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46 Articles found on Thursday, 3 May 2007
From the Sidelines: Civics and title in focus
03-05-2007
FOCUS on the domestic football scene will fall into the Civics camp as they are bound to scoop the league title for the third time, provided they beat the tenacious Tigers side in an important
readThe G8 and Africa
03-05-2007
SINCE the beginning of this century the G8 started to cultivate a special intimate relationship with representatives of a 'new Africa' in response to their courting.Not by accident, German chancellor
readWho is fit for Heroes' Acre?
03-05-2007
THE death of Bishop James Kauluma recently resuscitated our old debate around what constitutes a hero and what we should do for them.More specifically, the burial of the bishop raised, through the
readPolitical Perspective: Voices and Choices
03-05-2007
WHETHER the decision to 'revamp' the NBC Chat Show into a more topic-driven format was taken by NBC Management or was a political decision, fact remains that it is something that smacks of outright
readLegitimate Concerns About Labour Hire
03-05-2007
AN NBC-TV 'Talk of the Nation' programme, on the heels of an article in The Namibian, this week focused on the controversial subject of labour-hire companies, with some of the panellists calling for
readArtists Must Support One Another
03-05-2007
WE recently had the pleasure of being blessed by the beautiful sounds of the Matongo family in our small mining town of Rosh Pinah.I have listened to the new release from Gazza where he features
readMuch Ado About Nothing
03-05-2007
SHAKESPEARE's famous play, 'Much ado about nothing' set in the period of 1600 AD, implies that we often have a tendency to make a great fuss ("much ado") about things that are insignificant
readGurirab Called To Account In Swapo 'Spy' Campaign
03-05-2007
I WOULD like to respond to Dr Theo-Ben Gurirab's remarks at a media briefing last week regarding the ongoing spy-versus-spy saga with Mr Phil ya Nangoloh, and point out some recent history the
readScant Regard For Scientific Achievement In Namibia
03-05-2007
WHILE overseas recently I happened to see in the press that the one million Euro Descartes Prize - as prestigious as the Nobel - had been awarded to a consortium whose physical base is here in
readSorry State Of Etosha's Okaukuejo camp
03-05-2007
I WISH to bring the sorry state of the Okaukuejo bungalows to the public's attention.I made a booking on August 2 2006 for a party of eight, including people from London and New York, to visit
readWindhoek City Must Show The Way
03-05-2007
FIRSTLY your paper needs the necessary congratulations for informing and exposing irregularities in this country, thumbs up! Coming to the article on 25 April 2007 'City Chief defends personnel
readOpec, IEA at odds over hike
03-05-2007
RIYADH - Oil producers cartel Opec yesterday saw no need to increase output even as the International Energy Agency (IEA), the consumers watchdog, stressed the need to pump more crude."The market is
readAsian working class protest on Labour Day
03-05-2007
SEOUL - Thousands of labourers and activists took to Asia's streets Tuesday to mark May Day in mostly peaceful rallies for higher wages and better working conditions.Some protests denounced political
readDRC, Angola, CAR set to be big diamond players
03-05-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Central Africa, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will overtake southern African countries in the next 10-20 years as Africa's dominant diamond producers, a conference
readRosh Pinah's first expo a success
03-05-2007
SKORPION ZINC Mine, in collaboration with SMEs Compete, last weekend held its first ever expo, aimed at boosting the development of small and medium enterprises, at the fast-growing southern mining
readGroups want fish protected
03-05-2007
GENEVA - State subsidies that encourage overfishing should be banned under any World Trade Organisation free trade pact, environmental groups said on Tuesday.Conservationist groups WWF and Oceana
readMuzzling radio good for freedom, say SPYL
03-05-2007
GOVERNMENT'S decision to try and control the content of national radio call-in programmes has drawn praise from the Swapo Youth League (SPYL).Any democracy worth its name, the SPYL said yesterday,
readNo vaccinations at Berseba
03-05-2007
THE clinic at Berseba in the South has suspended routine vaccinations of children against diseases such as measles, polio and TB.A reliable source yesterday told The Namibian that the clinic could not
read149 workers on carpet at Meatco's Windhoek plant
03-05-2007
THE disciplinary hearings of close to 150 workers at the Meat Corporation of Namibia's Windhoek plant started in the capital yesterday.They are accused of staging an illegal strike two weeks ago and
readCoD leaders vie for top post
03-05-2007
THE knives are reported to be out for the president of the main opposition party, the Congress of Democrats, this weekend when the party holds an extraordinary congress at Keetmanshoop.The party's
readA deadly roll of the roulette
03-05-2007
A QUARREL over a jackpot payout resulted in the death of a 24-year-old man at Walvis Bay on Friday.The incident happened at the Desert Inn Club in Narravile, when a man pulled out a gun and fired a
readNearly a million apples sold for cancer
03-05-2007
A RECORD number of apples were sold during this year's Bank Windhoek Cancer Apple Project.This year, 832 949 apples were bought by school children, businesses and the public across the country in
readIroning lady with an iron will fulfils dream
03-05-2007
DREAMS do come true. For hugely creative Tina Isaacks, the dream came in the form of a chef's hat.A recently completed professional chef's course, done through Intec by correspondence, was the
readSingapore keen on Walvis harbour and salt refinery
