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37 Articles found on Thursday, 2 March 2006
WWF visitors pleased as punch with Caprivi conservancies
02-03-2006
TWO conservationists from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) who visited community conservancies in the Caprivi Region last week were impressed with the way communities there manage their
readBirds shun coast after good rains
02-03-2006
TWENTY-EIGHT keen bird watchers from the coast recently completed the 24th annual bird count in the Walvis Bay wetlands.This area is considered the most important coastal wetland in southern Africa
readService should be yardstick for success
02-03-2006
BOTH the public and private sectors should be innovative in identifying areas in which new technologies could be embraced to deliver services to the public more effectively.Modern technology should
readLocal mining remains the preserve of multinationals
02-03-2006
A LACK of access to capital, expertise and technology has been cited as one of the reasons hindering the entrance of Namibians into the lucrative mining sector.A local securities firm, Simonis Storm
readDrought sends Kenyan inflation to 19%
02-03-2006
NAIROBI - Kenya's monthly inflation rate rose to 18,9 per cent in February, up from the previous month's 15,4 per cent owing to a severe drought that has pushed up food prices in the east African
readWB should probe DRC mining deals
02-03-2006
KINSHASA - International rights groups pressed the World Bank on Tuesday to investigate two new contracts signed by Congo state mining giant Gecamines, saying they risked derailing efforts to reform
readEnron's Skilling OK'd concealing losses
02-03-2006
HOUSTON - Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling approved a ploy to hide hundreds of millions of dollars in losses rather than reveal the catastrophic state of a core business, a former top
readGraft fast becoming Zim's chief enemy
02-03-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank chief said on Tuesday endemic corruption was overtaking inflation as the country's number one enemy, which could further dampen prospects of economic recovery.Gideon
readMariental health threat
02-03-2006
TWO days after the weekend's devastating floods, health inspectors at Mariental already have their hands full trying to keep the situation at the town in check.Some shops were reported to be giving
readGovt to consider plight of affected
02-03-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday said Government would make a decision soon on how best to assist the people affected by the floods at Mariental.The President, accompanied by other senior
readRepeat rapist gets 45-year jail term
02-03-2006
THE full force of the Combating of Rape Act descended on repeat rapist Gerhardus Bezuidenhout in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.Having been convicted on charges of abduction and rape on January
readRehoboth flood warning
02-03-2006
NAMWATER has issued a flood warning to the residents of Rehoboth.The Oanob Dam near the town was 103 per cent full at 17h00 on Tuesday and water was spilling over the wall.The dam has no sluice gates
readNA to discuss flood
02-03-2006
THE National Assembly is expected to discuss the causes of the latest Mariental flood next week.At the request of the Republican Party's Henk Mudge, Parliament will be expected to decide whether a
readOndonga leaders visit 'demon' school
02-03-2006
THE King of Ondonga, Immanuel Kauluma Elifas, on Monday sent a delegation from his Traditional Council to Ombalayamumbwenge village near Oshigambo in the Ohangwena Region to meet residents and study
readBrakwater heist trial moved to prison court
02-03-2006
THE high-security court building on the grounds of the Windhoek Central Prison is set to be the location for the last phase of the trial of seven men convicted in connection with a N$5,3 million
readDon't let 'black apartheid' take root, warns Venaani
02-03-2006
GOVERNMENT should commit itself to a timeframe for reaching its affirmative-action targets, the DTA's McHenry Venaani said in the National Assembly yesterday.Venaani said the same should apply to
readDivisions could scuttle parastatal reform, says MP
02-03-2006
THERE seems to have been very little or no consultation between the promoters of the State-Owned Enterprises Bill and existing parastatals, and this has created the impression of distrust between the
readWalvis Bay runs dry again
02-03-2006
WALVIS Bay's ongoing water problems escalated yesterday when the local authority implemented radical water-saving measures.The water supply at the town was completely shut down between noon and
read209 sheep stolen at Tses
02-03-2006
POLICE at Tses in the Karas Region are investigating the theft of 209 sheep on Tuesday last week.The value of the sheep is estimated at N$103 500, and Police have not yet arrested any suspects or
