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45 Articles found on Friday, 13 January 2006
Rwanda genocide sentences 'humiliate survivors'
13-01-2006
KIGALI - During the 12 years since the Rwandan genocide, national and community courts - and an international tribunal - have tried to bring about justice for victims of the killings and rights
readDrought threatens Kenya's famed wildlife
13-01-2006
NAIROBI - A searing drought that has put millions of people across east Africa at risk of famine is threatening Kenya's famed wildlife herds as they stray from protected areas to forage for scarce
readWhat Happens After Sharon
13-01-2006
ARIEL Sharon is gone from politics, even if he still clings to life, but what his absence means for the region depends on whether you believe that he underwent some fundamental transformation in the
readGlobal Malaise in 2006?
13-01-2006
THE almighty American consumer had another banner year in 2005, helping sustain global economic growth, albeit at a slower pace than in 2004.As in recent years, he consumed at or above his income
readWho Beats Corruption?
13-01-2006
CORRUPTION undermines the quality of life for people around the world, not only in poor countries.The US currently is witnessing several corruption scandals.Even America's Federal Emergency Management
readPolitical Perspective
13-01-2006
IS over-expenditure just a simple matter of going over budget, or does it in fact constitute a form of corruption? I'd say probably the latter, especially in a country with resources as limited as we
readEditorial: Same Sad Situation, Year After Year
13-01-2006
EACH January, the country faces the perennial problem of placement of children in schools in Namibia, and it is a sad situation which is allowed to repeat itself again year after year. Anyone who
readMusic Tastes Differ
13-01-2006
IN answer to a letter that appeared in The Namibian on January 10 2006: In my opinion music is made for many reasons and that is why there are lots of categories: rap, gospel, kwaito to mention but a
readOn The Changing Of Names
13-01-2006
THE name of Windhoek's township 'Pionierspark' is registered as such with the Township Board and the Surveyor General, yet it is constantly being called 'Pioneers Park' or 'Pioneerspark' in the
readAfricans Can Do It For Themselves
13-01-2006
AFRICA, the continent of starvation, a continent of disease, a continent of poverty the list goes on.Is this how Africa will be known forever? Are we going to change this continent or are we
readOn The Road To Omuntele
13-01-2006
A DEVELOPMENT delayed is a people betrayed, or it is a 15-year-old empty promise? Allow me a space to air my views on the proposed development project of the tarred road from Onyaanya to
readThe UN's 'Folly'
13-01-2006
I SEE (The Namibian 22/12/05) that the UN and its new resident representative are spending N$70 million (US$12 million) on a new UN headquarters in Windhoek.Quite apart from the fact that this
readVodafone on BEE
13-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Vodafone Group Plc is in talks to sell part of its 50 per cent stake in South African cell phone operator Vodacom to black investors to meet government affirmative action quotas.A
readSmart banking to start soon
13-01-2006
STRIDES have been made towards the establishment of the country's first smart-card technology, which is to be implemented by the Namibia Post.Smart Switch Namibia (SSN), which is a joint venture
readOil workers kidnapped
13-01-2006
LAGOS - Unidentified armed men have kidnapped four foreign oil workers including an American and a Briton from an offshore oilfield in Nigeria operated by Royal Dutch Shell, authorities said
readSA economic confidence soars to peak
13-01-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's economic confidence soared to a fresh peak in December on expectations of faster growth, lower inflation and steady interest rates, a Reuters survey showed yesterday.The
readGerman tourist arrested for sodomy
13-01-2006
A GERMAN tourist was arrested in Swakopmund this week for the alleged rape of a 21-year-old Namibian man.The 67-year-old suspect, Gunter Berndt, is alleged to have committed the crime at the victim's
readRukoro new FNB Group CEO
13-01-2006
PROMINENT business personality Vekuii Reinhard Rukoro has left Sanlam Namibia Limited to become the new Group Chief Executive Officer of FNB Namibia Holdings (FNB).Yesterday's announcement of
readPigs that glow in the dark
13-01-2006
TAIPEI - Taiwan, home to the world's first transgenic glowing fish, has successfully bred fluorescent green pigs that researchers hope will boost the island's stem cell research, a professor said
read'Racist' auction rapped
13-01-2006
THE Walvis Bay Municipality violated the Constitution's prohibition of racial discrimination when it excluded white people from part of an auction of sea-front plots at the coastal town about two
readPolice revive 'Don't touch it, report it' message
13-01-2006
POLICE yesterday issued a warning to the public, urging them to be wary of explosive devices that are still lying at former shooting ranges and military bases from the pre-independence era."Don't
readPolicewoman's killer still on the run
13-01-2006
BY yesterday afternoon, Police had not yet been able to trace the murderer of 39-year-old Theopartiu Harakuta, a Police officer who was found dead at her home in Katutura on Tuesday
readTrustco wins court battle against Govt, Namfisa
13-01-2006
GOVERNMENT and its financial institutions supervisory authority, Namfisa, have been left with egg on their faces for acting unilaterally and beyond their powers in stopping deductions from State
