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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 20 September 2005
August 26 Fights Back
20-09-2005
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to respond to the article on September 14 about the so-called projects of August 26 Holding Company.Fist let me express our disappointment about the message the
readNew Uranium Mine Must Be Stopped
20-09-2005
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to inform the Australian Company at Langer Heinrich that we do not want to die because of radioactive dust and radon gas.The uranium tailings damage the lining of
readCall To Think Again
20-09-2005
I AM shocked to hear that Namibia has given a free ticket to Paladin Resource Ltd to mine uranium in Namib-Naukluft Park.What is uranium from Namibia going to be used for by a private company? This
readNo To Govt Officials On Private Boards
20-09-2005
FIRST of all let me thank our President and the PM for the pace at which they are dealing with corruption in the country.As they say: 'we should stop it before it stops us'. I would like to raise my
readLeaders Who Don't Steal
20-09-2005
I WANT to tell the people of Namibia how I feel.I am 13-year old girl.I go to school in Grade 8. My school is in a rural area. We do not have enough books, chairs, classrooms, electricity and other
readDanish PM to visit Africa
20-09-2005
COPENHAGEN - Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will travel to Tanzania and Mozambique next month to meet government and opposition leaders, his office said yesterday."The government has put
readInflation down slightly
20-09-2005
MONTHLY inflation for August decreased slightly to 0,7 per cent from 0,8 per cent in July.The annual inflation rate, at 2,2 per cent, was much lower than that of August 2004, which stood at 4,2 per
readNamibia attends Finance Ministers' meeting
20-09-2005
FINANCE-Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has joined other Finance Ministers and delegates from 53 countries attending the Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Meeting, which is underway in Bridgetown,
readHousing market distress
20-09-2005
BAZARUTO ISLAND, Mozambique - South Africa's biggest mortgage lender, Absa, has tightened up credit requirements for granting loans, as it has seen signs of demand for new residential developments
readEU ministers discuss sugar reform plans
20-09-2005
BRUSSELS - European Union farm ministers were to meet with African and Caribbean counterparts yesterday for talks to agree on sweeping EU reforms aiming to cut guaranteed sugar prices for European
read68 graduate in gem polishing
20-09-2005
A total of 68 trainees, 26 Namibians and 42 Angolans, on Friday received diplomas for successfully completing a year-long course in cutting and polishing diamonds at LLD Diamonds Namibia.They were
readMedi-Clinic, medical aids agree on tariffs
20-09-2005
THE stand-off between Medi-Clinic and The Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds (Namaf) over hospital tariffs has been resolved after protracted negotiations.In a press statement yesterday,
readChallenge kicks off Caprivi treason trial No 2
20-09-2005
THE second Caprivi high treason trial - or at least a crucial preliminary stage of it - has begun.The trial started before Acting Judge John Manyarara in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday - a year
readFood aid culprits to face charges
20-09-2005
AT least five people face charges of misconduct for allowing 230 tonnes of drought aid food to rot in a warehouse at the M'pacha Military Base near Katima Mulilo.The Office of the Prime Minister has
readSA academics die in crash
20-09-2005
A ROAD accident between Usakos and Arandis claimed the lives of two academics from the University of Witwatersrand last Thursday.They were travelling along with three other passengers when their
readGIPF to establish Pensioners' Association
20-09-2005
THE Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) plans to establish an association that will allow its members to become more involved in and take interest in aspects of the fund.Andrew Matjila,
readAugust 26 denies owning diamond concessions at the Skeleton Coast
20-09-2005
BRIGADIER James Auala, CEO of the August 26 company, has denied that the military-owned outfit ever held diamond concessions in the Skeleton Coast Park, despite evidence that it held three such
readSADC seeks solutions to electricity woes
20-09-2005
ELECTRICITY demands in southern Africa have increased at a rate of three percent per annum in the last 10 years while there has not been a corresponding increase of investment in power generation,
readNational Assembly resumes
20-09-2005
THE National Assembly will resume business this afternoon after a two-month recess.This session will be the second one of the new Parliament since they were sworn in in March.The session is expected
readRuling reserved on farm massacre bail bid
20-09-2005
FARM massacre suspect Gavin Beukes is set to hear by October 11 whether he has succeeded with an application to be released on bail, it was indicated in the Mariental Magistrate's Court
readKeetmanshoop losing out on taxes
20-09-2005
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality has lost about N$3,6 million because of non-payment of property tax over the past 10 years.Residents failed to complete the deeds of transfer of close to 472 erven
read3 in court for robbing farm
20-09-2005
GOBABIS - Three suspects appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court last week on charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances.Reindolph Katamelo (38), Hijambura Siririka (31) and Lesley
readDonkey cart kills child (5)
20-09-2005
OUTAPI - Police at Okahao in the Omusati Region are investigating the death of a five-year-old child in a donkey-cart accident on Monday.Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo of the Public Liaison Unit of the
readMan charged with pig theft
20-09-2005
GOBABIS - A 32-year-old man who allegedly stole a pig and a shade net appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court on charges of stock theft and theft on Wednesday.Jacob Gariseb is accused of stealing
readMortuary falls quiet
20-09-2005
RUNDU - A refrigeration problem at the Rundu State Hospital mortuary has forced many people to transport the bodies of their loved ones to other mortuaries in the region, or bury them
readOtatu shunitha oondola dha Avid-SSC: Kameeta
20-09-2005
Ongeleki Onkwaevangeli mu Namibia nenge tuye Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia oya popi kutya otayi ka shunitha oshimaliwa shOondola/N$42 620 sha Social Security Commission (SSC) shoka sha li sha
readMuni gwa Tjiwarongo okwa hala okulongela kumwe naakalimo
20-09-2005
MUNI gwa Tjiwarongo okwa popi kutya ota kala ha ningi iigongi naakalimo oshiwike kehe molukanda kehe mondoolpa, opo ku monike omakwatathano ge li pokati kOokansola naakalimo.
