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54 Articles found on Friday, 3 March 2006
Editorial: Answers And Solutions Are Necessary
03-03-2006
WE need to find answers and solutions in order to prevent a recurrence of the Mariental floods in the future.Sometimes there is little one can do to prevent natural disasters, but where man-made
readPolitical Perspective
03-03-2006
I MUST say I'm somewhat disappointed in our Minister of Justice, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, who, during a recent speech at Tsumeb, showed rather reactionary tendencies which don't suit the high office
readFrom the sideline
03-03-2006
THE Namibian Commonwealth Games team leaves the country tomorrow and, as usual, there were several hiccups that cropped up during the build-up to the event.Each time when a large contingent leaves
readDevelopment Aid For Development's Sake
03-03-2006
ALMOST daily, the United States and Europe brandish threats to impose economic sanctions or cut off development assistance unless some vulnerable government accepts their political strictures.The
readThe Children's Status Bill - Does Public Opinion Matter?
03-03-2006
The attached opinion piece is supported by the following organisations and individuals:* Aids Care Trust* Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) * Legal Assistance Centre*
readLearning To Listen
03-03-2006
A DECADE ago, Prof. Joseph Diescho said that the education system in Namibia is in 'shambles'.Some MPs were mumbling and disagreeing with his well-researched remark.Sometime in January this year, the
readOn The Prophet's Words
03-03-2006
I HAVE read what has been mentioned in your newspaper, about the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) and I would like to emphasise the following: We all fully recognise and respect
readCEO Must Go
03-03-2006
WE have seen the pictures of the devastating floods at Mariental over the weekend after the sluice gates of the nearby Hardap Dam were opened.If allegations are true that NamWater officials are found
readOn Rundu's Roads
03-03-2006
I'VE been living in Rundu and have seen all the development that happens in the town, but to my surprise one thing has never changed - the roads.More specifically, the road that passes through town.
read'The Looting Continues'
03-03-2006
PLEASE allow me to contribute the following to the ongoing national debate on State-owned enterprises (SOEs).The different views being expressed on changes proposed to the Bill on SOEs make
readWho Wants To Take Responsibility?
03-03-2006
THE Sam Nujoma stadium was constructed after being OK'd by the City of Windhoek.Following that ill-planned construction was the flooding of the Dolam community. Neither the City of Windhoek nor the
readMix Them Up
03-03-2006
ALLOW me to air my views about our teachers.People are asking why learners in the North are failing. Because of teachers who don't know the content of the subject they are teaching (and also don't
readLike An 'Old Colonialist'
03-03-2006
I AM referring to the letter that appeared in The Namibian of Friday, 24 February 2006 in which a certain Mr Metal from Okahao commented on the Oshiwambo talk show, 'Ewi lya manguluka'.I think Mr
readNamdeb in prospecting deal with multinational
03-03-2006
MULTINATIONAL company Minnex Exploration has signed an agreement with De Beers Consolidated Mines relating to diamond exploration to be conducted by Namdeb on certain exclusive prospecting
readMalawi tea prices jump on Kenya fears
03-03-2006
BLANTYRE - Prices of Malawi's tea have risen sharply on fears of a slump in Kenya fuelled by drought in east Africa, a senior industry official said yesterday.Tea is the second largest foreign
readBEE law will come, Angula
03-03-2006
THE making of a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) law remains a challenge, Prime Minister Nahas Angula said on Wednesday.Speaking in the National Assembly, Angula said BEE would be dealt with
readNew medical aid that covers all
03-03-2006
NAMIBIA'S second largest private medical aid fund, the Namibia Health Plan (NHP), has introduced a low-cost benefit option that will provide affordable medical cover to less privileged members of
readCenored gets N$15 million loan
03-03-2006
ABOUT 18 000 households need electricity in the areas served by Central North Electricity Distribution Company (Cenored).Fifty-two per cent of the urban population already have access to electricity,
readMauritius calls for investment in fisheries
03-03-2006
