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35 Articles found on Wednesday, 8 September 2004
Over 1 000 SA Sasol workers on strike
08-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - More than a thousand workers at Sasol Coal will strike over what trade union group Solidarity said on Monday were poor salary increases and unsafe working conditions.Solidarity said
readDisney critics step up campaign to oust Eisner
08-09-2004
LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. has made substantial progress quieting the dissent that reached a climax last March with an unprecedented vote of no confidence against CEO Michael Eisner.The company
readPlatinum loses its glitter in China
08-09-2004
SHANGHAI - Falling platinum demand in China, the world's biggest consumer of platinum jewellery, will weigh on global prices through the end of the year, industry officials said yesterday."I think we
readDebswana mine strike ends
08-09-2004
BOTSWANA - The illegal strike at Debswanas mines has come to an end and strikers retuned to work yesterday following an ultimatum from the company insisting on them to return to work.The strike
readMove to rein in Agribank directors takes step forward
08-09-2004
MURMURS greeted an announcement yesterday by Deputy Minister of Finance, Clara Bohitile, in the National Assembly, that her Ministry will introduce changes to the Agribank Act giving the Minister the
readLack of air safety in Africa haunts pilots
08-09-2004
THE critical shortage of air navigation services in Africa remains a key concern for pilots who fly across the continent.With the flight accident rate highest in Africa, the safety and security of air
read3 cops face graft charges
08-09-2004
THE Criminal Investigation Department of the Police at Grootfontein has been hit hard by the suspension of three of its members who now face criminal charges alleged to be corruption-related.Of the
readHelp locate Sapine
08-09-2004
POLICE have requested members of the public to assist with information on the whereabouts of Sapine Penapenda Tuyenikumwe (14), who was reported missing from her home on August 22.Sapine, also known
readCops seek info on fatal brew
08-09-2004
POLICE at Outapi have asked villagers at Epoko, in the North, to assist with information that will help them get to the bottom of an incident in which two brothers died after drinking an alcoholic
readFatal shooting case postponed
08-09-2004
THE court case of a Walvis Bay security firm employee charged with murdering a colleague has been postponed by the Walvis Bay Magistrates Court to await a decision from the Prosecutor General.Willem
readFarm assault suspect arrested in South Africa
08-09-2004
A 19-year-old suspect was arrested in South Africa on Friday in connection with housebreaking, armed robbery and assault in Namibia, the Police reported yesterday.The victim is 64-year-old Johannes
readMan sent directly to jail for reckless driving
08-09-2004
WINDHOEK - Kuisebmund resident Paulus Martin Nandago, who knocked down and killed two children when he jumped a red traffic light at the corner of Shanghai Street and Independence Avenue in Katutura
readGas bottle explodes, woman burned alive
08-09-2004
A 28-year-old resident of Noordoewer, Noriet Sambi, burned to death on Friday when a gas bottle exploded.Police spokesperson Sergeant Stephan Nuuye told The Namibian that Sambie reportedly opened the
readPlans in pipeline to protect Swakop's cultural heritage
08-09-2004
THE newly established Swakopmund Residents Heritage Committee has set the wheels in motion to ensure the cultural heritage of the countrys premier holiday resort will in future enjoy better
readCourts for small claims
08-09-2004
CABINET has announced that it has given the Minister of Justice permission to table the Small Claims Courts Bill in the National Assembly.The aim is to deal with civil claims that are so small that it
readNational summit on orphans to be held
08-09-2004
A POLICY dealing with the national crisis of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) is scheduled to be launched at a national conference in February.Cabinet has announced that the Ministry of Women
readMandrax case postponed to January
08-09-2004
The court case involving three young men who allegedly hid more than 500 Mandrax tablets at the Walvis Bay sewage works was again postponed for laboratory results.Granville Llewellyn Noble (20), and
readMan axed to death
08-09-2004
A 42-year-old man died instantly when he was a struck twice with a pickaxe handle at Ohandungu village, in the North, on Saturday, the Police reported yesterday.Albertus Aibeb, who was an employee of
