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58 Articles found on Friday, 29 February 2008
How Effective Is Disaster Relief?
29-02-2008
WHEN disaster strikes, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are among the first on the scene.The United Nations estimates that there are now more than 37 000 international NGOs, with major donors
readObama and Iraq
29-02-2008
I KNEW the US presidential race was over last week when my son pre-emptively announced that he had lost his bet with me: Hillary Clinton was not going to be the Democratic candidate.The question of
readPresident Pohamba's Use Of Oshiwambo Empties The State Of Its Republican Sense
29-02-2008
PRESIDENT Pohamba is now frequently addressing public rallies in Oshiwambo, his mother tongue.Such an uneasy practice raises a few conundrums that should be the subject of a less than hypocritical
readPolitical Perspective: 'GOVERNMENT will establish a media council'.
29-02-2008
These were the verbatim words of Information and Broadcasting Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah in a press release (undated) earlier this week in which she denied an article in the Government newspaper
readFree And Fair Should Be The Spirit
29-02-2008
FOR Namibia's Attorney General, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, to accuse the media of incitement is plainly without basis, and cannot be allowed to divert attention from the fact that Swapo, most notably
readStop Inciting Political Violence
29-02-2008
I AM a Namibian student in the UK, where I'm studying a degree in Corporate Banking and Management.Last year President Pohamba and other prominent Namibian businessmen were in London for a Namibia-UK
readDisappointed In President Pohamba
29-02-2008
I HAVE never been more disappointed than when I read your article about what our President Pohamba said, comparing the opposition with 'Judas' etc.I have always had the greatest respect for him. Are
readRestore Our Town's Dignity
29-02-2008
WRITING in my capacity as a municipal ratepayer, I agree wholeheartedly with the recently published objections to the current proliferation of billboards in Windhoek, particularly the giant billboards
readOur People Don't Care
29-02-2008
THE idea behind billboards in Namibia is a bit obscure.We have roughly 1,6 million people and the percentage of those who need to be persuaded as consumers must be largely negligible. Ludicrous is the
readSMSes of the Day : Friday
29-02-2008
* Aristotle says "criticism is something you can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing". President Pohamba, you are the State President. It's time to stand up and be counted.
readTaxing Questions
29-02-2008
I CAN almost hear the rasp of pencils being sharpened by our local commentators and economists as they prepare for the presentation of the National Budget for the next 3 years.No doubt they will pull
readQuick Emergency Response Needed
29-02-2008
AT 5 o'clock on Sunday morning my husband had a fall and fractured his hip.He could not get up off the floor, even with my help, and suffered severe pain. I made him as comfortable as I could, then
readBillboards Are Visual Pollution
29-02-2008
I WOULD like to add my name to any group that backs the banning of billboards in Namibia.They are visual pollution and infringe on my right to have a clear and clean view of my immediate environment.
readBillboards Are Visual Pollution
29-02-2008
I WISH to add my support to those who oppose the indiscriminate felling of trees in order to make place for yet another billboard! It is time that the City Council made a clear statement regarding its
readCall For Inter-Party Tolerance
29-02-2008
WHO advises our President? Please presidential advisors, the world is watching and to be honest I want a clean reputation for our President and Namibia itself.President Pohamba is internationally
readAngola Doesn't Discriminate
29-02-2008
MY name is Mauro Rodriguez.I am a 29-year-old Angolan citizen, but I studied, graduated proudly in Namibia, and eventually got married to my beautiful wife Olivia and we now have two beautiful
readSA signs power deal with Alstom
29-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa has signed a 1,4 billion euro deal with French industrial group, Alstom, to help build a coal power plant, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday.Sarkozy is in
readMWEB launches VSAT broadband
29-02-2008
MWEB Namibia this week formally launched its VSAT technology, bringing Namibia into the ranks of more technologically advanced nations.VSAT, using satellite technology, enables users to access the
readIMF, Congo set targets to deal with overspending
29-02-2008
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund and Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed on policies to address government overspending in late 2007 prompted by unplanned security costs, an IMF
readRehoboth Dvt Forum holds AGM
29-02-2008
