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25 Articles found on Monday, 9 February 2004
Parliament's Jamboree
09-02-2004
WE CAN have as much pomp and circumstance as we like, but it's not going to turn our Parliament into something it's not.Apparently because this will mark the start of the last session for the members
readThe President Must Act
09-02-2004
ONCE again the public is being treated to what may amount to a costly human soap opera in the form of the public hearing into alleged malpractices at the Road Fund Administration and Roads
readPupils face assault charge
09-02-2004
OSHAKATI - NINE pupils from the Mweshipandeka Senior Secondary School at Ongwediva appeared on charges of common assault in the Magistrate's Court here on Thursday.The pupils allegedly assaulted three
readI hear you, says Kamwi
09-02-2004
OSHAKATI - An additional pension payout point will soon be established at Okasheshete village, in the Oshana Region.Health and Social Services Deputy Minister Richard Kamwi announced this at
readNine-year-old struck dead by lightning
09-02-2004
A nine-year-old boy has died along the Rundu-Nkurenkuru road in north-eastern Namibia, after being struck by lightning on Wednesday, the Police reported in their crime bulletin.His next of kin have
readStock theft rife in Opuwo district
09-02-2004
OPUWO - A 15-year-old youth appeared before Opuwo Magistrate Tomas Kanime last week on charges of stock theft.The teenager appeared together with 18-year-old Ipinge Erastus on a charge of stealing a
readAlleged abuser refused bail
09-02-2004
OSHAKATI - A 37-year-old man from Ongwediva, who is accused of abusing his girlfriend, was on Friday refused bail by the Oshakati Magistrate's Court.Walde Wadile Ricardo appeared in court briefly on
readGovt moves to stub out tobacco tolerance
09-02-2004
NAMIBIA, in a long-expected move, has signed the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.Health Minister Dr Libertina Amathila signed the treaty aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and disease in
readMan held for rape of 4-year-old
09-02-2004
A 39-year-old man was arrested at a house at Etoshapoort, Outjo, last week, in connection with the rape of a four-year-old girl, the Police reported in their crime bulletin.No further details were
readPopular priest turns 60
09-02-2004
A ROMAN Catholic priest well known in the North, Father Frans House - also known simply as Kafula - who has worked in Namibia for half his life - turned 60 on January 25, amid celebrations by his
readWe'll do better: City
09-02-2004
WINDHOEK residents have complained that the City is too slow in responding to queries and requests they have raised at public meetings.Nonetheless, attendance improved at the last series of meetings
readAcacia picks itself up, but flood facts remain 'muddy'
09-02-2004
REPAIRS to flood-damaged houses in Windhoek's Acacia are are nearing an end.Some families who had to flee their homes three weeks ago were expected to move back in at the weekend. But it will take
readPolice probe death of Govt secretary
09-02-2004
THE mysterious death of an Oshakati East resident, Rauna Ndilula (40), whose body was found near the Okave Club on Thursday morning, is being investigated by the Police.Ndilula, who earlier hailed
readChecking up on Cheetahs
09-02-2004
THE Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) last week carried out annual health check-ups on the 25 resident cheetahs kept at the CCF's multiple-captive facilities near Otjiwarongo.Each individual cheetah was
readParliament opening delayed by a day
09-02-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma last week used his constitutional powers to proclaim the opening date of the new session of Namibia's Parliament - and changed it from the Tuesday to the Wednesday of next week
readPG to decide on Caprivi seven
09-02-2004
SEVEN Caprivi high treason accused who were charged after the Botswana authorities handed them over to Namibia in December have made a second appearance in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court.The
readKavango drought aid distribution continues as figures are verified
09-02-2004
THE distribution of drought relief food is underway in two more constituencies of the Kavango Region.The process stalled last month after questionable data on the number of people in need of aid was
readUsakos residents scorn Minister
09-02-2004
THE battle lines between the Usakos community and the Town Council were redrawn on Thursday when the Minister of Regional and Local Government and Housing seemed to ignore pleas for the present
readNujoma fires up the faithful
09-02-2004
MORE than 2 000 Swapo supporters converged on the town's Omulunga Stadium yesterday afternoon to witness one of the ruling party's last major gatherings before the town's Regional Council by-election
readWhere's our money, asks Eviction Commission
09-02-2004
A COMMISSION of inquiry set up to investigate the evictions of farmworkers in Namibia is stillborn for lack of money.Labour Minister Marco Hausiku set up the Eviction Commission late last year, but it
readVehicle fees disappear
09-02-2004
OKAKARARA councillors have been raiding the motor vehicles licence fund, taking an unspecified sum of money from it in the form of unauthorised loans, a commission of inquiry heard in Windhoek on
readSchroeder pulls off another bold move
09-02-2004
BERLIN - Is it the beginning of the end for Gerhard Schroeder or another shrewd move to save his job?That's what Germans are wondering after Schroeder turned over the reins of his centre-left Social
readUS military probes sex assault claims
09-02-2004
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld has ordered an investigation into the treatment of servicewomen in the Gulf war zone who report sexual assaults by their male comrades-in-arms, the
readThey hired a Jackson: what did they expect?
09-02-2004
LOS ANGELES - It's the breast that's launched a thousand fits.Who needs WMD when we've got Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, on a stage at the US Super Bowl, with the whole country watching,
readBush offers shifting rationale for war
09-02-2004
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush yesterday offered a shifting rationale for the Iraq war -- that Saddam Hussein had the capacity to develop unconventional arms if not the actual weapons -- and
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