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39 Articles found on Monday, 12 September 2005
Kipushi metals venture
12-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest iron ore producer Kumba Resources has renewed a joint venture on the possible redevelopment of the Kipushi copper and zinc mine in DRC with Canada's Adastra
readUN needs money for Mozambique food
12-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Hungry Mozambicans desperately need international food aid after their crops failed, the United Nations said on Friday, with low river and dam levels raising fears of another bad
readDiamond price to stay strong
12-09-2005
THERE is significant potential for world diamond prices to stay high as the rough diamond market continues to struggle to keep up with demand, according to listed Australian gemstone producer,
readIncome fund attracts N$350m
12-09-2005
THE Standard Bank Namibia Income Fund is proving to be a big winner for Stanlib Namibia and sister company Standard Bank Namibia.The investment product innovators launched the fund in late February
readCanned fish for Hurricane Katrina victims
12-09-2005
THE Namibian government has extended a humanitarian hand to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, USA with a donation of US$100 000 (N$630 000) worth of canned fish."This donation is
readTeachers plan mass demonstration
12-09-2005
TEACHERS countrywide are poised to hold nationwide demonstrations tomorrow to protest against Government's failure to implement salary increases and benefits.In August, Cabinet, through Education
readAvid liquidators hope to recover N$25 million of SSC's N$30m
12-09-2005
FURTHER legal action will inevitably have to be pursued to get back a large portion of the N$30 million the Social Security Commission invested with inexperienced investment company Avid.When the High
readNamibian charges come back to haunt 'Dr Death'
12-09-2005
APARTHEID-ERA biological and chemical warfare mastermind Wouter Basson may be prosecuted on six charges that were quashed when his trial started in the Pretoria High Court almost six years ago -
readWAD says its work in Omusati is groundbreaking
12-09-2005
WOMEN'S Action for Development (WAD), which was established 11 years ago, has performed groundbreaking development work in the Omusati Region, where numerous training courses have been conducted at
readDeadly payday weekend
12-09-2005
WINDHOEK - Farmworker Matheus Ndinehafo Uusiku hanged himself from a tree at Farm Pepperkorrel in the Dordabis area on Monday last week.* The Police also reported in their crime bulletin that
readNew CEO outlines his ideas for turning around the NHE
12-09-2005
THE new Chief Executive Officer of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE), Vinson Hailulu, has vowed to turn around the troubled parastatal by broadening its scope and role on the economic front.In an
readBomb squads to clear community forest
12-09-2005
RUNDU - Police and Defence Force bomb disposal units are to clear a community forest near Rundu of unexploded landmines.A spokesman for the Directorate of Community Forestry, Wolfgang Adamek, says
readConcerns about new luxury tax
12-09-2005
THE Namibian Economic Policy and Research Unit (Nepru) has expressed reservations about plans by Government to reintroduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on luxury goods.In its latest Quarterly Economic
readUN refocuses in Namibia
12-09-2005
GOVERNMENT and the United Nations last week signed the second United Nations Development Framework (UNDAF) and publicised the findings of the 2004 Common Country Assessment (CCA).The UNDAF 2006-2010
readMuti-murder accused arrested for coffin theft
12-09-2005
RUNDU - The Police in the Kavango Region on Thursday arrested a man at Popa village, some 210 kilometres east of Rundu, for allegedly stealing a used coffin.According to the Police, the suspect last
readDeputy Minister's 'hate speech' slammed
12-09-2005
THE Rainbow Project (TRP) and Sister Namibia have issued statements criticising a recent speech by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Theopolina Mushelenga.Mushelenga claimed that
readGovt calls for arrests over 'kill whites' poster
12-09-2005
GOVERNMENT has called for arrests in the wake of a Herero demonstration on August 24, at which a placard reading "kill all whites" was displayed.A press release on Thursday by the Minister of
readMore accounting firms probed over tax fraud
12-09-2005
THE Ministry of Finance is investigating two accounting practices at Tsumeb in connection with alleged tax fraud, The Namibian has established.Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Calle
readMunicipal managers at odds with City Council
12-09-2005
SIMMERING tension between elected councillors and managers at the Windhoek Municipality is expected to come to a head at a meeting planned for today.The top management is reported to have called the
readBank's role in Avid saga under spotlight
12-09-2005
