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62 Articles found on Friday, 27 April 2007
From the Sidelines
27-04-2007
THE Namibian Government has over the years failed to acknowledge that sport deserves a rightful place among the many programmes that are regarded as national priorities.This can be seen from the
readArchie Mafeje: His Intellectual Legacy
27-04-2007
"A GIANT has moved on."This is how Professor Adebayo Olukoshi at Codesria, in Senegal, paid tribute to Archie Mafeje recently. He died on March 28 in Pretoria. I take this to mean that Mafeje didn't
readNigeria's Lost Chance
27-04-2007
NIGERIA'S first attempt since independence in 1960 to transfer power from one civilian government to another has just ended - farcically.Indeed, the presidential election degenerated into a crude
readA generation that might fail Namibia
27-04-2007
IN his stunning novel 'The Remains of the Day', Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-British novelist, narrates in exceedingly ironic fashion the story of butlers in 20th century England.In essence, the novel
readPolitical Perspective
27-04-2007
THE spy-versus-spy drama which reached a peak this week with a confrontational meeting between National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) chief Phil ya Nangoloh and Speaker of Parliament Theo-Ben
readLet's Review Our National Holidays
27-04-2007
SOONER or later this country will have to decide whether it is a necessity to commemorate national days by declaring public holidays.It has become economically burdensome, and time has already shown
readMinisters Must Say Sorry
27-04-2007
'Ministers are never late, they are delayed' is another insult to the ordinary Namibian.This statement, which was made by the Minister of Environment and Tourism, is very disrespectful. And I don't
readSay 'No' To Marriages Of Convenience
27-04-2007
I THINK it is time that Namibian women realise what foreigners are looking for in marriages of convenience.It is clear to the foreigners because they want to benefit in terms of getting citizenship
readBeware of Wolves
27-04-2007
KINDLY accord me opportunity to respond to the "Disclaimer Press Release" by Christ's Love Ministries International (CLMI) published on page 24 of The Namibian of 24 April 2007.The said disclaimer
readGetting With The Info Age
27-04-2007
AFTER looking through many modern textbooks particularly for schools in Namibia, I noted that most of the materials that are produced in English nowadays make references to websites for additional
readAn Appalling Crime
27-04-2007
THANK you for giving me the opportunity to express my views on a recent article I read in your paper dated April 29 2007, with the heading 'Woman in hot water over brutal slashing of girl (7)'.Taking
readHazards On Dordabis Road
27-04-2007
Open Letter to Chief of Nampol I AM a regular user of the road between Dordabis and Windhoek over the past three and a half years.On a permanent basis for the mentioned past three and a half years,
readLock Up Child Abuser
27-04-2007
ALLOW me to air my views to the very, very disturbing news in The Namibian of April 26 concerning a woman cutting the private parts of a young, innocent, precious girl! My heart goes out to this
readCongrats To Ohangwena
27-04-2007
I WOULD like to extend words of congratulations to the Ohangwena Education Region for the second anniversary of the annual prize-giving ceremony that took place on the 30th March 2007.Such an event
readTime To Reform Namibia
27-04-2007
ALLOW me to comment on Hidipo Hamutenya's well-articulated piece of writing in The Namibian of Friday, 20 April 2007, titled 'Thoughts on our Democracy'.Some Namibian politicians are too quick to
readTaking Issue With Dr Veii
27-04-2007
THIS is a reaction to the views expressed by Dr Veii, the Director of Sports, during the NBC panel discussion on Talk of the Nation on April 23.I acknowledge the economic fact that Government cannot
readZim could scuttle regional electricity project
27-04-2007
HARARE - Crisis-torn Zimbabwe is set to be the stumbling block as southern Africa embarks on an ambitious project to ease power shortages that have gripped the region since last year.Energy ministers
readSouth African petrol price to rise again
27-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's petrol prices will rise by at least 34 cents a litre from Wednesday due to higher international oil prices, the government said yesterday.A statement from the minerals
readCountries differ at WTO talks
27-04-2007
GENEVA - Differences emerged between developing countries on Wednesday over a key issue in World Trade Organisation farm talks, a crucial part of struggling global free trade negotiations.At stake is
readValencia mine has 11-yr lifespan
27-04-2007
WALVIS BAY - The Valencia Uranium Mine is expected to have a lifespan of 11 years, according to preliminary results.The mine situated in the Erongo Region is scheduled to start operations in the
readGold mining industry under fire
27-04-2007
THE mining industry has consistently refused to take responsibility for the destruction of communities and ecosystems for more than 100 years, a local civil society organisation has said.It is against
readNam backs diamond producers' association
27-04-2007
