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52 Articles found on Friday, 3 August 2007
From the Sidelines: Real issues need attention
03-08-2007
THE performance of the Brave Warriors was put under the spotlight in a sports programme on NBC television this week and it was evident that the football bosses once again failed to address the real
readNamibia's Ban On Labour Hire In Perspective
03-08-2007
AS Namibia's new Labour Bill 2007 is about to become law, one of its clauses led to heated debates and even to threats of court action.Just before the Bill was passed in the National Assembly, a
readAnalogue In A Digital World: The Case For Swapo's Aggiornamento
03-08-2007
SWAPO's renovation of ideas is urgent.This was supposed to take place since the last Congress, which saw three candidates contesting the Party's presidential nomination. Such a process should not have
readPolitical Perspective
03-08-2007
I'M not quite as excited about the outlawing of labour hire as most other people seem to be.Mainly because I feel that the heart of the issue is, and should fundamentally be, a question of how to end
readTurnaround Plan Or A Way Out For Non-performers?
03-08-2007
WHEN Prime Minister Nahas Angula announced the 'reshuffle' of Permanent Secretaries this week, he said the changes had been motivated by media reports on public service delivery and that Government
readFriday SMS responses
03-08-2007
The good, the bad and the constructive * PLEASE Namibian people, we have to talk about things which are constructive, not destructive. - Mtomas* WHAT if technical subjects, e.g. welding, metalwork,
readHoogenhout Reacts To IPPR On REDs
03-08-2007
I HAVE recently commented on Namibia's Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) in general and in particular on the formation of the Regional Electricity Distributors (REDs).What has sparked my further
readGive White Farms Back
03-08-2007
ALLOW me to comment on Namibia s misguided policies on the expropriation of land, and for those calling for land grabs, like Nefa.Do such people know and understand the economic, social, and political
readOpen Letter to the Mayor and Councillors of Walvis Bay Dear Mr Mayor and Councillors
03-08-2007
FOLLOWING on recent reports in the major Namibian newspapers on Mr Augustinus Katiti's resignation as CEO of the Municipality of Walvis Bay at the end of March 2007 and the financial settlement
readCellphone Nabbed By Police
03-08-2007
I WOULD like to express my anger over an incident that took place in Windhoek on Friday, July 20 2007 in Katutura.To get straight to the point, I recently sent my little brother the latest mobile
readTribute To Munyuki
03-08-2007
YOUR untimely departure has left us totally numb.I remember the good and the hard times we faced so often together, whether it was on a professional level or in our personal lives. You always found a
readSome BP pumps run dry as strike enters 4th day
03-08-2007
JOHANNESBURG - BP said yesterday petrol pumps had started running dry at some of its outlets on the fourth day of a multi-industry strike, as South Africa's largest oil refinery faced a possible
readLack of skills remains a problem in Nam
03-08-2007
HENTIES BAY - Lack of skills required by the labour market is one of the main causes of unemployment in the country, Minister of Labour and Social Services Alpheus !Naruseb said on Wednesday.Speaking
readLiberty Friendly Society under curatorship
03-08-2007
A LOCAL insurance company, Liberty Friendly Society, has been placed under curatorship by the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (Namfisa) for alleged misappropriation of trust
readFirst five-star hotels to be built soon
03-08-2007
NAMIBIA'S leading business entity, the Ohlthaver and List Group (O&L), and its international partners yesterday announced that construction of the country's first chain of five-star hotels would start
readOfficial's home firebombed
03-08-2007
THREE petrol bombs were thrown at the house of Magistrate Thomas Kanime at Ongwediva in the Oshana Region in the early hours of Wednesday morning.Kanime told The Namibian that he and his wife woke up
readFive-year-old girl raped
03-08-2007
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl was allegedly raped at Onakaheke village in the Ongandjera district, northern Namibia, on Tuesday.The Police reported yesterday that they are looking for the child's cousin in
