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42 Articles found on Tuesday, 2 August 2005
South African fuel sales up
02-08-2005
CAPE TOWN - South African fuel sales increased by four per cent in the second quarter of 2005 compared to 2004 despite a sharp rise in prices, an industry association said yesterday.Volume sales of
readStrikers hurt in scuffle at Xstrata plant
02-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Several striking workers at a South African ferrochrome plant owned by mining group Xstrata Plc were injured yesterday after company security guards fired teargas, and the two sides
readOil rises above US$61 as Saudi king dies
02-08-2005
LONDON - Oil prices climbed above U$61 (N$402,60) a barrel yesterday after the death of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, but expectations that the new king would keep oil policy unchanged stemmed the
read1 000 more stores by 2008 Olympic Games
02-08-2005
BEIJING - The Chinese capital plans to build 1 000 new minimarkets and convenience stores before it hosts the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Beijing Economic Daily said on Sunday.The news follows last
readSAA flights back to normal
02-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African Airways' international flights were back to 100 per cent capacity with domestic flights almost back to normal, the airline said yesterday.The company has been normalising
readBEE company starts importing auto gas
02-08-2005
AUTOGAS Namibia, the country's 100 percent black-owned company which has taken up the challenge of introducing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to motorists, has started importing the gas directly from
readHiveluah remains in SSC CEO post
02-08-2005
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Social Security Commission, Tuli Hiveluah, remains in his post, and has not been suspended as a result of the SSC's investment of N$30 million with an inexperienced
readODC says millions 'not lost'
02-08-2005
THE Offshore Development Company says it has begun "negotiating" to have an overdue investment returned to it.But the company has steered clear of mentioning the amount of money involved in the
readPM warns of 'crisis of trust'
02-08-2005
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula yesterday added his voice to those calling for answers in the wake of the latest investment deal that allegedly went wrong.Angula said cases such as the Avid saga proved
readPressure mounts on Kapia
02-08-2005
THE fate of Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) Secretary and Deputy Minister of Works, Paulus Kapia, is hanging in the balance, it emerged yesterday.The Khomas regional executive of the SPYL has asked
read'Get disabled children involved!'
02-08-2005
IT'S a quiet day at the Amunyeluukwambi Penduka kindergarten.Only four children are present and watching television.The television has been utilising solar power for five years: the kindergarten was
readHouse at Katima set alight
02-08-2005
A 53-year-old Katima Mulilo woman sustained serious injuries when her house was set on fire by unknown assailants in the early hours of Sunday, the Police reported yesterday.It is alleged that the
readCEO Nuyoma says DBN is free of grasping hands
02-08-2005
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN), David Nuyoma, yesterday gave an assurance that all is well at his institution, insisting that the quasi-Government institution
readFive die in Rehoboth road accident
02-08-2005
FIVE people died on Saturday when a Toyota pick-up collided with a minibus on the 10-kilometre peg along the Rehoboth-Aub road.Two of the deceased, Friedrich Bayer (68) and Maber Bayer, were in the
readGovt reaping what it has sown, says PSUN
02-08-2005
THE Public Service Union of Namibia says that a lack of action on the findings of previous Social Security Commission (SSC) inquiries had encouraged Deputy Minister of Transport Paulus Kapia and
readRP's Mudge to drink at Kauandenge's fountain of wisdom
02-08-2005
JOSEPH Kauandenge has quit the DTA of Namibia to become an advisor to Republican Party leader Henk Mudge.Kauandenge is taking leave of the DTA barely three months after he rejoined them from the
readNovaNam takes over Lalandii
02-08-2005
THE NovaNam Group of Companies, through its subsidiary company Gendor, has become the official owners of Lalandii Whitefish Processors.Earlier this year, the High Court of Namibia granted a
read90-minute 'sick' time-out delays Simon case
02-08-2005
HARRY SIMON'S long-awaited day in court started not with a bang but with a whimper yesterday, when his legal representative, Slysken Mahando, delayed proceedings for an hour and a half because of
readKuku Kayoo e tu fiya po
02-08-2005
OMUKALIMO a shivika nawa womomukunda Eembahu mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena meekulu Natalia Ndeshiteelela Kayoo, a shivika yo nawa nedina Mukwanekamba, okwa manena oweenda waye moshipangelo sha
readEpangelo lya indilila TransNamib omukuli
02-08-2005
E PANGELO olya tokola kutya otali indilile Okampani ya TransNamib omukuli gwoshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omathele gaali na ne, opo Okampani ndjika yi wape okulanda omitse omipe dhomashina
readEwawa lyaagundjuka mo Swapo lya kuutumba kombinga ya Kapia
02-08-2005
EWILIKONGUNDU lyEwawa lyaagundjuka mongundu yo Swapo/Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL), mOsoondaha olya ningi oshigongi shomeendelelo kombinga yOminista yopevi yIiyenditho nOmakwatathano gopangodhi,
