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43 Articles found on Monday, 14 November 2005
Singapore beats water woes, exports water skills
14-11-2005
SINGAPORE - Singapore, which is turning to desalination and waste-water technology to wean itself off water imports from neighbouring Malaysia, is now using its expertise to win a bigger slice of the
readMTN unveils Botswana mobile deal
14-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Shares in Africa's biggest mobile operator by sales, MTN, gained three per cent on Friday after the company said it had bought a stake in Botswana's leading cellular operator
readTeenager starts airline
14-11-2005
LONDON - The founder of Britain's newest airline is discussing his business vision when a very different image pops into his head - that of his newly hired troop of stewardesses.At just 19 years old,
readNamibia set to benefit from wealth 'rub-off'
14-11-2005
THE Namibian economy and local investors are well positioned to benefit from the 'rub-off effect' as South Africa launches major strategic infrastructure investment and enters a period of sustained
readNamibia's electronic bill on track
14-11-2005
THE working committee responsible for putting together the country's first bill to govern and regulate use of electronic communications and transactions in Namibia says it will soon complete a draft
readYouth Council activities under fire
14-11-2005
THE National Youth Council's reckless spending on travel, abuse of its medical aid fund and the lack of public accountability for its budget have come under scrutiny in the National Assembly. The
readThousands f lock to Omhedi for crowning
14-11-2005
THOUSANDS of people from across Namibia, led by President Hifikepunye Pohamba, gathered at the new palace (Ouhamba) of the Ovakwanyama on Saturday for the crowning of the new Queen of Ovakwanyama,
readPresident makes plea on mass graves
14-11-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba, accompanied by the Chief of Police, Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga, and Ohangwena Governor Usko Nghaamwa, visited the two mass graves at Eenhana yesterday
readInvestors put the squeeze on ODC
14-11-2005
THE screws are tightening on the Offshore Development Company (ODC) to pay back millions of dollars it invested on behalf of other companies with the shady Great Triangle Investments. The ODC has
readNamfisa warns illegal microlenders
14-11-2005
THE Namibia Financial Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) is threatening to take legal action against Government employees who are running illegal microlending businesses.Namfisa, the regulator of
readBank at the Post Office: Minister
14-11-2005
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is promoting the use of Post Office banking services and credit unions as a way to avoid the exorbitant bank charges of commercial banks.She told the
readNA vetoes increase in Govt benefits for traditional leaders
14-11-2005
THE National Assembly has rejected a motion by the DTA to adjust the payment and benefits traditional leaders receive from Government.The DTA's Phillemon Moongo, who brought the motion to the House,
readAngolan man arrested in South for illegal entry
14-11-2005
POLICE at Keetmanshoop last week arrested an Angolan man on charges of entering the country illegally.Hangala Paulus Wakalenda (30) was found in a truck heading for South Africa from Oshakati, Karas
readUnion takes on Old Mutual
14-11-2005
THE Namibia Financial Institutions Union (Nafinu) on Friday called on Old Mutual Namibia to "revisit its decision" to terminate 13 managerial and administrative positions within the next month.Workers
readRound Two to TransNamib
14-11-2005
TRANSNAMIB has won the second round of its legal battle with former manager Bernhardt !Gaeb.Judge Elton Hoff, sitting in his capacity as President of the Labour Court, on Friday told TransNamib that
readWCCR workers won't get back pay
14-11-2005
THE Windhoek Country Club and Resort (WCCR) will not pay its workers a backdated salary and housing allowance increase, which it offered to pay them this year.The resort's General Manager, Tony
readTreason trial witness under heavy attack
14-11-2005
THE testimony of the prosecution's 10th witness in the main Caprivi high treason trial is set to continue for a 15th day in the High Court in Windhoek today.The witness, whose identity is being
readRacist laws to be repealed
14-11-2005
THE Minister of Justice will this week ask Parliament to repeal certain provisions of the Native Administration Proclamation of 1928, and the whole of the Administration of Estates (Rehoboth Gebiet)
readNational rugby stadium loses its turf
14-11-2005
FIRST the furniture was carried out, then the power was cut off - and now the cash-strapped Namibia Rugby Union has had to sell the turf at the national rugby stadium to settle an eight-month-overdue
readGIPF workers protest about salaries
14-11-2005
EMPLOYEES of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) on Friday staged a demonstration over non-payment of salary increases.The workers, who waved placards and chanted slogans at the entrance
readEkondjelo lyiipundi mOngeleki ya Pentecostal
14-11-2005
I ILYO yOngeleka ya Morewaak Pentescostal mOvenduka oya hala Aasita yawo ya ze mo miilonga molwashoka aniwa oontamanana dhawo odhe ya kalitha pondje yomatungo gOngeleki yawo.Metitatu lya zi ko,
readAashiinda nEgumbo lyEpangelo inaya yelelwa atango
14-11-2005
