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36 Articles found on Monday, 27 June 2005
Rats sniff out mines in Mozambique
27-06-2005
CHIMOIO - Large field rats from Western Africa are being used in Mozambique to detect landmines that still threaten hundreds of thousands of people and hamper economic activity 13 years after the end
readZam threatens to close mines
27-06-2005
LUSAKA - Zambia will shut down mines operated by Mopani Copper Mines unless immediate steps are taken to improve safety, Mines Minister Kaunda Lembalemba said on Friday."I will suspend the mining
readPrivate sector helps rebuild after tsunami
27-06-2005
CALANG, Indonesia - Mike Gray spends most days as Rolls-Royce's regional director selling jet engines to the Indonesian military or compression systems to oil companies across the country's vast
readIrish newspaper group eyes African tabloids
27-06-2005
CAPE TOWN - Ireland's Independent News & Media wants to woo South Africa's black majority with new tabloid and African-language newspapers and may venture north to other markets on the world's
readTeam Namibia visits Pohamba
27-06-2005
WINDHOEK - Team Namibia (TN) last week paid a visit to President Hifikepunye Pohamba to give a presentation on the group's achievements and challenges.Speaking to the media on the visit, TN Chairman
readBA raises fuel surcharge to offset oil price
27-06-2005
LONDON - British Airways announced on Friday that it would increase the surcharge on its flights to offset surging fuel costs after oil prices reached a historic high of 60 dollars per barrel in New
readCotton subsidy hurts Africa, IMF says
27-06-2005
PARIS - Rich countries must end subsidies to their cotton producers if African countries that grow the crop are to lift themselves from the spiral of poverty, the head of the IMF said on
readTender Board under fire again
27-06-2005
THE Tender Board came under fire in the National Assembly on Thursday for failing to support small businesses.During debate on the Finance Ministry's budget allocation, Swapo's Kazenambo Kazenambo
read3 die in collision with lorry
27-06-2005
THREE people died on the spot and three others were hospitalised after two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision outside Mariental on Thursday evening.A truck travelling south tried to
read3 die in collision with lorry
27-06-2005
THREE people died on the spot and three others were hospitalised after two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision outside Mariental on Thursday evening.A truck travelling south tried to
readNational Assembly approves packages for corruption busters
27-06-2005
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has reiterated Government's intention for the Anti-Corruption Commission be an autonomous body in order for it to be able to protect the public from "unscrupulous" public
readUnder a third of needy children to receive grants
27-06-2005
LESS than 30 per cent of the country's orphans and vulnerable children will receive maintenance grants from Government during this financial year.This year an allocation of N$35 million for this
readGovt softens stance on 'grey imports'
27-06-2005
SOME 355 anxious would-be car owners, whose vehicles have been stranded at warehouses in Durban for the last six months due to a Government ban, will now be able to bring their cars into the
read34 escape from Wanaheda cells
27-06-2005
THIRTY-FOUR trial-awaiting prisoners escaped from the holding cells at the Wanaheda Police Station in the early hours of Saturday.Police spokesman Chief Inspector Hieronymus !Goraseb said only seven
readDisruptions at Tsumeb crèche put down to personal conflicts
27-06-2005
A CONFLICT between individuals at Tsumeb led to class disruptions at the town's Community Development Children's Centre, a Government team of investigators has found.The Ministry of Gender Equality
readGovt to speed up land reform
27-06-2005
THE Minister of Lands, Jerry Ekandjo, says his Ministry will look at "innovative" ways of accelerating land reform."Through increased focus and dedicating the required number of officials on land
readMagistrates warned as murder verdict crumbles
27-06-2005
THE right to a fair trial - and specifically to be given a chance to get legal representation - was once again emphasised in the High Court last week when the court set aside a murder conviction and
readPrisons are a ticking time bomb
27-06-2005
PRISON riots, jailbreaks and in extreme cases even the loss of life are imminent, because of the paltry funding for the running of the country's jails.
