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48 Articles found on Tuesday, 4 October 2005
Double Duties For MPs
04-10-2005
A S a matter of clarity I would like to request your newspaper to help publish this letter for me to share my concerns with the Namibian people.I have noted that Regional Councillors who are members
readDouble Duties For MPs
04-10-2005
A S a matter of clarity I would like to request your newspaper to help publish this letter for me to share my concerns with the Namibian people.I have noted that Regional Councillors who are members
readOpuwo's Water Woes
04-10-2005
I TOTALLY condemn NamWater Corporate Communications Manager Johannes Shigwedha who stated through the media that the water in our town (Opuwo) remains fit for human consumption as it falls in category
readIn Defence Of Cuba
04-10-2005
BACK in Windhoek, after my yearly holidays in Havana, I checked the newspapers to catch up, only to find out that the July 29 issue of The Namibian in an article titled 'Discontent simmers as Cuba
readNo 'Plus' For Nam
04-10-2005
I SEE that our tatty local 'knock-and-drop' carried a Nazi-sponsored advertisement celebrating the death of Simon Wiesenthal, the legendary Nazi hunter.The editor said he took the ad 'because it was a
readA Mess At Mureti
04-10-2005
DOES the Ministry of Basic Education and Culture do inspections at all the schools or only some? I am very disturbed by the conditions of schools in the Kunene Region, especially Mureti Secondary
readPoetic Justice
04-10-2005
A NEWSPAPER in Namibia is to publish an apology for an advertisement that attacked Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal.The publisher of the German-language weekly Plus told the BBC News website the ad ought
readProposed SA diamond reform to brighten up local jewellers
04-10-2005
CAPE TOWN - A proposal to limit exports of South African gemstones to increase the supply of diamonds to local jewellers would create jobs and boost industry, supporters claim, but others have warned
readUnilever eyes growth in Africa, Asia
04-10-2005
AMSTERDAM - Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever wants to give priority to growing its food business in Africa and Asia, CEO Patrick Cescau said in a newspaper interview published
readEurope fails to break deadlock over Turkey
04-10-2005
LUXEMBOURG - European Union foreign ministers failed to agree on Sunday on a mandate for opening entry talks with Turkey after Austria insisted on an alternative to full membership, but were to try
readNamibia seeks oil, gas investors
04-10-2005
WINDHOEK - Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina has invited investors to exploit Namibia's oil and gas resources.Speaking at the end of a four-day World Petroleum Congress in Johannesburg, South
readFight illegal fishing
04-10-2005
THE second annual South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (Seafo) Commission meeting, which focuses on the conservation and management of fish stocks, began in Windhoek yesterday.Seafo is an
readTeachers were 'sold out': TUN
04-10-2005
THE Teachers' Union of Namibia has described the recent agreement between Government and the Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) to scrap controversial salary increases for teachers as a
readTreason suspects tell of shackled return to Namibia
04-10-2005
SEVEN of the Caprivi high treason suspects returned to Namibia at gunpoint, in leg irons, and protesting powerlessly when they were expelled from Botswana in late 2003, the High Court has heard.Acting
readODC clams up on N$100m
04-10-2005
THE board of the Offshore Development Company (ODC) has imposed a blackout on information about its attempts to recover N$100 million from a shady investment. ODC Board Chairperson Gerdus Burmeister
readWoman injured during annual bike rally
04-10-2005
THE trip of a woman who took part in the Live to Ride motorcycle club's annual Fish Eagle Rally ended on Thursday in the Swakopmund Cottage MediClinic where she was still receiving high care
readEx-detainee issue still runs deep
04-10-2005
THERE were bitter complaints at a meeting of the Breaking the Wall of Silence (BWS) movement, an organisation of former Swapo detainees, that the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) has so far
readMP condemns brutal murders
04-10-2005
SWAPO member of the National Council Margareth Mensah-Williams yesterday spoke out strongly against the increasing number of violent crimes against women and children in Namibia."We have a sick
readGirl arrested after fatal stabbing
04-10-2005
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy is dead, and a girl of the same age has been arrested on a charge of murder, after a knife turned an argument into a deadly incident at Hardap on Friday evening.A Police
readOpuwo Council insists water bad for health
04-10-2005
THE Opuwo Town Council is disputing claims by NamWater that the water supplied to the town is fit for human consumption.According to a report on a chemical water analysis done by NamWater in 2002, a
readCops nab wrong hate guy
04-10-2005
THE second suspect in the hate-placard saga is still at large, despite Police having stated that they caught the suspect on Friday morning.Warrant Officer Christopher Munyika said Police had arrested
readTop cop investigated after crash
04-10-2005
THE Police have opened an investigation after the Regional Commander of the Police in the Erongo Region was involved in a late-night car accident last weekend."We are working on the matter," Major
readGovt steps in at Wildlife Resorts
04-10-2005
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism has stepped in to help the troubled Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR), assigning five senior officials to interim positions at the company.Deputy Permanent
readFormer Keetmanshoop Town Council acted illegally on SELCo agreement
04-10-2005
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality is disputing the legality of its contract with the Southern Electricity Company (SELCo).In an ongoing legal battle to terminate the 15-year agreement for electricity
readTeachers were 'sold out': TUN
04-10-2005
THE Teachers' Union of Namibia has described the recent agreement between Government and the Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) to scrap controversial salary increases for teachers as a
readODC clams up on N$100m
04-10-2005
THE board of the Offshore Development Company (ODC) has imposed a blackout on information about its attempts to recover N$100 million from a shady investment.ODC Board Chairperson Gerdus Burmeister
readTreason suspects tell of shackled return to Namibia
04-10-2005
SEVEN of the Caprivi high treason suspects returned to Namibia at gunpoint, in leg irons, and protesting powerlessly when they were expelled from Botswana in late 2003, the High Court has
readTreason suspects tell of shackled return to Namibia
04-10-2005
SEVEN of the Caprivi high treason suspects returned to Namibia at gunpoint, in leg irons, and protesting powerlessly when they were expelled from Botswana in late 2003, the High Court has
readTeachers were 'sold out': TUN
04-10-2005
THE Teachers' Union of Namibia has described the recent agreement between Government and the Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) to scrap controversial salary increases for teachers as a
readTreason suspects tell of shackled return to Namibia
04-10-2005
SEVEN of the Caprivi high treason suspects returned to Namibia at gunpoint, in leg irons, and protesting powerlessly when they were expelled from Botswana in late 2003, the High Court has heard.
