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30 Articles found on Monday, 20 September 2004
NCCI keeps up impetus on Nam-Angola trade
20-09-2004
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) is once again urging the private sector to open up to the Angolan market.This time, the overseer body of the private sector is arranging for
readUnion says to strike at SA's Harmony Gold tomorrow
20-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Friday 8 000 workers would go on strike tomorrow at mines owned by the country's biggest gold producer Harmony to protest over a
readSouth Africa licenses second fixed-line operator
20-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa granted a licence to a second national fixed-line phone operator on Friday even though the main investor has yet to be decided, the Communications Ministry said.The
readAlitalia still negotiating with flight attendants
20-09-2004
ROME - Talks between Alitalia and labour unions were suspended temporarily on Friday after overnight negotiations failed to produce an agreement between the near-bankrupt airline and flight
readBangladeshis' agent hits out at Government, Ramatex
20-09-2004
THE Eastern Overseas Recruiting agency has accused Government and the Ramatex Textile Factory of unfairly treating 372 Bangladeshi workers who were deported from Namibia last week.Blame for the dire
readKey Swapo politicians fall in nomination stages
20-09-2004
SWAPO'S nominations for regional councillors has claimed some high profile politicians.Power struggles dominated the ruling party's districts - constituencies in the regions - which held election
readNehova's fate in balance
20-09-2004
MORE divisions loom in Swapo following the boycott of an election meeting at Ongwediva, where the biggest upset in nominations for Regional Councils could be the ousting of National Council Chairman
readPost-survey work starts
20-09-2004
A Post Enumeration Survey (PES) on the recently concluded Namibia Household Income and Expenditure Survey (NHIES) was launched in the capital on Thursday.The PES, aimed at finding out what changes
readWhere's V Shigwedha?
20-09-2004
POLICE have requested members of the public to assist with information on the whereabouts of Vilho Shigwedha.The 25-year-old is wanted to stand trial for violating road traffic rules. Ten warrants of
readCops probe train fatality
20-09-2004
A MAN died instantly shortly after midnight on Monday last week when he was hit by a train near the Hosea Kutako International Airport, the Police reported in their crime bulletin on Thursday.The name
readConservancy on track
20-09-2004
PLANS to establish a conservancy in the Berseba constituency in the Karas Region are at an advanced stage.Last week, traditional leaders and community members gathered for a three-day conservancy
readNamibia's enviro initiatives 'useful'
20-09-2004
NAMIBIA has made great strides in the fight against desertification and its experience can help other southern African countries, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat
readCoD wants action on NBC 'bias'
20-09-2004
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) last week moved that the National Assembly discuss what it termed biased coverage by the national broadcaster.CoD leader Ben Ulenga told the House that it was necessary
readThe father, the son and the RP
20-09-2004
TWO men, in their mid-20s, sporting multi-coloured scarves around their necks, step into a lift from the top floor of a local hotel on a Saturday morning.As the lift descends, one of the men untangles
readReho residents 'bartering lives away for liquor'
20-09-2004
MEMBERS of Women's Action for Development (WAD) at Rehoboth are desperate to curb the consumption of liquor at the town.The Chairperson of WAD's Women's Voice, Rachel Cloete, said the situation is so
readMeatco to be compelled to pay tax
20-09-2004
THE Minister of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development, Helmut Angula, plans to table an additional amendment to the Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) Act this week, which will compel the company
readAmcom/DBC Presidential inquiry to hold public hearings
20-09-2004
THE Presidential inquiry into defunct parastatals - Amcom and DBC - is to hold public hearings from next week.
readNudo's CC meeting fails to tackle crucial internal issues
20-09-2004
HUNDREDS of National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) supporters who thronged the sleepy town of Otjinene at the weekend eager to hear how their leaders planned to tackle two crucial issues
readNamibia, SA seek to end ban on black rhino hunt
20-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Namibia and South Africa want to lift a ban on hunting the rare black rhino, a move certain to draw protests from conservationists who say the species is still recovering from decades
readGraveyard rapist gets 37-year jail sentence
20-09-2004
THIRTY-SEVEN years of freedom is the price that former security guard Adolf Kahoro will have to pay for the crimes he committed when he raped, shot and robbed a woman at Windhoek's Pionierspark
readIita and Naigambo on course for more titles
20-09-2004
TOP Namibian long distance runner Reinhdoldt Iita is on course for another title after winning the second leg of the annual Victory Races Series in Keetmanshoop on Saturday.Iita is the 2003 winner of
readWomen's hockey team make history
20-09-2004
THE Namibian under 21 women hockey team made history by winning a bronze medal since independence, when they beat Nigeria 4-3 on penalty strokes during the Junior African Nations Cup which was
readRemember me with a 'toyi-toyi'
20-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Here are some of the most memorable quotes from Naude's speeches and sermons:* "We should claim the kingship of Jesus Christ over all people... also as it concerns our ecumenical and
readSA bids farewell to Beyers
20-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans at a touching ceremony Saturday paid farewell to legendary Afrikaner cleric Beyers Naude once labelled a traitor by his own people for rejecting his church's biblical
readPrince Harry wants to make Diana proud
20-09-2004
LONDON - Britain's Prince Harry, the youngest son of the late Princess Diana, says he wants to continue his mother's charity work to make her proud.Pictures of the prince cradling a baby infected with
readMadonna goes on pilgrimage
20-09-2004
JERUSALEM - Pop diva Madonna made a midnight pilgrimage to a Jerusalem cemetery early yesterday, holding a mystical candlelight ceremony at the grave of a Jewish sage.The singer is in Israel on a
readFormer general looks set for victory in Indonesian election
20-09-2004
JAKARTA - Indonesians vote in a landmark presidential election run-off today and are expected to hand power to a former general who has vowed firmer leadership in fighting terrorism and boosting the
readNo deal at Northern Irish talks
20-09-2004
LEEDS CASTLE, England - Talks aimed at forging a comprehensive peace settlement for Northern Ireland ended without a deal on Saturday, despite Britain and Ireland saying they were close to securing
readIraq car bomb blasts kills more than 20
20-09-2004
KIRKUK More than 20 people were killed in car bomb attacks, as Islamist militants threatened separately to kill 10 people employed by a Turkish-US business and two Americans and one Briton.A US air
readSudan to abide by UN resolution on Darfur
20-09-2004
KHARTOUM Sudan has condemned as "unfair" a new UN resolution calling on Khartoum to restore security to the crisis-wracked Darfur region or face possible sanctions, but said it would abide by the UN's
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