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44 Articles found on Wednesday, 21 September 2005
Telecom firms owed some US$100 m
21-09-2005
ABUJA - Nigerian telecoms operators are owed some 15 billion naira in interconnection charges, most of it by state-owned giant Nitel which is being privatised, the number-three mobile operator said on
readCellphone users over 2 billion
21-09-2005
HELSINKI - The number of mobile phone subscribers in the world has surpassed the two-billion milestone, Wireless Intelligence, an information service set up by industry body GSM Association and
readMTN shares up after firm says in talks
21-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Shares in Africa's biggest cell phone operator MTN jumped four per cent yesterday after the South African company said it was in talks that could affect its share price.MTN revealed the
readChanges in SA diamond sector
21-09-2005
CAPE TOWN - South African Mining Minister Lindiwe Hendricks has dismissed industry concerns about a pending shake-up of the diamond sector and urged players to participate in upcoming public hearings
readVending blitz criminalises one sector of Zim economy
21-09-2005
HARARE - A toothless flower-seller rushes up to a well-dressed shopper outside a Harare supermarket.He begs her to buy a bunch of asters for Z$5 000 (20 US cents), as anxious as if he were trying to
readNew record for Swakara pelts
21-09-2005
SWAKARA pelts have broken another record, fetching the highest price ever paid for a Karakul pelt at an Agra pelt auction in Denmark.One lot was sold for N$506,02 per pelt - a marked increase from
readNamsea expecting lower earnings
21-09-2005
WINDHOEK - Namibia Sea Products (Namsea) has cautioned that it would have lower earnings and headline earnings per share for the six months ended June 30 2005 compared to the previous corresponding
readFNB records 26 per cent pre-tax profit
21-09-2005
FIRST National Bank Namibia Holdings (FNB) has announced improved earnings for the period ended June 30 2005, recording a profit growth of 26 per cent before tax.Group Chairman Hans-Dietrich Voigts
readHiveluah quits as SSC CEO
21-09-2005
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Social Security Commission (SSC), Tuli Hiveluah, has resigned with effect from 14 September.In announcing the resignation, SSC Acting Chief Executive Officer David
readWanted: Hate-placard carrier
21-09-2005
THE Police are looking for a hate-placard-carrying protester at a demonstration by the Herero community in Windhoek last month.A journalist photographed the man walking down Independence Avenue,
readKapia stays put
21-09-2005
IN A surprise move, suspended Swapo Youth League Secretary General Paulus Kapia put on a brave face and attended the first sitting of the National Assembly when it resumed business yesterday
readSaving a big issue, says NamPost
21-09-2005
NAMPOST recently introduced vendors of The Big Issue magazine to the benefits of having a savings account and managing their finances properly.The vendors who sold the most magazines in August were
readNujoma hits out against Swapo's 'ambitious and selfish comrades'
21-09-2005
GOBABIS - Swapo Party President Sam Nujoma says he is deeply disturbed by negative incidents of personal differences, squabbles and infighting among leaders and members of the ruling party.Nujoma was
readTwo in court for selling liquor after hours
21-09-2005
THE Police at Ohangwena have arrested two business people from Ohangwena town in the Ohangwena Region who allegedly were found illegally selling liquor outside legal hours.Martin Kalwenya (30), the
readEducation Minister worried about drop in achievements
21-09-2005
THE 2005 Joint Annual Review of the Namibian education sector ended on Friday, following three days of discussions around the general improvement of the sector, as well as the swift implementation of
readLand tax could hamper property market: Nepru
21-09-2005
THE Namibian Economic Policy and Research Unit (Nepru) has warned that the newly-introduced tax on farmland could have an unforeseen and long-lasting impact on the property market.Nepru says in its
readBema College owner denies closure
21-09-2005
BERNARD Makau, Executive Director of Bema College, has denied reports that his institution faces closure due to a failure to secure accreditation from the City & Guilds of London Institute.Bema
readCamm's dismissal from Telecom upheld
21-09-2005
JAMES Camm, former General Manager of Consumer Services of Telecom Namibia, has left the company for good after his appeal against his dismissal was turned down.The acting head of corporate
readMurder trial forensic evidence under attack
21-09-2005
THE exhumation of the remains of suspected murder victim Elmar Kotze two years ago might have been in vain.Before the part of his skull that was pierced by a bullet that ended his life at the age of
readTelecom Namibia lays off 163 workers
21-09-2005
OVER 160 Telecom Namibia employees are set to part ways with the telecommunications utility at the end of the month as the parastatal's retrenchment exercise gathers momentum.The process started in
readSlow start to rainy season
21-09-2005
NORMAL to below-normal rainfall has been predicted for northern and eastern Namibia in the first rainy season between October and December.This forecast was issued at the Climate Experts Meeting held
readSADC seeks better response to disasters
21-09-2005
THE southern African region's capabilities to deal with natural and other disasters is currently under the spotlight in Windhoek as both the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Red
readAalondi yuuthanguthangu zaleni omakoko
