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32 Articles found on Friday, 18 June 2004
For Iraq Security US Turns South
18-06-2004
WHEN corporate America turns to Latin America to "outsource" protection services by tapping former military men from Chile and Argentina, they're picking up murderers and torturers from the region's
readSudan: Peace in the South And War in the West
18-06-2004
USaid predicts that 350,000 people will die of hunger, disease and exposure in the refugee camps of western Sudan in the next few months.Back in April Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary-general,
readPolitical Perspective
18-06-2004
THE President wasn't wrong, in principle, to take issue with farmers resistant to land reform, but again he has failed to address the issue in a holistic manner.The 'white', 'minority', 'racist'
readNew Government Needs New Approach
18-06-2004
IT would be encouraging to hear concrete assurances from Swapo's presidential candidate, Hifikepunye Pohamba, on a tightening of Government purse strings and a clampdown on corruption when a new
readLand's Punitive Aspect
18-06-2004
I WOULD like to give my opinion on the land issue.After reading your article, "Farmers clique defiant", June 10, 2004, I become worried about the way in wich farmers are handling this problem. We must
readPolicy Payouts and Murder
18-06-2004
MY wife was murdered on 9 March 2004 by an unknown assailant.She invested her money in several investment and endowment policies of which my two adult children and I were respective beneficiaries. Her
readAll History Traces Back To Injustice
18-06-2004
THE current land grab being orchestrated by the government will have long term disastrous consequences for Namibia.One need only look to Zimbabwe to see what a few years will bring. This is the
readCongratulations Nampol on Jonses rearrest
18-06-2004
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to congratulate the Namibian Police in their recent major success in rearresting the Jones brothers who escaped from lawful custody charged with kidnapping, murder
readTime To Take Land Back
18-06-2004
PLEASE allow me a space in your newspaper to respond to the members of the Namibia Farmer's Support Initiative (NFSI), The Namibian 10/06/2004.My name is Rahimisa (Rahii) wa-Kahimise, my grandfather
readSwapo And Division
18-06-2004
THROUGH your newspaper allow me to congratulate Comrade Hifikepunye Pohamba on his victory and also congratulate the two Comrades Angula and Hamutenya for taking part in the race of successor to the
readUNAM Needs A Tested Leader
18-06-2004
ALLOW me to air my views about our one and only University of Namibia with regards to leadership change.In many universities around the world, when a chief executive leader leaves, the governance of
readIs Pohamba Prepared?
18-06-2004
I WOULD like to congratulate Minister Pohamba for being nominated as the Swapo presidential candidate.but the most worrying question that I have for him is whether he is well-prepared to take on this
readPoliticians And The Cost Of Living
18-06-2004
MANY Namibians cannot survive, especially those with low incomes and those who are battling for a better life.I have a hundred questions and would like to raise only a few as time and space will catch
readMining houses call for Black Economic Empowerment
18-06-2004
NAMIBIA'S three mining powerhouses from the southern part of the country - Namdeb, Rosh Pinah and Skorpion Zinc - are calling on their existing and potential suppliers to transform themselves by
readDestitute to take court action over 'water rights'
18-06-2004
A PARALYSED, unemployed, sickly woman and thousands of Goreangab residents will take the Windhoek municipality to court in a revolutionary human rights case aimed at compelling the State to provide
readSpanish ship in hot water for illegal fishing
18-06-2004
A SPANISH-REGISTERED ship and its crew were arrested at Luderitz yesterday, after the vessel had allegedly been caught fishing illegally in Namibian waters on Monday.Fisheries inspectors on board one
readKapia lashes out at media
18-06-2004
THE country's main private media concerns came under fire by Swapo yesterday for allegedly being "reactionary and unpatriotic" and "meddling" in the affairs of Southern African
read40 year jail sentence for rapist of 8-year-old girls
18-06-2004
AN ex-teacher who had been charged with raping two eight-year-old girls at Okahandja in October 2002, was made to bear the full brunt of the law this week.For his crimes during a drunken hour in which
readSuspended Otji officials still not charged
18-06-2004
FOUR months after the Otjiwarongo Municipality suspended its Town Clerk and Treasurer, no formal charges have yet been laid against them.Mayor Otto Ipinge said police investigations were still
readWorker convicted of double farm slaying
18-06-2004
A FORMER farm worker who claimed that he had tried to defend himself when he shot dead two Maltahoehe area farmers in August 2001 was convicted on two counts of murder yesterday.Having yesterday
readDTA wants answers on NBC Swapo coverage
18-06-2004
THE DTA has demanded answers on the expenses incurred by the national broadcaster, NBC, to provide live coverage of the Swapo extraordinary congress in Windhoek last month.The party's
readRP calls for clear expropriation guidelines
18-06-2004
THE Republican Party (RP) said yesterday that the Wiese Family from the farm Ongombo-West was being unfairly singled out by Government to further its land reform aims.Stressing that the party
readMeatco workers end strike
18-06-2004
WORKERS at Meatco's Windhoek abattoir have gone back to work while their representatives are still trying to iron out a dispute over unpaid overtime.Meatco's spokesperson Uschi //Hoebes said the
readAbattoir workers want ministerial intervention
18-06-2004
WORKERS of the !Uri!Khubis Abattoir at Witvlei want intervention from the Ministry of Labour to ensure that they get their outstanding salaries.The crisis-gripped black economic empowerment company,
readGetting ready for Businesswoman of the Year Award
18-06-2004
THE eleventh Namibian Businesswoman of the Year award will be can be claimed by the deserving candidate at the businesswoman gala banquet scheduled for October 1 in Windhoek.Nominations are now
readEiffel Tower unplugged
18-06-2004
PARIS - French power workers who cut off the electricity at the Eiffel Tower for a few minutes overnight continued to wage a commando-style battle against privatisation yesterday by restoring supplies
readBook beetles skip Einstein's letters
18-06-2004
JERUSALEM - Beetles chewed holes in hundreds of books at a Israel's national library, but spared the letters of Albert Einstein.The insect, the Anobium Punctatum, was discovered three months ago in
readJackson pays US$20 m to stop child molesting case
18-06-2004
Los Angeles - Michael Jackson paid more than US$20-million to settle a civil suit by a boy who accused the pop superstar of molesting him in 1993, according to a copy of the agreement obtained by
readRwandan mayor jailed for genocide
18-06-2004
DAR ES SALAAM - A former Rwandan mayor was jailed for 30 years yesterday for his role in the country's genocide of 800 000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus, a UN court spokesman said.A
readEgg on EU face over Iran
18-06-2004
VIENNA - The UN nuclear watchdog was forced to make an embarrassing admission yesterday, that it had wrongly accused Iran of withholding information about imports of potentially weapons-related
readAngolan prosperity hinges on informal economy
18-06-2004
HUAMBO - Life is looking up for Aida Felicia, a market trader and young mother living in the central Angolan town of Huambo.Her small business selling fertiliser at the lively San Pedro market has
readAnother car bomb kills 35 in Iraq
18-06-2004
BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed 35 people at an Iraqi military base in Baghdad yesterday as guerrillas intensified a bloody campaign to sabotage plans for US-led occupation to give way to Iraqi
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