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84 Articles found on Friday, 12 September 2008
From the sidelines
12-09-2008
LIKE the Brave Warriors coach Tom Saintfiet and the Namibia Football Association (NFA) officials, I was perturbed by the ever-increasing unbecoming behaviour of the national team players.First it was
readThe Sons Of The Nation Are In Charge
12-09-2008
DUBAI, a small city-state in the United Arab Emirates, will be the home of the tallest building in the world. It is fast becoming the hub of coveted sporting and cultural events, competing with
readThe New Scramble for Africa
12-09-2008
AFRICA is on the threshold of being re-colonised.This process will, however, differ from the one that followed the Berlin Conference in the 18th century when the continent was divided among the
readThe German Rider - An Apolitical Soldiers' Memorial?
12-09-2008
IN BERLIN THE Rider or Reiter, prominent and controversial colonial memorial between the National Museum and the German Lutheran Christuskirche and one of the most frequently photographed monuments in
readPolitical Perspective
12-09-2008
SEPTEMBER 15 marks the International Day of Democracy and the Namibian Parliament has already announced it will mark celebration of this date in keeping with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
readA Need To Strike The Right Balance
12-09-2008
THE recently concluded weeklong TransNamib strike was not to the greater good of Namibia and its people.In short, it was an ill-advised move on the part of labour unions that could also put workers
readConcern About Etosha Roads Condition
12-09-2008
LAST week I went to Etosha with a friend and camped at all three camps.We stayed one night at Okaukuejo, one night at Halali and two nights at Namutoni. I dealt with exceptional staff who very
readKenyan Doctor Demands Redress
12-09-2008
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTERDear Honourable Prime Minister Sir, I am a Kenyan medical doctor who served in your esteemed Ministry of Health and Social Services between 14th October 1996 and
readOn Swapo's Day Of Reckoning
12-09-2008
PETRUS Iilonga's recent attack on the divisiveness of the Rally for Democracy and Progress demands a response.Why is it not crystal clear to this man and his compatriots at Swapo that he and they are
readKamwi Must Wake Up To Hospital Disgrace
12-09-2008
NAMIBIANS should stand up and not just accept every insult and punch they are given.Whether the President likes it or not, every Namibian has contributed to the money they spend on pleasure or
readOn The Education Crisis
12-09-2008
IT is time for our Government to re-assess its investment in education and measures such as ETSIP which no one actively involved in teaching believes will result in improving a dire situation.I live
readTransNamib Strike Is Sabotage
12-09-2008
THERE should be no debate about the fact that the leaders and instigators of the present strike of TransNamib workers are committing acts of sabotage.Sabotage is a serious offence against the Namibian
readMoz launches first rural bank
12-09-2008
Maputo - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday formally inaugurated the country's newest commercial bank, Banco Terra (Land Bank), the first Mozambican bank that will focus specifically on
readAnglo signs up to lend Eskom a hand
12-09-2008
Anglo American would work with power utility Eskom to identify and implement ways to guarantee power supply, the company said yesterday.Anglo said the co-operation agreement with Eskom would help
readAngolan oil firm to build fuel stations along Nam border
12-09-2008
State-owned Sonangol wants to reduce shortage of fuel in southern Africa A ngolan State-owned oil company Sonangol intends to build two fuel stations along the border between Angola and Namibia to
readCircle Oil farms out licence deal to Dubai company
12-09-2008
CIRCLE Oil, an Irish oil and gas exploration and development company, has signed a US$15 million farm-out agreement on its Ovambo Basin licence in northern Namibia with Petroholland, a Dubai holding
readNamibia is not a milk cow, says Angula
12-09-2008
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has called on insurance companies and asset management to stop using Namibia as a "milk cow" and invest Namibian savings in the country, instead of exporting them.Angula
readNuclear giants target Namibia as their playground As companies line up to prospect and exploit Namibia's rich uranium endowment, the green lobby warns of detrimental effect to the ecology
12-09-2008
T he worldwide scramble for energy sources due to dwindling fossil fuel reserves has placed renewed emphasis on nuclear energy as a solution for future needs.As a result, Namibia is again in the
readGovt to block illegal strikes
12-09-2008
CABINET has instructed the new interim Attorney General to work out "appropriate measures" to force labour unions to comply with court orders in order to avoid a repeat of the just-ended strike at
readACC clears Windhoek City of favouritism
12-09-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has cleared the City of Windhoek of all charges of favouritism in the execution of its credit-control policy.ACC boss Paulus Noa told The Namibian yesterday that
readLubowski family keeps hope alive
12-09-2008
THE family of murdered lawyer and Swapo member Anton Lubowski remains hopeful that the people involved in his assassination 19 years ago will still be prosecuted - but in Namibia, chances that
readFuel prices to drop next week
12-09-2008
FURTHER relief awaits Namibian drivers on Wednesday - the price of leaded and unleaded petrol will drop by 50 cents a litre, while diesel will go down by 80 cents per litre.It is the second time this
readBig Brother Africa 3: TK gets his goat on!
