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36 Articles found on Monday, 5 March 2007
Zim begins key wage talks
05-03-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe labour and business leaders began talks with the government on Thursday on a wage and price freeze, but union leaders doubted a deal would emerge to rescue the country from economic
readChina dances to own tune
05-03-2007
SHANGHAI - On a bad day, the retirees slouched in the plastic chairs in the lobby of a downtown Shanghai Securities brokerage show little emotion as their nest eggs shrink before their eyes - the
readSA petrol prices to rise
05-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's retail petrol prices will rise by 24 cents a litre from Wednesday after a spike in global fuel prices over the past month, the government said on Friday.The retail price
readAnother incentive scheme for NCA
05-03-2007
THE Ministry of Agriculture Water and Forestry has made funds available for the Northern Communal Areas Cattle Marketing Incentive Scheme that will be implemented between March 1 and November 30
readNMA seeks fair trade within Sacu
05-03-2007
THE Namibian Manufacturers' Association (NMA) has spoken out against competition issues and unfair trade practices in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).In its latest newsletter, NMA Chairman
readDiescho comes out fighting Tells Oshana Council: Say sorry, or be ready to face music
05-03-2007
POLITICAL analyst Dr Joseph Diescho has asked the Oshana Regional Council to apologise to him or face a defamation claim of N$250 000.Diescho's lawyers, Koep and Partners, wrote to the Council
readCabinet restricts Telecom's Switch
05-03-2007
THOUSANDS of users of Telecom Namibia's recently introduced mobile phone service will not be able to use it to roam from town to town from next week, as the communication radius will be reduced to 60
readTeacher murdered near Oshakati
05-03-2007
THE body of a female teacher was found next to a road near Oshakati on Friday afternoon, with her crying toddler sitting nearby.Police at Oshakati say Nangula Shafa was shot in the head with a
readCourt reveals reasons for releasing San girls
05-03-2007
THE direct term of imprisonment imposed on two teenage San girls in the Tsumkwe Magistrate's Court after they admitted to a charge of housebreaking and theft some three months ago was "disturbingly
readA Matter Of Fact
05-03-2007
IN a report on the suspension of the Congress of Democrats' Secretary General last week, we identified him as Natji Tjirare.In fact, Tjirare had earlier been replaced by Kalimbo Ipumbu. Ipumbu was the
readStrike looms at Skorpion Zinc
05-03-2007
THE Mineworkers' Union of Namibia (MUN) has threatened to take "appropriate measures" unless the management at the Skorpion Zinc mine re-instates eight workers who were sacked recently.The workers
readMafwe land dispute in court
05-03-2007
THE Mafwe Traditional Authority is not in agreement with a recent decision of the Council of Traditional Leaders to put tribal land in the Caprivi Region under the jurisdiction of the Masubia
readMurder, rape order of day at month-end
05-03-2007
AT least three bodies were found in Windhoek's informal settlements this past weekend, as murder and rape in these areas once again headlined the Police's weekend crime bulletin.At Greenwell Matongo,
readShareholders vote out Salmaan Jacobs from Sored board of directors
05-03-2007
SHAREHOLDERS of the Southern Regional Electricity Distributor (Sored) have voted out Karas Chief Regional Officer Salmaan Jacobs as member of its board of directors.A source informed The Namibian on
readCity Police chief responds to overtime anger
05-03-2007
CITY Police and Emergency Services Chief Abraham Kanime on Thursday assured officers under his supervision that the non-payment of their overtime last month was merely because the payments were being
readNew tourism association formed
05-03-2007
A NEW association of indigenous Namibians in the tourism sector was launched in Windhoek on Friday evening.The Executive Director of the Association of Tourism Businesses by Indigenous Namibia (ATIN),
readMugabe eyes building links with Erongo
05-03-2007
NAMIBIA'S Erongo Region can become a key partner in Zimbabwe's economic turnaround plan.During his brief visit to Walvis Bay on Thursday, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said exporting and
readKatzao quits, faces possible lawsuit
05-03-2007
LEGAL Shield Holdings has announced the resignation of its suspended Managing Director, Stanley Katzao.Katzao, who had been on suspension since November 24, apparently tendered his resignation through