readOshakati fire claims lives of children
08-09-2004
TWO children burned alive on Sunday night when their makeshift home at the Evululuko informal settlement in Oshakati caught fire.Nampa Joas (9) and six-month-old Ndiupele Tobias were asleep when the
readTelecom hikes local tariffs
08-09-2004
TELECOM Namibia customers can expect to pay at least three cents more per unit for each local call made as from the beginning of next month.The tariff will increase from 35 cents per unit to 38 cents,
readUnam unveils plans for medical, engineering school in the North
08-09-2004
NAMIBIA'S endeavour to produce its own doctors and engineers has received a major boost after the University of Namibia announced plans to set up a fully-fledged medicine and engineering school at its
readJooste welcomed to the Swapo fold
08-09-2004
THE ruling party's presidential candidate Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday welcomed newly appointed Deputy Minister of Regional, Local Government and Housing Leon Jooste to the National Assembly.In what
readEmergency Management Unit to get tough on aid defaulters
08-09-2004
THE Emergency Management Unit is to cancel the contracts of companies who have failed to honour their commitment to supply drought food aid.Instead they plan to use the money to cover the funding
readHigh output and better US$ prices add sparkle to Namdebs results
08-09-2004
NAMIBIA'S diamond giant, Namdeb Diamond Corporation yesterday released its half-year financial results for 2004 which showed remarkable growth compared to last year's results over the same period.The
readThe Namibian Cycle Classic: All you need to know
08-09-2004
Entry forms are now available at Cycles Wholesale, Cycletec, Cymot as well as Model Pick & Pay shopping centres around the country.* The Namibian Model Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic will be held on
readPowell back in Welwitschias side for Kenya
08-09-2004
NAMIBIAN captain Corne Powell has been included in the side which will face Kenya in the African Confederations Cup on Saturday at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium.Powell, who plays centre, did not
readBeyers Naude, a rare white voice against apartheid
08-09-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Beyers Naude, who died yesterday, was an Afrikaner man of the cloth cut from a different material from many fellow churchmen who saw racial hierarchy in South Africa as ordained by
readFierce clashes in Baghdad slum kill 34
08-09-2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq - US forces battled insurgents loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City yesterday, in clashes that killed 34 people, including one American soldier, and
readOom Bey: the tributes flow in ...
08-09-2004
"AN African icon", a "true son of Africa" and a man who "helped re-affirm the dignity of all South Africans" were among the tributes pouring in for anti-apartheid cleric Beyers Naude yesterday.Former
readPoliticians wage geopolitical war in central Nigeria
08-09-2004
JOS, Nigeria - Power broker and devout Christian Chief Solomon Lar is on a crusade against Islamic "invaders" he says are sweeping down through central Nigeria, killing his people and forcing them off
readClinton doing well after operation
08-09-2004
NEW YORK Former US president Bill Clinton was described as doing well yesterday, breathing on his own as he recovers from an operation to relieve arteries so severely clogged that they had posed
readBritish soldier charged with murder
08-09-2004
LONDON - A British soldier was arrested yesterday on charges of having murdered an Iraqi civilian while serving in southern Iraq last year, police said yesterday.The Metropolitan Police said Kevin Lee
readWorld Food Programme overwhelmed in Darfur
08-09-2004
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Seasonal rains and continued violence hampered efforts last month by the UN food agency to reach the hungry in Darfur, where fighting involving rebels, government troops and militias
readSomalis flee warlord clashes
08-09-2004
MOGADISHU - At least 500 Somalis fled the southern port town of Kismayo yesterday, fearing renewed clashes between rival Somali warlords, some of the fleeing people told AFP after arriving in the
readPutin: "No talks with child killers"
08-09-2004
BESLAN - Russian president Vladimir Putin rejected any dialogue with Chechen separatists, blamed for at least 335 deaths in the school hostage siege, as hundreds of thousands joined rallies against
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