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45 Articles found on Friday, 1 December 2006
From the Sidelines
01-12-2006
THERE is currently an ongoing debate that the axing of both Alpheus Gaweseb as Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary general and former Brave Warriors team manager Markus Damaseb was based on
readWhat Now In The Middle East?
01-12-2006
THE political and security situation in the vast region between the Indus Valley and the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean is a cause for grave concern.When the US intervened militarily in Iraq in
readPost-Savimbi Politics in Angola
01-12-2006
IT was in 2002 that the Angolan army managed to ambush and corner Jonas Savimbi's convoy in central Angola.They then literally sprayed it with bullets although the big, bearded man was still
readThe moral and political beat of BEE is lost
01-12-2006
THE leitmotif of any policy is to address existing loopholes in the socio-economic life of a state.This is above all the context within which the debate around Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) should
readPolitical Perspective: The Big Question
01-12-2006
WE'RE approaching year-end in a rather chaotic manner.Not that it's dramatically different from last year, or the one before, for that matter, but nevertheless it must be said that it is hard to find
readLet's Not Opt For Second Best
01-12-2006
TRADITIONAL Cabinet retreats, or reviews as they are now called, have not in the past yielded much in terms of effectively measuring the performance of individual Ministers and changing the status quo
readBanks Should Wake Up
01-12-2006
AS a western visitor to this beautiful land, I am perplexed there apparently is no bank in your country with the marketing brains to be the first to promote the idea that clients should come to their
readPutting Power In Perspective
01-12-2006
THE Electricity Control Board (ECB) wishes to respond to a letter by one of your readers (Mr Peter Koep) which appeared in The Namibian of October 10 2006 on the Electricity Control Board (ECB).There
readProblems With Passports
01-12-2006
MY handbag was stolen with my ID and passport and I need to visit family abroad.Firstly, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) tells me that I will be fined N$160 for losing my passport. Secondly, MHA
readCall To Cancel Rundu Congress
01-12-2006
ALLOW me to join my comrades who are not happy with the procedures followed to choose candidates to attend the Swapo Congress in Rundu.This Congress should not be held, it should be cancelled. Even
readAshamed Of Nafau
01-12-2006
READING the newspapers of the happenings of the wage dispute at the WCCR and the behaviour of NAFAU, one can only be ashamed.In my understanding a union is the engine to solve the problems and
readOpposed To Bank Withdrawal Limit
01-12-2006
AFTER just having survived the shock of Nedbank's changeover to their Globus system, we left Namibia for a few months.On returning, one of the first errands is usually a trip to the ATM to draw cash.
readOn Unruly Opposition
01-12-2006
I WISH to air my views about what is going in the first chamber of our bicameral parliamentary system (the legislature), known as the National Assembly.As a political studies student, I constantly
readMobile phone banking hits Namibia
01-12-2006
ANOTHER new financial product - a first for Namibia - will hit the market today when Bank Windhoek rolls out its cellphone banking system, which will enable the bank's customers to conduct banking
readAngola to apply into Opec
01-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Angola, sub-Saharan Africa's second biggest oil producer, will apply to join global oil producing group Opec, a finance ministry spokesman said yesterday."Angola is going to join Opec
readTN signs N$120m contract
01-12-2006
TELECOM Namibia on Wednesday signed a N$120 million contract with Dimension Data Namibia to supply and implement an Internet Protocol/ Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) network aimed at
readEIB provides funding for Zambia power projects
01-12-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian authorities and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed a preliminary financing deal for major power projects under plans to improve infrastructure in Africa, a senior EIB
readNew Ugandan airline makes inaugural flight
01-12-2006
KAMPALA - A new passenger airline was launched in Uganda yesterday to compete directly with Kenya Airways, one of Africa's most profitable airlines.Victoria International Airlines made its maiden
readMafia suspect executed in capital
01-12-2006
CHINESE citizen Yu Jin, who has repeatedly clashed with the law in Namibia over the past four-and-a-half years, was murdered gangland-style by an unknown assailant at his shop in Windhoek on Wednesday
readJolie-Pitt hideaway sold to United Africa Group
01-12-2006
THE Burning Shore lodge at Langstrand - which tasted overnight fame earlier this year when Hollywood celebrities Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt chose it as their nesting place for the birth of their
readEx-Ongopolo boss loses out in mine access case
01-12-2006
THE former Managing Director of the Ongopolo copper mining group, Andre Neethling, yesterday lost the High Court case through which he had tried to stop Ongopolo from gaining access to the Tschudi
readNamibia slammed for 'killing' UN rights resolution
01-12-2006
NAMIBIA has successfully lobbied other countries represented at the United Nations to delay a declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, dealing a blow to rights advocates who have been
readAus rising like a phoenix from the ashes
01-12-2006
