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42 Articles found on Friday, 7 May 2004
Africa: An Overview For the Press, the struggle continues
07-05-2004
ALTHOUGH the number of journalists in prison in Africa at the end of 2003 was lower than the previous year, African journalists still faced a multitude of difficulties, including government harassment
readTesting Times
07-05-2004
SWAPO pioneer Andimba Toivo ya Toivo couldn't be more correct when he says Namibia is at the crossroads.In less than four weeks, Namibians will know who is destined to become the country's new
readQuality For The Next President
07-05-2004
I THINK this is a difficult period for Namibia, and for the President of this nation, when it comes to the question of who could be the next president.When I look at The Namibian today compared to the
readApplause 'Evil' Letter
07-05-2004
Mr. Kuligin, thanks for your article "It often needs force to remove evil".Newspapers rarely tell the entire story. It is not spectacular enough, and it is popular to bad-mouth the US these days.
readEntertainment Places Become Battlegrounds
07-05-2004
I WOULD like to express the astonishment and annoyance I experienced in one of the more splendid towns of Namibia, Kalkfeld, in the central north.As a matter of fact, Kalkfeld is my birthplace and I
readHumour - A Natural Resource
07-05-2004
IN Namibia we are blessed with so many natural resources, but there is another one which is not often appreciated - a rich vein of (usually unintended) humour.Scan the pages of any newspaper and you
readWell Done, Mr. Sam!!!!!
07-05-2004
I'm delighted to hear that Dr. Sam Nujoma stepped down as the President last week.I couldn't believe it when my friends at Leeds University told me. I was shocked, glad and happy that he finally
readNobody 'Home' at Ministry?
07-05-2004
LIKE many other African countries, I can see Namibia failing as well, instead of developing.Today, I made 15 phone calls to the Ministry of Home Affairs from the UK and the phone went on ringing
readRe-looking at African History
07-05-2004
SLAVKO Filipovic's "Look at African History" published in The Namibian of April 16 stimulated my thoughts and prompted me to contribute to this important topic.As a student of history, palaeontology,
readWhat Happened To Maureen Hinda's Appointment?
07-05-2004
I WANT to register my disappointment with the way certain appointments are handled.It is public knowledge that a cabinet submission was made recommending Cde Hinda as new CEO of Agribank. There are
readInvestec and Pamue tie BEE knot
07-05-2004
IN a transaction involving Pamue Investments Corporation, Investec Asset Management Namibia yesterday announced its merger with Fedsure Asset Management Namibia (FedNam).The merged entity will trade
readO&L secures NBL expansion capital
07-05-2004
OHLTHAVER and LIST (O&L) have secured N$80 million to invest in brewing facilities of Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) from First National Bank and Standard Bank Namibia.The relevant financing
readTullow Oil buys Energy Africa, gets Kudu Gas
07-05-2004
LONDON/JOHANNESBURG - Ireland's Tullow Oil Plc has sealed a US$500 million takeover of Johannesburg-listed Energy Africa, forming one of the biggest oil firms focused on west Africa and effectively
readCouncil says 'yes' to Walvis beachfront projects
07-05-2004
TWO of three controversial developments on prime stretches of beach on Namibia's central coastline were given the green light at the monthly Walvis Bay Council meeting.On June 17, Council re-affirmed
readNamPol to join anti-terror training
07-05-2004
A multi-national training programme to arm police in African countries with some of the most sophisticated anti-terrorism skills was launched this week.A report in The Pretoria News said a four-week
readOvercrowding in prisons desperate
07-05-2004
OVERCROWDING in the country's prisons has been cited as having the most negative collective effect on the sector.On Wednesday, Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
readJustice Minister scorns homosexuality as 'criminal'
07-05-2004
HOMOSEXUALITY is "illegal and criminal" in Namibia, Justice Minister Albert Kawana said in the National Assembly yesterday, snubbing a request by the DTA to include a provision in the new Labour Bill
readPresident pulls out the stops
07-05-2004
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has taken to shuttling around the country to try and ensure the succession of Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba after failing to bulldoze his nomination through two Swapo
readZim and Namibian govts to launch 'regional' newspaper
07-05-2004
THE head of Namibia's Government-owned bi-weekly New Era newspaper has scoffed at suggestions that a planned regional publication by his organisation and Zimbabwean state run media will be a
readBuffalo, cattle stranded in Caprivi floods
07-05-2004
A HERD of about 250 buffalo and as many as 15 young calves are stranded on a small island in the Zambezi River, about 40 kilometres from Kasika.They are among about 1 000 head of cattle trapped by the
readFierce nomination race grips Swapo ranks
07-05-2004
THE campaign to choose Swapo's candidate to be the next President is heating up.Meetings of dozens of people addressed by the various candidates are being held deep into the night. Individuals are
readHigh Court turns down Caprivi 13 release bid
