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56 Articles found on Tuesday, 28 November 2006
South African rock art offers picture of harmony
28-11-2006
CLANWILLIAM - In the caves of South Africa's Cederberg mountains, an ancient people left a legacy of rock art that could teach modern man a valuable lesson or two about living in harmony with
readLet's Welcome The Chinese
28-11-2006
ALLOW me to comment on an article in The Namibian of November 21 2006, titled '40 000 Chinese in Namibia, MP says - Scramble for Africa on again'.44 000 Chinese - some "hopefully" to become Namibian
readWe Need Answers On Chinese Influx
28-11-2006
ACCORDING to Minister Joel Kaapanda, there are not that many Chinese working in Namibia.Neither I, nor many other Namibians can believe him. We see busloads of Chinese/Korean builders being taken
readViljoen Must Do His Homework
28-11-2006
I WANT to refer to the main story '40 000 Chinese in Namibia' on the front page of The Namibian of November 21.One can only shake one's head at the ignorance of Jurie Viljoen. Does he know he is
readHuman Dignity Lost
28-11-2006
I WAS really disappointed by the report on NBC news on November 9 about the conjoined twins who were born in Namibia 20 years ago, whose bodies are still in the Police mortuary 20 years after their
readWest must prepare for Chinese, Indian dominance
28-11-2006
SYDNEY - Western nations must prepare for a future dominated by China and India, whose rapid economic rise will soon fundamentally alter the balance of power, former World Bank chief James Wolfensohn
readNaspers BEE offer over-subscribed
28-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Africa's biggest media company, Naspers, said yesterday its offer to sell stakes in its core businesses to black investors had been over-subscribed by almost three times.Naspers said in
readShoprite on buyout price
28-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Shares in Africa's biggest supermarket group, Shoprite, slid as much as eight per cent yesterday after the company said it had accepted a lower-than-expected 13,2 billion rand private
readNedbank, ABN AMRO in alliance
28-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Nedbank and the Netherlands' biggest bank ABN AMRO have formed an investment banking alliance to give South African clients access to international markets, the companies
readChina makes US$3b bid for Zim steel firm
28-11-2006
HARARE - A Chinese corporation has offered US$3 billion for a 60 per cent stake in Zimbabwe's struggling state-owned steel firm in what would be the largest investment by China in the African country,
readMining helps fund African HIV trial
28-11-2006
SYDNEY - Australian biotech firm Virax Holdings Ltd. said yesterday eight big mining companies had agreed to pay for trials of its HIV vaccine in South Africa, which is battling one of the world's
readMinister faces impossible task over budget
28-11-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Hebert Murerwa will on Thursday table an eagerly awaited national budget with measures that crisis-weary Zimbabweans hope would put a gravely ill economy back on
readSiemens engulfed in bribery scandal
28-11-2006
FRANKFURT - The anti-corruption department at German engineering giant Siemens tried to cover up evidence of bribery accounts several years ago, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper alleged yesterday in
readOngopolo fights ex-boss to get access to mine
28-11-2006
A FARM that the former Managing Director of the Ongopolo mining group, Andre Neethling, bought from Ongopolo in a sweetheart deal four years ago, became a bone of contention yesterday in a High Court
readRain breaks the heatwave
28-11-2006
SEVERAL parts of the country received good rains from Sunday to Monday morning, with Windhoek's Suiderhof suburb receiving the highest rainfall of 30 millimetres.Odillo Kgobetsi at the Windhoek
readNC wants to ditch eviction law
28-11-2006
THE National Council (NC) is trying to establish whether the abolition of a 36-year-old law might be the answer to the plight of hundreds of people being evicted from their homes every year to settle
readTransport parastatal, employee sort out differences with cash
28-11-2006
TRANSNAMIB has offered to pay a senior manager it dismissed in January last year close to N$500 000 in an out-of-court settlement reached yesterday.Godhard !Howaeb was dismissed for absenteeism in
readNabta appeals for safe driving
28-11-2006
THE President of the Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta), Magnus Nangombe, has called on bus owners to employ two drivers per bus in the interest of road safety this festive season."Nabta
readOutjo Police arson suspects want bail
28-11-2006
