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42 Articles found on Friday, 11 November 2005
Revised Children's Status Bill: Potential Problems
11-11-2005
THE revised Children's Status Bill tabled in Parliament on November 8 is certainly an improvement over the previous version. It says that unmarried mothers and fathers will have equal rights to
readDialogue: what it is and why it matters
11-11-2005
VISION 2030 provides a compelling space for a critical inter-cultural dialogue.It is, after all, meant to be a national vision that will, if accomplished, strategically realign the country to
readFrom the side line
11-11-2005
THE football season in Namibia is set to finally start tomorrow, but is all really well in the game? Judging from the recent fiasco between the Namibia Football Association and the Central West First
readPolitical perspective
11-11-2005
OKAY, so I already have strong reservations about the appointees to the Anti-Corruption Commission, despite assurances that have been given by the Prime Minister, but there are other aspects that
readEditorial: Enough Of The Praise-singing ENOUGH is enough.
11-11-2005
In the wake of a vocal, and apparently unanimous, commitment on the part of political leadership to fighting corruption and the priorities that should go along with this, Parliament is bestowing yet
readWhat Youth Can Do
11-11-2005
AS a Namibian youth, I acknowledge that most of our peers suffer from a lack of ambition.They seem to have no worry in the world about what they are going to do after school or they do not care if
readDon't Sacrifice Water For The Love of Golf
11-11-2005
ONE can only hope that decision makers in Namibia have had the time to read and absorb the issues raised by Coleen Mannheimer in her excellent letter in The Namibian, Friday 04 November: 'Obscuring
readEros Security 'Over The Top'
11-11-2005
AS a regular flying passenger from Eros Airport I want to add my support to the writer of the article in the August issue of World Air News about the security system at Eros Airport.Security measures
readNot For The Greater Good
11-11-2005
I AM writing with reference to the article that appeared on the front page of The Namibian on Wednesday 9 November 2005, titled 'Law to be passed to bestow official title on Nujoma'.I cannot help but
readIn Defence Of Mwanawasa
11-11-2005
TEGA Shivute, a 2006 candidate for a MA Degree in Economics and International Trade at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, USA, raises interesting opinions in her
readCairns criticises EU on trade
11-11-2005
SYDNEY - The Cairns Group of agricultural exporters accused the European Union yesterday of holding the international trade system captive by refusing to allow significant cuts to farm subsidies.The
readSA to finance projects worth R1 bn
11-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's state lender Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) will finance projects worth one billion rand in the next 12 months as part of a government plan to boost economic
readEconet frustrates Virgin, Vodacom
11-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - African cellphone operator Econet has refused to sell a stake in Vmobile, rebuffing several generous offers and blocking the sale of one of Nigeria's most coveted assets, which it aims
readUS offer for African cotton deemed 'outrage'
11-11-2005
OUAGADOUGOU - A US pledge of US$7 million (N$47,6 million) yesterday to aid West African cotton farmers hurt by subsidies to growers in rich countries was denounced as "outrageous" by a development
readAah, the good life: secession and beer
11-11-2005
THE PROMISE of a "good life" - that is, one characterised by drinking beer - was the motivation that led the prosecution's tenth witness in the main Caprivi high treason trial to become part of a
readFuture of new State House neighbours still unclear
11-11-2005
CABINET is yet to decide which of the residents living around the new State House in Windhoek's Auasblick suburb will have to give up their homes to form a security cordon.Minister of Works Joel
readSecond mass grave found
11-11-2005
A SECOND mass grave was unearthed at a former South African military base at Eenhana yesterday - about 50 metres from a mass grave unearthed on Wednesday.Workers of the Road Construction Company and
readHamutenya is back
11-11-2005
FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Hidipo Hamutenya, who has been at the centre of controversy in the ruling party since he was dismissed in May 2004 by former President Sam Nujoma, allegedly for
readCountry Club hotel workers to strike
11-11-2005
EMPLOYEES at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort (WCCR) have voted in favour of industrial action, the Namibian Food and Allied Workers Union (Nafau) has announced.Nafau's Acting Secretary General,
readBuses out: businessman
11-11-2005
businessman is fighting to keep southern long-distance bus operators from using his premises as a loading terminal for commuters.The owner of Engen Service Station at Keetmanshoop, John Blaauw, on
readRoad builders call off strike; sweeter deal offered
11-11-2005
WORKERS of Namibian Roads Company at Rosh Pinah yesterday ended a seven-day strike after accepting a company offer to resolve a long-standing dispute.The workers until yesterday defied a High Court
readPower struggle in Pentecostal church
11-11-2005
