Topic: Namibia in the News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: Teacher charged with theft of money

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 02:04 AM

	A 41-year-old teacher from Eengedjo Secondary School at Omungwelume in the Ohangwena Region made a brief appearance in the Oshakati Magistrate's Court on Wednesday to face a charge of stealing N$41 000. Read full article: 'Teacher charged with theft of money'

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Articles: Bike death throws spotlight on the Walvis-Swakop road

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 02:03 AM

	THE recent placing of concrete pillars next to the road between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay has become the cause of a raging debate following the death of a motorbike rider last weekend. Read full article: 'Bike death throws spotlight on the Walvis-Swakop road'

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Articles: NYC office bearer at centre of funding row

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 02:02 AM

	A VISIT to a businessman to solicit funds for a regional youth organisation has landed the suspended Head of the National Youth Council's (NYC) Youth Health, Gender and Welfare, Sacky Amenya, in trouble. Read full article: 'NYC office bearer at centre of funding row'

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Articles: 'Marriages of convenience' run into flak in National Assembly

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 02:00 AM

	DEPUTY Minister of Home Affairs Loide Kasingo has called on Parliament to consider amending laws that give foreigners automatic citizenship after two years of marriage to a Namibian. Read full article: ''Marriages of convenience' run into flak in National Assembly'

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Articles: Kibaki pays tribute to Nujoma

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 01:59 AM

	Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki paid tribute to his visiting Namibian counterpart Sam Nujoma, who is due to retire next year, calling him "a great source of pride for Africa," an official statement said on Friday. Read full article: 'Kibaki pays tribute to Nujoma'

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Articles: Ongwediva CEO laid to rest

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 01:58 AM

	THE Chief Executive Officer of Ongwediva, Auguste Namupala Taanyanda (44) who died in the Rhino Park Hospital in Windhoek last Wednesday, was buried at Ontananga in the Oshikoto Region yesterday. Read full article: 'Ongwediva CEO laid to rest'

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Articles: Robben Island Trust Fund launched

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 01:54 AM

	A TRUST Fund to assist dozens of Namibians who were imprisoned on Robben Island, off South Africa, during the struggle for Independence has finally gotten off the ground. Read full article: 'Robben Island Trust Fund launched'

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Articles: Ex-principal jailed over exam paper scam

Posted by admin on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 01:52 AM

	ISAAC "Ike" le Roux, the former acting Principal of Augustineum Secondary School in Windhoek who was accused of having leaked Grade 12 examination papers to students in 2002, was convicted and sentenced to an effective three-year prison term on Friday. Read full article: 'Ex-principal jailed over exam paper scam'

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Articles: EC says will not lower meat import standards for Namibia

Posted by admin on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 02:34 AM

	THE European Commission says it will not lower the standards for its meat imports just because Namibian communal farmers want the infamous Veterinary Cordon Fence removed. Read full article: 'EC says will not lower meat import standards for Namibia'

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Articles: Hereros won't give up on war reparations demand: Rukoro

Posted by admin on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 02:33 AM

	FORMER Attorney General Advocate Vekuii Rukoro says that the Namibian Government's "ambivalent" attitude is unlikely to stop the Ovaherero people from demanding war reparations from Germany. Read full article: 'Hereros won't give up on war reparations demand: Rukoro'

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