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41 Articles found on Thursday, 2 June 2005
Anti-competitive practices in car trade
02-06-2005
PRETORIA - A Competition Commission investigation has found anti-competitive practices by motor manufacturers, dealers, importers and distributors, the commission said on Tuesday.A collusion and
readDiamond overall price raised
02-06-2005
LONDON - The world's largest diamond producer, De Beers, said yesterday it would raise overall prices by under three percent from June.The Diamond Trading Company, the marketing arm of De Beers, said
readIipumbu visits northern regions
02-06-2005
OSHAKATI - The Namibian economy should be transformed from an import- to an export-oriented one to create value addition through diversification to areas such as vegetable gardening, poultry rearing,
readAlexander Forbes targets growth
02-06-2005
ALEXANDER Forbes Financial Services, a division of the Alexander Forbes Group Namibia (Pty) Ltd, sees growth potential in the retirement funds market over the next few years.Recent changes at the
readEconomic summit opens
02-06-2005
CAPE TOWN - The World Economic Forum's (WEF) 15th annual Africa Economic Summit opened in Cape Town yesterday with a strong call by business to support the proposals contained in the recent
readChamber of Commerce plans 3-year strategy
02-06-2005
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) is compiling a three-year strategic plan to guide the organisation's operations.Speaking at a meeting organised by the NCCI management to meet with
readBus Association shocked
02-06-2005
RUNDU - The Chairperson of the Northeastern Bus and Taxis Association here, Kalunda Mwengo, yesterday expressed shock over the fatal accident.Speaking on behalf of the association, Mwengo expressed
read'A terrible moment'
02-06-2005
A MINIBUS taxi belonging to Andreas Frai travelling from Windhoek to Rundu, passed the accident scene minutes after the deadly head-on collision occurred.By that time it stopped to help the injured,
readPresident expresses grief
02-06-2005
THE scale of the accident that claimed 27 lives on the road between Grootfontein and Rundu on Tuesday night prompted President Hifikepunye Pohamba to take the unusual step of addressing the media to
readWorst-ever accident
02-06-2005
IN one deadly moment, 27 people's lives were ripped from them on the Grootfontein-Rundu road on Tuesday night.Mainly women and children were reportedly killed when a heavy duty truck, transporting
readGolden holidays for ex-President Nujoma
02-06-2005
FORMER President Sam Nujoma and Mrs Kovambo Nujoma will save a pretty penny when taking vacations inside Namibia.On Monday, Dr Victoria Nicodemus, the Managing Director of Namibia Wildlife Resorts
readMore bankers trained for workplace
02-06-2005
WINDHOEK - Bank Windhoek held a graduation ceremony last week for 22 students who completed a five-month training programme in banking.The course, the Candidate Bankers Training programme, was
readClean beaches for Enviro Day
02-06-2005
THE central coast will be making a huge event of World Environment Day, celebrated worldwide on Sunday, by organising a seven day clean-up operation of the dune belt between Swakopmund and Walvis
readCommunities test income-creation ideas
02-06-2005
THE Ncumcara community near Rundu has embarked on an initiative to generate income for families by selling firewood on the B8 main road to Grootfontein.Although the sight of bundles of firewood
readTwo burn to death in their huts in the North
02-06-2005
A 16-year-old boy, Onesmus Iita, burned to death in his sleeping hut at Oshaala village in the Outapi area on Monday.The Outapi Police say the cause of the fire is not yet known. The Ohangwena Police
readClub stabbing accused acquitted
02-06-2005
THE plea of self-defence that a young Walvis Bay resident raised in his trial on a charge of murder won his acquittal in the Swakopmund Regional Court this week.Magistrate Ben Myburgh found Joey Yon
readMeatco denies refusing to slaughter cattle
02-06-2005
MEATCO has denied that it ever refused to slaughter cattle for the Mangetti Meat Market, as was claimed by the Market's Chairman, Ismael Shailemo and its General Manager, Shali Kamati, earlier this
readNabta condemns taxi blockade
02-06-2005
Air Namibia leases 2 Airbus A340-300s * LINDSAY DENTLINGER AIR Namibia has signed a seven-year lease agreement for two Airbus A340-300 aircraft to fly its international routes.The move follows the
readNabta condemns taxi blockade
02-06-2005
THE Namibian Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) has distanced itself from the actions of members who blocked main thoroughfares in central Windhoek on Monday.The chairperson of Nabta's Interim
readCourt official arrested over extortion attempt
02-06-2005
A COURT interpreter on Tuesday became the second person to appear in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court over an alleged attempt to extract a N$40 000 payment from a medical doctor in return for
readTax evaders warned
02-06-2005
DEPUTY Minister of Finance Tjekero Tweya has warned individuals and businesses that Government was hot on the heels of tax evaders and abusers of the system.Putting to the National Assembly on Tuesday
