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47 Articles found on Monday, 17 October 2005
South African big business at forefront of AIDS battle
17-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Big business in South Africa has become a leading force in the fight against AIDS, investing effort and money into treatment programmes to put ailing workers back on the job."It's
readFormer street boy brings hope to Kenyan slum
17-10-2005
NAIROBI - Elijah Mwaura lost everything when his father was run over by a car and killed five years ago - a home, an education and a role model.Without a breadwinner, Mwaura's mother took her six
readUnilever global accounts taken
17-10-2005
LONDON - Advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty was awarded the bulk of Unilever's US$280 million (N$1,8 billion) global detergent business account, the agency's third high-profile win in less than a
readBank groups emerge from Nigeria consolidation
17-10-2005
LAGOS - Twenty-one new banking groups have emerged from a forced consolidation process in Nigeria, 11 weeks before a deadline for new capital requirements takes effect, banking sources and officials
readWTO trade deal, vital says Brown
17-10-2005
BEIJING - Clinching a deal to tear down barriers to global trade is the most important challenge facing global economic policy makers, British finance minister Gordon Brown said on Friday.Talks under
readBoN wary of rising inflation
17-10-2005
IN order to strike a balance between fostering sustainable economic growth, reducing inflation and building foreign exchange reserves, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has once again resolved to keep its
readBoN wary of rising inflation
17-10-2005
IN order to strike a balance between fostering sustainable economic growth, reducing inflation and building foreign exchange reserves, the Bank of Namibia (BoN) has once again resolved to keep its
readWHK Agric & Ind Show losing popularity
17-10-2005
THE Windhoek Agricultural and Industrial Show that ended recently has been described by many as the worst they attended in the past few years.The show that lasted a week failed to attract huge numbers
readSA maize prices fall further
17-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African maize prices maintained their downward march on Friday as scattered showers fell last week in some growing areas with more rains forecast for the weekend.But traders said
readHAN happy with members
17-10-2005
THE Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) says nearly all its members have managed to comply with the new sector regulations put in place by the Namibia Tourism Board (NTB) in November last
readSuspended Kandara cops reinstated
17-10-2005
THE last members of the Namibian Police's Serious Crime Unit to have remained on suspension over the gunshot death of the late Lazarus Kandara have been reinstated in their posts.The officers received
readRabies outbreak: Huge vaccination campaign
17-10-2005
THE City of Windhoek has launched a vaccination campaign after an outbreak of rabies was confirmed at the weekend.City of Windhoek spokesperson Ndangi Katoma told The Namibian yesterday that since
readPio Teek retires as Judge in wake of rape charges
17-10-2005
THE criminal charges on which Supreme Court Judge of Appeal Pio Teek was arrested at the end of January claimed his judicial career on Friday.Teek is retiring as a Supreme Court Judge of Appeal with
readODC admits it was duped
17-10-2005
THE Offshore Development Company (ODC) has finally admitted that the N$100 million investment it made with Great Triangle Investments was "orchestrated" and "fraudulent".The ODC has also acknowledged
readBar owner shot during robbery
17-10-2005
TWO armed robberies were reported at Walvis Bay on Friday.On Wednesday night at 23h35, Lucas Kahupi was held at gunpoint by four unknown suspects at his bar at Kuisebmund.The robbers stole N$1194.50,
readStreet vendors unite to challenge municipality
17-10-2005
A GROUP of around 60 street vendors who used to trade around Windhoek have formed a committee to discuss their problems with the municipality after being chased from their pitches for trading without
