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46 Articles found on Friday, 15 December 2006
From the Sidelines
15-12-2006
THE early exit of Namibia's so-called under-20 side from the Cosafa tournament in South Africa this week was the result of poor planning and a lack of patriotism.Firstly, I will not blame coach Bobby
readThe Iraq Study Group Report and Reality
15-12-2006
WHEN an official American report talks about collapse in Iraq and catastrophe sweeping through the region, its sheer novelty after years of denial gives it a certain credibility.Don't be fooled. The
readOur Collective Allergies to Competence
15-12-2006
IN preparing for this column on excellence in institutions, I had two interesting discussions.One was with a French friend who labelled it colloquially "un débat du bled" (a third-world
readPolitical Perspective
15-12-2006
AS The Namibian has reported on more than one occasion, former NBC Director General Gerry Munyama persists in asking the NBC to drop charges against him for stealing public funds.This really makes me
readHolocaust And Nuclear Denial
15-12-2006
WHAT connects Iran's nuclear ambitions and Holocaust denial? With equal fervour, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, defends his country's right to develop its nuclear capacity (though denying that
readWe Must Stop The Carnage
15-12-2006
IT will take a combined effort for us to stop the carnage on Namibian roads.At least two horrific accidents already at the start of the festive season highlight the urgency of a serious road-safety
readQuestion To NBC
15-12-2006
I WOULD like to ask a few questions regarding the TV licence that we are paying.If the money we pay is to render better services to the people, does it also include paying for relaxation of NBC staff?
readWhy Women In Community Matter
15-12-2006
IN reference to Elaine Trepper's opposition to the renaming of a street in honour of Richardine Kloppers, as reported in The Namibian (08/12/2006).Elaine Trepper is a name associated with an assigned
readAnd What About Negligence?
15-12-2006
WE were incensed at the ruthless, premeditated murder and robbery of Alexandra Mooren at Swakopmund on 23 August 2004; deeds that, in the words of the presiding judge, were "heinous, cold-blooded and
readMore Complaints About SSC
15-12-2006
The Chief Executive Officer Social Security Commission Private Bag 13223 Windhoek 11 December, 2006 Employer reference no.0000562548 dated 06.10.06 N$100-80 - per your return form 10 N$ 98-56
readLeave San Alone
15-12-2006
I WOULD like to air my views and concerns about the land issue in Namibia.After reading the newspaper of December 8 2006 I asked myself lots of questions about this issue. And later I got one answer
readOpec to cut production by 500 000 bpd in Feb
15-12-2006
ABUJA - Opec has agreed an oil output cut of 500 000 barrels per day, or two per cent, delayed until February1 when the northern winter is ending, a delegate said yesterday, sending oil prices more
readAirbus struggles after crisis year
15-12-2006
PARIS - Airbus, poised to fall behind US rival Boeing Co. in orders for the first time in six years, must be wishing 2006 was already history.But for the European planemaker and its parent European
readTelkom takeover deadline extended
15-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African IT outsourcing firm Business Connexion has agreed to extend a deadline for Telkom's planned 2,43 billion rand takeover, keeping alive the phone company's expansion
readChinese buys most expensive Rolls-Royce
15-12-2006
HONG KONG - The most expensive Rolls-Royce super-luxury car ever made has just been sold to a Chinese property developer in Beijing, the legendary marque's chairman Ian Robertson said yesterday.The
readQantas accepts takeover bid
15-12-2006
MELBOURNE - Australia's Qantas Airways agreed yesterday to a sweetened US$8,7 billion buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd. and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group in the world's
readZambia approves hotel project near Vic Falls
15-12-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia has given the green light to a scaled-down hotel development in a national park near the famous Victoria Falls world heritage site despite opposition from environmentalists, a
readChristmas carnage
15-12-2006
SEVENTEEN people died in the early hours of yesterday, when a minibus taxi collided with a military cargo carrier just outside Grootfontein.By yesterday afternoon Police were still trying to confirm
readKavango farmers get reprieve
15-12-2006
THE Oshiwambo-speaking cattle farmers who were chased out of a grazing area in the western Kavango Region about a month ago must return to that area, the High Court ordered yesterday.The order granted
readKey SSC suspect gets bail
15-12-2006
THE main figure in an alleged fraud scheme through which the Social Security Commission is claimed to have lost some N$344 000 was granted bail of N$15 000 yesterday.Former SSC employee Maxwell
readHoliday road death toll climbs
15-12-2006
WITH the festive season fast approaching, the number of car accidents seems to have picked up on the country's roads.Police on Wednesday reported six deaths in separate road accidents over the past
readHome Affairs says standard passports ready for Christmas
15-12-2006
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that the standard-sized 32-page passports are available again.People who have submitted applications for these passports will receive them within the normal
readMinister reacts to road deaths
15-12-2006
MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, yesterday expressed Government's condolences to the families of the 17 people who died in a road accident between Grootfontein and
readUnion to stay in bed with the ruling party
