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	<title>HIV/Aids News</title>
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		<title>Tsotsi ? soon to be shown at Maerua Mall</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tsotsi is a film of psychological drama in which
the protagonist is compelled to confront his own brutal nature and face the
consequences of his actions.This film centres on the life of a young
Johannesburg township gang leader, named Tsotsi, who was a HIV/Aids orphan and
grew up on the streets amid poverty, violence and crime.This film is based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As children go, so nations?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNICEF Namibia this week
launched its annual 2005 State of the World?s Children Report in Lüderitz under
the title ?Childhood under Threat?. Along with the report, UNICEF Namibia will
also prepare a Namibia-specific supplementary status handout focussing mainly on
the national issues relevant to the report.The international launch will took
place on 9 December, 2004 in LondonThe report states that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education for human rights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Friday the world will put
time aside to take stock of developments made with respect to the upholding of
the UN&#8217;s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Friday, 10 December, is the day
on which nations adopted the declaration precisely 56 years ago.This year&#8217;s
celebration is dedicated to human rights education.World leaders will meet in
the UN General Assembly to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More countries becoming dominant players</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current global
economic crisis has presented an opportunity where more countries will become
dominant players, central bank governor Tom Alweendo said.?Africa is not likely
to become a dominant player, except if we take another look at what we have been
doing so far and change quickly. That change will require us to think out of the
proverbial box. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namibian HIV-prevalence rate declines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was some good
news about the fight against HIV/AIDS this week when the government announced
that between 2002 and 2004 the national HIV prevalence rate for Namibia had
declined for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic.The Ministry of
Health and Social Services said in its 2004 HIV/AIDS Sentinel Sero Survey
results that data demonstrate either a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanaso co-ordinates all organisations activities in the  country</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nanaso aims to ?facilitate the sharing of information,
ideas, experience and resources in AIDS related work between NGO&#8217;s within the
country and to co-ordinate and enforce integration of common AIDS related and
function undertaken by NGO&#8217;s and other agencies in Namibia?. The Namibia Network
of AIDS Services Organisations (Nanaso) is an umbrella national welfare body of
HIV/AIDS non-governmental organisations. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategies to deal with HIV+ workforce</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Workplaces are
regarded as strategic places to provide information to sexually active men and
women and can therefore be used to educate workers on prevention and treatment
of HIV/AIDS. This is said in a press statement released during the workplace
symposium hosted by the Southern African HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination
Service (SAfAIDS) and the Namibia Network of AIDS Service Organisations
(Nanaso).The statement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sentinel survey results expected next months</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health and Social Services expects to have an accurate
picture of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS for 2004 within the next month after the
results of a survey are finalised by the ministry. The results come from a 2004
sentinel survey conducted in various sentinel sites in each of the country&#8217;s 13
regions. The survey is conducted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treating humans gems as precious diamonds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namdeb prides itself on treating its employees as
it treats the precious stones, the diamonds it mines. Hence a strategy dubbed
&#8216;human gems&#8217; has been implemented. Under this strategy, the company focus on
developing the employees to ensure that Namdeb has a workforce aligned to the
company&#8217;s overall strategic goals.Just as the employees are provided with
training, HIV/AIDS infected employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namdeb a national asset</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Namdeb diamond corporation has been described
as a national asset. ?It is Namibia&#8217;s most important economic asset,? said Dr
Nickey Iyambo, Minister of Mines and Energy this week.He said it was for this
reason that the government has found it appropriate that it should have a
shareholding in Namdeb.Iyambo was speaking when he opened a Village of Learning
on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges in millennium goals targets</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite making some
strides in its developmental efforts, Namibia is facing many challenges in the
fight against poverty, hunger, inequality and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.Prime
Minister Theo Ben Gurirab, in his foreword to the Namibia 2004 Millennium
Development Goals (MDG) report released in Windhoek this week, says the single
greatest challenge in meeting the MDGs in Namibia was to win the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope for HIV patients in Caprivi</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Health and
Social Services Dr Libertine Amadhila recently opened a community-based project
in Katima Mulilo for HIV/AIDS sufferers. Conservative estimates put the
infection rate in the Caprivi Region at around 40% of the total population. The
project is called Mapilelo, which means ?Place of Survival?.The Mapilelo Project
addresses PMTCT (Prevention of mother to child transmission), HAART (High
Attention Anti-retroviral [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural disasters require specific action</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of
lives and billions of dollars could be saved every year if a fraction of the
funds pumped into major headline grabbing disasters were spent on minimising the
effects of natural and human-caused hazards such as floods, drought, cyclones
and others on vulnerable people the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies said last week on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubbe Rispel&#8217;s ?The Plight of a Tramp? in theatre soon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The
Plight of a Tramp is a play written and directed by local playwright Kubbe
Rispel and can be seen at the Warehouse Theatre from 8 to 9 October. This play
is a story of hopeless people who don?t have a vision in life.The Plight of a
Tramp was written during a period when the playwright was experiencing deep
physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell-captives offer insurance alternative to local  market</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporates worldwide are increasingly moving away from
traditional insurance products towards more strategic risk management through
self-insurance programmes &#8211; the so-called Alternative Risk Transfer (ART)
structures.Insurance companies offer the insured significant material
advantages, including cost reduction, increased re-insurance capacity, improved
attitudes to risk management, and cover for certain risks which would otherwise
