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42 Articles found on Tuesday, 15 March 2005
SA once again stumbles on AIDS treatment plan
15-03-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ambitious AIDS treatment plan is lagging as the government struggles to plug a shortage of doctors and pharmacists and other professionals needed to battle the world's
readDinosaur fossil find sparks Kenya oil interest
15-03-2005
NAIROBI - The discovery of dinosaur fossils in north-west Kenya has sparked renewed interest among oil companies in searching for petroleum in the area that Shell withdrew from 13 years ago,
readThe Struggle Continues
15-03-2005
2005 for me was supposed to be a year of looking at things optimistically and focussing on the positive.
readAbout An Ex-wife, AIDS And HIV
15-03-2005
I USUALLY don't like to wash dirty laundry in public, but I think the issue might also be helpful for other people.
readConfusion Is The Worst
15-03-2005
CONFUSION of the mind before, during or after an event of a child victim, fuels the work of the attacker or in this specific case, the abuser.
readBelievers And Monsters
15-03-2005
I WOULD like to comment on Dr AC Oberholzer's letter "Call for Zero tolerance for Drinking in Public" in the Namibian on Friday 11 March 2005. Dr Oberholzer needs to be commended for his fantastic
readGazza Not Invincible
15-03-2005
PLEASE allow me to express my opinion in your paper.I have recently been to a show held by Gazza (our Namibian music star) in Otjiwarongo.
readNC debates arts bill
15-03-2005
A LACK of financial resources is hampering some talented Namibian artists from developing their talents, new Swapo MP Ruthu-Kepawa Nhinda told the National Council yesterday.Nhinda was the first new
readSA, Nam cops happy with cross-border ops
15-03-2005
NAMIBIAN and South African Police Services commanders have expressed satisfaction with joint operations to combat cross-border crime.Officers from the Karas Region and their South African
readFarmers Meat Market workers protest
15-03-2005
EMPLOYEES of the Mariental branch of Farmers Meat Market staged a peaceful demonstration on Friday over alleged unfair treatment of workers by management. In a petition handed over to management,
readNujoma commissions Oshivelo railway station
15-03-2005
OSHIVELO - President Sam Nujoma commissioned the new railway station at Oshivelo, which has been named after him, on Saturday.History was also made on Saturday when Namibia's newest train, the
readMan killed in bar brawl
15-03-2005
A BAR brawl cost a young man his life in Khomasdal on Saturday night.Petrus Doeseb (26) was shot dead by a security guard after he and a friend, Willem Hoffmann (28), allegedly attacked the guard in
readAir Force commissioned
15-03-2005
PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma on Sunday commissioned the Namibian Air Force, which is part of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF).In his speech, Nujoma said the establishment of the Air Wing was a huge challenge
readTreason witness set to tell of 'Muyongo's songs'
15-03-2005
THE tenth prosecution witness in the Caprivi high treason trial is expected to start in earnest with his testimony in the High Court at Grootfontein today. The witness, whose identity may not be
readFuture bright for Ongopolo
15-03-2005
ONGOPOLO continues its Phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the former Tsumeb Corporation Limited (TCL), with the announcement that it intends bringing four copper mines back into production in the
readTransNamib hit for half a million
15-03-2005
THE Labour Court has instructed TransNamib to pay close to N$500 000 to a former manager forced out of the transport parastatal after he levelled allegations of nepotism against the Chief Executive
readTransNamib hit for half a million
15-03-2005
THE Labour Court has instructed TransNamib to pay close to N$500 000 to a former manager forced out of the transport parastatal after he levelled allegations of nepotism against the Chief Executive
readFast-track justice for Judge Pio Teek
15-03-2005
THE case in which Supreme Court Judge of Appeal Pio Teek is accused of abducting and sexually molesting two pre-teenaged girls in Windhoek a month and a half ago was fast-tracked to the High Court
readNYS Bill Cannot Be Rushed
15-03-2005
ISSUES related to the youth, their wellbeing, their employment and their future cannot be taken lightly.No Namibian is opposed to initiatives that will provide them with better opportunities. Our
readLid lifts on poll process
15-03-2005
* Forensics called in * Progress reportedFORENSIC investigators were called to the Windhoek Showgrounds yesterday morning to determine the source of what appeared to be water, found in at least 38
readMugabe ina hiya aatalalelimahogololo yokiilongo yongongahangano yAaEuropa
15-03-2005
CHITUNGWIZA - Omupresidende Robert Mugabe mOlyomakaya ga zi ko okwa popile etokolo lye kutya aatalelimahogololo yiilongo yAaEurope itaya ka hiwa kOmahogololo gOpapraliamende ngoka taga ka ningwa
readEpangelo lya Zimbabwe olya hala okukondjitha etokolo lyOmpangu
15-03-2005
EPANGELO lya Zimbabwe olya ninga eindilo kOmpangu yOpombanda yi kondjithe etokolo lyokushunitha pevi oomvula ndhoka dha pewa aalandwakwiita yAaSouth Afrika ye li 62, mboka taku fekelwa kutya oya li
readTate Nafuka a hulitha moshiponga shohauto
15-03-2005
MWENE gwomukunda Oshipumbu popepi nOupumako nOngwediva mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Shana Nafuka Nghishidimbwa gwoomvula omilongo hamano nandatu (63) okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo
readOonakulonga Ombala yUukwanyama ya sila moshiponga shohauto
15-03-2005
ELELO lyUukwanyama olya tseyitha noluhodhi olunene oshiponga shekandomo lyOloli shoka sha faalele oomwenyo dhaalumentu yaali mboka ya li taya kutha ombinga onene meko lyiiti yokudhika Ombala
readOmayalululo giizemo ga laatekwa
15-03-2005
OMAYALULULO goombapila dhomahogololo gOpaparliamende gomumvo 2004 ngoka ga tameke mOsoondaha oga laatekwa konyala nootundi hetatu molu elongekidho lya otowala nenge tutye inali ndjanga.
