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38 Articles found on Thursday, 30 June 2005
Wal-Mart heir dies in air crash
30-06-2005
NEW YORK - Billionaire John Walton, the second son of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. founder Sam Walton and a Wal-Mart board member, died on Monday when a small plane he was piloting crashed shortly after
readTackling graft key: finance watchdog
30-06-2005
PRETORIA - Tracking the proceeds of corruption and trafficking in people should be the focus of the world's anti-money laundering task force, rather than "terrorist" finance, the body's new head said
readNepru study slams banks
30-06-2005
NAMIBIA's banking sector is dominated by a few large institutions, leaving little room for competition and diversity, according to a new study.The Namibian Economic Policy and Research Unit (Nepru)
readMaking a living out of ceramics
30-06-2005
DIFFERENT things have different meanings for people, but it is high unlikely that many youngsters would look at the mud in a riverbed as a means of generating capital.But for Johannes Nampala, a young
readWavered filming resumes after pay dispute settled
30-06-2005
THE filming of 'Where Others Wavered' was expected to resume last night after outstanding wages were paid to the cast and crew."People are getting paid as we speak and we hope that once the payments
readOkahandja demo falls flat
30-06-2005
AN attempt to get answers from the Okahandja Town Council on various allegations of mismanagement and corruption fell flat yesterday as Mayor Citto Paulus and her councillors refused to meet with a
readGovt to privatise MTC by year-end
30-06-2005
GOVERNMENT hopes to sell off a 34 per cent stake of the State-owned mobile phones monopoly by the end of the year to a regional or international player, an official involved in the privatisation said
readTeachers issue ultimatum
30-06-2005
THE Namibia National Teachers' Union has given Government eight weeks to implement an agreement signed 18 months ago or face action.Nantu Secretary General Miriam Hamutenya yesterday threatened
readCalling fat cats and plump pooches
30-06-2005
A PET nutrition day will be held at Vet to Pet in Sam Nujoma Drive, Klein Windhoek, on Saturday morning.Pet owners are invited to bring along their furry friends for individual assessments and advice
readGlobal warming set to shift Namibia's dunes
30-06-2005
PARIS - Scientists will today publish two new studies shedding light on hidden aspects of global warming, in a move that coincides with the run-up to the G8 summit where climate change is set to be
readConservancies the way to go, says Haingura
30-06-2005
RUNDU - The Chairman of the Samagagi Conservancy in Mashare Constituency, Ben Haingura, has called on communities in the Kavango Region to promote conservancies.Haingura said the establishment of
readCaprivi community sees the wood for the trees ...
30-06-2005
A NEW approach to forestry management means a community in Caprivi has begun to benefit from the trees in their area.The Masida Community in Caprivi, located two kilometres from the B8 main road from
readSADC peacekeeping brigade marches forward
30-06-2005
MAUN - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has moved a step closer to forming a rapid response brigade for deployment in peacekeeping operations and hotspots on the continent and
readFrom The Regions School stabbing at Gobabis
30-06-2005
GOBABIS - A Grade Eight pupil at the Johannes Dohren Secondary School allegedly stabbed another pupil in the back on Tuesday.Hostel superintendent Sylvester Tshapa told Nampa that it is claimed that
readWatch out for toxic fish
30-06-2005
OSHAKATI - Police at Oshakati have appealed to the public to be careful when buying freshwater fish, as some people are fishing in the town's sewerage dams and selling contaminated fish to
readResearch institute forced to trim wings as funding becomes scarce
30-06-2005
LACK of adequate funding is taking its toll on Namibian research houses, with the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) being the latest casualty.The country's leading research organisation says
readHIV treatment progressing rapidly, access still a problem
30-06-2005
THE number of people receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV-AIDS in developing countries has increased significantly - more than doubling from 400 000 in December 2003 to
readWhat's in a name?
30-06-2005
WINDHOEK might remain the name of the capital of Namibia for the next few years - or so it emerged as most Members of Parliament on Tuesday shot down a proposal for the renaming of several towns.DTA
readHenties residents to up the ante in fight against graft
30-06-2005
RESIDENTS of Henties Bay are threatening to stage another demonstration to highlight alleged corruption in the Town Council.Almost 400 people attended a meeting organised by the Concerned Community
readAlleged killer made supper as victim lay dying
30-06-2005
WHILE Oamites farm owner and shopkeeper Uwe Kupetzky lay dying in his bedroom, bleeding heavily after a brutal battering, one of the men charged with murdering him fixed himself a hearty supper in
readKahenu gwa Namibia a dhitikwa mo SA
30-06-2005
EFRAIM Rachimo Haradoeb, ngoka tafekelelwa oshipotha shokudhipaga omuholike gwe momumvo 1998 okwa kala nokuhenuka uuyuuki nOpolisi konyala uule womimvo ntano dha zi ko.Ngashiingeyi oku li mokawilu.
