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46 Articles found on Friday, 22 February 2008
Beyond Promises: A Crisis of Legitimacy?
22-02-2008
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges, even where there are no rivers. [Nikita Khrushchev] SOMETIMES a person wants to write big, so to speak. You feel like you want to
readHolding Charities Accountable
22-02-2008
SUPPOSE you are concerned about children in Africa dying from preventable diseases.You want to donate money to a charity that is working to reduce the toll. But there are many charities doing that.
readAfrica's Defence Of Sovereignty Compromises Human Security
22-02-2008
I SPENT the biggest part of last week in the small and sleepy Italian town of Brindisi, right on the shores of the Adriatic Sea.Brindisi's quietness contrasts sharply with Rome, and to be more
readNeed To Reinvigorate Our Health System
22-02-2008
THERE'S been far too much negative reporting around our health services and State hospitals in past months, and while we understand that Health Minister Richard Kamwi is serious about his mandate, he
readPolitical Perspective
22-02-2008
SUBSTANCE is obviously more important than image, but image can be quite key too when it comes to public figures, for example how they deport themselves and how they come across to Namibians and the
readComputers Can't 'Rot'
22-02-2008
I MUST take issue with the headline of your story about the NETSS Centre in your Thursday edition of last week, which, incidentally, I read on the web while attending a conference overseas.First of
readComputers Can't 'Rot'
22-02-2008
I MUST take issue with the headline of your story about the NETSS Centre in your Thursday edition of last week, which, incidentally, I read on the web while attending a conference overseas.First of
readNamibians Must Be Development-Oriented
22-02-2008
THE meaning of democracy can only be vital and more practical in the presence of political will and it is again in the interest of good governance that concerted efforts in addressing public burning
readCivil Service Needs To Serve
22-02-2008
NAMIBIA is fortunate to have an excellent constitution with entrenched rights, duties and responsibilities.It is a secular Democracy with Leagislative, Executive and Judicial checks and balances. Our
readEducation Down The Drain
22-02-2008
WITH reference to the article 'School computers rot in store', (The Namibian, page 1, February 14 2008) it is really sad to hear such news in an upcoming nation where valuable investments go down the
readSudoku And Other Big Issues
22-02-2008
I AM a Sudoku-HOLIC! Sounds like the opening of an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting but even number puzzles can create addiction and in my case nearly did! So after about a year I quit and subsequently
readSMSes of the Day : Thursday
22-02-2008
n TOTALITARIANISM is rearing its ugly head in this country.Censorship, and other familiar epithets of totalitarianism like leader of the revolution, father of the nation are commonplace.It is
readUpgrades Can Be Immediate
22-02-2008
AS reported in The Namibian of February 7, the parastatal Namibia Airports Company (NAC) plans to invest N$295 million to upgrade several of the eight airports that it manages around the country.Of
readA Long, Costly And Risky Commute
22-02-2008
I'M a 22-year-old and started commuting a year ago (from Rehoboth). Herewith I want to invite my fellow commuters to join in with their views and opinions on this topic. When I started commuting, a
readAfrican economy growing, but slowly
22-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - The African economy faces being left further behind by the rest of the world despite registering impressive growth rates since the turn of the decade, a new report forecast yesterday.The
readG8 business network fails to involve Africa
22-02-2008
DAKAR - A business network to tackle poverty and graft in Africa, launched amid fanfare at the Gleneagles G8 summit two years ago, is failing because it has not won the support of African firms, a
readNew energy law for W Cape on the cards
22-02-2008
ENERGY in the Western Cape is set to become cleaner and greener with the introduction of ground-breaking legislation that will kick-start the renewable energy industry throughout the province.The
readDe Beers challenged over exports
22-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - South African MPs are considering whether to call De Beers to give evidence to the financial watchdog committee on public accounts on how it came suddenly to export huge numbers of uncut
readTelecom launches BEE buying policy
22-02-2008
TELECOM Namibia has introduced a policy to procure goods and services from companies that adhere to certain criteria with regard to black economic empowerment such as shareholding and ownership of
readLover relives fatal stabbing
22-02-2008
"I stabbed her because she's the one who stabbed me first."This was one of the explanations that murder suspect Johannes Amunyela (37) offered in the High Court in Windhoek yesterday for the stabbing
readHelicopter to fly in aid to isolated herders in North
22-02-2008
CATTLE herders in the flooded southern part of the Oshana Region have been cut off from the rest of the country - and fresh food supplies - for a month.The office of the Governor of Oshana announced
readE-Red puts a spoke in Swakop's solar wheels
22-02-2008
SOLAR power is more expensive than the electricity supplied by Erongo Red, contrary to what the Swakopmund municipality advocates, the regional power distributor says.E-Red CEO Gerhard Coeln was
readSomeone else filed meat complaint: ACC
22-02-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) did not notify the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) of the outcome of its investigation into allegations against the Justice Minister because it was not
