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43 Articles found on Tuesday, 26 July 2005
Meat consumption on the rise
26-07-2005
WINDHOEK - Worldwide meat production continues to grow, with an estimated 258 million tons produced by farmers in the year 2004, a two per cent increase from 2003, according to the Worldwatch
readBarclays secures Absa, holds 54 per cent
26-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Britain's Barclays Plc has acquired 53,96 per cent of South Africa's biggest consumer bank Absa for around 27,9 billion rand, the groups said on Monday.The transaction will be settled
readDe Beers earnings decline; production up
26-07-2005
DE BEERS, the world's biggest diamond producer, yesterday announced a decline in earnings and headline earnings in its interim results for the six months ended June 30 2005.Own earnings were recorded
readKimberley mine to close
26-07-2005
LONDON - De Beers is to close its historic underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, by the end of the year with the loss of around 1 000 jobs, the world's biggest diamond miner told Reuters
readSix shortlisted for Nitel stake
26-07-2005
LAGOS - Nigeria has pre-qualified six prospective investors interested in a majority stake in its national phone carrier Nitel, the privatisation agency said yesterday.The Bureau for Public
readFarmers speculate on market shift
26-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Facing prices so low they say they cannot break even, South African farmers are hoarding maize and buying futures in the hope of making money if the market rises when they fail to
readSAA strike reverberates across the continent
26-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African Airways (SAA) was forced to cancel dozens more flights as one of the worst strikes in the airline's history went to a fourth day yesterday, stranding travellers from
readSA reserves low, inflation on track
26-07-2005
PRETORIA - South Africa's levels of reserves were probably "still a bit on the low" side but the central bank would continue to build them at a moderate pace, deputy governor Ian Plenderleith said
readUrgent action needed on San, says Deputy PM
26-07-2005
THE situation of impoverished San communities in the Ohangwena and Omusati regions has been described as "precarious" and requiring urgent action."The situation of the San is precarious to say the
readPetrol prices in Namibia set to nudge N$5 barrier
26-07-2005
NAMIBIANS will have to brace themselves for a steep fuel price hike from next Wednesday.The Minister of Mines and Energy, Erkki Nghimtina, announced the increase yesterday.The price of petrol will go
read'Where's the SSC millions?'
26-07-2005
"I'M looking for the thirty million," Acting Judge Raymond Heathcote said at one stage yesterday during his High Court enquiry into a N$30-million investment that the Social Security Commission made
readAvid money hunt starts
26-07-2005
A NAME that featured prominently during the Presidential Commission of Enquiry into the activities of the Social Security Commission in 2003 was thrust centre stage when a High Court enquiry on a
readLow-cost housing needs a rethink
26-07-2005
THE head of the National Housing Enterprise, Mike Kavekotora, says people should let go of their preconceived ideas against houses that are not built of bricks and mortar.Speaking at the handover of
readYoung AK-wielding robber to spend 15 years behind bars
26-07-2005
A YOUNG man from Onakali village in the Oshikoto Region has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in jail for robbing a shop at gunpoint three years ago.Timoteus Kamati (22) was convicted on three
readParagon's land purchase goes ahead
26-07-2005
BLACK empowerment company Paragon Investments will be allowed to pursue its plans to buy a piece of prime municipal land in Windhoek.The City has denied accusations made in reports in the New Era
readSwapo meets to discuss divisions, manifesto
26-07-2005
SWAPO is organising a high-level two-day strategic workshop next month which, insiders claim, is geared towards solving disunity within the ruling party.Swapo Secretary for Information Netumbo
readLumbly leaves, 'Wavered' soldiers on
26-07-2005
CARL Lumbly, the American actor portraying former President Sam Nujoma in the film 'Where Others Wavered', left Namibia on Friday.According to executive producer Uazuva Kaumbi, Lumbly finished the
readGhosts of disunity haunt Swapo again
26-07-2005
SWAPO is once again trying to shoot down reports of disunity within its ranks, saying "ghost writers" who have recently penned letters to this effect, were deliberately trying to cause
readThree fired at Unam
26-07-2005
THE University of Namibia has suspended three staff members following allegations that some examination officers had tampered with exam results.In a statement issued late yesterday, Unam said it had
readAirNam rakes in extra cash from SAA strike
26-07-2005
AIR Namibia is among the regional airlines that are benefiting from the strike that has grounded Africa's major airline, South African Airways (SAA).Air Namibia's flights to Johannesburg, Frankfurt
readDeputy PM steps into Okahandja fray
26-07-2005
DEPUTY Prime Minister Libertina Amathila is set to visit Okahandja tomorrow to set the Council on a path of reconciliation after months of infighting has caused disruption and division at the
readNAU protests 'unwilling sale' of farms
26-07-2005