21-09-2005
NGASHI osho shi li pamautho gaalondi yuumbasikela moondjila dhaayehe, omasiku ngaka Oshikondo shOondjila osha tseyitha kutya okuza mEtitano lyeti 16 Septemba, kehe ngoka to hingi Ombasikela moondjila
readElenga Nelulu lya pandula Epangelo
21-09-2005
KONIMA sho a li a pewa uusama kEpangelo omumvo gwa zi ko, nokupewa uusama kOmupresidende omukulu, ano kOmundohotola Sam Nujoma, shi na sha aniwa nokutula ehala mondhalate lyaashi lye, e ta tidhwa ko,
readYaali ya kwatwa po shi na sha nokulanditha omalovu konima yoowili dhuuthwa
21-09-2005
OPOLISI ya Hangwena oya lopota kutya oya kwata po aanangeshefa yaali yomOhangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena sho ya adhika taya landitha omalovu konima yoowili ndhoka ya uthilwa.Omusamane Martin
readIpangelwa nomumati gwe ya fumvikwa pOmagongati kengathithi
21-09-2005
OMUNAMBELEWA Omukuluntu gwOmbaanga yOtango yOpashigwana ya Namibia (First National Bank-FNB) Lazarus Shinyemba Ipangelwa (40) ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila moshiponga shohauto pamwe
readOonakuholitha iikulya taya geelwa
21-09-2005
A ANTU yatano otaya tamanekelwa okwiihumbata nayi shi na sha niikulya yootona 230 mbyoka ya holela moompungulilo pOkamba yOpakwiita pu M'pacha po Katima Mulilo.Iikulya mbika oya li ya nuninwa
readRonaldinho is voted player of the year
21-09-2005
LONDON - FC Barcelona's Ronaldinho was voted world player of the year by his fellow pros on Monday while five AC Milan stars made it to their world team award.FIFPro, the international players'
readMido cleared by FA
21-09-2005
LONDON - Tottenham Hotspur striker Mido has been cleared of a charge of improper conduct, the Football Association said yesterday.The charge related to the 22-year-old Egyptian's failure to leave the
readNRU names squads for Oct 1 matches
21-09-2005
THE Namibia Rugby Union (NRU) yesterday announced that the national team will play against Madagascar for the Confederations of African Cup (CAR) at the Hage Geingob Stadium on Saturday, October
readEngland's Ashes triumph boosts interest in Pakistan tour
21-09-2005
KARACHI - England's Ashes series triumph over Australia has generated huge interest among cricket sponsors and fans in their tour of Pakistan.The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have already acquired
readMourinho drops England job hint
21-09-2005
LONDON - Chelsea's Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho has admitted he might one day be ready to coach England.But he was keen to stress he felt the FA should choose an English-born manager to replace
readSport in Brief Nigeria to bid for Nations Cup
21-09-2005
LAGOS - Nigeria will bid to host the 2010 African Nations Cup tournament, a sports ministry statement said yesterday.Nigerian officials said staging the 2010 Nations Cup would help the country
readHitman to face SA opponent
21-09-2005
CHAMPION boxer Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses will step into the ring in what is expected to be yet another memorable and explosive bout when he squares up against South Africa's Peter Adams in a
read23 Guinea coup plotters jailed
21-09-2005
MALABO - Twenty-three Equatorial Guinea military officers and soldiers were handed jail terms on Monday after being convicted of treason and other crimes linked to a failed coup against hardline
readBurnshaw, literary critic
21-09-2005
BOSTON -Stanley Burnshaw (99), a publisher and literary critic who edited the works of his friend Robert Frost, died on Friday.Burnshaw, whose literary career spanned more than seven decades, also
readDirector of 'The Sound of Music', Robert Wise
21-09-2005
LOS ANGELES - Four-time Oscar-winner filmmaker Robert Wise, who edited the classic 'Citizen Kane' for Orson Welles and then went on to direct two of Hollywood's most beloved musicals, 'West Side
readIn Brief
21-09-2005
* BOYCOTT - Slovakia's centre-right government failed again to open a parliamentary session due to an opposition boycott, extending a political deadlock and raising chances of early elections.*
readMideast 'quartet' seeks post-Gaza peace dividend
21-09-2005
UNITED NATIONS - The international "quartet" seeking Middle East peace met here yesterday facing new Israeli-Palestinian tensions as it tries to reap dividends from Israel's landmark withdrawal from
read6 charged with Katrina child-sex offences
21-09-2005
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Louisiana authorities said on Monday they had charged five men and a woman with offences related to using the Internet to solicit minors who they believed to be Hurricane
readAl Qaeda behind London bombs: Zawahri
21-09-2005
DUBAI - Al Qaeda carried out the July suicide bombings in London to strike at "British arrogance", the group's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video tape aired on Arab satellite channel
readAnother tropical storm threatens US
21-09-2005
MIAMI - US authorities have ordered the evacuation of several islands off southern Florida and parts of Miami as Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the United States, amid fears it could soon become a
readMerkel rallies support for bid to rule Germany
21-09-2005
BERLIN - German conservative leader Angela Merkel, wounded by her failure to get a clear majority in stalemated weekend elections, fought yesterday to keep alive party support for her ambition to be
readBritish troops torched by mobs in Iraq
21-09-2005
LONDON - Two British troops held by Iraqi police were back in British hands, Britain's defence minister said, as newspapers reacted with shock yesterday to pictures of troops being set upon by
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