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54 Articles found on Friday, 13 July 2007
From the Sidelines: Who are the real winners
13-07-2007
UP to now, there are no clear winners in both the Northern and Southern Stream First Division winners.Others of course will argue otherwise. The contradiction is that the respective leagues have been
readThe New York Times vs. Reality
13-07-2007
THE New York Times has been wrong on Iraq for so long that it has become a tradition, and they respect tradition at the Times.Its Monday editorial calling for an immediate US withdrawal from Iraq
readAl Gore's LiveEarth vs Africa
13-07-2007
FEW people in Africa would get to see Al Gore and his troupe of rock-star ecologists strutting their stuff last weekend - because most have neither television nor electricity.That's just as well,
readSwapo must modernise its debate on leadership
13-07-2007
THE ongoing Swapo Central Committee meeting is likely to confirm Doreen Sioka and Hage Geingob as members of the Politburo.Dr Geingob's return to the Politburo is welcome because I am one of those who
readPolitical Perspective: The Morphing Ministry
13-07-2007
HARD to believe that 17 years after Independence we still haven't manage to define what a war veteran is! Especially hard because we already have a Ministry for War Veterans, so why even create a
readAn Over-Zealous Approach Could Kill The ACC Initiative
13-07-2007
THIS newspaper regards itself as being in the forefront of the anti-corruption fight.We believe that media has a vitally important role to play in exposing this scourge which has a hugely negative
readSMS Responses
13-07-2007
B1 Butcher, Tourists and Crime n IF those police officers manning the three major roadblocks around Windhoek were competent, dedicated and vigilant enough, those sadists responsible for mutilating and
readDealing With Confusion About Corruption
13-07-2007
THE anti-corruption crusade in Namibia has now reached a point where many people are confused about the real purpose of having such an institution.Much has been said and written about corruption in
readRural Folk Pay More For Calls
13-07-2007
DUE to an earlier busy schedule I was not able to study my detailed Telecom billing earlier.Sometime this year Telecom hiked their prices with no warning to the public. This I have checked out with a
readCrisis Of Health Provision
13-07-2007
WITH hindsight, if we did not build the new State House, we might have had some monies available to replace the old equipment in the hospitals and not put people's lives at risk.In fact, we could
readMugabe To Iraq?
13-07-2007
NOW that Tony Blair has been appointed as US Peace Envoy to the Middle East I would like to suggest, most humbly, that the AU should nominate Robert Mugabe as UN Peace Envoy to Iraq.The war in Iraq
readWars of Attrition!
13-07-2007
THE sagas continue: MIX in a state of uncertainty, with a legal sword of Damocles over their heads (at least TUCN stands up for them at present), senior city police remains effectively punished even
readSA "disappointed" over IMF post nomination
13-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's finance ministry was disappointed by the European Union's nomination of a candidate for the top job at the International Monetary Fund without broader consultation, a
readDidata sells Britehouse stake to BEE
13-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African technology firm Dimension Data has agreed to sell 60 per cent of its Britehouse Group IT consulting and services business to black investors to help it expand in
readJSE has world's top single stock future market
13-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's JSE Ltd stock exchange has overtaken its Indian counterpart as the operator of the world's biggest single stock futures market, according to a report by the World
readGeldof lends voice to green electricity for Africa
13-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof has thrown his weight behind a new project aimed at producing electricity from plant seeds in Africa.Geldof has joined Britain's Helius Energy Plc
readOil back above US$76, keeps rising
13-07-2007
LONDON - Oil resumed its upward march to rise above US$76 a barrel yesterday, underpinned by strong fundamentals and increased flows of fund money into the world's most actively traded
readSA businesses feel impact of Zim controls
13-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African companies with operations in Zimbabwe are struggling to comply with the government's new price freeze, a move many said made the crisis-hit country an even less attractive
