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52 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 July 2005
Nujoma bursary should go to needy student
12-07-2005
ALLOW me a space in your respected newspaper to air this issue which is close to my heart.I am a regular reader of your newspaper and other Namibian newspapers too.According to the writer of the
readSigns Of Improved Service
12-07-2005
IT had been over two years since I visited the Ministry of Home Affairs in Windhoek and at that time the customer service of the said Ministry appeared to be characterised by delayed service and long
readDeaf Can't Hear Anti-Aids Message
12-07-2005
I WOULD really appreciate it if you can publish this letter.I would like to make a few points concerning the way the media spread the message of HIV-AIDS awareness.As a representative of people with
readRemarks On Radio
12-07-2005
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to air my views in connection with both Oshiwambo and National radio stations.To be honest, I am a listener of both but mostly I like listening to National Radio,
readRemarks On Radio
12-07-2005
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to air my views in connection with both Oshiwambo and National radio stations.To be honest, I am a listener of both but mostly I like listening to National Radio,
readTax, More Tax And Bad News
12-07-2005
PLEASE allow me a space in your newspaper to bring this issue of national concern to the politicians and the public as a whole.I pay tax to the government every month, this tax is always deducted from
readLibya to lift duties on imports
12-07-2005
TRIPOLI - Libya will lift existing duties on all imported goods, except cigarettes, next month in a bid to spur trade and make the country a free trade zone linking Europe to Africa, the trade
readIMF praises Uganda on economy
12-07-2005
KAMPALA - Uganda has stuck to sound economic policies bringing stability and robust growth, but it is vital the country improves governance and cuts corruption, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
read22 dead, 60 missing after China coal mine blast
12-07-2005
BEIJING - Twenty-two miners died and 60 others were missing after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region yesterday, a government agency and state media said.A
readAquaculture visits at farms
12-07-2005
WINDHOEK - A high-level delegation of the Directorate of Aquaculture in the Fisheries Ministry is scheduled to take a familiarisation tour to the Hardap and Karas Regions to inspect progress made in
readMines should do more: Manwu
12-07-2005
KEETMANSHOOP - The mining giants in the country have once again been called upon to ensure that raw materials are processed locally as much as possible.Speaking at a stakeholders' meeting here
readNamCot diamond brand 'Forever Africa' launched
12-07-2005
AS part of its celebrations to mark its fifth anniversary yesterday, NamCot Diamonds, a private company specialising in the cutting and polishing of rough diamonds and based in Windhoek, launched a
readAnthrax vaccination starts in Caprivi
12-07-2005
THE Ministry of Agriculture has started vaccinating cattle in anthrax-affected areas in eastern Caprivi, a senior official told The Namibian yesterday.Dr Frans Joubert, the Chief Veterinarian for
readPupil dies after punishment
12-07-2005
POLICE at Ohangwena have arrested two teachers from the Ongha Senior Secondary School in connection with the death of a 17-year-old pupil on Friday.Walberech Iipinge (30) and Abraham Ndjiku (30),
readTelecom, scrap firm settle N$5,9 million case
12-07-2005
THE scrap dealership facing accusations of fraud and corruption over a string of transactions in which it bought scrap metal from Telecom Namibia between late 2000 and mid-2001 yesterday settled a
readCity on salary spree Staff get second increase in a year
12-07-2005
THE Windhoek City Council has approved another salary hike for its employees this year despite a market survey indicating that its lowest paid employees earn as much as 51 per cent more than other
readJacobs not involved in Avid
12-07-2005
BUSINESSMAN Fritz Jacobs has no direct or indirect dealings with the Social Security Commission (SSC) or Avid Investments.In an article in The Namibian yesterday, July 11 2005, it was erroneously
readOshana Region celebrates its culture
12-07-2005
