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64 Articles found on Friday, 15 February 2008
A Time for Clarity
15-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Terrorism and global warming loom, in many people's minds, as the greatest threats to the planet.In the United States, the Bush administration wants to increase funding for border
readChoice and Citizenship: Defending the Democratic Terrain
15-02-2008
THE great German sociologist, Max Weber, once referred to political parties as the children of democracy.But in some societies today, not least our own, political parties are seen as enemies of the
readA Society With A Passion For Ignorance
15-02-2008
AS the years after Independence are wearing on, we have become a society where the sword is mightier than the pen.Since it is the sword that rules, we are a society with an entrenched passion for
readPolitical Perspective
15-02-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba is doing a very good thing by consulting political parties and interest groups across the board about the country's future.Such a move is inclusive and is to be welcomed,
readCall To Clarify The Grade 10 Issue
15-02-2008
THE Swapo Government, more specifically the Minister of Education, needs to urgently clarify the situation on Grade 10s to the nation.There is a great deal of confusion about the fate of some 16 000
readMinistry of Education responds
15-02-2008
THE Ministry of Education has taken time out to respond to a number of the complaints about the Education Sector, which have been SMSed to The Namibian: Minister Nangolo Mbumba must tell the nation
readSMSes of the Day : Friday
15-02-2008
* SECURITY fears? What rubbish! It's blatant incompetence as usual.Those computers can't be sent to schools because the Ministry lacks good managers! * DEAR Swapo, if you fail to plan, you plan to
readDialogue or What?
15-02-2008
IT seems of late that the quality of political intercourse and journalistic output has taken a turn for the worse - not as yet a general trend but certainly evident in particular quarters.The use of
readUse Your Vote Sensibly
15-02-2008
WITH the writer of the letter, 'The Spirit of Liberation', I must ask the question: Why does Swapo fear democracy? Do you not tout yourselves as the defender of democracy? The arguments put forward
readCall For Rally Death Inquiry
15-02-2008
PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to express my deep concerns about the direction that my beloved country Namibia appears to be heading, based on the recent political events and emerging
readCall For Namcol Reform
15-02-2008
THE establishment of Namcol by Act of Parliament has been a positive indicator in the transformation process of our education system.However, over the past few years, Namcol has not really done
readLeaders Have Lost Touch
15-02-2008
ALLOW me to air my opinion regarding the so-called proposed 'Regulatory Body for the Media in Namibia'.As a starter, I just can't imagine what the name of this body should be, let alone the
readViolent Talk Promotes Violent Acts
15-02-2008
ALLOW me to speak about the behaviour of the ruling party, Swapo, after the formation of the new political party, RDP, which seems to be a threat to it.As a loyal Swapo member, who believed in 'till
readViolent Talk Promotes Violent Acts
15-02-2008
ALLOW me to speak about the behaviour of the ruling party, Swapo, after the formation of the new political party, RDP, which seems to be a threat to it.As a loyal Swapo member, who believed in 'till
readA Greek Tragedy Unfolding?
15-02-2008
I CONTINUE to read The Namibian online daily despite having left Namibia several months ago after four wonderful years of living in Windhoek.Your coverage of the Swapo-RDP development is most
readThe 'Other Side' Of Billboards
15-02-2008
HAVING read several recent articles on billboards, I would like to bring the 'other side' of the billboard business to you.Billboard supplier companies are contributing millions towards the economy of
readPraise For Usakos State Hospital
15-02-2008
ON November 6 2006, as we approached the Omaruru-Karibib U-turn, coming from a tombstone unveiling ceremony, of my late father in the Otjohorongo, the Iveco mini-bus in which we were travelling,
readZim inflation hits 66 000%
15-02-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's annualised inflation rate rose to a record 66 212,3 per cent in December, dealing another blow to President Robert Mugabe's efforts to pull the once prosperous African nation's
readEskom mulls buying back power
15-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African power utility Eskom will consider buying back "significant" amounts of power from industrial customers in order to ease an energy crisis, CEO Jacob Maroga said
readLaunch of DMC website
15-02-2008
DIAMOND Marketing Consultants (DMC) recently launched its website, www.dmc.com.na, informing of the work of the Government diamond valuators.DMC is an independent local diamond valuator, offering
readNZ wine upbeat about global warming
15-02-2008
WELLINGTON - Global warming, which is threatening the viability of the drought-stricken wine industry in Australia, could be a boon for neighbouring New Zealand which has been enjoying a growing
readWAD to expand literacy training programme
15-02-2008
WOMEN'S Action for Development (WAD), a local empowerment organisation, is preparing to expand its computer literacy training programme this year.The WAD literacy programme has been run countrywide
