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36 Articles found on Tuesday, 13 July 2004
Fathers Who Don't Know Their Kids
13-07-2004
I AM an Oshakati West resident, being raised in an extended family.I was touched the day I heard the Minister of Higher Education wanting to put Pendukeni Ithana's idea down as this has 100% touched
readCalls And Questions
13-07-2004
I WANT to express my disappointment with the way the program Mudukuli (open line) is handled on the Rukuvango Service of the NBC radio service.We have a problem with some of the presenters, especially
readMoral Education Crucial To Our Future Leaders
13-07-2004
ALLOW me space in your newspaper to express my views on the erosion of moral standards in our schools.Standards of morality in our schools should be uplifted and enhanced with a view to moulding our
readTaxi Madness
13-07-2004
THE fatal shooting of a taxi driver as reported in The Namibian of 9 July 2004 is sad and one of the results is that a policeman now stands accused of murder.While the legal process will take its
readCivil Disservice
13-07-2004
ON and on the conversation goes with a public 'servant' on the phone chatting with his relative or friend and you sitting invisibly in front of him/her for hours, just to be told that it is lunch hour
readQuestions On Rehoboth
13-07-2004
IN April 2004, the "new management" of the Rehoboth Museum was sworn in.Please refer to the publication, 'Die Volkster' dated April 2 2004. In that letter it was stated that the problems and
readWTO talks show signs of faltering
13-07-2004
GENEVA - Trade ministers from developing countries were holding a meeting in Mauritius yesterday, amid growing signs that the effort to revive global free trade talks by the end of this month were
readGurirab addresses war veterans on BEE
13-07-2004
PRIME Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab on Saturday said Government wants to use the black economic empowerment (BEE) initiative to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth and the improvement of the
readTAX TALK: Tax On Retirement Payments (Part 1)
13-07-2004
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.When you retire and you have worked for the same employer for a
readLittle impact seen from De Beers' return to US
13-07-2004
JOHANNESBURG - De Beers' directors could soon set foot in the United States without fear of arrest if the firm settles a price-fixing charge as expected today, but it will change little else at the
readNPC launches Call for Innovative Proposals
13-07-2004
THE National Planning Commission, together with the European Commission (EC), yesterday launched the Call for Innovative Proposals from Non-State Actors (NSAs).According to the EC, the philosophy
readThree women among bank robbery suspects
13-07-2004
EIGHT people suspected of robbing a bank at Eenhana last month have been arrested, the Police reported yesterday.On Thursday the Eenhana Police apprehended five suspects. The other three were arrested
readFisheries official fired
13-07-2004
THE former director of the fisheries training parastatal at Walvis Bay has been dismissed following an investigation into the misappropriation of funds.Nicolaas Links, who joined the Namibian Maritime
read!Uri !Khubis abattoir moves a step closer to bankruptcy
13-07-2004
THE woes of the troubled !Uri !Khubis abattoir at Witvlei deepened yesterday, when the High Court in Windhoek granted an order for the winding up of the financially struggling slaughterhouse.With its
readUp, Up, UP go taxi fares
13-07-2004
THE Namibia Bus and Taxi Association (Nabta) is set to hike taxi fares next week in response to tomorrow's increase in fuel prices.Nabta acting National Secretary Sakkie Malima told The Namibian
readPlaudits for Police at Rundu
13-07-2004
RUNDU - The owner of the Nkwazi Lodge, some 20 kilometres east of Rundu, Wynand Peypers, yesterday commended rapid action by the Namibian Police which led to the arrest of three suspects at the lodge
readPensioner accused of raping youngsters
13-07-2004
A 69-year-old man appeared in the Outapi Magistrate's Court at the end of last week on charges of raping two young girls, the Police reported in their crime bulletin.Aipinge Petrus Angula allegedly
readCorpse of baby found at Luderitz
13-07-2004
THE decomposed body of a baby boy has been found at Luederitz.According to a Police crime bulletin, the body was found wrapped in a plastic bag at the Luederitz Refuse Dump on Wednesday morning. The
readDTA accuses Govt of neglecting Kunene
13-07-2004
OPUWO - DTA President Katuutire Kaura said the Swapo Government was discriminating against people of Kunene North (Kaokoland) in general and residents of Opuwo in particular.