readAaniilonga mOshipangelo ya dhitikwa po
02-03-2006
A ANTU yane mboka ye na sha nuufuthi nuulingilingi mOshipangelo shopondingandinga ya Venduka oya dhitikwa nokuholoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata, The Namibian osho a tseya ngaaka.Brian Collin Moostang na
readOntotwaveta yaanona ya ziminwa
02-03-2006
O LAATA yOpashigwana/National Council oya zimina ontotwaveta yi na sha naanona, ihe oya indile mu ningwe omalunduluko gontumba.Konima sho Omutumba gwOpashigwana gwa undulilile ontotwavata ndjika
readOmuniilonga mUuministeli wEliko a ongotela nokuhulitha moshipangelo
02-03-2006
O MUNAMBELEWA omukuluntu mUuministeli wEliko, Toivo Shiimbi okwa ongotele pethimbo lyosheetwapo she mOmaandaha nokonima okwa ka tseyithwa kutya okwa hulitha moshipangelo.Shiimbi ngoka a li ta ka
readHa tse tu na okupewa uusama, NamWater ta ti
02-03-2006
O KAMPANI ya NamWater otayi ti kutya omapulando kage li nawa metungo lyondoolopa ya Malinda nomanenge ngoka ge li momulonga gwa Fish River, kutya oyo ye eta ondoolopa ndjika yi ye kohi yomeya ngoka
readOmulonga gwa Shigambo guudha inashi monika nale muule woomvula odhindji
02-03-2006
O MOLU omvula ombwanawa ya loko noonkondo moshilongo ashihe unene tuu moNooli, Omulonga gwa Shigambo mOndonga moshitopolwa sha Shikoto ngoka gwa kala ethimbo lyoomvula dhi vulithe aniwa
readKwatheni metungululo lyUukwambi
02-03-2006
O MUSAMANE Kaawete Shapumba Iilonga, ngoka e li le komeho edhiladhilo lyetungululo lyUukwaniilwa wUukwambi, ota ti kutya okwa totwa 'oakaunta' mOmbaanga ya Bank Windhoek moka oshigwana tashi indilwa
readTwo Bulls players suspended for fighting
02-03-2006
SYDNEY - Bulls prop Jaco Engels and flanker Johan Wasserman were suspended on Tuesday for fighting in last weekend's Super 14 match against the New South Wales Waratahs.Engels was banned for three
readDe La Hoya, Mayorga trade verbal shots ahead of fight
02-03-2006
BEVERLY HILLS - With their fight more than two months away, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricardo Mayorga are tuning up with some verbal sparring.The 33-year-old De La Hoya has said he hopes to close out his
readKanalelo to double as BA coach
02-03-2006
BLACK Africa Football Club chairman Kandas Paulino says Ronnie Kanalelo will serve as both coach and technical director of Black Africa in the interim, after the resignation of Bobby Samaria as head
readHockey loses out on Astroturf funding
02-03-2006
NAMIBIA lost out on a N$620 000 donation from the International Hockey Federation (IHF) by failing to make the necessary preparations for installing the country's first Astroturf surface.The IHF
readSectarian bloodshed in Iraq mounts
02-03-2006
BAGHDAD - Three people were killed yesterday in a morning attack on a Baghdad market a day after a spate of bombings in Iraq left 64 dead amid renewed inter-communal bloodshed.Ten people were also
readSouth African voters put ANC to test
02-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans cast ballots in local elections yesterday that the African National Congress is set to win despite a campaign marked by protests from the poor demanding housing and
readCuba slams US and EU over proposed UN rights council
02-03-2006
HAVANA - Cuba yesterday said the United States and the European Union had again joined forces to weaken the United Nations by opposing a draft resolution for a new Human Rights Council."We are
readThousands protest against Bush's India visit
02-03-2006
NEW DELHI - Some 50 000 Muslims staged angry protests in New Delhi yesterday ahead of the arrival of US President George W.Bush, who on his maiden trip to India is hoping to seal a landmark deal on
readThree Kenyan journalists arrested over 'fabricated' news on president
02-03-2006
NAIROBI - Kenyan police said yesterday they had arrested three journalists over an article alleging that President Mwai Kibaki held secret talks with a lawmaker who had successfully rallied
readArroyo to lift emergency at 'earliest possible time'
02-03-2006
MANILA - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo pledged yesterday to give up her emergency powers "at the earliest possible time" and ordered a review of the security situation after an alleged coup
readIn Brief
02-03-2006
* ZIM SANCTIONS - US President George W. Bush extended by one year a series of sanctions against Zimbabwe officials, including President Robert Mugabe, deemed to be undermining democracy.* VIRUS
readArchbishop Marcinkus, Vatican banker
02-03-2006
PHOENIX, Arizona - Retired Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, a close confidant of popes whose long tenure as head of the Vatican Bank was marked by major financial scandal, mysterious deaths and a criminal
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