THE Deputy Minister of Youth, National Youth Service, Culture and Sport, Pohamba Shifeta, opened the Oshana Cultural Festival at Oluno on Saturday.In his speech, Shifeta said cultural events played a
read'Focus on conflict and children'
12-07-2005
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Theo-Ben Gurirab, says there is a need for conflict prevention and resolution with special focus on the plight of children.Speaking at the opening of a four-day
readNC debates bill on animal diseases
12-07-2005
THE Ministry of Agriculture and farmers' associations have been urged to train communal farmers in the basics of treating minor animal diseases.The appeal was made by Henock Kankoshi, the regional
readInfant loses life in bucket of water
12-07-2005
OUTAPI - Police in the Omusati Region are investigating the circumstances under which a three-month-old baby drowned in a bucket of water at Omagalanga village near Oshikuku last week.Sergeant
readMPs propose amendment to curb 'fake insolvencies'
12-07-2005
FISHERIES Minister Abraham Iyambo and DTA MP McHenry Venaani have called for a new insolvency law, claiming that companies are winding up and retrenching workers, only to start up new ventures under
readCall for third Parliament chamber
12-07-2005
MINES and Energy Deputy Minister Henock ya Kasita has proposed the creation of a third chamber of Parliament, to be used by the National Assembly and the National Council.Such a chamber, he said,
readMentally ill girl raped
12-07-2005
OUTAPI - Police at Onandjaba in the Omusati Region are trying to track down an Angolan man who allegedly raped a 15-year-old mentally disturbed girl last week.A Police spokesman, Sergeant Lineekela
readGuards strike over pay
12-07-2005
SECURITY guards working for G F Group Security Services went on strike yesterday and took to the streets in protest against alleged poor labour practices and two months' unpaid salaries.About 20
readFarm labourer murder trial starts
12-07-2005
NOT guilty pleas on counts of murder and defeating or obstructing the course of justice yesterday kicked off the High Court trial of an Outjo area farmer and a friend who are accused of having shot
readSwakopmund child rape and murder suspect in High Court
12-07-2005
SELF-CONFESSED child rapist and murderer Willem Louw on Friday made his first appearance in the High Court, where he is set to go on trial on charges of murder and abduction, as well as two counts of
readPandeni foils Okahandja protest
12-07-2005
MINISTER of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development John Pandeni foiled an early morning plan by some municipal workers to demonstrate against the return of Okahandja CEO Regina
readNambala na Veronika mOshikulufitu ya hulitha
12-07-2005
A AKALIMO yomomukunda Oshikulufitu mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, omasiku ngaka ga zi ko oya kala taya lili sho aakalimo yakwawo yaali yomomukunda ngoka ya tseyika mo nawa lela, ano tate
readYamwe otaya popi iifundja kombinga ya HIV-AIDS
12-07-2005
KANSOLA gwoshikandjohogololo sha Otjiwarongo moshitopolwa sha Otjozondjupa, Ferdinand Kavetuna, oshiwike sha zi ko okwa li a halutha iilyo iikwawo yOlaata yOpashigwana, sho a popi kutya aagundjuka
readSSC okwa hala oomiliyuna dhe 30
12-07-2005
OKAMPANI ya Social Security Commission (SSC) otayi ka ninga eindilo lyomeendelelo kOmpangu yOpombanda sho ya kwatwa kuumbanda kutya otashi vulika yi kanithe oomiliyuna omilongo ndatu ndhoka dhi li
readAapolisi mu South Afrika ya yi mumwe naahololimadhiladhilo
12-07-2005
CAPE TOWN - Opolisi mo South Afrika mEtitatu lyoshiwike sha zi ko oya halakanitha aahololimadhiladhilo ye li 300 nooholo dhoongumi, mboka ya li ya boloka oondjila nomatayiyela ye ga tema omulilo
readAalongi yaali yopOseko ya Ngha ya kwatwa meso lyomunasikola
12-07-2005
A ALONGISIKOLA yopOseko yOpombanda yaNgha ye li yaali oya kwatwa po kOpolisi ya Hangwena shi na sha neso lyomunasikola mOseko yOpombanda yaNgha, ngoka taku tiwa kutya eso lye olya etwa aniwa kedhengo
readLee puts selectors to the Test
12-07-2005
LONDON - Brett Lee did his chances of a Test recall no harm at all by taking five wickets as Australia strolled to a seven-wicket one-day international win against England at Lord's here Sunday.Fast
readNadal earns victory at Swedish Open
12-07-2005
BAASTAD - Spain's teenage tennis sensation Rafael Nadal won the 302,000-euro ATP event on Sunday for his seventh victory of the season following a 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Czech Tomas Berdych.The
