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27 Articles found on Monday, 5 June 2006
Unam hosts WTO course for 2nd time
05-06-2006
TONDERAI KATSWARA THE University of Namibia will for the second consecutive year host the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Regional Trade Policy Course (RTPC) for English speaking African
readMarketing platform for textile industry
05-06-2006
AS the local textile industry undergoes a major transformation with hiccups at Ramatex, local textile manufacturers have come together to form a company whose main task is to market Namibian products
readEmpty victory for owner of MV Meob Bay
05-06-2006
NAMIBIA'S worst-ever maritime disaster - the sinking of the fishing vessel MV Meob Bay with the loss of 19 lives on June 7 2002 - had a sequel in one of South Africa's top two courts last week. With
readPolice foil bank robbery, man shot dead
05-06-2006
A SUSPECTED armed robber was killed and another injured in a Police ambush after four men attempted to rob a bank at Aussenkehr, in the Karas Region, on Friday. The men allegedly tied up a security
readMore petrol pain
05-06-2006
FUEL prices are set to rise this week - for the third time this year - on the back of volatile and rising international oil prices. On Wednesday, the current Walvis Bay fuel pump prices will change
readVirus baffles officials
05-06-2006
FIVE people have died and at least 17 others have been hospitalised as Namibia and the Geneva-based World Health Organisation (WHO) try to identify the mystery virus affecting people. One of the 17
readCity mulls upping ripple factor to save electricity
05-06-2006
THE City of Windhoek is considering installing more ripple receivers on residential electric water geysers to save electricity as well as costs to the municipality.At present some 20 000 receivers
readBicycle robbery gang sent to jail
05-06-2006
TWO young men who were involved in an incident in which a 49-year-old Windhoek resident was killed in order to be robbed of his bicycle were sentenced to a combined 15 years' imprisonment late last
readHangula to take reins at SSC
05-06-2006
FESTUS HANGULA is set to become the new Executive Officer of the Social Security Commission with effect from July 17. Hangula will replace Tuli Hiveluah who resigned in August 2005, shortly before he
readTackling regional crimes
05-06-2006
POLICE chiefs from across the SADC region met in Windhoek last week to deliberate on the future of their co-operation in cross-border crime fighting.The chiefs, who came from all 15 SADC member states
readEnvironment and Tourism game auction nets N$6m
05-06-2006
ANIMALS with a combined value of nearly N$6 million were sold to buyers from Namibia and abroad at the Ministry of Environment and Tourism's live game auction at the end of last week. The highest
readTrade union takes issue with Police over shebeen closures
05-06-2006
THE Trade Union Congress of Namibia (TUCNA) has condemned the Police clampdown on illegal shebeens in the Erongo and Karas regions. TUCNA demanded that the involved parties should immediately stop
readSalvation Army returning to Namibia
05-06-2006
THE international humanitarian group, Salvation Army, may soon become active in Namibia again after a 67-year absence from the country.In a statement issued from South Africa on Friday, the
readRA to take over licensing
05-06-2006
THE days of frustratingly long queues, which nervous hopefuls for drivers' licences have been subjected to for years, may be soon be coming to an end, a Roads Authority (RA) senior official said last
readNamibian Govt bides its time on AU peer review
05-06-2006
NAMIBIA would have little trouble meeting the requirements of the African Union's African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), but the Government has chosen to wait and join later "for the right reasons".
read- Friedman a 'Toontown' journo
05-06-2006
THE NAMIBIAN continues to receive copies of e-mails sent to Fox News in the US frying Roger Friedman's article 'Brad and Angelina's Baby Lucky To Be Alive', printed in the newspaper on
readIt's a Texan miracle Shiloh survived ...
05-06-2006
THIS (last) week's prize for Most Useless Gratuitous Africa Bashing Editorial (the prestigious MUGABE Award) must go to one Roger Friedman of Foxnews.com. He also gets the prize for most
readInterpol joins hunt for Uganda's LRA rebels
05-06-2006
KAMPALA - World police body Interpol has issued arrest warrants for five leaders of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), stepping up pressure on the notoriously brutal rebel movement despite its
readIn Brief
05-06-2006
* IRAN THREAT - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of the world's fourth largest oil exporter, said that if the United States makes a "wrong move" towards Iran, energy flows in the region would
readUK fears chemical bomb
05-06-2006
LONDON - British anti-terrorist police yesterday searched for evidence of a suspected chemical bomb plot at a house raided two days ago as officers quizzed two men. Police detained the men on Friday
readUK fears chemical bomb
05-06-2006
LONDON - British anti-terrorist police yesterday searched for evidence of a suspected chemical bomb plot at a house raided two days ago as officers quizzed two men. Police detained the men on Friday
readLate goal by Beukes gives Pirates NFA Cup title
05-06-2006
A LATE goal in extra-time by Orlando Pirates stocky striker Ettiene Beukes gave the 'Buccaneers' their second NFA Cup title, as they struggled to a 1-0 victory over a determined SKW side at the
readInterim committee to run Namibia FA
05-06-2006
A TOTAL of 12 members affiliated to the Namibian Football Association (NFA) have put in a vote of no confidence in the current leadership of the mother body and instead elected an interim committee
readMbeki denies ANC rift over Zuma
05-06-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Thabo Mbeki has strongly denied there was a rift in his ruling African National Congress (ANC) and blamed the media for fuelling debate on the future of his
read'US plotting to oust Mugabe'
05-06-2006
HARARE - The United States is seeking to block global aid to economically-ravaged Zimbabwe to force President Robert Mugabe to step down, a state weekly said yesterday."The United States is rolling
readViolence flares across Iraq
05-06-2006
BAGHDAD - Violence raged across Iraq yesterday amid signs its leaders remained deadlocked on naming new interior and defence ministers critical to restoring stability in the strife-torn country.In one
readDarfur rebels say they will sign peace pact
05-06-2006
ADDIS ABABA - Dissident Darfur rebels said on Friday they would sign an African Union-mediated peace deal for the troubled western Sudanese region and urged hold-outs to join them. Despite missing a
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