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63 Articles found on Friday, 15 June 2007
From the Sidelines: NFA blunders with fees
15-06-2007
THE Namibia Football Association (NFA) has surely shot itself in the foot by increasing the entrance fees for the Brave Warriors/DRC match tomorrow.It beats my mind why the fees had to be increased at
readThe Ben Ulenga Moment Could Be Lost
15-06-2007
THE destiny of Ben Ulenga, the first president of CoD, and now the "president" of the same party, has always been mysterious in our political history.The road Ben travelled does not enlighten, nor
readLeadership Matters In southern Africa
15-06-2007
IN 1992, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni published a book entitled 'What is Africa's problem?'.He did not provide a ?nal answer, but for the purposes of this discussion, 'leadership' is the short
readPolitical Perspective
15-06-2007
AS expected, a deafening silence met the news this week that the two top officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had received double salaries and 13th cheques they were not entitled to.The
readGetting Gun Control In Our Sights
15-06-2007
THIS week is being observed as Global Week against Gun Violence by several non-governmental organisations including the Namibia Non-Governmental Organisations Forum (Nangof) and other southern African
readWhite Elephant On The Jetty?
15-06-2007
YOUR article in the weekend Namibian regarding developments on the Swakopmund jetty refers.The jetty is a historical landmark and visitors and locals enjoy it for its sense of history, unspoiled views
readTeachers Aren't Happy
15-06-2007
ALLOW me to air my personal view about the unfair treatment of Namibian teachers.I have been a teacher in Namibia for the past ten years. I was loyal, gave my best and contributed immensely to the
readHow Do We Root Out Corruption?
15-06-2007
EVERYBODY is talking about corruption.Our leaders have gone to the extent of setting up a body to tackle issues of corruption with the aim of rooting it out. The thing is that they look at the surface
readQuo Vadis The ACC
15-06-2007
I SEE the Anti-Corruption Commission, long derided as a toothless tiger, is at last swinging into action.First they moved into shiny new offices. Then they arrested the chief accountant of the
readPrisons Vehicle On Spree?
15-06-2007
ALLOW us a space in your esteemed newspaper to air our views concerning the misuse of a Government vehicle at Omaruru.There is a vehicle here belonging to the Ministry of Safety and Security's
readSolve This Issue Now
15-06-2007
I HAVE been following the squabbles between the Chief Regional (CRO) of Karas Regional Council and the Governor of the Karas Region since it started in the printed media since late last year.I have
readWe Are Fighting A Virus
15-06-2007
ALLOW me space to congratulate the Government of Namibia for spearheading the campaign that aims to eradicate the spread of the incurable virus (HIV) that leads to a disease (AIDS) that is playing an
readOpen Letter To Meatco
15-06-2007
THE undersigned organisations would like to express their serious concern with regard to Mr Wallie Roux, internationally renowned economic analyst with Meatco Namibia, who has been suspended and faces
readNeed To Re-Assert Our Secularism
15-06-2007
I VERY much appreciate Ms/Mr Shikongo's letter last Friday about the need to re-assert Namibia as a secular state, as proclaimed in the Constitution.For too long, religionists have been allowed to
readAfrica policymaking improving
15-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - Africa is becoming a more attractive investment destination as governments pursue economic and political reforms that are firing up their economies, business executives and bankers
readTrade seminar in city next week
15-06-2007
NAMIBIA'S civil society has been called upon to take part in the ongoing negotiations during a seminar to be held next week, focusing on the Economic Partnership Agreement talks between the EU and
readTanzania uses foreign aid to hike spending
15-06-2007
DODOMA - Tanzania said yesterday it would hike its 2007/08 budget spending by 25 per cent to 6,07 trillion shillings (US$4,82 billion) thanks to heavy foreign aid support."The government budget for
readSA social issues hamper economy ratings upgrade
15-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's public finances and economy have improved sharply but it faces severe challenges such as HIV-AIDS and high unemployment which hold back a ratings upgrade, Moody's
readAnnan to reverse farming decline
15-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan took the helm yesterday of an alliance of African government and business leaders seeking to reverse a decline in the continent's agricultural
readZambia to offer 25 oil, gas blocks in tender
15-06-2007
CAPE TOWN - Zambia plans to offer 25 blocks for oil and gas exploration in a bidding round for international companies in the next few weeks, the finance minister said yesterday.The bidding round,
readA tale of love and death
15-06-2007
"I CLICKED the gun and I shot, as she was falling down and crying is when I started shooting continuously."This was how murder suspect Manuel Alberto da Silva (30), in his own handwriting, described