be un-insurable. However, because of the considerable costs associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Cross, Red Crescent meet to address needs of Africa?s  vulnerable</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Africa facing the combined threats of HIV/AIDS,
hunger and preventable diseases, the two million Red Cross and Red Crescent
societies are reported to be providing an unrivalled network to address these
urgent challenges. The Pan African Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies was held in Algiers, Algeria this week.The conference, the most
important gathering for what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SADC celebrates progress in reducing the health and cost burden of  malaria</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the annual Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
summit held in Mauritius, recently, reports were tabled, showing that the region
has made considerable progress in reducing the health and cost burden of
malaria. Malaria is responsible for one million deaths a year, 90 percent of
them in sub-Saharan Africa where its most dangerous form is found and its
mortality rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One-stop for financial services</title>
		<link>http://www.hivnews.biz/news/one-stop-for-financial-services/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[HK Financial Advisory
Services, established in 1998, is ?a one-stop house for all your financial
security,? boasts MD Rolf BaerensTheir core business is in short-term assurance
but the services offered include life assurance, asset management, risk
management, corporate financing, wealth creation and a medical plan, to bring
?affordable health products and solutions to people.?HK&#8217;s ?Diamond Plan? is a
primary health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDI slow in bearing fruit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to speed up GDP
growth, the government identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a crucial
element in Namibia?s development. With initiatives like manufacturing tax
breaks, training incentives, the creation of the Export Processing Zone and the
establishment of the Development Bank of Namibia, the Namibian government has
made every effort to attract FDI to Namibia.?Yet an uncertainty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get-well handbook now also in English</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is almost
impossible to believe that in the modern publishing industry, a book can still
start with a hand-written manuscript but that is exactly how one of Namibia?s
most popular books on health and the treatment of disease has come into
existence.Almost ten years ago, Namibian nursing icon, Annchen Parkhouse started
making preliminary notes for an intended manual on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investec says Namibia is struggling to attract FDI</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although
Namibia has a growth rate of about 3.2%, its rapidly growing population negates
much of the economic expansion and points to a much higher required sustainable
growth rate to have positive welfare gains. In an attempt to speed up GDP
growth, the government identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a crucial
element in Namibia?s development.With initiatives like manufacturing tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can health care provide future well-being?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ronald A.
Skolnic of Alexander Forbes Financial Services Part 1 in a series of 2At the
heart of business, and therefore also at the heart of the economy, lies the all
embracing goal to be successful in what we do and to generate sustainable and
maintainable returns on shareholder investments. Whether this argument is
applied in terms of government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministry of Health launches policy and guideline for medical  research</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has set
in place the &#8216;Guidelines on Clinical Trials in Human Subjects&#8217; and &#8216;Research
Management Policy&#8217; documents.The two documents open doors for the medical
researchers to conduct their research using human subjects and to avoid
duplication of research activities.?They (the documents) came at a very good
time. Everybody is knocking on our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How wide must the net be cast?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Keendjele,
coordinator of the National Pension Fund Task ForceExtract from a presentation
at the Economist Business Forum
The need for the provision of pension fund benefit
in the form of disability, retirement and survivors? benefits for Namibian
workers was identified soon after independence in 1990 and provision for such
was made in the Social Security Act of 1994. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer fight gets corporate support</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The corporate sector
has in recent years joined the fight against cancer, HIV/AIDS and TB. Sanlam
Namibia said this week that it has placed the fight against diseases such as
Cancer, HIV/AIDS and TB on its priority list.Sanlam said it recognises that
cancer is one of the most serious challenges that Namibia is facing and to this
end has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From a political fight to an economic struggle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gone are the
days when a strike in the mining industry made headlines almost every second
week. The last serious strike by mineworkers was at the former Tsumeb Copper
Limited (TCL) mine in 1997, just before it was liquidated. Ongopolo Mining and
Processing took over the mining operations. The TCL workers were armed with bows
and arrows, ?knop-kieries? and spades. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NamDeb looks to the sea for future production</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NamDeb, the
biggest diamond producer in the country, says it plans to meet its future
challenges by reducing operation costs while at the same time using modern
technology to increase production.The biggest challenges facing NamDeb are the
depleting land based mining sources and the strengthening of the Namibian dollar
against major currencies. A strong local currency reduces income earned from
dollar-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NamDeb looks to the sea for future production</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NamDeb, the
biggest diamond producer in the country, says it plans to meet its future
challenges by reducing operation costs while at the same time using modern
technology to increase production.The biggest challenges facing NamDeb are the
depleting land based mining sources and the strengthening of the Namibian dollar
against major currencies. A strong local currency reduces income earned from
dollar-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pepsi Fun@School Tour launched</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pepsi Fun@School project
was announced at a press conference on Wednesday, 30 June. Namibian Breweries
Ltd sponsored the project with N$30 000. The music tour will be staged at 11
high schools throughout the country. The event&#8217;s main aim is to offer a fun
filled cultural experience to the targeted audiences. Gariseb Management
Manager, Andre Gariseb, said, ?The Pepsi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU commissioners expected to arrive next week</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European
Union&#8217;s commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, Poul Nielson, and the
commissioner for trade, Mrs Danuta Hübner, are expected to make an official
visit to Namibia from 5 to 9 July. According to a statement from the European
Commission, the two commissioners will hold meetings with their Namibian
