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45 Articles found on Tuesday, 22 November 2005
SA gold output down 15,4%
22-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Gold output in South Africa, the world's largest producer of the precious metal, fell 15,4 per cent year-on-year to 72,4 tonnes in the third quarter due to restructuring and shaft
readPioneer heads to quit
22-11-2005
TOKYO - Pioneer Corp.said yesterday its president and chairman will step down to take responsibility for its struggling business, underscoring the plight of Japanese electronics makers amid fierce
readZim to boost energy supply with uranium
22-11-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe said at the weekend that the recent discovery of uranium deposits will allow Zimbabwe to develop its energy supplies, state radio reported Sunday."We recently
readBotswana pushes for local diamond cutting
22-11-2005
WINDHOEK - President Festus Mogae of Botswana, the world's top diamond producer, said on Friday that he wanted more cutting and polishing units in southern Africa as he arrived in Windhoek for talks
readDeal unlikely at WTO summit
22-11-2005
NEW DELHI - A deal on a new global trade treaty is unlikely to come out of next month's World Trade Organisation meeting, but the Hong Kong summit won't collapse like the previous meeting, India's
readTax Talk: VAT system is tax inclusive
22-11-2005
OUR value-added tax system is tax inclusive.This means the price you see must be the price you pay - whether the seller is registered for value-added tax or not.When the seller is not registered for
readFifth mass grave found at Eenhana
22-11-2005
TWO more mass graves - one containing badly burnt skeletons and exploded artillery shells - were found at Eenhana in the North yesterday.The Ohangwena Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner Armas
readFather and son clash over school storeroom murder
22-11-2005
TWO vastly different accounts of the events that led to the death of Maritsa van Wyk (26) and her body being left to decompose in a storeroom at Centaurus High School, emerged in the Regional Court
readIt's an order.Public servants must fly local
22-11-2005
IN the latest attempt to rescue the struggling national airline, Cabinet has instructed civil servants and employees of parastatals to use Air Namibia when travelling internally, regionally and
readFormer top cop arrested on fraud, forgery charges
22-11-2005
THE former Deputy Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Fritz Nghiishililwa, has been arrested and charged with fraud, forgery, uttering and attempted fraud, for allegedly defrauding a children's
readNujoma blames lawyers for backlogs in courts
22-11-2005
JUSTICE Deputy Minister Uutoni Nujoma says lawyers must bear the brunt of the blame for the big backlog of cases in Namibia's Magistrate's Courts.Addressing the National Assembly last week, Nujoma
readClub outing turns violent
22-11-2005
A 24-year old man, Kapule Johannes, was shot and injured at a nightclub in Oshakati West at around 04h30 on Sunday, the Police reported yesterday.He was rushed to the Oshakati State Hospital after
read'Social grants should be a means, not end'
22-11-2005
THE answer to poverty alleviation lies in the empowerment and motivation of the poor through self-help programmes "rather than solely in social grants", says Veronica de Klerk, Executive Director of
readWild animals cause death of three people
22-11-2005
POLICE have reported the deaths of three people after a number of fateful encounters with wild animals between Thursday and Friday.At Palmfontein near Kamanjab, a 31-year-old woman, Vaepisa Musutua,
readNo criminal charges yet in Unam exam paper theft
22-11-2005
THE University of Namibia has changed an earlier statement about its investigation into an exam-paper scandal, saying that suspended employees would only face criminal charges once the disciplinary
readTreason trial's tenth witness wraps up testimony - at last
22-11-2005
AFTER 18 days in the witness box, and eight months and a week after he started testifying, the prosecution's tenth witness in the main Caprivi high treason trial on Thursday at long last concluded
readHumpback whale remains stuck in lagoon at Walvis Bay
22-11-2005
EFFORTS to rescue a humpback whale that got stranded in the shallow waters of the Walvis Bay lagoon on Saturday continue. So far, attempts to get the six-metre-long whale afloat and into deeper water
readLegal triangle ruling set to be given today
22-11-2005
THE High Court is set to decide today whether or not to allow Old Mutual Life Assurance to hold on to more than N$3,2 million belonging to former employer Johan Deysel to compensate a Windhoek
readNedbank MD Shipanga steps down
22-11-2005
NEDBANK Namibia yesterday announced the resignation of Martin Shipanga as Managing Director of the top commercial bank with effect from December 31 2005.A press statement issued by the bank said
readPlea for help
22-11-2005
THE Police are requesting the assistance of the public in tracing two suspects in criminal cases.* Police at Outapi are looking for Johannes Shikongo (36) in connection with a stock theft case.He
readNew Robert Mugabe Avenue opened
22-11-2005
THE Mayor of Windhoek, Matheus Shikongo, opened the Robert Mugabe Avenue extension yesterday.Motorists can only use the new road from Friday, though, as some finishing touches still need to be
readNella a toolithwa ko
22-11-2005
O shifo shika, ano The Namibian osha etelwa onkundana yOpasporta ya toolwa yomukulukadhi gwedhina Nella George oshiwike sha zi ko.Papasporta ndjika meme Nella oku li Omunamibia gwokondoolopa ya
readKapu na ehala lyaanona yomoofaalama
22-11-2005
