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41 Articles found on Wednesday, 22 June 2005
China launching textile export quotas
22-06-2005
BEIJING - China has announced plans to launch a new quota system to check its booming exports of textiles, a mechanism for effecting a deal reached with the European Union 10 days ago that eased trade
readRosh Pinah and MUN wage agreement
22-06-2005
THE Human Resources Manager of Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation, Kondja Kaulinge, has announced that his company and the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) have concluded their negotiations on wages and
readRich nations must do more on farm reform
22-06-2005
GENEVA - The world's richest economies have made some progress in reducing hugely expensive farm subsidies, but these remain heavily trade-distorting, the OECD said yesterday.The Paris-based
readKenyan man nearly lynched after having sex with sheep
22-06-2005
NAIROBI - A cobbler suspected of sorcery was attacked and nearly lynched by outraged villagers in central Kenya yesterday after being caught having sex with a female sheep, witnesses and officials
readChinese chip in on State House
22-06-2005
THE Chinese government is expected to foot the bill for building the new presidential residence in Auasblick - the construction of which is to start early next year.Minister of Works, Joel Kaapanda
readJustice delays to persist
22-06-2005
THE huge backlog in cases in the Magistrate's Courts appears unlikely to be cleared soon.In fact the High and Supreme Courts could be hit by the same fate due to a lack of funding to appoint more
readSchool beating lands in court
22-06-2005
THE High Court yesterday started hearing testimony in a case in which corporal punishment in Namibian schools - declared unconstitutional more than 14 year ago already - is alleged to have made a
readTribal divisions at Vaalgras deepen
22-06-2005
PLANS to stage a separate commemoration to the annual commemoration of the German genocide of 1904 has widened a split among the Orlams people of Vaalgras.The Vaalgras people hold an annual festival
readNC praise for quality authority
22-06-2005
THE former Governor for Kavango region has praised the Ministry of Trade and Industry for introducing the Accreditation Board of Namibia Bill, currently under review in the National Council.Speaking
readOshakati prepares to lay on star treatment for hometown beauty
22-06-2005
MISS Namibia 2005, Leefa Shiikwa (22), will visit her hometown of Oshakati this weekend for the first time since she was crowned as the prettiest girl in the nation.Remind Ekando of the NBC's
readGovt gives N$2m for computer training
22-06-2005
CABINET has approved N$2 million from the Social Security Commission's (SSC) Development Fund to assist 323 unemployed youths obtain information and communication technology (ICT) qualifications.This
readCabinet decisions
22-06-2005
Cabinet took the following decisions at its ninth ordinary meeting on May 31: UN development plan adopted CABINET has agreed to accept the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for
readRefugee Day marked at Osire
22-06-2005
IN contrast to the last two years, World Refugee Day commemorations at Namibia's main refugee camp, Osire, were held without incident on Monday.The theme this year was 'It takes courage to be a
readNTB to close 'flea motels'
22-06-2005
ACCOMMODATION facilities that do not meet minimum standards set by the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) will be closed down in the next few days.NTB official Digu Naobeb says the board has been
readGovt given 6 months to get rid of racist law
22-06-2005
A BLATANTLY racist law that remains in force in Namibia 15 years after Independence will be sticking around for a little longer, because the Ministry of Justice needs more time to prepare a proper
readJacob Iyambo ota kongo ekwatho koshigwana
22-06-2005
OMUSAMANE Jacob Iyambo (gwoomvula 46) ota indile koshigwana oshiholimbili, shi mu kwathele oshitishanathingo.Ota ti, ombinzi ye oyongundu AB positive. Omukwatheli na kale e na uukolele wiihwapo ye na
readTaku kongwa aanonaya nakusa Kondja
22-06-2005
TATE Benhard Simon gwomomukunda Onalunkono mUukwambi ota kongo aanona ya nakusa Ipumbu Donatus Kondja, shi na sha neso lya tate gwawo nguka Ipumbu Donatus Kondja ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe meti 20
readOmwiihupuli a dhipaga aantu 13
22-06-2005
ARBIL - OMWIIHUPULI gumwe ( i imangele omboma) okwa dhipaga Aapolisitonateli yoondjila ye li omulongo nayatatu e ta ehameke wo natango ye li 103, sho a hanagulapo ohauto yo Chevrolet ontiligane
readIno pitililwa po kotuntila ya Polio
22-06-2005
NGASHI shito mOmwedhi nguka Juni, nonuumvo otuntila kombinga yomukithi gwa Polio oya tameke ongula yohela sigo onena, nuunona auhe mboka wu li kohi yoomvula ntano, otau falwa komahala hoka ku na
readOngeleka ya Anamulenge oyi na okuopalekululwa; Kanyenye ta ti
22-06-2005
GUMWE gwomaakuluntu yOngeleka ya katoolika ka Roma mEgongalo lya Anamulenge mOmbalantu, tate Josef Kanyenye Aluvilu, ngoka wo e li Kansola gwOshikandjohogololo sha Anamulenge, okwa tseyithila The
readTate Bote e tu thiga po
22-06-2005