readAll eyes on Nujoma, Pohamba as congress clock ticks down
13-07-2007
SWAPO'S Central Committee started meeting last night to iron out remaining issues ahead of a watershed extraordinary congress, tentatively scheduled for November 28 to December 2.Last night's meeting
readAmadhila arrested
13-07-2007
A WELL-KNOWN businessman in northern Namibia, Onesmus Tobias Amadhila, was released on bail of N$7 000 after being arrested on a charge of rape yesterday.Amadhila's arrest and release on bail were
readRuling deals blow to centuries-old discrimination
13-07-2007
A LAND MARK judgement striking down a centuries - old inherited discrimination against children born out of wedlock in Namibia, has been given in the High Court.A battle that the Legal Assistance
readB1 Butcher's victim remains nameless
13-07-2007
WERNER MENGES THE identity of a woman whose dissected torso was found in a rubbish bin next to the B1 road between Windhoek and Okahandja almost four weeks ago remains unknown to the Police, despite
readNamibRand strives for the top
13-07-2007
NAMIBRAND Nature Reserve (NRNR), a private nature reserve in southern Namibia, has set up a research and awareness centre in an effort to better manage its activities.Located in the former farm
readCouncil CEO resigns
13-07-2007
RUNDU - Rundu Town Council Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tonny Scholly, has resigned.Scholly, who has been the town's Acting CEO following the dismissal of former Town Clerk, Lukas Muhepa,
readFreedom of the skies given to captive vultures
13-07-2007
IT has been a long and hard journey requiring patience and perseverance to give back the freedom of the open skies to captive bred and rehabilitated vultures in Namibia.Since October 2005, this dream
readMoonlighting in the Etosha park
13-07-2007
AS PART of the Etosha National Park centenary celebrations, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) will next month open limited moonlight walks for Namibians at the Etosha Pan.This is the first
readLocal government 'needs to improve'
13-07-2007
THE preliminary findings of a survey on people's understanding and attitude to public participation and decentralisation in Erongo, indicate that most of those interviewed are not impressed with the
readGovt gives N$20 million to alleviate impact of drought
13-07-2007
CABINET has set aside N$20 million to help Namibian farmers and the rural community cope with this year's devastating drought.The money will be used to rehabilitate boreholes in the Kunene Region
readMother and child reunion
13-07-2007
A 21-year-old mother, who a week ago allegedly abandoned her baby in a toilet just after delivery, has been happily reunited with the infant.Mother and child are bonding at the Onandjokwe Lutheran
readEngela Triplets given gifts
13-07-2007
AT ENGELA MOTHER of two, Martha Nghilukilwa (27) from Onuno village in Helao Nafidi Town in Ohangwena Region gave birth to triplets at Engela Hospital on July 5, 2007."I already have two children, a
readBethanie's pumping!
13-07-2007
WATER supply at the sleepy village of Bethanie in the South has normalised, after the Village Council lifted water restrictions this week.A month ago, Council imposed slapped stiff rations on its
readGive young whites a break: MP
13-07-2007
YOUNG white Namibians who started their school careers from 1990 onwards, should also be considered for affirmative action status as many of them cannot obtain jobs, a Member of Parliament has
readOkahandja demonstrators given short shrift by Council
13-07-2007
ALL is well at Okahandja, its Town Council announced this week after sitting on a petition of residents' grievances for close to a month.The Council had said it would reply by July 5. It replied on
readAVBOB a kwathela Albertina okufumvika okathigwa ke
13-07-2007
E HANGANO lyokufumvika lya tseyika nawa lyedhina AVBOB, mEtiyali lya zi ko lyeti 10 Juli 2007, olya kwathela meme Albertina Josef gwokOkaku mOshitopolwa sha Shana kombinga yokufumvika okanona kawo
readOmutse nomagulu ya monika
13-07-2007
O MUTSE gwomuntu, omagulu gaali noompadhi oya adhika mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika lwopofaalama yimwe mondjila onene yopokati ka Venduka nOkapale koondhila kopaigwana ka Hosea Kutako.Omutetaguli
readNgoka a li a ekelahi okanona ke kokandjugo okwe ka hala ishewe
13-07-2007
M OMASIKU sho ga li 5 Juli 2007, ano mEtine lyoshiwike sha zi ko, meme gumwe omugundjuka gwoomvula 21 lwaampoka gwomolukanda Olukonda pOndangwa, okwa monene okanona ke ongula onene yesiku ndjoka ndele
readEgumbo lya Fatima mOneshila lya pya po thilu niinima ye ayihe
13-07-2007
