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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 10 August 2005
Moves to dampen aluminium trade
10-08-2005
SHANGHAI - China will abolish tax incentives on August 22 for imported alumina used to make aluminium for export, potentially reducing supply of the lightweight metal and driving up prices on world
readFish farms ready to harvest
10-08-2005
RUNDU - A Malawian consultant for aquaculture projects in the Caprivi and Kavango regions, Brian Rashidi, says the three fish farms in Kavango are ready for their first harvest.Rashidi told Nampa
readUN urges Botswana talks with Kalahari Bushmen
10-08-2005
PRETORIA - A United Nations official called on Monday for talks between Botswana's government and San Bushmen moved off their Kalahari lands, but took a swipe at a campaign by a UK pressure group
readIndia, Pakistan to boost commerce
10-08-2005
NEW DELHI - India and Pakistan began discussions yesterday on ways to improve trade and infrastructure as the focus of the archrivals' latest round of peace talks shifted from military to commercial
readBurundi gets debt relief
10-08-2005
BUJUMBURA - Burundi said it will save between US$40 million (N$260m) and US$50 million a year from its recently announced US$1,5 billion multilateral debt service relief and plans to spend that on
readGold mine strike continues as unions reject new offer
10-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - A massive gold mining strike spilled into a third day in South Africa yesterday as unions rejected a new wage offer from the world's second-biggest gold producer, AngloGold
readJosea tells court of mystery 'list'
10-08-2005
A list of people and offices and mystery amounts linked to the N$30 million investment deal between the Social Security Commission and Avid Investment Corporation was disclosed in the Windhoek High
readMore people subpoenaed to testify in Avid probe
10-08-2005
THE High Court yesterday ordered that a number of people be immediately served with subpoenas to appear before the inquiry into what happened to the N$30 million the Social Security Commission (SSC)
readAdvisor to PM'offered veiled bribe' to SSC man
10-08-2005
A HIGHLY placed official in the Office of the Prime Minister, Matthew Gowaseb, used a late-night meeting with the Chairman of the Social Security Commission, Cabinet Secretary Frans Kapofi, to make a
readNujoma named in Avid scandal
10-08-2005
AVID Investment Corporation was introduced to the Social Security Commission by former Swapo MP Ralph Blaauw, who also claimed that the Swapo Party Youth League owned 80 per cent of the company's
readTelecoms liberalisation 'essential'
10-08-2005
A SENIOR Namibian researcher has called on Government to seriously consider liberalising the telecommunications sector, saying competition would allow for improved service delivery.Christoph Stork,
readSpotlight falls on Members of Parliament's assets
10-08-2005
ALL eyes will be on the latest Asset Register of MPs in the National Assembly, which is due for completion before the next Session of Parliament, because of the current scrutiny of the private
readUnicef, Govt learn from the past
10-08-2005
SOME 40 people gathered at the Windhoek Country Club this week to discuss what could be done to improve their performance in the Country Programme between the Government and the UN Children's Fund,
read8 people burn to death in the North
10-08-2005
FOUR young girls were burnt to death in the Ohangwena Region on Friday night.The Police said Linda Popyeni Nghishoono (8), Linda Mwahaluka Vilho (8), Claudia David (3) and a one-year-old baby, Martha
readNational Lottery 'soon to be a reality'
10-08-2005
ALTHOUGH gambling is still frowned upon by some people, it seems to be here to stay, Environment and Tourism Minister Willem Konjore said yesterday.Konjore said efforts to stem the growth of gambling
readMan runs amok in rush-hour traffic
10-08-2005
A MAN caused mayhem in peak-hour morning traffic in Windhoek yesterday, hacking at car windows with a panga, jumping on the bonnets of other cars and pounding and shattering their windscreens with
readNew taxi fares today
10-08-2005
NEW taxi fares are to be announced today in line with last week's fuel price hikes.The move follows a negotiated settlement between the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), the Ministry of Mines
readGovt officials say unaware of Zim request for bailout
10-08-2005
GOVERNMENT has denied foreign media reports that Zimbabwe has approached Namibia for financial assistance.In the wake of ongoing negotiations between Zimbabwe and South Africa over a loan of N$3,2
readKandara's wife said to be on 'sick leave'
10-08-2005
THE wife of Lazarus Kandara, implicated in the missing SSC millions, Mrs Christophine N Kandara, has notified her school that she has been booked off for stress by a Cape Town doctor and will only
readFor The Record
10-08-2005
IN a report on the Kudu Gas Project in yesterday's The Namibian, 'Kudu sparks investor interest', a paragraph at the end of the report accidentally got cut off: The final paragraph should have read:
readAapolisi yane mOshakati ya kwatwa po shi na sha nuulingilingi
10-08-2005
OPOLISI ya Shakati, mEtitano lya zi ko, oya kwata po Aapolisi ye li yane shi na sha nokulungaitapula noya holoka nale Omaandaha ngaka ga zi ko mOmpangu ya Mangestrata mOshakati noshipotha
readOhauto ya meme Angela mOngwediva ya yakwa po
10-08-2005
O HAUTO ya meme Angela (Endjala) Ekandjo gwokoHanover mOngwediva noku li omulongisikola pOkatana Combined School, oya pita ya yakwa po koombotsotso okupendukila ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi
readOmutse gwongombe gwiitsuwa mengande mOmpundja
10-08-2005
A AFUTHI yiimuna, unene tuu yoongombe onkee taya tsikile noku yi yaka nokulongitha omaulingilingi kehe ngoka taya vulu okukanitha iinkoti mokuyaka iimuna ngeyi, unene tuu oongombe noku dhi landitha po
readEpangelo ota li kondjo noshinima shaalongi
10-08-2005
E PANGELO ota li longo oowili omilongo mbali nane nelalakano okuyanda ekanka lyaalongisikola ndyoka tashi vulika li ningwe omasiku tage ya ngele shoka ya hala ina shi ningwa, The Namibian osho a
readZambia a shunitha oshikulofekelwa
10-08-2005
L USAKA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Lusaka sha Zambia otayi ti kutya omulumentu gwOmwiingilisa ngoka a kwatwa po mu zambia iiwike iyali ya piti po, okwa li a shunithwa koshilongo shaandjawo mOsoondahal -
readMwene gwOkampani yoondhila ya Comav a hulitha
10-08-2005
M WENE gwOkampani yoondhila ya Comav, Danie van der Merwe, okwa hulitha mOsoondaha sho edhagadhaga lye lyedhina Robinson R44 lya gu mo pofaalama ye yi li popepi nOshilandopangelo.Van der Merwe okwa li
readAanaveta aakuluntu taya tsakanene mOvenduka
10-08-2005
A ATSEYIVETA ye li omulongo nayane (14) okuza miilongo yomuumbugantu nosho wo muuzilo wa Afrika otaya ka kala moshigongi shomasiku gaali mOvenduka, okuza mEtitano ta li ya sigo omOlyomakaya.Oshigongi
readOmutoolinkundana Akilah a hulitha
10-08-2005
A TLANTA - Konima yethimbo ta kongo iilonga yuutoolinkundana, mu Juli 2004 omukadhona Akilah Amapindi (gwoomvula 23), okwa li a pewa okondalaka mehangano etumimawimombepo lya Namibia Broadcasting
readGumwe a sa sho a nu ombiila mwa tulwa uuzigo
10-08-2005
OMUKIINTU gwoomvula 41 okwa hulitha uusiku wOsoondaha ya zile ko, sho aniwa a nu ombiila mwa tulwa okangundo (uuzigo) nenge tutye ohefa.Omukiintu nguka taku popiwa kutya oye Wilhelmina Witbeen, okwa
readIt's Chelsea against the rest
10-08-2005
LONDON - Premiership kings Chelsea begin the defence of their title in the humble surroundings of Wigan Sunday as the west London multi-millionaires take their first step on the path to total
readUnam, Rookies win hockey tourney
10-08-2005
THE first Cash Converters seven-a-side hockey tournament at the weekend was won by Unam in the men's premier division, while Rookies were victorious in the women's premier category.The tournament
readFifa rejects Kenyan appeal after fans ban
10-08-2005
NAIROBI - Fifa has rejected a Kenyan appeal of its decision to bar fans from Kenya's upcoming home match against Tunisia as punishment for unruly crowd behaviour at a June World Cup contest in
readCorrection
10-08-2005
A report on page 23 of yesterday's edition of The Namibian stated that the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) would dedicate two hours a weekend to broadcasting local basketball matches.In fact,
readN$300 000 for Nujoma Stadium inauguration
10-08-2005
THE City of Windhoek, in conjunction with its various sponsors, will spend at least N$300 000 on the inauguration of the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura this Saturday.The stadium, which was
readDavid Shaw, LA Times media critic
10-08-2005
LOS ANGELES - David Shaw, the Los Angeles Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning media critic, died of complications from a brain tumour.He was 62. Shaw's hard-hitting critiques sometimes included his own
readPeter Jennings, longtime US news anchor
10-08-2005
NEW YORK - Peter Jennings, the suave, Canadian-born broadcaster who delivered the news to Americans each night in five separate decades, died on Sunday.He was 67. Jennings, who announced in April that
readSHUTTLE DISCOVERY FACTBOX
10-08-2005
CAPE CANAVERAL - Space shuttle Discovery delivered its crew of seven astronauts home safely yesterday at the end of the long-awaited first shuttle flight since sister ship Columbia disintegrated over
readShuttle Discovery returns safely to Earth
10-08-2005
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California - Space Shuttle Discovery roared safely back to Earth in California yesterday in a dramatic climax to the first shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster in
readIn Brief
10-08-2005
* SCANDAL - An independent panel accused the ex-head of the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq of corruption and said questions remained about UN chief Kofi Annan's knowledge of the scandal, which
readUS$65m stolen in Brazil heist
10-08-2005
BRASILIA - Thieves tunnelled into a Brazilian Central Bank branch to steal US$65 million (about N$422,5 million), officials said on Monday.The country's biggest-ever bank heist was one of the largest
readRebels kill at least 22 in Iraq attacks
10-08-2005
BAGHDAD - At least 22 people were killed, many of them security personnel, in a series of rebel attacks, including a car bomb, across Iraq yesterday, police and interior ministry officials said.Three
readSaudi Arabia on high alert
10-08-2005
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia intensified security yesterday around foreign compounds in Riyadh after the United States, Britain and Australia warned that terror attacks may be imminent in the wealthy oil
readGaza pullout huge gamble for Israel's Ariel Sharon
10-08-2005
JERUSALEM - Like many Israeli settlers, Tikva Odem long revered Ariel Sharon as the man who led them to the "promised land".Now she scorns him as a traitor for his plan to evict 9 000 of them from
readMugabe wants talks with Tony Blair
10-08-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has said it would be more useful to hold talks with Tony Blair than Zimbabwe's opposition because the British prime minister effectively controlled the opposition."The
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