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44 Articles found on Friday, 13 August 2004
Scant Work For Youth
13-08-2004
GENEVA - Youth unemployment has skyrocketed worldwide over the past decade to some 88 million, according to a new study by the International Labour Office (ILO), reaching an all time high with young
readNigerians Embrace Whiteness But Shun My Igbo Husband
13-08-2004
The writer's Nigerian husband faces bigotry from his fellow countrymen due to his ethnicity, while her white skin prompts red-carpet treatment.OWERRI, Nigeria- - All summer long I've been a
readDon't Get it Twisted: White stereotypes as bad as others
13-08-2004
IF someone asks me what my nationality is, I'll tell them I'm white and Native American.But since my skin colour isn't as dark as someone who would be labelled as an "Indian", what my nationality
readPolitical Perspective
13-08-2004
CERTAIN Swapo leaders, notably Hifikepunye Pohamba, Secretary General, Eunice Iipinge, Secretary of the Women's Council, Ngarikutuke Tjiriange, and Deputy Minister Hadino Hishongwa, have come out in
readTeach The Children Well
13-08-2004
A WELL-KNOWN song from the Seventies urged parents to "teach your children well...", and yet, from recent reports in the media, it becomes increasingly evident that adults are not doing what they
readSilly Plastic Palms
13-08-2004
ISN'T it astonishing how many people, even in Namibia, think that no desert is complete without palm trees.Even the Environment Ministry, who ought to know better, have planted rows of these
readPostal 'Black Hole'
13-08-2004
I WOULD like to take up the point that one of your readers expressed in last week's The Namibian.Just what exactly DOES happen to parcels that are sent to this country from the rest of the world?
readAquatic Centre Concerns
13-08-2004
MY attention has recently been drawn to the fact that the planned Windhoek City Council family recreational swimming pool at Olympia, costing over N$7 million, has had some of the specifications
readClarity on ARV Roll-Out
13-08-2004
THE article on the ARV roll-out in the August 9 edition of The Namibian refers.The article unfortunately has confused the hospital sites where Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) and Prevention of Mother
readRand/Dollar In Perspective
13-08-2004
IN The Namibian of July 27, 2004 (page 9) Hepundjua Kenny Wenort asked if there is somebody who can tell him why the Namibia dollar is not accepted or used in South Africa while the Rand is
readFault May Be With Learners
13-08-2004
WITH reference to Methusalem Nakale's letter dated 3 August, I would like to say the following: Being a teacher of English myself, I know exactly what you are talking about regarding the standard of
readSA gold miners set for more overseas deals
13-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - A rising tide of global deals are expected among South African gold producers, stung by a strong rand at home, in the wake of Gold Fields' admired swoop on Canada's Iamgold.Harmony, the
readSolidarity says Telkom is 'scared of solutions'
13-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Trade Union Solidarity yesterday said it was 'extremely disappointed' that Telkom refused to take part in a commission of enquiry that was aimed at discovering the reasons behind
readShell to unify its two management boards
13-08-2004
LONDON - The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies has decided to combine its British and Dutch supervisory boards and is considering merging its two holding companies, a newspaper said
readOil hits new record, investors await US data
13-08-2004
LONDON - Oil hit yet another record high in London yesterday undermining a tentative European share rally amid worries about the sustainability of the world economy.The dollar slipped against the euro
readOld Mutual to extend share-claiming period
13-08-2004
OLD Mutual Namibia is considering extending by another two years the period that the 5 326 shareholders can come forward and claim their shares valued at a total of N$20 million.The five-year claiming
readNude gym video saga has Swakopmund residents reeling
13-08-2004
RESIDENTS at Swakopmund were stunned yesterday as news spread of the gymnasium boss who has allegedly been filming females in the dressing room of the Genesis gym.The Namibian obtained information
readCross Country Carriers in shock closure
13-08-2004
ONE of the country's oldest courier companies, Cross Country Carriers, yesterday summarily retrenched its entire workforce of 202 people.Today will be their last working day. Late yesterday afternoon,
readNamibian oysters hit by sudden clampdown
13-08-2004
THE Namibian oyster industry ground to a halt last Wednesday when the export of about 80 000 oysters a week to South Africa was stopped.Without giving prior warning, the South African government has
readFunerals for Oluno four
13-08-2004
FOUR senior officers from the Oluno Rehabilitation Centre at Ondangwa, who died in a car crash at Iindangungu village on Saturday a week ago, will be buried at their respective villages
readDisability: the figures
13-08-2004
GOBABIS - More women than men in Namibia have disabilities, the Ministry of Lands's Chief Rehabilitation Officer Libertine Aipinge said this week.Aipinge was speaking at a one-day review workshop on
readHIV-positive people 'going hungry'
13-08-2004
ONDANGWA - Ondangwa Mayor Otto Mwandingi Kapia has appealed to the business community and non-governmental organisations to offer support to HIV-positive people at his town who face a shortage of
readBody found in riverbed
13-08-2004
