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51 Articles found on Friday, 6 October 2006
From the Sidelines
06-10-2006
EVERY time the Brave Warriors go into battle on home ground, there are high hopes, I mean extremely high expectations, that they will pull it off.This has however backfired badly in the past three
readChina's Losing Battle Against Corruption
06-10-2006
CHINA's rulers rarely wash their dirty linen in public.So the arrest of Politburo member and Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Liangyu on corruption charges has sent shock waves across the country.
readNo Genocide in Darfur
06-10-2006
ON one issue, at least, George Bush and George Clooney are in perfect accord: what is happening in Darfur is a genocide, and Something Must Be Done.But it isn't a genocide, and Nothing Will Be Done.
readFrom Havana to Harare
06-10-2006
"THAT country doesn't have resources like Namibia, but the commitment the government has to the people is unbelievable."This observation was made by Jefta Nguherimo, a researcher based in Washington
readPolitical Perspective
06-10-2006
OCTOBER is the start of our annual silly season, so perhaps it's no surprise that President Hifikepunye Pohamba's announcement of a Ministry of Veterans' Affairs happens at this time! To me it
readAir Namibia Bailouts Now Reaching Dramatic Proportions
06-10-2006
AFTER a series of annual bailouts which cumulatively add up to well over N$1 billion since the 2001-2002 financial year, Cabinet has decided to grant yet another bank guarantee - this time for N$240
readMore On 'Yellow Threat' Debate
06-10-2006
ALLOW me to respond to a letter by Henning Melber published in The Namibian on 26 Sep.2006.As the result of my Chinese culture - high-context communication - I interpreted Melber's lecture from the
readCall To Take On 'Big Fish'
06-10-2006
ALLOW me space to express my view on the Anti-Corruption Commission.My concern is if they are ready to kick corruption in our country, why is the Commission fighting only small cases? A few weeks ago
readThe Math Of Corruption
06-10-2006
I HOPE that all the recent financial scandals have one upside - a benefit to school learners' math in coping with large numbers.Myself, I am starting to get lost in the 'noughts'. It seems that any
readAir Nam's Non-Service
06-10-2006
ABOUT two weeks ago I went to Air Namibia's rather grotty offices to enquire about a flight to Germany and back.They could not give me an answer as their system was down, so I left all details like
readPolice Need Psychologists
06-10-2006
I WITNESSED the incident in Swakopmund where the Police came and arrested a deranged person who was disturbing people.To my surprise, two policemen came to arrest this man but did so wielding
readNo Special Rights
06-10-2006
ALLOW me to air some comments regarding former President Nujoma's legal action against The Namibian.Disclaimer: It is important for the interested reader to note that I do not wish to respond to Sam
readOmukuni's Disappearance
06-10-2006
I WOULD like to express my view on the disappearance of the once-popular Catholic Church Newsletter known as Omukuni.The newsletter used to provide religious news and political news in the country and
readConsequences of Genocide
06-10-2006
HISTORICALLY speaking, when acts of brutality were committed with intent to destroy ethnic groups or entire indigenous societies of any given country, the issues of apology and reparations become
readSSC Can't Get It Right
06-10-2006
I WRITE to your newspaper about this problem only as a last resort.I continue to receive accounts from the Social Security Commission for workers who left my employment long ago. I have written a
readStandard Bank secures syndicated loan
06-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South African banking group Standard Bank has secured a three-year US$600 million syndicated loan aimed at diversifying some exposure away from the local market investor base, it said
readDiamonds are a miner's best friend
06-10-2006
PARIS - A 603-carat stone found in Lesotho is the 15th biggest diamond ever found, the Gem Diamond Mining company and the government of the southern African state said on Wednesday. Some facts about
readOpec agrees need to cut output
06-10-2006
SINGAPORE - The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has agreed informally on the need to cut output by at least 1 million barrels a day (bpd) to keep the price of its crudes above
readTata Tea buys stake in SA firm
06-10-2006
MUMBAI - Tata Tea Ltd., the world's second-largest branded tea maker, said yesterday it had bought a 33 per cent stake in Joekels Tea Packers, a South African tea-blending and packing firm.Tata Tea
readRand pulls back off 3-1/4 year low
06-10-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's rand followed other emerging market currencies stronger yesterday after failing to push through the 8/US dollar mark, and may firm in the near term.The currency slipped
readAfrica's graft campaign hurt by foreigners
06-10-2006
NAIROBI - Efforts by poor nations to fight corruption are being marred by companies from developed countries offering bribes to officials from governments and local firms to win contracts, a
readN$240m bailout for AirNam
06-10-2006
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced yet another financial bailout for the perpetually cash-strapped national carrier Air Namibia.Information Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah told a press briefing in
readAmbassador called onto red carpet about Muyongo
06-10-2006
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Marco Hausiku has called the Danish Ambassador to his office to express concern about the conditions of asylum for Caprivi secessionist leader Mishake Muyongo, who has lived
readMentally ill woman disrupts National Assembly
06-10-2006
A YOUNG woman from Okahandja disrupted proceedings in the National Assembly yesterday when she started shouting in the visitors' gallery shortly after the session started.The allegedly mentally ill
readNDF fraudster given record jail sentence
06-10-2006
FORMER Defence Ministry official Emmanuel Mununga is set to pay a heavy price - not just with his freedom but also with his remaining earthly belongings - for the multi-million-dollar fraud he
readWalk for health
06-10-2006
