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35 Articles found on Tuesday, 16 May 2006
On Namibia's DRC Mine
16-05-2006
IT would be appreciated if you allow me to raise my concerns about the above-mentioned issue in your good newspaper. Not long ago the issue regarding the mine that was given to Namibia by the late
readYawning For Breakfast
16-05-2006
FOR Unam to force students to take a compulsory breakfast is totally autocratic and unacceptable.The basis for this motive is irrational. Who said that when students yawn it means that they are
readMTC - Fake The Connection
16-05-2006
JUST a warning to those who feel like getting a new cellphone or contract.Make sure you really need it. Because if you want to run the risk of losing between one and two thousand dollars a month or
readFour arrested over mob assault on a woman
16-05-2006
THE Police at Outapi in the Omusati Region have arrested four people in connection with the mob attack on a woman from Okagongo village, whom they accused of witchcraft. Police spokesman Sergeant
readDiplomat's grandson gets another lawyer
16-05-2006
THE trial of a Namibian diplomat's grandson who is facing charges of attempted rape, theft and housebreaking should finally get underway next month. The Pretoria Regional Court was informed
readNUNW to meet Weatherly on Ongopolo
16-05-2006
THE National Union of Namibian Workers is in the process of setting up a meeting with British-based Weatherly International to get clarity on issues affecting workers and the future of Ongopolo Mining
readCurtain comes down on 1992 gem-sting murder
16-05-2006
THE last surviving suspect accused of a triple murder that brought a Police diamond sting operation in the south of Namibia to a bloody end more than a decade ago is set to get off scot-free. Some 13
readCouncil on teachers' training formed
16-05-2006
DEPUTY Education Minister Becky Ndoze-Ojo has urged members of the Advisory Council on Teachers' Education and Training to be visionary and look at what people need. This was not the way things had
readNo change on Eenhana Town Council
16-05-2006
THE Eenhana Town Council elected its office bearers for 2006-07 on Friday, with Magistrate Harris Salionga presiding over the event. Also on hand to witness proceedings were Councillors KM
readOngwediva, Ondangwa elect office bearers
16-05-2006
THE Ongwediva and Ondangwa Town Councils have both re-elected their mayors, deputy mayors and Management Committee chairpersons. On Friday, the Ondangwa Town Council re-elected Priskila Kauna
readNew Mayor at Walvis Bay
16-05-2006
A NEW Mayor for Walvis Bay was elected at an extra-ordinary council meeting on Friday. Derek Klazen (41), a woodwork teacher at De Duine Secondary School, was unanimously voted to replace former
readTwo more acting judges appointed
16-05-2006
A SENIOR Justice Ministry official and a member of the Society of Advocates of Namibia are the latest persons to be appointed as Acting Judges of Namibia's High Court. Mina Viljoen, the Special
readNam wasting positive economic opportunities: NSX
16-05-2006
NAMIBIA is not using the positive economic conditions locally and in neighbouring South Africa to its advantage, says the Chairman of the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) Peter Koep. Koep says in his
readCrackdown on illegal shebeens sparks protest, eight arrested
16-05-2006
CONFLICT between Walvis Bay's shebeen owners, residents and authorities is reaching boiling point, with eight shebeen owners arrested over the weekend. Frans and Emily Shimi, Jason Paulus, Alhia
readNot enough money for San development
16-05-2006
A MEMBER of the National Council says the money allocated to the Office of the Prime Minister in the 2006/2007 National Budget is not enough to enable it to address the plight of the San people."It
readLast-minute attempts to oust Luederitz town councillors fail
16-05-2006
SWAPO supporters at Luederitz yesterday failed in their last-minute effort to overturn a ruling by Swapo Deputy Secretary General John Pandeni to reinstate six suspended town councillors.The Swapo
readPolice murder case delayed
16-05-2006
NINE members of the Police's Serious Crime Unit and Special Branch at Keetmanshoop who have been charged with murder made a second appearance in the town's Magistrate's Court on Friday.The nine
readNo date yet for continuation of Pio Teek trial
16-05-2006
