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39 Articles found on Wednesday, 2 August 2006
SA manufacturing at peak
02-08-2006
South African manufacturing activity hit a record peak in June as a weaker rand currency helped local firms grab a bigger share of the domestic market and boost their exports, a survey showed
readKumba strike in 3rd day, mining disrupted JOHANNESBURG
02-08-2006
Kumba Resources, Africa's top iron ore producer, said yesterday a strike over wages by about 6 000 workers at its iron ore and coal mines had disrupted production, and it was relying on strategic
readJohncom fires CEO Connie Molusi JOHANNESBURG
02-08-2006
The board of South Africa's second biggest media and entertainment company, Johnnic Communications, has dismissed its Chief Executive Connie Molusi, Johncom said on Monday.Johncom said in a statement
readNigeria sees oil output rising LAGOS
02-08-2006
Nigeria expects its oil production to be close to three million barrels per day by the end of this year, resources minister Edmund Daukoru said in a document seen yesterday by AFP, signalling a rise
readFrench co to supply HIV tests to Bots PARIS
02-08-2006
French health test company BioMerieux will supply Botswana, one of the most AIDS-afflicted African countries, with tests to detect HIV, it said yesterday.This is the first time BioMerieux has agreed
readBHP, Rio profits to shine SYDNEY
02-08-2006
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, the world's two biggest miners, are set to report billions of dollars more in profits thanks to robust global demand for minerals that is showing few signs of
readSports Minister sounds warning on soccer crisis
02-08-2006
MINISTER of Sport John Mutorwa yesterday warned anyone who might want to derail football activities in Namibia to think again. Mutorwa addressed a press conference in Windhoek in the wake of attempts
readBusinesses face fee squeeze
02-08-2006
THE City of Windhoek has announced new regulations which will force all businesses, including shebeens, in the capital to register with the municipality.The registration, at a cost ranging from N$148
readCold front brings snow and rain
02-08-2006
NAMIBIANS in the southern and central parts of Namibia yesterday had to take out the jackets and scarves they'd started packing away as temperatures dropped suddenly.Light to heavy rain and even light
readGem talks at crucial stage
02-08-2006
DE BEERS says it is close to finalising protracted negotiations on the renewal of a five-year sales contract with the Namibian Government.De Beers Country Manager Daniel Kali yesterday confirmed to
readOkahandja names councillors
02-08-2006
SWAPO'S Okahandja District Executive has nominated four people to replace the town's recently ousted local councillors.Paul Damaseb, Christene Nuuhe, Gabriel Shelefila and Dawid Urikop are being
readTwo Caprivi Indunas held over treason trial U-turns
02-08-2006
TWO traditional leaders from the Caprivi Region who were supposed to testify as State witnesses in the main Caprivi high treason trial have been arrested and charged with attempting to defeat or
readChild killer Louw found guilty on four charges
02-08-2006
ONE of South Africa's best-known criminologists might be able to give the High Court insight into the mind and motives of self-confessed child rapist and killer Willem Louw, if Louw's defence lawyer
readBroken hospital equipment blamed for SA visitor's death
02-08-2006
THE circumstances under which a Cape Town man died in Oshakati last week has left some family members angry and disappointed in the health system at the Oshakati State Hospital.Omar Arend (53) died
readPolice officers' case postponed again
02-08-2006
TWO top Namibian Police officers who were charged with theft against the force in May are now scheduled to return to court in September.The Police's Special Branch Commanding Officer, Lotti Nelomba
readWitvlei abattoir gets a new lease of life
02-08-2006
THE stillborn !Uri!Khubis Abattoir outside Witvlei is to be given a new lease of life in a deal involving Namibian and Norwegian investors, led by farmer and entrepreneur Sidney Martin, Agribank
readFrench gift for church school
02-08-2006
THE Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) has donated more than 300 textbooks to the Canisianum Roman Catholic High School at Anamulenge in the Omusati Region, northern Namibia.An event to mark the
readGovt scolds NBC
02-08-2006
THE Ministry of Information and Broadcasting yesterday urged the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to immediately institute regulatory measures to control the content of discussions on its
readTaxi robbery in City
02-08-2006
A 29-year-old Windhoek resident was robbed by a taxi driver and another passenger on Thursday night, Police reported yesterday.The two suspects had apparently lured the victim into the taxi in the
readDiamond cutters return to work
02-08-2006
WORKERS who went on an illegal strike at a local diamond cutting and polishing company last Thursday reported back to work on Monday.About 120 of the 500 workers at Lev Leviev Diamonds (LLD) refused
readMTC slashes prices again
02-08-2006
