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25 Articles found on Monday, 13 September 2004
African leaders release action plan to combat poverty, joblessness
13-09-2004
OUAGADOUGOU - African heads of state released an action plan Thursday aiming to provide "remedies" for the chronic unemployment problem that has kept hundreds of millions destitute on the world's
readNamdeb seals BEE deal with EVI mining
13-09-2004
NAMDEB last week signed a memorandum of understanding with EVI Mining Company, a black economic empowerment company operating in the local mining sector.The MoU is in line with the company's
readDiamond Fields sells 7 968 carats at US$200 a throw
13-09-2004
(TSX:DFI) has announced the recent sale of 7 968 carats at an average price of US $199,86 (N$1 320) per carat, for a total gross sale of US$1 592 400.According to the latest DFI press release, this
readAlleged pervert hit by car in city
13-09-2004
AN alleged lewd act ended in disaster on Saturday when a man was hit by a car in Independence Avenue in Windhoek while being pursued by a woman who accused him of grabbing her genitals."I was just
readEnraged Bangladeshi workers assault agent
13-09-2004
ANGRY Bangladeshi nationals assaulted their recruiting agent - a man known only as Alif - on Friday, while another agent - Halif - fled as the men pursued his car.The Police Reserve Unit was called in
readLives torn apart
13-09-2004
"MY brother, my sister, my wife, won't even look at my face," a very upset Khalilur Rahman said yesterday.He is one of the 372 Bangladeshi men who arrived in Namibia just over a month ago in the hope
readNUNW accuses Govt of ignoring labour law violations at Ramatex
13-09-2004
THE National Union of Namibian Workers has accused Government of deliberately turning a blind eye to gross labour law violations by the Malaysian-run Ramatex textile factory.The umbrella union on
readBangladeshis booted
13-09-2004
WITH the sound of gunshots echoing in their ears, their hopes in tatters and underlying whispers of suicide, the first of about 372 Bangladeshi men brought to Namibia to work at the Ramatex Textile
readPolice searching for missing Walvis teen
13-09-2004
THE Police at Walvis Bay are looking for a 15-year-old girl who went missing from her parent's home two weeks ago.Ellen Melissa Eiman disappeared from 224 Neat Street at Walvis Bay on August 26. The
readCommunal shows get cash injection
13-09-2004
EIGHT Namibian businesses have pledged N$200 000 in total towards two regional communal agriculture shows to be held in the Omaheke and Otjozondjupa regions.Speaking at the cheque handover in Windhoek
readThree-year-old boy sets house alight
13-09-2004
ONDANGWA - A single mother at the Etambo settlement, of the Oluno suburb at Ondangwa, lost most of her property in a fire on Wednesday.Fenny David (40) told Nampa on Friday that it appeared that the
readMan dies after being stabbed
13-09-2004
A 49-year-old man died at the Oshakati State Hospital after being stabbed in the stomach.Kalistus Simon was allegedly attacked by Aipanda Modestus (22) with an Okapi knife at Oshoondo village in the
readOpuwo residents protest against alleged witchcraft
13-09-2004
OPUWO - Some residents of Opuwo have called on the Kunene Regional Governor to address the problem of alleged witchcraft at two of the town's primary schools.Since schools reopened last Tuesday, Opuwo
readECN denies iregularities in recruitment procedures
13-09-2004
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has dismissed allegations of unfair practices in the appointment and selection of officials for supplementary voter registration scheduled for later this
read30-year jail term for hose-pipe fratricide
13-09-2004
A CLAIMED attempt to discipline a wayward younger brother left a resident of village in the Omusati Region with a 30-year prison term for murder last week.The way in which Eliakim Nashapi committed
readCouncillor faces fraud claims as nomination race heats up
13-09-2004
A SWAPO Regional Councillor in Hardap faces charges of fraud, in what appears to be a battle for nomination to the ruling party's elections list.Charges have been laid against Mariental Urban
readAll quiet on the elections front
13-09-2004
IN true Namibian fashion, political parties are keeping the preparations for the elections close to their chests, with only the odd detail seeping through, such as that the Elections Director failed
readTreason photos show toll of August 2 1999 attacks
13-09-2004
THE tally of corpses in the Caprivi high treason trial's evidence before the High Court at Grootfontein rose to 11 last week.Photos showing the bodies of victims of the August 2 1999 attacks at Katima
readPresident's payout 'to be modest'
13-09-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma will receive a "modest" retirement package, according to some senior Government officials.The officials described the proposed payout as a triumph over "sycophants" who, they
readNamibia wallops Kenya rugby side
13-09-2004
THE visiting Kenyan rugby side provided no competition for the Namibian as they were walloped 65-7.A poor crowd of less than 1 000 attended the match at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on Saturday. The
readPoll shows that the world wants Bush out of the White House
13-09-2004
WASHINGTON - The world wants President Bush out of the White House, according to a poll released on Wednesday that shows in 30 of 35 countries people preferred Democrat candidate John Kerry.Kerry was
readArnie outlaws sex with corpses
13-09-2004
SAN FRANCISCO - Having sex with corpses is now officially illegal in California after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill barring necrophilia, a spokeswoman says.The new legislation marks the
readNKorea blast unlikely to have been nuclear
13-09-2004
SEOUL - A huge explosion rocked North Korea last week but United States and South Korean officials said yesterday it was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons test despite the appearance of a
readIvan Bears Down on Cayman Islands, Cuba
13-09-2004
BULL BAY, Jamaica - Hurricane Ivan lost some strength as it bore down on the Cayman Islands and Cuba yesterday but was still capable of causing tremendous damage with winds near 155 mph.Ivan killed 56
readTwenty two die in central Baghdad
13-09-2004
BAGHDAD - Strong explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn yesterday and heavy fighting erupted in a street notorious as a rebel stronghold, in violence that killed at least 22 Iraqis, the United
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