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15 Articles found on Friday, 5 December 2008
Pirates out to tame Spurs
05-12-2008
HOTSPURS will be put to the sword by defending champions Orlando Pirates when the two meet in an MTC Namibia Premier League clash tonight at the Khomasdal Stadium. Kick-off is at 20h00. Hotspurs, who
readOil prices sink to 3-year lows
05-12-2008
SINGAPORE – Oil prices sank to fresh three-year lows yesterday in Asia as more bleak news from the world’s largest economy signalled that crude could tumble below US$40 by the end of the year.Light,
readZimbabwe seeks help for growing cholera epidemic
05-12-2008
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government pleaded for international help yesterday after declaring a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 560 people a national emergency and admitting that hospitals are no
readANC’s Julius Malema, Zuma in Windhoek
05-12-2008
THE Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) and its South African counterpart, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) will hold talks next week on youth economic empowerment issues.The ANC Youth League delegation will
readFrom the Sidelines: Elections useless
05-12-2008
IT is really surprising that many sporting authorities tend to complain about their superiors running the affairs of the various sports federations and umbrella bodies and yet keep voting for them to
readNamibia, US celebrate life
05-12-2008
A HOSPICE in South Africa once commemorated World AIDS Day by hosting a memorial to mourn those who had lost their lives to HIV-AIDS. After the introduction of life-saving anti-retroviral treatment,
readLeaders Should Not Oversimplify Dangerous And Complex Matters
05-12-2008
NAMIBIA is a micro-state in a phase of transition, in a heterogeneous world, which implies multiples tendencies and contradictory responses. But what worries me is our tendency to respond to these
readLeaders Should Not Oversimplify Dangerous And Complex Matters
05-12-2008
NAMIBIA is a micro-state in a phase of transition, in a heterogeneous world, which implies multiples tendencies and contradictory responses. But what worries me is our tendency to respond to these
readPresident And Other Leaders In Violation Of The Constitution
05-12-2008
NEXT year, Namibia will hold its fifth democratic elections, the fourth after political independence in March 1990. This time around, they will be held under the most volatile conditions thus far,
readPolitical Perspective
05-12-2008
ONE of the ways around the current political impasse, in particular the refusal of Swapo to rebuke its supporters for recent undemocratic occurrences, is for all parties to re-commit to the SADC
readLet’s Not Spend Cash Which We Don’t Have
05-12-2008
A FEW months ago, southern African monetary principals and bank executives pronounced that the tsunami of recession would not be smashing down the doors of our bank vaults because Namibia and South
readNight court for city’s traffic offenders
05-12-2008
A SERIES of special night court sessions aimed at dealing with traffic offenders and people who have failed to appear in court for old traffic offences started in Windhoek this week.Starting from
readRDP kicked out of its planned congress venue
05-12-2008
THE leaders of the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) were consulting their lawyers late yesterday to obtain a High Court interdict to force the Windhoek College of Education (WCE) to honour a
readHuman trafficking suspected in Somali woman’s case
05-12-2008
THE case of a woman, allegedly from Somalia, who was arrested at Hosea Kutako airport last week after being found travelling with counterfeit Irish documents, may be indicative of a human trafficking
readRamatex: A costly and messy legacy
05-12-2008
* N$1,5 million to remove waste * 12 tons of hazardous waste left * 75 tons of other waste left * 120 000 m3 of wastewater remains * 480 tons of salt residue * 5 000 m3 of sludge and salts
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