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42 Articles found on Friday, 19 January 2007
From the Sidelines: Stadiums call for fans
19-01-2007
FOOTBALL fans who have stopped making their way to local premiership matches are missing out big time on the hot action, competitiveness, skill and flair that come to the fore from the players over
readThe Autumn Of The Commandante
19-01-2007
THE deathwatch for Fidel Castro is something that only Gabriel Garcia Marquez could get right.His novel 'Autumn of the Patriarch' captures perfectly the moral squalor, political paralysis, and savage
readNothing Short Of Radical Reform Will Solve The Education Problem
19-01-2007
HERE we are again at exam results time.And once again we see a mass wringing of hands deploring the state of the education system generally and the performance of the teachers in particular. Of course
readChina Must Give Its Africa Policy Ethical Content
19-01-2007
EARLY last year China published its Africa-Policy with the hope to develop a new strategic partnership with the continent characterised (as is usual in Chinese jargon) by equality, sincerity,
readPolitical Perspective: Wild Words
19-01-2007
'INAPPROPRIATE', 'inadvisable' and even 'discriminatory' are words which might aptly describe the controversial memo from Veronica de Klerk calling on unmarried female staff of Women's Action for
readDictating To The Judiciary?
19-01-2007
IS Government trying to dictate to Namibia's judiciary? Because it looks like that's what they are trying to do, if Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana's remarks to
readNewspaper Gets It Wrong
19-01-2007
AFTER I read your headlines on Friday January 12 on 'Electricity rip-off goes on' I collected my bills and made a comparison.(Anyone can do this to challenge reports in the newspaper.) The bills which
readOur Crazy Drivers
19-01-2007
HAVE you noticed how everyone is getting upset about the taxi drivers? The irritation is justified.They stop on one-lane streets, REVERSE on any street they can and make U-turns anywhere at any time!
readPraise For Nuclear Energy Move
19-01-2007
IT is with great admiration that I read your newspaper (Thursday, January 11, 2007) article about the Government opting as a matter of policy to use of nuclear energy amongst other power sources.I
readNeed To Separate Hard And Soft Drugs
19-01-2007
GWYNNE Dyer's January 12 column was right on target.There is a middle ground between drug prohibition and blanket legalisation. Switzerland's heroin maintenance programme has been shown to reduce
readSlums of Addis: where globalisation seems a world away
19-01-2007
ADDIS ABABA - Wubit Shiferaw blanches at the smell from the open latrine pit that passes underneath her feet in her Addis Ababa slum dwelling and declares: "The conditions are simply just
readRato to visit Japan, Indonesia, China
19-01-2007
WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato will visit Japan, Indonesia and China between January 21 and 26 to meet with top officials and business leaders, the IMF said on
readWeather reduces SA maize
19-01-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa is expected to trim its forecast slightly for the 2006/07 maize area to 2,75 million hectares after poor rains limited many farmers' plantings, according to a Reuters
readZambia launches 5 yr economic recovery plan
19-01-2007
LUSAKA - Zambia's president launched a US$15 billion plan on Tuesday to strengthen the southern African country's economy by revamping education and health sectors, encouraging foreign investment and
readTurnhalle gutted, fireman in ICU
19-01-2007
ONE of Namibia's historic landmarks, the Turnhalle building in Windhoek, went up in flames during the early hours of yesterday morning.A seriously burnt firefighter was admitted to the Intensive Care
readNamibia weathers SA power crisis
19-01-2007
NAMPOWER has brought on stream its two emergency power stations in anticipation of a power supply dip from its main electricity supplier Eskom in South Africa.The Van Eck coal-fired power station in
readFuel relief
19-01-2007
THE price of petrol went down by an effective 20 cents a litre at midnight, while diesel went down by 10 cents a litre.This is the second fuel price relief handed to motorists by the Government in
readNew deal with De Beers will give Govt more say
19-01-2007
THE signing of a new five-year diamond deal between Government and the world's biggest diamond group, De Beers, will take place on January 30 in Windhoek, The Namibian has learnt.In an exclusive
readWalvis Bay wants its own municipal police
19-01-2007
THE Municipality of Walvis Bay is looking at establishing a municipal police force.A public survey has been conducted to gauge the response of residents to the proposal. One of the survey questions is
readSwapo Youth take aim at WAD on baby views
19-01-2007
THE Swapo Youth League has blasted Women's Action for Development (WAD), claiming that the organisation is "inhumane".At the same time, WAD has approached Prime Minister Nahas Angula to call the
read93 Schlachterei layoffs go ahead
19-01-2007
THE bitter protest of a labour union against the restructuring exercise at a subsidiary of the Ohlthaver & List Group affecting 93 workers has not stopped the process, despite a meeting held yesterday
