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47 Articles found on Wednesday, 11 May 2005
EU to unveil sugar policy reforms
11-05-2005
LUXEMBOURG - The European Union's executive commission is to unveil at the end of next month revised plans to reform the EU's policy on sugar, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said
readAA may buy stake in China's Shenhua
11-05-2005
LONDON - Diversified miner Anglo American could buy a stake of up to about US$150 million (N$900 million) in Shenhua Energy Co., China's biggest coal miner which is being privatised for about US$3
readInteresting facts on Barclays/Absa
11-05-2005
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG - Britain's Barclays agreed a US$5,5 billion (N$33 billion) deal for a majority stake in lender Absa on Monday, marking the bank's return to South Africa and the biggest direct
readLeading business supporting Govt
11-05-2005
Barloworld Namibia last week hosted a gala dinner in Windhoek, where local business leaders met representatives from the public sector to discuss smart partnerships to ensure diversification and
readGold Fields says seven trapped at SA mine
11-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Seven workers of South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd are trapped deep underground at the firm's biggest mine after an earthquake hit the area, the company said yesterday.A rescue operation
readAlgeria sacks bank CEOs to push financial sector reforms
11-05-2005
ALGIERS - Algeria's newly appointed finance minister has sacked the managers of the country's top state banks to accelerate the slow pace of reforms in a sector holding back the economy, economists
readRussian delegation happy with fact-finding mission
11-05-2005
A recent visit by a Russian business delegation to Namibia proved fruitful as the delegation made inroads into identifying possible areas of trade co-operation between the two countries.For the first
readECB to host investment conference
11-05-2005
THE Electricity Control Board (ECB) will later this month host an investment conference to seek support and funds for the financing of the Regional Electricity Distribution companies (REDs) that are
readPaladin okays Langer Heinrich uranium mine
11-05-2005
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Paladin Resources Ltd.will go ahead with developing a uranium mine in Namibia, the first conventional uranium mining operation to be developed outside Canada in the past
readExpo 2005 winners announced
11-05-2005
THE winners of the Namibia Holiday & Travel (NH&T) Expo 2005 Photographic Awards were announced in Windhoek last night.They were chosen from among 353 entries submitted by 17 photographers. NH&T
readTourism expo launched
11-05-2005
WINDHOEK - The seventh Namibia Holiday and Travel Expo 2005 opened in the capital on Monday.Speaking at the official launch, the Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB), Gideon
readFisherman suffocates to death
11-05-2005
A fisherman from Walvis Bay died on Monday when a fire broke out in the engine room of the pelagic vessel Prowess of Etosha Fisheries.The Police confirmed yesterday that Tommy Coleman (52) of
readJob cuts, HIV add to food woes in southern Africa
11-05-2005
SEKAMENG, Lesotho - Late drought has devastated crops in much of southern Africa and may threaten the worst food shortages in more than a decade, but in parts of the region residents say the real
readEtunda irrigation project 'a beacon of hope': President
11-05-2005
OUTAPI - The Etunda Irrigation Scheme near Ruacana in the Omusati Region, which started with 15 people in 1993, now employs close to 90 people, President Hifikepunye Pohamba noted recently.Addressing
readUN sets up 34 farm schools for orphans
11-05-2005
WINDHOEK - The United Nations has set up 34 agricultural schools to help provide AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa with farming know-how and other life skills.The specially designed Junior Farmer
readNambinga returns
11-05-2005
