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24 Articles found on Wednesday, 16 March 2005
Politics Of The Belly
16-03-2005
ALLOW me a space in your esteemed newspaper, The Namibian.As a Namibian citizen, I was ashamed to hear that MP's in the National Assembly passed the bill on their salaries (The Namibian, Monday 28
readStandard launches income fund
16-03-2005
STAFF REPORTER STANLIB Namibia and its sister company Standard Bank Namibia have followed up the success of their money market fund with the launch of the Standard Bank Namibia Income Fund.Stanlib
readNamdeb sponsors IT student
16-03-2005
De Beers Marine Namibia and Namibia Diamond Corporation (Namdeb) put together N$70 000 to partly sponsor and enable Himeezembi Kahorongo to further his studies in Information Technology in Germany.The
readAirport for St Helena by 2010
16-03-2005
THE south Atlantic island of St Helena, one of the most isolated inhabited islands in the world, will have its first international airport by 2010.The island has become a popular holiday destination
readLouw pleads not guilty
16-03-2005
SWAKOPMUND resident Peter John Louw (39) on Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge of rape in the Magistrates Court.Louw was arrested eight days ago accused of alleged date rape. He was released on
readHard up in Hardap
16-03-2005
THE Mariental State Veterinarian says communication problems between veterinary officials and communal farmers in the Hardap Region are worrying.It means that information about disease outbreaks does
readCity shop robbed
16-03-2005
FOUR men robbed the Coetzee shop in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday.The Police reported in their crime bulletin yesterday that staff and customers were held at gunpoint. The men took N$40 000 in
readBirth ends in death for young woman
16-03-2005
OSHAKATI - The Public Relations Unit of the Namibian Police here The Police said the woman died at about 12h30 at Okapuku village, in the Omuthiyagwiipundi Constituency, Oshikoto Region, on
readDaylight robbery at Walvis
16-03-2005
A 35-year-old man was seriously injured in an armed robbery at Kuisebmund, Walvis Bay, on Monday morning.The Police report that Gerson Nangolo was attacked by a group of men who kicked and punched
readBest lies ahead, Nujoma tells outgoing Cabinet
16-03-2005
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma, who steps down in less than a week, believes that the best is yet to come for Namibia.Officially closing the last session of the country's third Cabinet yesterday, Namibia's
readRoving preacher robbed
16-03-2005
HITCH-HIKING in Namibia is dangerous and good Samaritans are few and far between, a South African missionary has discovered. David John Laxton from Germiston near Johannesburg was robbed of all his
readDisputed NYS bill all but passed
16-03-2005
THE controversial National Youth Service Bill stopped one stage short of being passed in the National Assembly yesterday because of time constraints. In the final debate on the bill, Basic Education
readMore mental check-ups for child-murder suspect
16-03-2005
THE security guard accused of having raped and murdered a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Katutura a month ago was referred for another month's psychiatric observation yesterday.The referral for
read'Lies, lies' and damn truth ECN admits hitches, but says no chaos
16-03-2005
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) yesterday accused the media of spreading "lies" about the nature of discrepancies emerging from the recount of ballots cast in November's National Assembly
read761 000 took part in Rwanda genocide
16-03-2005
KIGALI - Rwandans have identified at least 761 000 people as participants in the 1994 genocide in which more than half a million people were slaughtered in 100 days, an official said.
readRugby sevens boosted
16-03-2005
THE seven-a-side rugby league yesterday received a sponsorship of N$35 000 from MultiChoice Namibia.The sevens league, which is currently in its second week, will now be known as DStv Sevens Rugby.
readCountry vs club row erupts
16-03-2005
A CLUB versus country row has erupted between the Namibia Football Association (NFA) and Namibia Premier League clubs Black Africa and Civics.The NFA has drafted seven players from the two clubs and
readAbsa Cup Summaries
16-03-2005
Absa Cup Quarter Final Draw Announced Monday, March 14 Wits vs. Moroka Swallows Sundowns vs. Supersport United Santos vs. Bush Bucks Dynamos vs. Orlando Pirates Last Round Results Sunday, March
readInline hockey U-10s in excellent form
16-03-2005
THE Coastal Pirates Inline Hockey Business League provided some excellent performances at Swakopmund recently.Twelve children aged between six and 10 fought tooth and nail for the honour of their
readChinese demand fuels illegal ivory trade in Africa
16-03-2005
NAIROBI - Poachers are killing between 6 000 and 12 000 elephants a year to supply illegal ivory markets in Sudan - among the largest in the world - to meet growing Chinese demand, an expert said on
readJackson accuser admits denying molestation
16-03-2005
SANTA MARIA - Under aggressive cross-examination, the teenage boy who says Michael Jackson molested him acknowledged that the singer "was like a father to me," and that he told a middle school
readMan beheaded in London street
16-03-2005
LONDON - A man was beheaded yesterday in a brutal daylight axe murder which stunned residents in an upmarket neighbourhood.Shocked witnesses described how the victim's head was turned to "mush" after
readPolice reclaim jail from inmates, kill 22
16-03-2005
MANILA - Police stormed a maximum-security jail in a hail of gunfire Tuesday, killing 22 detainees and retaking the facility from Muslim militants who stole weapons from guards during a botched
readIN BRIEF
16-03-2005
BEIRUT - Hundreds of thousands of anti-Syrian protesters, chanting "truth, freedom, national unity", flooded central Beirut on Monday in Lebanon's biggest rally since an ex-premier was killed a month
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