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44 Articles found on Tuesday, 15 November 2005
What Went Wrong With Education?
15-11-2005
WHAT went wrong with our education system? I'm asking this question in light of the high failure rate, the low competence levels and the alarming school dropout rate in the education system.I think
readToo Much Focus On Nujoma
15-11-2005
ALLOW me to express myself as a "voice in the wilderness".The reason I am saying this is because there are not many people who will support my stance due to the culture of fear that has infiltrated
readNot The Father Of The Nation
15-11-2005
ALLOW me to have some space in your popular newspaper to express my views about the law to be passed to bestow an official title on Nujoma.This law will be a big insult to the Namibian nation.Nujoma
readMoves to incorporate the 'unbankable'
15-11-2005
IN a bid to assist the country's poor, first-time bankers and low-income earners, schemes are being put in place to help the so-called 'unbankable' people.A 2004 study by the Bank of Namibia, FinMark
readSA central bank wants competitive rand
15-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank governor Tito Mboweni reiterated yesterday that he wanted to see a "competitive" exchange rate for the rand currency to enable economic agents to plan with
readBusiness leaders worried about global trade talks, bird flu
15-11-2005
BUSAN, South Korea - Fears that the current global trade round could collapse and the potential for a bird flu crisis that could sicken millions of workers are major concerns of business leaders
readSkandia deadline extended
15-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest insurer Old Mutual extended the closing date for Skandia shareholders to accept its over US$5 billion (N$34 billion) bid for the Swedish savings firm to December
readSchwarzenegger in China on trade visit
15-11-2005
BEIJING - Election-chastened California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Beijing yesterday for a six-day China visit aimed at boosting trade and investment and battling movie piracy.The
readNedbank earnings up 63%
15-11-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group Nedbank increased headline earnings for the nine months to end-September by 62,8 per cent to 2,3 billion rand, the group said yesterday.Nedbank,
readGovt to get tough on parastatals
15-11-2005
THE Ministry of Finance plans to exercise tighter control on how and with whom State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs or parastatals) invest public funds.SOEs can also no longer expect to receive huge
readWashday blues plague State hospitals
15-11-2005
WINDHOEK Central State Hospital's laundry operations have been brought to a standstill for the past 10 days because of a broken boiler pump and motor.Repairs are not expected to be made for at least
readPG to decide on Kandara case by month-end
15-11-2005
THE Police docket on the investigation into the death of Lazarus Kandara has been submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor General.A decision on how the matter will be pursued is expected before
readGovt in fencing firing line
15-11-2005
THE Legal Assistance Centre is to take Government and several regional land boards to court for not making money available to remove illegal fences in communal areas.Norman Tjombe, the Director of
readRookie cop up for murder
15-11-2005
GOBABIS - A Police recruit, who completed his training at Ondangwa last 12 days ago, appeared in the Gobabis Magistrate's Court last Tuesday on a charge of murder.Omaheke Police spokesman Sergeant
readMale sex workers on increase
15-11-2005
WINDHOEK - The parliamentary committee investigating sex workers and street children has been told that male prostitution is a bigger industry than previously thought.The Director of The Rainbow
readMisa critical of NBC 'propaganda'
15-11-2005
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Namibia has expressed concern over Government broadcasting interference and ethical standards of the media in the country.Misa Namibia is committed to
readRiver people from 3 countries unite
15-11-2005
THE aim of the Every River Has Its People (ERP) project, a transboundary initiative between Namibia, Angola and Botswana, is to improve people's livelihoods through wealth creation while managing
readTrain derails
15-11-2005
A TRANSNAMIB train bound for Keetmanshoop derailed about two kilometres south of Windhoek on Sunday evening.The company's Manager for Train Operations, Ras Esterhuizen, told The Namibian yesterday
readNo room for Zim jumbos
15-11-2005
THERE is no way Namibia can give shelter to elephants that Zimbabwe is said to be considering relocating here, a senior official in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism said yesterday.Ben Beytell,
readLong wait for farm massacre suspects
15-11-2005
THE three men charged in Namibia's largest murder case since Independence face a further three-month wait before they may hear what the Prosecutor-General has decided on the further conduct of the
readNamibia ina hala oondjamba dha Zim
15-11-2005
N AMIBIA okwa hokolola ngeyi nokuholoka puuyelele kutya ita vulu okugandja ehala koondjamba dha Zimbabwe molwashoka, oku na nale oomwaalu gwoondjamba omunene gwa pitilila puunapelo wadho.Ohapu ndhika
readNYC na gandje oolopota dha nkene ha longitha oshimaliwa
15-11-2005
O KULONGA nuuhasha kwOshikondo shOpashigwana shaanyanyamagulu nenge tutye National Youth Council (NYC) okwa holoka moonkundathana nokusokonwa mOmutumba gwOpashigwanaomasiku ga zi ko.Otaku popiwa
