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30 Articles found on Wednesday, 1 February 2006
Conference on corporate governance
01-02-2006
CORRUPTION, mismanagement and company fraud will come under the spotlight when delegates from the public and private sectors meet at Namibia's first annual conference on corporate governance
readNigerian oil back by Feb
01-02-2006
VIENNA - Nigerian oil production that was closed in by militant attacks should be restarted by the end of February, Minister of State for Petroleum Edmund Daukoru said yesterday."By the middle of
readOpec keeps output steady
01-02-2006
VIENNA - Opec decided yesterday to leave oil production unchanged, Qatari and Algerian ministers said, and Iran said it saw "no reason" to stop oil exports amid the threat of a referral to the United
readEducation time bomb 'ticking'
01-02-2006
NAMIBIA'S education system is "a time bomb" ready to explode because an estimated 10 000 young people join the ranks of the unemployed each year, the Namibia National Students' Organisation said
readNovaNam sacks 356 workers
01-02-2006
HUNDREDS of fish-factory workers at Luederitz have swelled the ranks of the unemployed following an announcement by NovaNam that they have dismissed 356 workers.Their employment was terminated with
readCivil rights leader Coretta King dies
01-02-2006
ATLANTA - Coretta Scott King, who surged to the front of the fight for racial equality in America after her husband Martin Luther King Jr was murdered in 1968, has died at age 78, friends and family
read'Brokeback' leads Oscars nominations field
01-02-2006
BEVERLY HILLS - The cowboy love story 'Brokeback Mountain' led the Academy Awards field Tuesday with eight nominations, among them best picture and honours for actor Heath Ledger and director Ang
read'Forced testimony' claims in treason trial denied
01-02-2006
CLAIMS that potential State witnesses in the main Caprivi high treason trial have faced attempts to force them to testify drew strong denials from the prosecution team yesterday. The National
readNamibian in bid by scientists to save vultures in Asia
01-02-2006
LONDON - A Namibian is among scientists who have offered a ray of hope to Asian vultures being wiped out in India after eating the corpses of cattle treated with a common anti-inflammatory drug.And
readWater shortage: Walvis bites bullet
01-02-2006
ELMA ROBBERTS NAMWATER is optimistic that the water shortage at Walvis Bay could be something of the past as early as tonight. Corporate Communications Manager John Shigwedha said yesterday that 90
readThree rapes in four days
01-02-2006
A 10-year-old girl and a young woman were reportedly raped at Rehoboth's Block E area over the weekend. So far no arrests have been made in either case. A 22-year-old woman was raped in the area on
readCriminal charges looming in grazing dispute
01-02-2006
CRIMINAL charges could be brought against Oshiwambo-speaking farmers who have been ignoring Government orders to remove their herds from western Kavango. The Kavango Land Board approached the office
readAssault charges against Keetmanshoop teachers
01-02-2006
POLICE at Keetmanshoop are investigating charges of common assault and character defamation against two teachers at the town's PK De Villiers High School. Regional Police Commander Josephat Abel said
readKhorixas rapist is repeat offender, court hears
01-02-2006
FORMER Khorixas resident Gerhardus Bezuidenhout, who was convicted in the High Court on charges of rape and abduction on Friday, also has a previous conviction for rape dating back some ten and a half
readNew Era suspends senior accountant
01-02-2006
THE senior accountant at the Government-owned newspaper New Era was suspended yesterday afternoon. The newspaper's Chief Executive Officer, Sylvester Black, confirmed the suspension of senior
readSquatters shack up in city's mountains
01-02-2006
SQUATTERS are putting up the most basic of shacks in the mountains east of the Windhoek SPCA in Robert Mugabe Avenue. Five men, a woman and two children are living at the squatter camp they call the
readNurses fed up with their inactive union
01-02-2006
MEMBERS of the Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) are fuming after their leaders failed to organise a congress for the whole of last year.Health workers affiliated to the union claim the union has been
readBeyond Boundaries: Namibia offers disabled the ultimate challenge
01-02-2006
Man arrested after stabbing incident * STAFF REPORTER POLICE at Okahao have arrested a 33-year-old man on charges of attempted murder after he stabbed a man in the neck on Friday.The two men were at a
readDaughter of the late king Shelungu dies
01-02-2006
OSHAKATI - A daughter of the late King of Oukwanyama, Kornelius Shelungu, died last week. A spokesperson for the Oukwanyama Traditional Authority, Michael Heita, said 56-year-old Victoria
readNakulala uumatyona osho i idhipaga
01-02-2006
O MUKULUPE gumwe gwomutiligane e na ofaalama pu Gobabis - ngoka a lopotelwa ekwatonkonga lyuumatyona, okwa mana oondjenda sho i iyaha nondjembo mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko. Omukulupe nguka Abraham Roux
readOkamatyona ka dhipaga kamwayina, mOshakati
01-02-2006
O POLISI ya Shakati otayi konaakona oshipotha shedhipago, sho okamatyona koomvula 15 ka dhipagwa kukamwayina koomvula 14, sha ningwa omasiku ga zi ko mOkandjengedi mOshakati. Komanda gwOpolisi
readOmupangi Justina Shihepo a fumvikwa poAkweenyanga
01-02-2006
O MUKULUKADHI gwOministeli yOpevi yEgameno lyOnkalonawa yoshilongo, Gabes Shihepo, ano Omupangi Justina Shihepo ngoka a manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Venduka konima yuuwehame, okwa
readNamibian bid presented to the North to gain support
01-02-2006
A DELEGATION headed by Deputy Minister of Sport Pohamba Shifeta and Namibia Football Association president Petrus Damaseb visited Ondangwa last week to gain support for Namibia's bid to host the
readFedics United into next round of 2006 Hansa Pilsener Cup
01-02-2006
A BRILLIANT performance by Fedics United saw them through to the next round of the Hansa Pilsener Cup after eliminating Young Beauties 1-0 in their Karas Second Division football match over the
readPirates start training for new season
01-02-2006
ORLANDO Pirates will start with their netball practice on Thursday, February 2 at the Goreangab Junior Secondary School from 18h00.Current and new players are invited to join the club. For more
readWorld powers refer Iran to UN Council
01-02-2006
LONDON - The five permanent UN Security Council members agreed yesterday to bring Iran before the Council over its disputed nuclear program but in a compromise with Russian reluctance put off UN
readSanco says call for Mbeki 3rd term 'to retain brains'
01-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Amending the constitution to allow the South African president a third term would enable the country to keep good people in that office, and was not intended to benefit President Thabo
readWest faces tough choices in dealing with Hamas
01-02-2006
WASHINGTON - The United States and its allies face some difficult choices as they scramble to rein in the militant Islamist group Hamas which looks set to take over the leadership of the Palestinian
readAmericans give Bush thumbs down
01-02-2006
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans are unhappy with President George W. Bush's job performance, polls showed on Monday ahead of the US leader's annual State of the Union address. In a Time magazine
readIn Brief
01-02-2006
* SANCTIONS - The European Union extended for another 12 months a series of sanctions against Zimbabwe, including an arms embargo, travel bans on certain officials and a freezing of their assets. The
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