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43 Articles found on Monday, 20 February 2006
Wife, widow, former lover campaign in Uganda
20-02-2006
KAMPALA - Blazing a trail across Uganda in dazzling gowns, robes and headscarves, three women have brought a splash of colour and a very personal twist to the campaign for the east African country's
readDiscovery H1 earnings up
20-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Health insurer Discovery said on Friday first-half headline earnings per share (EPS) would rise 60-70 per cent, minus the impact of a tax charge on its black economic empowerment (BEE)
readRwanda forecasts high coffee production
20-02-2006
ARUSHA - Rwanda expects production of fully washed coffee to jump to 35 000 tonnes by 2008 but drought affecting the region poses a risk, the central African specialty coffee producer said on
read'India needs to find new markets'
20-02-2006
BOMBAY - India's outsourcing industry needs to look for new partners and new markets to continue its remarkable growth, Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam said Friday.Speaking at a meeting of the
readIn Brief
20-02-2006
- N.Hydro wins Moz deal OSLO - Norway's Norsk Hydro has signed a deal on petroleum exploration and production off Mozambique, winning a 90 per cent stake and operatorship in two areas, the company
readInflation continues edging up
20-02-2006
THE inflation rate for January has maintained the upward trend, that started late last year, increasing to an annual inflation rate of 3,6 per cent compared to 2,5 per cent recorded in December, the
readGrindrod and WBCG sign MoU
20-02-2006
THE Walvis Bay Corridor Group and Grindrod signed a memorandum of understanding in Johannesburg on Wednesday to develop the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, a freight route between Walvis Bay, Botswana and
readDe Beers to hike prices
20-02-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The world's biggest diamond producer De Beers said it will increase rough diamond prices by less than two per cent at its sale starting today, the first price hike in eight months.The
readAirports to get weather-briefing facilities
20-02-2006
LAGOS - Nigeria's Aviation Minister Babalola Borishade said the country's airports would soon be equipped with weather-briefing rooms as part of measures to improve air safety, his office said
readTreason defence lawyers turn on each other
20-02-2006
BATTLE lines were redrawn in the main Caprivi high treason trial last week, with defence lawyers crossing words with each other instead of against the prosecution as the trial passed the milestone of
readUnions want in on SOEs
20-02-2006
GOVERNMENT Ministers have been given a fair opportunity to govern and monitor SOEs, now the role should be extended to include trade unions and community-based organisations, the National Union of
read'Government needs to get a grip on SOEs'
20-02-2006
A PROPOSED law to govern and monitor State-Owned Enterprises would move the economy from its current sluggish state to a higher growth path.This is the view of First National Bank economist Martin
readSwapo members ordered to toe line - or face the music
20-02-2006
A SWAPO official has vowed to stamp out dissent within the party and bring to book "elements" who he claims want to promote division through internal feuding.The ruling party's Regional Co-ordinator
readOshakati bank bomb remembered
20-02-2006
SURVIVORS and relatives of the victims of the Oshakati Barclays Bank bomb explosion on February 19 1988 gathered at the scene of the blast yesterday to commemorate the day.Between 27 and 30 people
readSloppy prosecution leads to acquittal in incest case
20-02-2006
THE trial involving a young, mentally handicapped woman who claimed that she had been sexually abused by her father and twin brother ended in the Swakopmund Regional Court last week.Magistrate Ben
readBurglar beaten to death
20-02-2006
POLICE in Windhoek are investigating a case of murder after a suspected burglar was beaten to death in Windhoek West on Friday evening.Eric Gariseb (35) and two others allegedly broke into a house
readPG's office raps NSHR over the knuckles
20-02-2006
THE National Society for Human Rights may be flirting with the risk of committing contempt of court through media statements that it has been issuing about the main Caprivi high treason trial, the
readGuilty plea rejected in Swakop rape trial
20-02-2006
ONE of three men charged with brutally raping and murdering a woman at Swakopmund six months ago pleaded guilty in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court last week, but put the blame squarely on his
readBeyond Boundaries: Expedition reaches Atlantic
20-02-2006
EIGHT of the original 11 contributors with a disability trekking across Namibia from east to west have indeed gone Beyond Boundaries.Last week they stood on the Skeleton Coast itself, where the
readFive people killed in weekend accidents
20-02-2006
TRAGEDY struck the Philander family in the South on Saturday when a road accident claimed the three lives of three people and injured four others.Police spokesperson Warrant Officer James Matengu
readCrocs invade fish farm
20-02-2006
RUNDU - Karovho Fish Farm Manager Andrew Shikusho says crocodiles have invaded the farm because of the high level of the Kavango River.He says the reptiles have been eating the fish in the ponds for
readDangerous intersection gets flyover
20-02-2006