readPo GIPF oya hala egwedhelo
15-11-2005
AANIILONGA yokampani yoopenzela dhEpangelo nenge tutye Government Institution Pension Fund (GIPF) oya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo mEtitano lya zi ko taya indile egwedhelo lyoondjambi dhawo.Aaniilonga
readODC ina kanitha oomiliyuna, Ndishishi ta ti
15-11-2005
O KAMPANI ya Offshore Development Company (ODC) oya popi kutya oyi li moonkundathana okutala nkene yi na okumona oshimaliwa shoka ya kuthilwe.Nande ongaaka, ODC okwa tindi okutya sha komapopyo kutya
readOmayovi ga kala pElalo lyOmbala yUukwanyama
15-11-2005
A ANTU omayovi nomayovi oya li ya gongala pOmhedi mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, ye ya okutala nkene Omukwaniilwa Meekulu Mwadinomho Martha yaKristian yaNelumbu gwoomvula
readPermanent staff for Namibia School Sports Union
15-11-2005
THE Namibia Schools Sport Union (NSSU) could soon have a permanent staff complement to run the affairs of the union.The proposal emerged during a brainstorming session of the NSSU Council, National
readHamburg happy to host US
15-11-2005
HAMBURG - With 27 of the 32 World Cup places decided, a mating dance is going on across Germany.Teams are searching for the best hotels and training facilities while towns and cities are trying to
readHackett to miss Games
15-11-2005
SYDNEY - Australia's Olympic and world swimming champion Grant Hackett has pulled out of next year's Commonwealth Games to undergo immediate surgery.Hackett told a news conference in Melbourne
readAngula puts emphasis on sports development
15-11-2005
THE Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) Zone Six Council of Ministers ended in Windhoek on Friday.The one-day meeting was attended by ministers or deputy ministers from Angola, Botswana,
readNortje to share tennis knowledge
15-11-2005
NAMIBIA'S professional tennis coach, Elizma Nortje, recently attended a high-profile coaching course in Turkey where she rubbed shoulders with about 300 other participants from 100 nations.The
readArrows boosted by Minolta
15-11-2005
KONICA Minolta unveiled the new playing kits for coastal side Eleven Arrows, after previously injecting a massive N$150 000 into the premiership club for the 2005/2006 football season Despite going
readShatilwe wins pool shoot-out
15-11-2005
VINITO Shatilwe is the new Carling Black Label Pool Shoot-out champion.Shatilwe, from Mozzarellas' Extra Hot team in Windhoek, was crowned the winner after he defeated Erastus Shilongo from Mariental
readCoaching course huge success: Neto
15-11-2005
BRAZIL football consultant Manuel Espizm Neto described the week-long beginners' coaching course as a huge success.Speaking at the handover of certificates to 32 aspiring coaches at the Namibia
readSports in Brief Nam athletes to meet
15-11-2005
* WINDHOEK - The Namibian Athletes Association (NAA) will convene a meeting with all active Athletics Namibia (AN) athletes today at the stadium of the Katutura Youth Complex.According to the
readJacobs prefers local coach
15-11-2005
NAMIBIAN professional footballer Quinton Jacobs says he prefers a local coach for the Brave Warriors instead of a foreigner.Jacobs, who signed for two seasons with South African Premier Soccer League
readReligion makes comeback in China's far West
15-11-2005
HEZUO, China - In this once mainly Buddhist and Islamic enclave of Gansu province in China's remote and rugged west, lies a small town that is slowly burying the violence of its recent past and
readPatrick Lichfield, royal photographer
15-11-2005
LONDON - Patrick Lichfield, whose dashing looks, royal pedigree and artistic talent made him one of the fashion world's best-known photographers, died in hospital on Friday after suffering a
readIn Brief
15-11-2005
* CONFESSED - An Iraqi woman captured by Jordan and accused of taking part in a suicide attack confessed on television to joining a wedding party at an Amman hotel and then unsuccessfully trying to
readChina to construct special prisons for AIDS convicts
15-11-2005
BEIJING - China's booming southern province of Guangdong is to build at least two prisons exclusively for HIV-AIDS-infected convicts to try to halt the disease's spread, state media reported
readCalm returns to French cities
15-11-2005
PARIS - The French government was to meet yesterday on whether to extend a state of emergency in a number of places to tackle more than two weeks of urban unrest as the number of attacks was dropping
read3 killed in blast in central Baghdad
15-11-2005
BAGHDAD - Three people who appeared to be Westerners were killed in a roadside bomb blast near a checkpoint at the heavily fortified "Green Zone" in central Baghdad yesterday, police said.Police said
readIncreasing strife over Kenya constitution
15-11-2005
NAIROBI - A tense week of referendum campaigning for a controversial new constitution for Kenya culminated this weekend in clashes between opponents and police leaving at least four people dead in
readLiberia urged to keep poll row peaceful
15-11-2005
MONROVIA - African leaders appealed to the people of Liberia to stay peaceful and shun violence in a dispute over a presidential run-off in which Harvard-trained economist Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
readBritish troops could start Iraq withdrawal in 2006
15-11-2005
LONDON - British troops in Iraq could start to hand over duties to local forces and withdraw within the next 12 months, Defence Secretary John Reid said yesterday."When they develop the security
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