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28 Articles found on Monday, 19 April 2004
CMA predicts economic growth
19-04-2004
ECONOMIC growth in the Common Monetary Area (CMA) is expected to improve in the short to medium term and the outlook for inflation remains benign.This was one of the conclusions reached after last
readEuro crackdown forces Scottish boats to head for Namibia
19-04-2004
SCOTTISH fishermen hit by Euro catch cuts are earning a living 6 000 miles away in Africa.Two crews made the 30-day voyage to Namibia, where the rules let them land enough fish to survive. The owners
readBenefit tax loophole shrinks
19-04-2004
THE Ministry of Finance has issued information to clarify and explain recent developments regarding tax on death benefits from pension funds.According to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry,
readNo double tax on interest earned in SA
19-04-2004
NAMIBIANS who earned interest on investments in South Africa will soon be taxed only once in the country.Prior to this announcement from the Ministry of Finance late last week, interest Namibians
readJudgement on Caprivi 13 reserved
19-04-2004
A SECOND court order for the release of the 13 Caprivi high treason accused - who were re-arrested and recharged after Judge Elton Hoff discharged them from the treason case and ordered their release
readJackson visit 'was never on'
19-04-2004
AFTER widespread speculation about the reason behind what would have been his third visit to Namibia, Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop, failed to arrive in Windhoek on Friday.On
readFloods see more people stream to clinics
19-04-2004
MORE and more people displaced by the floods in the Caprivi are arriving at reception centres weak and in need of medical treatment.Namibia Red Cross Secretary General Razia Essack-Kauaria said
readLand plan scares investors
19-04-2004
HAMBURG - NAMIBIA'S announcement that it will expropriate white-owned farms has set off alarm bells in Germany.German businesses have been delaying investments as they fear that land reform in Namibia
readRow over salary payouts
19-04-2004
A WAR of words over wages has erupted between casual workers and a company tarring a 10-kilometre gravel road at the Tseiblaagte suburb, Keetmanshoop Close to 20 casual workers claim that KL
readNew initiative targets housing for the poor
19-04-2004
THE movement of thousands of people from rural to urban areas is placing a heavy strain on efforts to provide housing, Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab said on Friday.Launching the Housing Trust Fund
readOfficial jailed for 20 years for killing girlfriend
19-04-2004
OSHAKATI - A 32-year-old man, who killed his 22-year-old girlfriend at Outapi in the Omusati Region by repeatedly stabbing her, was jailed for 20 years on Friday.Fillipus Nambinga appeared in the
readDetectives face theft charges
19-04-2004
RUNDU - Two Namibian Police detectives, who are suspects in a robbery case, were granted bail of N$1 000 each on Friday, Regional Commander for the Kavango, Chief Inspector Olavi Auanga, confirmed to
readNamibians arm for self-defence
19-04-2004
OVER 68 per cent of Namibians who own firearms legally bought them for self-defence, according to a new research paper.The Institute for Public Policy Research's Martin Boer presented his report, 'In
readNew joint venture 'sign of confidence in Walvis Bay'
19-04-2004
WALVIS Bay is increasingly becoming a harbour of choice on Africa's west coast.Of the five major ports on the western seaboard, it is now a key area for ship repairs and other marine engineering
readNamibia moves to reduce arms proliferation
19-04-2004
THE process of formulating a national action plan to control the proliferation of small arms in the country was officially started with the first regional workshop held at Swakopmund on Friday.Similar
readHero's funeral for Swapo veteran
19-04-2004
NAMIBIANS must continue to build on the strong foundations established by the likes of the late Swapo veteran Maxton Josef Mutongolume.This was said by President Sam Nujoma as the nation bid farewell
readCourt stops transfer of properties sold at 'racially exclusive' auction
19-04-2004
THE High Court on Friday put a stop to the transfer of properties that the Walvis Bay Municipality had sold in December at an auction from which buyers not regarded as "previously disadvantaged" were
readTeacher hit by plane fighting for life
19-04-2004
THEA JACOBS, a teacher at the Maries Devenes Private School in Oshakati, is fighting for her life after she was hit by the wing of a plane taking off at Oshakati on Thursday.Police and the Aircraft
readPresidents may change, but Constitution is a constant
19-04-2004
NAMIBIANS should not despair over the fact that President Sam Nujoma had decided to step down, Minister of Trade and Industry, Jesaya Nyamu, told a workshop of the Erongo National Youth Forum at
readAA scheme back on track
19-04-2004
GOVERNMENT has lifted the ban on new applications for the Agribank's Affirmative Action (AA) loan scheme.The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development announced on Friday that it had ironed
readBA overcomes Pirates
19-04-2004
NETBALL power house Black Africa continued their devastating form when they trounced rivals Orlando Pirates by 39-34 at the Katutura Sports Complex Saturday.Both teams went into the match with each
readBotswana demolish Namibia 5-0
19-04-2004
THE Namibian under 20 football side went down 5-0 to Botswana's Young Zebras in a African Youth Championships match, played at the National Stadium in Gaborone on Saturday.The half-time score was
readSouth Africa graduates to model status
19-04-2004
JOHANNESBURG - Ten years after it buried apartheid, South Africa is emerging as a model democracy for the rest of Africa and beyond after sailing through its third elections with hardly a
read4 US soldiers killed in Iraq attacks
19-04-2004
BAGHDAD - Five US soldiers have been killed in separate attacks in Iraq, the military said yesterday."Three soldiers travelling in a 1st Armoured Division convoy were killed during a small arms
readMugabe says Zim will never return to 'evil' Commonwealth
19-04-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe yesterday vowed that his country would never return to the "evil" Commonwealth from which it pulled out last year, as he celebrated his country's 24th year of
readTension mounts in Najaf and Fallujah
19-04-2004
BAGHDAD - US forces waited outside Najaf yesterday with no sign of a breakthrough in efforts to avert a bloody confrontation with rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in an Iraqi city holy to the world's
read'Myanmar's Suu Kyi to be freed in few days'
19-04-2004
KUALA LUMPUR - Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be released in the "next several days," UN envoy Razali Ismail said yesterday.The Nobel peace laureate has been under
readHamas vows 'volcano of revenge' for slain leader, Sharon defiant
19-04-2004
GAZA CITY - Hamas threatened a "volcano of revenge" against Israel yesterday as some 200 000 Palestinians packed the streets of Gaza for the funeral of the Islamic movement's assassinated leader
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