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36 Articles found on Friday, 25 February 2005
The Death Penalty: A violation of basic human rights and an ineffective crime deterrent
25-02-2005
THE Namibian public is rightfully outraged in response to the sexual assault and murder of two young girls in Windhoek and Swakopmund. In response, a number of people have called for the
readViolence, Rape And Murder: Symptoms of Societal Disease
25-02-2005
I COULD not help but follow with great care the debate over the past weeks on the recent murders of two minors in Windhoek and Swakopmund.I, like everyone else, reacted with horror, as expressed
readMPs' Earnings Must Be Public
25-02-2005
PARLIAMENTARIANS' complaints about their salaries are not going to engender much public sympathy unless precisely how much they earn is spelled out for Namibians.During debate on the Public Office
readPolitical Perspective
25-02-2005
SWAPO Youth League Secretary Paulus Kapia is one seriously muddled fellow.There's a strong sense of deja vu in his renewed call on SPYL members to shun The Namibian and two other newspapers on
readAbuse Of Power
25-02-2005
I WOULD like to thank you in advance for publishing this letter of concern.This issue has been bothering myself and other public servants for a long time. The case at hand is the abuse of official
readName It After Frank
25-02-2005
HAVING read the interesting article by Corry Ihuhua of The Namibian on the renaming of the Katutura Stadium (Namibian, Thursday February 10, 2005), I thought to propose the stadium to be renamed Frank
readImmune To Commissions
25-02-2005
COMMISSIONS of inquiries are the order of the day, some or one of which are going to be made public.We are waiting for it anyway.Can the nation also be told as to what happened to the following
readID Documents Pile Up
25-02-2005
JUST the other day I read a really interesting story about how the Government of Namibia gave out money for the issuing of Identity documents (the machines and cards used for the issuing).t is funny
readPoor Management In Education
25-02-2005
I WOULD like to comment on the current poor management of educational needs in Namibia. It seems there is no planning done at all; in fact, the Ministry seems to be employing crisis management on a
readMinister Misses The Point
25-02-2005
AS a concerned citizen, who strives for transparency to become a reality in our country, I will be grateful if you allow me a space in your newspaper to respond to the letter of the Finance Minister
readPower Of Presidents
25-02-2005
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to air my view about the way African heads of states are sacking their ministers with impunity.When ministers or cabinet members are appointed, it is being done
readDramatic shoot-out on city highway
25-02-2005
A SHOOT-OUT between the Police and suspected armed robbers on Windhoek's Western Bypass on Wednesday night resulted in the death of one of the suspects.Five others were wounded. The shoot-out
readSpiralling AIDS costs hit Govt
25-02-2005
THE soaring cost to the State of providing anti-retroviral treatment for HIV-AIDS to civil servants hit home yesterday, with Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila asking parliament to urgently
readRamatex empties capital's coffers
25-02-2005
THE Electricity Department of the Windhoek Municipality overspent its budget by N$9,2 million, with close to half of the money spent on sustaining operations at the Ramatex Textile Factory.Wednesday
readWho 'Owns' The Himba?
25-02-2005
RECENTLY, while on a trip to Palmwag to attend the funeral of Mike Hearn from 'Save The Rhino Trust', I experienced something which I found quite disturbing.Travelling through Kamanjab with a
readYoung mother arrested for baby dumping
25-02-2005
A 23-year-old woman was arrested at Walvis Bay on Tuesday for allgedly abandoning her newborn baby three days earlier. The baby boy was found on Friday afternoon on the second floor of the Pescanova
readIneptitude, failure to the fore in treason trial
25-02-2005
AN attempt to rekindle an armed struggle to achieve the secession of the Caprivi Region from Namibia fell apart almost as soon as an ill-equipped and badly prepared group of supposed combatants in
readSPYL slaps membership blackout on newspapers
25-02-2005
SWAPO Youth League Secretary Paulus Kapia yesterday demanded that youth wing members boycott three newspapers, The Namibian, Die Republikein and the Windhoek Observer.At a press conference in
readNudo man off the hook
25-02-2005
NUDO President Kuaima Riruako has told his leaders to get off the back of acting Secretary General Usiel Tjijenda because he is a State witness.Insiders told The Namibian that Riruako told a crucial
readCoD MP urges 'concrete action' on violence
25-02-2005
THE Congress of Democrats has roped lawmakers into discussing the upsurge of violent crime, especially against women and children - calling for concrete action from elected leaders to stem such
readNujoma meeting with chiefs called off
25-02-2005
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma's scheduled meeting with the Ondonga and Oukwanyama traditional authorities at Oshakati on Wednesday was cancelled without explanation.The spokesperson of the Oukwanyama
readChinese businessman arrested on sodomy charge
25-02-2005
RUNDU - Police here arrested a Chinese businessman on Monday night for allegedly sodomising a young security guard at his business premises.The suspect allegedly invited a 22-year-old security guard,
read'No sex, please - I'm a witchdoctor!'
