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27 Articles found on Wednesday, 2 March 2005
South African manufacturing sector expands
02-03-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose back above the key 50 level in February, showing that the key manufacturing sector was expanding again, sponsors Investec said
readFirstRand into Africa
02-03-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group FirstRand is in the process of closing two new deals to enter the African banking market, Chief Executive Officer Laurie Dippenaar said yesterday.Dippenaar
readTreasury official arrested
02-03-2005
DURBAN - An official of the KwaZulu-Natal treasury was arrested yesterday on charges of defeating the ends of justice relating to a corruption investigation, police said. This follows the arrest in
readSADC single currency by 2016 - Mboweni
02-03-2005
CAPE TOWN - Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni says the Southern African Development Community (SADC) aims to have a single currency by 2016 to promote regional trade."The idea is that by 2016 there
readNorthern region: potential economic hub
02-03-2005
THE Joint Consultative Council will soon establish branches in the northern and Kavango regions, starting with regular small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) stakeholder forums, as the organisation
readHIV-AIDS employees triple State costs
02-03-2005
GOVERNMENT employees who receive HIV-AIDS treatment cost the State medical aid fund three times more in claims than other members. Over the past year, the average HIV-positive member of the Public
readLubango dungeons resonate in tactics of 'Muyongo's army'
02-03-2005
ONE of the most painful chapters in Namibian history - Swapo's detention of suspected dissidents in underground dungeons during the armed struggle for Namibia's Independence - found an echo in the
readStage set for poll battle
02-03-2005
A HIGH Court bid challenging the results of the November National Assembly elections starts in Windhoek tomorrow, only two weeks before Namibia's new parliament is sworn in. In its final official
readBail in child rape case
02-03-2005
OSHAKATI - The Magistrate's Court here rejected the bail application of a 34-year-old Rwandan man, who is accused of raping a five-year-old child at Oshakati a week ago.David Mariraho was refused bail
readBridging the ethnic divide back on the front burner
02-03-2005
AN opposition party politician says it is unacceptable that some white Namibians continue to distance themselves from discussions on issues of national concern.Carola Engelbrecht of the Republican
readSwanu ponders its future
02-03-2005
THE old lady of Namibian politics, South West Africa Nation Union, will meet on Saturday to brainstorm its future.Swanu's Deputy President, Kuzeeko Kangueehi, says the party's convention will take a
readTeenage mother to hear fate tomorrow
02-03-2005
THE High Court will announce tomorrow whether the Windhoek High School must readmit a young mother while the Minister of Basic Education is considering her appeal. Seuaa Karuaihe-Samupofu, mother of
readCouncillor arrested for theft
02-03-2005
OSHAKATI - The councillor of Uukwiyuushona Constituency in the Oshana Region has been arrested on a charge of stealing N$30 000 from his former employer, NamPost.Councillor Peter Shigwedha (50) made a
readFuel prices stay, for now
02-03-2005
AS South Africans reel from the announcement of a steep fuel price hike, the Ministry of Energy and Mines has assured Namibians that there will be no fuel price increases for now.A definite decision
readKaribib suspends CEO, treasurers
02-03-2005
THE Karibib Town Council on Friday suspended its chief executive officer and two senior officials on various charges including corruption. The CEO, Lourens Hoëseb, treasurer Hester Laszig and
read7-A-Side Results
02-03-2005
Top Score 7-A-SidePlayed Friday, Feb 25 City of Whk 0-0 Methealth Polytech 0-2 Spares Centre Emcon 0-2 WVTC Roynam 0-2 Cash & Carry Standard Bank 0-2 Sanlam Bokomo 0-2 DTC Alexander Forbes
readMTC supports Joe Nawanga
02-03-2005
NAMIBIA's prolific golfer Joe Nawanga landed himself a N$150 000 sponsorship last week from cellular network operator MTC to enable him to continue his professional career.Nawanga is the only golfer
readNatango Oshifo shimwe sha patwa mu Zimbabwe
02-03-2005
E PANGELO lya Zimbabwe olya pata Oshifokundaneki shimwe shopaumwene sha Weekly Times, opo ashike sha tamekwa po mu Bulawayo omwedhi gwa zi ko.Shika oshikundaneki oshitine tashi patwa kEpangelo lya
readEtheni emanya lyopa-politika ly Swapo, Lucky Tshoopara ta ti
02-03-2005
O MUSAMANE Lucky Tshoopara, omumwayimati gwa nakusa Leo Tshoopara, okwa ningi eindilo kofamili yawo yi ethe emanya ndyoka lya tulwa kombila ya nakusa Leo ong' ongundu yoSwapo, ong'esimaneko lye molu
readRwandan suspect refused Basketball tourney at UN Plaza in Katutura
02-03-2005
THE Sanlam Namibia Three-on-three Basketball Cup will be held at the UN Plaza this weekend. Three-on-three is a new activity introduced by the Namibia Basketball Organisation (NBO), which aims to
readSwim for Life takes the plunge
02-03-2005
LIFE insurance company Swabou Life and the Namibia Swimming Union yesterday launched the Swim For Life project, which aims to encourage swimming among young and old alike. The event will be held
readIn Brief
02-03-2005
WASHINGTON - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden recently asked his chief ally in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to consider the territory of the United States as a target for terrorist attacks, a US
readPalestinians seek world support LONDON
02-03-2005
- Prime Minister Tony Blair has opened a conference in London aimed at showing international support for the Palestinian Authority (PA).Ahead of the one-day meeting PA President Mahmoud Abbas told
readRebels claim gov's attack 'acts of war'
02-03-2005
ABIDJAN - International mediation of the crisis in Ivory Coast has been buried by the government's "acts of war," the west African state's rebels said on Monday after an attack on a rebel-held town in
readCelebrations as Syrian PM quits
02-03-2005
BEIRUT - Hundreds of protesters waving Lebanese flags returned to central Beirut on Tuesday to demand Syria quit Lebanon and the United States welcomed what it called moves to restore democracy in
readRecovering Pope begins speaking
02-03-2005
The Pope has begun speaking again, just days after having emergency surgery on his throat, the Vatican has said.Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a senior Vatican official, said Pope John Paul II conducted a
readLurid tales in Michael Jackson trial
02-03-2005
SANTA MARIA - A US prosecutor has told a jury how pop star Michael Jackson showed a boy porn and plied him with wine in order to molest him.Tom Sneddon's statements came on the first day of Jackson's
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