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36 Articles found on Tuesday, 4 December 2007
Ministry of Education responds
04-12-2007
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: WE as unemployed teachers for the year 2007 are
readSMSes of the Day : Tuesday
04-12-2007
* WHAT an unfortunate land is Namibia? Head of State and newly elected Swapo president Hifikepunye Pohamba does not show up at the commemoration of a World AIDS Day at Keetmanshoop and instead joined
readAgri Briefs Cabinet meets on EU beef exports
04-12-2007
CABINET will today discuss ways to find a solution for Namibia to still sign an interim agreement this month with the European Union to continue beef, grape and fish exports from January 1
readAgra reports 25% profit increase
04-12-2007
THE Agra Co-operative has reported a gross turnover of N$1,11 billion in the past financial year, up from N$912 million during the previous review period, an increase of 22 per cent.Agra released its
read'Most Ivorian child cocoa workers not slaves'
04-12-2007
ABIDJAN - Children working on Ivory Coast's cocoa farms carry out dangerous and difficult tasks but are mostly helping their parents, according to a government study which denied accusations of child
readSenegal refuses to sign EU-ACP trade pact
04-12-2007
DAKAR - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade said his country like others would not sign a new trade pact proposed by the European Union for poor African, Caribbean and Pacific nations, local radio
readTotal in Angola ultra deep-water oil find
04-12-2007
PARIS - French energy group Total yesterday said it and Sonangol had made a new oil discovery with the fourteenth exploration well, Alho-1, drilled on Block 32 in the ultra deep waters of the Angolan
readSA accuses mines of safety 'negligence'
04-12-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica yesterday blamed official "negligence" for the high level of deaths in mines, on the eve of a historic strike to press for
readBasics of VAT
04-12-2007
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze - the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young - discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.VAT is an 'indirect tax'. This means that the person who carries the
readWarriors get new coach
04-12-2007
DUTCH coach Arie Schans will lead the Brave Warriors to the 2008 African Nations Cup next year, the Namibia Football Association (NFA) announced yesterday.The 56-year-old Schans will replace former
readRuling in child murder trial gets deferred
04-12-2007
A POTENTIAL watershed ruling that was scheduled to be given in the High Court trial of child rape and murder suspect Lesley Kukame yesterday has been postponed until Thursday next week.Kukame (27) was
readCop shoots pet in front of children
04-12-2007
A DOG playing at the Avis Dam in Windhoek was shot twice by a Namibian Police officer on Sunday afternoon.At the time, Hagler, a three-year-old boxer, was frolicking in the water with a stick. Steffi
readSwakop grinds to a halt
04-12-2007
BUSINESSES at Swakopmund experienced a blue Monday yesterday, with a power outage crippling shops from 07h30 to 15h30.The outage forced supermarkets, fast-food outlets, butcheries, banks and even
readPolice take stock of performance
04-12-2007
SENIOR officers of the Namibian Police are to spend the better part of this week reviewing their effectiveness throughout the past year, and hopefully will come up with new strategies to improve their
readBotswana San still waiting to return to ancestral land
04-12-2007
NEXT week marks the first anniversary of the Kalahari Bushmen's landmark victory in the Botswana High Court to be allowed to return to a game reserve that had been their home for centuries, but they
readPowerful partnerships offer hope in fighting HIV-AIDS in Namibia
04-12-2007
WORLD AIDS Day, December 1, is an opportunity to remember the more than 25 million people who have died from AIDS and to support the nearly 33 million people who are currently living with HIV around
readSoldiers broaden their skills
04-12-2007
FORTY-EIGHT members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), the Navy and the Air Force yesterday received certificates in subjects such as typing, office administration, computer literacy and baking.A
readHardap Governor re-elected
04-12-2007
HARDAP Governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa, whose term of office expires on December 7, has been re-elected and was sworn in for another term last week.A party insider claimed the elections were rigged
readHansie Losper guilty of murder
04-12-2007
