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52 Articles found on Friday, 9 December 2005
Editorial: Put The Welfare Of Our Children First
09-12-2005
IT is encouraging that many members of the National Council are increasingly lending weight to their pivotal parliamentary role as a House of Review.This was underscored last week by the Council's
readFrom the sideline
09-12-2005
BY now, everyone knows about the hatred that exists between sport consultant Quinton-Steele Botes and Athletics Namibia (AN) president Alpha Kangueehi.Kangueehi this week announced that Botes has
readFighting Demons Of The Past
09-12-2005
SITTING in the train going to work, I started thinking about what I read other day in The Namibian.Mass graves found in the North! The words are so big and red in my mind's eye, although they were
readEconomising Life And Death
09-12-2005
HAVE you ever sat at the deathbed of a statistical life? "Statistical lives" are what politicians save, or let die, or kill, when they decide on resource allocations for health care.Health care is not
readTaxi brutality
09-12-2005
PLEASE allow me to share my recent experience with a Windhoek taxi driver.One afternoon this week, I took a taxi and upon arrival at my destination, this taxi driver decided to overcharge me and my
read'Let them eat cake'
09-12-2005
FIRST of all, I want to congratulate Comrade Hidipo Hamutenya on his comeback to Parliament.My question is, why should the lawmakers allow all those benefits to be bestowed on the former president,
readAIDS pessimism
09-12-2005
PLEASE allow me to express my confusion regarding our (Namibians') approach towards the fight against the AIDS pandemic that is destroying our nation and the rest of the world, especially Africa.This
readNo news is good news?
09-12-2005
LAST Friday about 09h30 I was passing through Maerua Mall (touted as the nation's top shopping centre) and thought to pick up a copy of that day's Namibian.No luck. The so-called Central News Agency
readTeachers' woes
09-12-2005
TEACHERS are the backbone of this country and they need to be treated fairly.When I witnessed the entry tests that took place over the past few years, I realised that many people had chances to apply
readGive The Dogg a bone
09-12-2005
LET us accept what we cannot change.I do not have any problem with the Sanlam music awards or the judges.Congratulations to the winners and may the Almighty bless you all. The Dogg deserved the prize
readMusic Awards failed the nation
09-12-2005
I WOULD like to comment on the Sanlam-NBC music awards.I would like to register my gratitude to the organisers of the event, which I can describe as the most dazzling, glamorous and stupendous night
readGazza was robbed
09-12-2005
NAMIBIA, in the last few years, has been hit by a string of corruption cases, at almost all levels.Looking at the latest Sanlam Music Awards, one is wondering and questioning whether the same illness
readRio to spend US$760m on diamond mine
09-12-2005
SYDNEY - Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc. said yesterday it will proceed with the development of an underground expansion at its Argyle diamond mine in Australia, the world's largest, at a cost of US$760 million
readVirgin in deal with Cell C
09-12-2005
JOHANNESBURG - British entrepreneur Richard Branson has secured a long-awaited deal with South Africa's third-biggest cellular operator Cell C to bring his Virgin mobile phone brand to the
readHeineken looking at Chinese brewery
09-12-2005
BRUSSELS - The new head of Heineken said on Wednesday one of the Dutch brewer's joint ventures was looking at Fujian Sedrin, a Chinese brewery that had gone up for sale."It is not us directly, but
readSA supports R20b train project
09-12-2005
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's cabinet supported the controversial R20-billion high-speed train, a senior government official said yesterday, brushing aside opposition from politicians."The national
readAngola sets up new refinery
09-12-2005
LUANDA - Construction of Angola's new flagship oil refinery could start next year with state oil firm Sonangol upbeat about finding investors to fund the US$3,75 billion project, state-run Jornal de
readDeveloping countries key to trade talks
09-12-2005
CANBERRA - Reassuring developing countries that their interests are not being neglected will be a priority at next week's World Trade Organisation meeting in Hong Kong, Australia said yesterday.Trade
