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45 Articles found on Tuesday, 19 December 2006
Together In Music
19-12-2006
DEDICATION, perseverance, excellence: some of the words used by a member of the Mascato Coastal Youth Choir to describe attributes instilled into them by their inspiring conductor, Ena Venter.The
readWhat Real Men Should Do
19-12-2006
Thank you for giving me a space in your newspaper.I'd like to address a matter that I find very distressing. I watched the programme 'Tupopyeni' Monday evening on NBC and was shocked when I heard the
readTrepper-ed In Khomasdal
19-12-2006
THANK you for the opportunity to comment on an article headlined 'Trepper oppose to street name for community activist' in The Namibian of December 8 2006.The person, Elaine Trepper, carrying the
readBorder Point Problems
19-12-2006
I WOULD like to register my dismay following the treatment I got from a certain male immigration officer at Oranjemund border post.On Friday 15 December 2006 at 10h00 I went to the Oranjemund border
readNew Bank Windhoek branch
19-12-2006
The Regional Councillor of the Oshakati-East Constituency, Lotto Kuushomwa, officially opened the new Bank Windhoek Oshakati North branch at the Etango Shopping Centre recently.By extending banking
readGood prices for sheep at abattoirs, industry says
19-12-2006
SHEEP and goats make up the largest percentage of the livestock population in Namibia - with a combined number of over four million - and their marketing potential is very high, a recent study
readEconomy in for bumpy ride as Zanu PF gropes in the dark
19-12-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's tottering economy is in for another bumpy ride in 2007 with analysts warning of yet another year in which political expedience and economic grandstanding rather than rational
readKovambo's PA murdered
19-12-2006
THE former personal assistant to former First Lady Kovambo Nujoma was found dead at her home late on Sunday afternoon.The body of 58-year-old Fenny Ipinge was found at around 17h30 by neighbours and
readBenny Petrus gets off the hook
19-12-2006
A CHARGE of inciting public violence that was levelled against union leader Benny Petrus six months ago was withdrawn in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court on Friday.According to Petrus's legal
readCop is jailed for extortion attempt
19-12-2006
CORRUPTION and dishonesty by public officials, even if it involved only relatively small amounts of money, cannot be tolerated by Namibia's courts, the High Court has warned in a judgement in which it
readCourt postpones stock-theft case against treason suspects
19-12-2006
THE case in which two of the men who are facing charges in the main Caprivi high treason trial are accused of having stolen a herd of cattle that belonged to exiled alleged separatist leader Mishake
readGovt wants to boost game farming
19-12-2006
GOVERNMENT is to give emerging commercial farmers on resettlement farms or in communal areas breeding stock to get into game farming.The Ministry of Environment and Tourism says there are farmers in
readErongo-RED answers its critics
19-12-2006
THE Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor Company (Erongo RED) has come under a lot of criticism from its customers since its inception on July 1, 2005.The company was established in terms of the
readKatzao's hearing postponed
19-12-2006
THE disciplinary case in which the Managing Director of Legal Shield Holdings and its subsidiaries, Stanley Katzao, is accused of irregularities has been postponed to January 10.Trustco Group Holdings
readFatal stabbing leads to 8-year jail term
19-12-2006
A YOUNG Zambian resident of the Caprivi Region faces the prospect of spending more than a decade behind bars after he was sentenced in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on a charge of murder last
readNew rumblings at Ramatex
19-12-2006
RAMATEX employees are up in arms again, this time because the Malaysian-owned textile company is allegedly treating a shop steward unfairly.On Friday, workers accompanied by representatives of the
readEarly Christmas present for UNAIDS
19-12-2006
AS a member of the Namibia Partnership Forum on HIV-AIDS, Finland has donated N$3.9 million) to the Small Grants Fund managed by the UN Working Group on HIV-AIDS.This substantial amount of money will
readNew doors open
19-12-2006
A SEARCH for something to do on quiet days for a group of construction workers has led to a project with all sorts of potential.Ten months ago Kornelia Shaulwa came to Windhoek from the North to join
readNghinamwaami defends N$150 000 'fixing fee'
19-12-2006
FORMER City of Windhoek executive Hafeni Nghinamwaami last week denied that there was anything wrong or unusual with him receiving a N$150 000 "project facilitation fee" for arranging a deal between
readGrape industry poised to make good returns
19-12-2006
THE General Manager of Grape Valley Management Company, Andre Vermaak, says the Namibian grape industry expects good results this year, following a three-year difficult period where the industry bore
readPastor suspended from his post
19-12-2006
THE Lutheran Pastor at Koës, 130 km southeast of Keetmanshoop, has been relieved of all pastoral duties after he was implicated in a stock-theft charge.Pastor Gustav Rooi (42) was arrested by the
readFinal version of Labour Bill tabled in February
19-12-2006
THE final revised version of the new Labour Bill will be tabled as soon as Parliament resumes sessions in February, Labour Minister Alfeus Naruseb has announced.Briefing media on the latest
readNamibia ota ka tungila Angola Osikola mu Lubango
19-12-2006
