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44 Articles found on Tuesday, 24 May 2005
Film And Passion
24-05-2005
An Open Letter to the Makers of the Movie 'Where Others Wavered' THE art of film making is one filled with passion and love for the project.Filmmakers love challenges, it builds on their professional
readLessons Of Lubango
24-05-2005
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to express my view about the Lubango dungeons.I was only 13 when Namibia got its independence in 1990.We were told that thousands of women and men have sacrificed
readNot The Same Anymore
24-05-2005
FOR quite a long time now our beloved garden town, Okahandja, is no longer the same.Visits to our R5 camp Saamstaan and other informal settlements will provide evidence to this effect. Stroll through
readLet's Be True To Our Values
24-05-2005
I AM a member of the Aids Awareness club at Oshitudha Combined School.I have learned that different people have different sorts of future plans, especially learners and unemployed youth.We must be
readThis Is No AIDS Cure
24-05-2005
I WISH to express my deep disappointment that a reputable newspaper like The Namibian publishes many false claims by an individual in the advertisement "Stop AIDS Genocide by the Drug Cartel!" (The
readLet's Get Our Facts Straight
24-05-2005
LET's get this straight, N$1.5 billion wasted in terms of Air Namibia, N$60 million for a war monument and N$420 million for a presidential palace.But not one new hospital or orphans home for the
readHumps And Bumps
24-05-2005
IT'S funny the way the mind works.Driving around Windhoek, one can't help noticing that the bumps have gone and the humps have arrived, the 'B's have been taken over by the 'H's. What led to this
readGive To People In Need
24-05-2005
I THINK the envisaged Basic Income Grant must be given to the people who are really in need of it like the orphans, old people, streetkids and the really chronically poor people.If you give that money
read2005 Budget Proposals
24-05-2005
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotzé, the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young, discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.The Minister of Finance delivered her Budget speech on May 12 2005.
readSA banks warn of bogus websites
24-05-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Absa has joined other major banks in warning its clients against an Internet "phishing" scam.The phishing (fishing for information) scam entails an e-mail, with an Internet link to a
readCops hold thousands of traders
24-05-2005
HARARE - Paramilitary units armed with batons, riot shields and teargas patrolled main roads in Harare yesterday as police warned they would not tolerate protests against their crackdown on street
readMassive bank scam: 'runner' questioned
24-05-2005
CAPE TOWN - An alleged syndicate member linked to the massive e-mail fraud scam attack against several South African banks last week is being questioned by the Scorpions following an intensive
readNo change at Outapi
24-05-2005
OUTAPI - Members of the Outapi Town Council have maintained the status quo, re-electing themselves into their positions last week.Acting Chief Executive Officer Ananias Nashilongo told Nampa yesterday
readGem deal goes sour for 2 South Africans
24-05-2005
POLICE are searching for a suspected diamond "knocker" after an illegal deal went sour and two South African nationals lost R23 000.Chief Inspector Angula Amulungu said two South African nationals and
readWalvis man gets 18 years for murder
24-05-2005
A Walvis Bay resident received a sentence of 18 years, of which four are suspended for five years, in the Regional Court this month for murdering his girlfriend in 2003.Magistrate Gert Retief found
readWindhoek bus service won't be privatised
24-05-2005
THE Windhoek City Council has decided against earlier resolutions to investigate privatising the municipal bus service, which costs the city millions each year.At its monthly meeting last Thursday,
readLand owners respond to Government ad warning
24-05-2005
WINDHOEK - A recent newspaper advert exhorting owners of farmland in Namibia to provide their details to the Government or face a stiff fine, imprisonment or both, has brought a flood of responses.The
readFood reaching children in need in Caprivi
24-05-2005
RUNDU - The food distribution programme for needy children in the Caprivi Region is well on track, says the Chief Liaison Officer in the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Elliot
readSecurity guards exploited: union
24-05-2005
THE Namibia Security Workers Union (Naswu) claims that some security companies make a lot of money but pay their workers very poor salaries.At a press conference held in Katutura at the weekend,
readDam levels lower
24-05-2005
THE Von Bach Dam, the reservoir that provides water to Windhoek and much of central Namibia, is at a lower level than it was at the same time last year.In its weekly dam bulletin, NamWater says the
readPhinCon defends Guns development
24-05-2005
THE company responsible for the multi-million Namib Eco Village development at Guns just north of Walvis Bay says it has been following the law in all its actions to obtain approval for the
readGovernment to revisit AA farm loan scheme
24-05-2005
CABINET is to discuss new proposals to make it more viable for Government to provide subsidies for Agribank's Affirmative Action loans.Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila told Parliament that
readDry Karibib 'teetering on edge of violence
24-05-2005
DESPERATION mounted among residents at Karibib last night as their water supply remained cut off for the fifth day running, and a power cut loomed large.Fears were rife that people would resort to
