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34 Articles found on Wednesday, 18 October 2006
Apec seeks to boost tourism
18-10-2006
HANOI - Asia-Pacific tourism ministers and officials were due to wrap up a meeting yesterday on ways to boost the fast-growing travel sector in a dynamic region home to 2,6 billion people.The
readPick 'n Pay H1 earnings up
18-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African supermarket group Pick 'n Pay said first-half headline earnings per share rose by 15,5 per cent and it expected to achieve real earnings growth in the current year.Pick 'n
readWal-Mart to buy retail chain in China
18-10-2006
BEIJING - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay about US$1 billion to buy a chain of 100 hypermarkets in China in a deal that could vault it ahead of competitors to become the country's biggest food and
readFarmers take strike into 2nd day
18-10-2006
ABIDJAN - A strike by cocoa growers in top world producer Ivory Coast went into a second day yesterday with farmers burning beans and blocking roads to halt deliveries from the bush to exporters'
readKenya experiencing cement shortage
18-10-2006
NAIROBI - Kenya is experiencing a cement shortage following a surge in demand at a time when the factories were shutting down for maintenance, the east African country's producers said yesterday. The
readMunicipalities to raise billions
18-10-2006
CAPE TOWN - South African municipalities were expected to raise up to 20 billion rand to fund major infrastructure projects over the next three years, a National Treasury official said yesterday."Over
readDeveloping states getting more investment
18-10-2006
MANAMA - Developing countries are attracting more foreign investment than ever before and are also increasingly investing abroad, the UN's trade and development body said on Monday.The United Nations
readHigh-stakes balloon bursts
18-10-2006
THREE people have been arrested at the diamond enclave of Oranjemund after money invested with them believed to amount to N$15 million - is alleged to have gone missing.The trio, two of whom are
readNamibia throws weight behind 'stand-up' campaign on poverty
18-10-2006
AS World Poverty Day was marked yesterday, Namibians joined 100 other countries in the Global Campaign against Poverty (GCAP) to set a new world record for the most number of people to literally
readTax dodgers to face the music
18-10-2006
GOVERNMENT is to conduct a forensic tax audit of all taxpayers in a bid to retrieve revenue from non-payers, under-payers and tax fraudsters.The forensic audit will review taxpayers registered with
readGreen to defend N$3m Nujoma law suit
18-10-2006
AVRIL GREEN, a former manager at the Social Security Commission (SSC), who is being sued for N$3 million by former President Sam Nujoma, has instructed his lawyers to file a notice to defend.Nujoma
readUukwambi authority takes on deforestation
18-10-2006
ETOPE - The Uukwambi Traditional Authority says it will not tolerate the chopping down of trees, which is destroying the environment and causing deforestation in the area.Chairperson of the Uukwambi
readOndangwa-Oshikango road opened
18-10-2006
THE newly resurfaced road between Ondangwa and Oshikango was opened by the Minister of Works, Transport and Communication, Joel Kaapanda, at Onuno village on Friday.The 61,4-km road was first tarred
readFraud case delayed
18-10-2006
THE trial of a woman who allegedly defrauded the Khomas Regional Council while working there as a payroll clerk has been postponed to March next year.Jacqueline Hanze (32) is charged with defrauding
readUnions 'key factor in helping slash poverty'
18-10-2006
DESPITE a growing gross domestic product (GDP) coupled with an inflation rate as low as 2,3 per cent last year, Namibia's steadily accumulating wealth is still not being shared with the majority of
readPolitician in court over bar shindig
18-10-2006
THE Swapo district co-ordinator for the Berseba constituency, Willem Isaak (35), on Thursday made yet another appearance in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on a charge of malicious damage to
readInternational plea goes out for rescue teams to help save dying seals
18-10-2006
SEAL ALERT SA has asked international anti-seal hunt organisations to immediately send seal rescue teams to Namibia to help save some of the thousands of seals dying at the coast."We want to prevent