readNTA rewards players
15-03-2005
NAMIBIA'S top junior tennis player Jurgens Strydom was honoured as the Sportsman of the Year by the Namibia Tennis Association (NTA) on Saturday.Strydom, who turned 18 on Sunday, was recognised in
readIndoor hockey
15-03-2005
DRAUGHTERS hockey club extended their lead on the top of the hockey indoor first league match for men when they beat Unam II 3-1 late last week. In the women's Premier League, defending champions
readBezuidenhout finishes among top 20 in Dubai race
15-03-2005
NAMIBIAN endurance horse rider Silke Bezuidenhout (pictured) recently returned from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates after producing a sterling performance in the President Cup competition held in
readSunshine wins Coca-Cola Top 10 athletics champs
15-03-2005
THE Sunshine Athletics Club won the first senior track and field event for the year at the Independence Stadium on Friday. Sunshine's athletes recorded the most points (8 636) to win the Coca-Cola
readRefresher course for refs at Newspaper Cup
15-03-2005
THE vice president of the Namibia Football Association, John Muinjo, says referees for The Namibian Newspaper Cup at Mariental will be offered refresher courses before taking charge of the games.
readBoxers scoop Zone Six crown
15-03-2005
NAMIBIAN boxers scooped the best team, best boxer and the overall title of the Zone Six senior boxing championship which took place in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Saturday.In total, four Namibian
readMarin, a true revolutionary
15-03-2005
SANTIAGO - Chile last week observed two days of national mourning after the death of Gladys Marin, a veteran Communist Party leader who was at the forefront of opposing dictator Augusto Pinochet."The
readA man of his time
15-03-2005
HENRY A GRUNWALD, a refugee from Nazi-dominated Austria who rose to become Time magazine's top editor and later returned to Vienna as the United States ambassador, died of heart failure last month.He
readA giant of 20th century physics
15-03-2005
ITHACA, New York - Hans Bethe, a giant of 20th century physics who played a central role in the building of the atomic bomb and won a Nobel Prize for discovering the process that powers the sun and
readBan on Zim daily scrapped
15-03-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court raised hopes yesterday for the revival of the country's largest private daily newspaper, ordering the state media commission to reconsider an edict which shut it down
readChinese parliament passes Taiwan anti-secession law
15-03-2005
BEIJING - China's parliament yesterday passed a law giving its military the legal basis to attack Taiwan if it moves towards independence, a day after President Hu Jintao told the army to prepare for
readAnnan pushes Mideast peace
15-03-2005
RAMALLAH - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to help nurture budding Middle East peacemaking on his first visit to the region in four years.On his way,
readAl Qaeda-linked militants set to end bloody Philippine jail revolt
15-03-2005
MANILA - Philippine government negotiators won an agreement yesterday from al Qaeda-linked militants, ending a 12-hour revolt at a maximum security prison where six people were killed during an
readIraqi farmers killed in car bomb
15-03-2005
BAGHDAD - Two Iraqi farmers were killed in a car bomb south of Baghdad yesterday while a driver in a Turkish convoy of trucks was killed in a roadside bomb attack near Baiji in the north, security
readRwandan leader gets six years for a in genocide
15-03-2005
DAR ES SALAAM - The UN tribunal for Rwanda sentenced a former local leader to six years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of extermination by omission under a plea bargain with
readDRC militias given 2 weeks to disarm
15-03-2005
BUNIA, Congo - UN officials have given militia fighters in lawless eastern Congo two weeks to give up their guns voluntarily, in a sign of the peace mission's new determination to crack down on bands
readIN BRIEF
15-03-2005
*DEMO - The Lebanese capital braced for another massive street demonstration by an emboldened opposition determined to bring an end to nearly 30 years of Syrian military and political domination.
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