readPro darts championships held at Walvis Bay
12-07-2005
THE Namibia Darts Association hosted the second 2005 Pro- 4 Darts Championships in Walvis Bay on Saturday.As part of the darts development programme, the event was especially introduced for players
readVinokourov to challenge Armstrong
12-07-2005
GRENOBLE - Alexandre Vinokourov has thrown down the gauntlet to six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.The Kazakh rider, just 62 seconds behind the Texan in the overall standings after the
readArbitration case drags on
12-07-2005
THE outcome of the arbitration case involving premiership side Life Fighters and the Namibia Premier League's (NPL) Disciplinary Committee, which has thrown the smooth conclusion of the domestic
read'Ali' wins again
12-07-2005
NAMIBIAN welterweight pugilist Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembe stopped opponent Dmitry Yanushevich in the second round of their six-round bout on Friday night in the United Kingdom.Nuumbembe did not fight
readNamibia loses to Brazil in inline hockey
12-07-2005
THE Namibia national hockey team lost to Brazil 3-7 on Sunday in their opening match of the Inline Hockey World Championship currently underway in Kuopio, Finland.Namibia is in Group D with Brazil,
readNamibia dealt a blow in cricket
12-07-2005
THE Namibian national cricket team will return to Namibia in total disappointment later this week, after they failed to qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup that will be held in the West Indies next
readCurtain set to rise again on Kyoto ballet
12-07-2005
PARIS - The G8's initiative on climate change has started a momentum that may profoundly influence the effort to forge the next global deal on curbing greenhouse gases.Greens and scientists alike are
readBush gets what he wants from G8
12-07-2005
WASHINGTON - US President George W Bush, who kept something of a low profile at the G8 summit that closed on Friday at Gleneagles, Scotland, appears nonetheless to have got what he wanted on climate
readFretful Londoners return to work
12-07-2005
LONDON - Millions of Londoners returned to work yesterday riding rush hour trains and buses, trading fretful glances amid security warnings that new attacks could occur as long as the bombers
readIn Brief
12-07-2005
* INQUIRY - The British government rejected calls for an inquiry into whether the bombings last Thursday in London could have been prevented, saying it would distract security services from hunting
readDozens feared dead in Indonesia ferry disaster
12-07-2005
JAKARTA - Hopes faded yesterday of finding any more survivors from a ferry that sank off the eastern Indonesian province of Papua last week, with as many as 200 people believed trapped inside, a
readZambia's ruling party sacks popular member over graft
12-07-2005
LUSAKA - Zambia's ruling party has expelled a senior member and popular politician over allegations of corruption just days before the start of a national convention called to elect a new party
read10 years later, Srebrenica victims buried
12-07-2005
SREBRENICA, Bosnia - Relatives wept over coffins of victims of the Srebrenica massacre, dug out of death pits at a ceremony yesterday to mark the 10th anniversary of Europe's worst atrocity in 50
readNine Iraqi soldiers massacred
12-07-2005
BAQUBA - Nine Iraqi soldiers were killed yesterday when rebels launched a carefully-planned dawn raid on a road checkpoint in central Iraq, a day after nearly 50 died in a string of nationwide
readEight terror suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia
12-07-2005
RIYADH - Saudi security forces have arrested eight terror suspects in the northern town of Arar, near the border with Iraq, newspapers reported yesterday.Al-Hayat and Al-Medina quoted interior
readSA sharply hikes AIDS estimate
12-07-2005
JOHANNESBURG - New South African figures say more than 6,5 million of the country's 47 million people may now be HIV-positive, a sharp jump on previous estimates likely to fuel debate on the extent
read'Al Qaeda ordered attacks on Europe on May 29'
12-07-2005
MADRID - The Islamist extremist group al Qaeda ordered attacks on Europe in a May 29 Internet message that the Spanish secret service forwarded to their British counterparts at the weekend, a Spanish
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