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61 Articles found on Tuesday, 7 November 2006
On Liberators Who Fail To Govern After Independence
07-11-2006
NELSON Mandela is unique in many respects.One certain aspect of his uniqueness is that he could combine the two talents of leading a liberation movement and leading a post-independence country. Other
readUnions Not Online
07-11-2006
I WOULD like to share my views on the letter that appeared in The Namibian of November 3 2006 written by a certain Pandulo about the Catholic Church website.Of course it is a good example what the
readMusic Awards Must Be Fair
07-11-2006
ALLOW me space in your respected daily newspaper to raise my opinions on the coming Sanlam NBC Music Awards.In the past years I had concerns about the way artists are being voted by the public - the
readNeed To Act On All Racism
07-11-2006
I HAVE always held you in high regard as one of the leading lights in the Namibian media for unbiased reportage and the lack of fear to speak out when a wrong is committed and goes
readConsumers Need To Unite
07-11-2006
A READER ("Anti-Banks") wrote a letter about bank charges, published in The Namibian of October 13 2006.I can understand his/her frustration, as I am equally frustrated. However he/she asked the
readBond for vaccine projects launched
07-11-2006
LONDON - A pioneering bond designed to raise US$1 billion for life-saving vaccines in the world's poorest countries will be launched soon, one of the lead managers said yesterday.The offering is the
readIndia aims for wind-generated power
07-11-2006
NEW DELHI - As much as 16 per cent of India's electricity needs could be supplied by wind power within the next 25 years, the country's president told a gathering of renewable energy experts
readMurdoch hints at plans for Japanese MySpace
07-11-2006
TOKYO - News Corp.owner Rupert Murdoch said yesterday he was seeking a tie-up in new media with Japan's Softbank amid reports the firms plan a Japanese version of MySpace, the wildly popular US
readKenya denies graft claims
07-11-2006
NAIROBI - Kenya's telecommunications regulator yesterday denied claims by a South African firm that official corruption had delayed the planned start-up of the country's third mobile phone
readOn the move
07-11-2006
Nammic Financial Services Holding has appointed Walter Don as its Chief Executive Officer with effect from November 1 2006.He succeeds Sackey Aipinge as CEO. Prior to his appointment, Don was Head:
readVAT refunds
07-11-2006
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.SECTION 38 of the Value-added Tax Act provides for the rules that
readGroup hopes to harness diamond profits
07-11-2006
LUANDA - Africa's diamond producers have set up an association designed to ensure more of the revenue from sales of the gems stays in the world poorest continent and help stop the illegal trade in
readFinance Ministry launches IFMS
07-11-2006
THE Government now has the ability to strategically manage public financial resources with the introduction of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS), Minister of Finance Saara
readChina increases global clout with African ties
07-11-2006
BEIJING - China's weekend summit with Africa marked a key milestone in its global emergence, giving it more leverage against the West and setting it up for more oil and other trade deals, analysts
readDune belt's beauty and wealth need to be protected: Minister
07-11-2006
AS much as Namibia needs growing business and tourism, the country also needs regulations to protect its beauty and natural wealth, says Minister Willem Konjore of Environment and Tourism.Speaking at
readGreen grows their valley: Swakopmund's asparagus pioneers
07-11-2006
FANIE van Niekerk is the original Swakopmund asparagus farmer - he started producing the slender, green delicacies nine years ago.Although asparagus is his main crop, he also grows more than 20
readUpgraded Wanaheda market open
07-11-2006
THE City of Windhoek officially opened the upgraded Nangeda Kaduuluma Market in Wanaheda last week.The market, which was established in 1999 at a cost of N$130 256, initially offered only 24 open
readBaby dumped in latrine
07-11-2006
POLICE at Okahao in the Omusati Region are investigating a murder case after a six-month-old girl was thrown into a pit latrine at Uukwandongo village on Saturday.The baby died later at the Oshakati
readVerdict pending in teen stabbing trial
07-11-2006
THE High Court has reserved its judgement in a murder trial in which a man accused of stabbing to death a 17-year-old girl is claiming that he had in fact tried to stab someone else when he struck the
readResident cries foul over traffic fine
07-11-2006
A WINDHOEK resident believes she was taken for ride after trying to pay a traffic fine through the post.Martie Rohman, an employee at a local South African-owned retailer, says the public needs to
readNamdeb workers appear in court on diamond charges
07-11-2006
NINETEEN Namdeb employees appeared in the Oranjemund Magistrate's Court yesterday, charged with theft and possession of uncut diamonds.The 19 were arrested last week Tuesday after a syndicate of
