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38 Articles found on Tuesday, 14 February 2006
Unions Must Do Homework
14-02-2006
I WOULD like to caution union members or representatives to adopt a culture of studying documents or doing proper research before issuing statements to the media.Recently the representative of TUN
readConcern About Cuban Doctors
14-02-2006
ALLOW me to put forward a few issues regarding the Cuban doctors in Namibia.I would like the Minister of Health and Social Services to read and pay attention to the content of this letter.Cuban
readAn Inexplicable Thing
14-02-2006
COULD someone explain to me why it is that the alleged murderers of the Swakopmund jeweller are able to walk free on bail, as well as many other criminals, yet a man who is accused of sodomy - nothing
readDon't Take Your Lives
14-02-2006
I ALWAYS feel frustrated when I read and hear about people committing suicide.It is worse when young people take their own lives.We all experience hardships in life, but we can stand firm when winds
readVillagers invade Nigeria oil rig
14-02-2006
CALABAR - Nigerian villagers invaded an oil rig over the weekend to press claims for community development, as a militant group threatened a fresh wave of attacks against the world's eighth largest
readSeeking new global trade push
14-02-2006
HAMMANSKRAAL - British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other centre-left government leaders called on Sunday for a new push on global trade talks, saying failure to reach a deal could spell doom for
read40 firms banned for corruption in 2005
14-02-2006
MANILA - The Asian Development Bank last year banned 40 firms and 22 individuals from working for the multilateral agency due to corruption, the Manila-based bank said yesterday.Since the bank began
readDoing business 'Dubai-style' in Algiers
14-02-2006
ALGIERS - There are no tourists, no pop stars, no shopping festivals and no gleaming cars for sale.But in a huddle of dusty side streets in Algeria's capital Algiers, business at a market dubbed Dubai
readValentine lovers kiss their cash goodbye
14-02-2006
HONG KONG - Lovers across Asia will be celebrating Valentine's Day this year with fancy meals, sumptuous chocolates, ritzy hotel suites - and above all plenty of cash.Money may not buy you love but
readMabula probe explores serial-killer angle
14-02-2006
A TEAM of five Police detectives is still continuing with an investigation of the murder of Windhoek resident Juanita Mabula, who was found beheaded next to the Western Bypass in the city in
readKey bill on parastatals to get public airing
14-02-2006
MORE than 10 parastatals are expected to present their views on a law intended to govern the way they do business to a select committee of the National Council from tomorrow.After being rushed
readGovt taken to court to pay out for expropriated farms
14-02-2006
THE former owner of two Otjiwarongo area farms that were expropriated by Government late last year asked for the High Court's help yesterday to get some money out of the State to compensate her for
readTime runs out for illegal shebeens
14-02-2006
THE Karas Liquor Board has rejected appeals by the Luederitz Shebeen Association to extend the grace period for illegal shebeens to obtain licences.The Board had given illegal shebeen owners until
readStriking fisheries observers claim their demands 'swept under carpet'
14-02-2006
TURBULENT labour relations continue to plague the fishing industry, with an ongoing strike by approximately 200 fisheries observers at Walvis Bay and Luederitz.After receiving a petition containing
readTeachers' union declares war on Cambridge
14-02-2006
THE Teachers' Union of Namibia (TUN) might soon find itself in court over statements made by the union's executive at a press conference in January.The TUN on Friday denounced an apology made to the
readGerman citizen denied bail again
14-02-2006
GERMAN national Guenther Berndt's hope to be granted bail was shattered again on Friday when his application to the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court was denied once more.For the fourth time since
readDonations pour in for Aussenkehr victims
14-02-2006
DONATIONS are pouring in from all corners of the country for the victims of flooding at the Aussenkehr Farm settlement on the Orange River two weeks ago.Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds
readWoman accused of stabbing her mother to death
14-02-2006
AN ALLEGED act of matricide prompted the arrest of a 29-year-old woman in Windhoek this weekend.The Namibian Police's Public Relations and Liaison Division announced on Sunday that the woman was
readOmukulukadhi nuunona uyali ya yiwa nayo kefundja pu Naukluft
14-02-2006
O MVULA ndjoka ya kala nokuloka nawa moshilongo, ndjoka wo ya eta enyanyu moshigwana sho iihape niimeno tayi mene nawa, oya eta oluhodhi olunene mofamili yomOvenduka sha ningilwa polukanda lwa Naukluf