A NEW N$1 million community tourist information centre has opened in the southern settlement of Aus.Officiating at the opening ceremony, Minister of Environment and Tourism Willem Konjore dispelled
readBill in the pipeline
01-12-2006
THE Ministry of Environment and Tourism is finalising the Parks and Wildlife Management Bill and it will be tabled in Parliament next year, Environment Minister Willem Konjore said this
readParliament takes a break
01-12-2006
THE National Assembly concluded its sessions for the year on Tuesday after passing 15 bills, ratifying 14 international conventions and perusing 166 reports that were tabled.Of the 17 motions tabled,
readElectricity an expensive commodity
01-12-2006
THE looming power shortage in southern Africa and rising electricity costs might soon force consumers to consider alternative power supplies and even to become electricity producers themselves.A new
readThe high cost of death: Not only do we lose our loved ones, we must also suffer the loss of property
01-12-2006
APPOLUS Nginanasho Kamungu squatted in the firelight of the living room of his kraal at Ombalantu in the Omusati Region and told his story of sorrow.Kamungu has buried six relatives in two years. He
readChildren will go hungry this festive season
01-12-2006
AROUND 90 000 orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia face a Christmas without food while most other people are feasting.The World Food Programme and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child
readLast-minute hitch delays gem deal
01-12-2006
THE new diamond sales agreement between the Government and De Beers will be signed "before Christmas", Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina said yesterday.In terms of the agreement to be signed,
readAmushanga-Ndjayi gwa Red Cross a tulwa pevi
01-12-2006
A MUSHANGA-NDJAYI gwehangano lyomushigakano omutiligane mu Namibia/Namibia Red Cross Society, Razia Essack-Kauaria, okwa tulwa pevi kEwilikongundu lyEhangano ndika uule wethimbo inali
readOmuresidende Pohamba mOshana
01-12-2006
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tegelelwa a thike nena mOnooli, moka taka kala e na iinakugwnaithwa oyindji lela, mwa kwatelwa okweegulula pambelewa omatungo gontumba nOopaaka noshowo
readShatiwa ota vulu okwiifutila mo
01-12-2006
O MUKALIMO Omuwambo momukunda Olupeho mUukwangali muuninginino wOkavango, tate Gabriel Shatiwa (Nehanga) gwoomvula omilongohamano ngoka a kwatelwe po kOpolisi ya Kavango mOlyomakaya ga zi molwashoka e
readEngland hope for history repeat
01-12-2006
ADELAIDE - Doubts about the fitness of Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath have left England wondering whether history may be about to repeat itself in the second Ashes test starting at Adelaide Oval
readSpurs seek revenge in derby
01-12-2006
LONDON - Arsenal host Tottenham Hotspur in what should be a particularly spicy north London derby on Saturday after pipping their rivals to a Champions League slot in a controversial end to last
readTigers take sweet revenge
01-12-2006
TIGERS took sweet revenge by defeating African Stars 1-0 in their MTC Namibia Premier League football clash at the Independence Stadium on Wednesday night, after they fell to Stars in the knockout
readFredericks to the rescue of athletics
01-12-2006
FORMER track and field maestro Frank Fredericks stepped in to help solve the current crisis in Namibian athletics when he and other top officials, including the International Amateur Athletics
readBA, Pirates in search for wins
01-12-2006
BOTH Black Africa and Orlando Pirates travel to the coast in search of wins when they meet hosts Eleven Arrows and Blue Waters in their MTC Namibia Premier League matches this weekend.The
readIn Brief
01-12-2006
LEGAL - Legislation to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples in South Africa came into effect on Thursday after it was signed onto the statute book by Vice President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.*
readUN troops face child abuse claims
01-12-2006
CHILDREN have been subjected to rape and prostitution by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, a BBC investigation has found.Girls have told of regular encounters with soldiers where sex
readTraces of radiation found on planes
01-12-2006
LONDON - Authorities have found traces of radiation on two British Airways jetliners in London, grounded a third plane in Moscow and asked passengers on more than 200 flights to come forward as
readEastern DR Congo rebels to disarm
01-12-2006
THE last of three rebel groups in Ituri district in east DR Congo has agreed to disarm, potentially paving the way for permanent peace in the troubled region.The accord is the first step to ensure
readPigs eat child alive in Indian capital
01-12-2006
NEW DELHI - A three-year-old boy was eaten alive by a herd of pigs in a village on the outskirts of New Delhi after family members did not notice him wander outside his home, an Indian newspaper
readAl Qaeda: Pope visit to Turkey part of anti-Islam campaign
01-12-2006
CAIRO - Al Qaeda in Iraq denounced Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, calling it part of a "crusader campaign" against Islam.The Vatican said Wednesday's comments showed the need to fight "violence
readMadonna faces new adoption hurdle
01-12-2006
LILONGWE - Madonna may face a battle to keep the one-year-old Malawian boy she has adopted after the country's high court allowed human rights groups to participate in a judicial review of the
readCarter: Iraq greatest presidential blunder
01-12-2006
FORMER US president Jimmy Carter said the Iraq war was one of the "greatest blunders" ever made by a US leader.Carter, however, said on CNN he believed the raging sectarian violence wracking the
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