FORMER Judge Pio Teek faces a further two-week wait before he can expect to hear when his High Court trial on child abduction and molestation charges will continue.Teek (59), a former High Court Judge
readSlogans - the cult heart of the Red Revolution
16-05-2006
BEIJING - "Revolution is not a crime! Rebellion is justified!"."Dare to think, dare to act". Such were the slogans that stirred China's youth to rebellion during the Cultural Revolution - the words
readDrought puts 40 000 children at risk in Horn of Africa, says UN
16-05-2006
GENEVA - Months of scorching drought have left 40 000 children in the Horn of Africa at imminent risk of dying of hunger, the United Nations warned yesterday as it launched an urgent appeal for more
readOhauto yondilo ya monika
16-05-2006
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya lopota kutya ohauto yondilo yoVolkswagen V10 ndjoka ya yakelwe mOvenduka meti 29 Apilili nuumvo, ya monika, ya adhika moAngola kOpolisi ya Namibia meti 4 Mei
readWeekend Results
16-05-2006
Industrial Netball League Played Saturday, May 13 Min of Fisheries 27- 9 Nampost Kalahari Sands 8-6 Min of Justice City of Whk 24-10 Old Mutual Nedbank 5-7 Min of Justice Namcol 7-25 Standard
readFootball Log Standings
16-05-2006
MTC Namibia Premier LeagueAs of May 14 P W D L GF GA GD Pts Civics 19 14 4 1 49 17 32 46 Ramblers 19 13 2 4 45 23 22 41 Blue Waters 19 10 5 4 30 17 13 35 African Stars 19 6 10 3 25 17 8 28 Tigers
readSamaria trains at Oshakati
16-05-2006
NAMIBIA'S elite athlete Agnes Samaria launched the MTC Development Project for middle-distance runners in Oshakati recently. The 800-metre Commonwealth bronze medallist announced that only the finest
readCivics in solid lead
16-05-2006
A late, but controversial goal by tricky striker William Chilufya gave Civics a 2-1 win over Tigers on Sunday to further increase their lead to a five-point difference against their closest rivals
readNamibia lose out on Nations Cup bid
16-05-2006
NAMIBIA'S hopes of being shortlisted as one of the candidates to host the 2010 African Nations Cup bid came to an end on Sunday when the country was not among the ones earmarked for the continental
readSomali capital calm after ceasefire
16-05-2006
MOGADISHU - A ceasefire yesterday allowed residents to venture into the streets of a northern Mogadishu neighbourhood that has been a battle ground for more than a week, and they recovered seven
readBrazilian gang attacks on police leave over 50 dead in Sao Paulo
16-05-2006
SAO PAULO - A notorious criminal gang unleashed a second wave of attacks against police, bringing to at least 52 the number of people killed in what one official called the deadliest assault of its
readAbbas calls for peace talks with Israel
16-05-2006
RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called for Israel to return to the negotiating table during a speech marking the anniversary of what the Palestinians consider to be the
readNigerians bury bodies of pipeline blast victims
16-05-2006
ILADO - Rescue workers said they had buried the bodies of at least 165 people killed in a pipeline explosion in southern Nigeria, but others remain uncollected, raising fears of a health risk. Up to
readZim evicts 10 000 squatters from capital
16-05-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe police have rounded up some 10 000 squatters, vagrants and street children in the capital, a state daily reported yesterday, in a follow-up to a controversial urban clean-up blitz
readSaddam ignores murder charges
16-05-2006
BAGHDAD - A defiant Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea at his trial yesterday after he was charged with ordering the killing and torture of hundreds of Shi'ite villagers, telling the judge he was
readAU warns Darfur rebels, urges Sudan to accept UN
16-05-2006
ADDIS ABABA - The African Union yesterday gave two holdout Darfur rebel groups a 24-hour deadline to sign a peace deal with Khartoum or face UN sanctions and urged Sudan to accept a UN force in the
readIn Brief
16-05-2006
* TV STATION RAIDED - Nigerian security agents have raided a private television station over a documentary opposing an attempt to extend President Olusegun Obasanjo's tenure, its managers said.*
readOil auctions to boost Angola transparency
16-05-2006
LUANDA - Angola has said that its bubbling oil sector was poised to rake in US$1,6 billion in new investment after auctions it says highlight a new commitment to transparency.The government of
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