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51 Articles found on Wednesday, 17 August 2005
Landmines, poverty, politics make Sudan 'biggest' challenge for UN
17-08-2005
THE effort to restore peace and stability in war-shattered, underdeveloped southern Sudan is the biggest-ever logistical challenge faced by a UN peacekeeping mission, United Nations officials here
readIllegal miners plague gold industry in SA
17-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Lured by gold, they live like furtive moles in abandoned mine shafts for weeks at a time.Once they climb hundreds of metres back to the surface, illegal miners in South Africa sell
readTransport key for southern Africa
17-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - When investors consider opening a mine or funding a plantation in southern Africa, the quality of the transport links can make the difference between a viable commercial project and
readDevelopment drives hotel sector growth
17-08-2005
DUBAI - Oil exploration and trade may have contributed to massive economic growth in the Middle East a few decades ago, but recent developments including economic diversification, market
readNamibia's Who's Who
17-08-2005
A NEW book listing Namibia's most prominent business and Government has been published.The book, 'Who's Who of Namibia', will be published annually by Virtual Marketing, a research and marketing
readHeineken to buy Russian brewer
17-08-2005
MOSCOW - Heineken will buy Russian brewer Ivan Taranov in a deal valued at US$560 million (N$3,6 billion), the Kommersant business daily said yesterday, marking a further expansion into one of the
readFNB launches new product
17-08-2005
FIRST National Bank Namibia has introduced a savings account specifically for the low-income bracket.During a meeting with Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, FNB chief executive Lazarus
readJP Morgan settles Enron civil case
17-08-2005
NEW YORK - JP Morgan Chase & Co and Enron Corp yesterday agreed to a roughly US$1 billion settlement to Enron's claims that the bank had played a role in the one-time energy trader's collapse four
read40 feared dead in illegal gold mine
17-08-2005
ACCRA - About 40 people were feared dead after an illegal gold mine in Ghana collapsed last week, company officials said on Monday.The illegal mine was on an exploration property owned by Newmont
readNamibia, Angola eye reviving Kunene hydropower plans
17-08-2005
NEW life is being breathed into plans to develop a hydropower station on the lower Kunene River - with the Baynes site in Angola set to become the subject of fresh studies."Angola needs power;
readGIPF Chairman under investigation
17-08-2005
THE fate of the Chairman of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) Board of Trustees, Maru Tjihumino, is still in the balance after the trustees launched an investigation into allegations
readAvid inquiry resumes
17-08-2005
THE High Court inquiry into the Social Security Commission's supposed investment of N$30 million through a fatally inexperienced asset management company, Avid Investment Corporation, is set to resume
readTeachers' strike looming
17-08-2005
GOVERNMENT is bracing itself for a court showdown after it demoted 191 teachers and told over 15 000 others that there was no money to increase their salaries.The Namibia National Teachers' Union
readHelp Cinderellas get to their matric balls
17-08-2005
EVERY high school senior should be able to celebrate his or her matric farewell properly, but having no dress or suit to wear may spoil the enjoyment of the graduation party.Realising that this is the
readGIPF needs local co-operation
17-08-2005
RUNDU - The Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) General Manager for Benefits Administration, Milka Mungunda, says it is very important for community leaders and political leaders to work
readNamibia set to have National AIDS policy by December
17-08-2005
GOVERNMENT is drafting its first national policy on HIV-AIDS and hopes to complete it by World AIDS Day on December 1.At the behest of Government, a draft policy was compiled by the AIDS Law Unit of
readHearts go out to young victim of a shack fire
17-08-2005
THE life of 16-year-old Martin Aloisius is about to change once again, but this time for the better.When he was only seven days old, the shack in which he and his family were living caught fire and