A MAN identified as Michael Mutumbulwa was found dead in a riverbed at the corner of Monte Christo and Caesar streets in the Wanaheda area of Windhoek on Sunday night, the Police reported this week.He
readNabta to present case for long-haul fare rise
13-08-2004
THE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) is to motivate it's proposed N$10 hike to the long distance combi fare before the Transportation Board later this month.Andreas Nuule, a member of Nabta's
readFillipus Haikali battling for life in hospital
13-08-2004
FAMILY members of Namibia Defence Force soldier Fillipus Haikali who shot himself at the Divundu Army Base on Saturday confirmed yesterday that he is still alive and in a critical condition in the
readEight people held for mob violence
13-08-2004
POLICE at Oshakati have arrested eight people in connection with the attack on a man who was nearly beaten to death by a group of people from the Oshoopala informal settlement north east of Oshakati
readBuoyant TransNamib to share its profits
13-08-2004
TRANSNAMIB has emerged from the doldrums of perpetual operational losses and is to reward its workforce with an average 11 per cent salary increase.The company yesterday announced that it expected
readCaprivi flood victims: Starting over but glad to be home
13-08-2004
THOUSANDS of people displaced by the floods in the eastern Caprivi are slowly rebuilding their lives.Emergency operation workers confirmed this week that the relocation centres at Impalila,
readSWC takes on Jesus naysayers
13-08-2004
CHURCHES that discourage people from voting for political parties have come under fire from the Swapo Women's Council.Head of the Women's league Eunice Iipinge yesterday expressed outrage with such
readSwapo women slam 'smear campaign'
13-08-2004
THE Swapo Women's Council has cautioned its members against alleged "unscrupulous elements" they say are trying to divide the ruling party.At a press conference in Windhoek yesterday, the council's
readCharges pile up against Chinese national
13-08-2004
NEXT Wednesday it will have been three years since the Ministry of Home Affairs told Chinese national Yu Zin that he had to leave Namibia within 21 days.Yu remains in the country and criminal charges
readFinance strengthens grip on Agribank
13-08-2004
THE Minister of Finance has received the green light to give herself more powers over the affairs of Agribank, while the board of directors remains in the dark about the appointment of the
readCross Country Carriers in shock closure
13-08-2004
ONE of the country's oldest courier companies, Cross Country Carriers, yesterday summarily retrenched its entire workforce of 202 people.Today will be their last working day. Late yesterday afternoon,
readThe Kabbalah of Madonna - ancient Jewish mysticism or New Age mumbo-jumbo?
13-08-2004
JERUSALEM - Madonna's upcoming pilgrimage to Israel for a Kabbalah spiritual retreat has raised questions over the nature of her faith - has the self-proclaimed Material Girl really embraced the
readOutKast's Andre 3000 best-dressed man
13-08-2004
NEW YORK - Andre 3000 is the world's best-dressed man, according to Esquire magazine."He's a complete individual," Nick Sullivan, Esquire's fashion director, said on Tuesday. "But that's really the
readStore turns to sex to lure shoppers
13-08-2004
FRANKFURT - Even when times are tough, sex sells, or at least that's what one of the most venerable names in German retailing will be hoping.Skimpy lingerie, fur-trimmed handcuffs and dildos in
readSingapore to hold hacking contest
13-08-2004
SINGAPORE - Singapore has said it will organise a contest to find the tech-savvy city-state's best computer hacker.Six pairs will compete in the August 20 'BlackOPS:HackAttack Challenge 2004',
readStorms menace Florida, Caribbean
13-08-2004
MIAMI - Florida was braced for a double impact as Hurricane Charley gained strength and Tropical Storm Bonnie was expected to make landfall yesterday accompanied by torrential rains and flash
readColombia rebels kill nine coca growers
13-08-2004
BOGOTA - Marxist rebels killed nine peasant coca growers in the mountains of northeastern Colombia on Wednesday, near the site of an earlier massacre in a war over cocaine crops, police and local
readPakistan arrests five al Qaeda suspects
13-08-2004
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has arrested five al Qaeda suspects in the last two to three days as part of a month-long crackdown on Osama bin Laden's shadowy network, officials said yesterday.
readSudan army denies UN charges over helicopter raids on Darfur
13-08-2004
KHARTOUM - The Sudanese armed forces yesterday strongly denied UN accusations of government helicopter raids on parts of Darfur and attacks by Janjaweed militiamen on camps of displaced people
readTerror suspects detained in UK lose court bid for freedom
13-08-2004
LONDON - Britain's government received a boost for its controversial policy of detaining foreign terrorism suspects without trial on Wednesday, when a court rejected an attempt by 10 detainees to win
readIsraeli on high alert after botched Jerusalem blast
13-08-2004
JERUSALEM - Israeli security forces remained on a heightened state of alert and sealed off the northern West Bank town of Jenin yesterday after a botched Palestinian bombing at a checkpoint close to
readMassive US-Iraqi assault in Najaf, 165 killed in 24 hours of clashes
13-08-2004
NAJAF - US marines and warplanes spearheaded a massive two-pronged assault to crush a Shi'ite Muslim uprising in Najaf yesterday, after 24 hours of nationwide fighting left 165 Iraqis dead and 600
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