MEMBERS of Morewaak Pentecostal Missions in Windhoek are demanding the resignation of their spiritual leaders after a power struggle allegedly resulted in them being shut out of the church building
readCrowning moment arrives for Ovakwanyama queen
11-11-2005
THE new queen of the Ovakwanyama will be installed by the tribe's royal family, the Traditional Authority and the Government at Omhedi in the Ohangwena Region tomorrow.King Mwetupunga Kornelius
readRapes continue unabated
11-11-2005
POLICE have reported the arrest of four men in connection with rapes this past week, one involving a nine-year-old girl.* Police at Walvis Bay arrested two men aged 20 and 23 at a house in Narraville
readMinister defends Air Nam losses
11-11-2005
FINANCE Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila yesterday downplayed reports of financial turmoil at the national airline Air Namibia, telling the National Assembly that the airline has suffered
readGIPF books 'healthy', despite bad loans
11-11-2005
THE most recent audit statements of the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) reflect growth for the last financial year despite concerns about the dubious loans it has granted.Statements
readAmerika yamukula Mugabe kombinga ya Dell
11-11-2005
WASHINGTON - Epangelo lya Amerika olya ekelahi omapopyo gOmupresidende gwa Zimbabwe kutya Omukalelipo gwawo (gwa Amerika) koshilongo shoka oti idhopo miinima yopaumwene yoshilongo she.Amerika okwa ti
readMboka ya yakele ohauto koSwakopmund ya kwatelwa mEdundja mOukwanyama
11-11-2005
O POLISI ya Hangwena oya kwata po aalumentu ye li yaali, ya adhika nohauto ya yakelwe kOswakopmund komatango lela geti: 6 Novemba, ya kwatelwa momukunda Edundja mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena
readEmbo lya Nakambale otali ka longithwa mondjokonona
11-11-2005
O MINISTA yElongo Nangolo Mbumba okwa ti embo lyondjokonona yOmutumwa gwOmusoomi a simana mondjokonona yOngelaka Onkwaevaangeli pa Lutheri mu Namibia/Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (Elcin)
readOmasipa gaantu ga fumvulwa popepi nOkamba yaakwiita pEenhana
11-11-2005
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila mEenhana otayi ti kutya omwa fumvulwa omasipa gaantu, muuninginino wOkamba yAakwiita mEenhana moka ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwiks shika.Kaku shiwike kutya ogoolye na ogaantu
readNPL calls Assembly
11-11-2005
THE Namibia Premier League invites all its affiliates to an Annual General Assembly at the NFA Soccer House on Saturday, starting at 10h00.Three representatives from the following clubs are requested
readFootball Fixtures
11-11-2005
Central Football League Saturday, Nov 12 09h00: Impala Chiefs vs WCE 10h30: Amakhosi Lions vs VD Bucks 12h00: Colo Colo vs Polytech 13h30: Battle Boys vs Silver Bullets 15h00: All Deaf Stars vs
readBoxers to vie for titles in Botswana and Zim
11-11-2005
A team of ten boxers will leave for Botswana today to compete in a friendly international tournament in Gaborone tomorrow.The Namibian team mostly consists of boxers who went through the development
readScharnowski speaks on Civics
11-11-2005
CI: Civics won the league last season and appear to be more successful than ever.What is the secret ? HS: There is really no secret because our players are fully integrated into the social structure
readPirates, Civics in for first wins
11-11-2005
ORLANDO Pirates and Buschschule Civics will only have themselves to blame if they fail to pick up maximum points against minnows Cymot SKW and Touch and Go when the Namibia Premier League swings back
readZim charges unionists over anti-govt march
11-11-2005
HARARE - Zimbabwe police charged more than 100 trade unionists with public disorder on Wednesday, one day after arresting them as they tried to march against worsening poverty in a country crippled
readSirleaf leads in Liberia poll, Weah claims fraud
11-11-2005
MONROVIA - With two-thirds of votes tallied, Harvard-educated economist Ellen Johnson Sirleaf held a 13-point lead in Liberia's presidential race, amid concern about the fallout from allegations of
readFrench riots show signs of abating
11-11-2005
PARIS - Curfews came into force in more than 30 French towns on Wednesday night, as the country's worst unrest since May 1968 showed the first signs of abating following two weeks of rampages.Speaking
readAngry South Africans torch trains over delays
11-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - Angry commuters torched 28 railway coaches in South Africa, causing some 200 million rand in damage, transport officials said yesterday.Protesting a 20-minute delay at a train station
readSuicide bomb leaves 35 dead in Baghdad restaurant
11-11-2005
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowded Baghdad restaurant frequented by the security forces during breakfast yesterday, killing 35 people and wounding at
readTriple Jordan hotel blasts kill 57
11-11-2005
AMMAN - Iraq's al Qaeda group claimed responsibility yesterday for suspected suicide bombings on luxury hotels in US ally Jordan that killed 57 people and wounded 110.In Wednesday night's
readMajor scramble for African fields
11-11-2005
CAPE TOWN - Oil majors face intense competition to grab hold of new fields in Africa from emboldened state oil firms and from Asian companies.US and European companies - the region's traditional big
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