12-09-2008
BORIS! Bouncing buttocks. Goats and uhmmmmm ... getting some goat on! There sure is some kind of weird going down in the house.BBA nation, I don't know how to break this to you, or whether I even
readBig Brother Africa 3: Real Time - Quirky SMSes
12-09-2008
A SELECTION of messages appearing on the BBA3 TV text strip: * LET'S talk about realities Africa.Lucille z bomb. * LUCILLE, I luv u damn much. * THAMI is boring. * THAMI is not boring. Morris is
readDoctors start medical fund for orphan
12-09-2008
DOCTORS Johnnie Jacobs and Renier Oberholzer at Keetmanshoop and a local dentist, Dr Smit, have stepped in to raise a quarter of a million dollars for 11-year-old Renate Van Der Westhuizen to undergo
readAir Nam fires drug suspect employee
12-09-2008
THE Air Namibia flight attendant who was allegedly caught trying to smuggle about a quarter kilogram of drugs onto a plane at Cape Town International Airport almost three weeks ago has now lost his
readNam's public health system depends on foreign doctors
12-09-2008
WITH the recent launch of Namibia's first cardiac health unit in Windhoek, and continued discussion around a future school of medicine at the University of Namibia, the public health sector has never
readLawyer under fire for using clients' money
12-09-2008
A LAWYER whose law firm was in effect closed down by the Law Society of Namibia last year is now facing an even bigger threat to his career, with the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee wanting
readBlack Zim farmers turn to SADC
12-09-2008
OVER 300 black Zimbabwean farmers have applied to a regional tribunal to give them relief because they cannot move onto the farms of several dozen white commercial farmers seized by that country's
readGumwe aniwa i ishangitha lwaali ongomuhogololi pOmuthiya
12-09-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwOngundu yoRDP pOmuthiya Moses Amukoto okwa lombwele oshifo shika kutya omuyambidhidhi gwoSwapo gumwe ngoka ti iti kutya omukalimo gwomOmuthiya noku na uuthemba wokukahogolola
readAanangeshefa moNooli ya hala Epangelo li kuthe mo aanangeshefa yAaindia
12-09-2008
A ANANGESHEFA yomUumbangalantu woshilongo onkee ye na uupyakadhi naanangeshefa yAakwiilongo, unene tuu mboka yAaindia, taya ti kutya onkee taya tsikile noku ya dhipaga mongeshefa thiluthilu, notaya
readOmawendo omanene ga adhika mu Angola
12-09-2008
E HANGANO lyuuthemba womuntu olya indile opo ku ningwe omakonakono gi ithikamena kombinga yomawendo gahamano ga fumvikwa aantu oyendji ngoka lya mono konyala ookilometa ooshona okuza poongamba dha
readNamPower a teta ko olusheno pu Tses
12-09-2008
NAMPOWER okwa tete ko olusheno lwe mondoolopamukunda ya Tses konima sho Olaata yondoolopamukunda ndjoka ya ndopa okufuta oongunga sha NamPower uule woomwedhi mbali dha zi ko.Olaata oyi na oongunga dha
readEkanka lyaaniilonga ya TransNamib lya hula
12-09-2008
A aniilonga ya TransNamib oya shuna miilonga mEtitatu lyoshiwike shika konima yekanka lyawo ndyoka lya kwata omasiku gaheyali - nolya li lya lemaneke ehangano ndika lyondalasipota paiyemo.Oshinima
readUutoni ta pula Nehova a ete iimaliwa nomikanda dhOmbelewa ya Ngwediva
12-09-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwOswapo mOshitopolwa sha Shana Erastus Uutoni okwa indila Kandi Nehova, ngoka a li nale Kansela gwOshikandjohogololo sha Ngwediva, kutya na ete iimaliwa noodokumende adhihe
readDu Toit goes for third
12-09-2008
BEIJING - South African Olympian Natalie du Toit yesterday won her third gold of the Paralympics on yet another day tarnished by drug scandals with two more athletes kicked out for doping.As China
readMountain bikers to vie for titles
12-09-2008
THE Namibian Cycling Federation (NCF) will stage the 2008 Namibian National Mountain Biking Championships on Sunday from 08h00.The event has been sponsored by Windhoek Consulting Engineers and
readNamibian junior golf at Rossmund
12-09-2008
NEDBANK Namibia in partnership with the Namibian Junior Golf Foundation (NJGF) will host the annual Namibia Junior Open 2008 final at the Rossmund Golf Course at Swakopmund on Saturday and Sunday.The