readArson attacks in Dorado Park
17-08-2005
TWO houses were set alight in arson attacks in Dorado Park, Windhoek, on Saturday night.The Police said yesterdat that Rennie Plaatjies (25) has been arrested in connection with petrol bombs being
readYoung tourist injured in accident on dunes
17-08-2005
A YOUNG German tourist sustained serious injuries in a sandboarding accident in the dunes near Swakopmund this past weekend.Fifteen-year-old Matti Huhn was sandboarding just south of the Swakop River
readGym peeping Tom case delayed again
17-08-2005
THE owner of a gymnasium at Swakopmund, who allegedly peeped at female clients in the dressing room, appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court on Monday on a provisional charge of crimen
readHailulu new NHE boss
17-08-2005
FORMER City of Windhoek CEO Vinson Hailulu has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE).Hailulu, who takes over from Mike Kavekotora, will take up the
readCop takes duties too far
17-08-2005
A POLICEMAN went on the rampage at the weekend, firing several shots with an AK-47 into a car that had been impounded.It all started when a Unam student filled his car with N$70 of petrol at a
readPresident and Nujoma leave for Gaborone
17-08-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba left for Gaborone, Botswana, yesterday to attend a two-day Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit.Founding President Sam Nujoma also left for Gaborone - at
readPolicy needed to rid region of unfair trade practices
17-08-2005
LOCAL manufacturers and researchers have called for a regional competition regulatory framework to be established to rid southern Africa of unfair trade practices being driven by large South African
read11 years for extradited murder suspect
17-08-2005
A SINGLE, but fatal, stab with a knife in a Swakopmund nightclub more than eight years ago left a South African-born former resident of Namibia with a conviction for murder and an 11-year prison term
readEkorapto tayi nyateke edhina lyaNamibia
17-08-2005
A AWILIKI yopashigwana, iilyo yiikondo yopaumwene, aatseyinawa miikwaliko oya holola eyikwato lyawo kombinga yeindjipalo lyuulingilingi nekorapto ndyoka ta li londo mu Namibia, taya londodha kutya
readOkongresa ya Nabta omOlyomakaya ngaka twa thinda
17-08-2005
E HANGANO lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia/Namibaia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) otali ka ninga oshigongi shalyo oshinene (Okongrsa) mehuliloshiwike ndika twa thinda.Pamushangwa, Amushanga gwOkomitiye
readOmbelewa ya Ombudsman mOshakati
17-08-2005
O NKUNDANA ndjoka tayi ka nyanyudha oyendji yomOnooli mboka kaye hole iilonga yiimbuluma, otayi ti kutya Ombelewa onene ya Ombudsman mOvenduka oya tokola okweegulula Oshitayi shayo mOshakati, hoka
readOshituthi shOmithigululwakalo pOseko ya Ekulo pOmuthiya
17-08-2005
O MUWILIKI gwOoprograma dhIikwamithigululwakalo moNamibia Omundohotola Herbert Ndango Diaz okwa tseyitha kutya okuza ngula mEtine eti 18 Aguste sigo eti 21 Aguste 2005 otaku ka kala Oshituthi
readOshigongi shoothigwa mOshakati
17-08-2005
E HANGANO lya HIVOS/IBIS - Yelula Project nosho wo ookahewa yawo miilonga otaya ka ninga oshingiilonga shomasiku gatatu shoka tashi ka kalwa kiitopolwa ngaashi Oshana, Ohangwena, Omusati nOshikoto
readIihokolola ya Avid-SSC mOmpangu nena
17-08-2005
I IHOKOLOLA yomapulapulo moshinima shoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$30 million) dha Social Security Commission (SSC) otashi tsikile mOmpangu yOpombanda okutameka nena sigo ongula mEtine.Ompangu
readOngangala onene Theron nayo oya fa omo yi li moshinima sha
17-08-2005
ODC E DHINA lyongangala onene yokuSouth Afrika, Vloog Theron, nalyo olya tumbulwa moshinima shekano lyoshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna ethele shOkampani ya Offshore Development Company (ODC), shoka
readMickelson claims second major
17-08-2005
SPRINGFIELD - Having waited 14 years to win his first major, Phil Mickelson had no problem over an extra day before clinching his second with a one-shot victory at the weather-hit US PGA Championship
readDefiant Gregan: I won't quit
17-08-2005
SYDNEY - Embattled Wallaby skipper George Gregan has defiantly stared down calls for his sacking after Australia slumped to their third straight defeat, saying he'll only quit when he's good and
readYoung Ones to train
17-08-2005