PORT LOUIS - Mauritius's finance minister yesterday called on investors in the fishing industry to take advantage of the Indian Ocean island's rich marine resources, saying the country wants to
readIndia, US agree on agenda for cooperation
03-03-2006
NEW DELHI - India and the United States agreed yesterday on a sweeping agenda for economic and scientific cooperation, one day after the two countries set a three-year target to double their trade.A
readUS$400m for Zim steel deal
03-03-2006
HARARE - India's Global Steel Holdings said on Wednesday it would invest US$400 million to rehabilitate Zimbabwe's ailing government-owned iron and steel works in a deal expected to boost output by
readEdgars to make offer for Myer
03-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African fashion retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores (Edcon) will submit an offer for Australia's Myer chain and said yesterday investors should exercise caution in dealing with
readHotel group sees rise in profits
03-03-2006
LONDON - InterContinental Hotels Group announced yesterday that its net profit increased by 26 per cent, partly reflecting gains from ongoing business restructuring.Group net profit stood at 515
readAccident victim gets record N$80 million
03-03-2006
THE record books were rewritten in the High Court this week, when a staggering damages claim of over N$222 million lodged by a London financial broker who was paralysed in a car accident in Namibia
readPolice hush up escape of 'cocaine queen'
03-03-2006
THE Namibian Police have been left empty-handed and with egg on their faces after the suspect in Namibia's largest-ever cocaine smuggling case escaped from custody.Angolan national Nicola Basenga,
readNow a water shortage looms at flood-stricken Mariental
03-03-2006
THE water supply at flood-stricken Mariental was cut off yesterday so that the level of the town's main reservoir could be raised.It is the only reservoir currently supplying the town with water: the
readSibinda flood victims evacuated
03-03-2006
THE Caprivi Regional Emergency Management unit yesterday began moving around 1 200 people from the flooded Sibinda constituency to drier ground.At least 500 of the affected people are pupils at the
read'Cape power cuts won't affect Namibia'
03-03-2006
NAMIBIA is not in any immediate threat of power failures, which have wreaked havoc in the Western Cape over the past two weeks.Power utility NamPower said yesterday that despite low output from the
readTsumeb phones fall silent after cable thefts
03-03-2006
TELEPHONE cable thieves struck again on Tuesday evening and, in an act of wanton vandalism, snipped copper cables at three different places, leaving 595 lines in Tsumeb on the blink.Telecom's acting
readSOEs 'run like cuca shops'
03-03-2006
A SWAPO MP in the National Council has alleged that some State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been turned into personal empires while their top managers have become untouchables.Stephanus Mogotsi, the
readDTA MP De Waal wants 'white crooks' exposed
03-03-2006
DTA Member of Parliament Johan de Waal yesterday asked the National Assembly to consider backdating a bill aimed at combating money laundering to 2003, so that a "small group of white people" who had
readCabinet retreats not a waste
03-03-2006
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has attempted to quash criticism from the opposition parties that Cabinet retreats are a waste of time and money.Instead he told the National Assembly that Government had
readEx-Nanso leader dies
03-03-2006
FORMER student leader Colin Kamehozu was found dead in his flat in Windhoek on Monday.Kamehozu, who had national leadership position in the Namibian National Students Organisation (Nanso) during the
readOkahandja's 'pool children' get to attend school
03-03-2006
A GERMAN charity organisation has made it possible for marginalised children living at the old swimming-pool complex at Okahandja, about 70 km north of Windhoek, to attend school.About 60 destitute
readEpangelo otali ka kwathela Aamalinda
03-03-2006
E PANGELO otali ka ninga etokolo kutya aantu mboka ya gumwa komeya ga nika oshiponga pOmalinda ngoka ga panunwa mo mondama ya Hardap, otaya ka kwathelwa ngiini.Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, a li
readAalikoli yomagungu oye na okwiinyolitha, Omukwaniilwa tatekulu Taapopi ta ti
03-03-2006
O MUKWANIILWA gwUukwaluudhi mOshitopolwa sha Musati tatekulu Josia Shikongo Taapopi, ota lombwele oshigwana shoka hashi likola omagungu momakuti kUukwaluudhi moka kutya kehe ngoka wu na ehalo
readEgumbo lya meme Hambeleleni lya gwa po komeya
