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57 Articles found on Friday, 1 August 2008
Oops they did it again...
01-08-2008
THE Namibia Football Association has done it again. They have broken our hearts.In what was supposed to be the biggest and most glamorous night of the year on the local football calendar, people at
readThabo Mbeki's Compromised Legacy
01-08-2008
ACCORDING to the theory of evolution, the initial structure of life, the cell, has in it the capacity to recompose infinitely until it creates the most complex human beings.Using this theory as an
readNigeria's Sick Man Democracy
01-08-2008
HOW sick is Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua? In May, he admitted during a live television broadcast that he suffers from a kidney ailment, but sought to quell rumours that he was terminally ill by
readWhere Are the Global Leaders?
01-08-2008
THE G-8 Summit in Japan earlier this month was a painful demonstration of the pitiful state of global cooperation.The world is in deepening crisis. Food prices are soaring. Oil prices are at historic
readPolitical Perspective
01-08-2008
I AM personally quite horrified by the tendency in our country generally to celebrate mediocrity. It is against this background that it comes as no surprise to learn that lecturers are taken to task
readNFA And Warriors - Time To Shape Up
01-08-2008
WE must agree with the Minister of Sport, Willem Konjore, who, at the occasion of the annual Namibia Football Association (NFA) Awards this week, took issue with the unacceptable behaviour of the
readSchool Fees Issue
01-08-2008
IN a private school, some of the parents do not pay school fees for December as the schools close generally in the first week of December.The argument is given that if the child comes to school just
readSMS of the Day : Friday
01-08-2008
* AN SMS which claimed that 'NBC talk shows have become a battleground for NSHR and SPYL' is hogwash. The two organisations do not participate but people do in their individual capacity. Those are
read'Greedy' Hostess Suspended
01-08-2008
AN article titled: 'The Saga Of A Greedy Air Hostess' appeared in your Friday July 25, 2008 newspaper.Herewith the Air Namibia's preliminary response on the article: We define unethical behaviour as:
readThe Power of Youth
01-08-2008
"IF you're not a conspiracy theorist, you're not paying attention: I haven't made up my mind if we live in an era of well-planned and executed evil, of prodigious prestidigitation at the highest
readThe Andara Hospital Challenge
01-08-2008
THIS is my response to the person who wrote an SMS asking the person in charge of Andara hospital to recruit more doctors.(The Namibian, July 25 2008). I want to thank the writer for bringing this
readWorking With The Fraudsters
01-08-2008
I WAS rather surprised by Mr Hendrik Ehler's letter entitled 'The Saga of the Greedy Air Hostess' (The Namibian, Friday July 25).His story is shocking indeed, but neither he nor the other passengers
readAfrican Governments And Ecstasy
01-08-2008
AFRICA needs economically and politically intelligent leaders in these advanced modern times.There is not a single democracy the world over that has been built on ecstasy and celebration. When ecstasy
readDenmark to save crisis-hit bank
01-08-2008
BRUSSELS - Denmark won European Union permission yesterday to rescue a bank hit hard by the subprime housing crisis.EU regulators said they would allow the country's central bank to give a liquidity
readChina playing high profile role in world trade talks
01-08-2008
BEIJING - Richer and more confident, China is playing a higher-profile role in wrangling over global commerce, drawing criticism from American officials who once prodded Beijing to be more active in
readFinancial sector needs more regulation: expert
01-08-2008
THE financial sector in Namibia requires more laws to better regulate the financial sector and bring it into harmony with rapid changes in the international market, which would attract more foreign
readMobile industry anarchic: Minister
01-08-2008
WINDHOEK - Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (MTC) announced on Wednesday that it had lost 15 per cent of the market share since the second mobile operator, Cell One, came into play last year.A delegation
readSADC free trade becomes a reality
01-08-2008
THE long-awaited free trade area (FTA) for southern Africa will be launched on August 17 during the annual summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It will be preceded by a
readFailure not option at Unam
01-08-2008
DECLINING academic standards at the University of Namibia (Unam) have again come under the spotlight after a senior lecturer was allegedly told to drop his standards or resign from the Department of
readLands Ministry 'mismanaged ... in bad shape'
01-08-2008