counterparts to review areas of common interest, recent political developments,
ongoing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grown your own and help life grows</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nearest desert is hundreds of kilometres away
yet Ikaneng School is known as the oasis. While the rest of its surroundings is
an eyesore, the &#8220;oasis&#8221; stands out with its lush green surroundings and trees
neatly maintained. The scene reminds one of a fairy garden.But the trees and
garden at the school in Soweto, Johannesburg is not there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International management training</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International
University of Management (IUM) offers courses in association with
internationally recognized institutions. All programmes are offered on full
time, part time and correspondence basis.IUM offers courses in business
administration, travel, tourism and hospitality management, information systems,
marketing, HIV/AIDS management, computer literacy, small business management and
finance management.There is a non-refundable application-handling fee of
N$350.All foreign students must have their qualifications [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crops submerged in Lake Liambezi</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crops growing in Lake
Liambezi in the southern Caprivi region have been submerged after water started
flowing into the lake for the first time in about 20 years. The Zambezi River
has been in flood for the last three months following heavy rains in Zambia and
Angola. However, the water level has been subsidising. On Wednesday this week,
the water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namibia still needs food help</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namibia needs US$ 5.8 million in aid to assist 600
000 orphans, vulnerable children and women suffering from the combined effects
of drought, chronic poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The United Nations
agencies operating in Namibia, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN
Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) have not received any contributions in response to
their US $5.8 million emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Planning Commission and EC sign N$16 million  agreement</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Planning Commission signed a new
three-year financing agreement on Technical Assistance for Policy Support (TCF
Programme) with the European Commission. The agreement is worth about N$16
million (2,0 million Euro). The TCF Programme will ensure that the technical
assistance needs are covered in key areas of development as defined by the
government and the European Commission.?Therefore, the programme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Income disparities widen in South Africa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Investment House Namibia)- According to UN?s 2003
Human Development Report for SA income disparities in that country have widened
due to the spread of HIV/AIDS, inadequate social safety and the inability to
create new jobs.The Gini coefficient, an international measure to gauge the
level of inequality, rose to 0.635 in 2002 from 0.596 in 2001. The closer the
coefficient gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SADC and its International and Regional Cooperating  Partners</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southern African Development Community?s
international and regional cooperating partners have always played an important
role in the success of the organization. It is a popular view that the
organization?s objectives can be achieved faster if development were to take
place within the context of global cooperation. One of the principal objectives
of SADC over the years has, however, been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Channel Life posts strong results</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The local life insurance company, Channel Life
Namibia, has posted what it termed strong results for the financial year, which
ended in February. Although commentators were reluctant to compare Channel
Life?s performance to the bigger players in the industry, it still came as a
surprise when the smaller company posted figures which made others green with
envy.Managing director, Lennie Louw, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namport faces HIV challenge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Sebby Kankondi, CEO of the Namibia Ports
Authority (Namport), said the most threatening challenge facing Namport is the
fight against HIV/Aids, which is undermining its efforts to train its people and
develop their skills.He added that the pandemic is affecting the experienced and
skilled labour force, thereby weakening efficiency and productivity, which,
Kankondi said, are the two main ingredients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cycling from Cairo to the Cape</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tour d&#8217;Afrique is the longest and hardest of
all cycle races. The 11 500 km event started in Cairo in the north of Africa on
17 January and will end in Cape Town on 15 May.The longest and most difficult
bike race in the history of the sport, this is an event for both amateur and
professional cyclists, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shot in arm for Women&#8217;s Solidarity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two-day first National Consultative Conference
for NGOs, CBOs and Activists on Violence Against Women and Children, which was
organised by Women&#8217;s Solidarity Namibia, ended in Windhoek last week.The main
objectives of the conference were to bring the NGOs, CBOs and activists
together, to build a strategy on how to advocate and lobby for non-violent and
peaceful programs and also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namport celebrates 10 years of operation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) celebrated
its tenth anniversary as a commercial entity. Namport manages the ports of
Lüderitz and Walvis Bay that together handle more than 2,5 million metric tonnes
of cargo annually.According to the CEO of Namport, Mr Sebby Kankondi, Namport
was rated the ?Number One Port in Africa? by the Africa Competitive Report 2000.
?This is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNICEF addresses girls? schooling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the Global Campaign for Education?s Action
held this week, UNICEF called for increased attention to the disproportionate
number of girls who are denied the right to education.During ?The World?s
Biggest Ever Lobby,? thousands of children worldwide took part in the ?National
Lobby,? making a personal plea to their governments to get more children into
school. UNICEF said these children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSO comes to the rescue of Pashukeni Kindergarten</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Christina Swart-Opperman (CSO) Aids
Orphan Foundation Trust has come to the rescue of the Pashukeni Orphans and
Vulnerable Children&#8217;s Kindergarten.Last September Pashukeni approached the Trust
for assistance culminating in the handing over of N$9785 last week.The CSO Trust
sourced the money through donations from the Windhoek Harriers and the Child
Evangelism Fellowships that donated N$6800 and N$2985, respectively.This week
Pashukeni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A shebeen &#8211; an integral institution in a society</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shebeens may no longer sell hotstuff (anything
stronger than beer), &#8216;kapana&#8217; (food), sweets or any of the other goods they
currently sell. That will be the picture once the Liquor Act is implemented. The
act allows shebeens to sell light liquor, not exceeding 16% alcohol by volume.
