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41 Articles found on Monday, 5 December 2005
Focus on trade at ministers meeting
05-12-2005
LONDON - Britain and the United States were pressing finance ministers and central bankers from the world's seven wealthiest nations to prioritise paving the way for a deal on global trade.Economic
readSA new vehicle sales up
05-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African new vehicle sales grew by 21,4 per cent in November over the same month last year, despite a slowdown seen late in 2005, data showed on Friday.Overall sales for the year
readMobile phone users to register
05-12-2005
BEIJING - China is expected to issue new rules requiring the registration of mobile phones, a move that could mean up to 200 million mobile phone users must sign up, state press said Friday.The new
readPromoting BEE in mining
05-12-2005
THE Namibian Preferential Procurement Council (NPPC) which seeks to promote Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in the local mining industry, was officially launched in Windhoek on Friday.The launch of
readRight to fair trial opens jail doors for killer
05-12-2005
AN Angolan soldier who admitted that he stabbed a resident of the Kavango Region to death with a bayonet six years ago is off the hook after his conviction and 18-year jail term were set aside on
readThe ODC, Great Triangle and the Red Sea project
05-12-2005
GREAT Triangle Investment chairman Philip Fourie was in talks with an American company about investing in a desalination project in the Middle East, at the time his company starting persuading
readLabour Act will be tweaked further
05-12-2005
THE Ministry of Labour is expected to make a number of changes to the new Labour Act before it fully comes into operation next year, following fierce lobbying by the Namibia Employers Federation (NEF)
readA Matter of Fact
05-12-2005
IN the editorial in Friday's The Namibian, it was inadvertently said that Prime Minister Nahas Angula brushed aside the DTA's comments on the State Owned Enterprises Bill because the DTA accused
readChild rally
05-12-2005
NANGOF is co-ordinating a public rally in Windhoek today to push for amendments to the Children's Status Bill.The bill was passed by the National Assembly, but has been referred to a standing
readTourists in desert crash
05-12-2005
AIRBAGS probably saved the lives of two people in an accident that happened around 14h00 on Saturday.About 70 kilometres from Walvis Bay on the road to Solitaire, a German tourist and his wife were
readCrime beat
05-12-2005
POLICE arrested a 29-year-old man at the Etunda Irrigation Project at Ruacana on Monday a week ago for allegedly being found in possession of an unlicensed shotgun.The suspect appeared in court last
readCastro pays homage to Cubans who fought in Africa
05-12-2005
HAVANA - Fidel Castro paid homage to the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who fought alongside Africans in their past battles against colonialism as the island's Revolutionary Armed Forces marked its
readWindhoek child goes missing
05-12-2005
ELLENY Masamu, who is 18 months old, went missing from her home in Kramsberg Street in Windhoek's Eros suburb on Wednesday.Elleny was wearing a red top and short blue jeans when she disappeared. She
readShipanga to join Net1
05-12-2005
OUTGOING Nedbank Namibia Managing Director Martin Shipanga will be joining Net 1 Universal Electronic Payment Systems (UEPS) Technologies as the company's Vice President for African Markets next
readBoy (14) killed in joyride crash
05-12-2005
A YOUTHFUL joyride ended in tragedy for four teenagers at Oranjemund on Friday.Clinton Jooste (14) lost his life when a BMW in which he and three other boys - all aged 14 - were driving around hit a
readCabinet appointments
05-12-2005
AT a meeting on November 15, Cabinet endorsed the appointment of various boards.Public Accounts and Auditors' board The following people were appointed to the Public Accounts and Auditors' Board: The
readGovt to set up new border posts in Karas
05-12-2005
CABINET has agreed to the establishment of two new border posts at Mata Mata and Sendlingsdrift near Rosh Pinah to facilitate tourism.Mining companies operating in the Rosh Pinah area and the Peace
readTreason trial prosecutors rubbish foul play claims
05-12-2005
CLAIMS that the prosecution in the main Caprivi high treason trial has been coaching State witnesses and consulting with witnesses who were already under cross-examination are not true, two members of
readKashopola a ningila iilyo ye Oshituthi shehulilo lyomumvo
05-12-2005
K OMANDA gwEtanga lyEgameno mOnooli, ano mObatallion 263 Leitenandakolonela Erastus Kashopola meti 25 Novemba 2005, okwa li a ningile Etanga lye naaniilonga mookamba adhihe dhi li kohi ye mOnooli
readTransNamib a kutha miilonga Menindjela gwakwalukehe
05-12-2005
E WILIKONGUNDU lyOkampani ya Trans Namib olya kutha miilonga pakathimbo Minindjela gwa kwalukehe Jason Hamunyela, sho omakonakono ge na sha niilonga inayi uka mboka a longo ga kindji.Omunashipundi
readVakwetu tatu mono oixuna moilonga, inatu valulwa
05-12-2005
"FYEE Eesekurity ohatu mono oixuna, inatu valulwa nonande ose ngoo hatu amene omaliko Epangelo nooshiwana, onghee hatu kwata ashike EeN$700 nonando omunu moilonga owa ninga mo eedula heyali ile di
