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36 Articles found on Wednesday, 25 January 2006
African airlines put in the dock over safety record
25-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - An African Union (AU) body last week urged airlines on the continent to register for a mandatory safety audit, and a call to ban older planes from being used was reiterated.The appeal
readEast African people and wildlife struggle to share land and water
25-01-2006
NATION-AL PARK - Elephants, buffaloes and other wild animals drink water from one side of a swamp, while Maasai warriors watch hundreds of cattle graze on another side as the tropical sun sears the
readZimbabwe repays IMF US$15m
25-01-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe has paid an extra US$15 million (N$90 million) towards its debt arrears to the IMF as the fund sent in a review team ahead of a March deadline for the country to clear its debt, a
readDairy industry in dire straits
25-01-2006
DESPITE several warnings from the Dairy Producers Association of Namibia (DPAN) that the industry is facing total collapse due to cheaper South African imports, tax exemption on products could be the
readBusiness concerns elbow out politics
25-01-2006
GENEVA - After drawing political heavyweights and flirting with Hollywood stars, the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will return to its roots today by giving business concerns centre
readGlobal economic growth fails to dent unemployment
25-01-2006
GENEVA - The number of people out of work worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, as economic growth failed to offset a rise in the total seeking jobs, the International Labour Organisation said
readMan held in child rape case
25-01-2006
A 49-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for the alleged rape of a five-year-old girl at a village in the Ohangwena Region the previous day.The incident happened at Oshalumbu village. * A burning
readAlida Oosthuizen, a business pacesetter
25-01-2006
ALIDA Oosthuizen, co-founder and owner of the travel agency Ritz Reise, died of a heart attack at her home at Okahandja on Saturday morning, January 21.For close to 35 years, Oosthuizen played a key
readNamibia at AU summit in Sudan
25-01-2006
THE Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Hausiku heads the Namibian delegation to the African Union summit that started in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Monday.Hausiku was delegated to represent
readChillies for Africa
25-01-2006
WHAT started as a hobby for Michael and Elke Pohl in Windhoek has turned into a home-based business.In 2001 they received a potted chilli plant which they replanted in their garden. Soon they had many
readTeenager accused of killing brother
25-01-2006
THE Police in Oshakati are investigating a case in which a 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed his 15-year-old brother at the Kandjengedi informal settlement over the past weekend.The Regional Police
readMore war graves reported in Ohangwena
25-01-2006
WHILE local and international forensic experts investigate the skeletal remains found in seven mass graves in the Ohangwena Region last year, people are still coming forward with information about
readFinance Manager suspended in connection with N$100m deal
25-01-2006
THE financial controller of the Offshore Development Company (ODC), Mabos Ortmann, has been suspended.Six months since revelations hit the headlines that the ODC squandered N$100 million in public
readODC 'lies' backfire
25-01-2006
PERMANENT Secretary for Trade and Industry Andrew Ndishishi was yesterday labelled a "serial perjuror" for providing conflicting information to the High Court in a bid to prevent the Offshore
readKatutura streets to get facelift
25-01-2006
THE Windhoek Municipality will start resurfacing about 20 streets in Katutura in the next few months.The City's Public Relations Officer, Liz Sibindi, says the project will cost about N$10 million.The
readTsumeb resident (42) murdered in his sleep
25-01-2006
A 42-year-old man, Wilhelm Steyn, was murdered in his bed at Tsumeb last Wednesday, the Police have reported.Police have arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with the murder. * Police at Outapi
readGang rape at Ohangwena
25-01-2006
POLICE at Ohangwena are investigating the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman by two men who are still at large.The incident happened at a nearby village on Friday. * A 24-year-old man was arrested
readIGCSE results to be released on Friday
25-01-2006
THE International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) results will be out on Friday, the Ministry announced yesterday.Director of National Examinations and Assessment Cowley van der
