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34 Articles found on Wednesday, 29 March 2006
SA urges 'revolution' to tackle skills gap
29-03-2006
PRETORIA - South Africa launched a new initiative on Monday to tackle the country's gaping skills shortage, saying a "revolution" was needed to tackle what is widely seen as the main obstacle to
readZimbabwe doubles local gold price
29-03-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank has more than doubled the local price of gold in a bid to shore up official deliveries, which plunged by 40 per cent in 2005, local media reported yesterday.Gold is a
readMauritius textile exports drop
29-03-2006
PORT LOUIS - Mauritius' textiles exports dropped by 16,1 per cent in 2005 to 19,3 billion Mauritius rupees from 23,05 billion in 2004, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said on Monday.The textiles
readBusiness wants crackdown
29-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's business community called for stronger security at the Johannesburg International Airport on Monday after gunmen made off with bundles of cash from an aircraft at the
readAll set for corporate governance conference
29-03-2006
THE stage is set for the country's first national conference on corporate governance and anti-corruption to be held over three days in Windhoek next week.The conference will target company
readOkavango project is behind schedule
29-03-2006
NAMIBIA, Angola and Botswana are concerned that they are behind with the implementation of their trans-boundary project aimed at the sustainable use of water of the Okavango River and its
readFarmers support street children
29-03-2006
MEMBERS of the Gobabis Regional Agricultural Union have donated building materials to develop a plot of land at Gobabis for a project in aid of street children.The Lig vir die Kinders (Light for the
readOne more suspended at Unam
29-03-2006
THE University of Namibia's Head of Accommodation made his first appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court on Monday, after being suspended last week on allegations of theft.Unam Director for
readMan run over by train in Windhoek
29-03-2006
AN unidentified, middle-aged man was run over by a train next to the Simon de Witt Bridge in Windhoek at around 03h35 on Sunday.Police suspect that the man had been sleeping on the railway track. He
readSMEs learn about money
29-03-2006
THE Small and Medium Enterprises sector is proving to be one of the more successful ways to address poverty and unemployment and to stimulate economic growth in Namibia.In 2004, the SME sector
readMan kills wife with panga
29-03-2006
RUNDU - The Police are investigating the murder of a woman who was hacked to death with a panga 10 days ago.Maria Kampanza was murdered at Mupini village, about 18 km west of Rundu. Her husband has
readSpeedy work on passports
29-03-2006
WINDHOEK - The Ministry of Home Affairs has expressed satisfaction with the response of the public on the collection of passports.Public Relations Officer, Kauku Hengari, told Nampa that 50 to 250
read'Male rape' suspect gets bail
29-03-2006
A GERMAN national who has been kept in Police custody at Swakopmund for more than two and a half months on charges that he tried to rape a 21-year-old man was granted bail of N$12 000 by the High
readPolice accused of instigating witch-hunt in the North
29-03-2006
THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) lashed out at the Namibian Police yesterday, claiming that it had filmed the brutal beating of two women by a mob, allegedly led by two Special Field
readOpposition squares up against Budget
29-03-2006
THE official opposition, the Congress of Democrats, joined by the DTA, yesterday trashed Government's assertions that the 2006-07 National Budget is pro-poor and pro-growth.If it was pro-poor and
read'Male rape' suspect gets bail
29-03-2006
A GERMAN national who has been kept in Police custody at Swakopmund for more than two and a half months on charges that he tried to rape a 21-year-old man was granted bail of N$12 000 by the High
readPolice accused of instigating witch-hunt in the North
29-03-2006
THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) lashed out at the Namibian Police yesterday, claiming that it had filmed the brutal beating of two women by a mob, allegedly led by two Special Field Force
