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21 Articles found on Tuesday, 3 February 2004
TAX TALK
03-02-2004
Disallowable VAT Claims Part 2LAST week we looked at the general rules you should bear in mind when determining the amount of VAT that can be claimed from the Receiver of Revenue. You should remember
readRing-tune out: e-mail protest call
03-02-2004
Namibian e-mail users are being asked to boycott the use of cellular phones for 36 hours tomorrow and Friday in protest against excessive charges and bad service.An e-mail identifying the culprits as
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AFTER a frantic week of anti-virus vendors issuing urgent alerts about a new Internet worm, MyDoom, which exploded globally via e-mails, the latest reports indicate a new variant; MyDoom.B, could
readPep offer accepted
03-02-2004
The offer by Pep Retail from South Africa (PEP) to acquire Pep Namibia Holdings from shareholders (other than PEP) for 110 cents per share has been accepted by the holders of 6 786 033 Pep Namibia
readYouth in the North to plant trees in Ombuga.
03-02-2004
OSHAKATI - A group of more than 200 young people from the Okatyali constituency in the Oshana Region in northern Namibia has decided to do volunteer labour for the Ombuga Tree Planting Project.Oshana
readFather and son face charges
03-02-2004
A 17-year-old boy and his father face charges of reckless and negligent driving.Police spokesman Inspector Hannes !Naruseb said on Sunday that a car which the unlicensed minor was driving hit a man in
readMore holiday discounts
03-02-2004
THE Swakopmund Town Council decided at its January meeting to offer further discount packages for bookings made at the Municipal rest camp.In 2001 Council passed a resolution offering discount
readDRC soon to be flush with toilets
03-02-2004
THE Swakopmund Council has finally moved to tackle the sanitation problem at the town's informal settlement area, the DRC.At its monthly meeting last week, the Council agreed to buy 500 non-waterborne
readDam levels decline
03-02-2004
THE country's dams have recorded no significant changes since last week at an average of 43,3 per cent full, compared to 44,2 per cent recorded on January 26.Although overall the country's dams are
readYoung man arrested for firing gun
03-02-2004
THE Wanaheda Police in Windhoek have arrested a 19-year-old man for firing a gun in a municipal area.Randeus Ndemukokela fired shots with a 7,65mm firearm at about 04h00 on Friday at a cuca shop along
readMurder suspect's death a suicide, say Police
03-02-2004
A 31-year-old man suspected of having murdered his former girlfriend committed suicide by shooting himself in the head at the Windhoek Police Station on Thursday, Police reported yesterday.Murder
readKameeta takes aim at 'selective' German media
03-02-2004
EVANGELICAL Lutheran Church Bishop Zephania Kameeta has accused the German media of selective morality for sparing the German government from accepting historical responsibility for Namibian genocide
readDTA accuses poll body of 'devious behaviour'
03-02-2004
THE DTA has accused the Electoral Commission of having "acted with an ulterior motive" when it registered Chief Kuaima Riruako's Nudo (National Unity Democratic Movement) as an independent political
readMay date firming up for local authority polls
03-02-2004
THE Directorate of Elections has proposed that the next local authority elections be held on May 14.Director of Elections Phillemon Kanime said yesterday the proposal had been tabled and accepted in
readFormer Swakopmund Mayor Kamho dies
03-02-2004
DANIEL Hangula Kamho, former Mayor and member of the Swakopmund Town Council Management Committee, died at his home at the resort town yesterday morning.PRO of the Swakopmund Municipality, Freddy
readKunene River continues to swell
03-02-2004
THE flow of the Kunene River has reached its highest level so far this year, measuring 1 130 cubic metres per second yesterday.NamPower officials expect the river to increase even further during the
readDANGER: Road fund pothole ahead
03-02-2004
ROAD USERS face a 15 per cent year-on-year increase in an assortment of levies through to 2008 to pay for a budgetary 'black hole' estimated to hit N$750 million next year.A director at the Road Fund
readHummel is set to join Russian club
03-02-2004
BRAVE Warriors defender, George Hummel, will become the first Namibian to play professional soccer in Russia.Hummel has played for South African Premier Soccer League side, Moroka Swallows for the
readTough choice for NFA
03-02-2004
THE Namibia Football Association is faced with a difficult choice.Either it hires Blue Waters coach Shepherd Murape as caretaker coach of the Brave Warriors over an unspecified period, or acquire his
readMissing WMD 'hurting war on terror'
03-02-2004
LONDON - Failure to find banned weapons in Iraq is undermining the United States and Britain as they conduct their "war on terror", a senior committee of UK parliamentarians (MPs) said yesterday.The
readBush to order investigation of intelligence failures
03-02-2004
WASHINGTON - President George W Bush said he will order an independent investigation into intelligence failures in Iraq but will first consult with former chief weapons inspector David Kay.Trying to
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