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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Southern Africa hunts for food as aid lags
06-12-2005
LUSAKA and BLANTYRE - Southern Africa's food crisis is worsening, with desperate people in badly hit areas eating roots and tree bark as aid funding falls short despite repeated appeals, officials
readGMO advocate sees more acceptance on continent
06-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Genetic crops are expected to gain wider acceptance in Africa as more homegrown projects emerge that will spread benefits among the poor, says a Kenyan scientist who promotes
readLeave The Girls Alone
06-12-2005
ALLOW me to express my feelings about the system that was implemented by the Ministry of Education.This has got to do with the suspension of teachers if they impregnate a schoolgirl, and especially
readBack To School
06-12-2005
CAN the Namibian Government please give me a second chance to go back to school and re-do my history, because obviously I was not paying any attention in class, which must be the reason for not
readSanlam Awards Unfair
06-12-2005
THE Sanlam Music Awards were unprofessional and unfair.The stage was very small and the audience was sitting too close to the stage.Where did the award for Best Namibian Group go and where is the Song
readDNA For Mass Grave Victims
06-12-2005
THE discussion about mass graves in the north of the country has made me think.Whether Swapo was wrong or whether the South African Army was wrong - fact is all the men and women in those graves were
readChina widens door to foreign banks
06-12-2005
BEIJING - China yesterday opened more cities to foreign banks for business denominated in yuan, raising pressure on domestic institutions faster than required under its international trade
readNTL to buy Virgin Mobile
06-12-2005
LONDON - UK cable TV company NTL has offered to pay 817 million pounds (N$8,9 billion) for Virgin Mobile, aiming to create a TV, Internet, fixed-line phone and mobile service provider under the Virgin
readJapanese store goes feminine
06-12-2005
TOKYO - One of Japan's omnipresent 24-hour convenience stores said yesterday it would open its first shop targeting women, giving female customers a space to change their nylons and a comfort zone
readOil price above US$60
06-12-2005
LONDON - Oil prices climbed above US$60 (N$384) a barrel for the first time in nearly a month yesterday, spurred higher by cold weather in the US Northeast, the world's biggest heating oil market.But
readInvestec buys back 600 000 shares
06-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African investment banking and asset management group Investec Plc said yesterday it had bought back almost 600 000 shares from investors holding less than 100 of the company's
readTax Talk - Capital receipts are exempt from tax - what are they?
06-12-2005
ALTHOUGH we have heard on a number of occasions that capital gains tax will be introduced in Namibia, we can count our blessings that it has not been introduced to date.Receipts of a capital nature
readNam trade forum holds first session
06-12-2005
THE inaugural meeting of the Namibia National Trade Forum (NTF) was held at a local hotel in Windhoek yesterday, ahead of the sixth ministerial World Trade Organisation conference to be held in Hong
readSuspended CoD youth leader reinstated
06-12-2005
CONFUSION reigns in the Congress of Democrats after the national leadership reinstated a suspended youth leader, Natji Tjirare.Some members of the Young Democrats (YD) held a meeting over the
read2 robbers killed in shootout
06-12-2005
TWO armed robbers were shot and killed on Sunday evening after they and five others had been involved in a shoot-out with Police in Katutura.The seven men had allegedly carried out an armed robbery at
readOtjiwarongo man dies after being stabbed by woman
06-12-2005
A 30-year-old man from Otjiwarongo, Fernandes Haraseb, died on Sunday evening after he was stabbed by a 25-year-old woman at the town.He died on the scene and the suspect has been arrested. * A
readIllegal immigrants in city rounded up
06-12-2005
POLICE in Windhoek rounded up 20 illegal immigrants on Saturday, setting a serious tone for the festive season. Nineteen of those arrested were Angolan nationals.One was from the Democratic Republic
readNangof proposes changes to children's bill
06-12-2005
THE Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof) yesterday supported a National Council decision not to pass the Children's Status Bill before getting more input into it.The NC last week
readCriminal charges ruled out in Kandara shooting
06-12-2005
THE Prosecutor General has decided not to prosecute anyone on any criminal charges in connection with the gunshot death of the late Lazarus Kandara.Kandaras death will be dealt with by a Magistrate
read20-year-olds get 20 years for cattle theft
06-12-2005
TWO young men have been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment each after they pleaded guilty in a stock theft case in the Outapi Regional Court in the Omusati Region.Onesmus Natangwe (20) from
readAfrica needs to change its mindset
06-12-2005
AFRICAN countries will remain "poor" unless they change the way they choose their leaders and the way they design their economic policies, a conference on Debt Relief and Development in Africa heard
readStrong quake shakes 6 African nations
06-12-2005
NAIROBI - A powerful earthquake shook central and east Africa yesterday, causing buildings to sway and sending thousands of people into the streets in at least six nations near its epicentre on the
readCriminal charges ruled out in Kandara shooting
06-12-2005
THE Prosecutor General has decided not to prosecute anyone on any criminal charges in connection with the gunshot death of the late Lazarus Kandara.Kandara's death will be dealt with by a Magistrate
readLodge workers claim illegal eviction
