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57 Articles found on Friday, 17 November 2006
The content of our brains
17-11-2006
ABOUT ten years ago, at a party, I met a bright young man who worked for one of SA's largest newspapers.He said, write something for us, so I churned out a short essay about black American
readMade in the West for Africa
17-11-2006
WHAT I want to talk about is the uncritical belief (especially by African leaders) that somehow Africa's salvation and development will come from outside.This state of affairs has in turn led to the
readPolitical Perspective: Govt Must Answer
17-11-2006
THERE'S a big Namibian delegation in Cuba at present, and all I can say is that it is a damn disgrace! President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his Cabinet, who are ostensibly big on the anti-corruption
readCity of Windhoek Must Pay Back Overcharged Electricity Fees
17-11-2006
THE Minister of Mines and Energy has now pronounced himself on the controversial issue of the overcharging of City of Windhoek residents on electricity tariffs since July this year.Speaking this week,
readWalvis Concerns About Mayoral Trips
17-11-2006
Trip to Cuba by Mayor and CEO Dear Mayor Derek Klazen THE residents of Walvis Bay are concerned that huge amounts of money are being spent on international trips that clearly do not hold any benefits
readCriticism Of Earthlife Agenda
17-11-2006
ALLOW me space in your informative and trusted daily newspaper to comment on a letter "Earthlife Uranium Concerns" published in The Namibian of Friday, 15 September 2006 by Bertchen Kors.Earthlife
readThe Fans Have It
17-11-2006
I ATTENDED the Sanlam Namibia NBC Music Awards nominees show on Saturday, November 4, at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura and would like to make the following comments: Positive points: NBC was very
readWe Must All 'Teach The Children'
17-11-2006
I AGREE with Gwen Lister's opinion about corruption as published on November 10 in the 'Political Perspective' column.I especially like the suggestion that our children's value set be altered to give
readCops 'Dressed To Kill'
17-11-2006
ALLOW me to express my disappointment at the way some of our Police officers are clothed.I went to the Police station in Windhoek's Independence Avenue, and couldn't believe my eyes. The clothes some
readNo Justice For All
17-11-2006
JUSTICE delayed is justice denied, and we all know that.Is this only applicable to the criminal system and not labour cases. Should one be a manager, CEO or a news editor to have your case finalised
readAppeal For A More Youth-Friendly City
17-11-2006
I HEREBY appeal to the City of Windhoek to please make our lovely city more child and teenage friendly by upgrading the existing recreational parks in the suburbs to accommodate skateboard and BMX
readLet Bygones Be Bygones
17-11-2006
I AGREE with Victor Kuligin's view on reparations for the wrongs of the past.It is neither fair, nor practical, to expect the current generation of any country to pay for the atrocities committed by
readOn Herero Genocide And Stalin Purges
17-11-2006
MR Veii, thank you for your response to my reader's letter in The Namibian.I think debate is always healthy, especially when it is done in a civil and honest manner. You ask how I would feel if my
readGerman truck maker MAN bids for Scania
17-11-2006
FRANKFURT - German truck maker MAN AG said yesterday that stakeholders of Swedish truck maker Scania AB will have until December 11 to tender their shares in a hostile takeover bid that is set to
readAnadarko expects Moz oil contract next week
17-11-2006
CAPE TOWN - Anadarko Petroleum Corp. expects to sign a contract with Mozambique next week allowing the independent oil and gas producer to explore in the Rovuma Delta, Anadarko's chief geologist said
readEnron's Causey jailed for 5 years
17-11-2006
HOUSTON - Former Enron chief accounting officer Richard Causey was sentenced on Wednesday to five-and-a-half years in prison for approving the bogus bookkeeping that led to the company's 2001
readOne Africa Television gets partners
17-11-2006
TWO local companies, Stimulus and Aantu (Pty) Ltd, have bought 46 per cent shares in Namibia's free-to-air One Africa Television station.Announcing the investment on Wednesday, Paul van Schalkwyk,
readComesa seeks to overcome hurdles to economic unity
17-11-2006
DJIBOUTI - Leaders from Africa's largest trading bloc Wednesday called for cooperation to overcome hurdles blocking integration at a summit shrouded by festering conflicts within some member states
readBreakthrough on gem deal
17-11-2006
GOVERNMENT and diamond giant De Beers are set to sign a new sales agreement at the end of the month, it was announced yesterday.And, as a result of what Mining Minister Erkki Nghimtina described as
