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53 Articles found on Friday, 7 March 2008
Women in the media and the gender issue
07-03-2008
"WOMEN generally don't last long in this profession. They don't have the stomach for it," an editor friend once told me while discussing why female journalists tended to go for coverage of lighter
readAn Ethic Of Greed Is Eroding Our Social Conscience
07-03-2008
A GOOD number of Namibians have a close a relative who is a teacher.In some cases there are those like myself who were raised under Apartheid by a mother who is a teacher. Teaching, nursing and the
readThe Role Of Journalism In Namibia
07-03-2008
THERE has been much debate recently regarding the role of journalism in Namibia.Former Prime Minister Hage Geingob warned journalists to "tell the truth and nothing but the truth", and stated that, in
readPolitics Of The Institution And The Public Intellectual: From Makumbe To Maamberua
07-03-2008
LAST year a prominent Zimbabwean academic and writer was barred from speaking at the University of Namibia.This year two Namibian academics, at the same institution, are facing the axe for
readPolitical Perspective
07-03-2008
I FAIL to understand Government. With all the threats about reining in the press and setting up media councils, Government acts to all intents and purposes as if they have no interest in this
readRamatex: Money, Hopes, Livelihoods Down Drain
07-03-2008
RAMATEX wasn't 'scared away'. It went of its own volition.The much-vaunted investment which promised to bring much to Namibian economic growth in terms of employment creation, skills development and
readSMSes of the Day : Friday
07-03-2008
* FELLOW Namibians, let us forget all differences that we may have for a moment and stand together to help, in whatever small way, to help those affected by the floods in the North. Namibia will be
readPlucking Geese!
07-03-2008
"A GOVERNMENT that takes from Petrus to pay Paulus can always depend on the support of Paulus." - (slightly modified) George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).But this is the trade-off, the promise that Petrus
readRain In The Bones
07-03-2008
I AM living in Suiderhof (Windhoek) and am responsible for gathering weather information for the Weather Bureau for the said area.I predicted last year that 2008 will be a good rain year, like in
readA Nuclear No-No
07-03-2008
THE report about Namibia's government opting for nuclear power should send shivers of fear up and down the spines of every Namibian.Stop and look around you. The Namibian government is demonstrably
readNuclear Plant UnaffordableI
07-03-2008
READ in The Namibian of March 3 that "Cabinet granted approval to the Ministry of Mines and Energy to develop a Nuclear Regulatory Framework and to pursue the nuclear power and beneficiation
readBlaming The Victim For Rape
07-03-2008
A REGIONAL Governor should not go to a briefing on Namibia's rape crisis and talk about women coming home late from cuca shops as a cause of the problem.To do so is to blame the victim, rather than
readOpposed To 'Dog-eat-dog' Talk
07-03-2008
ALLOW me to comment on the report in The Namibian of March 2, 2008 - titled 'Jerry Ekandjo goes ballistic at Eehana Swapo rally'.Indeed, like the American Presidential running nominee Barack Obama
readEndola koyi yEfundja, ontopa oyi li moshiponga shokukungululwa po
07-03-2008
pENDOLA E NDOLA oli li kohi yomeya gefundja nontopa ya Ndola oyi li moshiponga oshinene shokukungululwa po komeya ngele inapu ningwa sha yi popilwe meendelelo.Efundja enene tali zilile ko Angola, olya
readMwinga applauds budget
07-03-2008
THE National Budget for 2008/09 presented by Minister of Finance Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila on Wednesday has been given the thumbs-up by one of the country's most outspoken economists, Martin
readFostering trade with Congo-Brazzaville
07-03-2008
CABINET has given approval to the Ministry of Trade and Industry to continue spearheading the process of trade and investment with Congo-Brazzaville by commissioning a market study to identify the
readNam fashion and beauty on show
07-03-2008
"PROVIDING market access for small firms that operate from premises hidden away in the townships of the capital city is high on our agenda" says Danny Meyer, director of local consultancy firm SMEs
readSA economic confidence hits near 4-yr low
07-03-2008
JOHANNESBURG - South African economic confidence dipped to its lowest level in nearly four years in February on a bleak economic growth outlook and worsening inflation picture.A poll of 17 economists
