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42 Articles found on Wednesday, 26 October 2005
Nam trade office in Brazil
26-10-2005
THE Minister of Trade and Industry, Immanuel Ngitjizengo, is scheduled to inaugurate the Namibian Trade Office in Sao Paolo, Brazil next month.Ngatjizeko will lead a Namibian delegation to Brazil at
readChina eyes 7,5% annual GDP growth until 2010
26-10-2005
BEIJING - China aims to maintain an average annual economic growth rate of 7,5 per cent from 2006 to 2010, in line with the country's long-term goals, the country's development chief said in an
readDeployment of local capital for economic development
26-10-2005
MUCH has been written about the high Gini coefficient in the Namibian economy, over-dependence on the mining sector (especially diamond mining), the low manufacturing base, high unemployment rate and
readSA raises growth forecasts
26-10-2005
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's economy will grow by an average of over four per cent over the next three years, driven by investment spending by the government and its agencies, the National Treasury
readBernanke to stay on course set by Greenspan
26-10-2005
WASHINGTON - Ben Bernanke, President George W Bush's choice to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, is making it perfectly clear that his top priority would be to continue Alan Greenspan's
readWomen's club bursary recipient announced
26-10-2005
THE Economist Businesswomen's Club yesterday named Shareen Tjirera as the latest recipient of the club's bursary.Tjirera, a B-Tech Accounting and Finance student at the Polytechnic of Namibia, is the
readGlobal oil prices cause for concern as inflation rises
26-10-2005
ALTHOUGH global economic prospects remained positive during the third quarter of the year and spilling over into this month, risks such as high international oil prices, rising inflation and interest
readKauandenge sings a different tune
26-10-2005
FED UP with the political rap, and tired of playing political musical chairs, Joseph Kauandenge has decided to sing a different tune.Literally. Joseph the politician is making way for Jossie the pop
readRelatives identify murder victim's head
26-10-2005
CLOSE relatives of the murdered Juanita Mabula had to endure the grim task of identifying her severed head at the Police Mortuary in Windhoek yesterday.For members of Mabula's family, Monday night was
readTreason suspects lose jurisdiction challenge
26-10-2005
ELEVEN of the 12 men facing charges in the second Caprivi high treason trial yesterday failed with their challenge against the High Court's jurisdiction to try them.The 11 raised a special plea in
readDFN bad loans probed
26-10-2005
ONLY N$17,2 million of more than N$90 million in loans made by the defunct Development Fund of Namibia had been repaid by September 2003.Individual amounts owed to the DFN range from just over N$100
readTourist dies in accident
26-10-2005
A TOURIST from England died on Sunday after the double-cab bakkie she and her family were travelling in overturned between Henties Bay and Uis.The woman, a Mrs Ford, said to be in her 70s, was
readNew Harnas clinic at Epukiro brings hope
26-10-2005
A NEW clinic has opened its doors at Epukiro where the poor can receive free medical treatment.Last year Dr Rudi van Vuuren, a general practitioner who is married to Marlice van der Merwe of the
readSchool principal in North commits suicide
26-10-2005
THE principal of the Shikongo Iipinge Senior Secondary School, Chris Iipinge (53), committed suicide yesterday morning.He hanged himself in one of the huts at his homestead in Tsandi village in the
read'Jobs won't fizzle away'
26-10-2005
NAMIBIA Beverages has denied reports that people will lose jobs when it closes its distribution depots at Grootfontein, Keetmanshoop, Otjiwarongo and Walvis Bay.General Manager Frik Oosthuizen told
readGovernment to clean up its act
26-10-2005
A NATIONWIDE clean-up of Government offices and premises will begin next month.Car wrecks blemishing the natural landscape, broken furniture in offices and unused items will all be removed and either
readGlobal campaign on children and AIDS launched in city
26-10-2005
CABINET ministers, senior Government officials, diplomats and heads of international organisations observed a minute's silence in Windhoek yesterday as a mark of respect for 21-year-old Juanita
readFarmers in Kavango given deadline
26-10-2005
CHIEF Sitentu Mpasi of Ukwangali is adamant that Oshiwambo-speaking farmers must remove their cattle from western Kavango by Saturday, Kavango Governor John Thighuru said yesterday.The King of
readRabies campaign going well
26-10-2005
LAUNDRY baskets and cardboard boxes doubled as cat carriers yesterday when scores of pet owners took their animals to vaccination points to get their rabies jabs.The second round of rabies
readMPs 'named and shamed' over corruption
26-10-2005
NUDO MP Arnold Tjihuiko yesterday set the cat among the pigeons in the National Assembly, naming those in the House he felt should have been suspended in the past for alleged corrupt activities.He
readEtuntilo etiyali lyoombwaa
26-10-2005
A AVENDUKA mboka oshiwike sha zi ko inaya mona ompito okuntuntilitha iitekulwanamwenyo yawo opo kayi kwatwe komukithi gwendambi (uupwidhi woombwa), oye na ompito okuninga ngaaka oshiwike shika.Muni