readGarbage men trash bosses
19-01-2007
DISGRUNTLED former employees of the City of Windhoek's Solid Waste Management Division have accused the City of short-changing them at the end of their contracts.A former worker, who wished to remain
readA special treat for stargazers
19-01-2007
THE brightest comet to be seen in the northern hemisphere for 30 years is now making an appearance in the southern hemisphere too.In Namibia, Comet McNaught has been visible on the west-southwest
readPastor again in court over stock theft
19-01-2007
THE pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN) at Koës yesterday found himself in the dock again - on the second charge of stock theft in less than a month.Police
readBeef exports threatened by trade in ear tags
19-01-2007
THE Omaheke Regional Council says it has seen an increase in black-market sales of Farm Assured Namibia Meat (FanMeat) ear tags.The tags were introduced to allow farmers to sell their cattle at
readCaprivi prepared if floods come
19-01-2007
THE Caprivi Region says it is ready and prepared for possible floods if they occur during this rainy season.Caprivi Governor Bernard Sibalatani says a special committee set up during the last two
readInamu ninga omategelelo molwashoka kapu na iimaliwa; WAD ta londodha
19-01-2007
E HANGANO ekondjeli lyuuwanawa waakiintu lyedhina Women Action for Development (WAD) olya lombwele aaniilonga yalyo yaakiintu mboka inaya hokanwa kutya inaya ninga omategelelo, molwashoka kapu na
readGumwe a fika ongulu ye noyamumwayina pOmeege
19-01-2007
O MULUMENTU gumwe okwa ningi oshinima tashi limbilike noonkondo koongulasha dhEtiyali lyoshiwike shika pomukunda Omeege moshitopolwa sha Shana sho fike po ongulu yomegumbo lye e ta ka tomeko wo
readIinamwenyo oya si koonayilona; Uutoni ta ti
19-01-2007
I IMUNA mbyoka ya sile moshigunda sha Muni gwa Ngwediva konima sho ya edhililwa Elelo lyondoolopa ndjika inayi sa kondjala, ihe oya si koonayilona ndhoka ya lya manga inayi edhililwa.Ndhika odha
readOpolio ya ndwafuka mu Angola
19-01-2007
I IKONDO ya Namibia yopaundjolowele oyi li komalwilo konima sho kwa dhimbulwa kutya omukithi gwOpolio ogwa ndwafuka mu Angoka.Omukithi gwa faathana naangoka gwa li gwa dhimbululwa nokudhipaga aantu ye
readAapangi ya patelwa pondje koshipangelo
19-01-2007
E HANGANO lyaapangi lyedhina Namibia Nurses Union (Nanu) olya hokolola mEtitatu kutya omatilitho ngoka ga ningilwa aapangi kOminista yUundjolowele nOnkalonawa, Omundohotola Richard Kamwi, oge li
readSwimming coaches attend top-level course
19-01-2007
THE Namibian Swimming Union will be hosting an advanced course for swimming coaches in Windhoek from tomorrow until next Saturday.Funding has been granted by the International Olympic Solidarity
readKim and Hingis sprint, Hewitt labours
19-01-2007
MELBOURNE - Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis raced towards a potential quarter-final showdown at the Australian Open on Thursday.Clijsters's former fiance Lleyton Hewitt, however, struggled to clear
readChelsea cross fingers
19-01-2007
LONDON - Arsenal take on old foes and Premier League leaders Manchester United this weekend with champions Chelsea crossing their fingers for a Gunners victory.Arsenal pose only a distant threat to
readMedic Gawanab receives praise
19-01-2007
BRAVE Warriors medic Donatha Gawanab this week received praise from Blue Waters Sport Club after she saved one of their players who sustained a head injury in a cup tie at the Independence Stadium
readTigers to keep Civics in check
19-01-2007
THE in-form Tigers side will be poised to win their weekend matches as they attempt to keep log leaders Civics in check, as both have 13 points in the MTC Namibia Premier League.Tigers, who displayed
readIn Brief
19-01-2007
Israeli PM faces calls to resign Israeli opposition politicians have called on PM Ehud Olmert and his defence minister to resign.This follows the resignation of the head of Israel's armed forces,
readUN envoy visits Mogadishu, discusses peacekeepers
19-01-2007
MOGADISHU - A top UN envoy flew to Somalia's capital yesterday to discuss deploying African peacekeepers in order to avoid a security vacuum after the defeat of Islamist fighters over the New Year.It
readCastro phone call a secret: Chavez
19-01-2007
CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro asked him to keep it a secret that the two allies spoke by phone earlier this month so others would not get
readForeign workers freed in Nigeria
19-01-2007
BEIJING - Five Chinese telecommunications workers kidnapped nearly two weeks ago in Nigeria have been freed by their captors, China's Foreign Ministry said yesterday.The workers were released
readIraq seeks US weapons boost
19-01-2007
LONDON - Iraq would need far fewer US troops if the United States gave Iraqi security forces sufficient weapons, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in comments published yesterday.The Iraqi leader
readCongo warlord agrees to 'peace'
19-01-2007
KINSHASA - The last main warlord in eastern Congo has agreed to stop fighting government forces in exchange for a government promise not to pursue war crimes charges against him, the army said
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