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28 Articles found on Thursday, 5 January 2006
An unnatural year of disasters
05-01-2006
In the space of a year, a tsunami, an earthquake, brutal storms and floods have claimed more than 300 000 lives and cost at least 100 billion dollars in damage.Humans prefer to view these
readDifficult year ahead for famine-hit Malawi
05-01-2006
BLANTYRE - The year 2005 will go down in history as another difficult 12 months for the tiny, famine-stricken Southern African nation of Malawi.More than 4,7 million Malawians, out of a population of
readRains wreak havoc in region
05-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Heavy rains in parts of Southern Africa have left more than 1 000 people homeless, caused structural damage, and played a part in spreading cholera .In Zambia more than 1 000 cases of
readZambian smelter to be upgraded
05-01-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) will upgrade its Nkana Smelter to produce 300 000 tonnes of finished copper a year, a senior company official said yesterday.KCM data show the Nkana
readDemand for Skandia board seats
05-01-2006
STOCKHOLM - Minority Skandia shareholders opposed to Old Mutual's $6 billion bid on Wednesday demanded three seats on the board of the Swedish firm to protect their interests when the deal goes
readRussia, Ukraine strike deal
05-01-2006
MOSCOW - Russia and Ukraine struck a five-year gas supply deal yesterday after a bruising pricing dispute in which Moscow curtailed deliveries, hitting supplies to European consumers.Alexei Miller,
readDiamond Fields International plans to relocate to SA
05-01-2006
WINDHOEK - Diamond Fields International Ltd (DFI) has announced that it will relocate its head office from Vancouver in Canada to Cape Town, South Africa in an effort to reduce its overhead and to
readRand rockets to 4-month peak
05-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand roared to a four-month month peak early yesterday, spurred by broad US dollar weakness and further gains in the price of gold, with traders predicting the trend
readCommunal farmers rejoice after good rains
05-01-2006
MAHANGU farmers in the North have started ploughing their fields after the main rainy season started with a bang this week. Good rains have fallen in most parts of the country, including the
readFuel situation returning to normal in the North
05-01-2006
THE fuel shortage experienced in the North over the past few days has been relieved by consignments of petrol reaching many service stations.In Oshakati, Taati Kalenga, the secretary at Shali Caltex
readTorture claims haunt Caprivi treason trial
05-01-2006
THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has urged the High Court to investigate claims of torture and other cruel treatment during interrogations before the start of the main Caprivi treason
readBanks still in hunt for chief executives
05-01-2006
TWO leading local commercial banks, First National Bank Namibia and Nedbank Namibia, are still in the process of selecting suitable candidates to head their institutions, The Namibian learnt
readGovt in bid to reduce human-wildlife conflict
05-01-2006
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism is developing a policy to deal with Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC), which has become a serious concern for communal and commercial farmers alike.The Ministry
readPolice seek public help to solve murder riddle
05-01-2006
THE Police are requesting the help of the public in tracing the murderers of a yet to be identified, partly incinerated corpse that was found behind the Goreangab Dam on December 29.During their
readRefinery to try petrol unit restart
05-01-2006
LONDON - South Africa's SAPREF was due to make a second attempt yesterday to restart a petrol-making unit at its 180 000 barrels per day Durban plant after the unit suffered a fire in mid-December,
readCentral RED to be operational by July
05-01-2006
WINDHOEK residents will be getting their electricity from the new power distributor, Central RED, from July 1.In a media release issued yesterday, the City of Windhoek said electricity consumers
readGovernor urges hard work
05-01-2006
KARAS Regional Governor Dawid Boois has called on the region's inhabitants to re-double their efforts to ensure that the South continues to see growth.In his New Year's message, Boois singled out
readTwo babies dumped
05-01-2006
A NEWBORN baby boy was found dead in a well on Monday afternoon, Police reported yesterday.The baby had been wrapped in plastic, and Police are still looking for the suspect.Earlier in the morning,
readCrash victims identified
05-01-2006
THE names of three people who died in a bus accident between Okahandja and Otjiwarongo on Monday evening were released yesterday, following positive identification by their families.Police Warrant
readMatter of Fact
05-01-2006
In the lead story of yesterday's edition of The Namibian we reported that Foreign Affairs Minister Marco Hausiku, Youth Minister John Mutorwa, Home Affairs Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa, Minister of
readTransNamib ota konakona oshiponga shomashina
05-01-2006
O MASHINA gokolutenda gaali goondongelwa gOkampani ya TransNamib ogi idhenge mumwe pondje ya Kahandja mEtine lya zi ko, Omugandjimulombo gwa TransNamib osho a tseyitha oshiwike shika.Olivia
readAandholongo ya tyapula Okili, niinima ye yi yaka
05-01-2006
A ANANDHOLONGO yane mboka inaya hala kwali okupitililwapo koshituthi shOkili (Krismes) oyi iyaka mondholongo yimwe pOsasiona yOpolisi ya Karasburg momasiku 29 Desemba nokugalukila mo ishewe kuyoyene
readAanangeshefa ya tila iilonga yi kankame molwomahooli
05-01-2006
A ANANGESHEFA oyendji moNooli omasiku ga zi ko oya kala niilonga itayi ende nawa omolu omahooli sho ga kala taga pu po poongalashe dhomanwethelo , omanga aantu oyendji komikunda ya kala wo ye na
readBattle against Cape fires continues
05-01-2006
CAPE TOWN - Firefighters entered their 10th day on Tuesday evening fighting a blaze in the Franschhoek mountains above Dewdale farm.Danie Wilds, fire chief of Cape Winelands district municipality,
readSuspected Taliban rebels behead teacher
05-01-2006
KANDAHAR - Suspected Taliban militants have beheaded a teacher in a central Afghan town, the latest in a string of attacks on teachers and schools in the volatile region, officials said Wednesday.The
readLandslide buries village, 200 feared dead
05-01-2006
Indonesia - A landslide unleashed by heavy rains in Indonesia's mountainous Central Java yesterday has killed 16 people but up to 200 were feared dead, police said, as rescuers scrambled to find
readFire crews fighting to contain grass fires flaring up across 3 US states
05-01-2006
OKLAHOMA - Firefighters chased a grass fire hop-scotching across a northeast Oklahoma town, while officials in Texas and New Mexico kept tabs on the wind and several massive wildfires their crews
readIce rink claims 10 children but even more feared dead
05-01-2006
THE death toll in the ice rink collapse in the German Alps rose to 12 yesterday after rescue workers found the body of a young boy in the rubble where three more people are believed to be trapped.The
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