readAapolisi ya kuthwa miilonga keso lyaKandara
20-09-2005
INSPEKTA-NDJAYI gwOpolisi Leitenanda -Ndjayi Sebastian Ndeitunga okwa kutha miilonga pakathimbo aanambelewa yOpolisi shi na sha neso lyomutoti nokwali wo omukuluntuwiliki gwa Avid Investments
readNakusa mOshakati a tseyika
20-09-2005
OKAKADHONA hoka kiitsuwa ka sa mokaikohelo mOlukanda lwa Kandjengedi mOshakati ongula yeti 2 Septemba, osho ka dhimbululwa kutya oko Laina Ndeshi Hangula koomvula 18, ka zile kOhalushu
readLeeds see light at end of tunnel
20-09-2005
LEEDS - Leeds United, who crashed out of the Premiership with 100 million pounds of debt hanging around their necks a year ago, believe they can rise from the dead.The club, Champions League
readSorenstam defends LPGA title
20-09-2005
ANNIKA Sorenstam made bogeys on two of the last three holes but held off US teen sensation Paula Creamer by a stroke Sunday to defend her crown at the LPGA John Q.Hammons Hotel Classic. The Swedish
readNamibian riders top at coast
20-09-2005
THE Namibia Endurance Ride Association held their annual three-star FEI endurance ride in Walvis Bay recently - the largest internationally accredited FEI ever held in Africa.An international
readReal Madrid in third loss
20-09-2005
MADRID - Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo stood his ground and promised to turn things around after his side slumped to their third defeat in a week against Espanyol.Sunday's 1-0 loss at
readBolton late shows make Sam happy
20-09-2005
BOLTON - Bolton manager Sam Allardyce admits they stole the points in Sunday's 1-0 win at Manchester City but believes the resilience his side has shown in their last two games points to a brighter
readKey points at Fifa Congress held in Marrakech, Morocco September 11 and 12
20-09-2005
FIFA held its 55th ordinary congress in Marrakech, Morocco - the first Fifa congress to be held on African soil.A task force is to be set up by Fifa that will report back to next year's congress on
readCastle Brewing sponsors pool
20-09-2005
CASTLE Brewing Namibia (CBN) late last week pumped N$50 000 into the game of pool, which it considers the second most popular game after football in the country.CBN managing director Cobus Bruwer said
readPhysically challenged athletes to compete in national champs
20-09-2005
PHYSICALLY challenged athletes will sweat it out at the national championships scheduled at Independence Stadium this Saturday.The athletes will showcase their talent in track and field, power
readNFC to seal deal with NFA despite hiccups in football
20-09-2005
THE Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) will today sign a historic N$40 million deal with the Namibia Football Association (NFA), despite the ongoing arbitration case, undecided promotion playoffs and
readGermany seeks way out of political maze
20-09-2005
BERLIN - As Germans woke up yesterday after an election with no clear winner, the match-making began for a political marriage of convenience to rule the country, with the press and analysts pointing
readUgandan hill tribe caught between guns and the sky
20-09-2005
TIMU FOREST, Uganda - Thomas Chilla trained as a Ugandan paratrooper in the 1970s, but all the former soldier and his people can do now when the warriors come is flee further into the
readIAEA demands that Iran open up nuclear sites
20-09-2005
VIENNA - UN atomic agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei called on Iran to finally allow access to sensitive sites and key people as his agency met yesterday to consider sending Tehran before the UN Security
readIndonesia pulls out 2 600 troops from Aceh
20-09-2005
JAKARTA - Indonesia was yesterday due to pull out 2 600 soldiers out of Aceh province as it steps up the withdrawal of troops under a peace agreement that ended decades of conflict with rebels, an
readReform of Security Council eludes the UN
20-09-2005
UNITED NATIONS - Like the weather, everyone talks about reforming the UN Security Council but no one seems able to change it.This year's UN summit was no different. The closest the United Nations
readSharon admits in danger of losing Israel leadership
20-09-2005
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon admitted he risks being ousted from the helm of his right-wing Likud faction as polls Monday showed party power-brokers favour a leadership contest as
readRwanda queries UN anti-genocide pledge
20-09-2005
UNITED NATIONS - Rwanda, the site of a 1994 genocide, hailed on Sunday a UN declaration that the international community must intervene in cases of genocide or ethnic cleansing but questioned whether
readSimon Wiesenthal, Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter
20-09-2005
VIENNA - Simon Wiesenthal, whose experiences in German concentration camps turned him into a lifelong hunter of Nazi war criminals, died at his home in Vienna yesterday, the US-based centre which
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