readFake SA rands in Omusati
25-01-2006
POLICE in the Omusati Region have warned people to be on the lookout for counterfeit South African banknotes.Constable Linekela Shikongo told The Namibian that Nestor Petrus (23) was arrested on
readTourist facing sodomy charge fights for bail
25-01-2006
BAIL continues to elude Gunter Berndt, a 67-year-old German citizen who appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of attempted sodomy, assault with the intention to do serious
readKeetmans in financial crisis
25-01-2006
A SEVERE cash-flow problem has prevented the Keetmanshoop Municipality from paying its workers' pension contributions for several months.The official in charge of the municipality's pension fund at
readTreason trial witness wraps up testimony
25-01-2006
THE history of former DTA leader Mishake Muyongo's attempt to stoke a secessionist insurrection in the Caprivi Region some seven years ago would have to be rewritten if the 19th prosecution witness in
readTakamitheni iimaliwa yiikengelela mokati koshigwana
25-01-2006
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi lombwele nokulondodha oshigwana kutya opu na aamentu yamwe ye na iimaliwa yOoranda dha South Afrika dhiikengelela notaya ende nee taya landa nayo iinima yawo
readYe li 20 000 ya fadhuka po mu DRC
25-01-2006
G ENEVA - Aantu ye li 20 000 lwaampoka oya fadhuka po omakuyunguto mu DRC okuya koongamba dha DRC na Uganda, Ehangano egameni lyoontauki lyIigwanahangano osho lya tseyitha mOsoondaha.Odhindji
readIikolokosha mu NUNW ya ya kOmpangu
25-01-2006
E HANGANO lyomahangano gaaniilonga mu Namibia nenge tutye National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) olye shi pondola okumona omukanda gwOmpangu gu li ompinge na Amushanga-Ndjayi gwalyo gwopakathimbo
readProteas keep hopes alive
25-01-2006
ADELAIDE - South Africa clawed their way to a tense nine-run victory over Sri Lanka yesterday to keep their hopes alive in the triangular limited-overs series, although they may have paid a heavy
readCommonwealth preps on track, despite hiccups
25-01-2006
SPORTS authorities yesterday admitted that they have been giving too much attention to administrative issues ahead of the 2006 Commonwealth Games, instead of checking on the progress of the athletes
readHigh-flying Congo meet Angola
25-01-2006
CAIRO - The Democratic Republic of Congo will today try to show that perhaps it should have been them at the World Cup finals this year as they seek to add the scalp of Angola to fellow World Cup
readAnton Rupert, South African industrialist, philanthropist
25-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Anton Rupert, a South African industrialist and philanthropist who opposed apartheid's inhumanities and used his wealth to fund environmental and educational projects, died at the age
readPickett, soul great
25-01-2006
NEW YORK - Wilson Pickett (64), the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits 'Mustang Sally' and 'In The Midnight Hour', has died of a heart attack."He did his part. It was a great ride, a great
readChina favours diplomacy in nuke row
25-01-2006
BEIJING - China is "conscientiously studying" a draft EU proposal to threaten Iran with sanctions for its nuclear activities, but favours defusing the dispute through negotiations, a spokesman said
readGerman engineers kidnapped in Iraq
25-01-2006
TIKRIT - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped two German engineers outside their workplace in the Iraqi industrial town of Baiji yesterday, police said, the latest in a surge of abductions of
readMontenegro train plunges into ravine, 39 people dead
25-01-2006
BIOCE - At least 39 people were killed when the brakes failed on a train carrying more than 200 passengers, causing it to jump the tracks and crash into a ravine in mountainous Montenegro on
readKenya building collapse death toll up to eight
25-01-2006
NAIROBI - Israeli and US troops yesterday joined frantic efforts to dig survivors from the ruins of a building that collapsed in the Kenyan capital, killing at least eight people and injuring more
readNepal demonstrators teargassed
25-01-2006
KATHMANDU - Police fired tear gas at and baton-charged hundreds of demonstrators yesterday in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu after they shouted slogans against King Gyanendra in the fourth day of
readAfrica picks Congo Republic to head AU
25-01-2006
KHARTOUM - An African summit yesterday picked Congo Republic to head the African Union after strong opposition to Sudan taking over the leadership because of fears its human rights record could hurt
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