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28 Articles found on Tuesday, 9 May 2006
Chinese-African trade relations on increase
09-05-2006
TRADE links between fast-growing economic powerhouse China and Africa have taken a leap forward since 2004, when Hu Jintao announced a new drive to strengthen relations with the energy and
readPopulation growth stokes conflict with big beasts
09-05-2006
MKHUZE GAME RESERVE - Humans and big beasts have lived side by side in Africa since the dawn of our species but rapid population growth is now stoking friction with dangerous animals, experts say."In
readGrootfontein Jobs For Pals?
09-05-2006
AS a concerned resident of Grootfontein, I was just wondering about the state of affairs in our town regarding the new appointments.First of all, please note that I'm not out to get anyone or to
readWe Foot The Bill
09-05-2006
YOUR recent headline (April 21/ 06) 'Sloppy work by Ministry of Lands costs the State' moves me to comment: It would have been more accurate to say the sloppy work costs Namibian taxpayers.It is we,
readOn Kambangula's Big Contribution
09-05-2006
THE death of veteran activist Frans "Boetie Fura" Kambangula last week shocked the nation.Through his political activism in Swapo and community work in the NUNW and CCN, he sought to use his
readScholarships for Algeria
09-05-2006
Allow us a space in your newspaper to express our cry to the Namibian nation. The scholarships for Algeria have been misunderstood by the Namibian Government (Ministry of Education). This has led us
readConditions in Police cells leave Magistrate shocked
09-05-2006
THE conditions in which people are being kept in custody at the Wanaheda Police Station cells in Windhoek are shocking, horrendous and a contravention of the Constitution, a Windhoek Magistrate
readZuma off the hook on rape charges
09-05-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A judge yesterday acquitted former Deputy President Jacob Zuma on charges that he raped an HIV-positive family friend. "I find that consensual sex took place between the complainant
readGovernance in region 'quite weak' : Global Corruption Report
09-05-2006
GOVERNANCE performance in sub-Saharan Africa is, on average, quite weak despite the strong positive effect of governance on development and its importance to effective aid delivery, the 2006 Global
readPay up, TransNamib told
09-05-2006
THE District Labour Court yesterday ordered TransNamib to reinstate a fired senior manager and to backdate his salary to December 2004. In addition, the company has to refund his study fees, a
readWin with the Young Community Shaper's project!
09-05-2006
NAMIBIA Breweries, Namibia Dairies, Namib Mills, Capricorn Sweets, The Namibian, John Meinert Printing, Plastic Packaging and Woermann Brock are promoting a Young Community Shaper project. The
readKenyan nurses for Kunene
09-05-2006
OPUWO - A long-awaited group of Kenyan nurses has finally arrived in the Kunene Region. Seven registered nurses from Kenya were welcomed at the Opuwo State Hospital yesterday by the Governor of the
readGood harvest forecast for 2006 season
09-05-2006
CROP-GROWING conditions in Namibia were favourable because of above-normal rains received in the northern crop-growing regions of the country, leading to expectations of better harvests this season.
readCouple burnt to death in bedroom in the North
09-05-2006
POLICE in the Ohangwena Region are investigating the circumstances under which a 63-year-old man and his 30-year-old female friend burned to death at a settlement near Ongha village in the region on
readDolam reports are 'not for public consumption'
09-05-2006
THE City of Windhoek is keeping the findings of its investigation into the cause of the flooding in Katutura's Dolam section in January under wraps. It maintains they are not for public consumption.
readFive Red Cross workers fired
09-05-2006
WINDHOEK - Five employees of the Namibia Red Cross Society, who were suspended last December after being charged with theft, have been fired following a disciplinary hearing. The Secretary General of
readTwo rapes reported in Otjozondjupa
09-05-2006
A 61-year-old woman was raped after she was attacked and repeatedly stabbed with a knife at Okamatapati in the Otjozondjupa Region on Friday, the Police reported at the weekend. The woman was
readOvambanderu leadership row in court
09-05-2006
A RIFT in the ranks of the leadership of the Ovambanderu Traditional Authority made its way into the High Court in Windhoek yesterday. Eleven traditional councillors of the Ovambanderu Traditional
readNamibia third in Cossasa champs
09-05-2006
NAMIBIA could only manage third place with two gold medals, two silver and 13 bronze medals during the Confederation of Schools Sports Association of Southern Africa (Cossasa) track-and-field
readFausto Vitello, man who made skateboarding gnarly
09-05-2006
FAUSTO Vitello, an entrepreneur and publisher who helped take the dying pastime of skateboarding out of the suburbs and into the streets, where it became a rude and riotous multibillion-dollar
readElma Farnsworth, television pioneer
09-05-2006
SALT LAKE CITY - Elma Gardner 'Pem' Farnsworth, who helped her husband, Philo T Farnsworth, develop the television and was among the first people whose images were transmitted on TV, has died at age
readLillian Asplund, last American to remember Titanic sinking
09-05-2006
BOSTON - The last American to remember seeing hundreds of fellow passengers drown in the icy North Atlantic when the Titanic sank 94 years ago has died at age 99. Lillian Gertrud Asplund was
readHamas and Fatah rival factions battle in Gaza, three killed
09-05-2006
GAZA - Three gunmen were killed yesterday when fighting erupted in the Gaza Strip between Fatah forces backing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas loyalists, in the most serious internal
readUN aid chief retreats from troubled Sudan camp
09-05-2006
KALMA CAMP - UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland and aid workers beat a hasty retreat from a refugee camp in Darfur yesterday after a demonstration spun out of control and an aid worker was attacked.
readRife sexual abuse seen as threat to Liberia recovery
09-05-2006
MONROVIA - Sexual exploitation of young girls is rife in refugee camps and communities in war-ravaged Liberia and threatens the country's recovery after nearly two decades of conflict, a report said
readThai court nullifies April poll
09-05-2006
BANGKOK - Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled yesterday that the inconclusive April 2 general election was unconstitutional and said a new poll should be held to try to resolve months of political
readSA public works minister dies after illness
09-05-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African Public Works Minister Stella Sigcau, a prominent figure during apartheid in the country's former Transkei region, has died after a lengthy illness, officials said
readIran's leader writes to Bush, seeks solution to nuke crisis
09-05-2006
TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to US President George W Bush to "propose new ways" to resolve tensions between the two arch-enemies, Tehran announced yesterday.The
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