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Namibia

We get Starberks to turn taps off

THE Sun was praised last night after we forced coffee giant Starbucks to stop pouring precious water away. Our exposure yesterday of the firm’s crackpot policy of keeping taps running continually at its shops sparked outrage...

Namibia: Gender Equality - Making the Numbers Count

Posted to the web 7 October 2008 Moses Magadza Windhoek Namibian gender activists applaud the goal of a 50/50 split of women and men in government by 2015, but warn that the real work is only just beginning. Lucy Edwards, a...

Snowmail: at the beginning of the beginning

How do I know? Well, no-one KNOWS anything at all about the financial contagion that has swept Europe and now infected every stock market in the world. This prompted German Chancellor Merkel last night to follow Ireland in...

Namibia: Govt Clamps Down on Fake Liquor, Tobacco

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Windhoek As of this month, any business found with fake liquor or cigarettes should expect punishment from the long arm of the law, the Ministry of Finance has announced. The ministry said it...

Namibia: Babylon School Gets Multi-Purpose Hall

So said the Minister of Education Nangolo Mbumba on Friday when he addressed a large school audience at the Dr Frans Aupa Indongo Primary School in Katutura. It is with this innovative and remarkable achievement that you have...

Namibia: 'Nukhoe Rift Must Be Addressed'

A group of concerned Damara (nukhoe, meaning 'black people') that recently met at Okombahe handed over recommendations to Damara King Justus Garoëb with concerns over what they call a division in the leadership of the Damara...

Namibia: Witchdoctors Come Under Wad Attack

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Petronella Sibeene Windhoek Namibians have been urged to stay away from witchdoctors whose dishonourable acts strip the poor of their little cash. Women's Action for Development (WAD) Executive...

Namibia: Ministry Rescues Tsumeb Bicycle Project

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare has struck a deal with the TOV Multipurpose Centre in Tsumeb, that will see the ministry pay the import duty of 400 bicycles that were donated to the centre.

Namibia: Garbage Workers Given Another Boot

Refuse removal workers formerly contracted by the Windhoek Municipality locked horns with the city, refusing to comply with a court interdict that instructed them to vacate the entrance of the City of Windhoek head offices.

Namibia: Big Stipends Transform Settlement

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Wezi Tjaronda Windhoek The N$100 monthly grant to residents of the Otjivero settlement in Omitara area has turned their misfortunes into a better life. An assessment done six months after the...

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