03-05-2007
DURING his stopover in Namibia, Singapore's President Sellaphan Rama Nathan and a Singaporean business delegation visited Walvis Bay and showed a keen interest in NamPort and the local salt
readMost of Swakopmund still SWITCHed off
03-05-2007
MOST of Swakopmund's residential areas are not able to enjoy Telecom Namibia's wireless SWITCH service.This problem could continue for the next three months. It has been more than six months since
readIt's Damara versus Damara
03-05-2007
SPARKS are set to fly this weekend between the Damara Chiefs' Council and the Damara Gaob Festival Organising Committee over the use of the 'People's House' at Okombahe.The issue that ignited the
readTelecom urged to lower tariffs
03-05-2007
TELECOM Namibia should consider cutting its tariffs in order to attract foreign and local investment, President Hifikepunye Pohamba advised the country's sole fixed-line telephone service provider
readSwakop ratepayers have to fork out for union congress
03-05-2007
THE Swakopmund Town Council will be contributing N$1 000 towards the congress of the Namibian Public Workers' Union (Napwu) that will be held from May 17 to 20 at Ongwediva.The merits of this decision
readGerman aid for NDF totals N$21 m
03-05-2007
THE German government is providing support to the Namibia Defence Force totalling N$21 million from 2005 to 2008, which will include 150 computer workstations to computerise the logistics systems of
readNHE retrenchment end up in court
03-05-2007
THE drawn-out battle between the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and a group of former workers that it retrenched last year will be settled in court.After almost nine months of failed negotiations
readOpolisi ya Zim yi indika iigongi ya MDC mu Mashonaland West
03-05-2007
C HINHOYI - Opolisi mu Zimbabwe oyi indika ongundu yompilameno yo Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) kaayi ninge iigongi mu Kariba moshitopolwa sha Mashonaland West, molwashoka aniwa oyi wete kutya
readOmutalelipo a sila komunkulofuta
03-05-2007
O MUTALELIPO gumwe OmuSouth Afrika a li pamwe nayakwawo yatatu, okwa si sho ohauto yo Pajero moka ya li ya kandoma oshinano shookilometa 70 lwaampoka mondjila yopokati ka Mbaye na Solitaire
readTangi unene kaanashilonga nIitenya yUukwaluudhi: Omukwaniilwa
03-05-2007
O MUKWANIILWA gwUukwaluudhi tatekulu Josia Shikongo Taapopi pamwe nomukulukadhi gwe Omunyekadhi gwUukwaluudhi na kuku Taapopi, otaya pandula noonkondo aanashilonga nIitenya yomUukwaluudhi sho ya li ya
readEkondjelomanguluko olya e tithwa kethipombinzi
03-05-2007
U UPYAAKDHI wokaholo, ano wokulonga kokondalaka okuza pOndangwa mpaka nosho tuu, owo wa eta Aanamibia ya uve uudhigu nokutokola yi imangulule kondjoka yuupika noya tokola okupula Iigwanahangano yi ya
readIlongeni mwa mana mo: Ominista yElongo
03-05-2007
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oonakupewa oonzapo dhawo sho ya piti eilongo lyawo moUnam yomOnooli mOshakati nosho wo mOkolindji yUunamapya nUuniimuna ya Gongo omvula ya zi ko, Oministeli yElongo Nangolo
readTension mounts in epic showdown
03-05-2007
LAS VEGAS - Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather arrived in Las Vegas on Tuesday for their Saturday boxing showdown, a fight that could mark their farewells and the end of an era or help revive the
readSkipper Smit-ten with home semi-final
03-05-2007
JOHANNESBURG - Coastal Sharks captain John Smit is confident his side will qualify in the top two places and host a Super 14 semifinal next Saturday.The Springbok skipper, however, doesn't want to
readMourinho taunt inspired Reds
03-05-2007
LONDON - Liverpool is on the verge of a sixth European Cup title after reaching its second final in three years.Not bad for a 'little club'. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho had taunted Liverpool as
readStadium squabble in Keetmanshoop
03-05-2007
THE Keetmanshoop Municipality has barred the Karas Football Region from hosting any of its league matches at the town's main stadium until the football committee refunds the fees received from vendor
readCivics in tough title match
03-05-2007
CIVICS will have their champagne bottles ready as they are set to celebrate their third successive league title victory, but they can only cork them after putting aside Tigers, in what could be a
readScottish wife dishes out dog-poo curry to husband
03-05-2007
LONDON - A Scottish woman has admitted putting dog excrement in her husband's curry after their relationship broke down, said the state prosecutor's office yesterday.Jill Martin, 47, started laughing
readEarly Turkish election eases tensions-AK party
03-05-2007
ANKARA - Turkey's ruling AK Party proposed yesterday bringing forward a parliamentary election to June 24 to ease tensions after an increasingly bitter standoff between the Islamist-rooted government
readAhmadinejad in 'indecent' kiss
03-05-2007
TEHRAN - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood accused of 'indecency' yesterday after he publicly embraced and kissed on the hand an elderly woman who used to be his schoolteacher.At a ceremony
readICC issues Darfur warrants
03-05-2007
THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese government minister and a janjaweed militia leader, both suspected of committing war crimes in Darfur, the court
readKatsav defends rape charges
03-05-2007
JERUSALEM - Attorneys for Israel's President Moshe Katsav were due yesterday to present his defence on charges including rape before the attorney general, said a justice ministry spokesperson."Mr
readBush vetoes Iraqi withdrawal plan
03-05-2007
WASHINGTON - US President George W Bush and Democrats were set to take a fresh stab at crafting a measure to fund the Iraq war yesterday, one day after Bush vetoed a bill setting an Iraq withdrawal
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