readMan killed and two mauled by leopard
17-10-2005
ONE man died and two were seriously injured when they were attacked by a leopard at Oshanashomoonde in the Oshikoto Region on Monday and Tuesday last week.The leopard arrived at a cattle post at
readTreasurer and clerk at Opuwo arrested over missing money
17-10-2005
OPUWO - The treasurer and the records clerk of the Opuwo Municipality have been suspended in connection with missing money.Opuwo Town Clerk Libertius Mbaumba confirmed the suspension on Friday. The
readKeetmans Council offers lifeline for defaulters
17-10-2005
KEETMANSHOOP residents have received an offer by the Town Council to add their outstanding municipal bills to their mortgage bonds with mixed feelings.At a community meeting last week, the Town
readWater woes leave Opuwo in the dust
17-10-2005
"I HAVE lived in Opuwo for a long time and I have never experienced such a disaster," said Mukaakozombe Thanohunga, a Himba woman from Otuzemba settlement on the north of Opuwo town.Thanohunga
readSecond woman appears in court over Outjo baby kidnapping case
17-10-2005
A SECOND suspect appeared in the Outjo Magistrate's Court on Friday for her alleged role in kidnapping a newborn baby nearly two weeks ago.She has been identified as 23-year-old Cetlien Geingos. She
readVoice bells falls silent
17-10-2005
OTJIWARONGO - Members of the Zion Parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia at Otjiwarongo were surprised when the controversial 'Kandara's Voice' bells did not summon them to the place of
readOshakati Police Station's power cut off; 90 bodies in morgue decompose
17-10-2005
THE Oshakati Police station in the North had its power shut off on Thursday and Friday by Oshakati Premier Electricity Company because the Police failed to pay their electricity bill of N$127 000 for
readUnion calls for Ndishishi suspension
17-10-2005
THE National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) wants Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Andrew Ndishishi suspended while investigations continue into the missing N$100 million investment made by
readOtatu kongo oomeme yaali
17-10-2005
OTAKU kongwa aakiintu yaali mboka ye na uunona wa nakusa Abisai Shimpulu sha Kalilo, gumwe oku na okanona kedhina Martina Itembu ya Abisai ka valwa momasiku 18 Mei 2000.Omukwawo oku na okanona kedhina
readKapia ota thigi po Oparliamende
17-10-2005
NGOKA a li nale Ominista yOpevi yIilonga, Iiyenditho nOmakwatathano, Paulus Kapia, okwa zimine okwiikutha mOmutumba gwOpashigwana konima yoonkundathana oonene nOmupresidende gwongundu tatekulu Sam
readOondhila dhEpangelo otadhi vulu okulongithwa paumwene
17-10-2005
OMADHAGADHAGA noondhila dhEpangelo otadhi vulu okulongithwa paumwene komuntu kehe ngoka ta vulu okufuta iifuta mbyoka tayi pulwa, Omuprima Nahas Angula ta popi ngaaka mEtine lya zile ko.Omushangwa
readOositola dha Kuthilandjeko dha fandithwa po
17-10-2005
OOSITOLA dha tseyika nawa dha nakusa Andreas Nekwaya (Kuthilandjeko) dha tseyika nedhina Oositola dha Kuthilandjeko (Checkers) ndhoka dhi li pooha dhOmatala mOshakati dha fandithwa po mEtitatu
readGumwe a dhipagwa kEtotongwe yo yaali taya ehamekwa
17-10-2005
OMULUMENTU omugundjuka okwa si sho a lika ketotongwe omanga yaali ya ehamekwa nayi, sha ningilwa momukunda Oshanashomoonde muuzilo wOndonga kOmangetti mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto Omaandaha ngaka nEtiyali
readAalongi inaya pewa sho ya li ya hala mesiku lyawo
17-10-2005
NONANDO ya ningile ehololomadhilaadhilo, aalongisikola onkee ye uvite uudhigu omolu okwaagwanithilwa po omauthemba gawo ngashi taye ga pula omutenya nuusiku.Mokunyenyeta ko The Namibian momukanda gawo
readKhumalo a hulithila mOnandjokwe
17-10-2005
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomOngwediva nOshakati mOshitopolwa sha Shana noshowo mOhakapeke mOshikandjohogololo sha Kalongo mOshitopowla sha Musati tate Elias Mungomba, a tseyika nawa nedhina
readUufuthi wiimuna onkee tau pula komeho
17-10-2005
A ALUMENTU yAanamibia yaali, gumwe e na oomvula 25 na gumwe e na 26, oya kwatwa po shi na sha neyako lyonzi yOkarakul nokuyi dhipaga po.Opolisi oya lopota mepeko lyayo kutya onzi ndjika yi na ongushu
readOu na ohauto ko Leo PanelBeaters?