readPolytechnic na gandje ootundi dhuunangeshefa
02-06-2005
WINDHOEK - Omulongi miiputudhilo yOpombanda mu South Afrika ngoka a li ta talelepo mu Namibia okwa popi kutya Polytechnic ya Namibia oya pumbwa okutula miilonga omukalo nenge tutye omuhingo ngoka
readIigwanahangano oyi ikwata ekwatopo lyaagandjimakwathelo mu Sudan
02-06-2005
GENEVA - Omukuluntu gwOkomisi yIigwanahangano yi na sha negameno lyUuthemba wOmuntu, Louise Arbor, okwa popi kutya okwi ikwata ekwatopo yomuniilonga omugandjimakwathelo gwopaigwana mu Sudan, ngoka a
readMinista Tsheehama a pewa oompumbwe pOndholongo ya Luno
02-06-2005
PETHIMMBO ndyoka a kala ta talele po omahala ngoka ga pamba Uuministeli we, ngashi Oosasiona dhOpolisi nOondholongo mOnooli, Ominista yEgameno lyOnkalonawa yOshilongo nAantu yamo, omusamane Peter
readTransNamib okwa hala etokolo lyOmpangu li talululwe
02-06-2005
OKAMPANI ya TransNamib otayi ka ya kOmpangu ngula, yi ka kwate moshipala etokolo lyOmpangu kutya nayi fute Bernard !Gaeb (a li nale Menindjela mOkampani ndjika) Oondola/N$500 000.Ompangu yAaniilonga
readOmathithi naga pewe Openzela alikana; Ndinomupya ta ti
02-06-2005
OMUPRESIDENDE gwEhangano lyOmathithi moNamibia Josef Ndinomupya yo nOmupevipresidende gwe Walde Kambabi oya lombwela Oshifo shika nokugandja wo enyenyeto kutya, nonando Epangelo lya gandja ezimino
readNatu longeni aanona yetu nawa, Kaiyamo ta ti
02-06-2005
OSHILYO shongundu yoSwapo mOmutumba gwOpashigwana Elia Kaiyamo okwa holola euvonayi lye kombinga yonkalo yElongo mu Namibia.Kaiyamo okwa ningi eindilo kiilyo yOparliamende kutya onawa ngele taya
readYe li 27 ya sa moshiponga shOhauto pOshaanda
02-06-2005
OSHIPONGA oshinene noshinyanyaleka osha ningilwa pokati kOshaanda noRundu ongulohi yEtiyali lya zi ko naantu ayehe kumwe ye li omilongo mbali nayaheyali oya si moshiponga muka.Otaku tiwa kutya
readFootball Log Standings
02-06-2005
Namibia Premier League Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Civics 30 21 8 1 71 28 43 71 B/ Waters 30 21 6 3 80 28 52 69 Tigers 30 17 7 6 57 30 27 58 Ramblers 29 18 4 7 63 39 24 58 Orlando Pir. 30 14 8 8 58 36
readFirestone successfully defend rural tourney
02-06-2005
FIRESTONE, a rural football side, won the Old Mutual OSCA May Cup by beating rivals Kick & Run 2-0 in the final held at Otjohorongo towards the end of last month.Firestone, who were the defending
readGergely Pongratz: a leader of anti-communist uprising
02-06-2005
GERGELY Pongratz, who died on May 18 aged 73, was one of the leaders of Hungary's anti-Communist uprising in 1956.The rebellion against Hungary's Russian masters began on October 23. For two weeks
readIn Short
02-06-2005
BATTERED BIRDS - More than a fifth of the planet's bird species face extinction as humans venture further into their habitats and introduce alien predators, an environmental group said yesterday.While
readBritain to try out grass power
02-06-2005
LONDON - Work will start this year on Britain's first major power station fuelled by grass, as Prime Minister Tony Blair tries to make his country more environmentally friendly.The 6,5-million-pound
readThousands of people risk starvation in south Sudan
02-06-2005
KHARTOUM - Food supplies are critically low in many parts of southern Sudan, exposing thousands of people to starvation, the region's leaders and humanitarian agencies have warned.They blame the
readMugabe finally welcomes United Nations food aid
02-06-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said yesterday he welcomed food aid from the United Nations but it was not yet clear how much the country would ask for, a senior UN official said.Mugabe has
readNixon aides condemn 'Deep Throat'
02-06-2005
WASHINGTON - Aides to the late president Richard Nixon said yesterday that former FBI deputy director Mark Felt, unmasked as the anonymous Watergate source known as "Deep Throat", had breached
readKaunda to mediate in Togo
02-06-2005
ADDIS ABABA - The African Union has named former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, 81, to mediate in the political conflict in Togo, the pan-African body said.The veteran statesman will have "the
readDutch set to reject EU charter
02-06-2005
CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL - The Netherlands voted in a referendum on the European constitution yesterday with polls pointing to a resounding "No" that would compound a crisis in the bloc triggered by
readFresh ethnic clashes in Ivory Coast
02-06-2005
ABIDJAN - Armed men killed at least 28 people on the outskirts of Ivory Coast's western cocoa town of Duekoue, shooting and knifing their victims and torching their homes, security officials and
readSuicide bomb kills 20 in Afghan mosque
02-06-2005
KANDAHAR - A suicide bomb attack on the funeral of a leading cleric killed by suspected Taliban militants left at least 20 people dead in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar yesterday including one
readIn Brief
02-06-2005
MOLESTATION - The jury could begin deliberating in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial by the end of the week, a judge said on Tuesday, following instructions on the law and closing arguments
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