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34 Articles found on Wednesday, 7 September 2005
Namibian aquaculture vision on track
07-09-2005
WINDHOEK - A plan aimed at uplifting Namibians from poverty by means of fish farming was greeted with a hefty dose of scepticism at its implementation about three years ago, but not with a complete
readRand to drift weaker against recovering US dollar
07-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand opened softer against the recovering dollar yesterday, and was seen drifting weaker after scaling a near four-month peak on the back of the greenback's abrupt
readOM to help in mobilising local capital
07-09-2005
KEETMANSHOOP - Southern Namibia offers immense potential for attracting investment projects, especially in the mining, agriculture, tourism and energy sectors.Stakeholders in this part of the country
readEast African trade disputes grow
07-09-2005
NAIROBI - Festering trade disputes between the three members of the East African Community (EAC) grew on Monday as Kenya accused neighbouring Uganda of violating eight-month-old regional customs
readInsurance says Katrina largest loss ever
07-09-2005
LONDON - Hurricane Katrina is the costliest disaster ever, with the insurance industry slice of the clean-up bill reaching as much as US$50 billion (N$315 billion), the Chief Executive of Brit
readAME expels reverends
07-09-2005
THE African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church expelled two of its leaders during its 15th Episcopal District's annual conference at Luederitz.The 15th Episcopal District includes the church in Namibia,
readFour die in crash with lorry
07-09-2005
THE Police at Outapi have reported that four people died instantly when a Toyota bakkie collided with a lorry on the main road between Outapi and Tsandi in the Omusati Region on Monday
readWorld Bank grant for coastal conservation
07-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Namibia's efforts to conserve its 1 600 km of coastline received a US$4,9 million boost from the World Bank last week.The five-year Namibian Coast Conservation and Management (Nacoma)
readDemo in support of SELCo move
07-09-2005
KEETMANSHOOP residents will take to the streets today to demonstrate their support for the Municipality's decision to terminate its contract with SELCo.The Keetmanshoop Town Council last week
readTelecoms blackout
07-09-2005
TELECOMMUNICATIONS links between Namibia and South Africa were disrupted by a cable fault in South Africa's North West Province yesterday morning.Telephone and Internet services were down from 08h00
readBreakfast without bacon looms
07-09-2005
NAMIBIANS should brace themselves for a shortage of pork products after Government slapped a ban on imports from neighbouring South Africa.The move followed an outbreak of swine fever in the Western
read'Greed monster' is consuming the nation
07-09-2005
THE MONSTER of avarice and avidity has crept into Namibia, Swapo Party Elders' Council (SPEC) Secretary Kanana Hishoono said yesterday.Like a thief in the night, "this huge and dangerous monster has
readGovt says pulling out all stops on missing ODC millions
07-09-2005
GOVERNMENT says it is closing in on tracing nearly N$100 million in public funds from a dubious investment of the Offshore Development Company.In an exclusive interview with The Namibian yesterday,
readAvid-SSC case resumes
07-09-2005
THE High Court saga over the N$30-million investment that the Social Security Commission made with Avid Investment Corporation in late January is scheduled to resume for possibly its second-last day
readNDF man shoots himself after lovers' tiff
07-09-2005
A MEMBER of the Namibia Defence Force (NDF), Manasse Sackaria (30), allegedly shot himself with an AK-47 rifle on Friday evening, the Police reported on Monday.It is believed that Sackaria, who is
readCoD urges Swift action on graft
07-09-2005
THE Congress of Democrats has called on the public to be more vigilant about incidents of corruption and for Government to act more swiftly in such instances.CoD Secretary General Kalla Gertze said
readMUN says 'BEE is not working'
07-09-2005
THE Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) has expressed concern over the state of black economic empowerment (BEE) in the country, saying that a small elite is emerging as the major beneficiaries at the
read'Rotten apples' could foment class war: PM
