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22 Articles found on Wednesday, 17 March 2004
Sparkling results for Investment Solutions
17-03-2004
RESULTS released by Investment Solutions (Namibia) for the quarter ended December 2003 show that all the 34 retirement funds it manages, to the tune of N$600 million, out-performed their
readWill we see Capital Tax in Namibia?
17-03-2004
A tax widely debated, especially after the bold implementation thereof in South Africa, is Capital Gain Tax.Are we going to see the introduction of Capital Gain Tax in Namibia? Capital Gain Tax is
readNamPower and Eskom sign MoU
17-03-2004
NAMIBIAN electricity utility, NamPower, on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Africa's Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom).The MoU was signed by the heads of the two
readBotswana sells US$157m in Anglo shares - dealers
17-03-2004
LONDON - The Botswanan government sold part of its stake in global mining group Anglo American Plc in a deal worth about 87 million pounds yesterday, London dealers said.The Botswanan government was
read'Bush desert' takes over
17-03-2004
WINDHOEK - Overgrazing has turned large tracts of Namibia's productive range land into thick thorn veld.Studies by the Namibia Agricultural Union (NAU) estimate that 18 million hectares in the
readWFP clarifies aid arrangement
17-03-2004
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has explained that the drought relief food it expects to arrive in the next two weeks to feed vulnerable children was acquired through a loan acquired locally.This
readJudgement on murder case today
17-03-2004
THE verdict in the murder case of Gobabis resident, Simeon Kanguvi, is set to be handed down by Judge Mavis Gibson in the Windhoek High Court tomorrow.The date for judgement was earlier announced as
readNHE to beef up HIV campaign
17-03-2004
ABOUT 2,3 per cent of National Housing Enterprise staff tested positive for HIV at its recent voluntary and anonymous in-house testing programme.The housing company said 86 employees, 84 per cent of
readMinimum wage planned for security industry
17-03-2004
THE newly formed Namibia Security Labour Forum (NSLF) has announced that plans are underway to introduce a minimum wage for workers in the security industry in Namibia.The NSLF signed a memorandum of
readNamibia, EC to head up Seafo
17-03-2004
THE European Community and Namibia were elected chair and vice chair respectively at the inaugural meeting of the South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (Seafo) at Swakopmund last week.It was also
readGood rains predicted
17-03-2004
THE chances of rain will improve countrywide from today, the Windhoek-based Weather Bureau predicted yesterday.Weather forecaster Simon Dirkse told The Namibian yesterday that scattered thundershowers
readWoman appears in court for rape
17-03-2004
ONGWEDIVA - A 36-year-old woman from Okapuku village in the Uukwambi tribal district on Tuesday appeared before Divisional Magistrate Harris Salionga on a charge of rape.Hendrina Kapika Mweshiningi is
readWoman raped, killed, dumped
17-03-2004
A WOMAN was found dead at Rehoboth's Block A on Saturday morning.The victim has been identified as Sophie Kehler (29). It is suspected she was raped before she was killed, the Police reported
readMPs ask Ekandjo to give answers on crime rate
17-03-2004
THE National Assembly is to discuss the possibility of involving private security companies in the fight against crime.Next week Thursday Home Affairs Minister, Jerry Ekandjo, will respond to a series
readNew Otavi Town Clerk to be appointed in April
17-03-2004
THE Otavi Town Council yesterday appointed its senior revenue clerk Ernst Gaoab to act as Town Clerk until the position can be filled permanently.This decision follows the resignation last month of
readGovernment falls short on fiscal discipline
17-03-2004
A GENERAL lack of management and accounting skills in most Government offices, ministries and agencies is indicated in the final report of the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on State accounts
readRuacana shuts both flap gates as flow slows
17-03-2004
FOLLOWING a dramatic drop in the water flow of the Kunene River, the last of two flap gates at the Ruacana Power Station are to be closed this morning.Two of the five flap gates were open
readMan killed outside Mandela's home
17-03-2004
CAPE TOWN - A man was killed late yesterday in a shooting outside former President Nelson Mandela's Cape Town residence, police said.Mandela was not at home at the time. Three men drove up to the
readMPs demand life for child rapists
17-03-2004
FEMALE parliamentarians yesterday demanded that the two men accused of raping and killing a two-year-old girl at Khorixas over the weekend be sent to jail for life, if found guilty.Expressing "disgust
readSouth African tourist brutally killed
17-03-2004
A NOORDOEWER farmworker appeared in the Karasburg Magistrate's Court yesterday on a charge of murdering a South African visitor to Namibia at a camping site on Sunday evening.The Police yesterday
readWife poisoner hired as ethics lecturer
17-03-2004
LONDON - A scientist dubbed the 'Safeway poisoner' and jailed for trying to poison his wife has been employed by a British university to lecture students on ethics, the institution said yesterday.Paul
readDien Bien Phu - a turning point in Vietnamese history
17-03-2004
HANOI - The battle of Dien Bien Phu was the critical event in Vietnam's emergence as an independent nation state, but it also had a key impact on anti-colonialism movements elsewhere.Domestically, the
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