03-03-2006
O MVULA oya kala tayi loko noonkondo mOnooli nomagumbo gamwe, mwa kwatelwa lya meme Hambeleleni Petrus mOnalunike mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto olya gwapo alihe komvula odhigu ndjoka ya loko
readOmeya ga yela taga a andjaganekwa mUukwaluudhi
03-03-2006
E PANGELO, pakwathelo lyEhangano lyongongahangano yaEuropa, oli ipyakidhila nokutula ominino dhomeya gayela momikunda dhUukwaluudhi, mOngandjera nUukolonkadhi mOshitopolwa sha Musati noshowo
readEpangelo otali ka kwathela Aamalinda
03-03-2006
E PANGELO otali ka ninga etokolo kutya aantu mboka ya gumwa komeya ga nika oshiponga pOmalinda ngoka ga panunwa mo mondama ya Hardap, otaya ka kwathelwa ngiini.Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba, a li
readUundjolowele wAamalinda ou li moshiponga
03-03-2006
K ONIMA owala yomasiku gaali gatatu lwaampoka sho efundja lya ponokele pOmalinda, aanambelewa yuuhaku oya tameka nale neipyakidhilo okutyeka onkalo kombinga yuundjolowele mopndoolopa moka.Okwa
readLimo, Ndereba top in Kenya
03-03-2006
NAIROBI - World 5 000-metres champion Benjamin Limo and Olympic 10 000-metres silver medallist Catherine Ndereba were voted as Kenya's male and female 2005 Athletes of the Year, officials said
readHansa Pilsener Cup heads to Gobabis
03-03-2006
FOOTBALL action moves to the towns of Gobabis and Grootfontein this weekend when the Hansa Pilsner Cup resumes with the competition proper and quarter-final games.The competition is contested by
readWaratahs look to bloom in Super 14
03-03-2006
SYDNEY - New South Wales Waratahs will be looking to overcome a tumultuous week of suspensions as they try to get their Super 14 rugby campaign back on track against South Africa's Coastal Sharks
readFormer rugby boss Van Rooyen to be investigated
03-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The investigation into corporate mismanagement by former South Arican Rugby Union president Brian van Rooyen will go ahead.This assurance was given on Tuesday by the deputy CEO of SA
readCivics upbeat about Angola
03-03-2006
CIVICS will go into their CAF Champions League return match against Sagrada Esperanca as the favourites for progressing to the next round, after tearing apart the Angolan premiership championships
readMutorwa asks AN to pick up pieces
03-03-2006
ATHLETICS Namibia (AN) has been given a last chance to redeem itself after a report on its activities was finalised on Monday.Sport Minister John Mutorwa yesterday issued a statement in which he
readNam junior swimmers in medal haul
03-03-2006
SEVENTEEN junior Namibian swimmers took part in the SA Telkom Level 1 National Age Group championships held in very hot and humid Durban from February 22 to 25.The Kings Park Aquatic Centre was nearly
readBush was warned before Katrina struck
03-03-2006
WASHINGTON - In dramatic and sometimes agonising terms, federal disaster officials warned President George W.Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could
readANC set to sweep SA local elections
03-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling party was set to steamroll to victory in key local elections despite being wracked by infighting, corruption scandals and a lacklustre record in providing basic
readKurds, Sunnis veto Shi'ite PM
03-03-2006
BAGHDAD - Iraq's bid to set up a national unity government was thrown into turmoil yesterday when Kurdish and Sunni political factions rejected the candidacy of outgoing Shi'ite prime minister
readIndia, US seal nuclear deal amid anti-Bush protests
03-03-2006
NEW DELHI - India and the United States sealed a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation pact yesterday, the centrepiece of President George W.Bush's first visit to the world's largest democracy. The
readKenyan police raid media group
03-03-2006
NAIROBI - Heavily-armed Kenyan police stormed the headquarters of the country's second biggest media group early yesterday, shutting down its television station and smashing its printing press,
readCar bomb explodes outside US consulate in Karachi
03-03-2006
KARACHI - A car bomb outside the US consulate in Karachi killed an American and at least four other people yesterday, but President George W.Bush said "terrorists and killers" would not stop his
readZambia's main opposition parties in alliance
03-03-2006
LUSAKA - Zambia's three biggest opposition parties on Wednesday launched an alliance to oppose President Levy Mwanawasa in elections later this year.The United Democratic Alliance will field one
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