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47 Articles found on Friday, 5 August 2005
No income, no access: The local outcome of basic income
05-08-2005
IMAGINE yourself camping in the north of Namibia, not on a guest farm or a campsite but in a rural settlement, the type that tourists, government officials, and NGO workers leave before the sun
readPolitical Perspective
05-08-2005
MANY potential problems could be averted if political appointees, in particular Government Ministers, were less embroiled in matters of private business, and more involved in their own
readEditorial: The Wheels Of Justice Must Be Speeded Up
05-08-2005
WHILE we are encouraged by the President's expressed intent to tackle corruption, we must point out that in general, the wheels of justice must be speeded up in order to put many of these cases to
readOn Avid And Avarice
05-08-2005
ONE of the problems facing most Namibians is that they don't have the confidence to speak out against and air their views about the mismanagement of their country's affairs.This and the fact that
readTime For Zero Tolerance
05-08-2005
IT is a shame that ministers are involved in the squandering of money of this society.Does the government expect this nation to trust its top officials and its ministers? I feel that the whole SSC
readForgetting The Past
05-08-2005
GOVERNMENT officials, how can you forget that you were eating cassava porridge and sardines donated by other countries in Angola? Education to your children and other support was free, like a place
readTaking The Whole Cake
05-08-2005
MAY I pass on my dissatisfaction with prevailing practices.The Kapia saga unveils more officebearers who simply should not occupy (some) offices.How on earth can one be a socalled director, not
readThe Avid Puzzle
05-08-2005
SOME features puzzle me exceedingly about the AVID-SSC affair.1. What individual in their right minds, let alone a regulated organisation like the SSC, would entrust 30 cents, let alone N$30 million,
readHow To Deal With Career Criminals
05-08-2005
IN a country like Namibia, with a 30% unemployment rate, the recent spate of corruption regarding public funds is not only criminal, but goes against all forms of common decency, and I would suggest
readNedbank first-half earnings up 45%
05-08-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Nedbank posted a 44,5 per cent rise in first half headline earnings per share and predicted an even bigger full-year hike as a recovery plan designed to turn the group
readDebt relief must be well designed
05-08-2005
WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund member countries are committed to cancelling debts of the world's poorest nations, but debt relief should be carefully designed and implemented, IMF Chief
readBroll Namibia gears for major growth
05-08-2005
AFTER 18 months of bedding down the Namibian operation, Broll Namibia says it is set to increase the assets under its management by 80 per cent this year.Broll entered the Namibian market in 2003
readLeaded fuel to be gone by Jan
05-08-2005
MOTORISTS with vehicles that still use leaded petrol have the remainder of the year to learn about alternative replacement as fuel for their cars as leaded petrol is to phased out in Namibia
readMinister Iyambo says fish stocks not to blame for industry woes
05-08-2005
THE closure of fishing factories and the retrenchment of workers is not related to the situation of the country's fish stocks, Fisheries Minister Abraham Iyambo said yesterday.The Minister told
read18 farms set to be expropriated
05-08-2005
Government says it is preparing for a "court war" as it intensifies efforts to expropriate up to 18 farms in the next few months.Lands Minister Jerry Ekandjo told a gathering of Namibian diplomats in
readSimon guilty Given jail sentence
05-08-2005
FORMER world boxing champion Harry Simon was yesterday sentenced to an effective two years in jail after he was found guilty of culpable homicide in the Walvis Bay Regional Court.The charge stemmed
readDiabetic society formed in North
05-08-2005
MEMBERS of the public who have been diagnosed with diabetes can now join the recently formed Oshakati Diabetic Association.The initiator of the project, Dr Mathew Mojekwu, a private practitioner at
readCivil society meets with the PM
05-08-2005
THE challenges facing civil society were discussed, when a delegation from the Namibia Non-governmental Forum (Nangof) met with Prime Minister Nahas Angula on Wednesday.Both parties expressed concern
readWoman dies from alcohol poisoning
05-08-2005
A 41-year-old woman, Wilhelmina Witbeen of Wanaheda, died after drinking suspected poisoned beer at a shebeen, the Police reported on Monday.Eyewitnesses said she died on her way to Katutura Hospital
readMagistrate to fight on with constitutional case
05-08-2005
A FORMER Gobabis-based Magistrate, Walter Mostert, has failed for the second time in four years to convince the High Court that the legal set-up regulating the appointment and transfer of Namibia's
readNPC chief Angula takes aim at NSP report
05-08-2005
THE Director General of the National Planning Commission, Helmut Angula, has reacted fiercely to an article that alleged he and other co-owners of the Namibia Stone Processing (NSP) plant outside
readHeritage Hunt campaign kicks off
05-08-2005
THE hunt for sites and objects, which could be regarded as of significant national heritage, officially began yesterday.The aim of the National Monuments Council campaign is to expand Namibia's
readEmbassies must take lead in securing trade
05-08-2005
THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has urged Namibian diplomatic missions abroad to take a leading role in marketing the country and most importantly steer investment attraction.Speaking at the
read'Jones brothers visited home of alleged victim'
05-08-2005
BROTHERS Ian and Chris Jones visited the house of the Windhoek businessman they are accused of robbing, kidnapping and murdering in February 2002 about two and a half months before his death, the