readTelecom fraud web widens
24-05-2005
A FORMER Manager at Telecom Namibia yesterday implicated an ex-colleague and two Windhoek businessmen as having been involved in corruption that may have cost the telecommunications parastatal more
readOontamanana kombinga yomukonda odho dha dhipagitha aantu pOnhuno
24-05-2005
O ONTAMANANA kombinga yomwele gwomukonda odho dha eta edhipago lyaantu yatatu pomukunda gumwe gu li moshitopolwa sha Eenhana kuyele mu Septemba 2002, nakufekelelwa edhipago lyaantu mbaka osha a popi
readOmeya po Karibib ga tetwa ko oshiwike sha zi ko
24-05-2005
U UPYAKADHI woshimaliwa otau tsikile nokuthemenena ondoolopa ya Karibib, shoka sha eta nokuli omeya gawo ga tetwe ko mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko.Otashi vulika onkalo hoka yi ka kale ya yaga kegonga
readOmatala onkee ngaa ge na okutungwa kehala epe; Atshipara ta ti
24-05-2005
M EYA gwOndoolopa ya Shakati, Engelbert Atshipara okwa tseyitha, kepulo, kutya edhiladhilo lyokutunga omatala konima yOngeshefa yedhina Metro na Cashbuild, opo li li nElelo lya Shakati otali gongele
readEgumbo lya kuku Rovisa Kamati mOmusimboti lya pya po
24-05-2005
EGUMBO lya kuku Rovisa Kamati (Gwakamati) gwoomvula 73 mOmusimboti mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana olya pipo thilu, ombinga onene, komulilo ngoka gwa etwa ku kamwe komuutekulu we ongula yEtitano lya
readOminista ya kuthwa miilonga kuufuthi
24-05-2005
BLANTYRE - Omupresidende gwa Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika okwa kutha miilonga Ominista yElongo konima sho ya dhitikwa nokutamanekelwa oshipotha shokulongitha oshimaliwa shEpangelo mohango ye.Yusuf Mwawa
readFillemon a dhipaga omuholike gwe, okanona, ndele naye ti idhipaga
24-05-2005
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila momukunda Ohengobe mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena otayi ti kutya omulumentu gwoomvula 35 Fillemon Nanghambe Kasheshe, ongulohi yEtine lya zi ko okwa dhipaga omuholike
readDavid clinch Midgard run
24-05-2005
LONG distance runner Salomo David clinched the seventh annual Midgard Bush Run 42-km race Saturday in two hours, 42 minutes and 25 seconds.Oscar Komeya managed second place in 3:02:33 seconds followed
readBees to face the music tomorrow
24-05-2005
NAMIBIA Premier League (NPL) authorities say they will take action against Golden Bees at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow after their player, Harold Haimbodi, punched referee Frans Andreas,
readFootball Results
24-05-2005
Central West First Division Played Saturday, May 21 Blue Birds 2-0 Zambezi Utd Hotspurs 0-1 Blue Boys Invincible 3-2 Young Ones Kingston Utd w/o United Stars 0 Played Sunday, May 22 Hotspurs w/o
readPremiership going into tricky mode
24-05-2005
CIVICS have one hand on the Namibia premiership trophy and only need to beat Tigers to be crowned as champions of the league for the first time.Even if Blue Waters beat KK Palace, Oshakati City and
readFormer Brazilian slave village joins digital age
24-05-2005
IVAPORUNDUVA - For three centuries, residents of this remote village founded by runaway slaves have languished on the fringes of Brazilian society.Nestled in a narrow tropical valley 290 km southwest
readAfrica: A time to reflect on problems, prospects
24-05-2005
A Message on Africa Day, marked on May 25, from United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan THE annual observance of Africa Day offers an opportunity to reflect on Africa's prospects and its
readIN BRIEF
24-05-2005
*POLLS - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was meeting party officials to plan an early general election after his Social Democrats were crushed in a key state election.*CONDEMNED - Iran's reformist
readUN court reduces Rwanda ex-mayor's genocide term
24-05-2005
DAR ES SALAAM - A former Rwandan mayor jailed for life for committing genocide during the country's 1994 mass killings had his sentence cut to 45 years by an appeal court yesterday, a court spokesman
readJackson's lawyers wrap up their case
24-05-2005
SANTA MARIA, California - Comedian Chris Tucker and US talk show host Jay Leno were scheduled to take the stand for Michael Jackson this week as the defence wraps up its case in the entertainer's
readFifteen people die of food poisoning in northern Nigeria
24-05-2005
KANO - Fifteen people died of poisoning after eating millet contaminated with a dangerous preservative in a village in northern Nigeria's Katsina State, a government spokesman said yesterday.The
readEgyptian team seeks to shore up troubled Palestinian truce
24-05-2005
GAZA CITY - A team of Egyptian mediators was to hold talks in the Gaza Strip yesterday with Palestinian security chiefs and leaders of the main militant groups in a bid to shore up a troubled truce.A
read300 suspected rebels arrested in Baghdad
24-05-2005
BAGHDAD - Tens of thousands of Iraqi and US soldiers yesterday swept through Baghdad's western suburbs, arresting almost 300 suspected insurgents, in the largest such military operation to date.The US
readBBC staff strike over job cuts
24-05-2005
LONDON - Journalists and technical workers at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) staged a 24-hour strike yesterday over plans to cut 3 780 jobs, seriously disrupting programming at the
readIndia on high alert after cinema blasts
24-05-2005
NEW DELHI - India was on high alert yesterday, a day after bombs tore through two cinemas in the capital showing a film considered offensive by some Sikhs.As police hunted the bombers, a small blast
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