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43 Articles found on Monday, 18 July 2005
Namibian grapes set to conquer US market
18-07-2005
WINDHOEK - Tucked on a mountain slope across a road from the barren desert of southeastern Namibia, rows of lush green vineyards are producing grapes enjoyed in Europe, China, the Middle East and
readBright prospects for agriculture sector
18-07-2005
WINDHOEK - Namibia's agriculture sector has a bright prospect to make the most significant contribution to the country's economic growth and job creation despite fragile soils and limited water
readZimbabwe takes steps to ease fuel shortages
18-07-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government will allow individuals with foreign currency to import fuel to help ease shortages which have gripped the country, grounding both private and public vehicles, the
readDe Beers accused of monopoly abuse
18-07-2005
BRUSSELS - The Belgian association of diamond dealers said on Friday it had filed a complaint with the EU Commission against De Beers, saying the diamond giant was abusing its dominant market
readZam mining crippled as third mine joins strike
18-07-2005
LUSAKA - Workers at a third Zambian mine have joined a strike that has crippled copper production in the southern African country, industry and union officials said on Friday.Miners at the majority
readWB lending up at US$22,3 bln
18-07-2005
WASHINGTON - World Bank loans to developing countries rose by US$2,2 billion to US$22,3 billion (N$147,18 billion) in fiscal 2005, which ended June 30.The bank said about US$13,6 billion went to
readNamibian grapes set to conquer US market
18-07-2005
WINDHOEK - Tucked on a mountain slope across a road from the barren desert of southeastern Namibia, rows of lush green vineyards are producing grapes enjoyed in Europe, China, the Middle East and
readRossing reaches production target
18-07-2005
ROSSING Uranium Limited reached its production target in 2004, producing more than 3 500 tonnes of uranium oxide, the company has said.In a report to stakeholders, Roessing said its mine at Arandis
readBEE high fliers' wings must be clipped
18-07-2005
THE Government has been called upon to put in place strict monitoring mechanisms of black economic empowerment (BEE) deals in a bid to stamp out corruption that observers say is threatening the
readOshakati Hospital worker sentenced for killing child
18-07-2005
A 40-year-old woman who worked at the Eenhana District Hospital has been convicted of culpable homicide for the death of a San child in the hospital in June 2003.The Regional Court last week sentenced
readRuling on enquiry into SSC's N$30m dud deal given today
18-07-2005
ACTING High Court Judge Raymond Heathcote is set to indicate today whether an enquiry into the investment of N$30 million by the Social Security Commission through an upstart company that has since
readOmbudsman's Office opens in South
18-07-2005
THE Office of the Ombudsman opened a regional office in Keetmanshoop on Thursday.Ombudsman John Walters said at the opening that his office had received 325 complaints from the Karas and Hardap
readPensioner killers arrested
18-07-2005
TWO men, aged 29 and 30, will appear in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court today for the murder of 81-year-old Albert Rigaardt.Rigaardt was found dead in a pool of blood in his home on July 6. His
readHigh hopes for fish farming in the South
18-07-2005
THE Karas and Hardap regions have the potential and infrastructure to set up inland fish farms, says the Director of Aquaculture, Ekkehard Klingenhoeffer.Klingenhoeffer told The Namibian that
readKorean man drowns
18-07-2005
THE body of a Korean man who drowned at Goreangab Dam last week has not yet been recovered, the Police said yesterday.The National Sea Rescue Institute was reportedly called in on Friday to find the
readLeviev's gem cutters challenge De Beers
18-07-2005
THE warehouse on an industrial estate in Windhoek looks little different from the beer depot next door.Yet this is Africa's biggest diamond cutting and polishing factory - a catalyst and a symbol of
readCentre keeping children off the streets
18-07-2005
THE After-school Care Centre in Khomasdal is a safe haven for the many children who go there.The centre was opened in 1994 after the then Minister of Local Government and Housing, Libertina Amathila,
read'Baboon shooting' claims return in trial over farm worker killing
18-07-2005
THE High Court trial of two men accused of shooting an Outjo area farm worker to death in April last year was adjourned to September last week, shortly after the resurfacing of claims that one of the
readGrootfontein shooting trial date set
18-07-2005
THE start of the High Court trial of Grootfontein resident Dewald Ludeke, who is charged with murder over the shooting death of a friend that he claimed had committed suicide, was postponed again on
readPhone book in cyberspace soon
18-07-2005
NAMIBIA's telephone directory will soon be accessible on the Internet.Ferdinand Tjombe, public relations manager at Telecom Namibia, says some sections of the directory are already accessible on the
readEhololomadhiladhilo mu DRC lya kwatwa moshipala
18-07-2005
KINSHASA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Kinshasa sha DRC otayi ti kutya AaDRC omayuvi oya li ya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo enene mOlyomakaya ga zileko, (9 Juli) li li ompinge nEpangelo sho lya laateka
readAakiintu yAanamibia takamitheni aalumentu aakwiilongo
18-07-2005