readTop job for Kalomoh
07-03-2008
PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba has appointed former ambassador Tuliameni Kalomoh as Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs with effect from the beginning of this month.In his new portfolio,
read30-year prison sentences for Katima gang rape
07-03-2008
TWO young men who were convicted on gang-rape charges in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court this week were each sentenced to an effective 30 years' imprisonment yesterday.The trial of Makala Muyamenwa
readDrinking leads to murder
07-03-2008
POLICE at Keetmanshoop on Wednesday arrested a 31-year-old suspect after he allegedly murdered Cliver Julius (40) by slashing his throat with a knife.According to Karas Deputy Commissioner Abel
readLaw does not back Roessing Pension claimants
07-03-2008
FORMER and current members of the Roessing Pension Fund (RPF) who are claiming a share in the fund's surplus - believed to be in excess of N$450 million - are mistaken, since the surplus belongs to
readHospital security 'a farce'
07-03-2008
THE assault of two people on the premises of the Windhoek Central Hospital in separate occasions two weeks ago has staff and doctors questioning whether security at Windhoek's health facilities should
readKatrina cries on Pohamba's shoulder
07-03-2008
HARDAP Governor Katrina Hanse-Himarwa has called on the President and the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate money that allegedly went missing at the Hardap Regional Council during the
readMurder suspect with 'visions' sane: Psychiatrist
07-03-2008
ALLEGED murderer Vilho Nghidimbwasha, who last year testified in the High Court about seeing very curious visions of threatening, levitating people with donkeys' ears before he killed a neighbour in
readRamatex ups and offs
07-03-2008
RAMATEX has shut down - just like that. From one day to the next, the Windhoek factory's approximately 3 000 workers have been left jobless.The controversial Malaysian textile company yesterday told
readTeen in court over pig sex
07-03-2008
THE Keetmanshoop Magistrate's Court on Wednesday withdrew a bestiality charge against a minor pending a psychiatric evaluation.It is alleged that the boy, aged 14, was caught red-handed while having
readFarmers alarmed by water permit for uranium mine
07-03-2008
FARM OWNERS in the Valencia area in Namibia's central northwest are up in arms over Government granting Forsys Metal's Valencia Uranium project a permit to extract 1 000 cubic metres of water a
readCourt halts expropriation of four Namibian farms
07-03-2008
GOVERNMENT'S attempt to expropriate four farms in Namibia belonging to German nationals has been stopped in its tracks following a court challenge.The High Court in Windhoek yesterday ruled that the
readKomanda Konghola a hulithila mOshakati
07-03-2008
O MUPOLISI gwo Special Field Force Errki Konghola, a tseyika wo nedhina Komanda Konghola, gwomomukunda Epoko mOmbalantu mOshitopolwa sha Musati, okwa manene oondjenda dhe mOshipangelo shEpangelo sha
readMboka ya tembudhwa kefundja otaya ti uunona wawo otau hepekwa koshimela
07-03-2008
A AKALIMO yomomalukanda ga Shakati, mboka ya tembudhilwa mOsenda yOpaipindi ya Ngwediva nosho wo mOkapale kOmaudhano, otaya nyenyeta kutya uunona wawo, unene tuu mboka wuuhanona nowoomvula sigo ndatu
readKoomvula 12 ka lyatwa kotalaka
07-03-2008
O KAKADHONA koomvula 12 oka si poGrootfontein mEtine lya zi ko konima sho aniwa ka matukile komeho gotala tayi ende inashi tegelelwa, Opolisi tayi lopota ngaaka.Okakadhona kedhina Venaria Hipangelwa,
readAakaiti oya geela elelo lyawo
07-03-2008
E lelo lyondoolopa ya Keetmanshoop omasiku ngaka olya li lya pewa uusama noonkondo kaakalimo yomondoolopa.Poshigongi sha li sha ningwa mEtiyali, aakalimo yamwe yomondoolopa ndjika oya li ya geya
readOmusita Kalenga ota fumvikwa ngula pEtilyasa
07-03-2008
O NKUNDANA ye tu zilila mEtilyasa mOngandjera otayi ti kutya okwa tegelelwa engathithi enene lyaalilasa li ka kale pefumviko lyOmusita omukulukulu Johannes Kalenga, ndyoka tali ka lala ko ngula
readEmbo lyomulekeneno gwoshimaliwa shomumvo 2008-09 lya tulwa poshitaafula
07-03-2008
KONIMA yoomvula mbali dhokusheenditha nawa melongitho lyoshimaliwa kEpangelo, ngashiingeyi Epangelo otali ka longitha oshimaliwa sha pitilila iiyemo yalyo notali ka kala noongunga momulekeneno
readU-17s for Four Nations tourney
07-03-2008
