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35 Articles found on Wednesday, 30 March 2005
Pertinent Pointers
30-03-2005
HISTORY- POLITICS * British colonials from South Africa, led by Cecil Rhodes who gave the territory his name, arrived in 1890.* In 1923, South Rhodesia became a British colony. * In 1965, the
readWily moves frustrate Pretoria's strategy
30-03-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's fumbling bid to end Zimbabwe's political crisis is unlikely to see better results after this week's Zimbabwean parliamentary polls, political analysts
readMugabe's 'traitors' sparks fears of violence
30-03-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe branded main opposition Movement for Democratic Change party supporters as traitors yesterday, raising fears of new political violence two days ahead of parliamentary
readSmall businesses networking
30-03-2005
SMALL to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) recently had a networking session in Windhoek that was designed to create contacts between SMEs so that they could support each other's businesses.The event,
readKapwanga ready for task
30-03-2005
Kombadayedu 'KK' Kapwanga, who took office as Managing Director of LLD Diamonds Namibia on Thursday, has expressed joy at his new post and says he is ready for the task.Kapwanga said he was overjoyed
readRand hovers off 5-month lows
30-03-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand clambered off five-month lows as local markets resumed trade yesterday, with traders seeing the unit in a tight range as global currencies claw back ground lost
readTelecom Namibia dividend doubles to N$24 million
30-03-2005
TELECOM Namibia Limited last week paid out dividends of more than N$24 million to the Namibia Post and Telecom Holdings (NPTH) Group - double the amount paid to the shareholder for the previous
readMalima hails Environment and Tourism Ministry achievements
30-03-2005
FORMER Environment and Tourism Minister Philemon Malima says the Ministry has made significant progress in the socio-economic development of the country. Speaking at a farewell reception organised
readOshakati flood alert
30-03-2005
THE Chairperson of the management committee of the Oshakati Town Council, Katrina Shimbulu, has called on parents at the town to help their children when crossing rivers on their way to
readOngwediva's Shikopi location relocated
30-03-2005
ONGWEDIVA - About a hundred households at the Shikopi location near the Ongwediva Trade Centre are being relocated to another part of the town.The spokesperson of the Ongwediva Town Council, Andreas
readMeat Board subsidises purchase of rams
30-03-2005
THE Meat Board of Namibia has subsidised the purchase of 20 stud rams by communal farmers in the Hardap Region to improve the quality of their flocks.Meat Board General Manager Paul Strydom says the
readThree escapees arrested
30-03-2005
RUNDU - The Police at Mukwe in eastern Kavango have re-arrested three of the five trial-awaiting prisoners who escaped from the Mukwe Police station on Thursday.They were identified as Musiva Asser
readBail granted in baby-dumping case
30-03-2005
THE young woman from Walvis Bay who allegedly dumped her newborn baby has been granted bail after she was held in custody for just over a month.Carien van Staden (23), charged with attempted murder
readEaster weekend road death toll up to 15
30-03-2005
THE Easter death toll on Namibian roads has risen to 15, with another death and several injuries reported by the Police yesterday. Five people were injured in an accident on the Otjiwarongo-Otavi
readWalvis detective suspended for alleged bribery
30-03-2005
A POLICE officer linked to the controversial culpable homicide case of boxer Harry Simon has been temporarily suspended from the Walvis Bay Police CID unit. Sergeant Piet Petrus van Staden (37)
readLabour court setback for Cadilu workers
30-03-2005
MAGGI BARNARD at WALVIS BAY A BID by 153 seagoing workers of the Cadilu Fishing Company at Walvis Bay to stop their retrenchment failed in the Labour Court last week.Judge Kato van Niekerk dismissed
read'No need to panic over Marburg fever'
30-03-2005
NAMIBIA is not taking any immediate measures following the Ebola-like Marburg fever outbreak in northern Angola, which has killed 126 people since October last year."The situation now does not warrant
readOpposition parties still unhappy with poll recount
30-03-2005
THE Republican Party and Congress of Democrats have vowed not to let their unhappiness with the recount of the National Assembly elections rest.They maintain that, as with the original count, it too
