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As I walked around I naively thought it was extravagant of the Chinese to extend an already enormous airport, but then I remembered that just under 20 million people live in the city. That is more than a third of South Africa's population of 50 million...
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There are only two dams, namely the Swakoppoort near Okahandja and the Oanob near Rehoboth, that are significantly emptier than last season. Last season the Swakoppoort was at 100,2 per cent of full capacity, and according to the latest bulletin, the...
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Tomaz Salamao, SADC Executive Secretary, talks on the phone, before the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika and Extraordinary Ministerial Meetings at Cape Town International Convention Centre on February 11, 2012, in Cape Town,... View Photo »
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My predecessor, Sam Nujoma, has been to China before and after Namibia's independence to thank the people of China for their contribution during Namibia's struggle (for independence)
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The product was the first of its kind in the country and it was an exciting project indeed, measured by the 1,6 million policyholders who had subscribed to this unique product. Unfortunately, the deal went sour in-between resulting in Econet and...
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The 10km Team Relay Run for uranium companies was won by the 'Blue Team' of Langer Heinrich Uranium with Rössing teams making up the second and third places. The fun-filled 5km Charity Fun Walk attracted walkers from as far afield as Germany and...
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These utterances were in apparent response to Minister of Youth Kazenambo Kazenambo's reaction to a suggestion that he had acted more as a Herero representative than a national leader when he led a delegation to Germany that brought back Namibian skulls.
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(L-R) Tomaz Salamao, SADC Exective Secretary listens to Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Angolan Foreign Minister, and SADC Chair speaking, as well as South Africa Foreing Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, and an SADC Director, at the Southern African Development... View Photo »
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180 000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia
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Kuugongelwa-Amadhila pleads with civil servants to remember that all Namibians need to benefit from state revenue, suggesting they should be mindful of this when asking for pay increases. The truth is that the government must start cutting the bloated...
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This is as a result of an auction where church property is due to be sold off to pay for a labour arbitration award which was made in favour of six former church employees last year. An arbitration award was handed down against the church by a labour...
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Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in southern Africa on the Atlantic coast. It shares borders with Angola, and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south. It gained independence from South Africa in 1990 and its capital city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the Southern African... Full Article
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Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba speaks during a gala dinner ahead of the upcoming African National Congress (ANC) centenary celebration in Bloemfontein January 7, 2012. South Africa's ruling ANC celebrates its 100th birthday on Sunday. The long-banned liberation movement took...
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Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba speaks at a Gala Dinner in Bloemfontein on January 7, 2012. South Africa's mighty African National Congress on January 6, 2012 began celebrations for its centenary, still firmly at the helm of Nelson Mandela's all-race democracy despite losing some...
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Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba (L) speaks with Zanzibar's President Mohamed Ali Shein during celebrations to mark 50 years of the country's independence in Dar es Salaam December 9, 2011.
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(L-R) Tomaz Salamao, SADC Exective Secretary listens to Rebelo Pinto Chikoti, Angolan Foreign Minister, and SADC Chair speaking, as well as South Africa Foreing Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, and an SADC Director, at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika...
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Rebelo Pinto Chikoti (L), Angolan Foreign Minister, and SADC Chair speaks at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika and Extraordinary Ministerial Meeting at Cape Town International Convention Centre on February 11, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa...
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Tomaz Salamao, SADC Executive Secretary, speaks at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika and Extraordinary Ministerial Meetings at Cape Town International Convention Centre on February 11, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. The Double Troika consists of Foreign...
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South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maite Nkoana-Mashsababe (C) walks into the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Double Troika and Extraordinary Ministerial Meetings at Cape Town International Convention Centre on February 11, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa. The...
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Arriving delegates walk past a display of the flags of the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the SADC Double Troika and Extraordinary Ministerial Meetings at Cape Town International Convention Centre on February 11, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Namibia President Hifikepunye Pohamba speaks during the Commonwealth Business Forum in Perth on October 27, 2011, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) this week. The CHOGM talks to be opened by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on October 28, will debate whether the...
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A Namibian policeman views skulls reurned from Germany on display as he provides security in the city of Windhoek, Namibia, Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011. With warriors on horseback and teary-eyed women ululating their joy, hundreds of Namibians on Tuesday welcomed home the skulls of Namibians...
