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50 Articles found on Friday, 16 February 2007
From the Sidelines: NPL need to draw line on teams
16-02-2007
THE Namibia Premier League has scheduled the derby match between Black Africa and Orlando Pirates and other matches in that league on the same day that the national team is in action.Now, over the
readChanging Face Of France in Africa
16-02-2007
THIS week, many African heads of state will attend the 24th France-Africa summit in Cannes.Behind the glitz, the summit may mark a watershed in France's relationship with Africa. France is preparing
readEmployment Creation: A Non-Economist View
16-02-2007
"I DO not know what must be done but something really needs to be done."That's Namibia's Prime Minister, Nahas Angula, reflecting on the problem of unemployment recently. A cry in the wilderness it
readSociety Must Also Care For Itself
16-02-2007
CICERO, Machiavelli and the American founders held that society must reproduce itself by producing good citizens.By extension, this would mean that the measure of any good society in modern times
readPolitical Perspective: Criticism And Patriotism
16-02-2007
SOMETIMES I think Namibia became democratic by default rather than design.A majority, it seems, is hardly even democratic-minded. Certainly the ruling party itself is apparently dominated by those who
readWhen Justice Becomes Unjust
16-02-2007
THERE has been a good amount of negative public reaction to the nine-year prison term meted out to Benny Krohne for the abuse and death of a three-year-old toddler, Renaldo Daan, in May 2003.The legal
readAn 'Idiotic' Idea
16-02-2007
I REFER to the article 'Schools in for bills shock' last Thursday, and am writing on the basis that the piece was a) not a spoof and b) was correctly reported.If it wasn't and it was, respectively,
readWhat Are They Smoking?
16-02-2007
I'M referring to the lawmakers in Parliament of course.They had better be careful or else an overzealous and ambitious policeman might rush in there to arrest them all, even before the intended
readOn Baptism And Burial
16-02-2007
ALLOW me to express my disappointment and dismay on the incident of a two-month-old baby buried outside a cemetery of Uukwandongo, Ongandjera, in the northern part of our country.Reason being that
readSomething Is Wrong
16-02-2007
I COULDN'T believe my eyes when I read about the terrible things Benny Krohne did to that innocent child.Nine years in prison! It is unbelievable. He should be put away for the rest of his life! What
readHelp Find A Relative
16-02-2007
ALLOW me space in your esteemed newspaper to ask you readers' help finding a missing relative.We are looking for Schalk Willem Burger Nel, 41 years old , about 1,8 m in height , curly black hair ,
readEngage The Community In Ongwediva Planning
16-02-2007
I APPRECIATE the efforts made by the Ongwediva Town Council to attract much-needed investment to the town.For instance, the Town Council formulated a Strategic Plan (2002-2007), its roadmap to the
readSA insurers launch policies for poor
16-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's insurance industry launched new measures on Thursday aimed at giving millions of low-income earners access to life insurance, industry body the Life Offices' Association
readWoolworths boosts profit
16-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African food and clothing retailer Woolworths lifted first-half diluted headline earnings per share by 23 per cent due to the growing black middle class, booming credit demand and
readIMF funds redirected to ease Liberia debt
16-02-2007
WASHINGTON - The United States said on Wednesday it had identified US$150 million of US money in the International Monetary Fund that could be redirected toward clearing Liberia's arrears to the
readBeijing urges firms to list domestically
16-02-2007
HONG KONG - China's securities regulator, eager to bolster the country's bourses, is encouraging Chinese companies looking to raise up to US$1 billion to list locally instead of in Hong Kong, several
readSA to unveil budget surplus, more tax cuts
16-02-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa looks set to unveil tax relief or incentives for companies and more money to cut widespread poverty in next week's 2007 budget, thanks to another massive revenue
