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32 Articles found on Friday, 28 July 2006
Malawi's former president arrested for corruption
28-07-2006
BLANTYRE - Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested yesterday on fraud and corruption charges amid questions about millions of dollars in donor funds that allegedly ended up in his
readDebating the Land Issue
28-07-2006
The academics are wrong, the Government is wrong, the farmers' unions (black and white) are wrong, the activists are wrong and the commentators are wrong. And what is the source of all this
readThe Politics of Illusion: a Defect of Vision
28-07-2006
OUR politics is not driven by ideas but by mimicry and immobilising stasis.Sixteen years after Independence, a growing number of Namibians have come to understand the limits to liberation. Granted,
readPolitical Perspective
28-07-2006
I AM certainly not in favour of torture, but in the figurative sense of the phrase I certainly agree with former President Sam Nujoma that Namibians need to be shocked out of lethargy and into
readOn The Odds Of Winning Mariba
28-07-2006
LOOKING at the big supplement on the lavishly publicised Winna Mariba competition and the apparently generous prizes of up to N$2 million led me to wonder what the odds really are of winning not just
readOkahao Af?rmative Action And Productivity
28-07-2006
ONE of the most common objectives to preferential hiring is that it entails the lowering of standards, which leads to employment of unquali?ed or under-quali?ed people, which in turn results in
readChaos At Student Games
28-07-2006
WHILE the Zone 6 under-20 games were taking place in the land of the brave, Namibia, the Tertiary Institution Sports Association of Namibia (Tisan) sent a team of athletes to compete in the fASU
readUmfolozi No Ghost Ship
28-07-2006
THE disappearance of the Umfolozi, aka Michael S. Whereabouts unknown? Come on, we don't have ghost ships like the flying Dutchman and the Marie Celeste anymore. Ships, assuming they are still
readfunds Crisis Will Loom If Ex-fighters Are Paid
28-07-2006
THANK you for allowing me to air my comments regarding the ex-combatants.It has come to my attention that some of the things being done here in our country are related to those in some other African
readSME sector development vital
28-07-2006
EFFORTS should be made to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt new ways of doing business which would result in the production of better quality products. This was said by
readKPMG Namibia transforms into a local firm
28-07-2006
KPMG Namibia will from October 1 be run under the name Swart Grant Angula as part of its transition into a wholly owned Namibian accounting firm. Announcing the transformation in a press release,
readGem grievances cut both ways
28-07-2006
A GROUP of dissatisfied workers employed at a local diamond company marched to the offices of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) yesterday to air their grievances about new conditions of
readCity defers decision on salary hike - for now
28-07-2006
A PROPOSAL to increase the salaries of the top management of the City of Windhoek, adding N$1 million to the municipality's wage bill, was postponed at the eleventh hour. The Windhoek City Council
readJudgement day for Teek
28-07-2006
OVER the course of his 13-year-long judicial career, former Judge Pio Teek has seen many judgement days pass by.Today, however, is a judgement day of unsurpassed importance for the former High Court
readNDC investment triangle continues
28-07-2006
TWO months after Managing Director Abdool Aboobakar and Finance Manager Addis Faul scored a partial victory in an appeal against their dismissal from the Namibia Development Corporation (NDC), the
readCity sells plots worth millions to empowerment groups
28-07-2006
THE Windhoek City Council has approved the sale of four erven worth N$18,3 million to different black empowerment enterprises. The sale was approved after a tendering process in terms of the
readCoD condemns Nujoma stance on ex-combatants
28-07-2006
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) yesterday urged war veterans not to be intimidated by recent comments made by Swapo president Sam Nujoma.The opposition party condemned Nujoma's "arrogant and harsh"
readEx-prisons chief joins secessionist cause
28-07-2006
THE former affiliate of the DTA party accused of spearheading a secret plot to start an armed separatist insurrection in the Caprivi Region is being revived after some seven years of dormancy in
readTaxi driver robs customer
28-07-2006
A 47-year-old man from Walvis Bay was robbed by a taxi driver and three others on Tuesday night.The victim had apparently got into the taxi at Narraville, when the driver and two passengers who had
readPeople must be central to decentralisation: Govt
28-07-2006
NAMIBIANS will soon have an opportunity to actively participate in Government's decentralisation process and have a say in development plans at a regional and local level. A survey will be conducted
readNamibia, Russia explore trade opportunities
28-07-2006
AS a way of strengthening relations with Russia, Windhoek is hosting a two-day inaugural session of the Namibia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Co-operation, which started
readYoung leukaemia patient needs help
28-07-2006
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Gero Roemer from Otjiwarongo was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in August last year."I was always tired and my neck was very stiff," Gero says. After a blood test, his doctor
readNamib Foam employees end month-long strike
28-07-2006
ABOUT 60 workers who went on strike at Namib Foam in Windhoek last month have returned to work after the company and the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union (Manwu) reached agreement on salary
readCymot ordered to reinstate fired worker
28-07-2006
THE District Labour Court has ordered Cymot to reinstate a worker it fired last year. Cymot was also ordered to pay Albertus Cloete nine months' salary - the pay he would have earned if he had not
readAayelele yAaHai//om inaya hala Khamuxab
28-07-2006
A AYELELE yomuhoko gwAaHai//om moshitopolwa sha Kunene, Otjozondjupa nOshikoto, oyu uvitile nayi Epangelo sho aniwa lya yalula David Khamuxab ong'Omuleli gwawo gwopamuthigululwakalo nonande yo
readSquash clinics at Oshakati
28-07-2006
THE Namibian Squash Academy will conduct coaching clinics for schools in Oshakati over the weekend.The coaching clinics will be held at the Santorini Inn squash courts at Oshakati. Interested players,
readSquash moves into top gear
28-07-2006
AFTER a gap of four years, the Namibian Closed Championships, the premier squash event of the domestic season, returned to the Wanderers Squash Club last weekend. Action also took place at the Klein
readNFA exco under threat
28-07-2006
A REBEL group of football officials calling themselves the interim committee yesterday issued a legal notice to the current Namibia Football Association (NFA) leadership that they intend to take
readThree militia groups in eastern Congo to lay down arms ahead of elections
28-07-2006
KINSHASA - Three main militia groups in the strife-torn east have agreed to lay down arms and allow free passage of voters during Congo's historic elections, the United Nations said yesterday. Kemal
readIsrael set to turn up heat in Lebanon offensive
28-07-2006
JERUSALEM - Israel's security cabinet looked set to turn up the heat in its offensive against Hezbollah yesterday, a day after nine of its soldiers were killed in a fierce ground fight in southern
readCar bomb and mortars kill 27 in Baghdad
28-07-2006
BAGHDAD - A car bomb and several mortars yesterday ripped through a central Baghdad district which had been relatively stable, killing at least 27 people and wounding 101 others, police sources
readZambian president announces poll day
28-07-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa's decision to call an election on September 28, 2006 has wrongfooted a fractured opposition which had counted on several more months to ready its campaign,
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