25-02-2005
SEX may have undone weeks of work devoted to conjuring up invisibility for a large group of armed men on a mission to fight for the secession of the Caprivi Region from the rest of Namibia. This was
readEconomy 'not in dire straits'
25-02-2005
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila painted an optimistic picture of the 2004-05 financial year in the National Assembly yesterday.She termed as "unfounded" reports in some media that
readKaunda mOndaangwa ndele ta lukilwa nepandaanda
25-02-2005
PONDANGWA O MUPRESIDENDE omukulu noku li wo Omupresidende gwotangotango gwOrepublika ya Zambia Omundohotola Kenneth David Kaunda, ngoka omasiku ga zi ko a talelepo Namibia, mEtitatu lya zi ko, okwa
readNam title at stake in Roessing race
25-02-2005
THE Roessing Namibia Marathon Championship, organised by Swakop Striders, will again take place for the 14th consecutive year in Swakopmund on Saturday.The winner of the event will be crowned the
readNew format for Cosafa Castle Cup
25-02-2005
THE new format of the Cosafa Castle Cup is more practical and greatly alleviates the financial burden on countries, as they will do less travelling than in the past.In fact, Namibia was lucky to be
readNam title at stake in Roessing race
25-02-2005
THE Roessing Namibia Marathon Championship, organised by Swakop Striders, will again take place for the 14th consecutive year in Swakopmund on Saturday.The winner of the event will be crowned the
readA vision of excellence from Africa's directors
25-02-2005
You might call Gaston Kabore a dreamer.... The feted director from Burkina Faso wants an African film industry that can hold its own among the world's finest and he has put his money where his mouth
readIn Brief
25-02-2005
RAMALLAH - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie will seek parliamentary approval on Thursday for a new cabinet, after defusing a crisis by meeting lawmakers' demands to name more reformists and
readTsunami 'Baby 81' goes to US show
25-02-2005
A four-month-old Sri Lankan baby found in the debris left by the tsunami is to travel to America with his parents, reports say.Abhilasha, known as "Baby 81", was at the centre of a high-profile
readZimbabwe expatriates demand to vote
25-02-2005
Johannesburg - With just weeks to go before watershed parliamentary polls, Zimbabwe's highest court heard a constitutional challenge on Wednesday to electoral laws that barred nationals living abroad
readJury picked in Jackson molestation trial
25-02-2005
SANTA MARIA - A jury of eight women and four men was chosen on Wednesday in Michael Jackson's child molestation case, including one woman whose sister was raped as a child and another whose grandson
readBush to press Putin on democracy
25-02-2005
US President George W Bush is due to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Slovakian capital on the last leg of his European tour.The meeting is expected to be dominated by the
read10 killed in suicide bombing
25-02-2005
TIKRIT - A suicide bomber disguised as a police officer drove into an Iraqi police headquarters and blew himself up during a morning parade on Thursday, killing at least 10 people.Another seven
readPope rushed to hospital again after flu-relapse
25-02-2005
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II was rushed to the hospital yesterday after suffering a relapse of the flu, the Vatican announced, a day after the pontiff made his longest public appearance since
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