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58 Articles found on Friday, 20 April 2007
Former shrine slave fights entrenched traditional practice
20-04-2007
ADIDOME, Ghana - It started before dawn, waking to the dull ache of hunger.Then the ritual sweeping of the shrine before a day in the fields. And it went on after dark, with the fetish priest forcing
readFrom the Sidelines: Plaatjies makes bad move
20-04-2007
THE recent shock announcement by Brave Warriors striker Sidney Plaatjies that he will not be available for national team selection anymore, is a slap in the face for the nation.The player, who is only
readTakeaways from a former President
20-04-2007
EVERY time I think of the place of Sam Nujoma in Namibian politics, I am reminded of a conversation I had with a Swapo party cadre in the late 1990s when Ben Ulenga went on to form CoD.For this cadre,
readThoughts On Our Democracy
20-04-2007
LAST month marked the 17th anniversary of Namibia's independence.During much of this period, the Government has been busy with planning, that is, trying to establish priorities and to assign a more
readPolitical Perspective: The Amathila Code
20-04-2007
I'M STILL trying to read between the lines as to the reason for Ben Amathila's abrupt departure, which he called 'retirement', from Parliament this week.The here today, gone tomorrow approach appears
readA Need To Count These Costs Too
20-04-2007
MINISTER for Presidential Affairs Dr Albert Kawana refused to give any detail on the N$69,43 million allocation to the National Central Intelligence Service (NCIS) in the annual budget, and this does
readStop The Poison Chain
20-04-2007
MOST reported incidents of poisoned wildlife involve birds of prey such as vultures and scavenging eagles.They are the non-targeted victims of poison used to kill predatory mammals on farmlands.
readLet's Act On Climate Change
20-04-2007
ON Friday, March 2 2007 a panel of environmental experts released the long-awaited United Nations environmental report.The following startling research findings were noted: 1. Sadly, we have reached
readNBC TV Not Worth N$204
20-04-2007
TELEVISION is meant for entertainment first and foremost.One would ideally love to unwind in front of the TV set after a long and stressful week. Do not get me wrong, television watching shouldn't
readTake Care With ICT Strategies
20-04-2007
ALLOW me to air my views and sentiments in regard to our Namibia education system which is really in transitional stage.Recently, I was really fascinated by our Government's move to incorporate ICT in
readA Tribute To Amathila
20-04-2007
I WOULD appreciate if you allow me a space in your good newspaper to give tribute to one of the Namibian heroes, Ben Amathila.He was born on October 1 1938 at Walvis Bay in the Erongo Region, and
readSolar Programme On Hold?
20-04-2007
I THINK it is time to seriously complain about the NAMREP (MME) Programme.A few years ago I bought a Solar Home System via the then Premier Electric. The financing of such systems was subsequently
readSewage At Satotwa Poisons Village
20-04-2007
ALLOW me a space in your good newspaper to express my concern about the sewage dam at Satotwa village in Rundu, Kavango Region.Firstly I would like to know if there was a feasibility study done before
readSpeed Freaks Not The Only Offenders
20-04-2007
IN the light of the recent sharpening of speeding fines by the traffic police, allow me to make a few observations.While I think it's great that the police are putting their foot down with regards to
readLibyan Embassy Not New
20-04-2007
WHILE we appreciate your interest and following up the national and international news, we would like you to correct the headline of an article published in your newspaper of March 12, 'Libya opens
readWorld Bank directors to meet over Wolfowitz scandal
20-04-2007
WASHINGTON - World Bank directors met yesterday to debate the fate of their scandal-hit president, Paul Wolfowitz, with Washington under pressure to jettison its support for the former deputy Pentagon
readSouth Africa's Woolies seeks to boost organic sales
20-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African food and clothing retailer Woolworths aims to triple sales of organic-content clothing to more than N$1 billion a year by 2012, Chief Executive Simon Susman said
readGovernment close to 'entrenching' BEE
20-04-2007
A MAJOR transformation effort to bring formerly disadvantaged Namibians into the economic sector through legislation will kick off in the near future.Prime Minister Nahas Angula launched the
readAbramovich tops Forbes Russia rich list
20-04-2007
MOSCOW - In Russia, the rich just keep getting richer.Forbes magazine's annual survey of the wealthiest 100 Russian citizens published yesterday counted 60 dollar billionaires -16 more than a year
readDe Beers warns of cut in supply of rough gems
20-04-2007
Johannesburg - De Beers warned clients of a reduced supply of rough diamonds, mostly from South Africa, because it was facing pressure from host governments to offer stones to local cutters and
readNew telecoms firm
20-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa plans to group the broadband infrastructure assets of state-owned firms Eskom and Transnet as the country looks for ways to cut high phone and Internet tariffs.A government
