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48 Articles found on Friday, 18 April 2008
Zimbabwe crisis taints Mbeki, boosts Zuma
18-04-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Thabo Mbeki's refusal to take a tougher line on neighbouring Zimbabwe has further damaged his credibility and handed rival Jacob Zuma another opening to improve
readFull Marks For President Pohamba, But...
18-04-2008
I AM one of those people who were initially seduced by President Pohamba when he took office in 2004.I even went far as pronouncing, based at least on what he said, that we were in the process of
readAfrica: Too Much Leadership
18-04-2008
NAIROBI - After disputed elections with violence on both sides, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga may become the true founding fathers of Kenya in the power-sharing deal that
readVision 2030 may become 2050
18-04-2008
NOW the dust is beginning to settle after the annual grade 10 and 12 results turmoil it is probably a good time to take a rather longer and cooler look at how the educational system is doing and where
readPolitical Perspective
18-04-2008
I AM certain many Namibians, and not only myself, feel embarrassed about the country's official stance towards Zimbabwe especially today, the anniversary of Zimbabwean independence! And more
readNeed For Business With A Conscience
18-04-2008
FULL marks must go to the President of the Namibia Employers' Federation (NEF), Vekuii Rukoro, who this week berated those who ignored or remained silent on the Zimbabwe crisis, saying that it was
readSMSes of the Day : Friday
18-04-2008
* PURSUING the Avid case is good but if we are serious about uprooting corruption we need to release the reports of all Presidential enquiries and re-open cases such as the NLF for thorough
readNeo-Liberalism Fuels Tribalism
18-04-2008
WE refer to the two excellent articles in The Namibian of the 4th April 2008, by Alexactus Kaure on 'Politics of labour and the neo-liberal project' as well as Alfredo Hengari on 'Namibia needs a
readChange Has Come In Angola
18-04-2008
I HAVE just a few words to comment on an editorial by Gwen Lister on the Zimbabwe elections in a recent Friday's edition.It states that there are other countries too where change has to come in
readKeep Wlotzkas As It Is
18-04-2008
I REFER to the article in the edition of 19/3 regarding the appeal to expand Wlotzkasbaken.Can I add a small note based on a recent visit there with my daughter. We were on holiday in Namibia and had
readThe End Of Poverty Spells True Freedom
18-04-2008
EIGHTEEN years after political independence, more than one third of Namibians battle with poverty.The Bank of Namibia's official figure for unemployment stands at 37%. Geingob blames all of this on
readShebeen Problem Persists
18-04-2008
I AM a resident in Katutura and would like to air my complaint regarding the operation of shebeens situated in residential areas in Windhoek.Those shebeens make excessive noise that affects our kids
readSporting Rights
18-04-2008
I LOVE watching the Olympic Games - that is the bits where athletes compete and witness their individual trials and tribulations; I may even have to temporarily reinstate my DStv! It is great to see
readSwakara pelt notch up some firsts in Denmark
18-04-2008
SWAKARA pelts achieved a highest price landmark plus a 100 per cent sales record, when 79 653 pelts came under the hammer at the Agra pelt auction in the Danish capital of Copenhagen last week.The
readGlobal trade growth to fall
18-04-2008
GENEVA - World trade growth could ease to 4,5 per cent in 2008 as a sharp economic slowdown in developed countries will only be partly offset by strong gains in emerging economies, the WTO said
readMopane collectors happy in Kunene
18-04-2008
OPUWO - Mopane worm collectors are flocking to different villages of the Kunene Region in search of the delicacy.Women and men are seen along the roads in Opuwo town camping out in tents, slugging
readRed tide to revolutionise oyster industry
18-04-2008
THERE is no telling when another red tide may threaten Namibia's small oyster industry again as it did during the last month, but one thing is sure, oyster farmers are not going to take it lying down
readZim's inflation soars to 164 900%
18-04-2008
HARARE - Inflation in Zimbabwe, already the world's highest, soared to 164 900 per cent year-on-year in February, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said yesterday."The year-on-year inflation rate
readAvid 7 in the dock
18-04-2008
NICO Josea should no longer be lonely in the dock from today - six newly charged co-accused are set to join this key figure in the multi-million-dollar Avid Investment Corporation scandal for a first
readArms shipment on way to Zim
18-04-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa will not intervene to stop a shipment of Chinese-made weapons from reaching Zimbabwe, even though the political situation in the neighbouring nation is "dire", a government
readEntire Otjozondjupa council faces arrest
18-04-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission is set to swoop on the entire Otjozondjupa Regional Council after its members endorsed a decision to grant the Regional Governor a housing allowance although he lives in
readPresident meets Lutheran bishops
18-04-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba held a meeting with four bishops of the Lutheran churches on Wednesday to consult with them on a variety of topics.An open letter that the four Lutheran bishops wrote
readRamatex: where neglect and cruelty live and die
18-04-2008
ABOUT 28 of the starving cats abandoned at the living quarters of the former Ramatex factory have had to be put down so far, the Cat Protection Society (CPS) said yesterday.The CPS rescued 54 cats on
readAG's office has backlog of 186 reports
18-04-2008
THE Office of the Auditor General has a huge backlog of 186 audit reports, but in the new financial year this would be reduced to 119 reports, Presidential Affairs Minister Albert Kawana said in
readSalary boost for civil servants in 2009
18-04-2008