07-05-2004
A FULL bench of the High Court yesterday dismissed a bid for a second court order for the release of the 13 Caprivi high treason suspects who, in February, succeeded in challenging the High Court's
readChinese businessman shot
07-05-2004
A Chinese national is fighting for his life after he was shot in the head during an armed robbery in Windhoek yesterday morning.Police said Hanfang Liang (51) was shot by two robbers, aged 24 and 27,
readGovt confirms slow pace of land reform
07-05-2004
THE pace of land reform through Government's buying of commercial farmland for the purpose of resettling landless Namibians remained as slow as ever last year, according to figures that the Minister
readFrom the Sidelines with Corry Ihuhua
07-05-2004
THE non-availability of foreign-based players for this weekend's Cosafa Cup encounter with Angola in Luanda, although regrettable, will not have a significant impact on the outcome of the game.The
readWarriors out to upset Angola
07-05-2004
THE Brave Warriors will go into their Cosafa Castle Cup knock-out match against Angola on Sunday with their hopes pinned entirely on whatever goal-scoring chance they get.This year's Warriors team
readIn search of anonymous file-sharing
07-05-2004
LONDON - While media companies step up their legal crackdown on Internet song-swappers, separate teams of software developers - from the Middle East to Madrid - toil away on a foiling technology: an
readSex differences in chimpanzee learning style
07-05-2004
LONDON - Young female chimpanzees learn certain hunting and gathering skills from their mothers much faster than their male counterparts - who prefer to spend their time playing, researchers said on
readStreet slang proves big hit with readers
07-05-2004
TEHERAN - Persian is famed as the melodic, courtly language of mediaeval poets such as Omar Khayyam and Hafez, but it is a dictionary of vulgar street slang that is taking Iranian literary circles by
readWho does what in the bedroom
07-05-2004
STOCKHOLM - Austrians love their bedrooms, but seldom make love in them.Malaysians often have sex in their bedrooms, but don't get much sleep there. Those are two conclusions of a new Gallup
read'Vent-Line' bothers counsellors
07-05-2004
BOSTON - Licensed mental health professionals are steamed over a Maine entrepreneur who charges angry people US$1,99 (about N$15) a minute to listen to them rant and rave over the telephone.Philip
readViagra gives 99-year-old va va voom
07-05-2004
SINGAPORE - Singapore's oldest user of Viagra is 99.That shows the spirit is willing, even if the flesh might be weak, in the strait-laced city state of four million, where people are reputed to have
readArab World Has Least Press Freedom In The World: RSF
07-05-2004
PARIS - North Africa and the Middle East held the worst record of press freedom in 2003, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday, noting that 17 journalists were killed in the Arab world beset by
readDon't wait for a crisis to erupt: UN chief
07-05-2004
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the international media should not wait for a full-blown crisis to highlight troubles in a country."We should not, by our action or inaction, by
readNaomi Campbell wins privacy case
07-05-2004
LONDON - Supermodel Naomi Campbell won her appeal yesterday in her privacy case against a newspaper that published photographs of her leaving a drug counselling meeting.Reversing a lower court
readUS downplays Powell 'stupid little island' remark
07-05-2004
WASHINGTON - The US State Department moved on Wednesday to downplay US Secretary of State Colin Powell's offhand comment to an interviewer that the cause of a 2002 dispute between Spain and Morocco
readFoul smell leads to apartment zoo with about 200 live animals
07-05-2004
GERMANTOWN, Wisconsin - A woman kept about 200 creatures, including alligators, scorpions and carnivorous beetles, in an apartment in suburban Milwaukee.Authorities found the menagerie after
readZimbabwe court orders top school to be reopened
07-05-2004
HARARE - A Zimbabwe court on yesterday ordered the reopening of one of the country's top private schools, among 46 institutions closed by the government for hiking tuition fees without official
readUS media revisit own failures on Iraq conflict
07-05-2004
NEW YORK - While President George W Bush takes heat from the media over the Iraq conflict, US journalists have started an introspection of their coverage of the administration's pre-war arguments for
readRed Cross said it demanded action on prisoner abuse before recent revelations
07-05-2004
GENEVA (AP) _ The international Red Cross said Thursday it had repeatedly asked U.S. authorities to take action over prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and that American officials reacted
readRumsfeld under fire in Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal
07-05-2004
WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire Wednesday from members of Congress irate at his handling of the image-tarnishing Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, raising questions about
readWashington Post displays new Iraqi prison photos
07-05-2004
WASHINGTON - A new batch of photographs, some of which were published in The Washington Post, includes more graphic images of apparent Iraqi prisoners at a US military jail in Iraq, the newspaper
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