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24 Articles found on Friday, 18 February 2005
The death penalty is not the answer
18-02-2005
IN the wake of the recent spate of horrific child abuse and murder cases, many people in Namibia are calling for a re-introduction of the death penalty.But is this a well-considered response, or just
readTowards A Vision Of A Just Society?
18-02-2005
All that I know is, your philosophy and your teaching will not save me. Now, father, you have brought me to this. Save me by some other means! Charles Dickens: Hard Times.THE above quotation from
readUnited We Stand?
18-02-2005
SWAPO should have dealt with the causes of disunity in their ranks way back when the three-candidate Presidential row threw them into disarray, because now it has come back to haunt them at a time
readDeath Is Not The Answer
18-02-2005
PAEDOPHILES and child killers quite possibly are, as many believe, the scum of the earth, and the rise in child abuse, rape and murder, is possibly THE most concerning development in our independent
readDrug giants race for AIDS pill
18-02-2005
LONDON - The world's leading drug makers are racing to be first to market with a new kind of pill that can block the AIDS virus before it enters human cells, experts said on Wednesday.If successful,
readFarewell dinner for Nujoma
18-02-2005
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce (NCCI) is hosting a farewell gala dinner in honour of outgoing President Sam Nujoma tonight, coinciding with the launching of the Sam Nujoma Foundation.The Sam Nujoma
readSMEs employ more staff - survey
18-02-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's medium-sized firms boosted their workforces by around six per cent in the year to September 2004 and most plan to employ more staff this year, a survey of business owners
readFace To Face with Dr Iyambo
18-02-2005
The Namibian fishing industry is going through difficult times. A number of companies are failing to cope with the economic conditions and have indicated that they intend to suspend their operations
readCrops good but aid cuts hurt
18-02-2005
MASERU - Despite good rains that may boost southern Africa's harvests in 2005, more people will depend on food handouts due to factory closures in Lesotho and Swaziland but there will be less food
readSuspect shot in the buttocks
18-02-2005
WINDHOEK - A man was shot and wounded in the buttocks on Sunday while he was breaking into a vehicle of the City Police.The 31-year-old was shot at around 01h20 in Goshawk Street near the cemetery in
readChief urges traditional leaders to speak out on violence
18-02-2005
A SENIOR traditional leader has expressed surprise at the silence of fellow leaders on the recent spate of child rape and murder cases.Chief Immanuel #Nu-Axa /Gaseb said traditional leaders were
readTeacher arrested for incest
18-02-2005
THE Police at Oshikuku in the Omusati Region have arrested a teacher for allegedly raping his four-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old niece in his care.Commissioner of Police in the North, Elisa
readTranssexual murdered at Okahandja
18-02-2005
A RECLUSIVE Okahandja resident, Karel (Kallie) Carstens, age 41, was murdered Wednesday morning, apparently for the small change from the tuck shop he operated from home.Warrant Officer James Matengu
readNujoma letter irks Government
18-02-2005
GOVERNMENT has lashed out at what it has termed "unethical, irresponsible and callous" journalistic practices.Reacting to a reader's letter published in the Republikein on Monday titled 'Nujoma is the
readNujoma film scenes to be shot in Cuba
18-02-2005
PACON is to send film crews to Cuba and the United States of America next month as part of the Pan-African organisation's plans to make Namibia's first blockbuster movie.Uazuva Kaumbi, the producer of
readNarrow escape for Swakopmund toddler
18-02-2005
A LITTLE girl from Swakopmund narrowly escaped physical injury at the hands of the man charged with the murder, rape and abduction of six-year-old Rachel Hamatundu on the day of Rachel's tragic
readDeath penalty 'not an option'
18-02-2005
AS pressure mounts for the nation to debate a death penalty for serious crime, human rights organisations say that besides being out of line with the Constitution, they are strongly opposed to such
readBuffalo stampede in treason trial
18-02-2005
A HERD of stampeding buffaloes made a cameo appearance in the Caprivi high treason trial in the High Court at Grootfontein yesterday.As if the hardships of disease, subterfuge and living in the wild
readIndependent body to set MPs' salaries
18-02-2005
AN independent body is to be established to determine the salaries of members of both houses of parliament and regional councils for the sake of transparency and accountability.The Public
readMPs quit 'for the money'
18-02-2005
TWO senior parliamentarians resigned this week to lay their hands on "urgently needed" pension money.The Namibian has reliably established that the Minister Without Portfolio, Ngarikutuke Tjiriange,
readIn Brief
18-02-2005
* BEIRUT - At least 150 000 Lebanese turned the funeral of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday into an outpouring of public anger against Syria, blamed by opposition leaders for the
readPeople flee homes in the Philippines
18-02-2005
PATIKUL - Thousands of civilians continued to flee their homes in the southern Philippines on Thursday as the military braced for further violence after 10 days of deadly clashes with Muslim
readIraq certify final election results
18-02-2005
BAGHDAD - The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq late yesterday afternoon announced final, certified results of the country's historic January 30 elections, along with the allocation of seats to
readUganda's Museveni allowed third term
18-02-2005
KAMPALA - The Ugandan government has moved to amend the country's constitution to allow President Yoweri Museveni to seek a third term in office but tempered the controversial proposal with a call for
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