readGovt to review hostel contract after food supply controversy
17-11-2006
INDEPENDENCE Caterers appears to have got away with a slap on the wrist after Cabinet recommended only the mildest of steps over the quality of food it supplies to school hostels.The company controls
readWay cleared for German N$160 million
17-11-2006
A SPECIAL team, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amathila, has finalised consultations with Herero, Nama, Damara and San communities to pave the way for the distribution of N$160 million
readDate set for hearing on US fugitive's extradition
17-11-2006
THE extradition hearing that should determine whether Namibia will surrender Israeli high-tech industry pioneer Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander to the United States justice system is set to take place in
readThieves steal from Ondonga authority
17-11-2006
THIEVES broke into the Ondonga Traditional Authority Offices at Oluno near Ondangwa on Saturday night and got away with three computers and a fax machine.Ondonga Traditional Authority spokesperson
readChief Mwandingi dies
17-11-2006
The Chief of Amuteya Traditional District in the Ondonga tribal area in the Oshikoto Region, Wilibald Mwandingi, died in the Onandjokwe Lutheran Hospital on Sunday afternoon at the age of 80.Chief
readTrad brew claims life
17-11-2006
A 54-year-old man, Lazarus Nangolo, died after he allegedly drank a traditional brew known as ombike on Monday.The incident happened at the Onyaanya village near Okatope in the Oshana Region, the
readConservancies multiply
17-11-2006
SIX more communal conservancies were recently proclaimed in the Government Gazette, bringing the number of communal conservancies in the country to 50.Tsukhoe //Garoes of the Ministry of Environment
readThose words did not come out of my mouth: Ekandjo
17-11-2006
LANDS and Resettlement Minister Jerry Ekandjo has taken issue with a report in The Namibian on Tuesday about the possibility of a marginalised San community in the Tsumkwe area losing their
readTV licence amnesty raises eyebrows
17-11-2006
WITH only two weeks to go before the end of the NBC's amnesty on the payment of television licence fees, the public apparently remains divided on the idea of giving defaulters a chance to wipe the
readACC chief feels Namibia's graft ranking 'misleading'
17-11-2006
NAMIBIA'S slip of eight points on Transparency International's corruption rankings has more to do with a statistical aberration and the fact that the latest index took poverty-alleviation measures
readHotel picket continues
17-11-2006
THE stand-off at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort continued yesterday, with striking workers vowing to keep up their picket until management gives in to their demands.Until late yesterday
readSearch for three missing crewmen gets called off
17-11-2006
DIAZ Trawling, the company whose fishing vessel sank last week, has called off the search for the three missing crewmen.Chief engineer Luis Rodal Molanes (35) and first engineer Juan Manuel Figueras
read300 000 houses needed by 2030
17-11-2006
NAMIBIA needs about 300 000 new low-cost houses to achieve the housing goal set out by Government's Vision 2030 development plan, but many people are too poor to afford home loans.This emerged as
readGovt 'must answer on crime'
17-11-2006
THE Congress of Democrats (CoD) yesterday demanded that the Minister of Safety and Security, as well as the Inspector General of the Namibian Police, be brought to task for what it calls an
readDate set for hearing on US fugitive's extradition
17-11-2006
THE extradition hearing that should determine whether Namibia will surrender Israeli high-tech industry pioneer Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander to the United States justice system is set to take place in
read11 ya pewa oonzapo mehongo lyiiyuma yeloya
17-11-2006
O OMEME yomOproyeka Tulongeni Ngaha momukunda Elyambala nomomudhingoloko mOngwediva mOshitopolwa sha Shana ye li omulongonagumwe (11) oya pewa oonzapo sho ya piti Osikola yawo yokuhonga oombiga
readOmbelewa yoshilongo sha Ndonga ya tewa
17-11-2006
O OMBOTSOTSO kadhi shiwike kutya odhi li ngapi, ongulohi yOlyomakaya ga zi ko odhi iteyele metungo lyOombelewa dhElelo lyOshilongo shOndonga ndele tadhi yaka mo Ooprinda dhOokoompiuta dhi loi ndatu
readOshigongi tashi kundathana oluhepo moshitopolwa sha Shana
17-11-2006
O KUZA Omaandaha sigo omEtitatu lyoshiwike tashi ya, mOshakati otamu ka kala oshigongi oshinene tashi ka kundathana oluhepo mOshitopolwa sha Shana, tashi ka ningilwa mOsaala yOhotela yedhina
readOproyeka pOmatelekelo ya yakwa oohi dhi li 27 000 nasha
17-11-2006
O POLISI yAutapi mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati otayi konaakona oshipotha shi na sha neyako po lyoohi dhOprojeka yOohi yAakwashigwana momukunda Omatelekelo mOmbalantu dhi li 27 769, dha yakwa
