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31 Articles found on Thursday, 7 April 2005
Farmers support programme in July
07-04-2005
THE implementation phase of the Emerging Commercial Farmers Support Programme (ECFSP) will start in July, after the inception stage is completed at the end of June.As part of the preparatory exercise
readMen urged to stop spreading HIV-AIDS
07-04-2005
A YOUTH project in Oshakati called the People's Health Project (PHP) is calling upon Namibian men to stop spreading HIV-AIDS.Joseph Ashipala, the co-ordinator of PHP, said in a press statement that
readHeavy rains cause power outages in the South
07-04-2005
WINDHOEK - People living in the Aranos, Leonardville and Aminuis areas were left without electricity on Tuesday when lashing rain and strong winds damaged power lines. NamPower spokesman Chris
readDTA in financial trouble
07-04-2005
FINANCIAL trouble has forced the DTA of Namibia to shut its main office in the country and to send home staff members until further notice.The party's Administrative Secretary, Rudolph Kamburona, has
readHeavy rains fall
07-04-2005
MANY parts of Namibia received heavy rains on Tuesday, and the Weather Bureau predicts that more can be expected today.Windhoek received up to 45 millimetres on Tuesday, but the highest rainfall was
readMinistry of Finance avails N$10 million for pensions
07-04-2005
ABOUT 30 000 State pensioners who were unable to access their monthly allowances through banks and post offices last week, started receiving their money yesterday. The Deputy Director of Social
readWorks illegally reconnects water supply
07-04-2005
PLUMBERS at the Ministry of Works office in Keetmanshoop illegally reconnect the building's water supply yesterday, Jerry Shangadhi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Keetmanshoop Municipality
readRape suspect 'bared all' on train
07-04-2005
MAGGI BARNARD THE Regional Court at Swakopmund heard yesterday that the former waiter on the Desert Express luxury tourist train, who is charged with raping a Japanese tourist, was seen completely
readMPs get separation anxiety
07-04-2005
THE accountability of Namibia's executive and legislature was a hot topic as parliamentarians yesterday grappled with issues related to the ruling party's dominance in the different branches of
readQuestion marks over 'uranium find'
07-04-2005
THE announcement by an Australian-listed mining company, Reefton Mining NL, that it has made a uranium discovery on the farm Hakskeen outside Usakos, has been greeted with widespread scepticism by
readGovt okays Guns project
07-04-2005
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has given environmental clearance for the controversial Namib Eco Village development on the seafront at Guns, just north of Walvis Bay.The environmental impact
readTombstone business aims for dizzy heights
07-04-2005
HE is a popular figure in Katutura, where he is known as the maker of tombstones to honour the dearly departed.This man is Fillipus Itula, popularly and affectionately known as Dr Stone, the owner of
readIsrael defends settlement plan
07-04-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel yesterday signalled it was sticking to a plan to extend its largest West Bank settlement to Jerusalem, despite US President George W. Bush's demand for a halt to all Jewish
readZim's MDC presents poll fraud 'proof'
07-04-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's opposition said yesterday it had discovered "serious and unaccountable gaps" in vote tallies which prove its charges President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party rigged last
readThree students shot dead in Nigerian campus gang unrest
07-04-2005
LAGOS - Three students were shot dead when a violent cult gang invaded the off-campus hostels of the University of Benin in Nigeria's southern Edo State, the university spokesman said yesterday.The
readIvory Coast foes declare end to war
07-04-2005
PRETORIA - Ivory Coast leaders yesterday agreed to put a definite end to the war that has left the west African country divided and ruined what was once one of the continent's most prosperous
readIn Brief
07-04-2005
*DIED - Saul Bellow, the Nobel Prize winning legend of US literature who produced award winning novels such as "Herzog" and "Humboldt's Gift" died on Tuesday at the age of 89, US media reported.*POOR
readNamibians converge on Tsumkwe to get clued up on cranes
07-04-2005
PARTICIPANTS at an intensive week-long gathering of the Namibia Crane Working Group at Tsumkwe in Bushmanland recently left as devout crane supporters.It was a first visit to the area for many who had
readAaleli yIitopolwa yakuleni nawa oshigwana; Pohamba ta ti
07-04-2005
PODIBO P ETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi lyoshigwana pOdibo mOsoondaha ya zi ko, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ninga ekunkililo e li ukitha mOokansola yIitopolwa noyOondoolopa noshowo Oogavena
readPohamba a popitha Okabinete lwotango niitya iiwanawa
07-04-2005
PETHIMBO ta popitha Okabinete ke lwotango Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa gandja oshipopiwa oshiwanawa ta ti ngeyi: Onda hala oku mu taamba nomaako gaali ongula ndjika yonena (mEtine lya zi
readMo Namibia kamu na Epangelo epe
07-04-2005
PODIBO M O Namibia inamu ya Epangelo epe, ashike omwe ya Omupresidende omupe, naamboka haya popi taya ti kutya, Epangelo epe lya Namibia, oya puka, Epangelo oli li ngashi lya kala tali wilikwa ko
readNamibia to host ICC Intercontinental Cup finals in October
07-04-2005
The International Cricket Council has announced that Namibia will host the semi-finals and final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005.The semi-finals will take place from October 23-25, with the
readU-19s face Italy at Rugby World Cup
07-04-2005
THE Namibian under-19 rugby team will be in for a treat as they are expected to face a physical Italian side in their next match in the IRB Under-19 World Cup in Durban, South Africa on Saturday. The
readShannon wins gold at African champs
07-04-2005
TOP Namibian female triathlete Charmaine Shannon won a gold medal at the All African Triathlon Championships held at Howick, Natal, in South Africa on Saturday. Shannon ended first in her age
readNo foreign-based players for Warriors
07-04-2005
THE Brave Warriors have been dealt a blow, as no foreign-based players will be available for the Cosafa Castle Cup match against Botswana on April 16 in Windhoek.Warriors coach Max Johnson yesterday
readJohnson worried about injuries
07-04-2005
NAMIBIAN national football coach Max Johnson said if he had his way, no Brave Warriors players would have been allowed to turn out for their clubs in the Namibia Football Association (NFA) Cup
readIraq names Kurd leader as president
07-04-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament yesterday elected former Kurdish fighter Jalal Talabani as the country's first freely-elected president, paving the way for the creation of a government more than two
readMonaco's Rainier dead at 81
07-04-2005
MONACO - Monaco's Prince Rainier III, who turned one of the world's smallest states from a faded gambling centre into a billionaires' haven in more than half a century on the throne, died at the age
read'I caught Jackson in shower with boy'
07-04-2005
SANTA MARIA, California - Michael Jackson's defence against child sex charges took a fresh blow on Tuesday when his former maid told how she caught him in the shower with an Australian boy. The
readNobel-winning author dies
07-04-2005
BOSTON - Saul Bellow, who rose from writing book reviews for US$10 (about N$60) apiece to become one of America's greatest novelists after World War II, passed away yesterday at age 89.Friend and
readDeLorean legacy
07-04-2005
NEWARK - While only about 9 000 of his namesake cars were ever built, John Z DeLorean's place in auto history was assured as soon as his gull-winged sports cars rumbled off the assembly line.
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