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42 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 December 2006
Disgusted With Amnesty
12-12-2006
The Chairman of the NBC, Mr Bob Kandetu The Minister of Information of Broadcasting The Chairman of the Anti Corruption Commission WITH dismay and disgust I read in the free community newspaper of
readOn The Plight Of Middle Management
12-12-2006
IN her 'Political Perspective' column of December 1 2006, Gwen Lister lamented about the floundering of society.This - as she rightfully indicated - has many causes. Key to this is the erosion of
readZim Nov inflation up
12-12-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate quickened to almost 1 100 per cent in November, thwarting the government's efforts to bring it back to triple digit levels and ease the plight of hard pressed
readWorld Bank eyes African joint financing in China
12-12-2006
BEIJING - The World Bank has proposed to China the idea of joint financing development projects in Africa, a senior bank official said on Thursday.The bank sets strict policy conditions for its loans,
readImmigrants better educated than Britons
12-12-2006
LONDON - Immigrants to Britain are better educated than their British-born counterparts, but are more likely to be working in low-skilled jobs, and suffer from "Dickensian" forms of exploitation,
readNissan plans environmentally friendly car
12-12-2006
TOKYO - Nissan Motor Co.announced plans yesterday to launch a next-generation fuel cell vehicle in the early 2010s in Japan and North America as part of its mid-term environmental strategy.Nissan
readPetroSA buys into Namibian offshore gas blocks
12-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's PetroSA has bought a 10 per cent stake to participate in Namibia's Northern and Southern offshore gas blocks, which are licensed to BHP Billiton, it said yesterday.BHP
readKavango crisis turns ugly
12-12-2006
AN Oshiwambo-speaking farmer's cattle post in western Kavango was torched on Friday night.Vilho Hamunyela is one of the many Oshiwambo-speaking farmers accused of being in west Kavango illegally and
readRehoboth man drowns in dam
12-12-2006
A WELL-KNOWN member of the Rehoboth community and organiser of the town's annual trade show, Dimitrio Metzler, drowned in the Oanob Dam on Sunday after rescuing his wife and four children.Metzler (36)
readTennis stars die in coastal accident
12-12-2006
TWO of Namibia's brightest young tennis stars lost their lives in a road accident at the coast on Friday.The Davin sisters, Janine and Suzelle, were two of four fatalities after yet another car crash
readSnipes movie stares down court orders
12-12-2006
THE producers of the zombie Western film 'Gallowwalker', currently being filmed in the Namib Desert, managed to sidestep High Court orders on Friday for thousands of dollars allegedly owed to two
readEtosha National Park fence a worry: MP
12-12-2006
A SWAPO MP in the National Council (NC) says he is concerned about the maintenance of the fences around the Etosha National Park.Bartholomeus Shangheta told the House that wildlife escaping from the
readLuederitz fishing strike averted
12-12-2006
AFTER nearly a year of negotiations with the Namibia Seamen and Allied Workers' Union (Nasawu), Marco Fishing at Luederitz on Friday granted wage increases to 400 of its employees.A 45 cent increase
read'Incomplete' plane crashes, kills pilot
12-12-2006
A PRIVATE aircraft crashed in the Mowani Mountain Camp at Twyfelfontein on Wednesday afternoon, killing its 57-year-old pilot, Windhoek resident Wolfgang Rapp.The plane, which belonged to the
readA veteran judge retires
12-12-2006
A STALWART of Namibia's judiciary, Acting Judge Simpson Mtambanengwe, is set to hang up his judicial robes at the end of the year.Acting Judge Mtambanengwe will retire when his current term as Acting
readOrphan project gets US grant
12-12-2006
THE United States government has awarded the Church Alliance For Orphans (Cafo) one of the first New Partner Initiative (NPI) grants worth N$7 million to continue the fight against HIV-AIDS.Dr Henry
readHigh Court overturns stabbing verdict
12-12-2006
THE High Court has overturned the culpable homicide conviction and three-year prison term that a young Windhoek resident received two years ago as a result of an incident in which he had stabbed a
readChild rape and murder case sent to High Court
12-12-2006
THE case in which a former security guard, Lesley Kukame, is accused of raping and murdering a three-year-old girl at the disused Katutura Cinema Hall early last year has been transferred to the High
readPresident and San leaders discuss farming in conservancy
12-12-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has invited traditional leaders of the San community to meet him at State House in Windhoek to discuss the controversial Government programme of establishing small-scale
readHaingura is new Swapo Women's Secretary
12-12-2006
PETRINA Haingura, one of Swapo President Sam Nujoma's 10 choices for the party list in 2004, has taken over the reins as Secretary of the Swapo Women's Council following the congress at Rundu over the
readOshipotha sha nakulula onkamba koonkondo shuundulilwa ku Febuluali
12-12-2006
O MULUMENTU omugundjuka ngoka a lopotelwa ekwatonkonga lyonkambe pomukunda gumwe moshitopolwa sha Shana, ota kala konima yekumba sigo Febuluali.Mosoondaha yeti: 3 Desemba, Frans Ambunda (19) okwa li