readLong knives out in Swapo
16-02-2007
THE battle raging in Swapo ahead of the ruling party's congress later this year took another turn on Wednesday night as the Khomas Regional branch moved to suspend two prominent members.The Khomas
readControversial catering contract extended
16-02-2007
THE Office of the Attorney General has recommended that a multi-million-dollar school hostel catering contract, held since 2003 by Independence Caterers, be extended until March 2008 to allow for a
readNo rise in rates
16-02-2007
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN) has decided to keep its repo rate steady at nine per cent, after considering the current economic developments, which include a slowing inflation rate."The MMC (Monetary
readOfficial still owes State House N$520 000
16-02-2007
A HIGH-RANKING former State House official has still not paid about half a million in travel allowances and he also did not submit tax assessments to the Receiver of Revenue for a few years, a
readE-mail news service for children launched
16-02-2007
NAMIBIAN schools and parents with access to e-mail can subscribe to a free newspaper carrying stories written in language primary school children can easily understand.Brainchild of former
readFelisiana back from South Africa
16-02-2007
FELESIANA Nauwake (5) yesterday returned from Pretoria after receiving the second in a series of reconstructive surgeries.In 2005 she was diagnosed with noma, a disfiguring disease that affects
readHai//om will also celebrate Etosha centenary
16-02-2007
THE minority Hai//om clan of San people in Namibia, who live next to and inside in the country's flagship Etosha National Park, will be invited to participate in various activities marking the Etosha
readRehoboth greenhouse a success story
16-02-2007
THE Rehoboth community this month inaugurated a community-based greenhouse on the town's outskirts.The greenhouse - which has yielded a total of 3 000 tomato plants, 1 000 sweet-pepper plants and 200
readJacobs's fate still undecided
16-02-2007
THE KARAS Regional Council Management Committee Chairman, Toivo Nambala, on Wednesday refuted reports in the Afrikaans daily that the Council's Chief Regional Officer, Salmaan Jacobs, is off the hook
readCourt forfeits missing murder suspect's bail
16-02-2007
THE bail paid by a murder suspect who vanished on the day that his trial was supposed to start in the High Court in Windhoek two weeks ago was finally declared forfeited to the State on
readForeign Ministry in tight spot
16-02-2007
GOVERNMENT instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open a new embassy in Brazil, but did not provide the necessary money for the exercise, putting a huge strain on the ministry's budget for the
readMPs debate the 'greying of morality'
16-02-2007
THE National Assembly kicked off this week with a lively debate, engaging MPs in matters of morality and a perceived decline in respect shown to elders.Thirtysomething Swapo backbencher Peya
readKey record heist suspect denies guilt
16-02-2007
AN alleged key suspect who late last year became the sixth man to be arrested in connection with Namibia's largest ever armed robbery pleaded not guilty in the Windhoek Magistrate's Court yesterday.A
readNo shift on harsh drug penalties
16-02-2007
WHETHER or not the controversial Combating of the Abuse of Drugs Bill should be sent back to the National Assembly in its current form, or with amendments, was the topic of discussion in the National
readNANCA ka longitha uulingilingi: Heita
16-02-2007
O MUNASHIPUNDI gwEhangano lya tseyika nawa lyokutunga lyedhina Namibia National Construction Association (NANCA), Michael Heita ota ti kutya omapopyo ngoka ga popilwa NANCA mOshifo sho New Era
readAakati oya geela SELCo
16-02-2007
A AKALIMO yamwe mondoolopa ya Keetmashoop oye na edhiladhilo oku ka ninga ehololomadhiladhilo yu uka kOombelewa dha Muni gwondoolopa yawo, konima sho okamatyona kamwe ka si pu Tseiblaagte sho ka fikwa
readSouth Afrika a shunitha Aazimbabwe 1 600
16-02-2007
H ARARE - Oshikondo shIikwameni sha South Afrika osha shunitha kegumbo Aazimbabwe ye li 1 600, sho ya taaguluka ooveta dhi na sha naakwiilongo dha South Afrika.AaZimbabwe mbaka oya li aniwa ya