ONE of Windhoek's most high-risk accident zones is to be revamped this year, after the Windhoek Municipality approved the construction of a flyover over the Western Bypass.The bypass gained its
readWorks out of line, says Swanu
20-02-2006
THE Ministry of Works acted outside the law when it reshuffled five of its top employees last week, the South West Africa National Union (Swanu) claims.The Ministry moved Ben Kathindi, Under
readUnicef gives N$160 million for AIDS battle
20-02-2006
UNICEF last week committed itself to giving more than N$160 million to Namibia over the next five years for the fight against HIV-AIDS.National Planning Commission (NPC) Director General Helmut
readNow, bills on your doorstep
20-02-2006
THE Windhoek Municipality will start experimenting with a new home-delivery service this month because of the high number of returned mail it receives each month.The City says it receives an average
readOkwaatsakumwe moSwapo kwa taandela
20-02-2006
O KANGUNDU kamwe kaantu ye li iilyo yongundu yoSwapo po Gobabis oku uvitile nayi aaleli yongundu ndjika moshitopolwa sha Maheke, molwashoka aniwa oya longitha omikalo ngashi ndhoka dha longithwa
readTwi inekeleni; Kandje gwa SSC ta ti ngaaka
20-02-2006
O KAMPANI ya Social Security Commission (SCC) itayi tsu kumwe nontotwaveta ndjoka tayi popi kutya okampani ndjika oyi na okupewa eziminino lyopauministeli manga inayi ninga etokolo okupungula
readEpangulo lyaangoka a tete ko omutse gwa mukwawo nokugu ulikila aantu lya uthwa
20-02-2006
O MULUMENTU ngoka ta fekelelwa edhipago lyomulumentu omukwawo sho e mu tete omutse noku ya nago poondingosho momudhingoloko gwa Eenhana ota ka holoka mOmpangu yOpombanda mOshakati mu Apilili
readOfaabulika yiipa pOndangwa otayi nana unene nondatu
20-02-2006
OPU NA omapopyo kutya ofaabulika yiipa pOndangwa yedhina Ondangwa Tannery - ndjoka ya li ya dhikwa po momumvo 2001, otayi nana nondatu kombinga yiiyemo.Aantu yamwe otaya popi wo kutya ofaabulika
readNaigambo top in women's race
20-02-2006
THE 17th Joseph and Snyman women's five-kilometre run and walk was won by Beata Naigambo.She ran the distance in 18 minutes and 17 seconds, and seems to be in top form for the Commonwealth Games
readEto'o named African player of the year
20-02-2006
ABUJA- Cameroon and Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o won Africa's top player award for the third straight year, beating two Chelsea players Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast and Michael Essien of
readDTS beat Unam in indoor hockey
20-02-2006
THE Deutsche Turn and Sportverein (DTS) Men's Premier League hockey team caused a stir when they defeated defending champions Pepsi Unam 3-1 in a league game on Friday night.Unam had been dominating
readFootball Results
20-02-2006
MTC Namibia Premier League Played Friday, Feb 17 Black Africa 1-2 RamblersPlayed Sunday, Feb 19 Touch & Go 1-7 Ramblers *Match between Tigers and Touch & Go abandoned on Saturday due to
readCivics demolish Esparanca
20-02-2006
CIVICS showed why they are the Namibian league champions when they tore apart an out-of-sorts Sagrada Esperanca side from Angola 4-0 in their first-leg football match of the CAF Champions League at
readCongo adopts new post-war constitution
20-02-2006
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday adopted a new constitution aimed at bringing an end to decades of dictatorship, war and chaos in the vast country, and paving the way for elections
readMwanawasa kicks off election campaign
20-02-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has pledged to improve the country's economy at the launch of his election campaign to seek a second term in office, state media reported yesterday."My
readZim cabinet failing to deliver: Mugabe
20-02-2006
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has blamed his cabinet for failing to pull Zimbabwe out of a crippling economic crisis but did not say if underperforming ministers would be axed, a state newspaper
read1 800 feared dead in Philippines landslide
20-02-2006
GUINSAUGON - Philippine villagers began to bury their dead in a mass grave yesterday as rescuers pulled only corpses from an entombed community of 1 800 crushed under metres of mud by a
readUgandan leader sees polls victory, slams his critics
20-02-2006
RWAKITURA - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, rejecting charges he is unjustifiably clinging to power after two decades as leader, predicted on Saturday that voters would re-elect him by a
readBritish troops in Iraq defended
20-02-2006
LONDON - Britain's Defence Secretary John Reid mounted a robust defence of the country's troops serving in Iraq yesterday following the release of video footage apparently showing some beating
readIn Brief
20-02-2006
* BIRD FLU SPREADS - The H5N1 bird flu virus has been identified for the first time in France, Iran and India, where it may have killed a 27-year-old farmer, but Nigeria said it was bringing the
readEdna Lewis, chef and author, authority on Southern food
20-02-2006
DECATUR, Georgia - Edna Lewis, the granddaughter of a slave who became a chef and the author of acclaimed cookbooks on traditional Southern cuisine, died on Monday last week.She was 89. Nicholas
readA curious death
20-02-2006
BOYNTON BEACH, Florida - Alan Shalleck (76), who collaborated with the co-creator of 'Curious George' to bring the mischievous monkey to television and a series of book sequels, was found dead outside
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