WINDHOEK - Two men accused of destroying dozens of Police dockets in an alleged arson attack on an office at the Outjo Police Station in August this year are to lodge formal bail applications in the
read'Watershed' congress for Swapo women
28-11-2006
THE Swapo Women's Council says its upcoming congress will be a watershed one that will determine how the other wings in the party conduct themselves in the run-up to next year's party congress.The
readSatellites, science and toll roads
28-11-2006
MINISTER of Information and Broadcasting, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, announced a number of Cabinet decisions at a press briefing in Windhoek on Thursday: Satellite link-up here soon AFTER the
readOshikango heist trial postponed to June
28-11-2006
THE High Court trial of seven people who are facing charges in connection with an alleged cash-in-transit heist in which more than N$1,5 million was stolen in northern Namibia four years ago has been
readBanks told to become transparent
28-11-2006
COMMERCIAL banks operating in Namibia should become more transparent about how their service fees are structured and they should develop products to accommodate clients at grassroots level, who form
readMurderer has advice for Namibia: Get to root causes of crime
28-11-2006
A PRISONER, serving a sentence for murder at the Oluno Rehabilitation Centre at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region, stood before powerful men and women on Friday and told them: "No one is too bad to become
readPohamba stresses planning at Cabinet review
28-11-2006
GOVERNMENT needs improved planning mechanisms and a review of project implementation so that the right hand knows what the left is doing.This was spelled out yesterday by President Hifikepunye
readNurses angry at cancellation of meeting
28-11-2006
NURSES reacted with anger yesterday after a meeting scheduled with Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kalumbi Shangula was postponed at the eleventh hour.The nurses were gathering outside the Windhoek
readAanahambo yaali yAawambo ya kwatwa po kOpolisi moshitopolwa sha Kavango
28-11-2006
O POLISI ya Kahenge moNkurenkuru muuninginino waKavango oya kwata po aanahambo yaali aapopi yOshiwambo mboka ya kala ye na oohambo nokukala taya litha iimuna yawo muuninginino wOkavango moka unene tuu
readOmukuluntuwiliki gwa Legal Sheild a tulwa pevi
28-11-2006
O KAMPANI ya Truscto Group Holdings mEtitano lya zi ko oya tula pevi Omukuluntuwiliki gwOshitayikampani shayo sha Legal Sheild, Stanley Katzao, ta fekelelwa uulunga.Omugandjumulombo gwa Trustcp Mia De
readNehanga a kwatwa po kOpolisi mOkavango
28-11-2006
O MUKALIMO Omuwambo momukunda Olupeho mUukwangali muuninginino wOkavango, tate Gabriel Shatiwa (Nehanga) gwoomvula omilongohamano ngoka a kala ta tidhwa mOkavango palombwelo lyOmukwaniilwa
readOfaamasi yomOshipangelo sha Katutura oili medundakano
28-11-2006
O vanhu ohava di ku Ndohoptola vashangelwa omti ve ke di tambule ko Apteka noukalata vavo ohava umbilwa moshipakete omo vena okukufwa kovahakuli vomOpteka nokwiifanenwa omuti davo.Ashike nee
readOpolisi ya lopotelwa omkuthomwenyo gatatu
28-11-2006
A ANTU yatatu oyi ikutha omwenyo mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko.Wayne Willima Smith, gwoomvula 38, okwi iyaha okusa nombisitoli poondeina dhimwe dhi li pondje ya Swakopmund ongula yEtitano. Petrus Anton
readMcCaw named IRB player of the year
28-11-2006
LONDON - New Zealand captain Richie McCaw was named the International Rugby Board player of the year on Sunday as the All Blacks swept the board at the awards presentation.The fiercely competitive and
readWallace helps Ireland
28-11-2006
DUBLIN - Ireland signed off from Lansdowne Road with an emotional 61-17 victory over the Pacific Islanders on Sunday, helped by an outstanding 26-point performance from flyhalf Paddy Wallace on his
readFocus on football in Cosafa
28-11-2006
THE state of southern Africa's football comes under the spotlight when the sport's administrators meet in Botswana on Saturday for a crucial meeting that will also decide who leads the region for the
readEngland search for answers
28-11-2006
BRISBANE - England have just three days to come up with some answers after a crushing 277-run loss to Australia in the opening Ashes cricket Test at the Gabba yesterday.The tourists' grip on the
readShake-up needed in boxing: Kaperu
28-11-2006
WINDHOEK - The re-elected Namibia Boxing Federation (NABF) secretary general, Joe Kaperu, says there is a dire need to restructure the sub-federations affiliated to the national boxing body.In an
readOSCA president Kamatuka suspended
28-11-2006
THE Otjohorongo Sport and Culture Association (OSCA) has suspended its president, Nathanael Kamatuka, after he allegedly took unilateral decisions without the consent of his committee members.The
