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38 Articles found on Monday, 27 September 2004
Govt to shut down Place of Safety
27-09-2004
THE Ministry of Women Affairs and Child Welfare plans to shut down a well-known children's home in Windhoek - the Orlindis Place of Safety - after it failed to register as a place of safety in
read'Politics of the belly' infiltrating Swapo
27-09-2004
OHANGWENA - Swapo Party Secretary General, Dr Ngarikutuke Tjiriange has condemned infighting and jockeying for positions in ruling party ranks.Addressing a Swapo rally in the Ohangwena constituency of
readCops probe SWATF scheme
27-09-2004
MEMBERS of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) have confiscated the application forms of close to 6 000 former South West Africa Territory Force members hoping to benefit from a dubious
readPolice recover stolen ID cards
27-09-2004
THE identity cards of 10 people have been recovered by the Police.The cards were in the possession of suspects in a fraud case. The following people should contact Detective Inspector Van Schoor (061
readNujoma punts gender equality
27-09-2004
NEW YORK - Recognition and full participation of women in decision-making is fundamental to Africa's transformation and industrialisation, President Sam Nujoma told the 59th Session of the UN General
readNehova elected to the CPA
27-09-2004
WINDHOEK - The Chairman of the National Council, Kandindima (Kandy) Nehova, has been elected as Africa's representative to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's Executive Committee.Nehova, who
readDTA appoints acting admin secretary
27-09-2004
WINDHOEK - The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance of Namibia (DTA) has appointed the former administrative officer at the Osire Refugee Camp, Albert Kandjii, as the party's new Acting Secretary for
readShixwameni to be CoD media director
27-09-2004
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) has appointed its former secretary general Ignatius Shixwameni as the party's Director for Media and Public Communications with immediate effect.Shixwameni has also
readRegional booklet on elections launched
27-09-2004
WINDHOEK - Namibia's electoral body launched a booklet, 'Principles For Election Management, Monitoring and Observation in the SADC Region' (PEMMO), last week.The booklet, a product of the Electoral
read26 courts apply for approval
27-09-2004
WINDHOEK - The Minister of Justice, Albert Kawana, says the Ministry is processing 26 applications for the establishment and recognition of community courts.Kawana was speaking when he gave feedback
readWoman accused of torching newborn
27-09-2004
POLICE at Keetmanshoop have arrested a 20-year-old woman for allegedly burning the corpse of a two-day-old baby girl on September 13.A NamPol statement said the woman was arrested at about 23h00
readUnrecognised traditional authorities 'a major headache for Government'
27-09-2004
LANDS and Resettlement Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba says the issue of unrecognised traditional authorities is a headache for his Ministry when it comes to implementing the Communal Land Reform
readState withdraws beer poisoning case
27-09-2004
THE State has withdrawn a case of beer poisoning against a prominent Ohangwena businessman and two other people after a forensic test on a glass of beer proved it had not been laced with poison, as
read2 men critical after being shot
27-09-2004
TWO men are fighting for their lives in the Katutura State Hospital after they were both shot by the same suspect in Windhoek's Goreangab settlement on Friday.Police spokesperson Warrant Officer
readApathy rules at Rehoboth
27-09-2004
REHOBOTH - Organisations and concerned individuals from Rehoboth say that even though the community is plagued by a host of social ills including HIV-AIDS, alcohol abuse, and unemployment, they are
readNDF denies HIV tests for soldiers
27-09-2004
THE Namibian Defence Force has denied claims that it has been testing its soldiers deployed on a peacekeeping mission to Liberia for HIV.Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina told the National Assembly on
readHardap fraud case postponed
27-09-2004
THE case against two senior Swapo officials accused of embezzling money from the Hardap Regional Council is to be heard in the Mariental district magistrate's court, despite the Council having
readGovt says dialogue needed with Germany on colonial atrocities
27-09-2004
GOVERNMENT says it is necessary to engage in debate with Germany on atrocities committed against the Hereros by the German colonialists.Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Erkki Nghimtina said in the
readAngula says land reform on track despite minor hitches
27-09-2004
MINISTER of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development Helmut Angula has accused opposition parties of using a parliamentary report on resettlement farms as a basis to slate Government's land reform