readNujoma trip 'was okayed'
15-06-2007
A LARGE entourage which accompanied former President Sam Nujoma to Nkurenkuru recently to hold a rally before the town's first municipal elections was approved and Government paid for the trip, Prime
readTransNamib loses another bout in court
15-06-2007
TRANSNAMIB has lost yet another round in its protracted battle against one of its senior managers forced out of the transport parastatal more than two years ago.The District Labour Court instructed
readAfrican nations strike landmark ivory trade ban
15-06-2007
THE HAGUE - A UN forum yesterday approved a landmark nine-year ban on international ivory trade to stem a surge in poaching that has killed up to 20 000 elephants per year.The ban will go into effect
readA Matter of Fact
15-06-2007
THERE were two errors in our Wednesday's edition in a report on page 5 headlined 'Child labour prevalent in agricultural sector'.The sentence that read: "According to the latest figures recorded for
readVIP volunteers to work on railway
15-06-2007
THE Governor of Ohangwena Region, Usko Nghaamwa, has announced that President Hifikepunye Pohamba will work on the railway line near Ohalushu tomorrow.Nghaamwa also said that President Pohamba will
readMaria's gone missing
15-06-2007
POLICE have asked for assistance in tracing Maria Magdalena Jantze (33), also known as Jolanda.She went missing at Walvis Bay on May 21 . Jantze is light in complexion, slim and 1,75 metres tall. She
readTeaching teenagers about AIDS prevention
15-06-2007
"ROLL the condom down the penis model," the facilitator says to the 15-year-old girl, who holds a large, black penis made from plastic in her hand."Can you all see?" he asks the rest of the group,
readSADC discusses integration
15-06-2007
MINISTERS of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been meeting in Windhoek this week to discuss progress made in regional integration with regard to trade, infrastructure, energy
readTwo hit by motorcyclist
15-06-2007
POLICE in the Oshikoto Region are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving after a 24-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter were hit by a motorcycle at Harashoek village on Sunday
readKatutura shebeen shooting
15-06-2007
POLICE are investigating a charge of attempted murder after a man shot another in the leg at a Katutura shebeen on Sunday night.The victim and another man had apparently tried to attack the suspect
readFisheries exact a heavy toll
15-06-2007
MANY species of seabirds, sea turtles and sharks are by-catch victims of fishing operations within the Atlantic Ocean's Benguela region.As a result, a two-year research project assessed the impact
readOukwanyama Queen visits Chief Mpasi
15-06-2007
THE Queen of Oukwanyama, Martha Mwadinomho Kristian Nelumbu, paid a courtesy visit to the Chief of Uukwangali, Sitentu Mpasi, on Saturday.According to Michael Heitha, spokesman for the Oukwanyama
readThere's still life in abandoned mine
15-06-2007
AN abandoned mine east of Swakopmund might still contain enough mineral deposits to resume mining there.Jan Joubert of the Namibian prospecting company Craton Diamonds told The Namibian that drilling
readCoastal councils turn to the President
15-06-2007
THE Swakopmund and Walvis Bay Town Councils are determined to take their concerns about the Erongo Regional Electricity Distributor (E-Red) to President Hifikepunye Pohamba.Despite meetings between
readOmbudsman takes rights campaign to the South
15-06-2007
OMBUDSMAN John Walters has encouraged victims of domestic violence "to end the silence"."Know your rights, claim your rights and use your rights," he advised, addressing a handful of people at
readNew African reality show to get to grips with HIV-AIDS
15-06-2007
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), as a member of the African Broadcast Media Partnership Against HIV (ABMP), is planning a new pan-African reality television show.The ABMP is an
read7-year-old tried to seduce me, claims rape suspect
15-06-2007
A YOUNG Swakopmund resident who claimed he was the victim of seduction by a seven-year-old girl was sentenced to five years' imprisonment after he was found guilty under the Combating of Immoral
readEpupa power plan not on yet
15-06-2007
A controversial power project planned on the Kunene River is not set to materialise in the immediate future, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina told the
readAayugi ya fadhuka po noondola/N$500 000
15-06-2007
A NIWA oshimaliwa shi thike petata lyomiliyuna osha yakwa megumbo limwe polukanda lwa Suiderhof mOvenduka sha ningwa ongulohi yOsoondaha ya zi ko, Opolisi osho ya lopota ngaaka mEtitatu lyoshiwike
readNIP a gandja OoN$39 642 kOsenda yokuyakulilwa Oothigwa nAanona ye li moluhepo pOndangwa
15-06-2007
pONDANGWA O SENDA yedhina OONTE, ndjoka hayi yakula Oothigwa, unene tuu ndhoka dhaavali ya sa ko HIV-AIDS nosho wo uunona mboka wa mona iihuna kolunene nokau na aakwathi, pehulilo lyOmwedhi gwa zi ko
readOombepo onkee tadhi hepeke aanona pOsikola yaNdukuta mUukwaluudhi
15-06-2007
O OMBEPO dha nyata ndhoka dha kala omvula ya zi ko tadhi hepeke aanasikola yamwe yopOsikola ya Mumbwenge mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, ndele petameko lyomvula ndjika tadhi iteyele pOsikola
