Topic: Namibia in the News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: High Court turns down Caprivi 13 release bid

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:44 AM

	A FULL bench of the High Court yesterday dismissed a bid for a second court order for the release of the 13 Caprivi high treason suspects who, in February, succeeded in challenging the High Court's jurisdiction to try them. Read full article: 'High Court turns down Caprivi 13 release bid'

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Articles: President pulls out the stops

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:42 AM

	PRESIDENT Sam Nujoma has taken to shuttling around the country to try and ensure the succession of Lands Minister Hifikepunye Pohamba after failing to bulldoze his nomination through two Swapo Politburo meetings last month. Read full article: 'President pulls out the stops'

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Articles: Rundu shooting suspects granted bail

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:33 AM

	RUNDU - Two people appeared briefly in the Magistrate's Court here yesterday on charges of attempted murder. Read full article: 'Rundu shooting suspects granted bail'

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Articles: Justice Minister scorns homosexuality as 'criminal'

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:31 AM

	HOMOSEXUALITY is "illegal and criminal" in Namibia, Justice Minister Albert Kawana said in the National Assembly yesterday, snubbing a request by the DTA to include a provision in the new Labour Bill that would prevent discrimination against employees based on their sexual orientation. Read full article: 'Justice Minister scorns homosexuality as 'criminal''

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Articles: Overcrowding in prisons desperate

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:29 AM

	OVERCROWDING in the country's prisons has been cited as having the most negative collective effect on the sector. Read full article: 'Overcrowding in prisons desperate'

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Articles: NamPol to join anti-terror training

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:27 AM

	A multi-national training programme to arm police in African countries with some of the most sophisticated anti-terrorism skills was launched this week. Read full article: 'NamPol to join anti-terror training'

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Articles: City stabbing trial starts

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:26 AM

	THE murder trial of Windhoek resident Sean Burger, who has admitted that he stabbed a female acquaintance to death in her home in the city almost 20 months ago, is set to start in the High Court in Windhoek today. Read full article: 'City stabbing trial starts'

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Articles: Drugs found in churchyard

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:25 AM

	WALVIS BAY - Police here have found and confiscated mandrax tablets buried in a churchyard at Narraville. Read full article: 'Drugs found in churchyard'

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Articles: New party fails at poll registration

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:21 AM

	THE newly-formed Namibia Democratic Movement for Change (NDMC) - formerly known as the CDM - will contest next week's local authority elections in only one town because it failed to register its candidates in other areas on time, The Namibian has established. Read full article: 'New party fails at poll registration'

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Articles: Surplus of teachers 'causing a shortage'

Posted by admin on Friday, May 07, 2004 - 08:19 AM

	THE overstaffing of teachers in the Caprivi Region has led to a situation where a school in its far-western reaches has gone through the first semester with only a principal and one teacher for 171 pupils. Read full article: 'Surplus of teachers 'causing a shortage''

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