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33 Articles found on Tuesday, 28 March 2006
Time For Equality
28-03-2006
SIXTEEN years ago we celebrated Independence Day with hope for a brighter future. We celebrated the end of an apartheid system which ruined so many lives and destroyed people's dignity.So everybody
readMaking Headlines
28-03-2006
ON the subject of noteworthy newspaper headlines, here are another couple (apropos the Budget) from The Namibian: 'Air Namibia a flying albatross'.This is an unfair and unwarranted insult - to the
readBanks throw money at energy
28-03-2006
LONDON - Investment banks are pouring money into their global energy operations, recruiting professionals worldwide as volatile oil markets and power and gas liberalisation trigger more customer
readChina admits copyright piracy can not be eliminated overnight
28-03-2006
BEIJING - China admitted yesterday it had a rampant copyright piracy problem but said it could not be eliminated overnight, as US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez headed for Beijing to press the
readSouthern Sudan woos oil companies
28-03-2006
NAIROBI - A year of peace in Southern Sudan promises to unlock vast oil reserves left untapped by more than two decades of conflict, but oil majors hungry for new sources of energy are unlikely to
readPohamba 'blows the whistle' on corruption
28-03-2006
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba yesterday blew the whistle on corruption as he launched the zero-tolerance campaign in the capital.Pohamba ended his speech by symbolically blowing a whistle to signal
readEconomist chastises Govt: Pensioners still getting a raw deal
28-03-2006
PENSIONERS are getting the short end of the stick despite a Government resolution to increase their pensions by N$70 this financial year, the Institute for Public Policy Research says.The IPPR's
readCommanding officer appears in court
28-03-2006
THE Commanding Officer of the Police's Finance Division made his first appearance in the dock of the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.Commissioner Joseph Kamati is the second high-ranking
readCops halt Kandara case
28-03-2006
THE inquest into the death of Lazarus Kandara has been stopped in midstream. The inquest before Magistrate Maria Mahalie came to a sudden halt in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday morning,
readBudget not what it's cracked up to be
28-03-2006
GOVERNMENT and economists have locked horns over whether the country is managing its debt adequately and whether the 2006-07 national Budget is in fact "pro-growth" and "pro-poor".Government has come
readDefiant farmers get organised
28-03-2006
THE Oshiwambo-speaking farmers evicted from western Kavango last year have formed a farmers' association called the Ovawambo Herders' Association to represent their interests.The Ukwangali Traditional
readDismissal of NDC bosses recommended
28-03-2006
THE Namibia Development Corporation (NDC) board is expected to be advised to fire its Chief Executive Officer, Abdool Aboobakar, and its Finance Manager, Addis Faul, for their role in investing N$55
readMan commits suicide by jumping off bridge
28-03-2006
A RESIDENT of the Skai informal settlement in Oshakati killed himself by jumping off a bridge early on Friday morning.The body of Abner Nandago Kaluwapa (33) was found in the river dividing the
readCity offers to buy Dolam houses
28-03-2006
THE City of Windhoek has made several offers to residents of the Dolam section in Katutura whose homes were flooded in January, the City's spokesperson said yesterday.Ndangi Katoma said they did this
readRotten rice case at Mariental 'not new'
28-03-2006
THE Chief Regional Officer of Hardap, James Sankwasa, has lashed out at an NBC news report over what it has called a new discovery of rotten food aid at Mariental."The NBC has misled the nation,"
readFatal accident at coast
28-03-2006
ONE man died on the scene and another was seriously injured in a car accident near Walvis Bay on Sunday.The accident happened at around 05h00, some four kilometres outside Walvis Bay on the road to
readPlea for Parliament Access Centres
28-03-2006
