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48 Articles found on Thursday, 3 November 2005
Farmers, cheetahs explore the art of living together
03-11-2005
WHEN farmers capture cheetahs that they believe are attacking their livestock, the Africat Foundation and the Cheetah Conservation Fund are left with the tough decision of what to do with these big
readUS takes on daunting tax reform
03-11-2005
WASHINGTON A high-level panel appointed by President George W.Bush yesterday recommended the first wholesale revisions to the Byzantine US tax code in two decades to encourage savings and economic
readShoprite Group takes over Computicket
03-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - The Shoprite group of companies has acquired the entire issued share capital of Computicket from Media24, the two companies announced yesterday.They said the transaction was subject to
readMTN expected to target Bots, Tunisia markets
03-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - In addition to its bid to buy a stake in Tunisie Telecom, MTN Group this month also looks set to unveil expansion plans into the Southern African market of Botswana.Sources close to
readAngola, Switzerland sign pact on unblocking frozen funds
03-11-2005
LUANDA - Angola and Switzerland have signed an accord to unblock US$21 million frozen by Berne over alleged arms trafficking during the southern African country's long civil war, the government has
readFirst diamond jewellery exhibition on show
03-11-2005
WINDHOEK - The first-ever diamond jewellery exhibition as part of the International Diamond Omugongo was officially launched under the theme 'Diamond for Development' here on Tuesday night.Launching
readDiamond indaba held
03-11-2005
THE first international diamond conference was held in Windhoek yesterday, drawing together major diamond industry players to discuss issues of diamond development in Namibia and southern Africa, in
readBig fishing company sells ships and slashes workforce as catch collapses
03-11-2005
ONE of the biggest fishing companies in Namibia is drastically cutting its operations on land and sea.Gendor Fishing Company has already sold some of its vessels and plans to dispose of more ships
readBrothers convicted for Schaum murder
03-11-2005
THE Jones brothers are guilty. Judge Sylvester Mainga has convicted Ian and Chris Jones on charges of murder, kidnapping, and housebreaking with the intention to rob and robbery with aggravating
readGrowing calls for Namibian diamonds to be cut locally
03-11-2005
LEV LEVIEV, the Israeli diamond merchant who owns Africa's largest diamond cutting and polishing factory in Windhoek, yesterday urged Government to ensure that Namibian diamonds are cut and polished
readDeadlock at Ramatex
03-11-2005
TENSIONS have reached boiling point at the Ramatex Textile Factory after mediation to resolve a wage dispute reached a stalemate.The factory is refusing to budge from its offer to increase workers'
readGoing Public
03-11-2005
A NAMIBIAN Sustainable Energy Society is set to be launched next week.The type of issues that will be on the agenda include: run your car on bio-diesel, save electricity - save money, and other energy
readWeeds out!
03-11-2005
ONGWEDIVA - About 12 mahangu farmers are undergoing a 19-day training course at Ohambungu village in Ongwediva Constituency.The course, presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry,
readWater woes at Walvis Bay
03-11-2005
PIPE breaks and power line failtures have resulted in a severe reduction of water power at Walvis Bay, the municipality announced yesterday.Water was cut off from 20h00 last night to 06h00 today.
readPower cuts in the capital on Friday
03-11-2005
FOUR areas of Windhoek will be without electricity between 09h00 and 11h00 on Friday.The Windhoek Municipality has announced that it needs to do urgent maintenance work to the 11kV network.The areas
readScrap 'paper policies', focus on the people, urges President
03-11-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday told his Government to do away with policies that are only good on paper and have no positive impact on people.Opening the first-ever Cabinet retreat of his
readPoly students wait on Lands Ministry
03-11-2005
ABOUT 25 Land Management students at the Polytechnic of Namibia are waiting anxiously for the Ministry of Lands and Resettlement to pay their study fees so that they can write their year-end exams.The
readKhorixas to test new prepaid water meters
03-11-2005
KHORIXAS - The Khorixas Town Council is to test new prepaid water meters that should withstand the high concentration of lime in the water.The Acting Chief Executive Officer of Khorixas, Eben Xoagub,
readMan jailed for 20 years for stealing two cattle
03-11-2005
RUNDU - Markus Haindere was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment last week after the Rundu Regional Court found him guilty of stock theft.Haindere (35), a resident of Shandagho village in the Ndiyona
readPork remains scarce
03-11-2005
PORK is becoming scarce in Namibian supermarkets because of import bans against South Africa and Brazil.Imports of pork from South Africa were banned two months ago after an outbreak of swine fever in
readWoman arrested after 'abortion'
03-11-2005
A YOUNG woman from Otaukondjele village near Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region has been arrested and charged with murder for allegedly terminating her pregnancy.Regional Police Commander Armas Shivute
readParliamentarians get to grips with abuse
03-11-2005
CASES of woman and child abuse are on the increase in Namibia and something needs to be done urgently to improve the situation, says Unicef's representative in Namibia.Khin-Sandi Lwin told a
read8 rapes reported
03-11-2005
EIGHT cases of rape have been reported to the Police in the past week.Six of the victims were minors.* At around 02h30 on Sunday, a 17-year-old girl was raped at Grootfontein, the Police reported
readCaprivi treason witness tells of Unita arms trade
03-11-2005
THE tenth State witness to testify in the main Caprivi high treason trial transported the High Court in Windhoek back in time yesterday.The court was taken right back to the days of 1998 when, the
