maintained that the issue that prompted it to seek the court's intervention against Legal Shield was bigger than just closing down the popular TV game, Winna Mariba.At a press
readCity stalls on Ramatex
07-10-2004
THE Windhoek Municipality has not acted on a public announcement it made last week that it would immediately call a halt to environmentally damaging activities at the Ramatex Textile Factory.Instead,
readSSC requests separate cheques
07-10-2004
WINDHOEK - The Social Security Commission (SSC) has requested all employers in Namibia to issue separate cheques in respect of contribution payments to the maternity leave, sick leave and death
read'Tax men for violence'
07-10-2004
STOCKHOLM - A group of Swedish parliamentarians proposed levying a "man tax" to cover the social cost of violence against women."It must be obvious to all of us that society has a huge problem with
read'Psycho' star Janet Leigh dies at 77
07-10-2004
LOS ANGELES - Janet Leigh, whose notorious shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' shocked moviegoers in the 1960s and earned her an Oscar nomination, died on Sunday at her home in Beverly
readAvedon, a groundbreaking photographer
07-10-2004
LOS ANGELES - Richard Avedon, who turned fashion and portrait photography into art forms and captured unforgettable images of some of the world's most famous figures, died on Friday at 81, a
readAristide and wife now fellows at UNISA
07-10-2004
CAPE TOWN - Ousted Haitian president Jean Bertrande Aristide and his wife on Tuesday were appointed honorary research fellows at the University of South Africa (UNISA)."President Aristide has assumed
readSA police use stun grenades against pre-paid water protestors
07-10-2004
Police used stun grenades and batons to clear protesters against prepaid water meters off the Old Potchefstroom Road outside Johannesburg on Tuesday.Ten people were arrested and would have appeared in
readMideast peace in freezer
07-10-2004
JERUSALEM - Israel's plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza will prevent a Palestinian state emerging and freeze peacemaking, and all with Washington's approval, a key adviser to prime minister Ariel
readNo US parade in Spain
07-10-2004
MADRID, Spain - In another dig at the United States, the Socialist government has dropped plans for US Marines to march in a high-profile parade commemorating Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New
readIraq cleric agrees to ceasefire... sort of
07-10-2004
BAGHDAD - Followers of renegade Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have agreed a cease-fire with Iraq's interim government aimed at ending weeks of fighting in the vast Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a
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