readAN to hold council meeting
28-11-2006
ATHLETICS Namibia president Alpha Kangueehi said he is not bothered by Sport Minister John Mutorwa's instruction to hold a congress before the end of 2006.Mutorwa instructed that AN hold elections
readMajor shake-up in NFA looming
28-11-2006
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) executive committee plans a major shake-up within its administrative ranks, with secretary general Alpheus Gaweseb expected to be axed before Christmas.NFA
readIn Brief
28-11-2006
HOSTAGES - A couple armed with grenades and guns took over a junior high school in central Tehran yesterday, police told an AFP correspondent on the scene.The hostage takers are a man and a woman of
readGerald Boyd, ex-NY Times MD
28-11-2006
NEW YORK - When Gerald M Boyd was named managing editor of The New York Times, he knew he would set precedents.He was the first black journalist to hold that post, one of the top jobs at one of the
readReligious sightseeing with Benedict XVI
28-11-2006
POPE Benedict XVI's trip to Turkey is above all a religious pilgrimage.Here are some of the places that Benedict will visit, along with their religious significance: * EPHESUS, Wednesday, Nov 29
readThe perpetual threat
28-11-2006
WHEN Pope Benedict XVI steps out of his armoured limousine, Domenico Giani has already raced to the door, his broad shoulders shielding the pontiff and his sharp eyes scanning the welcoming
readTurkish suspicions rife ahead of Pope's visit
28-11-2006
ANKARA - Even before Pope Benedict arrives on his first official visit to a Muslim country, a deep-rooted suspicion of Christianity and current-day electoral concerns have re-ignited political tension
readKenya floods leave 60 kids ill
28-11-2006
NAIROBI - At least 60 children have been admitted to the main hospital in flood-hit northern Kenyan after an outbreak of malaria and diarrhoea, officials said on Sunday.The children were admitted to
readShaik hospitalised
28-11-2006
DURBAN - Convicted Durban businessman Schabir Shaik has been admitted to hospital, correctional services officials said yesterday.The department of correctional services refused to divulge his
readItaly's Berlusconi spends night in hospital
28-11-2006
MILAN - Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi spent a quiet night in an intensive care unit after fainting at a rally with an irregular heartbeat, a spokesman said on Monday.Berlusconi, 70, and
readBritish minister criticises Putin
28-11-2006
LONDON - A senior British government minister on Sunday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of presiding over attacks on liberty and democracy as anti-terrorist police investigated the radiation
readChild slaves 'sold' for R390: Irin
28-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Roads and border posts between Maputo in Mozambique and Johannesburg were fast becoming a highway along which child slaves, who were sold for as little as R390, were brought in, Irin
readNY Rally deplores shooting
28-11-2006
NEW YORK - An angry crowd demanded to know why police officers killed an unarmed black man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man's friends.Some called for
readPrinces planning concert for Princess Diana
28-11-2006
LONDON - Princes William and Harry plan to mark the 10th anniversary of their mother Princess Diana's death with a pop concert at the new Wembley Stadium in London, newspapers reported on Sunday.The
readAfghanistan to dominate Nato summit agenda
28-11-2006
RIGA - The 26 presidents and prime ministers all know that the future of their alliance is playing out in the deserts of Kandahar and mountains of Uruzgan rather than in their conference hall on the
readUN helicopters, troops open fire in eastern DR Congo
28-11-2006
KINSHASA - United Nations helicopters and peacekeepers yesterday opened fire against mutineer soldiers after coming under attack in and around the volatile eastern town of Sake in Democratic Republic
readZuma calls Mugabe 'monster'
28-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's former deputy president Jacob Zuma has rejected charges that he is a new Robert Mugabe in the making branding the veteran Zimbabwean leader a "monster."Zuma, who is
readBlair expresses 'deep sorrow' over slave trade
28-11-2006
LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair expressed "deep sorrow" for Britain's role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade in comments published on Sunday - but stopped short of the full apology demanded by some
readPapal visit denounced
28-11-2006
ISTANBUL - Tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam at a rally that highlighted the deep strains in Turkey before hosting the pontiff this week: Officials
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