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Namibian tribal members sit with flag draped skulls upon their arrival from Germany at the airport on the outskirts of the city of Windhoek, Namibia, Tuesday, Oct 4, 2011. Namibian tribal leaders took possession of the skulls of their countrymen, and returned to Windhoek airport in...
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People gather at Windhoek airport in Namibia Tuesday Oct. 4, 2011, to welcome back the skulls of twenty ancestors, who were taken by German forces for racist experiments more than a century ago, and are now being returned to their homeland. Namibia Prime Minister Nahas Angula said that...
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A member of a Namibian delegation takes a closer look at one of 20 skulls following a hand-over ceremony of 20 skulls taken from Namibia, in the Charite Hospital September 30, 2011. The skulls are among an estimated 300 taken to Germany after a massacre of indigenous Namibians at the...
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Members of a Namibian delegation stand behind two of 20 skulls following a hand-over ceremony of 20 skulls taken from Namibia, in the Charite Hospital September 30, 2011. The skulls are among an estimated 300 taken to Germany after a massacre of indigenous Namibians at the start of the...
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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 30: Members of a delegation from Namibia stand over 20 skulls at the conclusion of a ceremony at Charite hospital to repatriate the skulls on September 30, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The skulls are from Herero and Nama tribespeople taken by German colonial...
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A member of a 55-strong Namibian delegation rests his head on his cane during a hand-over ceremony of 20 skulls taken from Namibia, in the Charite Hospital September 30, 2011. The skulls are among an estimated 300 taken to Germany after a massacre of indigenous Namibians at the start of...
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A member of a 55-strong Namibian delegation holds a sign reading 'apologize now' in German during a hand-over ceremony of 20 skulls taken from Namibia, in the Charite Hospital September 30, 2011. The skulls are among an estimated 300 taken to Germany after a massacre of indigenous...
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Members of a 55-strong Namibian delegation march in front of the Charite Hospital September 30, 2011, prior to a hand-over ceremony of 20 skulls taken from Namibia at the begining of the 20th Century. The skulls are among an estimated 300 taken to Germany after a massacre of indigenous...
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A member of a delegation from Namibia takes a photograph of a human skull from the Herero and ethnic Nama people which is displayed before a ceremony in the auditorium of Berlin's Charite hospital September 30, 2011. The hospital is returning 20 human skulls to Namibia, which were taken...
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A member of a 55-strong Namibian delegation stands and sings songs in Herero dialect in front of the Charite Hospital September 30, 2011, prior to a hand-over ceremony of 20 skulls taken from Namibia at the begining of the 20th Century. The skulls are among an estimated 300 taken to...
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BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 30: Members of a delegation from Namibia stop to sing before entering Charite hospital for a ceremony to take possession of 20 skulls on September 30, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The skulls are from Herereo and Nama tribespeople taken by German colonial forces...
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CORRECTS YEAR TO 2011 A Namibian delegation parades in uniforms and traditional clothes in front of the Charite hospital in Berlin, Friday Sept. 30, 2011. About 60 Ovaherero and Nama traditional leaders and other Namibian officials arrived in Berlin, Germany to return about 20 skulls...
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A Namibian delegation member holds a poster reading 'Exculpation Now!' during a ceremony in the Charite Academical Hospital in Berlin Friday Sept. 30, 2011, for the skulls of 20 Namibians to be returned to tribal leaders Friday, more than a century after they were taken by German...
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A Namibian delegation sit in uniforms and traditional clothes in the Charite hospital in Berlin Friday Sept. 30, 3011. About 60 Ovaherero and Nama traditional leaders and other Namibian officials arrived in Berlin, Germany to return about 20 skulls believed to be of Ovaherero and Nama...
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NEW PLYMOUTH, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Centre Jonathan Davies of Wales cuts through the Namibia defence to score his team's seventh try during the IRB 2011 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between Wales and Namibia at Stadium Taranaki on September 26, 2011 in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
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Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba speaks during a gala dinner ahead of the upcoming African National Congress (ANC) centenary celebration in Bloemfontein January 7, 2012. South Africa's ruling ANC celebrates its 100th birthday on Sunday. The long-banned liberation movement took...
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