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64 Articles found on Friday, 6 June 2008
From the Sidelines : Sport deals need attention
06-06-2008
CONTRACTUAL agreements between companies and various sporting bodies are sensitive issues which need the serious attention of the Namibia Sports Commission (NSC).At the moment, the Namibia Football
readIs Democracy The Last Word In Good Governance?
06-06-2008
I SPENT the past week in the United Arab Emirates, in particular Abu Dhabi and Dubai.For sociological reasons, Dubai is more exciting, for it is not only ambitious in economic terms, but it's more
readA New Deal for Poor Farmers
06-06-2008
NEW YORK - Many poor, food-importing countries around the world have become desperate in recent months, as global prices of rice, wheat and maize have doubled.Hundreds of millions of poor people, who
readSixty Years of UN Peacekeeping
06-06-2008
SIXTY years ago, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 50, authorising the first UN peacekeeping mission and forever altering the manner in which the international community would approach and
readPolitical Perspective
06-06-2008
WE'VE all got to pay our way, or make a plan when we can't, so the impression must not be given with the recent exposé of top political leaders reneging on their debts, that this should somehow
readPreaching The Words Of Tolerance
06-06-2008
NAMIBIANS must take care not to fan the flames of intolerance, which could lead to outbreaks of xenophobia similar to those in South Africa.Neither must political leadership treat this matter as
readSMS of the Day : Friday
06-06-2008
* I AM so sick and tired of management using beautiful words to try and motivate us at grassroots level against corruption, when it is they themselves who are the most corrupt. I should know. I have
readA Legacy Of Denial
06-06-2008
IN a democratic set -up a leader is accountable for his actions, and those of his subordinates.Thabo Mbeki said the attacks in Gauteng on foreigners (Uitlanders) are a disgrace. We agree, but why did
readToo Academic?
06-06-2008
ALLOW me room in your esteemed paper to make a contribution regrading the recent article by Mr Hengari entitled 'Africa: Beyond Humiliation And The African Century'.The title was rather catchy but the
readService, Not Image, Is Key
06-06-2008
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to express my opinion as a customer and Namibian citizen towards the MTC logo makeover, which is claimed to have cost about N$10 million.Ten million can make a huge
readFrog Boiling
06-06-2008
PUT a frog in a pot of cold water and boil.The frog will do nothing, get cooked and die; drop a frog into a pot of boiling water and the frog instantly reacts, jumps out and survives. I could not find
readIndongo Insults Us
06-06-2008
AT the JCI awards Dr Frans Aupa Indongo, Group Executive Chairman of Frans Indongo Group, insulted the people of Zimbabwe and Africa in general.In his speech he attributed Zimbabwe's economic collapse
readFree Press Is Key
06-06-2008
THE Namibian Constitution under Article 21 (Fundamental Freedoms) ensures the right of freedom of speech and association.In practice however, if opposing opinion waves meet, especially in politics,
readTale Of A Weary Traveller
06-06-2008
I CONSIDER myself a perfectly average male. My weight is about 100 kg (subject to minor variations) and I am about 188 cm tall (subject to age shrinkage).However, my overall dimensions suggest
readMTC And The Environment
06-06-2008
MTC Ceo and his marketing team, your blue plastic marketing might be a great marketing idea but please recall your actions in the local dailies of 27 May 2008.Unfortunately the (un)intended
readMTC And The Environment
06-06-2008
MTC Ceo and his marketing team, your blue plastic marketing might be a great marketing idea but please recall your actions in the local dailies of 27 May 2008.Unfortunately the (un)intended
readTop Brass No Role Models
06-06-2008
ACC wants facts on top brass debt (The Namibian, May 23 2008, Pg 1) Is there a difference before the law between the people within a democratic community? Is there something the one may do and the
readRising food prices a 'time bomb'
06-06-2008
CAPE TOWN - South Africa's ruling party head Jacob Zuma warned yesterday that food prices were a "time bomb," raising the risk of instability if frustrations boil over among the poor."The issue of
readFood summit may end without declaration
06-06-2008
ROME - A summit on the global food crisis was at risk of closing without a declaration of intent yesterday because of squabbling over side issues.Delegates from 183 countries at the Rome talks missed
readYahoo fires back
06-06-2008
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo fired back at billionaire Carl Icahn, saying the corporate raider "misrepresents and manipulates" the facts in a dispute over a failed merger deal with Microsoft.Yahoo added
readPower problems, a thorn in miner's side
06-06-2008
ALTHOUGH Namibia is a mining investor's paradise due to proper governance and high-class infrastructure, the country is paying for its heavy reliance on South Africa, Weatherly International Chief
readOil falls below US$122 pb
06-06-2008
SINGAPORE - Oil edged down yesterday, adding to the past two sessions' $5 losses, as India and Malaysia's decisions to raise fuel costs, together with weaker US consumption, heightened worries about
readTough climate goals cost US$45 trillion
06-06-2008
BONN - A goal to halve planet-warming carbon emissions by 2050, similar to an aim Japan is urging G8 leaders to agree next month, would add US$45 trillion to global energy bills, the International
readNHE and Standard Bank in housing agreement
06-06-2008
STANDARD Bank Namibia and the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) on Wednesday signed an agreement to enable the bank to co-finance NHE housing products and maximise its private capital investment in
readUnions pressure Unam on charges
06-06-2008
TWO unions representing staff at the University of Namibia have called on the institution to drop the charges against two academics who are involved in politics.Unam notified Swanu president Usutuaije
readStudents feel victimised in crime spree
06-06-2008
INCREASING violent crime against students in Windhoek, which has already claimed the lives of three students this year, yesterday resulted in a plea for help by a number of students' representative
readPre-paid meter case settled out of court
06-06-2008
A PENDING court case that would have laid bare the inner workings of a company, Namibia Electronic Payment Terminals (NEPT), that has the exclusive contract to process all pre-paid electricity meters
readFuel price up again
06-06-2008
FUEL prices are going up again on Monday - for the fifth time this year.The Minister of Mines and Energy, Erkki Nghimtina, said in statement that the price of leaded and unleaded petrol will go up by
readTime to remember or time to forget?