readMisuse of Prisons money investigated
27-06-2005
AN ongoing investigation at the Windhoek Central Prison into unauthorised withdrawals from a special fund is set to net a number of high officials, well-placed sources in the Directorate Prison and
readInspectors for Zone Six Games facilities in Namibia
27-06-2005
NAMIBIA will host the Zone VI Games in 2006 and a delegation from the organising committee is in Namibia to inspect some of the facilities.Before their tour yesterday, the committee members, who came
readAcademia are Coca Cola Youth Cup champs for Khomas
27-06-2005
ACADEMIA Secondary School are the new Khomas Region Coca-Cola Youth Cup champions after defeating Concordia College in the final 2-1 at the Katutura Youth Complex on Saturday.Academia slotted home
readSA lift under-21 rugby title
27-06-2005
MENDOZA - South Africa, winners of the title two years ago, beat Australia 24-20 in the final of the world under-21 rugby championship on Saturday.The young Springboks, blending power with pace and
readSerena downed as champions advance
27-06-2005
LONDON - Squinting and peering through the half-light, Serena Williams suffered her earliest Wimbledon exit in eight years on Saturday beaten by obscure compatriot Jill Craybas in the
readNamibia gets green light to host 2006 Youth Games
27-06-2005
NAMIBIA has received the go-ahead to host the 2006 Supreme Council of Sports in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Youth Games in Windhoek next winter.A seven-member Zonal Organizing Committee (ZOC) ended a
readUnited Africa Tigers hold successful fundraiser
27-06-2005
THE Old Crock teams of Tigers, Young Ones and Black Africa won their respective matches at a fundraising day held in honour of former footballer Bricks Hangula at the Independence Stadium on
readJurgens Strydom qualifies for Junior Wimbledon
27-06-2005
NAMIBIA'S top junior tennis player, Jurgens Strydom, is the first Namibian junior to qualify for the Junior Wimbledon championships currently taking place in London.
readSA's new No 2 keen on black capitalism
27-06-2005
CAPE TOWN - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, who was last week named South Africa's new deputy president, is best known for promoting black capitalism in the white-dominated mining sector.As Mines and Energy
readJapan Inc wakes up to need for 'woman power'
27-06-2005
TOKYO - The United States has Condoleezza Rice and former high-profile CEO Carly Fiorina, China has Vice Premier Wu Yi and steel magnate Xie Qihua, and Japan has ...Kazuko Hosoki, a celebrity fortune
readMugabe: Shades of Pol Pot
27-06-2005
JOHANNESBURG - A smuggled video of hundreds of thousands of poor Zimbabweans on the move after the government tore down their homes as part of an urban renewal project underlined a call from human
readHardliner readies for power after shock Iran election win
27-06-2005
TEHRAN - Iran's president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad yesterday prepared for office after crushing his rival in an election that sent shockwaves around the world and rang alarm bells over the country's
readMultiple suicide bombers hit Iraq
27-06-2005
MOSUL - Three suicide bomb attacks in the northern city of Mosul killed more than two dozen people yesterday, many of them from the Iraqi security forces, as insurgents kept up pressure on the
read3 die in collision with lorry
27-06-2005
THREE people died on the spot and three others were hospitalised after two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision outside Mariental on Thursday evening.A truck travelling south tried to
readToxic brew kills 42 in Kenya
27-06-2005
NAIROBI - The death-toll in Kenya from an illegal batch of alcohol laced with methanol to boost its strength reached 42 yesterday, authorities said.Victims were still coming into hospital writhing in
readUganda rebels attack refugees
27-06-2005
KAMPALA - More than 100 Ugandan rebels attacked a refugee camp in the north of the country and stole food supplies, but the number of casualties was not immediately clear, aid workers and the army
readIN BRIEF
27-06-2005
* RAPE - Women in displaced persons' camps in Darfur remain prey to rape, a UN security report said, adding that two Sudanese aid agency staff had been kidnapped by ethnic minority rebels.
readMalawi president warns foes over impeachment
27-06-2005
LILONGWE - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika warned opposition legislators on Saturday against trying to impeach him, saying he would block attempts to destabilise the country.Opposition
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