readParastatal abuses hurting Namibia
03-11-2005
SOME of Namibia's parastatals have lost the ability to pay salaries and are draining Government resources, the Cabinet retreat at Swakopmund heard yesterday.The operations of some of the close to 40
readOlusheno otalu ka dhima mOvenduka
03-11-2005
M UNI gwa Venduka okwa tseyitha ngeyi kutya miitopolwa yimwe moshilandopangelo otamu ka kala ondhime, ano mwaana olusheno ngula mEtitano.Muni okwa popi pamushangwa kutya olusheno otalu ka dhima
readYe li 1 400 mu Unam itaya ka shanga omakonakono
03-11-2005
O TASHI vulika aanasikola ye vulithe po 1 400 mOyunivesiti ya Namibia (Unam) itaya ka shanga omakonakono ga hugunina molwashoka oye na oongunga dhOsikola.Omakonakono gaanasikola mu Unam otaga tameke
readOmahepeko gaanona naakiintu oga londa noonkondo
03-11-2005
O MUKALELIPO gwehangano egameni lyaanona lyIigwanahangano mu Namibia/United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) okwa ti omahepeko gaakiintu naanona mu Namibia oga indjipala noonkondo.Meme Khin-Sandi Lwin
readOshigwana sha kwathela aayalele pOkahandja
03-11-2005
A ANTU oyendji oya tondoka onkungo yaayelele yAasan ye li 67 mboka haya zi metungo lyondama lyokuyoga onkulu pOkahandja, konima sho Oshifo shika sha lopota uudhigu wawo.Ehangano lyomushigakano
readAamati yOmukwaniilwa Mpasi oko ya thinda kOohambo hoka
03-11-2005
YAMWE yaanahambo muuninginino wa Kavango ano moshitopolwa shUukwangali, oya lombwela Oshifo shika ohela kutya aamati yOmukwaniilwa Sitentu Mpasi, oya zi kOmpungu ya thinda kOofaalama hoka ohela
readAanahambo ya maashinga pEenhana, ya hala uulithilo
03-11-2005
O NGUNDU yomwaalu gwontumba gwaaanhambo mboka taya tidhwa kOkavango, Omaandaha ga zi ko oya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo mEenhana mOshitopowla sha Hangwena taya pula Epangelo li ya pe ehala mpoka taya
readOorebele mu Burundi dha dhipaga ye li 10
03-11-2005
B UJUMBURA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Bujumbura sha Burundi otayi ti kutya ongundu ya hugunina yOorebele dhAahutu, ndjoka ngashiingeyi oyo ayike tayi piyaganeke onkalo moshilongo - oya kutula ominino
readNico Josea a pewa obooloha
03-11-2005
NICO JOSEA okwa pewa obooloha yOondola/N$30 000 mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika mOvenduka.Mengestrata ngoka a kala nokupulakena eindilo lya Josea uule womasiku gatano mOmpangu ya
readKeane calls for January clear-out
03-11-2005
LONDON - Manchester United captain Roy Keane reportedly wants the club to get rid of their under-performing stars in the January transfer window.Keane blasted his team-mates in an interview with
readMoto Cross Inter Series goes into second stage
03-11-2005
THOSE who missed last Saturday's first leg still have the opportunity to experience the highlight of the annual Moto Cross Inter Series.This Saturday the second leg will take place - under the
readSri Lanka face 7-0 drubbing
03-11-2005
PUNE - Sri Lanka's former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga yesterday predicted a 7-0 sweep for resurgent India in the current one-day series unless the tourists quickly stop the rot.Sri
readAthletics champs to go ahead at coast
03-11-2005
THE regional athletics championship series will take place in Walvis Bay on Saturday despite the absence of the Khomas Region.Responding to queries made by the Khomas Athletics Region, Athletics
readChelsea crash as Real march on
03-11-2005
PARIS - Chelsea's Champions League campaign suffered its first real jolt on Tuesday when Jose Mourinho's Premiership titleholders were stunned 1-0 by Real Betis.As Lyon and Real Madrid became the
readSponsorship requested
03-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S Vicky Erenstein ya Toivo is running the New York Marathon this Sunday, November 6.She aims to raise funds for the upgrading of the Okaheke Kindergarten in northern Namibia.Interested
readCoach wanted for Warriors
03-11-2005
THE Namibian football technical director, Seth Boois, has admitted that the Brave Warriors will fail to go beyond the first hurdle of the annual Cosafa Cup if a coach is not appointed by January next
readTied up in Russian red tape? Send a birthday card
03-11-2005
MOSCOW - Rude, unhelpful, and often corrupt: it's the widely held image of the Russian bureaucrat and it strikes fear into the heart of Western investors touching down in Moscow to cash in on a
readIn Brief
03-11-2005
* VOWED - Syria vowed to co-operate with a UN inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri after a Security Council resolution demanded that Damascus help or face the
readZim MP suspended over foreign funding claims
03-11-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended a member of parliament from its ranks over false claims the party had received illegal foreign funds, charges he
read'Terror suspects held in secret prisons'
03-11-2005
WASHINGTON - The CIA is holding top al Qaeda suspects in secret detention centres in eastern Europe and elsewhere set up after the September 11 attacks and known only to a handful of officials, The
readZanzibar tightens security as president is re-elected
03-11-2005
ZANZIBAR - Security forces tightened their grip on Zanzibar ahead of the swearing in yesterday of Amani Abeid Karume as president of the Tanzanian archipelago following elections marred by violence
readRiots spread to several Paris suburbs
03-11-2005
PARIS - Gangs of youths in towns around Paris clashed with police and torched cars and trash cans overnight as violence that has plagued one poor suburb for almost a week spread around the French
readUS extends sanctions on Sudan
03-11-2005
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday extended sanctions against Sudan as a sponsor of terrorism, and is sending a top diplomat there to assess the results of a US-brokered peace accord that
readZambia rejects draft constitution
03-11-2005
LUSAKA - Zambia rejected a draft constitution drawn up by a state-appointed body yesterday, a day after nationwide protests for a new constitution ahead of planned elections in 2006."It should also
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