readWallabies in with a chance
12-09-2008
BRISBANE - The Wallabies get a long-awaited chance to replenish their trophy cabinet if they can upset the odds against New Zealand and reclaim their first Tri-Nations series in seven years here on
readDanes down Portugal, France win
12-09-2008
LONDON - Denmark scored two goals in the final minutes to come back and beat Portugal 3-2, Germany salvaged a 3-3 draw at Finland and both England and France produced victories to relieve the pressure
readChanderpaul is tops
12-09-2008
DUBAI - West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was named as the 2008 International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year at an awards ceremony here on Wednesday.The 34-year-old left-hander,
readSARU says no to racism through campaign
12-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Rugby Union (SARU), its provinces and sponsors have embarked on a anti-racism campaign aimed at sensitising supporters on the dangers of racism, SARU said
readBaby Warriors poised for a win
12-09-2008
THE Baby Warriors will be destined for greater things if they go past Zambia in their return leg of the Under-17 African Football Championships at the Khomasdal Stadium on Sunday.Kick-off is at 16h00
readObama is back on defence
12-09-2008
RIVERSIDE, Ohio - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has found himself in an unfamiliar position after many long months of campaigning - on defence against Republican rival John McCain.With
readRussian bombers will return in days from Venezuela
12-09-2008
MOSCOW - Two Russian long-range bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons will return to base from Venezuela in four days, the Russian Air Force was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying
readZimbabwe rivals near power-sharing deal
12-09-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's deadlocked political rivals entered a fourth day of talks yesterday with signs that President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were inching towards an
readSuu Kyi meets again with lawyer: witnesses
12-09-2008
YANGON - Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for two hours with her lawyer yesterday, witnesses said, amid worries for her health after her party said she was not accepting
readPakistan President Zardari visits late wife, Bhutto's grave
12-09-2008
GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan - New Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari showered rose petals on the grave of his slain wife Benazir Bhutto yesterday, on his first such visit here since taking
readN Korea's Kim recovering from brain surgery
12-09-2008
SEOUL - Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis on one side, media reports said yesterday, after the South Korean government said the communist leader
readDu Toit goes for third
12-09-2008
BEIJING - South African Olympian Natalie du Toit yesterday won her third gold of the Paralympics on yet another day tarnished by drug scandals with two more athletes kicked out for doping.As China
readMountain bikers to vie for titles
12-09-2008
THE Namibian Cycling Federation (NCF) will stage the 2008 Namibian National Mountain Biking Championships on Sunday from 08h00.The event has been sponsored by Windhoek Consulting Engineers and
readNamibian junior golf at Rossmund
12-09-2008
NEDBANK Namibia in partnership with the Namibian Junior Golf Foundation (NJGF) will host the annual Namibia Junior Open 2008 final at the Rossmund Golf Course at Swakopmund on Saturday and Sunday.The
readWallabies in with a chance
12-09-2008
BRISBANE - The Wallabies get a long-awaited chance to replenish their trophy cabinet if they can upset the odds against New Zealand and reclaim their first Tri-Nations series in seven years here on
readDanes down Portugal, France win
12-09-2008