THE Rehoboth Development Forum will hold its inaugural Annual General Meeting on March 8 at Origo Primary School, situated in the southern town.The forum was formed in October last year with the
readOil price retreats further
29-02-2008
LONDON - Oil prices fell yesterday as rising US energy inventories soothed market concerns about tight supplies a day after New York crude struck a record peak above US$102 a barrel.Downward price
readGhana in deal to develop oil sector
29-02-2008
ACCRA - Norway has agreed to supply experts and technical resources to allow Ghana to develop its nascent oil industry, the West African country's finance minister said on Wednesday.Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu
readIndia to plough funds into failing farms
29-02-2008
NEW DELHI - India's finance minister, preparing a budget for the fast-expanding economy, faces the twin test of providing much needed support for a stagnant farm sector while countering the impact of
readOmuthiya poll off
29-02-2008
THE local authority election which was to be held at Omuthiya today was called of at the last minute yesterday afternoon.It has been postponed until further notice because two of the four contesting
readNamcor, oil firms agree on fuel shipment
29-02-2008
MAJOR differences between Namcor and local oil companies have been sorted out and the first vessel carrying Namcor's diesel and jet fuel is expected to anchor at Walvis Bay tomorrow.This was confirmed
readMariental calm and ready for any flood
29-02-2008
AFTER four days without rain in the Hardap Dam's catchment area Mariental residents are starting to breathe a bit more easily - the dam's level has slowly subsided and with it fears of flooding in the
readSwapo blames media for election violence
29-02-2008
SWAPO has told the media to be extra careful when reporting on violence related to election campaigns.The party's Secretary General, Pendukeni Iivula-Ithana, claimed at a media briefing in Windhoek
readUnions open branches at Poly
29-02-2008
THE Namibia Public Workers' Union (Napwu) and the Namibian National Teachers' Union (Nantu) yesterday opened branches at the Polytechnic of Namibia.Around 160 staff members attended the first union
readHip-hop enlisted in AIDS fight
29-02-2008
PEOPLE in Need (PIN) Namibia, a Czech Republic-funded organisation for families affected by HIV-AIDS in Namibia, plans a Virus Free Generation Hip-Hop Tour as part of an HIV-AIDS awareness
readPeter Kalangula's funeral tomorrow
29-02-2008
RETIRED politician and church leader Peter Kalangula (82), who died in the Windhoek Central Hospital on February 20, will be buried at Ondangwa tomorrow.The funeral will start at 08h00 at the Church
readFisheries need foreign experts
29-02-2008
UNTIL Namibians become skilled enough to work in all levels of the fishing industry, there will have to be foreign expertise to do the job, Fisheries Minister Abraham Iyambo said at Walvis Bay on
readNew era of co-operation with Finland
29-02-2008
FINLAND is transforming its development focus for Namibia to that of bilateral commercial relations, with the last bilateral grant project ending in March next year."Both countries held negotiations
readVolunteering for better state hospitals
29-02-2008
THE Pukumani Trust, which means "celebrate life" last year painted, renovated and fixed Wards 5A & B, and some rooms on the sixth, seventh and eight floors in the Katutura Hospital in Windhoek.The
readSwanu threatens Unam about ban on campus politics
29-02-2008
SWANU has told the University of Namibia to drop its policy barring staff from active politics or face action that would expose what it called Unam's "hypocrisy and malicious intentions".Swanu's
readCrop failure feared in the North
29-02-2008
FLOODS in northern Namibia have destroyed crops in the Omusati and Oshana regions, a meteorological observer has told The Namibian.Jenny Kahere, who was part of a team that did a crop assessment in
readDamaraland flash floods alert
29-02-2008
TRAVELLERS planning to use the Palmwag-Sesfontein road in the Kunene Region should exercise great care, as flash floods in the Hoanib and Skelm rivers pose a serious risk to unwary motorists,
readGem suspect's sticky situation unfolds
29-02-2008
THE trial of former Namdeb employee James Vilho Auala, who denies that he stole diamonds worth almost half a million Namibia dollars from his employer at Oranjemund three years ago, was postponed to
readOhauto ya Johanna ya monika
29-02-2008
O HAUTO yOtoyota hayi nana akuhe yOmulongisikola po Ashiyana mOngwediva meme Johanna Nakale ndjoka ya yakelwe po kuyele mOmwedhi nguka, ya monika kOpolisi, ya adhika momudhingoloko gwa Ndjiva
readYatatu ya sila miiponga yomoondjila
29-02-2008
A ANTU yatatu oya si miiponga iyali yomoondjila konima sho ootuukala mbali dhi idhenge momatalaka mondjila ya Usakos na Rehoboth oshiwike sha zi ko.Basil Raleigh Lewis gwoomvula 54 na Hester Catharina
readOngundu yoSwapo ya nyenyetela Oshikondo shomahogololo