readPolice mum on B1 Butcher case
03-08-2007
THREE weeks and counting after the last discovery of some of the severed body parts of the late Sanna //Garoes, the Namibian Police have little progress to report on their search for the person
readThe NSHR is playing with fire: Swapo
03-08-2007
SWAPO says a submission by the National Society for Human Rights to the International Criminal Court to hold former President Sam Nujoma and three others accountable for people who went missing under
readHunters promote reading at Swakopmund school
03-08-2007
"A GOOD education is the most effective tool to empower the children of Namibia to achieve their full potential, and therefore break the cycle of poverty."These were the words of Marina Lamprecht of
readOne Africa to cover US HIV-AIDS projects
03-08-2007
TWO journalists from One Africa Television are to visit the United States to report on American HIV-AIDS projects and research that relate to Namibia.One Africa was the only television station in
readProsecutor General's father dies
03-08-2007
THE father of Prosecutor General Martha Olivia Imalwa, Simon Kafula Amundamba Ekandjo, has died at the age of 87.The late Ekandjo had lived at Omatando village near Ongwediva in Oshana Region. He is
readEmerging farmers emerge
03-08-2007
A NEWLY created agriculture forum wants to find a common overarching structure for all farmers in Namibia.The Namibia Emerging Commercial Farmers' Forum (NECFF) was created last weekend. It plans to
readThree men arrested for uncut diamonds
03-08-2007
THREE men charged with dealing in 25 unpolished diamonds appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court yesterday.They are Paul Batusta, Johannes Xoagub and Aldrin Brinkman. They were not asked to
read'Bring your unwanted babies'
03-08-2007
AT the beginning of the week the City Police were called out to two different places where the bodies of newborn babies had been found.One body was found in the Hakahana part of Katutura. It was so
readComputer thieves raid unions
03-08-2007
LABOUR union offices in Katutura yesterday became the latest target of a month-long spate of computer thefts in Windhoek.No arrests have been made in the ongoing series of burglaries, mainly at
readPrison break at Katima
03-08-2007
ELEVEN trial-awaiting prisoners escaped from the Katima Mulilo Police station on Tuesday.The men allegedly forced open the door to their cell. They are Sinvula Tawana, Kaonde Namushi, Martin
readCoD Usakos branch withdraws councillors
03-08-2007
THE Usakos branch of the Congress of Democrats (CoD) yesterday petitioned the Usakos Town Council for the immediate removal of two CoD councillors - Salome Pietersen (Mayor) and Veronika Weskop
readGovernment lights up on solar energy
03-08-2007
SOLAR-POWERED water heaters will soon be installed in all Government and parastatal buildings to save electricity, Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina announced yesterday.A 20-year off-grid
readTeachers reject Etsip plan
03-08-2007
THE Namibia National Teachers' Union (Nantu) has rejected the ambitious Education and Training Sector Improvement Programme (Etsip) to overhaul the education system by 2020 in its current form.Nantu
readHate-speech charge dropped - for now
03-08-2007
RACIAL discrimination charges that have been pending for close to two years against the self-styled leader of an organisation on the loony fringes of the Namibian political scene, the 'Mau Mau School
readOmikunda otadhi ka pewa omalusheno: Ominista yIikwankondo Nghimutina ta ti
03-08-2007
R UNDU - Ominista yOomina nIikwankondo Erkki Nghimtina okwa a li ningi oshigongi nOokansola shopashitopolwa nosho wo naandhoka dhEpangelo lyopashitopolwa pu Rundu, nelalakano okukonga omayele ga nkene
readGumwe a teta okambungu komulumentu gwe mu Vietnam
03-08-2007
H ANOI - Onkundana okuzilila ku Hanoi sha Vietnam otayi ti kutya Opolisi otayi konakona oshipotha moka uulumentu womulumentu gumwe wa tetwa etata komukulukadhi gwe, manga ya li ya kotha.Omulumentu
readObazaar pOsikola yaanona pOkaleke
03-08-2007
O MUKULUNTU gwOsikola pOkaleke yi li mOshikandjosikola sha Elim mOshikandjohogololo sha Etayi mOshitopolwa sha Musati okwa tseyitha kutya okuza nena ( 3 Aguste 2007) sigo omOsoondaha ndjika twa thinda
readTatekulu Homateni a pandula Epangelo
03-08-2007
EPENDAFULE lyoSwapo, Omukondjelimanguluko gwoshili tatekulu Nathanael Homateni gwoomvula 82 okwa pandula noonkondo Epangelo lya Namibia mewiliko lyoSwapo sho ta li kondjo okudhimbulukwa Oonakulwa