06-06-2008
NAMIBIANS still have to come to grips with the dark chapters of apartheid rule and the liberation struggle and deal with the atrocities committed on both sides during that era.This process would
readProgress on regional transport corridors
06-06-2008
TRANSPORT corridors across southern Africa are to be developed and existing ones expanded to support the establishment of a regional customs union by 2010 and a common market by 2015, a conference on
readUranium industry wants new image by 2010
06-06-2008
NAMIBIA'S fast-growing uranium-mining industry says it is in the process of transformation.A management system that will ensure a sustainable relationship between the environment, the people and the
readOvambanderus seek new chieftain
06-06-2008
MEMBERS of the royal Nguvauva clan of the deeply divided Ovambanderu people will start deliberations today to find a successor to the late Chief Munjuku II Nguvauva, who died in January this year.At
readBillion-dollar biofuels production in pipeline
06-06-2008
THE ninth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has called on countries to engage in research and information exchange on biofuels.Dr Kirsten Probst, the
readFrom Holland, with love for Five Dollar
06-06-2008
THE Dutch organisations Orange Babies and Lief! have donated 105 000 euros (about N$1,26 million) to the Ileni Tulikwafeni project in the Five Rand Camp informal settlement at Okahandja.They have also
readMPs collect only N$19 000 for flood and drought relief
06-06-2008
MEMBERS of Parliament only managed to collect N$19 000 among themselves to donate to the flood and drought relief fund in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.Deputy Speaker Doreen Sioka yesterday
readMPs collect only N$19 000 for flood and drought relief
06-06-2008
MEMBERS of Parliament only managed to collect N$19 000 among themselves to donate to the flood and drought relief fund in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.Deputy Speaker Doreen Sioka yesterday
readWas KAT sale invalid?
06-06-2008
THE GIPF Board of Trustees Chairman, Hartmut Ruppel, has brushed off claims that the purchase of the Karas Abattoir and Tannery (KAT) by Brukkaros Meat Processors (BMP) had been pushed through using
readJudiciary meets on human rights and rule of law
06-06-2008
THE crucial importance of the independence of the judiciary for a stable democracy was at the forefront with the opening of a gathering of Namibia's Judges and Magistrates in Windhoek this
readACC nabs inspector for nepotism offences
06-06-2008
A SCHOOL inspector in the Caprivi Region is to appear in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate's Court today on charges of corruption after he was arrested yesterday by the Anti-Corruption Commission.The
readTabloid not welcome at Miss Nam pageant
06-06-2008
MISA Namibia's National Director, Mathew Haikali, has expressed disappointment over the Miss Namibia beauty pageant organiser's decision to refuse the weekly Informanté newspaper entry to the
readAnother protest against Okahandja CEO
06-06-2008
ANGRY Okahandja residents took to the streets yesterday in protest against a number of controversial decisions made by their municipality over the last month.The demonstrators were particularly
readPetition to stop guns reaching Zimbabwe
06-06-2008
NAMIBIA'S civil society yesterday urged the Government to declare an immediate moratorium on the transfer of any military, paramilitary, police or security equipment destined for Zimbabwe that can be
readEx-Namdeb employee jailed over gem theft
06-06-2008
FORMER Namdeb employee James Vilho Auala, who was convicted earlier this week on a charge that he had stolen diamonds worth over N$438 000 from his employer in early 2005, was sentenced to pay a fine
readNorthern shopkeepers want protection
06-06-2008
A GROUP of 112 businesspeople in the North gathered at Oshakati on Wednesday to form an organisation to protect the interests of local entrepreneurs against foreign-owned businesses.The Anti-Chinese
readConcerns about child slavery in Namibia
06-06-2008
NAMIBIA may be a source and destination country for child trafficking but the magnitude is not known, according to a US State Department report released on Wednesday.The annual "Trafficking in
readEsau okwa geya kombinga yoolopota kutya oku na oongunga
06-06-2008
O MINISTA yOpevi mUuministeli woomina nIikwankondo Bernhard Esau okwa pulanda okufala Muni gwa Venduka kOmpangu pamwe niikundaneki yilwe mbyoka ya lopota kutya oku li mongundu yaasimanekwa mboka ye na
readOsitola ya Friendly Crocer po Academia ya yugwa
06-06-2008
