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28 Articles found on Thursday, 6 July 2006
Environment for development, development for environment
06-07-2006
THE Ministry of Environment is working towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and says that biodiversity conservation should be integrated with poverty-reduction strategies.To
read'Make progress on Trans-Kalahari Corridor'
06-07-2006
SINCE its establishment in 1998, the Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC), which is one of the main trade routes of the southern Africa region, is yet to realise its full potential. The TKC is a route from
readSA retail sales back rate hike
06-07-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African retail sales grew by a robust 9,7 per cent in the year to April, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting higher interest rates may be on the cards.The figures showed annual
readTelecom signs Chinese deal
06-07-2006
TELECOM Namibia this week signed a revised contract with a Chinese company for the supply, installation and commissioning of equipment to improve telecommunication services and the existing fixed
readPervert pleads guilty
06-07-2006
IT was a crime that shocked not only Swakopmund, but the whole of Namibia, to the core: a six-year-old girl, led from her home at night, to be raped and to die a gruesome death only half a kilometre
readGovt open for offers on Marburg, Ongombo farms
06-07-2006
* BRIGITTE WEIDLICH THE first three farms expropriated by the Government from commercial farmers are now being offered for resettlement.The Ministry of Lands and Resettlement on Wednesday advertised
readGovt 'too soft' on Ramatex
06-07-2006
THE National Union of Namibian Workers claims Government is treating Ramatex with "kid gloves", thus encouraging the Malaysian investors to be hostile towards Namibian workers. "The kid gloves with
readPolice arrest protesters at Aussenkehr grape firm
06-07-2006
POLICE yesterday arrested 12 retrenched workers of the Grape Valley Management Company at Aussenkehr on charges of public violence, instigation and intimidating other workers and management.Karas
readItchy and scratchy school in the North closed
06-07-2006
EDUCATION authorities in the Ohangwena Region have closed the Omhanda Combined School in Ondingwanyama village, where pupils have been suffering from some kind of skin irritation since March.Some
readCaretaker found killed
06-07-2006
A WINDHOEK couple returned from an overseas holiday to a horror discovery on Tuesday: they found their caretaker dead and tied up in a chair in their home. Setson Namashana (27) was dressed only in
readRape-murder case postponed
06-07-2006
THE trial date of three men suspected of raping and murdering a woman in Swakopmund last year is still undecided after they made a brief appearance in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court
readRape verdict, 15-year jail term vanish on appeal
06-07-2006
ON Monday, Moses Tau-Nareb was still a convicted rapist and sentenced prisoner, with the unpleasant prospect of 13 more years of imprisonment ahead of him.On Tuesday, all that changed within a minute
readCouncillor probed for allegedly impregnating underage girl
06-07-2006
THE Usakos Municipality's Management Committee Chairperson faces an investigation into allegations that he impregnated a 15-year-old girl at the town.Daniel Stramiss, who has denied his involvement in
readHealth fraud in court
06-07-2006
FOUR people accused of defrauding the Windhoek Central Hospital will appear in the in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court today. Susan Mangani, Brian Collin Mootsang, Klementine Ganases and Collette
readCrop production hit by heavy rains
06-07-2006
NAMIBIA will have to import 162 500 tons of cereal this year after excessive rains in certain areas led to flooding and waterlogging and hitting crop production.The Namibia Early Warning and Food
readOsikola Omhanda mUukwanyama ya patithwa komukithi gwoshinyuwa
06-07-2006
O MOLU aanona yopOsikola ya Omhanda popepi nEenhana mUukwanyama ya kwatwa komukithi gwokunywa olutu aluhe nokuuva omawi tage ya lombwele aniwa kutya nayi yekele momeya gometale li li pooha dhosikola
readTa kongwa kOpolisi ya Ndangwa
06-07-2006
O POLISI yaNdangwa otayi indile koshigwana shi yi kongithe ko komufekelwa Matheus Seblon Shivute, gwedhina lya tseyika nawa Gwashe Gwashe, omukalimo gwomomukunda Ombata ya Kakonya mOmusimani
readFootball Results
06-07-2006
Sunday Social LeagueTura Giants 0-5 (points) Monate Fela; ALC United 2-2 Rastas XI; Atletico 0-2 Min of Finace Pekara Kaaheke Tournament Played Saturday, July 1 Ofarama 4-2 Okombomi; Powerade 2-4
readNotices: Shooters to compete
06-07-2006
THE Windhoek .22 Shooters Club will host the Namibian Championships on Saturday. The event will be held at the Luiperdsvallei Shooting Range, about 3 km south of Windhoek. The registration and
readNamibia second overall in boxing
06-07-2006
WINDHOEK - The Namibian boxing team came second overall after collecting four gold, one silver and four bronze medals during the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Youth Games that
readIsrael steps up attacks on Hamas militants
06-07-2006
GAZA - Israel's prime minister cleared the way yesterday to expand an offensive against the Palestinians' governing Hamas movement aimed at freeing an abducted soldier and ending rocket attacks from
readDRC election chief rejects campaign suspension call
06-07-2006
KINSHASA - The head of the election commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected charges of irregularities in the presidential poll campaign and refused to suspend campaigning."I
readIraqi rape and murder case puts Washington on the spot
06-07-2006
WASHINGTON - The rape and murder charges faced by a recently discharged US soldier have placed Washington in a difficult position, after the multiple charges of abuse already levelled against US
readIn Brief
06-07-2006
* SUMMONED - Sudan has summoned the Eritrean ambassador to ask why Eritrea is playing host to a Darfur rebel alliance that attacked a town, the Sudanese foreign minister said * CRITICISED - Russian
readBlasts hit Afghan buses
06-07-2006
KABUL - Blasts hit two buses taking Afghan government workers to their ministries in Kabul yesterday killing one person and wounding more than 40 in the second day of attacks in the capital.
readTwo killed in Somalia over World Cup ban
06-07-2006
MOGADISHU - Somali Islamist militia shot dead two people demanding to watch the World Cup semi-final in the latest sign of a hardline religious edge to the newly-powerful movement, a local media
readN Korea rapped for test firing missiles
06-07-2006
SEOUL - North Korea test-fired seven missiles on Tuesday including a long-range Taepodong-2 capable of reaching US soil, triggering international outrage and crisis talks at the United Nations
readNASA hopes space programme back on track
06-07-2006
HOUSTON - Astronauts on the shuttle Discovery awoke to their first full day in space yesterday and prepared to inspect their orbiter for damage after launching from Florida on a flight NASA hopes will
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