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29 Articles found on Friday, 26 March 2004
A Diagnostic View Of Opposition Politics
26-03-2004
I AM challenged to engage in the ongoing national debate on the need to have 'one major, strong opposition party in Namibia' as a response to the ruling Swapo Party.This view is prevalent among some
readPolitical Perspective: Land Not An Easy Cure-all
26-03-2004
WHAT really bothers me about the thorny subject of redistribution is the predominant view among so many Namibians that access to land is a get-rich-quick solution which will solve the problems of the
readNew Deal Or Same Old Promises?
26-03-2004
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has promised a tightening of the purse strings in this year's National Budget but is she going to deliver?We can say in all honesty that whatever the
readOutrage From Khorixas
26-03-2004
I AM a resident of Khorixas. What happened recently concerning the rape of the two-year-old baby girl was shocking.You know the house that those people live in is not a house - it is a shack built
readTribalistic Sports Writers
26-03-2004
ALLOW me to write in your newspaper to express my dismay at some of the sports journalists in Namibia.I am shocked to see that fourteen years after independence, we still have sport journalists who do
readHorrified At Hamas
26-03-2004
I AM writing to you in relation to the main article on your website today, entitled: "Slaying of Hamas leader triggers vows of revenge", by Nidal Al-Mugharabi.I am bitterly concerned with this
readRestoring Moral Values
26-03-2004
A MOTHER and her two-year old daughter are sleeping in their house at Khorixas, Namibia.Two men, Samuel Uiseb (33-years) and Johannes Rico Goseb (22-years) enter the house. They are intent on violence
readTB needs more attention: Kamwi
26-03-2004
THE Khomas Region has the highest number of reported tuberculosis (TB) cases and they have been on the rise since the 1990s, Deputy Minister of Health, Richard Kamwi, said on Wednesday.Kamwi said some
readOshakati launches ART project
26-03-2004
A PROGRAMME on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) was officially launched at the Oshakati State Hospital last week.Speaking at the occasion, the
readBudget: allocation to cops 'disappointing'
26-03-2004
A COMMERCIAL bank official has expressed disappointment with the decreased allocation to the Namibian Police in the 2004-05 national Budget.Bank Windhoek's Chief Treasurer, Tertius Liebenberg, said:
readGrape workers sour over transport
26-03-2004
WORKERS at the troubled Namibia Grape Company (Namgrape) are boycotting work until the company re-instates transport taken away from them.The Namibian has learned that on Tuesday the workers failed
readWalvis plot policy 'lacks legal status'
26-03-2004
AFFIRMATIVE action and black empowerment policies are illegal unless implemented through legislation, a lawyer opposing the Walvis Bay municipality's exclusive sale of plots to black Namibians said
readA truckload of thanks
26-03-2004
EIGHT months of work on the Hollywood action film 'Flight of the Phoenix' ended yesterday with a donation to the Namibian Police at Swakopmund.Acting Station Commander, Warrant Officer Japhet Nujoma,
readMixed response to 'low-key' Budget
26-03-2004
THE 2004-05 Budget drew both cautious excitement and outrage from the main opposition parties.The Congress of Democrats (CoD) described it as "a low-key maintenance budget", while the official
readBudget: Highlights and low points
26-03-2004
A point-by-point rundown of some of the new Budget's highlights and low points* Social pensions increased from N$250 to N$300 a month, adding some N$82 million to that part of State spending this
readFinance Minister underlines need to diversify economic base
26-03-2004
NAMIBIA'S under-developed economic base has been singled out as the most adverse contributor to the country's sluggish economic growth.Although forecast to increase to 3,8 per cent over the next
readShot teacher demands investigation
26-03-2004
THREE weeks after being shot by a security guard, a 25-year-old teacher is being forced to come to terms with spending his life in a wheelchair.Johan Gabrielsen spoke to The Namibian this week from
readAir Namibia explains N$366m Govt bailout
26-03-2004
MOST of the N$366 million that Government plans to channel to Air Namibia in the coming financial year will be used to service and repay the national airline's debts, its Board Chairman said
readEconomists welcome aims of 'ambitious' Budget
26-03-2004
ECONOMISTS appear to be generally positive about Namibia's 2004-05 Budget which they say holds few surprises for the market.Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila told a post-Budget gathering of
readThree held for aid scam
26-03-2004
Cops pounce, expect to make more arrests - AN official from the Regional Emergency Management Unit at Rundu is among three men arrested in connection with the theft of 10 tonnes of drought food aid.He
readExhibit celebrating Princess Diana to open in the US
26-03-2004
FORT LAUDERDALE - A collection of Princess Diana's regal evening gowns, family photographs and childhood treasures will be featured in an exhibit that will make its U.S. debut here in October.'Diana,
readChild (5) brings dagga to school
26-03-2004
MIAMI - A five-year-old boy took a bag of marijuana to school and was sprinkling it over a friend's lasagna like oregano when a monitor intervened, police said.The lasagna was confiscated before the
readBeyonce with your Big Mac?
26-03-2004
LOS ANGELES - Instead of fries, how about a little Beyonce or Bruce Springsteen to go with your Big Mac? In the latest blend of e-music with the food-and-beverage industry, Japanese electronics giant
readNasa hears words not yet spoken
26-03-2004
WASHINGTON - Nasa has developed a computer programme that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analysing nerve commands to the throat.It says the breakthrough holds promise for
readShredder sales soar as fears of identity theft rise
26-03-2004
NEW YORK - Yuri Fernandez discovered recently that a stranger could snatch bills and receipts from his trash and empty his bank account.To avoid that possibility, Fernandez (32) did what a lot of
readText messages shape politics
26-03-2004
MANILA - Maricar Quiambao's fingers hover over the computer keyboard as she prepares to compose a message to Filipino voters."Don't vote for FPJ," she says, laughing mischievously at her slight
readFired for complimenting client on looks
26-03-2004
STOCKHOLM - A female receptionist in an office in south Sweden was sacked for sexual harassment when her employer heard she had complimented a male client of the company on his good looks, a Swedish
readCroutons land top brain surgeon in soup
26-03-2004
LONDON - A leading British brain surgeon has been suspended from work following a dispute over a bowl of soup.Dr Terence Hope was sent home from the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, where
readFour-year-old brings crack cocaine to school
26-03-2004
INDIANAPOLIS - A four-year-old boy brought crack cocaine worth up to US$10 000 (about N$66 000) to his pre-school class, authorities said.Police said the boy took rocks of crack cocaine out of his
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