readOshigongi shOmalaria pOndangwa
17-11-2006
O MUWILIKI gUuhaku mOnooli, unene tuu mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Omundohotola Naftali Hamata, okwa tseyitha kutya oshigongi oshinene shi na sha nOmalaria muuyuni, unene tuu muumbugantu wa Afrika, shoka
readAapangi yEpangelo ya tokola otoko
17-11-2006
A APANGI mIipangelo yEpangelo otaya ka ninga ekanka moshilongo ashihe, ngele Epangelo olya tindi okuya ningila shoka taya pula li ya ningile.Ye li kohi yehangano lyAapangi lya Namibia Nurses Union
readA million pumped into Blue Waters
17-11-2006
COASTAL football club Blue Waters kicked off the 2006/2007 Premier League season with the assurance of financial support for the remainder of the decade.Coach Shepard Murape received a hefty
readOtjozondjupa football official Ndjoonduezu jailed
17-11-2006
THE Otjozondjupa Football Region's vice chairman, Gerson Ndjoonduezu, was arrested yesterday after assault charges were brought against him by his chairman, Manfred Boois, shortly after the Namibia
readMTC injects N$2 million into cricket
17-11-2006
MTC has renewed its commitment to Namibian cricket by increasing its annual sponsorship from N$1,5 million to N$2 million this week.MTC's managing director Jose Ferreira said the sponsorship would
readBrave Warriors narrowly defeated by Zimbabwe
17-11-2006
THE Brave Warriors put in a respectable performance on Wednesday night despite going down 3-2 to Zimbabwe in an international friendly match played at the Rufaro Stadium in Harare.Midfielder Victor
readArrows aim for Birds' demise
17-11-2006
BLUE Waters and Eleven Arrows both have a daunting task to eliminate each other when they clash in an FNB Cup derby at the Legare Stadium in Gobabis tomorrow.The match can swing either way, judging
readNotices Touch & Go friendly and AGM
17-11-2006
TOUCH & Go and Demo Stars will compete in a friendly match at the Khoaeb Stadium in Outjo as part of their pre-season preparations on Saturday.The match starts at 10h00. Touch & Go will also hold
readFrom the Sidelines
17-11-2006
THE decision by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) to suspend Namibia from all athletics competitions will be a fatal blow for the country ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games,
readIn Brief
17-11-2006
TEST FIRING - Pakistan successfully test-fired an intermediate range, nuclear-capable Hatf 5 (Ghauri) ballistic missile on Thursday, the military said.Arch-rival India had been informed of the test
readGynaecologist conviction condemned
17-11-2006
BERLIN - A court ruling which ordered a gynaecologist to pay child support for up to 18 years as compensation for botching a contraceptive implant was condemned by the German media as scandalous on
readBush reassures Asia allies after election blow
17-11-2006
SINGAPORE - President George W Bush tried to reassure nervous Asian allies yesterday that he remains committed to opening up global trade markets despite humiliating losses in US elections that could
readIraq hostages were tortured, killed
17-11-2006
BAGHDAD - Kidnappers who snatched scores of Iraqis from a government ministry building in Baghdad tortured and killed some of them, a government official said yesterday.Basil al-Khatib, a spokesman
readMoroccan convicted over 9/11 plot
17-11-2006
KARLSRUHE - Germany's highest appeals court ruled yesterday that a Moroccan friend of the September 11 hijackers was guilty of abetting mass murder and must return to court to receive a new, harsher
readTV not enough
17-11-2006
PARIS - What's a television without its remote control? Not much, decided a thief in south-western France who returned to the home from which he had just stolen a TV to pick up the remote control -
readUS Marine jailed over Iraq killing
17-11-2006
CAMP PENDLETON - A US marine involved in the death of an Iraqi civilian was jailed for 18 months on Wednesday and warned he could face a tougher sentence if he fails to testify against other
readVatican to discuss celibacy requirement for priests
17-11-2006
VATICAN CITY- Pope Benedict XVI opened a summit yesterday on the celibacy requirement for clergy, spurred by a married African archbishop who has been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.The
readUN holds high-level Darfur talks
17-11-2006
ADDIS ABABA - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened a critical international meeting in Ethiopia yesterday to discuss the increasingly desperate situation in Darfur and push again for UN peacekeepers
readIncumbent Kabila declared winner
17-11-2006
KINSHASA - Incumbent President Joseph Kabila was declared the winner of Congo's tense runoff election, defeating his ex-rebel leader rival in the war-ravaged country's first multiparty contest in more
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