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34 Articles found on Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Suggestions For Home Affairs
30-05-2006
I FEEL that, as a taxpayer in Namibia, the department of Home Affairs should be far more efficient than it is at the moment.Why should we wait for hours in lines because of an inefficient system? 1.
readA Dangerous Idea
30-05-2006
PRIVATISATION is not the answer to the already fragile Namibian economy.It could bring more harm to many Namibians while benefiting the few. Firstly, it is a policy prescription from the World Bank
readPlea Not To Follow Zimbabwe's Example
30-05-2006
I READ with concern an article on a Zimbabwean news website regarding utterances made by the Namibian Deputy Minister of Lands, Isak Katali, who is reported to have said: "the speed with which
readThe Problem With Shebeens
30-05-2006
THE problem of shebeens is both a national and global problem.All countries across the globe share the problems with the production, distribution and consumption of alcohol (alcohol abuse) at one
readEconomic growth slowing
30-05-2006
NAMIBIA'S economic growth in 2005 points towards a slowdown when compared to the growth registered in 2004. Official figures recently released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in its
readNamibian rejoice in birth of Shiloh Nouvel
30-05-2006
THE NAMIBIAN'S office at Swakopmund has been flooded with phone calls from Namibians across the country who want to know how they can deliver gifts to the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt family following
readState nets over N$0,7m in sting
30-05-2006
A BUSINESS trip to Namibia turned into a disaster with a price tag of more than N$700 000, plus a criminal conviction, for two residents of South Africa last week. British citizen George Michael
readD-day for Ramatex factory
30-05-2006
GOVERNMENT is expected to decline an offer by Malaysian company Ramatex Berhad to buy its Windhoek factory. Today is the deadline for Government to respond to the offer made to it last month by
readHearings on food scandal next month
30-05-2006
THE disciplinary hearings of four Caprivi Regional Council officials accused of negligence for their alleged role in allowing 230 tonnes tons of food aid to rot in a Katima Mulilo warehouse have been
readTeek trial remains stalled
30-05-2006
THE High Court trial in which former Judge Pio Teek faces child abduction and molestation charges remains stalled, with still no indication of when it will continue. Teek (59) made another brief
readPanga attack came close to taking off victim's head
30-05-2006
THE panga attack that claimed the life of 21-year-old Kalina Kambahepa at Kamanjab two years ago was so ferocious that she was nearly beheaded, according to testimony heard in the High Court in
readKandetu takes reins at NBC
30-05-2006
THE new Director General of the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) started work yesterday after being formally introduced to the nation by the corporation's board in the morning. Board
readTransNamib labour dispute to drag on
30-05-2006
THE High Court on Friday put on hold a District Labour Court ruling that TransNamib reinstate a former senior manager and backdate his salary to December 2004. The transport parastatal approached
readFood aid reaches starving children
30-05-2006
FOOD has begun flowing to thousands of orphans and vulnerable children in six regions, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare announced yesterday. This follows a US$15,7 million agreement
readRefugees want to stay
30-05-2006
RUNDU - A group 31 Angolan refugees currently residing at Insu village in Western Kavango have refused to return to their country of origin. This was said by Principal Immigration Officer Mascar
readNC passes National Budget
30-05-2006
THE National Council went into recess last week after reviewing and passing the 2006/2007 Appropriation Bill, which Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila described as pro-poor and
read2 arrested for flaunting illegal gun
30-05-2006
TWO men, aged 26 and 29, were arrested at Keetmanshoop on Saturday, after they had apparently been flaunting an illegal firearm around town. Police reported yesterday that a member of the public
readGolf fanatics tackle barren dunes
30-05-2006
WALVIS BAY - Elen Gubeb's tattered sandals and torn jeans don't match his pricey new Mizuno glove, but dress is not important at this home-made golf track on Namibia's desert coast, an unlikely golf
readUS-led air raid kills 50 Taliban
30-05-2006
KABUL - More than 50 Taliban guerrillas were killed in a US-led air strike on a mosque in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand yesterday, a provincial official said. Several "Taliban leaders"
readNCCI to host BEE seminar
30-05-2006
THE Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) will tomorrow hold a one-day seminar on project and BEE financing. According to NCCI chief Executive Officer Tarah Shaanika, the seminar is a
readWilhelm Eita gwOkoshikulufitu a yapulilwa mUupristeri
30-05-2006
O MUGUNDJUKAgwoomvula 27 gwomomukunda Oshikulufitu mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati Wilhelm Eita Olyomakaya ga zi ko okwa yapulilwa Uupristeli kOmukuluntumbiishofi gwOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma
readShooting competition concluded
30-05-2006
THE fourth monthly shooting club competition was held at Luiperdsvallei Shooting Range on Saturday.The event was the last one before the Namibian National Championship which will be held at
readBoxing club uplifts boxers in Katutura
30-05-2006
GOLDEN Boxing Club, situated in Katutura, was formed by a group of committed ex-boxers and targets young boxers who want to seriously take up the sport. One of the club members, Benjamin Rebang,
readIndonesia earthquake may trigger volcano eruption
30-05-2006
SYDNEY - The earthquake that killed over 5 000 people on Indonesia's Java island is linked to the one that triggered the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and may signal the imminent eruption of a
readIraq attacks leave at least 39 dead
30-05-2006
BAGHDAD - At least 39 people were killed in an bloody explosion of violence across Iraq yesterday, including a spate of bombings against buses carrying people to work. The attacks underlined the
readIn Brief
30-05-2006
* MBEKI SUCCESSION - South African President Thabo Mbeki should open the succession debate, the National Union of Mineworker's (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana said, SABC television reported. Speaking
readDRC deports foreigners held over 'coup plot'
30-05-2006
KINSHASA - Congo has released a group of South Africans, Nigerians and Americans arrested over what it called a suspected coup plot, saying it did not have time to try them itself before long-awaited
readWorld powers ready to guarantee Iran's right to nuclear energy
30-05-2006
MOSCOW - The world's major powers are ready to guarantee Iran's right to develop nuclear energy provided Tehran cooperates fully with the UN nuclear safety agency, Russian news agencies quoted
readKenyan president calls for arms surrender
30-05-2006
NAIROBI - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has called on pastoralist communities in northern Kenya to turn in their weapons as cattle rustling continued in the region. Kibaki spoke after heavily armed
readKenyan president calls for arms surrender
30-05-2006
NAIROBI - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has called on pastoralist communities in northern Kenya to turn in their weapons as cattle rustling continued in the region. Kibaki spoke after heavily armed
readDarfur rebel group rejects deal as deadline nears
30-05-2006
CAIRO - A Darfur rebel faction which faces a May 31 deadline to sign a deal to end fighting in western Sudan said yesterday it would not join the agreement without major changes. The African Union
readLobsters shun sick members of species
30-05-2006
LONDON - When it comes to staying healthy, lobsters could teach humans a thing or two.Tiny Caribbean spiny lobsters are social creatures that live together in underwater caves. But scientists have
readKatherine Dunham, dancer, anthropologist and author
30-05-2006
NEW YORK - Katherine Dunham, a pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America's poorest cities, has died.She was 96. Dunham
readLucas Garcia, former Guatemalan dictator
30-05-2006
GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan President Romeo Lucas Garcia, whose rule was marked by a bloody police raid on the Spanish Embassy, has died at a hospital in Venezuela.He was 81. "He died of
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