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35 Articles found on Tuesday, 15 February 2005
Togo mum on 'coup'
15-02-2005
LAGOS - West African leaders have not yet had a response to their demand that Togo's new military-installed leader should give up power and reverse what they have branded a coup d'etat, a regional
readBooming begging hits Johannesburg
15-02-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg. Africa's prime begging attraction.A blind man is led by a "Good Samaritan" begging on his behalf, a woman with cupped hands carries a crying baby on her back, another
readFor Eritrea, time has stood still after border war with Ethiopia
15-02-2005
ADIKESHI CAMP - Almaz Tela wants to return to her old ways, farming millet, sorghum, corn and tending to cows, goats, sheep and chickens.The only problem is her farmland is in a buffer zone that
readContract With The Devil
15-02-2005
MY sincere hope is that this letter will get a space in your newspaper for me to bring across one important yet grossly ignored factor in explaining most of the ills and evils of modern society.We are
readThey Don't Get The Message
15-02-2005
I WISH to express my disappointment about everything that is taking place in the Caprivi.When we talk of development or keeping towns clean, it seems the people of that region don't get the message.
readCrushed By Globalisation
15-02-2005
MULTICHOICE made a total mess of introducing their new decoder.Instead of ensuring that there are enough personnel available to handle enquiries, they have decided not to answer their phones
readGirls Must Say 'No'
15-02-2005
GIRLS, you have to learn to respect yourselves.You must plan for the future. For example, if a guy tells you that he loves you, think of yourself first. What does the boy really want from you? Don't
readNBC and Chat Show revisited
15-02-2005
LIKE last year and the year before, the Chat Shows at NBC started the new year 2005 with faulty studio equipment.At the same time the public was asked to give their comments about education and
readTribute To Shaduka
15-02-2005
THE community of Otjiwarongo is shocked by the recent renaming of Lukas Shaduka Help Centre to Otjiwarongo Help Centre.We (the Otjiwarongo community) were part of the naming of the centre after one of
readDon't Call It Rape
15-02-2005
I NEED to air my concern on the mushrooming rape and murder cases in our beloved democratic Republic of Namibia, and want you to make a space for me in your newspaper.I realized after the murder of
readCrude futures dip slightly
15-02-2005
SINGAPORE - Crude oil prices dipped slightly yesterday to US$47 (N$282), near where they have hovered since January, as the market continues to look for direction.Light, sweet crude fell 16 cents to
readDemining programme in southern Angola
15-02-2005
RUNDU - An Italian International Organisation known as InterSoS is to carry out a demining programme in Angola's Cuando Cubango province, an administrator in the Angolan consulate at Rundu said on
readMTN ready to take 49% stake in Iran mobile deal
15-02-2005
TEHRAN - Iranian lawmakers have voted to cut Turkcell's stake in a new mobile phone network, making the firm likely to quit a deal that promised to be the largest foreign investment in Iran since the
readRehoboth demo
15-02-2005
RESIDENTS of Rehoboth are to march tomorrow to express outrage at violence against women and children.Kietsie Bock, secretary of the Ata Khai Tsi Mubasen Women's League in Rehoboth's Block E location,
readOpuwo's informal settlements to get water, electricity
15-02-2005
OPUWO - The Opuwo Town Council is working on providing informal settlements like Otuzemba and Katutura with water and electricity.According to the town clerk of Opuwo, Libertus Mbaumba, the idea is to
read'Illegal' supermarket has residents in a twist
15-02-2005
CONTROVERSY has erupted among residents of Windhoek North over plans to build a supermarket in a residential area, amidst charges of municipal bungling.The Windhoek Municipality apparently granted
readRoot causes of crime must be found: NSHR
15-02-2005
CRIME against children has taken on massive proportions in Namibia over the last 15 years, according to the National Society for Human Rights.Reacting to the latest incidents of child rape and murder,
readArt with a message
15-02-2005
THE United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) is opening a two-week art exhibition in Windhoek today, aimed at sharing information on what the organisation is doing to
readNandos closed
15-02-2005
THREE Nando's outlets in Windhoek were closed down last week because of a shareholding dispute between Namibia Chicken Investment (NCI) and the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF).Chris
readWalvis Mayor files counter charges
15-02-2005
THE Senior Prosecutor at Walvis Bay will have to decide on possible further prosecution in the alleged assault case involving the Mayor, King Mandume Muatunga, and two women.The women laid charges of
readCow thief gets respite from 20-year jail term
15-02-2005
THE High Court has set aside a 20-year jail term meted out last month to one of the first people to be sentenced to the severe minimum sentences prescribed by the new Stock Theft Amendment
readParliament sits for last time
15-02-2005
A SPECIAL session of the third parliament resumes today, marking the last sitting before newly elected MPs are sworn in next month.The House is expected to get straight down to business, with five
readChild murder, rape suspect asks for a mental check-up
15-02-2005
A 25-year-old security guard accused of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in Windhoek last week asked to be sent for mental observation when he appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court in
read'I took her by the legs and hit her against the pillar'
15-02-2005
"I BEAT and killed her because I also stay at the flat and she was going to tell that I was the person who raped her."With these words, a near-emotionless Willem (Willie) Cornelius Louw (30) yesterday
readLet them answer
15-02-2005
HUNDREDS of Windhoek residents, young and old, mainly wearing black and singing solidarity songs, marched from Katutura to the city centre yesterday as Namibians mourned the deaths of two young rape
readProteas win despite Pietersen century
15-02-2005
CENTURION - South Africa cruised to a three-wicket victory on Sunday to round off the seven-match one-day series against England 4-1.Even though Kevin Pietersen hit his third century to resurrect
readRooi, Hoeb among top ten in SA race
15-02-2005
NAMIBIAN long-distance athletes Matthew Hoeb and Willem Rooi finished among the top ten during the Puma Peninsula 21-kilometre race in Cape Town on Sunday.Rooi took the fifth spot overall, while Hoeb
readFootball Results
15-02-2005
Ramblers Top Score 7-A- SidePlayed Friday, Feb 11 Whd Country Club 0-1 CIC Dream Team 0-3 Atmosphere Edgars 0-2 Nampost Namibia Dairies 0-0 Stars and Stripes Telecom 0-1 De Beers Marine Plastic
readNFA produces chaotic Cup draw
15-02-2005
NEW Era Publications Corporation is expected to reconsider entrusting the Namibia Football Association (NFA) with organising the Sam Nujoma New Era Cup after the draw was conducted in a chaotic manner
readIn Brief
15-02-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a goodwill gesture to bolster new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
readMswati splashes out on 10 more BMWs
15-02-2005
MBABANE: Swazi King Mswati III had bought 10 new BMWs for his royal household - two months after buying himself a super-expensive sedan - while his subjects continued living in abject poverty, the
readSouth Korea to pursue diplomacy with the North
15-02-2005
SEOUL - As international pressure to punish North Korea mounted Monday, South Korea said it would continue engaging with its northern neighbour despite Pyongyang's claim to have nuclear weapons.North
readOffensive under way in Philippines
15-02-2005
JOLO - Troops have mounted a full-scale offensive against hundreds of Muslim rebels hiding out in the mountainous southern Philippines, choking off supplies of food and ammunition in an effort to
readHuge blast kills ex-Lebanese PM
15-02-2005
BEIRUT - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in an apparent large-scale bomb attack on his motorcade in Beirut yesterday.Witnesses reported seeing at least 10 bodies on the
readShiites to dominate Iraq parliament
15-02-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Shiites were basking yesterday in the glory of their electoral triumph but pledged to reach out to the minority Sunnis, whose lack of political power could threaten the country's
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