A AKIINTU yAanamibia oya londodhwa kutya naya kale ya tala nawa aalumentu yaakwiilongo uuna ya hala okuya hokana molwashoka, yamwe oya hala ashike okuya hokana opo ya mone uukwashigwana wa
readOndando yomahooli otashi vulika yi ka gwedhelwe mbala
18-07-2005
AANIIHAUTO mu Namibia oye na okwiilongekidhila egwedhelo lyondando yomahooli oshiwike tu uka, ndjoka ya fa itayi vulu aniwa okuyandwa.Nande ongaaka, Uuministeli wOomina nIikwankondo ina u shi koleka
readA hulitha moshiponga
18-07-2005
Nakusa Frieda Ndatega Uushona (36) gwomomukunda Okandiina mOlukonda mOndonga, ngoka a mana oondjenda konima sho ohauto moka a li mo ya mbotswa nayi konima konkwawo pOndangwa ongulohi yeti 2 Juli
readOmukuluntusikola mOmpangu yOpamuthigululwakalo
18-07-2005
OHANGWENA - Omukuluntusikola gwopOsikola yaanona pOshituwa Combined School, Ndumba Ndumba, pEndola moshitopolwa sha Ohangwena ngoka a kuthilwe miilonga pakathimbo, okwa holoka komeho gOmpangu
readGumwe a dhipagwa noombele pOnuno
18-07-2005
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mUukwanyama, oya lopota kutya omulumentu gwoomvula 23 Michael Gideon Nghilifavali gwomomukunda Etale lya Sheidila popepi nOnuno mUukwanyama okwa si eso
readKuku Johanna Iilonga pOkahao a dhana evalo lye lyoomvula omilongo heyali
18-07-2005
OMUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomOkahao mOngandjera mOshitopolwa sha Musati kuku Johanna Iilonga, ngoka a kala ethimbo ele lela Omupangi mOshipangelo sha Kahao , mOlyomakaya geti 9 Juli 2005, okwa ningi
readHakaye a popila etungo lyEgumbo epe lyEpangelo
18-07-2005
NGELE opu na oshinima shi na okusitha Aanamibia ohoni, osho omukalo ngoka haya longitha okukala nAapresidende yawo.Ndhika odha popiwa komusamane Johny Hakaye mOlaata yOpashigwana oshiwike sha zi ko,
readAcademy attracts a thousand
18-07-2005
THE Katutura Youth Complex football pitch was transformed into a human sea when at least 1 000 children turned up in an attempt to get entry into the Collin Benjamin Soccer Academy on Saturday.The
readTigers elects interim committee
18-07-2005
UNITED Africa Sport Club on Saturday elected five members at its annual general meeting (AGM) who will serve on an interim committee until another meeting is held in October.The October meeting will
readChelsea, Man City agree fee for Wright-Phillips
18-07-2005
LONDON - Premier League champions Chelsea agreed a fee with Manchester City for their England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips yesterday."As a result of Shaun's request to speak to Chelsea we have
readCarreira, Davids resign from Ramblers
18-07-2005
RAMBLERS Football Club technical director Mario Carreira and team manager Duimpie Davids resigned from the club at the weekend.Carreira told The Namibian Sport yesterday that he called it quits
readHenry to replace Vieira as Arsenal captain
18-07-2005
LONDON - Thierry Henry will replace Patrick Vieira as Arsenal captain following his France team mate's transfer to Juventus.Asked on Saturday if striker Henry would be given the captain's armband for
readKaizer Chiefs beat AS Vita
18-07-2005
IN a packed capacity crowd at Mmbatho Stadium, Kaizer Chiefs beat the defending Vodacom Challenge champions, AS Vita of DRC 6-5 in a penalty shootout after playing to a 1-1 draw in Mafikeng
readSweet revenge for Queens over Rammies
18-07-2005
REHOBOTH Queens Football Club got sweet revenge when they beat Windhoek Optics Ramblers on their home turf 4-1 in Windhoek on Saturday.Queens went down to Ramblers during the first round 3-2 in
readIn Brief
18-07-2005
* BLAST - Suspicions in a probe into the bomb attack that killed five people Saturday in this western Turkish seaside resort have focused on Kurdish separatists believed to have brought in large
readMwanawasa elected to head Zambia's ruling MMD party
18-07-2005
MULUNGUSHI ROCK - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa on Friday scored a landslide win to head the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), crushing a challenge brought amid a row over
readE. Guinea plane crash kills 55
18-07-2005
MALABO - A search-and-rescue team was yesterday seeking the wreckage of a Russian-built Antonov airliner that crashed with 55 people aboard about 30 kilometres from the Equatorial Guinea capital
readSuspected London bomber was checked out by intelligence service
18-07-2005
LONDON - British intelligence officials opened a file on one of the suspected London suicide bombers last year but decided he posed no real risk, a report said yesterday as the huge investigation
readFirst charges against Saddam laid
18-07-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's special tribunal has laid the first charges against Saddam Hussein for crimes committed under the former president's rule.The tribunal's chief investigating judge told a news
readIraq fuel truck bomb kills 98
18-07-2005
MUSAYYIB - Stricken townspeople swept away the wreckage of a fuel truck bomb that killed 98 people south of Baghdad as three more suicide car bombers struck the Iraqi capital yesterday in a relentless
readRove-gate? Suspense mounts in summer of scandal and farce
18-07-2005
WASHINGTON - For aficionados of scandal, farce and the dark arts of power politics, Washington's latest potboiler has it all.One of the president's men has been caught out, a special prosecutor is
readSmiles and raves for the 'Half-Blood Prince'
18-07-2005
NEW YORK - After all the hype and midnight madness, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is proving as much an event to read as to buy.Critics are calling it the most moving and mature of JK
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