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47 Articles found on Friday, 1 September 2006
The Street As Contested Space
01-09-2006
But as we shall see, the word 'street' has taken on an added meaning in addition to what town planners had in mind with the beginning of planning for modern towns and cities.From the perspective of a
readThe State Of The Nation State Sixteen Years On
01-09-2006
THE notion and concept of nation-state is one which has gone through an intellectual contest and metamorphosis.Conforming to dominant contemporary philosophy, modern states take the shape and form of
readPolitical Perspective
01-09-2006
PERHAPS the Committee on the Welfare of Ex-Combatants, as they call themselves, should open dialogue with Chief Kuaima Riruako, so that they can act in concert on the reparations issue.Both sides are
readAnother Milestone At 21
01-09-2006
THE 21st anniversary of The Namibian on Wednesday was another milestone day in the history of the newspaper, as it coincided with the launch of Free Press Printers, a N$30-million, 50-50 partnership
readDon't Strangle The Goose
01-09-2006
This is an open letter to Edwin Kanguatjivi, who is the head of the Namibia Film Commission.THE article with the headline 'Talking movies in Namibia' by Augetto Craig in The Namibian (The Weekender)
readNedbank Just Can't Get It Right
01-09-2006
IT is frustration that prompted me to write this letter.For some time now patience was my middle name when it came to poor service I received from Nedbank. I can say that I had been privileged to be
readEnvironmental Studies Should Be Enforced
01-09-2006
OUR constitution has been praised for being the first to include articles and clauses on environmental protection and sustainable utilisation of natural resources.The Ministry of Environment and
readCry For Our Children
01-09-2006
THE curtain has gone down again over yet another "show", as in circus - referring to the Teek case.Two extremely poor, minor girls, disadvantaged forever, with no future, living in squalid conditions
readWith A Foreigner's Eyes
01-09-2006
IT is always dangerous for a foreigner to comment on issues that he was not born into, let alone if he is just visiting a country.As a voluntary aid worker, fighting against HIV-AIDS, I have been
readGlobal airline industry faces crisis
01-09-2006
TOKYO - The global airline industry is set to almost halve its losses in 2006 but a crisis is brewing over US security measures that could stop thousands of people flying, the industry's top body said
readChevron eyes next Angola oilfield
01-09-2006
SEOUL - US oil firm Chevron Corp is poised to start up its next major Angolan oilfield before the end of this decade after ordering the world's biggest drilling and production platform from a South
readNew phone co to spend billions
01-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's second national fixed-line operator Neotel - formerly known as the second national operator (SNO) - will invest over 11 billion rand in capital expenditure in the next
readChina hailed as economic model for developing countries
01-09-2006
GENEVA - The UN's trade and development agency yesterday called on poor nations to be more interventionist and to strengthen their national economies in a similar manner to China.The annual report
readFrenchwomen love their lingerie
01-09-2006
PARIS - Frenchwomen spend nearly 20 per cent of their annual clothing budget on lingerie, pushing overall sales of the flimsy undergarments to 2,6 billion euros, according to a study published
readEU puts restrictions on fridges
01-09-2006
BRUSSELS - The European Union announced five-year anti-dumping duties yesterday for some fridges made in South Korea in a case that has drawn protests from leading US and European appliance
readFNB uncovers huge fraud
01-09-2006
AT least one person has been suspended and other employees are under investigation after First National Bank (FNB) discovered the theft of around N$500 000 in its Swabou insurance division.Sources
readPohamba inaugurates Free Press Printers
01-09-2006
LOCAL businesses should take advantage of the prevailing investment climate in the country, so as to give back to society and also ensure the expansion of various sectors of Namibia's economy, says
readNantu congress ousts two top female leaders
01-09-2006
THE Namibia National Teachers' Union has removed its two top female leaders and in the same breath immediately promised to empower women in the organisation.Nantu's eighth congress at Rundu elected
readVets group plans to ignore President's plea
01-09-2006
A LAST-DITCH bid by Government yesterday - including a personal appeal from President Hifikepunye Pohamba - to stop a Committee on Welfare of Ex-Combatants from demonstrating on Monday is set to go
readBritish hiker airlifted from Fish River canyon
01-09-2006
THE newly formed helicopter company Bluebird Flight Services completed a successful rescue mission in the Fish River Canyon on Wednesday.A group of tourists under the wing of Wild Dog Safaris were
readCouncil rejects RCC bid
01-09-2006
THE Windhoek City Council has turned down an application by the Roads Contractor Company (RCC) to build townhouses in the posh Auasblick suburb, where the new State House is being built.The parastatal
readGrootfontein hospital fraud case back in court
01-09-2006
THE case in which a clerk in the Ministry of Health is accused of bribing patients at the Grootfontein Hospital was yesterday postponed for further investigation.Aloysius Esenque allegedly told a
readRamatex workers lose trust in union
01-09-2006
WORKERS at the Ramatex textile factory are becoming increasingly vocal about losing trust in the Namibia Food and Allied Workers' Union (Nafau).They say the union is to blame and argue that it appears
readTourists robbed at Otjiwarongo
01-09-2006
A GERMAN couple's Namibian holiday came to an unpleasant end on Tuesday morning, when they were awakened by a robber armed with a knife.They were robbed of belongings worth more than N$100 000.