ONKUNDANA yoluhodhi ye tu zilila momukunda Ongha mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya omukalimo gwaamoka a tseyika nawa tate Josef Ndeulukilwa ya Ndimulunde, nedhina lya tseyika nawa
readMiss Namibia ote ya koNooli mehuliloshiwike
22-06-2005
* OSWALD SHIVUTE O KAKADHONA okawanawandhingi moNamibia, ano Miss Namibia, Leefa Shiikwa koomvula omilongo mbali nambali (22), kumwe nIinkumbi yako, Maria Hiwilepo na Hendrina Udjombala, otaka thiki
readOmukululi ta kongwa shi na sha neyugo
22-06-2005
OMULUMENTU gumwe a li ha kulila pOkuryangava ota kongwa kOpolisi shi na sha neyugo kwa homatiwa po Rehoboth iiwike iya li ya piti po ngashiingeyi.Opolisi oya tseyitha kutya otayi kongo Tobias Shaanika
readZuma ota ka holoka mOmpangu
22-06-2005
PRETORIA - Omupresidende gwopevi kwali mu South Afrika, Jacob Zuma, ota ka tamanekelwa oshipotha shuulingilingi sha faathana konyala noshomugandjimayele gwe ngoka a pewa egeelo lyomumvo 15 konima
readFrance make changes for Boks
22-06-2005
PORT ELIZABETH - France have made eight changes in their side to face South Africa in the second test on Saturday.Captain Dimitri Yachvili, who was rested for the first test in Durban, replaces
readFootball Results Coca Cola Youth Cup
22-06-2005
Football Played June 13 Academia 5-3 St.Pauls College Played, June 14 Concordia 2-0 CentaurusPlayed, June 15 JJ Afrikaner 2-1 Shifidi SS Boys Pioneer 5-1 DSSW A. Shipena 1 (5) -1 (4) HTS St.
readTable tennis competition heads to Rehoboth
22-06-2005
TABLE tennis enthusiasts in Rehoboth can look forward to an exciting competition when local schools vie for top placement in the First National Bank Central Schools Table Tennis Championship at the
readVenus sails past Birnerova
22-06-2005
LONDON - Twice Wimbledon champion Venus Williams sailed into the second round of the championships yesterday with an effortless 6-2 6-4 victory over Czech outsider Eva Birnerova."Everything went
readLife Fighters get no arbitration
22-06-2005
THE case which involves Life Fighters in their attempt to get back their premiership status was dealt a blow after the Namibia Premier League (NPL) dismissed a proposed arbitration by the club on
readFear of revenge keeps Rwanda rebels in DRC
22-06-2005
KAZIBA - Kalashnikovs slung over their shoulders, the four young killers paced the dusty chicken yard in their Wellington boots, growing more nervous by the minute.The fidgety gunmen - Rwandan Hutu
readZim clean-up blitz gets international scrutiny
22-06-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe sees international criticism of the razing of homes and offices that have left hundreds of thousands homeless in Zimbabwe as unfair, a state-run daily reported
readAcclaimed Danish furniture designer
22-06-2005
COPENHAGEN - Nanna Ditzel, one of Denmark's leading designers who won international acclaim for her sleek and functional furniture, has died.She was 81. Ditzel died on Friday at a hospital in
readA champion of the poor dies
22-06-2005
MANILA - Cardinal Jaime Sin, a hugely influential Roman Catholic spiritual leader who helped to topple two Philippine presidents, died in hospital yesterday aged 76.Hundreds of mourners began
readIN BRIEF
22-06-2005
* BLOCKED - Democratic senators blocked John Bolton's controversial nomination as US ambassador to the United Nations, defying White House calls for the Senate to confirm President George W. Bush's
readRivals trade barbs in Iran's heated run-off campaign
22-06-2005
TEHRAN - Backers of Iran's presidential run-off rivals exchanged barbs yesterday in a hotly contested race between pragmatic cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a surprise hardline contestant.Friday's
readTogo gets new govt after chaotic election
22-06-2005
LOME - Togo unveiled a new government late on Monday, including several new faces from outside the ruling party and one minister from an opposition coalition that said the president's election win was
readSaddam misses Ronald Reagan
22-06-2005
NEW YORK - Saddam Hussein likes Doritos, washes his hands compulsively and thinks fondly of the late US President Ronald Reagan, according to American soldiers who guarded him and tell their story in
readRamaphosa tipped to take over as next SA president
22-06-2005
CAPE TOWN - Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has emerged as the favourite to succeed Thabo Mbeki as president of South Africa in a survey.Finance Minister Trevor Manuel emerges as second favourite choice
read'Iraq insurgents want all-out civil war'
22-06-2005
IRBIL - America's new ambassador to Iraq yesterday expressed horror at the level of violence wracking Iraq and said Islamic extremists and former members of Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party were
readGroup targets De Beers
22-06-2005
NEW YORK - Celebrities will today be urged by protesters from human rights organisation Survival International not to cross their picket line at the opening of the first De Beers store in the USA
read54,3 million euros in aid
22-06-2005
PHNOM PENH - The European Union's executive yesterday extended aid worth 54,3 million euros (N$434,4 million) to Cambodia aimed at boosting economic and social development as well as good
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