readOmufuthi gwiikombo a dhitikilwa mu SA
15-06-2007
O MAKONAKONO gOpolisi kombinga yuufuthi wiikombo yi li 149 oga eta pu mangwe Omunamibia gumwe ngoka e li pathimbo ndika mu South Afrika iiwike iyali ya zi ko.Opolisi oyeshipondola okumona iikombo y li
readOondjila adhihe okolutenda dha taalela mehuliloshiwike
15-06-2007
G AVENA yOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, Usko Nghaamwa, okwa tseyitha kutya ngula mOlyomakaya, Omupresidende Hifikepunye Pohamba otaka longa kolutenda nokwa ithana oshigwana ashihe shi ke mu kwathele
readPresident Pohamba ota egulula Oseko ya Ndobe ngula mEtitano
15-06-2007
O MUPRESIDENDE Hifikepunye Pohamba nena mEtitano okwa tegelelwa a ka egulule pambelewa Oseko yOpombanda ya Ndobe pOndobe mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena, Omuwiliki gwElongo mOshitopolwa shoka
readOshinima shaaitendiko yAacaprivi 'oshi li natango kokule lela nokupwa'
15-06-2007
O ONKUNDATHANA dhopapolitika dhi li nawa otadhi pumbiwa opo ku talike ngele oshitopolwa sha Caprivi oshi li oshitopolwa sha Namibia nenge aawe, Vincent Siliye ngoka a li omutamanekwa moshipotha
readBrave Warriors up for it
15-06-2007
BRAVE Warriors coach Ben Bamfuchile believes that the current spirit in the camp is motivation enough for the players to pull off a victory against the Democratic Republic of Congo in a Nations Cup
readDStv Golf Day on today
15-06-2007
THE DStv Golf day will be held at the Windhoek Golf Club today.The tee-off times are as follows: 08h50: Desperate Housewives - Heini Prinsloo, Gerhard Mans, Jean Davin, Daniel Bezuidenhout. 09h00:
readYouth football league starts
15-06-2007
THE Khomas under-17 development football league will kick off this weekend.The development league was officially launched at Soccer House yesterday and 24 teams divided into two streams will compete.
readBoxers to vie for titles in SA
15-06-2007
WINDHOEK - The national boxing team bound for the All Africa Games in Algeria in July departed yesterday for an international friendly boxing tournament in Pretoria, South Africa tomorrow.Most
readSKW sounds warning to other fistball clubs
15-06-2007
WINDHOEK - Sports Club Windhoek (SKW) fistball club made a strong statement last weekend that in both leagues, the title will only be won over their green shirts.Fistball Association of Namibia
readHamilton ready to press on
15-06-2007
INDIANAPOLIS - Lewis Hamilton will step into his McLaren Mercedes-Benz car this weekend determined to take full advantage of the momentum that has made him Formula One's best-ever rookie by winning
readHoffmann in top form
15-06-2007
WINDHOEK - Namibian national cyclist Erik Hoffmann, 26, beat a top field to the line in a close sprint to win the first stage of the Circuito Montanes cycling tour in Spain yesterday.Hoffmann is part
readWallabies finger Botha as cheat
15-06-2007
SYDNEY - The Wallabies have accused South African strongman B.J.Botha of cheating in scrums ahead of Saturday's Tri-Nations rugby Test in Cape Town, reports said.Australian team forwards coach Michael
readIndia wins F1 race for 2009
15-06-2007
NEW DELHI - India has won the right to host its first Formula One race in 2009, officials announced yesterday.The deal was struck to hold the event in the capital New Delhi, said Suresh Kalmadi,
readGaddafi, Mugabe want federal govt for Africa
15-06-2007
TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and visiting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe want African leaders to agree next month to unite Africa under one government to help it solve its own problems,
readNato discusses Moscow's offer
15-06-2007
BRUSSELS - Nato ministers yesterday assessed how the planned US anti-missile bases in Europe could be integrated into the alliance's defences and considered the impact of Russia's offer to include an
readChiluba's London judgement registered
15-06-2007
THE Lusaka High Court has granted an order for application to register the London high court judgement in which second Republican president, Frederick Chiluba, and 19 others were found liable to
read400 000 people face food crisis in Lesotho: UN
15-06-2007
JOHANNESBURG - More than 400 000 people face food shortages in Lesotho as the mountainous southern African kingdom is gripped by its worst drought for 30 years, the United Nations warned on
readSuspected poachers kill white Rhino, wound another
15-06-2007
LIVINGSTONE - Suspected poachers have killed a female white rhinoceros and seriously wounded a male one in the Mosi-o-Tunya National Park.According to a press statement released by the Zambia
readWaldheim is dead
15-06-2007
VIENNA - Kurt Waldheim, former United Nations secretary-general and Austrian president, died yesterday aged 88 after a short but severe illness, the Austrian presidency and a family spokesman
readHamas 'captures key Fatah post'
15-06-2007
GAZA - Hamas fighters yesterday raised the green flags of the Islamist movement over one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses
readZimbabwe passes 'snoop law'
15-06-2007
HARARE - Zimbabwe's parliament, heavily dominated by President Robert Mugabe's party, has passed a controversial new law that allows the government to monitor phones, e-mails and the post, reports
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