readPublic watchdog relocated to make way for Nujoma
30-03-2005
THE shuffling of offices to make way for new and revamped ministries has begun. The Office of the Ombudsman became the first to be notified by the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, even
readCrash deals blow to Caprivi trial
30-03-2005
THE fatal car accident that on Monday claimed the life of a member of the prosecution team working on the Caprivi high treason case has necessitated a seven-week postponement of the trial. Prosecutor
readOmunambelewa Omukuluntu moSanlam kwali a hulitha
30-03-2005
O MUNAMBELEWA Omukuluntu kwali mEhangano Ekwashilipaleki lyedhina Sanlam mOshakati tate Gervatius Hishishototi ya Shikongo, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Teenager, okwa manene oondjenda dhe moshipangelo
readOyendji ya sila miiponga yomoondjila
30-03-2005
E HULILOSHIWIKE lyOpaasa olya faalele oomwenyo dhaantu oyendji miiponga yomoondjila.Ehuliloshiwike ndika lyeso lyOmukulili olya hulu mOmaanda moka iihauto yi idhenge mumwe oshipala noshipala pokati ka
readAaKaribib mekanka
30-03-2005
AAKALIMO yomondoolopa ya Karibib ya konda po 160 oya li ya boloka pomweelo gwokuya mOombelewa dha Muni gwondoolopa yawo mEtitatu lya zi ko, taya yambidhidha etokolo lyElelo lyondoolopa okukutha
readNakukwata onkonga a pewa omimvo 17
30-03-2005
N GOKA a li nale omuniilonga pOfaalama yimwe moshitopolwa sha Gobabis okwa pewa egeelo lyomimvo 17 konima yekumba iikando iyali pethimbo limwe moshipotha shoka a ningi konima yomumvo ngashiingeyi.
readRhino Garments ita pata, Paporo ta ti
30-03-2005
U UMINISTELI wIipindi nIikwafaabulika, Ewiliko lyOfaabulika yokuhondja oonguwo ya Ramatex nehangano lyaaniilonga lya Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau), oya ekelahi kokule omapopyo kutya
readYe li 119 ya tameka wo Omadheulo gawo mo COSDEC pOndangwa
30-03-2005
O MASIKU ga zi ko aagundjuka ayehe kumwe ye li 119 oya tamekele nomadheulo gawo gOmayakulo gIikulya gOpaehotela, okufikila iitenda, okutunga oongulu, okukolonga oondjugo, okuwapalekulula nokukalekapo
readNew technical director announcement in April
30-03-2005
THE Namibia Football Association has once again delayed the announcement of its new technical director.The football association's executive committee was supposed to meet at Mariental this weekend to
readU-19 players off to World Cup
30-03-2005
SPORT Minister John Mutorwa has urged the under-19 national rugby team to behave well during the International Rugby Board (IRB) under-19 World Cup in Durban, South Africa.The national team called on
readLast Fatima 'shepherd' dies
30-03-2005
LISBON - Sister Lucia, the last survivor of the three shepherd children to whom the Virgin Mary is said to have made a series of apparitions in 1917, died last month of old age.She was 97. The Roman
readThe man who rose from poverty to lead Britain
30-03-2005
LONDON - Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, the affable, self-educated sailor's son who rose from poverty to become prime minister in the dying years of consensus politics in post-war Britain, died on the eve
readTime running out on Ivory Coast peace process
30-03-2005
UNITED NATIONS - France on Monday warned time was running out to get the Ivory Coast peace process back on track, and said it expected progress at talks in South Africa this weekend.South African
readAngola: Ebola-like fever kills more
30-03-2005
LUANDA - Angola was yesterday faced with the worst outbreak ever recorded of a fulminating haemorrhagic fever caused by the Marburg virus as the death toll from the Ebola-like disease climbed to 126,
readJudge deals blow to Jackson
30-03-2005
SANTA MARIA, California - The judge in Michael Jackson's child sex trial dealt a devastating blow to the star on Monday by ruling that jurors can hear details about five past abuse claims against
read87-year-old sex tourist jailed for 20 years
30-03-2005
LOS ANGELES - An 87-year-old American sex tourist who was arrested as he set off to have sex with two pre-teen girls in the Philippines was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in jail. Wheelchair-bound
readIndonesia quake toll could top 1 000
30-03-2005
NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia - More than 1 000 people are feared to have died in a massive earthquake that hit a small island off western Indonesia overnight, but panic across Asia that it would trigger
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