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30 Articles found on Friday, 6 May 2005
Don't Mention the War In The British Elections
06-05-2005
AS sharks respond to blood in the water, so do journalists to panic among politicians - and there is the scent of panic in the air as the British election campaign enters the home stretch.It's still
readThe Namibian - is it biased, subjective, anti-government?
06-05-2005
RECENT statements by prominent political leaders in Namibia have called into question the role of the media in this country.Former President Sam Nujoma, in February, expressed concern about the media
readNeed To Revise Our Public Holidays
06-05-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba raised the crucially important question of productivity when he addressed a Workers' Day rally at Walvis Bay last weekend. The issue of productivity is a vital and yet
readPolitical Perspective
06-05-2005
IN principle the formation of institutions such as the envisaged anti-corruption commission and the State-owned enterprises council is a positive move, but these must be closely monitored,
readAnvil gets WB insurance for Congo mine
06-05-2005
VANCOUVER - The World Bank has approved political risk insurance cover for Anvil Mining Ltd's Dikulushi copper and silver mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the small Toronto-listed miner said
readMVA Fund opens office in the north
06-05-2005
ONDANGWA - The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund will open an office in northern Namibia on July 1 this year. MVA Board Chairman Phillip Amunyela made the announcement here last week. Amunyela said
readRand scales new 7-week peak
06-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand scaled a new seven-week peak yesterday, with traders citing anticipated news on the outcome of a proposed bid by Britain's Barclays for a majority stake in local
readIncentive scheme for northern cattle farmers
06-05-2005
REALISING the difficulties faced by cattle producers north of the Veterinary Cordon Fence, the Meat Board of Namibia has implemented a marketing incentive scheme to the value of N$1,5 million in seven
readDredging at two harbours
06-05-2005
THE Namibian Ports Authority (NamPort) has announced that routine maintenance dredging will be undertaken at the ports of Luederitz and Walvis Bay for a month. The dredging started at Luederitz this
readFatal bar stabbing
06-05-2005
A VISIT to a bar at Walvis Bay had deadly results for a 21-year-old man last weekend. A Namibian Police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu, reported that the 21-year-old Karel Gamagab died
readThree drown in Okavango River
06-05-2005
RUNDU - Three people drowned in the Okavango River in the Mukwe Constituency last weekend.The regional Police commander, Chief Inspector Olavi Auanga, said two of the three victims drowned at Kake
readNamibian to head regional marine project
06-05-2005
A NAMIBIAN, Dr Moses Maurihungirire, has been appointed as Director of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem based at Swakopmund.The regional body aims to improve the capabilities of Angola,
readSwakop consumers thrown lifeline
06-05-2005
SWAKOPMUND ratepayers will not be expected to pay for the full 12 per cent increase announced by NamWater recently. Presenting the 2005-06 budget to the Town Council, Councillor Germina Shitaleni,
readTransNamib back in court
06-05-2005
TRANSNAMIB will return to the High Court within the next two weeks to say why an order that the parastatal pay close to N$500 000 to a former manager cannot be made final.The Labour Court has
readHeroes' monument losing battle
06-05-2005
A VISIT to a deserted Heroes' Acre on Cassinga Day this week revealed that the most expensive monument in Namibia is already showing signs of decay. No tender procedures were followed before the
readThreat sees courts swept for bombs
06-05-2005
A BOMB scare had the Police carrying out searches at Windhoek's court buildings on Wednesday.Police officers carried out a sweep for bombs at the Windhoek Magistrate's Court, High Court and Supreme
readCorrupt cop jailed
06-05-2005
AN Okahandja Policeman has lost not only his job, but also his freedom, because of his involvement in corruption. Christiaan Kheib, a 36-year-old former Detective Constable at Okahandja, was made an
readGreed is the 'new colonialism', warns President
06-05-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has called for what amounts to 'a national alert' on corruption, urging Namibians countrywide to throw their weight behind his Government's drive to root out
readAapangi 327 ya pewa oonzapo dhawo oshiwike sha zi ko
06-05-2005
OSWALD SHIVUTE A APANGI ayehe kumwe ye li 306 oya pewa Oonzapo sho ya piti uupangi wowene mwa kwatelwa nuuvalithi, yo ye li 13 taya pewa Oonzapo mukwiilongela Uukalinawa wOpamudhingoloko, ye li
readNamibia oku li muupyakadhi wOondohotola tadhi thigi po Epangelo
06-05-2005
PETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi lyAapangi nosho tuu mboka ya monene oonzapo dhawo mOsenda yOpashigwana yUuhaku mOvenduka omasiku ga zi ko, Oministeli yUuhaku nUundjolowele Richard Kamwi, okwa eta
readBoxers progress to semis
06-05-2005
THREE of Namibia's boxers competing at the Africa Boxing Championships in Morocco progressed to the semi-finals of the competition this week. They are expected to fight today and tomorrow in their
readFrom the Sidelines with Corry Ihuhua
06-05-2005
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) was expected to announce the appointment of a new technical director by late yesterday at one of its monthly executive meetings in the capital. Despite the
readKarg saves Namibia
06-05-2005
A great century by Morné Karg enabled Namibia to hold out for a draw against Pakistan A in their final three-day match at the Wanderers grounds on May 1. After amassing a 139-run first-innings lead,
readBrian at trials with 'The Birds'
06-05-2005
THE dynamic, skilful and rather explosive Namibian midfielder Brian Gurirab will be given a chance to try his luck at South African premiership side Moroka Swallows today, after he was invited for
readProsecutors rest case against Michael Jackson
06-05-2005
SANTA MARIA - Prosecutors rested their case against Michael Jackson on Wednesday with the testimony of a former employee on attempts to shore up the pop star's public image just as questions were
readAntonov crashes in DRC
06-05-2005
KINSHASA - Eleven people were killed and one survived when an Antonov 26 plane crashed while preparing to land in the north-east Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) city of Kisangani, UN-sponsored
readFloods ravage Kenya
06-05-2005
NAIROBI - Floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least four people and displaced thousands in Kenya, officials said yesterday as heavy rain continued to pound parts of the east African nation.
readMarburg death toll up to 280
06-05-2005
LUANDA - The death toll from the outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola has reached 280, most of whom succumbed to the disease in the northern Uige province, the health ministry and the
readInsurgents kill 24 in Baghdad attacks
06-05-2005
BAGHDAD - Insurgents launched a wave of ambushes and bomb blasts in Baghdad that killed at least 24 people yesterday, in the latest attacks to coincide with the formation of Iraq's new cabinet. In
readNYPD probes blast at British consulate
06-05-2005
NEW YORK - New York police were investigating two predawn blasts at the British consulate in midtown Manhattan that shattered some windows but caused no injuries, a spokesman said yesterday. "There
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