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22 Articles found on Wednesday, 3 March 2004
'Nice shoes' go for a run
03-03-2004
OSHAKATI - A man was robbed of expensive sandals he wore to the Club Jet Style Beauty Competition at Outapi, Omusati Region, on Saturday.Police liaison officer, Sergeant Lineekela Shikongo, told
readKatima Council moves to cut staff by half
03-03-2004
THE Katima Mulilo Town Council is to restructure its municipality with the ultimate aim of reducing its bloated staff by half - at least.The council currently employs about 120 workers. Mayor Michael
readDu Pisani 'too hot' for some politicians
03-03-2004
AN all-party national conference to enhance democracy was itself seemingly found wanting in democratic principles when one of the speakers was controversially removed from the programme yesterday
readCops recover cellphones stolen in Kleine Kuppe triple murder
03-03-2004
POLICE have recovered two cellphones stolen after the murder of three people in Windhoek's Kleine Kuppe suburb on Friday night.
readFarm countdown starts
03-03-2004
GOVERNMENT, in a heralded parliamentary address, yesterday avoided a number of key questions around the planned expropriation of commercial farms.Addressing the National Assembly, Lands Minister
readSouthern comfort
03-03-2004
KEETMANSHOOP - The Municipality here has embarked on a project to make its buildings more accessible to people with disabilities (PWDs).Public Relations Officer Epsom Jossop told Nampa yesterday that
readUnited 'unfriendly'
03-03-2004
TWENTY-FOUR employees of United Friendly Grocers - part of United Africa Grocer Retailers at Oshakati - are to lose their jobs.
readThere are two Namibias: activist
03-03-2004
UNLESS all Namibians know their rights, as enshrined in the Constitution, democracy will only be exercised by those who know these rights, says a community activist.Ottilie Abrahams, Principal of the
readChurch pleads with Govt to show 'sensitivity' on land
03-03-2004
THE Dutch Reformed Church in Namibia has urged Government to handle land reform with sensitivity, caution and levelheadedness.In a statement issued on Monday, Dutch Reformed Church General Secretary
readPublic complaints target Police, Prisons, Justice
03-03-2004
A DECLINE in co-operation from Ministries and institutions in dealing with enquiries from the Office of the Ombudsman are highlighted as a major factor affecting the Office's ability to resolve some
readOx lands duo in 'box'
03-03-2004
POLICE at Okahao on Saturday arrested Shivute Shipepe (42) and Amunyembo Ngodhi (45) in connection with the theft of an ox, valued at N$4 050, from a cattle post at Okatha Kaashipola in the Ongandjera
readYouth stabs man to death
03-03-2004
A 19-year-old youth has been arrested for murder at Omaalala village in the Ondangwa area, the Police reported yesterday.Gideon Iimene Nambahu was allegedly stabbed by Somson Nathanale at about 02h00
readFish factories kick up a stink
03-03-2004
RESIDENTS at Namibia's premier harbour town are up in arms over noxious smells emanating from the port's fish meal factories.While many have lived with the odours, once referred to as the "smell of
readFocus in NA falls on fathers
03-03-2004
DTA-UDF coalition Member of Parliament Phillemon Moongo yesterday lashed out at single mothers whom he charged deliberately turned their children against their fathers.He claimed fathers were used to
readTreason appeal bid tomorrow
03-03-2004
THE High Court at Grootfontein will rule tomorrow on whether to allow the State to appeal against the ruling that 13 Caprivi high treason accused had been brought irregularly before a Namibian court
readNo tender given for Walvis Bay anniversary festivities: official
03-03-2004
A STORM is brewing at Walvis Bay where some event organisers and publicists have complained that the Municipality awarded a tender for the 10th anniversary of the harbour town's return to Namibia
readBye-Bye dud twenty bucks
03-03-2004
THE Bank of Namibia (BoN), has announced the withdrawal of N$20 notes from circulation with effect from today.According to the bank's deputy governor, Paul Hartmann, the N$20 notes are defective in
readTAX TALK Gearing up for the 2004 tax return (Part 1)
03-03-2004
THE 2004 tax year for individual taxpayers ended on Sunday.This involves the onerous task for Namibians of completing their tax returns for the Receiver of Revenue covering the tax year. Taxpayers on
readAfrica needs IT for business growth
03-03-2004
"WE are going to build highly competent business incubation centres in Windhoek, other parts of Namibia and around the SADC", Tom Mukaiwa of BITS said yesterday.BITS (Business Information Technology
readDistant galaxy discovered
03-03-2004
PARIS - French and Swiss astronomers say they have detected the farthest galaxy ever observed, a glimmer that dates back to when the universe was still in its infancy.The galaxy, dubbed Abell 1835
readComet-chaser hailed as 'new step'
03-03-2004
BRUSSELS - The European Commission yesterday hailed the launch of a US$1,25 billion-dollar European comet-chasing spacecraft as a new step in Europe's development towards becoming a global space
read'Significant findings' on Mars mission expected
03-03-2004
LOS ANGELES - The Opportunity rover has apparently found something on Mars that's got scientist buzzing back on Earth.Nasa plans to announce "significant findings" this week involving the six-wheeled
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