THE claim by murder suspect Gert Hermanus ('Hansie') Losper that he was in a state of "sane automatism" when he shot dead his wife at Karibib about three years ago was rejected in the High Court in
readTrophy hunting important for economy
04-12-2007
TROPHY hunting in Namibia is a significant contributor to the country's economy, with about eight per cent of the annual gross domestic product (GDP), says the president of the Namibia Professional
readCustomers bay for MTC's blood
04-12-2007
MTC has explained its botched all-day 'endless' calling promotion, which was abruptly cut short on its debut on Thursday.This came after frustrated cellphone users complained. Last Thursday, the
readMore court action for evicted farmers
04-12-2007
FORTY-FIVE Oshiwambo-speaking farmers, allegedly illegally grazing their cattle in western Kavango, were summoned to appear in the Rundu Magistrate's Court yesterday.The farmers' spokesperson, Vilho
readElunduluko monkalo yombepo otali kundathanwa mu Indonesia
04-12-2007
A ANTU ya konda peyovi limwe ya za kiilongo mbyoka yi li iilyo yehangano li na sha nekondjitho lyelunduluko monkalo yombepo lyopaigwana nenge tutye United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
readOondhila dha SA Nationwide dha kankamekwa
04-12-2007
O NKUNDANA okuzilila ko Johannessburg sha South Afrika otayi ti kutya oshikondo shiitukimbepo sha South Afrika osha gandja elombwelo kOkampani yoondhila yedhina SA Nationwide Airlines kutya oondhila
readAashakati otaya nyenyeta Oongelema molukanda lwUupindi
04-12-2007
A AKALIMO yamwe yomUupindi oye yile kOshifo shika taya nyenyeta omakudhilo gOomusika gOongelema molukanda lwUupindi, noya indile kElelo lya Shakati noshowo kOpolisi mOshakati ya ninge po sha
readEsiku lyokugeela nakuyuga NamPost kwa homatiwa lya uthwa
04-12-2007
O MUNTU ngoka oye awike ta tamanekelwa oshipotha sheyugo lyoshitayi sha NamPost kwa homatiwa konima yoomvula ntano lwaampoka ngashiingeyi, ota ka pewa egeelo lye mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa kuyele omumvo
readAanahambo yAawambo 45 ya holoka mOmpangu ohela mOkavango
04-12-2007
A ANAHAMBO yAawambo ye li 45 otaya holoka mOmpangu ya Mangestrata ongula yonena poRundu moshitopolwa sha Kavango shi na sha netidho lyawo muuninginino wOkavango mOshitopolwa shOpamuthigululwakalo sha
readAakwaswapo aanene ya kuthwa mo
04-12-2007
Y AALI yomiilyo iikuluntu mbyoka ya totapo ongundu yoSwapo oya ndopa okuhogololelwa moPlitburo oshikando shotango pandjokonona yongundu ndjika.Omanga ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwoSwapo tatekulu
readGirl power never dies, it just rocks on!
04-12-2007
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - 'Girl Power' returned on Sunday as Britain's Spice Girls kicked off their long-awaited world reunion tour with a more sophisticated look than when they first stormed the
readFidel Castro nominated in possible return to presidency
04-12-2007
SANTIAGO DE CUBA - Fidel Castro was nominated yesterday as a National Assembly candidate, signalling that the ailing Cuban leader was not yet ready to give up politics and could even return to the
readMafia boss dies in police raid
04-12-2007
ROME - A Sicilian Mafia boss listed as one of Italy's 30 most-wanted criminals died yesterday when police raided the country house where he was hiding near Enna, central Sicily, news reports said.It
readBritish teacher pardoned
04-12-2007
KHARTOUM; Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir pardoned a British teacher yesterday who was jailed here after she allowed her students to name a teddy bear Muhammad - putting an end to a case that has
readSharif facing poll ban
04-12-2007
LAHORE - Opposition leader Nawaz Sharif risks disqualification from Pakistan's parliamentary elections after an official rejected his nomination papers yesterday.Raja Qamaruz Zaman, a judge acting as
readPutin hails victory as observers cry foul
04-12-2007
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin yesterday hailed his party's landslide election victory and brushed off opposition charges of fraud that were echoed by foreign observers and European
readChavez defeated over reforms
04-12-2007
CARACAS - Humbled by his first electoral defeat, President Hugo Chavez said yesterday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge
readAustralia buoys hopes at Bali climate talks
04-12-2007
BALI - Australia raised hopes of global action to fight climate change yesterday by agreeing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the United States at UN-led talks in Bali as the only rich nation
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