This limits shebeens to &#8216;tombo,&#8217; beer, and Tassenburg and Capenheimer wines.It
will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Floods threaten to displace thousands</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Floods from the rising Zambezi river in the
Caprivi region are threatening to displace around 20&#160;000 people, the
International Red Cross said on Tuesday.The water level in the Zambezi river,
which borders Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Mozambique, has
continued to rise over the past few weeks following heavy rains.The Zambezi has
now risen more than 7 metres in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gambling made easy with new K Sands gaming card</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Smart Card gaming system for the Kalahari
Sands Casino provides more security with a pin number for added convenience and
people no longer need to get coins to play the gambling machines according to
the hotel?s new general manager, John Airey.Airey came to the Kalahari Sands
Hotel and Casino late last year. His appointment, which was handled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zambezi threatening to burst its banks</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Cross said this week that it was on red
alert as the level of the Zambezi River continued to rise following heavy rains
in the northeast of the country. Floods have been reported in Botswana, Zimbabwe
and Mozambique. Reports said this week that the water level in the river has
risen to 6.71 metres and continued to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese government donates to flood victims</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The People?s
Republic of China last week donated US$100,000, which will go towards assisting
flood victim in the north and northeastern parts of the country.The funds were
handed over by at the Chinese ambassador to Namibia, Ren Xiaopin, to Deputy
Prime Minister Dr Libertina Amathila.The donation was in response to President
Hifikepunye Pohamba?s appeal for aid from the international community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hostels Monologues, a play based on true learner experiences</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ombetja Yehinga Organisation (OYO) has been
touring various schools with the play, Hostel Monologues, as the youth
organisation attempts to address issues surrounding HIV/AIDS.The play, which
explores issues surrounding contracting and preventing the virus, came about
after the organisation asked learners living in hostels to write short stories
based on their experiences, and provide insights into the lives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating awareness in a participatory manner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UNAMs
HIV/AIDS Unit hopes that World Aids Day 2006 will serve as an occasion for
introspection of the institution and its community thereby creating awareness
in a participatory manner. This will be done by bringing all categories of staff
together to deliberate on HIV and AIDS related issues. A testimony by an
HIV-positive Namibia known as Roswita will form part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children pay the price of WFP funding crisis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week announced that unless it receives
new contributions urgently it would be forced to halt food distributions to
90000 orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia by the second half of December
because of a critical shortage of funding. &#8220;It&#8217;s an unjust and preventable
tragedy that children  especially orphans &#8212; become the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government unveils HIV policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Health and
Social Services has unveiled a national policy on HIV/AIDS. Although still in
draft form, the policy addresses issues such as an enabling environment,
prevention, treatment, care and support, impact mitigation, responding to
HIV/AIDS in workplaces, institutional framework for policy implementation,
monitoring, evaluation, surveillance and research. The draft has already been
approved by the National AIDS Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employees earning as little as N$1000 are covered</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The
Namibian private sector has pooled together a fund that will extend medical
cover to HIV-infected employees from the lowest paid ranks. The fund has
attracted the attention of international non-governmental organisation,
PharmAccess Foundation. The fund was pooled together by various medical aid
funds and interested private companies have joined with the aim of giving
coverage to their poorly paid workers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minister Kamwi should be found answerable</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bono, Sir Bob
Gedolf, and all those with Africa&#8217;s problems at heart will be furious to read
that Hon Richard Kamwi, the Minister of Health and Social Services cannot
account for his promises on combating HIV/AIDS. This year&#8217;s theme for the World
AIDS Day is &#8216;Keeping the Promise&#8217;. The public is asked to assess whether
governments, as well as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lets work to keep the promise, says Dinyando</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deputy
Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Raphael Dinyando, has called on
politicians to fulfil the promises they have made on combating the spread of
HIV/AIDS. Launching Namibias version of the World AIDS Day, Dinyando said the
campaign is one of the platforms to motivate the nation to make a difference,
promoting general awareness and early testing in the population at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More bicycles for care-givers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit
(centre) and his entourage chat with BEN Namibia managing director, Michael
Linke and Glenn Howard (right), chairman of BEN Namibia. BEN Namibia&#8217;s main
concern is the provision of bicycles to community volunteers who provide
home-based care for people living with HIV/AIDS and support for orphans and
vulnerable children. BEN Namibia also aims at improving cycling conditions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More resources required to expand successful global 
efforts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA &#8211; The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria has welcomed the new UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update, which
indicates that HIV prevalence has declined significantly in a number of African
countries and that increased access to antiretroviral AIDS treatment has led to
millions of additional years of healthy life. However, the global epidemic
continued to grow in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa develops solutions for improving health</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The signs
are everywhere, across the continent: Africa is finding African approaches to
solving its health problems. In Uganda, 50 percent of all HIV/AIDS patients have
been reached with life-saving antiretroviral medicine through an innovative
programme that trains nurses to do some of the work traditionally done by
doctors and community health workers to take on some of the work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government told to reform civil service</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International
Monetary Fund (IMF) says the red lights are on the Namibian government with
regards to its over-inflated civil service. The IMF says although government&#8217;s
macroeconomics and medium term fiscal policies have delivered exceptional
results, its spending too much money on wages of civil servants instead of
channelling the funds to poverty reduction and developmental programmes. It is
alarming that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF says medium economic outlook promising</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The
International Monetary Fund (IMF) said this week that Namibia&#8217;s medium economic
outlook remains promising as long as it sustains prudent macroeconomic policies
and tackles a number of challenges including high unemployment (37%), widespread
poverty and a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Johannes Mueller, advisor in the
African department, told a press conference in Windhoek that the IMF economic
assessment projects real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Awards gala to raise funds for orphans and vulnerable  children</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Venancius Rukero Aids Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Foundation (VRAOVCF) is organising the 2006 HIV/AIDS Hero Awards ceremony that
will take place on 24 November at Safari Hotel to raise funds for the
organisation. The organisation was established by former street kid, Venancius
Rukero, with the mission of protecting, empowering and assisting AIDS orphans
and vulnerable children. VRAOVCF provides basic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;With ARVs and God, I will see old age&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her late 30s,
Karin Sheetekala is a Namibian television celebrity. She is an attractive woman
with a slender physique whose faced is beamed across Namibia in a short TV film
by the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). She speaks in her vernacular
Oshiwambo language with English subtitles. But this is not some famous TV
commercials or a popular TV sitcoms. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fitch affirms Namibia at BBB- and says outlook is stable</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fitch this week affirmed that Namibia&#8217;s ratings at foreign
currency Issuer Default &#8216;BBB-&#8217; (BBB minus), local currency Issuer Default &#8216;BBB&#8217;
and Short-term foreign currency &#8216;F3&#8242;, saying these had stable outlooks. As a
member of the Common Monetary Area, the Country Ceiling which is &#8216;A&#8217;, was also
affirmed this week. Namibia&#8217;s foreign currency IDR continues to be underpinned
