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34 Articles found on Monday, 24 January 2005
Who, us?
24-01-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe on Friday shrugged off Washington's statement branding it as one of the "outposts of tyranny", saying Harare was unconcerned about what "fascists" thought of it.Condoleezza Rice,
readThe rise and fall of Mugabe's spin doctor
24-01-2005
Jonathan Moyo's rise from academic critic to information minister of Zimbabwe was meteoric but it seems as though he may have a rocky landing.AFTER being sacked from his senior position in Zimbabwe's
readPolio returns to Africa
24-01-2005
AN international team of doctors is set to launch a desperate, last-ditch bid to save Africa from polio, a scourge once believed to have been defeated but which has recently returned to haunt the
readAfrican aid must rise at least 60 pct
24-01-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Africa needs at least a 60 per cent increase in aid and improved access to markets for its agricultural products in order to reduce high levels of poverty, the World Bank said on
readExecutives proficiency put to the test
24-01-2005
WINDHOEK - Only 34 per cent of board members and top executives said their companies are proficient at monitoring critical corporate performance non-financial indicators.According to a recent
readNamibia Breweries Limited MD resigns
24-01-2005
THE Managing Director of the Namibia Breweries Limited Marcus von Blottnitz has resigned with immediate effect.Von Blottnitz who joined NBL in September 2003 as Managing Director confirmed his
readMandelson prioritises development
24-01-2005
THE European Union Commissioner for Trade, Peter Mandelson, has said that he will place development issues at the centre of the EU's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and
readWrong Ministry
24-01-2005
IN our editorial on Friday, January 21, we wrongly attributed the theft of N$100 000 to an official in the Ministry of Basic Education, instead of an official in the Ministry of Higher Education.We
readGovt official in court
24-01-2005
GOBABIS - A civil servant appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.Gerhard Alugodhi (28) was allegedly under the
readTwo drown in canals in North
24-01-2005
A six-year-old boy, Maurius Ipuleni, drowned in a canal at Okafakoishongo village in the Uukolonkadhi Tribal District in the northern region of Omusati on Tuesday, the Namibian Police's Public
readChild dies in shack blaze
24-01-2005
Four-year-old Cecilia Petrus burned to death in the early hours of Saturday after her family's shack, in the Goreangab informal settlement, caught fire, Police spokesperson Inspector Hannes Naruseb
readOwner of ill-fated Meob Bay relieved over court verdict
24-01-2005
THE Court of Marine Enquiry judgement on Namibia's most deadly sea disaster on record was received with both relief and a sense of exoneration from unfair and ill-informed charges that had been
readAnother Namibian deported from Bots
24-01-2005
A SECOND Namibian citizen's deportation from Botswana so far this year has been confirmed, according to the National Society for Human Rights.Last week the Namibian Police, after initially denying
readRecord heist suspect released on bail
24-01-2005
THE fourth person arrested in connection with the record-setting robbery of N$5,76 million in a cash-in-transit heist near Windhoek on December 29 left Police custody on bail of N$10 000 on Friday,
readRetirement fund for farmworkers launched
24-01-2005
THE Namibia Agricultural Union has introduced a retirement fund for agricultural workers.Both farmers and farmworkers will contribute to the Agricultural Retirement Fund (ARF) which is estimated to
readGovt shuts some hostels
24-01-2005
GOVERNMENT has shut down several hostels in the eastern and southern parts of the country due to the low numbers of boarders.Manfred Rukoro, Senior Inspector for Hostel Management in the Ministry of
readCops hunt poo protesters
24-01-2005
POLICE in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature US flags into piles of dog poo in public parks.Josef Oettl, parks administrator for Bayreuth, said: "This has been going on
readLAC threatens court action over school places
24-01-2005
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) has written to the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture, warning that it will launch an urgent High Court application if three children living in Goreangab on the