NAMIBIA'S sole cellular phone company, Mobile Telecommunications (MTC), has dropped some of its tariffs for the second time in three months.The cost of contract Sim card replacements dropped
readOonakulwa aakulu oya hala Pohamba a tye sha
02-08-2006
E THIMBO ongashiingeyi, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba a popye kombinga yoofuto ndhoka tadhi pulwa kOkomitiye yOonakulwa aakulu yOplana, Okomitiye Onkondjeli yUuwanawa wOonakulwa aakulu tayi popi
readIitayi yOmbudsman otayi shi enditha nawa WINDHOEK
02-08-2006
Iitayi yOmbelewa yOmbudsman mOshakati nosho wo mOkaiti (Keetmanshoop) oyi humu komeho nawa niipotha yomanyenyeto mbyoka ya shangithwa hoka oya indjipala kakunawe.Otaku hokololwa ngeyi kutya iipotha
readUunona wa pila mondunda WINDHOEK
02-08-2006
Uunona uyali owa pi okusa konima sho ondunda moka wa li ya yaka omulilo pethimbo wa li wa kotha megumbo limwe pomukunda Ouwa-Wananghala moshitopolwa sha Mbalantu.Oshiponga shika shinyanyaleka osha
readOmutalelisikola omukulu tatekulu Paulus Haufiku a hulitha ombaadhilila
02-08-2006
O MULONGISIKOLA, Omukuluntusikola nokwa li wo Omutalelisikola omukulu tatekulu Paulus Opomanga yaHaufiku gwopOngenga mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, a tseyika wo nedhina Poh, okwa mana
readTatekulu Vili ya Kapweya, nOnawa a hulitha
02-08-2006
O MUKUNDA Onawa mOmbalantu, ogu li moshikogo oshiluudhe sho mwene gwomukunda nguka tatekulu Wilhelm ya Kapweya, a tseyika nawa nedhina Vili ya Kapweya, a mana oondjenda moshipangelo shAutapi
readNBC a indila aantu ya ngungumane mombepo
02-08-2006
E HANGANO lya Namibia lyokutuma omawi mombepo nenge tutye Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) ndyoka lya kala pokati kolumpangwa nomwele pethimbo lyoontamanana dhomombepo ndhoka dha kala pokati
readOonakulwa aakulu moshitopolwa sha Shikoto ya ninga oshigongi pOniipa
02-08-2006
O NGUNDU yOonakulwa aakulu ya thikama maantu ye li lwopethele limwe naantu omilongo hetatu lwaampoka mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko oya li ya gongala pOniipa mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto moka ya pula
readSAA Supa 8 tourney takes off THE draw for the 2006 SAA Supa 8 tournament was conducted at Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, yesterday but the dates and venues for the games still have to be confirmed.
02-08-2006
Last year's champions, Bloemfontein Celtic, will not be defending their title as they failed to make it to the top eight half of the Castle Premiership. The 2003 champs Jomo Cosmos will also not
readBafana match: Youngsters in pound seats
02-08-2006
THE international friendly between the Brave Warriors and Bafana Bafana on August 16 is also aimed at raising funds for the Colin Benjamin Soccer Academy (CBSA), which played a role in bringing the
readSports Briefs
02-08-2006
GABORONE - Briton Colwyn Rowe has been appointed national coach of Botswana on a three-year contract, the Botswana Football Association said.Rowe has worked as an English FA instructor and technical
readCastro has operation, delegates power HAVANA
02-08-2006
Cuban President Fidel Castro underwent intestinal surgery yessterday and delegated government functions provisionally to his younger brother Raul Castro, the government said in a televised statement
readIsrael to expand ground offensive
02-08-2006
In a major expansion of its ground offensive, Israel decided to send thousands more troops deeper into Lebanon, as far as the Litani River some 30 kilometres from the Israeli border, to clear out
readThree British troops killed
02-08-2006
Taliban militants killed three British soldiers patrolling in southern Afghanistan yesterday in the first fatalities sustained by Nato forces since taking command of the insurgency-wracked region a
readZuma reveals money problems
02-08-2006
SOUTH AFRICAN former deputy president, Jacob Zuma, has acknowledged that he is running out of money, the Witness reported yesterday.Its website cited an affidavit handed up at the Pietermaritzburg
readSouth Africa's Travelgate case postponed CAPE TOWN
02-08-2006
Cape Judge President John Hlophe on Monday granted a defence proposal to postpone Parliament's Travelgate trial.Hlophe postponed the case to October 17. Twenty-eight people - 23 current and former MPs
readDR Congo election fraud charges mount KINSHASA
02-08-2006
Fraud allegations dogged presidential and legislative elections in the Democractic Republic of Congo (DRC) yesterday as preliminary results began to trickle in from the historic polls.International
readAnnan wants 24 000 UN peacekeepers for Darfur UNITED NATIONS
02-08-2006
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed a large and highly mobile peacekeeping force for Sudan's Darfur region, numbering up to 24 000 troops and international police officers.The requirements
readGuerrilla war beckons as Israel eyes land offensive
02-08-2006
Israel's decision to launch a broader ground offensive in Lebanon may succeed in driving Hezbollah back and may destroy more of its capability, but it also risks drawing Israel into a costly guerrilla
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