by sound macroeconomic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEN delivers bicycles for home-based care volunteers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The
Bicycling Empowerment Network Namibia (BEN Namibia) said this week that it
delivered bicycles for 85 home-based care volunteers in the north of the
country. The bicycles were funded by a group of school kids from Wesley College
in Clunes, Australia. Besides the delivery of bicycles, BEN Namibia focuses on
building the capacity of communities that it works with to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meals on Wheels receives support from Fürstenhof</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the
Christmas season just around the corner, providing some good cheer for the needy
is becoming more necessary than ever. In response to the necessity of assisting
the needy, &#8211;Protea Fürstenhof Hotel has joined hands with the Hochland Round
Table in a feeding project focusing on the elderly. Initiated by the hotel&#8217;s GM
Frans van der Bijl, together with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early Christmas for &#8217;street people&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Polytechnic of
Namibia, through its outreach programme, organised an early Christmas party for
the Loaf of Fishes Ministry Street People from the St George&#8217;s Anglican
Cathedral this week. This outreach programme is an annual event initiated by the
Office of the Dean of Students of the Polytechnic in conjunction with students,
where they organise an event for a specific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An architectural image of the soon to be constructed Hope  Village.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Land identified for hospice for destitute and terminally
ill Pastor Marietjie de Klerks dream of giving shelter to destitute and
terminally ill women and children is about to become a reality. A piece of land
has been identified in Katuturas Goreagab suburb where Hope Village will be
constructed. According to Janine van der Merwe, the project&#8217;s Marketing and
Administration Consultant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diamond story needs to be told</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[African ministers and senior
government officials in the areas of mines, minerals and energy held a one-day
workshop last week which focussed on communicating the essential role diamonds
play in the development of Africa. During the workshop, facilitated by the De
Beers Group, ministers discussed the benefits of diamonds to their national
economies and the urgent need to tell the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out on the Street The stark reality of orphans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a
classic English tale and turning it into a Namibianised play for a local
audience produced a work of art where the suffering of street children is the
core theme. Olivia Toyeta, the name of the play that is based on Charles
Dickens&#8217; famous Oliver Twist was performed this week in the National Theatre in
Windhoek targeting a young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Village, a hospice for the destitute and terminally  ill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Marietjie de Klerk&#8217;s initiative of caring for others
through and at the Hope Village came one step closer to reality last week when
the project was launched through the Hope Village Trust. For the vibrant pastor,
this has been her dream for the past ten years. The conceptualisation phase has
now been completed and the next step for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children date seasoned artists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children in the Wilderness
Namibia Trust has organised an artist date for seven children from Eros
Childrens Home to work with some esteemed local artists to create unique
artworks that will be auctioned later this month. The children were selected
based on the artworks produced last month. The Trust is in partnership with
Wilderness Safaris to implement a unique and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anniversary highlight organisations role in child  welfare</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Philippi Trust Namibias 10th Anniversary highlighted
the organisations achievements in training, counselling and child welfare. This
anniversary was celebrated as a Fun Day for children at the Zoo Park last week
with activities ranging from jumping castles to mini Olympic Games, performances
by kids, food to drinks. According to Marianne Olivier, the Trust&#8217;s director,
the organisation decided on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soul Buddyz bridge Namibia?s information gap</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Abel
Hamutenya of the Namibia Red Cross The Namibian Red Cross (NRCS) has teamed up
with its Soul Buddyz to educate young people about social issues that affect
them. The NRCS has decided to harness the potential of the local media to
improve the welfare of young Namibians by launching a television series that
deals with health and development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World disasters under the spotlight</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Namibian Red Cross
Society (NRCS) launched the 2004 World Disaster Report this Thursday. The report
was launched at the Kilimanjaro informal settlement in Windhoek. The report
focuses mostly on communities? resilience and highlights, among many issues, the
impressive capacity of communities from across the developing and developed
world to cope with the worst disaster situations. The report underlines the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imunoxx® &#8211; Unleash your health potential</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist
caught up with Dr Corné Powell the Medical Project Manager of Namibia Medical
Investments, the company behind Imunoxx ?The Green Patch?. Dr Powell explained
how Imunoxx works, ?Imunoxx assists the immune system and compliments the
glutathione levels in the body. Glutathione is a small molecule found in almost
every cell inside the human body and acts as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical fund aims at covering HIV infected  employees</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pooling the members of various participating medical aid
funds has enabled a local non-governmental organisation to extend cover to
HIV-positive members at a minimal cost. Namibian health insurance and medical
aid companies first seemed reluctant to buy into the new concept offered by the
PharmAccess Foundation. But when it proved to be a viable solution, especially
with PharmAccess subsidising the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namibia fares poorly in competitive rankings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namibia
slipped five places on the Global Competitive Index for 2006 released this week
by the World Economic Forum. This year, Namibia was placed 84 down from 79 in
2005 on the index that is used to measure the worlds most competitive
economies. Botswana also slipped from position 72 last year to 81. The US,
currently raging a global war [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nawa Life transforms into NGO</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The field office of the
US-based Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programmes/Health Communication
Partnership has transformed into an NGO taking up the name Nawa Life Trust. A
statement from the trust said this week that this transformation reaffirms its
commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS in the country. The trust was launched in
Katutura this week in a move that was welcomed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope for HIV patients in Caprivi</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minister of Health and
Social Services Dr Libertine Amadhila recently opened a community-based project
in Katima Mulilo for HIV/AIDS sufferers. Conservative estimates put the
infection rate in the Caprivi Region at around 40% of the total population. The
project is called Mapilelo, which means ?Place of Survival?. The Mapilelo
Project addresses PMTCT (Prevention of mother to child transmission), HAART
(High Attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHO gives indoor use of DDT a clean bill of  health</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON  Nearly 30 years after phasing out the
widespread use of indoor spraying with DDT and other insecticides to control
malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) last week announced that this
intervention will once again play a major role in its efforts to fight the
disease. WHO is now recommending the use of indoor residual spraying (IRS) not
only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural disasters require specific action</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of
lives and billions of dollars could be saved every year if a fraction of the
funds pumped into major headline grabbing disasters were spent on minimising the
effects of natural and human-caused hazards such as floods, drought, cyclones
and others on vulnerable people the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies said last week on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mission to assist disadvantaged people</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association of
Diplomats Spouses will hold a fundraising luncheon at the Italian ambassadors
residence in Klein Windhoek on 29 September, as the organisation intensifies its
efforts to fundraise for worthy causes. The organisation raises funds for the
disadvantaged, soup kitchens, the San people, women and children living with
HIV/AIDS. It also assists women living with HIV sell their handworks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NABCOA sensitises employers on affordable care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A breakfast
meeting organised by the Namibia Business Coalition on Aids (NABCOA) last week
looked at ways of initiating, implementing and monitoring HIV/Aids programmes.
