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22 Articles found on Wednesday, 26 April 2006
Some Africans return - help reverse brain drain
26-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - They left Africa in search of opportunity, to escape political persecution or to build a better life for their children. But, sometimes after decades spent as immigrants or refugees
readForeign firms urge SA to ease laws
26-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Three major immigration consultant groups have said that they are soliciting help from foreign chambers to push South Africa to ease work permit rules they say hamper investment.
readAfrican countries fight malaria, Burundi tops
26-04-2006
BUJUMBURA - Four-year old Jonathan Hitamwoniza wails as his index finger is pricked in a local health clinic in Burundi's capital. A rapid test shows that he has malaria - for the third time in his
read'Poor lawyers' cry racism
26-04-2006
QUESTIONS about the huge legal bills that lawyers presented to the Namibia Development Corporation for their work as part of a recent disciplinary hearing are nothing but "a racist crusade", the
readWinter's arrived!
26-04-2006
IT'S official...The rainy season is over and it's time to get out the winter woollies and sheepskin slippers. Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje at the Windhoek Weather Bureau says the chilly weather
readWinter's arrived!
26-04-2006
IT'S official...The rainy season is over and it's time to get out the winter woollies and sheepskin slippers. Weatherman Victor Kaurimuje at the Windhoek Weather Bureau says the chilly weather
readGovt support for Angelina, Brad
26-04-2006
FOREIGN journalists who want to cover the stay in Namibia of celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will have to come accompanied by proof of consent that the couple has agreed to meet with
readGovt support for Angelina, Brad
26-04-2006
FOREIGN journalists who want to cover the stay in Namibia of celebrity couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will have to come accompanied by proof of consent that the couple has agreed to meet with
readNUNW expects huge turnout at key congress
26-04-2006
MORE than 1 000 delegates have already confirmed they that will attend the fourth ordinary national congress of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) in Windhoek this weekend.
readTeek defence sets its sights on Police
26-04-2006
THE defence in the trial of former Judge Pio Teek spent a second day attacking the Police investigation of the child-molestation allegations against Teek in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday.A
readChinese co-operation on crime
26-04-2006
NAMIBIA and China have signed an agreement to facilitate criminal investigations or proceedings taking place in either country.Lawyers from the Ministry of Justice and officials from the Namibian
readCivil service, teachers' pay hikes a monstrosity: PSUN
26-04-2006
THE Public Service Union of Namibia (PSUN) yesterday condemned the salary increases for public servants and teachers agreed to by the Namibia National Teachers Union (Nantu), the Namibia Public
readFishermen strike at Luederitz
26-04-2006
CLOSE to 300 striking workers yesterday blockaded the entrance to the head office of the Seaflower Fishing Company at Luederitz, preventing administrative staff from entering the building. A reliable
readKavango trans-frontier park gets green light
26-04-2006
CABINET has given Environment and Tourism Minister Willem Konjore the green light to sign the Memorandum of Understanding on the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KaZa) project. This
readFish quotas 'devastating'
26-04-2006
A SHARP reduction in quotas for hake, monkfish and orange roughy has left sections of Namibia's struggling fishing industry reeling. The total allowable catches (TAC) for the 2006-2007 fishing
readFour foreign paparazzi thrown out of the country
26-04-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Namibian authorities are clamping down on journalists trying to follow Brad Pitt, heavily pregnant Angelina Jolie and her two adoptive children, according to a newspaper report. South
readParliament agrees to UN immunities and privileges
26-04-2006
THE National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously ratified a Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, which would among other things allow the organisation in Namibia to acquire
readFurore over visits by foreign dignitaries
26-04-2006
THE arrival of foreign dignitaries in Namibia without the knowledge of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Prime Minister's office caused furore in the National Assembly on Tuesday. During debate on the
readMoswapo kamu na etopoko nandenande, Ekandjo ta ti
26-04-2006
POKAMWANDI P ETHIMBO ta popitha oshigwana pOkamwandi mUukwambi popepi nOshakati mEsiku lyevalo lyoSwapo ya Namibia sho ya gwanitha omimvo 46 meti 19 Apilili 2006, Ominista yOmavi nOmatulululo, Jerry
readOmutumwa gwOmpangu a kwatwa po shi na sha aniwa nuulingilingi
26-04-2006
O POLISI mOshakati oya lopota kutya Omutumwa gwOmpangu pOndangwa mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Jafet Shigwedha, gwoomvula 30 okwa kwatwa po kOpolisi ongulohi yOsoondaha ya zi ko shi na sha niilonga
readNamibian netball in need of international exposure
26-04-2006
NAMIBIAN netball players and umpires need exposure on the international front for the game to grow locally. This is the opinion of South African netball umpire Annie Kloppers, who conducted an
readYouth Games well on track: organisers
26-04-2006
NAMIBIA is one month ahead with preparations for hosting the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa Zone Six Youth Games, which start in the capital on June 26, the organisers said on Monday.The Zone Six
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