Former Presidential contender and Cabinet Minister Hidipo Hamutenya, whose political career suffered a major setback when he fell out of favour with former President Sam Nujoma last year, may have
readSecond jailbreaker arrested
11-05-2005
THE second of the four fugitives who escaped from holding cells at Omaruru on Saturday was re-arrested by the Police on Monday night.Hans Kooper (21) was found in the vicinity of Okombahe, about 80
readTransNamib ordered to reinstate accused thief
11-05-2005
THE High Court has instructed TransNamib to reinstate a former mechanic trainee at Otjiwarongo who had been fired because of alleged diesel theft.Jefta Kauami was dismissed in June last year after a
readNow, Uganda really gets tough with goat thieves
11-05-2005
NAMIBIA might regard stock theft as sufficiently serious to introduce severe new minimum sentences last year - but this pales in comparison with Uganda, where a goat thief has been sentenced to death
readBaby and her saviour stir hearts
11-05-2005
NAIROBI - A stray dog that rescued a newborn girl abandoned in a Kenyan forest has been given a home and a name - Mkombozi, or 'Saviour' - and offers to adopt the tiny infant dubbed 'Angel' yesterday
readPlanned truckport set to strangle Okahandja
11-05-2005
THE Acting CEO of Okahandja, Vincent Sazita, is pushing ahead with a controversial scheme to sell off some prime town land to a Windhoek developer in a move that flies in the face of previous
readNujoma movie wavers
11-05-2005
SHOOTING for the Namibian movie 'Where Others Wavered' has ground to a halt.No scenes have been filmed so far this week, after dissatisfied crew members downed tools in anger because they have not
readAahaukelo taya indile Oseko yi tungwe mOhaukelo
11-05-2005
AAKALIMO yomOshikandjohogololo sha Mulonga mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, unene tuu aakalimo yomomukunda Ohaukelo, omasiku ga zi ko oya ningile ehololomadhiladhilo taya nyenyeta etokolo ndyoka lyElelo
readWanehepo a fumvikululwa mOuhongo moNamibia
11-05-2005
POUHONGO O MUKONDJELIMANGULUKO, Ependa lya tseyika nawa moSwapo, Jason Hamutenya Ndadi, omvalele yomOuhongo mUukwanyama, ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe pethimbo lyEkondjelomanguluko mo Angola eti 4
readAaniilonga ya tumwa kOmaruru kashi li pahalo lyawo
11-05-2005
UUMINSTELI wEgameno mboka opo wa totwa, mo omo wo ngashiingeyi mu na Oshikondo shOondholongo nOmawapalekululo, owa fala aniwa aadheuli mOshikondo shika kOmaruru kashi li pahalo lyawo.Oonzo dhi shi
readMOnandjokwe mwa tungwa Osenda yo HIV-AIDS yedhina Shanamutango
11-05-2005
OSENDA moka tamu kala hamu ungaungiwa niinima ya pamba omukithi gwo HIV-AIDS, oya tungwa mOnandjokwe nokapandi kOomiliona ndatu (N$3,million) dha zi kEpangelo lya Amerika okupitila mOprograma
readOmukiintu a dhipagwa nomamanya
11-05-2005
OMUKIINTU gwomimvo 18 okwi itsuwa a dhipagwa nomamanya pu yimwe moondoolopa dhokomunkulofuta gwa Namibia, kOliindili.Oshikondo oshigandji shuuyelele shOpolisi ya Namibia osha li inashi hala okugandja
readPaulus Mundjele a ninga mwene gwomukunda Omahalya
11-05-2005
POMAHALYA O MUKALIMO a tseyika nawa gwomomukunda Omahalya mOmbalantu mOshitopowla sha Musati tate Paulus (Pau) Mundjele meti 30 Mei 2005, okwa langekwa mwene gwomukunda Omahalya kElenga enene lya
readOngangala onene ya dhitikululwa
11-05-2005
OMUFEKELWA omunene medhipago limwe ndyoka lya ningilwa poSwakopmund okwa tulululwa miipandeko mOmaandaha konima sho a li iyaka mokakuma mOlyomakaya ga zi ko.Naftalie Kondja gwomimvo 25 nooyakwawo
readElenga lya pewa oomvula 15 mokalimosho
11-05-2005
MWENE gwomukunda Othingo popepi nOshakati mUukwambi, tatekulu Thomas Gabriel gwoomvula 61, ngoka a kwatelwe po momumvo 2003 shi na sha nokulala koonkondo okakadhona koomvula omugoyi, oshiwike sha zi
readChamps for disabled on the cards
11-05-2005
TWO teams from South Africa and one from Botswana are expected to take part in the Namibia Sports Federation for People with Disabilities (NSFPD) National championship in Windhoek later this year.The
readGertze still COSSASA chief
11-05-2005