readSwapo Women's Council picks candidates for November polls
27-09-2004
THE Swapo Women's Council has elected 10 candidates to contest the November elections.The names of the 10 women will be put forward at the all-important Swapo Electoral College this weekend. Women's
readLawyer faces legal action for failing to pay client
27-09-2004
AN Oshakati-based lawyer is facing legal action for failing to hand over N$107 000 that the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund paid to his client, an accident victim.The money was paid into the law
readJohnson knocks out Jones
27-09-2004
MEMPHIS - Jamaican-born Glen Johnson knocked out American Roy Jones jnr in the ninth round on Saturday to retain his International Boxing Federation light heavyweight title.The unfancied Johnson, who
readIita wins Victory Race Series
27-09-2004
ROAD running sensation Reinhodlt Iita is the overall winner of the 2003 Old Mutual and Pepsi Victory Race Series even though he ended second in the final race on Saturday.Iita crossed the line after
readNFA administrators tongue lashed
27-09-2004
Tjekero Tweya, a member of the Namibia Sport Commission (NSC), has lambasted sport administrators who choose to nurse their individual egos instead of planning and administering sport.Tweya, who
readBA's Subeb walks tall again
27-09-2004
Black Africa goalkeeper Arnold Subeb was honoured as Player of the Season during the Namibia Football Association's award-giving ceremony on Friday night.Subeb also won the Players' Player of the
readNamibia mauls Zimbabwe
27-09-2004
Namibia qualified for the final of the Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) Cup after thumping Zimbabwe 68-8 in their semifinal match at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday.Namibia
readBoy sent home with faeces
27-09-2004
DALLAS - A teacher is on paid administrative leave after sending a first-grader home with faeces in his backpack because the boy soiled the classroom floor.The teacher apparently was frustrated with
readClub for bald men offers chance to let hair down
27-09-2004
BEIJING - China has opened its first club where bald men can let their hair down.More than 150 million Chinese men aged between 25 and 35, or 40 per cent of the male population in that age group,
readMan 'high on marijuana' beheads two women
27-09-2004
BLANTYRE, Malawi - A Malawian man believed to be high on marijuana beheaded two women with an axe on Friday, police here said.The man, in his mid-20s, beheaded a 52-year-old woman while she worked in
readWeb Site takes aim at 'arms race of spin'
27-09-2004
RALEIGH, N.C. - Everywhere Duke University graduate student Brendan Nyhan and his partners in the political Web site spinsanity.com look, they see spin.It comes from both sides of the political
readPoll lessons for Iraq
27-09-2004
JAKARTA - With extremist bomb attacks, separatist struggles and religious tensions, Indonesia may not be a shining example for Iraq, but the Southeast Asian country now has something else to offer -
readSukarno legacy in doubt as Megawati loses
27-09-2004
JAKARTA - The victory of a former general in Indonesia's presidential elections may spell the end of the political dynasty founded by the nation's revered first president, Sukarno, almost 60 years
readMajor Botswana hospital faces crisis
27-09-2004
GABORONE - A major hospital in Botswana is struggling to cope with the mounting pressure of staff and resource shortages, the HIV-AIDS crisis and a high rate of road accidents.The Princess Marina
readPolls point to waning support for Blair
27-09-2004
LONDON - Three opinion polls which appeared in newspapers in Britain yesterday suggest that support among voters for Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Labour government is waning as a general election
readBlair warns against 'false hopes' for British hostage in Iraq
27-09-2004
LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair warned yesterday against "raising false hopes" for a British engineer held hostage in Iraq, as the crisis threatened to overshadow the annual conference of his
readUS buying town to train for terrorism response
27-09-2004
NEW YORK - The US Department of Homeland Security is buying a tiny town in the western state of New Mexico to turn it into a lab for terrorism response training, The New York Times reported
readHamas militant killed in Damascus explosion
27-09-2004
DAMASCUS - A Hamas militant was killed in an explosion in the Syrian capital Damascus yesterday, in what the hardline Palestinian movement said was an assassination by Israel's Mossad spy agency."The
readHurricane Jeanne pounds Florida
27-09-2004
WEST PALM BEACH - Hurricane Jeanne battered south-eastern Florida for hours yesterday, tearing off roofs and felling trees and power lines after slamming ashore at the same spot Frances did three
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