MINISTER of Mines and Energy, Erkki Nghimtina, and Diamond Commissioner Kennedy Hamutenya are in Luanda, Angola, to join their counterparts from six diamond-producing African countries to discuss the
readLLD slams De Beers' deal with state
27-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - LLD Diamonds Namibia laid into De Beers this week for its involvement in South Africa's state diamond trader (SDT) as well as its agreement with the Namibian Government.Kombadayedu
read21 years for brutal rape
27-04-2007
A 23-year-old resident of the Ohangwena Region who admitted in the High Court at Oshakati that he raped and sodomised a six-year-old girl was sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment yesterday."The offence
readWinter extends its chilly fingers
27-04-2007
TEMPERATURES were expected to drop significantly last night as a cold front moved in from the south.Odilo Kgobetsi at the Windhoek Weather Bureau said yesterday that today's maximum temperatures in
readMPs want to lay their hands on their 15 minutes of fame
27-04-2007
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation deliberately avoids broadcasting any statements made by certain Members of Parliament, Justice Deputy Minister Utoni Nujoma claimed this week.Speaking during
readNamibia offers Singapore a way to the region's trade heart, says President
27-04-2007
NAMIBIA could become the gateway to trade in southern Africa for Singapore through export incentives, President Hifikepunye Pohamba told his counterpart from Singapore, President Sellapan Rama Nathan,
readMore water blues for Keetmanshoop Hospital
27-04-2007
TAPS at the Keetmanshoop State hospital again ran dry on Saturday, forcing patients to walk around in hallways looking for water.That happened only six hours after the Regional Health Director, Pume
readNamibian student dies in Russia
27-04-2007
A NAMIBIAN man who was studying in Russia died after falling from a building at the Nizhny Novogorad State University earlier this month.Gerhard Osiike Ndeshipanda Kalimba (29), a second-year
readRoad fatalities increase
27-04-2007
Seven deaths were recorded on the country's national roads this past week, bringing the total death toll since the Easter weekend to 17.Wednesday marked 21 days since the launch of the pilot road
readRoad fatalities increase
27-04-2007
Seven deaths were recorded on the country's national roads this past week, bringing the total death toll since the Easter weekend to 17.Wednesday marked 21 days since the launch of the pilot road
readSwapo elects Karas leadership
27-04-2007
FISHERIES Minister Abraham Iyambo has implored Karas Swapo Party members to stay united for the sake of peace and stability in the country."Division within Swapo Party will lead to anarchy and this
readMinistry serious about car fleet
27-04-2007
GOVERNMENT generated N$9,1 million last year by auctioning off old vehicles, Transport Minister Joel Kaapanda has told the National Assembly.Motivating his ministry's budget vote in the National
readAPS defends labour-hire concept
27-04-2007
NEARLY a month after hired labourers protested in front of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Windhoek, the labour-hire company African Personnel Services (APS) has broken its silence on the growing
readYoung man gets 10-year prison term for child rape
27-04-2007
A YOUNG resident of the Ohangwena Region who was accused of raping an eight-year-old girl while she was on her way to school five years ago has been sentenced to an effective ten years' imprisonment
readApril 27 1976 - an event exiled in history
27-04-2007
APRIL 27 marks a particular, but little remembered, chapter in the history of the ruling Swapo party, which celebrated its 47th anniversary last week.Thirty years ago, a group of party members
readResidents sick of dust pollution
27-04-2007
A KEETMANSHOOP resident, Annalie Resandt, says her life is being made miserable by noise and dust pollution from the nearby Super Sand stone-crushing plant.Resandt's house in the southern part of town
readMP wants bird-proof fence
27-04-2007
DTA MP Phillemon Moongo has urged Government to put up a fence to prevent quelea birds from destroying the mahangu fields of farmers in the northern regions.Huge flocks of red-billed quelea birds,
readGambling licences still frozen: Minister Konjore
27-04-2007
A MORATORIUM imposed on the issuing of gambling licences more than 10 years ago remains intact and will only be lifted after a law is passed.Minister of Environment and Tourism Willem Konjore told
readFondling charges come to naught
27-04-2007
AN independent panel of investigators has instructed the City of Windhoek to reinstate its suspended deputy traffic chief, Eliphas !Owos-Oab.!Owos-Oab confirmed to The Namibian on Wednesday that he
readOmupresidende gwoNABTA na mangwe
27-04-2007
O MUPANGULI mOmpangu yAaniilonga mOshakati C.Quendonz Omaandaha ga zi ko okwa gandja elombwelo kOpolisi kutya Omupresidende gwEhangano lyOombesa Nuutekisa, Magnus Nangombe, na kwatwe po molwashoka
readUupindi a pewa oomvula ntano mokakuma sho kwa zi mbali
27-04-2007
V ISTOLINA Ekandjo Uupindi (29) gwomOnandjo mOngandjera ngoka a monika ondjo medhipago lyokahanona ke hoka ka si sho e ka mono uusiku wokupendukila eti 19 Apilili 2003, okwa pewa egeelo lyoomvula