readJosea okwa hala okushunitha oomiliyuna 6,3
02-08-2005
YIMWE yomiimaliwa mbyoka okampani ya Social Security Commission (SSC) nosho wo yilwe yokampani yoSwapo yedhina Kalahari Holdings otayi iholola, Ompangu yOpombanda mOvenduka osho ya li ya tseyithilwa
read'Kanda li ndi shi sha' - Sharon Blaauw ta ti
02-08-2005
OKWAAPUPA ombepo sho tayi pepe, okwa kala uupyakadhi Sharon Blaauw osho a lombwele Ompangu yOpombanda mEtitano lya zi ko sho a li ta pulwa kombinga yoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$30 million) dha SSC
readMeme Ella Kamanya a hulitha
02-08-2005
MEME Ella Ndatega Kamanya, a li nale oshilyo shongundu yo Swapo mOmutumba gwOpashigwana, okwa hulitha ongula yOsoondaha mOvenduka.Kamanya okwa li a ningi oshilyo shOmutumba gwOpashigwana momumvo 2003,
readPowell injury blow to world champs
02-08-2005
HELSINKI - A groin injury to world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell is the latest blow to the Helsinki world championships which open on Saturday without several of last year's Athens Olympics
readRuimte primary wins mini tennis tourney at Swakopmund
02-08-2005
Ruimte Primary School of Rehoboth won a mini tennis tournament held at Swakopmund on Saturday, by beating the Hanganeni Primary School into second place.Six schools participated in a mini tennis
readLiverpool prepared to loan Milan Baros
02-08-2005
GELSENKIRCHEN - Schalke 04 claim Liverpool have told Czech international striker Milan Baros he can leave the club on loan and are now closing in on his signature.European champions Liverpool
readPretenders threaten usual PSL title suspects
02-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - A new South African season opens tomorrow with the usual cast of favourites expected to dominate but several other pretenders threatening in the wings.For the last decade, the
readLow turn-out 'just not cricket'
02-08-2005
NAMIBIA Cricket Board (NCB) chairman, Francois Erasmus said he was disappointed with the turn-out of the public to the historic One Day International matches between Namibia and New Zealand at the
readGarang, a man of influence
02-08-2005
KHARTOUM - John Garang, who led southern Sudanese rebels for 21 years in a war against the Khartoum government, has died in an air crash, only weeks after being sworn in as the country's No 2 leader
readAging, HIV key challenges over the next 50 years
02-08-2005
PARIS - Massive population growth in the poorest countries, global aging, and the battle against the AIDS virus, were key challenges for the international community over the next fifty years,
readEconomist blames aid for famine in Africa
02-08-2005
IN Niger, a country twice the size of Texas, most of the 11 million people live on a dollar a day.Forty per cent of children are underfed, and one out of four dies before turning 5.And that's when
readSaudi King Fahd dies, Abdullah replaces him
02-08-2005
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd died yesterday and Crown Prince Abdullah was swiftly pronounced monarch of the world's largest oil exporter and a key US ally.A Saudi source said the kingdom's oil
readSecond arrest over racist axe attack in Britain
02-08-2005
LONDON - North of England police on Sunday arrested a 17-year-old in the Liverpool suburb of Huyton in connection with a racist attack in which a black student was bludgeoned to death with an axe,
readMugabe vows never to partner opposition
02-08-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Sunday his ruling party would never accommodate the main opposition MDC in government and vowed to resist pressure from Western powers to strike a
readRiots in Sudan after Garang death
02-08-2005
KHARTOUM - Sudan's vice president and former southern rebel leader John Garang has died in a helicopter crash, officials said yesterday, dealing a blow to a landmark peace deal signed in January with
readIran to resume nuclear work in defiance of EU
02-08-2005
TEHRAN - Iran said it would resume nuclear fuel activities after the European Union failed to respond in time to its offer of new talks.Two years of hard bargaining over a nuclear programme that
readAngola steps up fight against polio
02-08-2005
CAXITO - Angola stepped up its fight against polio on Sunday, with mothers out in force to take advantage of a nationwide immunisation drive after the first appearance of the disease in the African
readIvory Coast disarmament talks fail
02-08-2005
ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast loyalist and rebel military commanders have failed to agree on a cantonment programme in the divided west African state, scheduled to begin on that day and a prelude to
readBritish police hunt terror masterminds
02-08-2005
LONDON - British police deployed in large numbers in London yesterday, maintaining a high alert as they hunted for the masterminds behind two waves of terror attacks and awaited news of a bid to
readIn Brief
02-08-2005
* NUCLEAR - Marathon six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons drive moved into a seventh day with officials saying the process was edging forward despite differences on key disarmament
readKing Fahd, 'a moderniser'
02-08-2005
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who died yesterday, sought to modernise his desert kingdom while balancing change against tribal tradition and orthodox Islam, but a stroke a decade ago left him a
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