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34 Articles found on Thursday, 24 August 2006
Oil slips as world powers weigh Iran nuclear reply
24-08-2006
SINGAPORE - Oil prices edged under US$73 a barrel yesterday, as world powers studied Iran's offer of more talks to resolve a nuclear dispute that could lead to sanctions against the world's
readNigeria loses US$4,7b to oil attacks
24-08-2006
ABUJA - Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to the Senate on Tuesday, asking to use 600 billion naira in savings from high oil prices to make up for an output shortfall caused by militant
readNamibia to boost solar, wind power
24-08-2006
FLORENCE - Namibia aims to increase the amount of electricity produced from solar and wind sources by 0,5 per cent a year, with solar energy taking a lead, an adviser at the Mines and Energy Ministry
readNorthland City forging on
24-08-2006
THE new developers of the Northland City project, PLN Business Solutions, say they will change nothing in the initial project plan to go ahead with establishing Namibia's largest entertainment and
readHigh-tech to spark De Beers
24-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - New technology and fresh prospecting areas in Africa where calm is returning are expected to spur more diamond discoveries after a dearth in recent years, top officials of gem giant De
readSA's Woolworths profit up
24-08-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African food and clothing retailer Woolworths unveiled a 17,4 per cent rise in annual headline earnings per share but warned that interest rate hikes would curb profit growth this
readRCC suspends its CEO
24-08-2006
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Road Contractors Company (RCC), Kelly Nghixulifwa, has been suspended with immediate effect.Nghixulifwaa confirmed to The Namibian yesterday that the RCC Board of
readNamibia eligible for US Millennium funding
24-08-2006
NAMIBIA has been chosen as one of the few African countries which are eligible for a new development aid programme from the USA.The project submission process started in April this year and will be
read2 injured in shootout at the Swakop corral
24-08-2006
A DISPUTE between two bus drivers over the business of a few customers led to a deadly row at Swakopmund on Tuesday morning - with two people being rushed to hospital and another being arrested.The
readTwo cops charged with corruption
24-08-2006
A POLICE Sergeant and a colleague holding the rank of Constable appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on a charge of corruption on Monday, based on a claim that they pocketed close to N$40 000
readPark to go Garvey?
24-08-2006
DENVER ISAACS OUT with Zoo Park, in with Marcus Garvey Memorial? That might well be the case if civil group Africawise gets its wish to change the name of one of Windhoek's most popular landmarks to
readTwo Government cars written off in one day
24-08-2006
TWO Government-owned vehicles were reportedly wrecked in separate accidents in the Hardap Region on Tuesday.In one of the accidents, 87-year-old Johannes Noebeb died on a gravel road about 18 km from
readUnions, Chinese go head to head on labour relations
24-08-2006
WINDHOEK - Chinese-owned businesses operating in Namibia have come under fire from unions who accuse them of poor labour relations, allegedly paying workers starvation wages and showing a general
readDecentralisation 'an open gate for graft'
24-08-2006
WINDHOEK - The President of Claremont Graduate University in the United States says the decentralisation of government functions can lead to higher levels of corruption.Taking part in a video
readGurirab warns against BEE quick fixes
24-08-2006
A NUMBER of recent black economic empowerment (BEE) deals in Namibia might have to be reviewed once a relevant Government policy is in place, a top Government official has warned.The Speaker of the
readShack fire leaves families homeless
24-08-2006
EIGHT families were left homeless after a fire destroyed shacks in the Benguela location at Luederitz on Monday afternoon.Town Council spokesman Shali Akwaanyenga says the fire was apparently started
readNHE drafting housing policy
24-08-2006
NAMIBIA will have national guidelines for the housing sector soon, which would include a housing quality code and the establishment of a Housing Regulatory Council, where developers and other
read4 gem cutters suspended
24-08-2006
