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30 Articles found on Wednesday, 5 July 2006
Europe's wealth luring Africa's poor
05-07-2006
CITE ETTADAMUN, Tunisia - North African slum dweller Salema breaks down and sobs as she recalls the price her family paid for her sons' dream of a better life."I received them home in a coffin," the
readSAA profit down 70% on fuel
05-07-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Annual operating profit at state-owned South African Airways tumbled by 70 per cent due to soaring fuel prices and a strike, former parent Transnet said yesterday.Operating profit for
readSA's Limpopo reaches out to the North
05-07-2006
AS a way of promoting trade and strengthening commercial ties between countries in the region, a business delegation from South Africa is in Namibia seeking ways of bridging the trade gaps between the
readJailed for 17 years for raping stepdaughter
05-07-2006
AN ARANDIS resident who was prosecuted on a charge that he sexually molested, and later raped, his stepdaughter on repeated occasions over a matter of years, was convicted and sentenced to a 17-year
readSecond court walkout in treason trial
05-07-2006
THE 12 men charged in the second Caprivi high treason trial staged a second walkout in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday. The trial of the 12 was supposed to resume yesterday after a three-month
readSeal culling season sparks new protests
05-07-2006
ABOUT 60 000 Cape fur seal pups will be stabbed or clubbed to death this year during Namibia's annual sealing season. From July to mid-November, 7 000 bulls will also be culled [killed] in what is
readGraftbusters target ODC
05-07-2006
THE N$100 million that went missing at the Offshore Development Corporation (ODC) along with the N$3,1 million bogus arms deal by the Ministry of Defence a few years ago feature prominently on the
read'No need to panic' over Western Cape ostrich flu
05-07-2006
WINDHOEK - State veterinarian Dr Natangwe Amudhenu in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry says there is no need for Namibians to panic over a bird flu outbreak that has been reported in
read2 Namibians caught with stolen car in Zim
05-07-2006
TWO Namibian men were arrested in Zimbabwe on Monday after police there tracked down an Isuzu bakkie that they allegedly stole from Parcel Force Couriers in Windhoek on Friday. The Zimbabwean Herald
readShower condom incident rocks Youth Games
05-07-2006
A SCANDAL has rocked the Zone Six Under-20 Youth Games following a case of attempted rape that was reported over the weekend.It is alleged that a South African athlete attempted to rape a female
readA Matter of Fact
05-07-2006
IN an article on Monday, July 3, 'Journalism excellence in spotlight at awards', The Namibian erroneously reported that David Lush of Insight got the Best Feature prize at the Misa-Namibia Awards on
readCrime rise holds NA captive
05-07-2006
UNEMPLOYMENT, poverty and even capitalism were seen as the root causes of increased crime in the country as Members of Parliament debated the recent increase of violent crime for over two hours
readTwo caught with tusks
05-07-2006
STAFF REPORTER TWO Chinese nationals were arrested in the Caprivi Region on Sunday after the Police allegedly found them in possession of a number of elephant tusks.The Police were apparently tipped
readYoung cancer patient losing leukaemia battle
05-07-2006
YOUNG leukaemia sufferer Thirene Basson has had a severe relapse and a bone-marrow transplant is urgently needed to save her life. Thirene (16) was diagnosed with leukaemia eight months ago and
readShortage of nurses caused by migration
05-07-2006
OPUWO - The Chief Medical Officer of the Kunene Region, Dr Ebong Akpabio, says the shortage of medical practitioners at rural clinics and hospitals in Namibia is caused chiefly by their migration to
readNUNW to start Ongopolo probe soon
05-07-2006
THE National Union of Namibian Workers says it will begin, "without further delay", to investigate alleged mismanagement that almost led to the collapse of Ongopolo Mining and Processing (OMP).The
readTemporary magistrates given the thumbs-up
05-07-2006
TEMPORARY magistrates appointed to tackle backlogs in the country's lower courts have received a vote of confidence.Addressing State prosecutors at the Oshakati Magistrate's Court last week,
readIsrael ignores deadline set by Palestinian militants
05-07-2006
GAZA - Israel warned the Palestinians' governing Hamas group the "sky will fall on them" if they harm a captured soldier as a deadline passed yesterday for Israel to accept a prisoner exchange.Three
readCharles Smith, Kool and the Gang
05-07-2006
CHARLES SMITH, who has died aged 57, was lead guitarist of Kool and the Gang, one of the most successful R&B acts of the 1970s and 1980s, and the writer or co-writer of such hits of theirs as 'Jungle
readWAD mOhangwena, ta kondjele onkalonawa yoomeme nootate
05-07-2006
E HANGANO lya tseyika nawa nedhina Ekatukonkatu lyOomeme shi na sha nEhumokomeho, mOshiingilisa lyedhina Women's Action for Development (WAD), olya tseyitha kutya nuumvo otali ka kala nOshiithanene
readNamibia lose 3-0 to Botswana
05-07-2006
NAMIBIA'S under-20 football side lost 3-0 to Botswana in the second semi-finals of the Zone Six Under-20 Youth Games at the Sam Nujoma Stadium yesterday. In the first semi-final, South Africa beat
readBoxer Hitman faces uphill battle in title fight
05-07-2006
ONE of Namibia's favourite boxers, Paulus 'Hitman' Moses, faces an epic challenge when he squares up against Russia's Andrey Devyataikin in a WBA Intercontinental 12 rounder, billed for August 19 at
readIsrael ignores deadline set by Palestinian militants
05-07-2006
GAZA - Israel warned the Palestinians' governing Hamas group the "sky will fall on them" if they harm a captured soldier as a deadline passed yesterday for Israel to accept a prisoner exchange.Three
readIn Brief
05-07-2006
NIGERIAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE - Two people were killed and several injured in violence between rival factions of Nigeria's ruling party at the weekend, police said.Fighting erupted Saturday in Ekori in
readZuma sues SA media for millions
05-07-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African ex-deputy president Jacob Zuma is suing local papers and a radio station in a libel suit worth millions of dollars following his acquittal on rape charges, news reports
readIran may give nuclear response early August
05-07-2006
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday it may give its response to an international offer aimed at ending a nuclear standoff around August 6, but remained firm over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment
readEU troops set up base in DRC for election mission
05-07-2006
KINSHASA - European soldiers were putting the finishing touches to an impromptu headquarters in Congo's chaotic capital Kinshasa on Monday while Germany's defence minister toured the base ahead of
readTwelve killed as Darfur conflict spills over
05-07-2006
KHARTOUM - Twelve people were killed, including two women, as rebels from the war-torn region of Darfur seized a town in central Sudan, threatening a longstanding truce, officials said yesterday.The
readAntonio Cardoso, one of Angola's leading writers
05-07-2006
LUANDA - Antonio Cardoso, one of the leading literary lights of Angola's independence movement in the 1960s, has died of prostate cancer, Angola's state-run media reports.He was 73. Cardoso, best
readLyle Stuart, a maverick of the US publishing world
05-07-2006
NEW YORK - Lyle Stuart, a champion of free speech who published a book on how to make bombs and an anti-Semitic tract revered by right-wing militants, has died at the age of 83. Stuart, a maverick in
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