readAakwana ya valelwe ye li kumwe ya hulithila mOvenduka
18-10-2006
O NKUNDANA yed tu zilila mOvenduka otayi ti kutya aakwana mboka ya valelwe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati ye li kumwe meti 11 Septemba 2006 ndele taya tumwa kOvenduka meti 20 Septemba 2006 opo
readEhangano lya Nabta lya kutha yamwe miilonga
18-10-2006
E HANGANO lyOombesa nOtaxi mu Namibia (Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) olya tidha omunambelewa gwalyo gumwe e tali tula wo natango pevi aanambelewa yalyo ye li yatatu.Aanambelewa ayehe mbaka
readOmunapolitika gumwe a holoka mOmpangu
18-10-2006
O MUNAPOLITIKA gumwe gwongundu yo Swapo moshitopolwa sha Karas okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata po Keetmanshoop a lopotelwa oshipotha shoteyagulo lyomaliko.Otaku popiwa kutya omukwatakanitho
readKilingi a kwatwa po mu South Afrika
18-10-2006
G UMWE gwomaafekelwa aanene mboka taya kungwa mu Namibia, Jason Awene, a tseyika nawa nedhina Kilingi, okwa kwatwa po mu South Afrika omwedhi nguka.Awene, ngoka ta kongwa shi na sha neyogo kwa
readSwakop Valley Stables fun event concludes
18-10-2006
A fun triathlon by the Swakop Valley Stables recently saw over 20 participants competing in the equitation, mountain biking and running events at the Okakambe Trails.Participants had an option of
readLomu dismisses health concerns
18-10-2006
SYDNEY - Former All-Black star Jonah Lomu yesterday brushed aside concerns over his health as he contemplated an offer to switch codes and play for new Australian National Rugby League club Gold Coast
readSA to play Egypt in London
18-10-2006
SOUTH Africa's friendly international against Egypt on November 15 has been fixed for Brentford's Griffin Park, the South African Football Association (Safa) said on Monday.The ground in the west of
readTennis academy grooms young players for future
18-10-2006
THE Pro Tennis Academy recently held a successful Young Tennis Star tournament at the SKW Courts in Windhoek.Forty-six entries were received in the age group five to nine years. The Young Tennis Star
read'Who's fooling Who?' dies
18-10-2006
HE was arguably the finest natural striker produced in South African soccer.The legendary Thomas Hlongwane, known by the descriptive and singular nickname of 'Who's Fooling Who?' is no more. He died
readBarca looking for a boost
18-10-2006
PARIS - European giants Barcelona and Inter Milan go into battle tonight looking to boost what has been a disappointing start to their Champions League campaigns.Barcelona travel to Chelsea for what
readRijatua departs as NFA treasurer
18-10-2006
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) treasurer Tjeripo 'Pro' Rijatua yesterday announced that he would not be available for re-election at the NFA's elective congress on October 28.Rijatua, who has been
readAnton goes for vice presidency
18-10-2006
FORMER Namibia Premier League (NPL) chairman Anton van Wyk yesterday declared that he will stand for the position of vice president at the NFA elective congress on October 28.Van Wyk, who lost to
readNo casualties in Hawaii
18-10-2006
HONOLULU-Hawaii suffered major road and port damage in the most powerful quake in the Pacific archipelago in two decades, but reported no deaths or serious injuries on Monday, much to islanders'
readDad 'forgot' baby in car
18-10-2006
CAPE TOWN-The father who left his 17-month-old baby boy in a car at the University of Cape Town (UCT) campus was not supposed to take him that day, said a UCT spokesperson.The body of little Janosch
readMadonna's new baby arrives in London
18-10-2006
LILONGWE-Human rights and child protection groups went to court yesterday to challenge the speedy decision to grant Madonna temporary custody of a Malawian child the pop star is seeking to adopt.The
readDRC soldiers 'abduct civilians'
18-10-2006
KINSHASA-Congolese army soldiers are kidnapping civilians to provide forced labour in the country's northeast, says the United States-based Human Rights Watch.The New York-based rights group said that
readSanctions mean war - N Korea
18-10-2006
SEOUL - North Korea said yesterday the new UN resolution imposing sanctions on the country was a "declaration of war" and warned it would strike back at any nations that try to tighten the screws on
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