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36 Articles found on Monday, 19 September 2005
FinEd changes name to NEDloans
19-09-2005
WINDHOEK - Namibians' lack of access to financial services remains a national challenge, Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila says.Speaking at the launch of NEDloans (formerly known as FinEd),
readAfricans optimise cell phone technology
19-09-2005
NAIROBI - Putting cell phone technology into the hands of Africans has resulted in ingenious solutions to everyday problems on the world's poorest continent - and in huge growth in the
readIMF sees robust South African growth ahead
19-09-2005
WASHINGTON - South African economic growth was likely to remain robust, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday, forecasting 4,3 per cent growth for Africa's biggest economy in 2005."(IMF)
readPPA workshop comes to Hardap
19-09-2005
KEETMANSHOOP - The National Planning Commission (NPC) is set to conduct a participatory poverty assessment (PPA) workshop at Mariental in the Hardap Region this week.The workshop is part of an
readOil prices push up AirNam's costs
19-09-2005
SOARING oil prices have pushed up Air Namibia's jet fuel bill to 50 per cent more than what it budgeted for this financial year.While the actual cost of the airline's tickets is not expected to
readLutheran Church will return Avid-SSC money: Kameeta
19-09-2005
THE Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia says it will pay back N$42 620 to the Social Security Commission (SSC), which was donated to the church's congregation at Otjiwarongo by Lazarus
readShips collide at Walvis Bay
19-09-2005
A CLEAN-UP operation to limit possible environmental damage is underway at Walvis Bay after two vessels collided in the harbour on Friday night. About 100 tonnes of heavy fuel (HFO) and diesel
readDefence company sued
19-09-2005
A NAMIBIAN company has been doing a thriving business in supplying its armoured Werewolf vehicle to American forces in Iraq, it has emerged from newly filed court documents.None of these deals by a
readStop the blame game: Iyambo
19-09-2005
THE Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr Nickey Iyambo, has urged black and white farmers to co-operate in the interest of economic development."Our thoughts must not dwell on the past forever,
readMillions needed for project to revamp education system
19-09-2005
THE Ministry of Education has been sent back to the drawing board to reduce the funding gap required to implement an ambitious multi-billion-dollar programme to overhaul the country's education
readDoctor loses bid to access Govt medical aid scheme
19-09-2005
THE Ministry of Finance on Friday won the first round of a courtroom encounter against a Katima Mulilo medical doctor accused of executing a virtual one-man raid on the Public Service Employees
readConcordia head not returning to school soon
19-09-2005
THE suspended principal of Concordia College, Ben Awoseb, accused of the sexual harassment of school girls and staff, is unlikely to return to school soon.On Friday, Awoseb made a third appearance in
readSADC investors' conference to tackle looming power crisis
19-09-2005
THE imminent power shortages faced by SADC countries if they do not soon expand their power generation capacity have prompted a regional conference to attract investment for electricity projects.The
readIpangelwa and son laid to rest
19-09-2005
LAZARUS Shinyemba Ipangelwa (40), the Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank of Namibia (FNB) and his two-year-old son, Hasenane, were buried at their home village of Omagongati in the Oshana
readNamibia determined to promote international co-operation: Pohamba
19-09-2005
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says Namibia is determined to pursue foreign policy objectives that include promoting international co-operation, peace and security.In his address to the 60th Session
readCabinet announces a number of board appointments
19-09-2005
DECISIONS taken at the Cabinet meeting of September 6: * Angolan refugees from Botswana Cabinet approved that 350 Angolan refugees living in Botswana should be allowed to pass through Namibia en
readYopOmungwelume Primary taya nyenyeta Omukuluntusikola gwawo
19-09-2005
O MUKANDA gwomanyenyeto gwa adha Oshifo shika, gwa zilila kOsikola yAanona ya Mungwelume kOmungwelume mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otagu ti kutya aalongisikola pOsikola mpoka aniwa oye na
readTatekulu Kashihakumwa e tu thiga po
19-09-2005
O MUSITA omukulu a tseyika nawa gwokEenhana mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Johannes Kashihakumwa, okwa manena oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati meti 10 Septemba 2005
