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40 Articles found on Friday, 9 March 2007
From the Sidelines: Fans need to show genuine support
09-03-2007
NAMIBIAN football fans portray a rather awkward sense in supporting their teams.From the national teams, which include the Brave Warriors, Gladiators and the junior teams, to the premiership teams, it
readUnmasking The Politics Of The Nyamu Notes
09-03-2007
WHEN the politics surrounding the 'Nyamu notes' ended up on the agenda of the last Swapo Central Committee meeting, my impression was that the issue would be taken to the shop for a proper political
readBoldly Branding Namibia
09-03-2007
ONE is baffled by the fact that so many of our countrymen and women are objecting to the presence of Chinese nationals in our midst, almost to the point of xenophobia.When one visits any metropolis of
readPolitical Perspective: The Pursuit of Truth
09-03-2007
WHATEVER lies behind his decision to do so, I was nevertheless glad to hear Deputy Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rural Development, Kazenambo Kazenambo, taking issue in
readTime To Take On Police And Prisons
09-03-2007
IT WOULD appear as if reports some weeks back by the Office of the Ombudsman and a special committee of the National Council, highlighting dreadful conditions in Namibian prisons and cells, were
readSPYL's Ngurare Takes On 'Racist' Gwen Lister
09-03-2007
I REFER to Gwen Lister's Political Perspective of Friday, 2 March 2007 devoted to the Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) regarding our welcoming statement on the historic state visit of His Excellency,
readManagement cause of Unam demise
09-03-2007
SEVERAL philosophers have said it's better to fight within than to fight from a distance but how can you fight if you have nowhere to hit? I think research needs to be done to see where the main
readWhy The Secrecy Over Kapps Farm Concept?
09-03-2007
WHEN, how and based on whose initiative did the project Kapps Farm concept town planning scheme come into existence? From the very start this issue has been quiet dubious as not all residents or
readOn The Rural/Urban Schools Divide
09-03-2007
ALLOW me to air my views regarding schools as centres of excellence.Having taught in the rural part of the country for almost a decade, I find it necessary to make a comparison between schools in the
readWhy Do We Hate The Truth?
09-03-2007
ALLOW me space to express my dismay at the Oshana Regional Council.I cannot believe that our leaders are setting such a terrible example. Since when is criticism such a bad thing? I thought the
readHarsher Penalties Won't Combat Drug Use
09-03-2007
IT was George Santayana who said, 'Those who do not learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat it'.It's a sentiment which springs quickly to mind when considering the 'Combating the Abuse of
readWe Want A Say In Who Eats At Our Table
09-03-2007
Open letter to President Hifikepunye Pohamba GIVING money to projects is one thing, but giving it while your own people are starving to death is another matter, not only bizarre but insane.And someone
readChina cancels discount loans for exporters
09-03-2007
BEIJING - China said yesterday that it was rescinding with immediate effect a rule that had given qualified exporting firms discounted lending rates, its latest step to remove preferential treatment
readTelkom halts price cuts
09-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African fixed-line phone firm Telkom expects to lose less market share than first thought to Neotel due to its new rival's slow start, and said on Thursday it would stop "drastic"
readSanlam lifts 2006 headline earnings
09-03-2007
JOHANNESBURG - South African insurer Sanlam raised 2006 headline earnings per share by 33 per cent yesterday and announced a 2,7 billion rand share buyback which sent its stock higher.But Sanlam said
readAngola in US$50b investment
09-03-2007
LUANDA - Angola is expected to see US$50 billion (N$370 billion) in investments in its oil industry in the next six years, the head of the state oil company Sonangol was quoted yesterday as
readLow-cost housing nears completion
09-03-2007
SWAKOPMUND - The second phase of the low-cost housing scheme being carried out by the National Housing Enterprise for the Swakopmund Municipality will be completed at the end of this month.All 98
readPolice arrest suspect in Northern teacher's murder
09-03-2007
POLICE in the North have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a teacher, Wilhelmina Nangula Amukwaya (37), from Otshikushashipya village in the Omusati Region.Amukwaya's body was found next
readCourt busts 'peeping Tom'
09-03-2007
A FORMER Swakopmund gym owner accused of secretly videotaping female clients was yesterday found guilty on five charges of crimen injuria by the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court.The 'peeping Tom' trial
readUnion takes aim at Diescho
09-03-2007
THE National Union of Namibian Workers has urged political analyst Dr Joseph Diescho to drop his lawsuit against the Oshana Regional Council, claiming he must take criticism on the chin because he