readStrike paralyses Meatco
20-04-2007
AROUND 80 employees at the Meatco plant in Windhoek, who work on the slaughter floors, downed tools yesterday, inflicting a loss of more than N$30 million on the company.As a result, around 430 cattle
readCampus killer's video 'crazy'
20-04-2007
BLACKSBURG - Students expressed disgust and disbelief at photos and a rage-filled video diatribe sent to a television network by the gunman who massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech
readZimbabwe a time bomb: Rukoro
20-04-2007
WINDHOEK - It is high time that political and business leaders in SADC realise that Zimbabwe is a floating nuclear time bomb unless a timely and meaningful intervention is made.Chief Executive Officer
readLonely birth of baby born of incest described to court
20-04-2007
ALL alone in a mahangu field, a woman from a village in the Omusati Region was in labour for 12 hours before she gave birth to a baby that was the result of an incestuous relationship with her
readUnicef donates five computers
20-04-2007
UNICEF has donated five computers equipped with laser printers and scanners to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.The equipment will be used in the Omusati, Kavango, Ohangwena, Omaheke
readTwo girls raped in North: Police
20-04-2007
A MINIBUS stopped by Police at a roadblock outside Rundu last week was found to contain eight boxes of skin lotions prohibited under Namibian law, Police at the town report.Police confiscated the
readNeighbouring teachers take hands
20-04-2007
THE Teachers Union of Namibia (TUN) this week hosted a recently formed union from Botswana, the Botswana Secondary School Teachers Union (Bosetu).Like the TUN, Bosetu is an independent and
readSwedes reach out to the South
20-04-2007
TWO members of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions International Development Agency (SALAD IDA) were on a two-day visit in Karas Region to explore co-operation
readBus drivers desert Monte Christo for Okuryangava
20-04-2007
UPSET with the loading fees they are being charged at Monte Christo Service Station in Windhoek, a handful of long-distance bus drivers have made the Shell Service Station in Okuryangava their new
readLion's share of defence budget for salaries
20-04-2007
EIGHTY per cent of the N$1,68 billion budget allocation for the Ministry of Defence will go to salaries, Deputy Defence Minister Victor Simunja said in the National Assembly on Wednesday.The remaining
readHome Affairs generates income
20-04-2007
THE Ministry of Home Affairs has generated N$69,5 million in the past 12 months through the issuing of passports and permits, Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Rosalia Nghidinwa announced on
readAIDS taking toll among prison inmates and staff
20-04-2007
ONLY a third of those prison inmates in Namibia who know their HIV status are receiving anti-retroviral treatment (ART), while the Prison Service does not know how many inmates are actually HIV
readMPs want more input
20-04-2007
A SUGGESTION was made in the National Assembly on Wednesday that better use be made of the President's annual State of the Nation address.DTA MP Philemon Moongo, during debate on the budget allocation
readMan wants ex-girlfriend to prove paternity
20-04-2007
AFTER almost a decade of sharing the joy of parenthood with his girlfriend, an Ondangwa resident says he now wants the woman to prove that he really is the father of her nine-year-old daughter.Erick
readWater found in crashed plane's fuel
20-04-2007
THE fuel of an aeroplane that crashed shortly after take-off from the Bagani airstrip in late 2005 was contaminated with water, according to an official report on the cause of the incident.The crash
readSwakop man sues for medical malpractice
20-04-2007
WHAT started as a fever and stomach-ache resulted in an investigation by the Medical Board of Namibia (MBN) into the alleged unprofessional conduct of a Swakopmund-based surgeon.The patient, Richard
readSolomon Witbooi a tumwa ku Zambia
20-04-2007
K ANSOLA gwoshikandjohogololo sha Gibeon moshitopolwa sha Hardap, Solomon Witbooi, oye Komufala omupe gwa Namibia ko Zambia.Metitatu lyoshiwike shika, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba okwa ulike
readAakwaluutheri mu Namibia oya hala okwiimanga kumwe
20-04-2007
O ONGELEKI ndatu oonkwaevaangeli pa Lutheri mu Namibia odha hala okupopya newi limwe nokulongela kumwe, Omumbiisofi gwOngeleki onkwaevaangeli pa Lutheri yAandowishi mu Namibia Erich Hertel, osho a
readKomimvo ne ka kwatwa onkonga
20-04-2007
O kanonakadhona komimvo ne oka kwatwa koonkondo pomukunda Ombaadhiya mUukwaluudhi mOnooli ya Namibia, mEtine lya zi ko.Omufekelwa okwa dhitikwa nale. *Opolisi oya lopota wo ngeyi kutya omunamimvo 19
read'Aapangi yamwe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati tatu li tatu pi, natu popilwe'
20-04-2007
T SE aapangi yamwe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha Shakati mboka tatu li tatu pi kaaleli yetu mbono inaya hala okupopya natse, ngele pu na sha tashi lundululwa tashi ningilwa omupangi, unene ngele tashi
readOndangwa Trade Fair oya lye naanaa?