readJohannes Abner gwomOmandombe a dhipagwa komuholike gwe
14-02-2006
O NKUNDANA yoluhodhi noyi nyanyaleka ye tu zilila momukunda Omandombe mOshikandjohogololo sha kaku mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shana, otayi ti kutya omulumentu gwoomvula omilongo hamano naheyali (67)
readOosikola nadhi totwe pamilandu; Udjombala
14-02-2006
O NKUNDANA ye tu adha omasiku ngaka, otayi ti kutya moshilongo omu na nee aantu taya endelele okutota po Oosikola dhOpaumwene, nayamwe otwa kundana kutya sho taya toto po Oosikola dhawo ndhika
readGumwe a pewa oomvula ntano konima yekumba
14-02-2006
O MULUMENTU gumwe hazi mofaalama yi li moshitopolwa sha Kombat, ngoka a zimine kutya okwa li a kambadhala okufika iilyo ya holekwa yomukiintu gwe noshikuni sha tema omolu efupa, okwa pewa egeelo
readOmaningonayi gaanandholongo kAapolisi ga kondemwa pOkaiti
14-02-2006
O NGUNDU onene yaakalimo yomondoolopa ya Keetmanshoop mEtitano lya zi ko, oya ningi ehololomadhiladhilo lyopambili, taya kondema omaningonayi gaanandholongo - shoka aniwa sha eta eso lyomunandholongo
readLog Standings
14-02-2006
Football MTC Namibia Premier League Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Civics 11 8 2 1 26 9 17 26 Blue Waters 11 7 1 3 20 10 10 22 Orlando Pirates 11 5 4 2 23 18 5 19 Black Africa 10 5 3 2 19 11 8 18
readCivics in friendly tonight
14-02-2006
BUSCHSCHULE Civics announced that they will play a friendly match against Angolan first-division side Premeiro de Agosto at the Sam Nujoma Stadium today.The match starts at 16h00. The match is part of
readVan Wyk champion in Nedbank cycle race
14-02-2006
HIGH school student Ermin van Wyk landed the title of the 20th edition of the annual Nedbank Cycling Tour in Windhoek on Saturday.Van Wyk completed the 70-kilometre stretch in one hour, 54 minutes
readEx-coach backs Gregan for scrumhalf
14-02-2006
SYDNEY - Former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones yesterday backed George Gregan to remain the Test scrumhalf after winning his battle with Test understudy Matt Henjak in their weekend Super 14
readAgnes in doubt for Commonwealth Games
14-02-2006
NAMIBIA'S medal hopeful Agnes Samaria's participation at the Commonwealth Games is uncertain after she revealed that she recently suffered a stress fracture in her right foot.Samaria, who has been
readMalawi court halts vice-president axing
14-02-2006
BLANTYRE - A Malawi court has quashed a decision by President Bingu wa Mutharika to dismiss his vice-president and asked the Constitutional Court for a ruling in the political feud.Mutharika on
readNigerian bird flu spreads despite clean-up
14-02-2006
KANO - Nigerian officials battled to contain an outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu at the weekend amid reports that it is spreading rapidly through poultry flocks and approaching the Niger
readPeter Benchley, 'Jaws' author
14-02-2006
NEW YORK - Peter Benchley (65), author of the bestseller 'Jaws', which was the basis for the blockbuster movie that terrified beachgoers and kept many out of the water for years, died on
readDemonstrators demand Preval be declared president of Haiti
14-02-2006
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Some 10 000 people demonstrated in the Haitian capital Sunday, demanding Rene Preval be declared president even though it was unclear if he could reach the 50 per cent needed to win
readUS general charged in My Lai massacre dies
14-02-2006
WASHINGTON - Samuel Koster, the highest-ranking US military officer to be charged in the notorious My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 86, the Washington Post reported on
readFranklin Cover, of 'Jeffersons' fame
14-02-2006
LOS ANGELES - Franklin Cover, who became a familiar face as George and Louise Jefferson's white neighbour in the long-running TV comedy series 'The Jeffersons', died on Sunday.He was 77. In his
readIfukube, movie composer
14-02-2006
TOKYO - Music composer Akira Ifukube, who passed away last Wednesday, brought the giant lizard Godzilla to life by composing its trademark anthem and high-pitched roar.Born on the Japanese island of
readPolice nab suspect African Nations Cup bombers
14-02-2006
NAIROBI - Kenyan police have arrested five men suspected of plotting a bomb attack on last Friday's African Nations Cup final between Egypt and Ivory Coast where Egypt President Hosni Mubarak was in
readIran vows to resume nuclear enrichment
14-02-2006
TEHRAN - Iran raised the stakes in the standoff with the international community over its nuclear activities yesterday, announcing it would resume uranium enrichment even before the UN nuclear
readBe my virtual Valentine. Or Not.
14-02-2006
PARIS - Love it or loathe it, there's no ignoring it. Red hearts on billboards, cutesy stuffed toys lined up in shop windows, chocolate confections and soppy cards.Valentine's Day is here again.And as
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