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38 Articles found on Monday, 15 May 2006
Eenhana council committed to town's economic growth
15-05-2006
EENHANA - The council of Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region is committed to creating an enabling environment for investment and business at the town, the town's Local Economic Development and Tourism
read32 illegal micro-lenders reported after tip-offs by the public
15-05-2006
THIRTY-TWO illegal micro-lenders were reported during the course of last year. The Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) launched investigations after having received
readTourism is everybody's business - Jooste
15-05-2006
A Government official has called on local people to become part of the country's tourism industry by investing in the vital sector. Officially opening the eighth Namibia Tourism Expo in Windhoek on
readCold front brings fluke rains
15-05-2006
JUST when Namibians thought that an unusually wet rainy season was over, the weather once again managed to deliver a surprise over the weekend - in the form of unexpected rain over the central part
readWindhoek woman shot in carjacking
15-05-2006
A WINDHOEK resident was attacked by armed men, shot in the leg, and robbed of her car when she stopped at a lay-by on the road between Karibib and Okahandja yesterday. Concerned friends of Ulla von
readPanga man put behind bars for 60 years
15-05-2006
THE audience in the High Court at Oshakati listened in awe on Friday as Judge President Petrus Damaseb delivered his judgement and sentence in the trial of Joseph Ngoya, who was accused of having
readRamatex calls it quits
15-05-2006
Bailout would cost Government half a billion.GOVERNMENT will have to cough up in the region of half a billion dollars to buy the Ramatex Textile Factory if it wants to keep the more than 6 000
readCity leaders re-elected
15-05-2006
THE election of Windhoek's political leaders for the next year produced no surprises on Friday, as the municipality top brass remained unchanged. Matheus Shikongo was re-elected as Mayor, while
readNamibia and SA to agree on use of Orange River
15-05-2006
NAMIBIA and South Africa have instructed the Permanent Water Commission to draft an agreement on the use of water from the Orange River along the common border. Agriculture Minister Nickey Iyambo and
readTsumeb has reporter as Mayor
15-05-2006
A REPORTER, Engel 'Seun' Nawatiseb, has been elected as the Mayor of the garden town of Tsumeb. Nawatiseb, who writes for the State newspaper New Era, has been the deputy Mayor for the last year. He
readBeukes elected as Mariental mayor
15-05-2006
THE Mariental Town Council has again opted for a female mayor. Councillor Priscilla Beukes, a member of the Swapo Party, was given the mayoral chain at a special council meeting on Wednesday.
readMajor revamp planned at Namibia Wildlife Resorts
15-05-2006
NAMIBIA Wildlife Resorts (NWR) is undergoing a reorganisation process in an effort bring its services up to international standards. Tobie Aupindi, who was recently appointed by Cabinet as the
readKhwe in Caprivi elect new Chief
15-05-2006
THE Khwe in west Caprivi last week elected a new Chief. Ben Ngobara won Monday's election by a clear majority at Omega 1 village. He succeeds the late Chief Kippi George, who died in December 2000.
readThree rapes in two days
15-05-2006
STAFF REPORTER THREE rapes were reported on Tuesday and Wednesday last week. The Police reported that a 23-year-old woman was raped at gunpoint at a house at Katima Mulilo in the early hours of
readWoman accused of dumping her baby
15-05-2006
A YOUNG Angolan woman faces charges of attempted murder and concealment of birth after she allegedly threw her newborn baby into a toilet on Saturday. A Police spokesperson, Inspector Hannes
readUraMin raises US$60 m for mine at Trekkopje
15-05-2006
LONDON - British Virgin Islands-registered UraMin Inc, with access to potential uranium resources of 112 million kg of uranium oxide in Namibia and South Africa, raised £34 million (N$380 million)
readThe drilling starts ...
15-05-2006
AN extensive drilling programme has started at the site of the proposed new Trekkopje uranium mine in the Namib Desert. UraMin Namibia recently acquired the mining rights from the previous
readSwapo members oppose Pandeni 'ruling'
15-05-2006
SWAPO Party supporters at Luederitz attending an extraordinary party meeting yesterday rejected a ruling by Swapo Deputy Secretary General John Pandeni to reinstate six suspended town councillors.
