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34 Articles found on Thursday, 8 September 2005
Nature Foundation donates equipment
08-09-2005
THE Namibia Nature Foundation, through the Namibia Environment Fund supported by Danish Development Assistance, has donated equipment for monitoring natural resources to the Kyaramacan Trust.The
readEkipa production to be strictly controlled
08-09-2005
SALES of the traditional Namibian ivory amulets known as ekipas will resume within the next three months, a senior official in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said yesterday.Dr Pauline
readOil price down, US dollar steady
08-09-2005
SINGAPORE - Oil prices retreated further on Wednesday as more of the hurricane-hit US oil industry came back on stream, while strong US data lifted Asian export stocks and supported the dollar.Crude
readITC drills executives on market analysis
08-09-2005
WINDHOEK - African countries must improve their business conditions and formulate policies that support export-oriented sectors, the International Trade Centre (ITC) has said.ITC Senior Market
readReduced earnings for NBL
08-09-2005
NAMIBIA Breweries Limited (NBL) will this year again see reduced earnings per share and headline earnings for the financial period ended June 30 2005.The company's financial results for the year ended
readWestcor partners formalise deal
08-09-2005
THE Chief Executives representing the shareholders yesterday signed the Westcor Shareholders Agreement in Gaborone, Botswana, formally launching Westcor (Pty) Ltd.Westcor was formed under the
readZim needs US$50m to avert IMF expulsion
08-09-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank chief said on Tuesday the country needed to clear outstanding arrears of US$50 million with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to prevent possible ejection from the
readN$500m investment in cement plant
08-09-2005
A multi-million-dollar project which will see Namibia produce its own cement will soon be up and running when the country's first cement factory is established at Otjiwarongo.Cheetah Cement - a joint
readFNB CEO Ipangelwa dies in car crash
08-09-2005
THE Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank Namibia and prominent Namibian business figure, Lazarus Shinyemba Ipangelwa, died in a car accident yesterday morning.The Police confirmed that
readJosea 'was the kingpin'
08-09-2005
NAMANGOL Investment's Nico Josea, the perceived middleman in the Social Security Commission's investment of N$30 million with Avid Investment Corporation, was in fact the "kingpin", SSC legal counsel
readAvid kickbacks grab limelight
08-09-2005
A HUSH-HUSH handover of money that is claimed to have taken place between the wife of Avid Investment CEO Lazarus Kandara and former directors or role players in Avid returned to centre stage in the
readFNB CEO Ipangelwa dies in car crash
08-09-2005
THE Chief Executive Officer of First National Bank Namibia and prominent Namibian business figure, Lazarus Shinyemba Ipangelwa, died in a car accident yesterday morning.The Police confirmed that
readSix held in drug busts
08-09-2005
THE Police have confiscated N$48 570 worth of dagga and N$159 300 worth of Mandrax tablets in three different drug busts.Olga Mmampedi Lpunya (39), a South African national, was arrested after
read15 years for Desert Express rape
08-09-2005
TREVOR PIETERSE, the man accused of raping a female tourist on the Desert Express train two years ago, was yesterday sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment after he was found guilty in the Swakopmund
readLand reform too slow: Ministry
08-09-2005
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement has expressed concern at the slow pace of land reform, saying the existing framework is tainted by bureaucratic procedures.Speaking at the official opening in
readMedical funds cross swords with Medi-Clinic
08-09-2005
THE Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds (Namaf) yesterday vowed to stand its ground, insisting that "it cannot allow any single hospital or group to control and manipulate pricing of healthcare
readCourt reinstates SELCo at Keetmanshoop
08-09-2005
THE High Court yesterday ruled in favour of the Southern Electricity Company (SELCo), granting it an interim interdict to immediately resume its responsibility for electricity provision at
readDiamond trades under the loupe
08-09-2005
