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46 Articles found on Monday, 3 April 2006
Economy struggles in 2005
03-04-2006
THE year 2005 was not a good year in terms of development, as the Namibian economy slowed and grew at a slower pace than previously.This was in tandem with global economic developments, with output
readBusinesses challenged to boost development
03-04-2006
MORE can be done to uplift the lives of the country's impoverished, the majority of whom live in the rural areas.This call was made by the Women's Action for Development (WAD) Executive Director,
readOpec June action unlikely
03-04-2006
DOHA - Opec is unlikely to act during a June meeting if oil prices remain at current levels, as there is no shortage of supply in global markets, Qatari Oil Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said on
readDFI reports latest diamond sale
03-04-2006
DIAMOND Fields International Ltd (DFI) recently sold 1,815 carats of diamonds at a price of US$218,31 (about N$1 355) per carat.The Cape Town-based mining company announced in a media statement on
readSA, Brazil, India see trade soaring
03-04-2006
RIO DE JANEIRO - Trade between Brazil, India and South Africa has risen sharply in the past few years and should soar once they seal a formal alliance, their foreign ministers said on Thursday.The
readIMF on China
03-04-2006
BEIJING - China's big four state banks are still far from operating healthily despite billions of dollars in government bailouts and changes to corporate governance structures, the International
readEuropean Union inflation slips
03-04-2006
BRUSSELS - Euro-zone inflation slipped to 2,2 per cent in March from 2,3 per cent the previous month, according to an EU preliminary estimate published Friday.EU statistical agency Eurostat's
readWorld Bank unit in new management
03-04-2006
WASHINGTON - The new head of the World Bank's private-sector lending arm, Lars Thunell, on Thursday announced a management overhaul he said would improve the agency's effectiveness in developing
readNo control over Govt properties
03-04-2006
THE poor control that Government exercises over its property countrywide has been brought to the attention of Parliament for its support to implement wide-ranging recommendations to get the situation
readSerious Crime Unit chief quits the Police
03-04-2006
THE Namibian Police's elite crime investigation division, the Serious Crime Unit, has lost its second commanding officer in less than a year and a half.For Detective Chief Inspector Oscar Sheehama,
read3 more suspended over food scandal in Caprivi
03-04-2006
THREE more people have been suspended without pay because of their alleged role in allowing tons of food aid to rot in a Katima Mulilo warehouse.They include the Director of the Caprivi Regional
readNo investors for gem processing centres
03-04-2006
TWO gemstone-processing centres - one at Karibib and another at Keetmanshoop - run the risk of becoming white elephants if investors are not found to get the operations running, Minister of Trade and
readDefence downplays State House incident
03-04-2006
THE Ministry of Defence says the incident in which NDF officer John C Kashikakumwe (42) crashed into a wall at State House was "purely a civil case".Lieutenant Colonel Kashikakumwe crashed into the
readNored warns of power cuts
03-04-2006
THE Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) is holding meetings in the North to inform users of looming power shortages in Namibia.At a meeting at Outapi last Friday, Nored's Senior Manager
readGovt confirms death of ex-cop in Afghanistan
03-04-2006
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday confirmed the death of Namibian citizen Horst-Dieter Froese in Afghanistan last week.Froese and three Afghans travelling with him were killed in a bomb blast
readEnergy sector needs modern management
03-04-2006
ROBUST and rigorous management of Namibia's energy supplies is required to prevent shortages from hampering economic growth.This is the view of Johannes !Gawaxab, Managing Director of Old Mutual's
readSecurity company blamed after death of soccer fan
03-04-2006
A RIOT that broke out at the Sam Nujoma stadium in January has apparently claimed the life of a soccer fan about a week ago in the Katutura State Hospital.Sebastian "Ones" Williams (25) died on
readOne man shot, three stabbed
03-04-2006
TWO bodies were found around Windhoek over the weekend.Between 20h00 and 21h00 on Friday, the body of Esron Omathinge (30) was found in the Gammams River between Grysblok and Marula. He had been shot
readSuspended sentence for young mother
03-04-2006
A YOUNG woman who left her newborn baby on the stairs of a building last year was given a suspended sentence by the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court last Wednesday.Carien van Staden (24) from Walvis Bay
readOil spill still a mystery
03-04-2006
LAST week's oil spill in the Walvis Bay harbour was cleaned up before the weekend, but the source of the pollution is still unknown.The detection of heavy fuel oil at berth 6 on Wednesday afternoon
readScientists to discuss Benguela Current
03-04-2006
THE status and management of the Benguela Current will come under scrutiny at a workshop at Swakopmund today and tomorrow.Dr Neville Sweijd of the Benguela Environment Fisheries Training Interactions
readOmahangano gamwe ge na sha noHIV-AIDS ga patelwa pondje ku UNGASS
03-04-2006
O MAHANGANO gaashi gopapangelo ngoka haga ungaunga noHIV-AIDS mu Namibia oga patelwa pondje ku shoka hashi ithanwa UN Genetal Assembly Special Session on AIDS (UNGASS molwashoka Epangelo oli li
readOmbuto yoHIV-AIDS otayi shuna pevi mu Namibia; Minista Kamwi ta ti ngeyi
03-04-2006
O MWAALU gwantu mboka taya ikonakonitha ombuto yo HIV, ndjoka hayi eta omukithi gwo AIDS ogwa shuna pevi, Ominsita yUundjolowele nOnkalonawa Richard Kamwi, osho a popi.Kamwi okwa ti pOopelesenda
readOshipotha shekengelelo mu NBC sha tsilikwa ishewe