WRITTEN instructions given to First National Bank in connection with the signing powers on Avid Investment Corporation's bank accounts were not followed when the bank carried out a transfer of Social
readNakukwata onkonga meshina a pewa omimvo 15
12-09-2005
TREVOR Pieterse ngoka ta tamanekelwa oshipotha sheyugo lyomukiintu gumwe omupashiyoni sha ningilwa meshina lyokolutenda lyedhina Desert Express okwa pewa omimvo omulongo nantano konima yekumba
readOpolisi ya Ndangwa tayi kongo onkwatwe yi na sha nedhipago
12-09-2005
OPOLISI ya Ndangwa otayi kongo Omunandholongo Immanuel Lebeus ngoka a kwatelwe mu Oktoba momumvo 2003 shi na sha nedhipago, lya ningilwe momukuda Enkavu popepi nUukwiyuushona mOndonga mOshitopolwa
readNakuteta mukwawo omutse, a holoka mOmpangu
12-09-2005
O MUSAMANE gwomunahambo momukunda Ongumi popepi nOkongo mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena ngoka a dhipaga omusamane mukwawo sho e mu tete omutse ongulohi yOlyomakaya ga zile ko, okwa holoka
readUulingilingi mElelo lya Ngandjera tau tu hepeke
12-09-2005
O TWA mona po omukanda gwenyenyeto gwe tu zilila kOngandjera tagu nyenyeta kombinga yuulingilingi aniwa mElelo lya Ngandjera notatu gu nyanyangidha naanaa ngaashi gu li."Melelo lya Ngandjera omu na
readKapia a kuthwa mewiliko lyoSwapo
12-09-2005
AMUSHANGA gwEwawa lyAagunduka moSwapo Paulus Kapia ota ka kanitha oshipundi she mOmutumba gwOpashigwana na otashi vulika wo a ka tidhwe mo moSwapo.Moshinima natango tashi mu uvitha nayi, Kapia ngoka a
readBekele, Isinbayeva named athletes of year again
12-09-2005
MONACO - Kenenisa Bekele and Yelena Isinbayeva were named as the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) male and female athlete of the year for the second consecutive season on
readChelsea stroll to another win as rivals Arsenal slip up
12-09-2005
LONDON - Champions Chelsea notched up their fifth Premier League victory of the season with a routine 2-0 win over bottom club Sunderland as their main title rivals both dropped points on
readClijsters breaks grand-slam duck
12-09-2005
NEW YORK - A relieved Kim Clijsters finally shook off the tag of best player never to win a grand slam title when she stormed to a popular victory at the US Open on Saturday.The Belgian broke her
readRugby to pull itself together
12-09-2005
ELEVEN rugby clubs have agreed to co-operate with the Namibia Rugby Union in a bid to restore the credibility of the game, which has been dogged by allegations of racism and a lack of financial
readResults Football
12-09-2005
South African PSL Played Saturday, Sept 10 Black Leopards 3-1 Celtic Cosmos 0-1 Sundowns Pirates 3-1 Bush Bucks SuperSport Utd 0-1 Silver Stars German Bundesliga Played Saturday, Sept 10 Bayer
readBA defeat Pirates
12-09-2005
BLACK Africa and Civics showed superb pre-season form when they ousted Orlando Pirates and Tigers respectively in exciting friendly matches at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Saturday.Civics sent Tigers
readMassive search for bodies near New Orleans
12-09-2005
POYDRAS, Louisiana - Police, military troops and rescue workers at the weekend staged a massive search for bodies in the small town of Poydras, just east of New Orleans.Authorities sealed off the
readMubarak re-elected
12-09-2005
CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pledged yesterday to pursue political reforms after sweeping to a fifth term in office in an election widely criticised by his opponents."The true victory is
readAmericans remember September 11
12-09-2005
NEW YORK - The United States paused yesterday to remember the horror of the September 11 attacks four years ago in ceremonies now overshadowed by the death and destruction wrought by Hurricane
readMbeki, Zuma vow no split in ANC
12-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Thabo Mbeki and his former vice president Jacob Zuma, who was sacked in June over corruption allegations, moved on Saturday to avoid a split in the ruling
readIraq families flee as forces raid rebel town
12-09-2005
TAL AFAR - Sporadic fighting flared in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar yesterday as American and Iraqi troops pressed on with an all-out offensive Sunday to wrest control of the area from rebels,
readDeadlock over UN Council reforms
12-09-2005
UNITED NATIONS - It was meant to be the centrepiece of UN chief Kofi Annan's ambitious plan to reform the world body on its 60th anniversary.Enlarging the powerful, 15-member Security Council was
readGermany's Schroeder says he still has fighting chance
12-09-2005
BERLIN - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said yesterday the tide was turning in his favour one week ahead of elections he has been tipped to lose against conservative challenger Angela Merkel He
readIn Brief
12-09-2005
* PROBE - The crisis in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina deepened because of a virtual standoff between hesitant federal officials and besieged authorities in Louisiana, The New York
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