readFish shop to be established in Kavango
15-02-2008
RUNDU - Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Dr Abraham Iyambo on Tuesday said there was a need to establish a fish shop in the Kavango Region.Speaking during the Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion
readEconomic effects of software piracy
15-02-2008
A NEW study has made a strong economic case to tackle software piracy in Africa.According to the study released by the Business Software Alliance (BSA and conducted by IDC, reducing software piracy on
readGovt invites Israeli firms to polish its diamonds
15-02-2008
NAMIBIA is committed to getting more of its rough gems cut and polished locally, but it hopes to do that in partnership with major processing centres in Tel Aviv, Antwerp and Mumbai, Namibian
readTelecom sleaze exposed
15-02-2008
THE staggering extent of corruption in the procurement department of Telecom Namibia about 10 years ago started emerging more fully as the Telecom scrap-copper corruption trial continued in the High
readPM denies quitting
15-02-2008
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has denied rumours that he has resigned, claiming the same people who spread lies about his alleged death were behind them.Rumours went around Windhoek this week that
readACC endorses Ithana's meat deal with NWR
15-02-2008
NO laws were contravened by the Omuthiya-based Ha-Na-He butchery in supplying meat to resorts in the Etosha National Park, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said yesterday.ACC Director Paulus Noa
readNorth floods halt services
15-02-2008
SOCIAL and humanitarian services have been hit hard by the floods in the North, especially in the Omusati and Oshana regions.Pension payouts have been affected most severely, with United Paymasters
read'There is no free lunch'
15-02-2008
LAZARUS Jacobs, aka Lazarus Nghumbilemo (Nghumbilemo ya Ndakomani), is a household name in Namibia, primarily because of his stand-up comedy and his 'Eksê Kuume' columns that appeared in The
read'Ambassadors in Blue' visit Walvis
15-02-2008
SOME of the most modern vessels in the German navy - and even in the world, within their relevant classes - arrived at Walvis Bay this past week as part of a German naval task group mission.The
readNo bail for Angolan cocaine suspects
15-02-2008
TWO Angolan nationals who face charges of drug possession were denied bail in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.Jose Manuel Antonio (42) and Daniel Joao Paulo (40) were arrested at a
readTwo people mowed down by trucks
15-02-2008
A 42-year-old man died at Oshikango on Tuesday after being hit by a truck.The deceased was identified as Paulus Augustus, the Police reported yesterday. The driver of the vehicle has not yet been
readUnam strike now off
15-02-2008
AN eleventh-hour intervention by Education Minister Nangolo Mbumba has averted a planned strike at the University of Namibia (Unam).Unionists told staff at a lunch-hour meeting yesterday that
readParliament to open Tuesday, constitutional change in air
15-02-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba will on Tuesday officially open the new parliamentary year, during the course of which an amendment to the Constitution is scheduled to be introduced.It will be the
readCommunity leader quits Swapo
15-02-2008
A COMMUNITY leader at Akweenyaga-Onelago village in the Oshana Region, Walde Namhweya, has resigned from the Swapo Party and has joined the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP).Namhweya told The
readCommunity leader quits Swapo
15-02-2008
A COMMUNITY leader at Akweenyaga-Onelago village in the Oshana Region, Walde Namhweya, has resigned from the Swapo Party and has joined the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP).Namhweya told The
readHarry Simon off hook in latest case
15-02-2008
FORMER boxing world champion Harry Simon was found not guilty yesterday on charges of drunken driving and obstructing the course of justice that resulted from an incident that took place at Walvis Bay
readDam levels rise, eyes turn to Hardap Dam
15-02-2008
LARGE volumes of water that have been flowing into the Hardap Dam near Mariental this week pushed the dam's level to over 64 per cent of its capacity around noon yesterday.The Hardap Dam, which is the
readNakutamanekelwa edhipago lyomukulupe mOmpangu nena
15-02-2008
O MULUMENTU gumwe ngoka ta tamanekelwa okudhenga omukulupe gumwe sigo omeso konima sho e mu kwata koonkondo, okwa holoka mOmpangu ya Mengestrata poKeetmanshoop mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika.Elton
readEfundja enene muumbugantu wa Angola lya dhipaga oongombe dhi vulithe po 2000
15-02-2008
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila muumbugantu wa Angola otayi ti kutya efundja ndjoka li iteyele moshitopolwa shomuumbugantu wa Angola moka, ano mOshitopolwa sha Cunene, omasiku ga zi ko, olya dhipaga mo nale
readAakulupe 2 500 otashi vulika itaya ka mona Openzela omwedhi nguka
15-02-2008
O MOLU omeya ogendji guudha iishana muumbangalantu noondjila dha ninga oondhigu kiiyenditho, otashi vulika aakulupe ye li pomayovi gaali nomathele gatano (2 500) ya ka kale inaya mona oshimaliwa shawo
readAnnan a yelitha omapopyo ge
15-02-2008
N AIROBI - Omukwatelikomeho gwoonkundathana dhi na sha nokweetapo ombili mu Kenya Koffi Annan mEtitatu okwa tululula oonkundana dhika poshitaafula, konima sho a kandulapo po oontamanana kombinga
