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39 Articles found on Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Air Namibia's MD11 Delay
12-04-2005
IT was only a matter of time.Being in the tourist industry, many of us were not happy about the decision of Air Namibia to purchase the MD11. The Boeing 747-400 was a superb aircraft. It was safe,
readATM Card Theft Warning
12-04-2005
I WRITE this letter to warn the public about the ATM card theft that happened to me at the FNB Ausspannplatz ATM machine.I went to withdraw money from the machine at around 19h15 on 28 February 2005.
readA Confusing Project
12-04-2005
PLEASE allow me few lines in our newspaper, just to talk about the movie on the life of our former President (Dr. Sam Nujoma).It's so frustrating to see how our Namibian people are weak in terms of
readTax Talk
12-04-2005
In this series of articles, Cameron Kotze, the Tax Partner at Ernst and Young, discusses some topical tax issues for our readers.TAX deadlines must be taken seriously to avoid the Receiver of Revenue
readWide salary gap between workers
12-04-2005
NAMIBIA'S first Wage Bargaining Report and the Actual Wage Rate Database (AWARD) project were launched at a two-day conference hosted by the Labour Resource and Research Institute (LaRRI), which
readFor The Record
12-04-2005
IN an article 'Namibians bid final farewell to Pope' in The Namibian of April 8 2005, the Minister of Environment and Tourism, Willem Konjore, was erroneously referred to as Father Konjore.Konjore is
readSheehama to exhibit at National Art Gallery
12-04-2005
AN art exhibition, 'Fact of Mind' by Fillipus Sheehama, opens at the National Art Gallery of Namibia this Thursday at 19h00.'Fact of Mind' is an exhibition of works in a variety of different media,
readHoachanas salutes cultural heritage
12-04-2005
THE sleepy settlement of Hoachanas was a hive of activity as the PJ TsaiTsaib Junior Secondary School held its cultural festival earlier this month.Hoachanas is situated 55 kilometres northeast of
readSingle mother guilty on dagga charges
12-04-2005
AN unemployed, single mother of three children was found guilty of the possession of dagga and sentenced to one year in prison or a fine of N$2 000 in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court last
readNamib i fraud claim case goes to Court
12-04-2005
AN information officer of the Namib i tourist information centre at Swakopmund appeared in the Magistrate's Court for a second time last week on charges of fraud and theft. Hella Pfeiffer (43), who
readNored warns of power cuts
12-04-2005
THE Northern Electricity Distribution Company (Nored) says it will cut off the power supply of all Government institutions, private businesses and domestic users who haven't paid their bills for the
read2 acquitted in muti murder case
12-04-2005
RUNDU - All three young men accused of killing an elderly Kavango Region resident in a murder allegedly aimed at getting hold of body parts that could be sold as witchcraft material have got off
readGovt 'rescue plan' for Okahandja in pipeline
12-04-2005
WHILE concerned residents of Okahandja were still planning their next course of action to boot out councillors they accuse of corruption, the Okahandja Municipality roped in volunteers to start a
readJudge slams inheritance discrimination against children born out of wedlock
12-04-2005
AN OLD, but nevertheless still existing, legal rule that perpetuates discrimination against children born out of wedlock has received its severest criticism yet in the High Court. Judge Sylvester
readControversy hits Tsumeb creche
12-04-2005
THE Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare has sent a team to Tsumeb to probe allegations of mismanagement at the copper town's Community Development Children Centre.A war of words erupted last
readSwakop streaker lays on episode of 'LA Law'
12-04-2005
A CONGOLESE man, who gave the "naked truth" a whole new meaning in the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court last year, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment yesterday.This time John Boddo Lopez (37)
readGovernment sets up Marburg watch at Hosea Kutako airport
12-04-2005
NAMIBIA yesterday moved swiftly to intensify its surveillance at borders because of the outbreak of the feared Marburg fever in northern Angola, stationing a medical doctor at Windhoek's
readNamibia in cyber exile
12-04-2005
DAMAGE to Telecom Namibia's main fibre optic cable link to South Africa caused mayhem in Namibia's business community yesterday, leaving many people stranded and cashless while tour operators appeared
readOilman seeks gusher from God in Israel
12-04-2005
ISRAEL - A Texas oilman is using his Bible as a guide to finding oil in the Holy Land.John Brown, a born-again Christian and founder of Zion Oil & Gas of Dallas, can quote chapter and verse about
read'Eco' Village Is Misnomer
12-04-2005
