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38 Articles found on Wednesday, 28 September 2005
Telecom launches training network
28-09-2005
WINDHOEK - Namibia is one of the countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that have deployed an ultra-modern telecommunications network.This remark was made by the Managing
readSA confirms ongoing talks with Zim on loan
28-09-2005
PRETORIA - South Africa confirmed yesterday that talks with Zimbabwe were continuing on possible loan assistance to its troubled northern neighbour."We have not broken off discussions," National
readOld Mutual's Skandia bid rejected
28-09-2005
STOCKHOLM - Sweden's AP4 fund became yesterday the second state pension fund with shares in insurer Skandia to reject Old Mutual's offer.The rejection by the AP4 fund, with one per cent of Skandia,
readLocal firms win Microsoft awards
28-09-2005
FOLLOWING the recent closing ceremony of the Microsoft African Partner Summit (MAPS) in Mauritius - billed as one of the most important IT partner events in Africa - three Namibian companies were
readContinuous war against telecoms fraud
28-09-2005
AS technology continues to evolve, each new development has provided opportunities for criminality, which has often been utilised to obtain property and financial advantage through deception.Since
readNujoma's chopper trip questioned
28-09-2005
LEADER of the opposition Ben Ulenga has demanded answers from Government for allegedly allowing former President Sam Nujoma to use a State helicopter to travel to Gobabis for party purposes.Speaking
readNo clues yet in decapitation case
28-09-2005
WITH the head of murder victim Juanitha Mabula remaining missing more than two days after the rest of her body was found near Windhoek's Western Bypass road, detectives were still trying to figure
readRoads Authority sued for locking up investigators
28-09-2005
THE head of a team which was locked up while investigating the Roads Authority is suing the company for damages.Fanie Pienaar, who co-owned the Spy Shop and the Private Bureau of Investigations, and
readAugustineum runs dry
28-09-2005
THE Augustineum Secondary School in Windhoek has been without water for the past three days due to failure to settle its account with the City of Windhoek.Although Municipality Public Relations
readCatholics in Kavango mourn Father 'Mudama'
28-09-2005
RUNDU - Hundreds of Catholics in the Kavango Region are mourning the passing of a long-serving priest, Father Bernard van Roosmalen (84), who died on Thursday.Father van Roosmalen, who was
readPearle behind new book dies before publication
28-09-2005
PEARLE HORWITZ, who spent more than a decade researching the Jews of Namibia for a book to be published later this year, has died in Cape Town at the age of 89.She was born at Swakopmund, the
readRFA shrugs off workers' claims
28-09-2005
THE Road Fund Administration (RFA) has rejected accusations that it deprived contract workers at the Noordoewer and Ariamsvlei border posts of proper employment benefits.In a press release, RFA Chief
readOndangwa CEO, council at each other's throats
28-09-2005
ONDANGWA - Some members of the Ondangwa Town Council are accusing the town's Chief Executive Officer, Funneka Shigwedha, of insubordination and the abuse of council equipment.Shigwedha is accused of
readOpuwo water sparks heated debate in NA
28-09-2005
LABELLING water utility NamWater "preposterous and self-righteous", DTA leader Katuutire Kaura brought a motion before the National Assembly yesterday to discuss water provision in Namibia.In
readIt's back to business at Nam resorts
28-09-2005
IT'S business as usual at Namibia Wildlife Resorts after striking employees received their salaries late on Monday.Workers at NWR resorts countrywide laid down tools after the company failed to pay
readNo exit package discussed for Hiveluah: SSC
28-09-2005
THE Social Security Commission has denied that it has held discussions with former SSC Chief Executive Officer Tuli Hiveluah about a possible severance package and guarantee against civil claims from
readState wraps up evidence in first chapter of second treason trial
28-09-2005
THE prosecution rested its case in the first stage of the second Caprivi high treason trial yesterday, having called seven witnesses to testify about the way that 11 of the 12 accused were arrested by
readKapia missing in action at NA
28-09-2005
AFTER creating a stir when he arrived for the start of a new Parliamentary session last week, suspended Swapo Youth leader Paulus Kapia was not present when the National Assembly resumed
readOkuhauvathana mElelo lyaNdangwa
28-09-2005
ONZO yi shi okwiinekelwa mElelo lyOndoolopa ya Ndangwa oya yakela ko The Namibian kutya mElelo moka omu na okuhauvathana okunene shi na sha netungo lyongeshefa yontumba mondoolopa yOndangwa moka, taku
readOtaku kongwa omusamane Asser Wilhem
