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42 Articles found on Monday, 6 March 2006
Weak opposition sees ANC sweep board in local polls
06-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The African National Congress' victory in local elections was less a reflection of widespread popularity than of the South African opposition's inability to take advantage of the
readPope says big powers are still abusing Africa
06-03-2006
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict has said that big political and economic interests are still responsible for many of Africa's problems and that their continued abuse was fomenting conflicts on the
read'Property market - the investment way to go'
06-03-2006
THE residential property market in Namibia is seen as strong and is foreseen to remain buoyant due to a positive macroeconomic environment that has raised disposable income as a result of lower
readNamibian business wanted in Angola
06-03-2006
THE business community in Namibia and other countries should help in the reconstruction of Angola, following the return of peace and normalcy to the country which was torn by civil war, Angolan
readSA February confidence up
06-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's economic confidence rose in February on optimism that rand strength and lower crop prices would help tame inflationary pressures, with interest rates seen steady until
readStocks fall due to fever
06-03-2006
PORT LOUIS - Share prices in Mauritius hotel stocks have dropped with a cancellation in tourist reservations due to a crippling mosquito-borne virus that is sweeping across the Indian Ocean region,
readEskom to borrow Koeberg spares
06-03-2006
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's Eskom has concluded an agreement with French utility EDF to borrow a 200-tonne rotor for its Koeberg nuclear power station, chief officer Thulani Gcabashe said on
readThird uranium mine on way
06-03-2006
ANOTHER uranium mine in the Namib Desert is in the pipeline.Gulf Western Trading Pty Ltd, which plans to trade as UraMin Namibia, has announced that it has applied for the renewal of its mineral
readFrom toy boy to million-dollar heist suspect
06-03-2006
ONE of the key figures in the ranks of the seven men convicted of carrying out a cash-in-transit heist near Windhoek in late 2000 was making a living as a bread salesman and a sugar mommy's pet at
readGovt releases N$10 m in aid for Mariental
06-03-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has ordered the immediate release of N$10 million from the State's contingency fund to alleviate the impact of the flood that ravaged Mariental nine days ago.Prime
readN$30-million Avid-SSC bungle returns to court
06-03-2006
THE court battle over the financial fortunes of Nico Josea - one of the main figures in the web of money transfers that saw a N$30 million investment from the Social Security Commission disappear
readMariental makes do
06-03-2006
WHILE the floodwater that rushed through Mariental's central business district over the weekend brought most businesses to a standstill, the one shop not directly affected by the flood now faces the
readThe flood: How it happened
06-03-2006
Friday (February 24) * Hardap Dam is at 82 per cent of its capacity.Sluices opened to discharge water at a rate of 500 cubic metres per second.* Dabib and Aub rivers, both of which link up with the
readEar-tagging queried in Parliament
06-03-2006
WINDHOEK - One month since the implementation of a livestock identification and traceability system throughout the country, Parliament wants to know how many farmers have complied with the new
readCouncil goes into recess
06-03-2006
NAMIBIA'S second House of Parliament, the National Council, went into recess on Thursday after it reviewed two bills and passed them both with amendments.These are the Children's Status Bill and the
readDespair rises as the flood water recedes
06-03-2006
THE shock of this past weekend's floods didn't recede along with the water on Monday morning when residents of Mariental's worst-affected areas regained access to their homes.For eight families
readSFF at Mariental is accused of brutality
06-03-2006
SPECIAL Field Force officers and Namibia Defence Force soldiers are reported to have terrorised 10 residents of Mariental's Aimablaagte township by kicking and beating them with batons, guns and
readGovernment owes N$36 m for services
06-03-2006
WHILE local authorities battle to get their customers to settle their debts, it has emerged that Government is a major culprit - owing more than N$36 million at the end of December.Municipal councils
readDolam flood victims get own assessment
06-03-2006
THE Legal Assistance Centre (LAC) will ask independent engineers to determine the cause of the flooding of 14 houses in Katutura's Dolam location in January.Eveline //Naris of the LAC says they will
readGovt to tighten up on illegal firearms
06-03-2006
WINDHOEK - The Namibian Police will not hesitate to forcibly confiscate illegal guns from the public as Government tightens the screws on the proliferation of and illicit trade in small
readEverything's 'hunky-dory' at Langer Heinrich mine
06-03-2006
THE controversial Langer Heinrich Uranium mine is reported to be on schedule to make its first product shipment in February 2007.During a publicity trip to the mine in the Namib-Naukluft National