M EME Fatima Mathias gwoomvula 36 gwomOneshila mOshakati, oku li i itsa omutse koongolo sho egumbo lye lya pi po komulilo ongula yEtiyali lya zi ko (10 Juni 2007, ndele niinima ye a yihe noyaanegumbo
readOngundumutima yo Swapo ya kuutumba
13-07-2007
O NGUNDUMUTIMA yongundu tayi pangelo yo Swapo okwa li ya ningi oshigongi ongulohi ya zi ko mOvenduka, okukundathana omalongekidho gOkongresa yayo ya gwedhwapo - ndjoka kwa tegelelwa yi ka ningwe
readGumwe pOkongo a yahwa kOpolisi nokusa, Ombelewa yOmukonaakonindjayi gwIipotha otayi shi konakona
13-07-2007
O MUKALIMO gwomOkongo mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena George Haimbodi (36) okwa yahwa nokusa kOpolisi sho a adhika ta tatula mo omakende gOsikola yedhina Elia Weyulu pOkongo mpoka nokuteyagula
readBotes to sharpen Warriors attack
13-07-2007
CAPTAIN Henrico Botes is expected to sharpen the attack of the national side as he joins the Brave Warriors on Sunday to prepare for the crucial Cosafa Cup match against Botswana in Gaborone on July
readBriedenhann into finals
13-07-2007
NAMIBIAN swimmer Jonay Briedenhann qualified for the finals of the women's 100m freestyle event at the All Africa Games (AAG) with a new personal best time of 1:01,08.Briedenhann finished fourth in
readNRU boss Conradie to sue Informante
13-07-2007
NAMIBIA Rugby Union (NRU) President Dirk Conradie is planning to sue weekly newspaper Informante after the newspaper implicated him in dubious loans with the national rugby union.According to the
readLukewarm clash set for All Blacks, Boks
13-07-2007
CHRISTCHURCH - In the history of two of rugby's fiercest rivals, the All Blacks and Springboks it is hard to think of a Test that means so little as Saturday's Tri-Nations encounter.If there is
readBusiness relay on the marks
13-07-2007
WINDHOEK - Excitement is running high as the ninth annual Bank Windhoek National Business Challenge Relay at the weekend.More than 330 teams have already entered for the event which takes place on
readRossi on Stoner trail
13-07-2007
BERLIN - Fresh from victory in last month's Dutch Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi is confident of a third straight win in Germany this weekend as he seeks to trim Casey Stoner's lead in the MotoGP world
readAthletes look sharp for All Africa Games
13-07-2007
NAMIBIA'S boxers, athletes and swimmers went for a final training session Wednesday before the All Africa Games officially got underway yesterday.All the coaches have expressed satisfaction with their
read2 British teenagers held on suscipion of cocaine trafficking in Ghana:Government
13-07-2007
ACCRA - Two 16-year-old British girls were arrested at Accra airport earlier this month with US$600 000 worth of cocaine, British customs officials said yesterday.The two, both from London, were
readBush to deliver Iraq progress report
13-07-2007
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush's administration will declare in a key report that 'satisfactory' progress is being made in Iraq on less than half of the political and military goals set out by
readLesotho declares food crisis
13-07-2007
JOHANNESBURG - The impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho has declared an official food crisis after bad harvests left more than 400 000 people in need of food aid, said a United Nations agency.The
readBattles rage at Lebanon camp, 4 soldiers die
13-07-2007
NAHR AL-BARED - Al Qaeda-inspired militants killed four Lebanese soldiers yesterday in fierce battles at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.They said another nine
readNigerian chief's 2-year-old son seized
13-07-2007
Militants in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta have seized the two-year-old son of a local chief, police say.The son of Iriebe Chief Eze Francis Amadi was taken by gunmen as he was being driven to
readSix Swiss soldiers die in avalanche
13-07-2007
ZURICH - An avalanche killed six Swiss soldiers yesterday as they were climbing the Jungfrau, one of the country's most famous peaks, rescue services said.The victims, all men, were scaling the
readThai leader summoned
13-07-2007
BANGKOK - Thai prosecutors stuck summons on the door of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin's Bangkok home, demanding he and his wife, who live in exile in London, appear in court next month to answer
readHeavy shelling in Somalia
13-07-2007
MOGADISHU - Insurgents fired more than two dozen mortar shells at government targets in the Somali capital overnight, including the president's residence, in an apparent attempt to disrupt
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