WINDHOEK - A Swapo Party Member of Parliament, Chief Ankama, wants Parliament Access Centres (PAC) to be established countrywide.Ankama believes that establishing PACs will bring Parliament closer to
readKaras Region still tops TB list
28-03-2006
THE Karas Region remains at the top the world's tuberculosis list, with an infection rate of 1 600 per 100 000 people.Besides having the highest TB infection rate in the world, Karas also has the
readWorld Wetlands Day marked at Walvis
28-03-2006
ON World Wetland Day which was celebrated last month, seven coastal schools took part in a competition organised for the fifth year by the Coastal Environmental Trust of Namibia.The event kicked off
readOmitse ominene meyugo po Brakwater dha pewa nduno omageelo lya kindja
28-03-2006
O MAGEELO ga kindja oga pewa yamwe yomaalumentu yaheyali mboka ya kutha ombinga meyugo lyoomiliyuna odhindji komulungu gwondjembo po Brakwater pondje ya Venduka mu Novemba 2000.AaSouth Afrika yaali
readYe li 60 ya sa mu Somalia
28-03-2006
M OGADISHU - Omutumwakalelipo gwowina gwa Amushanga-Ndjayi gwIigwanahangano ku Somalia, mEtitano lya zi ko okwa ningi eindilo koonakukondjithathana moshilongo shika ya hulithepo omaipumomumwe.Aantu
readShixuameni okwa hala aafiki ya pewe omageelo ga kindja
28-03-2006
R UNDU - Kansola gwoshikandjohogololo sha Rundu Rural-West Herbert Shixuameni, okwa ningi eindilo kaaleli yopamuthigululwakalo ya gandja omageelo ga kindja kaantu mboka taya eta omapeya.Shixuameni
readNigeria ota ka gandja Taylor a ka pangulwe koshilongo shaandjawo
28-03-2006
L AGOS - Epangelo lya Nigeria otali ka gandja Charles Taylor (ngoka li nale Omupresidende gwa Liberia) koshilongo shaandjawo, opo a ka pangulilwe iilonga iiwinayi mbyoka a longo pethimbo lyiita
readFootball refs under fire
28-03-2006
NAMIBIAN referees once again came under fire from coaches in the Namibia Premier League, largely due to their inexperience and dubious decisions when handling matches.Coaches at the weekend argued
readAWOL Sierra Leone athletes given visas
28-03-2006
SYDNEY - Six runaway athletes from Sierra Leone's team to the Melbourne Commonwealth Games were yesterday granted temporary visas to remain in Australia, while Cameroon revealed that nine members of
readMTC Namibia Premier League
28-03-2006
Log Standings, as of March 26, 2006 Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts Civics 12 9 2 1 28 10 18 29 Ramblers 13 8 2 3 35 18 17 26 Blue Waters 13 8 2 3 24 13 11 26 Tigers 13 7 1 5 25 19 6 22 O.Pirates 13 6 4 3
readIn Brief
28-03-2006
* BITTER CHOICE - President Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, stung by a humiliating election defeat, faced a bitter choice between a former ally he sacked and a pro-Russian opposition leader as he
readIraqi Shi'ites killed in US clashes
28-03-2006
BAGHDAD - Seventeen Shi'ite militants were reported killed on Sunday in clashes with the US military at a Baghdad mosque that threaten to increase Iraqi-US tensions at a critical moment in the
readZuma fights 'crucifixion by media'
28-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma has appointed a legal team under a former Conservative Party MP to fight his "crucifixion by the media", the News24 website reported
readKadima seen winning Israel vote despite slip
28-03-2006
JERUSALEM - Israel's centrist Kadima party, which advocates withdrawing from parts of the occupied West Bank, appeared on course to win elections today, according to the last opinion polls published
readUS, British hostages freed in Nigeria
28-03-2006
WARRI - Nigerian militants freed three foreign oil workers yesterday after five weeks in captivity, but threatened more attacks on oil facilities in the world's eighth largest exporter of crude.The
readTempers flare as seal hunt clubs off
28-03-2006
OFF CANADA'S EAST COAST - Canadian hunters started shooting and clubbing harp seal pups on Saturday at the start of an annual hunt that is the focus of a tech-savvy protest by animal rights
readDisasters: Invest, invest, invest
28-03-2006
BONN - Former US President Bill Clinton urged the world yesterday to invest in early warning systems to prevent the massive death and destruction seen in recent earthquakes, tsunamis and other
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