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37 Articles found on Friday, 16 July 2004
Politics, Religion and Polio
16-07-2004
'Unsophisticated' is not a word that springs to mind when somebody mentions Nigerians.Indeed, all across Africa Nigerians have the reputation for being not just clever but -- how shall we put this? --
readWill Angola Elections Be Free And Fair?
16-07-2004
ANGOLA's long-delayed national elections seemed to take a step closer this month, when the country's most influential government body advised President José Eduardo dos Santos on a target date of
readPolitical Perspective
16-07-2004
THERE'S a mean and nasty man out there who goes by the pseudonym of 'Ananias Nghifitikeko' and who, in a concerted 'anti-everything-but-Nujoma' e-mail campaign, is hell bent on destroying any and all
readEditorial: Lack Of Sports Development Serious Cause For Concern
16-07-2004
WE should be worried about the fact that our list of participants at the Olympic Games has been dwindling over the years, and there is little doubt that this is due to the almost paltry amount put
readPension Payout Problems
16-07-2004
WHAT on earth is happening to the pensions? I'm writing to enquire about my mother's pension.She applied for her pension in 2000 and I've watched her leave the house for the GIPF office each week only
readPaternity's 'Hot Potato'
16-07-2004
KINDLY allow me to air my views on the envisaged paternity leave in Namibia as per article published in The Namibian of 02/07/04-entitled "Pros and Cons to Paternity Leave".The biggest obstacle and
readPresident Needs to Address Real Issues
16-07-2004
LET me express my concern over President Sam Nujoma's attitude towards certain issues.Recently the Namibian people were told to switch on their televisions because the President had something very
readStop Intimidating The Youth
16-07-2004
ALLOW me some space in your popular newspaper to express my disappointment about the Attorney General Pendukeni IIvula-Ithana.Speaking at the Swapo Youth League fundraising bazaar at Etilyasa village
readNBC Chops Oshi Chat
16-07-2004
ALLOW me a space in your reliable newspaper to practise my freedom of expression.I am very much concerned about the way freedom of speech and expressions are being handled by the NBC national radio
readS Bank, Liberty sell 10% SA ops
16-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Africa's biggest banking group, Standard Bank and its insurance firm Liberty will each sell 10 per cent of their South African businesses to black investors for around 5,6 billion rand
readOpec meeting in doubt, output hike still stands
16-07-2004
VIENNA - Opec is likely to cancel a ministerial meeting scheduled for July 21 in Vienna, but a production increase on August 1 will go ahead as planned, sources said here yesterday."The cancellation
readSSC, Napwu sign wage agreement
16-07-2004
THE Social Security Commission (SSC) and the Namibia Public Workers Union (Napwu) yesterday signed a wage increment agreement for the 2004/2005 financial year, at a ceremony held at the SSC head
readGovernment to support a cautious fiscal policy
16-07-2004
NAMIBIA is currently aiming at keeping a sustainable fiscal path, so as to be able to achieve its target of limiting the debt stock and at the same time achieve its development objectives.Minister of
readNew Sacu agreement comes into effect
16-07-2004
NAMIBIA and its four fellow members of the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) have announced the entering into force of the organisation's new agreement.Addressing a press conference on the new
read21 000 children orphaned in 2003
16-07-2004
AN estimated 21 000 Namibian children lost one or both their parents last year alone, the majority of which were AIDS-related deaths.A new Children on the Brink Report tabled at this week's
readBoeing 'breakthrough'
16-07-2004
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced what it described as a "breakthrough" on the sale of Air Namibia's Boeing 747-400 Combi.It said it has now accepted an offer the national air carrier had received for
readNabta urges members to hold back on fare hikes
16-07-2004
THE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) has appealed to commuter operators not to increase their fares until the go-ahead is given by authorities.Andreas Nuule, a member of the Nabta National
readDifficult days
16-07-2004
CHAOS erupted late yesterday afternoon in Damara Location, Katutura, when the Deputy Messenger of the Court tried to evict Renate !Goes from her house.The house was sold on public auction because of
readTrans Kalahari highway battles to shrug off white elephant label
16-07-2004
THE Trans Kalahari Highway is still struggling to reach the desired levels of traffic despite efforts to cut down on bureaucratic hassles faced by transporters who use the road.Frank Gschwender of the
