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46 Articles found on Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Time To Grow
19-09-2006
Open letter to the Prime Minister IT is now time for the Namibian economy to grow.However, this will not happen overnight. We should learn from the achievements of other small nations such as Finland,
readQuestions About Funding Priorities
19-09-2006
ALLOW me space to raise my concern about funding in our country.I read in a press release by NSHR about the secretive funding of N$8,4 million that was donated by our Government to the Angolan
readYa Toivo Gives Clarity
19-09-2006
I WISH to thank The Namibian sincerely for interviewing me concerning the campaign for the freedom of the Cuban Five ('Namibia to campaign for Cuban Five', September 13 2006).However, I am concerned
readAfrican bourses tap big funds
19-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - African stock exchanges hope to team up to lure more foreign investors and compete with the world's established bourses, officials said yesterday.Members of the African Stock Exchange
readInflation goes up to 5,4%
19-09-2006
INFLATION is surging, with the monthly inflation rate for August estimated at one per cent compared to the rate of 0,7 per cent registered for July, the Namibia Consumer Price Index (NCPI) has
readIMF reform, World Bank graft plan both approved
19-09-2006
SINGAPORE - The International Monetary Fund overwhelmingly approved a plan yesterday to boost the voting shares of China and three other emerging economic giants to better reflect their clout in the
readZambia receives US$97m
19-09-2006
LUSAKA - The European Union (EU) and the World Bank have released a total of US$97,2 million to Zambia for improving its farming and health sectors and road network, a senior Treasury official said
readPoor rule more likely in emerging markets
19-09-2006
NEW YORK - A long-held perception that companies based in emerging economies have poor corporate governance is mostly true, according to a survey released yesterday of 3 800 publicly traded companies
readBusinesswoman awards moved to next year
19-09-2006
THE annual Namibian Businesswoman of the Year gala event will not be held this year.The organisers of the event, have decided to move the prize-giving to early next year due to a lack of qualified
readLabour Bill faces backlash
19-09-2006
APPARENT undue haste to get the Labour Bill 2006 onto the statue books has sparked unease among both the business community and trade unions.It is Government's latest bid to come up with effective
readFisticuffs on airport runway
19-09-2006
DRAMA unfolded at the Eros Airport in Windhoek on Friday when a senior employee of a local air service company allegedly punched a rival pilot in the face just before both were about to embark on
readCocaine suspect released on bail
19-09-2006
SUSPECTED cocaine courier Bruno da Silva Paiva yesterday tasted success with a second attempt to be granted bail while a drug-dealing charge against him remains pending.Paiva (29), the first person in
readNamugongo to stay put - for now
19-09-2006
ENVIRONMENT Ministry official Sackey Namugongo, arrested on fraud charges on Sunday, made a brief appearance in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday but will remain in the Police holding cells
readTwo toddlers die in village blaze
19-09-2006
WINDHOEK - Two toddlers died when the hut they were sleeping in at Onuno village in Ohangwena Region caught fire last week.The toddlers were named as Salatiel Ndiwakalunga (1) and Simon Nghipandulwa
readWomen thread the needle of opportunity
19-09-2006
WINDHOEK - The Kondjeni Sewing Project in Windhoek's Soweto area was officially opened on Friday.Inaugurating the project, Swapo Women's Council Secretary Eunice Iipinge said it had its roots in the
readZambian food aid arrives at Walvis
19-09-2006
A SHIPMENT containing 8 050 tonnes of food aid destined for Zambia arrived from the United States of America at Walvis Bay on Thursday.The first consignment of food donated to the Zambian government
readEenhana becomes a boomtown
19-09-2006
EENHANA, the capital of the Ohangwena Region, is one of the fastest growing towns in the country, says its Mayor, Julia Shikongo.Eenhana was proclaimed a settlement and the administrative centre of
readHerero chiefs renew reparations demands
19-09-2006
A LOBBY group of the Herero- and Mbanderu-speaking communities has again raised demands for reparations from Germany for atrocities committed against their ancestors a century ago, when Namibia was a
readVets' fund gets new board
19-09-2006
IT might have taken a year longer than originally planned, but the new War Veterans Subvention Administration Board officially got off the ground yesterday.The board will administer the War Veterans
read'Ice saints' get teeth chattering
19-09-2006
TEMPERATURES will stabilise over the whole of Namibia by tomorrow, according to Simon Dirkse at the Windhoek bureau.On Saturday afternoon a frontal system crossed over the southern part of the
read'Black September' strikes
19-09-2006
THE Police's 'Operation Black September' anti-crime campaign yielded yet another success this past weekend.The Namibian Police, aided by the City Police and customs officers, raided Windhoek's
readCall to act on Darfur
19-09-2006
WINDHOEK - The National Unity Democratic Organisation (Nudo) Youth League has called on the Namibian Government to take bold, decisive measures to ensure that genocide does not take place in Darfur,
readRoads Authority yields to High Court red light
19-09-2006
THE Roads Authority has accepted a High Court ruling which scraps mass distance charges for long-distance trucks that were introduced in June.The Namibia Road Carriers' Association (Namroad)
readLand Ministry lays into game park dream
19-09-2006
