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37 Articles found on Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Looking For Her Family
13-06-2006
MY name is Mark Walker.I am an American missionary in Durban, South Africa. I have located a middle-aged woman named Sandra Weldon who is destitute and wants to return to her family in Grootfontein.
readDebating The Hijacking
13-06-2006
ON Sunday, May 14 2006 at about 14h00 the horror of being hijacked, the surreal unprovoked violence one reads about, hears about, happened to my brother visiting from Germany, Ottmar, and myself.We
readBanks hike lending rates
13-06-2006
IN reaction to the 0,50 per cent increase in the Bank Rate as announced by the Bank of Namibia on Thursday, commercial banks have in turn increased their major lending rates accordingly.Bank
read2 more polio deaths discovered, vaccine to arrive today
13-06-2006
TWO more deaths due to the wild poliovirus type one have been reported as the country awaits the arrival of 2,5 million doses of polio vaccine this morning. Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kalumbi
readSettlement reached in botched SSC CEO matter
13-06-2006
CHARTERED accountant Koot van der Merwe and the Social Security Commission have reached a settlement shrouded in secrecy over a N$1,434 million law suit that Van der Merwe launched against the SSC
readTjihumino guns for GIPF
13-06-2006
AXED former board chairperson of the Government Institutions' Pension Fund (GIPF) Maru Tjihumino is threatening to challenge the legality of his removal from the post last year. He claims he has not
readOutjo farmer beaten to death, robbed
13-06-2006
A 58-year old farmer in the Outjo area was murdered on Saturday evening during a robbery on his farm Saturn, which is about 60 km from the town. According to the Police, Karl Heinz Jakob Montermann
readFoot and mouth disease contained
13-06-2006
THE dreaded foot and mouth disease that broke out in Selibe Phikwe, Botswana in May, has been successfully contained and no further outbreaks from the area have occurred. The Namibian Directorate of
readPensioners await increase announced during March
13-06-2006
MORE than 100 000 pensioners on Government social grants are still awaiting the N$70 increase announced during the Budget presentation almost three months ago. Finance Minister Saara
readMental check-up for New Year murder suspect
13-06-2006
MURDER suspect Manuel Alberto Da Silva, who is accused of having shot his girlfriend five times in the head in Windhoek on New Year's Eve 2003, was referred for a month of psychiatric observation
readRobbers steal N$70 800 from Khomasdal house
13-06-2006
AN amount of N$70 800 in cash was reported stolen from a house in Khomasdal, Windhoek, on Saturday, the Police reported on Sunday. Police in Wanaheda are investigating a case of housebreaking and
readForests benefit poor in Kavango Region
13-06-2006
THE Ncaute Community Forest Management Committee in the Kavango Region plans to buy school uniforms with income generated from selling forest products. Ncaute Community Forest Chairperson Hamba
readPresident warns criminals
13-06-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba says the opening of the Okongo Police Station in the Ohangwena Region "symbolises the Namibian Police's firm commitment and mission of maintaining law and order"."Crime
readPohamba opens Etango Centre
13-06-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has called upon the private sector to join Government in its effort to achieve social and economic development in the country. Speaking at the official opening of the
readMixed feelings about increased taxi fares
13-06-2006
YESTERDAY The Namibian took to the streets to ask how taxi users and drivers feel about the just-announced increase in taxi fares. In Windhoek, fares are up from N$6 to N$6,50 a single journey, and
readPentecostal body takes issue with foreign preachers violating laws
13-06-2006
THE Association of Charismatic and Pentecostal Churches in Namibia (ACPCN) has come out strongly against foreign preachers who come to Namibia under false pretences and cause confusion among their
readFixtures
13-06-2006
Today, June 13 Group G 15h00: South Korea v Togo – Frankfurt 18h00: France v Switzerland – Stuttgart Group F 21h00: Brazil v Croatia – Berlin * Matches on Supersport Channel 23,
readOndando yOombesa nOotaxi nayo ya gwedhwa
13-06-2006
O MOLWONDANDO yomahooli ndjoka gwedhelwa iikando oyindji ngashiingeyi, ehangano lyOombesa nOotaxi mu Namibia/Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) nalyo olya gwedhele ondando yOombesa
readFifa to probe NFA after squabbles
13-06-2006