readAfrica Personnel Service, eta iimaliwa yetu
03-08-2007
A ANIILONGA kwali haya longo mEhangano lyedhina Africa Personnel Service mOCoca-cola mOshakati ye vulithe pethele lwaampoka, otaya indile ya futwe iimaliwa yawo mbyoka ya li ya uvanekelwa taya futwa
readYamwe ya nyenyeta kiikulya yoshikukuta ya holela aniwa mOmangandjiina pOutapi
03-08-2007
A AKALIMO yamwe oya dhengela kOshifo shika taya nyenyeta kutya mOmpungulilo yIikulya yOshikukuta mOutapi mOshitopolwa sha Musati omu na ooshako dhUusila wiikulya yoshikukuta, unene tuu yOproyeka ya
readOmupanguli Kanime konyala a fikwa po nOomboma dhomahooli mOngwediva
03-08-2007
O MUPANGULI a tseyika nawa gwomOshakati, e na egumbo li li mOngwediva mOshitopowla sha Shana, Thomas Kanime, ongula onene yEtitatu okwa zi koshakapalu naanegumbo lye, sho aantu kaye inaya tseyika ya
readBank ties knot with Olympic body
03-08-2007
BANK Windhoek yesterday announced a N$320 000 partnership agreement over three years with the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC ), for the body's 2010 Commonwealth Games preparation
readBlue Waters SC in ?nal meeting
03-08-2007
APS Blue Waters Sports Club has announced that an urgent General Meeting will be held at the Kuisebmond Municipality Community Hall in Walvis Bay on Sunday at 15h00.New structures and leadership of
readUnited sign Australian wunderkind Davis
03-08-2007
LONDON - Manchester United have signed a nine-year-old Australian wunderkind who is tipped to be as good as Wayne Rooney.Brisbane-born Rhain Davis was snapped up by the Premiership champions after his
readEspionage cloud hangs over Alonso title revival
03-08-2007
BUDAPEST - The Formula One circus arrives in Budapest this weekend as the 'espionage' case between Ferrari and McLaren drags on and the title race really begins to hot up.Two weeks ago in Germany
readNotice Boxing tickets for sale
03-08-2007
THE Namibia Amateur Boxing Federation (NABF) yesterday announced that the tickets for the Telecom Namibia Box ´n Dine extravaganza can be purchased at the boxing of?ce or at the Windhoek Country Club
readLeague set to be delayed
03-08-2007
THERE is uncertainty about the actual kick-off date of the 2007/2008 Namibia Premier League, as football authorities are still battling to resolve an outstanding disciplinary case.The case involves
readHostages not fine
03-08-2007
GHAZNI - South Korea and the United States agreed yesterday not to use force to free 21 Korean hostages in Afghanistan, but Afghan troops warned villagers of a possible offensive in the area where the
readHundreds of relatives demand justice for missing people
03-08-2007
COLOMBO - Hundreds of Sri Lankans, many carrying photos of their abducted relatives, tearfully demanded on Wednesday that the government investigate the fates of scores of minority Tamils who have
read65 die in latest Darfur riots
03-08-2007
Khartoum - At least 65 people had been killed in renewed tribal clashes in Sudan's Darfur region, said a tribal leader said yesterday, two days after the United Nations approved a massive peacekeeping
readUS bridge collapses, kills 4
03-08-2007
MINNEAPOLIS - An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River, pitching dozens of cars 18 metres into the water and
readSunnis asked to reconsider decision to quit Cabinet
03-08-2007
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi prime minister's party asked the country's largest Sunni Arab bloc yesterday to reconsider its withdrawal from government, in a last-ditch effort to restore Iraq's national unity
readMarburg fever outbreak in Uganda
03-08-2007
GENEVA - The deadly Marburg haemorrhagic fever has broken out in a mining community in western Uganda, killing one person and possibly infecting four others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said
readProblems With Advisors
03-08-2007
ALFREDO Hengari raised the question of government communication in an earlier article 'Government must up the communication ante' (Friday, 27 July 2007).He is correct in his overall analysis - except
readGive White Farms Back
03-08-2007
ALLOW me to comment on Namibia s misguided policies on the expropriation of land, and for those calling for land grabs, like Nefa.Do such people know and understand the economic, social, and political
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