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30 Articles found on Tuesday, 10 August 2004
Namibia Is A Gem
10-08-2004
I AM an experienced worldwide traveller and visited Namibia for the fourth time this July together with my husband and two children.My conclusion is simple Namibia is a gem....compared even with South
readOngwediva Conflict Drags On
10-08-2004
WE residents from Ongwediva are not feeling happy about what Swapo did to us by forcing Councillors upon us who we haven't voted for.Swapo party accepted false stories that were created in meetings,
readApproved Global Funds For Anti-Malaria Fight
10-08-2004
FOR Namibia about N$25 million has been directed for the malaria control program in the next 2 years.
readTax Talk: Tax on Retirement Payments Part III
10-08-2004
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.In recent times provident funds have become more popular than pension
readDe Beers, SA union agree on wage deal
10-08-2004
JOHANNESBURG - The world's largest diamond producer De Beers and South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have agreed on a 7 per cent wage increase, the parties said on a joint statement on
readGhana in record cocoa output
10-08-2004
ACCRA - Ghana produced 668 000 tonnes of cocoa between October and June, the biggest ever main crop in the world's second-largest cocoa grower, an industry source with knowledge of official figures
readLiquor makers go dizzy as young Indians, women knock back vodka
10-08-2004
NEW DELHI - While older Indian men still nurse their whiskies, increasing numbers of women and young adults in conservative India are knocking back vodka, sending sales of the tipple soaring.The love
readPolice officer held over 'love inferno'
10-08-2004
A POLICE officer has been arrested after he allegedly set his girlfriend's apartment at the Nurses' Flats at the Windhoek Central Hospital on fire yesterday.The girlfriend was not at home at the
readDefiant 13 delay start of treason trial
10-08-2004
ACCURSED by delays it has been for five years; and so it was once again for the Caprivi high treason case in the High Court at Grootfontein yesterday.This time, an act of defiance by the 13 high
readWalvis school sex shock
10-08-2004
THE Walvis Bay community is in a state of shock after reports that schoolgoing girls as young as 11 and 12 years are having sexual relations with older men.Young boys are also reportedly sodomised by
readThe DTA sounds warning on cattle
10-08-2004
GOBABIS- The DTA of Namibia says it is disturbed by the high rate of smuggling of cattle from Botswana into Namibia.The party's Secretary General, McHenry Venaani, voiced the concern at the DTA's
readMahangu farmers keen to sell bumper crop
10-08-2004
RUNDU - The Regional Manager of the Mahangu Market Intelligence Unit, John Shivute, has urged residents who intend to sell mahangu in bags to assemble in their constituencies.Shivute told Nampa last
readMungunda highlights labour concerns
10-08-2004
LABOUR offices nationwide should prioritise on supporting and advising employers, employees, trade unions and the public on labour-related matters.This was spelled out by the Minister of Labour,
readBoy (12) shot for alleged theft
10-08-2004
A 12-year-old boy was wounded in the chest when he was allegedly shot by a security guard in Windhoek's Rocky Crest area on Sunday evening.Jaso Vunda was nabbed by guards from the Proforce Security
readCabinet makes new board appointments
10-08-2004
THE Meat Corporation of Namibia (Meatco) will have a new board at the beginning of next month.Cabinet approved the appointment of six new members at its 19th ordinary meeting on July 29. Their term of
readWAD preaches drastic change of mindset to commercial farmers
10-08-2004
WOMEN'S Action for Development (WAD) says there is a need for a drastic change in the mindset of white commercial farmers if volatile labour relations in the commercial farming sector are to be
readPoaching ruled out in Ugab elephant tragedy
10-08-2004
THE suspected poaching of a desert elephant in the Ugab River was ruled out on Friday after the injured elephant cow was darted and treated by a vet.It was found that the cow was suffering from stab
readFNB-Swabou case postponed
10-08-2004
THE Labour Court has postponed, indefinitely, the case in which former Swabou staff members, which merged with First National Bank of Namibia, have taken the new holdings company to court.President of
readRamatex workers to challenge dismissal
10-08-2004
SOME 66 Bangladeshi workers from the Malaysia-run Ramatex Textile Factory plan to challenge their alleged unfair dismissal from the company a week ago.Legal counsel for the disgruntled workers,
readWimsa praises Govt moves to improve welfare of San
10-08-2004
AN organisation that represents the San, and a constant critic of the Namibian Government, has praised the authorities for moves to improve the welfare of the people considered the first inhabitants
readGerman minister only here for bilateral talks
10-08-2004
THE main focus of the upcoming visit to Namibia of German Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, would be on bilateral relations between the two countries and
readCourt postpones case of 'troublesome' refugees again
10-08-2004
SIX asylum seekers accused of inciting public violence during the commemoration of World Refugee Day at Osire in June made a brief appearance in the Otjiwarongo Magistrate's Court yesterday.At the
readEx-American darling Chalabi falls out with Iraq authorities
10-08-2004
BAGHDAD - Prominent Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi and his nephew Salem will be arrested the moment they set foot in Iraq, the judge who issued warrants against them said yesterday."This is not a
readMugabe gets tough on graft
10-08-2004
HARARE - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe vowed yesterday that his seven-month-old anti-corruption crackdown would not spare his own relatives."We want to get our country completely rid of
readUS military says 360 dead in Najaf fighting
10-08-2004
BAGHDAD - At least 360 militants have been killed in the past four days of fighting between US troops and Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf, a senior US military official said yesterday.The
readSwazi police clash with protestors
10-08-2004
MBABANE - Swazi police clashed at the weekend with protesters demanding political reform in Swaziland, where King Mswati III wields absolute power, witnesses, anti-monarchist activists and reports
readZambian president warns Zim white farmers against racism
10-08-2004
LUSAKA - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has warned white farmers who have resettled from neighbouring Zimbabwe that they will be thrown out if they use speech that is deemed to be racist, a
readArabs reject Western intervention in Darfur
10-08-2004
CAIRO - Sudan's government has approved a plan drawn up with a UN envoy for restoring peace in Darfur, state-run media said yesterday, after Arab countries meeting here opposed any Western military
readCartier-Bresson, pioneer of photojournalism
10-08-2004
PARIS - Veteran French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who has died at the age of 95, was a co-founder of the Magnum photo agency and a pioneer in the art of photojournalism.Born August 22 1908 to
readRed Adair, world-renowned oil well firefighter, dies
10-08-2004
HOUSTON - Oil field firefighter Paul N 'Red' Adair, who was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraq and was immortalised by John Wayne in a movie based on his life, has died at
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