readCrop output in the balance
29-03-2006
HEAVY rains in grain-producing areas are likely to result in mixed fortunes during the upcoming harvest season.Although the recent rains have allowed most areas to recover from poor conditions last
readTheft, fraud plague University of Namibia
29-03-2006
THE suspended head of the University of Namibia's Centre for Public Service Training (CPST), Jerry Tobias, will only face a disciplinary hearing in the second week of May.Edwin Tjiramba, Unam's
readBethanie man guilty of killing, burning elderly farmer
29-03-2006
A YOUNG farmworker from the Bethanie area who was accused of murdering and robbing an elderly farmer and then setting his victim's corpse on fire has been convicted as charged in the High Court in
readAapolisi ya kaleka oshipotha sha Kandara
29-03-2006
O MAPULAPULO kombinga yeso lya Lazarus Kandara oga yiwa moshipala nokukankekwa manga ga li ge li metifa Oshiwike shika.Omapulapulo ngaka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata gwaVenduka oga sitopwa ombaadhilila
readOmupolisi omukuluntu a holoka mOmpangu
29-03-2006
K OMANDA gwoshikondo shIinewe mOpolisi, Komufala Joseph Kamati, okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata mOvenduka mOmaandaha goshiwike shika.Komufala Kamati oku li Omupolisi omukuluntu ta holoka mOmpangu
readInamu tala ko we aaleli ya fa Kalunga, Kameeta ta ti
29-03-2006
O KWIIPWILILIKILA iinima, okusimaneka omuntu muuposi nokusimaneka ashike omuntu molwashoka Omuleli, kayi na ehala miilongo mbyoka yi na uundemokoli na oyi li oshinima oshiwinayi noonkondo miilongo
readPortugal Telecom a landa oosheya mu MTC
29-03-2006
OKAMPANI yomakwatathano gopaengodhi dhOoselula yokuPortugal yedhina Portugal Telecom, oya landa oosheya mOkampani ya Mobile Telecommunications (MTC).Okampani yokuSouth Afrika yedhina MTN nayo oya li
readCheetahs are 2006 club champs
29-03-2006
THE newly established Golden Cheetahs athletics club was the top club at the Coca Cola Top Ten Club Championships in Windhoek at the weekend.Cheetahs was formed at the beginning of the year, with
readFootball Results
29-03-2006
Top Score Seven A-Side Played Friday, March 17 Bank Whk II 5-1 Namcol Roynam 2-0 Namdeb J&P Group 0-2 Roads CC The Namibian 1-0 Capricorn Life Legal Shield 3-0 Country Club Grand Namibia 0-0
readUnder-20 players called
29-03-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) yesterday announced that a group of 24 under-20 players should report for a training camp at Soccer House on Friday.The team is expected to compete in the Zone
readIndustrial netball league in motion on April 8
29-03-2006
THE newly established Industrial Netball League will start on April 8, its convenor, Cecily Swarts, announced yesterday.Swarts said the league, which was started earlier this year, aims to promote
readEriksson tops list
29-03-2006
MADRID - Real Madrid have included England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on a seven-man shortlist from which they hope to find a replacement for Juan Ramon Lopez
readAccused Gambia coup plotters confess
29-03-2006
BANJUL - A group of senior military officials accused of planning to overthrow the Gambian government appeared on state television on Monday confessing to a plot to take over the tiny West African
readIsrael votes with future Mideast map at stake
29-03-2006
JERUSALEM - Israel headed to the polls yesterday in a a pivotal election that could redraw the nation's borders and determine the course of peacemaking in the Middle East.Acting Prime Minister Ehud
readUS says Nigeria must hand Taylor to international court
29-03-2006
WASHINGTON - The United States has called on Nigeria's government to deliver exiled former Liberian leader Charles Taylor to a United Nations tribunal in Sierra Leone for trial on charges of crimes
readIn Brief
29-03-2006
* ELUSIVE IRAN DEAL - UN Security Council powers held out hope for agreement this week on a statement to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions, but a deal still appeared elusive before a forthcoming
read40 die in suicide attack on Iraqi army base
29-03-2006
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed at least 40 people waiting outside an Iraqi army recruitment centre amid rising tension between the dominant Shi'ite leaders and US forces over a deadly night raid in
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