readNBC faces contempt charge
22-02-2008
THE Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is facing a contempt of court charge after it failed to pay a penalty prescribed by the District Labour Court in a case of unfair dismissal.NBC dismissed Edy
readAIDS might change political systems in southern Africa
22-02-2008
THE impact of HIV-AIDS in southern Africa might cause countries to change their political systems like proportional representation and single-member constituency systems, where a candidate is voted
readChild drowns in well in flood-hit North
22-02-2008
THE body of a three-year-old child was found in a well at Elongo village near Outapi on Tuesday.Police reported yesterday that the child had drowned in the well a day earlier. He was identified as
readReward offered in filling station murder case
22-02-2008
THE Police have offered a N$15 000 reward for information on the suspects in a murder that happened at the Onyaanya Filling Station in the Oshikoto Region in January.In that incident, 29-year-old
readLess than golden handshake for Keetmans CEO
22-02-2008
THE Keetmanshoop Town Council has approved a resignation payout of close to N$73 000 for its former Chief Executive Officer, Jeremia Shangadi, The Namibian has established.The package includes
readOne person CAN make a difference
22-02-2008
CHRISTA Bracht has been feeding and looking after feral cats in Windhoek for the past 46 years - out of her own pocket. It all started when she was a child and her parents took her and her two
readSpeedy treatment for accident victims at Walvis Bay hospital
22-02-2008
IN an attempt to increase support for surviving victims of car accidents, the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund and the Welwitschia Medi-park in Walvis Bay have agreed to help these victims receive
readKavango DTA members take aim at Kaura
22-02-2008
THE opposition DTA party says it will discipline some party members in the Kavango Region who have called on its president, Katuutire Kaura, not to stand for re-election at the next DTA central
readKavango DTA members take aim at Kaura
22-02-2008
THE opposition DTA party says it will discipline some party members in the Kavango Region who have called on its president, Katuutire Kaura, not to stand for re-election at the next DTA central
readClinic Clowns spread some cheer among sick children
22-02-2008
LAUGHTER is the best medicine - that's the motto of clinic clowns who cheer up hospital patients across the world. This movement was started in America by Dr Hunter 'Patch' Adams, a doctor who soon
readSmith poised to equal Cronje's record
22-02-2008
DHAKA - Graeme Smith will equal the South African captaincy record held by the late Hansie Cronje when he leads his team in the first test against Bangladesh starting today.It will be Smith's 53rd
readMTC NFA Cup set to start
22-02-2008
The first round of Namibia's richest soccer cup competiton, the MTC NFA Cup gets underway this weekend, and as usual some big upsets can be expected. Matches will take place at Keetmanshoop's J
readNepal beat Namibia by three runs
22-02-2008
Namibia crashed to a three run defeat against Nepal in the U19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia yesterday. Nepal batted first and were dismissed for a low score of 164. Namibia seemed to be heading for
readAthletics coaches off to Germany
22-02-2008
Athletics coaches Letu Hamhola and Cecil Malgas have been invited to attend a coaching course in Leipzig, Germany by the Leipzig University.The Track and Field coaching course, which is specifically
readAthletics coaches off to Germany
22-02-2008
Athletics coaches Letu Hamhola and Cecil Malgas have been invited to attend a coaching course in Leipzig, Germany by the Leipzig University.The Track and Field coaching course, which is specifically
readBush promises 'hope and peace' in Liberia
22-02-2008
President Bush said yesterday that the United States is committed to helping restore lives of "hope and peace" in Liberia as it struggles to rebound from a 14-year civil war that left this West
readKenya's 'women in white' to talks
22-02-2008
NAIROBI - Kenyan women wearing white clothes to symbolise peace vowed yesterday to surround the venue of crisis talks until a solution is found to the east African country's worst turmoil since
readNot Madeleine McCann
22-02-2008
French police say a child spotted in a restaurant near the southern city of Montpellier was not missing Madeleine McCann. A Dutch tourist claimed to have seen the missing British four-year-old last
readFalling satellite danger over
22-02-2008
Debris from an obliterated United States spy satellite is being tracked over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans but appears to be too small to cause any damage on Earth, a senior military officer said
readFalling satellite danger over
22-02-2008
Debris from an obliterated United States spy satellite is being tracked over the Pacific and Atlantic oceans but appears to be too small to cause any damage on Earth, a senior military officer said
readRepublic of Wherever
22-02-2008
Kosovo's independence raises question: Why not Scotland or Vermont? * WILLIAM J KOLE SEAN Connery thinks a Scottish nation is a bonnie notion.How about Spain's Basque country becoming a REAL country?
readThousands converge on Belgrade to protest Kosovo
22-02-2008
BELGRADE -Thousands of Serbs headed to Belgrade yesterday to attend a rally protesting Kosovo's independence, raising fears that the gathering could trigger street violence.Schools were closed and
readNeglect kills 16 in DRC jail
22-02-2008
KINSHASA - Hunger and lack of healthcare have killed 16 detainees, some never convicted of a crime, at a prison in central Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, the United Nations
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