M WENE gOsitola yo Friendly Crocer po Academia okwa yugwa oshimaliwa shOondola/N$75 000 (koomuma) nomwaalu gwootjeke kadhi shiwike ongula yOmaandaha.Opolisi oya popi kutya shika osha ningwa lwopotundi
readAanangeshefa mOnooli ya tota po olutu lwokukondjitha aanangeshefa yaChina
06-06-2008
O NGUNDU yaanangeshefa yokoNooli ye li mwa kwatelwa naamboka aanene noya simana muunangeshefa mIitopolwa ayihe ine yomoNooli, mEtitatu lya zi ko oya ningi oshigongi shopaulumompumbwe mOshakati, moka
readMakeninga a simana mOshakati a hulitha
06-06-2008
M AKENINGA a simana gwomOneshila mOshakati Arthur Matias Moshe gwoomvula 45, okwa mana oondjenda dhe ombaadhilila, a manene megumbo lyawo mOneshila moka mEtitano lya zi ko.Nakusa Arthur Moshe
readEwawa lyAakokele moSwapo olya hala Aamix ya tulululwe
06-06-2008
E WAWA lyaakokele moSwapo nenge tutye Swapo Party Elders' Council olya indile kEpangelo li tululule aakwashigwana konyala ye li 3000 mboka ye li pu Mix Campa popepi na Brackwater shaa li
readOonakuponokelwa mu South Afrika 11 ya galukila kegumbo
06-06-2008
A ANAMIBIA ye li omulongo nagumwe (11) mboka ya kala mu South Afrika uule woomvula dhontumba dha zi ko, oya galukile kegumbo pakwathelo lyEpangelo - konima sho mo South Afrika mwa holoka omahepeko
readFour new caps against WP
06-06-2008
FOUR new caps have been included in the Welwitschia Invitational Rugby team to play Vodacom Western Province in a friendly on Saturday afternoon.Centres Jaco van Zyl and David Philander, flanker PJ
readJan Jonker, Shifidi in classic clash
06-06-2008
THE scene is set for the senior football teams of Jan Jonker and Immanuel Shifidi Senior Secondary Schools in Katutura locking horns in the second FNB Soccer Classic Clash of 2008 today.Kick-off is at
readTollie, Fransman quit Ramblers
06-06-2008
RAMBLERS coaches Tollie van Wyk and David Fransman confirmed their resignation from the Namibian premiership side yesterday.Van Wyk told The Namibian Sport that he handed in his resignation letter to
readKom-En-Haal hockey tourney at Doc Jubber
06-06-2008
THE Namibia Schools' Hockey Association and the Namibia Hockey Union (NHU) will host the biggest secondary schools' hockey event, known as the Doc Jubber and Kom-En-Haal tournament, for first-league
readAli ready for Ntshingila
06-06-2008
WINDHOEK - Namibia's former Commonwealth welterweight champion Paulus 'Ali' Nuumbembe says he is ready to take on South African World Boxing Association (WBA) Pan-African welterweight champion Welcome
readAustralian police arrest 70 in global child porn crackdown
06-06-2008
SYDNEY - Seventy men in Australia have been arrested in a global crackdown on Internet child pornography and more will be detained, police said yesterday.The Interpol-led probe involving 170 countries
readRwandan militias kill 6 in attack on camp
06-06-2008
KINSHASA - Rwandan militias attacked a camp for displaced people in eastern Congo, opening fire on a crowd and killing six civilians, the United Nations said yesterday.Alleged 9/11 mastermind wants
readAustralian police arrest 70 in global child porn crackdown
06-06-2008
SYDNEY - Seventy men in Australia have been arrested in a global crackdown on Internet child pornography and more will be detained, police said yesterday.The Interpol-led probe involving 170 countries
readAustralian police arrest 70 in global child porn crackdown
06-06-2008
SYDNEY - Seventy men in Australia have been arrested in a global crackdown on Internet child pornography and more will be detained, police said yesterday.The Interpol-led probe involving 170 countries
readAl Qaeda claims embassy attack
06-06-2008
DUBAI - Al Qaeda said yesterday it was behind a suicide attack on Denmark's embassy in Pakistan which it mounted in revenge for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.At least six
readTsvangirai back campaigning
06-06-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai vowed yesterday to push on with his bid to topple Robert Mugabe at a run-off poll as he returned to the campaign trail a day after being detained
readClinton to end historic White House bid and back Obama
06-06-2008
NEW York Senator Hillary Clinton said she will end a race that brought her closer than any woman in history to the United States presidency and in two days announce her endorsement of Illinois Senator
readUS and British diplomats attacked in Zimbabwe
06-06-2008
HARARE - United States and British diplomats were attacked yesterday as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe and a US Embassy staffer was beaten, an embassy spokesman said.The
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