readRosenberg koshimaliwa sha SSC okwa lya ko oomiliyuna mbali
19-09-2005
OMULANDITHI gwiimaliwa OmuSouth Alan Rosenberg okwa mona oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna mbali oshinkwanu ntano (N$2,5 million) koshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$30 million) sha
readKapia ke na iitya kombinga yoshipundi she mOparliamende
19-09-2005
NGOKA a li nale Ominista yopevi mUuministeli wIilonga nOmakwatathano, Paulus Kapia, ina hala okutya sha ngele ota ka thiga po oshipundi she mOmutumba gwOpashigwana nenge aawe.Kepulo, Kapia okwa ti ke
readOtu li muumbanda: Aaniilonga pOngombo
19-09-2005
EHANGANO lyaaniilonga lyedhina Namibia Farmworkers Union (Nafwu) olya londodha Epangelo mEtine lya zi ko kutya inali tidha nenge tuye li ekelehi aaniilonga mboka ya kala haya longo mOfaalama ya
readNamibia win under-15 series
19-09-2005
NAMIBIA won the ICC Under-15 South and Central African Cricket Competition after overwhelming Malawi by 241 runs in their final match at the Wanderers field on September 17.Namibia scored 301/1 off
readIita beats Lucketz in Victory Race
19-09-2005
LONG-distance supremo Reihhold Iita narrowly beat his main rival Lucketz Swartbooi into second place, with only a minute separating them in the second-last leg of the prestigious 21-km Victory Races
readBarrera ousts Peden to take crown
19-09-2005
LAS VEGAS - Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera won a unanimous 12-round decision over Australia's Robbie Peden in a unification clash of super-featherweight champions here Saturday.Judges gave Barrera the
readCeltic win Supa 8 Cup
19-09-2005
DEFENDING SAA Supa 8 champions SuperSport United were forced to part ways with the trophy after they went down 1-0 to Bloemfontein Celtic in the 2005 Cup final, played at the Olen Park stadium on
readSix of the best for victorious Chelsea
19-09-2005
LONDON - Chelsea made it six wins from six games after Hernan Crespo and Arjen Robben guided the Premier League champions to a 2-0 victory at Charlton Athletic on Saturday.Jose Mourinho's side hit the
readRossi must wait as Capirossi wins in Japan
19-09-2005
MOTEGI - Valentino Rossi will have to wait at least another week to claim the MotoGP world title for the fifth year in a row after crashing out of the Japanese Grand Prix yesterday.Ducati's Loris
readDoctor adds insult to injury
19-09-2005
TOKYO - "Trust me, I'm a doctor" wouldn't describe one Japanese medic who has landed in hot water after hitting and abusing a patient during surgery.The elderly female patient at a hospital in Shiga,
readMeasuring poverty: Does a dollar-a-day work?
19-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - One of the rows that preceded last week's United Nations summit centred around how the global body defines some of the world's most basic but most intractable problems and what it
readIn Brief
19-09-2005
* COUP - The United States embassy in Manila warned of a possible coup attempt against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo as early as April this year, a newspaper said.* JUSTICE - A hunger strike at
readIran vows no surrender on nuclear programme
19-09-2005
TEHRAN - On the eve of a key meeting of the UN atomic watchdog, Iran has signalled it will never bow to Western demands to dismantle parts of its nuclear programme and is ready to face the
readAfghans vote despite raids
19-09-2005
KABUL - Taliban fighters yesterday tried to sabotage Afghanistan's first legislative election in decades, but voters still turned out for a ballot President Hamid Karzai said was a defining moment in
readIraq parliament signs off constitution
19-09-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament yesterday signed off on amendments to a much-awaited draft constitution, paving the way for the charter to be put to a national referendum on October 15.On the eve of the
readZim vice president warns 'idle' farmers
19-09-2005
HARARE - As farming experts in Zimbabwe predict another dismal agricultural season, the country's vice-president has threatened to take back farms from newly resettled black farmers if they do not
readCar bomb kills 30 in Iraq attack
19-09-2005
BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed at least 30 and wounded 38 on Saturday on the outskirts of Baghdad in what appeared to be the latest attack on Iraq's majority Shi'ite population, a security official
readGermans set to give Merkel grudging win
19-09-2005
BERLIN - Germans voted yesterday in close-fought general elections expected to see conservative opposition leader Angela Merkel unseat Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.Polls opened across the country at
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