readODC clams up on N$100m
04-10-2005
THE board of the Offshore Development Company (ODC) has imposed a blackout on information about its attempts to recover N$100 million from a shady investment.ODC Board Chairperson Gerdus Burmeister
readMwanawasa a tinda okukonakonwa
04-10-2005
LUSAKA - Onkundana ye tu zilile ko Lusaka sha Zambia otayi ti kutya Omupresidende gwoshilongo shoka, Levy Mwanawasa, okwi iyekele pomutenya kombinga yomakonakono ge na sha noHIV-AIDS.Omupresidende gwa
readKansola gwa Karas a londodha
04-10-2005
KANSOLA gwopashitopolwa mu Karas ngoka wo e li Kansola gwoshikandjohogololo sha Kaiti (Keetmanshoop), Willem Apollus, okwa indile aakalimo yaahoka kutya naya kotokele omanwethemo gopamuthigululwakalo
readOmbuga yUukwambi oyi li kohi yomulilo
04-10-2005
ONKUNDANA ye tu zilila mOmbelewa ya Kansola gwOshikandjohogololo shUuvudhiya mOshitopolwa sha Shana tate Amutenya gwaNdaafa, otayi ti kutya omulilo omunene nomudhigu ogwa tameke okufika ombuga
readOhauto ya tate Frans Uulenga mOngwediva ya yiwa nayo koombotsotso
04-10-2005
OOMBOTSOTSO natango dha tameka okuyaka po iihauto yaakalimo yomOngwediva sho ongula onene lela yeti 29 Septemba 2005 dha yaka po ohauto yomusamane gwomOngwediva moka tate Frans Uulenga, dhe yi kutha
readOhauto ya tate Frans Uulenga mOngwediva ya yiwa nayo koombotsotso
04-10-2005
OOMBOTSOTSO natango dha tameka okuyaka po iihauto yaakalimo yomOngwediva sho ongula onene lela yeti 29 Septemba 2005 dha yaka po ohauto yomusamane gwomOngwediva moka tate Frans Uulenga, dhe yi kutha
readOmuwiliki gwa NamPower 'okwa longa mwene'
04-10-2005
OMUKULUNTUWILIKI gwehangano lyolusheno mu Namibia nenge tutye NamPower, ano Leake Hangala ina pewa eziminino kOlaata onkulu ya NamPower opo a shaine okondalaka yoomiliyuna omilongo hamano nantano
readMexico stun Brazil to lift under-17 world title
04-10-2005
LIMA - Mexico scored twice in two minutes to set up a stunning 3-0 victory over defending champions Brazil to capture the Fifa Under-17 World Championship on Sunday.Tournament top scorer Carlos Vela
readReporter crosses the line
04-10-2005
THE South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) has applauded The Star newspaper for taking immediate action against a reporter who gave evidence for the state in a case he was covering.Said Moegsien
readGerman media dismiss Schroeder's criticism
04-10-2005
BERLIN - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, breathing fire after staging the most remarkable election comeback in German history, has wasted no time unleashing his wrath on the country's media.Just
readTheatre's poet of Black America
04-10-2005
PLAYWRIGHT August Wilson, whose epic 10-play cycle chronicling the black experience in 20th-century America included such landmark dramas as 'Fences' and 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom', died on Sunday.He
read31 Taliban rebels killed in Afghan attacks
04-10-2005
KABUL - At least 31 militants linked to Afghanistan's toppled Taliban regime were killed in clashes with government forces near the border with Pakistan, the defence ministry said yesterday.Afghan
read21 die in New York boat accident
04-10-2005
NEW YORK - Investigators in the US state of New York searched for evidence of criminal negligence yesterday as they tried to determine why 21 elderly holiday makers drowned when their tour boat
readSwaziland police vow to arrest firebombers
04-10-2005
MBABANE - Police in Swaziland vowed yesterday to find those responsible for two firebomb attacks branded as terrorism and linked to a banned opposition party.A courthouse in Mbabane was damaged in
read18 dead as train derails in India
04-10-2005
BHOPAL - At least 18 people were killed and scores injured when six coaches of a passenger train were derailed yesterday as it approached a station in central India, police and railway spokesmen
readIn Brief
04-10-2005
* TALKS - EU foreign ministers resumed last-ditch meetings to break a deadlock preventing the start of membership talks with Turkey, after failing to reach agreement in overnight discussions,
readHunt on for Bali masterminds
04-10-2005
KUTA - Indonesian police yesterday were hunting the suspects who helped suicide bombers attack the resort of Bali, leaving at least 19 dead and raising fears of more violence from Islamic militants.
readHunt on for Bali masterminds
04-10-2005
KUTA - Indonesian police yesterday were hunting the suspects who helped suicide bombers attack the resort of Bali, leaving at least 19 dead and raising fears of more violence from Islamic
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