NAMIBIA'S Franz Gertze has been re-elected as President of the Confederation of School Sport Associations of Southern Africa (COSSASA) for a third consecutive term.Gertze was re-elected unanimously at
readCoaches course at Swakop
11-05-2005
A group of 35 teachers are currently undergoing training in Swakopmund to become Fifa-accredited C-Level/Licensed Coaches.The course is a follow-up of a basic level coaching course held in different
readVan Wyk takes swipe at NFA
11-05-2005
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) has given the Namibia Football Association (NFA) an ultimatum until today on what it calls "a whole range of unresolved problems that hampers the operation and future
readTjikuzu joins newly promoted Duisburg
11-05-2005
TROUBLED Namibian international footballer Razundara Tjikuzu has signed a three-year contract with newly promoted German Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg after he was ousted by former club Hansa Rostock
readArchery in full swing, youngsters shine
11-05-2005
THE Archery Association of Namibia recently held its Independence Shoot at the Ramblers Sports Grounds, with under-12 youngster Raimund Rohrmueller reaching the target of 1 342 points, the highest
readFrench linguist in battle to save 'lost' Eritrean language
11-05-2005
ASMARA - Nearly a decade after accidentally discovering a previously unknown language on an Indian Ocean archipelago off the Eritrean coast, a French linguist is fighting to save the unwritten,
readEthiopia: A far cry from free and fair
11-05-2005
ADDIS ABABA- With a campaign for Ethiopia's weekend general elections in full swing, poll watchers are descending on the country in droves for the impoverished Horn of Africa nation's first-ever vote
readThe Soviet Union's War
11-05-2005
MOSCOW - More than 50 leaders including US President George W Bush, on Monday attended celebrations to mark Russia's huge wartime role in the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany 60 years ago.Here are some
read60 years after the war, a Germany that feels more 'normal' and more assertive
11-05-2005
BERLIN - For decades, the burden of World War II meant Germany lacked the heavyweight attitude to match its mighty factories and broad autobahns.It was rich enough to spend billions on compensating
readUK Conservatives seek 5th leader in eight years
11-05-2005
LONDON - Britain's once-mighty Conservative Party, encouraged by last week's election results but still far from power, are squabbling amongst themselves again as they seek their fifth leader in
readJapan, Australia in Iraq hostage crises
11-05-2005
BAGHDAD - Two of Washington's staunchest allies in Iraq grappled with hostage crises yesterday as Japan confirmed one of its citizens was missing and a deadline set by the captors of an Australian
readMandela files lawsuit to protect his name in forged prison artwork scam
11-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela has filed a lawsuit against a former associate and a businessman for flogging millions of dollars of forgeries of paintings recalling his long years in prison, his
readJackson may not testify
11-05-2005
SANTA MARIA - Michael Jackson wants to tell the world that he is innocent of child molestation but may not testify at his trial on the advice of defence lawyers, a spokeswoman for the pop icon said
readSeven killed in Baghdad bombings
11-05-2005
BAGHDAD - Two suicide car bombs exploded in central Baghdad yesterday, killing at least seven Iraqis, as 1 000 US forces backed by aircraft continued their large-scale offensive against insurgents in
readCracks widen in Israel over Gaza pullout
11-05-2005
JERUSALEM - Cracks widened in the government yesterday over Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's camp snubbed calls to freeze the pullout should Hamas triumph in
readIN BRIEF
11-05-2005
*NUCLEAR - Communist North Korea dashed hopes it would attend talks to end the nuclear standoff any time soon and stoked global concern that it could be on the verge of carrying out an atomic
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