THE Ministry of Lands and Resettlement's land reform programme is "in bad shape and mismanaged on just about every level", a new report claims.Based on a recent court case in which three foreign farm
readSeal culling carries on despite pressure
01-08-2008
ABOUT 80 000 Cape fur seals, most of them pups, will be killed during this year's Namibian seal cull despite international calls by animal rights activists to stop the slaughter.The annual cull
readFoot-and-mouth disease SOS in the Kavango
01-08-2008
THE Ministry of Agriculture stopped all livestock movements in all regions north of the veterinary cordon fence yesterday following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Kavango Region near
readAIDS Tour at Zoo Park
01-08-2008
SOME of Namibia's hottest artists will gang up in Windhoek for the first leg of the Namibia AIDS Awareness (NAA) Tour, which kicks off with a spectacular live music show at the Zoo Park tomorrow,
readSisters are doing it for themselves
01-08-2008
ON a piece of open ground next to Windhoek's Okahandja Park informal settlement, women play soccer and netball every afternoon.They get together at 14h00 and play until 16h00 or longer, depending on
readHAN training courses in August
01-08-2008
THE Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) will next month host two open days for restaurant owners and managers and a two-week training course for Grade 10 school leavers.HAN President Gitta
readHAN training courses in August
01-08-2008
THE Hospitality Association of Namibia (HAN) will next month host two open days for restaurant owners and managers and a two-week training course for Grade 10 school leavers.HAN President Gitta
readFour nabbed for fuel theft
01-08-2008
THE Police at Oshakati have arrested four people in connection with the theft of fuel from two Oshakati filling stations.The regional Police commander, Deputy Commissioner Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa,
readFarmers want tax-free milk
01-08-2008
GOVERNMENT should scrap value-added tax on milk and dairy products to ease pressure on consumers, the Namibia Dairy Producers Association has urged.VAT will be removed today from dry beans, bread,
readUnion to the defence of the homeless
01-08-2008
ALL Windhoek residents who have lost their homes because of their inability to pay water and electricity bills have been requested to contact the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW).The NUNW
readAnother weekend in custody for Shaduka
01-08-2008
THE absence of a key State witness during the second day of murder suspect Lazarus Shaduka's bail application resulted in a frustrated defence team yesterday, when their client was ordered to spend
readSex pest claims against ex-principal repeated
01-08-2008
FRESHLY acquitted on rape and abduction charges, former Concordia College principal Ben Awoseb was back in court yesterday to challenge the decision to dismiss him from his job last year.The Windhoek
readNena olya hugunina metuntilo gOpolio
01-08-2008
E DHINGOLOKO etiyali lyokutuntila omukithi gwOpolio olya tamekele ohela meti 30 Juli 2008 notali kala ko sigo ongula meti 1 Aguste 2008.Kuyele Omuwiliki gwUuhaku mOshitopolwa sha Shana Omundohotola
readOmufekelwa omutitatu meponokelo lyaakulupe poDordabis mOmpangu
01-08-2008
O MUFEKELWA omutitatu moshipotha sheponokelo lyaanafaalama aahokanathani pofaalama yimwe popepi na Dordabis kuyele mu Juni okwa popi kutya ke na ondjo moshipotha shika pethimbo a holoka mOmpangu ya
readEpukululo Mehokololo lya li kohi yoshipalanyolo
01-08-2008
'Aantu yane ya sa moshiponga shohauto' mOshifo shetu sheti: 24 Juli 2008, omwa li okapuko.Ehokololo ndika ota li popi kutya aantu mboka ya si moshiponga shika shiihauto oyo: Asser Ndjamba, Rudolf
readOmukuluntusikola omukulu gwOseko yIipumbu a hulitha
01-08-2008
O MUKULUNTUSIKOLA omukulu mOseko yOpombanda yIipumbu mOshakati, tate Erastus Kashuupulwa Indongo omukalimo gwomOngwediva noshowo momukunda Onenongo mEkamba mUukwambi kwali, okwa manene oondjenda dhe
readOonkundathana pokati ka Zanu-PF na MDC otadhi pula komeho
01-08-2008
H ARARE - Omupresidende gwa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe okwa ti kutya oonkundathana pokati kongundu ye naandjoka yompilameno ya MDC dhi na sha nokweetapo Epangelo lyopaukumwe moshilongo otadhi
readOondjamba dhomombuga ndhoka ihadhi tana nawa odhi li moshiponga
01-08-2008
A ANTU oyi ikwata noonkondo opulanda yopambelewa okudhipaga oondjamba ndatu oondumentu dhomoondjamba dhomombuga moshitopolwa sha Kunene pamukalo guukongo wiiyamakuti iinene - oshinima shoka
readEpenda mElongo, nakusa tatekulu Namuhuja a dhimbulukiwa
01-08-2008
PONIIPA E PENDAFULE lya Namibia mElongo nakusa tatekulu Hans Daniel Namuhuja gwomOniipa kwali mOndonga mOshitopolwa sha Shikoto ngoka a mana oondjenda dhe mo 1998 mepipi lyoomvula 74, okwa li a
readMotivational workshop for Rundu
01-08-2008