readZimbabwe a mangulula omutiligane
30-06-2005
HARARE - Epangelo lya Zimbabwe olya mangulula omutiligane gumwe gwongundu yompilameno nokuli oshilyo shongundu yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Roy Bennett, a li a pewa egeelo lyomvula yimwe
readOmunashipundi gwOparliamende ya Malawi a hulitha
30-06-2005
BLANTYRE - Onkundana okuzilila ku Blantyre sha Malawi otayi ti kutya omunashipundi gwOparliamende yoshilongo shika, ngoka a li a ongotele pevi oshiwike sha zi mEgumbo ndika - manga lya li tali
readYa kwatwa po shi na sha nekwato lyoohi momatale gohanya
30-06-2005
OPOLISI mOshakati oya kwatwa po aakalimo yamwe shi na sha nekwato lyoohi momatale gohanya, sha ningwa omutenya gwOmaandaha ga zi ko noshowo ongula yohela.Oonakukwatwa po otaya ti kutya yo oohi inaye
readGumwe a kambadhala okwiithona
30-06-2005
OUTAPI - Onkundana okuzilila kOutapi otayi ti kutya omunamimvo 35 gwomomukunda Omufitu Wanauyala mOmbalantu okwa kambadhala okwiithona mOsoondaha ya zi ko.Otaku tiwa kutya ngashiingeyi ota mono
readWCS wins table tennis championships
30-06-2005
WINDHOEK Combined School won the First National Bank Central Schools Table Tennis Championships held in Rehoboth over the weekend.The champions defeated Dr Lemmer High School by three sets to two to
readEto'o signs contract extension with Barcelona
30-06-2005
MADRID - Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has extended his contract with Barcelona until 2010, the Primera Liga champions said yesterday."The most important thing for me now is to win the Champions
readBig Issue team named
30-06-2005
THE Namibia Big Issue football team to compete at the Homeless World Cup in Scotland from July 18 to 24 has been named.The team, which consists of vendors who sell the monthly magazine, kicked off
readExciting bowls on fast green
30-06-2005
EXCITING bowls was played at the recent tournament held at the Windhoek Country Club, as players took a few ends to find their weight on a green that was running extremely fast.The level of play was
readCosafa Cup final in SA
30-06-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will host the final round of the Cosafa Castle Cup on the weekend of August 13-14, organisers said yesterday.Defending champions Angola have drawn Zimbabwe in the
readNdlanya still alive
30-06-2005
A report on page 24 in Wednesday's edition read that 'the late' Pollen Ndlanya scored for South Africa in their 4-1 penalty loss to Namibia after a 1-1 draw in Windhoek in the 1999 edition of the
readDate for play-offs still undecided
30-06-2005
TEAMS that are seeking entry into the Namibia Premier League (NPL) by way of promotion and relegation matches will wait longer than expected, as the Namibia Football Association (NFA) has not yet set
readZuma case postponed to October
30-06-2005
DURBAN - South Africa's former deputy president Jacob Zuma was yesterday ordered to pay bail and return to court in October during a first brief court appearance to answer charges of corruption.Zuma,
readKabila says foreign rebel groups in DRC to be 'forcibly disarmed'
30-06-2005
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has announced that foreign rebel groups operating in the vast country are to be forcibly disarmed.The move was one of a number of
readBush rejects changes to Iraq strategy
30-06-2005
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina - US President George W. Bush, trying to boost flagging support for the US commitment in Iraq, acknowledged the ongoing violence there, but rejected calls to reinforce or
readUS chopper shot down
30-06-2005
KABUL - A US helicopter which crashed in Afghanistan with 17 service members on board was likely shot down, the military said yesterday, in what is believed to be the first such incident since the
readZambian police to quiz newspaper editor over anti-Mwanawasa stance
30-06-2005
LUSAKA - Zambian police have summoned an editor of the critical and privately-owned newspaper for questioning following a series of editorials and articles that described President Levy Mwanawasa as
readUnita fears Angola govt will delay 2006 elections
30-06-2005
LUANDA - Angolan opposition party Unita says it fears the government will delay the country's first postwar elections - crucial to the recovery of sub-Saharan Africa's second largest oil producer -
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