06-12-2005
FOUR workers at a lodge near Omaruru were refused entry to the premises after their former employer dropped their belongings at the entrance.Petrus Coetzee, who has been employed at the Onduruquer
readEpacha robbery: four of five suspects caught
06-12-2005
THE fourth suspect in the housebreaking case at Epacha Lodge near Outjo has been arrested.Police reported yesterday that Eliphas Mashuna, also known as Eliphas Kakiya, handed himself over to the
readIllegal immigrants rounded up
06-12-2005
POLICE in Windhoek rounded up 20 illegal immigrants on Saturday, setting a serious tone for the festive season.Nineteen of those arrested were Angolan nationals, while one was from the Democratic
readOutjo farmer guilty of murder in 'baboon shooting' trial
06-12-2005
THE High Court trial of Outjo district farmer Pieter Hendrik Spangenberg entered its final stage yesterday with a verdict that Spangenberg had been proven guilty of murder.Judge Sylvester Mainga
readKwela, musical genius
06-12-2005
THE well-known singer Armas Johannes, also known as Kwela, died in the Onandjokwe Hospital in northern Namibia last month.He was 62. He is survived by his wife, Theopolina Johannes, 12 children and
readAaherero otaya yambidhidha Omupresidende Pohamba
06-12-2005
O KOMITIYE yAaherero ndjoka tayi pule Epangelo lya Ndowishi li fute Aaherero omulwa omauwanayi ngoka ye ya ningile pethimbo lyuukoloni, otayi yambidhidha Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba sho ina hala
readOmvula ya faalela oonzi niikombo pu Geelschaap
06-12-2005
O MVULA onene yi li mumwe nombepo oya dhipaga iikumbo noonzi kumwe ayihe yi li 250 lwaampoka pofaalama ya Geelschaap, yi li ookilometa 170 kuumbugantu-zilo wa Liindili mEtiyali lya zi ko.Mwene
readOmudhipagi a mangululwa mokakuma
06-12-2005
O MUKWIITA OmuAngola ngoka a zimine kutya oku na ondjo moshipotha shedhipago sho a tsu omuntu nombele yokondjembo nokupewa omimvo 18 konima yekumba okwa manguluka mEtitano lya zi ko konima sho egeelo
readOmvula ya faalela oonzi niikombo pu Geelschaap
06-12-2005
O MVULA onene yi li mumwe nombepo oya dhipaga iikumbo noonzi kumwe ayihe yi li 250 lwaampoka pofaalama ya Geelschaap, yi li ookilometa 170 kuumbugantu-zilo wa Liindili mEtiyali lya zi ko.Mwene
readUnam top in field hockey
06-12-2005
THE National Field Hockey League came to an end recently and saw Pepsi UNAM winning both the men's Premier as well as the men's Reserve Leagues while Windhoek Old Boys Sports Club (WOBSC) topped the
readNRU lifts United suspension but more still to be resolved
06-12-2005
NAMIBIA Rugby Union boss Dirk Conradie says United Rugby Club's suspension was lifted late last week for the good of the game in the country. United was suspended by the NRU in September this year
readChelsea, Liverpool seek edge
06-12-2005
LONDON - Reigning champions Liverpool and Chelsea may have already qualified for the second phase of the Champions League but the immense pride in both teams should ensure that there is still some
readAlfred Anderson, last survivor of WWI 'Christmas Truce'
06-12-2005
LONDON - Alfred Anderson, the last known survivor of the 1914 'Christmas Truce' that saw British and German soldiers exchanging gifts and handshakes in no man's land, has died.He was 109. Anderson's
readFraud claims in Kazakhstan poll
06-12-2005
ASTANA - Western observers blasted Kazakhstan's presidential election, in which incumbent leader Nursultan Nazarbayev officially won 91 per cent of the vote, as the opposition called for the poll to
readVenezuela's Chavez tightens grip on power
06-12-2005
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tightened his grip on power late on Sunday after his party swept legislative elections marked by anaemic voter turnout and mostly boycotted by the
readVenezuela's Chavez tightens grip on power
06-12-2005
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tightened his grip on power late on Sunday after his party swept legislative elections marked by anaemic voter turnout and mostly boycotted by the
readMother of German hostage in Iraq pleads for her release
06-12-2005
BERLIN - The mother of Susanne Osthoff, the German woman being held hostage in Iraq, yesterday issued an emotional plea for her release after the government said it had failed to make contact with
readNigerian police in clash with Biafran separatists
06-12-2005
ONITSHA - Nigerian police clashed with Biafran separatists yesterday as activists campaigning for the independence of the 40-million-strong Igbo people succeeded in shutting down all business
readUN envoy visits camp for Zimbabwe evicted
06-12-2005
HATCLIFFE - UN humanitarian envoy Jan Egeland visited a squalid camp housing thousands of victims of Zimbabwe's controversial shantytown demolitions yesterday and heard complaints of horrible living
readFrench engineer kidnapped in Iraq
06-12-2005
BAGHDAD - A French water treatment engineer was seized from his home in Baghdad yesterday, an Iraqi police officer said, the third kidnapping of Westerners in Iraq in the past 10 days.An official at
readSuicide bomber kills 5 in central Israel
06-12-2005
NETANYA - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed at least five people and wounded dozens outside a shopping mall in an Israeli coastal town yesterday in the first attack on its kind in six
readKenya bishop's murder trial stalls over torture claim
06-12-2005
NAIROBI - The trial in Nairobi of six men, including a priest, accused of murdering a septuagenarian Italian bishop in central Kenya earlier this year hit a snag yesterday when one of the defendents
readChaos as Saddam defence walks out
06-12-2005
BAGHDAD - The trial of Saddam Hussein was marred by chaotic scenes yesterday as the defence team walked out of the tribunal and the ousted Iraqi dictator stood up to shout a tirade of impassioned
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