readCrime mars Ongwediva Trade Fair Fun
01-09-2006
CRIMINALS are making the most of the opportunity offered by the hustle and bustle of the Ongwediva Trade Fair.On Wednesday night, thieves broke into a car belonging to an employee of Standard Bank and
readToddler strangled, stabbed to death
01-09-2006
THE discovery of the strangled and stabbed body of a two-year-old girl wrapped in a refuse bag led to the arrest of a 19-year-old girl at Gobabis this week.Little Jorida Narubes, who had been living
readPetrol fraud probe launched at President's Keetmans office
01-09-2006
POLICE at Keetmanshoop are reportedly investigating fraud charges after two low-ranking officials stationed at the local Office of the President allegedly embezzled up to N$70 000 from the office's
readGerman politician accuses Berlin of 'avoiding' Herero demands
01-09-2006
GERMANY is paying more development aid to Namibia than to other countries in order to avoid possible reparation claims for colonial-era atrocities, a visiting German Member of Parliament alleged
read5 ya sa poGobabis
01-09-2006
O FAMILI yimwe oya kombwapo thilu thuli pethimbo lyoshiponga shomoondjila sha ningilwa mondjila onene popepi nondoolopa ya Gobabis ongula yOmaandaha goshiwike shika.Aantu yatano oya sile moshiponga
readMboka ya tulululwa mOngombo West ya nyengwa
01-09-2006
A ANIILONGA moofaalama mboka ya pewa ooplota mofaalama ya Ongombo West ndjoka ya li ya landwa po kEpangelo omumvo gwa zi ko, kaye na oshimaliwa nenge iilongitho ya tameke iilonga yuunafaalama mpoka ya
readEsiku lyEtanga lyEgameno tali dhanenwa mOshakati ngula
01-09-2006
O MBELEWA yEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia oya tseyitha kutya Esiku lyokudhimbulukwa etotepo lyEtanga lyEgameno lya Namibia ndjoka hali dhimbulukiwa aluhe petameko lya Septemba omvula kehe, nuumvo otali
readAakwanepangelo naya kale haya konaakona shoka taya lombwelwa
01-09-2006
O MUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lyAanangeshefa mOshitopolwa sha Musati tate Kaleb Hamwele okwa gandja ekumagidho kAakwanepangelo kutya naya kale haya tala, taya dhindi nokukonaakona mo nawa omapopyo taga
readAanahambo ya tidhwa ko kOkavango kOpolisi
01-09-2006
O MUPOPILIKO gwAanahambo yAawambo mboka taya litha iimuna yawo kOkavango, tate Vilho Hamunyela, a tseyika nawa nedhina Kabila, okwa lombwela The Namibian omasiku ngaka kutya kOkavango sha lula nee
readFederer, Nadal begin campaign in style
01-09-2006
NEW YORK - World number one Roger Federer and chief rival Rafael Nadal began their march towards a US Open collision with straight-set victories on Wednesday.Federer hammered Wang Yeu-tzuoo of Taiwan
readJacobs signs lucrative deal
01-09-2006
BRAVE Warriors midfielder Quinton Jacobs has signed a lucrative two-and-a-half-year contract with Norwegian first division club Bryne FK.Jacobs had been on trial with the club for the past week and
readNamibia to play South Africa in indoor hockey
01-09-2006
NAMIBIA'S national men's hockey team will play four test matches against their South African counterparts later this month.The tests will form part of the first Pro Series Indoor Hockey Challenge,
readSouth Africa pick strong under-23 squad
01-09-2006
MIDFIELDER Cyril Zuma is South Africa's high-profile player in their Under-23 squad which takes on Namibia in an Under-23 Olympic qualifying match in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Sunday.South
readNamibia face tough encounter
01-09-2006
THE Brave Warriors face a baptism of fire when they take on the Democratic Republic of Congo in an African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier in Lubumbashi on Sunday.Ben Bamfuchile's squad gave an
readEgypt begin defence of Cup
01-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - Champions Egypt head a list of 44 African countries who start their campaigns this weekend to qualify for the 2008 Nations Cup.Only Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe have the weekend off. The
readEgyptian international dies during training session
01-09-2006
EGYPTIAN international defender Mohamed Abdelwahab has died after collapsing during a training session.The 22-year-old, who helped his country win the 2006 African Cup of Nations, was training with
readNNOC denounces racism in sport
01-09-2006
THE Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) has denounced racism in sport across the world and called on all Namibians to shun this practice.Eliphas Shipanga, the secretary general of the Namibia
readSuicide car bomb kills two
01-09-2006
BAGHDAD- A suicide car bomber targeting a Baghdad gas station killed two people yesterday, a day after dozens died across the country as the US president insisted American troops must stay in Iraq
readUN Council to vote on Darfur force
01-09-2006
UNITED NATIONS - A US-British-drafted resolution to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in Sudan's Darfur region faced a vote yesterday but troops would not be deployed without consent from the
readThe Beatles sue EMI
01-09-2006
LONDON - Echoing their song "You Never Give Me Your Money," The Beatles have sued record company EMI Group, claiming that they are owed $53.1 million in royalties after negotiations broke down.Apple
readAnnan tries to calm Mideast violence
01-09-2006
DEAD SEA - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, trying to calm Middle East violence, met Jordan's King Abdullah yesterday before visiting Syria to seek its help in upholding a truce between Israel and
readTaliban militants attack town
01-09-2006
KABUL - Taliban militants attacked a southern town yesterday, sparking intense fighting with Afghan troops that left two insurgents dead, the defence ministry said.A NATO airstrike pushed back the
readIran defiant as deadline looms
01-09-2006
TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad maintained Iran's right to nuclear technology yesterday -the day of a UN deadline to roll back on its nuclear programme or face sanctions. "They should
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