readHate speech case delayed
07-11-2006
THE case against two men who face a charge under the Racial Discrimination Prohibition Act after they allegedly paraded a placard bearing the slogan 'Kill all whites' down Windhoek's main street has
readOblivion reigns as treason trial hears from witness 72
07-11-2006
THE 72nd State witness to testify in the main Caprivi high treason trial in the High Court in Windhoek is a man who knew nothing, Judge Elton Hoff heard last week.Ignorance and oblivion got a name and
readNamibia slipping on graft
07-11-2006
CORRUPTION is making inroads in Namibia, according to an international report released in Germany yesterday.According to Transparency International (TI), a civil society organisation which aims to
readSnipes strikes a deal on tax
07-11-2006
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood action hero Wesley Snipes, currently filming in Namibia, has struck a deal with US authorities that will see him avoid a jail term for allegedly dodging millions of dollars in
readPolice in court for rape, obstruction
07-11-2006
THREE Police officers accused of perverting the course of justice by conspiring to have a rape charge against one of them withdrawn appeared in the Tsumeb Regional Court yesterday.A date for the start
readGovt briefed on deadly tribal clash
07-11-2006
TWELVE traditional leaders from the Maharero Royal Traditional Authority met Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila yesterday to brief her on a tribal clash in which a young man lost his life on
readGlobal climate change destructive for Namibia
07-11-2006
DESERTIFICATION and climate change, which are topping the agenda of a United Nations climate conference in Nairobi, Kenya, was also discussed at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.During
readStock theft at Opuwo
07-11-2006
OPUWO - Police at Khorixas are investigating a case of stock theft after thieves cut down a fence of Navare Post One farm in the Khorixas District and stole four cattle on Monday last week.According
readNational Assembly heckler 'was just frustrated'
07-11-2006
AFTER being dragged out of the National Assembly last month for disrupting proceedings, frustrated Okahandja resident Belinda Garoes continues to fight for her own welfare organisation at the 'Garden
readOmvula oya loka nawa, ashike aalimimapya oya limbililwa
07-11-2006
O MVULA oya kala tayi loko nawa muule womasiku ga zi ko noya eta omeya nomwiidhi omutalala, ashike nee aalimimapya oye na omaipulo omanene kutya naya lime nenge naya tegelele manga.Miikandjohogololo
readSaddam a pewa egeelo lyokudhipagwa
07-11-2006
B AGHDAD - Saddam Hussein ngoka a li ta monika a kunkwa okwa pewa egeelo lyokumangelekwa mOsoondaha ya zi ko moshipotha shomahepeko gaantu - oshinima shoka sha nyanyudha aantu yomuhoko
readEgameno lyuuntshitwe lya etela AaNcaute uuwanawa
07-11-2006
O OMVULA odhindji dha piti po aakalimo yomoshitopolwa sha Ncaute mo Kavango oya kala taya nana nondatu kombinga yuuhupilo.Aavali oyendji oya kala ya nyengwa okutuma aanona yawo kOsikola molwashoka
readAapolisi itaya ka tala onteni aatheteli
07-11-2006
O masiku ga zile ko Opolisi ya Namibia oya popile kutya itayi ki idhidhimikila nande aakwashigwana mboka haya kala ya hala okuya mumwe nayo pethimbo lyiilonga yawo yokukalekapo oveta
readAaniilonga ye li 16 ya dhitikwa nuumanya mu Namdeb
07-11-2006
A ANIILONGA ye li 16 kOmbonge nenge tutye koNamdeb oya tulwa miipandeko oshiwike sha zi ko konima sho kwa monika kutya oya longelekumwe nelalakano lyokuya uumanya (okawe) pOranjemund.Oya holoka
readAantu yane ya sila miiponga yoondjila komunkulofuta
07-11-2006
U UNONA uyali ou li mokati kaantu yane mboka ya dhipagelwa moshiponga shiihauto mondjila yokomunkulofuta gwa Namibia mehuliloshiwike sha lya zi ko.Okanon akomimvo ne nosho wo koomwedhi hamano oya
readOmugundjuka gumwe a dhipagwa miikolokosha yopaukwamuhoko
07-11-2006
O NGUNDU yaaleli yopamuthigululwakalo yAaherero - ya za kElelo lyOpamuthigululwakalo gwAaMaharero ye li 12, oya ningi oonkundathana nOmupeviprimaminista Libertina Amadhila ongula yohela mOvenduka
readBriedenhann sets three records
07-11-2006
CHRISTINE Briedenhann of the Namibia Swimming Academy was the star swimmer at the Sprint Gala in Windhoek on Saturday, as she set three national age-group records.Swimming in the 10-and-under age
readSharapova aims high
07-11-2006
MADRID - Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin-Hardenne aim to depose Amelie Mauresmo as world number one at the WTA Championships but reaching the end of the season in one piece is also high on their
readMourinho slams ref
07-11-2006
LONDON - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's penchant for polemics may have landed him in more trouble with the English Football Association (FA).His latest outburst was aimed in the direction of referee
readTop coaching courses for table tennis
07-11-2006
AHMET Dawlatly from Egypt recently presented an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level One Coaching Course in Namibia.Dawlatly conducted the course in collaboration with Olympic