readCopper thieves disrupt phone services
13-01-2006
THEFT of copper telephone cables has become such a big problem that Telecom Namibia has offered cash rewards for people who report this crime to it or to the Police.The size of the reward would
readRain moves northwards
13-01-2006
FOR the next few days, rain will mainly fall in the north-western parts of the country, weatherman Simon Dirkse said yesterday.Rain is forecast for Rundu and Nkurenkuru in the Kavango Region, moving
readOver 2 000 pupils without schools in the North
13-01-2006
MORE than 2 133 pupils in the Ohangwena, Oshana and Oshikoto regions were still without places in schools when the school year started on Wednesday.The Deputy Director of Education in the Oshana
readAadolam oya hala okufutwa ku Muni
13-01-2006
A AKALIMO yomolukanda lwa Dolam mu Katutura mboka omagumbo gawo ga li ga talelwapo komeya gefundja, oya ekelahi omapopyo ga Muni kutya ita ka talwa omeho moshinima shika okuninga shila pu na uumbangi
readMinista Kaapanda metalelopo mOshana
13-01-2006
O MBELEWA yOministeli yIilonga, Iiyenditho nOmakwatathano tate Joel Kaapanda oya tseyitha kutya Minista Joel Kaapanda ota ka talela po Oshitopolwa sha Shana mOmaandaha ngaka twa thinda (16 Januali
readUupyakadhi womahooli noyoombesa wa hula po
13-01-2006
U UPYAKADHI wompumbwe yomahooli nowoombesa mboka wa holokele po omasiku ga zi ko moshilongo, unene tuu mOnooli ya Namibia, wa mwena po manga naantu otaya nwetha nawa omahooli gawo poosasiona
readOosikola moondoolopa odhu udha nayi
13-01-2006
O MINISTA yElongo Nangolo Mbumba oya popi ngeyi kutya aavali naya ngungumane omanga aanambelewa muuministeli we taya longo oowili omilongo mbali nane okumonena aananona yawo omahala moosikola.Mbumba
readGavena gwaKaras nomunambelewa gwe kaye uvitathane
13-01-2006
N GOLONEYA gwoshitopolwa sha Karas nOmunambelewa omukuluntu gwoshitopolwa shika, kaye uvitathane kombinga yehumithokomeho newiliko lyoshistopolwa sha Karas.Oonzo dhomauyelele dhi shi okwiinekelwa odha
readSeppi stuns Hewitt in Sydney, Henin in final
13-01-2006
SYDNEY - Italian underdog Andreas Seppi saved two match points in a stunning 4-6 7-5 7-5 win over world number four Lleyton Hewitt at the Sydney International yesterday.Hewitt, a four times winner of
readBrave Warriors coach to be appointed soon
13-01-2006
THE post of Brave Warriors coach will be advertised in the local media from next week, the technical director of Namibian football, Seth Boois, said on Wednesday.Boois said foreign as well as local
readSharapova to grin and bear it at Australian Open
13-01-2006
MELBOURNE - World number four Maria Sharapova is prepared to play in pain at next week's Australian Open.The glamorous Russian has been in doubt of playing in Melbourne after injury marred the second
readKamutuezu responds to Quinton Botes's allegations
13-01-2006
ATHLETICS Namibia's (AN) secretary general, Elizabeth Kamutuezu, has responded to allegations made by Quinton-Steele Botes, saying that he did not have approval to host the recent Air Namibia
readAfrica celebrates double Dakar stage glory
13-01-2006
BAMAKO - South African Giniel De Villiers, driving a Volkswagen, won the 11th stage in the Dakar Rally here on Wednesday with KTM's Mali-born French rider Alain Duclos becoming the first competitor
readNel ruled out of Australian tour with foot injury
13-01-2006
SYDNEY - South Africa fast bowler Andre Nel will miss his team's triangular one-day series in Australia after breaking a bone in his foot."Andre Nel has a stress fracture in his foot and is coming
readAll eyes on Togo's World Cup credentials
13-01-2006
CAIRO - Togo's status as World Cup qualifiers means they are likely to be one of the teams to beat at the African Nations Cup but the tiny west African country need to pass a few milestones
read'I will be back' says Karatancheva
13-01-2006
SOFIA - Bulgarian tennis player Sesil Karatancheva, suspended for two years after testing positive for steroids during last year's French Open, vowed she would "be back in two years' time to prove"
readExciting encounters in store in MTC NFA Cup
13-01-2006
NAMIBIA'S most lucrative soccer competition, the MTC NFA Cup, kicks off this weekend with first-round matches taking place in Tsumeb and Mariental. With the winning team due to receive N$350 000,
readKey powers in nuclear crisis talks
13-01-2006
BERLIN - Europe's big three powers prepared for crisis talks yesterday to thrash out the international community's response after Iran resumed sensitive nuclear activities in defiance of calls for
read'Cannibal of Rotenburg' back in the dock
13-01-2006
FRANKFURT - A self-confessed cannibal returned to court in Germany on Thursday as prosecutors sought a murder conviction for the man who killed and ate an apparently willing victim he met on the
readPinochet stripped of immunity for 'Caravan of Death' trial
13-01-2006
SANTIAGO, - A Chilean court on Wednesday stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of legal immunity in a human rights case, but also ruled that he could be released on bail from house arrest pending
readStampede breaks out among pilgrims at hajj
13-01-2006
MECCA - Muslim pilgrims rushing to complete a symbolic stoning ritual on the last day of the hajj tripped over luggage yesterday, causing a crush in which state-run television said dozens of people
readTareq Aziz has less than month to live - lawyer
13-01-2006
DUBAI - Former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, one of the most recognisable figures from Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, may have less than a month to live after suffering a cerebral
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