LONDON - Denmark scored two goals in the final minutes to come back and beat Portugal 3-2, Germany salvaged a 3-3 draw at Finland and both England and France produced victories to relieve the pressure
readChanderpaul is tops
12-09-2008
DUBAI - West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul was named as the 2008 International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricketer of the Year at an awards ceremony here on Wednesday.The 34-year-old left-hander,
readSARU says no to racism through campaign
12-09-2008
JOHANNESBURG - The South African Rugby Union (SARU), its provinces and sponsors have embarked on a anti-racism campaign aimed at sensitising supporters on the dangers of racism, SARU said
readBaby Warriors poised for a win
12-09-2008
THE Baby Warriors will be destined for greater things if they go past Zambia in their return leg of the Under-17 African Football Championships at the Khomasdal Stadium on Sunday.Kick-off is at 16h00
readOmawendo omanene ga adhika mu Angola
12-09-2008
E HANGANO lyuuthemba womuntu olya indile opo ku ningwe omakonakono gi ithikamena kombinga yomawendo gahamano ga fumvikwa aantu oyendji ngoka lya mono konyala ookilometa ooshona okuza poongamba dha
readGumwe aniwa i ishangitha lwaali ongomuhogololi pOmuthiya
12-09-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwOngundu yoRDP pOmuthiya Moses Amukoto okwa lombwele oshifo shika kutya omuyambidhidhi gwoSwapo gumwe ngoka ti iti kutya omukalimo gwomOmuthiya noku na uuthemba wokukahogolola
readAanangeshefa moNooli ya hala Epangelo li kuthe mo aanangeshefa yAaindia
12-09-2008
A ANANGESHEFA yomUumbangalantu woshilongo onkee ye na uupyakadhi naanangeshefa yAakwiilongo, unene tuu mboka yAaindia, taya ti kutya onkee taya tsikile noku ya dhipaga mongeshefa thiluthilu, notaya
readUutoni ta pula Nehova a ete iimaliwa nomikanda dhOmbelewa ya Ngwediva
12-09-2008
O MUUNGANEKI gwOswapo mOshitopolwa sha Shana Erastus Uutoni okwa indila Kandi Nehova, ngoka a li nale Kansela gwOshikandjohogololo sha Ngwediva, kutya na ete iimaliwa noodokumende adhihe
readOonkundathana dhokweeta epangelo lyuukumwe mu Zimbabwe otadhi ende nawa:
12-09-2008
Mbeki ta tiMBABANE - Omupresidende gwa South Afrika Thabo Mbeki okwa lombwela Omukwaniilwa gwa Swaziland kutya ye oku na einekelo kutya oonkundathana dhe ompe ndhoka ta ningi dhi na sha nokweeta
readRussian bombers will return in days from Venezuela
12-09-2008
MOSCOW - Two Russian long-range bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons will return to base from Venezuela in four days, the Russian Air Force was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying
readZimbabwe rivals near power-sharing deal
12-09-2008
HARARE - Zimbabwe's deadlocked political rivals entered a fourth day of talks yesterday with signs that President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were inching towards an
readSuu Kyi meets again with lawyer: witnesses
12-09-2008
YANGON - Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi met for two hours with her lawyer yesterday, witnesses said, amid worries for her health after her party said she was not accepting
readPakistan President Zardari visits late wife, Bhutto's grave
12-09-2008
GARHI KHUDA BAKHSH, Pakistan - New Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari showered rose petals on the grave of his slain wife Benazir Bhutto yesterday, on his first such visit here since taking
readN Korea's Kim recovering from brain surgery
12-09-2008
SEOUL - Kim Jong Il had brain surgery after a stroke last month and could have partial paralysis on one side, media reports said yesterday, after the South Korean government said the communist leader
readAnglo signs up to lend Eskom a hand
12-09-2008
Anglo American would work with power utility Eskom to identify and implement ways to guarantee power supply, the company said yesterday.Anglo said the co-operation agreement with Eskom would help
readMoz launches first rural bank
12-09-2008
Maputo - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday formally inaugurated the country's newest commercial bank, Banco Terra (Land Bank), the first Mozambican bank that will focus specifically on