readAfrica divided on resumption of ivory trade
05-03-2007
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism is not prepared to comment on reports that African states are divided on the ban against ivory sales.Louisa Mupetami, a conservation scientist in the Ministry,
readNurses halt strike plans
05-03-2007
THE Namibia Nurses' Union (Nanu) has ruled out a national strike by its members for now, but vowed to resort to it if all other options to solve their differences with the Government fail.Nanu
readShebeen shooting suspect wants bail
05-03-2007
THE Katutura State Hospital nurse accused of murdering three people in a shebeen shooting a month ago pleaded with a Windhoek Magistrate on Friday to release him on bail.Jekonia Dimbulukweni Hamukoto
readOmakokorote moshipangelo mOshakati
05-03-2007
A AKULUNTU yOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati ano kaye wete omakokorote ngoka ge li moshipangelo shawo nosho wo uumbishi oundjiundji tau inyenge moshipangelo shoka ethimbo kehe nohau kala wo wa lala
readOmulongisikola a dhipagwa nokuyugwa
05-03-2007
O MULONGISIKOLA gwopOsikola ya Tshikushashipya mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Musati okwa si eso etilithi noli nyanyaleka sho a yahelwa mohauto ye nokusa ndele naku mu yaha ta fadhuka po nayo, sha ningwa
readOomengestrata ya za ku Zimbabwe oye li moshilongo ya kwathele mOompangu dhopevi
05-03-2007
A anaveta yatano okuza ku Zimbabwe oye li moshilongo opo ya kwathele mokweendelelapo iipotha mbyoka yi li mOompangu dhopevi, Iilyo yOparliamende osho ya li ya tseyithilwa ngaaka oomasiku ga zi
readKandara okwi idhipaga ye mwene
05-03-2007
N AKUSA Lazarus Kandara, ngoka a li Omukuluntuwiliki gwOkampani ompunguli ya Avid Investment, okwi iyaha okusa nombisitoli ye.Shika osho sha monika po komakonakono ngoka ga ningwa po kombinga yeso lya
readRamadhani wins Lake Biwa marathon
05-03-2007
OTSU - Tanzania's Samson Ramadhani beat fellow Africans William Kiplagat of Kenya and Ambesse Tolosa of Ethiopia to win the Lake Biwa men's marathon yesterday.Kiplagat and Ramadhani were neck and neck
readSouth Africa on a high in Super 14
05-03-2007
SYDNEY - South African rugby celebrated an unbeaten weekend of Super 14 matches for its five teams as Australia lamented a winless fifth round for its sides.New Zealand's Auckland Blues kept on top of
readHarry Simon wins comeback fight
05-03-2007
HARRY Simon made a victorious comeback to the ring when he beat Stephan Ngueza of Gabon on a unanimous points decision over eight rounds after midnight on Sunday morning.But Ngueza can feel hard done
readFederer to break more records
05-03-2007
DUBAI - No sooner does Roger Federer break one record than he seems to set his sights on another.A few days after making it 161 consecutive weeks as world number one, breaking the record held by Jimmy
readUnited win at Liverpool
05-03-2007
LONDON - Manchester United moved closer to the Premier League title with a dramatic 1-0 win at Liverpool on Saturday that left them nine points clear of Chelsea.The champions were 2-0 winners at
readSamaria sets new record
05-03-2007
NAMIBIAN middle-distance runner Agnes Samaria set a new Namibian record of 4 minutes, 12.63 seconds in the 1 500 metre distance in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Friday.The previous Namibian record
readCivics out, Stars and BA advance
05-03-2007
ELEVEN Arrows found their way into the quarter-finals of the MTC NFA Cup after they brushed aside league defending champions Civics 3-1 in the biggest upset of the competition so far at the
readUK's Blair dismisses talk of snap poll
05-03-2007
LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair, due to step down later this year, dismissed talk yesterday that his successor would call a snap general election.Blair, expected to hand over to his
readKuwaiti government steps down
05-03-2007
KUWAIT CITY - The Kuwaiti cabinet, in office for barely eight months, resigned yesterday ahead of a no-confidence vote against a senior minister, the latest political crisis in the oil-rich
readSex DVDs left on windscreens
05-03-2007
RICHMOND - Police say a man sought revenge against his ex-girlfriend by leaving homemade DVDs of her performing sex acts on car windscreens throughout the area.The DVDs include the woman's name,
readEritrea denies kidnapping tourists
05-03-2007
ADDIS ABABA - Eritrea dismissed as "baseless fabrication" yesterday accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean forces kidnapped a group of tourists, including Britons and Ethiopians, in a
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