October is breast cancer awareness month and the annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk/Run has been expanded to include two more towns this year.The first event will take place in Swakopmund on October
readBusinessman pins hopes on Afrilingo blueprint
06-10-2006
IF language is the main barrier to literacy and reconciliation, a South African businessman says he just might be sitting on the answer.Thabo Olivier was named Top ICT businessman in Africa last year
readTwo arrested for sodomy
06-10-2006
THE Police at Ondangwa have arrested a 64-year-old man and a 17-year-old youth on separate charges of rape.Police spokesman Constable Jason Matheus says the 17-year-old, whose name may not be
readCivil society speaks out on harassment of the media
06-10-2006
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) and civil society umbrella organisation Nangof yesterday spoke out against attacks on Namibian media, which they say have been gaining in intensity in
readPowercom gets the ball rolling
06-10-2006
NAMIBIA'S second mobile phone operator, PowerCom, unveiled its corporate brand at a function in Windhoek yesterday.PowerCom's Chief Executive Officer, Mac Allman, together with the Minister of
readUplift the poorest: Amathila
06-10-2006
NAMIBIA should give all the support it can to its hugely disadvantaged communities so that the country's Vision 2030 becomes a collective programme involving and benefiting all citizens.Vision 2030
readInfighting derails planned Swapo Karas conference
06-10-2006
INFIGHTING among Swapo Party members is believed to have led to a district conference in the Karas Region being aborted.The conference, which had been scheduled for this past weekend, was called to
readCompanies accused of falling behind with AA reports
06-10-2006
THE representation of previously disadvantaged Namibians in management positions at companies is still unsatisfactory - with 25 per cent filling posts as executive directors, six per cent less than
readNUNW na UNTA-CS ya panga uukuume pOshikango
06-10-2006
POSHIKANGO E HANGANO lyAaniilonga lya Namibia, National Union of the Namibian Workers (NUNW) nEhangano lyAaniilonga lya Angola lyedhina Uniao Nacional dos Trabalhadores Angolanos Confederacao Sindical
readOonakulwa aakulu ya mona Oministri
06-10-2006
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa tota po Oministri tau ka ungunga nomaupyakadhi goonakulwa aakulu yo PLAN na Omundohotola Ngarikutuke Tjiriange oye Ominista yUuministri mbuka.Tjiriange okwa
readAamafo inaya gumwa ku Northland
06-10-2006
A AKALIMO yomomukunda Omafo moshitopolwa sha Hangwena inayi gumwa nande okashona ketungo lyetungo enene lyoongeshefa lya Northlanda, ndyoka tali ka tungwa mondoolopa ya Helao Nafidi.Ndhika odha popiwa
readChelsea hit back at Real president
06-10-2006
LONDON - Chelsea on Thursday hit back at claims by Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon that the Blues' spending power was over-inflating the transfer market for other European clubs.Calderon also
readNam shooters deliver at SA champs
06-10-2006
THE Namibian shooting team picked up 10 gold, eight silver and four bronze medals at the recent South African National Shooting competition.Namibia had seven shooters, who were all from the .22
readChampions Trophy set to entertain
06-10-2006
NEW DELHI - Defending champions West Indies and 2002 joint winners Sri Lanka consider themselves strong contenders to win the Champions Trophy - provided they qualify for it.The International Cricket
readRugby side in must-win tie
06-10-2006
SENIOR national rugby team coach Johan Venter is convinced that his side will clear the semi-final hurdle in a crucial World Cup qualifying encounter against Tunisia at the Hage Geingob Stadium on
readOld Mutual Series in city
06-10-2006
OLD Mutual will be presenting the final leg of the three-leg, 21-kilometre Victory Race and the 5-kilometre fun event in Windhoek this weekend.This anchor leg will start at 07h00 tomorrow at the Jan
readPresident to cheer for Warriors
06-10-2006
THE presence of President Hifikepunye Pohamba and his predecessor, Sam Nujoma, will hopefully ignite the Brave Warriors to win against Ethiopia in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Katutura
readIn Brief
06-10-2006
BURIED - Three days after a gunman's gruesome attack on an Amish schoolhouse, four of the five girls killed in the attack were buried yesterday.* APOLOGISE - Kenyan independence veterans want Britain
readCongo rape victims scarred
06-10-2006
BUKAVU - Speaking softly, tears welling in her eyes, the 16-year-old Congolese girl tells how she was abducted from her home by militiamen, taken to the forest and gang raped for a week."My father was
readRice fails to win Israel pledge
06-10-2006
JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice failed yesterday to secure a pledge from Israel to ease restrictions on the beleaguered Palestinian territories as she ended a visit aimed at
readSpeaker's Office warned about Foley
06-10-2006
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office was notified of concerns about then-Representative Mark Foley before 2005, casting doubt on top GOP leaders' statements that they heard nothing of
readMexico hid police rapes of protesters - Amnesty
06-10-2006
MEXICO CITY - Police who beat, sexually abused and raped women arrested after riots in a rebellious town near Mexico City have not been punished and authorities hid what happened, Amnesty
readDaughter raped as punishment
06-10-2006
VOLKSRUST - A father raped his daughter to punish her for sleeping at her boyfriend's house, according to police.The 19-year-old girl had slept at her boyfriend's house on Tuesday night, but returned
readMMD to expel all of its members
06-10-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa's party will expel all members, including a former president, who backed rival Michael Sata in last week's general elections, says a party
readUS 'cannot allow' nuclear N Korea
06-10-2006
THE US will not accept a North Korea armed with nuclear weapons, a top US envoy has said, after Pyongyang announced plans for a nuclear test.North Korea must choose either to have a future or to have
readUS denies killing al Qaeda leader
06-10-2006
BAGHDAD - The US military denied yesterday reports it had killed the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, and Iraqi officials said they were awaiting the results of DNA tests on several
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