readOkakadhona ka kwatwa koonkondo kOngenga
16-02-2007
O KAKADHONA koomvula 17 okwa lalwa aniwa koonkondo pOkahao mOngandjera mOlyomakaya ga zi ko na gumwe gwomoonakufekelelwa oshikoya shika okamatyona koomvula 17, oka kwatwa po.*Omuniilonga mObar yedhina
readOmayamukulo gomusamane Heita momapopyo gomusamane Kalola
16-02-2007
M OKUYAMUKULA komapopyo ga popilwa Ehangano lya NANCA komusamane Shatimwene Erastus Kalola nongundu ye mOshifo sho New Era sheti 9 Februari 2007, omunashipundi gwa NANCA omusmaane Michael Heita, okwa
readSports Diary Joseph & Snyman Ladies race
16-02-2007
THE Joseph & Snyman Ladies race will be held in Windhoek on Saturday.There will be a 10 km run, a 5 km run and a 5 km walk which all start at 07h00. The 10km walk starts at 06h30. The entry fee for
readSkinstad to boost Sharks
16-02-2007
SYDNEY - The news keeps getting better for the unbeaten Natal Sharks with South Africa's one-time golden boy Bobby Skinstad set to make his debut for his new Super 14 franchise in Saturday's home
readPirates, BA clash in epic derby
16-02-2007
BLACK Africa and Orlando Pirates will this time avoid a draw like in their last encounter, when they are once again geared to set the stage alight in an MTC Namibia Premier League match at the
readValentine's Day reconciliation at Barcelona
16-02-2007
MADRID - Samuel Eto'o and Ronaldinho made a public display of reconciliation by embracing as Barcelona tried on Wednesday to heal the rifts caused by the Cameroon striker's recent outburst.The
readNamibia down in ranking
16-02-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibia is now ranked 122th in the latest ranking of the International Federation of Football Associations (Fifa) made public this week.Namibia moved down from position 115th held late last
readGladiators in do-or-die tie
16-02-2007
NAMIBIA'S Brave Gladiators will pay dearly if each player fails to hold her position on the field when they meet the Democratic Republic of Congo in an important 2008 Olympic Games qualifier at the
readIn Brief
16-02-2007
Air force demotes Playboy poser A US Air Force sergeant who posed nude for Playboy magazine has been removed from active duty and demoted from staff sergeant to senior airman.The move reverts Michelle
readANC 'will protect' Afrikaans
16-02-2007
CAPE TOWN - The Afrikaans language would be promoted and protected by the African National Congress government, Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan stressed on Wednesday.Speaking at the end of
readNato force'kills Taleban commander'
16-02-2007
UK forces in Afghanistan say a senior Taleban commander has been killed in a Nato air strike in which locals said a number of civilians also died.The Taleban figure was Mullah Manan, who UK forces
readUgandan army kills 45 warriors
16-02-2007
KAMPALA - The Ugandan military said on Thursday that 45 tribal warriors were killed in the north-eastern region of Karamoja on Wednesday, bringing the total deaths to 59 since the start of the
readKathmandu gets first snowfall in 63 years
16-02-2007
KATHMANDU - Snow fell on Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, for the first time in 63 years on Wednesday, stirring excitement and curiosity among residents and their children."I have never seen it snow in
readUS to accept Iraqi refugees
16-02-2007
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration plans to allow about 7 000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the United States over the next year, a huge expansion of a programme at a time when this country is facing
readIvory Coast toxic dump victims upset over US$198m pay deal
16-02-2007
ABIDJAN - Victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast, where thousands were poisoned and 10 died, expressed alarm Wednesday after the Dutch shipper of the residue signed a pay-off deal with the
readMadrid bomb trial begins
16-02-2007
MADRID - A Spanish trial began yesterday of 29 people charged with involvement in the Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people three years ago in the deadliest al Qaeda-related attack in
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