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48 Articles found on Monday, 15 August 2005
ANCYL cash-strapped
15-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - The embattled ANC Youth League is facing a cash crisis, suggesting that the ruling party has pulled the plug on its youth wing, the Johannesburg Sunday Times reported yesterday.The ANC,
readFarm, rural aid can cut child hunger: report
15-08-2005
WASHINGTON - If Africa spent an extra US$4,7 billion a year on farm and rural development, it could make a big dent in child hunger, the International Food Policy Research Institute said on
readAfrica's number of hungry will grow without changes
15-08-2005
NAIROBI - Tens of millions of Africans will continue to go hungry over the next 20 years unless major changes in trade and aid policies are enacted, a research institute says.More than 38,3 million
readJapanese aid to Africa surges
15-08-2005
TOKYO - Japan's aid to Africa has surged this year as it tries to secure support from the continent for its cherished but increasingly distant goal of a permanent seat on the UN Security
readLaunch of light engineering 2006
15-08-2005
THE SADC region is currently undergoing a shift in orientation at a number of levels that makes for a strong argument for the increased development of the light engineering sub-sector in the
readUnion yet to accept wage offer
15-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - A South African union representing about 15 000 gold sector workers said on Friday it had not accepted an improved wage deal by gold producers, and would meet the Chamber of Mines
readOil charges higher
15-08-2005
LONDON - Oil prices raced to record highs above US$66 (N$422) a barrel on Friday as investors fretted over the world's strained capacity to refine and pump crude oil.US oil has risen 52 per cent
readAbout 70 000 flyers grounded by British Airways strike
15-08-2005
LONDON - Wildcat strikes forced British Airways to cancel its flights at London's Heathrow airport for a second day on Friday, grounding some 70 000 passengers during the peak summer holiday season.BA
readCalls for Opuwo to join business club
15-08-2005
ONGWEDIVA - A trustee of the First National Bank (FNB) Foundation, Prince Shiimi, has called on businesswomen at Opuwo in the Kunene Region to join the Namibia Economist Businesswomen's Club.Shiimi
readRepo rate still unchanged at 7%
15-08-2005
THE central bank of Namibia left its repo rate unchanged at seven per cent after taking into account all the relevant economic factors including inflation, which has remained subdued in the past
readTsumeb 'sugar king' arrested on massive tax fraud charges
15-08-2005
A WELL-KNOWN businessman in the Tsumeb community, Kallie Grunschloss, on Friday posted bail of N$1 million - the highest in recent Namibian legal history - after he was arrested late last week and
readKapia's time 'running out'
15-08-2005
WORKS Deputy Minister Paulus Kapia is likely to be fired as soon as he returns from leave, The Namibian has established through sources close to the President's office.That could be as early as
readODC: The latest developments
15-08-2005
* Part of the missing millions could belong to the NDC, suspected to have given money to the ODC to invest.As much as N$40 million could have been transferred for the Great Triangle investment. * ODC
readNew twists in ODC N$100m money hunt
15-08-2005
A RETIRED, ailing Botswana politician and a former South African water board Chief Executive Officer are listed among the directors of Great Triangle Investments, the company alleged to have fleeced
readMatter of Fact
15-08-2005
AN error crept into a front-page report that was published under the headline 'SSC Chief suspended' in Friday's edition of The Namibian.Towards the end of the report, it was stated that the Social
readMars won't attack
15-08-2005
A WIDELY circulated e-mail hoax has people all over the world frenziedly scanning the skies at night.The e-mail claims that Earth is moving closer to Mars than ever before in recorded history, and
readKeetmanshoop tenants up in arms
15-08-2005
KEETMANSHOOP - Tenants of municipal houses at the town are said to be despondent after the local authority increased rental fees by more than 300 per cent.They now have to cough up an additional
readWater debt at Opuwo now N$2m
15-08-2005
OPUWO - Kunene Regional Governor Dudu Murorua has called on residents of Opuwo to pay their outstanding water bills.Murorua was speaking at a meeting with Government officials, businesspeople, NGOs
read20 years for rape of child
15-08-2005
THE Eenhana Regional court has sentenced Thomas Lamek Medusalem (44) to 20 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl.The crime happened at Oshatotwa village in the Ohangwena Region on March 2
readArrow kills 7-year-old
15-08-2005
A seven-year-old boy died at the Oshakati State Hospital on Tuesday after sustaining a head injury caused by an errant arrow.Johannes Shiwovanhu Mandume from Okalale, near Okandjera, was hit by an
readWeather systems collide
15-08-2005
THE light rain that fell over Windhoek yesterday was caused by cool, moist air moving in from Angola.Weatherman Odillo Kgobetsi told The Namibian that the tropical system reached the central and
readGovt reaffirms independence of judiciary, but with accountability
15-08-2005
GOVERNMENT remains as committed as ever to respecting and protecting the independence of the judiciary, but at the same time the judiciary should also be accountable and responsive to the hopes and
readFraud suspect Koch stalls extradition plan again
15-08-2005
MULTI-MILLION dollar fraud suspect Hans Juergen Koch last week once again managed to stall plans to extradite him to Germany to be put on trial on fraud, tax evasion and forgery charges.German citizen
readTourism in Nam on upward spiral
15-08-2005
THERE has been rapid growth in Namibia's tourism sector during the past 12 years, says the Ministry of Environment and Tourism's report for 2004.It is estimated that tourism contributes about N$2,8
readGerman-Namibian initiative feared to be in danger
15-08-2005