THE Namibia Agricultural Union has expressed concern about the expropriation of productive commercial farms.The NAU confirmed that Government had bought the farm Ongombo West for N$3,7 million from
readEngelbrecht a tidhwa ku Mudge
26-07-2005
OMUPRESIDENDE gwongundu yo Republican Party (RP), Henk Mudge okwa ningi etokolo lyopaumwene okutidha Amushanga-Ndjayi yawo Carola Engelbrecht.Nando ongaaka, Mudge ina gandja omatompelo kutya
readOmuBrazil a dhipagwa pamupya mu London
26-07-2005
LONDON - Opolisi mu London oya tseyitha kutya omulumentu OmuBrazil okwa yahwa pamupya konima yomaponokelo gaali ngoka ga ningwa kaaihupuli.Petameko okwa li kuniwe eitaalo kutya omulumentu nguka
readOmpangu ya tokola Koch a shunithwe kaandjawo
26-07-2005
OMPANGU yOpombanda oya ningi etokolo kutya Omundowishi Hans Jurgen Koch ngoka ta fekelelwa uulingilingi koshilongo shawo nokwa halika hoka opo a ka taalele omatamaneko ngoka ta ningilwa ota vulu
readA yaha omufekelwa
26-07-2005
OMULUMENTU gumwe ngoka ta popi kutya okwa li ta ningi ipopila to lika sho aniwa a li a ponokelwa kaantu yahetatu, okwa dhitikwa sho aniwa u umbu ondjembo nokweehameka gumwe gomwaamboka ta popi kutya
readRammies bury Unam
26-07-2005
THE 2004 field hockey league runners-up Ramblers thumped the defending champions Pepsi Unam 3-0 in their women's premier league match at the Doc Jubber fields on Saturday.Ramblers scored through Anke
readHorse racing at Gobabis
26-07-2005
THE Gobabis Turf Club will host a horse-racing event in which over 80 Arabian horses are expected to compete on July 30.A statement from the Gobabis Turf Club states that horse owners from Angola and
readLance bids farewell to Tour de France
26-07-2005
PARIS - Lance Armstrong will never ride in the Tour de France again.After seven years of dominance, he is trading in rough rides through the mountains for leisurely days on the beach.Having stepped
readWindhoek Cricket Club to hold AGM Thursday
26-07-2005
THE Windhoek Cricket Club will hold its annual general meeting at St.Andrew's Primary School on Thursday from 18h00.The Windhoek Cricket Club has been in existence since 2000 and one of their aims is
readNam ends in top 15 at Homeless World Cup
26-07-2005
NAMIBIA bowed out of the Homeless World Cup when it lost 2-1 to Argentina in a bid to secure the 13th position at the event that concluded on Sunday in Scotland.Namibia thus secured the 14th spot in
readVipers to take on Black Caps
26-07-2005
A full-strength New Zealand cricket side is expected in Namibia today, for two One Day International (ODI) matches against the Namibian side the coming weekend in Windhoek.The matches form part of
readMugabe invites Annan to Zim
26-07-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to visit Zimbabwe after the UN released a damning report on his government's destruction of shantytowns, the official Herald
readRwanda: Clinton regrets 'my failure'
26-07-2005
KIGALI - Former US President Bill Clinton, visiting a Rwandan genocide memorial on Saturday, expressed regret for his "personal failure" to prevent the 1994 slaughter of 800 000 people.On a brief
readBotswana Hereros wait in vain for reparations
26-07-2005
TSAU - For more than 20 years, descendants of the Herero, wearing traditional dress ironically modelled on German military uniforms of the early 20th century, have gathered in Botswana each July to
readAU provides US$1m for Niger
26-07-2005
NAIROBI - The African Union (AU) has provided one million dollars in emergency aid to the famine-stricken west African state of Niger, the pan-African body said in a statement received yesterday."The
readLondon Underground station hit by bombing reopens
26-07-2005
LONDON - One of three London Underground stations hit by the deadly July 7 suicide bombings was reopened yesterday, but commuters in the British capital still faced wide-scale disruptions to subway
readGrenade attacks kill several in Ethiopia
26-07-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Several people were killed and 20 injured in grenade attacks in eastern Ethiopia late on Sunday, a government spokesman said yesterday.One grenade was thrown into a hotel restaurant and
readShuttle crews face significant risks
26-07-2005
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Space shuttle crews face significant risks, particularly upon blastoff and in the final moments of their missions.This was clearly demonstrated when Challenger exploded
readTwin car bombs hit Baghdad
26-07-2005
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi capital was hit by twin suicide car bombs yesterday that killed at least eight people as Australian Prime Minister John Howard, a top US ally, made a surprise visit to
readFamily of slain Brazilian may sue British police
26-07-2005
LONDON - The family of a Brazilian electrician who was mistaken for a terrorist and slain by British police threatened yesterday to take legal action, but a senior officer insisted the new threat
readEgypt hunts 6 Pakistani resort bombing suspects
26-07-2005
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Egypt was yesterday hunting for six Pakistani nationals suspected of involvement in the devastating multiple bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, police said.Pictures
readIn Brief
26-07-2005
* BLAST - A second unknown group calling itself Mujahedeen Egypt has claimed the deadly triple bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh and given the names of five "martyrs" who allegedly died in carrying out the
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