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30 Articles found on Monday, 10 July 2006
Telecom goes into equipment trials
10-07-2006
AS a result of signing a revised deal with Huwaei Technologies of China last week, Telecom Namibia has entered the next phase in which the country's sole telephone company will go into trials for the
readCabinet announces appointments
10-07-2006
THE Diamond Commissioner in the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Kennedy Hamutenya, has been appointed as the chairperson of Namgem and as a director of Namdeb.The announced was made by Cabinet through a
readEU to unveil Africa spending plan
10-07-2006
BRUSSELS - The European Union executive commission hopes to convince member states to spend more than six billion euros on regional infrastructure in Africa from 2008 to 2013, a Commission official
readWe are political activists, says treason accused
10-07-2006
THE 12 men charged in the second Caprivi high treason trial are not criminals; instead, they are political activists dedicated to winning independence for the Caprivi Region, a spokesman from their
readFood deal fight ends up in court
10-07-2006
THE simmering food fight among Namibian catering companies came to a boil on Friday when Global Foods' urgent High Court application to halt a Tender Board decision to give their tender to
readStudent in court on cocaine charge
10-07-2006
AN Angolan student, who last week became the first person to be arrested in Namibia on a charge of trying to smuggle cocaine into the country by hiding it in human hair, made a first court appearance
readBorder posts 'in a mess'
10-07-2006
Equipment out of order, understaffed.THE offices of customs and immigration officials at several Namibian border posts are chronically understaffed and dirty, while personnel often lack sufficient
readGrape protesters appear in court
10-07-2006
TWELVE retrenched workers of the Grape Valley Management Company at Aussenkehr made a brief appearance in the Karasburg Magistrate's Court on Friday on charges of public violence.They are Abraham
readSuicide in a strange house
10-07-2006
A FAMILY from Ruacana was left to deal with the death of a complete stranger this weekend when a man they took in on Saturday night committed suicide in their home. The man, who identified himself
readSADC countries mull bringing social security systems into line
10-07-2006
MEMBER states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) plan to harmonise social security schemes in the region. Researchers and experts last week gathered in Windhoek for the fifth SADC
readForget Amarula, this is a real Namibian liqueur
10-07-2006
WHEN Eugen Gehr and his wife Angelika moved to a farm in Namibia in 2000, he saw potential in what other farmers regard as a pest - wild prickly pear cactuses invading a large area and making it
readEU gives N$ 20 million for sewerage plant at Luederitz
10-07-2006
Luederitz will receive a brand-new sewerage treatment plant thanks to a N$20 million donation from the European Union.Construction will start later this month and is expected to be completed within
readSecond day of Swakop child murder trial held in camera
10-07-2006
THE trial of self-confessed child rapist and murderer Willem Louw continued behind closed doors in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.The second day of proceedings in Louw's trial took place in
readSecond day of Swakop child murder trial held in camera
10-07-2006
THE trial of self-confessed child rapist and murderer Willem Louw continued behind closed doors in the High Court in Windhoek on Friday.The second day of proceedings in Louw's trial took place in
readNine cops in court over death of suspect
10-07-2006
NINE members of the Police's Serious Crime Unit and Special Branch at Keetmanshoop on Friday made their third appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on a charge of murder.They are Cyroll
readOtatu ka konaakona mboka taya li po iimaliwa yaakulupe; Mukulu ta ti
10-07-2006
POSHIKULUFITU P ETHIMBO ta popitha aalilasa poshituthifumviko shomukulupe a tseyika nawa gwomOshikulufitu mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati tatekulu Gabriel Naimhwaka mEtitatu lyOshiwike shika,
readNRU faces expulsion
10-07-2006
THE Namibian national rugby team faces possible expulsion from its World Cup qualifying matches after it emerged that some of the players are not registered with the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU).Namibia
readOld Mutual football, netball champs on
10-07-2006
OLD Mutual Namibia has injected N$80 000 into this year's Far North football and netball championships at Oshakati.The qualifying matches will start this week. The annual event, of which Old Mutual is
readCoca Cola Youth Cup finals head to Oshakati
10-07-2006
WINDHOEK - The Coca-Cola Youth Cup final heads to Oshakati this week with Okakarara Secondary School pitted against Mariental Secondary School at the town's Independence Stadium on Wednesday. At the
readNamibia wins boxing gold, not South Africa
10-07-2006
WINDHOEK - The Namibian boxing team is the overall winner of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Youth Games, and not South Africa, as reported earlier. Joe Kaperu, who was the
read'Fiery' Fred Trueman, cricketing great
10-07-2006
LONDON - In the summer of 1952, the player a nation had been praying would emerge to counter the pace and aggression of the great Australian fast bowlers Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller made his
readLand seizures provoke growing anger in China
10-07-2006
GUOJIADIAN VILLAGE - Liu Guilan had hoped to spend the remaining years of her life quietly in her little village on Beijing's outskirts. Instead, the 64-year-old now lives in fear of a midnight
readIn Brief
10-07-2006
CHARGED - Four US soldiers were charged with the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenager and killing her family, bringing to five the number of Americans accused of the four deaths in March, the US
readAt least 137 dead in plane crash
10-07-2006
IRKUTSK, Russia - At least 137 people died when a Russian Airbus plane veered off a runway, slammed into a concrete wall and burst into flames while landing yesterday in the Siberian city of Irkutsk,
readPope defends family as he winds up trip to Spain
10-07-2006
VALENCIA - Pope Benedict wound up a quick trip to Valencia yesterday, implicitly condemning some key social legislation of Spain's Socialist government and stressing that marriage had to be
readIsrael spurns ceasefire, launches more strikes
10-07-2006
GAZA - Israel launched air strikes against Palestinian targets across the Gaza Strip yesterday and said it would continue an open-ended offensive after rebuffing a ceasefire proposed by Prime Minister
readFocus shifts on Korea nuke crisis
10-07-2006
SEOUL - Momentum built yesterday to seek a diplomatic solution to the North Korean missile crisis, with Seoul distancing itself from Japanese-led UN moves to slap punitive sanctions on the reclusive
readAt least 18 killed in Mogadishu clashes
10-07-2006
MOGADISHU - At least 18 people, including civilians, were killed and dozens wounded yesterday as dominant Islamic courts militiamen moved in to evict warlords from their remaining pockets in southern
readDozens killed as gunmen savage Baghdad district
10-07-2006
BAGHDAD - Dozens of people were gunned down by rampaging militia gunmen in a Sunni district of Baghdad yesterday, police said, in the bloodiest such incident of sectarian violence that has raised
readNRU faces expulsion
10-07-2006
THE Namibian national rugby team faces possible expulsion from its World Cup qualifying matches after it emerged that some of the players are not registered with the Namibia Rugby Union (NRU).Namibia
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