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31 Articles found on Monday, 31 July 2006
Trials of Zuma, SA lawmakers throw spotlight on corruption
31-07-2006
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's would-be president and a group of lawmakers appear in court on the same day next week, as two of the most potentially damaging trials of the post-apartheid era put the
readNam/Angola discuss power project
31-07-2006
MEMBERS of the Namibia-Angolan Permanent Joint Technical Committee on the Kunene River Basin (PJTC) are meeting at Capanda in Angola from July 28 to 31 to discuss plans to build a hydropower plant and
readEnergy-saving bulbs for the region
31-07-2006
GOVERNMENT and private-sector representatives from 11 Southern African countries - Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe -
readWeatherly says it has millions for Ongopolo
31-07-2006
BRITISH-registered company Weatherly International says it has raised £3,75 million (around N$48,4 million) for developing the operations of Ongopolo Mining and Processing after the High Court'
readNo further flood insurance for Mariental
31-07-2006
MARIENTAL residents and businesses suffered a major setback on Friday when the Namibia Insurers' Association (NIA) announced it had decided not to cover the town's flood-affected areas any longer.The
readPolice probe in Judge case slammed
31-07-2006
THE acquittal of former Supreme Court Judge Pio Teek on child abduction and molestation charges has left the Namibian Police in the dock, accused of carrying out a tainted and flawed investigation.
readNow Teek plans to sue
31-07-2006
TO the end of his trial, and into its immediate aftermath, retired Judge Pio Teek maintained a public silence on the child molestation allegations on which he was acquitted on Friday.Since his arrest
readSun sets on chapter in Herero history
31-07-2006
A SAD chapter in the history of the Herero people dating back to the 1904 war against colonial Germany was closed after more than 100 years on Saturday as the remains of Chief David Tuvahi Kambazembi
readMedia accused of taking part in dirty campaigns against Nujoma
31-07-2006
WINDHOEK - Swapo Party members in the Khomas Region have warned that they will take serious action if the national broadcaster, the NBC, continues to air programmes which they say promote disunity
readKeetmans cops in court again
31-07-2006
NINE members of the Police's Serious Crime Unit and Special Branch at Keetmanshoop on Friday made their fourth appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on a charge of murder. They are Cyroll
readBusinessman denies rape, incest claims
31-07-2006
A PROMINENT businessman in northern Namibia, Onesmus Tobias Amadhila, has had a press release issued by his lawyer to deny a claim that he allegedly raped a daughter of his. Lawyer Sisa Namandje
readWar veterans promised nothing: Nujoma
31-07-2006
WINDHOEK - Founding President Sam Nujoma has reiterated that the protracted armed liberation struggle led by Swapo was voluntary.He told a meeting of Swapo members in Windhoek East at the weekend that
read4 die on coastal roads
31-07-2006
TWO separate road accidents between Swakopmund and Usakos over the weekend brought the total road fatalities in the Erongo Region for this year to at least 47 - six since the beginning of July.A
readMore guns for city cops
31-07-2006
WINDHOEK - The Windhoek City Police have been authorised to buy firearms - a move aimed at ensuring that all members of the service are armed and ready to tackle crime effectively. City Police Chief
readIt's going well at regional branches: Ombud
31-07-2006
WINDHOEK - The regional offices of the Office of the Ombudsman at Oshakati and Keetmanshoop are said to be progressing well and the number of complaints registered through the two offices has
read2 children die in burning hut
31-07-2006
WINDHOEK - Two children burnt to death after a hut caught fire at Ouwa-wananghala village in the Ombalantu district in the North on Tuesday. Police have identified the deceased as two-year-old
readBook on Spitzkoppe helps local community
31-07-2006
AT the Spitzkoppe, unemployment is widespread.The limited income-generating options leave hundreds of people struggling for survival every day.About 1 200 people live in the area. Income is generated
readNAU ota kwathele iilyo ye mekeelelo lyomapeya
31-07-2006
E HANGANO lyAanafaalama lya Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) ndyoka iilyo yalyo yi li unene aanafaalama yaatiligane, olya gandja kiilyo yalyo omauyelele ga nkene omapeya ge na okukeelelwa, opo ka ku
readQana attack rattles Rice's Mideast mission
31-07-2006
JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's latest mission to try to end the Lebanon conflict was thrown into turmoil yesterday after an Israel air strike on a Lebanese village left more
readYa kundathana ishewe onkalo yawo noyuundingosho pOmuthiya
31-07-2006
POMUTHIYA O SHIGWANA shomomuthiya mewiliko lyOmupopiliko gwasho tate Moses Amukoto, Olyomakaya ga zi ko oya ningile oshigongi moka yi iyelithile shoka sha tokolwa po kEpangelo shi na sha nuundingosho
readNamibia FA stands firm against 'rebel' takeover
31-07-2006
THE current leadership of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) on Friday refused to give in to the demands of what it called "a rebel group that aims to disrupt football in the country", after they
readDTS go past Ramblers in exciting win
31-07-2006
DTS beat Ramblers 3-0 in a Men's Premier League hockey match on Saturday. The youthful Ramblers side did well to hold DTS to a goalless first half, but after the break DTS' experience told as they
readIn Brief
31-07-2006
POSTPONEMENT - A Malawi court on Friday adjourned the corruption case of former President Bakili Muluzi until this week following the suspension of the chief investigator.Muluzi was arrested on
readCongolese voters grope way to democracy
31-07-2006
KINSHASA - In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) capital a young man grappled with a ballot as big as a newspaper on yesterday as a growing queue wished aloud he would hurry up so that they too
readArmy attack breaks Darfur truce
31-07-2006
The United Nations and African Union have condemned the Sudanese army and Janjaweed militias for attacking rebels in Darfur's Jebel Moon area. They denounced the government violation of a May peace
readKnife-wielding SAA passenger arrested
31-07-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A man wielding a Swiss knife had to be restrained and moved to the back of an SA Airways aircraft on an overnight flight from Zurich to Johannesburg, The Star newspaper reported on
readIraq oil city under terrorist attack
31-07-2006
KIRKUK - Insurgents detonated a car bomb yesterday in a protected enclave housing the US and British consulates in Iraq's oil city of Kirkuk in the latest in a string of deadly blasts, security
readWorld Bank says Russia lags on anti-graft
31-07-2006
WASHINGTON - Former communist countries and Turkey have simplified taxation, overhauled regulations and slashed red tape in a generally successful fight against corruption but poor enforcement means
readRobert Mardian, lawyer for Nixon
31-07-2006
SAN CLEMENTE, California - Robert Mardian (82), an attorney for President Richard Nixon's re-election committee whose conviction in the Watergate scandal was overturned, has died.The attorney long
readJessie Mae Hemphill, top blues musician
31-07-2006
MEMPHIS - Jessie Mae Hemphill, whose award-winning blues career lasted decades and was heavily influenced by her upbringing in rural Mississippi, died on Saturday a week ago.She was 71. The cause was
readNam, Russia to increase trade
31-07-2006
NAMIBIA and Russia have decided to expedite trade relations between the two countries so as to see trade volumes flowing between the two countries increase. At a press conference held in Windhoek on
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