readLights go out at Karibib
16-07-2004
ONE of the troubled towns in Erongo, Karibib, was without electricity yesterday.While many people thought it was a threatened NamPower cut that had materialised, the Municipality blamed it on a
readMinister again stalls AgriBank CEO hunt
16-07-2004
THE search for a CEO at Agribank has been put on hold again while Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila is reportedly seeking authority to hand-pick the chief administrator.Interviews were
readAG warns foreigners who tarnish Namibia's image
16-07-2004
ATTORNEY GENERAL Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana has issued a stern warning to foreigners who bad-mouth Namibia's investment climate.Iivula-Ithana referred to a High Court battle which Government won in
readDamaseb and Van Niekerk made permanent judges
16-07-2004
THE High Court of Namibia welcomed two new permanently-appointed Judges into its ranks this week - Judge Petrus Damaseb and Judge Kato van Niekerk.On the recommendation of the Judicial Service
readIyambo says no mercy for fisheries offenders
16-07-2004
FISHING right holders came under fire from Minister Abraham Iyambo yesterday for the actions of their skippers and staff members with regards to the treatment of fisheries observers.In a hard hitting
readTeen drama queens make school cool at box office
16-07-2004
LOS ANGELES - Mean girls, teen girls, clean girls - a new gaggle of girls are, like, totally in this summer, relegating old favourites Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera to "so yesterday" status in
readAll-night flirting costs a fortune
16-07-2004
BERLIN - A German man reported a female chat-line worker to police after facing a phone bill for $7,244 following an all-night flirt session with her.The woman calling herself Tina rang the
readDumb blonde jokes colour percptions
16-07-2004
BERLIN - Blondes perform intelligence tests more slowly after reading jokes playing on their supposed stupidity, said psychologists in a newly published German study.Some 80 women of various hair
readBlindness sharpens sense of sound
16-07-2004
SIGHTED people often marvel at the creative genius of blind musicians; the list notably includes pop superstar Stevie Wonder, who's been blind since birth.Now a brief in the July 15 issue of Nature
readHey! You! Get off of my cloud
16-07-2004
BEIJING - A storm is brewing in China as drought-plagued regions accuse each other of stealing clouds for rain-seeding.With the help of modern technology, scientists can fire rockets filled with
readSmoker ignites portable loo
16-07-2004
BLACKSVILLE, West Virginia - Warning:smoking in the toilet can be dangerous.A portable toilet exploded on Tuesday after a man who was inside it lit a cigarette. Emergency workers said the man was not
readMexico's Attorney General has microchip fitted in arm
16-07-2004
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's attorney general said this week that he had had a microchip inserted under the skin of one of his arms to give him access to a new crime database and also enable him to be
readWatch out - iPod is a weapon of mass deletion
16-07-2004
LONDON - Music fans, beware: the UK Ministry of Defence has become the latest organisation to add the iPod to its list of high-tech security risks.The pocket-sized digital music player, which can
readMandela sounds alarm on TB in AIDS fight
16-07-2004
BANGKOK - The global war on AIDS could be lost if the world ignores tuberculosis, often a death sentence for people infected with HIV, former South African president Nelson Mandela said yesterday."The
readIraq forms new security agency
16-07-2004
BAGHDAD - Iraq's interim prime minister announced the formation of a new spy agency to tackle insurgents yesterday, hours after a car bomb killed 10 people including several policemen and two children
readUN probes Ivory Coast abuses
16-07-2004
GENEVA - Members of an International Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations committed in Ivory Coast during the government's conflict with rebel groups were due to arrive in the country
readSenate blocks Bush move to ban same-sex marriage
16-07-2004
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush on Wednesday failed in his attempt to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage when a divided US Senate blocked the measure, virtually killing it for at
readDemonstrators demand 'death to Saddam'
16-07-2004
BAGHDAD - At least 1 000 people calling for the death of detained former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein paraded through central Baghdad yesterday, displaying posters of relatives killed during his
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