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41 Articles found on Monday, 25 July 2005
Making aid work for Africa
25-07-2005
THERE is no single answer to Africa's developmental challenges, no silver bullet and no quick fixes.The necessary components of success - good governance, careful leadership committed to popular
readSA provides Zim with loan: report
25-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has signed a provisional deal to provide a US$1 billion credit line to Zimbabwe to repay a long overdue loan from the International Monetary Fund and thereby avoid
readShooting at London station roils UK markets
25-07-2005
LONDON - News that police shot a man at a London underground station a day after apparently failed bomb attacks in the capital hit British stocks and weakened the pound on Friday.Demand for
readDe Beers seen lifting diamond sales by 11%
25-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Leading world diamond producer De Beers is likely to increase half-year sales by 11 per cent to US$3,31 billion (N$21,8 billion) on the back of higher prices and ramped-up production,
readMudge fires RP's SG Engelbrecht
25-07-2005
REPUBLICAN Party President Henk Mudge has taken a unilateral decision to dismiss the party's firebrand Secretary General Carola Engelbrecht.Mudge confirmed to The Namibian on Friday that he had taken
readGovt scraps AIDS disability grants
25-07-2005
GOVERNMENT has dropped a bombshell by withdrawing disability grants to people living with HIV-AIDS.Health Permanent Dr Kalumbi Shangula sent out a circular on July 12 to all senior medical officials,
readCourt rules Koch can be extradited
25-07-2005
THE High Court has given the green light for the extradition of German fraud suspect Hans Juergen Koch - but the legal battle over Germany's efforts to prosecute him on massive fraud charges may not
readKapia takes leave
25-07-2005
SWAPO Party Youth League Secretary Paulus Kapia, who has emerged as one of the key figures in an investment deal that has left the Social Security Commission in danger of losing N$30 million, has been
readHit-and-run suspect in court
25-07-2005
A 29-year-old student appeared on five charges in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Friday in connection with a hit-and-run accident in which someone had been run over and killed on a pavement in
readDate set for 1997 stabbing verdict
25-07-2005
A HIGH Court murder trial arising from a fatal stabbing in a Swakopmund nightclub in 1997 is set to reach its long-overdue judgement day on August 15.Dean Whatley (39) last week returned to the High
readSend in the Scouts
25-07-2005
THE Rover Scouts youth organisation from Stolberg, Germany, is building a hostel for needy children on a farm near Rundu.The Scouts were approached for help by Kaspar-xchange, a charity organisation
readSwapo MP hits out at 'fee sharks'
25-07-2005
SERVICE and financing fees charged by financial institutions, furniture and clothes retailers, are too high, says a Swapo member of the National Council In fact, said Margareth Mensah-Williams, she
readSwanu wants to talk to Govt about resettlement concerns
25-07-2005
THE South West Africa National Union (Swanu) has mandated its Political Bureau to seek an audience with the Ministry of Lands to discuss their concerns over Government's resettlement policy.Swanu
readMan shoots robber suspects
25-07-2005
A MAN claiming to have acted in self-defence when he was allegedly attacked by eight people has been arrested for firing a gun and injuring one of his alleged assailants.Mathews Amunyela was
read'Namibia can't afford to slack off in the fight against AIDS'
25-07-2005
HEALTH Minister Richard Kamwi says Namibia faces a crisis in which the numbers of HIV infected people increase every day."Apart from the increasing numbers of HIV-infected people, we talk of the
readTrial on killing rampage at Keetmanshoop postponed
25-07-2005
THE High Court trial of rape, double murder and attempted murder suspect Lorensus Goliath had to be postponed last week amid mixed signals on whether he intended to plead guilty or not.The
readECN interviews today
25-07-2005
POTENTIAL Electoral Commissioners for the next national elections in 2009 will be interviewed in front of an open gallery in Windhoek from today.Thirteen applicants have been short-listed for five
readNakuteya ondunda ya tate Nashandi a pewa oomvula 15 mondholongo
25-07-2005
OMULUMENTU omugundjuka gwedhina Timoteus Kamati gwoomvula 22 nokwa zile momukunda Onankali mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto, ngoka pamwe nayakwawo yaali Thomas Petrus gwoomvula 2, a zile kOniihandi
readUunafaalama woohi owa simana noonkondo, Nguvauva ta ti
25-07-2005
UUNAFAALAMA woohi ou li oshinima shimwe shoka Epangelo lya Namibia lya tala kutya otashi ka eta po iikulya ya gwana ompito dhiilonga odhindji moshilongo.Shika osha popiwa kOminista yopevi yOohi nOonzo
readOositola dhiikutu niikwaipundi otadhi nyokoma, Mensah-Williams ta ti
25-07-2005
OMUNASHIPUNDI gwopevi mOlaata yOpashigwana, Margareth Mensah-Williams, okwa ti Oositola dhiikutu nodhiipundi dhimwe mu Namibia otadhi nyokoma aakwashigwana.Mensah-Williams okwa ti Oositola dhiikutu
readMangetti otaka gandja Ooshako 200 dhuusila
25-07-2005
E hangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti otali ka gandja Ooshako dhuusila wiilya yomahangu dhi li omathele gaali go 12 Kiligrama kUuministeli wUuhaku nIilonga yUundjolowele moshiwike tashi ya.Omunashipundi
readOfaalama ya Ongombo West otayi landwa po kEpangelo
25-07-2005
OFAALAMA ya Ongombo West, yi li ookilometa omilongo ndatu (30 km) kuumbangalantu-zilo wa Venduka, yimwe yomoofaalama ne ndhoka tadhi ka kuthwa po kEpangelo omwedhi tagu ya.Oonzo dhomauyelele mEpangelo
readNFA elects new exco
25-07-2005
FOUR new members were elected onto the Namibia Football Association (NFA) executive committee during the Association's congress held at Soccer House on Saturday.The 16 affiliates of the NFA were
readTigers in superior form
25-07-2005
KHOMAS Region Netball League side Tigers defeated their Khomasdal-based rival Civics 35-30 at the Katutura Youth Complex in their second encounter of the league's second round.Tigers defeated Civics
readWorld record for Isinbayeva, Powell injury
25-07-2005
LONDON - World record holder Asafa Powell pulled up injured in the 100 metres and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva became the first woman to clear five metres at a surprise-filled London
readSwakopmund Secondary wins Erongo final
25-07-2005
SWAKOPMUND Secondary School (SSS) defeated the Kuisebmund Secondary School by a solitary goal to clinch the Erongo Coca- Cola Youth Cup final Saturday.SSS beat Hermann Gmeiner Technical High School
readBoks fired by Jean to beat Wallabies
25-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Jean de Villiers grabbed his first opportunity at inside centre Saturday to spark the Springboks to a 33-20 victory over Australia at Ellis Park Stadium.The victory saw
readMannie, Marc win in Italy
25-07-2005
NAMIBIANS Mannie Heymans and Marc Bassinghtwaighte won the last stage of the Trans Alps Mountain Bike Challenge in Italy Saturday.The two Namibians won stage eight from Belluno to Jesolo over a
readNamibia beat Germany at Homeless
25-07-2005
WC BIG Issue Namibia beat Germany 5-2 in the Homeless World Cup on Saturday.However, Namibia is out of the race for the Big Issue Scotland Trophy after their loss against Portugal on Friday in their
readBotes named player of the season
25-07-2005
NAMIBIAN ace striker Henrico Botes was declared the supreme footballer in the country when he was named the Player of the Season by the Namibia Football Association (NFA) on Saturday.He was not
readKenyan leader urges Africa to stand up to challenges
25-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has challenged Africa's leaders and their people to stand up to the challenges facing the world's poorest continent
read'I came face-to-face with bomber'
25-07-2005
BUSINESS analyst Abisha Moyo on Friday described in vivid detail how he came face-to-face with one of four would-be suicide bombers whose failed attacks brought a second wave of terror to London on
readShooting of innocent man a setback, say British press
25-07-2005
LONDON - The shooting by British police of a seemingly innocent Brazilian man was the tragic outcome of ultra-tight security following two sets of bomb attacks in London inside a fortnight, newspapers
readZawahiri: Egypt's shadowy son and al Qaeda ideologist
25-07-2005
DUBAI - The devastating al Qaeda-linked attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh that left at least 88 dead have turned the spotlight once more on Osama bin Laden's deputy and Egypt's most shadowy son, Ayman
readSharon vows harsh response to Gaza attacks
25-07-2005
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday threatened a harsh military response to Palestinian violence during and after Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip following the murder of a
readIraq police station blast kills 22
25-07-2005
BAGHDAD - Twenty-two people were killed and 25 wounded yesterday when a suicide bomber blew up a truck full of explosives outside a police station in Baghdad."The bodies of the victims, many of whom
readMoment of decision nears for UN Security Council expansion
25-07-2005
UNITED NATIONS - Ambassadors from Brazil, Japan, Germany and India, aspirants for permanent UN Security Council seats, said on Saturday they had exhausted discussions in New York and it was time for
readLondon police apologises for shooting of Brazilian man
25-07-2005
LONDON - The head of London's police force expressed deep regret yesterday for the slaying of a Brazilian man by officers who mistook him for a suspect in the recent terror bombings, but defended
readEgypt hunts down attackers after Red Sea resort carnage
25-07-2005
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Egypt launched a vast manhunt yesterday after the multiple bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh that killed 88 people and added to global terror fears after the London
readIn Brief
25-07-2005
* KILLED - Fifty-six passengers were killed and six others were seriously injured near the Nigerian northern city of Kano as the bus in which they were travelling plunged into a river, road safety
readNedbank sees earnings up
25-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Shares in South Africa's Nedbank Group rose over two per cent to a two-year high on Friday after the group said it expected first-half earnings to increase by as much as 50 per
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