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46 Articles found on Friday, 9 September 2005
Swimming to New Orleans - A Man's Search For Family
09-09-2005
A Bay Area man goes to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and finds a war zone of floating bodies, armed and angry survivors and threatening policemen.I just returned this past weekend from my first
readAn American Opportunity
09-09-2005
IT's not fair to blame George W. Bush for the disaster in New Orleans.He had nothing to do with the evacuation operation that left the poorest and most helpless people behind.If some of his
readPolitical Perspective
09-09-2005
OH MY, how the mighty have fallen! The news that Swapo has suspended Paulus Kapia, Secretary General of the Swapo Youth League, is historic indeed.Most people expected repercussions in the wake of his
readBush's Second Gulf Disaster
09-09-2005
PRESIDENT Bush has asked that Americans not "play politics" at this moment of terrible national disaster.But asking hard questions of our nation's leaders is exactly what democracy demands when the
readEditorial: Bringing Namibia Back From The Brink
09-09-2005
IT is very important that Namibia be seen to be tackling corruption, even in the absence of an Anti-Corruption Commission, which, according to Prime Minister Nahas Angula, is unlikely to see the
readLosing It All
09-09-2005
I DON'T know if the Namibian authorities have seen the legal notices published on a daily basis in our local papers but at the rate the micro-lending companies and other lending institutions are
readThose Silly Sorters
09-09-2005
Dear CEO of Nampost I have had this headache for a long time, and hope that you will put an end to it.I always receive other people's mail in my box.These I throw back in the assigned box, but I
readRemove This Minister
09-09-2005
ALLOW me a space in your newspaper to express myself on the sensitive issue of gays and lesbians in our country.It raised eyebrows when Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Teopolina
readInciting Anti-Gay Remarks By Minister
09-09-2005
PLEASE allow me some space in your newspaper to air my views and concerns regarding the latest tirade of the deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Mrs Theopolina Mushelenga.It was with
readA Threat To Life
09-09-2005
I AM very disappointed to hear that someone who is supposed to lead the nation by example is sucking information from her thumb.I am referring to the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration,
readSomething Is Seriously Amiss
09-09-2005
An Open Letter To President Pohamba ALLOW me some space in your esteemed paper for some serious issues that I would like to raise in an open letter to the President of the Republic of Namibia, His
readSomething Is Seriously Amiss
09-09-2005
An Open Letter To President Pohamba ALLOW me some space in your esteemed paper for some serious issues that I would like to raise in an open letter to the President of the Republic of Namibia, His
readSpring street market tomorrow
09-09-2005
MORE than 40 small businesses will take part in the street market to be held at the Leather Connection Craft Centre in Windhoek tomorrow, staged to coincide with the start of spring.Led by prominent
readSA bank to open on Sundays
09-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's biggest retail bank Absa, controlled by Britain's Barclays, has become the country's first bank to open on Sundays, the company said late on Wednesday.Absa said in a
readRundu community to have own butchery
09-09-2005
RUNDU - The Regional Councillor for Ndiyona Constituency, Sebastian Karupu, says considerable progress has been made with the construction of a butchery at Ndongalinena village, some 75 kilometres
readSanlam hikes H1 earnings
09-09-2005
JOHANNESBURG - South African insurer Sanlam increased first-half headline earnings per share by 85 per cent as it benefited from investment income but said yesterday the growth trend may not continue
readPositive economic growth: !Gawaxab
09-09-2005
LOCAL economist Johannes !Gawaxab has said that the Namibian economy is likely to grow by more than four per cent this year and that inflation will be at round five per cent by year-end.!Gawaxab, who
readKapia tried to get shares for SPYL - Blaauw
09-09-2005
PAULUS Kapia asked for the Swapo Party Youth League to be given shares in Avid Investment Corporation, Kapia's party comrade Ralph Blaauw told the High Court inquiry into a doomed investment of N$30
readCurtain falls on Avid case
09-09-2005
THIRTEEN court days, 22 witnesses, 10 lawyers, an acting Judge, almost 2 500 pages of typed testimony and several hundred onlookers - all in search of N$30 million in public funds as a result of a bad
readKapia topples
09-09-2005
SWAPO Youth League Secretary Paulus Kapia is to be stripped of his seat in the National Assembly and faces possible expulsion from the ruling party.In a second bitter blow in less than a week, Kapia,
readHaven for destitute children
09-09-2005
IN 2003, a small group of people set up a Gospel Community Outreach Programme between Katutura and Khomasdal to look after AIDS orphans and HIV-infected children.Of the first 10 children cared for at
readGovernment urged to compensate the San
09-09-2005
THE National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has taken a swipe at what it feels are belated efforts by Government to sympathise with the plight of the San community, insisting that the authorities
readWindhoek cops graduate
09-09-2005
THE first basic training course for the Windhoek City Police concluded yesterday, with 138 men and women graduating from the Israel Patrick Iyambo Police College.Namibian Police Major General Tuafeni
readThe time is up for 'green-card' licences
09-09-2005
