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40 Articles found on Thursday, 27 January 2005
Western isolation a death blow for Zimbabwe's famed stone sculptors
27-01-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's traditional stone sculptors, who once earned huge sums from Western tourists, museums and galleries, are now struggling to survive due to their country's isolation.The exquisite
readWhat's in a name?, SA asks
27-01-2005
PRETORIA - From a town too tiny to appear on a map to the capital of South Africa, the time for change has arrived.More than a decade after South Africa celebrated the advent of multi-racial
readGo green, farmers urged
27-01-2005
NATHANIEL Shikongo, a young conservationist, has urged Namibian farmers to embrace organic agriculture as the best way of cultivating crops.Shikongo, who has just returned from a workshop on organic
readNobel prize winner calls for pact on dumping in Africa
27-01-2005
PARIS - Last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai called here on Tuesday for a code of conduct to stop international corporations polluting the African continent by dumping toxic
readFour top multinationals under whip for being 'irresponsible'
27-01-2005
DAVOS, Switzerland - Critics of globalisation yesterday rounded on the "irresponsible" conduct of four top companies including the oil giant Shell and Dow Chemicals, on the sidelines of the World
readInvestment opportunities in Asia
27-01-2005
LOCAL companies that wish to do business in China and Singapore are being called upon to register with a local business consultancy firm and take part in investment training programmes to be held in
readOceana earnings slump
27-01-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African fishing firm Oceana said yesterday it expected earnings for the six months to end-March to be 40-60 per cent lower on the year-ago period due to the strength of the rand,
readSA court suspends nuclear plant OK
27-01-2005
CAPE TOWN - A South African court yesterday suspended a government decision to let electricity utility Eskom develop a new nuclear power reactor near Cape Town.The ruling by the Cape High Court came
readEuropean Commission outlines support to ACP sugar producers
27-01-2005
THE European Commission presented an action plan aimed at mitigating potential impacts of the EU sugar reform and its adjustments for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries signatories of the
readProtest threatens Nigeria oil
27-01-2005
LAGOS - Royal Dutch/Shell's Nigerian unit has shut down two oil platforms producing 35 000 barrels per day in the Niger Delta after protesters armed with machetes attacked the facility, the company
readAttitude change required to boost BEE progress
27-01-2005
IMPLEMENTATION of the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy in companies is no easy task but one that needs careful handling to ensure fairness and progress in empowering the
readNo cotton this year
27-01-2005
OMEGA - The Namibian Development Corporation's (NDC) Regional Manager, Ernest Likando, says no cotton will be planted at Omega Agricultural Farm this year due to poor rainfall in the area.Likando said
readJoint effort against AIDS bearing fruit
27-01-2005
BY the end of last year some 700 000 people living with AIDS in developing countries were receiving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) thanks to the efforts of national governments, donors and other
readAfrican women have come a long way
27-01-2005
NAMIBIA is among the top-ranking countries with the most women parliamentarians in Africa.Although Africa has been viewed as not putting women in the forefront in the male-dominated field of politics,
readEscaped elephant killed in Oshikoto
27-01-2005
NATURE Conservation officers have shot dead an elephant bull that escaped from the Etosha National Park and caused problems for villagers in the Oshikoto Region.Oshikoto Governor Penda Ndakolo told
readRP's Carola Engelbrecht suspended
27-01-2005
THE Republican Party (RP) has temporarily suspended its energetic Secretary General, Carola Engelbrecht, from her duties for alleged disciplinary reasons.RP Chief Executive Officer Jackie Visagie
readKaribib plane heist convict's second appeal attempt fails
27-01-2005
ONE of the men convicted four years ago of what was then the largest armed robbery yet in Namibia last week failed with a second bid to be allowed to appeal against his conviction or
readWindhoek southern suburbs have water again
27-01-2005
THE City of Windhoek says normal water supply to homes and businesses in Olympia, Kleine Kuppe, Cimbebasia and Prosperita should be restored following the repair of two water pipes to the area.Pipe
readGrade 12 results out tomorrow
27-01-2005
THE Ministry of Basic Education is expected to release the results of last year's International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams for Grade 12 students tomorrow.The Directorate
readNafau seeks Govt help to resolve labour issues at Ramatex factory
27-01-2005
THE Namibian Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau) has requested Government to facilitate a meeting with Malaysian textile factory, Ramatex, to iron out longstanding labour issues.Nafau General