07-09-2005
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has warned against get-rich-quick schemes masquerading as black economic empowerment deals that use public funds but simply collapse their businesses and walk away with
readECB okwa hala Muni gwa Keetmanshoop a shunithe mo etokolo lye
07-09-2005
M UNI gwa Keetmanshoop otashi vulika a kanithe oliisinisa ye yegandjo lyolusheno, ngele ina shunithila Okampani ya Southern Electricity Company (SELCo) 'okondalaka' yokugandja olusheno mondoolopa
readAapolisi yamwe kOhangwena aniwa ohaya kutha po iikulya yaanandholongo
07-09-2005
E NYENYETO lye tu zilila kondholongo ya Hangwena pOhangwena mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otali ti kutya aniwa Aapolisi yamwe, ye li yopuyane lwaampoka, ohaya kutha po iikulya yimwe mbyoka ya nuninwa
readYane ya hulithila moshiponga shohauto pOukwawananyanga
07-09-2005
OSHIPONGA oshinene noshi nyanyaleka sheidhengomumwe lyiihauto iyali, Okabaki nOkaloli, osha ningilwa pOukwawananyanga pOmukoko mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati mondjila onene yUutapi na Tsandi
readEwawa lyAagundjuka mo Swapo ota li konakona Kapia na Blaauw
07-09-2005
EWAWA lyAagundjuka moSwapo nenge tutye Swapo Party Youth Leage (SPYL) okwa koleke mOmaandaha kutya Amushanga gwa SPYL, Paulus Kapia okwa kuthwa mombelewa konima sho a pewa efudho lyomwedhi.Etokolo
readNamibians back from karate champs
07-09-2005
THE 10th Africa Senior Karate championships of the Union of Africa Karate Federations (UFAK) was held in Luanda at the end of last month and attracted a large number of competitors, with 19 African
readNahum off to SA for Basketball camp
07-09-2005
THE Namibia Basketball Federation (NBF) yesterday sent a junior coach to Johannesburg, South Africa, to participate in the Basketball Without Borders Camp, which is scheduled to start today in that
readLet me in, pleads Owen
07-09-2005
BELFAST - Michael Owen believes England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson cannot overlook him when he names his side for tonight's World Cup qualifier in Northern Ireland.Owen missed the win over Wales
readNo appeal from team United yet
07-09-2005
THE Chief Administrative Officer of the Namibia Sport Commission yesterday confirmed that he has not yet received a letter of appeal from the United Rugby Club, which has been expelled by the Namibia
readAthletics under spotlight
07-09-2005
ATHLETICS Namibia (AN) will be put under the spotlight after the Namibia Sport Commission (NSC) identified a lack of financial accountability and basic administrative skills among the ones in
readDisbelief in Asia as Katrina humbles a benefactor
07-09-2005
SINGAPORE - The sight of poor, starving and homeless Americans marooned in a flooded US city has stunned Asians, generating a mix of sympathy and scorn for a country better known as a rich benefactor
readDon't give us your rubbish, Oxfam tells Britons
07-09-2005
LONDON - Oxfam has asked Britons to be more selective about items they give to the charity's shops, saying many donations were just "rubbish" that cost 500 000 pounds a year to sift through and
readAir crash toll rises to 150
07-09-2005
MEDAN - Investigators yesterday hunted for clues in the wreckage of a jetliner which crashed in north Indonesia and killed 150 people, as questions were raised about safety standards of low-cost
readWorld In Brief
07-09-2005
* OIL SCANDAL - UN chief Kofi Annan said he wished the United Nations had never been asked to take part in Iraq's oil-for-food programme as he braced himself for the results of the most detailed
readEgyptian theatre blaze kills 32
07-09-2005
CAIRO - At least 32 people perished in a fire in an Egyptian theatre apparently set off by lighted candles used on stage, with the blaze provoking a deadly stampede as burning spectators tried to
readTyphoon hits south Japan, thousands flee
07-09-2005
TOKYO - A powerful typhoon pummelled south-western Japan with torrential rain and high winds yesterday, causing floods and landslides, paralysing transport and prompting officials to tell more than
readHurricane toll likely to exceed 10 000
07-09-2005
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans was slowly turning back the floodwaters yesterday as engineers closed a major break in levees swamped by Hurricane Katrina - a disaster the mayor says may have killed 10 000
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