readUlenga a gandja uusama kOminista yEgameno
12-12-2006
O MUWILIKI gwongundu yompilamene yo Congress of Democrats Ben Ulenga, okwa ti oshi li itashi ulike esimaneko kOmupresedende Hifikepunye Pohamba sho osheendo she sha kuthwa ko kopate pokati kOndangwa
readKabila a ganithwa
12-12-2006
K INSHASA - Onkundana okuzilila ku Kanshasa shOrepublika yUundemokoli ya Congo (DRC) otayi ti kutya Joseph Kabila okwa pewa pambelewa oshipundi she shUupresidende woshilongo shika mEtitatu lya zi
readOmusita gumwe a kwatwa po sho yaka iikombo 29
12-12-2006
O MUSITA gumwe gwOngeleka ya Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) pu Koes, shi li ookilo 130 kuumbugantuzilo wa Keetmanshoop, okwa kwatwa po mEtitatu lya zi ko sho aniwa a
readOshipangelo sha Katutura sha dhengwa koshikukuta
12-12-2006
O TASHI vulika Oshipangelo shi na oombeta dhaavu dhi li 900 shi kale kashi na omeya? Oshpangelo shEpangelo sha Katutura osha li monkalo yi li ngaaka uule womasiku gaali.Aavu mOshipangelo shika mEtine
readBongo okwa hala natango okukala koshipundi shUupresidende
12-12-2006
O mupresidende gwa Gabon Ormar Bongo, ngoka oye Omupresidende e li koshipundi shUupresidende ethimbo ele mu Afrika alihe, omasiku ngaka okwa popi kutya oku na edhiladhilo oku ka kutha ombinga
readChicco okuuvitile nayi Elelo lya Shakati
12-12-2006
O MUNANGESHEFA a tseyika nawa gwomOshakati tate Erastus Tshikongo Iipumbu, a tseyika nawa nedhina Chicco, okuuvitile nayi Elelo lya Shakati sho lya patela ositola ye yIitungitho yomOshakati meni
readNamibia beat UA Emirates
12-12-2006
NAMIBIA completed a two-day demolition job on the United Arab Emirates, powering to an innings-and-149-run win in Windhoek after ruthless all-round displays at the weekend.Centuries for Louis Burger
readKiwis get their revenge
12-12-2006
GEORGE - New Zealand pounced on numerous errors by the South Africans to take the George title of the IRB World Sevens series when they downed the hosts 24-17 in the final here Saturday.It was a
readStars, Civics reach FNB Cup final
12-12-2006
AFRICAN Stars and Civics carved their way into the FNB Cup final with victories over Black Africa and Blue Waters at the Independence Stadium on Saturday.Stars managed to squeeze their way past Black
readTitle game on for United, Chelsea
12-12-2006
LONDON - Any faint hopes Chelsea may have had of another comfortable run to the Premier League title look well and truly scuppered by their 1-1 draw with Arsenal.By December 12 in 2005, a buoyant
readTaylor ousts Ouma on points
12-12-2006
NEW YORK - Jermain Taylor retained his unified middleweight crown with a unanimous decision over Uganda-born Kassim Ouma in North Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, the undefeated champion easing to a
readDictator evades justice in death
12-12-2006
SANTIAGO - The death of General Augusto Pinochet sparked champagne-soaked celebrations, skirmishes with police and displays of lasting devotion as Chileans took an anguished look back at the dictator
readProstitute murders probed
12-12-2006
LONDON - Detectives hunting the killer of two prostitutes whose bodies were found in the same stream in Ipswich were investigating yesterday whether a third woman's death is linked to the killings.The
readRadiation found at German location ex-spy's contact visited before meeting
12-12-2006
HAMBURG - German authorities said Sunday that they found traces of the rare radioactive substance polonium-210 at an apartment visited by a contact of fatally poisoned ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko -
readPresident wins election
12-12-2006
ANTANANARIVO - President Marc Ravalamanana won re-election in Madagascar with 54,8 per cent, giving him a comfortable first-round victory in the national vote, the Interior Ministry said
readSudan refuses SA visit
12-12-2006
PRETORIA - A visit by top-ranking defence force officers to Sudan as part of a goodwill visit to South African troops deployed beyond the country's borders had to be cancelled after the group was
readMugabe will not step down in 2008
12-12-2006
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will not step down at the expiry of his term in 2008 but will rule for an additional two years after three more provincial committees of his ruling Zanu
readIn Brief
12-12-2006
KEPT - A Nigerian militant group said yesterday it intended to keep four foreign hostages snatched last Thursday from an oil export terminal until after Christmas but will be treating them well.The
readIran conference questions the Holocaust
12-12-2006
TEHRAN - Iran opened a conference yesterday to examine the Holocaust and question whether Nazi Germany used gas chambers to kill Jews, drawing condemnation in the West and criticism from Iran's Jewish
readThree children shot dead in Gaza
12-12-2006
GAZA CITY - Palestinian gunmen killed three young children of a senior Palestinian intelligence officer yesterday, pumping dozens of bullets into their car as it passed through a street crowded with
readViolence marks Pinochet's passing
12-12-2006
SANTIAGO - Riot police clashed with thousands of demonstrators in the midst of celebrations in the Chilean capital after the death on Sunday of former dictator Augusto Pinochet.The body of the retired
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