readDuo in court over death of city policeman
27-01-2005
TWO young men, aged 18 and 20, appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday in connection with the alleged murder of a former Policeman who was found dead by his wife in their home in
readTsunami fears not hindering prime project at Swakop
27-01-2005
THE devastating tsunami in southeast Asia in December has raised fears in some circles about the safety of the beachfront houses at the new Swakopmund Waterfront Development.The developer of the
readGovt vehicle import ban 'set to crash' SME sector
27-01-2005
DOZENS of Namibians have been left stranded by Government's controversial decision to slap a ban on second-hand vehicle imports from Asia, while industry pundits fear that the move will damage the
readEthigathano lyuukambe
27-01-2005
OMUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwokOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Eddy Willibard Man of Action, ota ti kutya okwa dhilaadhila okulongekidha po ethigathano lyOonkambe nuumvo nota indile
readGandjeni omayambidhidho geni konomola yOkambo kOmbaanga haka
27-01-2005
OMUSITA gwEgongalo lya Nawa mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Indileni-Efraim Iyambo, ngoka omasiku ga zi ko a shangele mOshifo shika, ta ti kutya Egongalo lya Nawa mOmbalantu olya tokola
readMan of Action a yakwa koombotsotso
27-01-2005
OMUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Eddy Willibard, Man of Action okwa yakelwa ondjato ye moka ha enditha mo iimaliwa noondokumende dhe.Shika osha ningilwa
readUnam a kutha ko oongaku
27-01-2005
OYUNIVESITI ya Namibia (Unam) oya keelele aanasikola ye li 730 kaaya shange omakonakono gawo ga hugunina gokomumvo pehulilo lyomumvo gwa zi ko konima sho ya ndopa okufuta oofuto dhawo
readOosesita ya 8 ya ganithwa pOshikuku
27-01-2005
OMUMBIISHOFI Omukuluntu gwOngerki ya Katoolika ka Roma moNamibia Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda okwa tseyitha kutya momasiku sho ga li 6 Januali 2005, Oosesita ye li yahetatu (8) oya gana omagano gawo
readMboka ye li popepi na Zambezi ya indilwa ya tembuke
27-01-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Aakwashigwana ya Namibia nosho wo yomu Mozambique mboka ye li popepi nomafundja gomulonga gwa Zambezi oya pulwa opo ya tembukile komahala ngoka ga londa, aanambelewa ye na sha
readKwi itsuwa iitenda yoondjembo
27-01-2005
AANIILONGA yamwe yali taya fulu omunkanka gwOombelewa oonene dhOkampani ya Road Contractor Company (RCC) mOvenduka, oya li ya haluka noonkondo mOmaadnaha goshiwike shika, sho yi itsu iitenda
readAustralia beat Windies
27-01-2005
ADELAIDE - Australia beat the West Indies by 73 runs in their tri-series one-day international at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.The West Indies had given the home side an early scare when quick bowler
readLiverpool move for bad boy Bellamy
27-01-2005
LONDON - Liverpool were reported yesterday to have approached Newcastle United over striker Craig Bellamy who has said he wants to leave after a highly-public row with manager Graeme Souness.Bellamy
readFederer wary of Safin
27-01-2005
MELBOURNE - Roger Federer's seemingly unstoppable march towards another Australian Open title meets its biggest hurdle yet when he faces Marat Safin in the semi-finals today.Federer is one of the
readAngula out as Bruwer, Isaacs return to Civics
27-01-2005
CIVICS striker Phillemon "Cascas" Angula officially left Civics for his former club Oshakati City this week.Danzyl Bruwer and Donny Isaacs have returned from South Africa to re-join Civics, completing
readAfghanistan's second-last Jew dies
27-01-2005
Kabul - The caretaker of Afghanistan's only functioning synagogue - and the country's second-last Jew - has died, officials said on Tuesday, after years of bitter feuding with the only other survivor
readCorruption besets Kenya business
27-01-2005
Companies in Kenya say corruption is still the biggest obstacle to doing business in the country, according to a new survey involving the World Bank.When the government of President Mwai Kibaki came
readGenocide report expected on Sudan
27-01-2005
A senior United States senator has called for sanctions to be imposed on the Sudan government if it does not disarm Arab militias in Darfur.Ed Royce told the BBC the Janjaweed militias had committed
readIndian temple stampede death toll approaches 300
27-01-2005
WAI, INDIA - Rescue workers on Wednesday began the task of searching through debris for anyone missing after a stampede and fire that killed as many as 300 people at a temple in western India.The
readIraqi PM has no interest in quick US withdrawal
27-01-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's interim prime minister says it would be "futile" to set a timetable now for withdrawing American troops from his country - echoing earlier comments by the head of the leading slate of
readIsrael halts targeted killing of Palestinians
27-01-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel has stopped targeting Palestinian militants for death, according to Israeli security officials, fulfilling a key Palestinian demand for a truce to end four years of violence.The
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