17-10-2005
ONGALASHE yedhina Leo PanelBeaters otayi tseyithile ookastoma dhayo ndhoka dhi na iihauto yi li mongalashe moka noya kala mo ethimbo ele ya thikama kutya naya kale ya ka tala ko iihauto yawo okuza
readSport Shorts
17-10-2005
* MADRID - Ronaldo grabbed two goals but left the field on a stretcher in Real Madrid's 3-0 derby victory over local rivals Atletico on Saturday.The game was almost over as a contest after just eight
readAlonso wins Chinese GP
17-10-2005
SHANGHAI - World champion Fernando Alonso won an incident-packed Chinese Grand Prix yesterday to end his season in style and hand his team Renault the constructors' world championship.The victory was
readChelsea storm reaches force nine
17-10-2005
LONDON - Jose Mourinho claimed Chelsea had provided the perfect riposte to the critics who have labelled them boring by blasting five second half goals past Bolton."We are not boring," Mourinho
readBulls tame Lions, Cheetahs through
17-10-2005
THE Blue Bulls reached a fourth consecutive Currie Cup final with a hard-fought come-from-behind 31-23 semifinal victory over the Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening.The Lions led 17-16 at
readAiken caps brilliant season with win at MTC PGA
17-10-2005
SOUTH Africa's Thomas Aiken wrote his own piece of golfing history in Namibia on Sunday when he capped a brilliant season with an emphatic four-stroke victory at the MTC Namibian PGA Championship in
readVan Staden in third classic win
17-10-2005
ONE of Namibia's most prolific young cyclists, Heletje van Staden, achieved her third overall victory in The Namibian Model Pick 'n Pay Cycle Classic, which was held in Windhoek yesterday.Van Staden
readAziz won't testify against Saddam
17-10-2005
BAGHDAD - Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz will not testify against Saddam Hussein in an upcoming trial in exchange for his own freedom, Aziz's lawyer said yesterday.A report in
readZim opposition risks split
17-10-2005
HARARE - Simmering divisions within ZimbabÂwe's main opposition party over whether to contest controversial senate elections broke into the open last week, risking a split in the party that would
readRace to find a vaccine against bird flu
17-10-2005
PARIS - With the arrival of the deadly bird flu in Europe, the race is on around the world to find a vaccine to treat a possible pandemic, but nobody knows what form the virus may eventually take and
readIsrael won't interfere in Palestinian vote
17-10-2005
JERUSALEM - Israel appeared to soften its opposition to Hamas's participation in January's Palestinian elections, as officials indicated they would not interfere in the ballot if the Islamist group
readInsulting Mugabe won't help: Mbeki
17-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Shouting and swearing at the Zimbabwean government would not help resolve problems there, President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday."It will really be quite easy for me to call a press
readLiberia heads for second round in presidential poll
17-10-2005
MONROVIA - Football hero George Weah and former World Bank economist Ellen Johnson Sirleaf edged closer at the weekend to a run-off in Liberia's presidential race with results in from more than 80 per
readIraq constitution 'probably passed': Rice
17-10-2005
LONDON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday that Iraqis had probably approved a US-backed draft constitution in a historic referendum that she predicted would reduce insurgent
readIn Brief
17-10-2005
* NUCLEAR - Iran said it would not return to a full freeze of its disputed nuclear activities and voiced confidence it could avoid being referred to the UN Security Council.* ARRESTS - The Israeli
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