readEtuntilo etiyali lyoombwaa
26-10-2005
A AVENDUKA mboka oshiwike sha zi ko inaya mona ompito okuntuntilitha iitekulwanamwenyo yawo opo kayi kwatwe komukithi gwendambi (uupwidhi woombwa), oye na ompito okuninga ngaaka oshiwike shika.Muni
readTate Chris Iipinge i imangeleka ohela
26-10-2005
O MUKULUNTU gwOseko yOpombanda ya Shikongo shIipinge poTsandi mUukwaluudhi mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Christian Iipinge, a tseyika nawa nedhina 'Chris Iipinge", okwa si eso lyombaadhilila sho i
readYamwe pOliindili ya ninga ehololomadhiladhilo
26-10-2005
A ANIILONGA mu Muni gwa Liindili ya geya, oya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo mOmaandaha goshiwike shika-yu uvitile nayi Elelo lyondoolopa yawo sho lya gwedhele ashike oondjambi dhawo noopelesenda 3,5.Sam
readAanafaalama taya mono iihuna niimuna yawo
26-10-2005
"KOKAVANGO twa tidhwa ko nee, ashike otu li muupyakadhi uunene wiimuna yetu tayi si kenota nokondjala," omunafaalama ngoka a kala e na ohambo ye mUukwangali mOkavango, Vilho Hamunyela (Kabila), ta
readOyendji mOnooli oya hala oofaalama dhawo dhi ye moondhalate
26-10-2005
M UUYUNI muka ihoka kala wu na oongombe niimuna iikwawo yi li palandulathano noyi na onkalo nuukolele mboka wa pumbiwa, ngele nani kayi li mofaalama yi na ondhalate.Onkee nduno tse Aanafaalama
readHardap under-13 boys are regional football champions
26-10-2005
THE boys from the Hardap Region on Sunday emerged victorious in the final of the under-13 Coca-Cola football national championship after they defeated the Oshana Region by 5-2.The winners received a
readFifa upbeat on SA 2010
26-10-2005
FIFA has given South African preparations for the 2010 World Cup finals a positive assessment.Fifa's director of competitions, Jim Brown, expressed optimism at the end of a five-day visit to South
readSwimming galas in aid of malaria
26-10-2005
THE Pupkewitz Schools' Galas will be held in Windhoek and Swakopmund on Friday and Saturday.The Namibia Swimming Union (NASU) has decided that this year's galas will be held in support of the World
readCameroon kit dispute over
26-10-2005
ZURICH - World soccer's governing body FIFA and German sports goods maker Puma have settled their long-running dispute over Cameroon's one-piece playing kit.Fifa said in a statement yesterday that the
readRoma fined after coin hits ref
26-10-2005
ROME - The Italian football league on Tuesday fined Serie A club Roma 25 000 euros after referee Gianluca Paparesta was hit in the face by a coin during Sunday's derby against Lazio.Paparesta was
readNamibia to bid for 2010 African Nations Cup
26-10-2005
NAMIBIA will send officials to Cairo, Egypt, on Friday to submit bid documents in an attempt to bring the 2010 African Nations Cup to Namibia.
readTendulkar inspires India
26-10-2005
NAGPUR - Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 93 on his return from injury to inspire India to a 152-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international on Tuesday.India amassed 350 for six
readRosa Parks, civil rights pioneer, dies
26-10-2005
DETROIT - Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern US civil rights movement, has died at age 92.Mrs Parks died on Monday evening at her home of natural
readBritish MP Galloway accused of lying to US Congress
26-10-2005
WASHINGTON - A US Senate sub-committee investigating the UN oil-for-food programme scandal on Monday accused British parliamentarian George Galloway of lying in testimony to the committee that he
readNigeria to improve aircraft safety after crash
26-10-2005
LAGOS - Nigeria said yesterday it will "plug loopholes" in the airline industry and ensure compliance with maintenance standards after an air crash on Saturday that killed 117 people.President
readWorld In Brief
26-10-2005
* QUAKE - Pakistan and the United Nations laid out the quake-hit country's needs ahead of a major donors' meeting, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors before bad weather closes in.* PROBE - The
readIraq's draft constitution adopted
26-10-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's landmark constitution was adopted by a majority of voters during the country's October 15 referendum, election officials said yesterday.Results released by the Independent Electoral
readCivil rights icon Parks dies
26-10-2005
WASHINGTON - African-American civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955 sparked a movement to end legally imposed racial segregation in the United
readFlorida reeling from Wilma's rampage
26-10-2005
MIAMI - Southern Florida was reeling yesterday after enduring a four-hour assault by Hurricane Wilma that killed at least four people, cut power to millions of homes and caused billions of dollars in
readSaddam trial is fair, says Bush
26-10-2005
WASHINGTON - The trial of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is "fair" and must go ahead, US President George W.Bush said on Monday. Speaking in an interview with the Dubai-based Al Arabiya
readTension mounts in Gaza after attacks
26-10-2005
GAZA CITY - Tensions mounted in the Gaza Strip yesterday after Israel launched air and artillery strikes following Palestinian rocket attacks to avenge the killing of a militant.As the Israeli army
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