The meeting also stressed the need to establish a strong basis for sustainable
Aids treatment in the country through a network of partnerships facilitating
access to basic health care and treatment for more people. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monologues tackle issues affecting young people</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bread and
jam and Rumour had it are two powerful monologues written by a team of six
young Namibians, which will be shown at the Franco-Namibia Cultural Centre
(FNCC) on 21 and 22 September. The Monologues address issues facing many young
people such as peer pressure, HIV/AIDS, verbal and physical abuse. Both are
directed by Philippe Talavera, director of Ombetja [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diamond industry launches campaign website</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK &#8211; As
part of its recently announced campaign to educate consumers and the trade about
important diamond-related issues, the diamond industry announced last week the
launch of a new informational website, www.diamondfacts.org . Alongside the
campaign us a major advertising effort that includes full-page print ads in ten
major U.S. and international newspapers including The New York Times, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gender and media summit in SA draws big interest</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gender
activists met with media practitioners in a two-day event this week in
Johannesburg, South Africa that was held under the banner Media diversity and
sustainability: Good for Business, Good for Democracy. The summit was a follow
up to the September 2004 gathering that brought together 184 media managers,
practitioners, NGOs and activists to debate research findings that show that
women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under construction: a school and a village</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of
Windhoek has approved the construction of a village for the terminally ill,
sufferers of HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS orphans in the Goreangab settlement, as well
as a pre-primary school for children with learning challenges. The applications
were approved last Wednesday at the monthly council meeting. The village is to
be build by the Hope Village Trust, founded by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NGOs serving women take stock ten years after Beijing  conference</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, 4 October 2004 (ECA) &#8211; More than three
hundred representatives of non- governmental organizations gathered in Addis
Ababa this week to take stock of progress in African women&#8217;s lives since the
Beijing summit on women&#8217;s affairs ten years ago. The two-day &#8216;African Women&#8217;s
NGO Forum on Beijing +10&#8242; opened Wednesday, kicking off a week of activities and
meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govts challenged to do more against child killer  diseases</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(IRIN) &#8211; African governments have been called on to
provide vulnerable groups with free anti-malarial drugs, insecticide-treated bed
nets (ITNs) and essential medicines for childhood diseases. The recommendations
followed a conference hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the
Mozambican capital, Maputo, on how to strengthen health systems to fight malaria
and childhood illnesses. Dr Fred Binka, chairman of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upheavals in Southern Africa are jeopardising  development</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRIN &#8211; Political upheavals in Southern Africa are
jeopardising efforts to accelerate regional economic growth, a new study has
found. An overview of the challenges facing Southern Africa showed that while a
degree of stability had been achieved after decades of unrest, the region
remained &#8220;beset with crises that undermine sustainable development&#8221;. Researchers
at the Pretoria-based Human Research Sciences Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namibian men do care</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A moving exhibition of photographs
portraying a compassionate and sensitive side of Namibian men will be held at
the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) titled &#8216;The Caring Namibian Man&#8217;. The
exhibition that is co-organised by the Ombetja Yehinga organisation, VSO/RAISA,
FNCC and the Bank Windhoek Arts Festival 2006 will run from 6 to 27 September.
According to the organisers, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEN factory starts making bicycle ambulances</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next month,
the Bicycling Empowerment Network (BEN) will launch a bicycle ambulance
manufacturing plant in Namibia. BEN said in a press statement that the
ambulances will be delivered to rural communities in the north of the country in
partnership with community-based organisations, strengthening the grassroots
response to HIV/AIDS. Bicycle ambulances are stretchers on wheels that attach
to normal bicycles and tow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making great strides in social responsibilities</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Protea
group of hotels in Namibia is not only positioning itself as the largest
hospitality operation in the country, but is setting up social responsibility
projects that are already making great strides in their respective communities.
