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35 Articles found on Thursday, 23 June 2005
Rooibos storm finally off the boil
23-06-2005
JOHANNESBURG - The storm in a teacup over the use of the word Rooibos finally ended this week with an agreement that worldwide registration of the name will be cancelled.This follows final agreement
readEU to compensate for sugar reform
23-06-2005
BRUSSELS - Europe will earmark 40 million euros (N$320 million) for 2006 to compensate former colonies for revenue losses caused by its forthcoming sugar reform, and give more aid up to 2013, the
readBeef industry faces imbalance
23-06-2005
ONGWEDIVA - The imbalances of the past continue in the country's beef industry and as a result farmers north of the so-called 'redline' veterinary cordon fence feel still marginalised in terms of meat
readDreams can come true
23-06-2005
HE stares at you with a glint of determination in his eyes, and do not let the lingering quietness fool you, this guy is ready for the world and will do whatever it takes to realise his lifelong
readKenyan man chops off estranged wife's limbs
23-06-2005
NAIROBI - A Kenyan who found his estranged wife with another man chopped both her legs off with a machete in revenge, a newspaper report said yesterday.The man, who left his matrimonial home last
readMbeki picks woman as SA vice president
23-06-2005
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki yesterday picked the mines minister and a woman who has championed black capitalism as his new deputy, replacing Jacob Zuma who was sacked last week
readReefton radiates on 'glowing' results
23-06-2005
REEFTON MINING NL, the Australian-listed exploration company that claims to have found a significant uranium strike south of Usakos, has reported a radioactive count 10 times higher than reported by a
readMVA Fund and Law Society trade blows over legal fees
23-06-2005
THE MOTOR Vehicle Accident Fund of Namibia this week fired the latest volley in an ongoing quarrel with Namibia's lawyers, once again challenging claims that legal practitioners are not charging
readRegion to revamp cross-border parks ahead of World Cup
23-06-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Nine southern African countries last week unveiled an ambitious plan to revamp cross-border parks and to introduce a regional visa to attract hordes of tourists when South Africa hosts
readNew board for Southern Times
23-06-2005
CABINET has approved the appointment of Namibia's members to the Board of Directors of NamZim newspapers - a joint venture with Zimpapers to produce the weekly regional newspaper The Southern
readTowns to get organised
23-06-2005
A NEW organisation called the Council for Urban Residents of Namibia (Curon) is to be formed soon, it was announced in Oshakati this week.The founder of the organisation, Edward Gabriel, says Curon
readDefence spending too low, MPs agree
23-06-2005
MEMBERS of Parliament were, for once, in agreement on Tuesday when they discussed defence spending.MPs from several parties agreed that the allocation for defence was insufficient although it had
readFaith healers get the stick
23-06-2005
FAITH healers and witchdoctors who discourage people from getting proper medical treatment came under scrutiny in the National Assembly on Tuesday.Swapo Secretary General Ngarikutuke Tjiriange said
readGovt lays down the law to curb animal diseases
23-06-2005
ANYBODY who deliberately introduces germs that can affect Namibia's livestock farming will face a fine of a million dollars or imprisonment of 10 years, or both, according to an amendment to the near
readSalaries tabled for top graft busters
23-06-2005
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula yesterday tabled the proposed conditions of service for the top duo to head Namibia's proposed Anti-Corruption Commission.Angula said the Director of the ACC would be at
readPandeni gives local council officials a tongue-lashing
23-06-2005
REPORTS of mismanagement, water and electricity cuts, conflicts between councillors and officials, unhappy communities and the failure of local authorities to collect fees from the residents have
readChild witness problems halt school beating trial
23-06-2005
THE hearing of a damages claim against Government over allegations that a primary school teacher still meted out corporal punishment at a Windhoek school almost two years ago - 12 years after the
readGumwe a pewa omimvo 10 mekwatonkonga po Rehoboth
23-06-2005
OMUGUNDJUKA gwomimvo dhopevi lela okwa pewa egeelo lyomimvo omulongo konima yekumba moshipotha shekwatonkonga lyokakadhona komimvo 16 pokandingosho kamwe mondoolopa ya Rehoboth.Omukalimo gwo mo
