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37 Articles found on Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Pick 'n Pay profit up
19-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African supermarket group Pick 'n Pay said its first-half headline earnings rose 17 per cent, but its shares fell due to a weaker than expected performance at its Australian
readEU trade chief seeks backing
19-10-2005
LUXEMBOURG - EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said yesterday that he hoped EU foreign ministers meeting here would give their backing for his mandate to negotiate in world trade talks in Europe's
readPohamba vows support for Namib Mills
19-10-2005
President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Monday vowed Government's support for any future projects that Namib Mills intends to establish.Speaking during a tour of the Namib Mills facilities in Windhoek
readSasol faces probe in China
19-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's petrochemicals firm Sasol and a number of other companies face a probe in China for dumping butanol in that country, the firm said yesterday.Sasol spokesman Johann van
readOil prices to hurt, but not like 1970s
19-10-2005
TOKYO - Skyrocketing energy prices will weigh on global growth but will likely exact a much smaller toll than surging oil prices did in the 1970s, US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said
readJosea says he wants to help track down SSC's money
19-10-2005
ASSET management company boss Nico Josea is eager to help recover the N$30 million investment that the Social Security Commission lost through his company, two of his lawyers have told the Windhoek
read'Stray dogs will be destroyed'
19-10-2005
ANY dogs found wandering the streets of Windhoek will be removed and killed by the City Police from next week Monday.The Windhoek Municipality says this is the second phase of its campaign to prevent
readNamibia health authorities not worried about deadly bird flu
19-10-2005
AMIDST continent-wide concern that a lethal strain of bird flu might reach Africa by December, the Namibian medical fraternity says it is not at all worried about its possible impact on the
readShowdown in Kavango
19-10-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday ordered the Governor of Kavango Region, John Thighuru, to urgently investigate inflamed land tensions in the region.A conflict over grazing between
readTotal sponsors tree planting
19-10-2005
LIMBADUNGILA - Total Namibia has donated N$20 000 to the Northern Namibia Forestry Committee, which is spearheading a tree-planting competition among various schools in northern Namibia.On Friday,
readFarmer in North found guilty of causings arrest of chief
19-10-2005
LAMECK Shipa, a farmer at Oshamakaka, was found guilty by the Ondonga Traditional Authority of neglecting his San workers.Shipa is appealing the ruling in the Ondangwa Magistrate's Court today. "They
readCemetery extended
19-10-2005
THE City of Windhoek has started expanding the Oponganda cemetery.The cost of the three-year project is estimated at between N$3 million and N$4 million.Currently an average of 10 to 15 burials a
readLight earthquake recorded in Windhoek
19-10-2005
A LIGHT earth tremor was felt in some parts of Windhoek around noon on Friday, the Department of Geological Survey in Ministry of Mines and Energy confirmed yesterday. Seismologist Azangi Mangongolo
readCorruption 'worse than AIDS'
19-10-2005
CORRUPTION is not just a song of the Pohamba Government, it needs to be taken seriously in the functions of regional councils, Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government, Kazenambo Kazenambo,
read'GIPF must give answers'
19-10-2005
THE DTA has called on the Government Institutions' Pension Fund (GIPF) to open its loan book for the last five years.DTA MP Johan de Waal requested Prime Minister Nahas Angula in the National Assembly
read2 plead guilty to murdering elderly woman
19-10-2005
"I KILLED a woman," a 21-year-old man accused of murdering an elderly woman on a farm in the Otavi district on Sunday confessed when he appeared in the Grootfontein Magistrate's Court yesterday.Jamen
readWe're not bankrupt. We have a bit of a liquidity problem, says Agribank
19-10-2005
THE Board of the Agricultural Bank of Namibia (Agribank) and its Chief Executive Officer Leonard Iipumbu have distanced themselves from its 2004 financial statements and deny that the institution is
readCompion ota thigi po Air Namibia
19-10-2005
MENINDJELA gwa kwalukehe gwIilonga mOkampani ya Air Namibia, Andre Compion okwa mbendanga, oonzo dhomauyelele osho dha yakele ko Oshifo shika.Nande ongaaka, Compion mwene okwa tindi okugandja okomenda
readOonakukuthwa miilonga keso lya Kandara ya shunwa mo
19-10-2005