THE Khomas Youth League, in conjunction with the Kavango Youth Soccer League, will hold a motivational workshop at Rundu on Saturday and Sunday with the support of the Ministry of Information and
readMcCaw returns to lift All Blacks
01-08-2008
AUCKLAND - Inspirational captain Richie McCaw returns from injury to boost a revamped All Blacks side in tomorrow's rugby rematch against Australia, as coach Graham Henry called for a change of
readCycle race around city
01-08-2008
THE Small Kids Big Heart Charity Cycle Fun Ride will be held at the United Sports Field in Olympia on Sunday.The registration will be done tomorrow from 12h00 to 15h00. Children will pay N$20 and
readGunners spike Lehmann's debut
01-08-2008
STUTTGART -German veteran keeper Jens Lehmann conceded three second-half goals as former club Arsenal beat his new side Stuttgart in a pre-season friendly late Wednesday.Lehmann, 38, saw goals from
readTISAN football side takes gold
01-08-2008
BLANTYRE -The Tertiary Institutes Sports Association of Namibia (TISAN) football team beat Lesotho 1-0 to clinch the gold medal in the Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sports Association
readOtb Sport 7-a-side football tourney
01-08-2008
Otb Sport is hosting a youth seven-a-side football tournament today and tomorrow.Kick-off today is at 14h30, and tomorrow at 08h00. A total of 61 teams will compete and 152 games will be played to see
readRiekie in final against Christi
01-08-2008
NAMIBIA'S Riekie Honiball qualified for her second successive final at the ITF Junior South and Central African circuit in Windhoek yesterday.After beating Natasha Fourouclas in last weekend's singles
readHeymans Namibia's flag-bearer at Games
01-08-2008
NAMIBIAN cyclist Mannie Heymans received the national flag from President Hifikepunye Pohamba on Wednesday, which makes him the official flag-bearer of the team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic
readStrong rugby side for Zim
01-08-2008
NAMIBIA has selected a strong team to face Zimbabwe in a Rugby World Cup qualifying match in Windhoek on Saturday.Eighthman Jacques Burger, who excelled for Namibia at the Rugby World Cup last year,
readSudan sentences 22 more 'Darfur rebels'
01-08-2008
KHARTOUM - Sudanese courts yesterday sentenced another 22 alleged Darfur rebels to death over an unprecedented attack on the capital last May in which more than 222 people were killed.Libya frees
readBrazil balloon priest found
01-08-2008
RIO DE JANEIRO - Parishioners were both saddened and relieved on Wednesday to learn that boat workers had found the body of their priest who disappeared flying over the Atlantic with the help of 1 000
readKaradzic appears at UN war crimes tribunal
01-08-2008
THE HAGUE - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared at the United Nation's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal for the first time yesterday, telling the judge he would defend himself against
readEighteen dogs safe from knife
01-08-2008
MANILA - Investigators and animal welfare activists have rescued 18 dogs from the butcher's knife in the northern Philippines, using a new law against the illegal meat trade, an official said
readBeijing can provide rare blood type during Olympics
01-08-2008
BEIJING - Beijing is confident it can provide sufficient supplies of rhesus negative blood - rare in China but more common amongst Caucasians - during next month's Olympics, a senior health official
readBashir vows never to deal with ICC
01-08-2008
KHARTOUM - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has vowed in an interview never to deal with or appear before the International Criminal Court.ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has indicted al-Bashir of
readTurmoil ahead for Israel after Prime Minister says he will resign
01-08-2008
JERUSALEM - Israel was bracing yesterday for weeks of political turmoil after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's shock announcement he would step down in September, casting a shadow over Middle East
readUN to feed 1.4m more in W Africa
01-08-2008
DAKAR - The United Nations is to start feeding an additional 1.4 million people in West Africa to ensure those squeezed by soaring food prices survive the lean season until the next harvest, Reuters
readSeized docs, evidence from Mauritius for Zuma trial
01-08-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Documents seized from the home and offices of African National Congress president Jacob Zuma will form part of his High Court trial on 16 counts including fraud and
readPolice find remains of 5 children in Jersey
01-08-2008
LONDON - Police have uncovered the mutilated remains of at least five children on the Channel Island of Jersey, but authorities investigating child abuse there believe they don't have enough evidence
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