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Mines, NGOs Clash Over Uranium Report
05.11.2008 14:04
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THE Namibia Chamber of Mines says it is disappointed about a report made public by Hilma Shindondola-Mote of the Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI) titled 'Uranium mining in Namibia - the mystery behind low-level radiation', calling it a pseudo-science piece funded by anti-nuclear organisations.
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Land Ownership Multi-Faceted
05.11.2008 14:04
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THE hunger for land in Namibia is not primarily rooted in the desire to farm, but rather because ownership of a piece of land means you have a home from which you cannot be chased, a panel discussion on land reform found on Thursday.
Namibia
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Keetmans Council Appoints New CEO
05.11.2008 14:04
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THE Keetmanshoop Town Council yesterday announced the appointment of Paul Vleermuis as CEO.
Namibia
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Unionist Denies Fraud
05.11.2008 14:04
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NAMIBIA Farmworkers' Union (Nafwu) Secretary General Alpheus Angula yesterday rejected recent claims that he had defrauded a farmworkers' trust account that he is the board chairman of.
Namibia
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Benny's Promises to Improve Pool Safety
05.11.2008 14:03
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THE Manager of Benny's Entertainment Park at Ongwediva, Six Hauwanga, has called upon parents and guardians to accompany and supervise children making use of the centre's swimming pool.
Namibia
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Eviction of 'Struggle Children' Imminent
05.11.2008 14:03
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THE battle lines have been drawn, and a confrontation between the demonstrating 'children of the liberation struggle' and the authorities is inevitable, following a Cabinet resolution that an urgent court interdict should be sought to evict the protesters from downtown Windhoek.
Namibia
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CoD Vows to Open Books
05.11.2008 14:03
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THE wife of Ben Ulenga, who leads the official opposition party Congress of Democrats (CoD), says a N$90 000 deposit into her bank account from the party's bank account was repayment of a loan she made in March 2008 to help the party pay its lawyers' fees.
Namibia
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Damara King's Council Removes Three Chiefs
05.11.2008 14:03
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UNHAPPINESS is brewing among a section of three Damara-speaking clans after their chiefs were unceremoniously removed.
Namibia
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Arrested Politicians' Docket Still Investigated
05.11.2008 14:03
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THE Office of the Prosecutor General has not yet decided whether to prosecute the four opposition politicians who were detained for four hours last Thursday.
Namibia
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Football Sponsors Want to Jump Ship
05.11.2008 14:03
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NAMIBIAN football is on shaky ground again, with a looming break-up of the marriage between the three main sponsors of domestic football.
Namibia
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Record Diamond Robbery Trial Shifted to July '09
05.11.2008 14:03
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A CHANGE of defence lawyers yesterday led to an eight-month postponement of the start of the High Court trial of four men who are accused of carrying out a record-setting diamond robbery at a mine near Oranjemund almost five years ago.
Namibia
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Guebuza Welcomes Obama's Victory
05.11.2008 12:03
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Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday welcomed Barck Obama's victory in the US presidential election, describing it as a sign that "American society is evolving".
Mozambique
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Can You Keep Your Promises?, Stallholders Ask Renamo
05.11.2008 12:03
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We'll vote for you, if you can convince us you'll keep your promises - that was the message that some stallholders in the market in the Maputo suburb of Malanga had for Eduardo Namburete, candidate for mayor of Maputo for the former rebel movement Renamo, on the second day of campaigning for the municipal elections scheduled for 19 November.
Mozambique
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New Fibre Optic Cable to Make Price Cuts Possible
05.11.2008 12:03
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The current cost of transmitting information and data in southern Africa via fibre optics may fall by 90 per cent as from June 2009 when the project to install a new cable alomg the bottom of the Indian Ocean is completed.
Mozambique
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Campaign Mostly Calm, But Shots Fired in Beira
05.11.2008 12:03
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The first day of official campaigning for Mozambique's third municipal elections, scheduled for 19 November, passed off peacefully in most of the country - but in the central city of Beira, the police admitted to opening fire on individuals who were damaging electoral propaganda of their opponents.
Mozambique
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