O KABINETE inayi ninga natango etokolo ngele aantu mboka ye na omagumbo ge li popepi nEgumbo lyEpangelo epe, otaya ka tembuka nenge aawe.Ominista yIilonga nOmakwatathano Joel Kaapanda mEtine lya zi
readAaniilonga ya NRC po Rosh Pinah ya hulitha po ekanka
14-11-2005
A ANIILONGA yOkampani ya Namibian Roads Company (NRC) mEtine lya zi ko oya hulitha po ekanka lyawo lyomasiku ga heyali, konima sho Okampani ya zimene okuya futa oshimaliwa shawo.Aaniilonga mbaka oya
readAshipembe ota ti ke na ondjo
14-11-2005
Z ONDI Ashipembe, omutekulu gwOmukalelipo gwa Namibia ko Sourth Afrika, mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika okwa popi mOmpangu yopashitopolwa mu Pretoria kutya ke na ondjo miipotha ayihe yi li 67 mbyoka a
readAawiliki yomahangano gaaniilonga ya ningilwa iipotha mu Zimbabwe
14-11-2005
H ARARE - Onkundana okuzilila ku Harare sha Zimbabwe otayi ti kutya Opolisi mEtitatu ly zi ko oya ningile aawiliki yomahangano gaaniilonga iipotha yepiyaganeko lyelandulathano, konima yesiku limwe sho
readHamutenya a galukila mOparliamende
14-11-2005
N GOKA a li nale Ominista yIikwapondje Hidipo Hamutenya, ngoka a li a kuthwa opoosa ndjika molwashoka aniwa okwa li a ningi iinima kayi pamuluandu gwopaati yawo yo Swapo, ota galukile kOmutumba
readAaniilonga ya Windhoek Country Club oya hala okuninga ekanka
14-11-2005
M ENINDJELA gwa kwalukehi gwOhotela Windhoek Country Club and Resorts (WCCR) Tony Boucher okwa ti ngele aaniilonga mOhotela yawo oya hala okuninga ekanka, oye na uuthemba okuninga ngaaka - ihe
readTrescothick, Bell tighten England control in Pakistan
14-11-2005
MULTAN - Marcus Trescothick and Ian Bell struck fluent half-centuries to strengthen England's early grip on the first test against Pakistan at the Multan Cricket Stadium yesterday.Captain Trescothick
readDravid sets sights on South Africa
14-11-2005
VADODARA - India captain Rahul Dravid believes his team can upset South Africa later this month after they completed a crushing 6-1 triumph over Sri Lanka in a one-day series on Saturday.India, who
readSenegal beat Bafana
14-11-2005
PORT ELIZABETH - Momar Ndiaye scored his first international goal six minutes from time to give Senegal a 3-2 win over South Africa in a friendly on Saturday.Although the home side equalised twice
readWindies secure draw
14-11-2005
SYDNEY - West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored a defiant half-century to help the tourists draw their three-day match against Victoria in Melbourne yesterday.Chanderpaul top-scored with a
readGoal bonanza for Brazil as Owen torments Argentina
14-11-2005
LONDON - World champions Brazil put eight goals past United Arab Emirates, Germany drew 0-0 in France and England's Michael Owen returned to torment Argentina in Saturday's friendlies for next year's
readBA to face Bees in FNB Cup
14-11-2005
CUP kings Black Africa have been pitted against Golden Bees in the first round of the First National Bank (FNB) Cup football tournament this weekend.The Cup was launched in Windhoek last Thursday.
readCivics start in commanding form
14-11-2005
BUSCHSCHULE Civics remained at the summit of the Namibia Premier League (NPL) table on Saturday after their strikers sent six goals past a hapless Touch & Go side in one of the first season-opening
readSport in Brief
14-11-2005
* CAIRO - Egypt's Al Ahli romped to an easy 3-0 win over Etoile Sahel of Tunisia to win the African Champions League in Cairo on Saturday and confirm their domination of the continent's club football
readDravid sets sights on South Africa
14-11-2005
VADODARA - India captain Rahul Dravid believes his team can upset South Africa later this month after they completed a crushing 6-1 triumph over Sri Lanka in a one-day series on Saturday.India, who
readAl Qaeda brands British queen 'enemy of Islam'
14-11-2005
LONDON - Ayman al-Zawahiri, number two in Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda global terror network, named Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as "one of the severest enemies of Islam" in a video seen by the Sunday
readIn Brief
14-11-2005
* WARNED - Jordan's King Abdullah II vowed to "take the fight" to Iraq-based al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose group Jordanian officials said carried out suicide attacks in Amman this week
readZuma rejects sex charge
14-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Axed deputy president Jacob Zuma, who lost his job in post-apartheid South Africa's biggest graft scandal, yesterday rejected a newspaper report claiming he sexually assaulted a family
readCalls for Liberia election rerun
14-11-2005
MONROVIA - Soccer star George Weah's party on Saturday demanded a rerun of Liberia's presidential runoff vote, saying the poll he had lost was unfair.Several people were hurt when Weah supporters
readZambian cholera cases top 270
14-11-2005
LUSAKA - Zambia has recorded 274 cases of cholera, seven of them fatal, since it broke out in the country in August, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo announced on Saturday.She said the capital city,
readZim opposition expels 26 who defied leader
14-11-2005
HARARE - The 26 opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party members who defied their leader to register as candidates for the upcoming senate elections in Zimbabwe have been expelled, a
readConstitutional violence in Kenya
14-11-2005
MOMBASA - The death toll from clashes between Kenyan police and opponents of a new constitution has climbed to four as two more people succumbed to bullet wounds in the coastal city of Mombasa,
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