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement has shot down a South African millionaire's vision of turning the whole of Namibia into a game park with fenced-in towns and villages, accusing him of
readNamugongo a dhitikwa shi na sha nelanditho lyoolisinisa dhiifundja
19-09-2006
O MUNIILONGA omukuluntu mUuministeli wOmidhingoloko nOmapashiyono Sackey Namugongo ngoka wo omathimbo gamwe ha kwatelekomeho ooprograma kOtelevi ya NBC okwa dhitikwa shi na sha nekengelelo.Aanambelewa
readNamibia okwa hala Amerika a mangulule Acuba yatano
19-09-2006
N AKULWA omukulu nokuli omunapolitika a simana Andimba Toivo ya Toivo okwa tseyitha mEtiyali lyoshiwike sha zi ko etameko lyiikonga yopashigwana tayi lalakanene okumangulula Aacuba yatano mboka ye li
readOmugundjuka ngoka a dhipaga Ipula Akwenye a pewa omimvo 18 mokakuma
19-09-2006
A ANTU ondumba mboka ya li yu udha mOmpangu yOpombanda mOvenduka oya li ya tala nonkumwe nkene oshipotha shedhipago linyanyaleka tashi ya pehulilo mEtitano lya zi ko moka omugundjuka lela Lungile
readGymnastics federation to send rhythmic team to SA
19-09-2006
Games A team of 33 rhythmic gymnasts representing the Namibian Gymnastics Federation NGF will travel to South Africa this week to participate in the South African Games from September 20 - 26 in Cape
readGermany retain hockey title
19-09-2006
MOENCHENGLADBACH - Germany came from two goals down to claim a second straight hockey World Cup on Sunday, defeating Olympic champions Australia 4-3 in a thrilling repeat of the 2002 final.In winning
readCurtis hangs on for victory at Lumber Classic
19-09-2006
FARMINGTON - Ben Curtis hung on to earn a hard-fought two-stroke victory at the 84 Lumber Classic on Sunday.In the final staging of the event, 2003 British Open champion Curtis made two late birdies
readIita and Johannes win at Keetmans
19-09-2006
MIDDLE-DISTANCE runners Reinhold Iita and Hilaria Johannes won their respective categories in the second leg of the Old Mutual Victory Races held at Keetmanshoop over the weekend.The event attracted a
readNakapunda sets up chess academy
19-09-2006
NAMIBIAN chess master Otto Zandell Nakapunda recently started a chess academy to provide high-quality chess lessons and to improve the level of play of its students.The academy will be known as the
readWenger fires warning after Arsenal win
19-09-2006
MANCHESTER - Arsene Wenger insisted his Arsenal side can win the Premiership this season after they ended Manchester United's 100 per cent winning start.Emmanuel Adebayor's goal five minutes from time
readPatricia Lawford, sister of President Kennedy
19-09-2006
BOSTON - Patricia Kennedy Lawford, the sister of President John F Kennedy and wife of actor Peter Lawford, died of complications of pneumonia, according to a spokeswoman for Senator Edward M
readBoth sides feel threats in Pope-Islam uproar
19-09-2006
ISTANBUL - One of the most basic human instincts is to defend oneself when threatened.It's a gut feeling that triggers vigorous reactions, often far stronger than those seen when calm prevails. The
readSomalia, Sudan crises spur Arab-African rift
19-09-2006
THE crises in Somalia and Sudan are pitting Arabs and African governments against each other, sharpening a centuries-old continental divide.That's clear from the way two regional groups - the Arab
readWife of disgraced US contractor arrested in Germany
19-09-2006
BERLIN - The wife of an American contractor accused of cheating the US government in Iraq has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of money laundering, a prosecutor said yesterday.Jacqueline Battles
readUnionists show support for Zuma
19-09-2006
JOHANNESBURG - The Rustenburg delegation of the National Metalworkers' Union of SA (Numsa) marched into Cosatu's congress venue yesterday singing in support of ANC deputy president, Jacob Zuma.Numsa
readIsrael indicts three members of Hezbollah
19-09-2006
JERUSALEM - Israel yesterday charged three Hezbollah members arrested in Lebanon during the recent war with murder for involvement in deadly attacks on soldiers.In an indictment police submitted to
readMan keeps mother's corpse in fridge for five years
19-09-2006
PRETORIA police were investigating the case yesterday of a man who had kept his mother's corpse in a fridge for five years, police said.Inspector Katlego Mogale said the man had kept the body in a
readFirst private woman goes into space
19-09-2006
BAIKONUR - A Russian-built rocket carrying the world's first paying female space tourist and a new US-Russian crew streaked into the cloudless sky over the desolate steppes of Kazakhstan on Monday, en
readAnnan urges human rights council to focus on Sudan
19-09-2006
GENEVA- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the United Nations' top rights watchdog to focus its attention on Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur, saying it deserved the same diligence that has
readSaddam Hussein's genocide trial resumes
19-09-2006
BAGHDAD - A Dutchman testified yesterday during Saddam Hussein's genocide trial that he temporarily lost his eyesight as a result of an alleged chemical attack by Iraqi forces on his northern village
readSuicide bomber hits Nato Afghan convoy
19-09-2006
KANDAHAR - A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked a Nato patrol in southern Afghanistan yesterday killing several soldiers, Afghan police said, a day after Nato declared the area free of Taliban
readVeteran Yemen president faces first real electoral test
19-09-2006
SANAA - Veteran Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh faces his first real electoral test in 28 years in power on Wednesday when the Middle East's poorest country goes to the polls amid persistent
readArchbishop defends Pope Benedict XVI
19-09-2006
LONDON - The head of the world's Anglican church stepped in to defend Pope Benedict yesterday in the face of fury from some Islamic groups about the Roman Catholic leader's use of a medieval quotation
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