O KABINETE oya zimina kutya moshiketha shEpangelo namu kuthwe oshimaliwa shOondola dha Namibia oomiliyuna hetatu oshinkwanu yimwe (N$8,1 million) shi ye kOmbelewa yOmukalelipo gwa Namibia ku Angola,
readAanona yAaDuch otaya kongele oothigwa po Rundu oshimaliwa
19-12-2006
A ANONA mOsikola yimwe mu The Netherlands otaya ka kutha ombinga moshikonga shokukonga oshimaliwa shokukwathela aanona yoothigwa po Rundu.Osikola yedhina Anna van Rjin yi li mondoolopa ya Niewegein
readOpolisi ya gwedhelwa po oomiliyuna ne
19-12-2006
O POLISI ya Namibia otayi ka gwedhelwa po oshimaliwa shOondola oomiliyuna oshinkwanu ne (N$4,4 million), shi ka longithwe mokutungila Aapolisi omagumbo.Okabinete oya zimina egandjo lyoshimaliwa shi ka
readMoshinima sha shAapangi mwa ya uukwamuhoko
19-12-2006
O ONTAMANANA pokati kUuministeli wUuhaku nEhangano lyAapangi mu Namibia/Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) omwa gwila uukwamuhoko nomadhipagotilitho.Metitano lya zi ko, Amushanga-ndjayi gwa Nanu Abner
readEU ota ka gandja oshimaliwa ku Zambia
19-12-2006
L USAKA - Ehangano lyUukumwe wAaEuropa/European Union (EU) otali ka gandja oshimaliwa shOoEuro oomiliyuna omathele gatatu nomilongo hetatu, yi ka longithwe mokondjitho lyomukithi gwo HIV-AIDS
readOpolisi ya Muni otayi ka ninga oopatolola kolupadhi
19-12-2006
M UNI gwa Venduka ota ka gwedhela Aapolisi ye nAapolisi aape ye li 114 ya ka kondjitha iilonga yomiyonene mOshilndo pethimbo lya Krismesa.Omukuluntu gwOpolisi ya Muni gwa Venduka Abraham Kanime okwa
readAaSenegal ye li 102 ya li ya hala okwiiyakela ku Spain kaye wetike
19-12-2006
S AINT -LOUIS - Aakwati yoohi yAasenegal hupitha Aasenegal ooyakwawo ye li 25 ya li ya hala yi iyakela ku Spain, ihe yamwe ye li 105 kaye wetike natango.Mboka ya hupitha oya li ya falwa kOshipangelo
readKotokeleni oombotsotso mOshakati nosho tuu
19-12-2006
A MUHE mboka tamu ya kOshakati okulanda iinima yeni nenge okunana nokupungula iimaliwa yeni mOombaanga nane wo ngaa nee mboka yomOshakati, amuhe otamu indilwa mu kale mwa kotoka, mwa takamitha nomu li
readRavalamanana a sindana
19-12-2006
A NTANANARIVO - Omupresidende gwa Madagascar Marc Ravalamanana okwa sindana momahogololo gOpaupresidende ngoka ga ningwa moshilongo shika omasiku ga zi ko.Ravalamanana okwa sindana nomawi goopelesenda
readPriscilla okwa hala Endjala a ze mo
19-12-2006
O OMWEDHI mbali dha piti po, Michael Endjala okwa li a kambadhala okudhipaga omukulukadhi gwe, aanona ye yaali nasuwala ye.Ihe mEtitano lya zi ko, omukulukadhi gwa Endjala - Priscilla Endjala, okwa li
readLocal football ends
19-12-2006
THE domestic football season came to an end on Saturday, with Civics rounding it off in style as they grabbed the coveted FNB Cup title.Civics beat African Stars 4-3 on penalties at the Independence
readSchickerling re-elected as hockey president
19-12-2006
WINDHOEK - Windhoek-based lawyer Jesse Schickerling was re-elected as president of the Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) for the third year running at the union's annual general meeting held in the capital
readYoung Namibian makes waves in Pretoria
19-12-2006
NAMIBIA'S 14-year-old swimmer Tristan McDonald is getting a taste of what his Scottish genes mixed with his Namibian background can produce: record performances en masse.He has proved it already this
readChess tourney at Swakop
19-12-2006
THE first Kehat Beukes Memorial International Chess tournament will be held at Swakopmund on Saturday.The Namibian Chess Federation is inviting all chess players to participate in the tournament,
readAsk IAAF for help, Mutorwa says
19-12-2006
SPORT Minister John Mutorwa has asked athletics officials who are not happy with the current state of the sport to direct their grievances to the International Amateur Athletics Federation
readIn Brief
19-12-2006
$110 Hamburger! JAKARTA - A hotel in Indonesia is dishing out a hamburger that costs more than twice the monthly minimum wage in some parts of the country.The $110 hamburger offered by the Four
readUS Episcopal Church splits over sexuality
19-12-2006
FAIRFAX - Two large Episcopal parishes have voted overwhelmingly to leave the Episcopal Church and join fellow Anglican conservatives forming a rival denomination in the United States.Truro Church in
readPetersen's death leaves 'giant void'
19-12-2006
CAPE TOWN - The Democratic Alliance on Sunday sent its condolences to Taliep Petersen's family.The award-winning theatre, music and television personality was killed on Saturday night in an apparent
readPolice arrest suspect for prostitute murders
19-12-2006
IPSWICH - Police arrested a 37-year-old man yesterday morning on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes in eastern England, a senior officer said.Tom Stephens was arrested at about 0720 GMT at his
readANC's glue 'becoming unstuck'
19-12-2006
CAPE TOWN - The adhesive glue that has kept the ruling African National Congress together for so long "is fast becoming unstuck", says Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi in his
readGabon elections 'peaceful'
19-12-2006
LIBREVILLE - Elections in Gabon passed off peacefully on Sunday in legislative elections expected to see the oil-rich former French colony's long-serving president retain a massive majority in
readPowell casts doubt on troop increase
19-12-2006
WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is casting doubt on a plan under consideration by President George W Bush that would increase troops in Iraq, calling the US Army overextended and
readGaza violence continues despite cease-fire
19-12-2006
GAZA CITY - Masked Palestinian gunmen faced off in a series of street battles in Gaza City yesterday morning, but the level of factional violence had decreased markedly since warring groups agreed to
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