WE are very sorry to hear that politics have succeeded over common sense and the ecology of the environment. Our highly respected former President, Dr Sam Nujoma, likes to quote a favoured
readOmvula ndjika omvula yokuuvitha ko oshigwana kombinga yomakishi
12-04-2005
OMUPRESIDENDE gwOpevi gwEhangano lyOmakishi moNamibia, tate Walde Kambabi okwa tseiyitha momukanda gwe e gu shangela kOshifo shika omasiku ngaka kutya omvula ndjika otayi ka kala omvula yokuuvitha ko
readShivute a pewa oomvula omulongo mondholongo
12-04-2005
O MUSAMANE gwoomvula 78 gwomomukunda Iikuku mUukwambi moshitopolwa sha Shana tate Toshiya Shivute, ngoka kuyele omvula ndjika a holokele mOmpangu yOpashitopolwa ya Shakati ndjoka yi li mewiliko lya
readAapiyaganeki mu Haiti yi idhenga mumwe nOpolisi
12-04-2005
PORT-AU-PRINCE - Opolisi mu Haiti mOlyomakaya ga zi ko, oya tseyitha kutya oya dhipaga Ravix Remissainthe, ngoka i iningi ye mwene omwuliki gwaakwiita aakulu ya Haiti, ngoka okuza omumvo gwa zi ko a
readIilonga yOpolisi ya futitha Epangelo
12-04-2005
AAFUTI yiishoshela (otax) mu Namibia otaya ka za oshimaliwa shOondola odhindji, shi futile omalongithonayi goombelewa kaapolisi sho ye li miilonga.Oshimaliwa oshitalala shoka opo sha futwa
readAanamibia ya indilwa kutya inaya ya we manga ko Angola
12-04-2005
POHANGWENA PETHIMBO ta popitha engathithi enene lela lyaakwashigwana pOhangwena mOukwanyama mOshitopolwa sha Hangwena mOlyomakaya ngaka ga zi ko, Oministeli yUukalinawa nOnkalonawa omusamane Richard
readRefs in for high-level course
12-04-2005
MORE than 20 football referees will gather in Windhoek this Friday for a high-level referees refresher course ahead of the Cosafa Castle Cup matches at the Independence Stadium.The course will be
readFootball Results
12-04-2005
Caprivi Soccer League ....Played Saturday, April 9 Mashi Pairate 2-4 King Fisher, Hurricanes 5-0 Katima United, Moving Waves 4-3 XI Bullets, Green Eagles 7-1 Bright Stars Played Sunday, April 10 Hippo
readAkan resigns at Civics
12-04-2005
ALI Akan resigned on Friday as head coach of Civics due to pressure from some management members."After some of the management members told me that they were not happy with the performance of the
readNo soccer at Katutura Stadium yet
12-04-2005
THERE won't be any matches at the newly revamped Katutura Soccer Stadium until its official inauguration at least two months from now, a senior City of Windhoek official said yesterday.City of
readWarriors squad to be trimmed
12-04-2005
CORRY IHUHUA BRAVE Warriors coach Max Johnson is today expected to announce his final group of 18 players for the Cosafa Castle Cup match against Botswana at the Independence Stadium on Saturday.The
readChina, India sign accord aimed at resolving border dispute
12-04-2005
NEW DELHI - India and China yesterday signed a series of groundbreaking agreements, including one aimed at resolving a boundary dispute that has bedevilled relations for more than four decades.
readDRC vs Uganda case opens before UN's highest court
12-04-2005
THE HAGUE - The Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday started its pleadings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's highest court, against Uganda that it accuses of invading DRC
readUK slams door on Nigerians
12-04-2005
LONDON - Britain, facing a logjam of faulty visa applications, slammed the door yesterday on young Nigerians visiting the country for the first time.Until an unspecified date in 2006, no first time
read20 killed as rival Somali clans battle
12-04-2005
NAIROBI - As least 20 people were killed and several dozen wounded over the weekend when two rival Somali clans clashed over control of a town just inside Somalia near its border with Kenya, Kenyan
readVillagers riot in China
12-04-2005
BEIJING - Thousands of villagers rioted in eastern China, injuring dozens of police, after two of about 200 elderly women protesting over factory pollution died during efforts to disperse them,
readProsecution presses on with past claims against Jackson
12-04-2005
SANTA MARIA, California - Michael Jackson's lawyers were bracing for more potentially devastating testimony, as prosecutors press on with attempts to show a pattern of child sex abuse in the singer's
readZim to compensate white farmers
12-04-2005
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe's government is to compensate hundreds of white farmers whose land was seized under Zimbabwe's land reform programme, a state-run newspaper said yesterday."Government
readOver 200 trapped in rubble after Bangladesh factory collapses
12-04-2005
DHAKA - Rescuers dug out at least five bodies and feared possibly hundreds more were trapped under rubble after a nine-storey building collapsed like a house of cards near the Bangladesh capital,
read53 Hindu pilgrims drown, scores missing
12-04-2005
BHOPAL - A discharge of water from a dam swept away scores of Hindu pilgrims while they were praying on the banks of the Narmada River in central India, leaving at least 53 dead, senior officials
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