readFlood fears rise in the Caprivi Region
24-01-2005
FLOODS are looming in the east of Caprivi, while the food security situation, compounded by dry weather conditions, makes this year's expected crop harvest "generally unfavourable".A team from the
readHotel plan in final phase
24-01-2005
WINDHOEK'S last remaining vacant city centre plot is set to give way this year to a multi-million-dollar development consisting of a luxury hotel, upscale apartments, a business centre, shops and
readMeya gwa Eenhana a pandula Epangelo sho lya gandja omiti dho HIV-AIDS kEenhana
24-01-2005
MEYA gwOndoolopa ya Eenhana mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena meme Julia Kandeya Shikongo okwa pandula noonkondo Epangelo, unene tuu Uuministeli wUuhaku nIilonga yUundjolowele sho wa gandja omiti dhokulepeka
readOshipangelo shopaumwene shomOngwediva otashi tungwa nuumvo; Uutoni
24-01-2005
MONGWEDIVA E TOKOLO lyElelo lya Ngwediva lyokutunga Oshipangelo shopaumwene oshiwanawa noshopashinanena lela, lya ninga nee lyoshili sho Meya gwOndoolopa ndjika ya Ngwediva Erastus Uutoni a tseyitha
readGumwe a kwatwa nOkawe ina ka hongwa
24-01-2005
OMULUMENTU gwoomvula 29 - ha longo mOkampani ya Namdeb kOranjemund, okwa tulwa miipandeko mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko - sho a adhika nuuwe inau hongwa u li 29, Opolisi osho ya lopota.Inaku monika
readYamwe ya thiga po omagumbo gawo kuumbanda mu Chile
24-01-2005
AANTU omayuvi mu Chile oya thigi po omagumbo gawo sho kwa ningwa omapopyo giifundja kutya oshilongo shika nasho otashi ka dhengwa kefundja lya kindja, ngashi ndyoka lya talelepo Sri Lanka, Indonesia,
readGumwe a ninga oshihakanwa shOveta yUufithi wIimuna
24-01-2005
OVETA yina sha nokugeela nonyanya oonakuyaka iimuna moshigwana ndjoka ya pitithwa kOmutumba gwOpashigwana omumvo gwa zi ko oya tutswa mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko sho gumwe a ningi oshihakanwa shotango
readIizemo ya Namcol mondondo 10 ya panditha
24-01-2005
OKOLINDJI ya Namibia College of Open Learning (Namcol) oya nyanyukilwa iizemo yomakonakono gaalongwa yopaumwene mboka ya shanga Ondondo ontimulongo (Grade 10).Omukuluntuwiliki gwa Namcol Frances
readRobben inspires rampant Chelsea
24-01-2005
LONDON - The best is yet to come, according to Chelsea assistant manager Steve Clarke, despite seeing his side extend their lead at the top of the Premiership to 11 points after a 3-0 victory against
readFederer, Agassi reach last eight
24-01-2005
MELBOURNE - Top seed Roger Federer and four-time champion Andre Agassi advanced to an Australian Open quarter-final showdown yesterday as Russia's women marched on relentlessly.World number one
readWilson disqualified
24-01-2005
NEW YORK - Dean Wilson of the United States was disqualified from the $4.5 million Buick Invitational on Saturday when he failed to sign his scorecard after completing his fog-delayed second round.It
readTigers, Stars record high scores
24-01-2005
TIGERS and African Stars shamed their opponents with high scores during the Tafel Lager NFA Cup, which started over the weekend in two different towns.Tigers swept away the hapless first-division side
readSpanish researchers to analyse purported remains of Columbus
24-01-2005
BARCELONA - Scientists from the University of Granada, deep in southern Spain, announced this weekend that they will head to the Dominican Republic next month to analyse human remains in Santo Domingo
readPowell offers U.S. help to new Ukrainian leader
24-01-2005
KIEV - US Secretary of State Colin Powell, a prominent guest for President Viktor Yushchenko's inauguration on Sunday, said Washington would help Ukraine boost its economy and join the World Trade
readIndian navy finds tsunami survivor
24-01-2005
A man has been rescued by the Indian navy 25 days after being thrown by the Indian Ocean tsunami on a remote island in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.Michael Mangal was first sucked into the sea and
readMilitant ready for cease-fire with Israel
24-01-2005
GAZA CITY - The Israeli military is willing to suspend operations against Palestinian militants if they don't carry out attacks, Israel's defense minister said Sunday, signaling a change in position
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