20-04-2007
A AKWASHIGWANA yamwe yomOndangwa otaya pula kutya Omaulikilo gOpaipindi ga Ndangwa ano oga lye naanaa, ogElelo lyOndangwa nenge oga Meya gwa Ndangwa meme Kauna Nashandi oye awike.Yamwe yomaakalimo oya
readEfumviko lya etitha omaso gaantu 4
20-04-2007
A ANTU yane oya si omanga ye li omilingo mbali ya pangwa konima sho omukithi omupe gwokolela nosho wo omikithi dhilwe dhoshimela dha holoka moshitopolowa sha Ohangwena omasiku ga zi ko.Amushanga
readMessi spares a thought
20-04-2007
MADRID - Lionel Messi said he hopes former Argentina great Diego Maradona returns to full health soon, the day after scoring a goal similar to Maradona's classic solo effort against England at the
readOshakati Karate Club at national champs
20-04-2007
THE Oshakati Karate Club will be in action at the Namibian All Karate National Championships (NAKNC) in Windhoek tomorrow.The coach of the Karate-Zen Oshakati Club, Sensei Freddie Mwiya, says 23 club
readCrusaders lead final four
20-04-2007
WELLINGTON - The Canterbury Crusaders lead the Super 14 field into a weekend dominated by do-or-die local derbies that will effectively determine the true contenders for the play-offs.Five of the
readFletcher resigns as England cricket coach
20-04-2007
LONDON - Duncan Fletcher resigned as England coach yesterday ahead of their last World Cup match against West Indies in Barbados on Saturday.Peter Moores, currently the England Academy coach, will
readMalik is Pakistani captain
20-04-2007
KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named all-rounder Shoaib Malik as captain of the national team following the resignation of Inzamam-ul-Haq in the wake of the side's early World Cup
readNtini battles to save dream
20-04-2007
BRIDGETOWN - Struggling South Africa fast bowler Makhaya Ntini is battling to save his Caribbean World Cup dream.The 29-year-old was dropped from the team for the crucial Super Eights match against
readScharnowski recovering
20-04-2007
CIVICS' president and coach, Helmuth 'Chef' Scharnowski, is recovering after a successful heart-bypass operation in Germany and has expressed confidence that they can win the MTC Namibia Premier
readTop Score goes into final mode
20-04-2007
TOP Score Seven-A-Side defending champions Namibia Airports Company will be under pressure as they will be put to the test in the last-16 football encounter against the ITN Dream Team at the Sam
readOshakati City at Hansa Cup in curtain raiser
20-04-2007
THE final of the Hansa Pilsener Cup in Oshakati on Saturday will also see Oshakati City taking to the field against a Tisan Regional team.The final of the Hansa Cup, which will be played at the
read'Birds' in troubled waters
20-04-2007
BLUE Waters find themselves in an uncompromising third from the bottom spot in the Namibian premiership, a position they need to move away from this weekend, despite meeting defending champions Civics
readFoot-fetish principal charged
20-04-2007
LORAIN - A former Ohio principal who kissed the feet of three male teen students to settle a bet on a volleyball game entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanour sex charge.Robert Holloway resigned
readSudan 'violating UN resolutions'
20-04-2007
NEW YORK - The Sudanese government is flying weapons and other military equipment into Darfur in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, a confidential UN report says.The government
readFrance set for final poll rallies
20-04-2007
PARIS - France's presidential candidates were making their final pushes for votes as polls yesterday pointed to a cliffhanger among the top four hopefuls, led by conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and
readSupreme Court upholds ban on abortion
20-04-2007
WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court's conservative majority upheld a nationwide ban on a contentious abortion procedure in a decision that sets the stage for additional restrictions on a woman's right
readNigeria polls on tomorrow
20-04-2007
LAGOS - Nigeria's presidential election, threatened with an opposition boycott, will take place tomorrow as planned, an official with the electoral commission said."The election is holding; no doubt
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