NICO Josea's diamond dealings with public funds has once again come under the spotlight during the High Court inquiry's search for the N$30 million the Social Security Commission invested with Avid
read'Josea was ripped off in platinum deal'
08-09-2005
NICO Josea, the arrested boss of one of the asset management companies through whose bank accounts the Social Security Commission's ill-fated investment of N$30 million flowed on its way out of
readRosenberg promises SSC N$15m by end of month
08-09-2005
THE Social Security Commission is not pinning any hopes on South African financial trader Alan Rosenberg returning the N$15 million that Avid CEO Lazarus Kandara said he would."We can come to only one
readMood at court more sombre
08-09-2005
THE High Court inquiry into the Social Security Commission's N$30 million investment with little-known Avid Investments entered its twelfth day yesterday on a much more subdued note than was the case
readOmakwatonkonga pOshaanda
08-09-2005
OMULUMENTU gwomimvo 75 noku li omukalimo gwomOshaanda okwa tulwa miipandeko shi na sha nekwatonkonga lyokakadhona komimvo ne, Opolisi osho ya lopota ngaaka mOmaandaha.Otaku popiwa kutya omukulupe
readEpangelo onkee tali kongo oshimaliwa sha ODC
08-09-2005
EPANGELO olya nana ko komupaya mokukonga oshimaliwa shoshigwana shOondola oomiliyuna ethele lwaampoka, shOkampani ya Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) shoka sha kanene mOkampani ya Great Triangle
readOmupangi a hulitha ombaadhilila moshiponga shohauto
08-09-2005
O MUPANGI omugundjuka gwoomvula omilongo ndatu nayimwe (31) gwokomukunda Okathimakamwe mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati, a kala wo ethimbo mOshakati nokwa li omupangi kOshipangelo shEpangelo
readTate Shigwedha a gandja omagano giilya ku CACOC
08-09-2005
O MUNAFAALAMA ye wo omulimimapya gwomomukunda Otshinyadhila mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana, ena epya enene kOponona mUukwambi, tate Pius Shigwedha, a tseyika wo nawa nedhina Shiningeni, mEtiyali
readOshipotha sha Avid-SSC sha tameka ishewe ohela mOmpangu yOpombanda
08-09-2005
OMAPULAPULO kombinga yoshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu ndhoka Social Security Commission (SSC) a li a gandja ku Avid Investments Corporation mu Januali nuumvo shi ka pungulwe moka oga tameke
readWord in Brief
08-09-2005
* UN SCANDAL - A long-awaited report on the corruption-tainted UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq cleared UN chief Kofi Annan of ethical misconduct but faults him for serious management lapses.*
readSA battles typhoid outbreak
08-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Almost 400 people in a South African town have reported typhoid-like symptoms after drinking contaminated water, a local health official said yesterday, with 18 cases
readMubarak set for win in Egypt election
08-09-2005
CAIRO - Egyptians were voting yesterday in the country's first contested presidential election with veteran leader Hosni Mubarak all but certain to win a fifth term amid fears of widespread fraud.The
read'Saddam deserves to die 100 times'
08-09-2005
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein has confessed to carrying out executions and should be hanged "20 times", his successor as Iraq's president said on Tuesday while confirming that he will not sign a death
readArafat killing casts shadow over Gaza
08-09-2005
KHAN YUNIS - The killing of a top security official in the Gaza Strip yesterday underscores the security chaos Palestinian leaders will have to control after Israel ends its 38-year occupation.As the
readPhilippines gears for more anti-Arroyo protests
08-09-2005
MANILA - Thousands of people planned to march in the Philippine capital yesterday, trying to keep up the momentum of street protests against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo a day after she survived
readForce used to evacuate New Orleans
08-09-2005
NEW ORLEANS - Police prepared to forcibly remove stubborn hurricane survivors from New Orleans yesterday as the flood-wrecked city took its first faltering steps on the long and arduous road to
readArafat killing casts shadow over Gaza
08-09-2005
KHAN YUNIS - The killing of a top security official in the Gaza Strip yesterday underscores the security chaos Palestinian leaders will have to control after Israel ends its 38-year occupation.As the
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