readNakukwata onkonga omukiintu omusimba a pewa omimvo 20 konima yekumba
05-12-2005
O MULUMENTU gumwe ngoka keena iilonga pOmaruru ngoka wo e na oshipotha shuukiliminola sha tameka momumvo 1982 okwa pewa ishewe egeelo lyomimvo omilongo mbali (20) moshipotha shonkonga.Ompangu
readAanafaalama taya fala Epangelo kOmpangu
05-12-2005
A ANDOWISHI yane nOmusouth Afrika oya pulanda okukondjitha Epangelo lya Namibia mOmpangu konima sho ya tseyithilwa kutya Epangelo olya hala okukutha po nenge tutye okulanda po oofaalama dhawo.The
readRedknapp rues quitting Pompey
05-12-2005
LONDON - Harry Redknapp admitted Sunday that he made a "monumental mistake" in leaving Portsmouth for Southampton a year ago.Redknapp quit Saints Saturday claiming his position was untenable after
readDoncaster get Arsenal in Cup
05-12-2005
LONDON - Third division giant-killers Doncaster Rovers will take on Arsenal while Manchester United face Birmingham City in the League Cup quarter-finals.Bolton Wanderers were handed a short hop to
readNigeria beat South Africa 1-0
05-12-2005
NIGERIA'S Super Falcons, the reigning African women's champions, defeated South Africa's Banyana Banyana 1-0 in a friendly on Saturday.Nkechi Egbe scored the lone goal from the penalty spot in the
readEngland edge Fiji in Sevens
05-12-2005
DUBAI - Two tries apiece from player of the tournament Tom Varndell and Ben Gollings helped England to a 28-26 triumph over Fiji in the final of the Dubai Rugby Sevens here on Friday.Winger Varndell,
readPakistan triumph over England
05-12-2005
LAHORE - Pakistan, spearheaded by fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, won the third and final test against England by an innings and 100 runs on Saturday to take the series 2-0.The fiery Shoaib with five
readArsenal lose at Bolton, Chelsea and Man Utd win
05-12-2005
LONDON - Arsenal slipped 14 points off the Premier League pace when they lost 2-0 at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday while champions Chelsea and second-placed Manchester United won.John Terry headed his
readFuryk wins four-way playoff
05-12-2005
SUN CITY - Jim Furyk sank a 9-foot chip for birdie on the second playoff hole yesterday to win the Nedbank Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club.Furyk, who shot a 72 for a 6-under 282 total, led
readCosmos edge determined SuperSport
05-12-2005
JOMO Cosmos grabbed their second Coca-Cola Cup after they beat SuperSport United 4-1 in a penalty shoot-out at a packed Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday.Neither side could find the back
readCosmos edge determined SuperSport
05-12-2005
JOMO Cosmos grabbed their second Coca-Cola Cup after they beat SuperSport United 4-1 in a penalty shoot-out at a packed Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Saturday.Neither side could find the back
readFootball Results
05-12-2005
MTC Namibia Premier League Played Saturday, Dec 3 Oshakati City 0-1 Civics Chief Santos 4-1 Touch & GoPlayed Sunday, Dec 4 Oshakati City 5-1 Touch & Go Chief Santos 0-2 Civics African Stars
readDurban disaster: Under-20s thrashed 8-0 by Madagascar
05-12-2005
NAMIBIA'S under-20 football team were hammered 8-0 by Madagascar in their opening match of the Vodacom Cosafa Youth Cup at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday.Namibia will
readZuma attacks media
05-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Saturday lashed out at the media, accusing them of acting in bad faith, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news
readKabila plays down fears of DR Congo returning to civil war
05-12-2005
BRUSSELS - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Friday downplayed fears of a return to civil war after elections next year, saying the country was now stable enough to quell any
readIn Briefs
05-12-2005
* UNREST - A representative of Shi'ite firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr was found shot dead in his car in the southeast Baghdad neighbourhood of Zayouna, a defence ministry source said.* BLASTS -
readZim opposition leadership row deteriorates
05-12-2005
HARARE - Relations between quarrelling senior officials of Zimbabwe's main opposition hit their lowest point on Friday with the news that supporters of leader Morgan Tsvangirai have broken off contact
readZambia revokes work permits of Brazilian pastors 'linked to Satanism'
05-12-2005
LUSAKA - The Zambian government has de-registered a controversial evangelical sect and ordered its Brazilian pastors to leave the country following reports that it was practising Satanism, an official
readMerkel presses for release of Iraq hostage
05-12-2005
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leading German figures yesterday pressed for the release of an aid worker kidnapped in Iraq more than a week ago, while the government continued trying to
readIran says not interested in talks with US
05-12-2005
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it had no interest in talking to its arch-foe the United States concerning events in Iraq or about its nuclear programme.Media reports last month quoted US Ambassador to
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