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25 Articles found on Monday, 24 April 2006
Swaziland's King Mswati opens up to opposition
24-04-2006
FIENIE GROBLER MBABANE - Africa's last absolute monarch has invited banned opposition parties to enter the political playing field in Swaziland, speaking publicly on the issue for the first time in a
readSomali Islamists declare jihad on warlords as tension soars
24-04-2006
MOGADISHU - Tension soared in the capital of lawless Somalia on Friday as Mogadishu's powerful Islamic courts declared jihad, or holy war, on a militia alliance widely believed to be backed by the
readNam/Bots concerned by looming power crisis
24-04-2006
BOTSWANA President Festus Mogae concluded his three-day visit to Namibia on Thursday with the commissioning of a new power substation near the border between the two southern African countries.
readVandals disrupting phone network
24-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Vandals cut three phone cables belonging to South African fixed-line company Telkom in what the company said might be sabotage by striking workers. The state-controlled company, which
readMurder conviction overturned after 8 years
24-04-2006
THE past nine years in the life of Johannes Jonkers have all been a judicial mistake. Jonkers spent these years behind bars - first as a trial-awaiting prisoner for a year and three months, and then,
readE-fuel case quietly settled out of court
24-04-2006
THE High Court case in which a former director of a company that was contracted to supply and service electronic fuel-monitoring systems for Government's vehicle fleet was accused of defrauding his
readFloods ravage the coast
24-04-2006
STREETS at the three coastal towns of Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Luederitz turned into flowing rivers as unusually heavy rain poured down for the most part of last week.The showers, accompanied by
readLack of financial reports raises temperature in NA
24-04-2006
A HEATED exchange took place between Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila and the DTA's Johan de Waal in the National Assembly on Thursday over Government's loss-making airline Air Namibia and
readA century of life passes
24-04-2006
THE Okahandja district lost one of its oldest residents last week with the death of 101-year-old Heinrich Kahere. Born in 1905 during the Herero genocide to a Herero mother and a German father,
readFinance Ministry's budget scrutinised
24-04-2006
GOVERNMENT'S policy of producing a budget surplus has been grossly misunderstood, Deputy Minister of Finance Tjekero Tweya maintains. Motivating the N$3,1 billion budget of his Ministry for the
readCity defends stadium design
24-04-2006
THE City of Windhoek has hit back at the findings of an independent engineering firm that the construction of the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura had contributed to the flooding of 14 homes in the
readHome Affairs Ministry pats itself on the back
24-04-2006
MINISTER of Home Affairs Rosalia Nghidinwa says her staff is well on track in providing national documents within the recently promised reduced period.Nghidinwa was full of praise for her staff when
readParliamentarians want their 15 minutes of fame
24-04-2006
PARLIAMENTARIANS once again complained bitterly on Friday evening about the way the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation reports on parliamentary proceedings, and on MPs as individuals, when they were
readPohamba speaks out against Unam fraud
24-04-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed disappointment at allegations of theft against senior officials at the University of Namibia and warned that he meant business when he spoke about
readIn Brief
24-04-2006
* LIBERIA NEW START - The United Nations mission in Liberia celebrated the end of an aid programme for internally displaced persons (IDP) with the symbolic demolition of huts in Salala camp in Bong
readAnti-monarch protesters defy Nepal curfew
24-04-2006
KATHMANDU - Thousands of protesters defied a daytime curfew in the Nepali capital yesterday to chant slogans against the king, but the demonstrations seemed less intense and more peaceful than in
readFootball Results
24-04-2006
South African PSL....South African PSL Played Sunday, April 23 Silver Stars 1-2 Kaizer Chiefs Played Saturday, April 22 Ajax Cape Town 1-1 Golden Arrows, Free State Stars 2-1 Black Leopards
readOmakonakono getu inaga mona po omapuko, Katoma ta popi ngaaka
24-04-2006
M UNI gwa Venduka ota ti kutya omakonakono ngoka ga ningwa po okutala ngele opu na epuko mepulando lyomikanka dhokutondoka omeya pokapale ketanga lyokoompadhi ka Sam Nujoma Stadium, oge shi ulike
readMeme Giselinde a monika ondjo mOmpangu yOpombanda mOshakati
24-04-2006
O MUKALIMO gwomOshikulufitu mOmbalantu, meme Giselinde ya Paulus ya Shatiwa (64), ngoka a kwatelwe po shi na sha neso lyomusamane gwe Tobias Nashapi gwoomvula 72 momasiku 6 Juni 2005, taku tiwa kutya
readOseko ya Eengedjo ya tewa kootsotsi
24-04-2006
O MUKULUNTU gwOseko yOpombanda ya Mungwelume mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tate Jason Johannes okwa tseyithila Oshifo shika kutya oombotsotso ntano (5) lwaampoka ongulohi yOsoondaha ndjika ya
readSantos down Blue Waters
24-04-2006
RELEGATION-THREATENED Chief Santos produced a stunning 2-0 victory over three-time league champions Blue Waters at the Oscar Norich Stadium in Tsumeb yesterday, a result that has temporarily
readZim farmers apply for seized land
24-04-2006
HARARE - About 200 white commercial farmers have asked Zimbabwean authorities to restore their seized land, a senior member of a farmers' union said on Friday. "I submitted close to 200
readNuke enrichment irreversible: Iran
24-04-2006
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it would not abandon its work on uranium enrichment, which the United Nations has demanded it halt, and was prepared to face the consequences. "Iran's uranium enrichment
readAttacks continue after new Iraqi PM appointed
24-04-2006
BAGHDAD - Rocket attacks, blasts and the discovery of several bodies, apparently executed, around Iraq yesterday underscored the challenges facing the prime minister-designate as he tries to form a
readHamas and Fatah pledge to defuse tension after clashes
24-04-2006
GAZA - The Hamas-led Palestinian government and President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group agreed early yesterday to try to end tensions between them after their supporters clashed in the worst internal
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