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) has called on the following Under-17 players to report for training at Soccer House, starting today to March 16.The training camp is in preparation for the Four
readBotswana to play Brazil
07-03-2008
Botswana are set to play five-time world champions Brazil in a friendly in Gaborone on April 1.The game will be part of celebrations to mark the swearing-in of Sir Seretse Khama Ian Khama as the
readAuckland look for further SA success
07-03-2008
SYDNEY - Super 14 front-runners Auckland Blues are looking to complete their triumphant South African leg with maximum points against the unbeaten Coastal Sharks in Durban tomorrow.New Zealand
readBenitez hails fiery Torres after second hat-trick
07-03-2008
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez hailed Fernando Torres as "on fire" after the Spanish striker hit his second successive Anfield hat-trick to lift his club into fourth spot in the Premier League
readRoma, Chelsea, Schalke go through
07-03-2008
BELGRADE - Roma knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League at the Bernabeu on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals and were joined by Chelsea and Schalke.Roma's 2-1 win secured a 4-2 aggregate
readCalling soccer stars
07-03-2008
THE Collin Benjamin Soccer Academy, runners-up of the Khomas Under-17 League last season, resumed its programme for the new season at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura, Academy head coach Jakes
readNamibians in Nigeria
07-03-2008
Namibia's womens' national team has arrived in Nigeria ahead of tomorrow's Africa Women Championships qualifier against Nigeria's Super Falcons.The Namibians, who lost 3-0 in the first leg played in
readI'll be back - Mourinho
07-03-2008
MILAN - Jose Mourinho hopes to return to soccer management next year in either Italy or Spain, the former Chelsea coach has said.The Portuguese tactician added that he wants to go back to England
readCosafa Cup U20 Results
07-03-2008
South Africa and Zimbabwe have dominated the U20 Cosafa Cup since its inception in 2000.Both countries have won the title on three occasions, while Madagascar and Zambia have won it on one occasion
readBattle of the Brave
07-03-2008
Namibia take on mighty South Africa in the Under 20 The Namibian Challenge tomorrow afternoon, hoping that history will repeat itself.On paper, South Africa appear to be far stronger, but the form
readUS favours opening Gaza's border
07-03-2008
JERUSALEM - The United States has told Israel it favours opening Gaza's border crossings to commercial as well as humanitarian supplies in move that could ease a nine-month-old Israeli-led blockade of
readPolice investigate Times Square blast
07-03-2008
An explosive device caused minor damage to an empty military recruiting station in New York's Times Square early yesterday, shaking guests in hotel rooms high above "the crossroads of the
readDon't die, no room in the cemetery
07-03-2008
The mayor of a village in southwest France has threatened residents with severe punishment if they die, because there is no room left in the overcrowded cemetery to bury them.In an ordinance posted in
readKenya peace deal to come before Parliament
07-03-2008
NAIROBI - President Mwai Kibaki yesterday urged lawmakers to pass the laws needed to enforce the country's new power-sharing agreement as Parliament convened for the first time since the deal was
readLate princess Diana's butler won't testify again
07-03-2008
Princess Diana's butler has refused to be questioned about whether he lied to the inquest into her death.Paul Burrell faced a three-day grilling from lawyers in January when he flew in from Los
readWomen want problem solving role
07-03-2008
BRUSSELS - Leading female power-brokers from around the world appealed yesterday for a larger political role for women in solving conflicts and poverty.Over 50 participants, including leaders, foreign
readDemocrats weigh do-over in Michigan and Florida
07-03-2008
WASHINGTON - Officials in Michigan and Florida are showing renewed interest in holding repeat presidential nominating contests so that their votes will count in the epic Democratic campaign.The
readDevelopment Causes Floods In Towns
07-03-2008
THE developments that are taking place in the northern towns of Oshakati and Oshikango in particular have contributed immensely to the deteriorating flood situation within these confined areas.I'm not
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