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31 Articles found on Thursday, 2 September 2004
5 dead, 142 injured in SA blast
02-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Five people died and 142 were injured yesterday in a blast in an ethylene plant run by South African minerals and hydrocarbons group Sasol in the town of Secunda east of Johannesburg,
readSanlam South Africa stock rises ahead of first-half results
02-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Shares in South African insurer Sanlam rose yesterday after an upgrade ahead of the release of its half-year results.The company is due to release first-half results today. The share
readBig spending South Africans urged to stash their cash
02-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Flashy sports cars, big 4x4s, opulent homes, swimming pools and tennis courts set in spacious gardens: That's one side of South African life.Teeming squatter camps, corrugated iron
readOM inaugurates Client Service Centre
02-09-2004
OLD MUTUAL Namibia inaugurated its first integrated Client Service Centre in Windhoek's central business district on Tuesday, with the main purpose of the centre being to provide clients with a
readEnron auctions gas pipelines
02-09-2004
HOUSTON - Bankrupt Enron Corp.'s most prized remaining assets - its domestic natural gas pipelines - was be on the block in a quiet auction yesterday.Bids for CrossCountry Energy Corp., which holds
read2 dead at Debswana mine, over 400 fired
02-09-2004
GABORONE - The illegal strike at Debswana entered its second week yesterday with the union saying that miners who had opted to stay on the job were overworked, resulting in two deaths."The people are
readNBC demands N$4m back from Rock Enterprises
02-09-2004
THE NBC has demanded that production firm Rock Enterprises pay back close to N$4 million of the N$10,5 million it was paid, claiming that the film company overcharged the State broadcaster for over
readOkakarara officials water, power cut
02-09-2004
OKAKARARA Mayor, Tjatjitirani Kandukira, his deputy Muvi Tjiho, at least three other councillors and some top municipal officials were among the first residents to have their water and electricity
readNDF fraud case stalls - again
02-09-2004
THE Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday allowed the State to get away with yet another postponement in an almost four-year-old and still-pending case over the alleged embezzlement of N$7,3 million
readNamibian roads claim life of Angolan
02-09-2004
AN Angolan national, Antonio Kapundja Tjijangalala, died instantly when the vehicle he was travelling in collided head-on with another vehicle on the Opuwo-Okangwati main road on Friday night.Boni
readTeenager arrested for murder in South
02-09-2004
AN 18-year-old youth has been arrested at Keetmanshoop on murder charges.Jonathan Jantjies (20) died instantly after he was stabbed in the neck with a knife during a quarrel with the accused. The
readGibeon launches own Development Trust
02-09-2004
MEMBERS of the Gibeon Constituency have launched a Development Trust in an effort to address the social-economic challenges faced by the southern settlement.Founding Chairperson of the Trust, Gotlieb
readMysterious fires still threaten kuku Kakaya
02-09-2004
DESPITE a visit by the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN), to pray and chase away demons causing mysterious fires plaguing kuku Theonila Kakaya (85) at her Oshoogolo village in the Omusati Region,
readTraditional wrestling claims a life
02-09-2004
AN old traditional wrestling sport in northern Namibia, Ondjubu, claimed the life of man in the Oshikoto Region on Saturday evening.Hafeni Ndashiiva died after coming down to earth with his head in a
readMaking peace over the water points
02-09-2004
SENSITIVE and sustainable tourism can solve many conservation problems, says Johannes Haasbroek, founder of Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA).His organisation has started a project to bring in
readDanes to help enviro projects become rooted
02-09-2004
ENVIRONMENTAL projects in Namibia received a boost of more than half a million dollars yesterday through the Danish International Development Association (Danida).During the next three years, the
readBureaucrats slam permit doors shut on tourists
02-09-2004
TOURIST visits to the Namib Naukluft Park were dealt a serious blow last week when the two official information centres at the coast decided to stop selling permits with immediate effect.With the peak
readOmaruru plans open meeting on deals
02-09-2004
THE Omaruru Town Council this week agreed to respond to questions from the community about questionable decisions taken in the past few years.Mayor Michael Tjirare said yesterday that the council held
readBoeing replacement hitch delays flights
02-09-2004
THE deployment of a new aircraft to replace its Boeing 747-400 Combi did not go without hitches for Air Namibia on Tuesday night.A noise restriction curfew in Zurich, Switzerland, meant that the
readPolice manhandle four innocent foreigners mistaken for thieves
02-09-2004
THREE Zambians and an Angolan national escaped with minor bruises on Tuesday after they were dragged from their car, pinned to the ground and kicked before being arrested by close to 10 AK 47-toting
readProvisional Valuation Roll for commercial farms compiled
02-09-2004
THE Minister of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Hifikepunye Pohamba, yesterday launched the first ever Provisional Valuation Roll for commercial agricultural farms in Namibia.Pohamba, speaking
readNNOC, Botes go head to head
02-09-2004
NAMIBIAN sport consultant, Quinton-Steele Botes faces a possible suspension or expulsion as an executive member of the Namibia National Olympic Committee, as he stands accused of disobeying
readSex session awakens street
02-09-2004
BERLIN - A pair of young lovers so annoyed their neighbours with a noisy sex session that police had to go and ask them to lower the volume, police said on Tuesday.Officers in Essen interrupted the
readCatholic shrines draw Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims
02-09-2004
LOURDES - In an unexpected twist of globalisation, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and other pilgrims regularly worship at famous Roman Catholic shrines to the Virgin Mary such as Lourdes in France and
readBaby-snatching charge spotlights UK ministry
02-09-2004
LONDON - Believers say the Gilbert Deya Ministry - located above an unmarked warehouse behind a gas works in south London - is the scene of one of the most extraordinary divine miracles ever
readCyber revolution rectifies land mistakes of the past
02-09-2004
BANGALORE - For three generations, two families have fought over an acre (0,4 hectare) of farmland in an arid stretch of southern India, each waving documents to support its claim.Throughout this long
readPope asks for release of journalists
02-09-2004
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II appealed yesterday for the release of two French journalists who are being held hostage in Iraq and condemned a string of violent attacks around the world.The pope
readDutch open prison ship for illegal immigrants
02-09-2004
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch government introduced a prison boat near Rotterdam yesterday, part of a crackdown on illegal immigrants and rejected asylum seekers.The ship holds as many as 288 prisoners who
readCigar-loving Spanish parliament almost smoke-free today
02-09-2004
MADRID, Spain - Former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez was a Marlboro man.His successor, Jose Maria Aznar, puffed on fine Cuban cigars, and opposition leader Mariano Rajoy also relished a good, thick
readMayhem as Nepalese avenge 12 hostages murdered in Iraq Kedar
02-09-2004
KATHMANDU - Thousands of people rampaged through Kathmandu yesterday, setting fire to a mosque and Arab targets and ransacking employment agencies after 12 Nepalese hostages were murdered in Iraq.Two
readRussian school seized -- 400 hostages
02-09-2004
MOSCOW - Attackers wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a school in a Russian region bordering Chechnya yesterday and were holding hundreds of hostages, reportedly including 200 children.The assault came
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