THE NamGem Factory at Okahandja on Friday suspended four employees pending an investigation dealing with the breach of security rules at the company.Employees at the factory are planning a
readFinal call for Swakop's alleged peeping Tom
24-08-2006
THE alleged peeping Tom gymnasium owner at Swakopmund, Heinz Laube, had to pull off a hasty, overnight business transaction as he desperately tries to fight five charges of crimen injuria.Laube was
readOmahooli otaga ka guma aapashiyoni
24-08-2006
E gwedhelo lyomahooli ndyoka lya ningwa hugunina noosenda 50 otashi vulika li ka sithe uunye aapashiyoni naatalelipo mboka haya talelepo Namibia omumvo kehe molwashoka otashi vulika li ka ningithe
readOshigwana nashi simaneke omithigululwakalo dhasho, Bishop Kaulinge ta ti
24-08-2006
PETOMBA P ETHIMBO ta pandula nokutaamba ko Ohamba yAukwanyama meekulu Martha Mwadinomho yaKristian yaNelumbu pegumbo lyElenga enene tatekulu George Nelulu pEtomba mOukwanyama mOshikandjo sha Eudaneko
readMeekulu Elizabeth Mofuka a fumvikwa pOnawa
24-08-2006
PONAWA O MUKALIMO gwomomukunda Onawa mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati meekulu Elizabeth Mukwahepo waShilongo Mofuka ngoka a manene oondjenda megumbo lye mOnawa eti 13 Aguste 2006 mepipi lyoomvula
readIipangelo iinene mOvenduka oya li yaana omeya muliloshiwike
24-08-2006
A AVU mOshipangelo shEpangelo mu Katutura naashoka sha Windhoek Central Hospital oye na uumbanda miishipangelo mbika kamu na uuhaku u li nawa, konima sho oopaipi dhimwe dhomeya dha topa shoka sha
readMushelenga a talela po Omweelo gwaKasamane
24-08-2006
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila kOkalongo mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi ti kutya Oministeli yOpevi yIinima yOmeni lyOshilongo nEkondololo lyokOongamba meme Theopolina Mushelenga, ohela okwali a ka talela po
readKotze to keep core of Nam cricketers
24-08-2006
NEW Namibian national team cricket coach Deon Kotze says the players who played in most of the team's matches last year will form the bulk of his team as Namibia prepares for the new season.Kotze
readSport in Brief ICC postpone Inzi hearing
24-08-2006
LONDON - A hearing scheduled for tomorrw into Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq's actions during the Oval test ball-tampering controversy has been postponed, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said
readGladiators win in Zambia
24-08-2006
THE Namibian national women's football team, the Brave Gladiators, recorded an impressive 6-0 win over Swaziland in their second match of the Women's Cosafa Cup in Lusaka, Zambia, yesterday.The
readGatlin banned for eight years
24-08-2006
RALEIGH - Olympic champion Justin Gatlin was banned for up to eight years after agreeing that his positive drugs test constituted a doping violation, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday.
readBig powers study Iran offer
24-08-2006
TEHRAN - Six world powers were studying Iran's offer of more talks to resolve a nuclear dispute yesterday to determine if Tehran's response went far enough to avert the threat of UN sanctions.Iran
readIn Brief
24-08-2006
BURNING - A rapidly spreading wildfire forced the evacuation of nearly 200 homes in Montana, US, on Tuesday, while nursing home residents in Washington state were evacuated because of smoke from a
readKurdish woman curses Saddam for attack
24-08-2006
BAGHDAD - An Iraqi Kurd told Saddam Hussein's genocide trial yesterday she was horribly burned and lost three children after aircraft bombed her mountain village with chemical weapons."I lost my
readKinshasa returns to relative calm
24-08-2006
KINSHASA - Businesses reopened and people reappeared on Kinshasa's streets yesterday as fighting appeared to have ceased following three days of fighting between troops loyal to the two presidential
readSuspect in JonBenet Ramsey killing awaits to return to Colorado
24-08-2006
LOS ANGELES - John Mark Karr is anxious to travel to Colorado to face the allegations against him in the slaying of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, an attorney for Karr says.Authorities, however, have
readRussian passenger jet crashes, killing170 aboard
24-08-2006
SUKHA BALKA - Investigators yesterday combed through the wreckage of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a Ukrainian field during a severe thunderstorm, and found body fragments from dozens of
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