readAngolan oil firm to build fuel stations along Nam border
12-09-2008
State-owned Sonangol wants to reduce shortage of fuel in southern Africa A ngolan State-owned oil company Sonangol intends to build two fuel stations along the border between Angola and Namibia to
readCircle Oil farms out licence deal to Dubai company
12-09-2008
CIRCLE Oil, an Irish oil and gas exploration and development company, has signed a US$15 million farm-out agreement on its Ovambo Basin licence in northern Namibia with Petroholland, a Dubai holding
readNamibia is not a milk cow, says Angula
12-09-2008
PRIME Minister Nahas Angula has called on insurance companies and asset management to stop using Namibia as a "milk cow" and invest Namibian savings in the country, instead of exporting them.Angula
readNuclear giants target Namibia as their playground As companies line up to prospect and exploit Namibia's rich uranium endowment, the green lobby warns of detrimental effect to the ecology
12-09-2008
T he worldwide scramble for energy sources due to dwindling fossil fuel reserves has placed renewed emphasis on nuclear energy as a solution for future needs.As a result, Namibia is again in the
readBig Brother Africa 3: TK gets his goat on!
12-09-2008
BORIS! Bouncing buttocks. Goats and uhmmmmm ... getting some goat on! There sure is some kind of weird going down in the house.BBA nation, I don't know how to break this to you, or whether I even
readBig Brother Africa 3: Real Time - Quirky SMSes
12-09-2008
A SELECTION of messages appearing on the BBA3 TV text strip: * LET'S talk about realities Africa.Lucille z bomb. * LUCILLE, I luv u damn much. * THAMI is boring. * THAMI is not
readDoctors start medical fund for orphan
12-09-2008
DOCTORS Johnnie Jacobs and Renier Oberholzer at Keetmanshoop and a local dentist, Dr Smit, have stepped in to raise a quarter of a million dollars for 11-year-old Renate Van Der Westhuizen to undergo
readAir Nam fires drug suspect employee
12-09-2008
THE Air Namibia flight attendant who was allegedly caught trying to smuggle about a quarter kilogram of drugs onto a plane at Cape Town International Airport almost three weeks ago has now lost his
readNam's public health system depends on foreign doctors
12-09-2008
WITH the recent launch of Namibia's first cardiac health unit in Windhoek, and continued discussion around a future school of medicine at the University of Namibia, the public health sector has never
readLawyer under fire for using clients' money
12-09-2008
A LAWYER whose law firm was in effect closed down by the Law Society of Namibia last year is now facing an even bigger threat to his career, with the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee wanting
readBlack Zim farmers turn to SADC
12-09-2008
OVER 300 black Zimbabwean farmers have applied to a regional tribunal to give them relief because they cannot move onto the farms of several dozen white commercial farmers seized by that country's
readACC clears Windhoek City of favouritism
12-09-2008
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has cleared the City of Windhoek of all charges of favouritism in the execution of its credit-control policy.ACC boss Paulus Noa told The Namibian yesterday that
readLubowski family keeps hope alive
12-09-2008
THE family of murdered lawyer and Swapo member Anton Lubowski remains hopeful that the people involved in his assassination 19 years ago will still be prosecuted - but in Namibia, chances that
readGovt to block illegal strikes
12-09-2008
CABINET has instructed the new interim Attorney General to work out "appropriate measures" to force labour unions to comply with court orders in order to avoid a repeat of the just-ended strike at
readGovt to block illegal strikes
12-09-2008
CABINET has instructed the new interim Attorney General to work out "appropriate measures" to force labour unions to comply with court orders in order to avoid a repeat of the just-ended strike at
read