DStv Young Ones Football Club invites all current and new players to report at the clubhouse today at 18h00.Training started yesterday at 18h00 at the tennis courts behind the clubhouse. A lot of new
readExcelsior mark second gymnastics qualifiers
17-08-2005
TELECOM Namibia's second Namibia Gymnastics Federation (NGF) qualifying championships were held by Excelsior Gymnastics Clubs over the weekend.All artistic gymnastics clubs in Namibia participated in
readWHS, Walvis Bay school hockey champs
17-08-2005
THE Windhoek High School (WHS) girls' first hockey team and Walvis Bay boys' first team defended their schools' national championship titles successfully.The WHS girls were awesome as they thumped all
readKenyan football crisis turns violent, officials attacked
17-08-2005
NAIROBI - Two top Kenyan Football Federation (KFF) officials were attacked by youths allegedly affiliated with rival board members, as the crisis over the sport in the east African nation turned
readSport Extra: Drogba delight at Essien arrival
17-08-2005
MONTPELLIER - Ivory Coast international striker Didier Drogba insisted yesterday that Premiership champions Chelsea would reap the benefits of signing Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien.Chelsea on
readColombian plane carrying 160 crashes
17-08-2005
CARACAS - A Colombian plane with 160 people on board crashed in a mountain chain in western Venezuela early yesterday, Interior Minister Jesse Chacon said.The minister told Venezuelan state television
readRain Queen's son dies
17-08-2005
PRINCE Masopha Edwin Modjadji died in the Mankweng Hospital in Limpopo last week, the Modjadji Royal Council (MRC) has announced."It is with great sadness that the MRC and head of the queen's office,
readA legacy of wit and wisdom
17-08-2005
DAVID LANGE was a renowned orator who used his sense of humour as an antidote to many difficult situations."Humour is critical ... if you were always serious in this job you'd go mad," he once said
readLeader who took on the US
17-08-2005
WELLINGTON - Former New Zealand prime minister David Lange was the architect of his nation's anti-nuclear policy that strained relations with the United States.The former lawyer, a colossus of New
readRussian sets new space record
17-08-2005
MOSCOW - Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev yesterday set a record for (46) the most days spent in space, clocking almost 748 days over a 20-year career.Krikalev, scheduled to remain aboard the
readUS seeks massive stock of smallpox vaccine
17-08-2005
LONDON - The United States has issued a tender for up to 80 million doses of a smallpox vaccine to guard against terrorist attack, worth over US$1 billion, vaccine-makers said yesterday.The United
readEthiopian parties threaten poll boycott
17-08-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Three Ethiopian political parties yesterday threatened to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections in the remote eastern Somali state, citing a litany of complaints about ruling party
readAfghan chopper crashes killing 17 Spanish troops
17-08-2005
MADRID - Seventeen Spanish troops were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan yesterday, a Defence Ministry spokesman said.The helicopter went down south of Spain's base at Herat, the spokesman
readMajor quake hits north Japan
17-08-2005
TOKYO - A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted northern Japan yesterday, injuring at least 59 people, causing power outages and bringing trains to a halt, stranding thousands of
readZim dismisses AU mediation effort on crisis
17-08-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government will not engage the opposition to end the country's political crisis despite African Union (AU) efforts to mediate, state media said yesterday.The AU's chairman,
readBritain fears more attacks on London
17-08-2005
LONDON - British authorities fear a further attack on the capital and suspect the groups behind last month's bomb attacks on London were connected, even though no link has been found, the UK's
readIsraeli security forces clash with protesters in Gaza
17-08-2005
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Israeli security forces poured into the largest Gaza settlement yesterday, clashing with crowds of protesters defying orders for Jews to leave the occupied territory by
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