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40 Articles found on Monday, 12 December 2005
Sanlam lifts 10-month earnings
12-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African insurer Sanlam lifted headline earnings per share by 80 per cent in the 10 months to end-October, it said last week, but analysts said growth in new business volumes
readForeign donors pledge US$200m for Comoros
12-12-2005
GRAND BAIE - Foreign donors have pledged US$200 million (N$1,3 billion) to help the impoverished Indian Ocean Comoros Islands on the path to stability before elections next year, South African
readRussia wants more trade with Nam
12-12-2005
RUSSIA is keen to strengthen economic and cultural ties with Namibia, said the visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister here on Friday. Speaking during a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Marco
readBoN investigates vehicle loans
12-12-2005
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) is investigating whether commercial banks are offering new vehicle loans in accordance with the law.BoN Deputy Governor, Paul Hartmann said the central bank was concerned
readWTO heads for showdown in Hong Kong
12-12-2005
GENEVA - World Trade Organisation (WTO) states head for potentially decisive talks in Hong Kong this week on a global trade pact, hoping history will be no guide to the outcome.Two of the last three
readBird flu reaches region
12-12-2005
NAMIBIA is keeping a close eye on its neighbour Zimbabwe after the detection of a mild strain of bird flu in that country 10 days ago.Zimbabwe's state-owned daily The Herald reported last week that
read4 in court over Swakop hijack drama
12-12-2005
FOUR men suspected of hijacking five tourists from Europe and holding them hostage in two separate incidents near Swakopmund last week have appeared in court.Bernhard Ngikofele (19), Joshua Shitilwe
readCop-killing robbers get 44-year prison terms
12-12-2005
FOUR men convicted of killing an off-duty Police officer during an armed robbery at a gambling house and bar in Windhoek three and a half years ago were sentenced to 44 years' imprisonment each on
readDoubts dog Swapo expulsion
12-12-2005
A BIG question mark has developed over the constitutionality of the Swapo politburo's decision to expel former Trade Minister Jesaya Nyamu from the ruling party.Nyamu was "excommunicated" last week
readNew Police substation to open at Anker
12-12-2005
OPUWO - The Regional Commander of the Kunene Police, Chief Inspector Elias Mutota, told Nampa that a Police substation will be opened at Anker early next year.Anker is about 80 kilometres from
readNanaso rises from ashes
12-12-2005
AFTER experiencing a really low point in 2002, when the organisation had only three volunteers and faced serious financial constraints, the Namibian Network of AIDS Organisations (Nanaso) is now
readGovernment drawn into fray over exploitation of security guards
12-12-2005
THE Namibia Transport and Allied Workers' Union has blamed Government for what it describes as the unabated abuse of security personnel in Namibia.Natau's General Secretary, John Kwedhi, told the
readMan shot in foot over price of horse
12-12-2005
POLICE at Rehoboth are looking for a rifle-toting horse lover who shot a fellow Rehoboth resident in the foot on Saturday afternoon, the Police in Windhoek reported yesterday.Paul Michael George
read'Beware foreigners seeking ID papers'
12-12-2005
HOME Affairs and Immigration Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa has accused traditional leaders, regional councillors and church leaders of vouching for non-Namibians so that they can get birth certificates
readNUNW backs Nujoma on April 1 incursion
12-12-2005
THE National Union of Namibian Workers has lashed out at "hungry media and imperialists" that its says worked hand in hand with apartheid South Africa to kill Namibians and are now misrepresenting
readWar graves to be left to the experts: Policeman
12-12-2005
GOVERNMENT has ordered that the exhumation of human remains from mass graves in the North must be left to the experts, a senior Police officer told The Namibian last week.Deputy Commissioner Joseph
readDairy workers down tools
12-12-2005
EMPLOYEES at Namibia Dairies who are militating for a salary increase and bonus payment may have made things worse for themselves on Thursday by staging an illegal work stoppage.Workers downed tools
readTourists robbed at gunpoint
12-12-2005
POLICE in Windhoek yesterday reported the first armed robbery since the City Police started patrolling the streets of the capital earlier this year.Two tourists from Switzerland were held at gunpoint
readFatal stabbing of wife was murder with direct intent, says High Court
12-12-2005
REHOBOTH resident Prollius van Zyl's deadly stabbing of his wife just over three years ago was murder with a direct intent to kill, the High Court ruled on Friday.Van Zyl (34) heard Judge Kato van
readSwapo to splash out on new HQ: Wants N$149 m
12-12-2005
THE ruling Swapo party has revealed plans to build a new head office worth N$149 million, with private companies are expected to foot part of the bill.Swapo president Sam Nujoma told a weekend