28-09-2005
OMULUMENTU gwedhina Kashiiwa Festus gwomOvenduka, ota kongo omusamane Asser Wilhem.Festus ota ti omusamane nguka okwa zile megumbo pOkuryangava momasiku 6 ga Septemba 2005, ihe ina galuka sigo
readOyendi oya li ya dhipagwa mu Togo mu Apiilili
28-09-2005
GENEVA - Aantu tku tengenekwa ye li pokati komathele gane nomathele gatano oya si omanga ye li omayuvi ya ehamekwa pethimbo lyomakunguto ngoka ga li ga holoka mu Togo pethimbo lyomahogololo mu
readOmukadhona ngoka a tetwa omutse a dhimbululwa
28-09-2005
OMUDHIMBA gwomukiintu kagu na omutse ngoka gwi itsuwa popepi na Western Bypass mOvenduka ongula yOsoondaha, ogwa dhimbululwa kutya ogwa lye.Opolisi oya popi kutya omukiintu nguka oye Juanitha Mabula
readOongeshefa dhimwe mOnooli dha thikamwa shi na sha niishoshela
28-09-2005
OSIPANA ya kola thikama po maanambelewa mUuministeli wIimaliwa, aakonakonimambo giinewe nOpolisi, oya thikama Oositola dhi li 15 pOshikango, Oshakati nOndangwa ongula yOmaandaha goshiwike shika, shi
readSunday Social League
28-09-2005
Results - Played Sept 25 RCC 1-2 Supa Strikas Teachers 3-4 Prisons ALC United 2-1 Transnamib Monate Fela 1-1 Rastas XILogStandings Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ALC United 8 6 0 2 26 8 18 18 Prisons 8 5
readChelsea in revenge match against Liverpool
28-09-2005
LONDON - English Premiership champions Chelsea have a score to settle against reigning European champions Liverpool in tonight's Champion League match at Anfield.The seven straight wins with which
readFrank, Samaria made Goodwill Ambassadors
28-09-2005
FORMER sprinting ace Frank Fredericks and Namibia's 800-metres Commonwealth bronze medallist Agnes Samaria were made Unicef Goodwill Ambassadors in Namibia yesterday.The two were honoured by the
readHockey sides off to SA despite lack of money
28-09-2005
THE Namibian men's and women's hockey teams left for South Africa this morning to compete at the Africa Cup of Nations, which starts in Durban on Sunday.The two teams received only N$30 000 from the
readYakovlev, a strident voice
28-09-2005
MOSCOW - Yegor Yakovlev, the Editor of the weekly Moscow News, a major newspaper during the reformist years of the 1980s has died aged 75.Yakovlev, an archivist by training, became the editor of
readBluesman 'Gatemouth' dies after escaping Katrina
28-09-2005
CLARENCE 'Gatemouth' Brown, the singer and guitarist who built a 50-year career playing blues, country, jazz and Cajun music, died in Orange, Texas, where he had gone to escape Hurricane Katrina.He
readMark Matthews, one of the last Buffalo Soldiers
28-09-2005
RETIRED 1st Sergeant Mark Matthews, one of the last of the nation's Buffalo Soldiers and said to be the oldest, died in Washington, D.C. this month.He was reported to be 111. Matthews was heir to a
readAnnan wants reinforcements for DRC mission
28-09-2005
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has recommended reinforcing the world body's peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ensure the smooth running of planned
readIraq's al Qaeda number two killed
28-09-2005
BAGHDAD - Iraq yesterday claimed a major coup with the killing of al Qaeda's number two in the country but insurgent attacks continued as a suicide bomber blew himself up at a police recruiting
read3 dead in Nigerian chieftaincy row
28-09-2005
LAGOS - Two days of unrest in a dispute between traditional rulers in Nigeria's central Kwara State have left three people dead, police said yesterday.Police spokesman Gideon Marcus said one person
readIn Brief
28-09-2005
* TRUCE - Armed Palestinian factions have agreed to stop attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip, the head of a committee grouping representatives of the various organisations said."All factions on
readIRA arms destruction gives new hope for Northern Ireland peace process
28-09-2005
LONDON - A historic move by the IRA to ditch its arms has injected new momentum into Northern Ireland's peace process and steps must be made towards resuming a devolved government, British newspapers
readMandela warns Global Fund for AIDS, TB, malaria running dry
28-09-2005
LONDON - Former South African president Nelson Mandela said yesterday it was a "crying shame" a fund to fight AIDS and other disease had only collected half the money needed from international donors
readIran warns after nuclear sanction
28-09-2005
TEHRAN - Iran fired off a barrage of threats yesterday, saying it could retaliate over efforts to haul it before the UN Security Council by blocking tough inspections of its nuclear sites and
readGaza hit after Sharon wins party vote
28-09-2005
GAZA - Israel fired missiles into Gaza and detained dozens of Palestinian militants in the West Bank yesterday, pursuing an offensive ordered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after cross-border rocket
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