NAMIBIA'S 84 000 public servants will get salary increases from April 1 next year, Deputy Prime Minister Libertina Amathila told Parliament yesterday."The Prime Minister's Office is preparing for the
readIyambo concerned over crime, overcrowded cells
18-04-2008
OVERCROWDING in Police holding cells and prisons needs to be addressed, newly appointed Safety and Security Minister, Nicky Iyambo, said yesterday.Speaking during a visit to some of the institutions
readGermany likely to reject genocide motion
18-04-2008
A MOTION to acknowledge atrocities committed to Herero, Nama, Damara and San communities a century ago as genocide, which was tabled and debated in the German Bundestag last year, will be rejected by
readACC receives 900 corruption reports
18-04-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) had received about 900 reports of alleged corruption by the end of March and planned to conduct more forensic investigations this year, Deputy Prime Minister
readCostly new State House, not only 'House of the People', but struggle symbol: Kawana
18-04-2008
MEMBERS of the opposition on Wednesday tried in vain to get Government to own up to the real cost of the new State House building complex in Windhoek.Instead, Minister of Presidential Affairs Albert
readCEO suspended in Karibib Council merry-go-round
18-04-2008
KARIBIB CEO Lydia Kandetu has been suspended again - seven months after she was suspended a first time for alleged "misconduct".She has also been ordered not to leave town. Kandetu was suspended on
readCholera spreads to Oshana
18-04-2008
THE cholera outbreak that has so far been confined to the Ohangwena Region has now spread to Oshana too, regional Health Director Dr Naftali Hamata said yesterday.In his weekly report as health
readSSFC ya sindana po Ekopi lyaadhani yatano pOshikango
18-04-2008
pOSHIKANGO S UPER Strike Football Club ya sindana po Ekopi lyUudhano wetanga lyokoompadhi hau dhanwa kaadhani yatano ashike, kehe kombinga, wa ningilwe pOshikango mehuliloshiwike lya zi ko.mElaka
readOomboma 2 dha dhipaga ya konda 50
18-04-2008
B AGHDAD - Oomboma mbali dha li dha holekwa miihauto odha dhipaga aantu ya konda pomilongo ntano momahala gAaraba yomuhoko gwAasuni mEtiyali.Momahala ngaka omo mwa kala kamu naanaa omakuyunguto
readAalongi 550 ya pita mOkolindji ya Ngwediva ya pewa oonzapo
18-04-2008
pONGWEDIVA A ALONGISIKOLA ayehe kumwe ye li omathele gatano nomilongo ntano (550) mEtitano lya zi ko oya mono oonzapo dhawo pethimbo lyoshituthi shepito lyawo shoka sha ningilwa mOsenda yOmaukilo
readKapia nayakwawo
18-04-2008
O POLISI mEtitatu oya li ya dhitike Paulus Kapia ngoka a li nale omuwiliki gwEwawa lyAagundjuka moSwapo Paulus Kapia pamwe nayakwawo yatatu mboka ya dhanene onkandangala onene mekano lyoshimaliwa
readJohnson is England's team manager
18-04-2008
LONDON - Former captain Martin Johnson will become England team manager and Brian Ashton will step down as head coach, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Wednesday.Johnson, 38, captain of
readMTC/NRU club champs
18-04-2008
The Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) and Namibia Rugby Union (NRU)'s Club Championships, scheduled for 25 to 26 April, will have local teams vying for top honours at the Hage Geingob Stadium in
readChiefs on warpath against unbeaten Crusaders
18-04-2008
SYDNEY - Canterbury Crusaders coach Robbie Deans has recalled all his available top players to protect his team's unbeaten record in what promises to be one of their biggest Super 14 tests this season
readTotti gives Roma edge in Italian Cup semi
18-04-2008
ROME - A rocket shot from Francesco Totti gave holders AS Roma a 1-0 home win over Catania in their Italian Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday.The captain blasted in from 30 metres following
readYou're invited to take part in the Big Issue street soccer tournament
18-04-2008
The Big Issue Namibia will be staging the third street soccer tournament on April 26 from 07h00-16h00 at the UN Plaza in Katutura.Some companies have already entered but there are still few openings
readTelecom sponsors Namibian netball
18-04-2008
Telecom Namibia yesterday renewed its sponsorship of netball development in Namibia by handing over a sponsorship of N$380 000 to the Namibia School Sport Union (NSSU).Telecom Namibia first sponsored
readCivics third after beating BA
18-04-2008
Civics got their league campaign back on track when they defeated Black Africa 1-0 at the Khomasdal Stadium on Wednesday night.In a game of few chances, Civics striker Floris Diergaardt scored the
readClinton, Obama hedge bets on possible VP choices
18-04-2008
PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both declined on Wednesday night to pledge a spot on their ticket this fall to the loser of their epic battle for the Democratic presidential
readPope celebrates first public Mass in US
18-04-2008
WASHINGTON - Pope Benedict XVI praised America as a land of opportunity and hope yesterday as he celebrated the first public Mass of his United States pilgrimage, but he lamented that the nation's
readMore than 250 abducted in DRC
18-04-2008
KAMPALA - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have abducted over 250 people in the past month in the jungles of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and southern Sudan where they
readSingapore welcomes happiest person
18-04-2008
Stressed-out Singapore named its happiest person yesterday at a conference that aimed to make people in the city-state feel better.Andy Goh, 35, the manager of a local engineering company, was named
readAnother suicide bomber at funeral
18-04-2008
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber struck the funeral of two anti-al-Qaida Sunni tribesmen in a town north of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 50 people, police said.The blast was the latest attack in
readKenya swears in historic cabinet
18-04-2008
NAIROB - Kenya swore in a power-sharing government yesterday to soothe fury over a disputed election that plunged the east African country into a bloody crisis.The 41-member cabinet, Kenya's largest
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