readMob assaults woman accused of witchcraft
15-05-2006
POLCE at Outapi are investigating a case in which a woman was beaten up by a mob at a cuca shop near Etunda in the Omusati Region last Tuesday. According to Police spokesman Sergeant Linekela
readOkahandja Mayor, council to stay put
15-05-2006
OKAHANDJA Mayor Citto Paulus retained her office after an election on Friday, as did the rest of the town council's management committee. This was despite an attempt last week by a Swapo faction to
readmEenhana nomOhangwena ayehe otaya nyenyeta molwa Shaalukeni
15-05-2006
A ANANGESHFEA yomEenhana nomoshitopolwa sha Hangwena ashihe, oye li kaye uvite ombili notaya nyenyetele Oompangu mOshitopolwa shawo moka sho ihadhi tala nawa neho etiligane Festus Shaalukeni
readWillem Mbinga gwomOfaitumbo a sa sho a yahwa nondjembo
15-05-2006
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Ofaitumbo popepi nOhaingu mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya omugundjuka gwomomukunda moka Willem Mbinga gwoomvula 25 okwa si eso lyombaadhilila
readAanangeshefa mEenhana ya kundathana omayambulopo
15-05-2006
M ETITATU ndika lya zi ko mEenhana omwa ningilwe oshigongi shAanangeshefa sha longekidhwa kElelo lyOndoolopa yEenhana unene kOshikondo shoka shi na sha nokuhumitha komeho Ondoolopa ndjoka pamona
readCivics maintain their grip on league title
15-05-2006
CIVICS proved that their chances of maintaining the league title are still intact after they ousted main rivals to the throne Ramblers 2-0 at the Independence Stadium on Saturday. Civics led 1-0 at
readBank woos investment in freedom of the press
15-05-2006
GENEVA - The upper crust or sophisticated business clients of a Swiss private bank would appear to be unlikely investors in sometimes rabble-rousing "media heroes" in developing or emerging nations.
readIn Brief
15-05-2006
* BLOODY SUNDAY - A string of deadly attacks ripped through the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 60, police said. Six Shi'ite shrines were damaged in
readIs Bush overreaching his constitutional authority?
15-05-2006
WASHINGTON - US President George W Bush has made broad use of his executive powers: authorising warrantless wiretaps, collecting telephone records on millions of Americans, holding suspected
readSister Rose Thering, campaigning nun
15-05-2006
SOUTH ORANGE - Sister Rose Thering - a Roman Catholic nun whose lifelong campaign against anti-Semitism helped change the policies of her church - has died. She was 85. Luna Kaufman, chairwoman for a
readFloyd Patterson, boxing champ
15-05-2006
NEW YORK - Former world heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson, who became the youngest boxer to gain the title when he knocked out Archie Moore in 1956 at the age of 21, died on Thursday.He was
readHow 'Daddy' affects your job
15-05-2006
NEW YORK - Successes or failures of employees in the workplace can be traced to what kind of father they had, a psychologist argues in a new book. In 'The Father Factor', Stephan Poulter lists five
readOil offer for poor
15-05-2006
VIENNA - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he wants to provide cheap heating oil for low-income Europeans. The Venezuelan leader worked out a similar deal to deliver discount heating oil this
readCheney pushed for unfettered domestic wiretaps, says report
15-05-2006
NEW YORK - US Vice President Dick Cheney pushed after the September 11 attacks for practically unlimited intercepts of domestic telephone calls and e-mail messages without court warrants in the hunt
readAnatomy of a govt scandal
15-05-2006
PARIS - A murky scandal bringing together the worlds of politics, espionage, defence and high finance is continuing to rock the French government.Here is a list of the key players in the so-called
readThis explains a lot ...
15-05-2006
LONDON - More than 60 per cent of Britons use items such as screwdrivers, scissors and earrings to remove food from between their teeth, according to a survey published on Friday. The National Dental
readTroop trauma
15-05-2006
US military troops with severe psychological problems have been sent to Iraq or kept in combat, even when superiors have been aware of signs of mental illness. The Hartford Courant, citing records
readMost Angolan cholera victims under 5
15-05-2006
GENEVA - More than a third of the victims of Angola's cholera epidemic are under the age of 5, worsening one of the highest child mortality rates in the world, Unicef said on Friday. The UN
readIran's president rejects Euro nuclear proposals
15-05-2006
TEHRAN - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that he considers "invalid" any European proposals that ask Iran to halt uranium enrichment. Meanwhile, a Foreign Ministry spokesman
readProbe ordered after fatal Lagos oil blast
15-05-2006
ILADO, Nigeria - President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered stepped-up protection for pipelines traversing Africa's oil giant after a gasoline blast killed up to 200 people, but Nigerians said rampant
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