readEU inspects rural water project in North
06-03-2006
A DELEGATION of the European Commission in Namibia, led by Ambassador Antonius Brueser, accompanied local officials on a visit to the EU-funded Onambutu and Tsandi pipeline projects in the North last
readRundu council turns the tap on water bills
06-03-2006
RUNDU - The Rundu municipality is to cut the water supply of people who owe it money.Municipal spokesman Benjamin Makayi says the disconnections will continue for five days."This is the only way the
readOshituthi shOmagongo otashi vulika ka shi ko nuumvo
06-03-2006
O MVULA ndjika otashi vulika kukale kaaku na oshituthi shomagongo molwashoka Elelo lyUukwanyama, hoka shi na okukala nuumvo, olya tseyitha kutya oshituthi shika itashi vulu we okukala ko molwashoka
readYe li 10 ya kwatwa po shi na sha nelanditho lyomalovu kwatoka
06-03-2006
O POLISI mOshakati oya tseyitha kutya oya kwata po aantu ye li 10 shi na sha netaaguluko lyOveta yOmalovu yomomumvo 1998 ndjoka tayi ti kutya hamuntu ta landitha omalovu konima yomulongo nambali
readAasouth Afrika ya tameka okuhogolola
06-03-2006
J OHANNESBURG - Aasouth Afrika oya yi kuuketha womahogololo mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, ya ka hogolole aaleli yawo yopaendoolopa na ongundu tayi pangelo yo African National Congress okwa tegelelwa
readAatoolinkundana yatatu ya kwatwa po mu Kenya KOmupresidende
06-03-2006
N AIROBI - Opolisi mu Kenya mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko, oya kwata po aatoolinkundana ye li yatatu shi na sha noshinyolwa tashi ti kutya Omupresidende Mwai Kibaki, okwa li a ningi oonkundathana
readGumwe a kwatwa po shi na sha nefikopo lyoombelewa
06-03-2006
O POLISI pu Khorixas oya kwata po omukiintu gwomimvo 31 shi na sha nomulilo ngoka gwa fike po Oombelewa dhokuti kwopashigwana kwa Petrified Forest National Monument dhi li popepi nondoolopa ndjika
readBA players leaving
06-03-2006
KEY Black Africa football players have vowed to leave the club in search for better financial rewards, it emerged at the weekend, but a top club official claims to be in the dark about the moves.The
readWarriors coach appointment to be sped up
06-03-2006
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) technical director Seth Boois says the process for the appointment of Namibia's Brave Warriors coach will be sped up within the next few weeks.A total of 15 coaches
readFootball Results
06-03-2006
CAF African Champions League Cidadela Stadium, Luanda, Angola Played Sunday, March 5 Second Leg S.Esperanca (ANG) 2-1 Civics (NAM) * Civics goes through to second round after 4-0 first leg win in
readRobben sees red as Chelsea win
06-03-2006
LONDON - Goals from Didier Drogba and Joe Cole gave Premier League leaders Chelsea a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion in a bad-tempered clash at the Hawthorns on Saturday in which they had Arjen
readSix-shooter Ntini crash Aussies
06-03-2006
CAPE TOWN - Makhaya Ntini took the best figures by a South African in one-day international cricket as South Africa crushed Australia by 196 runs in the second one-day international at Newlands
readCalzaghe targets Tarver and Jones after win
06-03-2006
MANCHESTER - Joe Calzaghe looked ahead to a lucrative pay-day against either Antonio Tarver or Roy Jones Jr after unifying boxing's leading super-middleweight titles with a commanding points win over
readCheetahs upset Hurricanes
06-03-2006
SYDNEY - South African newcomers Central Cheetahs knocked the Wellington Hurricanes off the top of rugby's Super 14 with a stirring second-half comeback this weekend.The Hurricanes relinquished their
readAl Qaeda's Zawahri calls for 'deadly strikes' against West
06-03-2006
DUBAI - Al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on Muslims to attack the West in an audio tape posted on the Internet on Saturday, urging similar strikes as those against New York, London
readTroops 'could quit Iraq early 2007'
06-03-2006
BAGHDAD - US-led coalition forces plan to quit Iraq in early 2007, media reports said yesterday, as at least four people were killed in bombings and clashes in the strife-torn country.Three men
readBird flu cases on increase
06-03-2006
WARSAW - Poland has its first case of H5N1, the most virulent strain of bird flu, the Polish television network TVP3 reported at the weekend.Officials said H5N1 had been detected in a dead swan in
readKenya unapologetic over media raid
06-03-2006
NAIROBI - Kenya has defended last week's unprecedented police raid on a major media group which brought a torrent of accusations from at home and abroad that President Mwai Kibaki's government was
readBush in push for greater secrecy
06-03-2006
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has launched several investigations to discourage government employees from leaking classified information to news reporters, The Washington Post reported
readIn Brief
06-03-2006
* NUKE NO - US President George W Bush praised Pakistan's fight against terrorism but turned down an appeal for the same civilian nuclear deal the United States intends to give India, as he wrapped
read'Catastrophe' looms
06-03-2006
WORLD Food Programme (WFP) chief James Morris said on Saturday that international donors must act to avert a catastrophe in Kenya, where some 3,5 million people face starvation due to a devastating
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