readTreason trial ruling dents the State's case
09-12-2005
THE last day of court proceedings in the main Caprivi high treason trial for the year 2005 delivered a major blow to the case for the prosecution yesterday.A key part of the proceedings has been
readRamatex ups wage offer by 5 cents
09-12-2005
RAMATEX workers are weighing up their options - whether to resort to industrial action or push for arbitration because of the factory's unwillingness to meet demands for their first salary increase in
readSwapo banishes Nyamu
09-12-2005
JESAYA Nyamu, former Trade Minister, is no longer a Swapo member.Swapo President Sam Nujoma announced yesterday that the ruling party's politburo, at a meeting on Wednesday, decided to expel Nyamu
readWatch out for new bank scam
09-12-2005
PEOPLE making use of Internet banking should be wary of a new scam doing the rounds in Namibia, a leading commercial bank has announced.Standard Bank Namibia issued an alert which stated that the
readCoD youth wing infighting grows
09-12-2005
A SERIOUS division is developing in the Congress of Democrats after a group of young people from the party yesterday refused to carry out an instruction from the party leader, Ben Ulenga.The group,
readBright lights to banish the road blues
09-12-2005
BP Namibia, in co-operation with various governmental organisations, launched its new 'Lights On' campaign in Windhoek on Wednesday.The ceremony included speeches by the Minister of Mines and Energy,
readUniversal Church is still welcome in Namibia - Official
09-12-2005
NAMIBIA is not considering any actions against the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Namibia because it does not have any reason to do so, a Government official said.Home Affairs
readHoachanas tribal group splits with leader
09-12-2005
DISCONTENTED Rooinasie clan members of Hoachanas last weekend called for the immediate removal of their Captain, Petrus Simon Moses Kooper.The Rooinasie clan is a sub-tribe of the Nama people. The
readTreason trial lawyer pleads to let father visit gravely ill son
09-12-2005
FLANNAN Ntelamo has been lying in hospital, seriously ill, for more than a month now.Since the main Caprivi high treason trial, in which he is one of the 120 accused persons, resumed in the High Court
readRural health facilities dilapidated
09-12-2005
THE physical state of many health facilities in Namibia is dire, the National Council was told this week.On Wednesday, a Standing Committee appointed by the House to visit the Caprivi, Kavango,
readArticle vexes German ambassador
09-12-2005
GERMAN Ambassador Wolfgang Massing has taken issue with an article in yesterday's The Namibian under the headline 'Namibia, Germany reparation talks off'.Massing said the article was a complete
readHerero reparations demand still on
09-12-2005
HERERO Paramount Chief Kuaima Riruako has stressed that a proposed N$160-million donation from Germany has nothing to do with the Herero demand for reparations.At a press conference in Windhoek
readShutdown of refineries triggers panic buying of unleaded petrol
09-12-2005
SOME service stations in Namibia have run out of unleaded petrol, but oil industry executives have assured that the country will have enough fuel to weather a temporary disruption in supplies from
readAayugi yaali ya yahwa
09-12-2005
A AYUGI yaali ya li ya homata oya yahwa okusa uusiku wOsoondaha manga yo pamwe nayakwawo yatano, ya li taya umbathana nOpolisi mu Katutura.Aalumentu mbaka kumwe ayehe ya li ya heyali oya li aniwa ya
readAaniilonga ya pandula Omundohotola Frans Indongo
09-12-2005
A ANIILONGA yomOositola dha Konde Spar dhOmunangeshefa a tseyika nawa Omundohotola Frans Aupa Indongo mboka omathimbo ga zi ko ya kala taya nyenyeta kutya kaye na omauthemba giilonga miilonga yawo
readMeme Kalangula a hulitha
09-12-2005
O MUKULUKADHI gwOmumbiisofi gwOngeleki ya England Peter Kalangula, ano meekulu Martha Ndamononghenda Kalangula okwa mana oondjenda mOshipangelo shEpangelo mOvenduka konima yuuwehame.Meekulu Martha
readNghidipo ota ti po hwepo moshipangelo mOshakati
09-12-2005
O MUKULUNTU gwoshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati Omundohotola Paulina Nyati-Iyambo okwa lombwela The Namibian kepulo kutya omumati gwoomvula 21 gwokomukunda Elyalyatika mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha
readNam, Ndowishi ya kaleka oonkundwa
09-12-2005
E PANGELO lya Namibia nolya Ndowishi oga kaleke oonkundathana ndhoka dha li dhi na okuningwa oshiwike tashi ya, mpoka wo pwali tapu ka kundathanwa egandjo lyoshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo mbali
readNam, Ndowishi ya kaleka oonkundwa
09-12-2005
E PANGELO lya Namibia nolya Ndowishi oga kaleke oonkundathana ndhoka dha li dhi na okuningwa oshiwike tashi ya, mpoka wo pwali tapu ka kundathanwa egandjo lyoshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omilongo mbali
readStars in for surprise at Otavi
09-12-2005
TOUCH & Go promise to surprise African Stars when they meet at the Otavi Stadium tomorrow in their first MTC Namibia Premier League tie this season.Touch & Go will play their first home match at the
readStars in for surprise at Otavi
09-12-2005
TOUCH & Go promise to surprise African Stars when they meet at the Otavi Stadium tomorrow in their first MTC Namibia Premier League tie this season.Touch & Go will play their first home match at the
readStars in for surprise at Otavi
09-12-2005
TOUCH & Go promise to surprise African Stars when they meet at the Otavi Stadium tomorrow in their first MTC Namibia Premier League tie this season.Touch & Go will play their first home match at the
readRivals team up vs. Asia
09-12-2005
SINGAPORE - Annika Sorenstam and Paula Creamer have been big rivals all season, but on Friday they will be foursomes partners when the International Team takes on Asia in the inaugural Lexus Cup at
readWoods hosts Target World Challenge
09-12-2005
THOUSAND OAKS - Tiger Woods, who plays his last event as a 20-something when he hosts the Target World Challenge starting today, is confident he will thrive in his 30s.Woods is the big name in a
readTeams fear Brazil in World Cup draw
09-12-2005
LEIPZIG - Brazil are the team everyone else will want to avoid in today's 2006 World Cup draw, according to West Germany's 1974 World Cup winner Franz Beckenbauer.England, Italy, Argentina, France,
readStars in for surprise at Otavi
09-12-2005
TOUCH & Go promise to surprise African Stars when they meet at the Otavi Stadium tomorrow in their first MTC Namibia Premier League tie this season.Touch & Go will play their first home match at the
readHow World Trade Issues Affect You: People Around The World
09-12-2005
HONG KONG - When well-heeled trade negotiators and politicians from around the world sit around a conference table in Hong Kong next week, the lives and livelihoods of millions will be in the
readMargaret Thatcher in hospital
09-12-2005
LONDON - Doctors were to decide yesterday whether Britain's former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher is good enough to go home, after she spent the night in a London hospital with an
readIraq kidnappers extend deadline
09-12-2005
DUBAI - Kidnappers threatening to execute four foreign Christian peace campaigners in Iraq have extended the December 8 deadline by two days, Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera reported on
readEritrea says will not rescind expulsion of UN peacekeepers
09-12-2005
ASMARA - Eritrea will not reverse its decision to expel North American and European peacekeepers from the UN mission monitoring its tense border with Ethiopia despite demands by the world body to do
readKenyan media dismiss cabinet as 'uninspiring'
09-12-2005
NAIROBI - Kenyan media yesterday slammed President Mwai Kibaki's new cabinet as a uninspiring club of his long-time allies and ineffective loyalists.The country's newspapers said the new 30-member
readIran mourns plane crash victims
09-12-2005
TEHRAN - Tens of thousands of mourners packed central Tehran yesterday for a mass funeral for dozens of people killed when a military plane ploughed into a densely populated area of the Iranian
readBaghdad bus bombing kills at least 30
09-12-2005
BAGHDAD - Thirty people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus in Baghdad yesterday, underscoring the endemic insecurity plaguing Iraq just a week before a crucial general
readUnrepentant Saddam turns defence into attack
09-12-2005
BAGHDAD - If found guilty, he could face the gallows.But since the start of his trial, deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has shown indifference for his victims, aggression to his judges and not
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