AAPOLISI ya hugunina mOshikondo shIimbuluma mboka ya kala ya kuthwa miilonga konima yeso lya Lazarus Kandara oya shunwa poonkatu dhawo miilonga.Aanambelewa mboka yOpolisi oya yakula oombapila ndhoka
readOshiketha sha Agribank tashi ende tashi kukuta
19-10-2005
O MBAANGA yUunamapya ya Agribank oya li kondungu yongwiya kombinga yoshimaliwa.Molwashoka Ombaanga ndjika oya kanitha oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omilongo ndatu na heyali -oshinkwanu hamano
readOs back in the mix ahead of rugby Currie Cup final
19-10-2005
BLOEMFONTEIN - Cheetahs coach Rassie Erasmus will give a lot of thought to the fact that Os du Randt has never lost a scrum against Andries Human.Erasmus will have to give careful thought to his
readStars honours its best players for 2005
19-10-2005
AFRICAN Stars football club awarded its best players for the season at a glittering function in the capital recently.The team named their wing back, Andrew Tjahikika, as the Player of the Season,
readTime for Ballack to decide
19-10-2005
MUNICH - Germany's finest player, Michael Ballack, could become one of the best free transfers around this summer should he decide to turn down a contract extension at Bayern Munich.German
readBrazilian banned for life in match fixing
19-10-2005
JANEIRO - Brazilian referee Edilson Pereira de Carvalho was banned for life on Monday after the country's top sporting tribunal found him guilty of involvement in a match-fixing scandal.After a
readSchools league in dilemma
19-10-2005
THE Central Schools' Soccer Association (CSSA) is finding itself in a financial dilemma and is appealing to the business community for assistance.The association, which provides for football
readTigers elect new exco members
19-10-2005
TIGERS Football Club aims to put in place workable structures that will see the team moving into a more progressive direction.The Namibia Premier League (NPL) side held their extraordinary general
readSchmidt signed by SA-based Bloemfontein Young Tigers
19-10-2005
FORMER Brave Warriors and Tigers striker Dokkies Schmidt has been signed by South African second-division side Bloemfontein Young Tigers for a one-year contract, which is renewable at the end of the
readCriminal cases he could face
19-10-2005
BAGHDAD - Following are criminal cases investigative judges are pursuing and for which Saddam could ultimately be tried: DUJAIL MASSACRE Saddam and seven others charged with ordering and overseeing
readOnce-feared Saddam faces judgement day
19-10-2005
BAGHDAD - A leading rights group has warned that the special Iraqi tribunal set up with US sponsorship to try Saddam Hussein may not be able to give the former dictator and his top aides a fair
readPassenger cruise liner sinks after Suez Canal collision
19-10-2005
CAIRO - An Egyptian passenger cruiser carrying more than 1 300 Muslim pilgrims collided with a cargo ship at the Suez Canal's southern entrance late on Monday, causing a stampede among panicked
readPakistan cuts through mountain roads to reach quake survivors
19-10-2005
SANGHAR - The Pakistani army tore through landslides yesterday to reopen an earthquake-ravaged road, the latest route to be restored to remote villages such as Sanghar, cut off from supplies by land
readAnomalies in Iraq constitution vote
19-10-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraqi election officials were verifying ballots yesterday from the historic referendum on the country's new constitution after the discovery of "anomalies" in the vote.The checks have
readTropical Storm Wilma threatens US Gulf Coast
19-10-2005
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Wilma formed in the Caribbean, tying a 72-year-old record for the most storms in an Atlantic hurricane season and strengthening rapidly on a track that could take it into the
readANC warns Zuma protesters
19-10-2005
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress will not punish the "unacceptable behaviour" of its members after former deputy president Jacob Zuma's appearance in the Durban Magistrate's Court, but
readEurope races to contain deadly bird flu
19-10-2005
LUXEMBOURG - The European Union must act swiftly to reassure the public that it can cope with a feared pandemic as bird flu outbreaks multiply, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said
readIn Brief
19-10-2005
* RACE - Liberia will face a second round presidential vote on November 8, choosing between a political veteran and a national hero in its first post-war election, the National Electoral Commission
readCrouch receives backing from boss Benitez
19-10-2005
PARIS - England international striker Peter Crouch received the backing of Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez before tonight's Champions League tie when Group G rivals Chelsea are also in
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