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42 Articles found on Friday, 2 April 2004
Don't Write Rice's Epitaph Just Yet
02-04-2004
WHEN former Bush counter-terrorism advisor Richard Clarke publicly swore before a national television audience that National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was practically to blame for the lack of
readA Need to Engage Namibia's History
02-04-2004
GERMAN chancellor Gerhard Schroeder undertook an African safari of four African countries, his first since assuming office.Namibia was a noticeable omission. It was an opportunity for Schroeder and
readPolitical Perspective: Swapo Faces Acid Test
02-04-2004
ALL eyes are on the Swapo Central Committee meeting this weekend.Will President Sam Nujoma prevail or will one or other braveheart decide enough is enough and oppose a fourth term? Or will they
readOur Children Are In Danger
02-04-2004
MOST Namibians are aware that our children are in danger.Increasingly so, and it is not necessary for us to spell out the reasons why, for they are reported daily in the pages of our newspapers.
readConcerned About The Administration Of Tsumeb
02-04-2004
TSUMEB residents are living hopeless lives.We have been voting since Independence for better living conditions and improved welfare status, but the town council who has been appointed to fulfil this
readMarriage Problems Make Life Hell for Children
02-04-2004
Dear Nation WE are two children, a brother and a sister.One is eleven and one is nine. Our parent's marriage is falling apart. We are writing to complain about women's abuse in marriages by the
readJudge Hoff Just Implemented the Criminal Procedures Act
02-04-2004
IT IS becoming exhausting and boring to read in your paper on a daily basis about attacks on Judge Elton Hoff's ruling that the 13 Caprivi treason suspects were illegally brought to Namibia and/or
readShame On Us Africans!
02-04-2004
IT has to be said emphatically that it is a shame for us Africans of African origin to depend on the very people we accuse of decrying what we do and degrading our dignity just because of skin
readLooking For A Pen Pal
02-04-2004
FIRST of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you in advance.I am interested in advertising my name in your newspaper. My name is John RO; I am an Afro-Canadian Christian man, currently
readWhat's Wrong With Lie Detectors?
02-04-2004
In response to an article published in THE NAMIBIAN dated 05 March 2004 - "What's wrong with Lie detectors" I am a Polygraph Examiner and therefore obviously not anti-polygraph.The writer of the
readNUNW Must Get Its Members Up To Scratch
02-04-2004
I AM hereby expressing my concern to the NUNW about one of its affiliates, and ask it to act on this matter - otherwise workers will really suffer.It is the union that deals with workers in
readWindhoek's Senior Pay Packets To the Town Council of the City of Windhoek
02-04-2004
HAVING regard to the matter of the appointment of a new CEO for the City of Windhoek, the Windhoek Ratepayers Association has decided to address the City of Windhoek on this issue by way of an open
readCondemn The Killers
02-04-2004
IS IT not unjust to expect of the Israelis to allow a man (who in his wheelchair) to preach their demise and send teenagers to do the dirty work, and that on their (Israelis') God-given land.This
readThe Last Days Are On Us
02-04-2004
WE all know that the only punishment that fits the crime of child rape and murder is the death sentence.We also know that we are living in a society where it seems as if the rights of criminals have
readNigerian Econet in management deal with Vodacom
02-04-2004
LAGOS - Nigeria's second largest mobile phone operator Econet said it signed a five-year management deal with South Africa's Vodacom yesterday in its latest attempt to link up with Africa's largest
readKeetmans to score massive investment
02-04-2004
A MULTI-MILLION dollar aircraft manufacturing plant involving 100 potential new jobs is slated for Keetmanshoop.Government has approved plans by a Russian company to set up the plant on the outskirts
read'Naturally Namibian' brand to promote local products
02-04-2004
A campaign to promote Namibian products, services and destinations, regionally and internationally, was launched in the capital on Wednesday night.Team Namibia, which is an association not for gain,
readA Matter of Fact
02-04-2004
IN a report in The Namibian of April 1, 'Cardiac centre to open soon', Health Minister Dr Libertina Amathila was quoted as saying heart operations in Kenya cost the State "about N$100 000 per
read54,1% turnout at Tsumeb
02-04-2004
PRECISE voters' roll figures for the Tsumeb constituency, where a Regional Councillor by-election took place on Tuesday, were provided by the Electoral Commission of Namibia yesterday.The figures had
readAlleged baby thief named
02-04-2004
ONGWEDIVA - Police have identified a woman accused of stealing a two-month-old infant from Eenhana Hospital last Sunday as Filomena Elizabeth Karlush from Etakaya village in the Epembe constituency,
readDomestic workers left in the lurch
02-04-2004
MORE than five years after a key report called for the introduction of a minimum wage for domestic workers in Namibia, the Namibian Domestic and Allied Workers Union (Ndawu) has given up the
readFirst offender feels pinch
02-04-2004
A YOUNG man from Swakopmund was found guilty in the Magistrate's Court on Wednesday of stealing goods valued at N$12,97.Pieter Nakale (22) was sentenced to N$100 or 30 days' imprisonment. He stole two
readSuspect charged in law firm fraud case at coast
02-04-2004
AN employee at a well-established law firm at Swakopmund appeared in the Magistrate's Court on Wednesday on a charge of theft.Melanie Hartmann (59), who has worked for DF Malherbe & Partners for
readBad attitudes 'infecting nursing'
02-04-2004
DEPUTY Minister of Labour Rosalia Nghidinwa has expressed concern that the nursing profession is becoming a career for the unemployed rather than being seen as a vocation.Speaking as a former nurse,
readBudget scorned for 'unattainable targets'
02-04-2004
THE more things change, the more they stay the same.This was the sentiment of opposition parties on Wednesday when they kicked off debate on the national Budget for 2004-05 in the National Assembly.