THE Federation of International Football Federations (Fifa) has assigned Ashford Mamelodi to Namibia for a fact-finding mission due to take place on June 20 and 21, The Namibian Sport established
readSuburbs through to quarters
13-06-2006
WINDHOEK - Defending champions Western Suburbs Rugby Club are through to the quarterfinals of the 2006 Windhoek Lager Club Championships after they downed Harlequins 19-0 at the Hage Geingob Stadium
readUnder 20 netballers ready for 2006 Youth Games
13-06-2006
WINDHOEK - The national under-20 netball side is hard at work preparing for the 2006 Zone Six Youth Games billed for the capital in about two weeks.The girls have trained together since April 8 and
readResults
13-06-2006
Legal Shield Windhoek Squash Business League 2006 Week 1 Results Squash Academy 24-13 Trustco Securitas 26-11 WCE Itec 25-13 Roadsigns PWC 30-1 Supersport Week 2 Results Trustco 21-16 Securitas
readRugby Fixtures
13-06-2006
Windhoek Lager Club ChampionshipsJuly 8 Cup Quarterfinals: Western Suburbs vs Wanderers Reho Falcon vs Unam United vs Rehoboth Grootfontein vs Jaguars
readWanderers too strong for Pirates
13-06-2006
WINDHOEK - Wanderers Netball Club overpowered Orlando Pirates with an emphatic 40-11 win in the Khomas Netball Region League at the Katutura Youth Complex on Saturday.Wanderers took the first quarter
readCorrection
13-06-2006
THE Namibian Sport on Monday reported that Namibia Football Association (NFA) president John Muinjo will make an announcement on the position of his executive committee and the Ordinary Congress of
readAlex Toth, comic book artist and animator
13-06-2006
ALEX TOTH, an influential comic book artist best known for his work on 'Zorro' and for his animation on children's television shows like 'Jonny Quest', has died.He was 77. Gary Groth, editor of The
readAfrican ministers approve draft democracy charter
13-06-2006
BRAZZAVILLE - Ministers from across Africa approved a draft democracy charter on Saturday, laying down guidelines on elections and good governance in the world's poorest continent.A two-day meeting
readAfrican ministers approve draft democracy charter
13-06-2006
BRAZZAVILLE - Ministers from across Africa approved a draft democracy charter on Saturday, laying down guidelines on elections and good governance in the world's poorest continent.A two-day meeting
readEU okays DRC mission
13-06-2006
LUXEMBOURG - European Union foreign ministers gave the green light yesterday to the deployment of some 2 000 troops charged with helping protect the Democratic Republic of Congo's watershed July 30
readAnnan urges developed and poor nations to agree on UN reform
13-06-2006
LONDON - United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday called on rich and developing countries to reach agreement on a UN reform plan so as not to paralyse the international body.In an article
readZambia's ruling party picks candidates for elections
13-06-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia's ruling party has picked a "winning team" of candidates for this year's general elections, including senior opposition members who defected to their camp, an official said
readIran says nuclear fuel work non-negotiable
13-06-2006
TEHRAN - Iran said yesterday that its controversial nuclear fuel work was non-negotiable, in another sign the Islamic republic was unwilling to suspend sensitive uranium enrichment work."Iran has
readRobin Williams, a noted scholar
13-06-2006
IRVINE, California - Robin M Williams Jr (91), a noted sociologist and a former president of the American Sociological Association who offered insights into racism and the behaviour of men in war has
readRobin Williams, a noted scholar
13-06-2006
IRVINE, California - Robin M Williams Jr (91), a noted sociologist and a former president of the American Sociological Association who offered insights into racism and the behaviour of men in war has
readEU says Guantanamo should be closed
13-06-2006
LUXEMBOURG - The suicides of three Arab detainees at Guantanamo show that the US prison camp should be closed, the European Union said yesterday.Two Saudis and a Yemeni hanged themselves with clothes
readSomalia warned against foreign troops
13-06-2006
MOGADISHU - A senior Islamic judicial official warned Somalia's interim government yesterday that talks on the anarchic country's future would be broken off if its parliament invited in foreign
readLula Mae Hardaway, mother of singer Stevie Wonder
13-06-2006
LOS ANGELES - Lula Mae Hardaway, the mother of Stevie Wonder, died here on May 31.She was 76 and had lived in Los Angeles since 1975. Hardaway is credited as a co-writer on several Stevie Wonder
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