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33 Articles found on Friday, 14 July 2006
Experiential Learning Need For Institutions And Students
14-07-2006
GLOBALLY, studies have shown that experiential and service learning is taking on a central place in education. However, its application in the Namibian context is still questionable. For any
readA Multi-Pronged Approach To Combating Corruption
14-07-2006
DECENTRALISATION. That term evokes a positive feeling.Two kinds of corruption come to mind: centralized and decentralized.Under the former, there is normally one leader who organises all the corrupt
readCall For Holistic Approach To Dealing With Criminals
14-07-2006
I READ with interest a news report appearing in your paper of July 4 with the headline 'Crime rise holds NA captive'. Indeed, it held them captive. I am tempted to give my views on this issue that
readMore Border Post Woes
14-07-2006
AS a frequent visitor to Namibia (my mother was born there, I lived there for four years), with a profound love for the country, I feel compelled to add my comment to an article published on July 10
readNot Fair at Trade Fair
14-07-2006
NAMIBIA is a democratic, politically independent country with laws formulated to guide its people.However, what is really happening in Namibia is not congruent with the rules and regulations which are
readWere Citizens Informed About The Liquor Act?
14-07-2006
DID the National Assembly make sure that the majority of citizens agreed about the Liquor Act 1998 Act (6 of 1998)? Before the Act was passed by the Parliament did the National Assembly make sure
readStandard Bank opens in Angola
14-07-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Standard Bank, one of South Africa's four big banks, said yesterday it would open a representative office in Angola, one of the continent's fastest growing economies."Based on market
read'Zim will ride out economic crisis'
14-07-2006
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe said yesterday his government was "very worried" about the economy, but predicted Zimbabwe would ride out an escalating crisis he blamed on former colonial ruler
readNEF elects new board
14-07-2006
THE Namibia Employers' Federation (NEF) held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, which saw business mogul Harold Pupkewitz re-elected as the organisation's President. Other members who retained
readI was shocked myself, confesses child killer
14-07-2006
THE impact of the crimes that he committed at Swakopmund on the night of January 31 last year hit confessed child rapist and killer Willem Louw only a day and a half later, Louw told the High Court in
readViolent crime up, robberies down: Govt
14-07-2006
SINCE 2001 violent crimes have increased "drastically", while only a slight rise in economic crime was recorded, according to official statistics. Speaking during yesterday's National Assembly
readMound of shame to be scrapped
14-07-2006
MORE than a month's hazardous health waste which has accumulated at the Windhoek Central and Katutura State hospitals will be removed from today following an emergency meeting yesterday.The Ministry
readRevised Labour Act to be tabled soon
14-07-2006
THE Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare is scheduled to forward the revised Labour Bill to the Cabinet Committee on Legislation by today at the latest. The bill is expected to be tabled in
readMarch date set for farm massacre tria
14-07-2006
THE trial of the four men accused of involvement in Namibia's biggest murder case since Independence is set to start on March 1 next year, three of the four suspects were informed during their latest
readAshipembe back in court
14-07-2006
THE young Namibian accused of attempted rape, housebreaking and theft in South Africa will appear in the Pretoria Regional Court today. It is alleged that Zondi Ashipembe attacked former Scorpions
readNamibia urged to take lead in solar energy usage
14-07-2006
NAMIBIA has the best solar reserves in the world and the country should become an international leader in the field of solar and wind energy use, an academic has said. Speaking in Windhoek at the
readVeld fire at Kalahari Anib Park Lodge
14-07-2006
A VELD fire that raged for about four hours on Wednesday destroyed hundreds of hectares of grazing at the Kalahari Anib Park Lodge. Lodge manager Jaco Visser told The Namibian that the fire
readN$2,5m Warmbad resort project completed
14-07-2006
A NEW multi-million-dollar complex to transform the Warmbad settlement in the Karas Region into a tourist attraction has finally been completed. Construction of the N$2,5 million complex at the
readNamib Foam wage talks deadlocked
14-07-2006
TWO shop stewards for the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) at Namib Foam in Windhoek and the union's Secretary General, Moses Shiikwa, on Monday walked out of a meeting with the
readFlush plan for Block E
14-07-2006
The Rehoboth Town Council is in the process of providing a sewerage system for its Block E informal settlement. Acting Chief Executive Officer in the Rehoboth Town Council, Jan Strauss, told Nampa
readSPCA running on empty
14-07-2006
A SHORTAGE of money nearly forced the Windhoek SPCA to close its doors at the beginning of the year. Only a bequest in the will of a benefactor prevented the closure. Besides a small grant from the
readHarnas Clinic given a N$100 000 health boost
14-07-2006
THE international pharmaceutical company Sandoz has donated N$100 000 worth of medicine to the Harnas Lifeline Clinic at Epukiro in the Omaheke Region. The clinic is run by volunteer doctors for one
readPu Namib Foam sigo onena oye li mekanka
14-07-2006
A ANIILONGA yaali mOkampani ya Namib Foam (mOvenduka) ye li aakalelipo yehangano lyaaniilonga lya Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) mofeema ndjika pamwe na Amushanga-Ndjayi gwa Manwu
readOondjila adhihe ngula okOndangwa dha taalela
14-07-2006
O ONDJILA adhihe okOndangwa dha taalela, hoka oshigwana sha Namibia tashi ka tala nkene Osasiona onene yOmashina gokolutenda tayi ka egululwa kOmupresidende gwOshilongo Hifikepunye Pohamba.Pohamba ota
readFrom the side line
14-07-2006
WITH the football World Cup a thing of the past, focus will now firmly be placed on how Namibia's Brave Warriors will do in the upcoming Cosafa Castle Cup. The Cosafa Cup is at this stage the only
readFrom the side line
14-07-2006
WITH the football World Cup a thing of the past, focus will now firmly be placed on how Namibia's Brave Warriors will do in the upcoming Cosafa Castle Cup. The Cosafa Cup is at this stage the only
readWarriors need confidence
14-07-2006
BRAVE Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile says his players have to take responsibility for restoring the lost pride of Namibian football by going into their Cosafa Castle Cup matches with confidence next
readSports Diary Athletics champs at Independence
14-07-2006
ATHLETICS Namibia will hold the National Athletics Championships at the Independence Stadium on Saturday. The event starts at 09h00. At least 150 athletes from all the regions are expected to be
readDRC govt intimidating candidates - observers
14-07-2006
KINSHASA - Abuses of power by Democratic Republic of Congo's government and the major candidates' domination of the media risk undermining confidence in upcoming historic elections, the Carter Center
readZim rights group seek 'immediate' release of 220 detained activists
14-07-2006
HARARE - A leading Zimbabwean rights group yesterday demanded the "immediate release" of 220 protesters arrested across the southern African country as they marched to press for a new constitution.
readMilingo shocks Vatican - again
14-07-2006
VATICAN CITY - Emmanuel Milingo, the African Catholic archbishop and faith healer who married in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church in 2001 but later returned to the fold, has
readIran defiant after nuke case goes back to UN
14-07-2006
TEHRAN - The Iranian president said yesterday Iran would not abandon its right to nuclear technology in a defiant statement after Tehran's case was referred back to the UN Security Council in its
readIsraeli reprisals bash Lebanon, 47 killed
14-07-2006
BEIRUT - Israel struck Beirut airport and blockaded Lebanese ports yesterday, intensifying reprisals that have killed 47 civilians since Lebanese Hizbollah fighters seized two Israeli soldiers and
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