January 2010

Centre to Improve Living Conditions of Women

Submitted by AA Namibia on Sun, 31/01/2010 - 16:23
Centre to Improve Living Conditions of Women - Alma Lamberth thought her dreams of having a better life came to an end when she failed grade 10 but through the training of the Women@Work Centre, she now stands a chance of finding work and improving her life. [All Africa - Namibia]

Expert Study on Okavango River is Underway

Submitted by AA Namibia on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:14
Expert Study on Okavango River is Underway - PLANNING for the use of water and natural resources in the Okavango River Basin shared by Angola, Namibia and Botswana will receive substantial support soon in the form of consolidated scientific evidence about the condition of the river and its surroundings. [All Africa - Namibia]

First Seasonal Flood Reaches Oshakati

Submitted by AA Namibia on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:14
First Seasonal Flood Reaches Oshakati - FEARS of being flooded are increasing among residents of the Oshoopala location in Oshakati as the first flood wave hit the northern town on Thursday evening. [All Africa - Namibia]

IMF Paints Gloomy Picture for Namibia

Submitted by AA Namibia on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:13
IMF Paints Gloomy Picture for Namibia - ONLY six of the 43 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa suffered a contraction in economic growth due to the global financial crisis last year. Namibia was one of them, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. [All Africa - Namibia]

Huge Underground Diesel Leak at Walvis

Submitted by AA Namibia on Fri, 29/01/2010 - 01:13
Huge Underground Diesel Leak at Walvis - WHEN employees of Dany Construction in Walvis Bay wanted to pump diesel from an onsite depot about two weeks ago, they found the 25 000 litre tank empty, exposing an underground fuel leak due to a broken pipeline. [All Africa - Namibia]

Battle On for Farm Land

Submitted by AA Namibia on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:26
Battle On for Farm Land - The Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation and Purity Manganese Mine are at loggerheads over a piece of farmland, which the ministry refuses to sell. [All Africa - Namibia]

Community Involvement Needed to Help Centre

Submitted by AA Namibia on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:26
Community Involvement Needed to Help Centre - Local entrepreneur and businessman Ivan Marshall's project, Planet Youth, is still going strong. Despite hardships and lack of continuous support from the people of the town, the number one reason for setting up such an entity, which is to create a drug- and alcohol free entertainment and educational environment for the youth of Narraville, is very much alive! [All Africa - Namibia]

Are Special Initiative Projects Development Or Appeasement?

Submitted by AA Namibia on Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:25
Are Special Initiative Projects Development Or Appeasement? - FROM the perspective of reparation from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for the atrocities, sufferings and untold damages that its predecessor authority, Imperial Germany, inflicted on Namibian people, especially during the anti-German colonial wars between the years 1904 and 1908, one shall hold little brief for the Special Initiative currently ongoing between the Namibian government and its German counterpart. [

Battle On for Farm Land

Submitted by AA Namibia on Sat, 23/01/2010 - 08:23
Battle On for Farm Land - The Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation and Purity Manganese Mine are at loggerheads over a piece of farmland, which the ministry refuses to sell. [All Africa - Namibia]

Babylon Residents Make the Best of a Deplorable Situation

Submitted by AA Namibia on Sat, 23/01/2010 - 08:23
Babylon Residents Make the Best of a Deplorable Situation - As heavy clouds cover the skyline of Windhoek, promising another day of rain, Babylon residents are already up and going. [All Africa - Namibia]