readAanafaalama yAawambo inaya za mo natango mOkavango
12-12-2005
A ANAFAALAMA yAawambo mboka Epangelo lya lombwele kutya naya ze mo naya kuthe mo iimuna yawo moshitopolwa shElelo lyAakwangali mOkavango molwashoka oye li mo shaa li paveta, inaya za mo natango."Tse
readTaku kongwa okaana Rebbeka yaSalomo
12-12-2005
F ILLEMON Salomo ota kongo okaana kedina Rebbeka yaSalomo shi na sha neso la tate wako Salomo Kanime oo a manene owenda waye meti 20 Novemba 2004.Nakusa Salomo Kanime, oo a li omukalimo womomukunda
readEfumbulomo lyomasipa nali ethelwe aakonakoni
12-12-2005
O KWA ningwa etokolo kutya ekutho mo lyomasikpa gaantu ngoka taga itsuewa mOnooli pethimbo ndika, nali ningwe ashike kaantu mboka ye na ontseyo mokumona kutya aantu mbaka oolye noya si uunake na oku
readEesekuliti tatu mono oixuna keembinga adishe
12-12-2005
F YEE ovanailonga vokwaamena omaliko Epangelo nooshiwana meekampani dEesekuliti mOnooli, ohatu yandje omanyenyeto etu a yuka kOmukulunhu wOpolifi, a tu mu lombwele kutya fyee ovanailonga mEekampani
readNyamu a tidhwa mo moSwapo
12-12-2005
O MUKWASWAPO omukulu, Jesaya Nyamu, ngoka a li nale Ominista yIipindi nIikwafaabulika ke shi we oshilyo shoSwapo okuza oshiwike sha zi ko.Omupresidende gwoSwapo Omundohotola Sam Nujoma okwa tseyitha
readDifficult draws for US, Argentina; Germany hosts Costa Rica in opener
12-12-2005
LEIPZIG - The World Cup draw was kind to defending champions Brazil and host Germany.Argentina and the United States didn't fare as well.Five-time champions Brazil will play its first match against
readMuralitharan in seventh heaven as India collapse
12-12-2005
NEW DELHI- Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan tore through the Indian batting order on the second morning of the second test on Sunday, the off spinner picking up seven wickets to help dismiss the home
readLiverpool 'nearing perfection'
12-12-2005
LIVERPOOL - Rafael Benitez claims Liverpool will fly out to the World Club Championship in Japan in near perfect shape after consolidating their position as the English Premiership's form team. The
readBeukes sparkles as top Zone Six gymnast
12-12-2005
Ramona Beukes and Robert Honiball were Namibia's star gymnasts at the Zone Six Gymnastic Championships in Walvis Bay, winning the overall gold medals in the Individual Senior Girls and Boys' artistic
readFiji holds off Argentina to take SA Sevens
12-12-2005
GEORGE - Fiji beat Argentina 21-19 in the South Africa Sevens final on Saturday for its first title on the world circuit since the same event at Outeniqua Stadium in 2002. Fiji won the World Cup at
readSwartbooi shines in Blue Waters romp
12-12-2005
Blue Waters moved up to third position on the log after beating Oshakati City 4-0 at Kuisebmond Stadium on Saturday.After an indifferent start to the league, which included a 1-0 home defeat against
readIn Brief
12-12-2005
* IRAQ DEATHS - A US soldier was killed in Baghdad yesterday when a homemade bomb exploded alongside an army patrol, the military said.The incident happened in the western part of the city, less than
readJoy at outcome of Kyoto talks
12-12-2005
MONTREAL - Supporters of the Kyoto Protocol exulted on Saturday after the UN's climate-change pact survived yet another dance with death and even emerged strengthened from the ordeal.The meeting of
readThe 'game theory'
12-12-2005
FOLLOWING are some facts about "game theory analysis" work which won Israel's Robert Aumann and American Thomas Schelling the 2005 Nobel economics prize: * "Game Theory" is the science of strategy
readSuicide attack in southern Afghanistan
12-12-2005
KANDAHAR - Yesterday a suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of US-led troops in the main city in volatile southern Afghanistan, wounding up to three passers-by, police said.The attacker
readNobel prize winners get awards
12-12-2005
STOCKHOLM - An Australian who drank a broth of bacteria to prove a theory on stomach ulcers joined nine other scientists to receive their Nobel prizes on Saturday, with the literature winner absent
readLarge explosion near fuel depot north of London
12-12-2005
LONDON - A series of explosions at one of Britain's largest oil depots shook an area north of London early yesterday, shattering windows of nearby houses and sending billowing clouds of smoke and
read103 die as plane crashes in Nigeria
12-12-2005
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - A Nigerian jetliner carrying 110 people, including dozens of school children, crashed in stormy weather as it approached this southern city, killing at least 103 on board.It
readFrits, last Philips, dies
12-12-2005
AMSTERDAM - The former head of the Dutch electronics giant Philips, who helped save the lives of hundreds of Jewish workers during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, died last
readRichard Pryor, master comedian
12-12-2005
LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood's biggest stars, died of a heart attack on
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