readVAT Amendment Bill passed
13-07-2004
THE Value-Added Tax Amendment Bill, which provides relief for the disabled, the State and communal farmers, was passed by the National Assembly on Thursday.The law will be deemed to have come into
readLawyer signals ascent of Africa's modernisers
13-07-2004
ADDIS ABABA - Bience Gawanas epitomises the modernising ambitions of Africa's new political union - she's a woman, a professional, a campaigner against corruption and, perhaps most important, a
read2 South Africans jailed for fraud at the coast
13-07-2004
A South African man and woman were found guilty on charges of fraud and forgery and each sentenced to four years in prison in the Regional Court at Swakopmund on Friday.Belinda Christine Pieterse (23)
readAIDS funding still short of target
13-07-2004
AS AIDS activists got down to serious business at this week's international conference in Thailand, the agency that heads the fight against the disease has predicted a 50 per cent funding
readRamatex trainees lose labour case
13-07-2004
AROUND 30 former Ramatex trainees have lost a District Labour Court bid to have their dismissal after a strike last year declared unfair.
readUnam gets new Vice Chancellor
13-07-2004
PROFESSOR Lazarus Hangula is the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Namibia (Unam).Hangula had been acting in that position since Professor Peter Katjivivi left to take up an ambassadorial post
readUnam teams top in night hockey league
13-07-2004
BOTH the men and women hockey teams from the University of Namibia (Unam) came out tops as new winners of the Metropolitan Night League finals at Wanderers on Thursday night.The women from Unam handed
readHeymans struggles at world champs
13-07-2004
NAMIBIA'S top cyclist Mannie Heymans took part in the second official Marathon World Cycling Championships Goisern, Austria late last week, but struggled his way through to end among the top 20
readOuseb might head for 'Birds'
13-07-2004
NAMIBIA'S clubless international footballer, Mohammed Ouseb, might get a life-line to keep his footballing career alive after South African Premiership side Moroka Swallows expressed interest in
readNo news from Senegal
13-07-2004
DAKAR - Most of Senegal's independent newspapers suspended publication yesterday, keeping newspapers off the stands to protest the arrest of an editor who printed accusations of corruption and
readZim journalists launch independent media project
13-07-2004
Under fire Zimbabwean journalists, made jobless by the forced closures of three mainstream newspapers in their country, have teamed up to publish a new daily online newspaper called the Zim Online.The
readWhite House under pressure to pick new CIA chief quickly
13-07-2004
WASHINGTON - US President George W Bush is facing pressure to nominate a permanent CIA director quickly after a Senate Intelligence Committee report revealed serious breakdowns in US
readBotswana court case continues
13-07-2004
NEW XADE, Botswana - The second leg of a landmark case over the right to ancestral land by Africa's earliest inhabitants, the San Bushmen, started in a make-shift court in the Kalahari desert
readBlair reversed spy stuff on Iraq, says former Intelligence chief
13-07-2004
LONDON - A former intelligence chief expressed concern yesterday about the relationship between prime minister Tony Blair's government and its spy agencies in the build-up to the war in Iraq.Former
read'Death to insurgents' - Iraqi PM
13-07-2004
BAGHDAD - Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawer threatened yesterday to use a "very sharp sword" to fight insurgents and anyone else threatening the security of the country.Also yesterday, France and
readGermany and EU to Sudan: 'fix Darfur or no more aid'
13-07-2004
KHARTOUM, Sudan - Germany and the European Union want the Sudanese government to settle the conflict in Darfur province before they render new aid to Sudan, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer
readBush insists Iraq war was right
13-07-2004
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee - Dogged by election-year doubts over the invasion of Iraq, US President George W Bush insisted yesterday that the war was justified despite the failure to find weapons of mass
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