THE German-Namibian Initiative for Reconciliation and Development appears to be in jeopardy.Ultimately, this could mean that the N$160 million that the German Minister for Technical Co-operation and
read'Voice of God' didn't know about Avid link
15-08-2005
THE Voice of God Fellowship has disassociated itself from the Avid-SSC investment scandal.The High Court inquiry into the missing N$30 million heard that some members of the Voice of God Fellowship
readGovt has no funds to avert teachers' strike
15-08-2005
GOVERNMENT is set to tell thousands of teachers today that there is no money to increase their salaries.The Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) has given Government until the close of business
readAanafaalama yokOmangetti nayi ikwathe nEpangelo, John Nendongo ta ti
15-08-2005
A ANAFAALAMA, unene tuu mboka yokOmangetti onawa yi ikwathe nEpangelo megandjo lyomeya kiimuna yawo opo ku kandulwepo uupyakdhi womeya kOofaalama dhawo dhokOmangetti hoka.Omukuluntu gwOshikondo
readOndando yOotaxi nOombesa ya gwedhelwa
15-08-2005
E HANGANO lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia/Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), olya gwedhela ondando yOotaxi noopelesenda omugoyi.Tayi yi miilonga okuza nena mOmaandaha ngaka twa thinda, ondando
readTate Andjamba ta ti oongombe dhe kOfaalama kOmangeti otadhi si po kenota
15-08-2005
O MUNAFAALMA a tseyika nawa tate Johannes Andjamba gwomomukunda Oshipaya mOmbalantu, e li wo Omunangeshefa a tseyika nawa, oku li ta nyenyeta noonkondo omolu oongombe dhe tadhi si po kenota kOfaalama
readKuku Hilda a sila mEtale lyomeya
15-08-2005
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya omukulukadhi gwedhina Hilda Aksel (73) gwomomukunda Oshipya mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati ngoka ya kala tayi kongo nota kongwa wo kwali nokaakwanezimo ye, a
readHiveluah a tidhwa miilonga pakathimbo
15-08-2005
E TOKOLO lyokampani yEpangelo yedhina Social Security Commission (SSC) okupungula oshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$30 million) mu Avid Investements Corporation olya etitha wo uupyakadhi
readAaking Kauluma taya si kenota
15-08-2005
O SHIGWANA shomoKing Kauluma popepi nOshivelo mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto oye yile koThe Namibian taya nyenyeta kutya oye na uupyakadhi uunene wenota moKing Kauluma yawo moka molwashoka kamu na
readNujoma e ekelahi omapopyo goosheya mu Avid
15-08-2005
OMUPRESIDENDE gwa Namibia omukulu, Omundohotola Sam Nujoma, okwa ekelehi kokule omapopyo kutya oku na oosheya mOkampani ya Avid Investments Corporation, moka mwa kanene oshimaliwa shOodola oomiliyuna
readSam Nujoma Stadium finally inaugurated
15-08-2005
THE Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium was finally inaugurated on Saturday when about 5 000 spectators witnessed an action-packed programme of soccer matches, cultural performances, musical performance and
readWHS win Metropolitan Schools Rugby Trophy
15-08-2005
WINDHOEK High School won the Metropolitan Boards Trophy Under-19 Super League title after beating Elnatan 24-15 in Saturday's final.It was the third year in a row that WHS had won the Super League
readJones puts England in control
15-08-2005
MANCHESTER - Quick bowler Simon Jones took six wickets for 53 to wrap up Australia's first innings before England reached 26 without loss by lunch on the fourth day of the third test yesterday,
readWinning start for Man Utd
15-08-2005
LONDON - Manchester United began the Premier League season with an impressive 2-0 win over Everton but European champions Liverpool had to settle for a 0-0 draw at 10-man Middlesbrough on
readEducation minister has pay docked
15-08-2005
ASHGABAT - President Saparmurat Niyazov last week docked Turkmenistan's education minister three months' pay, his press office said, accusing him of allowing weakness in the country's education
readBrazil's Congress hunts bribery scandal culprits
15-08-2005
BRASILIA - The former right-hand man to Brazil's president is among the first lawmakers to face possible expulsion from Congress in a bribery scandal sweeping through the country's political
readN$20m scam: suspended death sentence for banker
15-08-2005
BEIJING - A former president of state-owned Bank of China's Hong Kong branch received a suspended death sentence on Friday for embezzlement in an apparent effort by Beijing to help restore faith in
readBurkina Faso officials arrested for stealing aid
15-08-2005
DORI - Police in Burkina Faso have arrested five senior officials accused of stealing aid, which was donated to save some of the country's poorest people from the hunger crisis gripping its
readAirliner crashes in Greece, 121 die
15-08-2005
GRAMMATIKO - A Cypriot airliner plowed into a hill north of Athens yesterday, killing all 121 people on board, Greek officials said.Reports said the pilots were unconscious when the plane went down,
readGarang probe
15-08-2005
KHARTOUM - A Sudanese committee set up to probe the death of first vice president and former rebel leader John Garang, which triggered days of deadly rioting, began its investigations
read12 held for slaying of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister
15-08-2005
COLOMBO - Sri Lankan security forces arrested 12 minority Tamils in connection with the assassination of the island's foreign minister, the Defence Ministry said yesterday, as a Tamil lawmaker said
read6 US soldiers die in Iraq bombings
15-08-2005
BAGHDAD - Six US soldiers died in roadside bombings and a shooting, the military said yesterday, as lawmakers rushed to persuade Sunni Arabs to accept federalism provisions in the draft constitution
readRegional summit seen sidestepping Zim
15-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Southern African leaders meet in Botswana this week under the shadow of yet more turmoil in Zimbabwe, but analysts expect little action to confront a crisis many fear could spread
readIn Brief
15-08-2005
* STRIP SHOWDOWN - Thousands of Israeli po-lice blocked approaches to the Gaza Strip to keep back radical Jewish protesters in the final countdown to Israel's pullout from occupied territory due to
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