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30 Articles found on Thursday, 27 April 2006
Conservancy in Caprivi Region appoints first female manager
27-04-2006
COEDILIA Muyoba, only 21 years old, has a huge responsibility on her slender shoulders. As Namibia's first female conservancy manager, she co-ordinates activities for Kwandu Conservancy in eastern
readOil price drives enviro agenda for airlines
27-04-2006
GENEVA - Soaring oil prices have brought environmental issues to the forefront of airlines' strategies as they seek to use less fuel and find alternative energy sources to trim costs, industry
readAfrica must use oil boom to diversify
27-04-2006
LUANDA - Africa's oil-producing countries must use their new power in world energy markets to cut dependency on foreign companies and take control of more refining work, the head of Angola's Sonangol
readRebel threats to energy firms dismissed
27-04-2006
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia on Wednesday dismissed rebel threats to foreign energy firms considering work in the country's restive southeast, saying the area was stable with no risk to potential
readJolie speaks about schools, not babies or Brad Pitt
27-04-2006
ANDREW QUINN JOHANNESBURG - Heavily pregnant Hollywood star Angelina Jolie broke her silence yesterday from her Namibian hideaway, but she wasn't talking babies or Brad Pitt. Jolie, whose trip to
readLand reform to move into higher gear
27-04-2006
LANDS Minister Jerry Ekandjo has warned of further changes to the law to facilitate land reform. Although not elaborating on what the kind of amendments he was considering, Ekandjo told the National
readDr Mose Tjitendero passes away
27-04-2006
FORMER National Assembly Speaker and Swapo veteran, Dr Mose Tjitendero, has passed away. The 63-year-old former Member of Parliament died in the Roman Catholic Hospital yesterday morning after a
readBrits rescue Ongopolo Mine -seals N$120-m deal with Weatherly
27-04-2006
NAMIBIA'S biggest copper producer, Ongopolo Mining and Processing, yesterday announced it had signed a N$120 million agreement with international resources company Weatherly International Plc. The
readNamibian diplomats working under poor conditions: MPs
27-04-2006
THE perceived poor conditions of service of Namibian diplomats and issues of economic diplomacy were the subject of heated debate during the budget vote of N$222 million for Foreign Affairs on
readNew mines to boost Nam uranium output
27-04-2006
NAMIBIA stands a good chance of becoming a major producer of uranium this year, with the Roessing Uranium Mine's lifespan extension beyond 2016 approved last year, and the Langer Heinrich and
readSADC can become breadbasket, says Pohamba
27-04-2006
THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) could take care of its own food needs if it planned properly and did not have to "perpetually hold out a begging basket", President Hifikepunye
readTaxi fares stay the same
27-04-2006
GOOD news for commuters is that the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) appears unlikely to increase bus and taxi fares after last Wednesday's fuel-price hikes.Last week, indications from Nabta
readKaras Remu 'stone' broke
27-04-2006
THE Regional Emergency Management Unit (Remu) in the Karas Region has no money to help the victims of last week's heavy rains in Luederitz and the small settlement of Kutenhous north of Keetmanshoop.
readMiss Namibia is 'Mrs Namibia'!
27-04-2006
LEEFA Shiikwa, who was crowned Miss Namibia last year, has been stripped of the crown and title. The organisers of the Miss Namibia Pageant say they were presented on April 24 with documentation from
readStrike over pay costs Seaflower millions
27-04-2006
THE wage strike at Seaflower White Fish Corporation is costing the company millions of dollars, since all activity at the company's hake-processing plant has come to a standstill. Workers at
readWoman dies after swallowing 31 parcels of cocaine
27-04-2006
A CALL for help led to the arrest of a Namibian citizen on Tuesday afternoon after his wife died and Police discovered 31 parcels of cocaine weighing 410 grams in her stomach. The couple had
readCop insists he saw 'blue movie' at Teek's house
27-04-2006
ONE of the Police constables who visited the house of former Judge Pio Teek shortly after the Police received a complaint of kidnapping and child molestation against him insisted in the High Court
readHelao Nafidi a geelwa kaakalimo yomOmafo
27-04-2006
POMAFO A AKALIMO yomomukunda Omafo popepi noshikango nOhangwena mOukwanyama mOshitopowla sha Hangwena, oye li ya geela noonkondo Elelo lya Helao Nafidi sho aniwa tali ya tembudha pomahala gawo,
readLoide a tokolwa a kale Oomwedhi hamano mondholongo shi na sha nedhipago lyokanona ke
27-04-2006
na MERJA IILEKA M EME gwoomvula 23 gwomOshitopolwa sha Musati Loide ya Shaningwa meti 21 Apilili nuumvo, okwa monika ondjo mOmpangu yOpombanda mOshakati shi na sha nedhipago lyokahanona ke neholeko
readPresidende ota thiki mOnooli nena
27-04-2006
O MBELEWA ya Ngoloneya gwOshitopolwa sha Shana, oya tseyitha kutya Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, ota thiki mOnooli ongula yonena moka taka kala mo sigo omEtiyali lyeti 2 Mei 2006. Omupresidende
readNotices Warriors supporters' club on cards
27-04-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has invited interested members of the public to attend a meeting at which the Brave Warriors Supporters Club will be established. The meeting will take place
readNo cash for Warriors coach yet
27-04-2006
THE position of the Brave Warriors coach is unlikely to be filled on Workers' Day, as money is still being sought to pay his salary. Interviews with at least 40 applicants who have applied for the
readUnder-20s take on DRC
27-04-2006
NAMIBIA'S under-20 side will make history as the first football side to host a foreign country at the multi-million-dollar Sam Nujoma Stadium tomorrow night. Kick-off is at 19h00. Namibia will engage
readAfrican Union unveils draft Darfur deal
27-04-2006
ABUJA - African Union mediators have presented the warring parties in Sudan's devastated western region of Darfur with a draft peace agreement and urged to them to sign the deal before the end of the
readIn Brief
27-04-2006
* 30 DETAINED - Thirty suspects were being questioned as Egypt pressed its investigation into deadly bombings in the Red Sea resort of Dahab, the third such attacks to have hit the Sinai in 18 months.
readLiberian president orders new security measures
27-04-2006
MONROVIA - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced a security crackdown following violent demonstrations by ex-soldiers and banned a labour strike that was planned for yesterday. In an
readMourners, candles mark Chernobyl anniversary
27-04-2006
SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine - Mourners bearing candles marked the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster yesterday, honouring those who died as leaders pledged to ensure it would never happen
readIran threatens to harm American interests in the world if attacked
27-04-2006
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it would harm US interests anywhere in the world if the United States launches an attack on the Islamic Republic, which is embroiled in a nuclear standoff with the
readJane Jacobs, author of urban planning classic
27-04-2006
NEW YORK - Jane Jacobs (89), author and community activist of singular influence whose classic 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities' transformed ideas about urban planning, died on Tuesday. A
readEd Davis, former LA police chief
27-04-2006
SAN LUIS OBISBO - Ed Davis (89), the tough-talking former Los Angeles police chief who led the department during its shootout with the Symbionese Liberation Army and the arrest of Charles Manson, died
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