readNo bail for cellphone shooting suspect
09-03-2007
THE Katutura State Hospital nurse accused of shooting dead three people and wounding another three in a shebeen in Windhoek in early February had his bail application rejected yesterday.Triple murder
read15 000 hit by flooding
09-03-2007
GOVERNMENT officials and members of the Namibia Red Cross Society are hard at work to bring relief to people affected by the seasonal flooding of the Zambezi River.President Hifikepunye Pohamba is
readAfrica needs a new 'messiah'
09-03-2007
DESPITE gaining political freedom, the African continent remains underdeveloped and needs to find a way to growth and prosperity, says Prime Minister Nahas Angula.He was making a statement in
readMix Camp eviction still on hold
09-03-2007
LAWYERS for squatters at 'Mix Camp', 20 km north of Windhoek, are still negotiating with their counterparts representing the owners of the plot, who have initiated steps to evict around 3 000
readViolence erodes women's education gains
09-03-2007
ONLY a handful of people attended yesterday's International Women's Day commemorations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura.Rosalia Nghidinwa, Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration and acting
readSecurity guards claim exploitation
09-03-2007
HAMS Security Services yesterday became the latest company to be threatened with labour action after about 50 employees, mainly security guards, demonstrated in front of the company offices.Alleged
readGovernment becomes new owner of Ehafo
09-03-2007
THE Ehafo Board of Trustees yesterday accepted a Government proposal to take over the welfare organisation - all assets and liabilities included.At a meeting with workers' representatives, the Metal
readCrop failures raise famine fears: WFP
09-03-2007
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday expressed "deep concern" over erratic weather patterns in southern Africa, which have devastated harvest prospects for millions of people and
readOmupolisi a kwatwa po shi na sha nengwandjulo lyaantu nohauto nokufadhuka pO
09-03-2007
O MUPEHAKOMANDA gwOpolisi mOshitopolwa sha Shana, Omukonaakoni Omukuluntu gwOpolisi meme Rauha Amwele, okwa tseyithila Oshifo shika okuzilila mOshakati kutya oya kwata po Omupolisi, Konstabela Jesaya
readMuluzi ota monika a fa a hala okugaluka
09-03-2007
L ILONGWE - Ngoka a li nale Omupresidende gwa Malawi Bakili Muluzi, mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika oku ulike a fa hala okugalukila miikwapolitika sho ongundu yawo yopapolitika ye shi endulula kutya oya
readOmulongisikola ngoka a dhipagelwe mEtitano lya zi ko ota fumvikwa ngula
09-03-2007
O MULONGISIKOLA gwopOsikola ya Tshikushashipya nokwa kala kwali momukunda Enkombo mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Musati, meme Wilhelmina Nangula Shafa Amukwaya (gwoomvula 37) ngoka a dhipagwa nondjembo
readShigwana longeleni kumwe nOmalelo geni goondoolopa, Pandeni ta ti
09-03-2007
O MINISTA yOmapangelo gOpaitopolwa nOmagumbo John Pandeni, okwa indila kaakalimo yomoondoolopa naamboka ye li momikunda dhi li meni lyoondoolopa, ya longele kumwe nOmalelo gawo goondoolopa - unene
read'Hitman' to defend title as Naule vies for Pan-African belt
09-03-2007
BARELY a month after knocking out South Africa's Anthony Tshehla in an international bout, Namibia's Paulus 'The Hitman' Moses will climb through the ropes to defend his coveted WBA Intercontinental
readZimbabwe in turmoil
09-03-2007
KINGSTOWN - No team can ever have gone into a cricket World Cup trying to concentrate on their game against a backdrop of strikes, squabbles and a vicious battle for control of the sport.By making it
readCivics in for a rough ride
09-03-2007
FORMER Mamelodi Sundowns and Brave Warriors goalkeeper Ronnie Kanalelo will be in goal tonight, as he will try to keep a clean slate in a top-of-the-table battle against Civics at the SKW
readHouse of Lords to change radically
09-03-2007
LONDON - British legislators voted Wednesday to pursue radical reform of the unelected House of Lords, backing a plan for a wholly elected second chamber stripped of the dukes and earls whose
readUnita anger at 'murder attempt' against leader
09-03-2007
LUANDA - Angola's largest opposition party, Unita, on Tuesday accused policemen of trying to assassinate its leader last week.The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) accused
readNASA fires astronaut
09-03-2007
CAPE CANAVERAL - Astronaut Lisa Nowak was fired from NASA on Wednesday, a month after she was charged with trying to kidnap a woman she saw as her rival for the affections of a space shuttle
readBrazilians protest Bush visit
09-03-2007
SAO PAULO - Landless farmers invaded a mine, a bank and other corporate property in Brazil on Wednesday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and US President George W Bush's upcoming
readIn Brief
09-03-2007
'Naked men' to remain on beach LONDON - Local authorities voted on Wednesday to allow Antony Gormley's installation Another Place - made up of 100 cast-iron sculptures of naked men - to remain on a
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