03-04-2006
O SHIPOTHA shOmukuluntuwiliki kwali gwehangakop etumimawimombepo lya NBC, Jerry Munyama osha tsilikwa ishewe oshikando oshikando oshitiyali mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mEtitatu lyoshiwike
readObasanjo a gandja elombwelo Taylor a falwe kegumbo
03-04-2006
A BUJA - Omupresidende gwa Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo okwa gandja elombwelo kutya Charles Taylor (a li nale Omupresidende gwa Liberia) na shunithwe kegumbo, konima ashike yoowili oontshona sho Taylor
readAakwiilongo oye na oofalama dhi li 400 mu Namibia
03-04-2006
AANDOWISHI oyo aakwiilongo ye na oofaalama odhindji mu Namibia kaakwiilongo ayehe mUuyuni.Moofalama 399 ndhoka dhi niwe kaakwiilongo mu Namibia, Aandowishi oye na 206, kumwe adhihe dhi na uunene
readOmahogololo mu DRC otaga ka laatekwa
03-04-2006
B RUSSELS - Omahogololo gaayehe ngoka kwa thanekwa ga ka ningwe mu Juni nuumvo mOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC), otaga ka laatekwa opo ookandindaate ndhoka tadhi ka kutha ombinga mugo, dhi
readOmunamibia a sila mu Afghanistan
03-04-2006
E PANGELO lya Namibia otali konakona olopota kutya omulumentu gumwe Omunamibia okwa si moshiponga shomboma mu Afghanistan mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika.Oshitumikunandeki sha The Associated Press (AP)
readOmundohotola Hangala a thigapo NamPower nuuntsa
03-04-2006
O mukuluntuwiliki gwa NamPower Leake Hangala okwa koleke mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika kutya okwa yakula ombapila ya zi kOlaata ya NamPower tayi ti kutya okondalaka ye yokukala mombelewa itayi ka
readOondola omilongo heyali kadhi shi sha natango, IPPR
03-04-2006
A AKULUPE Oye li natango taya nana nondatu kombinga yuuhupilo nonande Epangelo olya gwedhela openzela yawo nOondola omilongo heyali, ehangano limwe hali ningi omakonakono okutala nkene Namibia te shi
readSports Shorts
03-04-2006
NAIROBI, Kenya - Yvonne Reiss of the United States beat Kenya's Conjestina Achieng on points Saturday to win the World Boxing Council women's middleweight title.Two judges voted in favour of Reiss
readFootball Results
03-04-2006
South African PSL Played Saturday, April 1 Santos 2-0 Jomo Cosmos SuperSport Utd. 0-2 Black Leopards Free State Stars 3-1 Ajax Cape Town Moroka Swallows 1-0 Bloemfontein Celtic Italian Serie A
readNamibia loses to Spears
03-04-2006
THE Southern Spears from South Africa beat a Namibian Invitation team 32-13 in a highly charged rugby match at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on Saturday.After beating a Namibian XV 59-31 on March
readUnited close in on Chelsea
03-04-2006
LONDON - Manchester United won 2-1 at Bolton on Saturday to cut Chelsea's Premier League lead to seven points after the champion was held 0-0 by relegation-threatened Birmingham.Substitute Ruud van
readBekele makes history
03-04-2006
FUKUOKA - Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele completed a historic double by storming to the men's 12-kilometre title at the world cross-country championships yesterday - then announced he would not be
readSuper 14 clears way for Crusaders
03-04-2006
WELLINGTON - The NSW Waratahs and the Canterbury Crusaders will set the stage for a rugby showdown when they clash next weekend after coming through the eighth round of the Super 14 rugby competition
readRice, Straw in Iraq to break govt deadlock
03-04-2006
BAGHDAD - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Britain's Jack Straw flew in secret into Baghdad yesterday in a dramatic bid to break a deadlock over forming a unity government that can halt a
readMugabe vows to crush opposition protests
03-04-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday vowed to crush opposition protests as he hit back at a call for "democratic resistance" in his country."Some of you say they want to go out on
readEx-Angolan spy chief accused of plotting against president
03-04-2006
LUANDA - Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos yesterday accused his former intelligence chief of plotting against him by spying on his aides and seeking to organise protests.Releasing the
readMwanawasa rushed to Britain for treatment
03-04-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa abruptly cancelled a scheduled campaign trip to the northern Copperbelt province on Saturday after he became ill and flew to Britain for treatment, officials
readEastern Congo militias on offensive before polls - UN
03-04-2006
KINSHASA - Militia groups in Congo's lawless Ituri district are swelling in numbers and on the offensive just months ahead of planned elections as attempts to disarm them fail, the United Nations
readIn Brief
03-04-2006
* IMMIGRATION - Thousands of demonstrators rallied in this conservative California town and in New York to protest plans for a US legislative crackdown on illegal immigrants.* NUCLEAR - China is
readUnseen deaths: agencies try to count cost of war
03-04-2006
LONDON - How do you calculate the death toll from a war in a country with no census and no medical records, where people are scattered in remote jungle villages or crammed into makeshift camps.Aid
readRheinhold Rau, pioneer of project to reverse extinction of quagga
03-04-2006
CAPE TOWN - Rheinhold Rau, a German-born taxidermist who regarded it as his moral duty to reverse the extinction of the quagga, a zebra-like animal, has died.He was 73. The South African Museum, where
readStanislaw Lem, science fiction writer
03-04-2006
WARSAW - Stanislaw Lem, a popular science fiction author whose works included 'Solaris', died last week in his native Poland.He was 84. Lem was one of the most popular science fiction authors of
readAddwaita, a tortoise of great renown
03-04-2006
THE giant tortoise Addwaita, thought to be one of the world's oldest creatures, that died in a Calcutta zoo last week was one of four tortoises brought to India by British sailors from the Seychelle
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