readTatekulu Abraham ya Shikongo e tu fiya po
05-08-2005
MWENE womukunda Ohamupulungushu mOnengali mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena tatekulu Abraham Simeon Shikongo okwa manena oowenda waye moshipangelo sha Ngela meti 31 Juli 2005 konima youwehame
readSenegal e eta edhiladhilo ewanawa kombinga yekelelo lyembugalo
05-08-2005
DAKAR - Nelalakano okushinitha monima okweengenako kwombuga ya Sahara, Senegal ota ka dhika ekuma enene lyomiti lyuule wookilometa 7000 lya za ku Dakar (sha Senegal) lyu uka ku Djibouti.Ominista
readUuhaku wa pewa ooshako dhUusila womahungu
05-08-2005
NGASHI sha shangelwe nale mOshifo shika kutya Ehangano lyAanafaalama ya Mangetti, otali ka gandja ooshako dhuusila womahangu 200 kUuministeli wUuhaku mOnooli, osho lya ningi mEtitano lya zi ko.Ooshako
readMboka ya mbutitha iikulya otaya geelwa
05-08-2005
AANTU mboka ye etha iikulya yoshikukuta yi mbute po Katima Mulilo omanga moshitopolwa mu na aantu omayuvi ye yi pumba, otaya ka geelwa.Metiyali lyoshiwike shika, Okabinete oka tula olitsa yomadhina
readmOospar dhaKonde ya ninga ehololomadhilaadhilo
05-08-2005
A ANIILONGA yomOospara dha Konde mOshakati nomOngwediva ongula yOsoondaha ya zi ko oya ningi ehololomadhilaadhilo moka taya nyenyeta kutya otaya longithwa yaa na omauthemba giihwapo nawa pailonga
readShigwana kotokela omumati nguka
05-08-2005
SHIGWANA kotoka, kotokeleni omumati ti inyenge momudhingoloko gwOngwediva nOshakati, notashi vulika wo nomuushimba moka, ta ende ta landitha oshihauto shimwe kaantu oyendji.Shampa omulandi a gandja
readKastoma a pewa ekende mu na shikoko
05-08-2005
OMUKALIMO gwomOluno mOndangwa Silas Nangombe, ohela okwe yile kOshifo shika mOshakati a limbililwa noonkondo sho a adha shikoko, eyengele lya sa mekende enene lyonamunate yoSprite ndjoka, a ti kutya
readOlukongo lwoomiliyuna 30 dha Avid-SSC lwa andjaganekwa
05-08-2005
OMPANGU yOpombanda ya gwedhela oonkondo dha nakukonakona ekano lyoshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo ndatu (N$30 million) moka ookampani ndatu dha kutha ombinga mwakwatelwa nee Social Security Commission
readMetropolitan boost athletics in Rundu
05-08-2005
THE Rundu Metropolitan Branch sponsored an amount of N$21 000 to Athletics Kavango as part of the company's social responsibility to promote sports in the country, said its Manager Lukas Mbangu
readPirates netball club to face rival Civics
05-08-2005
ORLANDO Pirates will face rivals Civics in their final second round match in the Khomas Region Netball League at the Katutura Youth Complex on Saturday.Pirates defeated the Khomasdal-based side in
readStrydom reach final as Namibians shine
05-08-2005
NAMIBIAN tennis players did their country proud at the international ITF 18 and Under South and Central Junior tennis tournament, with Jurgens Strydom going to the finals of the competition
readFrom the Sidelines
05-08-2005
THE much anticipated opening of the Sam Nujoma Stadium has finally been confirmed and the gates to the N$64 million facility, are expected to be flung open on Saturday, August 13.There has been a lot
readRugby ploughs 30m pounds into future
05-08-2005
CAPE TOWN - The International Rugby Board (IRB) yesterday announced a multi-million dollar project to fund the sport's worldwide development, the largest investment in rugby in 120 years.The 30
readSix teams to do battle at Sam Nujoma Stadium
05-08-2005
THE official opening of the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura will see six Namibia Premier League (NPL) teams from Windhoek in action on August 13.In the first match, Ramblers will take on Civics, while
readHitman hot to win
05-08-2005
NAMIBIAN boxer Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses will go in tonight's lightweight fight with a slight advantage as he weighs one kilogramme more than his opponent, Joni Simphiwe from South Africa.Moses stood
readAfrican leaders search for elusive consensus on UN Council seats
05-08-2005
ADDIS ABABA - Divided African leaders opened an emergency summit here yesterday in a bid to forge consensus on seats for the continent in an expanded UN Security Council that has thus far proved
readJordan uncovers al Qaeda plot to attack US troops
05-08-2005
AMMAN - Jordan has arrested 17 militants linked to the al Qaeda network in Iraq and an affiliated Saudi group who were plotting to attack US military personnel in the kingdom, security sources said
readLondon subway stations open for first time since July 7 blasts
05-08-2005
LONDON - Subway trains were running to all stations in London yesterday for the first time since the July 7 suicide bombings on the network and a double decker bus, transport officials said.Transport
readAir France crash black boxes found
05-08-2005
TORONTO - Investigators recovered the black box flight recorders on Wednesday from the Air France plane that crashed and burned in a violent Toronto thunderstorm but - in what officials called a
readTroops oust Mauritania leader, pledge democracy
05-08-2005
NOUAKCHOTT - Troops seized power in the oil-rich north-west African country of Mauritania on Wednesday, overthrowing President Maaouyia Ould Taya while he was abroad and pledging to bring in
readSudan riots death toll rises to 130
05-08-2005
KHARTOUM - At least 130 people have been killed and around 350 wounded in Sudan in three days of violence after the death of former rebel leader and First Vice President John Garang, the Sudanese Red
readLondon bombings victim families' £11 000 payout
05-08-2005
LONDON - The families of victims killed in the July 7 London terror attacks will be eligible for up to £11 000 pounds (US$20 000) in government compensation, according to Britain's interior
readGaza march on hold
05-08-2005
OFAKIM - Thousands of Israeli rightists suspended a march on Gaza settlements yesterday after security forces blocked their path to prevent them from disrupting a planned pullout from the occupied
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