List of events
The following lists events that happened during
2008
in
Namibia
.
Incumbents
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Environment
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Serious flooding took place in northern Namibia in February and March 2008, with at least 42 dead and 65,000 displaced.
Politics
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The ruling party,
SWAPO
, and the new opposition party,
Rally for Democracy and Progress
(RDP) contested the first town council election in
Omuthiya
in the
Oshikoto Region
.
[1]
On 24 April, a rally of 200 took place in Windhoek against the porting of the
Chinese
ship the
An Yue Jiang
at
Walvis Bay
.
[2]
In May 2008,
Ignatius Shixwameni
, a former SWAPO and
Congress of Democrats
(CoD) member, who split from CoD in December 2007, forms the
All People's Party
.
[3]
In June 2008, the
Democratic Party of Namibia
was formed in
?Karas Region
. Though the CoD's
Ben Ulenga
criticized the party and others as "tribal", the DPN rejected the sentiment.
[4]
Economics
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Labour
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The
2008 Skorpion Zinc Strike
was a
worker's strike
against the ownership of the
Skorpion Zinc
mine near the southern town of
Rosh Pinah
in ?Karas Region. Lasting 19 days (10?29 May), the workers ended their strike when management agreed to a 12% raise in wages plus overtime and travel expenses.
[5]
The workers had originally demanded a 14% raise in wages.
[6]
The strike was supported by the
National Union of Mineworkers
, who accused Skorpion Zinc of practising racial discrimination and of negotiating in bad faith.
[6]
[7]
Entertainment
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Marelize Robberts
(born 1987), was crowned
Miss Namibia
2008.
Sport
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The national men's football team began 2008 in the
2008 Africa Cup of Nations
. After losing 1?5 to
Morocco
in their opening match, Namibia lost 0?1 to host
Ghana
and tied 1?1 with
Guinea
, finishing in last place in their group. Following the Africa Cup of Nations, Namibia lost 1?3 to
Malawi
in
Windhoek
on 26 March. In July, Namibia dropped 15 spots in the FIFA rankings to 146th.
[8]
World Cup qualifying
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Namibia was drawn into group 2 of the
CAF first group round
, alongside
Kenya
,
Guinea
and
Zimbabwe
. On 31 May, Namibia kicked off qualifiers at
home
against Kenya, defeating them on an 89th-minute goal by
Costa Khaiseb
.
[9]
The Brave Warriors then traveled to
Harare
on 8 June, losing 0?2.
[10]
Travelling back to Windhoek to face Guinea on 14 June, the Brave Warriors lost 1?2 on a 45th minute go-ahead goal by
Pascal Feindouno
. Playin in
Conakry
on 22 June, Namibia lost again, this time 0?4. After a two-month break, The Brave Warriors went to
Nairobi
on 5 September. The squad lost on a 44th-minute penalty kick by Kenyan
Jamal Mohammed
.
[11]
The last match in the first round was back in Windhoek at
Sam Nujoma Stadium
against neighbor Zimbabwe on 11 October. The squad jumped to a 4?0 lead before holding onto a 4?2 win, which included two goals by
Wilko Risser
. However, the match was meaningless for the Brave Warriors, as they had been eliminated from World Cup competition and finished in last place in the group of 4.
COSAFA Cup
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The 2008 Cosafa Cup was held in South Africa. The Namibian side won their group, group B, with a record of 2?0?1. In the quarterfinals, Namibia lost 0?1 to the
South Africa Development XI team
.
Boxing
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The
University of Namibia
hosted the
2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
from 20?30 March. At that tournament, the final round of qualifiers for
boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
for
Africa
were determined.
Olympics
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Deaths
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- 16 January,
Munjuku Nguvauva II
, 85, traditional
paramount chief
and leader of the
Ovambanderu
and
Ovambanderu
communities.
[12]
- 13 March,
Kalla Gertze
, 48,
Congress of Democrats
parliamentarian (13 March)
[13]
- 14 March,
John Pandeni
, 57, government minister
- 25 March,
Nico Bessinger
, former government minister
- 27 June,
Chris Hatutale Hawala
, 24, vice-president of the
Namibian National Student Organization
- 13 July,
John Mabuku
, former
DTA
National Councillor
and secession leader in the
Caprivi conflict
[14]
- 14 July,
Gabes Shihepo
, 53, former deputy minister
- 5 August,
Hannes Smith
, 75, former reporter
References
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- ^
RDP wants to go to court over Omuthiya
[
permanent dead link
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by
Christopher Maletsky
,
The Namibian
, 24 April 2008
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Namibians say NO to arms
[
permanent dead link
]
by Tanja Bause,
The Namibian
, 25 April 2008
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APP postpones congress
Archived
2011-06-07 at the
Wayback Machine
The Namibian, 12 February 2008
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Ulenga’s Statement Defamatory ? New Parties
New Era, 24 March 2009
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Strike ends at Namibia's Skorpion Zinc mine
in
Reuters
, 30 May 2008.
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a
b
Namibia govt seeks to resolve Skorpion Zinc strike
in
Mining Weekly
, 27 May 2008
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Strike ends at Namibia's Skorpion Zinc mine
in
Reuters
, 30 May 2008
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Warriors slide down Fifa ranks
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permanent dead link
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The Namibian, 3 July 2008
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Namibia 2?1 Kenya
BBC Sport, 31 May 2008
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Match Report
fifa.com
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Match Results ? Kenya vs. Namibia
, 6 September 2008
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Those Who Sadly Left Us
New Era, 19 December 2008
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CoD's Gertze Dies
New Era 14 March 2008
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Mabuku dies in exile
The Namibian
, 16 July 2008