THE writing's on the wall for the about 180 000 drivers who have still not converted their driving licences Felix Tjozongoro, Manager at Natis, confirmed to The Namibian that there would be no
read20 years for stock theft
09-09-2005
THE Regional Court at Keetmanshoop has sentenced a convicted stock thief to 20 years in jail as prescribed by the new Stock Theft Amendment Act.Magistrate Hosea !Noabeb found Hendrik Jaartze (36)
readMan in court over severed head
09-09-2005
THE man arrested by the Okongo Police on Saturday in connection with the beheading of Elias Shoombe (60) from Ongumi village in Ohangwena region appeared in the Ohangwena Magistrate's Court on Tuesday
readGovernment probe fails to allay Otjiwarongo concerns
09-09-2005
AS accusations and counter-accusations continue to fly at Otjiwarongo, around 50 residents gathered at the town hall on Tuesday to discuss their ongoing unhappiness with the Town Council.A recent
readMassacre victims' son denies murder charges
09-09-2005
THE third person to have been arrested in connection with the massacre in which eight people were killed on a farm between Rehoboth and Kalkrand six months ago pleaded not guilty to all charges
readShiweda says he considered laying charges over delay in SSC payout
09-09-2005
FORMER Defence Force Brigadier Mathias Shiweda was so concerned about the Social Security Commission's investment with Avid Investment Corporation being overdue that he went to the highest authority
readNavachab's N$10m investment 'did not follow procedures'
09-09-2005
AS the curtain was coming down on the High Court inquiry into Avid Investment Corporation yesterday, gold-mining giant Anglo-Gold Ashanti approached the court to reveal more about Navachab Mine's
readOmukiintu a dhipaga omona koHIV-AIDS
09-09-2005
B LANTYRE - O omukulukadhi okwa dhipaga omonamati gwoomvula omugoyi mEtitano lya zi ko, sho e shi dhimbulula kutya ayehe oye na ombuto yo HIV.Sho aniwa ya yi komakonako kOshipangelo, ayehe ya li ya
readNujoma Foundation ota shunitha oshimaliwa shoka a pewa ku Namangol Investments
09-09-2005
E WILIKONGUNDU lyaSam Nujoma Foundation olya popi kutya oli ilongekidhila oku shunitha oshimaliwa sho N$20 000 shoka sha li sha pewa ehangano ndika ku Namangol Investments.Ewilikongundu ta li popi
readAantu yane mboka ya hulithila moshiponga pOukwawananyanga ya tumbulwa komadhina
09-09-2005
O MADHINA ga yane mboka ya sila moshiponga oshinene shiiyenditho iyali pOukwawananyanga mOmbalantu mOndjila onene yUutapi na Tsandi mOmaandaha goshiwike shika, ga tseyika.Otaku tiwa kutya oyo, Paulus
readOmukuluntuwiliki gwOmbaanga ya FNB a hulitha
09-09-2005
O MUKULUNTUWILIKI gwOmbaanga ya First National Bank, Lazarus Shinyemba Ipangelwa, okwa hulitha moshiponga shohauto ongula yEtitatu lyoshiwike shika.Opolisi oya tseyitha kutya Ipangelwa opo a sila
readEtseyitho lya simana kaalongisikola miitopolwa iyali Omusati nOshana
09-09-2005
OMBELEWA yoNantu mOshitopolwa shomOnooli, ano mOshakati, okupitila mOmunambelewa gwElelo lyoNantu mOshitopolwa, Victor Hamunyela, otayi lombwele aalongisikola ayehe yomOshitopolwa sha Shana nosha
readOshimaliwa osha fa sha topolwa ku Namangol
09-09-2005
E TOPOLO lyoshimaliwa ndyoka lya ningwa komukulukadhi gwa nakusa Lazarus Kandara nokupewa mboka ya dhana onkandangala moshinima shiimaliwa ya Avid-SSC olya galukile ishewe mondambo pethimbo
readCycle fun ride Sunday
09-09-2005
THE Windhoek Pedal Power club will hold a cycle fun ride starting at the Cohen Faustball Club in Sean McBride Street on Sunday.Registration starts from 07h15 and the distances to be covered are 30, 50
readFrom the Sidelines
09-09-2005
FINALLY, the Namibia Sport Commission (NSC) is showing its teeth.This indeed is what has been expected from this body for years, but a lack of tough, no-nonsense and competent commissioners was a
readDouble headers at Nujoma Stadium
09-09-2005
A tantalising double header is billed for the Sam Nujoma Soccer Stadium on Saturday as big time antagonists Black Africa and Orlando Pirates will square up in what will be a massive battle for pride,
readSaddam did not confess to killings - lawyer
09-09-2005
AMMAN Saddam Hussein's chief attorney denied yesterday that the ousted president had confessed to ordering executions and waging a campaign against Kurds in which thousands of people are said to have
readNigerian police clash with separatist group
09-09-2005
LAGOS - Six people, including a policeman, were killed in violent clashes between Nigerian police and a separatist group in the southern market city of Onitsha, officials said yesterday.The trouble
readAIDS possible cause of Yasser Arafat death
09-09-2005
JERUSALEM - The Palestinians' iconic leader Yasser Arafat died of poisoning, AIDS or an infection, according to a confidential medical report on his death in a French hospital last November, an
readEvacuation showdown looms in New Orleans
09-09-2005
NEW ORLEANS - The prospect of Hurricane Katrina survivors being dragged from their homes loomed larger yesterday while lawmakers in Washington locked horns over probing the federal response to the
readFraud claimed in Egyptian election
09-09-2005
CAIRO - Indignant opposition candidates and independent monitors claimed yesterday that incumbent Hosni Mubarak's camp had massively violated electoral law during Egypt's first contested presidential
readUkraine govt sacked
09-09-2005
KIEV - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko yesterday dismissed his government amid allegations of corruption against some of his closest aides.Yushchenko said the Cabinet and top aides lacked a
readIn Brief
09-09-2005
* UNREST - Saudi Arabia said that five al Qaeda suspects on a most-wanted list were killed in a three-day battle with security forces in the eastern city of Dammam, the latest in a series of
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