readJayawardene to captain Sri Lanka
07-11-2006
COLOMBO - Mahela Jayawardene will lead Sri Lanka at the World Cup in the Caribbean next March, chairman of selectors Asantha de Mel told AFP yesterday."Mahela has done a decent job since taking over
readGomes, Prokopcuka win NYC Marathon
07-11-2006
NEW YORK - Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil became the first South American to win the New York City Marathon and Latvia's Jelena Prokopcuka retained her women's title with a commanding performance
readFA to look into coin throwing
07-11-2006
LONDON - The Football Association is to investigate two coin-throwing incidents which marred West Ham United's victory over Arsenal and Fulham's win over Everton at the weekend.Arsenal's Dutch forward
readNPL gets N$2m for new season
07-11-2006
THE Namibia Premier League (NPL) will this year receive N$2 million - N$60 000 more than last year - from the Namibia Football Consortium (NFC) as part of their annual funds to administer the league,
readBaghdad still under curfew after verdict
07-11-2006
BAGHDAD - Three US soldiers were killed and Baghdad was under curfew for a second day yesterday as the Iraqi government braced for any insurgent backlash against the court ruling that Saddam Hussein
readCourt rejects ex-Zuma aide graft appeal
07-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's top appeals court yesterday rejected an appeal of a corruption conviction by a former aide to ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma, a move analysts say could hobble any bid by
readKabila ahead of rival
07-11-2006
KINSHASA - President Joseph Kabila is ahead of his rival in a tense runoff for the nation's top post, according to the first electoral returns released on Sunday by the country's electoral
readNakuyakapo okanona a ka sila mohauto
07-11-2006
M EME gumwe a tseyika ashike nedhina Kapandu Elizabeth, mEtine lya zi ko okwa yaka po okahanona ka meme gumwe gwomEemwandi mOshakati, e ta thindi na ko mo Angola okupitila kOkalongo, ashike nee ohauto
readIn Brief
07-11-2006
BLAST - Seventeen miners were killed when a gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China and dozens were missing, state media reported yesterday, adding to the country's grim series of
readSerbia's existential puzzle: Just who is a minister?
07-11-2006
IS Vuk Draskovic still foreign minister even though the country that appointed him no longer exists? How long will Defence Minister Zoran Stankovic also be in political limbo? Serbia has been through
readHailed for hurting environment
07-11-2006
BEIJING - Chinese director Chen Kaige, whose movie 'The Promise' harmed a pristine Himalayan lakeside during shooting, has been nominated for a 'Green Chinese' award for raising environmental
readNixon visit 'paved way for China rise'
07-11-2006
OTTAWA - Almost 35 years after US President Richard Nixon startled the world by visiting a hitherto hostile China, the boldness of the trip and his meeting with Mao Zedong still capture the
readZimbabwe's Mugabe to meet Chinese president
07-11-2006
BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao was to meet yesterday with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe amid accusations that Beijing's ties help to shore up a pariah regime other governments avoid.China
readMadonna accuses news media of racism
07-11-2006
NEW YORK - Madonna says the news media fanned the controversy over her attempts to adopt a 13-month-old boy from the southeast African country of Malawi, and that the average person does not care
readUN climate summit opens
07-11-2006
NAIROBI - An international summit to tackle global warming and discuss the future after the UN Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions expires in 2012 opened in the Kenyan capital yesterday.Kenyan
readSomali Islamists say attacked near north enclave
07-11-2006
MOGADISHU - Fighting flared yesterday between Somali Islamist forces and troops from the semi-autonomous northern enclave of Puntland which has resisted Islamist influence, Islamist sources
readUS evangelical leader apologises for misconduct
07-11-2006
COLORADO SPRINGS - Saying that he was a "deceiver and liar" who had given in to his dark side, the Reverend Ted Haggard confessed to sexual immorality on Sunday in a letter read from the pulpit of the
readTeen mom buries her baby alive
07-11-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A North West teenager buried her baby boy alive after giving birth at Tlakgameng village over the weekend, police said on Sunday.Captain Sabata Mokgwabone said the 18-year-old borrowed
readBan, Abe meet over North Korea
07-11-2006
TOKYO - South Korea's Ban Ki-Moon, the next UN chief, promised yesterday to co-ordinate closely with neighbouring Japan as the two countries confront the North Korean nuclear crisis.South Korea's
readBush seeks to ensure poll win
07-11-2006
WASHINGTON - With control of Congress at stake in today's elections, President George W Bush campaigned in endangered Republican districts across conservative states while the top congressional
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