The various charity driven endeavours, which have been adopted by the seven
respective Protea hotels, are in line with the Protea Hotel South [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Lethal cocktail&#8221; to blame for HIV &#8211; study</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(IRIN) &#8211; A
&#8220;lethal cocktail&#8221; of low condom use by people with multiple sexual partners,
combined with low levels of male circumcision, are the key factors driving
soaring rates of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, the epicentre of the global
epidemic, according to a study released on Monday. Casting doubt on long-held
beliefs about how the disease spreads in countries such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HIV treatment reaches over 1 million</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TORONTO, Canada &#8211;
Addressing a plenary session of the XVI International AIDS Conference here this
week, WHOs HIV/AIDS director Dr. Kevin De Cock reported that the number of
people receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa has surpassed
1 million for the first time, a ten-fold increase in treatment access in the
region since December 2003. In low- and middle-income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kubbe Rispel&#8217;s ?The Plight of a Tramp? in theatre soon</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The
Plight of a Tramp is a play written and directed by local playwright Kubbe
Rispel and can be seen at the Warehouse Theatre from 8 to 9 October. This play
is a story of hopeless people who don?t have a vision in life. The Plight of a
Tramp was written during a period when the playwright was experiencing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National pension fund remains a pipe dream</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed
National Pension Fund (NPF), which was supposed to have established by the
Social Security Commission (SSC) more than three years ago, still remains a pipe
dream, the Economist has established. The pension fund is meant to cover the
working population when they reach the age of 60 years. Only some 25% of
Namibia&#8217;s potential labour force enjoys pension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More US funds for self-help projects</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Ambassador to
Namibia, Dennise Mathieu said this week during the Ambassador&#8217;s Special
Self-Help Programme signing ceremony that this year&#8217;s programme will share a
total of N$1.8 million among community development projects in 12 regions of
Namibia. &#8220;Nineteen of the projects selected this year specifically tackle the
HIV/AIDS epidemic,&#8221; she said. The Ambassador&#8217;s Special Self-Help Programme began
in 1990, and since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three additional New Start Centres inaugurated</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three more
New Start Centres in the Okavango and Otjiwarongo were inaugurated last week.
The centres are the Nyangana and Andara hospitals in Okavango, and the New Start
Centre Otjiwarongo. These centres are part of the effort by government to combat
the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The centres provide HIV/AIDS services including access to
anti-retroviral treatment and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African states have key role in development</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fight
against poverty, unemployment, skewed income and the devastating impacts of
HIV/AIDS and other preventable diseases are some of the social challenges facing
African governments, said Prime Minister Nahas Angula during Africa Public
Service Day on 23 June. ?All these social evils are broadly speaking a
consequence of under-development. In reality, the challenge facing Africa is the
challenge of underdevelopment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namibia adopts UNDAF to compliment development
planning</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namibia has adopted the United Nations Development
Assistance Framework (UNDAF) as a complementary planning process of the UN
system to its own national development planning system. The government has also
appealed to the various UN agencies to continue their role in assisting Namibia
in mobilising international support and resources towards the national efforts
to tackle the challenges of development. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OSSREA offers senior scholars research grants</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A regional
research and capacity-building organisation based in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), the
Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA)
offers senior scholars a research grant programme to carry out research that is
on par with international standards. The organisation&#8217;s mission is to develop
and promote the emergence of a culture of excellence in the study, research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miss Namibia is there for the upliftment of the youth</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[She
wants to take technology to rural schools, says Leefa Shiikwa who was crowned
Miss Namibia 2005 recently. She emphasised her desire and willingness to work
with the youth, especially orphans, as she regards the youth as ?the foundation
of every nation?. Leefa is currently busy with her exams as a final (third year)
Business Administration student at the Polytechnic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA summit for African education policy makers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top African
policy makers in education, as well as vice-chancellors from countries all over
Africa, will be attending the inaugural annual conference of the African Council
for Distance Education, to be hosted by the University of South Africa from 9 to
12 August. South African President Thabo Mbeki is expected to deliver the
opening address at the three-day conference under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stand up Africa and redefine your future</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Africa has
seemingly gained the political kingdom, it remains the ?sick man of the world?,
said Prime Minister Nahas Angula on the occasion of the Africa Child Day which
was celebrated on 16 June. Angula said poverty, civil strife, HIV/AIDS
devastation, under-development and famine remain the hallmark of African
conditions. ?In my view, the struggle for African dignity remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schools football teams ready to show off their
talent</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namibian Senior Secondary School football teams are well
prepared for giving their all to try and walk away with the Coca Cola Youth Cup
2005 and the prize money that is up for grabs. This is the second year of the
tournament, which begins on Monday, 20 June, and will be on until the final
weekend on Saturday, 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The most terrifying pandemic of modern times&#039;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the aim
of raising awareness among the general public and the fighting against the
destructive HIV/Aids pandemic, the Polytechnic of Namibia held their annual
HIV/Aids awareness campaign this week. ?It is tragic that at the onset of this
new millennium the world is confronted with the devastating HIV/Aids pandemic
which is causing terrible miseries and deaths of millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Let the work begin!&quot;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ulika Nambahu
Ulika Nambahu is Walvis Bay&#8217;s new mayor
following an extra ordinary council meeting held on 14 May. In her acceptance
speech, Nambahu expressed her gratitude for being presented with the honours of
leading the port city. &#8220;I also want to express my profound appreciation to
Councillor Klazen, my predecessor, for providing me and our council with an
excellent foundation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol identified as most dangerous drug</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of
Health and Social Services through its Directives Social Welfare Services, in
collaboration with the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), commemorated
the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June at
the UN Plaza in Katutura. The day was celebrated under the theme &#8216;Do drugs
control your life? Your life, Your community, No place for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Centre to monitor medicines and their side effects</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new centre for information
on the use and side effects of medicines available in Namibia was unveiled last
week. The Therapeutics Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre (TIPC) is the
brainchild of the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MHSS) and the
Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Its establishment comes at a time when
there is a growing worldwide need for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on unlicensed traditional doctors</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Professions Council of Namibia says it is extremely
worried about the misleading tendencies of unlicensed traditional healers who
advertise for their services in the electronic and print media. Assistant
Registrar Cornelius Weyulu told the Economist this week that the council
believes in proven scientific research on all medicines, but traditional healers
are yet to be regulated, thereby causing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boys to be assisted to stay in school</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Ambassador to Namibia Dennise
Mathieu this week launched the boys&#8217; component of the US. Ambassadors&#8217; Girls
Scholarship Programme (AGSP) at Oanob Primary School in Rehoboth. Deputy
Minister of Education, Dr. Becky Ndjoze-Ojo, attended the launch of the new
programme. Over the next year, the AGSP Boys&#8217; Component will support a total of
200 boys in Grade 1 through to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More US support to fight TB</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States ambassador to Namibia
Dennise Mathieu, during the recent National World TB Day commemoration event
themed &#8220;I am Stopping TB&#8221;, underscored the importance and powerful impact of
individual efforts and responsibilities in fighting TB.