readA yapulilwa Uupristeli po Anamulenge
27-04-2007
O MUMATI gwoomvula 30 mOkakekete mOmbalantu, Boniface Benedictus Mwahindange Kamushishi, okwa yapulilwa Uupata kOmumbiisofi nOmukuluntu gwOngeleka ya Katoolika ka Roma moNamibia, Liborius Ndumbukuti
readAantu yaali ya sa moshiponga shohauto
27-04-2007
A ALUMENTU yaali oya sile owala poshiponga mpoka mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika konima sho ohauto moka ya li ya gu kopate nokugalangata.Pethimbo lyoshiponga shika, ohauto ndjoka oya li uya humbata aantu ye
readEthiopia a ulika omunwe Eritrea
27-04-2007
A DDIS ABABA - Epangelo lya Ethiopia olya ulike Eritrea omunwe kutya oye ta yambidhidha Oorebele ndhoka dha ponokele ehala lyAakiina lyomahooli mu Ethiopia, shoka sha faalele oomwenyo dhAaEthiopia ye
readOmukulukadhi gumwe a teta okanona pokati komagulu nuukiintu
27-04-2007
O POLISI mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena oya kwata po meme gwoomvula 40 gwomomukunda Oityaiwa popepi nOngenga mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena shi na sha nehepeko nayi lyokanona kokakadhona okathigwa
readMourinho rues missed chances
27-04-2007
LONDON - Jose Mourinho admitted that Chelsea had blown a chance to put the outcome of their Champions League semi-final clash with Liverpool beyond doubt after his side emerged with only a 1-0 lead to
readWanted! Spinner for South Africa
27-04-2007
GROS ISLET - South Africa captain Graeme Smith admitted yesterday that he desperately needs a top class spinner if the Proteas are ever to win a World Cup.His plea came after watching his team crumble
readWe're ready for Murali: Ponting
27-04-2007
GROS ISLET - Australia captain Ricky Ponting insists his world champions are ready to face down Sri Lanka's veteran bowlers Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vaas in Saturday's World Cup
readCycling for Christ tour launched
27-04-2007
WINDHOEK - The third edition of the Cycling for Christ tour was officially launched in the capital yesterday.Cycling For Christ chairman Isak Farmer said 20 cyclists will embark on the strenuous 1
readSpecial Olympics and NFA sign proclamation
27-04-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Football Association (NFA) and Special Olympics Namibia (SON) re-affirmed their commitment towards each other with the signing of a proclamation at the Soccer House in Katutura
readSpecial Olympics and NFA sign proclamation
27-04-2007
WINDHOEK - The Namibia Football Association (NFA) and Special Olympics Namibia (SON) re-affirmed their commitment towards each other with the signing of a proclamation at the Soccer House in Katutura
readSoweto derby at Ellis Park
27-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The scars of South Africa's worst ever stadium tragedy will be reopened on Saturday when Ellis Park plays host to the Soweto derby for the first time since a stampede claimed the lives
readStars, Pirates under pressure
27-04-2007
ORLANDO Pirates and African Stars will be under pressure from their demanding supporters as they are set to face tricky opponents when the semi-final ties of the MTC NFA Cup take place at Walvis Bay
readBabies' bodies found at dump in Eastern Cape
27-04-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Eastern Cape police are investigating how the bodies of four infants had arrived at a rubbish tip in Mthatha.Inspector Dineo Koena said yesterday the bodies were about one or two days
readUS House votes for Iraq troop pullout
27-04-2007
WASHINGTON - Ignoring President George W Bush's staunch vow of a veto, the US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a war funding bill that includes a timetable for pulling US troops out of
readUS prison commander arrested
27-04-2007
BAGHDAD - The commander of the US military prison in Iraq which held former dictator Saddam Hussein has been detained by military police and is under investigation, a military spokesperson said
readCampus gunman 'fired 170 bullets'
27-04-2007
VIRGINIA Tech gunman Cho Seung-hui fired more than 170 bullets in nine minutes in the rampage that killed 30 students and staff, police have said.One of the guns fired was also used to kill two
readMinnesota Liberians told to go home
27-04-2007
PLYMOUTH - Hundreds of Liberians carried signs, prayed and sang as they rallied at congressional offices in Minnesota on Tuesday in hopes of reversing a federal government order that they leave the
readBritain's Prince Harry's Iraq term under review
27-04-2007
LONDON - Britain's military denied newspaper reports yesterday that it was banning Prince Harry from serving in combat in Iraq, but acknowledged his deployment was under review.A decision to cancel
readNigeria's Yar'Adua gets backing, defends poll win
27-04-2007
ABUJA - Nigeria's president-elect, Umaru Yar'Adua, has said he won disputed elections 'fair and square' and received a first positive message from a foreign power, South Africa.Foreign governments had
readMogadishu 'in flames'
27-04-2007
MOGADISHU - Ethiopian tanks supporting the Somali interim government pounded insurgent positions in Mogadishu yesterday, intensifying an offensive that has emptied half the city of its people."We are
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