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23 Articles found on Thursday, 17 March 2005
Slaughter postponed
17-03-2005
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) has announced that the slaughtering of cattle from producers in the Northern Communal Areas (NCA) has yet again been postponed to next month due to a faulty
readPointBreak buys out IJG brokers
17-03-2005
Local stockbroker Irwin, Jacobs, Greene (IJG) has been bought by pointBreak Holdings (Pty) Limited, a Namibian-registered financial services company. Herbert Maier of pointBreak described the
read'Africa can absorb aid'
17-03-2005
MAPUTO - Senior African financial figures on Wednesday disputed a claim that some of the continent's countries could struggle to absorb increased aid flows because of inadequate financial systems and
readPhones down in Caprivi
17-03-2005
TELECOM Namibia has announced a disruption in telephone, data and mobile services in the Caprivi Region as a result of an underground optical fibre fault between Nyangana and Bagani. The company said
readCar washers strike
17-03-2005
ABOUT twelve workers of the Etemba Car Wash in Windhoek downed tools yesterday, angered by their boss's inability to pay their February salaries.The workers, some of whom earn only N$400 a month,
readIsle of Man Rotary Club boosts Walvis TB ward
17-03-2005
THE newly established tuberculosis isolation ward at the Walvis Bay State Hospital has received a further donation to make it fully operational. The Rotary Club of Walvis Bay constructed the
readDonations pour in for farm massacre victims
17-03-2005
THE farming and business communities have donated money towards the funeral costs for six of the eight people murdered on a farm near Rehoboth on March 5. Pastor Isak Rooi of the Pentecostal Church
readSustainable land management remains elusive in Namibia
17-03-2005
LACK of tenure rights over land and control over resources, unequal ownership and contradicting environmental policies have been identified as some of the challenges facing efforts to achieving
readFresh indictment increases rape charges against farmer
17-03-2005
EIGHT charges of rape, one count of sodomy and a charge of defeating or obstructing the course of justice are to be levelled against Gobabis district farmer Abraham Jacobus Roux when and if he goes on
readSentimental moment as Ya Toivo steps aside
17-03-2005
OUTGOING Swapo leader and Minister of Prisons Andimba Toivo ya Toivo has warned Parliamentarians against arrogance, excessive drinking, womanising and domestic violence. In a moving speech in which
readNYS bill passed
17-03-2005
THE hotly contested National Youth Service Bill was passed in the National Assembly yesterday despite a walkout by some opposition parties. Members of the Congress of Democrats left the National
readConference on distance learning planned
17-03-2005
NAMIBIA'S major institutions of learning are combining to hold a joint conference on open and distance learning later this year. Organised by the Namibian Open Learning Network Trust (NOLNet), this
readNamibia's fishing industry 'beyond saving'
17-03-2005
NAMIBIA'S fishing industry is under such serious threat that it is almost too late to try and salvage the dire situation. This was the message of several invited speakers and industry
readMassacre victims' son arrested
17-03-2005
THE investigation into Namibia's worst post-Independence mass murder case took a surprise twist on Tuesday evening, when the Police arrested the son of the slain Erasmus couple as a co-suspect in the
readECN gives vote verdict
17-03-2005
A DAY of high drama was capped by the announcement last night of the National Assembly election recount results, which emerged as surprisingly similar to those of last year.As it stands, the recount
readIN BRIEF
17-03-2005
*BEIRUT - Syrian intelligence agents moved out of their Beirut headquarters early on Wednesday, witnesses said, a step towards meeting US and Lebanese opposition demands for an end to Syria's tutelage
readTwo journalists arrested over 'ghost' story
17-03-2005
BLANTYRE - Malawi police detained two journalists and one government official on Tuesday over reports saying President Bingu wa Mutharika had left his mansion in the capital because of fears it was
readAbu Sayyaf threatens reprisals
17-03-2005
MANILA - Hundreds of Muslims took part in a funeral procession Wednesday to bury the remains of 22 Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed in a bloody prison revolt as the Philippines capital braced for
readJackson prosecution try to limit damage
17-03-2005
SANTA MARIA - Michael Jackson's teenage accuser said on Tuesday he had denied the alleged sex abuse at the time for fear his classmates would torment him further over his relationship with the star.He
readBritish 'cannibal' killer admits to frying friend's brain
17-03-2005
LONDON - A convicted killer with serious psychiatric problems and a confessed penchant for cannibalism was given two life sentences Tuesday for killing two people, including an old friend whose brain
readIraq parliament meets for first time
17-03-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's new parliament met for the first time on Wednesday more than six weeks after historic polls, but rival blocs failed to agree on a government and al Qaeda insurgents attacked the
read'Car switch' before Diana crash
17-03-2005
LONDON - Princess Diana made a last-minute switch of cars before the high-speed drive through Paris that ended with her death in an underpass crash, official documents showed. The papers, released
readKenya boosts security after village massacre
17-03-2005
NAIROBI - Kenya has boosted security along its northeast border with Somalia following a brutal massacre there by Somali gunmen of 22 members of a rival clan that forced thousands of villagers to flee
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