Dennise Mathieu
&#8220;Each of us, working together with
Namibia&#8217;s communities and health centres, can play a vital role in turning the
tide on this disease,&#8221; she said. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local NGOs call for firm stand on EPAs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namibian civil society organisations have reiterated their call
that the government stick to its guns and request for the re-opening of
unresolved issues within the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). They
also called on government to make a public statement on its concerns regarding
negative effect of the EPA on regional integration in southern Africa.
The statement by the organisations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huge response to flood victims&#039; cry for help</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Red Cross Society of Namibia received donations in cash and
kind from various companies to assist the people affected by floods. The
donations were handed over at the Red Cross Head Office in Katutura this week.
Secretary General of the Namibian Red Cross Dorkas Kapembe-Haiduwa said her
organisation was an initiative of alleviating human suffering, established by
the public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Village officially opens doors of first house</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Marietjie de Klerk&#8217;s dream of giving shelter to destitute
and terminally ill women and children is finally becoming a reality. In
Katutura&#8217;s Goreagab, Hope Village&#8217;s first house was officially opened after its
completion this week. Managing Director of Standard Bank Mpumzi Pupuma
officially handed over the house at the village, which is the brainchild of
Pastor Marietjie de Klerk.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget aims at fighting poverty, inequality</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a budget in which, Minister of Finance Saara
Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said would foresee one of the largest expansions since
independence, the government is projecting GDP growth of an average of 5.1
percent from 2008 to 2010. In her 2008/2009 budget presentation,
Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the growth rate will be positively affected by key
programmes on infrastructure and productive sectors.
&#8220;The main thrust [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major developments in road construction sector</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Deputy
Minister of Works, Transport and Communication, Stefanus Mogotsi, this week
requested the 37 young roads engineers and technicians, who completed a
two-month training seminar in road construction and maintenance, to commit their
newly acquired knowledge and skills towards the development of the country&#8217;s
roads infrastructure. The young engineers and technicians with (in front from
left) Ako Al-Jaf, Manager: Roads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF upbeat on country&#039;s economic outlook</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
said this week that Namibia&#8217;s overall economic outlook is positive, adding in
its executive board assessment that a sound macroeconomic management, which,
together with a favourable external environment, has led to robust economic
growth, subdued inflation, large current account surpluses, and a strengthened
foreign reserve position. The IMF also welcomed the progress made toward
achieving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is this the end of an era of long-serving presidents?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After having not seen Cuban leader
Fidel Castro&#8217;s face on television for over a year-and-a-half, it really caught
me by surprise this week when he announced that he was stepping down as Cuba&#8217;s
President and head of the army. All along, I had been thinking that the iconic
leader long joined his ancestors in 2006 when he underwent emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IPPR appoints new Executive Director</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has
appointed Graham Hopwood as the institute&#8217;s new Executive Director. Hopwood
takes over from Daniel Motinga, who resigned to join the commercial banking
sector in late 2007. Motinga however continues to serve the IPPR as a Board
member. Graham Hopwood
Before joining the IPPR, Hopwood, who holds a BA Hons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street soccer to fight HIV</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Namibian Street Soccer
HIV/AIDS Sport Programme is a newly launched project to try and stem the tide on
new HIV infections, by focusing on prevention and effective means to get people
particularly young people, to pay attention and learn what they need to know to
protect themselves, said United States of America Government representative and
Programme Development Specialist, Dalene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock infant, child death statistics as gains
reverse</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood couple Angelina Jolie and Brat Pitt may have
selected Namibia as the birth place for their son in 2006, but latest statistics
on infant, child and maternal mortality rates produced this week paint a bleak
picture on the safety of the children born in the south-western African state.
The country&#8217;s ministry of health and social services was this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More bicycle ambulance shops for home-based care groups</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since it began in May 2005, the Bicycling Empowerment Network
Namibia (BEN Namibia) has experienced enormous growth. &#8220;In our first month we
distributed three bicycles, sold out of our warehouse to help pay the rent,&#8221;
says founder and Managing Director, Michael Linke. By the end of 2007, BEN
Namibia had distributed over 4000 bicycles, trained over 100 bicycle mechanics
(more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newest US Peace Corps volunteers sworn in</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 27th group
of Peace Corps Volunteers assigned to Namibia took their oath of service this
week. Dennise Mathieu, US Ambassador to Namibia, recorded the oath in the
Okahandja town hall. The Honourable Dr. Becky Ndjoze-Ojo, Deputy Minister of
Education, was the keynote speaker.
These 70 volunteers come from all parts of the United States and
reflect America&#8217;s rich ethnic diversity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing sector has room for expansion</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bank of Namibia said this week that the country has a number
of manufactured products from which it can use to expand the manufacturing
sector. The bank last year undertook a study titled: &#8220;Assessing the Potential of
the Manufacturing Sector in Namibia&#8221;.
The main objective of the study was to identify and assess
potential products within the manufacturing sector [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A combination of hopes and challenges</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The successes in
many areas aside, Namibia is still to put its finger on the pulse and find out
what is driving the HIV epidemic in the country. Salvator Niyonzima, the UNAIDS
country coordinator in Namibia.
&#8220;We still have no clear idea of what is driving the epidemic. That
would enable us to address the drivers, the specific factors, behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AIDS daunting task &#8211; US envoy</title>
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		<title>US$724 million for AIDS, TB and malaria</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has welcomed the announcement by the US government that it will contribute US$ 724 million for 2007.
The renewed commitment is the highest donation ever made by the US to the Global Fund since its inception five years ago. It is also a challenge for others to [...]]]></description>
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