A ANONA yatatu aavali yawo haya longo moofaalama dhi li momundhingoloko gwa Kahandja, otashi vulika ya ka kale inaya mona Osikola omumvo tagu ya molwashoka inaya mona omahala momihandjo.Ngashiingeyi
readOondjamba mo Caprivi otadhi si enota
22-11-2005
O ONDJAMBA dha konda pomilongo mbali odha si omwenyo gwomayulu kenota moshitopolwa sha Caprivi-uzilo okuza petameko lyomwedhi gwa zi ko.Omutonateli omukuluntu gwiiyamakuti mUuministeli wEgameno
readKwi itsuwa ishewe oombila mbali mOnooli ya Namibia
22-11-2005
N ATANGO moNooli mwiitsuwa oombila mbali, taku tengenekwa kutya mboka ya fumvikwa mo iilyo yoPlana, mbyoka ya dhipagelwe komatango gomukolonyeki South Afrika pethimbo lyekondjelomanguluko.Komanda
readOmupevipresidende gwa Malawi a kwatwa po shina sha nuulunga
22-11-2005
B LANTYRE - Ompangu yOpombanda mu Malawi oya kaleka pakathimbo oshipotha shuulunga sha lopotelwa Omupevipresiende gwoshilongo shika, Cassim Chilumpha, ngoka ekwatopo lye lya tula opolitika moshiponga
readAanahambo mOkavango ya mona elombwelo lyOpaveta ya ze mo meni lyomasiku gaheyali
22-11-2005
A ANAHAMBO konyala ayehe mboka ye na Oohambo muuninginino wOkavango, ano mUkwangali, oya mona elombwelo lyOpaveta kutya ya kale ya za mo mOkavango moka omanga omasiku gaheyali inaga pita po, okuza
readAthletics meeting attracts many
22-11-2005
MORE than 50 athletes turned up for the Namibian Athletes Association meeting held at the Katutura Youth Complex last week and its chairperson, Agnes Samaria, said she was impressed by the
readCrouch in turmoil
22-11-2005
LONDON - Like a pub with no beer, a striker who cannot score goals is of limited use.Peter Crouch joined Liverpool from Southampton for seven million pounds ($12 million) after claiming 12 league
readPetrus is blackball pool champ
22-11-2005
THE Carling Black Label Namibian Blackball national closed championships saw the rise of a new star in Immanuel Petrus, who captured the men's title in the final by beating veteran Klaus Roerkohl
readAnxious week for Euro champs
22-11-2005
LONDON - The stakes are high for former European champions Manchester United, Porto and AC Milan in this week's penultimate round of Champions League group matches.All three are making heavy weather
readFootball Fixtures
22-11-2005
MTC Namibia Premier League Friday, Nov 25 19h30: Sport Klub Windhoek vs Civics - SKW Std.Saturday, Nov 26 14h00: Orlando Pirates vs Touch & Go - Independence 16h00: Black Africa vs Oshakati
readNotice ...
22-11-2005
* ROCHAS Restaurant will hold a fun day for football supporters to form teams such Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle.The fun day is scheduled for December 10 at the
readTop guns talk about losses
22-11-2005
TOP premiership teams that failed to secure semi-final berths in the FNB Cup first round at Walvis Bay and Oshakati have blamed their losses on poor form, indiscipline, lack of key personnel and bad
readMerkel Germany's first female chancellor
22-11-2005
BERLIN - Angela Merkel was elected Germany's first woman chancellor yesterday in a parliamentary vote that ends months of political uncertainty and puts her atop a fragile coalition that must prove
readBochner of 'Dynasty' fame
22-11-2005
SANTA MONICA - Actor Lloyd Bochner, best known for his roles as Cecil Colby on TV's 'Dynasty' and in the classic 'To Serve Man' episode of 'The Twilight Zone' has died of cancer aged 81.Bochner's
readPeter Drucker, business management guru
22-11-2005
WASHINGTON - Peter Drucker, the business management visionary whose humanist ideas deeply shaped the way the modern corporation is run, died earlier this month.He was 95. Known as "the father of
read21 bird flu outbreaks in China
22-11-2005
BEIJING - There have been 21 outbreaks of bird flu in China this year, a Chinese government official said yesterday as he warned the H5N1 situation in the country was "severe" and likely to get
readEritrea, Ethiopia border tension
22-11-2005
ASMARA - Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has blamed soaring border tensions with arch-rival Ethiopia on a political "crisis" in Addis Ababa which is stoking fears of a new war to divert attention
readMan drinks himself to death
22-11-2005
DAR ES SALAAM - A Tanzanian man drank himself to death at the weekend after gulping down nearly a litre of vodka in an unofficial contest at a bar in the capital, said police and witnesses on
readIn Brief
22-11-2005
* SHOOTING - A gunman who opened fire in a mall in the West Coast state of Washington was in police custody, ending a dramatic hostage situation.* AGREED - Japan and Russia signed agreements to
readUS troops fire on civilians near Baghdad
22-11-2005
BAQUBA - Witnesses and the Iraqi police said US troops opened fire on a crowded minibus north of Baghdad yesterday, killing five members of the same family, including two children, and wounding four
readKenyan power struggle climaxes in constitutional referendum
22-11-2005
NAIROBI - From misty highlands to steamy coast, Kenyans voted yesterday in a referendum on a new constitution amid fears violence could mar a vote seen as a dress rehearsal for the east African
readBosnia marks 10 years since peace deal
22-11-2005
SARAJEVO - Bosnia yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the Dayton peace agreement which ended more than three years of bloody inter-ethnic war and divided the country into a shaky system of
readSharon seeks dissolution of parliament, early election after quitting Likud Party
22-11-2005
JERUSALEM - In a bold gamble, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday asked Israel's president to dissolve parliament, pushing for a quick March election just hours after deciding to leave his hardline
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