readSouthern discomfort
02-04-2004
COMMUNAL ostrich farmers in the South have given up hope of raising chicks this season after bureaucratic wrangling delayed the release of a N$14 million Cabinet guarantee.Late last year Cabinet
readCommercial farmers help resettled colleagues
02-04-2004
AROUND 50 commercial farmers last week kicked off a series of meetings at which they expect to share their know-how and experience with newly resettled colleagues in the South.The idea is for
readRains forecast to continue for next few days
02-04-2004
THE heavy rains that have fallen across many parts of Namibia in the last few days are set to continue over the next two days, according to the Weather Bureau in Windhoek.Weather forecaster Odillo
readNo fiscal restraint in Nujoma's new shock appointment
02-04-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has appointed Mvula ya Nangolo, retired former Features Editor of the Namibia Press Agency (Nampa), as Special Advisor to the Minister of Information and Broadcasting with effect
readMine faces faecal crisis
02-04-2004
RELIEF is in sight for residents of the Sand Hotel informal settlement at Rosh Pinah who have been barred from using the settlement's flush toilets since last week.All three toilets have been locked
read'Fairy circles' leave scientists perplexed
02-04-2004
PARIS - Attempts by South African botanists to explain "fairy circles" in Namibia - bizarre outlines in the grass, somewhat akin to Britain's bogus crop circles - have drawn a complete blank, New
readKawana dodges key questions
02-04-2004
A SURPRISE parliamentary question over claims that a national referendum and a constitutional amendment were being considered to pave the way for a fourth term for President Sam Nujoma was sidestepped
readWinter Time dawns on Sunday
02-04-2004
NAMIBIA enters its five-month-long winter time period at 02h00 on Sunday when the official time will be changed an hour back, to 01h00.Official summer time returns at 02h00 on the first Sunday in
readResistance to referendum
02-04-2004
STRONG resistance to the possibility of amending the Constitution - again - to allow for a fourth term for President Sam Nujoma is mounting in civil society and the ruling Swapo Party itself.The
readShowdown looms over fourth term
02-04-2004
A POSSIBLE fourth term for President Sam Nujoma, or a referendum on the issue, will not be discussed at a Swapo Central Committee meeting which starts in the capital today.Senior Swapo leaders who
read'No T-shirt, No Work'
02-04-2004
SYDNEY - A jeans retailer outfitted all its employees with a T-shirt saying 'Stop Pretending You Don't Want Me' - but shop clerks soon stopped pretending they wanted to wear it.Female clerks said the
readJust plain annoying...
02-04-2004
LONDON - "At the end of the day" has been voted the most irritating phrase in the English language, pipping "at this moment in time", and the constant use of "like", as if it were a form of
readOregon man believes in giving cows 'pedicures'
02-04-2004
SALEM, Oregon - Most days, Jefferson resident Steve Bartelds spends his time giving cows pedicures.He's a national leader in the obscure profession of hoof trimming, the president-elect of the Hoof
readAccountant hopefuls shed pencils for the keyboard
02-04-2004
NEW YORK - Candidates training to become accountants in the United States will now have to submit their exams in a computerised format designed to improve overall standards of the accounting
readCar-scam grandmother cheats on lawyer
02-04-2004
CHICAGO - A 75-year-old grandmother suspected of scamming a dozen car dealers by passing bad cheques has lost her attorney after the cheque she gave him bounced.Attorney Stephen Ford dropped Betty
readBritish minister quits over Europe immigration furore
02-04-2004
LONDON - Britain's embattled immigration minister Beverley Hughes resigned yesterday after an uproar over the handling of visa applications from EU candidate countries in eastern Europe.Hughes stepped
readUS vows to stay the course in Iraq
02-04-2004
WASHINGTON - Gruesome pictures of the charred, mutilated bodies of Americans killed in an ambush in Iraq filled the United States airwaves on Wednesday, recalling the grisly scene surrounding the
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