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23 Articles found on Tuesday, 23 November 2004
Ondangwa school dismisses 12 teachers
23-11-2004
ONDANGWA - A number of parents with children at the privately owned Ondangwa Prof School are threatening to take their children out of the school in protest against what they view as the unfair
readFather held for incest
23-11-2004
OUTAPI - Police at Ruacana in the Omusati Region have arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter several times since September this year.Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo said
readBodies without names
23-11-2004
THE Namibian Police have appealed for help in identifying several bodies.At Katima Mulilo, the body of a man was found in the bushes at Liselo village on September 9. He was described as being of
readArebbusch strikes again
23-11-2004
WINDHOEK resident Christine Damases's home has been flooded twice in less than a year.Damases moved into her new house in Acacia in Dorado Park in December last year. A month and a half later, the
readHeavy rains claim two lives
23-11-2004
TWO people died when a car was washed away while trying to cross a heavily flooding river along Clemens Kapuuo Street in Katutura at about 18h10 on Saturday.The Windhoek Municipality said in a
readNegotiations on Herero-German issue should be handled by govts: Mbumba
23-11-2004
BREMEN - A conference which dealt with finding ways to facilitate the reconciliation of Herero-speaking Namibians and Germany ended here yesterday."The followers and participants in the struggle will
readHerero reconciliation in the spotlight at Bremen summit
23-11-2004
BREMEN - Diplomatic relations between Herero-speaking Namibians and Germany took centre stage at the weekend when almost 100 academics, church leaders, diplomats and politicians gathered in Bremen,
readNamibia's power handover a wake-up call for veteran regional leaders
23-11-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The example of Namibia, where President Sam Nujoma is stepping down after ruling the country since independence, is a call for other long-in-the-tooth southern African leaders to
readStill no answers as stabbing trial enters sentencing phase
23-11-2004
SIX months after he pleaded guilty to a charge of murder, and more than two years after he stabbed a close female friend to death, Windhoek resident Sean Burger remained at a loss yesterday to explain
readExam rampage in North
23-11-2004
SCHOOLS are usually silent places at examination time, with pupils and teachers alike hard at work on the writing and marking of exam papers.At the Shaanika Nashilongo Senior Secondary School in the
readCounting delay was 'no surprise'
23-11-2004
THE National Society for Human Rights says it was not surprised by the delay in the announcement of the election results.Executive Director Phil ya Nangoloh said in a statement that there had been
readSwakopmund attack claimed to be 'political'
23-11-2004
A YOUNG man at Swakopmund was stabbed eight times on Saturday night in what the victim claimed to be a politically motivated attack by Swapo supporters.Naftalie Keib (27) and his brother, Ronnie (25),
readVictory march marred by stone-throwing
23-11-2004
SWAPO supporters in Oshakati, celebrating the party's victory in the just-ended national elections, reportedly attacked and injured a Congress of Democrats supporter.The National Society for Human
readMPs for 2005-2010
23-11-2004
THERE will be old faces and new when the recently-elected National Assembly convenes after March 21 next year.In addition to the 72 MPs who will represent their parties as per the candidates' lists,
readFarmer acquitted of private parts assault
23-11-2004
A GROOTFONTEIN district farmer accused of assaulting a farmworker by yanking on his testicles with pliers was found not guilty in the Otavi Magistrate's Court last week.Farmer Johannes Alberts Kock
readPolice want well-known but dead local painter to help solve case
23-11-2004
IN life, painter Dieter Aschenborn was supposed to have been one of Namibia's best-known artists - but try telling that to the Namibian Police, who last week issued a request for Aschenborn to assist
readForeign votes outstanding
23-11-2004
OPPOSITION parties are up in arms after it was discovered yesterday morning that ballot papers were still coming in from Namibia's missions abroad.Party agents and officials of Swapo, the National
readInflated DBC cheque issued 'in the dark'
23-11-2004
THE Secretary of the Development Brigade Corporation (DBC) interim board, Ismael Ganaseb, wrote out a cheque of N$285 297, deposited it and then stopped it before a quotation for the repair to a
read9/11 haunts Namibian Govt
23-11-2004
HOME Affairs Minister Jerry Ekandjo has joined United States President George W Bush in "the war on terror".Some of the motivation to make immigration control a part of the Police, Ekandjo said, was
readRadio host won't apologise to Rice
23-11-2004
MADISON - A radio talk show host who called Condoleezza Rice an "Aunt Jemima" issued an apology on Friday, but not to Rice."It is with a heavy heart that I apologise this morning to Aunt Jemima," John
readJanitor leaves US$2,3 million to US university
23-11-2004
GREAT FALLS, Montana - When Genesio Morlacci left US$2,3 million to a small college here, many people were astonished at the wealth amassed by a man who operated a dry-cleaning shop and later worked
readJoseph Weiss (80), originator of theory on facing trauma, dies
23-11-2004
DR Joseph Weiss, a psychoanalyst and researcher who helped develop an influential theory involving ways that patients confront psychological trauma and then strive to overcome it, died November 7 at
readBolt from the blue kills 10 000 Israeli chickens
23-11-2004
JERUSALEM - Lightning fried 10 000 chickens in an Israeli coop on yesterday."The lightning short-circuited the power supply and everything went up in flames," a farmer at Kibbutz Yifat in northern
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