readOngeleka ya Shaaneko ya tewa kOombotsotso omasiku ga zi ko
15-02-2008
O NGELEKA ya Katoolika ka Roma ya Shaaneko mUukwambi mOshitopolwa sha Shana ya teywa koombotsotso okupendukila Olyomakaya ga zi ko ndele tadhi yi niipatululo yOshitambelenakula, moka hamu pungulwa
readOombotsotso mbali, mwa kwatelwa noyomukadhona, dha kwatwa po kOpolisi
15-02-2008
O POLISI ya Hangwena oya kwata po oombotsotso mbali dhomoombotsotso ne (4) ndhoka dha yugu omuntu iimaliwa ye dha homata pOngha mUukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena omutenya gwEtiyali lyoshiwike
readOmagumbo gombiliha pu Aussenkehr
15-02-2008
O LAATA yoshitopolwa sha Karas oya pulanda okutunga omagumbo gombiliha ge li 3 000 pofaalama ya Aussenkehr pomulonga gwa Orange opo aantu mboka ye li mpoka ya ze mo momagumbo giinyakwi moka ye
readOombotsotso mbali dha kwatwa kOpolisi
15-02-2008
O OMBOTSOTSO mbali dhomoombotsotso tadhi tengenekwa dhi li ne kwali, ndhoka dha yugu dha homata ositola yOmuchina pOndangwa ongula yohela odha kwatwa po kOpolisi konima ashike sho dha yugu ositola
readOokomupiuta tadhi holele mu Netts
15-02-2008
O MASHINA ogendji gookomupiuta ngoka ga li ga landwa kuuministeli wElongo koshimaliwa shoomiliyuna omugoyi (N$9 million) oge li natango mongulu yuupungulilo, molwashoka uuministeli owu na uumbanda
readNamibia U-19 cricketers maul Bermuda
15-02-2008
WINDHOEK - The Namibian under-19 cricket team's moral received a welcome boost yesterday after beating Bermuda at the Selangor Turf Club in Kuala Lumpur.Malaysia. According to the official ICC
readNamPower rewards Namibian wrestlers
15-02-2008
Jason Afrikaner, Lukas Thomas and Tusnelda Swartbooi from the After School Centre Wrestling Club were recently rewarded by Nampower after each won two gold medals at the 2007 South African Wrestling
readMilan's Ronaldo suffers serious knee injury
15-02-2008
MILAN - AC Milan and Brazil striker Ronaldo has ruptured a ligament in his left knee and must undergo surgery, the Serie A club said.The three-times World Player of the Year was carried off in tears
readPistorius says IAAF forced CAS appeal
15-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Double amputee Oscar Pistorius is taking his ban from able-bodied races to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) due to the International Amateur Athletics Federation's (IAAF)
readZamalek start Champions League without internationals
15-02-2008
JOHANNESBURG - Zamalek will be without their Egyptian national team players when they meet Rwanda's APR FC in their African Champions League campaign opener tomorrow.Zamalek arrived in Kigali on
readSKW, Civics to fight it out tonight
15-02-2008
Log leaders Cymot SKW take on Civics at the SKW Stadium tonight in the pick of this weekend's Premier League matches.Both teams are highly motivated for victory and Civics especially are in confident
readMore children benefit from Kiddies
15-02-2008
Sport lessons Fifty-six Grade 1 learners from the Moses Garoeb and Tobias Hainyeko Primary Schools in Katutura will attend Kiddies Sports lessons for free this year, thanks to a N$45 000 sponsorship
readNew faces, rule changes add intrigue to Super 14
15-02-2008
SYDNEY - The southern hemisphere's Super 14 competition kicks off this weekend with a host of new faces and rule changes promising a season full of surprises.Every year brings changes but each of the
readNewspaper Cup replaced by U20 Namibian Challenge
15-02-2008
The Namibian Newspaper Cup will not take place this year, but will instead be replaced by a match between Namibia's national Under 20 side and their South African counterparts.According to a joint
read30 die in boat collision
15-02-2008
KAMPALA - Ugandan marine police have found 30 bodies in Lake Victoria in eastern Uganda after two boats collided earlier this week, police said yesterday."We have called off the operations after
readDogs give up their lives to save family
15-02-2008
WINONA, Minnesota - Bella, a three-year-old golden retriever/collie mix who was once rescued as an abused puppy, returned the favour to her owners by alerting them to a house fire.With help from
readMakoni's plan to 'heal' Zimbabwe
15-02-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni pledged yesterday to heal the southern African country's wounds as he unveiled his strategy to end President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule in
readHezbollah chief vows retaliation
15-02-2008
BEIRUT - The chief of Hezbollah vowed yesterday to retaliate against Israeli targets anywhere in the world after accusing the Jewish state of killing the militant Imad Mughniyeh in Syria.Israel
readSudan regrets Spielberg Olympic pullout
15-02-2008
KHARTOUM - Sudan's Olympic Committee expressed regret yesterday after Hollywood blockbuster director Steven Spielberg pulled out as adviser to the Beijing Olympics over China's record in Darfur."We
readKenya crisis talks adjourned to Monday
15-02-2008
NAIROBI - Kenya's feuding political parties adjourned talks for the weekend yesterday dashing chief mediator Kofi Annan's hopes of having a final political settlement this week to the post-election
readAfrica bright spot in Bush foreign policy legacy
15-02-2008
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush Bush travels this week to Africa, one of the few regions where he can claim globally recognised successes for efforts on AIDS and development in a foreign policy
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