readOvakonghola va nyamukula Ounona wa Hapulile
23-06-2005
OVAKALIMO vomEkonghola moushilo wOndonga va nyamukula komanyenyeto ounona womusamane Tileinge Hapulile eshi va kala tava nyenyeta kutya vati va loloka komahomono taa ningilwa tate wavo.mOmukanda wavo
readOomuni longeni nawa: Pandeni ta ti
23-06-2005
OMINISTA yOmagumbo nOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa, John Pandeni, okwa ti Epangelo itali ka idhidhimikila nande Omalelo goondoolopa ngoka taga gandja omakwatho ga nkundipala koshigwana.Pethimbo a li ta
readOondjamba mOmakange tadhi hepeke oshigwana
23-06-2005
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Omakange mOshitopolwa sha Kunene otayi ti kutya oondjamba dha gwaya mo moshikunino shiinamwenyo shEtosha nodhi iteyele momukunda Omakange muuninginino wUukwaluudhi
readYomOseko ya Nuuyoma ya ninga ehololomadhilaadhilo mEtiyali
23-06-2005
A ALONGWA yomOseko yOpombanda ya Nuuyoma pOshikuku mOshitopolwa sha Musati, mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika inaya ya manga kwali kootundi molwashoka oya li ya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo lyopambili
readF1 fiasco ongoing
23-06-2005
LONDON - Angry United States fans are threatening Formula One chiefs with multi-million-dollar lawsuits over Sunday's Grand Prix in Indianapolis when only six cars raced.ITV television has also
readGymnasts show excellent skills
23-06-2005
ATRAMPOLINE and tumbling competition took place at the Walvis Bay Indoor Sport Complex last weekend and the participants, from as young as ten years, displayed a high standard of gymnastics.The
readBest of British from Henman and Murray at Wimbledon
23-06-2005
LONDON - Tim Henman survived a classic first-round scare at Wimbledon on Tuesday and there was more to cheer for the home fans with a debut win for teen hope Andrew Murray.Second seed Andy Roddick
readKorea's Park signs for Man U
23-06-2005
SEOUL - South Korea midfielder Park Ji-sung has signed for Manchester United in a $7.3 million deal, his agent said on Wednesday.The 24-year-old midfielder will join the English Premier League club
readJapan hit on whale hunt plans
23-06-2005
ULSAN - Japan's whaling ambitions were dealt a symbolic blow yesterday when the International Whaling Commission voted to urge Tokyo to cut its scientific whale hunt.Although the vote puts more
readCrisis looms for 'world's factory'
23-06-2005
BEIJING - A top Chinese environmental official has questioned whether China should embrace being the "world's factory" and called for a "green rise" to prevent ecological disaster, state media
readMurky 1997 rap murder gets its day in LA court
23-06-2005
LOS ANGELES - One of the murkiest rapper murders of the 1990s finally came to court on Tuesday, eight years after a series of shootings and assaults widely attributed to a turf war between East and
readKu Klux Klan man found guilty over 1964 killing of US rights activists
23-06-2005
PHILADELPHIA - A US jury on Tuesday convicted an aged former Ku Klux Klan leader and former Baptist preacher of manslaughter in the killings of three civil rights activists on the 41st anniversary of
readIsrael revives assassination policy
23-06-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel has resumed an assassination policy against Islamic Jihad militants, officials said yesterday, underscoring the deterioration of a ceasefire with Palestinians."Targeted killings"
readUS rebuffs independent probe of Guantanamo
23-06-2005
WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday rebuffed Democratic calls for creation of an independent commission to investigate treatment of foreign terror suspects at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay,
read60 Taliban dead in fierce fighting
23-06-2005
KANDAHAR - Afghan and US troops backed by warplanes have killed more than 60 Taliban guerrillas in southwestern Afghanistan in the bloodiest fighting in months, officials said yesterday.Afghan
readAfrican vote could be decisive in UN Security Council expansion
23-06-2005
UNITED NATIONS - The 54-member African bloc at the United Nations is in a position to play a deciding role in the upcoming debate over the Security Council expansion, diplomats here say.In the coming
readIN BRIEF
23-06-2005
* SUPPORT - Iraq sought support from an international conference aimed at underpinning government plans to spread democracy and the rule of law.* SPACE - Russia's Northern Fleet confirmed the loss of
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