29-02-2008
O NGUNDU yoSwapo otayi nyenyeta kutya edhina lyokandidaate yimwe yongundu yoRally for Progress and Democracy (RDP) momahogololo ga Muni gwondoolopa ya Muthiya, oya yakelwa mo momusholondondo gwomwaalu
readOshilyo shoRDP sha dhengwa nomavi, ohauto yasho tayi dhengwa nomakuma
29-02-2008
O POLISI ya Ndangwa otayi konaakona oshipotha moka oshilyo sho RDP Vilho Hamunyela, 'Kabila', a tsininwa omavi nokudhengwa nago, yo ohauto ye tayi dhengwa nomakuma nokutsininwa wo omavi, epandela lye
readNakusa Kalangula ota fumvikwa ngula pOndangwa
29-02-2008
O MUNAPOLITIKA a tseyika nawa mu Namibia nokuli wo Omuwiliki gwopombepo (e li mopenzela) tatekulu Peter Kalangula (82), ngoka a mana oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo sha Windhoek Central Hospital momasiku
readAapangi yakuleni oshigwana nawa ngashi mwa ganena: Minista Ithana
29-02-2008
P ETHIMBO ta popitha oshigongi oshinene shAaswapo mOngwediva mOsoondaha ya zi ko, Amushangandjayi gwoSwapo me Pendukeni Ivula-Iithana okwa indila kaapangi ya longe nokuyakula oshigwana nawa ngashi ya
readOly cheats likely to be found
29-02-2008
LAUSANNE - Olympic cheats are likely to be found and left at home, recently-elected World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey said on Wednesday.WADA director general David Howman also said that
readLate Xavi goal earns Barca a draw
29-02-2008
MADRID - Xavi scored a dramatic last-minute equaliser to earn Barcelona a 1-1 draw at home to Valencia in their King's Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday.Valencia looked to have completed a classic
readUnity against racism in French soccer
29-02-2008
PARIS - Leading sports figures are uniting to combat racism in French soccer, and want harsher punishments.UEFA president Michel Platini, sports minister Bernard Laporte and French league president
readBuccaneers club champs again!
29-02-2008
The 2007 edition of the Squash Club Championships took place at the Klein Windhoek Squash Club on Friday 22 and Saturday February 23.Kicking off on Friday, it featured the three biggest squash clubs
readSocial League Fixtures
29-02-2008
Saturday 1 March Katutura Sports Complex Time 13h00 Hemco Firebirds v/s Supa Strikas 14h00 Arebbusch Swallows v/s Min of Enviro 15h00 City of Whk v/s Cell One 16h00 Min of Finance v/s Omulunga Rad
readIOC's Bubka to head Singapore Youth Games inspection
29-02-2008
ATHENS - International Olympic Committee member Sergey Bubka will head the coordination commission which will monitor preparations for the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, the IOC said
readUushona itching for Nuumbembe fight
29-02-2008
Namibian welterweight champion Tyson Uushona has accused boxing promoter Nestor Tobias of trying to avoid him and has instead started looking for opponents in South Africa.Uushona earlier stated that
readCalling all Liverpool fans
29-02-2008
The Liverpool Supporters Club of Namibia (LSCN) continues to grow with three more branches in Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Usakos scheduled to open this weekend.The Usakos meeting will start at 15h00 at
readRioters 'try to topple' Biya
29-02-2008
DOULA - Renewed violence broke out on Wednesday in Cameroon, where eight were reported killed in the western town of Njombe and President Paul Biya accused rioters of trying to topple him.The latest
readKenya's political rivals sign agreement to share power
29-02-2008
NAIROBI - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed an agreement yesterday after talks on power-sharing to end a post-election crisis.In a televised ceremony, the two
readRacist abuse at Free State university campus prompts uproar
29-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - A video made by white students that humiliated black university employees has prompted angry protests and criticism that racism remains entrenched in South Africa 14 years after the end of
readChina says dumplings 'sabotaged'
29-02-2008
Chinese-made dumplings which made 10 people sick in Japan were sabotaged, most probably in Japan, China's security and quality watchdogs said yesterday.No one has died from the poisoned food but the
readFrance to review Africa defence
29-02-2008
CAPE TOWN - France is to renegotiate all its defence cooperation agreements with African countries, President Nicolas Sarkozy said yesterday in a move that could alter France's military support for
readThird room found at Jersey home
29-02-2008
Police are to investigate a third cellar at Haut de la Garenne on Jersey in the Britsh Channel Islands following a phone call from an ex-staff member at the former children's home.A sniffer dog
readHostages free
29-02-2008
CARACA - Four Colombian lawmakers begin their first full day of freedom yesterday, the day after being released by FARC guerrillas.Speaking in Caracas, they told of their years-long ordeal and of
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