15-12-2006
THE leadership of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) says the umbrella union body will remain affiliated to Swapo for life, since it was established by the party.NUNW President Alpheus
readOops! Ministry miscalculates fuel price cut
15-12-2006
FUEL prices at the pump only went down by 14 cents a litre for petrol and nine cents a litre for diesel yesterday.The Ministry of Mines and Energy announced earlier this week that the prices would
readPresident appeals to road users
15-12-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has appealed to all road users to refrain from dangerous driving habits and to respect traffic regulations at all times.Speaking at the year-end ceremony for staff and
readSupreme Court upholds 10-year prison term
15-12-2006
A CRIMINALLY enterprising Windhoek welder, whose earlier success with staging a high-stakes burglary at Rosh Pinah fatefully prompted him to attempt a repeat break-in, lost an appeal against his jail
readNamibian San to fight for Etosha
15-12-2006
THIS week's court victory for the San people in Botswana, in which they won the right to return to their ancestral land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, is seen as a victory for all indigenous
readMoving tribute to Davin sisters
15-12-2006
WINDHOEK - Thousands of people packed the Dutch Reformed Church in Eros yesterday to pay their last respects to sporting sisters Janine and Suzelle Davin before their cremation on the same day.Janine
readNurses' union leader 'facing death threats'
15-12-2006
THE Secretary General of the Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu), Abner Shopati, says he is receiving death threats.Shopati told The Namibian yesterday that he had received several calls on his cellphone from
readGovt to pump N$1 b into development
15-12-2006
GOVERNMENT intends to spend a whopping N$800 million on 31 priority development projects between April 2007 and March 2010, according to a Cabinet decision taken this week.An ad hoc Committee
readTatekulu Tovio Abiatar (Tshipundi) a hulitha
15-12-2006
O MUKALIMO gwomolukanda Ovambo location mu Katutura mOvenduka, tatekulu Toivo Abiatar - a tseyika nawa nedhina Tshipundi, okwa mana oondjenda dhe hipangelo sha Rhino Park mOvenduka dhe momasiku 8 ga
readOsitola ya Chicco ye ya ishewe puuyelele
15-12-2006
O SITOLA yiitungitho yomunangeshefa a tseyika nawa gwomOshakati tate Erastus Tshikongo Iipumbu, a tseyika nawa nedhina Chicco, ndjoka ya li ya patelwa meni lyokamukanka hoka ka tungwa ka lambalala
read3 yi iyaka mokakuma
15-12-2006
A ANANDHOLONGO yatatu ya li ya tegelela epangulo oyi iyaka mo mokakuma kOpolisi pu Karasburg ongula onene yEtitatu lyoshiwike shika, konima sho ya tsu ombululu moombuli dhOsela yawo.Theofilus Basson
readGumwe a yahwa komuhingi gwOtaxi
15-12-2006
O MUHINGI gwOtaxi gumwe mOvenduka oshiwike sha zi ko okwa yaha omufaalelwa gumwe, sho a yakula po iimaliwa mboka a longo esiku ndyoka.Omufaalelwa nguka, a yahwa metundi - edhina lye inali monika
readYamwe otaya thigi po TransNamib
15-12-2006
O KAMPANI ya TransNamib okwa tegelelwa ya ka tembukwe kaaniilonga yamwe aakuluntu.Oshifo shika osha yakelwa ko koonzo dhi shi okwiinekelwa kutya aaniilonga aakuluntu ye li yane mu TransNamib otaya
readMuuninginino wOkavango otamu ningwa uufaalama 60
15-12-2006
MUUKWANGALI P ETHIMBO lyetalelopo lyasho muuninginino wOkavango petameko lyoshiwike shika, Oshifo shika oshe shi mona mo kutya aanafaalama yAakavango oya tameka okuninga uufaalama wawo wobinekilometa
readSports Shorts
15-12-2006
WINDHOEK - Tomorrow's Athletics Namibia (AN) council meeting will fill the vacant positions of secretary general, treasurer and doping official in the athletics executive.AN President Alpha Kangueehi
readMan Utd ready to spoil Curbishley's return
15-12-2006
LONDON - Leaders Manchester United will be determined to ruin Alan Curbishley's return to the Premier League on Sunday when they play his West Ham United side at Upton Park.Seven months after bidding
readStars underdogs in Cup final
15-12-2006
AFRICAN Stars will be going into tomorrow's FNB Cup final as underdogs against Civics, but the result after 90 minutes or otherwise, will be the determining factor who will lift the trophy.With N$170
readIn Brief
15-12-2006
* ATTACK - Gunmen attacked the convoy of Iraq's Shi'ite vice president, Adel Abdul Mahdi, in Baghdad yesterday, but there were no immediate reports of any injuries, Interior Ministry officials
readChristmas gifts pour in for Nelson Mandela
15-12-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Christmas starts early for the world's favourite elder statesman Nelson Mandela.Although presents pour in throughout the year from all corners of the globe, peak times are his birthday
readEnglish town lives in fear
15-12-2006
IPSWICH - The slaying of five prostitutes has cast a shadow over the provincial English town of Ipswich, as police hunted for a suspected serial killer and the town's women feared they could be
readPinochet grandson sacked from army
15-12-2006
SANTIAGO - The soldier grandson of General Augusto Pinochet was discharged from the Chilean army after causing an uproar with a funeral speech denouncing judges who had tried the late dictator.Army
readGunmen kidnap dozens in central Baghdad
15-12-2006
BAGHDAD - Gunmen in military uniforms kidnapped dozens of people yesterday from a major commercial area in central Baghdad, the second mass abduction in the capital in a month.The attackers drove up
readDiana death a 'tragic accident'
15-12-2006
AN official UK police inquiry into the Paris car crash which killed Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed has found no evidence the couple were murdered.The Met Police's probe concluded the crash was a
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